I Like The Cut Of His Jib !!

Musings, leadership tidbits and quotes posted by a retired Navy Captain (really just a high performing 2nd Class Petty Officer) who hung up his uniform a bit too early. He still wears his Navy service on his sleeve. He needs to get over that. "ADVANCE WARNING - NO ORIGINAL THOUGHT!" A "self-appointed" lead EVANGELIST for the "cryptologic community". Keeping CRYPTOLOGY alive-one day and Sailor at a time. 2015 is 80th Anniversary of the Naval Security Group.

Friday, May 3, 2013

How a letter reconnected Naval officers - 38 years later

Read about how a letter reconnects the former XO of USS BARBOUR COUNTY (LST 1195) and the former CO of USS LASSEN (DDG 82) many years later.

Commander Hung Ba Le was the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS LASSEN (DDG 82) from April 2009 to December 2010. One of seven destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, Lassen's namesake is Commander Clyde E. Lassen, who received the Medal of Honor for his courageous rescue of two downed aviators while commander of a search and rescue helicopter in Vietnam. Commander Le is currently serving as a fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs in Cambridge, MA.

Read Thomas E. Ricks column HERE.

Hat tip to LCDR Christopher Nelson for pointing me to this article. He has a excellent blog HERE.

2 comments:

CWO4 Brian Ashpole, USN - Retired said...: I served with "H" on Ticonderoga. He's a great guy and fantastic leader of Sailors.; May 3, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Anonymous said...: Could not agree more. I recently served with him at SEVENTH Fleet... finest officer... EVER. Senior Flag in his future!; May 6, 2013 at 7:32 AM