University of Virginia Naval ROTC - Long Glass Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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University Of Virginia NROTC The University of Virginia NRO TC continues to be one of the best sources of line officers for the Navy and Marine Corps. The 1981 Long Glass will introduce you to our staff, our Midshipmen, and to those whom we honor with this year's book, the class of 1981- fourty-one of the finest new officers in the fleet and Fleet Marine Force. 4 1 'I i'54'1T Nfl.: Z! H K 65239 ,. 5: fax N

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WA-. Capt. E.l. Vaughan, lr. EXECUTIVE OFFICER LtCol Palka, the Unit's Executive Officer, began his military career as a Seaman, USN. After a year and a half in the fleet, he received an appointment to the Naval Academy and graduated in 1962. While at the Academy, LtCol Palka found the Marine Corps more to his liking and decided to become an aviator. He earned his wings in 1964 and joined the let Attack Squadron at Cherry Point. From 1965 to 1966 he served as ground-air liason and A-4 pilot in Vientnam. Upon completion of his tour, LtCol Palka attended Air lntellegence School in Denver and then taught Air lntellegence to pilots in California. He then returned to Vietnam for another year, where he brought his total combat missions flown to 360. In 1973 he received his Master of Science degree in Aeronauti- cal Engineering from the Na val Postgraduate School. His next assignment took him to Washington as Assistant Program Manager for VXSTOI. at the Naval Air Systems Command. After completing Harrier training at Cherry Point, LtCol Palka went to lwakune, japan. In 1978 he received a Master of Arts degree in Human Resources Management from Pep- perdine University. His last assignment prior to coming here was at Cherry Point, where he held several billets. LtCol Palka has three children, Kim, Sherri, and Fritz. COMMANDING OFFICER Captain E. I. Vaughan, lr. , our commanding officer, came tg the unit in june, 1979, after serving in London on the staff of the Comander in Chief, U. S. Naval Forces, Europe. Fulfilling a boyhood dream, he began his career at the Naval Academy and graduated in 1954. He won his wings a year later and was based in Norfolk. In 1959 Captain Vaughan became an in- structor of Midshipmen at the Academy. Two years latter he attend the Naval Postgraduate School, where he earned a Master of Science degree in Management. After serving as Flag Lieutenant to Commander, Carrier Division 19 in the Pacific, Captain Vaughan returned to Norfolk as Operations Officer of Patrol Squadron 56. He then served on the staff of the CNO and in 1969 became Navigator for the USS Midway during its deployment in Vietnam. Captain Vaughan went back to school after his Vietnam tour, this time to the U.S. Army War College. He served as Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Logistics before going to London. He is married to the former Mary Deemy and has four children, Valerie, Elaine, lames, and Andy. IIT! HX Xl fl H I 63 LtCoI Fred Palka I l K q. i fr at 8 R 4 4