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Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive Institutional Publications Institutional Publications (Other) 2015-06-25 Change of Command, 25 June 2015 Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School http://hdl.handle.net/10945/46476 Change of Command 25 June 2015 Naval Support Activity Monterey front lawn Welcome Aboard! Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity Monterey extends a cordial "Welcome Aboard," to our guests and friends. Today marks the second change of command since the installation was established on 30 September 2010. We are pleased that you can join us today in sharing this important event in the command's history. Please join Captain Bertelsen and Captain Faller for a reception in the Trident Room following the ceremony. PREPARED FOR WAR. COMMITTED TO PEACE. Schedule of Events REMARKS Captain Timothy Faller ARRIVAL OF OFFICIAL PARTY* Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity Monterey NATIONAL ANTHEM* i.. READING OF ORDERS* INVOCATION* Captain Timothy Faller Lieutenant Commander John Van Dyke READING OF ORDERS* WELCOME Captain Kevin Bertelsen Captain Timothy Faller Commanding Officer, REMARKS Naval Support Activity Monterey Captain Kevin Bertelsen Commanding Officer, REMARKS Naval Support Activity Monterey r Rear Admiral Patrick Lorge i' Commander, Navy Region Southwest BENEDICTION* Lieutenant Commander John Van Dyke *Guests please rise for these events Rear Admiral Patrick Lorge, USN He served as executive Commander, Navy Region Southwest assistant to the Assis tant to the Chairman, ear Admiral Patrick Lorge, a native of Turnersville, Joint Chiefs of Staff un R New Jersey, graduated from the U.S. Naval Acade til March 2004. my In 1981. He completed flight training in April 1983 Reporting to Naval Air and remained as a flight instructor in VT-26. After ini- ) Station Oceana as tial F -14 instruction in VF -101, he was ordered to ) executive officer, he as VF-143, deploying to the Mediterranean aboard USS sumed command in Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). November 2005. In October 1988, he reported to VF-43, the East Coast Adver Subsequently, he sary Squadron, where he flew the A-4, F-5 and F-16. From Oc reported to U.S. Naval tober 1991 to April 1994, as quality assurance officer and Forces Central maintenance officer ofVF-14, he deployed again to the Mediter Command as chief of ranean aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). staff in November 2007. Lorge was then selected as the maintenance officer for Lorge was the 87th commandant of Naval District VF-101, the F-14 Fleet Replacement Squadron. He tran Washington in July 2008. sitioned to FA-18, Hornets and in November 1997 as Rear Admiral Lorge assumed command of Navy Region sumed command ofVFA-25 and deployed with CVW-14 Southwest July 2, 2013. As head of Navy Region aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Abraham Southwest, Lorge commands more than 81,000 active Lincoln (CVN 72) to the Persian Gulf in support of Oper duty Sailors at 11 different installations. ation Southern Watch. Following command, he reported ) to USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as operations officer and Ship's ) His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Force work package manager during the Refueling Legion of Merit with Gold Star, Meritorious Service Complex Overhaul. Medal with two Gold Stars, two Strike Flight Air Medals, Joint Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Navy Lorge served in the joint operations directorate, Central and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and various Command Branch, Joint Staff, Washington, from April unit awards. 2001 until July 2003. aptain Tim Faller Upon completion ofMH-53E refresher training, Faller reported to the C graduated from combined CjMH-53E Navy and Marine Corps consolidated fleet Pennsylvania State replacement squadron, Marine Helicopter Training Squadron Universi ty with a THREE ZERO TWO (HMT-302), where he seIVed as the Officer in Bachelor's degree in Charge of the Navy Detachment Finance and received his commission through In December 1999, Faller reported to HM -14 for his Aviation Officer Candidate Department Head tour and served as the AMCM Officer , School. He was designat Operations Officer and Officer in Charge of forward ed a Naval Aviator in May deployed HM-14 DET 1 in Bahrain. 1989. In November 2001, Faller served as Air Combat Placement Following initial training Officer at Navy Personnel Command, Millington, TN until in the MH-53E, Faller July 2003. He then attended the Naval War College in reported to Helicopter Newport, RI where he earned a Master's Degree in National Mine Countermeasures Security and Strategic Studies. Squadron FOURTEEN (HM-14) in January of 1990, where he served in various billets and qualified as an Airborne In January 2005, Faller again returned to HM-14 as the Executive Mine Countermeasures Mission Commander (AMCM) and Officer and assumed conunand ofHM-14 in February 2006. During Functional Test Pilot in the MH -53E. During this that period the squadron was tasked with a variety of detachments assignment he deployed on USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) and and simultaneously performed MH-53E Fleet Replacement Training, participated in Desert Shield and Storm. active duty and selective reseIVe training and earned the Battle Efficiency Award. In February 1993, Faller reported to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron TWELEVE (HM-12) as an Prior to reporting to Commander U.S. Naval Forces Japanj instructor pilot in the CjMH-53E until September 1994 at Navy Region Japan, Faller was assigned to United States which time the squadron was disestablished. He was Joint Forces Command where he trained Joint Task Force subsequently reassigned to the newly established AMCM headquarters in joint operations as a member of the Weapon Systems Training School. Deployable Training Team. Prior to taking command of NSA Monterey on April 4, 2014, Faller was Chief of Staff, In June 1996, Faller reported aboard USS PONCE (LPD-15) Commander, U.S. Naval Forces JapanjNavy Region Japan. and immediately deployed to the coastal waters of Liberia for Operation Assured Response. The following year, USS Captain Faller's awards include the, Legion of Merit, De PONCE completed a Mediterranean deployment where he fense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, qualified as Officer of the Deck Underway and served as the Navy Commendation Medal (six awards) the Navy jMarine Aviation Fuels Officer and Air Boss. Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), Combat Action Rib bon and various other campaign and unit commendations. aptain Kevin L. C Bertelsen, a native of Sacramento, California, In October 2005, Bertelsen reported to Command holds a Bachelor's in er, Pacific Fleet 320, Alameda, California, serving Finance from Ohio State as Executive Officer. He then reported as the University, and a Masters in Chief of Staff/Chief Fires Cells for Naval Mine and Organizational Development Anti-Submarine Warfare Command 194, Naval and Leadership from St. Base Point Lorna, in December 2008. Joseph's University. Following his commis While mobilized in support of overseas contingen sioning in 1987, cy operations, Bertelsen was assigned to the Bertelsen reported to Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa, in Commander, Carrier September 2009 serving as the Assistant Chief of Airwing 6 where he Staff for Joint Training and Force Readiness with served as the Material follow-on duties as the Chief of Staff for the Inter Control and Assistant Air national Peace Support Training Center, Nairobi, Wing Maintenance Officer, Kenya. making two deployments to the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean aboard USS In May 2012 Bertelsen was the first Navy Selected Forrestal (eV 59) and USS Saratoga (CV 60). Reserve Officer to command a major Navy shore installation, commanding Navy Expeditionary Bertelsen earned his flight wings in 1991 after completing Base "Camp Lemonnier", in Djibouti, Africa. his training at Aviation Schools Command. He then reported to Patrol Squadron 9 in 1992, transitioning the Bertelsen reports to NSA Monterey from Com squadron from Naval Air Station Moffett Field to its new mander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest homeport at NAS Barbers Point. While earning numerous Asia, headquartered in Naples, Italy, where he qualifications, he accumulated 1835 flight hours. was the Chief of Staff. Upon transfer to the Navy Reserve in 1998, Bertelsen Bertelsen's personal decorations include the Le served as the Special Assistant for Policy to the Assistant gion of Merit (2 awards), Defense Meritorious Ser Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs as well as the vice Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Military Executive and Senior Recorder for the Secretary Service Commendation Medal, the Naval and Ma of the Navy's National Naval Reserve Policy Board. In rine Corp Commendation Medal (3 awards), the October 2000, he reported as Commanding Officer of Naval and Marine Corp Achievement Medal (2 Afloat Training Group Mayport, Naval Base Newport, awards), and various unit, campaign and deploy Rhode Island. In October 2002, Bertelsen reported as ment awards. He is a graduate of the National Chief of Staff to U.S. Joint Forces Command 206, Norfolk, Defense University's National Security curriculum Virginia. He then reported as the Commanding Officer of and has served as a member of Navy Policy Tactical Support Command 389, NAS Whidbey Island in Boards at every level. October 2003. Navy Hymn Eternal Father, strong to save Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bid'st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; o hear us when we cry to thee, For those in peril on the sea. Lord, guard and guide the men who fly Through the great spaces in the sky, Be with them always in the air, In dark'ning storms or sunlight fair. o hear us when we lift our prayer, For those in peril in the air. .