O Callahan (FF 1051) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lieutenant Commander Paul W. Viscovich was born 24 February 1953, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Swedesboro, New Jersey, entered the United States Naval Acade- my on 29 June, 1971. He was commissioned an Ensign, US Navy, on 4 June, 1975. Lieutenant Commander Viscovich's sea duty assignments include USS W.S. SIMS CFF 10595 as Gunnery Assistant, First Lieutenant, and Navigator, Assault Craft Unit TWO as Boat Group Commander and Operations Offi- cer, USS MILLER CFF 10915 as Assistant Chief Engineer, USS MARVIN SHIELDS IFF 10665 as Engineer Officer, and the staff of Commander Destroyer Squadron FIVE as Ma- terial Officer. He has been assigned to USS O'CALLAHAN CFF 10515 as Executive Offi- cer since 18 September, 1987. Lieutenant Commander Viscovich received a Master of Science Degree in Financial Manage- ment from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California. , Lieutenant Commander Viscovich's personal awards and decorations include the Navy Achievement Medal Ctwo awards5, the National Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon Cfive awards5, and the Expert Pistol Medal. He is married to the former Christine New- ing, daughter of Royal Navy Captain and Mrs. Anthony Newing of Virginia Beach, Virginia. They and their son, Andrew, reside in La Mesa, California.

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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.

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