Word: bernsen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Joint Chiefs of Staff. Contending that it is far better to prevent minelaying than to hunt for explosives after they are planted, Crowe overrode interservice rivalries and dispatched a specially equipped and trained Army unit to join the gulf fleet. Three weeks ago he visited Rear Admiral Harold Bernsen, commander of the Middle East Force on the command ship U.S.S. La Salle off Bahrain. The two officers worked on the plans to track and catch Iranian vessels capable of laying mines. Crowe gave Bernsen freedom to move swiftly once the trap was sprung. "The critical decision was his," Crowe told...
Rear Adm. Harold J. Bernsen, speaking to reporters in Bahrain, said the Stark had about a minute's warning that an Iraqi warplane had turned on its weapons radar and had locked in on the frigate. But based on preliminary reports, the admiral said, there was "no indication" to the crew that a missile had actually been launched...