Lieutenant Commander Williams comes to USS BREWTON as Executive Officer after completing a tour of duty as Officer-in-Charge, CRUDESPAC 1200 PSI Mobile Training Team, Pearl Harbor.

Lieutenant Commander Williams was born in Nebraska City, and is now a resident of Aiea, Hawaii. He graduated from Kemper Military School, Boonville, Missouri in 1955, and from Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska, in 1960 with a BA degree. He received his commission from OCS, Newport, Rhode Island in December 1960 as a USNR, and augmented to regular Navy in 1963. His other tours of duty have been since commissioning: Mine Countermeasures Officer, USS ILLUSIVE (MOS-488); Officer-in-Charge, Mobile Training Team 2-62 in Vietnam; Assistant First Lieutenant, USS TULARE (AKA-112); Aide and Administrative Assistant to the Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, Washington, D.C.; student at US Naval Destroyer School (Department Head Course); and Engineering Officer, USS REEVES (DLG-24).