Lewis Puller (FFG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR WILLIAM F. STEAGALL, JR. SELRES COORDINATOR UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE BILL STEAGALL RECEIVED A BS IN ECONOMICS FROM UCLA IN 1974 AND FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS OF NROTC TRAINING WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN THE US NAVAL RESERVE. BILL ' S ACTIVE DUTY ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE FIRST WEST COAST CLASS OF SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER SCHOOL (SWOS). USS ALBERT DAVID (DE-1050) HAD JUST RETURNED FROM VIETNAM WHEN ENS STEAGALL JOINED THE CREW AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IN SAN DIEGO. AFTER AN INTERLUDE OF 3 YEARS NOT DRILLING (AND STILL MAKING LT), BILL AFFILIATED WITH USS MOBILE (LKA-115) SELRES UNIT AS BOAT GROUP COMMANDER 3RD DIVISION OFFICER WHERE HE QUALIFIED AS OOD AND SWO. AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF, HE TRANSFERRED TO USS LANG (FF-1060). HIS LAST 5 YEARS HAVE BEEN SPENT ON USS DUNCAN (FFG-10) FIRST AS SELRES ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN AS SELRES COORDINATOR. BILL WAS PROMOTED TO CDR ON DUNCAN. CDR STEAGALL SERVED BRIEFLY AS EX- ECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS DUNCAN IN AUGUST 1991. BILL IS A MEMBER OF THE NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION AND THE CUR- RENT EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH BAY CHAPTER. BILL IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NAVY LEAGUE AND THE U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE. HIS AWARDS INCLUDE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, COAST GUARD MUC (OPERATIONAL), BATTLE E (5), NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL (2), ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL, SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON, NA- VAL RESERVE SEA SERVICE RIBBON (4), NAVY EXPERT PISTOL, NAVY EXPERT RIFLE. BILL AND HIS WIFE, DEBBIE, LIVE IN IRVINE, CA., AND BOTH WORK AT IBM CORPORATION. 44

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