Butte (AE 27) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 118 of the 1996 volume:

nana U.S. NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION 701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE.. N.W. SUITE 123 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004-2608 V Table of Contents Commanding Officer...................................... Executive Officer....................................... CMC Chaplain.........................................4 Department Heads........................................ CPO's............................................... a 1st Class PO's.........................................9 2nd Class PO's......................................... Divisions.............................................. 3rd Class PO's........................................19 Poetry...............................................31 COISREP VERTREP......................................38 Ship's Picnic........................................43 Divisions............................................50 Teamwork............................................6 0 CO's Farewell.......................................6 4 Port Visits..........................................65 Divisions............................................81 Holmes..............................................8 6 Seaman's Div..........................................8 8 MWR night..............................................9 7 Port Visits........................................100 Signs, Signs, Signs...................................10 4 Homecoming.........................................106 Who's Who..........................................HI Layout.............................................112 =3 - 1 Commanding Officer COMMANDER DAVID P. SMITH, ESN Commander Smith of Middletown, Rhode Prior to assuming command of BUTTE, Island, graduated from the University of Commander Smith served as an instructor in Rhode Island. He completed a master's the Command Training Department at Surface degree at the University of Illinois and was Warfare Officers School Command, Newport, commissioned through Officer Candidate Rhode Island. He holds subspecialty School. designations in English, Operational Commander Smith's assignments at sea Logistics, and Education and Training include tours as Damage Control Assistant Management. and First Lieutenant on USS BLAKELY (FF- Commander Smith's decorations include 1072), Ship Control Officer on USS DE WERT the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy (FFG-45), Operations Officer on USS MOUNT Commendation Medal with Gold Star, and BAKER (AE-34), and Executive Officer on USS Navy Achievement Medal with Gold Star. SURIBACHI (AE-21). He served two tours as Commander Smith is married to the an instructor in the Department of English at former Karen Ann Emery of Middletown, the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Rhode Island. They have one son, Kevin. Executive Officer LCDR JENNIFER BROOKS. USN LCDR Jennifer Brooks is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. She reported to her first ship the USS AJAX (AR-6) serving as Electrical Officer, DCA and MPA. She served as Recruiting Officer for Naval Recruiting District, San Diego, CA., and then as Operations Officer for the USS MARS (AFS-1) which participated in Desert Shield Desert Storm. LCDR Brooks served as Department Head Instructor at Surface Warfare Officer School, Newport RI and was sent to Italy and Croatia as part of Joint Task Force Provide Promise, part of logistics planning cell for proposed troop movement into Bosnia. In May 1995, she reported as Executive Officer to USS BUTTE. LCDR Brooks comes from a distinguished Navy family - her father is a retired Navy Captain (aviator) and her grandfather, an LDO during WW II is a retired Commander. COMMAND MASTER CHIEF LT LEILA HAVADTOY Chaplain Leila Havadtoy received her Bachelors of Arts in Government and International Relations from Smith College and her Masters of Divinity from Yale University. As a theological student, she served as a Chaplain Candidate Program Officer at Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA; Naval Air Station Miramar, and NETC Chapel, Newport RI. After attending Chaplains School in Newport R.I., she briefly served as a reserve chaplain at Subbase Groton, CT, before coming on active duty as the Command Chaplain of USS BUTTE in April 1994. COMMAND CHAPLAIN MMCM(SW)J.L. EtmBOM DEPARTMENT LEADERS LCDR Alabata Aviation LT Pendergrass Chief Engineer LT Lee Operations LT Vaults Deck LT Fallon Supply LT Burnet Aviation LT Burton Aviation LT Carlson Aviation LT Havadtoy Ship's Chaplain LT Hoover 1st Division LTJG Co wen Operations LT Glenn Aviation LT Mantz Aviation LT Sliski 2nd Division LTJG Fowler DCA LT Meilinger SWAP LTJG Page Administration LTJG Meron Bos'n LTJG Salonga Disbursing LTJG Sharum Fire Control EW CWI3 Gaver Aviation LTJG Brightwell RAS Division CW04 neri MPA m 1 1 l 1C Cooley MACM Hickey ETC Davis • ■—w ENC Kearny OSC Lonergan SKC Poindexter MM1 Alston MSI Anderson SMI Barton IC1 Bernstlne EMI Bingcang EMI Boothe OS1 Boone BM1 Buzard BM1 Cleveland MM1 Creeron PHI Debolt MR1 Duley BM1 Ellis HM1 Faulkenburg SHI Flecha EH1 Fuller FC1 Gonzales RM1 Holly QM1 Jackson YH1 Johnson SHI Jones EH1 Hyde BM1 Lewis BT1 Mathew GMG1 McClain 9 FC1 Shaw ET1 Waters EMI Wolfe DK1 Otto AT2 Ahearn EM2 Allison BT2 Andrews ET2 Arndt HM2 Beatty RM2 Boykin BM2 Bullock SH2 Castro HT2 Chaplin BM2 Cook BM2 Davis OS2 Dean DC2 Delaney EM2 Drozdzowski BM2 Guthrie rmmmmm ET2 Hahn BM2 Hamilton AM2 Hawkins EM2 Hofer MM2 Jackson OS2 Hohnson HT2 Johnston Baugh SM2 Kelley EM2 Kozlowski BT2 Kiss BM2 Kemper OS2 Knecht BT2 Lecuyer BM2 Lucas MM2 Minatelll ET2 Moses ET2 Parish BT2 Phillips EN2 Roof MM2 Strong MS2 Stull BM2 Sutton MM2 Thiel EM2 Inline k MS2 Wapples BT2 Washington GMG2 Wells IC2 Wilkes BM2 Woulard AT2 AM2 PR2 AZ2 AE2 ET3 Acevedo IC3 Burdine MM3 Babcock MM3 Beattie IC3 Breneman BM3 Brock SM3 Bighum HM3 Brown EW3 Black OS3 Burger EM3 Campbell GMG3 Gomez MM3 Greenwalt EM3 Graham BM3 Gray RM3 Grier BM3 Groeniger HT3 Haskell HT3 Hart MM3 Hassey SK3 Hays MM3 Hempstead HT3 Hochhalter SK3 Hubbard ET3 Johnson PH3 Jones HT3 Jones GMG3 Jones MR3 Junkin RM3 LePage GMG3 Mahoney RM3 Malone OS3 McDowell MS3 Putzig DC3 Havarre GMG3 Horth IC3 Ramirez HT3 Ross HT3 Sanchez FC3 Seals 11T3 Scott YN3 Simmons BM3 Spencer ET3 Sutton DK3 Tapia BM3 Toney BM3 Talarskl IC3 Tran BM3 Villafrade BM3 Wandry BT3 Washington BT3 Washington BM3 Washington FC3 Whitton ET3 Wilbanks OS3 Williams - 17 Uif HC-6 DET OISE We don't really know where the ship is . . The only low rider helo with the crew. 'Where is the helo?' This is not a drill' breath and I can't 7 hate paperwork! ■m MMFN Luebbers MMFN Sullivan MMFN Thurmond FIY Turnis FIS Vyfhuis MMFN Shea BTFR Long FIS Mendoza MMFN Wilburn FA Lotshaw FIS Wilhuite We are the EOD's, Extra Ordinary Dudes now, which string do I pull? 4 J AIR 0P5 WEEK' 6-°movs5, SIOONtlLA ' EDonue-G ucb EODnu8oei5 UAlo' « I x E-DIV Beem me up Scottie This is us What? This one .... sure? Ask us anthing, we're smart In THE DAYS GONE BY We try to find our way home But in a hole sniPES dilemma I FinD THAT WE ARE ALL ALOnE Deep Down in the belly of the big steel gray beast BABYSITTinG OUR PUMPS, GAUGES, BOILERS, AnD EnGinES Just wiSHinG for a FRiEnD M-DIV What? Oh, Hi Mom I'm kinda like stuck W mpV 24 I v' i, o 2 0 Who said that MM's aren't patriotic? Drain can't touch these pipes Hey you guys, this is the wrong hose. Slaves to commitments Chained and beaten by the heat But having faith in justice Never knowing the meaning of defeat So WE CONTINUE OUR BATTLES For some they never end Only a pause in the action Cold iron, once again I'm not napping! s Butte Fire Fighter's Plummers R-DIVISIOIS Striking for a new rate A-DIVISIOn A-Division Workhorses I think we have a small leak . . . don't worry. Tfg. I'm doing my job . . . observer O.K. take my picture. Listen. . We are trying to conduct training. no! Nol no! . . I don't have the mid HC-6 MOGAS Crew B I know where I am, I know where I could have been had I done what I did not do. Tell me friend, what can I do today to be where I want to be tomorrow, -Author Unknown Guns firing throughout the night Somewhere in this world there is a fight Between some people with different views A military takeover say the evening news So we gather in our steel ships Quartermasters map out the route To the opposing forces We are a United States naval Battle Group On a six month mission To where many may have gone before To land on the beaches of a foreign shore Day after day night after night Early reveille on February 24, homeport in sight Manning the rails, as we turn the hook Another Chapter completed in the Butte's story book As The Day Does Pass As the days pass by, I often wonder how time does fly! The days they flow as the winds upon the sea. Bringing us closer to what was meant to be! The night bring the scent of passions and glee. As I sit under this old oak tree! t watch a bird take flight you see. What would it be like to be so free! To glide upon a gentle breeze; Just imagine and you will see! To watch the world go around and around. Oh so profound! As I sit between my shady tree, I think about you and me! We said hello and then goodbye. See you again tomorrow night! We walked along a moonlit path. With great hope that it would last! Not just last but grow to be. True love between you and me! -Robert Mattingly The Last Act I sit alone on an empty stage. Sitting on a bare wooden stool. I wait for my audience. But no one comes. I have acted for many years. Making people laugh. Making people cry. Making people furious,. People are tired of my monologue. have finished acting out of my life. -Swank Where are you now I wish I knew A question that lingers The days were few Where did you go Why did you leave And where was I when you needed me I lost the chance to tell you good-bye to tell you love you to comfort your cries wish you were here here by my side But I lost that wish the day you died. -Teresa Hardy I was here so long made so many friends But that time is gone that time now ends So this is what ask one last request of thee Remember the good, the bad, the happy, and yes the sad But most of all remember me -Justin Rental Burton Flint VERTREP with USS Saturn. CONREP VERTREP Boatswains Mates can barely contain their excitement at the thought of another COISREP. 38 COIHREP VERTREP Keeping the USS Normandy's gun loaded. All Right! My turn. Anonymous crewman dashes to safety —G Darnit Boat's!! We're waiting for you Ship's Picnic 44 In your face So what do yo think, MPA? Give me the bail! Curiosity makes people eat. sa Once-in-a-while, nature rewards us with a beautiful day. Butte sailors take advantage of the moment. K My pleasure to serve you. SALES DIVISION Receiving the goods. Ms. Salonga getting a style by SHSN Muckle . I SHI working overtime The big dogs putting their heads together SUSIS Denson working on the pressures in laundry. SG3 Zapata and SA Griffin filling the soda machines up. Butte's Post Office BUTTE's Post Office is an essential part of the crew's welfare. It provides a link between family and crew while they receive services which are professional and flawless. During their service in the Mediterranean, the Postal Clerks have handled approximately 129,418 pounds of incoming and outgoing mail and managed $79,120 in stamps and money order sales. Postal audits and inspections are never less than outstanding while the quality of service is never less than perfect. PCI Gonzales' experienced supervision together with SIY Hernandez's assistance enforced the reputation of the Post Office's excellence. Their training of proper procedures for packaging and mailing articles demonstrated their concern for crew's mail. Working as much as 18 hours per day was not unusual and providing mail for other ships was also routing. PCI Gonzales ensured that all regulations were enforced and many times went out of his way to manage mail. The recommendation of mail call inspired the crew's morale to keep going and many times crewmembers furnished a helping hand bringing mail onboard. The Post Office provided special services; Certified, Registered, and Insured Mail. Money orders were sold ensuring the crew paid necessary bills or sending money home when mail was prepared at a moments notice to allow going out a day earlier. All mail that came in was monitored and surveyed to provide information for efficiency of the mail system. PCI Gonzales and SN Hernandez offered superb mail service available to everyone onboard and to the Fleet. It was more than just a job providing stamps, it was the ultimate satisfaction serving YOU! 53 ffivulD PCI hard at work. ■ iBT mm Storekeeper I ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ OPERATIONS 56 QM1 Jackson charting course for Augusta. Roger, don't bother me. I'm trying to work. Three different ways to wave. Disbursing If we are all here - who's in the Disbursing Office? No mon.., no fun - Too bad, we're sad! I may be gone But do not fear. For in your heart I’m always near. Do not worry. She will protect me. She will guide me home. My cold and heartless wife the sea. She will always bring me home. When I set sail I bring you with me. Your warmth and love are here. She will guide me, and protect me. She will bring me home. She is eternal She is the sea And she will bring me home. - Lee Waters Good weather calls for a cup of coffee cookies. r- — BUTTE MONTEREY discussing business over coffee. Elvis on tour - XO showing him around. Fair Winds, Following Seas To the Crew of Butte: I suggested that we call this volume Crew's Book, because it belongs to you. The work you did, the watches you stood, the ammunition you moved, the cargo you delivered, are all represented here. The book would not be possible without the people who made its contents meaningful. It is also appropriate because the memories that stay with you the longest will be those of the Sailors you served with. Long after the liberty stories, the bad weather, and the fatigue of this journey are forgotten, you will remember, above all else, your shipmates. I hope that the future affords you the rest and comfort you deserve, and quiet moments in which to reflect on the contents of this book. I also hope it offers you the opportunity to succeed at any challenge you chose to accept. Fair winds to you all. D. F. Smith Commanding Officer Strike the pose . . . Vogue Ship’s laundry did it again, sir! We're not worthy pigeons, we're not worthy Butte's Fry Guys Hey HM1 we're pushing more fluids! Warm weather, numerous palm trees. Will the real DAPPA candidate please stand up. 66 Under Construction Who wants an early out? Pick me. Pick me! TCFW (Too Cool For Words) Rota, Spain Christmas Okay, Weeks, Look me in the eyes and say that. Mrs. Hoover, the award winning limboist. Party Hey, no flash photogtraphy. WMHMi l-l Try to pick-up the beer w o using your hands. BM3 having a swinging singles night out. Just say cheese. t m Hatfields McCoys - together at LAS Meanwhile, another dare devil. Boys night out! 'Sweet C n Mr. Chad Pi, Talent Night Air DETS hitting the high notes BMCS Helsel and MM3 Willoughby rocking the house. If Alarm Sen Evacuate B Jc Call Fire Dept mocnumax i Teamwork saves livesI Couch Chaplain driving Satan out of RP3 Cutler. Burnermen working toegether to light Fire in the boiler Boatswain's World BM2 Morgan taking CO crew to shore. LTJG Meron racing back to Butte w supplies. —_________- ___________, SSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSS Lavigne Robinson hiding from BM1 O RDANAN CE BM1 Cleveland taking charge S Y Amend showing off his forktruck skills. ©trituarp GARY LEON HOLMES, JR. was born December 4,1974, to the union of Vanessa and Gary Holmes in Cleveland, Ohio. Gary received his education in the Cleveland Catholic School System. He attended Bedford Heights High his senior year and received his High School Diploma June, 1993. Gary submitted to Christ at an early age. Gary, affectionately Known as Jr. or Holmes, liked to paint and listen to music because it helped him to relax. He enrolled in the United States Navy after his graduation from High School on November 3, 1993. Gary leaves to cherish his memories: his loving mother, Vanessa Parker and stepfather, Theodore; a devoted father, Gary Holmes, Sr. and stepmother, Faye; two affectionate sisters, Te'ona and Shanelle; three protecting brothers; Douglas, Edward and Te'Ron; stepbrother and sister, Jason and Jamille Peterson; three nurturing grandmothers: Eula Mitchell, Ruthie M. Holmes and Tommye Stuodermire; two devoted grandfathers, Henry R. Stoudermire and Rufus Mitchell; a loving great-grandmother, Mary Persons; two aunts, Terrie and Felicia Holmes; two uncles, Donnie and Henry; a special friend and fiancee, Schaqueeta from New Jersey; many nieces, nephews, a host of cousins, friends and acquaintances. Humbly Submitted, The Family Our loved one lives in our hearts Gary's tender memories will soften our grief, our fond recollections will bring us relief We will find comfort and peace in the joy of knowing the love that Gary brought us. Time and space can never divide or keep us from our loved one's side. When memory fades, and years go by, no matter what, we'll still remember Gary Leon holmes, Jr. -From the Family- re=. w SIS Ad der I y SA Agar an S Y Amend SIY Anderson SA Arocho SA Anstin SIS Baird SR Barnharte SR Boone SA Bonilla SR Bouchard SIS Brown SIS Burton SIS Burris QMSA Carr SR Crane SR Davidson SA Darling SA Davis SA Deffinbaugh SIS Denson SR Elliot SA Grant SA Fleming SR Flint SIS Graham SR Greco SR Hall SIS Hammel SR Hansbury SR Hasse SR Heath FCSIS Hernandez YISSIS Himchak SR Heckler SR Hodges SA Holmes GMGSA Humphries SA Jacobs SIS Jones SA Johnson SR Johnson SIS Lang SR Larke SIS Lavinge SIS Lawson SR Lewis SR Magill SIS Manipon SA Mathis SA McCosh GMGSIS McGowan SA McCoy SA McLaughlin SR Montag SIS Muckle SIS Myrice YISSA ISorrts SR ISoyce S l Pena SA Prasada SIS Rayburn SA Razukiewicz SR Richardson SA Robinson SIISIS Ruiz SA Sabellico SR Samolinski SR Sivells SA Thompson SA Speight SIS Starnes SIS Suzor SIS Swank SA Thomspon SR Turner SIS Waters SA Wingfield OSSR Williams GMGSA Wojdyla SIS Wochner SA Zadrozny SR Spiess SIS Mattingly I can't wait for the brow to go down. Of course we know what we're doing! Who said he could wt r nth me? Fun in the sun. MM3 Willoughby, Symons Graham - Manufacturing parts for the pallet truck. MM1 Nu'usolia MM3 Daniels reinstall the brake system for the pallet truck. 94 MM2 Wyatt Earp busted gang skating. EM2 Tullock MMFlY Vyfhnis relaxing. TEAMWORK - Forktruck shop always working together. WALAWOflTM rvHUSHING COMPANY MaHCIUNK M1MOVRI Flint and gang-anticipating the ne. France Admiral DeGrasse Mahoney Agaran w French sailors enjoying the Parade luncheon. Clean-up at Little Sisters - Suzor, Nuusolia, Stull 102 Italy Homeward Bound 'R Div showing pride for their rate. Gunner Ordnance Gang proudly displaying their homecoming banner. 11, ,.11.—mmmm The Snipes - making a statement of their hours of steaming. BUTTE greeting families friends. i Friends Sr Families await their loved ones. HOMECOMING 107 108 EM3 Lotshaw happy to hold his son. LT Wade holding his bundle of joy. Sweet ' M2 Kemper escorts his wife son onboard, LU COB CO Sailor gining his wife a rose. BM3 Toney happy to see his daughter and wife. THE END! Time For A Change Shipmates: It's time to move on. We were destine to meet on board the USS BUTTE. Our mission on board is completed. It is time for our paths to seperate. If we don't meet again; this meeting was meant to be. If our paths encounter one another; we shall sitdrinkfeast and reminisce of past times. MMl(SW) Piu'usolia Special Thanks: LT Havadtoy RP3 Cutler Crew members for pictures Walsworth Pub. Co. j 0399 1007 Wfilswortb