USS Harpers Ferry
Executive Officer (July 2010 - April 2011) 
Lieutenant Commander Carol McKenzie
Executive Officer (July 2010 - April 2011)
Lieutenant Commander Carol McKenzie joined the Navy in 1983 where she attended bootcamp in Orlando FL and attended the Ocean Systems Technician “A” and “C” schools in Norfolk, VA.

Her initial enlisted assignment was Naval Facility Keflavik Iceland as part of the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) where she tracked the Soviet Fleet during the Cold War. She then transferred as an Instructor to Readiness Training Facility, Dam Neck VA followed by another tour at Naval Facility Keflavik, Iceland where she was selected for the Enlisted Commissioning Program in 1992.

She attended NROTC at University of Michigan where she attained her B.S in Hydro-Geology at Eastern Michigan University in 1995 and was subsequently commissioned.

Lieutenant Commander McKenzie's first officer assignment was USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) stationed in Sasebo, Japan where she was the Combat Systems Electronics Officer and the Legal Officer. Her follow-on tour was onboard USS Hue City (CG-66) as Auxiliaries Officer in Mayport, FL. She was then selected as a TAR officer and was transferred to Cheyenne, WY as Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Center Cheyenne. Here she mobilized reserves immediately following the World Trade Center attacks.

Lieutenant Commander McKenzie served her first Department Head tour onboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) as the Chief Engineer when she was deployed to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in January, 2003. Her subsequent Department Head tour she served at Afloat Training Group Atlantic where she certified ships Engineering Plant for safe operations. Her next assignment was as Commanding Officer, Navy Operational Support Center, Helena, MT. There she is credited with mobilizing the first troops for Hurricane Katrina Relief Operations. Her subsequent shore tours include Flag Secretary for Commander, Second Fleet in Norfolk, VA and Bureau of Naval Personnel, Chief Naval Personnel Command, Millington Tn.

 NEWS
The mine countermeasures ships USS Devastator (MCM 6) and USS Pioneer (MCM 9) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock
Heading To Hawaii for RIMPAC
PACIFIC OCEAN - The mine countermeasures ships USS Devastator (MCM 6) and USS Pioneer (MCM 9) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) are underway near Hawaii to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Stevens/Released)
USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) departs Sasebo Harbor for an annual patrol in the western Pacific Ocean
LSD 49 Departs Sasebo for Annual Patrol in Western Pacific Ocean
SASEBO, Japan (Sept. 1, 2010) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) departs Sasebo Harbor for an annual patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. Harpers Ferry is part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group
Sailors direct a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as it lands on the flight deck of USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49)
Harpers Ferry is on Patrol in the Western Pacific Ocean
EAST CHINA SEA (Sept. 8, 2010) Sailors direct a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as it lands on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49). Harpers Ferry is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean, and is part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) in combat rubber reconnaissance craft approach the stern gate
LSD 49 Participating in Valiant Shield 2010
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) in combat rubber reconnaissance craft approach the stern gate of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49).
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Maloney applies a banding patch to a simulated ruptured pipe during a general quarters.
General Quarters Drill Aboard USS Harpers Ferry
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 5, 2010) - Operations Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Maloney applies a banding patch to a simulated ruptured pipe in main machinery room No. 2 during a general quarters drill aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49).
Service members run for safety after hooking a pole pendant to an SA-330j Puma helicopter during a vertical replenishment.
USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) Vertical Replenishment
PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 21, 2010) Marine Lance Cpl. Steven Jones, left, assigned to the combat cargo department aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), and Boatswain's Mate Seaman Apprentice Ryan Bruning, run for safety.
Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) Sailors Donate Clothes to Typhoon Victims
SUBIC BAY, Philippines - Sailors from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) donated a tri-wall (a large cardboard box) of clothes, toiletries and canned goods to the Olongapo City chapter of the Philippine Red Cross, Oct. 25.
USS Harpers’s Ferry (LSD 49) during "Bring Your Kid to Work Day
USS Harpers Ferry Sailors Participate in “Bring Your Kid to Work Day”
SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 4, 2011) – Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Clark and Lt.j.g. Dennis Rollins show their children the various types of firefighting equipment on board USS Harpers’s Ferry (LSD 49) during "Bring Your Kid to Work Day.”

 Served with...
CMDCM(SW) Roy Re', Jr.

Start Date: December 2009
End Date: December 2011
Commander Antonio D. Hull

Start Date: July 2010
End Date: April 2011
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