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Newell Tarrant is a retired Navy Flight Officer who played Commander Rogerson, the Command Duty Officer of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

A graduate of the Naval War College and TOPGUN, Tarrant fought over 200 combat missions in the Vietnam War. To date, he is the only known Star Trek personality who is a Vietnam era veteran.

He concluded his twenty-year naval career as the Commanding Officer of the Chargers of VF-161, a carrier-based fighter squadron. Currently residing in San Diego, California, he has become an author, with his first novel, Shadow War, published in 2002. [1]

Of all the Star Trek personalities with military service, Tarrant appears to be the only one with service in the Vietnam War.

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 '''Newell Tarrant''' is a retired Navy Flight Officer who played [[Commander]] [[Rogerson]], the [[Command Duty Officer]] of the [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'']] in {{film|4}}.
-A graduate of the Naval War College and TOPGUN, Tarrant fought over 200 combat missions in the Vietnam War. He concluded his twenty-year naval career as the Commanding Officer of the Chargers of VF-161, a carrier-based fighter squadron. Currently residing in San Diego, California, he has become an author, with his first novel, ''Shadow War'', published in 2002. [http://www.llumina.com/store/shadowhc.htm]
+A graduate of the Naval War College and TOPGUN, Tarrant fought over 200 combat missions in the Vietnam War.  To date, he is the only known ''Star Trek'' personality who is a Vietnam era veteran.
+He concluded his twenty-year naval career as the Commanding Officer of the Chargers of VF-161, a carrier-based fighter squadron. Currently residing in San Diego, California, he has become an author, with his first novel, ''Shadow War'', published in 2002. [http://www.llumina.com/store/shadowhc.htm]
 :''Of all the [[United States armed forces#Star Trek personalities with military service|Star Trek personalities with military service]], Tarrant appears to be the only one with service in the Vietnam War.''