Carr (FFG 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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RMS Gerfen anchor man on the Messenger RM3 Anders mulches classified material. RM2 Oliver advanced to 2ND Class. Line. LTJG Brown keeps the captain at ease with his abilities as Officer of the Deck. NOT UNbEii HERH KSPne. A rH0RCX(6H SgAROt of TWE S P, RMSN ♦40LL0WAY CoULb NOT BE fOUND... RM3 Glidden catches a cat nap. - ' k H|M Hi£iJ £,. Twelve on, twelve off - This is the life for me. 47

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OC Division Seated: LTJG Brown, RMC Zigler standing: RM3 Irizary, RM2 Bright, RM2 Ellis, RM2 Oliver, RM3 Glidden, RM3 Thomas, RMS Gerfen, RMSN Blackwell, RMSN HoUoway, RMSN Downing, RM3 Anders, RMl Harbers The Operational Communication the ship pulls into port. (OC) Division is comprised of the Ra- In times of emergency the American dioman, (RM ' S). They provide the com- Red Cross can send an Amcross mes- mand with the capability of exchanging sage to notify the command of a disaster J accurate, rapid, and secure information or illness in our families needed to re- with other commands. They are respon- sible for routing all incoming meessage traffic as well as processing outgoing traffic. If the operational necessity calls for a radio circuit to be brought up, it can be done in a matter of minutes. RM ' S also provide the ship with AP and UPI news to keep us in touch with the rest of the world and abreast of the latest sport scores while we are so far from home. The Radioman can provide personal services such as a Class E Messages. These are messages that are sent or received before lease a crew member on emergency leave.

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01 Division Seated: LTJG Jenkins, OSC Chambers kneeling: OSSN Cinnamon, OSl Standford, OSl Davis, 083 Thorton standing: 0S3 Loftus, EW2 Clairborne, EW2 Hollenbeck, EWSN Walford, 0S3 Hedges, 0S3 Heyrman, 0S3 Dombrowski, EWSN Barse, OSl Roeser, 0S2 Graves, 0S3 Faulstich, 0S2 Kentopp, EWl Bowman, 0S2 Hosbourgh, OSl Schoonmaker The Operations Intelligence Divi- sion is comprised of two of the most ex- citing and challenging rates in the Navy today, Operation Specialists and Elec- tronic Warfare Technicians. Tasked with the collection, Evaluation, Process- ing, Display and Dissemination of all Op- erational Data. OS ' S are not only respon- sible for tracking all contacts within the ship ' s search radars range, but they are also responsible for the safety of air as- sets under the Ship ' s Tactical Control, safety of Navigation of the Ship, and Ex- terior Voice and Data Communications with other units. OS ' S write numerous messages in support of the ship ' s opera- tion (Logistic reguests. Operation Sum- maries, and Maritime Reports). They are also responsible for a number of ship- board programs such as the Naval War- fare Publication Library (NWPL), Se- cret Control, Registered Mail, the Mili- tary Cash Award Program(MILCAP), Training Schools and Command Assess- ment Readiness and Training(CART), Plan of the Week(POW), Combined Federal Campaign, Combat Systems Team Training(CSTT), Personnel Qual- ification Standards(PQS) Coordinator, and Temporary Assigned Duties Target (TADTAR). The EW ' S provide Electronic Sup- port Measures(ESM), which contributes to the identification of contacts not held visually. Utilizing ESM an aircraft can be located before it takes off of the run- way, giving the ship the reaction time it needs. ESM also furnishes the capability of tracking and targeting contacts over the horizon avoiding counter-detection. They man The Snoopy Detail, provide Emission Control (EMCON), and Coor- dinate Intelligence Data.