Southard, Richard, CDR

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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1990-1991, 111X, USS Esteem (MSO-438)
Previously Held NEC
116X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare (In Training)
Service Years
1978 - 2001
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Rock
Order of the Shellback
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Safari To Suez
Suez Canal
Commander Commander

 Official Badges 

US Pacific Command US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Persian Gulf Yacht Club Cold War Medal

Persian Excursion Cold War Veteran Did the Ditch (Suez Canal) Efficiency Excellence Award




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
  2012, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page


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 Unit Assignments
Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 10, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)USS John Rodgers (DD-983)USS Deyo (DD-989)Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC)
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)USS White Plains (AFS-4)USS Esteem (MSO-438)CNO - OPNAV
US Pacific Command (USCINCPAC/USPACOM)Military Sealift Command Pacific (MSCPAC), Military Sealift Command Headquarters (MSCHQ)
  1978-1978, 116X, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 10, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
  1979-1979, 116X, USS John Rodgers (DD-983)
  1979-1983, 116X, USS Deyo (DD-989)
  1983-1985, 111X, FFG-7 Class Fleet Introduction Team THREE, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC)
  1986-1988, 111X, USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
  1988-1990, 111X, USS White Plains (AFS-4)
  1990-1991, 111X, USS Esteem (MSO-438)
  1991-1992, 111X, CNO - OPNAV
  1993-1997, 111X, US Pacific Command (USCINCPAC/USPACOM)
  1997-2001, 111X, Military Sealift Command Pacific (MSCPAC), Military Sealift Command Headquarters (MSCHQ)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1982-1982 Operation Jittery Prop (Nicaragua)
  1987-1987 Operation Ocean Safari 1987
  1987-1987 Operation Northern Wedding 1987
 Colleges Attended 
University of LouisvilleNaval War CollegeArmed Forces Staff College
  1974-1978, University of Louisville
  1991-1992, Naval War College
  1993-1993, Armed Forces Staff College
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