Glenn R. Brindel

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name=Glenn R. Brindel
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caption=CAPT Glenn R. Brindel, USN
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allegiance= United States of America
serviceyears=1965-1987
rank= Captain, retired as Commander
branch= United States Navy
commands=USS|Chehalis|PG-94 USS|Stark|FFG-31
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battles=Vietnam War Tanker War
awards=Bronze Star Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Meritorious Service Medal
relations=Wife, Donna. Son, Jason.
laterwork=Captain Glenn R. Brindel, was the Commanding officer of USS|Stark|FFG-31 and was in command when the ship was struck by two Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987. The incident review board, led by Rear Admiral Grant Sharp, recommended he be court-martialed for his actions. [ [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/reading_room/65.pdf Formal Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Attack of the USS Stark in 1987] .] However, he was relieved of command and given non-judicial punishment by Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, commander of the Atlantic fleet. According to the New York Times, in 1987 he received a letter of reprimand and elected to retire early. He had not served as a Captain long enough to retire at that grade, so he had to retire at the grade of Commander. [The New York Times. Navy Forgoes Courts-Martial for Officers of Stark. July 28, 1987.] However, the U.S. Naval Register lists Brindel as retiring October 2, 1990 as a Captain. [ [http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/upd_CD/BUPERS/Register/naval_register.html US Naval Register] lists Brindel as retiring October 2, 1990 as a Captain.] 37 sailors were killed in the attack.

Background

Brindel, a native of Dormont, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, was born in 1943 and was 43 at the time of the attack. Brindel was commissioned in 1965 after graduating from Pennsylvania State University. He served as weapons officer on USS Garrett County (LST-786) from October 1965 to March 1967 during part of Operation Game Warden. He received his first command in 1973, USS|Chehalis|PG-94 and received medals for bravery during the Vietnam War, including the Bronze Star, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and Meritorious Service Medal. He had served as an instructor at the United States Naval Academy for more than three years until 1978. He was the executive officer of USS|Bigelow|DD-942 for two years starting in 1978. ["Skipper is veteran of Vietnam;" The Patriot - News. Harrisburg, Pa.: May 19, 1987. pg. A.2] After that, he served two years with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations working on the staff of the director of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. Then he served two years as a project manager with the Naval Sea Systems Command. He took command of "Stark" in June 1984. [Associated Press. Captain is war hero from PA. May 19, 1987. Page 04, Philadelphia Daily News.] [Associated Press. "Commander Pennsylvania Native". Titusville Herald. Titusville, Pennsylvania. Tuesday, May 19, 1987. Page 9.] [Associated Press. "Stark Captain Veteran Seaman". Journal-Tribune. Marysville, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, 1987. Page 5.]

Further reading

*cite book
author=Levinson, Jeffrey L. and Randy L. Edwards
title=Missile Inbound
location=Annapolis | publisher=Naval Institute Press
year=1997
id=ISBN 1-55750-517-9

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