Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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MEDICAL On this deployment, each member of the Medical Department provided his own special talents and training to maintain the professionalism needed to ensure quality medical care was available while in the Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. To appreciate what these men do, here is a sample day at sea. By the time sick call begins daily water testing has been completed and their laundry is in the washer. Our shipmates gather at the door to complain about colds, sea sickness, muscle pain, and many other med- ical problems. As the mornmg closes, a burn has been treated, a cavity filled, and several physicals complet- ed. Soon the noon meal is sampled, found satisfactory, and properly logged. Narcotics and other controlled drugs are inventoried, a sanitation inspection is per- formed on all messing spaces, and message traffic is routed. Training is conducted for stretcher bearers and records are checked to ensure correct treatment. Then it is time to perform preventitive maintenance on designated equipment. Finally, the computer is updated, and the reports of the day are typed. Dinner starts and is entered in the log. The work day is over, yet surgical packs need to be wrapped and sterilized, shelves restocked, records filed, inventories begun or completed, first aid exams administered and paper work completed. Soon each corpsman tries to get some sleep only to get a tap on his shoulder, Doc, can you help me? I got cut bur- ned etc . It ' s just a normal day as part of BAIN- BRIDGE Medical, the finest in the fleet. LT Michael T. Richardson Medical Officer HM1 (SW) Charles L. Fugate HN Patrick A. Baltimore HN Michael R. Robinson

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S-4 DIVISION; The Men with TKc Money DKC (SW) Gene Guthrie DK3 Kelvin M. Moses DKSR Joseph P. Worley

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NAVIGATION LT Todd W. Stephens Assistant Navigator Hey man, where are we? This ques- tion and many others like it are always being asked and the guys who answer them are the Quartermasters. The men of N Division had two very important jobs during the Ara- bian Gulf deployment . . . getting the ship safely through the Suez Canal, Straits of Bab-al-Manoab, the Straits of Hormuz and into the Gulf and getting it back again. Other than answering Questions and standing vigilant watches, tne QM ' s also ensured the safe navigation of the ship, plotted courses and rendezvous for UN- REPs, briefed the CO and XO on upcoming f ort visits, shot stars , maintained deck o s, and kept a constant record of the ship ' s position. They also ensured the crew knew where they were bj maintaining a chart on the mess decks with the ship ' s position updated daily. Thoup;h small in number, the Naviga- tion team is an important part of BAIN- BRIDGE ' s crew of hard-charging profes- sionals. QMC James P. McHugh QM2 Calvin ). Krone QM3 Bernard F. Lemanski QM3 Christopher K. McCary QMSA Daryl L. Thomas I