Saratoga (CV 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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Execa tive fficer Captain Jerome H Watson, USN Captain Watson was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended metropolitan schools including Fordham Uni- versity prior to entering the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1951. After graduation in 1955, he entered flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1956. From 1957 to 1961 he saw duty with Attack Squadron Forty-Six, NAS Cecil Field and made Mediterranean cruises aboard aircraft carriers INTREPID and ROOSEVELT. He was then assigned to Attack Squadron Forty- Four as a Flight Attack Instructor until 1964. He served as an Emergency Action Officer with the United States Strike Command at MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida and in 1966, graduated from the Naval War College. He was next assigned to Attack Squadron One-Seventy- Four as the first A-7 Replacement Pilot, only the 67th pilot to fly the A7A aircraft. In 1967, he joined Attack Squadron Eighty-Six and deployed to Southeast Asia aboard AMERICA. In 1969 he returned to the Naval War College, where he earned his Master's Degree in International Relations. Ca tain Watson returned to Cecil Field and Attack Squadron One-Seventy-Four in 1970, as Maintenance Officer P and Executive Officer until june 1971 when he deployed aboard SARATOGA as Executive Officer of Attack Squadron Thirty-Seven, participating in the first CV Evaluation. In january 1972, he assumed command of VA-37 and again deployed with SARATOGA on an emergency deployment to Southeast Asia. Prior to becoming Executive Officer aboard SARATOGA. he was the OperationsfReadiness Officer on the staff of Commander Tactical Wings Atlantic, NAS jacksonville, Florida. He is married to the former Patricia DeWagenese of Stuart, Florida. 'll

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