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| Captain Richard D. Williams, III, began his naval service in
1959 when he joined the U. S. Naval Reserve at the end of his junior
year at Messick High School in Memphis, Tennessee. He received a U.
S. Naval Reserve appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy where he
studied Naval Science. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree
in 1964 and was commissioned an Ensign. |
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| The two years following his commissioning, Captain Williams
served aboard the USS SEMMES (DDG-18). He held the position of
Assistant Combat Information Officer, Gunnery Officer and First
Lieutenant before going to the Republic of Vietnam where he reported
to COASTAL SQUADRON ONE in November 1966. He was assigned as
Officer-in-Charge of a patrol craft, fast (PCF) and spent the
following year conducting Operation Market Time missions from Da
Nang and Chu Lai. |
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| In January 1968 he reported to NAVAL STATION SAN JUAN, Puerto
Rico, and served there as Security Officer until August when he was
assigned to the staff of COMMANDER, SOUTH ATLANTIC FORCE. He
remained with USCOMSOLANT as Aide and Flag Secretary until June
1970. |
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| He received a Master's of Science Degree in Physics at the Naval
Post Graduate School in Monterey, California in 1972. In 1973 he
attended the Navy Nuclear Propulsion School in Bainbridge, Maryland,
and then the Nuclear Power Training Unit at Saratoga Spring, New
York. In March 1974 he reported as Electrical Officer aboard the USS
LONG BEACH (CGN-9). Two years later he went to Idaho Falls, Idaho,
where he served until February 1978 as Executive Officer of the Navy
Nuclear Power Training Unit. In July 1978 he became Engineer Officer
of USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69), a position he held until
December 1981. |
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| In July 1982 Captain Williams relieved as Commanding Officer USS
CLARK (FFG-11). During his tour, USS CLARK participated in
operations off Lebanon and in the Persian Gulf. |
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| He reported to the USS CALIFORNIA (CGN-36) as relieving
Commanding Officer in October 1985. |
| Captain Williams' decorations include the Meritorious Service
Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, two Navy Unit Commendations, a
Meritorious Unit Commendation, three Battle "E's", two Navy-Marine
Corps Expeditionary Medals and two Armed Forces Expeditionary
Medals. |
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| He is married to the former Sherry Lynn Cooper of Memphis,
Tennessee. They have two children, Deborah and David. |
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REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD D. WILLIAMS, III
United States Navy
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| Captain Williams commanded USS CALIFORNIA (CGN 36) from October
1985 until August 1988 and participated in USS CALIFORNIA's
around-the-world deployment in 1987. He has served as Chief of Staff
for the Surface Ship Directorate of the Naval Sea Systems Command
Washington, DC, as Commander, Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface
Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, California, and as Director, Naval
Warfare System Architecture and Engineering, Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command, Washington, DC. At present, he is the Program
Executive Officer for Mine Warfare (PEO MINEWAR).(March 1996) |
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