>-----Original Message----- >From: A/G News and Info <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 09 20 99 5:31 PM >Subject: AG-NEWS #344: September 20, 1999 > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >AG-NEWS: Monday, September 20, 1999 >To unsubscribe, send any email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ** Clark assumes U.S. Atlantic Fleet helm > (Lifelong member of Assemblies of God appointed to > key command) >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >** CLARK ASSUMES U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET HELM > >Admiral Vern Clark, lifelong member of the Assemblies of God, assumed >command of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Friday, September 17, >from Admiral J. Paul Reason during a ceremony on the front steps >of the command's Norfolk, Va. headquarters building. > > >Clark becomes the 25th admiral to lead the Atlantic Fleet since >the command's reorganization in 1941. Consisting of more than >116,500 Sailors and Marines, 193 ships and submarines, 1,300 >aircraft, and 18 major shore installations, the U.S. Atlantic >Fleet is responsible for all Navy operations in the Atlantic >Ocean area. > >Just days ago, hundreds were expected to attend the prestigious >change of command ceremony which was to be held aboard the >amphibious assault ship USS Saipan. But devastating winds from >Hurricane Floyd threatened to batter the East Coast, forcing the >departure of all Navy ships, including USS Saipan, this week from >their southeast and mid-Atlantic piers. > >Friday's ceremony was attended by over 200 Atlantic Fleet >leaders, Sailors and distinguished guests, including U.S. >Representative Owen Pickett (D-Va.) of the House Armed >Services Committee. > >Admiral Jay Johnson, the Chief of Naval Operations, who was the >guest speaker called Adm. Reason "a true visionary" and "a >Sailor's advocate." He added that Adm. Clark is made of the >same stuff. > >"One of the strengths of our Navy is when you think you've seen >the best, another leader steps up to meet the challenge and uses >his own special touch on the command to continue to make a great >team even better," Johnson said. "Such is the case with Admiral >Vern Clark." > >In preparation for the 21st Century, Adm. Clark recognizes that >visionary leadership and teamwork are crucial to the >Navy's success. > >"I've witnessed the kind of professionals at work which make our >Navy the greatest ever in the history of man," Adm. Clark said. >As a professional, he pledged a cooperative relationship between >the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and the >Pacific Fleet to improve the Navy. > >To senior civilian leadership and the citizens within the >Atlantic Fleet communities, Adm. Clark promised "to seek >partnerships where the Navy is a good neighbor working hand in >hand to make the cities where our Sailors live the type of model >communities our families need and deserve." > >Finally, he offered a challenge to the Sailors under his charge. > > >"Duty, honor and commitment remains our theme. We'll focus too on >professionalism, service, innovation, integrity--and even some >passion--as we work to care for this Navy institution and all the >resources which make us combat ready," Adm. Clark said. "I wish >and hope for today that God will grant me the wisdom and the >insight I need to fulfill my calling and task, and that when this >is over, it would be apparent that these days were good, that we >did right, to the benefit of us all." > >Adm. Clark is a graduate of Evangel University in Springfield, >Mo. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa, to Dr. and Mrs. E.M. Clark >and raised in the Midwestern states of Nebraska, Missouri >and Illinois. > > >Clark was awarded the General Superintendent's Medal of Honor by >Superintendent G. Raymond Carlson at the Assemblies of God's 1991 General >Council. > >"I have never thought of my contributions as rating this kind of >recognition," Clark wrote to Carlson upon learning of his >selection for the medal. "The early training of any layman has >everything to do with how he conducts his life; I was trained >from the beginning that each of us are called according to >[God's] purpose. While growing up, I thought this meant the >ministry, but my calling was clearly to where I am today." > >After earning an MBA from the University of Arkansas, he entered >Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. and was commissioned an >Ensign in 1968. Adm. Clark's naval career included tours aboard >USS John W. Weeks (DD 701) and USS Gearing (DD 710). He also >served as Commanding Officer of USS Grand Rapids (PG 98), USS >McCloy (FF 1038) and USS Spruance (DD 963). He also commanded the Atlantic >Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, Destroyer Squadron SEVENTEEN, >Destroyer Squadron FIVE, The Carl Vinson Battle Group/Cruiser-Destroyer >Group THREE, and the SECOND Fleet, a dual-hatted position also in charge of >NATO's Striking Fleet Atlantic. > > --Information supplied by Public Affairs Office, Commander in > Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet > The Third Triennial > World Assemblies of God Congress > and 2000 Celebration > August 7 and 8--3rd Triennial World A/G Congress > August 8-10--2000 Celebration > Indianapolis, Indiana > >"EXPERIENCE A FRESH PENTECOST FOR THE 21st CENTURY" >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >AG-NEWS: The A/G News & Information Service, (c) 1999 > > A service of the Assemblies of God's Office of Public > Relations. 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