Los Angeles (SSN 688) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE CDR Chris IVI Henry GFFICER QDQ EXECUTIVE CDR Errc E George QFFICER rm CDR Henry transfered near the end of Deployment 1

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QE ,, ,.l. V ,V A .. COMMANDER ERIK A. BURIAN UNITED STATES NAVY Commander Btuian is a native of Middle Island, New York. A Distinguished Graduate of the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1989, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering. He . completed the submarine nuclear power training pipeline following commissioning. His initial sea duty was aboard the USS LAPON QSSN 6615 in Norfolk, VA. He served in several division officer positions until the ship's decommissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. He was then assigned to the USS WI-IALE CSSN 6381 at the start of a UNITAS deployment that included a circumnavigation of South America, during which he completed qualification in submarines. Commander Burian served as Corrununicator and then subsequently as Damage Control Assistant during an Arctic deployment that included nearly two months under the ice. Commander Burian then enrolled as a graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. During his studies he conducted research with autonomous underwater vehicles in the Deep Submergence Laboratory and was awarded a Master of Science degree in Ocean Engineering. Commander Bl11'l2lI1 served as the Combat Systems Officer and then as the Engineer aboard the USS BOSTON CSSN 7035. During his tour, the ship conducted a UNITAS deployment, counterdrug operations, and a change of homepoit concluding in a decommissioning in Pearl Harbor, HI. Following department head duty, Commander Burian was an Assistant Experiment Director at the Maritime Battle Center of the Navy Warfare Development Command. In this position, he designed and implemented the strategies for naval and joint fire control demonstrated in Fleet Battle Experiments Golf and India, conducted in conjunction with the staffs of Sixth and Third Fleet. Commander Burian served as Executive Officer on USS GEORGIA CSSBN 7293 and completed strategic deterrent patrols with both the Blue and Gold crews. While he was assigned, the ship combined crews, was re- designated as an SSGN following missile oflload, and conducted exercises in support SSGN concept of operations development, prior to a change of homeport. His most recent tour of duty was as the Deputy Commander for Readiness on the staff of the Commander, Submarine Squadron 1. In this capacity, he directly supported the mission preparations of six submarines in tactics, navigation, and engineering. Commander Burian is married to Brenda Jensen, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and an Assistant Professor in the graduate program ofthe College of National Sciences at Hawaii Pacific University. They reside with their daughters, Kelsey and Keira, in Kailua, Hawaii. COIVIIVIANDING OFFICER CDR Erik A. Burian

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CIVIDCIVI QSSJ Andre L Green CHIEF OF THE BOAT '-9 'T' ' 1 I -. ri. MASTER CHIEF ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN SUBMARINES AN DRE LAJAMES GREEN, USN , , X, 1, .W 1 JV Y .nl x f '. .ff CHIEF OF THE BOAT S,IS USS LOS ANGELES QSSN 6881 Command Master Chief Green, the son of a career Army enlisted infantry soldier, was born February 1, 1970 in San Francisco, California. He spent his childhood living in California, Missouri, The Federal Republic Of Germany and eventually South Carolina where in 1988 he enlisted in the Navy. He completed recruit training in Orlando Florida and transferred to Groton, Comiecticut for Basic Enlisted Submarine School. During the next year he would receive Strategic Weapons Navigation Systems Electronics training at the Guided Missile School in Dam Neck, Virginia and at the Trident Training Facility in Submarine Base Bangor, Washington. His previous duty assignments include USS FLORIDA QSSBN 728XBLUEJ, USS NEBRASKA QSSBN 739XBLUEj, Bureau of Naval Personnel!Department of the Navy: Plans and Policy division, Joint Task Force South West Asia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, USS KEY WEST CSSN 7225, and Submarine Squadron 1. In December he transferred to his current job as the Chief of the Boat USS LOS ANGELES 6885. Command Master Chief Green is authorized to wear the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal with three gold stars, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with four gold stars, the Navy Good Conduct Medal with three bronze stars, the Navy Pistol Marksmanship with a bronze MS , in addition to various unit awards. He also holds an Associates Degree in Information Systems Technology specializing in Networking, CUM LAUDE, from Northern Virginia Community College. COmmand Master Chief Green is married to the former Gladys J. Bowser of Alexandria, Virginia. They have two daughters, Nadia A. Green 18 who is a freshman attending Howard University in Washington D.C. and their newest addition to the family, Armani L. Green who was born in 2005.