Stump (DD 978) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER i Commander Gregory S. Cruze is the son of the late Jack and Yvonne Cruze of New Orleans, LOU. 1 isiana. He was born in Hawaii in 1952 where is fa- f ther, a naval aviator, served as Commanding Offi.f cer at Midway Island after service in the Pacific A during World War ll and the Korean. conflict. Hef, attended the Episcopal High School in Alexan-VW dria, Virginia, the University of Virginia, and Flor-A ida Southern College. He is also a graduate of the A United State Marine Corps Command and Staffi College. A' . Commander Cruze's sea duty assignments in-A clude tours as FirstgLig mL3nd Combat lnfor- mation Center QPQQTTERSON QFFQ 10615, uss JOHNQ RocERs Assistanta Weapons iss 64l,' and SPRA-3' cue CFFG Atlantic,-if the Mediterrarifeah, Ashore, V have all been in tlfieswaglgiagtgn, DC arena. He, served as Head of theft Congressional Liaison Branch at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, as one? of the early Tomahawk flight test managers at the A Naval Air Systems Command, and as the only ac-f tive duty naval officer assigned to the 1993 De-lg fense Base Closure and Realignment Commis-r sion. Most recently, he served as Head of the Joint Battle Management Command, Control,i Communications, Computers and Intelligence fi Branch in the Surface Warfare Division CN86l in the Pentagon. During that tour, he also served as 1 a Ll.S. delegate to NATO Naval Group One where D he chaired a Specialist Team on Theater Ballistic Missile Defense. His personal decorations include the Defense' Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Ser- vice Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal Ciive' awardsj, the Navy Achievement Medal, and various service and unit awards. Commander Cruze has one daughter, Charlotte, and two sisters, Kathryn and Bonnie. I I 6 1 i Q

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A it P f,i V fir' W VVV,', , COMMANDER THOMAS S. KENNEDY if Commander Thomas S. Kennedy is the son ,df-E Raymond N. Kennedy and the late Victoria, I Kennedy of Barrington, New Jersey. He gradut ated from the Ll.S. Naval Academy and was cormgiig missioned in June, 1976. A 1 ' Following commissioning, he served aboard USS MITSCHER CDDG 351 as Gunnery Assistantg, until the ship decommissioned in June 1978gp,' From June 1978 to March 1981 he served asglf Gunnery Officer then Navigator in USS EL PASO 1 CLKA 1171. After attending Surface Warfare Offi-, 1 C 4. u cer School Department Head course, he returned? 1 to sea as Combat 'VVV ia'fi f Officer in USS PETERSON foo Officer inf' , ,,,7 ,,i.i USS BIDDLE QC Vieii - Vg ded the Na-ff val Postgradu . Californiai, earning a Q ii: iffi Manage-1551 ment f f From Augu ' 7 1 W ill 88 om mander Kenne ations offi-, cer on the staff ivgi fi 'i L o - ii eiif lM1ddle East 5 . I J Jlpv 'MV'u' 7 If . I Force operating ou ...l,l.,, bylyqg , Following this F tour, he served as Exe tive Officer in ussgigf LEFTWICH QDD 9841 from December 1988 toil? -.' 'f June 1990. After serving as Flag Secretary toff Commander, Naval Surface Group'Middle Pacificfti at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii until July 1992. His next tour was on the Chief of Naval Operations Staffgl Programming Division fN8OD. Reporting in Janu-if ary 1995, Commander Kennedy served as USS51 STLlMP's Commanding Officer until December L. 1996. He is currently back in Washington, DCQQQ l working for the Director of Surface Warfare. v i Commander Kennedy's personal decorationsfffi 1 include the Meritorious Service Medal with one! gold star, Navy Commendation Medal, Armysgg Achievement Medal and various campaign andrfig service awards. He is married to theformer Bar-sg bara Seeley of Bellbrook, Ohio. They have twojyi 1 children, Sam and Katie. QC H iii' 313 , AQ. si' 1 . ij we' 5 C ' , ylfii 8 ,f H45 A