Truxtun (CGN 35) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMA DI G QFFICER CAPTAI MARK 0. FLAHERT Y . . AVY Captain Flaherty was born in Washington, D.C. and hails from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1970 and completing temporary duty at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Staff, Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, he reported for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training. Completing Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training in 1972, he was assigned to the pre-commissioning unit of USS CALIFORNIA CDLGN 365. While in USS CALIFORNIA QCGN 361, he served in a variety of engineering billets associated with the construction and testing of the nuclear propulsion plant and after the ship's commissioning as Auxiliaries Officer and Damage Control Assistant. Reporting to the USS ENTERPRISE KCVN 651 in January 1976, he served for twenty-eight months as the ChemistryfRadiological Controls Assistant to the Reactor Officer and participated in several extended Western Pacific deployments. Following shore duty at the Plant Performance Evaluation Activity at the Ballston Spa, New York, Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, he reported to USS MISSISSIPPI ICGN 405 as Operations Officer. He served in that capacity during the ship's initial deployment to the Sixth Fleet and during operations with the Second Fleet. In the spring of 1983, Captain Flaherty reported as the Reactor Officer in USS CARL VINSON ICVN 703 and served as the ship conducted several deployments to the Seventh Fleet and extended operations in the Indian Ocean. Upon completion of a tour in the Combat Systems Division, Staff of the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare, Captain Flaherty assumed command in 1988 of the USS O'BANNON CDD987j in Charleston, South Carolina. Operations while in USS O'BANNON included deployment to the Persian Gulf and duty under the Commander, Joint Task Force Middle East. Captain Flaherty reports for duty as Commanding Officer of USS TRUXTUN after completing assignment as the Executive Director for Fleet Logistic Support at the Navy Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. Among his decorations are the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal. Captain Flaherty is married to the former Christine A. Reilly of Satellite Beach, Florida. They have two children: Jason, a freshman at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Karen, a junior in high school,