Deputy and Chief of Staff for Shore Establishment, Gold Fleet
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CSGOLDSHORE, RADM Ben Spence [D'Maris Coffman]
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I. Personal Data
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Surname Name: SPENCE
Given Name(s): Edgar Benjamin (Ben)
Current Rank: Rear Admiral (O-8)
Current Billet: CSGOLDSHORE
Species: Homo sapiens sapiens (Terran Human)
Gender/Sex: Male/XY;
Age: 54 Terran Years
DOB: 12 July 2356;
POB: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Terra, Sol III.
Parents: Charles David Spence, esq. (DOB: 2312)
Rachel Morgan Spence (nee Morgan) (DOB: 2315)
Siblings: Charles David Spence, jr., M.D. (DOB: 2352)
Spouse: Shirley Linda Spence (nee Landon) (DOB: 2353)
Children: ENS Edgar Benjamin Spence, jr. (DOB: 2387)
Linda Landon Spence (DOB: 2391)
Physical Description:
HT: 5'11" (180cm); WT: 175 lbs (88kg); EY: Blue; HR: Light Brown;
SK: Fair; No distinguishing marks.
Blood Type: Bk-
Vision: O: 0.00, S: +0.001 (20/20)
Religion: Unified High Anglican (Observant)
Citizenship: Terra, Sol III, United Federation of Planets
Languages: Terran Standard (native speaker), American English (native
speaker), Bajoran (proficient), Modern French (proficient).
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II. Educational Background
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A. Academic Institutions Attended:
-- The Phillips Academy (Andover)
-- Star Fleet Academy {Graduated *cum laude*}
(Bachelors of Arts, History)
-- Harvard University
(Masters of Arts, History)
B. Service Schools Attended:
-- Star Fleet Space Warfare Officers School
-- Star Fleet Staff & Command College
-- Flag Officers Orientation School
C. Qualifications (MOS/MOCs):
-- MOC: Tactical Officer
-- MOC: Navigation/Astrogation Officer
-- MOC: Shipboard Operations & Command
-- MOC: Junior/Senior Officer Bridge Tests
-- MOC: TACRON Command Certification
D. Star Fleet Academy Record:
Class Rank: 40/275; Honors: *Cum laude*;
Academic Major: Diplomatic/Military History;
Professional Major: Navigation/Helm, Ship systems;
Qualifications: Tactical, navgation, shipboard operations, command.
Commendations: 0; Reprimands: 0;
Athletics: Varsity letters in lacrosse, baseball, and wrestling.
Activities: Yearbook, Cadre
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III. Biographical Notes
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A. Chronology (tabular form):
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0-14: Lived with parents in Boston, Massachussetts, USA, Terra,
Sol III, where he attended private day school.
14-18: Boarded at The Phillips Academy (Andover) in Andover,
Massachusetts, USA, Terra, Sol III.
18-22: Attended Star Fleet Academy, San Francisco, California, USA,
Terra, Sol III.
23-56: Active duty in Star Fleet.
27: Marriage to Shirley Linda Spence (nee Landon).
31: Birth of first child, Edgar Benjamin Spence, jr. (Male).
35: Birth of second child, Linda Landon Spence (Female).
B. Background Summary:
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RADM Ben Spence comes from a family steeped in naval tradition.
While his father was not a Star Fleet officer, his uncles and
grandfather were, as were generations of Spences before them.
The family, while not wealthy, has been affluent for generations
and maintains close ties with The Phillips Academy (Andover), The
Phillips-Exeter Academy (Exeter), and Harvard University, where
generations of Spences have received their secondary and university
educations (barring, of course, those who attended Star Fleet
Academy). Ben Spence seemed to have a clear sense from an early
age that he wanted a Star Fleet career and was one of two students
his year to attend SFA from Andover, one of the best regarded
private American preparatory boarding schools.
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IV. Official Starfleet Record
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A. Promotion History:
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(23)780601.0000 Commissioned as Ensign (O-1).
(23)790615.0000 Promoted to Lieutenant, junior grade (O-2).
(23)810615.0000 Promoted to Lieutenant (O-3).
(23)870601.0000 Promoted to Lieutenant Commander (O-4).
(23)936015.0000 Promoted to Full Commander (O-5).
(24)011101.0000 Promoted to Captain (O-6).
(24)071210.0000 Breveted to Commodore (O-7).
(24)080301.0000 Promoted to Rear Admiral (O-8).
B. Service History:
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740615.0000 Entered Star Fleet Academy.
780601.0000 Graduated Star Fleet Academy.
780615.0000 Assigned Star Fleet Space Warfare Officers School
780815.0000 Graduated (SF)SWOS.
780915.0000 Posted DAMCON DivO, USS Hyman Rickover (NCC-86645,
Mitchell-class DD).
790620.0000 Posted NAV, USS Alfred von Tirpitz (NCC-86324,
Mitchell-class DD).
810305.0000 Posted TAC, USS Melbourne (NCC-62043-C, Hood-class CL).
860505.0000 Posted OPS, USS Columbus (NCC-23122, Magellan-class CA).
930504.0000 Posted XO, USS Saratoga (NCC-1724-D, Galaxy-class CC).
960601.0000 Assigned Staff & Command College.
970615.0000 Graduated Staff & Command College.
970720.0000 Posted XO, USS Agincourt (NCC-21911, Invicible-class BC).
010210.0000 Posted CO, USS Yorktown (NCC-1717-E, Galaxy-class CC).
040105.0000 Posted CO, USS Hood (NCC-31100, Hood-class CL).
060101.0000 Posted CO, USS Eisenhower (NCC-1942, Eisenhower-class LA).
080301.0000 Assigned Star Fleet Flag Officers Orientation School.
080601.0000 Graduated Star Fleet Flag Officers Orientation School.
080610.0000 Assigned Adjutant, CSFO's Office, SB ALPHA.
100824.0000 Assigned COMTACRON-34/GREENXO, SB DELTA.
110101.0000 TACRON-34 re-assigned to Gold Fleet, SB BETA.
110201.0000 Assigned Deputy and Chief of Staff For Gold Fleet Shore
Establishment (CSGOLDSHORE), SB BETA.
(*) Ships listed as designated at time of service, not their current
classifications.
C. Medals and Commendations
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850403.0000 Star Fleet Achievement Medal - Awarded for outstanding
professional development of subordinates. Instrumental
in developing supplemental materials (eventually adapted
for fleetwide use) and study aids for the newest version
of the Tactical Officer's Qualification Exam (TOQE).
020304.0000 Silver Lifesaving Medal - Recognized for rescuing the
officers, crew and passengers of the HMS King Henry XVI,
a cruiseliner which had inadvertently changed her course,
lost her engines and been cast adrift in Shelliac space.
091130.0000 Distinguished Service Medal - Recognized for the
substantial role he played in strengthening procedures
for assessment and evaluation of command officers and
candidates for Star Fleet's Staff & Command College,
and for a career characterized by attention to duty
and extraordinary attentiveness in the conduct of
command.
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V. Skills Profile
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Ben Spence has enjoyed a respectable, if unremarkable, career in Star
Fleet. His career progression has fallen squarely within the upper
quartile, marked by an attention to duty and committment to the
service. During the last ten years of his shipboard service, he
played an important role as commanding officer of both the first of
the refitted Hood class light cruisers and of the Eisenhower-class
amphibious assault vessels.
Though typical of most traditional line officers, he is unassuming
and pleasant, firmly believing that his service would be amply
rewarded in due time. A devoted family man and conscientious officer,
his personal qualifications are without blemish.
Rising through tactical, shipboard operations, and command, he has
a firm understanding of the challenges faced by most command officers
and thus would be a strong candidate for administrative responsibilities
should the opportunity arise. By no means a tactical genius, this man
is also no fool, firmly committed to his subordinates and unwilling
to waste their lives frivolously. He has few pretensions or aspirations
to the heroic, more a dogged devotion to duty the mark of his career.
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VI. Recent Fitness Reports
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A very reliable officer, who has proved more than competent in
dealing with the hodgepodge of issues which make their way onto the
CSFO's desk. While personally I would prefer to keep Ben Spence as
my adjutant for purely selfish reasons, I am convinced that he has
much to contribute to a billet like COMTACRON.
--ADM H.A.E. Fairweather, CSFO, (91215)
As the USS EISENHOWER has been attached to the SFMC since
commissioning, it falls to me to comment on the fitness of CAPT Ben
Spence. The USS EISENHOWER, a troop transport, often serves as the
orbital staging area for the deployment of armored regiments of
marines. She is primarily involved in peacekeeping functions, which
often spill-over to intra- system conflicts.
CAPT Spence's support of marine operations, personally and
professionally, has been a welcome departure from that of naval
officers who resent their status as a 'taxi service' for the Corps.
He takes less than good-natured barbs well, and has endeavoured to
muzzle interservice rivalry as it affects his own command.
Moreover, his relations with fellow naval officers appear to be better
than most, permitting smooth change-overs as was evidenced by their
most recent mission to New Chosun. Ben Spence is nothing if not a
good, close personal friend and one I would heartedly recommend for
any position he might desire. Though I personally know of no
aspirations for flag rank, Spence has always been private about his
ambitions and would be well suited to same.
--- LGEN Lance D. Wellington, CO, 4th Armored Division, SFMC (70702)
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VII. Psychological Profile
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No abnormalities noted. Devoted family man; well-adjusted. Fit for
service and command.
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VIII. Current Recreational Interests
Duplicate bridge, pinochle and related card games. Golf, fly fishing.
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