Monongahela (AO 178) - Naval Cruise Book

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Officers commander Steven E. Lehr April 1. 1994 - January 10, 1996 CommanderStc enE.Lehr. anativeofMassapequa. N.Y.. graduated from the Universit ol North Florida in 1977 w ilh a Bachelor of Arts degree. Following commissioning in 1987 through Officer Candi- date School. Commander Lehr ' s initial assignment was aboard USS IMPERVIOUS (MSO-449 1 as EngineerOfTicer. His follow-on seaduty was aboard USS FORRESTALlCV- 59) as Electrical Officer. Subsequent Department Head sea tours included EngineerOfficeraboard USS VOCE ( FF- 1 ()47 ) and EngineerOfficeraboard USS SEATTLE ( AOE-3 ). Following his Department Head tours. Com- mander Lehr was assigned as Commanding Officer. USS LEADER (MSO-490). Commander Lehr ' s shore duty assignments in- clude the Naval Post Graduate School where he earned a Master ' s Degree in Financial Management: OPN AV Staff as Surface Mine Countermeasures Requirements Officer (N852C); and National War College where he earned a Master ' s degree in National Security Affairs. Commander Lehr ' s military awards include the Bronze Star with Combat V , Meritorious Sen ice Medal with one gold star. Navy and Marine Corps Achieve- ment Medal with two gold stars and various unit awards. He is married to the former Lee Anne Schroedcr of Jacksonville. Rorida. They have twochildren, Eli .i and Matthew. rflS BPI .

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Commanding COMMANDER Frank J. Greco April I, 1994 - January 10, 1996 ommander Francis John Greco was bom in Youngstown, Ohio. He is a 1977 graduate of the U.S. Naval Acad- emy, and was designated a Surface Warfare Officer in March 1979. His initial sea duty assignment was as the Damage Control Assistant on board USS WHITE PLAINS (AFS 4). Following this overseas tour he attended the Surface Warfare Officer Department Head Course in Newport, Rhode Island. A member of the commissioning crew for USS STARK (FFG 3 1 ), he served as Chief Engineer from October 1982 to July 1985. From May 1990 to October 1 99 1 . he served as Executive Officer of USS SEATTLE (AOE3). Ashore, he served as Material Officer for De- stroyer Squadron Eight, in the AOE 6 Class shipbuild- ing program office (PMS 383) at Naval Sea Systems Command and as an instructor in the Naval Architec- ture, Ocean andMarine Engineering Department of the United States Naval Academy. Commander Greco was awarded a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1989. His personal decorations include the Meritori- ous Service Medal with Gold Star, the Naval Commendation Medal with two Gold Stars, and the Naval Achievement Medal. Commander Greco is married to the former Dorothy Scarborough of Pasadena, Maryland. They have three children: Sean. Shannon, and Jameson.

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Executive Officer lieutenant commander Karen M. Krause December 1995 - May 1996 Li CDR Kuren M. Krause was born in Weston, MA. 13 May 59. She attended the college of the Holy Cross on a NROTC scholarship and graduated in May 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. LCDR Krause ' s first assignment was USS C ANOPUS ( AS 43 ) where she served as Assistant First Lieutenant and Electrical Officer. Subsequent sea tours have included duty as First Lieu- tenant and Chief Engineer aboard USS SAMUEL ( AD 41). She served as the Executive Officer aboard USS MONONG AHEL A { AO 1 78 ) from December 1995 to May 1996. LCDR Krause s first shore tour came inl985whenshe was assigned as an Officer In Charge (OIC) at Yard Patrol Craft Squadron Ten in Newport, RL She earned a Masters Degree at the Naval War College in Newport, RI and has also attended the Armed Forces Staff College. After her tour as an Emergency Action Officer at US ACOM. she earned the Joint Specialist Officer Designa- tion. LCDR Krause ' s decorations include the Defense Meritorious Ser- vice Award, the Meritorious Service Award, the Navy Commendation Medal, The Navy Achievement Medal and various campaign awards. She is married to Dale E. Krause of Great Falls. MT. They have a daughter. Amanda, born in 1993. The family resides in Chesapeake. VA.