Conolly (DD 979) - Naval Cruise Book

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RM1 Larry E. Lukehart RM2 Ronnie Bracy RM2 Darnell Cheeks RM2 Antonino Drago RM3 S Michael A. Clyborn RM3 Patrick D. Conlon RM3 Arthur W. Gant RM3 ,S Paul Jenkins RM3 David R. Koontz, Jr RM3 David P. Pletcher Man, I can ' t even get an oper- ator! It takes a special breed to be a communicator; upon departure from homeport, Radiomen are underway until RTHP, including port visits to other countries and even within CONUS. Inport 3 section rotation means a 24 hour watch without Mid-rats. During MED RED NORLANT ' 94 Conolly Radiomen made over 750,000 copies, processed over 5,500 outgoing messages and approx. 66,000 ncoming messages, of which over 24,000 were ad- dressed specifically to CONOLLY, used over 150 diskettes and continuously monitored an average of 17 communications circuits daily.

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01 DIVISION 0S3 Todd J. Treat 0S3 Joshua P. Bartz 0S2 James W. Mayor 0S2 Daniel J. Pletcher OSSA George B. McDaniel OSSN Diallo J. Greer OSSN Caliph J. Robertson OSSA Michael K. Terrell OSSN Chalker OSSR Jonathan F. Burnett From All departments make prepara- tions for getting underway ' till Moored, Shift Colors. Combat is plunged into a dark world of blue and green lights. The eyes and ears of the ship, CIC personnel track contacts, plot courses and intercepts, calculate target ranges and bearings, engage enemy con- tacts and monitor numerous communi- cation nets. Boarding operations in the North Red Sea were an especially busy time for CIC ' s Operation Specialists. They main- tained tracks and bearings in the busy, commercial transit lane, queried cargo vessels, controlled the Task Group helos and kept the Captain advised of the HUGE surface picture. ' Look! Quick! We can cross departmental boundaries! 15

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DIVISION SM2 |SA James G. Call SM3 Donald D. Baker SM3 Edward C. Dedreux SM3 Irron D. Ervin SMSN Keith S. Gopsill Greg and Tony hangin ' out SMSA Moses A. Jackson SIGS He ' s thinkin ' What ' s next? What the h was that? Being a Signalman is an art- form. First, you get to learn how to draw all the letters and numbers with your body, to read and send morse code with lights, identify ships by their silhouette and country by flag, tie lines and paint a lot. Signal- men are responsible directly to the Officer of the Deck for all contacts in visual range. They must be able to identify them and then communicate visu- ally using international codes. The shipping lanes through the Red and North Seas gave CONOLLY Signalmen LOTS of practice! No Formal Pics: RM1 ,SWI Scott H.Bell SM1 ,SW Mark Lent RMSN Cedric C. Edwards RMSA Damien J. Moore 1,2, 3. GET IM! Above (left to right, front to back): RM1 (SW » Bell is at- tacked by RM3 Theis, RM2 Cheeks, RMSN Edwards, RM1 Lukehart, RM2 Drago, RM3 Conlon, RM3 ,SWI Clyborne, and RM3 Koontz. I ' ll bet you next time he ' ll listen when we say it ' s time for Liberty Call !