Shreveport (LPD 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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H swf-1' -i ' wlluizi!U ' EMCM QSWI DAVID W. CSILLAG UNITED STATES NAVY A native of Lorain, Ohio, Master Chief Csillag graduated from Elyria District Catholic High School in 1966 and entered the Navy in December of that same year. Master Chief Csillag was assigned to USS COMSTOCK QLSD 191 for a Vietnam tour, USS ALLAGASH QAO 97j, USS CADMUS KAR 141, EM B school Great Lakes, USS INDEPEN- DENCE QCV 621, FMAG NORFOLK, USS AUSTIN QLPD 41, USS PUGET SOUND QAD 381, Navy Manpower Engineering Center, and USS CONOLLY IDD 9791. His awards include the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal lfourth awardj as well as numerous service and campaign awards. Master Chief Csillag is married to the former Martha Elaine Stawls and have six daughters and 3 granddaughters. 13

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X .4 Nei N .es iid ,hx ' ik' S ss-X if 1. ', jx' V .XR IJ. X I ,J 33 I A F , . A LIEUTENANT coLoNEL M MICHAEL 1. FRANKS ,Di . 'Q' f 5 Je . UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ft ' Q ' tl' -Lieutenant Colonel Franks was born in Ouantico, Virginia in 1947. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1969. After completing The Basic School, Quan- tico, Virginia, he was assigned as a Company Commander and Platoon Commander with 3d Battalion, 6th Marines, 2d Marine Division. He was then transferred to the 1st Marine Division, serving in the Republic of Vietnam. Promoted to Captain, he attended Amphibious Warfare School in 1974. After graduation he was assigned to 2d Marine Division from 1975 to 1979. He served with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, and 2d Marine Division, as G-3 Training. Promoted to Ma- jor, he was assigned to Parris Island Recruit Depot, South Carolina from 1979 to 1983. From 1983 to 1986, he served as the first Marine Officer Instructor for the Hampton Roads NROTC Unit, Norfolk, Virginia. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he was assigned to Headquarters, Fleet Marine ForCG Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia from 1986 to 1989. ln August 1989 Lieutenant Colonel Franks waS transferred to Second Marine Division and immediately assigned to Marine Forces Panama as Operation's Officer. He wrote and directed the Marine Corps' Operation Order for the U.S. Invasion of Panama Operation just Cause . Returning to the United States, he was as- signed as Executive Officer RLT-2 in june 1990. Lieutenant Colonel Franks' personal decora- tions include, the Purple Heart with gold star, the Meritorious Service Medal with three g0ld , the Navy Achievement Medal with stars, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V Combat V , the Combat Action Ribbon and numerous other unit, service and campaign medals. Lieutenant Colonel Franks is married to the former Marsha johnson of Charleston, South Carolina. They have two sons, Michael and Fredrick.

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l i 4 1 i i 2 1 1 l t l i l l l i t l l l i i l 4 l l l 4 I 1 l 1 l , H , , H , I ,, EMMETT L. SALAS SERGEANT MAIOR HMLA 269 Sergeant Major Emmett L. G. Salas served with 1st Batallion, 1st Marines in Vietnam, june 1986, and was wounded in action. He has held a myriad of duties in a variety of locations to include Rifle Platoon Sergeant in Okinawa and a Recruiter in Guam. He served as the MAGTF 2-88 Sergeant Nlalor from january 1988 to lune 1988 in the Persian Gulf, reported to the Marine Barracks, Guam in lE1l1UafY 1989, and in january 1990 became the Sergeant Major of HMLA-269. He is married to the former Lucinda Capirci of Phoenix, Arizona, and has two children, MGUSS3 and Eric. 14