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OLSON-WAYNE

WAYNE  DOUGLAS OLSON

Rate/Rank
LCDR
Service Branch
USN 4/1982 - 5/2002
Speciality
LINE OFFICER
Born 12/27/1950
FARGO, ND
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
NAVAL SURFACE GROUP, PACIFIC NORTHWEST
ALASKAN COMMAND
USS MCCLUSKY FFG-41
USS CONQUEST MSO-488
PACIFIC FLEET PROPULSION EXAMINING BOARD
DESRON 17
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
JOINT MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL
NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL W/3 GOLD STARS
NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
SERVICE MEMORIES

Chief Engineer onboard USS Conquest MSO-488 during deployment to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.  Operations Officer for the United States Gov't in East Timor (USGET) deployment.  TAO during Operations Earnest Will onboard USS McClusky and Operation Desert Shield with Desron 17 and Capt. V.E. Clark.  NAVCENT CAT Watch Officer during Operation Enduring Freedom, 

During Earnest Will deployment, Iraqi pilots would fly south of Iraq, then over the USS McClusky operations area and to Iraq.  At Christmas one of the Iraqi pilots wished us a Merry Christmas as they flew over.