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| | US Navy Biographies - REAR ADMIRAL JOHN M. KELLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | In July 1979, Rear Adm. Kelly joined the commissioning crew of USS Thorn (DD 988) as Combat Systems Officer, deploying to the Mediterranean in 1981 and conducting operations in support of the Lebanese Missile Crisis and Gulf of Sidra Freedom of Navigation Operations. |
 | | During this tour, Yorktown operated in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and extensively in the Gulf of Sidra, earning the coveted SIXTHFLT Tophand and Battle Efficiency Awards. |
 | | Following a tour on the staff of Commander, Surface Warfare Development Group as Director for Tactical Development, Rear Adm. Kelly reported to the Current Operations Directorate, Joint Chiefs of Staff (J3) as the conventional Tomahawk Officer and as Action Officer, European and Central Command branch from January 1989 to January 1991. |
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