Creasey relieves Pekari as VP-16 commanding officer

Creasey was born and raised in Wilmington, Del. He graduated with merit from the United States Naval Academy in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace En-gineering. He then reported to Pensacola, and Corpus Christi, Texas, for flight training and received his pilot wings in December 1992.

Upon completion of Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) training at VP-30, Creasey reported to the "Batmen" of VP-24 stationed at NAS Jacksonville in December 1993 serving as the legal officer and completing a deployment to Keflavik, Iceland. Following VP-24's decommissioning in April 1995, Creasey reported to the "Mad Foxes" of VP-5, where he completed two tri-site deployments to Puerto Rico, Panama and Iceland. He served as the operations plans officer, quality assurance officer, mission commander and instructor pilot. He was selected as VP-5's nomination for the Association of Naval Aviation's Pilot of the Year award in 1996.

Cmdr. Greg Pekari

In October 1997, Creasey reported to VP-30 for duty as an FRS instructor pilot. He served as the human resources officer, schedules officer and flight officer and was also selected as a Pilot instructor under training instructor and air show demonstration team leader.

In February 2000, Creasey reported on board USS George Washington (CVN-73) in Norfolk, Va. as catapult and arresting gear officer. He served as the V-3 hangar deck officer, V-2 catapult and arresting gear division officer and qualified as officer of the deck (in port). During this tour, he also deployed to the Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch.

His next tour took him to the "Fighting Marlins" of VP-40 at Whidbey Island, Wash. for his operational department head tour. He completed a deployment to the Fifth Fleet area of responsibility while serving as safety/NATOPS officer, maintenance officer and officer-in-charge, Diego Garcia Detachment.

In December 2003, Creasey again reported to VP-30 for duty as training officer and assumed the duties of VP-30 executive officer in 2005. He reported to the War Eagles of VP-16 as the executive officer in May 2007.

Pekari has follow on orders to the Industrial College of Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.

Cmdr. Anthony Corapi joined the War Eagles as the executive officer following his tenure at the Operations Directorate J3, The Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington, D.C.

The War Eagles depart in June for a six-month deployment in support of the Sixth and Seventh Fleets.