Roanoke (AOR 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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uxms it is orrtdulti 'ef' L W 'Q , F . y s A 1 e Xxljg, V, f N W -nga? X X i , NCM Charles L. Schisler Command Master Chief Master Chief Schisler joined the Navy in September of 1961. After completion of bootcamp, he was assigned to the USS ORISKANY CCV 345 homeported in San Diego, Cal. as a deck seaman. While onboard ORISKANY, Master Chief Schisler reenlisted his first time for Yeoman B school at NTC San Diego. After completion of school, he served at NAVCOMMSTA Morocco, NAVCOMMSTA Honolulu, RIVPATPLT FIVE, NAVADVGRP Vietnam, and Patrol Squadron Twenty-Two located at NAS Barbers Pt., Hawaii. While assigned to VP-22 he applied for conversion to the newly created rating of Legalman. Upon conversion to LN he was assigned to NAVSTA Pear Harbor, Naval Legal Service Office Detachment NAS Lemoore, Cal., USS CORAL SEA QCV 435 homeported in Alameda, Cal. and COMMATVAQWINGPAC, NAS Whidbey Island, Wash. Upon selection as Master Chief, he volunteered for the Command Master Chief Program, and was assigned to this command. LNCM Schisler is entitled to wear the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation, Sea Service Ribbon and Vietnam Campaign Ribbon. Master Chief Schisler is married to the former Rose M. Bennett. The Schisler's have seven children: Richard, Rodney, Timothy, Jerry, William, Debra and Christal. A.,

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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.

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Departure -Q 5 t On August 9, 1986 the families and friends of the USS ROANOKE went through one of the agonies of life in the Navy - departure for an extended deployment. Only they know what went through their minds as they watched their loved ones walk up ROANOKE's brow, knowing it would be their last sight of each other for the next six months. f ROANOKE. In the next But there was a trade-off for the men o six months, they were to see some of the most exotic ports in the world. They were to sample the best in oriental cuisine and experience some of the most interesting cultures the world has ever known. I My