Major duty assignments edit
Commanding Officer, Torpedo Squadron 24August 1944 – August 1945 Intelligence Officer, USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)August 1950 – January 1951 Intelligence Officer, Carrier Division 5? – ? Commanding Officer, Fighter squadron 821September 1951 to February 1953 USS Essex (CV-9) – Head of the Aviation Armament Section, Air Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval OperationsMarch 1953 – February 1955 Commanding Officer, Air Task Group 3? &ndash ? USS Shangri-La (CV-38)? – ? Operations Officer on staff of Commander Air Force, U.S. Pacific FleetJune 1956 &ndash ? Executive Officer, USS Independence (CVA-62)January 10, 1959 &ndash July 1959[1] Student, Naval War College, Newport, RIJuly 1957 – June 1958 Commanding Officer, Attack Squadron 44 (VA-44)14 July 1959 – 22 July 1960[2] [3] Student, National War College, Washington, DCJuly 1960 – July 1961 Staff, Programs Branch, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. &ndash Commander, USS Pine Island (AV-12)1963 &ndash 1964 Commander, USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)03 July 1964 – 14 May 1965 Assistant Director for Captain Detail (Aviation), Bureau of Naval PersonnelJune 1965 – July 1966 Deputy Assistant Chief for Personnel Control, Bureau of Naval Personnel – Command Officer, Patrol Force 7th Fleet/Taiwan, Patrol Force/Fleet Air Wing 1December 1966 to July 1967 Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Personnel ControlAugust 1968 to August 1970[4] USS Enterprise (CV-65), Flagship? – 20 January 1972) [5] Commander, Carrier Division 5 (ComCarDiv-5)? – August 1970 Commander, Attack Carrier Striking Force, 7th Fleet/Commander Carrier Division 5? – March 1971 Commander, Task Force 71? – ?
Commander, Task Force 74 [6]? – ? USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), Flagship? – 23 October 1972 Commander, Task Force 7703 March 1971 – ? [7][8] USS Enterprise (CV-65), Flagship? – ? Commander, Carrier Striking Force 7th Fleet (ComCarStrFor7thFlt)? – 27 February 1973 [9] Chief of Naval Reserve, headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana12 April 1973 – August 1974 [10][11][12]
- ^ USS Independence history
- ^ VA-44 History
- ^ VA-44 Hornets
- ^ Rice University Graduation Exercises & Joint Army-Navy Commissioning Ceremony, 1969
- ^ USS Enterprise History
- ^ RADM Damon Cooper
- ^ 77 Command History
- ^ Commander, Task Force 77
- ^ Carrier Strike Force 7th Fleet
- ^ CNR
- ^ Chief of Naval Reserve
- ^ Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act of 1975, 03 June 1974