Theodore E Chandler (DD 717) - Naval Cruise Book

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ILCDR Lloyd H. Snider attended elementary and high school in the Los Angeles area, then attended a year of college in California at the San Bernardino Valley College. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy on 6 October 1948. Upon completion of recruit training in San Diego, he attended the Electronics Technician school at Treasure Island. After completing better than half the course, he applied for and was accepted by the Naval Academy Preparatory School at Newport Rhode Island. He competed for and Won an appoint- ment as Midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy. Mr. Snider was graduated and commissioned as an Ensign on 4 June 1954. His first duty assignment was on board the USS COLLETT CDD-7305 Where he was Communications Officer until December 1955. During this period the ship made a WESTPAC cruise. In January 1956, he reported aboard the USS AMMEN CDD-527D, flagship of COMDESDIV 212, homeported in San Diego, as Stai Operations Officer. After completing the Air Controller Course in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS JOHN S. McCAIN CDL-3D as Operations Oflicer, in March 1957. Again he was deployed to WESTPAC in 1958, but he returned to CONUS in 1959 to attend the Operations Analysis Course at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Upon completion of the course in June in 1961, LCDR Snider was assigned as Com- manding Ofiicer of the fleet ocean tug, USS APACHE CATF-673, homeported in San Diego. After again being deployed to WESTPAC in 1962, he was assigned, in July 1963, to Instructor Duty at the U. S. Naval Academy, working in the Naval Science Department as an instructor in the Naval Operations Courses. Assignment as the Executive OfHcer on the USS THEODORE E CHANDLER CDD-717D,c then homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, and operating in and around the waters of Vietnam, came in July of 1966. LCDR Snider was married on March 3, 1957, to the former Jan Walmar of San Bernardino. He and his wife have two children, a ten-year old daughter and an eight-year-old son. LCDR Snider has been autho- rized to Wear the National Defense Medal with bronze star, the China Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. IO

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CAPTAIN AT G. Q. COMDESRON NINE AND THE C. O. fix , A VISIT FROM RADM KELLY CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS THE C.0. LANDS A TONKIN WHOPPER WATCHFUL EYE NOONER

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. WHERE IS MY RELIEF? O LCDR J. H. STECKEL, XO AS OF 15 MAY 1968 LCDR STECKEL A QUIET MOMENT I'M COMING! I'M COMING! l LCDR John H. Steckel was commissioned in the U. S. Navy in May 1957 and has since served on the USS ISHERWOOD CDD-5205 as assistant CIC Oflicer, Damage Control Assistant and Engineer Officer. At the U. S. Naval Oflicer Candidate School as an Engineering In- structor and a Company Oiiicer. He later worked in the Bureau of Naval Personnel in the DATA Processing Branch. After a tour with U. S. Naval Forces in Viet Nam as an advisor to the Vietnamese sea force, LCDR Steckel reported aboard the USS DALE CDLG-192 as Engineer Officer. On 15 May 1968 he relieved LCDR Snider as Executive Oflicer of THE CHANDLER. LCDR Steckel has earned the Naval Commendation Medal With Combat VH and the Vietnamese Armed Forces forces Medal of Honor, 1st class, along with four other campaign Ribbons. I l