Glenn R. Brindel

Frank B. Kelso II, commander of the Atlantic fleet. According to the New York Times, in 1987 he received a letter of reprimand and elected to retire early. He had not served as a captain long enough to retire at that grade, so he had to retire at the rank of commander.^[2] The U.S. Naval Register, however, lists Brindel as retiring October 2, 1990, as a captain.^[3]

Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and Meritorious Service Medal. He had served as an instructor at the United States Naval Academy for more than three years until 1978. He was the executive officer of USS Bigelow for two years starting in 1978.^[4] After that, he served two years with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations working on the staff of the director of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. Then he served two years as a project manager with the Naval Sea Systems Command. He took command of Stark in June 1984 and was relieved of command and received non-judicial punishment for the 1987 Iraqi missile attack incident.^[5][6][7][8]