01/14/2026
In the photo - Captain of the First Rank (Retired) Stepan Shishka, the first officer of the United States Navy - a military-marine atache in Kyiv (1995 - 1997), an ex-deputy commander of the NATO North Submarine Forces, as well as a plastun and a member of the Taras Shevchenko Bandurist Chapel in North America.
Stepan Lev Cone was born on January 13, 1957 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Attended higher education at New York University at Buffalo (Bachelor of Science, 1978). ). He later also received a master's degree in strategic intelligence from the College of Military Intelligence.
As a nuclear power plant management specialist, he served in various positions in the wires of four submarines, completing command of the Trident nuclear-powered submarine USS HENRY M. JACKSON, a Trident nuclear-type submarine from 1998 to 2000. Taught at the Navy Nuclear Engineer Training School, served on the Joint Staff of the United States Armed Forces, was the first U.S. Navy officer to serve as a Navy Attache in Kyiv in 1995-1997. , was the deputy commander of the northern pídvonih NATO forces. He also served in the Pentagon, in the central headquarters of the United States Navy, where he was responsible for foreign navy relations, and ecology and nuclear energy issues.
An active member of the Plast, Stepan Shishka is a member of the Chicken Order of the Crusaders and has repeatedly been a stationary of the Plast Station Washington. Since 2010, his activity is most related to the Taras Shevchenko Banduristív Chapel in North America, of which he is a member.
[from page diaspora.com 2026]
