James R. Campbell Capt MSC USN Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group Newport R.I. e:mail:  james.campbell@nwc.navy.mil Captain Campbell graduated from UCLA in 1972 and was commissioned out of the NROTC program as Ensign, USNR.  He served in USS KAWISHIWI (AO-146), during three WestPac deployments to Vietnam, as NBC Defense Officer and Damage Control Assistant.  In 1975 he left active duty for graduate school, receiving a Master’s degree from San Diego State University, and a Ph.D. from UCLA.

In 1981, he accepted a commission as LT, USNR in the Medical Service Corps, and was sent to the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.2 (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he served five years as Head of the Departments of Immunology and Parasitology.  From 1986 to 1989 he was assigned as Head, Biotechnology Division, Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.   In 1989 he transferred to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, D.C., where he served four years as Program Manager for Molecular Biology, and Director of Biosafety. After the Persian Gulf War he was decorated for his support of the Coalition Forces’ biological defense effort during Operation Desert Storm.  In 1993 he received orders to U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt, as Executive Officer and Scientific Director.  In 1996 he was awarded the Master of Public Health degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland.  From 1996-1999 he was again assigned to the NRL, where he served as Program Manager for Biotechnology and Environment.  In 1999 Captain Campbell returned to Indonesia, where he served two years as Commanding Officer of NAMRU-2.  Then, following a one-year tour at Navy Bureau of Medicine headquarters in Washington, D.C. as Liaison for Force Protection and Homeland Defense to the Chief of Naval Operations, he received orders to London, U.K., as Commanding Officer of the Office of Naval Research Global.  In 2004 he was selected to serve on the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group in Newport, Rhode Island.  He currently holds adjunct academic appointments in the rank of Professor at four U.S. universities.              In 1999 Captain Campbell completed a solo swim across the English Channel, 22 miles in 17 hours 41 minutes.   He is a qualified Line Surface Warfare Officer, and a certified Business Acquisition Professional.  Captain Campbell wears the Humanitarian Service Medal (two awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), the Navy Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), and the Legion of Merit (three awards).  He and his wife Patricia currently live in Newport, R.I., and they have four sons.

March 18, 2002 NOTE, answer about Indian Sea question.
I remember it very well.  I was DCA and R Division Officer on that WestPac.  HT1 Dixon was my LPO.  We sailed south from P.I. (Subic Bay), around Singapore, and up through the Straits of Malacca.  We had to maintain a very precise course through the straits, as they are very narrow and shallow.  We also had to dodge numerous supertankers, which draw about 90 feet of water, loaded, and they don't move for anyone.  In the Indian Ocean, we sailed for 30 days with seawater injection temps so hot that our AC (which ran on seawater) was of no use.  The coolest it got was about 90 F.  What a trip.  The water was calm, at least.  Like oil.  Very tranquil.  You forget the rough times, and remember the good.  Jim Campbell, CAPT USN.
 

May 12, 2002 NOTE, answer about basketball team question.
I was a member of the '74 wardroom, and #21 does not look like any of the officers on board Kawishiwi at that time.  He does look a bit like Lt(jg) Steve Bieber, the Fox Division officer, but I really don't think it is he.  By the way, Steve left the Naval service in about 1974 and he and his wife, Kate, moved to Wyoming, where he earned a Ph.D. in Psychology and worked a career as a professor at the University of Wyoming.  Also, FYI, I am leaving Washington this June to transfer to London, where I will be the C.O. of the International Field Office of the Office of Naval Research.  It's a two year assignment, so I will likely miss the next couple of Kawishiwi reunions. Sincerely, Jim Campbell.  One last item, I believe #50's name was Wayne Schulenborg.  Wayne left the Navy in 1975 and returned for a graduate degree in Engineering, I think at Purdue.

May 14, 2002 NOTES, Other tidbits of information on former shipmates:
Lt(jg) Pete Beech left the Navy in 1974, returned for a Ph.D. in Mathematics at UC Berkeley; Lt(jg) Bruce Cameron left the Navy in 1973 or 1974, returned to earn a Master's degree in Physics, and took a job with Kodak (something to do with optics).  Ens John (Dave) Brown left Kawishiwi in 1976, transferred to San Diego for another tour, and then left the Navy for a job in the computer industry.  Last I heard, he and his wife Becky were living in Minnesota.  As I was leaving Kawishiwi in 1975, Ens Finney reported aboard.  I ran across him once several years later in the Tokyo International Airport.  He was a LCDR at that time.  Jim.

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