Chandler (DDG 996) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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s 2 D I V I S I O N MS MESS SPECIALIST MSC (SW) JACKSON S-2 DIVISION LCPO MSC (SW) CLAUDIO S-2 DIVISION LCPO The Food Service Division provided three square meals each day for 350 sailors and midnight rations for late night watchs- tanders. In addition to the daily meals, Sunday steak cookouts and Saturday night surprise snacks for the crew while they tried their luck and BINGO, were prepared by the Mess Management Specialists. In fact, the following is a list of several items CHANDLER ' S 350 sailors devoured during our 6 month deployment; 4,500 loaves of bread, 8,100 eggs, 12,000 pounds of chicken, 1,200 pounds of coffee, 7,560 gallons of milk, 3,240 pounds of butter, 2,880 pounds of bacon, and over 15,000 sweet rolls. Under the guidance of MSC Jackson, the Food Service Division changed the cycle menu in an effort to offer healthy menu choices for those sailors who wanted to watch their cholesterol intake or their waist line. We are proud to say that after our six month deployment, the Food Service Division returned CHANDLER sailors in a healthier state. SUPPLY FOOD SERVICE DIVISION 71