Before serving as Commanding Officer of USS '' Cole '' from 1999 to 2001 , Lippold was Executive officer on USS '' Shiloh '' ( CG-67 ) . He also served as the Operations officer on the commissioning crew of USS '' Arleigh Burke '' ( DDG-51 ) , the lead ship of the same destroyer class as the USS '' Cole '' . He was division officer aboard USS '' Yorktown '' ( CG-48 ) and USS '' Fairfax County '' ( LST-1193 ) . Following his departure from the USS '' Cole '' , he received a series of desk positions at the Pentagon . Working in the War on Terrorism Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy , Lippold " was instrumental " in the creation of detainee policy in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks
9/11 attacks
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Kirk Lippold