Barnstable County (LST 1197) - Naval Cruise Book

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Esm-.,.', LCDR Murray FIRST ROW: RC3 Aguilar, SN Ferrell, YN3 Miller. SECOND ROW: RlNl3 Taylor, LCDR Murray, PN2 Daniel- Exeeutfifve O f fileer LCDR Murray is a deparfmenf unfo himself. He covers fhe billefs of Nav- igaror ancl Rersonnel Officer as vvell as Executive Officer. AsSiSf9Cl lf' his dufies by the infamous X Division, he srays abreast of fhingS while keeping everyone else on Their foes. A man of many hafs, hiS conning cap vvifh The briney green gold frim is his favorife. 5

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COMMANDER JOE L. BELL Commander Joe L. Bell was born in Broken Bow, Okla- homa and is a graduaTe of The UniversiTy of Oklahoma. Upon graduaTion he immediarely reporfed To The des- Troyer USS CHARLES S. SBERRY CDD-6972. Following a Three year Tour, he reporTed To The U.S. Naval Sub- marine School aT New London, ConnecTicuT. AfTer graduafing from Submarine School, Commander Bell reporTed To The USS BUGARA CSS-3312 in San Diego, California. AfTer qualifying in submarines, he reporTed To The Navy Nuclear Bower School, Mare lsland, Calif- ornia. l-le reporfed in December, i964 as a member of The precommissioning crew of The USS GUARDFlSl-l ISSN- 6121, aT New York Shipbuilding CorporaTion, Camden, New Jersey. ln AugusT, l967, Commander Bell was ordered To The STaff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific FleeT in Bearl l-larbor and served There unTil March, I 970. ln May, 1970, Commander Bell reporfed as Engineer To The USS DURHAM KLKA-77112. ln July l97l he assumed dufies as Execurive Officer during DURI-lAM's second WES TBAC deploymenf. ln SepTember l973, Commander Bell reporfed To STaff, Commander U.S. Naval Forces, SouThern Command in The Canal Zone. Commander Bell served as Plans Officer and Panama Canal 7'reaTy Liaison Officer on ThaT sTaff unTil January 1976. Commander Bell has been awarded The Navy Commenda- Tion Medal wiTh Two Gold STars in lieu ofa Third award.

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g LTJG C. Bough conn - combat: Staff just called and wants us To have a green deck in five minutes. combat - conn: Five minuTesl Why don'T They ever give us more Time? conn - sigs: Guad is flying Hotel and There's a helo in The air. sigs - conn: l-loTel one aT The dip. sigs, aye radio - conn: l3aTch lavender To The pilot house, combat and The flight deck. radio, aye combat - radio: All paTches made. How abouT radio checking with The flight deck. combat, aye conn - combat: The bird will make our deck in approximaTely Two mikes. flight deck - conn: How long before you're manned and ready? conn - flight deck: We have a green deck. sigs - conn: Hotel one close up. sigs, aye AnoTher normal day sTarTing ouT on The right foot aboard The Barn. We never goT The word ahead of Time, but we never failed To get The fob done on Time. This was The spiriT ThaT goT us Through Med Cruise '76, and Operations was responsible for geTTing The word ouT sTraighT. Although we left The States undermanned, Ol and OC divisions soon learned The meaning of standing TighT waTches. We compensated for our lack of manpower and began puTTing ouT consisTenTly reliable work from The sTarT. Throughout The cruise The hum of radios and The chaTTer of Te leTypes never ceased. The RM's processed The Traffic, The ET's kepT The gear working, and The SM's kepT a watchful eye Topside, molding TogeTher a viable Team of honest, hard working men. For Operations DeparTmenT, Med Cruise '76 is one ThaT we will long remember, noT for its sunny, relaxing liberTy ports buT for The hours and days and months of hard work and waTchsTanding at sea. Operations Department