Bowen (FF 1079) - Naval Cruise Book

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Individuality Showing style Every day, in thou- sands of different ways, BOWEn sail- ors showed it. Their own touch, their own mark. «, ;; RICHARD LITTLEt ' lELD. lar lett. stands nlliccr of the deck watch in Malaga. Spain, itholograph by rC2 Christopher.) Qn3 TERRY SCHMEISER. left, points the sig- nal light on the port bridge wing toward the setting Mediterranean sun. (Photograph by tIMC Quarm.i Throughout Med cruise 5- 87, the crew of USS BOWEM showed style. Individuality is not always easy to maintain in a military organization. Conformance is often the key to survival. But BOWEN sailors refused to give up their identity. In staying the same, they somehow remained differ- ent. Maybe that ' s what made this cruise different. It ' s that certain flair that is the result of personality. It ' s style, wit and individuality. It ' s the crew of USS BOW- EM. As they completed the six month deployment, BOWEN sailors showed their own style everywhere they went. tC3 LARRY MCCONBS. far left, sleeps on the deck of the mount for the flight deck A rrr cannon during a break from flight quarters. (Photograph by IC3 Bryson. I MR3 JOSEPH riEflLS. left, emerges on the fantail through a watertight scuttle. (Photograph by ICJ Bryson.) Flight Quarters M anup The refrain from the IMC be- came all too familiar: Tlight quarters, flight quar- ters for hot deck refueling. The smok- ing lamp is out on all weather decks. Refrain from throwing FOD over the side. Secure loose gear topside. All hands topside remove your covers. Unassigned personnel remain clear while the ship is at flight quarters. Whether manning a station on the bridge, in the helo tower, on the boat deck or on the flight deck, all person- nel responded to that familiar call, Flight quarters. fITFn DA 1 1 EL PETERSOn and EH Tommy Beard, left, are manned and ready for flight quarters. (Photograph by ICJ Bryson.) Introduction

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MMJOLEnMORRICE. right, relaxes for a moment while standing watch in Auxiliary Machinery Room I. iStafI photograph.) EM2 DA VID SMITH, far right, takes a t,. break from touring the ancient Roman ruins of Ferge. Turkey. ( Photograph b IC3 Bryson. I BELOW. LTja REriAn Rojo (far left I Ens Clark Buschmann (second from left), and EnS Mohamed Aouam ond from right) pause for a soda nea, a marina in nice. France. (Staff photo graph.) u ' i « LTJO KATHLl:En MURRAY and l.T (iuy Zanti. above, shop the street.s ot Villc- tranche, France. L TJO Murray is the food seiy ices officer of USS Yellowstone (AD- 41). (Staff photograph.) Marry me, 5 7 Vous Flait It was a match made in . . . well, the U. S. Naval Academy. On a warm summer evening in Villefranche, France, LTJQ Kathleen shipmen while attending the naval Academy. In addition to an old-fashioned marriage proposal, LT Zanti also used You are directed to report to the U. S. naval Academy on 7 May 1988 for duties as Guy ' s wife. Murray, food services officer on USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-41), received an official looking set of orders. You are directed to report to the United States naval Academy on 7 May 1988, the orders read, fordutiesasQuy s wife. Guy is LT Guy Zanti, BOWEMS op- erations officer. He initiated the orders as a unique way to propose to LTJG Murray while both ships were moored together off the coast of Villefranche. The two naval officers met as mid- semaphore, through SMSA JefFery Reigh, to propose on Bowen ' s signal bridge. Trom the opposite side of the signal bridge, where LTJO Murray was standing, came the reply T accept, also in semaphore. Making the most of an unusual op- portunity — his ship moored along- side hers — the future husband and wife spent much of their time together riding bicycles along the southern coast ol fiance. Introduction

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L T JOSEPH ZA VODriY and L TJQ Jeffery Knight, below middle, wai- ting for a liberty boat on the ship s fantail in Villefranche, France. (Photograph by LT Jurewicz.) OSSA KEiy MEAGhER. OS2 John George and OSSn Geoffrey Bish- op, below, spent a day touring the neighboring town of nice. France. (Photograph by EC2 Nillin.) v w, S OJ hEVin DAVIS and STG3 AMS3 DOUG CAnGLEY and AEI Tom Smith left. rela. at a french Dennis Dishncr. above, walk the cafe in l icc, France. (Photograph by STG2 Johnson.) streets of Villefranche while ■.tandinii slioic p.itiol dtit} . om.inh In li IV Mien I 8 iihcrty Call