Upon graduation from the Naval Academy in the class of 1945, Lieutenant Hayler was ordered to the U.S.S. Franklin (CV-13) where he was in the engineering department. His next assignment was aboard the U.S.S. Laffey (DD-724) as Communications Officer. In 1947 he became Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. LST-859 where he spent the next two years. He recently reported to the Department of Seamanship and Navigation at the Naval Academy. An article by Lieutenant Hayler on shipboard training appeared in the June, 1949, Naval Training Bulletin.