O Callahan (FF 1051) - Naval Cruise Book

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CTU 35.8.10 Staff Chief Staff Officer LCDR Castillo USS ARKANSAS CCGN-411 Not pictured: LTJG Stiegers USS HEWITT CDD-9665 AG1 Sartain The staff of CTU 35.8.10 was embarked on- board O'CALLAHAN and included officers and men from various Navy commands. The staff con- sisted of a Chief Staff Officer CCSOJ, a Staff Op- erations Officer, a J OCS to assist in PAO matters, an AGl to assist in predicting the weather during our cruise, an additional Staff Watch officer, and Our own LTJG Faron. The staff's mission, on behalf of COM- THIRDFLT, was to coordinate operations be- tween O'CALLAHAN and BRADLEY, formu- late plans and policies, and collect all available information concerning the port surveys. Staff per- sonnel were familiar faces and a welcomed part of the O'CALLAHAN crew. CCOMTHIRDFLT STAFF? S1g3ffOp5 LTJG Fawn Jocs Gunderson LT smkiewicz Uss O,CALLAHAN CCOMTHIRDFLT staffy CSWOSCOLPACJ CPF-10515

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ask nit Commander Captain Arndt attended schools in Richland, Washington, and graduated from Washington State University in Pullman. He attended Offi- cer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island, where he was commissioned as an Ensign in June 1965. He holds an M.S. Degree in Man- agement from Salva Regina College at New- port, Rhode Island. Captain Arndt's first tour of duty was Com- munications Officer aboard the USS TOR- TUGA CLSD 265 and was closely followed by a tour as Officer-in-Charge of a PCF Cswift boatj operating out of Qui Nhon, Vietnam, from June 1967 to June 1968. After graduation from Na- val Destroyer School, Captain Arndt served as Operations Officer on USS HANSON CDD 8325, homeported in San Diego. After a brief tour as Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Center, Vallejo, CA, he served a tour of duty on the staff of Commander, Naval Recruiting Area EIGHT, Treasure Island, California, from June 1973 to June 1975. Captain Arndt attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, where he graduated with highest distinction. He then served as Flag Secretary and Aide to Com- mander Cruiser-Destroyer Group ONE in San Diego. His next assignment was Executive Offi- cer, USS STEIN CFF 10655 from February 1978 to November 1979. He then served as Commanding Officer, Navy Recruiting Dis- trict, Columbus, OH, through January 1982. Captain Arndt assumed command of USS REASONER CFF 1063i in September 1982. During this tour, the REASONER won the prestigious Arleigh Burke Trophy and PACFLT 'SASW Ship of the Year award. Upon depart- ing REASONER in November 1984, Captain Arndt served as Executive Officer of Naval Am- phibious School, Coronado, CA, for a year prior to reporting as Surface Operations Officer on the staff of Commander Carrier Group ONE, embarked in USS RANGER and USS MIS- SOURI Battle Groups. He will report for duty on the staff of Joint Tactical Command, Con- trol, and Communications Agency in Washing- ton, DC in August. In addition to many service and campaign rib- bons, Captain Arndt earned the Bronze Star Cwith combat VU, the Purple Heart, the Meri- torious Service Medal Cthree awardsl, and the Navy Commendation Medal Cwith combat V , two awardsj. He and his family reside in San Diego.

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COMMANDER GARY W. SCHNURRPUSCH UNITED STATES NAVY 151 Y? OFFICER 23,4 4451 cj .Mit Awoisio . Commander Gary W. Schnurrpusch was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 24 January 1947 and was raised in Mundelin, Illinois. He gradu- ated from Illinois State University in J une 1969 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Math- ematics and was commissioned an Ensign, US Navel Reserve, at the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, on 21 Novem- ber 1969. Commander Schnurrpusch's fleet assign- ments include service in USS MACDON- OUGH CDLG-8 as First Lieutenant, Engineer- ing Administration Officer f Ships' 3-M Coor- dinator, and ASW officer, USS EDWARD MCDONNELL CFF-10431 as Weapons Officer and Senior Watch Officer, USS DURHAM CLKA-ll4j as Operations Officer, and USS BOWEN CFF-10795 as Executive Officer. His notable fleet operations include: combat oper- ations at Beirut, Lebanon, operations adjacent to the Iran-Iraq War Zone in the Persian Gulf, and Arctic Circle operations. His shore assignments include Pentagon duty as an operations research staff analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense CProgram Analysis and Evaluationj, Theater Assessment Division and General Purpose Programs Divi- sion and in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as Head, Logistics and Fleet Sup- port Section in the Program Resources Apprais- al Division COP-911. Commander Schnurrpusch has conducted studies in a wide range of subjects including wargaming, Navy campaign analysis, the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, pro- gram costs for Southwest Asia strategies, sea control and protection of the sea lines of commu- nication in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, stra- tegic mobility, surface ASW, offensive mining, combat logistics force, fleet sustainability, Navy operational logistics planning factors, and fleet hospital requirements. Commander Schnurrpusch is a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Cali- fornia, with a Master of Science Degree in Oper- ations Research f System Analysis. He is a prov- en subspecialist in operations research and in ASW. Commander Schnurrpusch has been awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Navy Unit Commen- dation, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Na- tional Defense Medal, the Sea Service Deploy- ment Ribbon Cthree awardsl, and the Badge of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is married to the former Diane Read of Piper City, Illinois. They and their sons, Ryan and Mark, reside in San Diego, California. Commander Schnurrpusch assumed com- mand of USS O'CALLAHAN on 15 August, 1987.