| 词条 | Fernandez Ponds |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Fernandez L. Ponds | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Fernandez L. Ponds (2).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | death_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = "Frank" | birth_name = | allegiance = {{Flagu|United States|name=United States of America|1960|size=23px}} | branch = {{Flag|United States Navy|size=23px}} | serviceyears = 1983–2015 | rank = {{Dodseal|USNO7|25}} Rear admiral (lower half)[1] | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = {{plainlist |
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}} | memorials = | spouse = Carol | relations = Sherese (daughter), Fernandez, Jr. (son) | laterwork = | signature = | website =https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandez-frank-ponds-884bb01b | module = }} Fernandez Lewis "Frank" Ponds is a former United States Navy officer from the U.S. state of Alabama.[2][3] He is the former commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship {{USS|Kearsarge|LHD-3}} and commanded the destroyer {{USS|Fife|DD-991}} in the early 2000s. He is also a former executive officer of the destroyer {{USS|Paul F. Foster|DD-964}}. Early life and educationPonds is originally from Autaugaville, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1982 with a bachelor's degree.[2] Career2000sPonds is a former executive officer of {{USS|Paul F. Foster}}.[3] 2003Ponds was the last commanding officer of the {{sclass-|Spruance|destroyer}} {{USS|Fife}}, which he commanded from 2001 to when the ship was decommissioned in February 2003. 2008In 2008, while the commanding officer of {{USS|Kearsarge|LHD-3|6}} he held an appointment as Commodore in charge of Operation Continuing Promise—relief efforts in hurricane ravaged Haiti. 2010s2015In April 2015 his appointment as the fifteenth commandant of Joint Task Force Guantanamo was announced.[2][3] Ponds retired from the U.S. Navy in late 2015.[4] Awards and decorationsPonds has been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (four), Meritorious Service Medal (five), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. Personal lifePonds is married and has two children.[5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/605451/|title=Flag Officer Assignments|publisher=}} [6][7]2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio_ret.asp?bioID=645|title=Navy.mil Leadership Biographies|first=Dan|last=Petty|website=www.navy.mil}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com/2011/07/congratulations-rdml-sel-ponds.html|title=Congratulations RDML (sel) Ponds!!|first=|last=Bostonmaggie|date=6 July 2011|publisher=BlogSpot}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/navalsurfaceforces/sets/72157660800020870/|title=151119 Rear Admiral Fernandez L. Ponds Retirement|date=2015|work=Flickr}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2014/08/10/admiral-autaugaville-leads-voyage-uss-america/13879021/|title=Admiral from Autaugaville leads voyage of ‘USS America’|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=2014}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article18204251.html| title = Guantánamo judge orders MRI of USS Cole defendant’s brain, abates trial | publisher = Miami Herald| author = Carol Rosenberg| date = 2015-04-10| page = | location = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150416204905/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article18204251.html| archivedate = 2015-04-16| accessdate = 2015-04-22| deadurl = No | quote = In other Guantánamo news, the Pentagon announced the appointment of the next prison camps commander — Rear Adm. Fernandez "Frank" Ponds.}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=17217| title = Release No: NR-120-15, Flag Officer Assignments| publisher = United States Department of Defense| author = | date = 2015-04-10| page = | location = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150414051533/http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=17217| archivedate=2015-04-14| accessdate = 2015-04-22| deadurl = No | quote = Rear Adm. (lower half) Fernandez L. Ponds will be assigned as commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, U.S. Southern Command, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ponds is currently serving as commander, Expeditionary Strike Group THREE, San Diego, California.}} }} External links{{Commons category|Fernandez Ponds}}
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