Vanderbilt University Naval ROTC - Galleon Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Lieutenant Childers lfl' David C'hilders is the Arueriean Nlil- itary llistory tear-her and Iift' instructor at. Vl.7NllO'l'C'. lfl' C'hilders graduated from NROTC? at the l'niversity of Notre llame in H170 and went to SWOS. lle then served two deployments from IQTO-82 aboard the PSS l anning. during whieh he worked as eleetron- ies material ollieer, eleet ronies warfare ollieer, and eommunieations ollieer. ln September of H182 lfl' C'hilders was assigned to the XTX- llO'l'C' unit, where he teaches and eounsels the lift' midshipmen. Although not as exeit- ing as life in the fleet, lfl' Vhilders feels that being at Vanderbilt has its advantages. Ile likes being eloser to his family and enjoys the academic' enviromnent ol' the university. ln working with the midshipmen, he feels that he is having a direet input in edueating and providing well-trained naval otlieers for the lleet.. lfll Childers also enjoys working with the stall' at Yl'NllO'l'C' . and is 'partieularly impressed with the quality of the ehiefs at the unit. Though not really sure where his naval career may lead, LT Childers is opti- mistic about the rest of his tour at Vander- bilt, and in observing the development of the midshipmen.

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All of the MO s at the NROTC unit. are J , familiar with MAJ Clauer and his mission at J the unit Coming to Vanderbilt in 1982, MAJ Olauer has had a distinguished career with the Marine Corps MAJ Clauer, with an MOS of infantry ofhcer graduated from Cedarville College in 1972 and receiv ed his commission through OCS He has served as platoon CO, company XO company CO, and as logistics officer for lst Battalion 2nd Marines. As OPS officer at the NROTC unit, MAJ Olauer 1S responsible for the performance of the battalion He insures that the staff and battalion function as they should. ln all of these functions MAJ Clauer works closely with and trains the midshipmen for their fu- ture careers aS officers lle likes the oppor- tunity to train people 'ind to watch their progress According to MAJ C'I:iuer, What make the job enjoyable ls to see something productive in what you are doing . Maj or Olauer 'fa' P!! 5,35 s , J 9 1:-P -L il-fit.-2,113-:sy 'f 'Ti S lf' lib. y -fg1 '5 '. it aw 4 . 45 3.0-xfvige f 72 7,f,, D5 xm. imp: 2 1. '- LA' f 'lf ,,.,,f -+'-a -'ufef-x fffn ' A: '- 34:5 w. .L - -tba? A . X 4 in W? ..,,,.,w, aww , A 'XL ' .JF-iid - 1.-A .wb Z -3 . 4 f . H Y' A -1 ally? s- ani, -5 M427

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Lieutenant Lauderdale LT Jeff Lauderdale came to Vanderbilt NROTC this year after having been at sea for four eventful years. At the unit he is both the first class advisor and Ship's Engineering Systems instructor. Apart from this, he ad- vises the Windjammers and the Blue Angels. Prior enlisted in the Navy, LT Lauderdale at- tended the University of Idaho under the NE- SEP program and graduated in 1978 with a major in mechanical engineering. Afler Nu- clear Power School, he served aboard the USS Will Rogers QSSBN 6591 for four years, and spent several weeks aboard the USS Vallejo QSSBN 6581 before coming here. LT Lauderdale says, 'Lwhat you can de- velop here is a work ethic-if you're lazy and fail at Vanderbilt you'll fail at whatever you do. He emphasizes academics and feels that by succeeding you have your options open. N ,, I 2. 3 J