Gaines, Richard W., LCDR

Limited Duty Officer
 
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Service Status
USN Retired
Final Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Last Designator
120X-Restricted Line Officer-Human Resources Community
Last Designator Group
Limited Duty Officer
Primary Unit
2013-2015, 120X, CHNAVPERS Support Washington DC, Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS)
Previously Held Designator's
AD-8346-S-3A System Organizational Maintenance Technician
9502-Instructor
ATR-0000-Aviation Electronics Technician Radar and Radar Navigation Equipment
AD-8342-F/A-18 A/B/C/D Systems Organizational Maintenance Technician
633X-Limited Duty Officer - Aviation Maintenance
Service Years
1984 - 2015
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Plank Owner
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

 Official Badges 

Cold War Medal Master Training Specialist


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Persian Gulf Yacht Club

Order of the Golden Dragon LDO/CWO Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
  2015, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page



 Ribbon Bar
Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist Badge
Surface Warfare Enlisted Badge

 
 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
  1984, Recruit Training (San Diego, CA), 162
 Unit Assignments
RTC (Cadre/Faculty Staff) San Diego, CANATTC (Staff) Millington, TN, Naval Air Technical Training Command (Staff)Sea Control Squadron 41 (VS-41) ShamrocksSea Control Squadron 29 (VS-29)
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)HQ, Naval Training Center (Cadre/Staff) San Diego, CAOffice of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) CNOBlue Angels, Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron (NFDS)
USS Independence (CV-62)Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27) Royal MacesUSS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)Enlisted Placement Management Center (EPMAC)
Academics Department (Faculty Staff) LDO/CWO Indoctrination School Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) NAS SigonellaNaval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, ITSea Control Squadron 24 (VS-24) Scouts
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) 40 (HSL-40) Air WolvesNavy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130) Zappers
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)US Navy
  1984-1984, HQ, RTC (Cadre/Faculty Staff) San Diego, CA
  1984-1985, NATTC (Staff) Millington, TN, Naval Air Technical Training Command (Staff)
  1985-1986, Sea Control Squadron 41 (VS-41) Shamrocks
  1986-1989, AD-8346, Sea Control Squadron 29 (VS-29)
  1986-1989, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
  1989-1989, HQ, Naval Training Center (Cadre/Staff) San Diego, CA
  1989-1992, 9502, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) CNO
  1992-1995, ATR-0000, Blue Angels, Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron (NFDS)
  1996-1998, USS Independence (CV-62)
  1996-1999, AD-8342, Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27) Royal Maces
  1998-1999, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
  1999-2000, Enlisted Placement Management Center (EPMAC)
  2000-2000, Academics Department (Faculty Staff) LDO/CWO Indoctrination School
  2000-2002, 633X, Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) NAS Sigonella
  2000-2002, Command Administrative Department, NAS Sigonella
  2002-2005, 633X, Sea Control Squadron 24 (VS-24) Scouts
  2002-2005, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
  2005-2008, 633X, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) 40 (HSL-40) Air Wolves
  2007-2008, 633X, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)
  2008-2011, 633X, Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130) Zappers
  2008-2011, 633X, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
  2011-2013, 120X, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) CNO
  2013-2015, 120X, CHNAVPERS Support Washington DC, Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  2001-2001 Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
  2003-2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
  2010-2011 Operation New Dawn
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