1993 Green Lizard Officers
Front row, L to R: Thomas L. Mascolo, B.E. Johanson, Frank R. McCulloch, Thomas P. Hickey, CDR Graham H. Gordon(XO), CDR Gerald L. Nichelson(CO), Tad F. Stapleton, Dave K. Flagg, CWO3 Steve W. Wentz.
Standing, L to R: Scott A. McKenzie, L.M. Kiernan, Walt A. Krumholz, Douglas J. Fitzgerald, Phillip J. Tyer, Karl E. Jensen, K.M. Goldsmith, Kimo K. Lee, M.E. Watson, Jr., Daryl J. Martis, Tommy M. Yambrick, ???, Niel W. Woodward, David R. Bates, Stephen L. Gaze, D.S. Andersen, J.K. Scheenstra, Paul D. Bunge, J.J. Ribera, Matt J. Marone, Andy T. Baur(USAF), Ed C. Ebersole, Vic S. Smith, Aaron L. Cudnohufsky, William J. Dion, Gerald L. Ray, Bernie J. Friel, D.J. Barber.
VA-95 Officers. These are some of the guys I worked with/for while assigned to Attack Squadron 95. Some really cool people to be around.
A little background on our Skipper, CDR Gerald L. Nichelson. It is noteworthy that this man spent 4 years as an Aviation Fire Control Technician(AQ) maintaining the old A-6A's. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management and Finance in 1975 and entered AOCS in August of that same year. He served in VA-196, VA-128, VA-52, VA-155, VA-145, and VA-95. While assigned to the Golden Intruders of VA-128, he was selected as the Instructor Bombardier/Navigator(B/N) of the Year for 1982. Commander Nichelson has accumulated over 3200 A-6 flight hours and 800 carrier landings.
In June of 1993, as part of Carrier Air Wing Eleven deployed on the USS Abraham Lincoln(CVN-72), the Lizards supported "Operation Southern Watch," ensuring that Iraq abided by the United Nations imposed no fly zone in southern Iraq. On 11 September, 1993 VA-95 began flying sorties over Somalia in support of the United Nations "Operation Continue Hope."
