Carter Hall (LSD 50) - Naval Cruise Book

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. - . , Q . ., l f V ' 4 C n API4110, 2007 CARTER departed on a seven-rgonth mission called SURGE DEPLUYMENT 2007. 'The following objectives' Weredisseminaterl from fleet headquarters: g P 0 Support the Global War on Terror M Us Maintainflreedom ofthe Seas 'C 0 Promote Theater Security 81 Cooperation q l , N g U f ' 4' Y X v ' t AssigneQ1QPgr'f1ji1ig ilgiilixlllli-Set, Horn of Africa rlianxlllgearn lljggp-jig, 5,5 C: -- f A-- eb yn. D -get ' -E o 'iss-s'e'.f 0 aff1wv.f+,. 'An-ff - K f.,.fg-1 f Upon thlls'-l6I'dQi:F, sei? .sall foiQ:he World s finest Sarlors ' V- 1 . R-Ellifil s. 'I ' :V -Y Y lhhhllli. 9':..xl -vt-T. Q V A l ' on a solitary mlsslkin,1gtEansif'rng5oVeril55000,fnai1t1eal.n10es across 10 times zones, - ' 1 1 v' -Q '-'-. . :.- 'f- FSF ' ,fi , ' 115. - . touching three cont1i1ents?an' gthqlyigzgtfeis 'oil ftzwo, gE6H'lI!!aC6Ebl'lS.' All was not quiet, however. Piracy was rampant?'fQf1fL.tltgeQaSg:,Qi' Qeasggerghbngallay m Waters Where ancient 'wooden dhows frorn Indialplyitlieir HflH6T'WlfilZH:'Si1F0P!ElIlrliC1fS from Japan, the scourge of piracy forcing-mariners farther soultitii sea the height oil' mou- .soon season., Into these turbul'ent waters, CARTER her hardly crew were sent toire-estalllish freedoniifgthe seas. By directl the pirates UHDAMCA WHITE on 2'J1me1 2007:7CKRTER Y A A Q message W those who would dare h0141.h0StaE53gj,0n the. W l 'Y ' 5- W ' V . - RS:- cgN9t 0ll.IHy y.,- 5 I 'Q A. C ' 55? as

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, X w l 1 ,tn ' t that was just sr the next six ' the Sailors of the 6GlFightin9 e-lllrw would I on a J ourney that would e them from the tropical paradise old Sey- lles, through the strategic Strait of ll-lormuz to the thian Gulf, ln the oppressive heat of Augustpthey rld r7islt'gth2Teflodcsrert island kingdom of Bahrain, a dAonce.thfQQught to contain the Garden of Eden. And oss idrnlght Waite? the Emirates ol' the east, ,CallfcEffRarnadan'1ora5re5rfs would he heard heneath ,glittering inancial toWers,la,nggd,luXunry , penthous- 'lhroughoutnfthis Voyager the Sailors of R'l'lERllAlLL1woul cjhance goodwill with regional ions, maintain 'free 'omh.aofa the seas,t'land prosecute A -t A---fzk ' -- s 1 r light:agains1Eterr?ior,1lftJWould he a successful? mem -H hl'e'deployment. he ap deployment to he Ofc 4' ,gg 175551:-.f X S1 4 Eli ' '1- W ' 1+ are as g of .1 XAEP-GL5 1 Nfl--l,1A1g,,g'qF 'fiLi 2- off y- , , - , - .- ,- 1 -..- . , ,, - ,,,1 ,,-, , , 1 .'.I 1g, ,v,.-! boa ,L ',,t.,.-4 . p , N , vxsp.. fv,..., M ur A, ' - A jifg-:,', , ' fi-.V .s l l l- ---,iff s ap A , V 5, -4 , ', I 4 ..r, . 4 ' 1 , r- 1, -f A r 1 ,, , , . A ,xr Y. . , , , . 1. , 1 ,' Y , XY s x 1 snows f tx, X - ',L..w , . -- w- -' '