Luce (DDG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Robert Leon Brant, USN. a native of Marquette. Michigan, is a graduate of Northern Michigan university and Miami University. Oxford. Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science Degree respectively. After being commissioned from the Aviation Officer candidate program in 1%?. Commander Brant served on board the USS DOUGLASS H. FOX (DD 779) as Combat Information Center Officer. He was then trasnferred to Coastal Divisions Eleven and Thirteen in Vietnam in 1968 as Officer in Charge of PCF ' s 36 and 96. Following his Vietnam assignment Commander Brant was ordered to the Naval ROTC Unit at Miami University as an assistant professor of Naval Science. FHe then attended Naval Destroyer School. Newport. Rhode Island, where upon graduation he was assigned as Chief Engineer on the USS SARSFIELD (DD 837). In 1985 he was ordered to the Human Resource Management Detachment. Mayport. Florida as a management consultant and Equal Opportunity Specialist. This assignment was followed by a tour as Executive Officer of the USS O ' BRIEN (DD 975) homeported in San Diego. California. In September of 1979 Commander Brant reported to the Naval Military Personnel Command in Washington for duty as a Lieutenant Commander surface assignment officer. He is a 1982 graduate of the National War College in Washington. Commander Brant is married to the former Barbra W. Summers of Cleveland. Ohio. They reside with their daughter Jennifer Wrenn in Chantilly. Virginia. His personal awards include three Bronze Stars with Combat V . the Navy Commendation Medal. Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation and Vietnam service medals.