Leyte Gulf (CG 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding Officer Captain Charles S. Vogan, Jr. ■ M| ' ■ ' HHI K Captain Charles S. Vogan, Jr. was born in B B . ICBI Hm Berwyn, Pennsylvania, graduating from the Pl C a Ik United States Naval Academy in 1972 with a P A % a y K Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering. t IPy ' Following a temporary assignment as As- I B ' . sistant Personnel Officer at the Naval Acad- I H gpi|HnB| |Qi««, emy after graduation, he reported to USS l l g M H FISKE (DD 842), homeported in Newport, PP THH HP Rhode Island, as Communications Officer. 1 - m H| On completion of his tour in FISKE, he was I H W assigned as an Instructor at the Marine B H Corps Advanced Communications Officer B School in Quantico, Virginia, a position r from which he departed in 1977 for duty at ' the Surface Warfare Officer School in New- port, Rhode Island, as a student in the De- partment Head Course. Captain Vogan reported to San Diego in August 1978 for duty in USS PAUL F FOS- TER (DD 964) as Operations Officer. He subsequently was assigned as Operations and then Weapons Officer in USS GRID- LEY (CG 21), completing that tour in May 1982. Reporting to the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, as a student, he graduated in March 1984 with a Masters Degree in Systems Technology (Command, Control, and Communications). Returning to San Diego in June 1984, he was assigned to USS MERRILL (DD 976) as Executive Of- ficer, and December 1996, he reported to Commander, Destroyer Squadron FIVE as Chief of Staff Officer. Captain Vogan trans- ferred from COMDESRON FIVE in July 1987 for duty as a student at the Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, from which he graduated in May 1988. In August 1989, Captain Vogan commissioned USS INGRAHAM (FFG 61) as Commanding Officer, a position he held for two years, and during which he completed his fifth deployment to the West- ern Pacific and Indian Ocean areas. Following his relief, he reported to the Staff of Commander, U.S. SIXTH Fleet a Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations Plans in September 1991. Follow- in g duty in the Mediterranean, he transferred in October 1983 to the Staff of Commander, U.S. SEC- OND Fleet as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations Plans. During his tour, he was the Director for Operations for Commander, Joint Task Force 120, conducting maritime operations in support of Op- eration UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in Haiti. He reported to the Operations Directorate on the Staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in December 1994 and held the positions of Deputy Direc- tor and then Director for Operations. Captain Vogan assumed command of USS LEYTE GULF (CG 55) on 14 November 1996. Personal Awards include the Legion of Merit (3), Meritorious Service Medal (2), and the Navy Achievement Medal. Captain Vogan is man-ed to the former Linda Schnabel of Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Vogan ' s have two children, Meagan ind Matthew and reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 12