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   LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROBERT V. COATES, JR., WAS BORN IN PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. HE IS A 1968 GRADUATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN THROUGH THE RESERVE OFFICER CANDIDATE PROGRAM AT OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL ON 21 JUNE 1968.

   LIEUTENANT COMMANDER COATES' SEA DUTY HAS INCLUDED ASSIGNMENTS ON BOARD USS MULIPHEN (LKA-61), USS JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG-36), USS HOLLISTER (DD-788), AND AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS ILLUSIVE (MSO-448). LIEUTENANT COMMAND COATES ASSUMED DUTIES AS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS BREWTON (FF-1086) ON 8 MARCH 1980. LIEUTENANT COMMANDDER COATES' SHORE DUTY HAS BEEN A TOUR IN THE PERSONNEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM SERVING AS AN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE TACTICS INSTRUCTOR AT THE ROYAL NAVY SCHOOL OF MARITIME OPERATIONS HMS DRYAD, IN SOUTHWICK, ENGLAND.

   LIEUTENANT COMMANDER COATES IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER TERRY LYNNE GLAZE OF LIVERMORE CALIFORNIA. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, JAMES AND CHRISTOPHER.