William H Standley (CG 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Daniel Salinas II 4'-' Captain Daniel Salinas II wasborn in uated from the United States fffffivitf Following his commissioning, his iin USS SOUTHERLAND y ' is 'f' aii a f CDD 7437 FIRST I VARIOUS INSHORE R a n R n PATROL CRAFT CPCFQ I OFFICERi,tIniNig1QHQAgRG1EI USS EPPERSON CDD 7191 R CH1EElrENGrNEERjlraegl, USS ABNAKI CATF 961 COMMANDIISIGQOFIFICBR USS REEVES CCG 241 EXECURTIRYRE oi-megan USS HARRY W. HILL y y a i QDD 9685 COMMANDING-OFFICER USS NEW JERSEY CBB 621 EXECUTIVI-3'l,oFF1C,ER Assignments ashore have included: Program ,Manager for Comniander Navy Recruiting Command, Flag ,Secretary for Commander Navy Surface Group MIDPAC, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy nCManpowe1ffand Reserve Affairsj, Post-Command Integrated Warfare Course Naval War College, Chief-of-Staff for Commander U.S. Naval Forces Cen- tralCommand. I A C Captain Salinas, personal awards include the Bronze Star with Combat VP Purple Heart medal, Meritorious'Service Medal with two gold stars, Navy Commendation Medalg, g R it I Captain Salinas is married to the former Paula Nyman of Haddon Heights, New Jersey. They reside inqSan Diego, Cali- fornia with their daughter, Kristin, and sons, Daniel III and Davis William. R I I I X r fi 4 R 5 ...ff

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.gf in S Ft C sig- ADMIRAL WILLIAM HARRISON STANDLEY, USN In the post war years, his duties at sea included tours as Com- manding Officer of the battleships USS VIRGINIA and CALI- FORNIA, Commander Battle Force, U.S. Fleet on June 9, 1993. He broke his flag in USS CALIFORNIA and remained at sea until July 1, 1933 when he was appointed Chief of Naval Op- erations, with the rank of Admiral. During his period of Office, Secretary of the Navy Swanson was frequently absent due to ill- ness, and Admiral Standley performed the duties of Acting Sec- retary of Navy and a member of FDR's Cabinet. He was a United Nations Delegate to the London Naval Conference held in London, England during the period 7 December 1935 to March 25, 1936, and signed the London Naval Treaty on behalf of the United States. Before his retirement on January 1, 1937, he also initiated the Vinson-Trammell Bill, which proved for es- tablishing, building and maintaining he U.S. Navy at treaty- strength. William Harrison Standley was born in Ukiah, California. He entered the Naval Academy in 1891, graduating with the class of 1895. His early career in warships was distinguished by an heroic action during the Philippines Insurrection of 1899 when he was commanded for bravery in connection with a reconnoitering ex- pedition in hostile territory. In the years before World War I, he served at sea in nearly every type of combatant ship from moni- tor to battleship and ashore in stations ranging from San Fran- cisco to Samoa. From 1916 to 1919, he returned to the Naval Academy as Assistant to the Superintendent. While there he su- pervised a major expansion in the Academy and for eleven months was Commandant of Midshipmen. Recalled to active duty on February 13, 1941, he served for seven months as the Naval Representative on the Planning Board of the Office of Production Management. In the fall of 1941, he served as the U.S. Naval member of the Beaverbrook- Harrison Special War Supply Mission to the U.S.S.R. and, after his return from the Soviet Union, was assigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Navy Department as a member of the Roberts Commission appointed by the President on December 18, 1941 to investigate and report the facts relating to the attack made by the Japanese upon Pearl Harbor, T.H., December 7, 1941. In February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Admiral Standley U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and on March 18 the same year, awarded him Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation: For exceptionally meritori- ous service to the Government of the United States in duties of great responsibility during his career as an Officer of the Navyf, He remained Ambassador until October 1943. Again recalled to active duty in March 1944, Admiral Stand- ley served in the office of Strategic Service, throughout the re- maining period of hostilities, being relieved of all active duty on August 31, 1945. He died in San Diego, California on October 25, 1963, at the age of 91. The best summation of the principles for which Admiral Standley stood can be found in his own words: Finally, we must each of us know, honor, and frequently re- call the eternal values of beliefs which we hold, for which we struggle, for which we work, for which we are committed to fight, by which, in the long course, we must live or die.

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COMMANDING OFFICER Commander Brian Schires was raised in Phoenix. Arizona and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June 1975. Following his commissioning his previous sea tours have in- eluded: USS TUScALooSA CLST ASSISTANT FIRST 11871 LIEUTENANT USS coNNoLLY CDD 9795 CIC fOPERATIONS OFFICER USS DAVID R. RAY CDD OPERATIONS OFFICER 9711 COMCRUDESGRU THREE ASSISTANT SURFACE OPERATIONS USS JoUETT EXECUTIVE OFFICER Assignments ashore have included Officer Programs Re- cruiter at Navy Recruiting Station, Phoenix, Arizona and Force Operations Officer for Commander Naval Surface Forces, Pa- cific. Commander Schires' personal awards include Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, the Navy Commendation Medal with two stars, and the Navy Achievement Medal with one gold star. Commander Schires is married to the former Christine Be- thards of Phoenix, Arizona. They have two sons and a daughter: David, Garrett and Katherine CMDR Brian G. Schires N Ah ,A If fi