Roanoke (AOR 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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if CDR joseph L. O'Lear Executive Officer Commander J. L. O'Leary enlisTed in The Naval Reserve in 4968. He was commissioned an Ensign in 4970 upon graduaTion from LafayeTTe College in Easion, PA and complefion of Officer's Candidafe School, NewporT, Rl. He Then aTTended courses of insTrucTion aT The Naval inshore OperaTions Training CenTer, Mare Island, CA in Riverinef CoasTal Warfare and sTudied The Viefnamese language aT The Defense Language lnsTiTuTe in Monferey, CA. His firsT operaTional assignmenT was as OperaTions Adviser, CommunicaTions Officer and lnTerpreTer for The VieTnamese Navy aT NAM CAN RVN. Following complefion of his Tour in AugusT 4972, he aTTended The Main Propulsion AssisTanT course aT DATC San Diego, CA. He reporTed for duTy To USS MounT Hood QAE-293, serving as Auxiliaries Officer, Combaf lnformaflon CenTer Officer, and ElecTronics MaTerial Officer unTil December 4974. From January 4975 unTil March 4977, he served aboard USS Tawakoni QATF-4 443 as ExecuTive Officer. He Then aTTended The DeparTmenT Head Course aT Surface Warfare School in Newporf, Rl and subseauenTly served as Weapons Officer aboard USS HewiTT CDD-9665 from March 4978 unTil December 4979 and as OperaTions Officer aboard USS PoinT Defiance CLSD-345 from January 4980 unTil Sepfember 4984. Following shore duTy aT Naval MiliTary Personnel Command in WashingTon, DC, he served as FirsT LieuTenanT aboard USS KiTTy Hawk CCV 635 from OcTober 4983 unTil March 4986. Commander O'Leary holds The Navy CommendaTion Medal and Navy AchievemenT Medal as well as various uniT awards 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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Qhuw X in T E LCDR orman G. Laws, Ir. Executive Officer LCDR Lows, who vvos born in GTGOT Ldkes, lL in 4952, holds o Bdchelor of Science degree in eIecTricol engineering ond wds commissioned upon grddudfion from The UniversiTy of lllinois in Chdmpdign, lL. He reporTed dboord his firsT ship, USS OLOVER QAOFF-45, in July 4976, where he served ds The NdvigdTor ond AdminisTrdTion Officer ond ldTer, os The AnTi-Submdrine Wdrfdre Officer. OLOVER is homporTed in Norfolk, VA. His nexT dssignmenf wds ds AssisTdnT Combdf lnformdfion Cenfer Officer dboord USS SARATOGA QCV-603, on dircrofT corrier homporTed in lvloyporT, FL. He served There from June 4979 Till December 4984. LCDR Lows nexT wenT To shore duTy os Officer in Chdrge of The Ydrd Pdirol Squodron in Newporf, Rl. From Jonuory 4982 Till June 49841, he supervised The Trdinlng of codeTs in smdll bodT hdndling. In December 4984, he reporfed dboord USS ROBERT E. PEARY QPF-40735. He served ds Wedpons Officer on The Pedrl Horbor-bdsed frigofe unTil Ocfober 4986. LCDR Lows mode The move To his firsT Long Bedch-bosed ship, USS MOUNT VERNON CLSD-393, in December 4986. He served ds FirsT LieuTendnT dboord The morine Troop ship Through June 4988, before his selecfion ds execuTive officer for USS ROANOKE QAOR 75. LCDR Lows weors The Novy CommendoTion lvleddl ond vdrious uniT commendoTions. LCDR Lows is mdrried To The former Jednne A. Klockzim. LCDR ond Mrs. Lows hdve Three children: Brion ond Todd of Sdn Pedro, CA.