Chandler (DDG 996) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUPPLY DEPT. Lead by LT Verrastro and LTJG Wegner, the Supply Department consists of the following five divisions: Stores (S-1), Food Service (S-2), Ship ' s Store (S-3), Disbursing (S-4), and (S-Postal). Offering a wide variety of services, each of the divisions makes a major impact on the over all well being and morale of the crew. It goes without saying that the crew ' s morale sets the tempo for what the USS CHANDLER as a whole is capable of accomplishing during extended underway periods and ultimately on a six month Middle East and Somalia Deployment. Supporting the needs of both the command and the crew, the Supply Dep artment did an OUTSTANDING job this past deployment and is always ready for sea! LT VERRASTRO SUPPLY OFFICER LTJG WEGNER DISBURSING OFFI- CER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT 69

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o N D I V I S o N The modern navigator, who squares the root of A , Is doubtless very clever in his ultra modern way. He knows the sines and tangents, that A squared equals B , And XYZ is nothing until multiplied by C . He can prove by twisted angles that a circle is a square, A line is really nothing, never reaches anywhere. And believes he ' s born expressly to tell old sailors why God put the stars and planets in their places in the sky. By triggy rules he demonstrates The Skipper ' s just a fool, And over his deficiencies he ' ll pass the sliding rule. The Old Man doesn ' t worry, goes smiling on his way. Deriving consolation from the thoughts of yesterday. For the modern seaman ' s fathers sailed the oceans far and near When they hadn ' t Sperry gyros or patent steering gear; And the log, the lead and lookout played an all-important part When they did their navigation on a darned old Blueback chart. But the old men seemed to get there just as safely as today. With their prehistoric methods, in their prehistoric way. And the records left behind them, most indubitably tell That the modern navigator may be proud to do as well! — Author Unknown QM QUARTERMASTER J I iSW I w nil ILNBLRG ON IJIMSION l.PO OM; JOHNSON gM3 KiSliR QM.1 QUtYR.ANE QM3 ZIEMER 68 NAVIGATION DIVISION

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D I V I S I o N The Stores division manages a shipwide annual budget over $1 million. Their job entails ordering and issuing repair parts in an effort to keep every piece of equipment aboard CHANDLER operational. Throughout the Middle East Somalia deployment, close to 1,900 stock items were issues and an additional 600 were placed on order and delivered when CHANDLER pulled into liberty ports. The Stores division was without a Chief Petty Officer throughout the deployment, however, SKI Cramer ensured the division ran smoothly and every division aboard CHANDLER received 100% repair part support. STORE KEEPER SKI (SW) CRAME R S-1 DIVISION LPO SK2 BIGIIAM SK2 (SW) SMITH SK2 (SW) DALAMPAN SK3 PONSLER SN LESLIE 70 SUPPLY STORES DIVISION