CDR Thomas Gatliffe

CDR Thomas Gatliffe

Dates of Service: Jun 1965 - Sep 1988
RETIRED
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Promotions

  • ENS Jun 65
  • LTJG Nov 66
  • LT Jun 68
  • LCDR May 72
  • CDR Mar 79
Commissioning Source:  USNA, Jun 1965

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Bio 

Graduated from US Naval Academy, served in submarines, destroyers, service force ships, aviation battle group and fleet staffs, and retired after 23 years. Billets included engineering, operations, weapons, ship & aircraft readiness, technical and damage control training, and my greatest love: ship handling. Served in every major ocean and sea. Golden and Diamond Shellback (000 & 180).

Military Experiences

1985 - 1988
1983 - 1985
ACOS Readiness
1981 - 1982
Assistant Plans Officer (S5)
1980 - 1981
ACOS Ship & Aircraft Readiness

Deployments

(2 years)
1983
Indian Ocean
Assistant Chief of Staff - Ship and Aircraft Readiness with Commander Carrier Group FOUR
1980 - 1981
Indian Ocean
Assistant Chief of Staff - Ship and Aircraft Readiness with Commander Carrier Group FIVE, CTF 70, COMSTRIKFORSEVENTHFLT, CTF 77.
1979
Mediterranean
Operations Officer USS Sylvania
1978
Mediterranean
Operations Officer USS Sylvania

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

1972

Destroyer Department Head School

1965 - 1966

Individual & Special Skill Schools

1967

SSBN Inertial Navigation

Certifications

Mar 1986

WASM - Weapns Systems Acquisition Manager

Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

1993 - 1994

Colorado School of Mines, MSc. Environmental Engineering

1986 - 1989

Old Dominion University, MSc. Mathematics

1974 - 1976

Naval Postgraduate School, MSc. Operations Research

Personal Information

Interests
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