Stark (FFG 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER IM gn .f 'N 1. Mfr? -4- Q qi We lags.: sh , Q fillitiiz 'Q-lllq..i5 sg, LCDR EARLE S. YERGER Ill. USN He graduated from the University of North Horida in August. IQT7 with a BRA in Finance. Ile was commissioned from OCS in jan uarv. l978. After attending Surface Warfare Officer School basic course. LCDR Yerger reported aboard USS FORREST SHERMAN IDD-9312. He ser'ved in various hillets including ASW Officer, Communications Officer. Main Propulsion Assistant. and CIC Officer. During his tour. he made one MIDFAST Force deployment. one Med deployment. an ROH and several exercises and contingency operations, including the l979 Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. LCDR Yerger next served on the staff of Fleet Training Group. Guantanamo Bay. Cuba. During his tour he taught conventional steam engineering and damage control on hoard a wide variety of surface ships undergoing refresher training, as well as conducting OPPE Certifications for steam and gas turbine ships. ln addition to training USN personnel. he supenised training on the last U.S. Coast Guard steamships and West German Adams class destroyers. His next assignment was to the Naval post Graduate School in Monterey. CA. During his time in Monterey, LCDR Yerger complet- ed the requirements for kX25 and XX27 Subspecialty codes and eamed a Master of Arts in National Security Affairs. Following NPS. LCDR Yerger's first department head tour was a Chief Engineer in CHARLES F. ADAMS IDDG-21 homeported in Mayport. Horida. During his time aboard ADANIS. LCDR Yerger deployed again to the Middle Fast as well as another Mediterranean deployment. During his time aboard ADAMS. successfully completed two regularly scheduled Operational Propulsion Plant Exams and received SURFIANT awards for engineering and damage control excellence. ln addition. the ADAMS was awarded the SUR- FLANT Battle Efficiency Award for destroyers for two competitive cycles. LCDR Yerger next reported aboard the USS BELKNAP lCG-261. flagship of Commander. Sixth Fleet., homeported in Gaeta, Italy. While serving as Chief Engineer in BELKN.-LP. LCDR Yerger supervised the ship's first successful full power trial in five years, suc- cessfully completed OPPE and INSURV and participated in numerous exercises and contingency operations in Mediterranean. Dur- ing his time on board. the BELKNAP eamed SL'RFL-XNT Battle Efficiency Award for cruiser for two competitive cycles. LCDR Yerg- er stood condition three watch 5 Tactical Action Officer. LCDR Yerger's next duty assignment was to the OPNAV staff in Washington. D.C. As a member of the and Evaluation Branch of the Theater and Strategic Nuclear Warfare Division tOP-85h of the Plans. Policy. and Operations Directorate tOP-063, he utilized his subspecialty to act as the SIOP, RISOP analyst for the Nasy. He also served as a member of the Strategic Tech- nologies Assessment Group. part of the CNO sponsored study STRATPL-AN 2010. charting the Nasy's course into the next century.

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COM D SE IOR CHIEF 3. -. - ill,-A - 5- R r T! ,.-, '-r 41,9 V' I . A- i'lf5i'l', T , rzn. . , 3 Ji P ,f 'X ' .me if-y LQ .., , ,, . ft., r. + ,f 'S Q n 351 v. ' :UH I 'I ' A . .. It ' fi -s - A I I I EMCS tSWl 'l'll0M,AS E. Nl EAD PNN N :SSH I Ill Nt XS I Nll.KIl, lv-.rn in t.ii-vnslmig. lndizmn on Ill january l949, enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 25 May l'lhT. ln Knqust hi- mis sn-nt tu N lt his-.il l,.il.vs saline he attended hoot Camp and EM A school. After graduation, he reu'iu'tl uulers In l'N N.n.il 'Support Ki In ities. sillllllll. x,it'llI2Il'll. illTlVlllg in-july of l968 he was then assigned to the Nba B0 llet.u lnnvnt tilt--fe lu'ln.llnl.ut1erl Xlgnlt l .intl ll l'l!R's :ts part of the pier eleetrieal Crew. ln july of 1969, as an EM3, he it-it-in-il onli-is ui thi- ISN lil N'll'Rl AISH IW!!lton1t'portt't'l in Panama City. Florida. lnjuly of 1971, he was released from Mme dim. ln lnli ul l'lT2. hi- ii-rnlxstr-rl inthe Navy and was assigned to the USS THOR IARC-41 in Portsmouth, New llatnpsliivi- ltmn Xing l'lT2 until lnlx ol l'lTfi. Nlter the dei'-unmussioninrg ol the Ill! PR. l.X1t,S Hifi Mead ret'eived orders to the USS AIARIAS IAO-51 homeported lll Alnrksumille. lloritla. ln Hit ol l'lT 1. the Nlanas was detommissioned and he received orders to the USS NIPMUC KATF- l.3. I. ln Yllllt ol l'lT l. .alter heinq aclxani ed In l V2 and refenlisting for fi more Years. he received orders to EM B school in lil'l'.ll laltes. lllinnis. Uter QT'RClll3lll1Q in Nlarch ol lf475. l.'SlfL5 tfiifl hhyad rg-cgivcd Qfdcfs to USS ROBERTH. Hftf IRD illll--9L'2tn1 Tampa. llorvfla. lle was then adxanc ed to llhll in Sept of l976. ln August of 1977, he transferred to his first shore rlutt .lssifnment at Natal Xrth ities l'nited Kingdom. London. England. Vrhile in London, he was assigned to the puhlie u-nrlts dvpartnment and superwiseri the maintenance and operation ofthe emergency power plant. In October of l9Sll. FNNIS WNW Nlead ment to t-rent lakes. lllinois to attend EH C school as part of the FFC-7 pipeline, After school, he reported to lists FIA Ill Y fPTfL'2l 'pl'f't'tlIY1l'11lSSlfll1ll1Q crew in Hath. Maine. He was advanced to Chief Petty Officer in Url of UNI. lle then earned his POUW letter and IQSXYS pin while deployed to the Persian Gulf. In April of 1985, EMCS tsxvl Head u.1s .ldxanfed to his present rank and deploy ed for his seeond time aboard USS FLATLEY. Upon return from the xlt'1'llll'l'T.lI1f'.lt'l. he then transferred to the Naval Sea Support fenter Atlantie. Detaehment at Nlayport, Florida. ln Nlarrh nf NSD. FXlt'.S iswi X14-ad transferred tr. PSS VOCF :FF-I0-171. He decommissioned USS VOGE in Augwit l9N9 .Ind nas sent to INN STXRK IFTIY-Jil 1. Nhilr- attached lo Stark. ENKIS tSYN'p Mg-ad gay-ned his EQQW1etter, was the lilertrii-.nl Safety Ofticer .md thc Electrical Division Ollie:-r. llc currently is the 3-M Coordinator and the Senior Chief of the t'mnmand. l ,MtiS tSY5'l Mead is marvied tn the forrner Yann jackson of Ft Nlvers Florid Th Y D 1 ' W D. , . . I . a. ey are the proud parents of a son, -IVh0l'l1.lk. who ts stationed w-1th the l .X ,Xnny in fferrnarn and Ivo daughters. .-Xmv and Mal-Sha,