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Retirement Ceremony Honoring Members of the USNA Class of 1979 Celebrating 30 Years of Service in the Navy & Marine Corps Retirement Ceremony Honoring Members of the USNA Class of 1979 Celebrating 30 Years of Service in the Navy & Marine Corps Friday, 19 June 2009 Mitscher Hall United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland US Naval Academy Class of 1979 Retirement Ceremony Arrival of the Official Party and Retirees National Anthem Invocation CDR Roger VanDerWerken CHC USN USNA Class of 1979 Welcome Rear Admiral Jeffrey Lemmons USN USNA Class of 1979 Class President Remarks LCDR Sean Cate USN (Ret) USNA Class of 1979 Presentation of Letters, Certificates and Flags Retirement Remarks Rear Admiral Jeffrey Lemmons USN USNA Class of 1979 Letter from the Commander-in-Chief Reading of Retirement Orders Benediction CDR Roger VanDerWerken CHC USN USNA Class of 1979 Piping Ashore of Retirees & Spouses Following the ceremony everyone is cordially invited to attend a reception for the retirees and their families. Rear Admiral Jeffrey Lemmons USN Rear Adm. Lemmons, originally from Brownwood, Texas, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1979 and was designated a Naval Aviator in November of 1980. He spent his early sea duty years with Patrol Squadron (VP) 23 homeported in Brunswick, Maine, and forward deployed to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean. He later reported to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC, as a Naval intern developing Joint service personnel policy. Lemmons received a Reserve commission (RC) and reported to Naval Air Facility, Washington, DC, where he became the commanding officer of VP-68 in February 1996. His subsequent RC unit commands were in support of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71); Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavik, Iceland, and the Navy Command Center, supporting Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) N3/N5. He also served as the deputy commander, Navy Reserve Region Southeast and was the OPNAV Deep Blue liaison to Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Selected to Flag rank, he was assigned as the commander, Naval Air Force Reserve (CNAFR) and also served as the vice commander, Naval Air Forces at NAS North Island, San Diego. Staff assignments have been as director for Fleet Readiness (OPNAV N43); associate director, Assessments Division (OPNAV N81D); Reserve assistant deputy Chief of Naval Operations for the Integration of Resources and Capabilities (OPNAV N8R); assistant deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operation, Plans and Strategy (OPNAV N3/N5B). He has been recently assigned to lead the newly formed U.S. Navy Directorate for International Engagement (OPNAV N52). Lemmons is most proud to have served with shipmates who together earned four Meritorious Unit Commendations, the Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Coast Guard Unit Commendation and two Battle "E" Awards for excellence. He has completed the Naval War College and National Defense University Reserve Component studies curriculum and is a member of the Secretary of Defense Reserve Force Policy Board. CDR Roger VanDerWerken CHC USN Chaplain Roger VanDerWerken, CDR, USN, is an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches, USA. He grew up on a farm in upstate New York, and graduated from Schoharie Central High School in 1974. From 1974-1975 he was a Rotary Exchange student to the Netherlands. In 1975, he applied and was accepted to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, graduating with honors in 1979. From 1979-1981, he served as the Communication’s Officer on board the USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7), and from 1982-1984, as the Main Propulsion Assistant on the USS RAMSEY (FFG 2). In October 1979, through reading the Bible, and as a result of several profound religious experiences, VanDerWerken became a follower of Jesus Christ. In 1984, he resigned his Navy commission in order to receive theological training at the Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA, earning a Master of Divinity degree in 1988. From 1989-1991, he served as the Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Glenside, PA, and from 1992-1998, as the Senior Pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church in Cortland, NY. In October 1998, VanDerWerken reentered the Navy, serving as Chaplain for the First Combat Engineer Battalion, First Marine Division, until June 2001. This was followed up with a tour as the Protestant Chaplain of the Marine Memorial Chapel at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton (2001- 2004). From 2004-2005, he participated in the Navy’s Funded Graduate Education Program, receiving a Master of Theology degree in the ethics of warfare from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. Following his year of school he served as Principal Assistant to the Command Chaplain on board USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) from June 2005-June 2007. In July 2007, VanDerWerken reported for duty as the Command Chaplain at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, CA. He is the author of two books: Code of Conduct for Servants of the Most High God, (Selah Publishing Group, 2002) and Captain’s on the Bridge: the Book of Revelation from a Military Perspective (Selah Publishing Group, 2007). Chaplain VanDerWerken and his wife Jacque have been married for twenty-five years. They have three children, Christina (24), Beth (22), and Jordan (19). LCDR Sean Cate USN (Ret) LCDR Sean Cate was raised in Tulare, California and joined the United States Naval Academy Class of 1979 on Induction Day, July 7, 1975. Graduating with his class on May 30, 1979, Cate was initially assigned to the USS TUSCALOOSA (LST 1187) as Damage Control Assistant and Electrical Officer in San Diego. He achieved his Surface Warfare Officer qualification while he was still an Ensign and was designated as a Pacific Fleet Junior Officer Shiphandler of the Year for 1981. LCDR Cate’s sea service also included tours of duty onboard USS JOHN YOUNG (DD 973) as the Navigator and Deck Department Head and USS DURHAM (LKA 114) as Operations Officer. He made Western Pacific and Indian Ocean deployments aboard each ship and took part in numerous exercises with Japanese, South Korean, Philippine, and Australian allies. In addition, he participated in Special Operations off the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Soviet Union and patrols in the Persian Gulf. Staff assignments during his career included duty as Operations Officer at COMPHIBRON SEVEN and as Surface Operations Officer, and briefly as Assistant Operations Officer, at COMSEVENTHFLT. While on the SEVENTH Fleet Staff, Cate participated in several World War II 50th Anniversary commemorative ceremonies, including the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea held in Sydney and Townsville, Australia. LCDR Cate served his first shore assignment as an Instructor at Fleet Training Group, San Diego where he participated in Refresher Training onboard virtually every class of Navy ship. He attended the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, graduating in 1991 with Joint Professional Military Education. Cate’s final assignment was as a member of the SECNAV Navy Discharge Review Board in Arlington, Virginia. LCDR Cate elected early retirement from the Navy in November 1995 after over 16 years of active service. Since his Navy retirement, Cate has worked for several government contractors and is currently the Director of Quality Programs for Technatomy Corporation in Fairfax, Virginia. He is an active volunteer in the Naval Academy Alumni Association and has served as President, USNA Class of 1979 since election by his classmates in 1999. LCDR Cate is married to the former Janet Ringgenberg of Tulare, California. They have two children: Ensign Stephen Cate, USN, a recent graduate of Marquette University and its NROTC program; and Emily Cate who is slated to enter the University of Texas (Austin) this Fall and serve as a Cadet in their Army ROTC program. Captain Walter W. Ballard III USN Captain Jonathan Brazee USN Captain Dennis Richard Fox USN Captain Dennis Richard Fox was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1979, he graduated with merit from the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Management and Technology. In 1994 he earned a MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College and in 2002 he completed studies at the Joint Forces Staff College. He is a Special Duty Intelligence officer, is designated a Joint Staff Officer, and is a member of the Navy Space Cadre. Captain Fox was designated a Naval Aviator in 1981 and served as an A-7E pilot. From 1983-85, Captain Fox served in the Intelligence Center for USS RANGER (CV 61) then served as Soviet Analyst at Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center, Pacific until 1987. In 1987 he served as Administrative Assistant to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans. From 1988-91 Captain Fox served as Assistant Intelligence Officer in USS MIDWAY (CV 43) and USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9) during the buildup of forces for Operation DESERT SHIELD. Captain Fox headed the Collection Advisory Center for the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1991-93. From 1995-97, Captain Fox served as the U.S. Defense and Naval Attaché in the Republic of Albania. During that tour, he supported JTF SILVER WAKE and the Non-Combatant Evacuation of 880 people during the Albanian crisis in the spring of 1997. His two-person office in Albania was awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Citation by the Secretary of Defense and the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation by the Director of Central Intelligence. Captain Fox served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (N2) for Carrier Group 5 from 1997-99 supporting Operations SOUTHERN WATCH and DESERT THUNDER on board USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) and USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63). He then served as Deputy, then as Commander, of the Strategic Joint Intelligence Center at U.S. Strategic Command from 1999-2002. Captain Fox served in the Defense Intelligence Agency overseeing and coordinating national and theater collection efforts worldwide in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM including negotiating at the UN to coordinate prewar U-2 flights over Iraq.
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