Chandler (DDG 996) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY USS CHANDLER (DOG 996) FPOAP 96662-1268 IN REPLY REFER TO: 09 January 1994 To the Officers and Crew of USS CHANDLER: Congratulations on your outstanding performance during our recently concluded deployment to the Arabian Gulf and Horn of Africa. You more than met the demands of an exceptionally tough assignment to one of the most volatile theaters of operation in the world. Demonstrating tremendous flexibility to a rapidly changing schedule, each and every one of you continually impressed me with your ability to get the job done, no matter how difficult. Whether conducting AAW picket duties off the coast of Iraq, interception and boarding operations to enforce U.N. trade sanctions, surveillance operations, or air traffic control services for logistics flights in and out of Mogadishu, you carried out every mission flawlessly. Crewmembers from every department contributed to the successful CHANDLER team effort. The Engineers got us to where we needed to go on-time everytime. This included a no-notice 30 knot transit from Iraq to Somalia. Operations and Combat Systems departments provided reliable communications, superb command, control and surveillance capabilities and an impressive weapons suite available on a moment ' s notice to respond to any contingency. Navigation personnel safely guided us across three oceans, through numerous straits, channels and shallow waterways in the course of our 43,000 mile journey. Deck division and other topside watchstanders professionally and expertly completed countless sea details, anchorings, moorings, at-sea replenishments, small boat operations, and flight quarters evolutions. Supply department provided us the repair parts and materials necessary to keep our systems up and on-line, even when far away from normal logistics support facilities. The continually excellent meals and hotel services helped maintain high crew morale throughout the deployment. Hopefully, this cruisebook will help capture the memories of our operations at sea and your successful efforts as ambassadors of goodwill during port visits overseas. It has been my pleasure and honor to serve as your Commanding Officer. Sincerely, Vincent iX Andrews Commandeir; U.S. Navy

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FAMILIES

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COMMANDING OFFICER A native of Plainview, New York, Commander Andrews graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Oceanography. He was commissioned as an En- sign in November 1974. Commander Andrews has served at sea in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. His initial tour was as Damage Control Assistant and then Navigator in USS MOUNT BAKER (AE-34). Commander An- drews next afloat tours were as Operations Officer in USS BUCH- ANAN (DDG-14) and then Operations Officer for COMDESRON SEVEN. He later served as Executive Officer in USS CUSHING (DD-985). Commander Andrews assumed command of USS CHAN- DLER (DDG-996) in February 1993. Commander Andrews ' tours of duty ashore in addition to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. California, where he earned a Mas- ters degree in Management, included tours as CRUDESPAC Place- ment Officer in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington D.C.; Student Naval War College, Newport R.I.; and Head, Surface Man- power Requirements Branch (OP-393) in the Office of Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare, Washington D.C. Commander Andrews awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, four awards of the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal. OMMANDER VINCENT JOHN ANDREWS COMMANDING OFFICER USS CHANDLER DDG-996 COMMAND COMMANDING OFFICER AT SEA