Long Beach (CGN 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR R. H. AILES Executive Officer Born in San Francisco, California, Commander AILES attended various public schools in Arlington, Virginia, Long Beach, California, Washington, D.C.g and Norfolk, Virginia. Entering the United States Naval Academy in June, 1953, he was graduated and commissioned an Ensign on 7 June 1957. Commander AILES' first sea assignment was in USS WILLARD KEITH IDD-7751 where he served as CIC Officer during deployments to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. Subsequent sea assignments include duty as Operations Officer of the USS CONYNGHAM KDDG-171 and Commanding Officer of the USS HAMMERBURG CDE-10155 in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Executive Officer of the USS SOMERS KDDG-342 and Commanding Officer of the USS BROOKE KFFG-1 2 in the U.S. Pacific Fleet. In addition, Commander AILES also served as Operations Officer on the staff of Destroyer-Division 222. ....,....:....L..gL....4...-a..1....4....,......4..:...a,- If , f' V -.-:.- if - --: 1 fv'Y'?5'?'l Shore duty assignments include postgraduate education at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California where Commander AILES received a Masters Degree in Operations Analysis, Nuclear Engineering Training at Bainbridge, Maryland, and West Milton, New York, duty as the Commanding Officer and Director of the Officer Department of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School at Mare Island, California and duty in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis where he served as the Acting Director of the Naval Forces Division. Commander AILES assumed duties as Executive Officer of the USS LONG BEACH in April 1976. He is the son of Rear Admiral and Mrs. John W. AILES III of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is married to the former Clara J. Swift of Arlington, Virginia. They have two children.

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CAPT H. F. LECKY, JR. Chaplain Chaplain LECKY was born in Newark, Ohio on November 3, 1931. He first entered the Navy in 1949 and served until 1951 as a Hospital Corpsman. In 1953 he graduated from Baldwin-Wallace with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was commissioned as an Ensign CUSNRJ in October. Upon commissioning, Chaplain LECKY commenced Divinity studies at Wittenberg University, Miami of Ohio and Duke University. He was ordained in the Ohio Synod, Lutheran Church in.America in May, 1956. After pastoring two congregations in Ohio, Chaplain LECKY entered active service in November 1961 as a Lieutenant. He was assigned to Naval Training Center, Great Lakes. Since then he has seen duty at Paris Island, Vietnam, Bremerhaven, West Germany, USS CONSTELLATION, New River, N.C., and Newport, R.I. among others. Chaplain LECKY advanced in rank rapidly. In 1964 he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander, Commander in July, 1969 and Captain in july, 1976. Among his decorations are the Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal 431, Combat V , Army Commendation, Purple Heart, Cross of Gallantry, Good Conduct and National Defense. He was also named ROA Chaplain of the Year for 1966. The Chaplain is married to the former janet Lee Storms of Shaker Heights, Ohio and they have four children, Richard, Carol, Harold and jeffrey. I The Leckys live in Durham, North Carolina.