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Buehn to assume command of

FACSFAC Jax in ceremony today
By E72(5W) Bill Larned
FACSFAC Jax PAO Or MWc~ W


Capt. Robert Buehn Jr.
 will relieve Capt.
 James Cardosi in a
Change of Command cere-
mony at Fleet Area Control
and Surveillance Facility
(FACSFAC) Jax today at
noon.
Buehn graduated from
the University of Florida in
1973, and worked as a
reporter for the Stuart
News in Stuart, Fla. for five
years.
 He entered Aviation
Officer Candidate School in
February 1978 and was
commissioned as an ensign
in May.
 After completing jet flight
training in Meridian, Miss.,
in 1980, Buehn reported to
S-3A training at VS-41 in
San Diego and then joined
VS-24 at NAS Cecil Field.
The squadron was involved
in two Mediterranean
deployments with USS
Nimitz (CVN-68).
 Buehn qualified as a land-
ing safety officer (LSO) at
VS-41 from 1984 to 1986,
followed by air wing LSO
duty with Carrier Air Wing
14 aboard USS
Constellation (CV-64). On
the carrier he saw two
deployments in the
Northern and Western
Pacific and Indian Ocean.
 In the Persian Gulf, his
carrier group supported
Operation Earnest. Will.
The operation involved
escorting oil tankers
through the Strait of
Hormuz. He also was
involved in cross training in
the F-14.
 Buehn was selected in
1988 as Commander, Naval
Air Force Pacific landing
safety officer, in charge of all
fleet and fleet replacement
squadron LSO programs in
Air Force Pacific.
 This was followed by serv-
ice as maintenance officer in
VS-28, aboard USS


Forrestal (CV-59), where he
flew missions over northern
Iraq during Operation
Provide Comfort. After
attending the Naval War
College in Newport, R.I., in
1993, he served as chief
staff officer to Commander,
Sea Control Wing, U.S.
Atlantic Fleet at NAS Cecil
Field.
 Assuming command of the
VS-32 "Maulers" in 1995,
Buehn led the squadron on
the final deployment of USS
America (CV-66) during
Bosnia operations in the
Adriatic.
 After being selected as the
executive officer for USS
Constellation, he deployed
to the Arabian Gulf in 1997.
After service aboard the car-
rier, he helped establish the
new Navy Welfare
Development Command in
Newport.
 Buehn assumed command
of U.S. Naval Base,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
from May 2000 to March
2003. From there, he
became chief of staff for
Commander Carrier Strike
Group 14, deploying to the
North Arabian Gulf aboard
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
and to Summer Pulse 2004,
the first test of the Navy's
Fleet Response Plan.
 As a pilot, he has logged
more than 5.000 flight
hours and 860 carrier land-
ings. He is married to the
former Debra Witaschek of
Lakewood, Colo. They have


two sons, Tom and Will.
 Cardosi, assumed com-
mand on April, 18, 2004.
He led the facility to
unprecedented success, sup-
porting every fleet require-
ment.
 He scheduled, de-conflict-
ed and controlled over 100
large-scale operations,
including the work-ups for
six carrier battle groups,
two Tomahawk operation
tests, 37 Kennedy Space
Center launches, and
numerous missile exercises.
 He led the development
and integration of the train-
ing and resource strategy
into the successful support
of all mission requirements
for the first three
COMPTUEXs completed in
the Jacksonville operating
area, due to the closure of
the Atlantic Fleet Weapons
Training Facility ranges.
 Cardosi also oversaw the
Northern Right Whale
Fusion Center allowing
Navy assets to safely oper-
ate in and around the desig-
nated critical habitat while
maintaining an effective
environmental conservation
program for Right Whales.
 On June 1, 2004, he took
command of the Pinecastle
Bombing Range. His exem-
plary achievements conclud-
ed a distinguished 28-year
Navy career. Cardosi is
retiring from the Navy and
he and his family plan to
remain in the Jacksonville
area.


Palmer relieves Hollingsworth


as VP-16 commanding officer


VP-16 PAO


Cmdr. Edward (Tad)
 Palmer will relieve
 Cmdr. Chuck Hol-
lingsworth and assume
command of the VP-16
"War Eagles" during a
change of command cere-
mony tomorrow in
Hangar 1000.
 Palmer is a native of
Florence, Ala. After grad-
uating from the
University of Alabama,
where he obtained a
bachelor's of science in
electrical engineering, he
attended Aviation Officer
Candidate School and
was commissioned in
1987.
 From 1989 to 1992 he
deployed to Sigonella,
Sicily, Italy and Keflavik,
Iceland, as a member of
the VP-16 War Eagles.


Cmdr. Edward (Tad) Palmer Cmdr. Chuck
 Hollingsworth


He served the squadron
as the bear trap and tac-
tics officer.
 In 1992, Palmer report-
ed to VP-30 for duty as a
fleet replenishment
squadron (FRS) instruc-
tor. In that capacity, he
served as the mainte-


nance administration offi-
cer, schedules officer and
the P-3 NATOPS evalua-
tor.
 Palmer's next assign-
ment was to the staff of
Commander, Destroyer

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