Following that, she assisted with another operation off the coast of Kuwait. if (jQuery("#colorbox").height() < popupHeight) { The stings Churchill spoke of came about in a rather convoluted way. To carry out her primary mission, Wasp has an assault support system that synchronizes the simultaneous horizontal and vertical flow of troops, cargo and vehicles throughout the ship. Burgess has flown more than 3,500 hours in the F-14, F-15, F-16 . In May 2012, Wasp participated in New York's Fleet Week, docking at Pier 92 on the Hudson River and offering tours of the ship to the general public. [17] On 3 March 2018, Wasp departed Sasebo, Japan for a routine patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. History - Navy "It is with great humility and focused purpose that I take responsibility as the 23rd commanding officer of USS Wasp," said Herr . 11, 2022, during a change of command ceremony held in the ship's hangar bay. On 6 August 1941, she flew off 30 U.S. Army Curtis P-40C fighters for Iceland, which U.S. troops were to occupy. She received the Admiral Stan Arthur Award for Logistics Team of the Year in 1999. Cmdr. According to Commodore Daniel, the evolution was carried out extremely quickly and with great precision, a total of 58 aircraft11 of the Wasps Grumman F4F Wildcats and the 47 RAF Spitfiresbeing flown off in 61 minutes, including the time to range the second wave of Spitfires. (During the flyoff, an RAF mechanic, Sergeant Douglas Preston, stepped into a spinning propeller and was killed instantly. Joseph Caruana, letter to the author, 4 March 2016. }); He is Level III Life Cycle Logistics certified and a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps. He reported as the Command Master Chief for Commander, Navy Region Southwest in April of 2018, and detached in October of 2020. He has served in a variety of aviation logistics positions, including sea tours aboard the frigate USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089); cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69); the guided missile frigate USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23); destroyer USS Kinkaid (DD 965); aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76); and served as supply officer, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Gregory Piorun Commander Greg Piorun, a native of Sedalia, Missouri, enlisted in the United States Navy in 2004 after graduating from Central Missouri State University with a BS in Aviation Technology. She received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters Certificate in Program Management from George Washington University. return; $("#cboxLoadedContent").css("overflow", ""); Shore assignments include force supply officer, Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet; commanding officer, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Center, San Diego, Calif.; operations branch head, spares program and policy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. dgov2slideshowPopupResize(ibox, w, h, doResize); She is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name since 1775, with the last two ships named Wasp being aircraft carriers. } popupSelector: popSelector, The ship's primary mission is to support U.S. Marines in combat, and to also provide disaster reliefand medical support to those in need. in History and a minor in Political Science. bodyScrollLock.enableBodyScroll(this); Captain Smith assumed duties as Commanding Officer of USS WASP (LHD 1) in April 2016. During his tour, he severed as the gunnery/force protection officer, completing at UNITAS deployment and a West African Training Cruise.