Roanoke (AOR 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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x Q it tx ,I CDR Alan D. Thompson Executive Officer Commander Alan D. Thomson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1972 and holds a B.S. Degree in Oceanography. He also attended Armed Forces Staff College graduating in 1985. Commander Thomson's sea tours include Division Officer tours as Electrical Officer and Damage Control Assistant on board USS ROBERT L. WILSON and Combat Information Officer on board USS LAWRENCE. Other sea tours include Department Head tours as commissioning Combat Systems Officer in USS MCINERNEY and Engineer Officer in USS MONONC-AHELA. Commander Thomson's shore tours include CIC Officer Instructor at Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic and Special Projects Officer at Commander Naval Surface Forces Atlantic. Commander Thomson served as Executive Officer aboard USS ROANOKE from April 1985 till November 1986. After leaving USS ROANOKE, he was assigned to Naval Station Pensacola, Florida. Commander Thomson holds the Navy Commendation Medal. He is married to the former Judith Lynn Hall. The Thomson's have two children: Aaron and Gregory. 14 1 L was ' C01 gra the Rix CA if V 3 2 1 I V I.. , it . .f A

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Captain R. P. Hickey graduated from the NROTC Program at Holy Cross College in 1964. Shortly after being ' d Ensi n he entered Flight Training at NAS Pensacola. Afterward he entered the Fighter commissione as an g Community reporting to VF101 for F-4 Phantom Training. Captain Hickey then made two deployments to Southeast Asia with VF-143 onboard USS RANGER and USS CONSTELLATION, In March of 1968, he reported to the 436th Tactical Fighter Squadron for Exchange Duty Flying with the U.S. Air Force, In May of 1970, Captain d f sea dut with Fighter Squadron 74 and made two deployments to the Mediterranean onboard Hickey returne or y USS FORRESTAI.. In 1972 he deployed to Southeast Asia onboard USS AMERICA. Following his sea tour, Captain Hickey attended the Armed Forces Staff College and in 1973 was assigned to VF- ' P s TACAIR Analyst 124 at NAS Miramar as an F-14 Instructor Pilot. In january 1976, he reported to the entagon a in OPNAV IOP-9625. In October of that year he was transferred to the Bureau of Naval Personnel as the Fighter ' ' H' k t rned to NAS Miramar as Executive Officer of VF-124. Placement Officer. In january of 1978, Captain ic ey re u He assumed the duty as Executive Officer of Fighter Squadron TWO in january 1979 and then as Commanding rch of 1980 Durin his tour Fighter Squadron TWO completed a Western Pacific Deployment Officer in Ma . g , aboard USS RANGER and won the Battle Efficiency In july of 1981, Captain Hickey was assigned to the Staff of Commander Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet as the Fighter Training Officer. He then assumed command of Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN aboard USS ENTERPRISE and completed another Western Pacific Deployment. Following his Air Wing tour, Captain Hickey was assigned to the Staff of CINCPACFLT as the Air Operations Office, Fleet Operations Officer, and Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations. Capt. Hickey assumed command of USS ROANOKE on 11 july, 1986. Captain Hickey completed three combat deployments in Southeast Asia where he flew over 200 combat missions and shot down a MIC-21 in air to air combat. Among his decorations and awards are the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit the Meritorious Service Medal and sixteen Air Medals. Captain Hickey is married to the former Marilyn C-lowe. The Hickey's have two children: Robert Philip III and Kristen Anne.

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-wh- 6 '. fb- l CDR Ioseph L. O'Leary Executive Officer ' Commander J. L. O'Leary enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1968. He was commissioned an Ensign in 1970 upon graduation from Lafayette College in Easton, PA and completion of Officer's Candidate School, Newport, RI. He then attended courses of instruction at the Naval Inshore Operations Training Center, Mare Island, CA in RiverinefCoastal Warfare and studied the Vietnamese language at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. His first operational assignment was as Operations Adviser, Communications Officer and Interpreter for the Vietnamese Navy at NAM CAN RVN. Following completion of his tour in August 1972, he attended the Main Propulsion Assistant course at DATC San Diego, CA. He reported for duty to USS Mount Hood QAE-2.95, serving as Auxiliaries Officer and Combat Information Center, Electronics Material Officer until December 1974. From january 1975 until March 1977, he served aboard USS Tawakoni QATF-1145 as Executive Officer. He then attended the Department Head Course at Surface Warfare School in E ,ax 5 Newport, RI and subsequently served as Weapons Officer f 7 , aboard USS Hewitt CDD-9661 from March 1978 until December X 3 1979 and as Operations Officer aboard USS Point Defiance QLSD-311 from january 1980 until September 1981. Following shore duty at Naval Military Personnel Command in . Washington, DC, he served as First Lieutenant aboard USS L Kitty Hawk QCV 635 from October 1983 until March 1986. 5 Commander O'Leary holds the Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal as well as various unit awards I and campaign medals. Commander O'Leary is married to the former Peggy Kabuss of St. Louis, MO and has two children: Chandra and Dana of San Francisco, CA.