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MARG Z - 94 Deployment 20 MAY DEPARTED NORFOLK, VA 21 MAY ONLOAD MOREHEAD CITY, NC 21 MAY- 2JUN TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING 2 JUN - 4 JUN PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND 5 JUN - 6 JUN D-DAY 50TH ANNIVERSARY 7 JUN - S JUN CHERBOURG, FRANCE 16 JUN - 24 JUN SOUDA BAY, CRETE 25 JUN - 29 JUL PROVIDE HOPE 3AUG - 4AUG TUNSIA, TUNISIA 15 AUG - 18 AUG VARNA, BULGARIA 19 AUG - 21 AUG ISTANBUL, TURKEY 27 AUG - 3 SEP PALMA, SPAIN 5 SEP - 15 SEP ALMERIA, SPAINCBETACOMJ 19 SEP - 22 SEP TOULON, FRANCE 26 SEP - 27 SEP BRINDISI, ITALY 28 SEP - 12 OCT DYNAMIC GUARD 13 OCT - 17 OCT RHODES, GREECE 23 OCT - 27 OCT MALAGA, SPAIN 29 OCT - 3 NOV OUTCHOP ROTA, SPAIN 3 NOV - 16 NOV TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING , I 17 NOV OEELOAD, MOREHEADCITY, NC 20 NOV ARRIVAL NORFOLK, VA f , U C Li U J, I I Y ,' I W A
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To all who shall see these presents, greetings! This cruise book tells the story of six months in the life of USS AUSTIN and the nearly one thou- sand sailors and Marines who served in her during MARG 2-94. During this deployment, Austin com- pleted an unprecedented series of operations which included transiting the Atlantic Ocean, extensive i operations throughout the Mediterranean, transiting the Suez Canalllfted Sea for contingency opera-, tions off the coast of Somalia, and being one of the first amphibious ships to operate near the formerl Soviet Union in the Black Sea. At one point, these operations included 40 consecutive days at sea. 1 In addition, the ship visited England, France, Crete, Bulgaria, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Greece, Kenyai and participated in the historic 50th D-Day anniversary ceremonies at Normandy. Mere statistics cannot tell the story of the sacrifices made by Austin Crewmen during this deploy-- ment, but they do give a flavor for the magnitude of what was accomplished. These statistics include: 1 - over six thousand flight deck evolutions ltakeoffs and landingsl, two thousand of which weret done using night vision goggles. -tracked and reported over 7,000 surface contacts. - sentlreceived 40,000 messages. - burned nearly three million gallons of fuel. - distilled over three million gallons of fresh water. - conducted 19 replenishments at sea. LGU - performed 26 Iaunchlrecoveries of Austin's embarked - served over half a million meals. - lifted nearly two million pounds of cargo. - provided medicalfdental services to over 2,200 patients. . As 'you look through this cruise book-l hope you will remember with me the camaraderie, profes- SIOHS ISTTI and great sense of accomplishment which making this deployment gives. Each of you. whose picture appears inthe following pages Cgntributed to this effort- Thank you and well done! Sincerely, Gm. A.M. PETRUSKA CAPT, USN Commanding Officer
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4- Commanding Officer Captain Andrew M. Petrusea United States Navy A ndrew M. Petruska was born in Washington, DC on 10 September 1946, the son ofLCDR Andrew Perruska,1r., USN fRet1. Ile graduated from the University of South Florida in 1968, entered Naval Officer Candidate School and was commissioned an Ensign in April 1969. Following his commissioning, CAPT Petruska had consecutive duty afloat until 1972 sewing in USS ALBATROSS CMSC 2891 and USS HENRY B. WILSON CDDG 71. After graduation from U. S. Naval Destroyer School in October 1972, he served as Operations Officer in USS NOA KDD 8411. Following his duty afloat, CAPT Petruska served as Assistant Professor of Naval Science, Florida A8CM University NROTC Unit from August 1973 to june 1976. Returning to sea, he was First Lieutenant in USS RACINE CLST 11911 from July 1976 to February 1978. Selected to attend a foreign war college, CAPT Petruska was an honor graduate of the Defense Language Institute and from Septem- ber 1978 to june 1980 attended the German Naval War College, llamburg, West Germany. CAPT Petruska served as Executive Officer in USS RICHARD L. PAGE EFFG 51 from August 1980 until May 1982. He next 'Q 3 Y XSS AUSTIN - .ff Change of Command commanded USS FORTIFY CMSO 4461 from Selntember 1982 to May 1984 and then commanded USS NEWPORT CLST 11791 from june 1984 to July 1986. During this time both ships were awarded the Battle Efficiency E , Returning ashore, CAPT Petruska served as Force Plans!Fleet Introduction Officer on the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic. He reported to USS SAIPAN QLHA 21 as Executive Officer in August 1988 and served in that billet until October 1990. During this time SAIPAN conducted the evacuation of over 1600 civilians from the civil war in Liberia. Promoted to the rank of Captain in August 1990, Captain Petruska next assumed duties as Executive Officer, Surface Warfare Officers School Command in Newport, RI. Prior to assuming command of USS AUSTIN CLPD-41, Captain Petruska attended the U.S. Naval War College, graduating with distinction in March 1994. CAPT Petruska holds master of science degrees from Florida State University and the Naval War College. He is a designated sub-Spe- cialist in National Security Affairs, Europe. H18 decorations include the Meritorious ServiCC Medal ffour awards1, the Navy Commendation Medal fthree awards1, and various campaign and unit awards. CAPT Petruska is married to the former 10Hf1 Lindsey of Tampa, Florida. The Petruska's have 21 son, Marcus Andrew, and a daughter, Anne Michelle. When not cruising aboard their Freedom 32, Windswept,,' they reside in Virginia Beach.
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