Bowen (FF 1079) - Naval Cruise Book

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Introduction 5

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Earning it l y o matter what 1 1 week, no matter L 1 what time of day, no matter what evolution they are involved in, one thing is certain about Bowens sailors: they earn their pay. Whether responding to the call of night quarters, standing a long mid- watch, operating a tem- peramental piece of equipment, or perform- ing routine maintenance, Bowen sailors earn their pay every day. For some, the call to duty is unusually de- manding. Members of the flight deck crew, for ex- ample, could be required anosm KEnriETti bko it abo c. mans his general qti.ii tcrs slalion in launcli cjpLiin control station ILCC5I durinq OQ. (Starf plwtograplh) to respond every two hours throughout the night in order to land the helo, refuel It, and have it back in the air as quickly as possible. Tor others, the chal- lenge Is to ward off the complacency that can set In when the watch routine becomes . . . well, rou- tine. But regardless of the particulars of any given shipboard job, one fact rings clear concerning Bowen sailors; they re earning It. liiliuduLtioi)

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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