Shreveport (LPD 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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979 ers BTCSQSW5 JONATHAN D. AGUILAR UNITED STATES NAVY Boiler Technician Senior Chief Aguilar entered the Navy in November of 1974, he graduated from RTC Great Lakes in February 1975. Senior ChiefAguilar has served on CSS CORRY IDD 8175, USS DETROIT CAOE 45, USS BARNEY fDDG 65, FASWTT Atlantic, FLETRACEN Norfolk, and LSS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS CDDG 55. His awards include Navy Achievement Medal and various service and campaign awards. Senior Chief Aguilar is married to the former Estrella la-grain f3i,ffmi,iag5a,yi and has two children, Kristina and r,,,,, ,,, , J,'1C.'.ifl0.IE EMCMQSW5 DAVID W. CSILLAG UNITED STATES NAVY A native of Lorain, Ohio, Master Chief Csillag gradu ated 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 CLSD 195 for a Vietnam tour, USS ALLAGASH CAO 975 USS CADMUSCAR 145, EM B school Great Lakes USS INDEPENDENCE CCV 625, FMAG NORFOLK USS AUSTIN CLPD 45, USS PUGET SOUND CAD 385 Navy Manpower Engineering Center, and USS CONOLLY CDD His awards include the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal Cfourth award5 as well as numerous service and campaign awards. Master Chief Csillag is married to the former Martha Elaine Stawls and has six daughters and three granddaugh IL . 1,---

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LIEUTENAN T COLONEL JOHN D. HOLDSTEIN EXECUTIVE OFFICER 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT Lieutenant Colonel Holdstein graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in June 1978 where he eamed his Naval Reserve commission as a Ensign, his 3rd Assistant Ship s Engineers license and his Bachelor of Marine Engineering degree After sailing a year aboard the SS Idaho Standard for Chevron O11 Company, he applied and received an rnterservice transfer to the Marine Corps and orders to the Basic School After completing the Basic School Course, he transferred to Pensacola where he became designated a Marine Helicopter pilot. After Pensacola, he received orders to MCAS New River where he initially received advanced training to qualify as a CH-46 pilot and then orders to join his first fleet squadron, HMM-261, in February 1973. With HMM-261, he deployed early in October 1973 to standby in the eastern Med as a result of the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War. During this Mediterranean cruise he also participated in the operation SNimbus Star!Nimbus Moon , the mine sweeping and debris clearing of the Suez Canal. In October 1974, First Lieutenant Holdstein joined HMM- 165 in Okinawa. Immediately after checking into the squadron, he joined a two plane detachment in the Philippines until he embarked aboard USS HANCOCK to participate in Eagle Pull!Frequent Wind. After that operation, he joined lst Battalion, 4th Marines as their Air Liaison Officer. Upon completing that assignment, he rejoined HMM- 165, remaining in WestPac aboard ship until January 1977. Once in Conus, he rejoined HMM-261 for another Med deployment. After that deployment, he joined HMM- 162 where he made a Caribbean cruise, two cold weather training deployments to Camp Drum, and a NATO deployment with 4th MAB. In 1979 Captain Holdstein left the FMF for a year at AWS. Following school, he remained in Quantico joining HMX-1. L He departed HMX-1 in May 1984 for a year at sea with the 3 1 st MAU, sailing the Pacific as the MAU's Air Liaison Officer. After completing his WestPac tour in May 1985, Maj or Holdstein went to Washington, DC, where he served in the Naval Air Systems Corrrrnand as the Deputy Program Manager for the White House, VH-60 program. Finishing that assignment in June 1988, Lieutenant Colonel Holdstein travelled to 1'st MEB in Kaneohe, Hawaii where he became Brigade Inspector and then Commanding Officer of HMM-265. He was Commanding Officer from February 1990 to August 1991. During this time, he lead his squadron to Desert ShieldlDesert Storm as part of MAG-50, embarked initially aboard USS TRIPOLI and then USS TARAWA. After relinquishing command, Headquarters Marine Corps reassigned him to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina where he joined the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as Executive Officer and deployed to the Mediterranean. His wife Sandy and son Brad remain at home awaiting his return from the deployment. 1 f I r l r r 1 E 1 1 l 2 l l 1 l 5 2 1 s 2 1 1 5 l I E 1 1 1 if x 'S N11 X.. -.rw , Hia ' ' -,Q -mid

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WILLIAM E. HATCHER SERGEAN T MAJOR U.S. MARINE CORPS Sergeant Maj or Hatcher enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1964 and completed recruit training at San Diego during April 1964. After completion of training at the Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Pendleton, California, he served a thirteen month tour of duty in Okinawa Japan attending the Third Marine Division Communication School and being a member of Communication Company, Third Force Service Regiment Upon his retum to the United States in August 1965, Lance Corporal Hatcher was assigned to the Third Amphibian Tractor Battalion First Marine Division and landed in Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam in March 1966 Returning from Vietnam rn April 1967 Sergeant Hatcher served as an Officer Selection Assistant in Des Moines Iowa until January 1968 when he reported to the Marine Security Guard Battalion at Headquar- ters U S Marine Corps and was assigned to Embassy duty in Vienna Austria as anDetachrnent Assistant Noncommissioned Oficer He was promoted to Staff Sergeant while on Embassy Duty. In July 1970 Staff Sergeant Hatcher reported to the Eighth Marine Regiment Second Marine Division Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and served as the platoon Sergeant ofthe Radio Relay Platoon. in February 197 1 he was as signed as a student at Communication Electronics School, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California. Upon completion of school, he was retained there as an Instructor. In November of 1971 he was transferred to Communication Company, Third Marine Division, Okinawa and filled the billet of Company Gunnery Sergeant. Leaving Okinawa in October 1972, Staff Sergeant Hatcher was assigned as an Officer Selection Assistant and Canvassing Recruiter in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado. He again returned to Okinawa in November 1976 as the Wire Chief of Marine Air Group Thirty Six, First Marine AirWin g, where he was promoted to Gumrery Sergeant. Completing this tour, Gumrery Sergeant Hatcher was transferred to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii to Communication Support Company, First Marine Brigade where he served from December 1977 to December 1980 in billets as Wire Training School and Platoon Commander, Communication Platoon. He left Hawaii and in January 1980 was assigned as the Noncommissioned Officer in charge ofthe Electronic Maintenance Branch, Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quantico, Virginia. While there, he was sent to Operational Communication Chiefs School in Twenty Nine Palms California. Rettuning to Quantico, he was reassigned as the Operations Chief of Command, Control and Communications Branch, the Development Center where he remained until his selection to First Sergeant. He attended First Sergeant School at Parris Island in January 1982 and was reassigned as the First Sergeant of Service Company, Marine corps Development and Education Command and later First Sergeant of Charlie Company, Officer Candidate School. In July 1984 First Sergeant Hatcher reported to the Army Sergeants Major Academy, Fort Bliss, Texas as a student. From there, in January 1985, he made his forth trip to Okinawa to serve as the First Sergeant of Support Company, Third Combat EngineerBattalion, Third Marine Division. JnMarch 1986, he reported to the Inspector Instructor Staff, FirstMilitary Police Company, Fourth Force Service Support Group, Lexington, Kentucky for duty. VVhile in Lexington. he was selected for promotion to Sergeant Major and in January 1988 was transferred to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina where he served as the Sergeant Major of Fifth Battalion, Tenth Marines, Second Marine Division until his assignment to the Twenty Fourth Marine Expeditionary Unit in April 1989. Since joining, the MEU, Sergeant Major Hatcher has completed two Mediterranean deployments, and spent 90 days in Northem Iraq with Operation Provide Comfort, where he seryed as the Command Sergeant Major of Joint Task Force Bravo, a coalition force of over 12,000 service members from eight nations. Sergeant Major Hatchers decorations include: The Meritorious Seryice Medal. two Navy Achievement Medals. Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Eight Good Conduct medals. Humanitarian Service Medal and Southwest Asia Service Medal. Sergeant Major Hatcher is married to the former Roselinda Indelicato of Neptune City, New Jersey. They have two children, Jennifer and CJ . W I