NROTC Unit Hampton Roads

Twenty Fifth Anniversary

Booklet

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NROTC Unit Hampton Roads was
commissioned 1 July 1982. The unit
introduced tan innovative concept, a
“consortium,” to the NROTC program.
Under this concept, Hampton Roads is the
first unit to offer complete Naval Reserve
Officers Training Corps program at three
separate campuses: Hampton University,
Norfolk State University, and Old Dominion
University. The command has permanent
instructor, staff, office space, and training
facilities at each university, yet the unit and
its battalion of midshipmen are integrated
into a single command structure.
NROTC Unit Hampton Roads
Commanding Officers
HAL J. SUTPHEN
ROLAND B. BESSEY
DARRYL A. STUBBS
R. RICHARD WHALEN
THOMAS S. WEAVER
KEITH H. LARSON
PATRICK HUNT
VERNON C. HUBER
JOHN A. BROWN, JR.
KELLY B. BARAGAR
Captain Hal J. Sutphen
Captain Sutphen attended Brown University
on a Navy ROTC scholarship and graduated
from Tuft’s University with a doctorate in
political science and international law.
He pursued a career as a Navy Surface
Warfare Officer with sea assignments
including command of an experimental
patrol craft, and ocean minesweeper and an
ammunition ship.
He moved to Norfolk to establish and
command the NROTC Unit at Hampton
Roads. His last tour of duty in the Navy was
director of Navy sailing, overseeing the
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Navy’s professional recreational sailing
programs worldwide.
Captain Roland B. Bessey
Captain R. B. Bessey is the Commanding
Officer, Naval Reserve Officers Training
Corps Unit, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA.
He was born in Camden, NJ and graduated
from Rutgers University in 1959 with a B.
A. in Political Science. He remained in
school and earned his Masters Degree in
Political Science in 1961.
Captain Bessey completed Officer
Candidate School in 1961 and was
commissioned an Ensign in November,
1961. He served his first tour aboard the
USS Bearss (DD 654) as Combat
Information Center and Communications
Officer. He then reported to the USS
Kankakee (AO 39) where he served as
Operations Officer and First Lieutenant. A
shore tour followed where he served as
instructor and class counselor for NROTC
Unit, Columbia University. A tour as
Executive Officer onboard the USS Avenge
(MSO 423) followed along with a later tour
onboard the USS Tillamook (ATA 192)
where he served as the Commanding
Officer. In 1971, he was assigned as a
student at the Armed Forces Staff College,
followed by a tour at the Bureau of Naval
Personnel, Washington DC where he served
as the Head of Service College and Post-
Graduate School Placement Branch.
Following a tour at Rutgers University as a
doctoral student, he was assigned as the
Executive Officer onboard the USS Kansas
City (AOR 3). He than reported to the USS
Pyro (AE 24) as the Commanding Officer
which was followed by a tour as the Chief
Staff Officer of Commander, Service
Squadron Three. He then reported to the
Commander-in-Chief, US Atlantic Fleet
Headquarters as the director of Strategy and
Policy. Captain Bessey assumed his present
assignment in May, 1985.
His personal decorations and awards
include the Defense Meritorious Service
Medal; Navy Commendation Medal; Navy
Expeditionary Medal; Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal with bronze star;
National Defense Service Medal; and
Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze
stars.
Captain Darryl A. Stubbs
Captain Darryl A. Stubbs was born in
Morristown, New Jersey in 1940. He
entered the Navy in 1960 as a Naval
Aviation Cat and received his wings and
commission at Chase Field I March 1962.
Captain Stubbs’ initial assignment was F-8
replacement training at VF-174 and upon
completion reported to VF-11 deployed in
the Mediterranean (MED) aboard USS
Roosevelt. After three MED cruises in VF-
11, he reported to VF-174, NAS Cecil Field,
Florida as an instructor pilot. After one year
as an F-8 instructor, he transitioned to the A-
7A when the squadron was recommissioned
VA-174 in 1967 and was one of the first
pilots to fly the A-7.
In November 1967, he reported to Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in
government and international relations, two
years later. His next sea duty assignment
was as catapult and arresting gear officer
aboard USS America where he made one
WESTPAC and another MED cruise.
In December 1972, he reported to VA-43
at NAS Oceana, Virginia where he was
Operations Officer for two and one-half
years flying the A-4 Sky Hawk. He was
instrumental in the creation of the East
Coast Air Combat Maneuvering adversary
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program and the redesignation of the
squadron as VF-43.
In the spring of 1974, Captain Stubbs
reported for F-4 replacement training at VF-
101, Oceana, Virginia and was subsequently
assigned to the VF-74 BEDEVILERS.
During this sea duty tour, he served as
Operations Officer and Maintenance Officer
and made two more deployments to the
MED, on board USS Forrestal and one
aboard the USS Nimitz on her maiden
cruise. During this time, the BEDEILERS
of VF-74 were awarded both the Admiral
Joe Clifton Award as the “Number One”
fighter squadron in the Navy and the Chief
of Naval Operations (CNO) Safety Award.
For his contributions to this effort, Captain
Stubbs was designated as the Atlantic Fleet
Fighter Pilot of the year for 1976.
In January 1978, Captain Stubbs reported
to Advance Jet Training Squadron 24 (VT-
24) as Executive Officer and than
Commanding Officer. Under his leadership,
VT-24 received both the Naval Air Training
Command Efficiency Award and the CNO
Award.
After his command tour Captain Stubbs
was assigned in August 1980 as Air
Operations and Plans Officer on the staff of
Battle Force Sixth Fleet (Commander Task
Force Six Zero (CTF 60)/Commander Task
Force Five Zero Two (CTF 502). While
assigned to the battle force, he was directly
involved in planning and execution of many
National and NATO operations/exercises.
Following this tour of duty, he attended
the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode
Island from November 1982 to November
1983.
From War College he returned to Naples,
Italy as Assistant Chief of Staff Operations
and the staff of Commander, Naval Striking
and Support Forces Southern Europe. In
July 1985 he was appointed Chief of Staff, a
position he held until April 1988. He
assumed command of NROTC Unit
Hampton Roads in May 1988.
During his aviation career, Captain Stubbs
has accumulated over 4,000 flight hours and
630 carrier arrested landings. He holds a
Master of Arts Degree in Management. His
decorations include the Defense Superior
Service Medal, the Meritorious Service
Medal (two awards), Meritorious Unit
commendation, Naval Expeditionary Medal,
National Defense Service Medal and the
Vietnam Campaign Medal with device.
Captain F. Richard Whalen
Capt Dick Whalen, son of a career Naval
Officer, graduated from Maury High School
in Norfolk, Virginia in 1959 and the U. S.
Naval Academy in 1963.
His sea assignments began in USS
Steinaker (DDR 863) where Captain Whalen
served until 1965. Next followed a tour as
Executive Officer in USS Middlesex County
(LST 983) from February 1966 through June
1968. Subsequently, Captain Whalen served
as Operations Officer in USS Wainwright
(CG 28) from July 1972 through February
1974. He became Executive Officer of the
USS Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082) in April
1975 for an eighteen month tour. In June
1981, Captain Whalen assumed command of
USS Thomas C. Hart (FF 1092), serving
there though June 1983. During the tour
Hart received the 1982 CINCLANTFLT
“Golden Anchor” award for excellence in
personnel programs. He reported to
PRECOMUNIT Mobile Bay in Pascagoula,
Mississippi in August 1985 and served as
the first Commanding Officer of the USS
Mobile Bay (CG 53), the Navy’s sixth Aegis
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cruiser, through July 1988. During his tour,
Mobile Bay was recipient of the
COMNAVSURFLANT Anti-Air Warfare
Award; all eight Battle Efficiency Awards,
the Ney Memorial Award and the RADM
Thompson Trophy for Navy public affairs
excellence.
Assignments ashore have included duty as
a navigation instructor at the U. S. Naval
Academy 1968-71; Assistant Director of
Procedural Control and Fiscal Management
Division in the Naval Military Personnel
Command 1977-80; Director of Professional
Development and Surface Warfare Programs
Manager at the Naval Academy 1983-85,
Director for Manpower and Personnel 1988-
89 and Deputy Director of Operations, U. S.
Atlantic Command 1989-91.
Captain Whalen holds a Masters Degree
in Management from George Washington
University. He is a distinguished graduate
of the Naval Destroyer School and the
Armed Forces Staff College. Captain
Whalen’s awards include the Defense
Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit,
Meritorious Service Medal with gold stars in
lieu of second and third awards, Navy
Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit
Commendation and other campaign ribbons.
Captain Thomas S. Weaver
Captain Tom Weaver is a native of
Columbus, Ohio. He received his
undergraduate degree from the University of
Dayton and his Masters Degree from
Providence College. His service education
includes: Officer Candidate School,
Destroyer School, Armed forces Staff
College, Naval War College and the Senior
Officer Ship Material Readiness Course in
Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Captain Weaver has served shipboard
tours aboard USS Ranger (CV 61), US
Loeser (DE 680), USS Horne (CG 30) and
USS Sellers (DDG 11). His Executive
Officer tour was aboard USS Forrest
Sherman (DD 931). In February 1983, he
assumed command of USS Trippe (FF
1079). During his tour Trippe won two
Battle “E” in DESRON FOUR and two
“Hook’EM” Awards for ASW excellence in
the SIXTH Fleet. Following his command
tour, Captain Weaver was assigned to USS
Forrestal (CV 59) were he served as Chief
Engineer for two years.
His shore duty assignments include a tour
in Washington DC as personal aide to
Commander, Navy Recruiting Command,
Officer in Charge of 1200 PSI Mobile
Training Team, Charleston, South Carolina,
and the Surface Warfare Officers School
Command, Newport Rhode Island and was
Commanding Officer of the Fleet and Mine
Warfare Training Center, Charleston, South
Carolina.
Captain Weaver served as Commanding
Officer, USS Sierra (AD 18) from March
1989 – March 1991. During his tour, Sierra
(AD 18) won the coveted Battle “E” Award.
Following his major command tour in
Sierra, Captain Weaver assumed command
of Destroyer Squadron TEN. In September
1992, Destroyer Squadron TEN and TWO
were combined under the Navy’s
reorganization plan and Commodore Weaver
was selected to remain in a dual role as
Commander, Destroyer Squadron TWO and
Commander, Naval Surface Group, Norfolk.
Captain Weaver has been award the
Legion of Merit with a Gold Star,
Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold
Stars, the Navy Commendation Medal,
Naval Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit
Commendation and various campaign and
service medals
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Captain Keith Larson
Captain Keith H. Larson was born in
Lakewood, Ohio. A 1965 graduate of
Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, he
completed Officer Candidate School and
was commissioned an Ensign in June of
1967.
Initial sea tours included duty aboard USS
Thaddeus Parker (DE 369) and USS Thomas
J. Gary (DER 326). Upon completion of the
Surface Warfare Officer School’s
Department Head Course, he reported to the
pre-commissioning crew of USS Bowen (FF
1079) and remained aboard for a two and
half year tour as Weapons Officer.
Then a Lieutenant, Captain Larson next
returned to Surface Warfare Officer School
were he taught combat systems and
oceanography to Department Head Students
and prospective Commanding Officers.
This was followed by attendance at the
Naval War College, Command and Staff
Course, in the fall of 1975. Other shore
assignments include tours as Executive
Officer, Naval Recruiting District, Peoria,
Illinois and on the staff of the Chief of
Naval Operations, Tactical Readiness
Division (OP-935E).
Sea tours have included assignments as
Assistant Surface Operations and Material
Officer for Commander-Cruiser-Destroyer
Group TWELVE, Executive Officer, USS
Lawrence (DDG 4) and the commissioning
Executive Officer, USS Wasp (LHD 1). He
has commanded USS Gallery (FFG 26),
USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG 17) and
Amphibious Squadron TEN. Prior to
assuming command of the Hampton Roads
Naval ROTC Unit, he served as Chief of
Staff for Commander, Amphibious Group
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Captain Larson’s personal awards include
the Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars in
lieu of second and third awards, the
Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star in
lieu of second award and the Navy
Achievement Medal.
Captain Patrick W. Hunt
Captain Patrick W. Hunt was born in
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina on 13
December 1951. He is the eleventh of
twelve children born to James and Geneva
Hunt.
Captain Hunt graduated from William R.
Davie High School, located in Roanoke
Rapids, in 1969. He completed his
undergraduate studies at North Carolina
Central University in 1973, earning a B. S.
Degree in Business Administration. Captain
Hunt earned a Masters Degree in
management from Golden Gate University
in San Francisco, California in 1992.
Captain Hunt enlisted in the navy on 5
April 1974. He received his commission on
27 March 1975 after completing Officer
Candidate School. His previous
assignments included: Chief, US Navy
Mission, USMILGP Bogota Columbia;
Director, ACLANT System Support Center;
Commanding Officer, USS Monongahela
(AO 178); Flag Secretary, Combat Logistics
Group TWO; Executive Officer, USS Seattle
(AOE 3), Chief Engineer, USS Merrimack
(AO 179); Chief Engineer, USS Trippe (FF
1075); Freshman Officer Instructor, NROTC
Unit Southern University; Waterfront
Maintenance Officer, Special boat Unit
TWELVE; Auxiliaries Officer, USS Mobile
(LKA 115).
Captain Hunt earned the following awards
and commendations; Defense Superior
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Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal
(2 Awards), Navy Unit Commendation,
Coast Guard Unit Commendation, Battle
Efficiency Award (2 Awards), National
Defense Service Medal, and the Sea Service
Medal (4 Awards).
Captain Vernon C. Huber
Captain Vernon C. Huber, a native of
Huron, South Dakota is a 1973 graduate of
Iowa State University, having earned a
Bachelors degree in aerospace Engineering
and a commission as an Ensign through the
NROTC program. He later received a
Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Systems
Engineering from University of West
Florida.
Upon completion of initial training at VT-
10 NAS, Pensacola, Captain Huber was
assigned to VAW 120 at NAS, Norfolk and
designated a Naval Flight Officer in May
1976. He was assigned to VAW 122 in USS
Kitty Hawk (CV 63) an USS Independence
(CV 62) deploying to the Western Pacific
and Mediterranean Sea. In 1979, Captain
Huber reported to VAW 120 as a Flight
Officer Instructor, Naval Air Training
Operations Procedures Standardization
Officer, E2C Model Manager and Assistant
Operations Officer.
Captain Huber’s next assignment took
him to VAW 126 and USS John F. Kennedy
(CV 67) were he served as Assistant
Maintenance Officer, Administrative Officer
and Operations Officer. During his tour
with VAW 126, he completed a
Mediterranean deployment; the majority
which was spent off the coast of Lebanon.
Following his Department Head tour,
Captain Huber reported to the Naval
Military Personal Command, Washington
DC as the VAW Placement Officer and later
service as the Assistant Aviation Captain
Detailer. Captain Huber reported for his
second tour as a “STEELJAW” with VAW
122 on 26 January 1989, to serve as the
Executive Officer. He assumed the title and
position of Commanding Officer of the
“STEELJAWS” in June 1990. In September
1991, Captain Huber reported to the Naval
War College, Newport RI earning a Masters
of Arts Degree in National Security and
Strategic Studies and assumed command of
VAW 120 “GREYHAWKS” in November
1992. In April 1995, Captain Huber
reported to the U. S. Atlantic Command as
the Chief of Command and Control
Operations Division.
He returned to the “HAWKEYE-
GREYHOUND” community in April 1997
as the Commander, Carrier Airborne Early
Warning Wing Atlantic serving as the
Commodore for two years. Captain Huber
reported as Chief of Staff to Commander,
Cruiser Destroyer Group 8 in May 1999. In
August 2001, Captain Huber took command
of the largest and finest NROTC Unit at
Hampton Roads.
Captain Huber has over 5,000 hours in the
E2C Hawkeye. His personal decorations
include the Legion of Merit, Defense
Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service
Medal, Navy and Marine Corps
Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine
Corps Achievement Medal.
Captain John A. Brown, Jr.
Captain John Brown was born 17 July
1957 in Winston Salem, North Carolina and
raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He
graduated from Frank W. Cox High School
in 1975 and the Virginia Military Institute in
May 1979, earning a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Civil Engineering and earned his
wings as a Naval Aviator in August 1980.
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His early assignments included: Flying
the RH-53D in HM-16 where he deployed in
support of Second, Third and Seventh Fleet
exercises and operations (1981-1983); HM-
12 as instructor pilot in the RH/XH-53D/E
helicopter (1983-1986); Assistant Air
Operations Officer on Board USS Nassau
(LHA 4) (1986-1988); Placement Officer
(BUPERS N433J) for Helicopter Combat
Support (HC) and Mine Countermeasures
(HM) communities (1988-1990); department
head tour in HM-14 where he served as the
squadron’s Operations Officer during
DESERT STORM mine clearing operations
in the Northern Arabian Gulf (1990-1993);
Operations Officer on the staff of
Commander Helicopter Tactical Wing, U. S.
Atlantic Fleet (1993-1994).
Captain Brown entered the Naval War
College in August 1994 and earned a Master
of Arts Degree in National Security and
Strategic Studies upon graduation in June
1995. He reported aboard HM-15 as
Executive Officer in September 1995 and
assumed command of the squadron in
September 1996.
Following his tour as Commanding
Officer, Captain Brown served as the
Assistant Chief of Staff for Requirements,
Readiness and Tactics to Commander Mine
Warfare Command until July 2000. He
entered the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces in August 2000 and earned a Master
of Science Degree in National Resource
Strategy in June 2001. In December 2001
he assumed command of Helicopter Tactical
Wing. U. S. Atlantic Fleet, where he served
until November 2003, when he assumed his
present position as Commanding Officer,
NROTC Unit Hampton Roads.
Captain Brown’s personal awards include
the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service
Medal with two starts, Navy Commendation
Medal with two stars and the Navy
Achievement Medal.
Captain Kelly B. Baragar
Captain Kelly Baragar assumed command
of NROTC Unit Hampton Roads in October
2006.
Captain Kelly B. Baragar was born and
raised in Middleville, Michigan. He
attended the United States Naval Academy
where he received a B. S. degree in
Chemistry and was commissioned an Ensign
on 26 May 1982.
In June 1982, Captain Baragar reported to
VT-10 for initial Flight Officer Training at
NAS Pensacola. Upon completion of
advanced Naval Flight Officer training with
VT-86, he received his Naval Flight Officer
Wing in November 1983.
In December 1982, he reported to the
“Grim Reapers” of VF101 at NAS Oceana,
VA for initial training in the F-14A. In
October 1984 he was assigned to “Ghost
Riders” of VF-142 for duty in the F-14A
Tomcat and completed one cruise to the
Mediterranean embarked onboard USS
EISENHOWER (CVN-69).
In June 1987, Captain Baragar reported to
the Navy Fighter Weapons School at NAS
Miramar, CA for instructor duty flying in the
F-5F and TF-16N. He served as squadron’s
Administration Officer and Fleet Air
Superiority Training (FAST) Officer.
In June 1990, he returned to the fleet
serving as Safety, Operations and
Maintenance Department Head with the
“Bounty Hunters” of VF-2. He completed
two deployments to the Arabian Gulf
embarked onboard the USS RANGER (CV-
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61) flying the F-14A and participated in
Operations “Desert Shield”, “Desert Storm”,
and “Southern Watch”.
In October 1993, Captain Baragar
reported to the Commander, Naval Air
Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet, in San Diego, CA
for duty as the F-14 Training and
Requirements Officer. In November 1995,
he was selected as the Flag Lieutenant for
Commander, Naval Force, U. S. Pacific
Fleet.
In March1996, he reported to the Naval
War College in Newport, RI where he
completed a Master of Arts Degree in
National Security and Strategic Studies with
the College of Naval Command and Staff.
In April 1997, Captain Baragar reported
to the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Resources, Warfare
Requirements and Assessments), Air
Warfare Directorate as F-14 Requirements
Officer.
In June 1999, he returned to the “Bounty
hunters” of VF-2 as the Executive Officer
and assumed duties as the Commanding
Officer of Fighter Squadron TWO on 25
August 2000. He completed two
deployments to the Arabian Gulf embarked
onboard the USS Constellation (CV-64)
flying the F-14D and participated in
Operations “Southern Watch”.
In January 2002, on reported to the USS
Enterprise (CVN-65) as the Assistant Air
Officer and assumed duties as the Air
Officer in March 2003. He completed a 15
month Extended Docking Ship Repair
Availability and one deployment to the
Arabian Gulf participating in Operations
“Iraqi Freedom” and “Enduring Freedom”.
In May 2006, he completed as Executive
Masters of Business Administration course
of study with Troy University, graduating
with distinction.
Captain Baragar has accumulated over
3000 flight hours in various aircraft. His
personal awards include the Legion of
Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (four
awards), Individual Strike Flight Medal with
Valor (three awards), Strike/Flight Medal
(five awards), Navy and Marine Corps
Commendation Medal with Valor, Navy and
Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy
and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and
various unit and campaign awards.
Alumni Biographies
Class of 1995 – Stephanie A. Ruen:
Assignment as an ENS in USN, NC to
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth Cardiac
Care Unit for two years. Nominated for
Nurse of the second Quarter 1997.
Assignment as a LTJG to Post Anesthesia
Care Unit 1997-1999. Education and
Training Officer two years, last year
Assistant Division Officer and Nurse of the
third Quarter. Second year started on MSN
in Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist at
ODU.
1999 assigned as Division Officer and CNS
to Progressive Care unit at Naval Medical
Center, Portsmouth. Completed CNS Aug
2000.
After 5 year obligation to NC, transferred to
Naval NC Fleet Reserves to the training
Department.
2001 to present Contract RN and now
Government Service (GS-11) in Post
Anesthesia Care Unit at NMCP. Education
and Training Officer, (trying to get an
official CNS position) and staff RN.
Resides in Portsmouth with her family.
Hoping ODU will put together an Acute
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Care Nurse Practitioner program soon.
Otherwise, will wait until her youngest
graduates from High School before leaving
the area for an ACNP program.
Class of 1985: Captain Craig L. Herrick
Supply Corps United States Navy
Captain Craig L. Herrick received a
bachelor's degree in Business
Administration with a concentration in
Management Information Systems from Old
Dominion University in 1985. He received
his commission through the Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corps Program.
After completing Surface Warfare Officer
School, he served in USS Coontz (DDG 40)
as Communications Officer and
subsequently as Anti-Submarine Warfare
Officer and Assistant Operations Officer.
Capt. Herrick transferred to the Supply
Corps and served as Supply Officer in USS
Sumter (LST 1181). He later served as Stock
Control Officer and subsequently Assistant
Supply Officer in USS Acadia (AD 41). His
most recent tour was as Supply Officer in
USS Peleliu (LHA 5) where he completed a
deployment in support of Operations
Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and
supported the Navy's first Expeditionary
Strike Group.
Capt. Herrick's initial shore assignment was
at the Aviation Supply Office where he
served as Weapons Systems Manager for
Communications/Navigation Systems and
then as Uniform Inventory Control Point
(UICP) Inventory and Financial Systems
Manager. He later served at
the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center San
Diego as Information Technology Planning
Officer and subsequently as the Assistant
Regional Business Officer and Special
Assistant to the Commanding Officer. He
served as Resale and Subsistence Action
Officer in the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations. His most recent
shore assignment was as Afloat Supply
Readiness Officer on the staff of the
Commander, U. S. Pacific Fleet. Capt.
Herrick received a master's degree from the
Naval Postgraduate School in Information
Technology Management. His thesis on
Desktop Decision Support Systems has been
published in several management science
journals. He is currently serving as
Executive Officer, Fleet and Industrial
Supply Center San Diego.
The captain wears the Meritorious Service
Medal (three awards), the Navy
Commendation Medal (four awards) and the
Navy Achievement Medal (three awards).
He is qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer,
Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer and
Naval Aviation Supply Officer and has
earned five Battle Efficiency Awards with
the supporting mission area awards.
Class of 92: Commander Roy A. Drake
Lieutenant Commander Roy Drake is
currently serving at United States Pacific
Command Joint Petroleum Office.
Born in Albany, Georgia, Lieutenant
Commander Drake enlisted in the Navy in
1981 as a Nuclear Power Machinist Mate.
He completed eleven enlisted years and as a
First Class Petty Officer, he was selected for
the Enlisted Education Advancement
Program in 1988. In 1990, he was selected
to the Enlisted Commissioning Program.
Lieutenant Commander Drake earned his
Associates Degree in Civil Engineering
Technology at Idaho State University in
1990 and his Bachelors in Political Science
at Old Dominion University and was
commissioned as a Supply Officer in 1992.
In August 1993, he completed the Supply
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Basic Qualification Course and the Joint
Aviation Supply and Maintenance Material
Management Course. In December 1995, he
completed the Army Quartermaster
Advanced Petroleum Management Course.
He has since completed Master Degrees
from Southern New Hampshire University
(March 1999) and the Navy Postgraduate
School, Monterey (June 2003). He
completed JPME I at Naval War College at
NPS and JPME II at Joint Forces Staff
College, Norfolk Virginia. He is a member
of the Acquisition Professional Community.
His subspecialties include Operational
Logistics (S), Petroleum Management (R),
Logistics Management-Transportation (P),
and Supply Chain Management (P). He has
12 Additional Qualification Designations
associated with Logistics and Supply.
His tours as a commissioned officer include:
Stores/Aviation Stores Officer, USS Belleau
Wood (LHA-3), where he participated in the
NEO operations in Somalia; Fuels Officer,
Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico;
Supply Officer, USS Duluth (LPD-6), while
deployed, he provided support in the Gulf of
Aden to the USS Cole; Navy Postgraduate
School (NPS), Monterey, California; Naval
Central Command, Bahrain (volunteered to
a 6-month tour between first and second
semesters of NPS in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom); and is currently
assigned to United States Pacific Command
as the Joint Petroleum Operations and
Automation Officer. Current items that he is
involved in are Department of Defense
Tactical Fuels Transformation, Web-Based
Bulk Fuel Contingency Reporting, and Joint
Collaboration tools. He will depart Pacific
Command in July 2006 and report to
Defense Supply Center-Richmond Virginia
as the Aviation Readiness Officer.
He is the Resident Advisory Board President
of Halsey Terrace in Honolulu Hawaii and
was selected as a part time professor at
Wayland Baptist University. His hobbies
include networking, tennis, basketball, and
music.
His awards include the Defense Meritorious
Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal
(2), Joint Service Achievement Medal (2),
Navy Achievement Medal, and various
campaign/unit ribbons.
Assistant Professor of Naval Science: Jon
Walsh, LCDR, USN
I was Assistant Professor of Naval Science
Spring 1998 to Spring 2000. I taught
courses at Hampton University and ODU.
During the time, I also worked toward an
MS in Mechanical Engineering at ODU.
After leaving, I served as the Engineer
Officer aboard USS Maine (SSBN 741), a
Trident submarine in Kings Bay, GA. I
completed a Master of Engineering
Management degree at ODU in August,
2004. Now I work at the Navy's Supervisor
of Shipbuilding office at Northrop
Grumman - Newport News shipyard. My
most recent project has been the delivery of
USS Texas (SSN 775), the Navy's newest
and most technologically advanced
submarine.
My e-mail is walshjb2@supship.navy.mil
Regards,
LCDR Jon Walsh, USN
Assistant Project Officer
Code 159.2JW.M
Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and
Repair, USN
4101 Washington Avenue
Newport News, VA 23607
W: 757-688-8218
C: 757-846-5847
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Class of 93: LTJG Ashley Fuller
LTJG Ashley Fuller enlisted in the United
States Navy in May 1992 as an Electronics
Warfare Technician. After graduating from
A and C schools, he served in two ships,
USS THACH (FFG 43), forward deployed
to Yokosuka, Japan and plank owner of USS
HOPPER (DDG 70), stationed in Pearl
Harbor, HI.
In 1999, LTjg Fuller was selected for
commissioning under the Seaman to
Admiral Program and was assigned to the
Hampton Roads NROTC unit, Old
Dominion University, for training and
commissioning.
Shortly after arriving at Old Dominion, then
Officer Candidate Fuller, was selected to the
rank of Chief Petty Officer.
At Old Dominion, LTjg Fuller graduated
Summa Cum Laude in 2003, completing a
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Technology, majoring in Electrical
Engineering Technology and commissioned
an Ensign. The Hampton Roads NROTC
Unit (LT Chris Handwerk) as well at the
Engineering Technology department
nominated LTjg Fuller for the university’s
highest honor, the Kaufman Award. In May
2004, LTjg Fuller was awarded the Kaufman
Award and recognized by the Chief of Naval
Operations, ADM Vern Clark and university
president, Rosanne Runte during the
university’s commencement speech.
A summary of activities while at Old
Dominion is listed below:
Honors and awards
 Awarded the USAA Spirit Award for
contributions to school student
organizations for the 2001-2002
 school year (one award in the region
each year).
 Selected as the Hampton Roads
Navy Recruit Officer Training
Corps. outstanding Officer candidate
in 2002 (three awarded in the region
each year out of 300).
 Awarded the Military Excellence
Medal by the American Legion for
demonstrating leadership in the Navy
Recruit Officer Training Corps in
2001 (one award in the region each
year).
 Inducted into Golden Key National
Honors Society (2000).
 Awarded the Kovner Scholarship for
academic Merit in the field of
Mechanical Engineering Technology
(2000).
Campus activities
 President of the Blue and Gold
Society (2001), a student
organization with over 50 members
that helps members determine if the
military is right for them (2001) and
prepares members for service as
Naval Officers. I have also held the
positions of Vice-president (2002)
and Secretary (2000). I spent
approximately 10 hours a week
planning meetings and events such
as ship tours, ship driving simulators,
and guest speakers.
 2nd vice chair of the ODU College
Republicans (2002), a student
organization of over 50 members
that promotes local and national
elections (5 hours a week spent).
 Active member of the Honors
College (2000 – 2002). Members of
the Honors College support
volunteer activities and
organizations.
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 Organize campus blood drives
through the local Red Cross chapter.
 Voluntarily tutored students in
Calculus through Honors College
referral.
Community and professional activities
 Co wrote and Vice-president of a
new volunteer project named
“Project Skylight”, which organized
ODU students into a mentorship
network. Project was successfully
implemented at the Boy’s and Girl’s
Club in downtown Norfolk and was
used to tutor over 100 intercity kids
in Math and Science.
 While a member of Volunteers for
Special Engineering, designed,
engineered, and manufactured a leg
elevation devise, which would
prevent complications due to
epilepsy coupled with multiple
sclerosis (2000).
 Working with the American
MAGLEV Corporation as an
Engineering assistant on the Old
Dominion University campus,
utilizing education in major
(Electrical Engineering Technology)
as well as minor (Mechanical
Engineering Technology) courses to
help erect the first Magnetic
Levitating Transportation system in
the United States (2002).
Internships, outside study, research and
publications
 As a member of the Old Dominion
University Engineering Honors
College, He has completed
additional research in Transmission
Networks.
After receiving a commission, LTjg Fuller
was assigned as OI division Officer and
ultimately CIC Officer in USS
VICKSBURG (CG 69) Mayport, FL.
VICKSBURG served as Air Defense
Commander during the JOHN F. KENNDY
Strike Group’s 2004 deployment to the 5th
and 6th fleet AOR in support of Operations
Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom
(OIF/OEF).
LTjg Fuller exercised the Engineering Duty
(ED) option, redesignated as an ED Officer
December 2004, and admitted to
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
March 2005. He has completed one year of
study in the Naval Construction and
Engineering program at MIT currently
pursuing an Engineers Degree in Naval
Architecture and a Master of Science in
Engineering Systems Design (ESD). He
and his wife spend their spare time, what
little there is, mountain biking, watching the
Red Sox and preparing their home for a new
baby girl.
LTjg Fuller is married to Charlet S. Fuller
from Pensacola, FL. Charlet graduated from
Old Dominion University with a Bachelor of
Science in Biology and minor in Chemistry.
She works as a teacher in the Weston
Massachusetts public school district. Ashley
and Charlet have been married since
November 1994 and are expecting their first
child in July.
LTjg Fuller has earned the Engineer-In-
Training designation and has been a member
of ASNE since March 2003.
Class of 87: Gene Zarrillo
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Jun - Apr 1979-80 Boot Camp and BT 'A'
School, NTC Great Lakes - BTFN
Apr - Jan 1980-81 USS Lawrence (DDG 4),
Naval Base Norfolk - BT3
Jan - Aug 1981-82 BOOST, NTC San Diego
- BT2
Aug - May 1982-87 ODU, BS MET - MIDN
May - Mar 1987-88 SWOS DOC, NTC
Newport RI - ENS
Mar - Jan 1988-91 USS Vreeland (FF 1068),
MPA, ASWO - ENS-LTjg
Jan - May 1991-93 Naval Postgraduate
School, MS System Technology - LT
May - Jan 1993-94 SWOS DHC, NTC
Newport RI - LT
Jan - Jun 1994-95 USS Cushing (DD 985),
CHENG - LT
Jul - Apr 1995-97 COMDESRON 31,
MATL OFFICER - LT
May - Present USNR, Several units
and positions - LT-CDR
Class of 99: Janet H. Day
LT Janet H. Days graduate from Old
Dominion University with honors May 1999
with a B.S. I was commissioned through
the Enlisted Commissioning Program (ECP)
as a Surface Warfare Officer.
After graduation from SWOS I completed
two tours on the USS Mahan (DDG 72) as
Electrical/Auxiliaries Officer and Navigator
under the new Division Officer Sequencing
Plan (DOSP).
While onboard Mahan qualified Officer of
the Deck Underway, Surface Warfare
Officer and Engineering Officer of the
Watch. Completed two deployments on
Mahan and transferred to Monterey Naval
Postgraduate School (NPS) where I
completed an MBA specializing in
Manpower Systems
Analysis in addition to Joint Professional
Military Education (JPME) phase 1.
Currently, heading to department head
school and slated to USS Forest Sherman
(DDG 98) as Chief Engineer.
While attached to Hampton Roads NROTC
had the opportunity to participate in various
community events to include Veterans Home
Visitations and Monarch Athletic events. I
was Team Manager for NROTC basketball
team which afforded the opportunity to visit
several colleges and universities like
Cornell, North Carolina State, Villanova and
several others. It was a blast! I enjoyed the
camaraderie and ROTC experience at
Hampton Roads and made several friends
that I continue to keep in touch with today.
LT Janet H. Days, USN
Human Performance Technologist Center
for Personal Development HP DET 1993
Tartar Ave, Bldg. 572 Room 103 Virginia
Beach, VA 23461-1933 (757) 492-0841;
DSN 492-0841 Fax 492-0925
Mobile (757)560-9556
Here is my current information: I live in
Stratford, CT with my wife Joan, formerly
Schaffer of Fairfield, CT, and my two
daughters Corinne, 8, and Haley, 5. Joan is a
1990 graduate of Skidmore College,
Saratoga Springs, NY (BS Psychology).
Since 1992, I have been the Asst. and Power
Plant Superintendent for South Norwalk
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(CT) Electric and Water (SNEW), a small
municipal utility with about 55 employees.
We recently retired our old diesel generators
and are (hopefully) planning/developing a
new natural gas- and oil-fired generation
plant and associated substation upgrade. I
also am the substation engineer, a plant
operator, project engineer, and the
environmental coordinator for the elec. dept.
After my Dec. 1988 graduation from ODU
(BS Elec. Engr. Tech.), I completed Naval
Nuclear Power School (when it was still
Orlando), then Naval Nuclear Power
Training Unit Ballston Spa, NY (S3G), then
Submarine School at New London. I was
assigned to the Pre-Commissioning
Unit/USS Alexandria (SSN-757), an
improved Los Angeles class fast attack boat.
We spent a year being built at Electric Boat
in Groton, launching, and then a year doing
sea-trials/commissioning.
During that time I also did TDU on the USS
Dallas (SSN-700) in the Med during Desert
Shield and got to visit Naples; La
Maddalena, Sardinia; and Toulon (and a day
trip to Paris), France. While on the
Alexandria I served as the Torpedo/Fire
Control Officer and the Reactor Controls
Assistant and we visited Roosevelt Roads,
PR (also closing), Fort Lauderdale, and Port
Canaveral. After the Alexandria, I served
for about a year as the Submarine Squadron
TWO (SUBRONTWO) Asst. Squadron
Secretary (Admin. Officer) while awaiting a
Medical board discharge. There I did PA
work, NJP/JAG investigations, Navy Relief
fund drive, admin boards, awards and
correspondences, etc. I volunteered for this
billet since the engineering office had too
many nucs and not enough to do. I enjoyed
(most of) my Navy time and feel proud to
have served. ODU, HRNROTCU, and the
USN were the firm stepping stones for my
current, and challenging, career in public
power. I look forward to hearing from
USN/USMC friends from 1984-1988+.
Warm regards,
Class of 86: Dave Vosteen, Major
Major Dave Vosteen, Class of 1986
(Plankowner). Will retire from active duty
June 2006. Its been a good 20 years. TBS
Jun 1986, Flight School 1987-1988,
designated Naval Aviator Nov 1988, Harrier
pilot in Cherry Point from 1989-2003. UDP
to WestPac, Desert Storm, FAC at 2nd
Tank Bn, TBS Instructor, OCS Company
Commander, 2 MEU Floats (Kosovo and
OEF), OIF off Bataan. Currently stationed at
NAS Corpus Christi attached to Chief of
Naval Air Training as a flight instructor at
VT- 22. Have flown T-34, T-2, TA-4J, AV-
8B, AV-8B II+, T-45, T-44 (BE-9L Beech
Twin). If you plan on going to flight school,
drop me a line. I can gouge you up on
making it through.
Class of 02: Gwendolyn Major
I was born and raised in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. I joined the US Navy in 1991
and began my career as an Aircraft
Electrician. During this time I was stationed
at San Clemente Island and NAS North
Island at VS-33 located in San Diego, Ca.
Here I worked on S-3‘s and did my first
deployment onboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
From there I transferred to AIRTEVRON
ONE (VX-1) in Lexington Park, Maryland
where I worked on the HS-60B SEAHAWK,
S-3 VIKING, and P-3 ORION as a
maintenance technician and later moved up
to working as a Quality Assurance
Representative. I was selected for the
Enlisted Commissioning Program prior to
my transfer from VX-1 and began my career
as a Naval Officer.
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In Aug 2000, I began my studies at Old
Dominion University as part of the Hampton
Roads NROTC consortium. During my
time at the NROTC unit I learned so much
in such a short period of time. The best part
for me was all the friends I made along the
way. It definitely helps to know that you
have a support group that understands all the
pressures that college life can bring. The
senior leadership was very supportive as
well; they made sure you understood the
lesson and were always available to answer
questions. My time at Hampton Roads
NROTC was definitely a time to remember.
I graduated in May 2002, with
Baccalaureate degrees in Finance and
Accounting earning a GPA of 3.3. From
there I proceeded to SWOSDOC, Newport
Rhode Island. I reported to my first
Division Officer tour as First Lieutenant
onboard USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66). In
October 2002, I took part in the Sea Swap to
the USS LABOON (DDG 58) and served as
the Electrical Officer and the Quality
Assurance Officer. I qualified as Surface
Warfare Officer onboard USS GONZALEZ
(DDG 66).
While attached to the Mighty IWO JIMA
(LHD 7), I serve as the Assistant Damage
Control Officer, responsible for training and
PQS qualification for the entire ships
compliment of 1200+. Overall I am the
primary assistant to the DCA, responsible
for the training and management of 10
Repair Lockers. I also lead over 75
personnel who are comprised of DC, DCPO
and R Divisions. My Qualifications include
EOOW, EDO, Ballasting Officer, OOD
U/W, TAO and CDO. My long term goals
include earning a Masters Degree upon my
transfer to shore duty. I will transfer from
my current command in February 2007. The
Surface Warfare Officer Community is
challenging and only the strong will survive.
Nothing good in life comes easy and I
wouldn’t trade my experience for anything.
My tours as a Surface Warfare Officer
haven’t always been the best, but I have
managed to accomplish all of my goals. I
am proud to say that I am a Surface Warfare
Officer.
Class of 92: RODNEY D. DANIELS
Lieutenant Commander
Rodney Daniels was
born in Paris, Texas. He
received a Bachelor of
Science degree from Old
Dominion University in
1992 and received a
Masters of Science
degree from Old Dominion University in
1999.
Lieutenant Commander Daniels
enlisted in the United States Navy in June
1987. Following his commissioning through
the BOOST and NROTC Programs, he
served as the First Lieutenant in USS
HERON (MHC 52) from April 1993 to June
1996. His next sea duty tour was as the Fire
Control Officer in USS YORKTOWN (CG
48) from October 1996 to February 1998.
His department head tours were as the
Operations Officer in USS OSCAR
AUSTIN (DDG 79) from December 2000 to
May 2002 and COMDESRON 22 from May
2002 to March 2004. His post-department
head sea tour was as the Flag Secretary for
CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 10 from April
2004 to June 2005. LCDR Daniels assumed
his duties as Executive Officer USS COLE
(DDG 67) in October 2005.
Lieutenant Commander Daniels’ shore
duty assignment was the Flag Aide to the
SACLANT Chief of Staff from February
1998 to January 1999.
Lieutenant Commander Daniels has
been awarded the Meritorious Service
Medal, Joint Commendation Medal, Navy-
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Marine Corps Commendation Medal with
Three Gold Stars, Navy-Marine Corp
Achievement Medal with One Gold Star and
various unit and campaign awards.
Lieutenant Commander Daniels is
married to the former Miss Bunni Lynn
Mackle of Johnstown, PA.
PROFESSIONAL:
Commissioned May 1999, Old Dominion
University, BS in Computer Science
Aviation Preflight Indoctrination from May
1999- Oct 1999
Primary Flight Training VT-4, Pensacola,
FL; Oct 1999 – Jan 2000
Intermediate Flight Training VT-4,
Pensacola, FL; Jan 2000 –Aug 2000
Advanced Flight Training: N/A
Designated NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER,
June-2001
Fleet Replacement Squadron (VAW-120)
VAW-120, Aug 2000-Dec 2001
VAW-124, Jan 2002 - Feb 2005
Jobs: ADP, Legal, Asst Aircraft Divo, QAO,
Perso, NFO NATOPS
Deployments OIF, CAG 8, Feb 2003 – May
2003 Instructor, Fleet Replacement
Squadron (VAW-120) Feb 2005 - Present
Jobs: Systems Phase Head, ESM SME,
NFO Representative NATOPS
Consolidation Team
Class 89: Jared A. Keys
Commander Jared A Keys USN was born
and raised in St. Louis, MO. Following
graduation from Hampton University with a
BS in Management, CDR Keys received his
Navy commission through NROTC Unit
Hampton Road May 12, 1989
CDR Keys has served on numerous Naval
warships including the USS Crommelin
(FFG 37), an Oliver-Hazard Perry-Class
Frigate and the USS Hayler (DD 997) an
Spruance Class Destroyer. During his three
sea tours CDR Keys has held the billets of
Main Propulsion Assistant, Chief Engineer,
Combat Information Center Officer, and
Assistant Operations. During this time, he
has conducted counter narcotic operations in
and around South, Central America and the
Caribbean, and combat operations in the
Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Gulf
launching strikes against Al Qaida targets in
the Sudan.
CDR Keys has also served at the US Naval
Academy acting as Head Minority
Admission Officer. During his tour at the
Naval Academy, he saw minority admissions
increase from 7 percent nationwide to 12
percent. While there, he earned an MS
degree in Information Systems from Bowie
State University.
More recently CDR Keys held the position
of Executive Officer onboard the USS Cape
St George CG 71 a Ticonderoga -Class
Cruiser. During his tour on the Cape, he
conducted combat operations in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. While serving as
XO, the USS Cape St George was the only
US Navy ship to launch tomahawk strikes
from both the Mediterranean Sea and
Arabian Gulf.
Most recently CDR Keys served as the
Assistant Chief of Staff for Maintenance and
Logistics for Commander Carrier Strike
Group Two, embarked on USS Theodore
Roosevelt.
Personal awards include Meritorious Service
Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation
Medal with 3 stars, Navy/Marine Corps
Achievement Medal with 2 stars, and
numerous other decorations. In addition,
during his first tour, CDR Keys was
acknowledged as Middle Pacific Junior
Officer of the year.
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Currently, CDR Keys holds the position of
Executive Officer at the Hampton Roads
Naval ROTC Consortium. The NROTC
Consortium is based at Old Dominion
University and draws students from ODU,
Hampton University, and Norfolk State
University. Participating students are put
through a 4-year training pipeline which
upon graduation results in the earning of a
bachelors degree and a commission as an
Officer in the Navy or Marine Corps.
CDR Keys is married to the former Hope M
Quinn of St. Louis, MO. They have 3
children, Jared 9 and Hailey 6 & Jeremy 1.
Class of 03: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Keith R. Paquin
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paquin
was raised in the U.S. Air Force and
graduated high school in Alamogordo, New
Mexico. He joined the U.S. Navy in March
1993 and reported to NTTC Orlando,
Florida for Basic Training. Following
graduation, he attended Yeoman “A” School
in NTTC Meridian, Mississippi and
reporting to the Chief of Naval Operations
staff (N091) for duty in August 1993. After
advancing in rate to YN2, he submitted a
rating conversion package to Crypto logic
Technician Technical and reported to NTTC
Corry Station, Florida for training. Upon
graduating, he was assigned to
Expeditionary Electronic Attack Squadron
(VAQ-142) in Whidbey Island, WA,
deploying in support of Operations Desert
Fox, Northern and Southern Watch in Saudi
Arabia and Operation Endearing Freedom in
Kosovo. In 2000, he was advanced to
CTT1 (AW) and selected for the Enlisted
Commissioning Program. He graduated in
2003 from Old Dominion University in
Norfolk, VA with a BS in Political Science,
geography minor and selected the Surface
Warfare community.

After commissioning, LTJG Paquin
reported aboard USS NICHOLAS (FFG 47)
serving as Admin, Electrical Officer and
Assistant Chief Engineer from October 2003
to January 2005. During his tour he
deployed and surged to the Mediterranean
and Baltic Seas in support of the Global War
on Terrorism.
He reported to Riverine Squadron
ONE in February 2006 for duty as Assistant
Officer in Charge, Detachment ONE and
graduated for the USMC School of Infantry,
USMC Small Unit Leaders and Joint
Tactical Air Controller courses.
LTJG Paquin has earned various
personal, unit and campaign awards. LTJG
Paquin is married to the former Jamie Burns
of Houston, Texas, and they have two sons,
Tyler and Henry.
Kristen M. Clarke LTJG, NC, USN
Married to Stephen R. Clarke in 2000 (while
in unit) Commissioned May 2003
Son: James William Clarke born July 7,
2004 Daughter: Rose Marie Clarke born
March 20, 2006
Pregnant, due September 14, 2007 will put
on LT in May 2007 Worked as staff nurse at
NMC-P since June 2003 EOS May 2007-
will resign commission at that time
Class of 88: CDR Craig W. Roegner
Commander Craig W.
Roegner is a native of
Falls Church, Virginia.
He graduated from Old
Dominion University
in Norfolk, Virginia
and was commissioned
through the Hampton
Roads Naval Reserve
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Officer Training Corps (NROTC) in
December 1988. As a second-generation
sailor he was assigned to the USS Ouellet
(FF 1077), which allowed him to complete
two sea service deployments and serve as
the Damage Control Assistant and Combat
Information Center Officer. On board the
USS Ouellet he earned his Engineering
Officer of the Watch; Officer of the Deck
(Underway) and his Surface Warfare Officer
designations.
After becoming a professional law
enforcement officer, he affiliated with the
Navy Reserves as a Selective Reservist in
1991. As a junior officer in the Naval
Reserves he held leadership positions in
several different units. From 1991 -1999,
he was assigned to several Naval Control of
Shipping units (NR COMSC HQ DET 106,
NR NCSLO CARIB/SAMER 406, and NR
NCS/NCC/M/N 106); a Military Sealift
Command unit (NR COMSC HQ DET 106),
and a Bureau of Naval Personnel unit (NR
BUPERS 6 COMP 206). Annual Training
accomplishments while assigned to these
units include: Assigned to the Military
Sealift Command Inspector General’s Office
reviewed Fraud Waste and Abuse cases and
updated MSC Damage Control Manual
(1992); served as the Assistant Battle Watch
Commander for Unfailing Reach (1993);
and completed the Mine Warfare
Familiarization School. While on Annual
Training at the BUPERS 6, Casualty
Assistance Branch from 1995-1996, he
developed and implemented the Korean and
Vietnam POW/MIA incident database used
by BUPERS personnel to track and maintain
over 10,000 records. Personally contacted
many grieving families, their CACOs, and
Parent Commands; served as administrative
support and a briefer to the Flag Officer
Casualty Action Board (FOCAB); resolved
over 25 time sensitive casualty and seriously
ill or injured family issues including SGLI
benefits, personal property, and death
benefits.
Since joining the Naval Reserve, Cmdr.
Roegner he was been recalled to active duty
for special work (ADSW) on three (3)
separate occasions. Initially, he was hand
selected by the Deputy Chief of Naval
Personnel (DCNP) to be recalled to active
duty, where he served as the Assistant
Section Head of the Navy’s Casualty
Assistance Section at the Bureau of Naval
Personnel from 1995-1996. In this role,
then Lieutenant Roegner, filled a Lieutenant
Commander billet and qualified as a
Casualty Assistance and Family Liaison
Watch Officer, where he handled calls from
Navy families in the midst of personal
tragedies and also routinely briefed senior
Flag Officers on sensitive casualty cases and
family issues at the Flag Officer Casualty
Action Board (FOCAB);.
Subsequently, he was recalled to active duty
on two other separate occasions, between
1997 - 1999, where he completed
assignments as an action officer for the
Bureau of Naval Personnel (Pers-6),
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower
and Reserve Affairs), and for the
Commander, Naval Recruiting Command.
While working for the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
he served as the Protocol Officer and
Coordinator for 1998 Secretary of the
Navy’s Retiree Counsel Conference and
routinely briefed the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy. He also served as the POW/MIA
Liaison Officer where he was responsible
for organizing the National League of
Families POW/MIA Conference for over
500 family members and dignitaries. Also
while recalled to active duty, he served as
the Pers-62, Divisional Relocation Project
Manager, where he coordinated the
relocation Pers-62 to Millington, Tn. Then
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in 1998-1999, he served on ADSW as the
Project Manager for BRAC directed
relocation of the Navy Recruiting
Command, where he coordinated the
physical relocation of 302 billets to
Millington, Tn.
In 1999, after completing these tours, then
Lcdr. Roegner reported to Naval Reserve
Destroyer Squadron Six (NR DESRON
SIX) where he began serving on the
Commodore’s Naval Reserve staff. While
assigned to NR DESRON SIX, he
completed three (3) Department Head tours
and served as the unit’s Executive Officer.
Annual Training accomplishment while
assigned to Destroyer Squadron Six include
JMCIS Watch Officer (1999); Underway
Demonstration (UD) and Navigational and
Engineering Check Ride evaluation of the
USS John L. Hall (FFG 32); updated
Maritime Interception Operation (MIO)
polices and AT/FP polices; UNITAS 2002
support, and completed the Joint Special
Operations University, Dynamics of
International Terrorism course (2003).
During his tenure with NR DESON SIX, the
unit earned the Naval Reserve’s prestigious
Leo V. Bilger Award from the Commander,
Naval Surface Reserve Force for attaining
the highest levels of mission
accomplishment and readiness for three
consecutive years in a row.
From October 2003 – October 2005, he
assumed command of Naval Security Force
Jacksonville (NR NSF JAX), where during
his plank owner tenure as the Commanding
Officer of this newly established NSF unit,
NR NSF JAX provided an unprecedented
4,800 man-days of operational support to
Naval Air Station Jacksonville’s Security
Department. Annual Training
accomplishments include serving as Director
of Security/Force Protection Officer Ashore
and On Scene Security Force Commander
for the 2004 and 2005 NAS Jacksonville Air
Show and Fleet Week. He also served as a
briefer and subject matter expert at the Anti-
terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP)
Leadership Symposium (2004). Under his
leadership, NR NSF JAX was recognized as
the number one operational support provider
of any NSF unit in the entire Naval Reserve
Force for Fiscal Year 2005 and as a result
the unit was awarded the Naval Operational
Support Center (NOSC) Jacksonville’s Unit
of the Year (2005).
In October 2005, Cmdr. Roegner was
selected to serve as the Executive Officer for
Military Sealift Command Expeditionary
Port Unit Detachment 110 (NR MSC EPU
110) located at the NOSC Houston. From
April 2006 – December 2007, Cmdr.
Roegner became the interim Commanding
Officer after the formally assigned
Commanding Officer was mobilized be
Kuwait. In these roles, Cmdr. Roegner has
served as the Port Operations Watch Section
Supervisor for the Eastern Ready (CPX
2006) and as the Officer In Charge for the
Humanitarian Support of the Shore
(HSOTS, Guatemala 2007). Personal
awards include the Meritorious Service
Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy
and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two
awards), Armed Forces Reserve Service
Medal along with a Battle “E” Efficiency
Award and various service awards.
In his civil service role, he serves as a Senior
Special Agent and Public Information
Officer with the United States Department
of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in
Louisville, Kentucky. He earned a Master’s
Degree in Administration of Justice from the
American University, School of Public
Affairs in Washington, DC and is a member
of several service and academic honorary
societies to include Federal Law
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Enforcement Officer’s Association, Phi Beta
Kappa National Honor Society and Alpha
Phi Sigma (Criminal Justice). Cmdr.
Roegner is an active member of his church
and is married to the lovely and intelligent
former Ms. Kimberly Dawn Wilson.
Point of Contact Information:
Cmdr. Craig W. Roegner, USN
P. O. Box 466
Crestwood, Kentucky 40014
W: (502) 753-3556
H: (502) 243-3613
Email: craig.roegner@atf.gov
Class of 89: Stefan J. Perry
Lieutenant Commander Stefan Perry is a
native of Norfolk, Virginia and holds a
Master's of Aeronautical Science from
Embry Riddle University. He entered the
Navy through NROTC from Old Dominion
University in December of 1989. After
completing flight training, Lieutenant
Commander Perry's first assignment was
with the Black Stallions of HC-4 in
Signorelli, Sicily where he participated in
Operations Southern Watch, United Shield,
and Deny Flight
Lieutenant Commander Perry's next
assignment was with the VT-28 as a Primary
Flight Instructor at NAS Corpus Christi,
Texas. He finished his tour with Training
Wing FOUR as a Standardization Instructor
training the new flight instructors for both
VT-27 and VT-28.
In November 1998 Lieutenant Commander
Perry reported aboard USS AUSTIN(LPD-
4) as the Mini Boss and became Airboss by
July 1999. As Air boss, he oversaw the
flight operations during the Egypt Air
Recovery operation off of Rhode Island and
completed a med cruise with Det A of
HMM-264. During this period he trained
pilots and flew with the Croatian Air Force
MI-17 crews in FCLP's and Day DLQ's
aboard USS Austin.
Lieutenant Commander Perry completed his
fleet Department Head tour with HC-4 in
Sigonella, Sicily, where he was the
Detachment One OIC in Fujairah, UAE for
Operation Enduring Freedom.
From January 2004 to December 2006
LCDR Perry has been flying C-26’s as a
Transport Plane Commander and Instructor
from Naples Italy throughout Europe, Asia
and Africa. Next tour will be in Pensacola at
the Aviation Safety School beginning 2007.
Lieutenant Commander Perry is married to
the Anne-Marie Ozkosar of Virginia Beach,
Virginia. They have five children, Kathleen,
Mairin, Gabriella, Duncan and Colin.
LCDR Perry second from left
Class of 99: LT Christine M. Tysor
Graduated from Marian High School in
1994 and attended Jacksonville University
that fall. After one year at J. U., she
transferred to Old Dominion University
where she was awarded an NROTC
scholarship. She received her commission
as an Ensign in the United States Navy on
august 27, 1999 was ordered to Joint
Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training
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with the Air Force at Vance Air Force Base,
Enid, OK. She trained in the T-37 Tweet
from November 1999 until August 2000.
Following her combined API, Primary and
Intermediate training, she was assigned to
Helicopter Training Squadron EIGHTEEN
(HT-18) at NAS Whiting Field where she
flew TH-57b/c ranger. She received her
wings of gold on March 30, 2001 was
ordered to the “Dragon Whales” of
Helicopter Combat Support Squadron
EIGHT (HC-8) at Naval Station (NAVSTA)
Norfolk, VA flying the CH-46D, UH-46D
and HH-46D Sea Knight Helicopters.
LT Tysor deployed as Assistant Training
Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer,
COMSEC Officer, Publications Officer, and
Physical Fitness Assessment Coordinator
with HC-8 detachment (DET) Two in USNS
Saturn from July 23, 2002 until September
1, 2002 after performing a cross deck with
the GEOSEIS Puma helicopters. She
returned to NAVSTA Norfolk via the USNS
Sirius. Six days later, LT Tysor joined DET
1 in Augusta, Italy and completed that cruise
in USNS Supply during Operation Enduring
Freedom.
LT Tysor returned December 20, 2002 and
was lucky enough to enjoy Christmas at
home with her family. In February 2003,
because of situations arising in Iraq, a
“short-fuse” DET was put together and LT
Tysor deployed in USNS Sirius from
February 7 – May 31 2003, having the
opportunity to transit into the Persian Gulf
and support over 150 coalition ships which
were sent to the Gulf for Operation Iraqi
freedom.
On May 32, DET 3 again performed a cross
deck with GEOSEIS Puma helicopters and
moved to the USNS Spica, which brought
LT Tysor back to the waters off the coast of
Norfolk, VA on June 30, 2003.

Throughout her deployments, LT Tysor had
the opportunity to visit Italy, Greece,
Gibraltar, Malta, Turkey, Bahrain and the
United Arab Emirates.
As a helicopter pilot, Lt Tysor flew over 800
mishap-free flight hours and held
qualifications such as Helicopter Aircraft
Commander (HAC), Functional Check Pilot
(FCP) and Aerial Gunnery Pilot, executing
such diverse missions as Vertical
Replenishment(VERTREP), Search and
Rescue, executive transport, fleet logistics
support ammunition cross-deck and deck
landing qualifications. She served as
Ground Training Officer, Physical Fitness
Assessment coordinator, Public Affairs
Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer,
Personnel Officer and Division Officer for
Avionics, Para loft, 1st LT and
Administration while at HC 8 during her
time in the squadron from January 2001 –
July 2004.
She was ordered to the NROTC Unit at
Virginia Tech where she instructs incoming
freshmen in Introduction to Naval Science
and Sea power/Maritime History as the
Forth Class Midshipmen Advisor. She is
also currently acting as Supply Officer, CFL
coordinator, IFS military supervisor, and the
Recruiting Officer.
She lives with her husband of 5 years Eric
and the have a 15 month old son named
Chase. LT Tysor is set to rotate May 2007.
Class of 02: Daniel Glover II
I live locally in Chesapeake, and I am
currently stationed at HM-14 in Norfolk,
flying the MH-53E. Here is a quick bio of
my commissioned career:
August 02: Graduated ODU
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October 02: Completed IFS training at
Chesapeake Regional Airport
Jan 03: Transferred to API in Pensacola, FL
Jun 03: Completed API, transferred to
Primary Flight Training in
Corpus Christi, TX
Apr 04: Completed Primary, transferred to
Advance Helicopter
Training in Milton, FL
Dec 04: Winged Aviator, transferred to
AWSTS for MH-53E FRS, Norfolk,
VA
Oct 05: Transferred to HM-14, Norfolk, VA
Class of 94: LT Norbraten
LT Terry D. Norbraten was born in
Springfield, IL, graduated in June 1981 from
Saugus High School, Saugus, CA and a
month later enlisted in the United States
Navy. After graduation from Boot Camp and
Airman Apprentice training at RTC / NTC
San Diego, CA he reported to Attack
Squadron 42, NAS Oceana, VA as an A-6E
Intruder Plane Captain where he completed
two visual weapons deployments to NAF El
Centro, CA and a carrier qualification
detachment aboard the USS CARL
VINSON (CVN-70). In October 1983, LT
Norbraten reported to Avionics Class "A"
school in Millington, TN where he became a
member of the US Navy's Crackerjack
Marching Unit. In April 1984, LT Norbraten
reported to Naval Aircrew Candidate
School, Pensacola, FL, then attended follow
on fleet aircrew training at Helicopter Mine
Countermeasures Squadron 12, NAS
Norfolk, VA where he earned his gold Naval
Aircrew wings. He was selected to remain as
a Fleet Aircrew Instructor training Fleet
replacement AMCM aircrewmen, promoted
to Third Class Petty Officer in July 1985,
awarded Sailor of the Month for October
1985, promoted to Second Class Petty
Officer in July 1986 and served until
November 1987 when he separated from
active duty and enlisted in the Selective
Reserves. LT Norbraten’s assignment as a
SELRES was as the first ever qualified
Naval Reserve AMCM First Crewman for
Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron
18, NAS Norfolk, VA. In July 1998, LT
Norbraten re-enlisted in the regular Navy
and reported to Helicopter Composite
Squadron 1, NAS North Island, CA as the
Avionics Division Leading Petty Officer. He
was promoted to First Class Petty Officer in
January 1991 and earned his Enlisted Air
Warfare wings in April 1992. He also earned
an A.S. Degree in Digital Technology from
San Diego City College in the summer of
1992. In February 1993, LT Norbraten
reported to Helicopter Mine
Countermeasures Squadron 15, NAS
Alameda, CA where he deployed for
MARCOT 93-1 on the USS DULUTH
(LPD-6) off the southern coast of Victoria,
British Columbia. LT Norbraten was then
selected to participate in the Enlisted
Commissioning Program in June 1993 and
reported to the NROTC Unit, Hampton
Roads, VA where he earned a B.S. Degree in
Interdisciplinary Studies from Norfolk State
University, received news that he was
selected for Chief Petty Officer, but elected
to be commissioned an Ensign, United
States Navy in July 1994. There, LT
Norbraten was service selected as a Naval
Aviator and attended the Aviation
Maintenance Officer’s course and Aviation
Preflight Indoctrination, NAS Pensacola, FL
in July 1995 with follow on Primary flight
training with the US Air Force's 35th Flying
Training Squadron at Reece AFB, Lubbock,
TX flying the T-37B Tweetie Bird. LT
Norbraten was then selected for intermediate
tactical air training and flew the T-2C
Buckeye with Training Squadron 19, NAS
Meridian, MS in 1996 where he promoted to
LTjg, but had difficulties with carrier type
landings and subsequently selected to attend
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Surface Warfare Division Officer's training
at NETC, Newport, RI in August 1997. LT
Norbraten’ first division officer assignment
was to report to the USS AVENGER(MCM-
1) as the Operations and Administrative
Officer and deployed to the Sixth Fleet AOR
in the Spring of 1999 conducting exercises
with various NATO Surface Mine forces
supporting the Inchon Task Group 99 for
operations ALCUDRA 99/MIREM 8,
OLIVES VERTES, and GALLURA 99.
There, LT Norbraten was promoted to LT,
earned his Officer of the Deck (Underway)
qualification and Surface Warfare Officer’s
insignia. In October of 2000, LT Norbraten
reported to the USS TICONDEROGA (CG-
47) as the Main Propulsion Assistant ending
his tour as the Damage Control Assistant
and Engineering Repair Coordinator for a
scheduled ROH. TICONDEROGA deployed
to the South American AOR for Counter-
drug Operations and as flagship for UNITAS
42-01, TEAMWORK SOUTH, SIFOREX
and SINKEX for the USS La Moure County
(LST-1194) in the winter/spring of 2001. In
September 2001, LT Norbraten deployed
with TICONDEROGA for Operation Noble
Eagle. There, LT Norbraten earned his
Engineering Officer of the Watch (Gas
Turbine) qualification. In the summer of
2002, LT Norbraten reported to the Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA to
attend the Modeling, Virtual Environments
and Simulation (MOVES) curriculum.
During his second year of attendance, he
was selected to re-designate as a 1600 in the
Information Professional (IP) community. In
December 2004, LT Norbraten graduated
with a Master’s of Science Degree in
MOVES and earned a 6202 subspecialty
code for modeling and simulation. After
more than 22 years of Naval service, LT
Norbraten was placed on the retired list
effective 0000 on March 1st, 2005. LT
Norbraten’s personal decorations include the
Navy / Marine Corps Achievement Medal,
Good Conduct Medal (2nd award), Sea
Service Deployment ribbon (w/ bronze star),
Expert Rifleman Medal, Expert Pistol Shot
Medal, Surface Warfare Officer's Insignia,
Naval Aircrew Insignia and the Enlisted Air
Warfare Insignia. LT Norbraten has three
daughters and a son, Amanda (23), Melinda
(20), Brittany (14) and Alexander (1mo) and
resides in Salinas, CA.
Class of 84: Brian Ricardo
I am Brian K. Ricardo, and I am an original
member of the first class from summer
1982. I first met the staff during ODU
student orientation in July 1982. I was a
squad leader for Alpha Company 1st Platoon
as a freshman, continued as such during my
sophomore year, as the unit at all three
schools began to grow. I was assigned to the
Color Guard and the "Sail Company" during
my junior year, as well as an Assistant
Platoon Leader in Alpha Company. During
the summer, I was unable to complete my
summer cruise because I was injured for
most of the year because of an Achilles
rupture tear I suffered while playing
intramural football for the unit, so I was
assigned as the Summer Orientation XO
(1985). At the beginning of school, I was
promoted to Alpha Company Commanding
Officer and in December 1985, I was
promoted to the position of Battalion
Operations/Training Officer. I was Navy
option, with an interest in Surface Warfare.
I was married on May 10, 1986, the day
after the final exams of my senior year, in a
Navy style ceremony at a Navy Chapel, with
many of the Midshipman serving in the
wedding party. I graduated on May 11,
1986, with a BS in Criminal Justice in May
1986, and was commissioned as an Ensign
later that week (May 16, 1986). A few
weeks later I reported to USS Saipan (LHA-
2). In August 1986, I then transferred to
Surface Warfare Officers (Basic) School in
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Newport RI, with follow-on training at
Steam EOOW School. In February 1987, I
returned to USS Saipan (LHA-2), where I
was assigned as the Fire Control Officer. I
served aboard Saipan from Feb 1987 until
Feb 1990, over touring so that I could go to
shore duty. While on Saipan, I earned my
Surface Warfare qualification, as well as the
other normal SWO qualifications, as well as
selected for Department Head School. I
then transferred to Commander, Nuclear
Weapons Training Group, Atlantic, Norfolk,
Va., where I qualified as a Master Training
Specialist, instructing 5 courses. In March
1992, I departed active duty, went into the
reserves, and immediately reported to
Special Boat Unit 24, as a patrol boat
officer. In December 1992, we
decommissioned SBU-24, as we lost our
platform (Mk 45 patrol boats). I then
reported to Naval Reserve Unit
CINCLANTFLT DET 106, where I was
assigned to the Crisis Action Cell, as a Crisis
Action Watch Team Officer. In October
1994, I transferred to Navy Reserve Law
Enforcement and Physical Security Unit
0186 (LEPSU) (NAS Oceana) as Admin
Officer. I continued in that unit as Training
Officer, Operations Officer, Executive
Officer and in September/October 2001,
while in the capacity of acting Commanding
Officer, I mobilized the entire unit for
operations in supporting the war on
terrorism, deploying my unit members to
several bases throughout the world. In
September 2003, I was transferred to the
reserve staff of Commander, Navy Mid-
Atlantic Region, Norfolk, Va., as Training
Officer. In October 2004, I was transferred
back to Navy Reserve Force Protection
LEPSU NAS Oceana, where I served as the
Senior Advisor to the unit. I was promoted
to LTJG in May 1988 and Lieutenant In
May 1989. I was promoted to Lieutenant
Commander in November 1994 and then
promoted to Commander in October 2002. I
retired from the Navy Reserves on
September 1, 2006.
After leaving active duty in March 1992, I
was employed as a civilian Special Agent
with the U. S. Naval Criminal Investigative
Service, serving in the Norfolk (VA) Field
Office until July 1999. In August 1999, I
began my career with the Virginia Beach
Police Department, serving as a patrol
officer with various assignments until
February 1, 2006, when I was promoted to
Sergeant. I am currently assigned as a patrol
supervisor at the Fourth Precinct.
I am married to my high school girlfriend,
Melissa, and we have two children. We live
in the Fairfield section of Virginia Beach.
Our daughter Megan is 17, a senior at
Kempsville High School, a varsity
cheerleader, who has already accepted
admission to Old Dominion University to
major in Graphic Design. our son
Christopher, soon to be 13 years old, is a
seventh grade Honor Roll student at
Kempsville Middle School, with interests in
skateboarding, boogey boarding and playing
the drums.
Thanks for all your work in this endeavor.
We were never officially recognized as
plank owners of the newly formed unit, but
some kind of recognition like that would
really be nice as well. I will attempt to
locate photographs from the unit for you.
Class of 06: ENS Sokolowich
I was born on June 22, 1973 in Lexington,
KY, and joined the Navy in April of 1995, as
a Nuclear Electronics Technician.
Served onboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
from May 1997-April 2001. While assigned
to the USS Nimitz, was part of the first
conducted Nimitz class carrier refueling
overhaul.
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I reported for Nuclear Field 'A' School
Instructor duty from May 2001-January
2003.
Selected for STA-21, attended NSI in
Newport, RI and then reported to
HRNROTC in May 2003. I majored in
Biology, minored in Criminal Justice.
Served as Delta Company Commanding
Officer and Battalion Commanding
Officer. Graduated Magna Cum Laude in
May 2006, and received commission. I was
further selected as METOC Option officer,
which she accepted.
Reported to NITZE on June 15, and have
held positions of Assistant Navigator, Admin
Officer, and took over as Communications
Officer in December of 2006. Currently on
deployment until Summer 2007. Following
tour onboard, expects to transfer to METOC
Option.
Class of 88: Penny (Wilson) Azcarate:
I graduated in 1988 (I was Battalion Cmdr
my last semester) and was commissioned in
the Marine Corps.
After spending four years on active duty to
include a tour in Saudi during Operation
Desert Storm, I transferred to the reserves
and went to law school.
I was a prosecutor in Fairfax Virginia for
five years and then went into private
practice where I handle both criminal and
civil cases.
In addition, I am a substitute judge for
general district courts in Fairfax, Prince
William, and Arlington.
I married another alum, Eddy Azcarate (89).
He also participated in Operation Desert
Storm and is now a Fairfax County Police
Officer.
He was a gang detective for several years
before taking on his new post as a public
affairs officer for the force.
We both have recently gotten out of the
reserves as Majors and we have four
children.
Class of 95: LCDR Craig Alan Hill
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Lieutenant
Commander Hill graduated from Old
Dominion University in 1993 and earned his
commission through the Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corp Unit, Hampton
Roads.
As a division officer, LCDR Hill served as
Electrical Officer and Combat Information
Center Officer in USS Briscoe (DD-977)
and Navigator in USS Simpson (FFG-56).
During these tours, he completed
deployments to both Middle East Forces and
Standing Naval Forces Mediterranean.
After graduating from the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey,
California, with a Master of Science in
Systems Engineering, LCDR Hill returned
to sea, serving as Operations Officer in USS
Stump (DD-978) and USS Cape St. George
(CG-71). While serving in Cape St George,
the ship participated in combat operations in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in both
the European and Central Command theaters
Ashore, he served as Requirements Officer
for the Zumwalt-Class Destroyer program in
the Surface Warfare Directorate of the
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
LCDR Hill has been awarded the
Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and
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Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three
awards) and the Navy and Marine Corps
Achievement Medal (two awards) in
addition to numerous campaign and unit
awards.
Class of 94: LCDR Duane Decker:
Sometimes the quiet of the country can
make a person long for something a little
louder. In the case of Lt. Cmdr. Duane
Decker, the call of the Navy convinced him
to leave his rural home of Gillett, Pa., in
search of something more.
"I'm from a pretty rural area where it was
either milking cows or joining the Navy," he
said. "The Navy was my way out."
But now as the new maintenance officer for
the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance
Division, Decker has shed the small-town
image, while now donning the robe of the
ranking officer.
"It was kind of intimidating at my first
appearance here," Decker said, "but because
of my background, I feel pretty
comfortable."
Decker enlisted in the Navy in September of
1982 as an aviation electrician. Upon
completion of AE "A" school he reported to
Fighter Squadron 101 at NAS Oceana in
Virginia Beach, Va. In 1986, Decker
transferred to the VF-142 "Ghostriders" at
Oceana. After a short stint with Grumman
Aerospace as a civilian, he returned to the
fleet with the VF-31 "Tomcatters" of
Oceana.
"I never really anticipated doing the full 20
years. I felt it was just going to be a stepping
stone in my life," Decker said. "However,
my wife wanted to move back to the
Hampton Roads, Va., area and since it's
pretty expensive to just pack up and move, I
told her I'll go back into the Navy so we can
be close to that area."
Decker didn't miss a beat as he was then
selected as Sailor of the Year for VF-31,
then entered the enlisted commissioning
program in 1991 and transferred to Newport,
R.I. for training.
Decker received his commission in May
1994 through Old Dominion University's
Reserve Officer Training Corps program
after earning a degree in electrical
engineering. Following aerospace
maintenance duty officer training and
designation in Pensacola, Fla., he reported to
the VF-41 "Black Aces" at Oceana in
September of 1994.
In December of 1997, Decker was assigned
to Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,
Calif. where he earned a master of science
degree in logistics management.
In August 1999, Decker reported to USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as an
AIMD officer. In August 2001, he reported
here to PMA-260 Support Equipment
Program Office.
His sea service includes five
Mediterranean/Persian Gulf deployments.
His decorations include two Navy
Commendation Medals, four Navy
Achievement Medals, and various unit and
service awards. Decker is married to the
former Patty Ann Georgandis of Salem,
Mass. They reside in Lusby with their son,
John.
Class of 03: Shaun Dennis
LTJG Shaun E. Dennis was born and raised
in Baltimore Maryland. He enlisted in the
Navy in June of 1992 and received his initial
training at RTC Great Lakes. He attended
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Electricians Mate “A” school in September
1992 through April 1993. His first
Assignment was USS Guadalcanal LPH 7
out of Norfolk. His next assignments were
USS Merrimack AO-179, USS
Monongahela AO-178 and EWTGLANT
where he was selected for the Enlisted
Commissioning Program. EM1 Dennis’s
attended Naval Science Institute in Newport
Rhode Island in June 2001 and went on to
Old Dominion University where he earned a
BS in Criminal Justice and received his
commission as a Ensign in the United States
Navy in December 2003. His first division
officer tour was as the ADCA onboard USS
Kearsarge LHD-3 where he earned his
Surface Warfare Officer qualification. He is
currently assigned as the Fire Control
Officer and Air Defense Officer onboard
USS Ross DDG- 71 out of Norfolk. LTJG
Dennis lives in Chesapeake with his wife
Andrian and their 3 daughter Otazsia,
Alexandria, and Cheylsi.
LT Deutch class of 99:
I am an alumni of Hampton University class
of 2001 and I just qualifed as an Engineering
Duty Officer. I am stationed at Ship Repair
Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance
Center (SRF-JRMC) Yokosuka, Japan and
am currently the Forward Deployed Naval
Forces (FDNF) Surface Ship Type Desk
Officer, who is responsible for overseeing
the maintenance availabilites for all 11
surface ships stationed here in the FDNF.
LIEUTENANT CONNIE M. DOERING
Class of 01:
Born in November 1971, Lieutenant
Junior Grade Connie M. Doering grew up in
Freeville, New York where she graduated
from Dryden Jr. Sr. High School in June
1989. She entered the Navy, at age
seventeen, in September of the same year
and attended recruit training at RTC
Orlando. She entered Seaman
Apprenticeship Training (SAT) in November
1989. After SAT, in January 1990, Seaman
Recruit Doering reported aboard USS
SIERRA (AD-18), in Charleston, South
Carolina. While there, she was promoted to
Ship Serviceman Third Class after striking
out of deck and was “CAPPED” to Second
Class.
Almost five years later, Ship’s Serviceman
Second Class Doering reported to SH “C”
School at RTC, Norfolk, Virginia where she
finished top of her class. She then reported
to the USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-41), in
June 1994, in Norfolk, VA. When the ship
decommissioned in January 1996, Ship’s
Serviceman Second Class Doering reported
to Naval Support Facility, Thurmont,
Maryland. After a short tour, she reported to
Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic,
Virginia Beach, Virginia in January 1997 as
an Administrative Assistant for seven
training codes.
In December 1998, Ship’s Serviceman
Second Class Doering was accepted to the
Enlisted Commissioning Program and
attended Naval Science Institute from June
to July 1999. In August 1999, she began
attending Norfolk State University. She
graduated Norfolk State University in May
2001 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Business Administration with specialization
in Management Information Systems.
After receiving her commission, she
reported to Surface Warfare Officer School
Command, Newport, Rhode Island for SWO
pipeline training en route to USS MOUNT
WHITNEY (LCC/JCC-20). Reporting
aboard in December 2001, she served as the
2nd Division Officer, the Aviation Facilities
Coordinator and the Morale, Welfare and
Recreation Officer then went on for a
second tour serving as the Combat
Information Center Officer and then
Auxiliaries Officer. She obtained her
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Officer Of The Deck, Steam EOOW and
SWO Qualification while onboard.
July8, 2004 she reported to Afloat Training
Group, Norfolk and became the Anti-
Terrorism/Force Protection (ATFP) and
Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS)
Division Officer. She attended school full
time for her Masters’ Degree in Business
Administration (MBA). August 2007 she is
reporting to Department Head School in
Rhode Island.
Lieutenant Doering is married to
Christopher G. Doering of Bryn Athyn,
Pennsylvania who is currently stationed at
Naval Special Warfare Development Group,
Dam Neck. She has three children, Kayla
M. Calhoun (15), Mason L. Calhoun (13)
and Paige Marie Doering (2).
Class of 85: CDR Tim Howlin:
I was in the very first class of NROTCU
Hampton Roads. I graduated on May 18th,
1985. I went to ODU. I was the Midshipman
Battalion Commander for the entire school
year 84/85.
I spent 20 years as a Naval Officer. First five
as a SWO, then 15 as a Cryptologist. I had
various jobs, including two tours at the
NSA.
I retired as an O-5 in 2005. I am now in the
US Foreign Service as a Diplomatic Courier,
and live in Frankfurt, Germany.
Class of 01: LT TERESA S. MITCHELL
LT Mitchell is a native of Fitzgerald, GA
where she graduated from high school in
May 1993. In June 1993, she entered the
service and began her naval career at Recruit
Training Command Orlando, Florida. She
completed two enlisted tours at NAB
Coronado and NAVSTA San Diego. While
assigned at NAVSTA San Diego, she was
selected for the Broadened Opportunity for
Officer Selection and Training (BOOST)
and graduated June 1997.
In August 1997, she began her bachelors’
degree at Hampton University. She
graduated from the Naval Reserve Officer
Training Corps (NROTC) at Hampton
University in May 2001 with a Bachelors
Degree in Business Management. Upon
graduation, she was commissioned as a
United States Naval Officer.
In June 2001 she reported to Surface
Warfare Officer School (SWOS) in
Newport, RI. She completed both the Basic
and Advanced Engineering courses.
In January 2002, LT Mitchell
reported as the Assistant Damage Control
Officer to USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) home
ported in Norfolk, VA and deployed in
support of Operation ENDURING/IRAQI
Freedom (OEF/OIF). During her time
onboard she achieved her Surface Warfare
Officer (SWO) qualification.
In November 2003 she reported to
Commander Destroyer Squadron Thirty One
(CDS 31) as the Assistant Operations
Officer where she deployed with USS
CARL VINSON (CVN 70) home ported in
Bremerton, WA as the Sea Combat
Commander for the Carl Vinson Strike
Group.
In July 2005, she reported to
Commander, Navy Region Southeast in
Jacksonville, FL as a Force Protection
Officer where she became the Assistant
Antiterrorism Officer (ATO). She was an
essential watch officer for the Regional
Operation Center (ROC) during hurricanes
Katrina and Wilma. While onboard, she
changed designator from Surface Warfare
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Officer (1115) to Human Resource Officer
(1200).
In January 2007, LT Mitchell
reported as Assistant Officer in Charge,
Personnel Support Detachment Afloat West
providing administrative, personnel, pay and
transportation support to Naval Ships and
associated deployable units within the PSA
West Area of responsibility.
Her personal awards include the
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Medal, Navy and Marine Corps
Achievement Medal (three awards), Navy
Good Conduct Medal as well as several unit
citations.
She holds a Masters Degree in
Human Resource Management, from
Webster University. She is currently
completing Joint Professional Military
Education (JPME) Phase One offered by the
Naval War College, Newport, RI.
LT Teresa S. Mitchell is the daughter
of Martha Williams and George Whitfield
and is married to LT Derrick Mitchell of
Fitzgerald, GA. They have two daughters,
Derrica Mitchell, age fifteen and Deshawna
Mitchell, age twelve.
Class of 88: CDR James E. McGovern
Commander James E. McGovern is a native
of Virginia Beach, Va. He is a 1988 graduate
of Norfolk State University, and a 2006
graduate of the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces.
Commander McGovern’s initial fleet
assignment was on the USS BARNSTABLE
COUNTY (LST 1197), where he served as
the 2nd Division Officer, Auxiliaries and
Electrical, Navigator and Main Propulsion
Assistant. While on BARNSTABLE
COUNTY, they deployed to the
Mediterranean Sea, West Africa, and South
America. Following his tour on
BARNSTABLE COUNTY, he was assigned
as pre-commissioning Operations Officer for
the USS TYPHOON (PC 5). While on the
TYPHOON, she completed the first trans-
Atlantic crossing and Mediterranean
deployment of a Patrol Coastal class ship.
His initial shore tour was to Surface Warfare
Officers School Command, where he served
as Watch Standing Unit Lead.
After Department Head School, he reported
as First Lieutenant to the USS FORT
MCHENRY (LSD 43) forward deployed to
Sasebo, Japan. While serving on the FORT
MCHENRY they participated in several
multinational exercises with countries in the
Western Pacific. His Second Department
Head tour was on the USS BELLEAU
WOOD (LHA 3) as the First Lieutenant,
also in Sasebo, Japan. During his tour on the
BELLEAU WOOD, the ship conducted
humanitarian operations in East Timor and
completed a hull swap with USS ESSEX
(LHD 2). Following his Department Head
tours, Commander McGovern returned to
sea to command USS KINGFISHER (MHC
56). While in command of KINGFISHER,
they completed a deployment with Mine
Warfare Readiness Group One to conduct
bottom surveys of strategic ports on the U.S.
East Coast. Commander McGovern returned
to shore as Commanding Officer of Navy
Reserve Center Baltimore. Following
completion of his tour in Baltimore, he was
assigned as a student at the Industrial
College of the Armed Forces.
Class of 89: CDR TODD A. LEWIS
Commander Todd A. Lewis is a native
of Chesapeake, Virginia. He graduated in
December 1989 from Norfolk State
University, where he received a Bachelor of
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Science degree in Electronic Technology
and received his commission through
NROTC.
Commander Lewis’ initial fleet
assignment was in USS MISSISSIPPI (CGN
40), where he served as 1st Division Officer,
OI Division Officer and Assistant
Operations Officer. While in MISSISSIPPI
they deployed to the Red Sea in support of
DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM.
His initial shore tour was to the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey,
California, where he received a Master of
Science degree in Mechanical Engineering,
with a specialization in robotic and control
systems. After Department Head School, he
reported as First Lieutenant in USS
PORTLAND (LSD 37) in Norfolk, Virginia.
While serving in PORTLAND, they
participated in several multinational
exercises with countries in the
Mediterranean Sea. His second Department
Head tour was in USS KEARSARGE
(LHD 3), also in Norfolk. During his tour in
KEARSARGE, the ship landed Marines in
Kosovo and conducted humanitarian
operations in Turkey following the 1999
earthquake.
Following his department head tours,
Commander Lewis attended the Marine
Corps Command and Staff College, where
he received a Master of Arts degree in
Military Studies. He was next assigned to
the United States Southern Command in
Miami, Florida where he served in the J-3 as
the UNITAS exercise chief.
Commander Lewis next served as
Executive Officer in USS JUNEAU (LPD
10) in Sasebo, Japan. During his tour in
JUNEAU, the ship deployed to the Persian
Gulf and Horn of Africa in support of
GWOT initiatives. Following his Executive
Officer tour, he returned to sea as the
Operations Officer in USS SAIPAN (LHA
2), in Norfolk, Virginia.
Commander Lewis and his wife
Rhonda been blessed with four daughters,
Mia (21), Kyris (11), Briana (5) and Britani
(5). Commander Lewis has earned various
personal and unit level awards.
Class of 92: LCDR Weatherly
LCDR Weatherly is a native of Farmland,
Indiana. He enlisted in the Navy in August
of 1980 rising to the rank of Senior Chief
Petty Officer prior to being commissioned
through the Enlisted Commissioning
Program at Old Dominion University in
1992.
Following completion of the Nuclear
Propulsion training pipeline and the Surface
Warfare Division Officer’s course ENS
Weatherly was assigned to USS
ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) as the Electrical
Division Officer. His next assignment was
as the Communications Officer onboard
USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41) where
he completed a UNITAS and West African
Training Cruise.
LT Weatherly then attended the Naval
Postgraduate School where he earned his
Master of Science degree in Engineering
Acoustics as part of the Undersea Warfare
curriculum.
LCDR Weatherly returned to USS
ENTERPRISE as the Reactor Controls
Assistant during which ENTERPRISE
participated in the first stages of
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. He
then reported to USS KEARSARGE (LHD
3) as the Assistant Operations Officer and
Training Officer. It was in this tour that he
fleeted up to Operations Officer while
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KEARSARGE served as flagship for
Commander Amphibious Task Force East in
support of OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM.
Following his Department Head tours,
LCDR Weatherly attended the Marine Corps
Command and Staff College in Quantico,
Virginia.
LCDR Weatherly’s personal decorations
include the Navy/Marine Corps
Commendation Medal (silver star in lieu of
sixth award), the Navy/Marine Corps
Achievement Medal, and numerous unit and
expeditionary awards and ribbons.
Class of 93: Eric Byman, MD
Graduated ODU/NROTC-UHR 1993.
Served my obligated time in USN, then left
service to study medicine.
Graduated Eastern Virginia Medical School
in 2002.
Went through residency training at Univ. of
Cincinnati 2002-2005.
Returned to Virginia Beach where I now
work as a physician.
Married; wife Aimee and son Paul (our
second child is due in September).
Hope that helps.
Eric Byman, MD.
I am James Long of
NROTC Unit Hampton Road, ODU chapter.
James Long was commissioned in Dec 1988
and attended SWOSDOC and gas turbine
engineering school in Newport, Rhode
Island. Ensign Long was assigned to the
pre-commissioning crew of the guided
missile cruiser USS Normandy in the
operations division. He spent 3 1/2 years on
the ship deployed to Desert Shield and
Desert Storm. His division officer tour
included billets as the First Lieutenant and
Auxiliaries Engineering Officer. He was the
General Quarters Officer of the Deck and
earned a Surface Warfare Officer
qualification as a Lieutenant Junior Grade.
Lieutenant Long left active duty in
December of 1992 and began work at
Techmatics, Inc, as a Systems Analys! t
supporting PMS 400, the Aegis Program
Manager. He applied to Medical School and
was accepted to East Carolina University in
1993. Dr. Long graduated from East
Carolina School of Medicine in 1997 and
attended Georgetown University for his
Internal Medicine residency. He completed
residency and was awarded Board
Certification in Internal Medicine in 2000.
He is now an owner and partner in a large
Internal Medicine practice in Northern
Virginia.
Class of 98: Darren Hinds
ROTC instructor at Univ. South Carolina
I am currently deployed in Iraq, working
Prior enlisted Nuke
ODU 1998 grad
Flight school
SH60B pilot out of Mayport, FLwith 2-8
Cavalry.
Thanks,
Darren Hinds, LT
Class of 02: LT Deron Krietemeyer
ODU Class of '02 - Enlisted in the Navy in
August of 1990 in the Nuclear Power Field.
Completed Nuclear Propulsion training in
October 1991.
I served 2 tours as an instructor at Naval
Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston, SC
and one sea tour aboard the ex-USS
California (CGN-36).
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I was selected for the Seaman-to-Admiral
program in July of 2000. I graduated with
honors (B.S. Business Administration,
Finance) in December 2002.
Selected as a naval aviator and entered flight
training in May 2003 with VT-3. I was
selected for carrier aviation pipeline (E-2/C-
2) in December 2003. Trained with VT-31
in Corpus Christi, TX and VT-22 in
Kingsville, TX where I earned me wings in
July 2005.
Selected E-2 pipeline at the FRS (VAW-120)
in September 2005 and completed carrier
qualification in May 2006.
Currently assigned to VAW-125 In Norfolk,
VA. Returned from an 8 month combat
deployment with CVW-7 and the USS
Eisenhower.
United States Navy
Lieutenant Commander Wyatt was born
September 18, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Upon graduating from Admiral King High
School, Lorain, Ohio he entered the United
States Navy in August 1981. After
completion of basic training and initial
training as an Electrician’s Mate, was
assigned to USS Tarawa (LHA-1) from
September 1987 to May 1987, which
supported the Multi-National Peacekeeping
Force Beirut, Lebanon while deployed in
1983; and deployed twice more to the
Western Pacific in 1984 and 1986.
After completing Advanced Maintenance
Training/EM-C7 School at NTC Great
Lakes in 1987, he was assigned to USS
Milwaukee (AOR-2) from October 1987 to
September 1989, which deployed with
Commander Carrier Group Six in 1988 to
the Persian Gulf. During this tour, he was
 selected for the Enlisted Education
Advancement Program (EEAP) and
transferred to Naval Education Support
Center Atlantic in September 1989 to attend
Tidewater Community College. In May
1991, he graduated Magna Cum Laude with
an Associate in Applied Science degree in
Electronics, and was selected for the Navy’s
Enlisted Commissioning Program (ECP).
Assigned to Hampton Roads NROTC Unit
as an Officer Candidate in August 1991, he
attended Old Dominion University. In
August 1993, he graduated with a Bachelor
of Science in Electrical Engineering
Technology and was commissioned an
Ensign and designated as a student naval
aviator. In 1995, while assigned to VT-27 in
Corpus Christi, Texas, he was redesignated
to surface warfare community. Upon
completing the division officer course at
Surface Warfare School Command in
Newport, Rhode Island, he reported as Main
Propulsion Assistant, USS La Moure County
(LST-1194) in May 1996 deploying to South
America supporting UNITAS’96. He later
served as the Weapons Officer.
In June 1998, he reported to USS Samuel B.
Robert (FFG-58) as the Ordnance Officer.
In December 1999, Lieutenant Commander
Wyatt returned to Surface Warfare School
Command to attend the department head
course. After graduation, he served as Chief
Engineer, USS Patriot (MCM-7) forward
deployed to Sasebo, Japan from August
2000 to March 2002.
In April 2002, he was assigned to
Commander Amphibious Squadron Six
serving as the Material Logistics and Force
Protection Officer, which deployed in 2003
with the IWO JIMA Amphibious Ready
Group in support of Operations Enduring
Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and Joint Task
Force Liberia Operations. He then reported
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to Afloat Training Group-Atlantic in January
2004 and served as Director of Topside
Warfare and Force Protection Officer until
December 2005.
In January 2006, Lieutenant Commander
Wyatt reported to the USS Theodore
Roosevelt (CVN-71) while deployed to
FIFTH Fleet. There he served as Assistant
Combat Direction Center Officer. He later
served as Combat Direction Center Officer
until July 2007, until reporting in August
2007 as the Deputy Director of Anti-
Terrorism/Force Protection on the staff of
Commander Second Fleet.
Lieutenant Commander Wyatt is married to
the former Amber Mahan of Knox City,
Texas and has daughter Heather and sons
Ryan-Marcus, Chandler and Donovan. His
awards include Navy Commendation Medal
(4), Secretary of the Navy Letter of
Commendation, Navy Good Conduct Medal
(3), Military Outstanding Service Medal,
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (7),
Overseas Service Ribbon, Expert Rifle
Medal, Expert Pistol Medal, and various
campaign and unit awards
Retirement article on LT Terry D.
Norbraten
Location: Wa-267 Bldg. 246 MOVES
Institute Monterey, CA — Main Language:
en
LT Terry D. Norbraten was
born in Springfield, IL,
graduated in June 1981 from
Saugus High School, Saugus, CA and a
month later enlisted in the United States
Navy.
After graduation from Boot Camp and
Airman Apprentice training at RTC / NTC
San Diego, CA he reported to Attack
Squadron 42, NAS Oceana, VA as an A-6E
Intruder Plane Captain where he completed
two visual weapons deployments to NAF El
Centro, CA and a carrier qualification
detachment aboard the USS CARL
VINSON (CVN-70).
In October 1983, LT Norbraten reported to
Avionics Class "A" school in Millington, TN
where he became a member of the US
Navy's Crackerjack Marching Unit. In April
1984, LT Norbraten reported to Naval
Aircrew Candidate School, Pensacola, FL,
then attended follow on fleet aircrew
training at Helicopter Mine
Countermeasures Squadron 12, NAS
Norfolk, VA where he earned his gold Naval
Aircrew wings.
He was selected to remain as a Fleet Aircrew
Instructor training Fleet replacement AMCM
aircrewmen, promoted to Third Class Petty
Officer in July 1985, awarded Sailor of the
Month for October 1985, promoted to
Second Class Petty Officer in July 1986 and
served until November 1987 when he
separated from active duty and enlisted in
the Selective Reserves.
LT Norbraten’s assignment as a SELRES
was as the first ever qualified Naval Reserve
AMCM First Crewman for Helicopter Mine
Countermeasures Squadron 18, NAS
Norfolk, VA. In July 1998, LT Norbraten re-
enlisted in the regular Navy and reported to
Helicopter Composite Squadron 1, NAS
North Island, CA as the Avionics Division
Leading Petty Officer.
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He was promoted to First Class Petty
Officer in January 1991 and earned his
Enlisted Air Warfare wings in April 1992.
He also earned an A.S. Degree in Digital
Technology from San Diego City College in
the summer of 1992.
In February 1993, LT Norbraten reported to
Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron
15, NAS Alameda, CA where he deployed
for MARCOT 93-1 on the USS DULUTH
(LPD-6) off the southern coast of Victoria,
British Columbia.
LT Norbraten was then selected to
participate in the Enlisted Commissioning
Program in June 1993 and reported to the
NROTC Unit, Hampton Roads, VA where
he earned a B.S. Degree in Interdisciplinary
Studies from Norfolk State University,
received news that he was selected for Chief
Petty Officer, but elected to be
commissioned an Ensign, United States
Navy in July 1994.
There, LT Norbraten was service selected as
a Naval Aviator and attended the Aviation
Maintenance Officer’s course and Aviation
Preflight Indoctrination, NAS Pensacola, FL
in July 1995 with follow on Primary flight
training with the US Air Force's 35th Flying
Training Squadron at Reece AFB, Lubbock,
TX flying the T-37B Tweetie Bird.
LT Norbraten was then selected for
intermediate tactical air training and flew the
T-2C Buckeye with Training Squadron 19,
NAS Meridian, MS in 1996 where he
promoted to LTjg, but had difficulties with
carrier type landings and subsequently
selected to attend Surface Warfare Division
Officer's training at NETC, Newport, RI in
August 1997.
LT Norbraten’ first division officer
assignment was to report to the USS
AVENGER (MCM-1) as the Operations and
Administrative Officer and deployed to the
Sixth Fleet AOR in the Spring of 1999
conducting exercises with various NATO
Surface Mine forces supporting the Inchon
Task Group 99 for operations ALCUDRA
99/MIREM 8, OLIVES VERTES, and
GALLURA 99.
There, LT Norbraten was promoted to LT,
earned his Officer of the Deck (Underway)
qualification and Surface Warfare Officer’s
insignia.
In October of 2000, LT Norbraten reported
to the USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) as the
Main Propulsion Assistant ending his tour as
the Damage Control Assistant and
Engineering Repair Coordinator for a
scheduled ROH. TICONDEROGA deployed
to the South American AOR for Counter-
drug Operations and as flagship for UNITAS
42-01, TEAMWORK SOUTH, SIFOREX
and SINKEX for the USS La Moure County
(LST-1194) in the winter/spring of 2001.
In September 2001, LT Norbraten deployed
with TICONDEROGA for Operation Noble
Eagle. There, LT Norbraten earned his
Engineering Officer of the Watch (Gas
Turbine) qualification. In the summer of
2002, LT Norbraten reported to the Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA to
attend the Modeling, Virtual Environments
and Simulation (MOVES) curriculum.
During his second year of attendance, he
was selected to re-designate as a 1600 in the
Information Professional (IP) community.
In December 2004, LT Norbraten graduated
with a Master’s of Science Degree in
MOVES and earned a 6202 subspecialty
code for modeling and simulation. After
more than 22 years of naval service, LT
Norbraten was placed on the retired list
effective 0000 on March 1st, 2005.
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LT Norbraten’s personal decorations include
the Navy / Marine Corps Achievement
Medal, Good Conduct Medal (2nd award),
Sea Service Deployment ribbon (w/ bronze
star), Expert Rifleman Medal, Expert Pistol
Shot Medal, Surface Warfare Officer's
Insignia, Naval Aircrew Insignia and the
Enlisted Air Warfare Insignia.
LT Norbraten is married to the former Sarah
Victoria Evans of Monterey, CA, has three
daughters, Amanda, Melinda, and Brittany,
and a son, Alexander and resides in Salinas,
CA.
CDR Jimmie Miller, USN
Commanding Officer, Navy Recruiting
District Los Angeles
CDR Jimmie L. Miller, a native of Paterson,
N. J., enlisted in the United States Navy in
1983 as an Aerographer’s Mate. In 1987 he
was selected for the Enlisted
Commissioning Program and attended Old
Dominion University. After graduating with
honors in May 1990, with a B. S. in
Electrical Engineering Technology, he was
commissioned an Ensign through NROTC
Unit Hampton Roads.
Upon completion of initial submarine
training at Submarine School, New London,
CT. in February 1992, he reported to USS
HAMMERHEAD (SSN 663) where he
served a 32-month assignment as Electrical
Assistance, Main Propulsion Assistance, and
FWD Department Head during the ship’s
inactivation period. Following a successful
sea tour, CDR Miller was assigned to
NROTC Unit Hampton Roads in Norfolk,
VA where he taught several college courses
at Old Dominion, Norfolk State, and
Hampton Universities. Additionally, as the
Unit recruiter, his efforts directly contributed
to NROTCU Hampton Roads growing to
become the largest unit in the nation.
Following his tour as an NROTC instructor
and recruiter, CDR Miller reported to
Submarine Officer Advanced Course
(SOAC). Upon completion of SOAC in
November 1997, he reported as Combat
System Officer on USS JAMES K. POLK
(SSN 645) where he completed several
deployments with Seal Delivery Team 2,
including a six-month Mediterranean
deployment.
ISLAND (SSBN 740)(GOLD). Under his
leadership, the USS RHODE ISLAND
received 3 consecutive Battle Efficiency
awards. Following two successful deterrent
patrols, CDR Miller returned to Commander
Submarine Forces to assume duties on the
N8 staff as Warfare Development,
Requirements and Programs Officer. CDR
Miller served as Executive Officer Navy
Recruiting District Los Angeles CA from
August 2007 to August 2008. In August
2008, he assumed command of Navy
Recruiting District, Los Angeles CA.
The first African American to be awarded
the Fredrick D. Warder award for
Outstanding Achievement, CDR Jimmie
Miller’s other awards include Meritorious
Service Medal, six Navy Commendation
Medals, two Navy Achievement Medals, a
Good Conduct Medal and two National
Defense Service Medals.

In October 1999 CDR Miller reported to

Theodore Roosevelt Battlegroup as the
Submarine Operations Officer, where he was
instrumental in the Battlegroup completing
the Navy’s first dual Carrier Battlegroup
operation during JTFEX 2000, and Baltic
Exercise 2000. Following his assignment on Judge Penney Azcarate - 88
the Battlegroup Staff, CDR Miller
transferred to the Tactical Readiness
Evaluation (TRE) Team assigned to
Commander Submarine Forces Command.

Six months after reporting to the TRE team,

CDR Miller was assigned duties as Flag
Aide to VADM Mike Mullen, Deputy CNO
for Resources, Requirements, and
Assessments. CDR Miller completed his
tour at the Pentagon in December 2002 and
relieved as Executive Officer USS RHODE

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Gen Al Gray (ret) & Judge Azcarate
Penney S. Azcarate was formally sworn in
as a new judge of the Fairfax County
General District Court on June 6, 2008. She
was elected by the Virginia General
Assembly to fill the vacancy created by
Judge Robert Smith’s appointment to the
Circuit Court.
Judge Azcarate graduated from the George
Mason University School of Law. She
previously served as an Assistant
Commonwealth Attorney for Fairfax County
for five years. Since leaving the prosecutor’s
office, she has been in private practice at the
firm of Briglia & Hundley, P.C. emphasizing
on criminal defense and civil litigation.
CDR J. B. Vliet was promoted 01 APR 2007
In 2006, Judge Azcarate was selected as a and selected for XO/CO Fleet up (CDR
substitute judge at the district court level in CMD) 15 APR 2007.
Fairfax County. During her tenure, she has
heard cases in the Fairfax County General He transferred from NAVAL SURFACE
District Court and Juvenile and Domestic WARFARE CENTER (NSWC) Dam Neck,
Relations District Court, as well as serving Virginia in June 2008 and reported to
as a substitute judge for district courts in COMOMAG Corpus Christi, Texas.
neighboring counties and jurisdictions.
CDR Vliet’s most recent assignment was
Judge Azcarate was raised primarily in
from SEP 07-JUN 08 where he served as a
southern Virginia’s Prince George County
Strike Force Interoperability Officer (SFIO).
and obtained a bachelor degree in criminal
justice from Old Dominion University. Upon
He was directly responsible to NAVSEA
graduating, Judge Azcarate was
05W, TYCOM’s, FLT CDR’s and CO
commissioned in the United States Marine
NSWC Dam Neck for C4I and Combat
Corps. She served four years on active duty
Systems’ installation and modernization
as a communications officer stationed in
throughout the U.S. Navy’s Surface Fleet.
Camp Pendleton, California participating in
Operation Desert Storm. After active duty,
Prior to CDR Vliet’s tour as a SFIO he was
Judge Azcarate transferred to the Marine
assigned as the Assistant Operations Officer
Reserves and was honorably discharged at
in USS NASSAU (LHA 4) from OCT 05-
the rank of Major.
SEP 07. Additional assignments prior to
Judge Azcarate resides in Falls Church with USS NASSAU include assignment as the
her husband and children. Information Warfare/Operations (IW/IO)
Officer for 2D MARDIV in Camp Blue
Commander John B. Vliet Diamond, Ramadi, Iraq from JAN 05-SEP
05; Naval Gunfire Officer for 2D MARDIV,
Camp Lejeune, N.C. from JUN 04-JAN 05;

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Time Sensitive Targeting Officer at CJTF- 21) Program and aims to be commissioned
Horn of Africa from OCT 03-JUN 04. in the Navy Nurse Corps upon graduation.
Sea duty tours: USS ARKANSAS (CGN 41)
from MAY 82-JAN 85; USS YORKTOWN
(CG 48) from MAY 90-JAN 92; USS
THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) from JAN
92-AUG 95; USS MAHAN (DDG 72) from
MAY 99-JUN 2001; PRESINSURV SEA
DUTY DET from JUN 2001- AUG 2003;
USS NASSAU (LHA 4) from OCT 2005-
SEP 2007.

Shore duty tours: Instructor at U.S. Naval

Gunnery School, Great Lakes, Ill. from JAN
CNO Thanks NROTC Programs For
85-MAY 90; Student, NROTC, Old
Creating Future Leaders
Dominion University from AUG 95-JAN
Story Number: NNS040511-05
97; AEGIS Computer Program configuration
Release Date: 5/11/2004 9:56:00 AM
management, NSWC, Dahlgren from JAN
97-MAY 99.
By Chief Journalist Walter T. Ham IV ,
Education: Bachelor of Science degree
Chief of Naval Operations Public Affairs
majoring in Education, Training and
Development from Southern Illinois
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Naval Reserve
University.
Officer Training Corps (NROTC) programs
around the nation are creating superb naval
CDR Vliet’s personal awards include The
officers to lead the Navy Marine Corps team
Meritorious Service Medal (3), Joint Service
in the 21st century, Chief of Naval
Commendation Medal, Navy
Operations (CNO) Adm. Vern Clark said
Commendation Medal (3), Navy
during his May 8 address at the Hampton
Achievement Medal (7), and Sea Service
Roads NROTC commissioning ceremony at
Deployment Ribbon (9).
Norfolk State University.

“If I had my way, I would in fact be

Events
commissioning every individual that raised
their right hand to become an officer in the
2005
United States Navy,” said Clark. “I believe
that you, as a group, represent everything
First Winner
that is so good and promising about the
future of our services.”
Officer Candidate Cheryl Q. Castro, USN,
“Today, it is my pleasure to commission
is a rated Hospital Corpsman enrolled in a
both Ensigns in the United States Navy and
Nursing Major at Old Dominion University
2nd Lieutenants in the United States Marine
in Norfolk, VA and assigned to the Hampton
Corps,” Clark continued. “The Navy and
Roads NROTC Consortium Unit. She
Marine Corps have never been closer than
entered a 4-year college program, on active
they are today. Ever.”
duty, through the Seaman to Admiral (STA

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Along with the 70 other NROTC programs
around the country, Clark said the Hampton
Roads NROTC class, comprised of students
from Old Dominion University, Hampton
University and Norfolk State University, is
another example of the Navy’s commitment
to the growth and development of its Sailors.
Thirty-seven of the 47 officers in the class
he commissioned had prior fleet experience.
“You are a testament to the growth and
development of the young men and women
that are serving in the Navy today,” Clark
said. “It is our task to give the young men
and women who make a decision to serve in
the military the tools so that they can
succeed, and as they progress, we do give
them more responsibility.”
nation.
“This is my opportunity to say thank you to
the Hampton Roads NROTC consortium
and to all the NROTC units around the
country because you, the NROTCs of the
United States of America, create superb
leaders for our Navy and our Marine Corps,”
Clark said. “They are the foundation of what
we want to be.”
Pictures from May 2004
Commissioning Ceremony

The CNO also emphasized that graduating

NROTC classes now assume their new
charge: the full weight and responsibility of
their commissions.

“As Ensigns and 2nd Lieutenants, you will

focus first on mission accomplishment and
victory. Everything that you have done in
your life up to now has prepared you for this
moment,” Clark said. “Your country and
your leaders are placing special trust in your
abilities and your character. We are vesting
authority in you along with your
commission--the authority to lead.”
“You are getting ready to lead the most
impressive, the most awesome enlisted force
that I have ever seen since I joined the Navy
in 1968. They are magnificent,” Clark said.
“This is a sacred trust, but I am confident
that you are well prepared. I’m confident
that you are ready.”

Clark said he was glad to receive the

invitation to the commissioning ceremony,
because it gave him the chance to thank not
only the Hampton Roads NROTC program,
but also NROTC programs around the

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 Captain Frank Hunt, USNR, Deputy
Director of the Communications Directorate
of the Joint Forces Command - Homeland
Security was principal speaker at the
Chapter's April meeting. He described the
Common Relevant Operational Picture
(CROP) application being developed at
JFCOM to facilitate web-enabled
information sharing by Homeland Defense
and Civil Support forces.

Planning is underway for the 13th Annual

Golf Classic scheduled September 6 at the
Bide-a-Wee Golf Course in Portsmouth, VA.
Contact Committee Chairman Tony Orlando

Hampton Roads Chapter Scholarship

Committee Chairman Bob Patton
AFCEA Hampton Roads Chapter
congratulates Navy Officer Candidate Henry
April 2002 Chapter News
Amadasue, winner of the 2002 Vice Admiral
Jerry O. Tuttle Science and Technology
In April, the Hampton Roads Chapter had
Scholarship
the honor of presenting two AFCEA
Educational Foundations scholarships to
students affiliated with the Hampton Roads
NROTC Unit. The 2002 Vice Admiral Jerry
O. Tuttle Science and Technology
Scholarship was presented to Navy Officer
Candidate Henry Amdasue, at the Chapter's
April 9 meeting. On April 13, an AFCEA
Educational Foundation NROTC
Scholarship was presented to Officer
Candidate Ron Hemmelgarn at the Unit's
Pass-In-Review ceremony.

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 Veteran’s Day 2006
Veterans Day Run ODU 2005 Brian Boone, economics major and
Navy ROTC student, is top scholar

Brian Scott Boone of Norfolk was honored

as the Outstanding University Scholar at
December commencement. The award is
presented by the Alumni Association to the

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student with the highest academic grade
point average.
Boone earned a bachelor's degree in
economics from the College of Business and
Public Administration and posted a 4.0
cumulative GPA. Boone, who was a Navy
ROTC student, also received the Hampton
Roads Navy League Council Outstanding
Navy Graduate Award for the highest
academic or professional standards.
An ensign in the U.S. Navy, Boone is
stationed at Norfolk Naval Base. He is the
son of Lori Ann Boone of Norfolk
Navy ROTC unit gets new leader
Capt. Vernon C. Huber assumed leadership
of the Hampton Roads Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corps Unit (NROTC),
headquartered at Old Dominion, during a
change of command ceremony Aug. 25 at
Little Creek Amphibious Naval Base. He
succeeds Capt. Patrick Hunt.
The Hampton Roads NROTC Consortium,
commissioned in 1982, provides complete
NROTC programs at three universities: Old
Dominion, Norfolk State and Hampton. The
consortium offers technical training,
producing professionally ready, highly
motivated commissioned officers for service
in the Navy and Marine Corps.
The future of NROTC is bright, said Huber.
"As the Navy moves fully into the 21st
century the need for well-rounded
individuals with diverse educational and
cultural backgrounds is greater than ever,"
he noted.
"The geographic location of our three
campuses, and the outstanding and diverse
educational opportunities they provide,
make us the ideal choice for a majority of
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the individuals selected for this transition.
We are one of the largest units in the Navy
and continue to grow each year. The future
is not only bright for NROTC in general, it
is very bright for Hampton Roads."
Huber, a native of Huron, S.D., is a 1973
graduate of Iowa State University, with a
bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering
and a commission as an ensign through
NROTC. He later received a master's degree
in aeronautical systems engineering from the
University of West Florida.
During his more than 25 years of naval
service, Huber served as a flight officer,
flight officer instructor, administrator,
executive officer, commanding officer, and
most recently as Chief of Staff to
Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group 8.
"Our principal mission is to provide
professional and leadership training to
students in order that they may become
commissioned officers at the completion of
their undergraduate studies," said Huber.
"The combined classroom and in-the-field
experience we offer forms a solid foundation
upon which newly commissioned officers
can build their career."
Huber's personal decorations include the
Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service
Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy
and Marine Corps Commendation Medal,
and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
Medal
Veterans Day observance
Members of a Marine Corps honor guard
bow their heads in prayer during the
university's Veterans Day observance Nov.
13. At left, the Alumni War Memorial plaque
is unveiled in its new location on Kaufman
Mall. The plaque now bears the additional
names of four members of the Old
Dominion family who died in the Sept. 11
attack on the Pentagon: alumnus Navy
Cmdr. Robert Schlegel, and graduate
students Army Spc. Craig Amundson, Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Elseth and Army Lt. Col.
Karen Wagner.
Run for Freedom set for April 3-8 around
campus
ODU Army and Navy ROTC, members
students and faculty will run the American
flag one mile around the campus 24 hours a
day April 3-8 to honor every service
member lost since the start of the War on
Terror.
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Money raised will go to the following
charities to benefit the families of those who
lost their lives: Special Operations Warrior
Foundation, Freedom Alliance and Tragedy
Assistance Program for Survivors.
The ROTC programs are seeking volunteers
to help raise funds, run the flag or both. The
Run for Freedom will culminate with a
large-formation run for the last mile onto
Kaufman Mall, where there will be a
ceremony at approximately 12:30 p.m. on
April 8. The final mile is open to anyone
interested in running.
Registration tables will be set up from noon
to 1:30 p.m. March 16-18, 23, 25 and 30 and
April 1 in the South Mall of Webb Center.
University’s ROTC units did
“magnificent job” on Run for Freedom
Congratulations to the Old Dominion
University ROTC units for what appeared to
be a most successful event, the Run for
Freedom. I was very moved by President
Runte’s kind and insightful remarks at the
closing ceremony.
This was such a meaningful way to pay
tribute to our fallen heroes and provide for
their children’s college educations. The
ROTC units did a magnificent job in both
the logistical and emotional support behind
this community project. They should be
proud of the message they sent around the
globe!
I am grateful that First Command Financial
Planning was allowed to participate in a
small way. We were all very honored to run
for those that have been killed, and their
families. We, like Old Dominion University,
appreciate and are thankful for the freedoms
we enjoy, as those that wear the cloth of the
nation serve and protect our way of life.
Norfolk and Hampton Roads understand this
more than most, but the Run for Freedom
showed the world how we feel! Thank you.
– Jeffrey S. Geraci
Virginia Beach Region Agent
First Command Financial Planning
Kaufman Prize goes to engineering
technology grad
Ashley E. Fuller of Jacksonville, Fla., a
December 2003 graduate with a degree in
electrical engineering technology, was
honored as this year’s Kaufman Prize
winner May 6 at the Student Honors and
Awards Banquet.
A Navy ensign and a division officer in his
ship’s combat information center, Fuller was
an Honors College student and a member of
the ODU Blue and Gold Society, which
included a term as president. He received the
USAA Spirit Award and the Bob Walker
Excellence Award.
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He was a member of Volunteers for Special
Engineering, the Society of Naval Engineers
and the Golden Key National Honor Society,
and served as an engineering ambassador.
The Kaufman Prize, which carries with it a
$10,000 award, was established by
Landmark Communications Inc. to
acknowledge graduating seniors who have
exerted exceptional and constructive
influence on the university, its students or
the community by demonstrating the highest
qualities of leadership and service.
Kimberly Tansey of Norfolk, a May
graduate with a degree in physical
education/exercise science, won the second-
place Kaufman award, which includes a
cash prize of $2,000. Tansey’s many
activities included serving as president of
the Student Ambassadors. She plans to
pursue a doctorate in physical therapy at
ODU
Army, Navy ROTC leaders are not your
average cadets
Student leaders who are charged with
molding the next generation of Army and
Navy officers find that it takes a firm hand,
an agile mind and an even-handed
temperament.
“You don’t have the leverage you do in a
military setting where, if someone doesn’t
do the work you can take their pay,” said Lt.
Col. Barry R. Hendricks, professor of
military science and director of ODU’s
Army ROTC program. “Trying to motivate
your peers – your classmates – is not easy.
You need to counsel and develop a
leadership style.”
Commanding respect and leading by
example may come easier for this year’s
Army and Navy ROTC cadet battalion
commanders, however. Wallie Lacks and
Elizabeth Sokolowich are not your typical
ROTC leaders. Both seniors, they already
have several years of military service to
their credit, a background not often found in
student commanders.
At age 31, the father of a 16-month-old
daughter, veteran of deployments in Bosnia,
Albania, Zaire (now the Congo), Kosovo
and Iraq, as well as having served in the
personal presidential helicopter service with
Marine One for Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush, Lacks certainly is a
positive role model for his 130 Army ROTC
charges.
A criminal justice major, he maintains a 3.91
GPA, is fit at a level that only comes from
rigid self-discipline and expects nothing less
from those he leads.
“It’s very much like being a good parent or
older brother. I tell them if I can do it at 31
and they’re just 20 or 21, that makes them
change their attitude and step up,” Lacks
said.
The son of a Marine who “placed the
military above family,” he enlisted in the
U.S. Marine Corps in 1993, just after
graduating from Poquoson High School.
Recalling his own frame of mind at the time
of his enlistment, Lacks said, “I was
rambunctious, an idiot, I needed a turn-
around and after 13-weeks at Paris Island I
saw the light!”
Drawing from that experience he said of his
current assignment, “I don’t micromanage
them. I put them in charge, in positions of
responsibility because I know when I was
coming up, being micromanaged drove me
crazy.”
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Says Hendricks, “He’s not your average
college student. He brings experience in
here. With that experience comes a respect
that is its own leverage.”
Lacks, however, prefers to downplay his
military background in favor of his current
day-to-day leadership. “Talk the talk and
walk the walk is what it’s all about. Show
them what you are doing every day to be the
best.”
Sokolowich, also 31 and a biological
sciences major, takes a similar approach to
the 260 Navy cadets in her charge.
“We have a lot of opportunities for them to
take leadership roles,” she explained. “I
don’t always know the 100 percent right
thing to do, but I can see giving people the
added responsibility helps them to step up.”
Capt. John A. Brown, professor of naval
science and head of ODU’s Navy ROTC
program, is certainly happy to have cadets
such as Sokolowich under his command. He
employs the strategy of pairing “straight
stick” midshipmen, those fresh out of high
school, with more mature cadets like
Sokolowich who are part of the Seaman to
Admiral program.
“That is absolutely a great tool for us,”
Brown said. “Midshipmen are more likely to
turn to them more easily for advice and
guidance. Also, it’s an important mentoring
role for our officer candidates to take on.”
A former Navy nuclear enlisted person,
Sokolowich is also married to a Navy
“nuke” currently deployed aboard the USS
Theodore Roosevelt and has a 16-year-old
step-daughter to raise while attending
classes and leading cadets.
Both Lacks, with eight years of military
service, and Sokolowich with 10 years in the
Navy, say they can still relate to their fellow
students’ concerns by recalling their own
military career tracks.
In Lacks’ case it was the offering of
deployment that kept him focused on his
decision to pursue a military career.
“Somebody says deployment and I’m there
– let’s go. Of course I’ve always being in the
wrong place too many times – Bosnia,
Albania, Kosovo, Iraq.”
Sokolowich said that while she was “an
attitude problem” in her early years, she
rarely had a moment’s doubt about
remaining in the military. “I knew it was my
life from the first day. Still, that fourth year
was the rough one, where you thought,
‘Maybe I am done.’ It’s not always easy.”
She said she found her heart’s desire as a
nuclear training instructor before enrolling
at Old Dominion. “I loved that. I would do
that every day for the rest of my life.”
Seven Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
(NROTC) units and 13 commands and
activities from throughout the Naval
Education and Training Command (NETC)
organization have been named to the NETC
4th quarter Honor Roll for Retention
Excellence.
The Retention Excellence program rewards
Naval Education and Training subordinate
commands of all sizes for meeting or
exceeding established retention criteria and
limiting attrition.
“The Retention Excellence Award Program
supports our Sea Warrior commitment to
maintain fleet readiness through aggressive
retention programs and policies,” said Vice
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Adm. Kevin Moran, NETC commander.
“Our commitment to retaining the very best
Sailors for continued service in the 21st
century directly impacts the Navy’s
operational readiness and mission
accomplishment.”
The program looks at retention statistics in
four separate categories. Zone A focuses on
first-term Sailors with six or less years of
service with a target retention rate of 53
percent. The goal is higher - at 69 percent -
for Zone B Sailors with 6 to 10 years of
service. For Zone C, career Sailors with 10
to 14 years of service, the goal is set at 85
percent. The final category limits attritions
at 18 percent or less.
Each quarter, Fleet Program Managers
tabulate data from the Enlisted Master File
(EMF) based on transactions occurring
during the reporting period. NETC
claimancy commands that meet or exceed
these retention standards are named to the
Retention Honor Roll and receive
permission to fly the Honor Roll Pennant at
their command. Commands that make the
honor roll at least twice during the fiscal
year qualify for the annual Retention
Excellence Award.
To allow smaller commands to compete on
an equal basis, there are special provisions
that even the playing field. For instance, if a
command has transactions in only two of the
three categories during a quarter, the zone
without any transactions will be counted as
100 percent. Commands can only use this
default for one zone per quarter providing
they meet all other criteria. Additionally,
commands that are named to the honor roll
for one quarter and have no disqualifying
transactions during the subsequent quarter,
retain their honor roll status.
Significant achievement in command
retention may also be rewarded. NETC
echelon III commanders and commanding
officers may nominate, by standard Naval
letter, subordinate commands that do not
meet the specific benchmark requirements
for retention but demonstrate significant
improvement during any particular report
period. These nominations will be assessed
and validated at NETC headquarters.
Commands named to NETC’s fourth quarter
honor roll include: Center for Naval
Aviation Technical Training Unit Lemoore,
Calif.; Center for Naval Aviation Technical
Training Unit Whidbey Island, Wash.; Naval
Air Technical Training Center Pensacola,
Fla.; Nuclear Power Training Unit
Charleston, S.C.; Moored Training Ship
(MTS) 2; Nuclear Field ‘A’ School,
Charleston, S.C.; Nuclear Power Training
Unit Charleston, S.C., (General Shore Tour);
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
(NROTC) Unit, Maritime College, Bronx,
N.Y.; NROTC Unit, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich.; NROTC Unit, University
of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; NROTC Unit,
University of Southern California, Los
Angeles; NROTC Unit, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, S.C.; NROTC Unit,
University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.;
NROTC Unit, Hampton University,
Hampton Roads, Va.; Navy Flight
Demonstration Squadron, Pensacola, Fla.;
Center for Information Dominance Learning
Site, Corry Station, Pensacola, Fla.; Center
for Information Dominance Corry Station,
Pensacola, Fla.; Recruit Training Command,
Great Lakes, Ill.; Company Commanders,
Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes,
Ill.; Naval Construction Training Center,
Point Hueneme, Calif.; and the Naval War
College, Newport, R.I.
2005 Retention Excellence Award-winning
commands are scheduled to be announced
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by NETC in January 2006. These “golden
anchor” commands will receive plaques and
letters of commendation from NETC for
their efforts, and will be authorized to
display their achievements by painting their
command’s anchor gold for the year
following the announcement.
One of the largest shore commands in the
Navy, NETC is comprised of more than
22,000 military and civilian staff personnel
at 167 subordinate claimancy activities and
detachments coast to coast, as well as in
Hawaii and Japan. NETC has a daily
average of nearly 48,000 officer, enlisted,
and government civilian students training in
more than 3,600 different courses.
Sergeant Major of Recruit Training
Regiment
The Sergeant Major of the Recruit
Training Regiment is
Sergeant Major Adam C. Terry .
Sergeant Major
Adam C. Terry was
born in Columbus,
Miss., on Nov. 24,
1961. He enlisted in
the United States
Marine Corps Aug.
25, 1980, and
graduated recruit
training at Parris
Island on Nov. 17,
1980. Upon graduation, he attended Infantry
Training School, Camp Geiger, N.C., where
he was assigned the military occupational
specialty of 0311.
Upon completion of infantry training, he
was transferred to Kilo Company, 3 rd
Battalion, 8 th Marines, 2 nd Marine
Division, in Jan 1981. During his tour with
3/8, he deployed twice to the Mediterranean.
He also participated as a member of the
Multi-national Peacekeeping Force, Beirut,
Lebanon from August 1982 through
February 1983. He was meritoriously
promoted in May of 1983.
Upon completion of his tour with 3/8, he
received orders to Mountain Warfare
Training Center, Bridgeport, California.
Upon completion of Mountain Leaders’
School, he served as an instructor in Unit
Operations, Special Operations, and the
Instructor Qualifications Course. In 1986 he
was assigned to Parris Island as a drill
instructor and senior drill instructor with
Fox Company, 2 nd RTBn. He also served in
Support Battalion as an instructor for Basic
Warrior Training. He was promoted to staff
sergeant in October 1988.
Following his successful tour on the drill
field in 1989, he returned to 2 nd Marine
Division ,where he was assigned to 1 st
Battalion, 6 th Marines. There he assumed
duties as a platoon sergeant and company
gunnery sergeant for Charlie Co. During his
tour with Charlie Co., he deployed to
Southwest Asia and participated in
Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
In June of 1992 he reported to Naval
Reserve Officers Training Course duty in
Hampton Roads, Va., and served as the
assistant Marine officer instructor for Old
Dominion, Norfolk State and Hampton
University. During his tenure there, he
served as a sergeant instructor at Officer
Candidates School, Quantico, Va., in the
summer of 1994. He was promoted to
gunnery sergeant in August 1995, and
returned to 2 nd Marine Division and was
assigned to Kilo Co, 3 rd Battalion, 8 th
Marines. While with Kilo Co., he deployed
to Okinawa, Japan, and Africa during
Operation Assured Response, Monrovia,
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Liberia. He was promoted to first sergeant in
1999.
In March 1999, he was assigned to the
School of Infantry East, Infantry Training
Battalion. He served as company first
sergeant of Bravo Co., Weapons Co., Delta
Co., Advanced Infantry Training Co. and
Headquarters & Service Co. He was
promoted to sergeant major in 2003 and was
reassigned as the sergeant major of the
Infantry Training Battalion. In July of 2004,
Terry received orders to Parris Island and
was assigned to 4 th Recruit Training Bn. He
served as the battalion sergeant major until
June of 2005 and served as the sergeant
major for 3rd Recruit Training Bn. from
June of 2005 to November 2006. He is
currently serving as the sergeant major of
the Recruit Training Regiment.
Terry’s personal awards include the Navy/
Marine Corps Commendation Medal (gold
star in lieu of 3rd award), Navy / Marine
Corps Achievement Medal with Combat V
(gold star in lieu of 3 rd award) and the
Combat Action Ribbon.
MOAA:
The Spring Pass in Review ceremony was
held at Norfolk State University for the
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit
Hampton Roads. This ceremony is normally
held on the NSU Football Field but with
cool weather and high winds, it was held
inside the Gymnasium. The Hampton
Roads Chapter MOAA presented an award
for outstanding leadership to Officer
Candidate James Reynoso. The NROTC
Unit, Hampton Roads was commissioned 1
July 1982, and brought into being an
innovative concept known as the “NROTC
Consortium.” Under this concept, Hampton
Roads was the first unit to offer complete
NROTC programs at three separate
institutions, including Hampton University,
Norfolk State University, and Old Dominion
University.
I am posting an article from Todays Virginia
Pilot concerning ENS
Voss a August 2005 Alum:
"Sailor found dead in parked car in
Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS - Police found a sailor
on a Norfolk-based ship slumped
dead behind the wheel of a parked car
Monday morning.
Police are calling the incident a homicide.
Cory Allen Voss, 30, of the 700 block of
Mayland Drive in Newport
News was stationed aboard the Elrod,
according to police.
Just before 7 a.m. Monday, officers
responding to a suspicious vehicle call found
Voss inside a car in a parking lot in the 600
block of Thimble Shoals Blvd. in Newport
News.
According to police, the body was bloody
and had a wound to the torso. Voss was
pronounced dead at the scene.
The person who called police thought Voss
had been sleeping."
Navy officer found dead recalled as 'kind-
hearted'
By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot
© May 3, 2007
NORFOLK - The Navy officer found shot to
death early Monday in Newport News
"excelled" and "was just driven to get back
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to the fleet" when he was commissioned two
years ago, according to the commander of
the ROTC program at Old Dominion
University.
Ensign Cory Allen Voss, 30, spent about
nine years as an enlisted sailor when he was
picked in 2003 for the "seaman to admiral"
program initiated by then-Chief of Naval
Operations Adm. Mike Boorda.
With prior college courses, Voss completed
the three-year program and was
commissioned as an ensign in just two years,
Cmdr. Jared Keys said Wednesday.
Fellow officer candidates reminisced about
Voss, who was discovered in his truck on a
secluded street nearly 3 miles from his
house, as word spread of his death.
"I know he had two kids, a boy and a girl,"
said Barbara Ebnet, who is to be
commissioned Saturday.
"I remember in the fall of '04, at the end of
the semester, he told us, 'We're not having a
huge get-together, but my wife and I are
hosting a party at home,' " and he invited
friends over, Ebnet said.
Eric Dunbar, also an ROTC candidate, said
"he was a really good down-to-earth person,
typical good-old-boy, kind-hearted, family
man."
Voss enlisted in the Navy in 1996 and a
month after being commissioned began
serving aboard the guided missile frigate
Elrod in Norfolk, the Navy said Wednesday.
Previously, he served aboard the frigate
Halyburton and destroyer Thorn, with the
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2
at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base and
with the Joint Forces Staff College in
Norfolk, the Navy said.
Voss apparently left his Newport News
home in the 700 block of Mayland Drive
about 11 p.m. Sunday to go to the Langley
Federal Credit Union's ATM machine at City
Center at Oyster Point, said Newport News
police officer Harold Eley.
His body was found about 6:30 a.m. inside
his gray Ford Ranger pick up in the 600
block of Thimble Shoals Blvd., police said.
Police had not been able to find a weapon
and have not named a suspect, Eley said.
Investigators met on Tuesday and gathered
some new information, he said, but that has
not been released.
The Elrod has planned a private memorial
service aboard the ship at 10 a.m. Friday, the
Navy said.
Reach Jack Dorsey at (757) 446-2284 or
jack.dorsey@pilotonline.com.
VICE ADM. HARVEY TO DELIVER
SPEECH AT NAVY/ARMY ROTC
COMMISSIONING CEREMONY
Vice Adm. John C. Harvey Jr., chief of naval
personnel and deputy chief of naval
operations, will be the guest speaker and
commissioning officer at the 2007 Naval
Reserve Officer Training Corps and Army
Reserve Officer Training Corps of Hampton
Roads spring commissioning ceremony. The
event will take place at Old Dominion
University's Ted Constant Convocation
Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 5.
The ceremony will mark the first graduation
combining the Navy and Army units.
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During the ceremony, 41 midshipmen and
officer candidates from Old Dominion,
Norfolk State and Hampton universities will
be commissioned as ensigns in the U.S.
Navy and three as second lieutenants in the
U.S. Marine Corps. Seven as second
lieutenants in the U.S. Army will be
commissioned from Old Dominion
University.
Vice Adm. Harvey assumed duties as the
Navy’s 54th chief of naval personnel in
2005. He serves concurrently as the deputy
chief of naval operations. A Baltimore
native, he received his commission from the
U.S. Naval Academy in 1973 and
immediately began training in the Navy’s
nuclear propulsion program.
Harvey has served at sea aboard the USS
Enterprise, USS Bainbridge and USS
McInerney, as reactor officer on the USS
Nimitz and as executive officer on the USS
Long Beach. He commanded the USS David
R. Ray, USS Cape St. George and Cruiser-
Destroyer Group Eight/Theodore Roosevelt
Strike Group. He has deployed to the North
and South Atlantic, the Mediterranean,
Baltic and Red seas, the Western Pacific,
Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf.
Walk on 21st to honor service members who
have died in wartime
ODU’s Military Student Union will sponsor
a “Walk to Remember” April 21 to honor
service members who lost their lives in
operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
Following a short ceremony at the Ted
Constant Convocation Center, starting at 1
p.m., participants will walk to the Colley
Avenue bridge, where each will be given a
flower to drop in the water. In all, 3,400
flowers will be released, representing the
number of U.S. troops who have died to
date.
The walk is open to the campus community
and the general public. Donations will be
accepted for the Matthew Wallace Patriot
Scholarship, named in memory of the
brother of current student Abigail Wallace,
and son of ODU alumni Keith and Mary
Bopp Wallace, who died last July while
serving in Iraq.
For more information or to make a donation
to the scholarship fund, go to
http://orgs.odu.edu/msu.
HU NROTC STUDENTS WIN AWARDS
Hampton, VA - Hampton University Naval
Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit
students will be presented with the following
awards at the annual awards ceremony April
10 at Norfolk State University's Brown
Theater.
Robert Crosby, a sophomore chemical
engineering major from Norfolk, Va., will
receive the Commander, Submarine Force,
U.S. Atlantic Fleet Reserve Officers
Association award.
Jason Deutsch, a junior chemical
engineering major from Chesapeake, Va.,
will receive the Military Order of World
Wars award.
Vincent Johnson, a freshman nursing major
from Hampton, Va., will receive the Reserve
Officers Association award.
Dallas King, a senior biology major from
Chesapeake, Va., will receive the Sons of the
American Revolution award.
Tory McCain, a senior architecture major
from Heath Springs, S.C., will receive the
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Daughters of the American Revolution
award.
Renee Reynolds, a senior computer science
major from Upper Marlboro, Md., will
receive the American Defense Preparedness
Association Navy League, Williamsburg
Council award.
Tanya Smith, a freshman biology major
from St. Louis, Mo., will receive the
General Society of the War of 1812 award.
Cherie Taylor, a junior physical education
major from Virginia Beach, Va., will receive
the National Sojourners Reserve Officers
Association award.
Annual awards recognizing superior
leadership, academic and military excellence
and physical fitness skills will be presented
to the students by representatives of military,
civic and service organizations.
Cross Town Agreement
NROTC Unit Hampton Roads along with
Old Dominion University and Norfolk State
University signed a Cross Town Agreement
with Tidewater Community College on
Monday June 25, 2007.
The Cross Town Agreement will allow
students at Tidewater Community College to
who desire to become officers in the United
States Navy or Marine Corps to participate
with the NROTC Unit to achieve their goal
President Roseann Runte, Tidewater Community
College President Deborah DiCroce, Norfolk State
University President Carolyn Meyers and Capt. Kelly
Baragar, commanding officer of the Hampton Roads
Naval ROTC, gathered last month on campus to sign
a memorandum of agreement between the Hampton
Roads NROTC unit and TCC, adding to the Navy’s
first multi-institutional national NROTC consortium.
Former Submarine Officer Leads By
Example
By Mark O. Piggott
COMNAVSUBFOR
Public Affairs Office
Cmdr. Jimmie L. Miller ’90 has come a long
way from the streets of Paterson, N.J. An
electrical engineering technology graduate
and the first African American to
successfully complete the “nuclear power
pipeline” from Old Dominion’s NROTC
unit, Miller last June received the 2005
Frederick B. Warder Award for outstanding
achievement from the Naval Submarine
League.
The award recognizes a specific action,
contribution or continuing performance
which most positively influenced the
reputation, readiness or future well-being of
the submarine force.
Miller, 42, was honored for his actions as
executive officer aboard the ballistic missile
submarine USS Rhode Island from July
2003 to February 2005. He is currently
assigned to N811 Assessment on the staff of
Commander, Naval Submarine Forces, U.S.
Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk.
“This award doesn’t belong just to me,”
Miller said upon receiving the honor. “It
belongs to my three department heads who
really did their job, and allowed me to do
mine.”
Miller took his experience of surviving in a
tough neighborhood and turned it into a
lifelong career. “I grew up in the projects of
Paterson, N.J., which was probably the
toughest area in a very tough city,” he said.
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He studied meteorology at Rutgers
University before joining the Navy in 1983
as an aerographer’s mate. In 1987, he was
accepted in the Enlisted Commissioning
Program and three years later received his
degree from ODU and ensign commission
through NROTC Unit Hampton Roads.
On the Rhode Island, Miller said he was
always conscious of being a role model for
young African American sailors serving
aboard the submarine. “In African American
culture, the way we train our children is to
look up to those who have gone before you.”
The thing he most enjoyed was the diversity
on the boat. Miller noted that the
commanding officer was Hispanic, born in
Panama, while he as executive officer was
black and the chief was white. “I called it
the diversity ship.”
During his tenure as executive officer,
Miller built an atmosphere of cooperation
and consistency. “We performed every day
the same way,” he said, “whether the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was on
board, whether dependents were riding
during a ‘Tiger Cruise’ or whether we were
out doing sea trials.”
The Rhode Island consistently has been
recognized as one of the top boats in the
Atlantic Fleet, and Miller boils it down to
one simple philosophy: “We cared.”
While seeing to the day-to-day affairs of the
submarine, Miller, an ordained Methodist
minister, was traveling two hours every
Sunday to Gainesville, Fla., to minister at
the Zion Temple A.M.E. Zion Church.
He credits this part of his life with helping
him in his Navy career. “You need to have a
moral courage and moral fiber to be in
command. You have to lead by example.”

Miller considers winning the Warder award
an honor, but sees his opportunity to be a
role model for African American sailors and
other youth a reward beyond compare.
Senior Luncheon
The Navy ROTC hosted a luncheon for
graduating seniors and current alumni on
Thursday, April 10 at the ODU Alumni
Center.
Administrative and Program Specialist,
Donald Nash, led the event and presented
senior Josef Patterson (August ’08) with the
Distinguished Student Award. Guest
speaker, Lieutenant Jason Redman ’04, gave
a heartfelt speech sharing his story of how
he was injured in battle while in
Afghanistan.
He also spoke about the honor, courage, and
commitment it takes to be a Navy Seal and
the importance of giving back to those
injured in war. Redman encouraged all
graduating seniors to stay connected to ODU
and their fellow Seals and superiors within
their training corps.
Lieutenant Jason Redman ’04
addresses students and alumni
VADM Williams Visits ODU
Vice Adm. Mel Williams Jr., commander,
U.S. Second Fleet, speaks to Norfolk State
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University Naval Reserve Officer Training
Corps (NROTC) students Feb. 9, during a
Norfolk State Black History Month
program. Williams, a member of the
Centennial Seven (the first seven African
American officers to serve as commanders
of submarines) encouraged the students to
be committed to excellence as a standard
and spoke about the importance of diversity
in the Navy
Midshipman Boswyck Offord presents a
challenge coin to Vice Adm. Mel Williams
Jr., during a ceremony at Norfolk State
University Feb. 9, after the university’s
Black History Month program. Williams, a
member of the Centennial Seven (the first
seven African American officers to serve as
commanders of submarines) encouraged the
students to be committed to excellence as a
standard and spoke about the
MAJOR GENERAL WILSON VISITS
O.D.U.
Major General Cornell A. Wilson Jr., Deputy
Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces
Command (left), seen here with Captain
Jerry Parchman, MOI Hampton Roads
(right) , spoke with students attending a
Marine Leadership & Mentoring Forum at
Old Dominion University on Feb 18. Maj.
Gen. Wilson shared some of the insights
gained during his more than 30 years service
in the U.S. Marine Corps.
After much praise from the students and
staff, Maj. Gen. Wilson made a second trip
to the university on March 26th to speak to
the entire Hampton Roads ROTC
Consortium, sharing more leadership
experiences and giving insight on future
operations and the importance of the Navy/
Marine Corps team
Carls’ research focused on facial recognition
software and the ability to predict the effects
of aging over time and then determining
when to re-enroll a subject in a biometric
system. Carls said currently available facial
recognition software loses the ability to
identify a subject as they get older.
“My research focused on predicting when a
person’s template wouldn’t be useable any
longer due to aging. Instead of waiting until
the software rejected a subject, it would flag
the software operators and let them know
that the subject needed to update their
biometric template,” said Carls.
As biometric scanning becomes more
prevalent within the Department of Defense
security infrastructure, the ability to
anticipate potential security problems is
vital.
“Template renewal currently uses two
approaches: continuous or static. The
continuous method renews the template at
every opportunity available. This is costly
and time consuming. Static renewal does
not renew the template until the individual is
being rejected by the biometric system. This
causes a decrease in security by possibly
allowing another individual to gain access,”
said Carls.
Carls said the research he conducted over
the past three years will be put to good use.
“One of the goals of this particular
scholarship program is to develop systems
that will enhance DoD information
technology capabilities,” said Carls. “I
worked directly with the DoD’s research and
development center for biometrics,
Biometric Fusion Center in West Virginia.
They’ll be evaluating my research for
possible implementation in the field.”
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In 2005, Carls applied and was selected for
the Information Assurance Scholarship
Program(IASP). IASP is a three-year,
Department of Defense financed, graduate
program that focuses on computer science.
As a prior enlisted Sailor, Carls said there
are a number of scholarship programs
available for active duty Sailors that are
underutilized.
“There are a lot of missed opportunities.
Many of the seats reserved for Sailors don’t
get filled for one reason or another,” said
Carls. “I started my educational path as an
enlisted Sailor by taking PACE courses at
my first command, USS Wasp (LHD 1), and
I continued to take advantage of every
opportunity the Navy had to offer.”
Since enlisting in the U.S. Navy 22 years
ago, the Allentown, Pa. native has earned a
Bachelor in Computer Science from Old
Dominion University, a Master’s in
Computer Science at the US Naval
Postgraduate School and now a PhD CS
from the Air Force Institute of Technology at
Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Carls recently reported aboard Kearsarge as
the Assistant Command, Control,
Computers, Communications, Combat
Systems and Intelligence (C5I) Officer.
Spring 2009 Senior Luncheon
Another sucessful Senior Luncheon is now
history. Fifty Seniors, Alums, Staff and
Vistors came together last Thursday, April 9,
2009, to eat, talk, and tell sea stories.
The NROTC Chapter’s Distinguished
Student Award was presented to Officer
Candidate Blondet, the outstanding May and
August graduating senior.
LT Andros (03) was the quest speaker, and
his talk covered his time at the unit and
adjusting from being an Enlisted Sailor to
and Officer. LT Andros also talked about
the value of Chief Petty Officers to young
Officers.

Mr. Floyd Freesen from Town and Gown

also spoke about his experiences as an
Officer commissiong through a NROTC
program.

USS Little Rock Association - 2008

First Navy/Marine Winner
Staff Sergeant Geoffrey R. Lancaster,
USMC is a participant in the Marine
Enlisted Commissioning Education
Program, enrolled as an Accounting Major
at Old Dominion University in Norfolk
where he maintains a 3.64 GPA. He is
attached to the Hampton Roads NROTC
Unit in which his leadership and combat
experience are important in mentoring
others. His 10 years of outstanding service
as an infantry Marine will stand him in good
stead as he takes his place in the officer
corps as a 2ndLt.
SSgt Lancaster’s service in the infantry
includes two combat tours in Iraq with a
Scout/Sniper team, and several deployments
to Japan and to Cuba. In addition, he was
selected this year to serve as the NROTC
Battalion’s Sergeant Major, and is also is a
mentor to all Marine-option midshipmen,
and chairs the Midshipman of the Month
selection board.
(Left to right) CDR Espiritu, XO; Bob
Baker, USS Little Rock Associatio; SSgt
Lancaster; LT Domzalski; and Capt
Parchman.
On October 9, 2008, USS Little Rock
Association member Bob Baker, LCDR.
USN (Ret) visited Old Dominion University
in Norfolk, VA to present the 2008 USS
Little Rock Association scholarship award to
Staff Sergeant Geoffrey Lancaster,
USMC. Bob made the presentation at
6:15AM a the units morning formation. Bob
recounts: " The entire unit was alert, despite
the early hour. I addressed them and
extended greetings from the Association,
shared a brief history of the LITTLE ROCK,
including my time aboard as an enlisted
Radioman, and then shared with them the
genesis and growth of our Association and
our scholarship program."
ODU NROTC & ROTC STUDENTS
TAKE PART IN MEMORIAL
FORMATION RUN ON SEPT. 11

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 Lana D. Hampton
Elaine Hogg
Craig Roegner
John J. McCraken
James E. McGovern

Commanding Officer

Rome Ruiz
Robert Clark
The Army and Naval ROTC units at Old Sam Norton
Dominion University conducted their fourth James McGovern
annual 2.5-mile formation run around the Todd Lewis
campus and across Kaufman Mall in the James Ramondo
early-morning hours of Sept. 11. About 350
students participated in the run, which was
part of a Patriot Day commemoration that
concluded with a speech by Capt. Mike
Barea, the Hampton Roads Naval ROTC
unit commander. Barea told the students
that there will be a defining moment in each
of their careers in which all of their training,
hard work and dedication will prepare them
to be ready.
The run was coordinated by the students and
led by Capt. Jerry Parchman, a Marine
officer instructor. In addition to attending
class and participating in school activities,
Old Dominion's ROTC students assemble,
manage and lead military functions for their
respective service branches.

"The active-duty students have chosen to

serve or continue to serve during this
uncertain time of war," said Marine Staff
Sgt. Geoffrey Lancaster, who is the Navy
ROTC battalion sergeant major. "And the
candidates who were mostly too young to
serve at the time, are now stepping forward
to volunteer and lead their troops as officers
in today's military."

Alums who have reach the rank of

Captain

Craig L. Herrick

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