Stark (FFG 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMBAT SYSTEM S DEPARTMENT 5 I

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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,

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cs-1 DIVISION 2,7 1 1 1 ff M L f A-L 'Q ,V ... ' A WA? if aunuuuismmv '-. FRONT ROW: IQW3 KUNTZ. OS3 HAYNES, OS3 RF,YNOl.DS. O83 STEYENSON. OS3 BARCHUS, OS2 II.-XIDIJR Si-QCIOND ROW: LT PI-2'I'I'lGREXV, OS2 CANETTI, OSI REIlS,Xl'l,. OSI BALMORE, EVVI PONTZER, OS2 RFLIFORD. OSSN KEMP. OS2 DEVANEY, OSC Il.-XYERKAMP THIRD ROW: OSSR SIPKA, OS3 HEN- DRICIHS. O83 SANTISTEYEN. OS2 SCOTT, OS2 SICK- LES. KWSN SWANSON