USS Roosevelt (CVN 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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..r:,-,,..:,..:.6. - ar Admiral William W Copeland was bom in N .D I O ff fb I L 'fi 'r or jj' Qtfirfatajp fEffGfwf7fl f,,.f Buenos ' es Argentina The son of a career Foreign Services Officer he entered the Navy in 1965 through the Aviation Officer Candidate Program. He graduated from Virginia Poly- technic Institute CBSEED and was commissioned m 1967 He received Master of Science Degrees from the University of Southern Califomia m 1980 and from the Naval War College in 1985. Designated a Naval Aviator in 1968 he reported to Fighter Squadron ONE FIFTY ONE flying the F-4 Phantom and in 1970 joined Fighter Squadron FIFT Y ONE for their transition from the F-8 Crusader to the F-4 Phantom. Following mstructor duty at the Navy Fighter Weapons School CTop Gunj from 1972 to 1975 Rear Admiral Copeland returned to Fighter Squadron ONE FIFTY ONE embarked aboard USS MIDWAY CCV 415 homeported in Yokosuka Japan In 1978 he attended the United States Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base and upon completion reported to the Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River Maryland Rear Admiral Copeland joined fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWO m July 1981 as Executive Officer and assumed command in November 1982 In March 1984 he joined Commander Task Force SIXTY Staff in Naples Italy He was assigned to the senior Course at the Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island m August 1984 and in 1985 became the F-14 Program Coordinator within the office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare. Rear Admiral Rear mgral Co eland was the Commander of Carrier Air Wing ONE . 66 16666 Uss AMERICA qcv 665 fmm Jury 1986 t6 Feb- W Wlnston Copeland ruary 1988. He commanded USS SAN DIEGO CAFS 65 from October 1988 to April 1990, and served as Current Operations Officer CJ33D for the Operations Director at the U.S. Atlantic Command from May 1990 to May 1992. Rear Admiral Copeland commanded USS A AMERICA from August 1992 to February 1994. He attended the Senior Officer National Security Program at Harvard University, and was subsequently the Deputy Director for operations at U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida from September 1994 to March 1997. Rear Admiral Copeland attended the National Strategy Leadership Course at John Hopkins University from April through May 1997, and assumed command of Carrier Group EIGHT in August 1997. Rear Admiral Copeland has accumulated over 300 combat missions, 1,200 carrier arrested landings and 4,800 flight hours in 30 different types of aircraft, including the F-14, F-15, F-16, F-17 and F-18. His personal awards include the Silver Star, two Defense Superior Service Medals, two Legions of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, 16 Strike! Flights and one individual Air Medal, four Navy Cormnendations Medals with Combat 4'V',, the Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Medal, Navy Battle NEW Ribbon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, NATO Medal, five Vietnam Cam- paign Ribbons, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Gold Star, the Vietnamese Unit Commendation and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Rear Admiral Copeland is married and has four children. 1 1 1 i

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