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Let friend and foe alike know that America has the muscle to back up its words with ships like this and men like you are that muscle, ' ' President Ronald Reagan, to the crew of USS Constellation off the coast of California, August 20, 1981 . . At 9 am the frigate Constellation was launched . . . a better launch I never saw. The original VSS Constellation as she looks today. Those words were spoken by Captain Thomas Truxton on September 7, 1797, as the 38-gun frigate Constellation slid down the ways, launching a career which would span 157 years. Constellation was completed just in time, because in June of 1798, the United States became involved in her first naval war. The Quasi War, as the conflict with France was known, was largely Constella- tion ' s war. She fought and captured the 40- gun frigate L ' Insurgente. the fastest ship in the French navy. After her triumph over L ' Insurgente, Constellation scored her second victory of the war when she defeated the French war- ship La Vengeance in a bloody and violent five hour battle. Constellation fought with honor in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. In the 1840 ' s, Constellation became the first American warship to enter the inland wa- ters of China. During the Civil War, she helped break up the slave trade and served in the Mediterranean Sea protecting mer- chant ships. Constellation was decommissioned on June 28,1933, but was recommissioned as a national symbol on August 24, 1940 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Navy ' s treasured warship ended her com- missioned service on February 4, 1955. In July 1980, Constellation arrived at her per- manent berth in Baltimore, Maryland, where she remains afloat today as a remind- er of our nation ' s proud maritime history. 4 HISTORY lLATION CvA-64 NEW YORK NAVAL SHIPYARD IIKIYN NY. •s? - T ' 4. v . r ■- VrJ f 7 ' - t Si 1 ,-_L J LmSI F 1 i • t U; 1 r 4 r-t-i k Mrs. Christian Herder, ship ' s sponsor, prepares to christen USS Constellation during ceremo- nies held at New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, N.Y. A stellar record Like her famous namesake, the current USS Constellation (CV-64) has a long and proud record of service. Built at the New York Naval Shipyard as the sec- ond ship in the Kitty Hawk class of air- craft carriers, Connie has nearly 30 years of service which has seen her sail into harms way from Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam to the Gulf of Oman in the Indian Ocean. Commissioned Oct. 27, 1961, Constella- tion sailed west to her only homeport of San Diego in July of 1962. In Aug. 4, 1964, the American destroy- ers Maddox and Turner Joy were attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats in the international waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Constellation, visiting Hong Kong on a reg- ularly-scheduled port visit, set sail immedi- ately and began launching strikes against North Vietnamese vessels and bases. For the next eight years. Constellation would return to the South China Sea for a total of seven combat cruises, conducting air strikes against heavily-fortified North Vietnamese positions, engaging naval tar- gets and shooting down enemy aircraft. The first American aces of the Vietnam War, Lt. Randall Cunningham and Lt.j.g. Willie Driscoll of VF-96, flew off Constel- lation ' s flight deck. Their success came during the ship ' s seventh WESTPAC, and her sixth combat cruise. For her action in Southeast Asia, Con- stellation was awarded the coveted Presi- dential Unit Citation. In 1975, Connie was designated CV from CVA with the addition of the S-3A Viking and F-14A Tomcat. In 1982, Constellation celebrated her 21st birthday. Naval aviation had under- gone vast changes since 1961, and to keep up with those changes, Connie once again went into the yards for modernization. When she came out of Bremerton, Wash- ington in 1984, two weeks early and under budget, she had been modified to carry the Navy ' s new strike fighter, the FA- 18 Hor- net. From her birthplace at the New York Na- val Shipyard to her homeport of San Diego, from the troubled waters of the Gulf of Tonkin to the North Arabian Sea, Constel- lation has written an impressive record for the world to see. And it has been a stellar record! Connie under construction in the New York Naval Shipyard. HISTORY 5 Important dates in Connie ' s history Oct. 27, 1961 . . . Commissioned at New York Naval Shipyard. July 12, 1962 ... Departs New York to sail around Cape Horn to San Diego. Aug. 4, 1964 . . . Launches strikes in response to Gulf of Tonkin incident. Nov. 1, 1968 . . . Flew the last missions against North Vietnam before a bombing halt is de- clared. May 10, 1972 . . . Lt. Cunningham and Lt.j.g. Driscoll, flying off USS Constellation, become the first aces of the war by downing three MiGs in one day and five in four months. July 1, 1973 . . . Awarded Presidential Unit Ci- tation by President Nixon for Extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance of duty. Nov. 23, 1974 . . . Enters Persian Gulf while par- ticipating in MIDLINK 74, the first time an American carrier had been in those waters in 26 years. Jan. 31, 1975 . . . Departs San Diego for Bremer- ton to undergo extensive overhaul. July 1, 1975 . . . Redesignated CV from CVA, becoming a multi-use carrier with ASW capabilities. Oct. 15, 1980 ... Returns from 12th WEST- PAC. During that deployment, Connie set a rec- ord by spending 1 10 consecutive days on station in the Indian Ocean. Aug. 20, 1981 . . . President Reagan declares Constellation America ' s Flagship. Dec. 6, 1982 . . . Begins overhaul in Bremerton, Washington. Jan. 23, 1984 . . . Completes 14-month overhaul two weeks early and under budget, Feb. 21, 1985 . . . Departs San Diego for WEST- PAC, marking the first deployment with the FA- 18 Hornet. Sept. 24, 1986 . . . Becomes the first aircraft carrier to visit Anchorage, Alaska. Aug. 3, 1987 . . . Begins flying cover for escort of U.S.-flagged tankers through Persian Gulf. Constellation ' s irsr Commanding Officer Cap- tain T.J. Walker (center) cuts Connie ' s first birthday cake on Oct. 17, 1962. USS Constellation operates in the Gulf of Tonkin with her embarked Airwing in March 1973. 6 HISTORY Newly commissioned USS Con- stellation sails under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York Harbor en- route to San Diego in 1961. An F-4J goes to full throttle prior to catapult ojf Constellation while steaming on Yankee Station in Nov. 1971. HISTORY 7 uitmmimm  •; . .lr «t.  : 4 u L, - Jg ' V S : ; -- ;2 : 8 USS CONSTELLATION Battle Group Delta steams in formation in the Western Pacific during WESTAC ' 88-89 Operations Specialists track all air, surface and subsurface contacts. Signalmen visually communicate with other ships in the battle group using flashing light, signal flags and semaphore. constellation (kon ' ste la ' shen) n. 1. Astron. A stellar group. It is sometimes described as a city afloat. Its citizens, the more than 5000 men who comprise the crew and airwing. In many ways this is true. In order to operate as a mobile airfield, capable of de- ploying to the far corners of the globe, the aircraft carrier needs to be as self-sufficient as a small city. Everything from a complete medical center to a daily newspaper is contained below the busy flight deck. In addition to a desalinization plant to convert seawater to fresh water, you can find a printing plant, a weather bureau, machine shops, a dental clinic, post office, aircraft maintenance shops, laundry and dry cleaning facilities, a fire department, police force, bank and stores as well as two television stations. But a ship is more than just a city and sailors are definitely not just the average citizen. The hours are long and hard and frequent separations from family and friends are commonplace. Sailors have had to be more than a cut above, and Connie sailors in particular have proven themselves time and time again to be among the best in the universe. Constellation has a proud history of ser- vice to her country, and whether she is con- ducting carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California, or on station in the Indian Ocean, her crewmembers constant- ly live up to Webster ' s definition of the word constellation — a stellar group. USS CONSTELLATION 9 S-2 division folks work hard preparing more than 18,000 meals per day for Sailors aboard Constellation. Staffed with a complete Dental clinic. Dentists and technicians maker those smiles shine. Last minute checks ensure all operations go smooth and safe. Connie ' s barbers do their pan in keeping the crew looking sharp. 10 USS CONSTELLATION Deck crews repair a fuel hose for replenishment operations. Keeping Connie ' s aircraft in tip top shape is no easy chore for aircrew personnel. Flight deck crews work painstakingly to ensure flight ops go off without a hitch. Computers play a great role in everyday operations aboard Constellation. USS CONSTELLATION 11 An F-14A Tomcat prepares to launch off Catapult . FA-18 Hornets pass in review over Cy-64. 12 AIRWING FOURTEEN CARRIER AIR WING FOURTEEN The awesome bite behind Constella- tion ' s bark, Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14), is composed of nine squadrons of highly trained officers and enlisted men using the most advanced aircraft in the world. CVW-14 consists of two fighter and two strike fighter squadrons, one attack squadron, one airborne electronic warfare squadron, one air- borne early warning squadron, one fixed wing anti-submarine squadron, and one helicopter anti-submarine squadron. CVW-14 was established at Naval Air Sta- tion Miramar in July 1950 to meet the increas- ing demands placed upon aviation by the Ko- rean Conflict. In August 1964, while embarked in USS Constellation, CVW-14 conducted the first re- taliatory air strikes against North Vietnam. On 27 January 1973, CVW-14 squadrons flew the last combat sorties of the Vietnam Con- flict. In June 1973, CVW-14 became the first operational air wing to receive the F-14ATom- cat. During the spring of 1979, two U.S. Ma- rine Corps fighter squadrons joined the air- AIR WING FOURTEEN 13 AIR WING FOURTEEN wing team. This mariced the first time since World War II that two Marine fighter squad- rons comprised the fighter arm of a Navy air wing. Those two squadrons were eventually replaced by VF-21 and VF-154. CVW-14 deployed aboard USS Constella- tion on 21 February 1985 for the first oper- ational deployment of the FA- 1 8 Hornet and in 1987, while deployed in the Indian Ocean on Constellation, provided air cover for the first F-14A TOMCAT The F-14A Tomcat, the most sophisticated fighter in the world, is designed to protect the carrier battle group from hostile aircraft. The Tomcat is a twin engine, all weather aircraft capable of flying twice the speed of sound. It carries the air-to-air Phoenix, Sidewinder or Sparrow mis- siles and a 20mm Gatling gun. Fighter Squadrons 21 and 154, known as the Freelancers and Black Knights respectively fly the F-14A from Constellation. of many convoys of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. The Constellation CWW- 4 team is an ex- tremely valuable national asset which enables the United States to carry out its maritime strategy around the globe twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. CVW-14 is homeported at Miramar Naval Air Station, Miramar, California. E-2C HAWKEYE The E-2C Hawkeye is an airborne early warning and con- trol aircraft capable of carrying out patrol on the battle group perimeters in all weather. The propeller-driven E- 2C assess any threat from approaching enemy aircraft at ranges greater than 250 nautical miles. The E-2C is capa- ble of automatically tracking more than 600 targets and control more than 40 intercepts. The E-2C is flown from Constellation by Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squad- ron 113, known as the Black Eagles. EA-6B PROWLER The EA-6B Prowler is a four-seat all-weather aircraft. It is the only U.S. Navy aircraft built specifically for tactical electronic warfare. The aircraft ' s crew of four (one pilot and three electron- ic counter-measure officers) uses sensitive receivers and high power jammers in an effective combination to sup- port air strike and fleet operations by deceiving, degrading or completely suppressing the enemy ' s radars and radios. The sophisticated electronic equipment used by the EA- 6B make it one of the most expensive aircraft in the Air Wing. Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139, known as the Cougars, flies the Prowler from Constellation. 14 AIRWING FOURTEEN FA- 18 HORNET The FA- 18 Hornet is the Navy ' s newest strike fighter aircraft. It was first operationally deployed aboard Con- siellalion in 1985. The FA-18 is capable of flying nearly 500 miles inside an enemy ' s defenses, bomb targets, then fight its way back out. The FA-1 8 can be used in either the conventional fighter role or the ground attack role. The FA-18 is flown from Constellation by Strike Fighter Squadrons 1 1 3 and 25, known as the Stingers and Fist of the Fleet, respectively. S-3A VIKING The S-3 A Viking is used primarily for enemy submarine search and prosecution missions in the vicinity of the car- rier battle group. The aircraft provides an ideal balance of computer technology and antisubmarine systems which enable its crew of four to collect, process, interpret and store data. With an endurance of more than seven hours, the S-3A also provides the capability to locate and identify surface ships before they come within range of the battle group. The Viking is flown from Constellation by Air Antisubmarine Squadron 37, known as the Sawbucks. A-6E INTRUDER The A-6E Intruder is a low-level, high speed bomber, designed to deliver a variety of weapons on targets com- pletely obscured by inclement weather or darkness. With a two man crew, the Intruder can carry five 2,000 pound bombs or twenty-eight 500 pound bombs. In addition, the A-6E is capable of carrying the Harpoon anti-ship mis- sile. Attack Squadron 196, known as the Milestones, flies the A-6E from Constellation. The squadron also flies the KA-6D, the tanker version of the Intruder used for in- flight refueling of Constellation ' s other aircraft. SH-3H SEA KING The SH-3H Sea King is a gas turbine powered helicopter used in the primary role of carrier inner zone antisubmar- ine warfare. The SH-3H utilizes a unique variable depth dipping sonar, expendable sonobuoys and Magnetic Anomaly Detection equipment to detect enemy subma- rines. The Sea King has an on-station mission capability exceeding five hours and is airborne during all flight oper- ations. The SH-3H is flown from Constellation by Heli- copter Antisubmarine Squadron 8, known as the Eight- ballers. AIR WING FOURTEEN 15 rm ' iiiMnMrmms iii i m ' ' ' ' ' ' ' -- ' ' ' ' atin SRA October 13, 1987. For the crew of Constellation, it marked the last day of WESTPAC. But in the life of a carrier, the last day of deployment also marks the first day of preparations for the next one. After a short stand-down period, the ship embarked into an ambitious Selective Re- stricted Availability, or SRA. Work which could not be done while at sea was begun. Improvements, modifications and general painting and preservation was done by both ship ' s force and contractor personnel. By February, Constellation was in fine shape, ready for Refresher Training, INSURV and Carrier Qualifica- tions, all of which were a part of the countdown to the upcoming deployment. (Top) Paint was stripped from the bulkheads down to the bare metal. (Above right) Hard to reach places like the overhead in both hangar bays received a fresh coat of paint. (Above left) A crewmember touches up the underside of an angle iron to keep the space inspection-ready. (Right) Habitability improvements were a major project during SRA. 20 SRA REFTRA T • • ' ■' he more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. Refresher Training, or REFTRA as it is better known, offered Constellation a chance to prove her ability to fight. The grueling, two-week regimen included operational tests of ship ' s equipment, evaluation of Repair Locker capabilities and a complete check of the ship ' s ability to set material condition Yoke. Needless to say. Constellation faced every problem posed by Fleet Training Group, and came through REFTRA with flying colors. The teamwork developed during those two weeks would pay a big dividend for the ship a few short months later. (Left) The flight deck crew tests their ability to extinguish an aircraft fire. (Above left) Hoseteams from Repair One Bravo fight a simulated fire in Hangar Bay One. {Above ) Simulated mass casualties lined the flight deck. (Left) The flight deck washdown system proved operational. REFTRA 21 Change of Command 3 June 1988 (Top) New Commanding Officer Capt. John J. Zerr ad- dresses the crew for the first time. (Above) Capt. Zerr assumes command of Constellation. (Above right) Crewmembers, family and friends gather on the flight deck for the change of Command ceremonies. (Below right) The crew of Amenta ' s Flagship witness a new page being written in Constellation ' s history. 22 CHANGE OF COMMAND DENNIS CONNER VISIT Wim. OF JET B ERS AND . Ameriai ' s Cup Ih-fciiilfr Dennis Conner nixrs ■. John Zeir a pliolo of Stars and Slripes passhif; hy Conslellalion. yp The catamaran Stars and Stripes proudly sails through San Diego harbor in preparation for her America ' s Cup defense against New Zealand. DENNIS CONNER 2i k H.. THE FIRE ' ' ■In the morning of Aug. 2, Connie quietly slipped her moorings at V NAS North Island and left for a routine two-week CQ off the coast of Southern California. Things would quickly turn out to be anything but routine. The ship had barely cleared the harbor when a JP-5 fuel leak in the uptakes rained down on One Main Machinery Room and erupted into a full-blown conflagration. When explosions rocked the engineering spaces, the ship went to General Quarters. And for the next 24 hours, the crew battled the blaze, which had spread through the uptakes and threat- ened the entire ship. Only the determination and heroics of a well-trained crew prevented a major disaster. As Connie pulled back in to North Island on Aug. 3, the deployment was the last thing on people ' s minds. The ship had been hurt, and hurt bad. u THE FIRE (Right) AFFF, lifeblood of the fireftghting efforts was transferred from barrels into ship ' s tanks. ( Top) Medical Department provided first aid to the injured. (Middle) There never was a lack of volunteers to fight the fire. (Bottom) A firefighter enjoys a brief respite from the blaze. Many would return to the scene time and time again. 26 FIRE (Below) The charred remains of One Main was a mute testament to the fire ' s destruction. (Top left) Less than three months later, after thousands of manhoiirs of work. One Main rose. Phoenix-like from the ashes. (Above) Pacific Ship Fabrication and Repair project manager Ed Speakman and Capt. Zerr prepare to light off boilers in One Main. (Left) At last the moment arrived, and the boilers in One Main were lit. FIRE 27 POM As the countdown reached the last 30 days, the ship entered POM, prepara- tion for overseas movement. For some, it meant a chance to take leave and visit family and loved ones. For others, it was a last-minute rush to finish needed repairs and renovation. It would be a time of preparation and planning. Hard-to-get items were procured now. because everyone knew that the middle of the Indian Ocean is no place to find out that an essential item is not available on board. (Below) Padeyes and other flight deck accessories receive one final coat of paint. (Below) In anticipation of the heavy scheduleofflightoperationsduringWESTPAC, theflightdeck i a new coat of non-skid. (Above) Side painters got in some final ticks. (Left) Scaffolding shrouds the island as workers apply the finishing touches. ONLOAD The first squadrons began arriving days before the ship was scheduled to depart. But as Dec. 1 approaced, the trickle became a flood of men and equipment, the brows were busy day and night as men from far away as Whidbey Island and Lemoore checked aboard their new, albeit temporary, home. Supply Department was busy, too. Food, spare parts and consumables were staged in the hangar bay Working parties involving hundreds of men toiled round the clock, bringing on board everything possible that could be needed during deploy- ment. ( Left) Truck after truck brought office furniture, personal gear and other equipment needed during a six-month deployment. {Above left) An FA-18 is craned on board. (Above right) An endless supply of squadron cruise boxes were brought on. (Left) Hangar Bay Two resembled sale day at K-Mart as supplies and provisions were brought on board for deployment. ONLOAD 29 II Ms m mi mmai! stK ' -M: DEPARTURE (Below) EM 2 Guy Middleton says goodbye to his wi Maria Rocia. An early morning departure to a long deployment The aircraft carrier Constellation slipped her moorings at Naval Air Station North Island in the early morning hours of Dec. I. and headed west for a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The crew and air wing of over 5000 men said goodbye to their loved ones on the pier, knowing that it would be a long time before they would see them again. For many, this would be their first deployment. For others, it was a repeat of many deployments past. Most would agree, however, that saying goodbye doesn ' t get any easier each time. So, for the next half year, family ties would be reinforced through letters and phone calls from foreign ports. Despite the melan- choly, both crew and family members realized that Constellation plays a vital role in preserv- ing a tenuous peace in a troubled region. (Above) LCDR Bruce Blandy spends a few precious moments on the pier with his wife Judy and son Justin. (Above right) Capt. Zerr holds one last inter- view with the media. (Above) Despite the early morning departure, family members were in force to wish Connie a safe voyage. (Right) A family member waves goodbye as Connie prepares to leave. 32 DEPARTURE (Left) This hug will have to last six months. (Below) The hour may have been early, butyoung and old alike stayed until Connie left. (Above) The sun was Just coming up as Constel- lation departed. (Left) Flags were in evidence as America ' s Flagship left North Island for her 16th deploy- ment. DEPARTURE 33 The last line is cast off, and Connie is underway once again One last kiss is sent via Air Mail For the families gathered on the pier, June seemed a lonf I i 34 DEPARTURE (Below) A tug jockeys into position beneath the foc ' sle. As Connie pulls farther away from the pier, family members and loved ones linger for one final glimpse. ime away. DEPARTURE 35 FIRE AWARDS hen we join the Navy, we sign on to serve. You ' ve done that and more. You ' ve served your country, your Navy and your ship. Your actions during the fire were above and beyond the call of duty. Those words were spoken by Capt. John J. Zerr as he addressed crewmembers during one of many flight deck ceremonies. Awards ranging from letters of Com- mendation up to theNavy and Marine Corps Medal were awarded for damage control and f irefighting efforts during the Aug. 2 fire on board. (Left) The first of many awards ceremonies was held Dec. 4 on the flight deck. (Above left) HTFN Mike Pahoski was one of many crewmembers rec- ognized for their part infighting the Aug. fire. (Above right) Rear Admiral Ken Carlsen, CommanderCarrierGroup One, was on hand to address the awardees. (Left) Capt. Zerr congratulated all the awardees for their fine efforts. FIRE AWARDS 37 (Above) A stroll down Waikiki was a must for first time visitors to Hawaii (Right) Honolulu by night turned into a wonderland. 38 HAWAII PEARL HARBOR HAWAII ■' ■' ' ffifnMiit .AM _- Mk. .«- AS a prelude of ports to come, Hawaii gave crewmembers a taste of a different culture still within the United States. And the Pearl of the Pacific ' s clear blue water was almost as stunning as the bikini clad beauties along the white sands of Waikiki. Some may have witnessed the marvel of Blow Hole, where ocean water was blasted through a hole worn in the volcanic rock, sort of the islands ' version of Old Faithful. Inland, the Ala Moana Shopping Center, offered Connie ' s crew a chance to purchase decorative beach towels, T-shirts, hand crafted knick-knacks and numerous oth- er products unique to the tropical paradise. All in all, it was a good way to start a deployment. (Above) The beaches of Hawaii were popular with the crew. (Left) While the beach fascinated many, others were enchanted by the vi ew from above. HAWAII 39 Christmas at sea,,. Although USS Constellation was required to spend Christmas Day in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the crew was determined not to let this inconvenience put a damper on their holiday spirit. Decorations were in evidence in work centers and dining facilities throughout the ship. Chaplains conducted special holiday wor- ship services on both Christmas Eve and Christ- mas Day. Packages from home helped lend a touch of festivity to an atmosphere where, admit- tedly, the work ethic is king. (Right) Operations OfficerCDR Pence Parsons serves the Mess Manage- ment Specialists and Food Service Attendants ofS-5. (Above) Christmas decorations showed up all around the ship. (Above right) Led by First Lieutenant LCDR Chris Perry, crewmembers gathered in the foe ' sle for Christmas carolling. 40 CHRISTMAS AT SEA (Left) Training Officer CDR Andy Knutson and Executive Officer Capt. W. W. Pickavance. Jr man the grill in Wardroom If as Department Heads cooked and served breakfast for Mess Manage- ment Specialists and Food Service Attendants on Christmas. f Below j Carollers from VF-154 serenade diners in Wardroom 11. (Above left) Capt. JohnZerrandCmdr.JohnCuzzocreaopenChristmaspresentsonChristmas Eve. (Above) A cornucopia of bread filled with cookies, brownies , nuts and fruit was prepared by MSI Clint Eastwood for the crew ' s enjoyment. (Left) SantaClauspaidaspecialvisittoRear Admiral KennethCarlsen,ComnianderCarrierGroup One. CHRISTMAS AT SEA 41 America Remembers Thanks to Abigail Van Buren, better known as Dear Abby, the American pubHc was made aware of a program known as America Remembers. The program gave Americans the opportunity to write Connie sail- ors and alleviate a little of the Bah, Humbug spirit which resulted from spending Christmas at sea. As a result, the ship ' s Post Office was nearly buried under a daily deluge of Christmas cards, letters and packages from a grateful and thought- ful America. Connie received over 100,000 letters from every area of the country. Many crewmem- bers took the time to write back, and as a result, friendships were made and maintained. The mail received was distributed to the crew and Air Wing on a fair-share basis, so everyone got a chance to cash in on an on-going holiday tradition. (Below) The America Remembers program gave crewmembers a chance to experience the outpouring of holiday spirit from the American public. (Right) Every work center was given cards, letters and packages. 42 AMERICA REMEMBERS Dcnr U5b Connote] ]afion- .._..__.; ___. Jhani you hor hc puy : oca : country :: ' :-: ]ha ] you for k cpin LAey ' DC{F , vMhaf 15 i + ) ike toda ' ' ' 6d ' mtAcY) ' A ofl f ' M mwc 15 T)tcpho i c., -l(:: yy) year? 6 k i go tc? arlc looA bcnool :1. am-in cccncl gmde. ih(xr]f jOu for every tKi )y yc9c iicai c . L C?Ve AMERICA REMEMBERS 43 For many, it was the first visit to a foreign country. For others, it was a homecom- ing of sorts to a port which every ship visits during WESTPAC. But most would admit, it was a welcome change form the daily underway rou- tine. After just spending Christmas at sea. it was a relief to celebrate New Year ' s on dry land. Many crewmetnbers took advantage of tours and other recreational opportunities offered by Spe- cial Services, including tours, athletics and free access to base facilities. With a long stretch in the Indian Ocean looming on the horizon, it would be the last good liberty for a long time. SUBIC BAY PHILIPPINES ' ' 1I M (Above) Liberty call in Subic, much anticipated, came after spending fifteen days, including Christmas, at sea. (Right) Leyte Pier offered a front row seat to observe flight operations at NAS Cubi Point. 44 SUBIC BAY I Right) Many ere wmembers relaxed with some good roek and roll music. (Below) Others took time out to paint an elementary school in the local area. • • . • • • • ... . , , t . .  ...♦..■• . ' ..• (Above) .Sometimes a smile says more than words (Right) Faculty, students and ere wmembers get together after a hard day ' s work painting. 46 SUBICBAY warn 1 - (Above left) The streets of Olongapo City. (Above) A cold beer at a sidewalk cafe was the perfect antidote for a hot day in the Philippines. (Center) Leyte Pier at NAS Cubi Point was home to Constellation during her stay in the Philippines. (Above) The omnipresent jeepney provided cheap, reliable transportation. (Left) CVW-14 continued to fly from NAS Cubi Point. SUBIC BAY 47 48 PHILIPPINES The seventeenth of Jan., 1 989 was a happy day, forcrewmembersoftheNimitz, at least. That day Connie officially became the Tip of the Spear. the Navy ' s on-station carrier in the Indian Ocean. As the two behemouths sailed side-by-side, the torch was passed, Nimitz sailed homeward, and Connie assumed the watch. 17 JANUARY, 1989 I. O. TURNOVER 50 I.O. TURNOVER tsa D Dl DIT USSNIMITZ(CVN68) Vol. 15 No. 9 Teamwork: A Tradition January 17, 19«9 t, , ' -i. I.O. TURNOVER 51 6-10 February 1989 WEAPONS WEEK J 52 WEAPONS WEEK i i rfS 1 ) m -■' - 1 - i M t , M ■' ■%- JwrtiK fifc n— OiMtti DIEGO GARCIA I After a ship has been on station in the North Arabian Sea f or nearly a her crewmemhgiJSrfMWiIIWkys I ' lappy lu set foot on lat won ' t roll with the tide. When .onnie anchored off the island of Diego Garcia, most of her crewmembers took advantage of the opportunity to stretch their legs and get away from the routine of work, eat and sleep. The Plan of the Day in The Footprint of Freedom included swimming, diving, snorkel- ing, volleyball and walks on the beach. And the crewmembers who mustered ashore threw them- selves into the schedule with an energy that belied the long, hard hours they had worked prior to arrival in port. Some crewmembers enjoyed liberty call in Diego Garcia so much that they got themselves assigned to Beach Detachment there, returning to the ship weeks later, tanned, relaxed and re- freshed. . ' m ' - W §WNPYVA.9,;2;mi ' PHIUPPIfifS 3.085 Ml WHINGTOIIDC.9.090M1 JEHRAN 3043Mi.i IT DENVER: 10.197 Ml.! WmF mm cimm -- sm mwSMmmmmMam mmmmmm mnmmmj i i,- : ' ' , ' ' :.j,, iJ ,%t.iaSMk ' i J ' ' -j ' ' . JO GARCIA (Above) Even the watchful eye of the Shore Patrol (Above) Supply Department, ever the gracious host, provided a down-home bar-b-que for hungry sailors couldn ' t dampen the spirits of the liberty party. at the Diego Garcia Beach House. 56 DIEGO GARCIA OBHH 1 DIEGO GARCIA 57 K D R I A K s R V s N U I K E K • • (Top) Kissie Darnell belts out a Supremes tune during a performance in Hangar Bay One. (Above left) Band member Angle B. was a favorite of the audience. (Above right) Kissie slows down the show with a love song for one lucky crewmember. (Right) The Best Damn Hoofer in the Universe. ' I 58 KISSIE DARNELL Air Power at Sea Prior to arrival in Karachi, Commander. Carrier Group ONE and USS Constel- lation hosted a group of dignitaries at sea. includ- ing the U.S. Ambassador, the Honorable Robert Oakley and Mr. Asif Zardari. Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ' s husband. CVW-14 demonstrated tactical air power at sea with an awesome display of aircraft and ordnance. (Above right) An F-14 Tomcat from VF 21 launches to participate in air training maneuvers. (Left) Ordnance dropped by VA 196 entertains the crowd. AIR POWER 59 60 PAKISTAN In the wake of violent protests resulting from Salmon Rushdie ' s novel. The Sa- tanic Verses, Connie ' s crew boarded single en- gine wooden crafts not quite sure what awaited their arrival in Karachi, Pakistan. However when crewmembers who ven- tured ashore, they experienced what would be to most the opportunity of a lifetime. Karachi ' s teem- ing metropolis offered a unique glimpse of the Moslem way of life, intermingled with tall build- ings, noise and the hustle and bustle of the Western world. It was not uncommon to witness horse, camel, and mule drawn carts slowing the pace of taxis, buses and trucks skirting Karachi ' s busy streets. Karachi ' s merchants were friendly and eager to bargain. They offered sailors of Battle Group Delta a rare chance to purchase luxurious carpets, handcrafted onyx, brass works, rosewood and leather goods. (Top) Camel-driven carts were a major means of transportation. (Above) A proud merchant shows off this beautiful carpet to prospective customers. PAKISTAN 61 ■MfHOaRBiHH PAKISTAN 63 (Below) A roadside display, ancestor of the Southern California swap meet, offered bargains to passers-by. (Right) Many shops were located down narrow alleys in the bazaar district of Karachi. (Right) A cold beer was available, for a price, and then only in the privacy of a hotel room. 64 PAKISTAN STEEL BEACH Fresh air, sunshine, plenty of food, at- tire ranging from swimming trunks to dungarees to Arab headdresses, and lots of good clean fun. For four hours, these made up Constellation ' s Plan of the Day, and Connie sailors wasted no time in carrying it out. Connie ' s S-2 and S-3 divisions pro- vided steaks, ribs, barbecued chicken, ham- burgers, hot dogs, and thousands of sodas to sate the appetites and slake the thirsts of the sun-worshippers. Unfortunately, steaks, ribs, chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers can ' t cook them- selves, which meant that some crewmembers had to spend their time behind hot, smoky grills. Those who needed outlets for their frustration, or just wanted to keep their golf game sharp were provided with clubs, balls, and a golf ball retention net. If hitting an inanimate object didn ' t blow off sufficient steam. Weapons Department provided shot- guns and skeet targets in ord er to let their shipmates vent their spleen by blasting some- thing out of existence. (Above right) These sailors took time out for a game of Hackey-Sack. (Left) S-2 and S-3 prepared a feast of steak, bar-b- que, hamburgers and hot dogs. STEEL BEACH 65 : Down Under! After more than two months in the Indian Ocean, Australia was a welcome sight for Connie sailors. For many, Perth Fremantle represented a homecoming of sorts to a port last visited by Connie in 1987. For others, it was an introduction to that famous Aussie hospitality. However, Mother Nature con- spired to dampen spirits and de- prive Connie sailors of liberty. High winds and heavy seas forced periodic cancellation of liberty boats for three straight days — stranding many sailors on the ship. But when the weather cleared and the liberty boats resumed, sail- ors once again went ashore to enjoy liberty. The weather was certainly the only thing chilly in Austra- lia — the reception received by Connie sailors was warm and (above) The Fremanlle terminal Has the jumping off point for most liberty hounds, (right) From an aerial view, Perth resembles many L ' .S. cities. 66 PERTH PERTH -I f ' ° T OF FBEMINTl WELCOME TO WESTERN australiaAI (above) Perth, a modern metropolis in Western Australia, was a wel- come sight at the end of a long Indian Ocean cruise, (left) Liberty launches ferried over 3,000 Connie sailors on the first day of liberty. PERTH 67 68 PERTH (be low) A Connie sailor tries out an alternative to the camel in the Australian desert, (right) In the outback, Connie ' s crew got a chance to visit a genuine A ustra- Han sheep station, (bottom) There are many forms of wildlife unique to Australia. A kangaroo is perhaps the most famous example. P l W 70 PERTH (left) There was so much to see and do in Perth that some sailors didn ' t know where to start. Many found City Centre to he a f;ood starling; point. (top rif;ht) Connie ' s warriors return from a grueling day of liberty. The seas weren ' t always calm enough for liberty boats to run. (bottom left) For the sightseer, .Australia offered a wide variety oj unusual fauna, (bottom right) Much of Perth ' s architecture is reminiscent of Europe. PERTH 71 The tradition is older by far than the United States Navy. It is revered by many and reviled by some, but the Crossing the Line Ceremony is always observed. On April 1 2, the crew of Constellation determined the time was ripe to set the stage for this boisterous and time-honored ritual. Anticipation had begun weeks, in some cases even months in advance as trusty shellbacks speculated on the fate of those slimy wogs who had been particularly offensive. They would be labelled Special Cases, meaning they were in for an especially hellish Monday morning. A beauty contest the night before kicked off the festivities. Aired on KCON TV, the contest was to select a Wog Princess and four Royal Handmaidens to participate in the ceremony at the side of Neptunus Re. , Ruler of the Raging Main. The judges for the contest were Commander Carrier Group One Rear Adm. Ken Carlsen, Connie ' s Commanding Officer Capt. John J. Zerr, Carrier Group One Chief of Staff, Capt. John McHenry, Commander Destroyer Squadron 23 Capt. (Commodore) William R. Schmidt, Commander Carrier Air Wing 14 Capt. William Orr and Connie ' s Executive Officer Cmdr. Keith E. Shean. More than 50 sailors participated and some managed to look convin- cingly feminine. OSSN Michael S. Jones of Operations was crowned Wog Princess. Her handmaidens were AMHAA Frederick G. Ray of VAQ 139, SA Robert Dye of Weapons, ABFAA Lonnie S. Rodriquez of Air and .AEC William B. Marriot of VA 196. Few crewmembers, wog or shellback, slept soundly Sunday night. The wogs tossed, turned and stared at overheads, dreading their fate. The shellbacks, cackling with sadistic glee, spent most of the night making final preparations. At exactly 0500, the wogs were hustled out of their racks by surly bands of pirates who had been their shipmates and buddies only the night before. Overnight, sailors who had been known for their good nature had become snarling, rabid, shillelagh-wielding psychopaths. As the pollywogs crawled toward the end of their woghood. they were pelted with and stuck their faces into such delicacies as sardines in tomato sauce, week-old Creole spaghetti, and green oysters. Next on this bizarre and messy obstacle course was a tunnel filled with garbage. After that, some wogs were stuffed in coffins, some were placed in stocks, some kissed the feet of the Princess or her handmaidens and some kissed the sardine smeared navel of the Royal Baby. One by one, the wogs crawled to the tank of Truth and Wisdom, took a traditional salt water bath and were declared trusty shellbacks. Although the ceremony was all in fun, more than one newly-initiated shellback rubbed his stinging backside and thought, wait till next cruise. CROSSING ' ' THE LINE ' ' 11 1 CROSSING THE LINE CROSSING THE LINE 73 (Below) The competition for the title ofWog Princess was fierce. (Top right) The garbage chute was only one of many obstacles that wogs had to endure. (Right middle) LT ' s Dale Frankenberger and JeffTaub. their subpoenas firmly in mouth, await their final judgement. (Right bottom) Trusty Shellbacks keep their wogs in line before their fateful trip to the fiight deck. 74 CROSSING THE LINE its CROSSING THE LINE 75 (Top) The Jolly Roger flew from the yardarm throughout the day. (Bottom} A troop ofsUmey wogs make their way slowly across the flight deck. 76 CROSSING THE LINE (Top left) Packed in like sardines, wogs spend time in the coffin. (Top right) Two wogs square off in a padeye-blowing contest. (Bottom left) A new Shellback emerges from the Tank of Wisdom and Knowledge. (Bottom right) A kindly Shellback hoses off some of the slime off a suffering wag. CROSSING THE LINE 77 mL a K ■B ■■■■■Ij SgkBfH ■■■■■■' ' EH- mJLmmmmmlA HUf ' .- i? ' ' ' 1 . ' ..7 - ,— •t - r . ' 0- ' r -- -e - :-:4l f ' ' Jx. Jt:. ' •Wt PATTAYA BEACH THAILAND 78 THAILAND -- ■One unique opportunity Connie crew members enjoyed this deployment was a chance to celebrate the New Year twice--the first time martcing the Julian New Year in Subic Bay on Jan. I , and the second time commemorat- ing the Thai New Year in Pattaya Beach on April For the first three days of the four-day visit to the picturesque beach community, the streets of Pattaya resembled a war zone, with squirt guns, water balloons and spray bottles taking the place of guns, grenades and cannons. A water festival is the major attraction of the cele- bration. Crewmembers, both willing and unwill- ing, got into the swing of things, first as targets, and then as active participants. Shoppers were not disappointed with the bargains available in Thailand, either. Many took a three-hour bus ride to Bangkok, and came back laden with souvenirs and momentos. (toplfar left) Liberty boats line up to bring crewmem- bers ashore off the coast of Pattaya Beach, Thailand, (below far left) A sailor ' s view as his boat steams toward shore, (below left and right) Liberty shuttles hit the beach with a load of liberty-hungry sailors. (top far left) Liberty boats line up to bring crewmem- bers ashore off the coast of Pattaya Beach, Thailand, (below far left) A sailor ' s view as his boat steams toward shore, (below left and right) Liberty shuttles hit the beach with a load of liberty-hungry sailors. THAILAND 79 (above) Crewmembers visited a local orphanage as part of a community relations project, (right) Buddhist statues were evident in Pattaya as welt as Bangkok, (top right) Buddhist Monks take a stroll on the beach. 80 THAILAND T (below) Sailors contemplate purchasing a few souvenirs from one of the many sidewalk vendors, (right) Pattaya was just as crowded at night as it was in the daytime as these sailors take advantage of the sidewalk bars. yijy g H (above) Everyone got wet during Thailand ' s four- day New Year celebration, (center) Just an 80-mile bus trip from Pattaya is Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, where this sailor poses with one of the many statues. 82 THAILAND 1 ■tt Elli ' H 11 1 (left) A local young boy takes a Pepsi break away from the busy crowded streets of his homeland, (top) More sidewalk vendors display their wares in hopes of making a sale, (center) An intrepid sailor gets a thrill while para-sailing, (above) Pattaya offered beautiful sunsets along its scenic beaches. THAILAND 83 SUBIC BAY PHILIPPINES f r. u ssil« .■' ■♦ ' - '  ' 1 ,M  ' ■% :,- ' - :io,4.jii«p ' ' t ■Ui ' Mf. (Above) Connie cagers rise to the occasion in an attempt to block a shot by a member of the Subic Bay team. (Right) Children ' s smiles bridged the gap between cultures and languages. 84 PHILIPPINES ■jy vV v ' .■Sandwiched between port visits to Pattaya Beach and Hong Kong, the second time around for Constellation in Subic Bay was nevertheless an enjoyable stop for Connie crewmembers. The usual plethora of sporting events kept Connie athletes in top shape, while others spread good will by participat- ing in community relations projects. Others just welcomed the chance to get away from the ship and relax. The berth at Alava Wharf in Subic offered crewmembers easy access to the telephone exchange, restaurant, recreation- al activities and the main gate. (Above) A ton of schoolbooks were donated to local elementary and high schools under the aegis of Project Handclasp. (Left) Rugby teams from Constellation and Clark Air Base scrum during a game in Subic. PHILIPPINES 85 . HONG KONG It was almost unfair to ask any ship ' s crew to do everything in Hong Kong in just five days. However, when Constellation made her port visit to this city where East meets West, the crew made an exuberant effort. Everytime a sailor rounded a corner in Hong Kong, there was a new sight to see. There seemed to be new bargains at every shop, indoors and outdoors. And the local cuisine made the connoisseur of Chinese food believe he had ascended into heaven. All in all, there seemed to be something for everyone in Hong Kong. One common complaint was that there seemed to be too much liberty left by the time the pay check ran out. The enter- prising sailor made sure he didn ' t leave home without his credit card. 86 HONG KONG ■fT .-.jyjiaui Braraffwrarw (hc ' low) Choked with skyscrapers houi h it is. Hong Kong manages to look clean and picturesque, (helowl center) After dark, the entire city lights up like a Christmas tree, (helow right) A liberty hoal. packed with Connie sailors, makes its wuv to the dock. (riglil) A I i hern- boat docks at Fenwick Pier and liberty liounds go ashore, (below) The proliferation of signs in both Chinese and English proclaim Hong Kong ' s prominence as an international trade i enter. (center) The eastern sun sets over Hong Kong Harbor, (above) Some tourists welcomed the opportunity to tour the harbor in a Chinese junk, (right) Curious visitors await their turn to enter the People ' s Republic of China. 88 HONG KONG HONG KONG 89 (topi left) A traditional Chinese dragon stands on eter- nal watch over its charge, (topi right) The Victoria Peak Tram makes another run. (above) While a major metropolis like Hong Kong has its share of Western architecture, some skyscrapers are distinctly Oriental in design, (center) Few cities in the world are as colorful at night as Hong Kong, (right) A Hong Kong trolley shuttles passengers around the city as it pro- claims the virtues of Master Card. ift 90 HONG KONG ■QG aauuttaa t : imiti .1. .•:! .-a . ! • 1 • ' ■' ••(iiiii -iiMii II IhiTi n ■■! 1 111 d og ' sat- jcni;3 iwn PEN TAX ' l ' VMPijR PANASONIC At ,- ' II PIONEER SHARP 1 jp. (top) The Star Ferry was a convenient means oftranspor- tation between Hong Kong Is- land and Kowloon. (above) Buddhism is the major reli- gion of Southeast Asia, and Buddha is venerated by much of Hong Kong ' s population, (center left) As a major trade center. Hong Kong boasts merchandise from all over the world, (left) Whomever could own an acre of Hong Kong real estate would become veiy prosperous indeed. HONG KONG 91 : SEATTLE 92 SEATTLE moL, The final stop on WESTPAC 88-89 was a two day port visit to Seattle, Wa., The Emerald City. Seattle marked the end of deploy ment for the Cougars of VAQ- 1 39 and the Milestones of VA-196. Crewmembers enjoyed the fine seafood the city had to offer, and welcomed aboard the more than 1 1 00 Tigers who joined them for the last four days of the cruise. (Above) An older section of Seattle, near Pioneer Square, is afar cry from the newer skyscrapers(far left) . (Left) Seattle ' s famous Space Needle rises high above The Emerald City. SEATTLE 93 As the last stop on USS Constellation ' s 16th WESTPAC deploy- ment, Seattle. Wash, offered crewmembers one last liberty port prior to her return to San Diego. It also was the embarkation point for the more than 1.100 sons, fathers, relatives and friends, better known as Tigers, who accompanied the ship on the last leg of the deployment. For many Tigers, the Air Training Exercise, which featured demon- strations by many of CVW- 14 ' s aircraft was one of the high points of their stay. (below) A future Marine relishes the prospect of firing an M-16. (helowilefl) Connie ' s AIMD Officer. CDR Ehen Barnelt. gives his Tigers a tour of the flight deck, (below right I Eager to do their part. Tigers participate in an all hands FOD walkdown. lr TIGER CRUISE (above) Tigers and crewmembers alike crowded the flight deck to view the air show, which proved to be one of the Tiger Cruise ' s main attractions, (left) Guests receive a tour of the ship ' s Combat Direction Center TIGER CRUISE 95 (rii lu) One of the attractions offered during the Tiger Cruise was a firepower demonstration by Battle Group Delta ' s surface ships, (below left) A talent slum- gave this young Tiger a chance to display his mastery of the keyboard, (below! right I These m ' o Tigers sample Connie ' s award winning chow, (bottom) Souvenir tables made myriad memborhilia available to sailors and their Tigers. 96 TIGER CRUISE TIGER CRUISE 97 HOMECOMING! Home. Six months of separation for the crew of USS Constellation and their loved ones came to a sweet end June 1, as families opened their eager arms and welcomed home America ' s Flagship from WESTPAC ' 88-89. Thousands of friends, families and loved ones crowded the carrier pier at Naval Air Station, North Island to greet the ship. Balloons and banners of varying cqlors waved above the waiting crowd. «; ' There were clowns, a 20-foot inflatable gorilla with the message, I ' m Ape Over You, and Dlanes flying overhead with trailersproclaiming ConstellaHon ' s return. — ' . ' At approximately 8:15 a.nnr. fConnie ' smastbecame visible to ilie anxious crowd. As tied newborns in a huge lent, situated directly in front of the tension mounted, excit|d the landing. - . r As the fifst mooring line w as cast, a mighty cheer arose from the pier. This hurrah waa jojed ' by acclamations Jroui the ship, urtMhg roughly 8,5Qft voices into one joyfiJ nous. r r $ 2 99 HOMECOMING mm 100 HOMECOMING (leflj A crewmemher has spotted his family un the pier and points them out to his son. (helowj Balloons fill the sky. families and friends flock to the parking lot. and sailors swarm to the rails as Connie moors. HOMECOMING 101 (right) Connie wives eagerly await the arrival of their husbands, some of whom will see their new babies for the first time, (below) Connie sailors eagerly head for the brow antieipating a warm reunion with their families and friends, (below lefl) Balloons, ban- ners and a throng of happy families and friends lend a properly festive atmosphere to Connie ' s homecoming, (belowlright) The Williams family is reunited on what was the best day of the deployment. 102 HOMECOMING (left) Connie ' s Commanding Officer Capt. John J. Zerr receives a warm ' welcome home ' from his daughters, (center) Air Mini-Boss Cmdr. Lew Goen and a new friend make their way to the pier parking lot. (below) Lt. Tracy Brown waves his cover over the throng in hopes of attracting a loved one ' s attention, (below left) One Connie wife couldn ' t wait for her sailor to put down his gear before embracing him. HOMECOMING 103 m •f .• • ' U ' J : ' V iJ I m m : mi B | Av 1 p . ' . Commander Carrier Group ONE 106 CCG-l CCG-1 107 «■Commanding Officer CV-By God-64 108 COMMANDING OFFICER m COMMANDING OFHCER 109 M Executive Officer Sept. 87 - March 89 110 EXECUTIVE OFFICER Executive Officer March 89 - present dia EXECUTIVE OFFICER 111 Chief of Staff Carrier Group ONE 112 CHIEF OF STAFF Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty Three COMDESRON 23 113 USS MARVIN SHIELDS (FF ' 1066) USS HENRY B, WILSON (DDG-7) 114 COMDESRON23 to CAPT William E. Kellv 1 Command Master Chief COMMAND MASTER CHIEF 115 AlMD 117 AIMD The Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) is responsible for the testing, repairing, modifying and manufacturing of aeronautical parts required to support aircraft operations. AIMD provided Airwing Fourteen with the finest support, processing over 20,000 aeronautical parts. The department is composed of five divisions and 48 work centers, and is manned by eight officers and over 200 ship ' s company personnel augmented by SEAOPDET technicians from NAS North Island, NAS Miramar, NAS Whidbey Island and NAS Lemoore. ( 1)K Kben Burnett AIMD Officer LCDR Kenneth Karr LCDR Stanley Pyle ADCS Frank Buines AQC Arthur Armagost AKC Vic Bagalso, Jr. AEC Joaquin Cantu ATC James Horton ATC Stephen Koski AMHC Charles McCray ADC Peter Sturk AZC Kenneth Walker AZC Mark White ASl Steve Donivan AMHl Raymond Ducinko IM-1 The IM-1 Division provides administrative, material and production services as well as qual- ity assurance and data analysis support to the entire department. Three separate branches make up this division. The Maintenance Administration Branch provides clerical support, guides depart- ment training requirements and oversees SEAOPDET manage- ment. The Production Control branch establishes the priorities that direct the thrust of department workload. The Quality Assur- ance Analysis Branch ensures that all programs relating to the prevention of maintenance defects are implemented throughout the department. 118 AIMD i A7.1 John Dunn ATI Randall hears PKI Miguel (iuido ATI Carrol Kossow AKl Henrv Lavigne AMSl Colin Mulloj AEI James Rousseau AZI Robert Sellers AK2 Mark Blake AZ2 Ronald Harris AZ2 Charles Johnson AZ2 Eric Johnson AT2 Frank Vanhorn AK2 Victor Woodall AZ3 Antonio Daniel AZ3 Anthony Dotson AZ3 Frank Fenielio AIMD 119 IM-1 Di Michael Giddens AK3 Charlts Hearne AZ3 Samuel Slearns AZ3 Noel I ' ucker AZAA Billy Boswell AN Robert Farhat AN Darwin Jackson AZAN Kdgard Melendez AZAA Troy Miller AKAN John Murphy PNSN Michael Norman AN Juan Pagangomez ADAN Robert Pope AZAA Tony Shields AZAA Tinioth White IM-2 The General Mainten- tenance Division (IM-2) provides the basis for ail intermediate aircraft structure and power plant maintenance to the embarked airwing. Power Plants Branch supports seven jet engines, auxiliary power units and component repair for eight weapon systems. The 500 Branch includes tlve work centers that concentrate on layout, bending, forming and welding all types of aircraft metals and structures. The Paraloft Branch includes three work centers that inspect, repair and maintain all equipment associated with aircraft and aircrew survival equipment. They are also often tasked tasked to manufacture various items used in ship ' s display and ceremonial functions. 120 AIMD ENS David Yakum AFCM Eugene (luuld PRC Ronald Le Francois. Jr. API Roy Cameron AMSI Jinever Castillo AMHl Hernilo Cerezo ADl Ibello Cuevas AMSI John Kahie AMSI Daniel Krzeminski ADl Joseph Leonguerrero I ADI ,|eri Manjjrum AMHl Sandv Miniz ADI (iarrv Weaver AIMD 121 AU3 Daniel Baldwin PR3 Sean Carpenter AD3 E. R. Cortez PR3 Paul Cole AD3 J. L. Federman AD3 Michael Gsell AMH3 D. N. Harden 122 AIMD MS AIMD 123 IM-2 ' 4 C . ' 1 ' W PRAN l.yle Pillrnan AMSAN Ke in Pullev AMMAN David Roberson AIJAN Jorge Rodriguez ADAN Arnel Rosario AN Raymond Rupp. Jr. PRAN Thomas Sanders AMHAN James Stewart AMSAN Ben SurulVa PRAN James Taylor AMSAN Conrado Tenchavez AMSAN John Torres AMHAN Jose Vargas 124 AIMD V4; ' 3 UlWXf LT Peter Walter CW03 Robert Mevers ATCS Robert Piunkett AQC Larry Bertelson AEC Dirk Butler ATC Bradley Cutrlght AOC George Meriwether ATC Jon Mitchem ATC James Patterson AQl Richard Bennett ATI Christopher Dahl ATI Jerrold Dorris AOl Fred Frazier, Jr. AQl William Fulford AQl Frank Green ATI Edward Greenup ATI Christopher HoetschI ATI Robert Houston ATI Jerry James AQl Mark Johnson One of the largest divisions on board, IM-3 has 235 avionics armament per- sonnel who provide all elements of support re- quired to tune Airvi ing Fourteen ' s aircraft elec- tronics systems to peak performance. Twenty-two specialized work centers pro- vide repair capability on navigation, radar, communication and various electrical systems for all aircraft on board. Test equipment used for repairs range from multimeters to micro- miniature repair equipment to multi-million dollar Automatic Test Equipment stations. The SEAOPDET technicians of IM-3 aug- ment the supp ort provided by ship ' s company personnel and ensure aircraft from their re- spective home bases enjoy the finest support. AIMD 125 rac ATI Frederick Man ano AQl John McAlisler ATI Robert Morl in AQI Cecil () nb AKl Karl Prestwich ATI Daniel Robinson AQI Keilh Rice ATI Samuel Saldaen ATI William Shawn AEl Jerrv Smith AQI Terrill VVatkins ATI Allan White AT2 Tonv Altiveros AQ2 Blaine Anderson AK2 David Anderson AK2 James Ashe AX2 Michael Baclian AK2 Lawrence Bailey AK2 John Bair Jr. AT2 Kenneth Bellicuurl A r2 Charles Benge AK2 Brian Bibbs AT2 Terrell Boese AK2 Sean Bracv AE2 David Brahoskv AQ2 Roger Cam A()2 Darrvl Chever AX2 Ben Curran 126 AIMD A02 Louis Dellerman AT2 William Dovie AT2 Ronald Dukleth AT2 Michael Durran AQ2 Derek Emrie AT2 Thomas Fisk AQ2 John Garrison AT2 Paul Giacobozzi AT2 David Glass AT2 Joseph Graham AE2 Gerald Gribbon AT2 Paul Hauser A02 Jeffrey Henninger AT2 Phillip Hicks AE2 Brad Hocking AT2 Scott Huhn AQ2 Brian Job AT2 Christopher Jensen AT2 Arthur Johnson Jr. AE2 Cornelius Johnson AQ2 Michael Keen AT2 John Kelly, Jr. AE2 Christopher Kring AIMD 127 §m IM-3 AQ2 William Kunz AT2 Jeffrey Landfried AT2 Steven Larscn AT2 Johnny Lawrence AQ2 Thomas Lawson AQ2 Robert Lovell AQ2 Thomas Mack III AT2 Todd McFadden AX2 Scott Millowav AT2 Tad Mocaby AT2 John Nazario AT2 Larry Neiman AT2 Mark Ney AT2 Per Olsen AT2 Richard Orr j j WR i ?B1 A AQ2 James Peters AT2 Clark Polk 128 AIMD 1 ,: , i1l« AT2 Todd Pollock AT2 Barry Rice AQ2 Corey Rousseau AT2 Donald Rowan AT2 Troy Sanders AQ2 David Sanford AT2 David Sapp AQ2 David Shultz AT2 Sean Skelly AQ2 Billy Joe Smith AT2 Robert Smith AT2 Kevin Springfleld AQ2 Jeffrey St. Denis AQ2 Terrance Stoflet AQ2 Dean Stoner AT2 William Tabor, Jr. AX2 Arbit Tackitt AE2 Talosaga Taufaasau AT2 James Taylor AT2 Ed Totman AE2 Chris Travis A02 Robet Valento AE2 Donald Vawter AT2 Stephen Warner AIMD 129 IM-3 AQ2 David Wehmer AT2 Jerry Wellcr AQ2 Daniel Williams Ar2 Larry Williams AQ2 Richard Williams AE2 Andrew Wimbley AQ3 Amr Abdelrehim AQ3 Kelly Arrington AE3 Ernest Barnes II AT3 Todd Bleeckcr AE3 Ed«ard Boytini AT3 Timolhv Braessler AE3 Robert Carlson AE3 Peter Cortez AT3 Gregory Dockery AE3 Jeffrey Dumas AQ3 Kenneth Eddy AT3 J. M. Ez o AT3 Robert Ealos AT3 Kenneth Faval AT3 Frank Fradella AT3 Trennis Garber AT3 Bryan Geubelle AT3 Jackie Graham AT3 Robert Gray AT3 Paul Haslam AE3 Seth Hawthorne AQ3 Bobby Head AT3 Richard Heider AQ3 Derrick Hix AQ3 Mark Klingelsmith 130 AIMD AQ3 .Unrev Kuelin AK.I Michael l.cdbttlcr AQ3 .lerrold Lindberg AT3 (Jarv Locke AE3 Bryon Malitz AT3 John Marcinanis AT3 Jeft ' Matz AT3 Donald Maxwell AT3 Kenneth Mclnallv AT3 William Mullen A03 Billy Navarrette AT3 Krist Norlander AIMD 131 AQ3 William Page AQ3 Mitchell Pallerson AT3 Brian Pekarek A03 Lewis Perkins AT3 Robert Peters AT3 Rodnev Puseman AQ3 Patrick Roberson AE3 Charles Rodarmel AT3 Tcrrence Rule AQ3 Timothy Saneda AQ3 Christopher Saxton AE3 Stanley Smart AX3 Marcus Smith AT3 Dennis Sorrow AT3 Jess Suarei 132 AIMD AT3 Steve Taylor AE3 Douglas Thompson AT3 Michael Vasquez AT3 Kevin Vinson AT3 Steven Wagner AT3 Peter Weiss AT3 Reginald Wheat AQ3 Troy Wilsey AN Kederio Ainsworth AXAN Ronald Binns Jr. AEAA Sean Bressler ATAN Alex Brodhag AN D. F. Bolger ATAN Matt Bryner ATAN Steven Courtney ATAA Jonathan Buford AN Carlos Casanova AOAN John Conway AN Julius Cross AEAN Scott Davis AEAN Jack Dunn AN Johnny Garcia AEAN Christopher Gordon AEAN Brian Grant AEAN Tim Gritton AN Jeffrey Halsell ATAN Matthew Henry ATAN Curtis Hicks AIMD 133 ATAN Tracy Higgins AN Richard Jesus AOAN Jeff Josephson ATAN Robert Kanya AOAN David Livolsi ATAN Michael May AOAN Marshall McCullough ATAN Jeff McLaughlin ATAN Jeffery McNutt ATAN Robert Melchione ATAN Steven Miller AEAN Thomas Minder AEAN Abe Morgan AEAN Johnny Ozuna ATAN Ronald Pieters ATAN Brant Pinney ATAN Daniel Richardson AN Michael Richter AN Antonio Robinson AOAN Gary Samz AOAN Cuy Santillo ATAN Randy Shotwell AEAN Jeff Squires AOAN Samuel Strown AXAN David Tim AEAN Benjamin Walkingslick AOAN Francisco Williams ATAN Patrick Zinck Mr. William Barloon IM-3 134 AIMD ;fr- ore commonly known as GSE (Ground Sup- port Equipment). IM-4 main- tains over 400 pieces of support equipment, often referred to as yellow gear. Their tasks included the mechanical, structural, electric and hydraulic repair of aircraft tow trac- tors, firefighting trucks, mobile electric power plants and more. A key element in smooth flight deck operations, GSE ' s flight deck trouble-shooters provide the immediate mainte- nance response required for aircraft starting and servicing. Yellow gear is used by different departments for the move- ment of supplies, weapons and various aircraft parts. LT Martin .Shaunessy ASCS James Engles ASC Harrv Pittman ASl Eddie Cox ASl Douglas Cross ASl David Downey ASl Josepii Klinefelter ASE2 Paul Coloma ASM2 Alfredo Dollente ASIV12 Robert Franklin ASE2Noel Gracia ASE2 Revnaldo Guerrero ASM2 ,lohn Harper AS1VI2 Robert Hungerford ASE2 Terry Kissell ASM2 Brian McCoy ASM2 Harold Meyer AIMD 135 Ba IM-4 ASE2 Walter Nash ASE2 Henry Tuka.v ASE3 Noel Abad ASM3 Lawrence Allen ASM3 Clifford Bladdick ASE3 Roniel Cervantes ASE3 Roland Lini ASM3 Brian McGahev AZ3 John McMahon AN John Ayer AN Sherman Conkel ASMAA Daniel Curtis ASMAN Jerry Dillow ASEAN Juan Herrera AN Bruce Marcotte ASMAN Charles Mav 136 AIMD IM-5 The Integrated Logistics Support Division was formed this deployment to manage all elements of logistical support for the department. This included the program man- agement responsibilities associated with the Tailored Outfit- ting List. Maintenance Assist Modules and Individual Mate- rial Readiness List. The Calibration Laboratory was tasked with verifying the accuracy and operation of various elements of precision measuring equipment. They provided support to all airwing squadrons, ship ' s company and other battle group ships. LT Michael Disano ATC Gary Reid ASC Gary Smith ATI Doran Childress ATI M.A. Johnson ATI David Knight AT2M..I. Forfier ASE2 Clement Lane AE2 Scott Roper ET3 Michael Malcolmson AT3 Howard Napier AD3 James Starkey Jr. AN Kurt Andreasen AIMD 137 mm 138 i Air Department AIR 139 The ability to maintain the national interests of our country and support the air wing ' s responsibilities for power projec- tion ashore is dependent on the air department. Over 400 highly skilled and dedicated technicians make up five unique divisions that are respon- isible for all flight operations aboard Connie. Combined, the five divisions of the Air Department comprise Constellation ' s Finest, and en- sure that Connie is able to project her naval power anytime and anywhere on the seven seas. CDK Frank Bush Air Boss CDR Lew (Joen Mini Boss T he men of V-1 Divi- sion have a challeng- ing mission; the moving, se- curing and positioning of all warplanes and support equipment located on the flight deck. This 1 1 6 man team is responsible for ensuring the safety of all aircraft and yellow gear on the ' roof, whether chained to the padeyes or taxied to the catapults. In the performance of their duties they arrange the flight deck for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to Battle Flex decks, cycli- cal flight operations, maintenance respots, flight deck scrubdowns, severe weather operations and Wogday festivities. Whether enduring the oppressive heat of an Indian Ocean afternoon, or surviving the frigid temperatures of a Northern Pacific midnight, they can be depended upon to perform any task with an attention to detail and esprit de corps that are second to none. When the chips are down, they make it work. Nothing happens on the flight deck without their say-so. LCDR fJregon Sample CVV04 (;erald Overall ABHC Albert Nottingham ABHl Charles Coats ABHI Leonard Dolan ABHl William Hawkins ABHl Gregory Ingerbritson ABHl Keith Lippitt ABHl Timothy Kunze ABHl Reynelso Martin ABHl Steven Ray Miller ABH2 Tavdrall Bell 140 AIR ABH2 Robert Derum ABH2 Michael Graham ABH2 Brian Osborne ABH2 Paul Reynolds ABH2 Jaime Rodrij ue7. ABH3 Brandon Baler ABH3 Jack Bryan II ABH3 Anastacio C ' aldera Jr. ABH3 Michael Dimaio ABH3 James Earley ABH3 Eugenie Ferrera ABH3 Thomas Harris ABH3 Dana Hodil ABH3 Mavnard Holmes ABH3 Derek Kaililaau ABH3 Monte Kissell ABH3 Paul Lopez ABH3 Dimas Martinez ABH3 Michael Miller ABH3 David Murray ABH3 Norman Nelson ABH3 Paul Osuna ABH3 Ricardo Rodriguez AIR 141 Al ABH3 Andrew Rogerson ABH3 (iregory Seals ABH3 Vick Smith AN Rex Blackburn AN Doug Brown AN John Clapsaddle Jr, AN Joseph Collins AN Ricardo Collins AN Arthur Gardner ABHAN Christopher (Jibson ABHAN Charles Grlmmett AN Patrick Grzvbek 142 AIR ABHAN Scott Landry ABHAN Kurt Lavington ABHAN David Lewis V-1 IV m I t B i ' ' ' ill SpNp ABHAN Paul Ley II AN Kelly Littlejohn AN Danny Menjares AN Richard Moran AN Robert Paul ABHAN Roger Spearman ABHAN Bradley Sheetz ABHAN Gary Tyson ABHAN Curley Sterling HI AA Darren Anderson AA Alfred Cassella AA Richard Cook AA Christopher Drake AA Leonard Humphrey AA Sean Johnson AA Christopher Jones AIR 143 V-2 Divi- sion is responsible for the safe opera- tion and maintenance of Connie ' s launching and recovery equipment. This includes four steam catapults, five ar- resting gear engines, PLAT Lens and flight deck lighting. Men of V-2 Division work extremely hard in a hazardous environment. But the sacrifice these men endure is what makes Constellation second to none. AA Blaine Joramo AA Michael Mansfield AA Shawn Pickard AA Mark Roberson A A Jeffrey Saupp AA Ricky Smith ABHAR Patrick Anderson AR Richard Atkins II ABHAR Edwin Brower AR Deshon Henry AR Elias Medrano ABHAR Mike Minor AR Credy Nget AR Michael Petrowski AR Moises Reyes ABHAR Anthonv Walton LT Don Morrison LT Daniel Ouimette LT Ray Turner CW04 Jav Lunsford CW ' 04 Jimmy Willyard ABCS Derek Johnson ABCS Tito Rabara ABEC Thomas Allen EMC Glenn South ABEC Arthur Winn ABEl John Alferos ABEl Dennis Bigger ABHAR Dale Wetz AR James Woessner ABHAR Dennis Young 144 AIR I ABEI Amando Casiro ABKl Dionides Cruz ABEI Elbert White Jr. ABEI Robert Hansel ABEI Rick Kiesau ICl Brian Lloyd ABEI Homer Maristela ABEI William Mokuau AIR 145 ABK2 James Scott 1(2 (iary Struck ABF.2 Timothy Taylor ABF,2 Willie Thompson ABE2 James Van Cleave ABE2 Christopher Weekley IC2 Charles Williams EM3 Zyad Altheeb AK3 Joseph Antico ABE3 Ronaldo Baker ABE3 Rick Bcckman ABE3 Ronald Bell ABE3 Brian Bieberlv ABE3 Leonard Bierman ABE3 John Blogin ABE3 Julius Brookins ABE3 Guyton Brooks IC3 Paul Brown IC3 Kevin Carlson ABE3 Ernesto Castaneda ABE3 Louie Cedillos ABE3 David Channel ABE3 Reginald Cosby ABE3 Richard Dean AIR 147 ABE3 Larry Denney ABK3 Ben Desvari ABE3 Robert Diaz ABE3 Anthony Edwards ABE3 Fernando Espanula ABE3 Dean FLvans EM3 Jose Feria ABE3 Michael Glover ABE3 Thomas Godwin ABE3 Mark Guslafson ABE3 .lames Hannigan EM3 Curtis Harriott 148 AIR Itoa ABE3 Joseph Hatch ABE3 James HofTman ABE3 Keith Holland IC3 Todd Koehler EM3 Evans Letorps ABE3 Eric Littlejohn ABE3 Carlos Llorca ABE3 Jun Sagun Lonzame ABE3 Jose Luna ABE3 John McKinney ABE3 Domingo Mejiacastro ABE3 Steven Mikulslti IC3 James Moody EM3 Todd Nave ABE3 Rayvon Northern ABE3 Jamey Norwil ABE3 Kurt Parker ABE3 Terrence Quinn ABE3 Tony Redmond ABE3 Pythias Russell ABE3 ABE3 ABE3 ABE3 ABE3 ABE3 ABE3 Francis Sangale Marcus Simmons John Smith Richard Springer Jose Tacaraya John Tafoyarazo Jeffrey Tidwell ABE3 Randy Tidwell ABE3 Enrique Torres ABE3 Anthony Ward IC3 David Ware ABE3 Ronald White ABE3 Scott Woodridge ABE2 Robert Wright AIR 149 ABE3 Joseph Young ABEAN Robert Akines ABEAN Tony Allen ABEAN Bobbv Bernstein ABEAN Daniel Bliven AN Adam Blondell AN Darrell Bowman ABEAN Travis Branam AN Eric Brue AN Nathaniel Butler ABEAN George Chacon AN Johnny Chandler 150 AIR ABEAN David Dohme ABEAN Robert Donohue ABEAN David Dresch ABEAN Melvin Fane ABEAN Steven Ferguson ABEAN Alexander Flores AN Marcus Hall III ABEAN Lance Harding ABEAN Dexter Hardison EMFN Brian Hendrickson AN Alfred Hinojos AN Jesse Ihrig ABEAN Jose Italic ABEAN Luke Lopez ABEAN Louis Matthews ABEAN Kenneth McCartv ABEAN Adolf Metzer ABEAN Shawn Morris ABEAN Julio Ocana AN Marcelo Ortiz ABEAN Julian Orta ABEAN Manuel Perez AN John Smith ABEAN Reginald Smith AIR 151 IM 1 V-2 : ' ii« ABEAN Jeffrey Stanley ABEAN Christopher Stoddard AN Michael Wiseniewski AN Gregory Zak ABEAA Robert Ancheta AA Pedro Balcarce ICFA Antonio Bardalo ABEAA Rodney Cablay AA John Cansino ABEAA Peter Contreras ABEAA Kevin Davis ABEAA Allen Ray Engle ABEAA Charlie Guerrero ABEAA Justan Guffey ABEAA Douglas Hackney AA Brian Johnson ABEAA Albert Kahoonei AA Larry Lange ABEAA Alejandro Martinez AA Derek Ott ABEAA Kelly Parkes ABEAA Alfredo Pascua ABEAA Michael Woolley ABEAR Greg Bowman 152 AIR AR Kric Boyer ABKAR David (Jarcia AR Everett (;oodv in ABKAR Candido Manansala ABEAR Kenneth Nudo ABEAR William Povndevter LT Rodney Holmes ABHC Roy Harcum Sr. ABHl Armando Flores ABHl Juan Luna ABHi Leroy Morris ABH2 Larry Bonham V-3 V -3 Division is respon- sible for the safe movement of air- craft in the Hangar Bay. The Hangar is also used by the many joggers and physical fitness minded per- sonnel on Connie. There had been appro. imately 5,000 aircraft moves during the 1 989 WESTPAC as of March 8. AIR 153 m VSf ABH2 Odell Lewis Jr. ABH2 Michael Mills ABH2 Timothy Vaughn ABH3 Ronald Calloway ABH3 Pablo Garza ABH3 Carl Harper ABH3 Larry Jones ABH3 Anthony Perez ABH3 Jesus Perez ABH3 James Robson ABH3 Antonio Santos ABH3 Randy Thompson 154 AIR ABHAN Darrell Anderson AN David Anderson AM Harold Bennett AN Mike Folds AN John Calzinski III AN Kirk Cinther AN Lawrence Hankins AN Kevin Hildner ABHAN Stephen Kev ABHAN Robert Kopp AN Matthew Llewellyn AN Antonio Martins AN Marvin Rivas AN David Royal ABHAN Matthew Sabb AN Lorenzo Sciulli AN Hoi-Sung Tse AN Gregory Volenick AN Darren Woody ABHAR Louis Armanini AA Edmundo Chacon AIR 155 AA Robert Cornett AA Rommel Enrique , ABHAA Daniel Gomez AA Leo Mathis AA Jose Marciso AA Cameron Prior A A Teddv Sims ABHAA Dale Summers A A Robert Weeks AA Robert Wegenek ABHAR Shannon Ahlers AR Kvle Anderson ABHAR Aaron Brannen AR Christopher Carter ABHAR Scott Degneau AR Dareck Harris -4 Division is re- sponsible for the re- ceipt, storage, purification and issuing of all jet petroleum ( JP-5), and aviation lube oil aboard Connie. The fuel system is extremely com- plex and consists of two pump rooms, four service filters and 22 fueling sta tions. The virtually miles of associated piping flows throughout the ship, from the bow to the stern and from the 7th deck to the flight deck. Ninety-one men are assigned to three major work centers, consisting of the flight deck, fuel repair and below decks. The flight deck work center completes the actual fueling and defueling of the aircraft on the flight and Hangar decks. The fuels repair team is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the 21 stations and associated equip- ment. And finally, there are the below deckers who filter, purify and transfer the fuel making it acceptable for our aircraft. In summary the Grapes as they are affectionately known, receive, clean and pass the gas to ensure our air fleet can fulfill their missions. 156 AIR AIR 157 mm mi ABF3 George Willey ABF3 Wade Wills ABF3 Daniel Wood AN Ronald Allen AN Thomas Bungert AN Kendell Burke AN James Davis AN Patrick Gormlev AN Leiand Hitchcock AN Dion Hollinger AN Robert Lara ABFAN Micky Melton AN Edward Moreno AN Troy Moulton AN John Null ABFAN Eric Pennes AN Trov Salazar ABFAN William Schimel ABFAN Algia Williams ABFAN Lyie Woolstenhulme 158 AIR A A Kenneth Brown AA Noel Cajupo ABFAA Wavne Canatis ABFAA Michael Jennings AA Tyrone Smith AA Carlos Watts AR Comacho Carlo ABFAR Robert Clark AR Sinu Etterman AR Rommel Heredia ABFAR Joseph Hermosillo AR Michael Lewis ABFAR Michael Love AR Anthony Mayrie ABFAR Arquill Sayles LCDR David RutkofT LTJG Stephen Bryant ABCM Wilbert Martin YNl Robert Stone ABE2 Rodney Fritz YNSN Franklin Hansbarger AN Noel Johnson ABEAN Donald Masters AN Patrick Perkins AN Arnold Richards YNSN Kelvin Triggs V-5 V-5Di- vision is made up of 10 per- sonnel from various backgrounds and rates who perform two vital functions within Connie ' s Air De- partment. The first of these is to assist the Air Boss in conducting flight operations from Primary Flight Control by handling ad- ministrative record keeping tasks. The three yeomen assigned to V-5 perform the division ' s other function, that of typing and proc- essing the paperwork required to run Air Department. The yeomen work long hours to ensure the ad- ministrative function of Air De- partment runs smoothly. AIR 159  ev Safety Department SAFETY 161 SAFETY An aircraft carrier ' s mission is to keep the sea lanes open by projecting power. While Connie enhances the U.S. Navy ' s mobility to achieve its political, economic and military objectives worldwide, safety plays a vital role during the launch and recovery of aircraft and the everyday shipboard routine. Prior to the 88-89 WESTPAC, Connie ' s Safety Depart- ment was presented with the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award by Vice Adm, John H. Fettemian, Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, for compiling the most impressive record of aviation safety during the 1987 calendar year. The Safety Department uses a cross section of rates to cover all aspects of safety on board. This is accomplished by educating the crew through the use of training tapes, posters and logos. Furthermore, personnel from the department observe crewmembers at work to ensure that they are follow- ing proper procedures. CDR Mike Brattland Safety Officer 162 SAFETY ■MB SAFETY 163 mMi Communications Department COMMUNICATIONS 165 COMM Communications is divided into two divisions, CR, composed of radiomen, and CV, the sig- nalmen. The radiomen send and receive messages electronically, establish circuits and maintain anten- nas, couplers and radios, while CV Division ' s sig- nalmen provide visual communications. COMM also helps the crew ' s morale by providing Class E message service enabling crewmembers to send telegrams stateside from the ship for delivery by the Western Union Telegram company. In addition, COMM provides the AP and UPI newswire for the ship ' s daily newspaper. Time and Tides. LCDR David J. Reidy Communications Officer T he 60 ra- d i o m e n of CR Division are tasked with sending and receiving messages electronically, establishing communications circuits and maintain- ing antennas, couplers and radios. Processing over 40,000 messages per month and reproducing about 1.5 million copies keeps the Message Proc- essing Center busy at all times. On the Facility Control side of CR Division, qualified radiomen { techs) set up and change the radio circuits as the communications requirements of the battle group change. L T John Mills LTJG Mark Kreuser LTJG Matthew Warner RMCS Kermit Cain RMCS Frank Zibley RMC Richard Durbin RMC Michael Piechura RMl Gary Carroll RMl Dominick Depalermo RM2 Alton Bell RM2 Gary Goodale RM2 Anthony Moore RM2 Henry Oliver RM2 Donald Palmer RM2 Anthony Phillips RM2 Thomas Williams 166 COMM m RM3 Mark Barefoot RM3 Dwighl Crawford RM3 Ronnie Drake RMi Allen Gallegos RM3 John Hendricks RM3 Hector Lopez RM3 Gregory MeGinness RM3 Jon Price RIVI3 Robert Razzan COMM 167 m 168 COMM ■fi COMM 169 JM 170 i Q Deck Department DECK 171 m DECK Boatswain ' s mates used to be tasked with such duties as constructing and repairing sails to administering lashes to shipmates as punishment in the days of Her Majesty ' s Royal Navy. As members of Deck Department and the U.S. Navy ' s oldest profession, today ' s boatswain ' s mate still performs a wide variety of jobs such as inport and underway replenishments, mooring and anchoring the ship and preserving its hulls. They also provide small boats in emergencies, and if necessary, operate liberty boats. The department consists of three full divisions and one crew of 24 sideclean- ers. Each full division mans two Underway Replenishment (UNREP) stations during alongside evolutions in addition to other duties. First Division maintains and mans the ship ' s anchor, several general issue gear lockers and the paint locker. Second Division is in charge of all UNREP stations, the fantail and the ship ' s towed targets. Third Division is in charge of the ship ' s boats and the quarterdeck area. Fifth Division consists of men who are TAD from other divisions. They maintain the ship ' s sides when Connie is in port and operate the ship ' s incinerators while underway. LCDR Christopher Perry First Lieutenant Deck Department ' s 1st Division is in charge of operating and main- taining the ship ' s anchors and the for- castle, the ceremonial area of Constella- tion. In addition, 1st Division also mans several gear lockers, the paint locker and two UNREP stations. 172 DECK iO DECK 173 Ml 2nd The 29 members of Second Divi- sion maintain all UNREP sta- tions as well as the faintail. and are re- sponsible for all the ship ' s towed tar- gels. The division also mans two UNREP stations. BMI .lames Kontu II BMI Paul Schwab BM2 .leflrcv Ituckner BM3 Charislopher Harris BMJ Dean .leffries B 13 Michael Kaminski B.V13 Rafael Vele Malias BM3 Timothy Willis BM.SN Scott Aller SN Kirk Brolherson SN Dean Kchols SN (icorge Linares SN Brian Lowe SN Michael Lopez SN Nigel Mason SN Orlando Rolon SN Da id Kuggiero SN Ronald Tobias SN Paul Townsend SN Charles Wright SA Da id Pfaff SA Larry Prine SA Lonnie Quinlivan SR Richard Bickford 174 DECK Ih SR Vaughn Rogers Jr. SR Alfred Woodard SR Willie Collins SR W. J. Dinilppantonio SR Ronnie Kennedy LT David Guarino BMC Bvron Garrett BMl Ricky Reece BM2 Cesar Alzola BM2 Johnny Lee BM2 Jeffrey Lindaman BM2 Guy Warren BM3 Paul Gritten BM3 Charles Owens BM3 David Whitley SN Darren Bailey SN Mathew Gowin SN Andre Hamm SN Robert Hayes SN James Heller SN Dean Makkos SN James McGregor SN William Sanders Jrd T ed by Lt.David Guarino, 3rd JLi Division is responsible for the ship ' s boats, including liberty boats. The division is also in charge of the quarterdeck area, as well as manning two UNREP stations when required. DECK 175 Al M SN Jon Thrasher SN Kevin Washington SA William Bussa SA Jesse Gargus III SA John Glumac SA Wilmer Jacltson SA James Johnson SA Gerald Keller SA Vernon Lee SA Howard Pertlula SA Anthony Reyna SA William Sartain Jr. SR Wayne Dumez SR Luis Valentin 3rcl f ' f 4 - ( Kr ' W V 176 DECK CW04 William Bunch BMI Daniel Toscano BM2 Bennv Caldwell BM2 Kenneth Clark BM2 Paul Howerton BM3 Theodore Jones SN Chris Boettcher SN Mark Dishaw SN John Haner SN Mark Hensley SN David Holkestad SN Steven Magbuhat SN Eric Morrison SN Troy Pass SN Paul Ruderstaller SN Eric Shelton SN Robert Wiley SA Cullen Anderson SA Arturo Espanta SA Benito Espinoza SA Restituto Hernandez Under the leadership of CW04 William Bunch 5th Division is manned with personnel who are TAD from other divisions. They are responsible for Connie ' s exterior appearance while import and operate the incinerators while under- way. SA Bruce Pac SA Walter Watson SA Kim Wyatt DEC K 177 ifi Dental Department DENTAL 179 at M DENTAL The Dental Department is comprised of 12 enlisted Dental Techni- cians and tour officers. Constellation ' s Dental Department, with its highly capable staff, is fully able to provide any treatment, no matter how complex, for its crew and embarked airwing. On this cruise the dental department saw an average of about 80 patients a day and operated on about 30 a day during routine hours of operation. All phases of dentistry were provided to Battle Group Delta from routine fillings to complex root canals, fixed prosthetics, and oral maxillofacial surgery. The goal of the department is to get Connie ' s crew to a category they call Class One . This means that all crewmen ' s dental problems are ad- dressed and t reated appropriately. A class one crewmember has no cavities or other dental problems that require treatment. The Dental De- partment Recall Program was designed to help reach this objective. LCDR Short, Dental ' s Preventive Denistry Officer said. The ship and air wing personnel Recall Program ensures all Connie sailors have the opportunity to obtain a yearly exam. Dental readiness is kept high, and with a clean bill of health from the Dental Department, everyone will be putting forward their best asset, their smile. CDR Charles Jaworski Dental Officer 180 DENTAL ya w DENTAL 181 UB ENGINEERING 183 i ENGINEERING The Engineering Department provides tiie steam, electricity, fresh water and ventilation to support every vital system . every department, and every individual in the crew. The snipes, as the engineers are affectionately called, work around the clock (sometimes in port as well as at sea) in the company of demanding machinery. The dedication necessary to keep Connie ' s screws turning, spaces cooled, fresh water flowing and motors turning cannot be taken lightly. Connie ' s Engineering Department was judged to be the best carrier Engineering team in the Pacific Fleet, and as such, was awarded the Red E for calendar year 1988. it is the third time in four years that Connie has taken this award. According to the ship ' s Main Propulsion Assistant, Lt. Cmdr. Rocket Hamilton. Engineering ' s success was largely due to the leadership of Cmdr. Richard T. Holmes, the chief engineer for most of the year, and the continued leadership of Cmdr. J.L. Cuzzocrea, who relieved Cmdr. Holmes in September. Two other key elements were fine advance planning at management levels within the depart ment, and outstanding execution on the part of the lower echelon. Engineering started the year with a well-planned and well-executed Selective Restricted Availa- bility, and made sure that their equipment was kept in prime condition at all times, Lt. Cmdr. Hamilton added. As early as Jan. I, 1988. the department was ready for Refresher Training and for the Board of Inspection and Survey, which took place in April and May, respectively. As soon as those evolutions were out of the way. Engineering was already preparing for pre- deployment work-ups. And then came the evolution that no one had planned for. An unexpected and devastating main space fire erupted Aug. 2. But because Engineering had prepared so well for all of its scheduled evolutions, ihey were able to deal with a fire that might have played havoc with the ships schedule. Three weeks later, Connie was on her feet again, underway and conducting flight op- erations. ( DK .Icihn ( u ()crea Chief Kn ineer A Division, or A-Gang, is responsible for all engi- neering auxiliary equipment not located in the main machinery spaces, and for systems and equip- ment from the bow to the stern. This includes all ship ' s water heaters, air conditioning plants, deck edge elevators, elevator doors, divisional doors, all emer- gency diesel generators, engines in the Admiral ' s barge, the captain ' s gig, motor whaleboats, the ship ' s steering engines, all galley equipment, as well as nitro- gen and oxygen for aviation re- quirements. LT Charles Bnant LT Bundy .Sarmiento LTJC; .Michael Moriarily ENS Edmund Lazn MMCS Robert Bledsoe MMC Shannon EzroH ENC Enrico Layug MMC Arnolfo Paat MMl Eduardo . guilar EN I Anthony Colson MMl Ruel Ladringan VNl Michael Mover ENl David NevN comer MMl Angelito Payawal MMl Steven Rodgers MMl Ramon Soto 184 ENGINEERING llB MMI Rodelio Taliman EN2 James Casto MM2 Steven Clingaman MM2 Richard Janssen MM2 Kent Renard MM2 Robert Warrick MM2 Uavid Wilber ENGINEERING 185 EN3 Arnel Reyes MM3 Laurel Sax MIVI3 Todd Wegner MMFN Eric Bosch MMFN Richard Chabotte MMFN Daniel Deleon MMFN Jerome Lee MMFN Eric Monge FN Michael Norman MMFN Jessie Ontiveros MMFN Manuel Orallo MMFN Sean Ridenour MMFN Samuel Robinson MMFN Randall Schmidt MMFN Jeffrey Shuflil MMFN Timothy Wegner MMFA Joseph Benami ENFA Christopher Blair FA James Briggs FA Clarence Elliott FA Mark Goodman ENFA George Jimenez FA Johnny Lyman FA Joe Molina 186 ENGINEERING flB ' ' ' 1 B I S k ■««t, ; ki ir ■FA Richard Paternostro FA Carlos Pomales ENFA Todd Rowland FA Ernie Sterling FA Dennis Stober FA Arnell Ward FA Keith Wiggins FA David Young M i It ' Sifi i iHBy From the aircraft warning lights to the pitsword, from the bow light to the wake light and all points in be- tween, the presence of the ICs and EMs of E Divi- sion is felt. The division is re- sponsible for the ship ' s telerphone systems, com- munication on the flight deck, maintenance of the sound powered phone system and repair of all electrical wiring. CW02 Thomas Fink EMCS Dennis Stodola EMI Rolando Bacani EMI Jesse Chiles EMI Dwight Hartley EMI John Nihof EMI Froilan Ruiz ICi Virgilio Soriano EM2 Anthony Andaleon EM2 Efren Ballar EM2 Theodore Carey EM2 Charles Clement IC2 Lon Frantz EM2 Anthony Hill ENGINEERING 187 dM 188 ENGINEERING kSI k ' % KMJ Jesus Maxilom IC3 Lawrence Prochko KIV13 Kerdinand Sera Jose IVi Dale Sharp E1V13 Tommy Shaw ¥Mi Don Smith EM3 Kelly Utz EM3 Christian Wigers ICFN Patrick Dietz ICFN Douglas Godbey EMFN Robert Hofer EMFN Charles Mack EMFA Thomas Miesch Jr. ICFN Jose Meza ICFN Warren Mitchell ICFA Larry Morrical ICFN Edward Nichols EMFN Ronald Rosson Jr. EMFN Matthew Schie ICFN Vernon Stolt EMFA Scott Toves EMFA Richard Hinkson EMFA Allan Malapitan EMFA Lindon Price .,. _J H fl 1 ' . _j V H|f ' jjBpif k i B fti .;i Vi V ' l w ' ' H . ENGINEERING 189 m The men of P- 1 steam the forward main machinery rooms on Connie. The division is composed of BTs, who tend the four boilers in the forward main spaces, and MMs, who care for the main engines. IX. ' I)R James Hamiltun LT ,lohn Roni ' oroni LT Harrison Sells LTJG Kent Smith MMC Mario Rante MMC Juan Talledo MMl Dennis Carson MMl Mark Clifford BTl Donald McDaniel MM2 Mark Kesteloot BT2 Lee Partvka MM2 Joseph Schwarz MM3 Cervando Alquizar MM3 . riel .Arcebido BT3 John Bowden BT3 William Bowdre MM3 Juanito Campos BT3 Daniel Daniels 190 ENGINEERING MM3 Kric Davis i 1M3 C ' e ar Dcvera BT3 Mark F.genlauf BT3 Charles Evans MM3 Rauliano (lacusan BT3 Michael Harden MM3 John Jindrich MM3 Mel Johnson MM3 Brian Jonas MM3 John Lindsey MM3 Curt Ouellette BT3 David Peterson BT3 Michael Stevens MM3 Timoth} ' Thuringer BT3 Jacinto Viernes BTFN Gilbert Ballon BTFA Wilfredo Cardinez BTFN Stanley Chenev ENGINEERING 191 FN Randy Deslongchamp MMFN Douglas Manlev MMFN Ramos Rogelio MMFN Nicholas VValkosak MMFA Jon Curry FA (Jregory Frank MMFA Cucvas Javier MMFA Craig I,ee FA Rickey Revis FA Melvin Singletary FA L. Kenneth Tucker BTFA Rogelio Ybarra FR Michael Thomas FR Robert Wilson BT2 Scott Froom MM2 Richard Mang MM2 Christopher Staley MM3 illiam Cramer fgl 1 he boiler JL technicians (BTs) and machin- ist ' smates(MMs)or P-2 Di ision steam Connie ' s two at ' l | main machinerv rooms. The BTs tend 1 the boilers in the aft main machinery spaces, while the MMs maintain ihc main engines and other associated ma- chinery within both spaces. MWi Charles (;io er BT3 (ieorge Martinez BT3 Kenneth Mattson MM3 Cilberl Ramos MMFN Don Jayamaha BTFN Melton Losoya BTFN Ronerico Pomar BTFA Eddie Jarrell MMFA John Manning MMFA (ieorge Torres FA Brvan Vetter 192 I Ml I T.I(; John Magce MMC ' S Harold Seaman BTl Wayne Barwick BTl Michael Lebrun BTl Ador Mateo BT2 Ricardn Delarosa BT2 Jimmy Meeks BT3 Oscar Datiles BT3 Michael Sujkowski BTFN Steven Byrd FN Anthony Guadarrama BTFN Porfirio Hidalgo BTFN Ricky Mellenberger FN Thomas Perry FN Jerrod Sessler FN Michael Victorino FA Thomas Bartlett FA Bernard Sorenson FA Samuel Walters FR Ronald Cruz FR Travis Thomas eeping Connie ' s eight boilers on line and in good repair and performing maintenance on the thou- sands of valves throughout the engineering plant is the work of P-3 Division. Included in one of Connie ' s most vital divisions is the Automatic Boiler Control and Boiler Repair Shops, the Valve Maintenance shop and the associated machine shops. ENGINEERING 193 P-4 LTJG J. T. Sebastyn BTC George Fishel BTl Robert Rouiller BT2 Michael Baldwin BT2 Richard Cooksey BT2 Anthony Demarco BT2 Everett Roark BT2 Alcuin Tasch BT3 John Charlie BT3 Edric Cole BT3 Allen Gines BT3 Christopher Jones BT3 David Lynch BT3 David Madden BT3 Robert Taylor I t takes an enormous amount of fuel to keep Connie steaming and her planes flying, and the men of P-4 are responsible for all as- pects of fuel transfer and storage of the diesel fuel known as DFM. In the Oil and Chemistry Labs, they labor to ensure a high quality of fuel is available at all times. BT3 Lonnie Wells BTFN Duane Baldonado FA Carl Ashby i «: V «: 194 ENGINEERING mot - FA Kevin Fannin FA Brian Helmstetter FA Dean Hoffman FA George Parent FA Leonard Ramos FA Sandor Smith FR Bradley Blowers FR Farrel Cook ENGINEERING 195 t I ENGINEERI LCDR Alfred Nugent LT Michael Ahlgrim LT Steven Knauer ENS Jeff Sciuto CW04 Richard Williams CW02 Victor Delgado HTCM Errol Person MRCS Benjamin Angeles HTC Douglas Norgard HT] Brian Clark HTl Franklin Dennis MR2 Damnoen Huntrakui HT2 Dennis Bush HT2 Stephen Deal HT2 Dennis Hansen HT2 Mike PehoskI MR2 Danny Salcedo HT2 Henry Stokes DC2 Mark Wierzbicki HT3 Eric Blomgren HT3 Kenneth Brewster MR3 Edwin Cabal It I ENGINEERING 197 IKFN Stanley Michael OCFN Robert Moore DC FN Roger Purcella DCFN Fric Roberts DC ' FN John Scolman DCFN Brian Silva DCFN Ernie Valdez FA Juanito Agsalud FA Carl Earner DCFA Timothy McGuire FA Gary Michel FA Thomas Nelson FA Melvin Parker FR Charles Atterbury FR David Hoover FR Michael Hopper FR Kenneth McCool HTFR Scott McKee FR Julio Melendez r ' ' i5 r V ENGINEERING 199 U. S. NAVY R ervice necori o . FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY VjT, Al TJO ' SV ,V ,.. ' V v ,,o o , , fV v«t  9?- frHO ' ,o  iOft ' -ft ' ' . e O ' S,  ■' ' ' vr s •■■Oi , Executive Department 9 y O ' i.4«r unr ' Sa t(f tSN iWffi $£1, ' C£ Rbc , MEMORANDUM H ., UBS C From To : CO A-riow Date MMANDING OFFICE ,-i==- _«W OVA , HappV oaV v.o. Z. EXECUTIVE 201 EXECUTIVE Executive Department is credited for supporting the crew ' s morale and personal needs. Exec is made up of yeomen, personnelmen, journalists, postal clerks and lithographer ' s mates. Lt. Johnson, the ship ' s admin officer is also the department head for Exec. Executive ' s yeomen are responsible for producing the Plan of the Day , command correspondence, fitness reports and much of the needed paperwork to keep the ship ' s operation running smooth. They work out of XO ' s Admin and the Captain ' s Office and support Connie ' s leadership by performing administrative functions for the CO and XO. The Personnel Office supports the crew by maintaining service records, taking daily muster and ration reports. The personnelmen take care of enlisted members personal paperwork and manage the care of Exec ' s berthing. Connie journalists work out of the Public Affairs Office and are responsible for producing internal publications and operating the ship ' s closed circuit TV station. Lithographer ' s Mates handle all printing jobs needed to support the ship ' s daily routine. The ship ' s Post Office is one of the busiest shops in Exec. Postal clerks are responsible for incoming and outgoing mail on a day to day basis. fiffit .V I,T Don .lohnson Administrative Officer X-1 Under the leadership of Lt. Jack Papp, X-1 Division consists of the Public Affairs Of- fice, the Print Shop and XO Admin. Lt. Papp is also the Public Affairs Officer. During WESTPAC ' 88-89, the PAO ' s jour- nalists operated three TV channels, produced a daily newspaper, weekly Showguides, a twice- weekly news broadcast, a bi-monthly family- gram, this cruisebook, and wrote numerous local stories for ship ' s publications as well as for civil- ian markets, ran the Fleet Home Town News program and handled community and media rela- tions. The Print Shop ' s lithographers handled all of the ship ' s print specifications. Daily projects in- cluded the ship ' s newspaper. Time and Tides (1000 copies). Air Plan (350), Load Plan (275), Green Sheet (315) and Plan of the Day (500). Overall, the Print Shop completed over 8,000 indvidual projects using more than 2.5 million sheets of paper. XO Admin ' s yeomen produce the Plan of the Day and assist Lt. Don Johnson. I.T .lack Papp .IOC Martin WUklund BMl Frank Despir .JOI .lerry Katanga 1J2 Arnu Kiilal .n VN3 .Stephen (iarner 202 EXECUTIVE V ' NJ Phenocia Armstcad LI. Michael Rivera SN Eric Agboka JOSN Charles Bear JOSN Mark Craigen YNSN Robert Field YN3 Gregory Grier JOSN Michael Kramer LISN Guy LaPlante JOSN Dietrich Volkland YNSN Chauncey Wilkins JOSR Scott McCormick CW02 Arthur Galvan PNC Rick Gallardo PNl Geromin Gonzales PNl Jay Hebron PNl Christopher Sarte PN2 William Fletcher III PN2 Eduardo Hernandez PN2 John Howard PN2 Romulo Villamento PN2 Benjamin Minerva PN2 Gilbert Villasin PN3 Ralph Boehm X-2 X-2 Division is Connie ' s PSD TPU. It maintains over 3,000 enlisted service rec- ords and provides personnel services to over 4,300 enlisted ship ' s company and air wing per- sonnel. During a typical month underway, X-2 Divi- sion may process over 250 ID cards, 100 trans- fers, 70 receipts, 50 reenlistments extensions, 25 separations and over 700 OCR documents. They are also responsible for the proper ac- counting of all embarked enlisted personnel for daily muster reports, rations reports and during man overboard evolutions. It is also the heart of all transient processing in support of the Battle Group. EXECUTIVE 203 ENS Richard Ka.v YNC Pat Kingsbury PCC Jeffrey Rogers PC2 Martin Christian YN2 Raymond Oelgado PC2 Johnnie Mewborn IVIS3 Bruce Bouch YN3 Keith Bushnell PC3 Robert Compton PC3 Jeffery Farrer YN3 Ronald Oliver YN3 Jeff Steadman PCSN Yusef Collins SN Jose Perez SN David Skillman YNSR Stevie Gant YNSR Charles Jackson PCSR Cory Landers YNSR Tyrone Marshall PCSR Wayne Peterson X-3 The Captain ' s Office kept the ever-present paperwork flowing throughout the deploy- ment. In addition to their main mission of sup- porting the Commanding Officer and as the focal point for all command correspondence, the yeo- men provide superb customer service support to ship ' s company, as well as squadron personnel. They process numerous correspondence, awards, directives, fitness reports and officer receipts transfers separations and retirements. The Post Office ' s mission is to provide, as a minimum, a level of service equal to that provided by a civilian post office of equal size. All of the various classes of mail handled by a civil post office are handled by Connie ' s post office. This includes both official and personal mail, the sale and cashing of money orders, and various special mail services such as registry and insurance. EXECUTIVE 205 il iTP ' WESTFAC TEME ANB TEBEB TI IiBR S B ° . g n: ' a USS CONSTELLATON (CV 64) MONDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1989 y Connie, Air Wing demonstrate readiness Crewmembers enjoy a well- pQD catch of the d deserved day at the beach ' Fod found on me fngm deck Friday, f email rivptc thro« ' ♦♦ • — ' ' By JOSN Mike Kramer Agolf baUretPn ' =- Smdll nv - It may not be as old a tradition as crossing the arv4 - - S X [ p 2 I DGl TOl iTlS line, but on Connie, it ' s just as revereH ' Cm. ' ' America ' s Flagshi - CSI Ca I ,1 ESDA change of comr ,_ ,;;S ' ' EVgMbaHei . _ l Tf Tll , — assistant band representative and one of £iCC ' f _  SC UirreM ' f . ishap-frae year Connie Currents 38 sailors feed, entertain Pattaya ' s orphans Connie ' s AT T keeps 1500 phones fighting fit Supply earn 5 t sV ap- ' ' ° Blue ' E ' two PAGE 3 BY JOSN Mike Kramer to 50 a week when we first ts ' When a Constellation crewmember picks up a break Jown in f ' telephme in his work center and hears a reas- nr - suring dial tone telling him the phone is ' - — . % ITS ea fs Espinoza I get a n conversa backeroL vf 113 . Crossing the Line Jf ' l ' « ' iniccr AV ADDTI 11 1000 By JOSN Mike Kramer Z Connie ath let !i , bat, bust, bik; Connie and Nimitz complete turnover in Indian Ocean - . _. ... . phone shop supervisor, liiat numoer escalates require extensive ana time-consuming rewmng. pho 111 IlllliPPinO V-4 fuels Connie ' 5 aircraft past five million gallon maik k ' CAG completes 500th trap on Constellation, 961st for career Mfii By JOSN Mike Kramer Fresh air. sunshi - ' — , suii un : ieei Deacn Pakistan U «-- « crew -  - , ' -j;,Xtme rhristmas not quixe ' _ .,„„ I ■■viiciicn mmsell lion net. If hittine an inanimate object ( ,d TiniC and Tides Karachi offered bargain ■J Z ; shopping, sightseeing to Connie crewmembers P ■■- By JOSN Mike Kramer by Thanks to the recent visit to Karachi, Pakistan.al Connie ' s Post Office is currently handling an average of 4,000 pounds of outgoing mail per day. That ' s because Karachi offered som reten- t bargains in the worM • viiciicn mmsell tion net. If hitting an inai imate object didn ' t ® ' with ice water from a soda cooler because of the blow off sufficient intense heat from the grills -.«• •- iircrau ufficient Steam. W o — C rtOOiil C constellation on passing OPPE America remembers Constellation Air Wing introduces new weapon in war on FOD Project IHandclasp brings Connie crew together rf Tw . .,nwo nt tno Minnr io t ... , „r ... . ..-.vimnpi M II) mcTiace won ' t stoD theTC. LoBS will be Kepi 0: four washers, three iditionar nd in flight age (FOD). rounds ot tne riigni aect. lo ensure uiai pcisonnei fOU menace won ' t stop there. Ixigs wiu be Kepi FOD has lately proved to be a cunning, insidi- performing turn-around inspections and last- of FOD walkdowns to keep track of areas that ousander   i P- Tiger Teams , or Mullinsof « ■■■■M.1 I icl responsible for keeping the inthatwa Qno MaJH pumps 3 milliontn gai. -fo-wmke anesr- ale — 1 [I lei S.3 ' s sales t 5P one - niion dollar Ylfll.l.l. - ' ._, is meetings tnarls is fll: are being held every othernight. Ens. Mullins and squadron Quality A ai T Ic Battle ' E ' ' Fist Of the Fleer earns prestigious award again POn ic alw « f« - - — ' - • J r? _  __it;_-r ' Time and Tides lie m 3 Du in: Na SUNDAY, FEBRU. RY 5. 1989 Topside crew: safe launches, every time Connie remembers America PAGE 3 MARDET 209 MARDET ' ' W would not deem a warship complete without a body ofMarines, said Com- M. modore J. Lunds referring to the services provided by soldiers of the sea. For the entire history of our Corps, Marines have provided detachments and or- ganizations for service in armed vessels of the Navy. The National Security Act of 1947 states, service to the sea is part of our mission. A mission entrusted to Marines by the citizens of our Nation. We value that trust and continue to provide that pride and professionalism that has won us that trust and has earned us the title. Marine. Westpac 88-89 was a time of change for Marines aboard America ' s Flagship. While holding to our traditional role of shipboard security, we attempted to branch out and echo our Commandant s desire for tough, no nonsense warriors. With that in mind, Connie ' s Marines sharpened marksmanship skills, improved our individ- ual tactical knowledge, and trained with our counterparts throughout the world learning jungle survival techniques in the Republic of the Philippines and firing close combat courses in the white sands of Diego Garcia. Each of these evolutions reinforced the idea that each Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. We always look ahead. We always try to discover new ways to better ourselves, our unit, and our ship. We look to the future, to continued service to ships now and forever named Constellation, to service to our Corps and our country. Semper Fidelis. 1ST LT John Ambrosi MSGT Wayne Sumpter SSGT Kenneth Graves SGT Stephen Bell SGT Renny Everett SGT JefTery Floyd SGT Mark Klinger SGT Raymond Mackey SGT Leo Preciado CAPT Joe Perry Commanding OfTicer SGT Christopher Young CPL Scott Davis CPL Norvell Ho od 210 MARDET mfl CPL Oscar Hunter 111 CPL Steven McKenna CPL Charles Vivian CPL David Whillev CPL Robert Voung LCPL Michael Anderson LCPL Jeffrey Armstrong LCPL Daniel Beasley LCPL Darren Bullard LCPL Jose Burdoin LCPL Justin Cassel LCPL Kenneth Castro LCPL Bernard Clay LCPL Roy Colvcr LCPL Jeffrey Conley LCPL Russell Cummings LCPL John Decker LCPL Jesus Delacruz LCPL Jow Eagan LCPL Brent Eilderts LCPL Marcus Foster LCPL Walter Gommel LCPL Darrel Hernandez LCPL Felipe Hernandez Jr. MARDET 211 LCPL Craig Johnson LCPL Frank Kajdacsi LCPL Anthony Kline LCPL Brian Matthiae LCPL Mark McBride LCPL Michael McCallie 212 MARDET m Maintenance Department MAINTENANCE 215 ai MAINTENANCE Under the guidance of Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Hamiiiton. the ' tighting force, more commonly known as Hab or Maintenance De- partment, fights a never ending battle against deterioration throughout the ship. Relagging, retiling, welding and painting are just a few of the many tasks performed by Hab in order to keep up with the everyday wear and tear and corrosion a ship encounters on a six-month deployment. Results helped maintain a comfortable living environment for Connie ' s 5000-plus crew during WESTPAC 88-89. Relagging leaking pipes is one of Hab ' s most time consuming duties. Their are miles of pipes throughout an aircraft carrier. Fortu- nately, while inport. their efforts are supplemented by a civilian work force, which enables Hab to catch up on some of the more pressing and difficult lagging jobs. LCDK (hariie Hamilton Maintenance OfTicer 216 MAINTENANCE ma MAINTENANCE 217 mm fi faft .ioe ctf ' Jimmy t THE ( ' yil yltM . t  t tjttX •A a4 W I J- . Articles -. --(. CV ,, ii t v«w«  . F HE U u ed . Sh c V XUlrn tv . !« dttsfu t nf Wfttf  X wi . y . „. :, , j , hAj y . T m m XB ' ' ft tfu iJ y u 6 . .,A,K -i.rX t 4 ft ,f t.,.. .. ,. A .. . . Ur.w 4 V y« . ftC ( •• . ;; j J a iy ;. — .- « y? «  „ y « :y .--i . . ..X .. .y I - ■••■— ;5 ' .y: ' A ' ' - ' -«« ' . af fi A- . (ai lit i r- --- —-  . -. ! i- m lii,4ti,, ' , ' ,f It I ,:,i.:i - ' ..trnt. V.xitpt for rfe   t  « ■• ■ « • LEGAL 219 LEGAL Connie ' s Legal Department is divided into two divi- sions. The first is the ship ' s police force, or Master at Amis office. MAA ' s taice care of physical security through- out the ship, handle urinalysis testing, conduct investigations, maintain the restricted berthing and the ship ' s brig. The second division, L-2 is made up of legalmen who assist crew members with wills, power of attorneys and legal prob- lems. They perform Judge Advocate General investigations and advise the CO of any legal matters that arise. They are able to give legal advice and point out options for crew members seeking legal help. They also perform disciplinary separa- tions and handle all aspects of court martials. LCDR Hal Dronberger Legal Officer LT Frederick Mitchell LNC Eugene White LNl Guillermo De Santiago LNl John White SN Jaime Arizmend i 220 LEGAL r H rvs ' T W-. ENS Norman C. Ash MACS Billy Woodruff MAC Michael Nagorr MAI Arthur Andregg AXl Michael Blauer MAI Michael Brown MAI Michael Caffee ICl Domingo Drapeza L-1 WTI David Lewis AMHl Thomas Longstreth AOl Mark Malloy LEGAL 221 ail A MSI David Meide AMHl Michael Motiin A¥A Andv Puno ADl Roger Rousej SHI Rolando Salgado BTI Klie .er Segismar RMl Anlh(m Swope AMSI Dennis VVInship MMl John Zvkas AMS2 Kdward Alonzo AMH3 Michael Dugan BM2 Darlan (in Kisclte AD2 .Ion (iailaino a ABF.2 Rejnaldo (iucrrero ()S2 Donald HamplonA AV 2 Robert Hanson A V2 Douglas Haiens AK2 Terrence Hicks IS2 Joseph Kenne) A()2 Leon Kimball AQ2 David Kindig ABE2 James Murphj ()S2 Pujo Marshall A()2 Jose Ramos 222 LEGAL ■xci-w ' T ' ABE2 Gregory Williams SM3 Milan Onofre DK3 Gilbert Regado SN James Craig YNSN Dennis Ducusin SN Charlie Griffin YNSN Phillip Snoddy SA Rolando Bona SA Kristopher Messenger SR Douglas Miller SA Julio Ramos LEGAL 223 m CONNIE COMICS I CfiPTAlU HAT DO ¥m TUlfJK Of THIS BODY? 224 CONNIE COMICS « s««Mmr— ■— m if fn sm m? ' Dom ' T foo Josr HATE T-ESc- rwr£i ceP-rr ' CAN WE LAY WORE WH tF. T uE TOPAV, CAP ' H f VOU ' RE PRINWN OR (3 ,Qi TOO MUCH I WHAT COFPEE, A.IP VVE ' have a acwt 2iifll K£lB«fi ..WHAT Da VoO  ACAM ' ' LA0 JCK CONNIE COMICS 225 ill aa MEDICAL 227 MEDICAL ' ' Medical Emergency, Medical Emergency! Away the Medical Re- sponse Team, away, to compartment 2-186-01, the Aft Mess Decks, ' screams the 1 MC and off go the corspmen running to the scene. Under the direction of Cmdr. George B. Whitten III, Senior Medical Officer, Connie ' s Medical Department played a key role in accomplishing the ship ' s mission, during WESTPAC ' 88-89. Medical Department is tasked with the health and welfare of the crew, which entails the treatment of sickcall patients and the operation of an infec- tious disease clinic, to coping with emergencies and maintaining a 60-bed inpatient ward. The 5 1-man team ' s duties include maintaining over 5000 health records of ship ' s company and embarked airwing personnel, treating routine and emergent medical problems, performing emergency surgery, monitoring preventative and occupational health programs, manning the flight deck deck battle dressing station, running laboratory tests, shooting x-rays, filling prescriptions and caring for patients requiring hospitalization. Whether treating seriously injured patients, or trudging through the daily routine, Connie ' s Medical Department is always at the ready. Proof being recognized by two consecutive Medical Department Battle Efficiency (Blue M ) awards. CDR (Jeorge B. Whitten III Senior Medical Officer 228 MEDICAL CDR Mitchell Wright LCDR Robert Lynch LT Henry Villareal CW04 Roger Cook CW02 Michael McDonald HMl Oscar Basa HMl Stephen Manchen HMl Ruflno Rimando HMl Richard Schmidt MEDICAL 229 HM2 Michael Lipke HM2 Gerald Minor HM2 Roland Hancock HM2 Mark Reading HM3 Robert Bonlreger HM3 Harry Beccrra HM3 David Clauw HM3 Jason Downing HM3 Raul Herrera HM3 Elvis Lansangan HM3 John Lerma HM3 William Macheia HM3 David McLaughlin HM3 Jeff Moody HM3 Theodore Partridge HM3 Herbert Peal 230 MEDICAL HM3 Reginald Richmond HM3 Belhoven Salinas HMi Michael Surwill HM3 Allen Wright AN Stacey Burt HN Lonnie Honea HN James Patton SN Beda Mejorada HN Patrick Moroney HN Vaughn Phillips HN Kent Shaw B v | 2 B H Pt HK ■' ' BUB f H HH If W- A- ' i H ■P VH l C B V HH ' ' j . -a «r 9l | 1 r ' VtIbM Ik -a J ' ' 1 9 r r- p. H k; A M m lA « v 1 w Bkl '  %K ■W .Jv 1 K i ■■1 rikHi K P I Pi H V ' 1 i ■■ii l HLJ H MEDICAL 231 ai ■srtf 232 Hit Navigation Department NAVIGATION 233 Ml NAVIGATION Navigation Department is one of the smallest on Connie, but is charged with one of the largest areas of responsibility, the safe and accurate navigation of the ship. They must always know the ship ' s location in the large expanse of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This can be determined by charting celestial bodies or by using state of the art electronic navigation equipment. Navigation Department is also tasked with maintaining and cor- recting the thousands of charts and publications by plotting the ship ' s position from port to port. Steering the ship during underway replenishments and in and out of ports are also tasks for which the quartermasters are responsible. During WESTPAC the Connie ' s navigation team successfully navigated over 36,000 miles in and out of four ports, eight anchorages and steered alongside replenishment ships on more than 45 occasions. CDR Jack McAfee Navigator 234 NAVIGATION 1 — -■NAVIGATION 235 m (Plwlos by Cmdr.C. J. Healley.) ■236 CVW- 1 4 AIRCRAFT CVW- 14 AIRCRAFT 237 i Operations Department AM OPERATIONS 239 OPERATIONS The Operations Department is composed of six functions: Air Opera- tions, Combat Direction Center (CDC), Carrier Intelligence Center (CVIC), Electronics, Strike Operations, and Meteorology. Under the watchful eye of the OPS Boss. Cmdr. Pence Parsons, the department is responsible for the .scheduling and conduct of all flight operations, defense of the ship, coordination with other battle group assets, collection and dissemination of intelligence information, weather and oceano- graphic predictions, and maintenance of critical shipboard sensors and equipment. The Combat Direction Center (CDC) is the electronic nerve center of the ship. Inputs from all battle group sensors are fed to the watch standers in CDC who analyze, identify and track every contact within hundreds of miles. This information is used by the tactical action officer to defend the ship against air, surface and subsurface threats. CDR Pence Parsons Operations Officer CDR Michael Grulli CDC Omcer CDR David Flynt CDR Dave Everett Air Operations Officer Strike Ops Officer CDR Chris Glanzmann LCDR Dan Hurdle LCDR Bob Houtman Intelligence Officer EMO Oceanographer AGC (ierald Macke Mix Paul Brewer AG2 Bradley Fillbach AG2 Jeffery Livingston AG3 Henry Ameen AG3 James Shiban AG3 Peter Van Cleve AGAN Joseph Ciambra AGAN Jorg Covington AGAA Michael Faint AGAN Guy Matz AGAN Roger Trombetta 240 OPERATIONS k 1,T Richard Atwood LT Scott Dean ENS William Frost ACC Robert Benkert ACC John Gallagher ACC Bruce Sorge ACl Trov Bratton ACl Jeffery Henry ACl Richard Johnston OA Division is manned by the ship ' s meteorologist oceanogra- pher, Lt. Cmdr. Bob Houtman, and 12 aerographer ' s mates (AGs). METRO provides a wide range of meteorological and oceanographic products to the ship, airwing, embarked staffs and other battle group units. Information provided includes: oceanographic forecasts, acoustic range predictions, radar performance predic- tions, climatological reports and weather forecasts and briefings. Under the Direction of Cmdr. Dave Flynt, Connie ' s Air Operations Officer, OC Division mans the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC). The divisions controllers provide radar control to all launch- ing and recovering aircraft within 50 miles of the ship during nightime and reduced visibility conditions as well as advisory service during daytime operations. Using a complex array of radars, instrument landing systems, and radios, Connie ' s CATCC team ensures the safe and expeditious flow of air traffic to and from the ship. CATCC also coordinates all airspace requirements for the deployment and works closely with foreign of- ficials to ensure compliance with local air traffic con- trol procedures and regulations. OPERATIONS 241 ACI Michael Van Wie ACI Ronald Vanwart ACI Thomas Waddingham AC2 Michael Dean AC2 Michael Lancon AC2 Mitchell McKav AC3 Bruce Bivins AC.? Kent Bryant AC3 Chris Dawsun AC3 Larry Uinkens AC3 Darren Martin AC3 Ste an Owens AC3 Richard Vandewater ACAN Roy Blizzard ACAN David Crain ACAN Christopher Khan ACAN Mark White ACAA Thomas Barnett ACAA William Bonalos ACAN Frank (iuarascio ACAA Stephen Kozlowski AN Brian Miller ACAA Claude Naggar ACAA Robert Walton 242 OPERATIONS 1 ICC Charles Barron ETC Joseph Pires ETl Lawrence Robbins ETl David Schwemlein ET2 Jav Barlis ET2 John Carver IC2 Phillip Kruse ETl Jeffrey Ledure ET2 Gregory Norris ET2 Steven Peck DS2 Lin Pond ET2 Lonnie Porter ET2 Jay Ripslinger ET2 Chris Teruya OEC Division consists of four work cen- ters. Shop One maintains the ship ' s radio receivers, crypto equipments and flight deck communicationssystem (RATS). Trans One services HF and UHF transceivers for voice and data link operation. TVR main- tains the ship ' s television studio, over 400 individual television sets and the closed cir- cuit pilot briefing system. Finally, METRO ensures the operability of weather-related equipment u.sed in providing weather forecast information to all ships in Battle Group Delta. OPERATIONS 243 244 OPERATIONS LT.|(; Robert Irsich DSC William Braulio F. rc Jeffrey Hav DSI Lowell Danan DSl Ricard Jova DSI Michael fulcus DS2 Timothy Aguirre DS2 Kenneth Babb DS2 Scott Charleson DS2 Randy Constant DS2 Eddie Fieldcamp DS2 Brett Kerns DS2 Juan Lopez DS2 Mark Mitchell DS2 Richard Morrison I he digital doctors of OED Division ■■maintain Connie ' s automated and tacti- cal data systems. Comprised of data system technicians (DSs) and anti-submarine warfare technicians (AXs), these dedicated personnel maintain combat system computers, digital communications modems, radar display con- soles, AS W equipment and hundreds of desk- top computers and video display terminals. DS2 Richard Onderko DS2 Paul Owens DS2 David Ravage DS2 Edward Will DS3 Robert Albright DS3 Todd Carlson DS3 William Horde DS3 Tom Kuhn DS3 William Lafave DS3 Michael Muti DS3 Tom Peric DS3 Michael Philpot DS3 Henry Ramirez AXAN Dino Root OPERATIONS 245 OEM OEM, alias FOX, Division is respon- sible for the final defen.se of the ship. Assigned fire controlmen maintain the 3D Air Search Radar, two NATO Sea Sparrow mis- sile systems and three 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx clo,se-in weapons systems. OEM is unique among EMO Divisions in that fire controlmen both operate and maintain their assigned systems. LTJC; Elijah Neypes FCC Daniel Benitez FCC Michael Kobvlanski FCC Lynn .Stilwell FCC Robin Terrell FCl Keven Chaffin FCl Richard Maginnis FC2 Brian Lijewski FC3 Billy Burgoyne FC3 Timothy Cobb hC3 Harry Cole FC3 Gary Cox FC3 Timothy FYiedenbcrg FC3 John Maness FC3 Gregory Manley FC3 Patrick Moore FC3 Kenneth Richey FC3 Glenn Savage FC3 Michael Schweikowsky FC3 Kenneth Spencer FC3 Andrew Thorp FCSN Craig Brodhead 246 OPERATIONS ET2 Patrick Brown ET2 Eric Hamre ET2 Keith Klein ET2 Richard Verhaagen ET3 Donald Briddle ET3 John Butler ENS James Berry IV ETC Frank Jagdeo ETl Charles Delcamp ETl Charles Motheral ETl Dean Stack ET2 Ricardo Arnau JR. f:T2 Durward Baxter III OER Radar Maintenance Division, composed of three separate work centers, performs repairs on Connie ' s radars and inertial naviga- tion system. Shop Two maintains the air and surface search radars, TACAN and IFF systems. ACLS keeps the air- craft carrier landing system and its associated radar systems on line. Finally. SINS maintains the in- ertial navigation system, allowing Connie and her aircraft to determine their exact locations at any moment n time. OPERATIONS 247 OEX OEX Division provides the support ser- vices required by the other four divi- sions in the EMO function. Test equipment cahbration, spare parts pro- curement, damage control and 3M administra- tion, message distribution and filing, fiscal management, training and manpower distri- bution all come under the OEX umbrella. LT James Block LT.IG Dan Ohr ETCS Robert Michaud ETC James Carr O; I Division provides the personnel that man the radar scopes and manual plots to keep an accurate picture of air and surface activity around the ship. The surface module ensures Constellation navigates safely through restricted waters and areas of heavy shipping traffic. The air intercept controllers of the air war module direct fighters through successful intercepts with incoming airborne threats. Radar operators in the Detection and Tracking Module constantly monitor the radar picture and ensure no threat can approach the battle group unde- tected. LCDR N. L. Allen i.T .Stanley Ci ' u-a L T David Legerton LT .liiseph Freddy LT Parks Stephenson LT Jeffrey Taub LT Robert Thurmond LT .Stephen White OSCS Rick Nelson OSC Eric Wachter OSC Phillip Werndili OSl Rodnev Bundv 248 OPERATIONS OPERATIONS 249 OS3 James Alston OS.1 Eric Dilg OS3 Mike Flockerzi OS3 Jason Caida OS3 Richie Harrington OS3 Creason Herrington OS3 Tommy Jackson OS3 Jay King OS3 James Martel OS3 Martin Sanchez OS3 Zachary Taylor OS3 Daniel Washburn OS3 Scott Wilson OSSN Salvador Accardo OSSN M. C. Ashurst OSSN Daniel Bergthold OSSN Jeffrey Blair OSSN David Ducat OSSN Shawn Engelbrite OSSN Robert Fleming OSSN Paul Ford OSSN Michael Holliman OSSN Ladon Lamberth OSSN Scott McKellar 250 OPERATIONS m o P Division is responsible for the photographic! production for Connie, CVW 14, the em- ' barked staff and accompanying units of Battle Group Delta. Approximately 500,000 images are produced yearly by the two segments of OP Division. The main photo lab photographs and documents all Battle group activities from flight operations to Captain ' s Cup sports events. They also produce briefing mate- rials, slide presentations, and Public Af- fairs photography. The Carrier Intelligence Center (CVIC) photo lab processes, duplicates and prints all intelligence photos and im- agery used in the CVIC organizations. OP Division is an integral and valuable part of the CV 64 CVW 14 intelligence team. OPERATIONS 251 Connie ' s Naval Security Group Division was established as a permanent naval se- curity group element afloat to tactically support the commanding officer and embarked battle group commander. OS Division is under the functional supervi- sion ofthe intelligence officer special security of- ficer. The division is responsible for the manage- ment of all cryptologic resources aboard Connie and the conduct of all cryptologic operations. ' 1 Hi ' aL V . ■w in 1 i w - tfi lo 1 -. 3 i t •1 ■T!: The Anti-submarine Warfare ( ASW) mod- ule is the focal point for all efforts to detect, track and neutralize submarine threats against Constellation. The information collected by the battle group ' s ASW sensors is analyzed by the ASW module watch team and is used to help localize and prose- cute any potentially hostile submarine. LT Richard McNamara CTOCS James Nelson CTRl Jerry Stacy CT()2 Howard Klett CTA2 David Pariis CTM3 Todd Bollinger CT()3 John Feger CTM3 Thomas Purrington COTSN Joel Jacobson CTOSN Terrv Mills CW02 John Burk AWC Andrew Love .AWT Gregory Brown .AW I Federico Elizondo AWT Lawrence Johnson AWl Michael McCurdv LT Reed Eckstrom LT Dale Frankenberger AW2 Ricky Beatty AW2 Donald Dirkin i CW03 E.J. Wright EWC Steven Boston EWl William Marsh EW2 Andrew Brooks EW2 Jon Kamm EW2 James Miller EW2 Robert Ugasco EW3 Thomas Bohannan EW3 Richard Christensen EW3 Scott Crumrine EW3 Brian Evans EW3 Vincente Gaitani EW3 Marc Green EW3 Daniel Reyes EW3 Russell Sage AW2 Edward (Jeer AW2 Bev Harper AW2 Douglas Havens DP2 Nels Ingram DP2 Carl Lee AW3 Timothy Blankenbaker DP3 Alan Launer AW3 John Onove AWAN Martin Achtermann AWAN Maurice Taylor ow The primary job of the Electronic Warfare (EW) module is to deny the enemy total control of the electromagnetic spectrum. The EW module can counter the radar seekers of incoming missiles as well as locate a threat platform by identifying and localizing the threat ' s electronic emis- sions. EW3 Paul Swaap EW3 Anthony Warner OPERATIONS 253 m ox Ox Division provides the adminis- trative support for the Operations Department. The division oversees all aspects of the department, from training and equipment maintenance to written reports a nd weapons exercises. The division directly supports the Op- erations officer in his many and various responsibilities. LT Michael Morgan AGCS David Remington ETC Michael Gocek YNl Eduardo Desantos YNSN William Karris YNSN Charles Tucker OZ Division, the Carrier Intelligence Center (CVIC), provides Connie and other battle group units with intelligence collection, analysis and dissemi- nation capability. A 40-man team under the direction of the Intelli- gence Officer, Cmdr. Chris Glanzmann, CVIC is manned by five officers and a variety of rates. The data proces- sors enter and retrieve data from many computer sys- tems, the intelligence specialists analyze and dis.semi- nate information and the draftsman create graphics for presenting this information. 254 OPERATIONS LCDR Ronald LambrechI LT Patrick Rvan ENS Shawn Livingston ISCS Stanley Kowalsky DMC Clifford Winter ISl Michael Chesser LSI Michael Fairless ISl Perry Lee ISl Norman Patterson IS2 Michael Ingenluvff IS2 Caleb Thimell IS2 Charles Umpenhour 152 Oarwin Webb 153 Darryl Aaron IS3 James Byrd IS3 Darren Few IS3 Michael Oregg DM3 Cameron Hunt IS3 Ronald Pay DP3 Thomas Queen IS3 Christopher Rice IS3 Paul Schaden IS3 Timothy St. Clair DP3 Russell Yohman ISSN Donald Beyer III SN Mathew Buckau SN Jeffrey Fuehr ISAA William Ryan ISAA Bradly Smith ISAA Maurice Wrighten LT Daniel Fronczek IS2 Rick Fleming ISSR Roger Donais Strike Ops Strike Operations is the scheduling and coordina- tion center for numerous ship and airwing activ- ities. Inputs for future as well as real-time operational and training requirements are formulated into oper- able plans for Connie departments, the airwing and ships within the battle group. The CARGRU CV CVW team is provided with this support through the daily airplan, ordnance load- plan, greensheet and other longer range schedules. OPERATIONS 255 aiH 256 MAIL CALL HMY Mail Call, Mail Call! The words echo from the ship ' s general announcing system setting off a chain reaction of events. Divisional mail orderlies begin converging on the Post Office. Mess Deck and shop conversations are interrupted by spontaneous hollers of anticipation and phones in divisional .shops begin ringing with the same questions, Has mail been picked up yet? or Did I get anything? To a ship ' s crew on deployment, mail is probably the single most important morale entity. Even with such things as television, stores, jogging or a steel beach picnic, nothing can lift a sailor ' s spirits more than a letter from home. MAIL CALL 257 Am  . _« V .   i« ■• %■« ■   «  •• ; V .1-. t i_- J  .« - ••• ' a, i- — , 258 Chaplain Department CHAPLAIN 259 CHAPLAIN Chaplains are professionals who hold responsibilities to both the Navy and to their respective faith group. As naval officers in the Chaplain Corps, they must provide for the free exercise of religion for active members, their dependents, and other authorized persons by providing ministries appropriate to their rights and needs and providing staff support to this end throughout the Department of the Navy. As ministers, they are responsible to their respective faith group for their religious ministries and for the administration of the rites and ordinances of their church. Connie chaplains were involved in a wide range of activities during this deploy- ment. They led worship services appropriate to their faith groups, counseled with countless sailors, visited work spaces, the brig and sick bay, coordinated responses on Red Cross messages, provided special services on Christmas Eve, Easter and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ' s birthday , held Bible studies as well as Morning Meditations and Evening Vespers, organized Project Handclasp and community relations projects while in port and led the ship in prayer each evening before taps. Religious Program Specialists (RPs) assist the command and specifically the chaplains in the administration and coordination of programs in support of the Command Religious Program. RPs rig for divine services, assist Lay Readers, operate and main- tain the ship ' s library, coordinate receipt of American Red Cross messages and type responses, procure supplies for all religious programming, manage the department ' s 3M PQS program, type and file correspondence and handle other details which permit the chaplains to provide effective programs of religious ministry to Connie ' s Protestant and Catholic worshipers. CDR Harold W. (Jarrett Command Chaplain m LCDR Wavne Weinlader LT Lawrence Greenslit RPC Cristino David RP3 Maxon Hartley RP3 Charles Simmons RP3 Hernandez Vincent RP3 John Biasingame RPSN Wayne Corbin RPSN Rodney Green CHAPLAIN 261 262 1 Supply Department SUPPLY 263 M SUPPLY Under the leadership of Cmdr. Bill Griggs, Supply Depart- ment successfully defended the coveted COMNAVAIR- PAC Supply Blue E award for excellence and won the Dorie P. Miller Award for wardroom excellence. During WESTPAC 88-89, Supply was responsible for every- thing from serving! 2,000 daily meals, to processing 750,000 pounds of laundry, to maintaining S2 10 million worth of stock in- ventory, to conducting $1 million bi-monthly paydays, to ship- wide computer service. The 800 plus officers and men of Supply are divided into the 10 following divisions: S-l, Stock Control Finance; S-2, Food Service; S-3 Retail; S-4, Disbursing; S-5, Wardroom Private Messes; S-6, Aviation Supply Support; S-7. Automated Data Processing; S-8 Material Storage; S-9, Logistics Support Center; and S-IO, Chief Petty Officers Mess. CDK Bill (iriggs Supply Officer The nerve center of the Supply Department, S- 1 Stock Control Division, is responsible for all repair parts and consumable material stocked on board the Constellation. Inventory management of 1 12,000 stock line items and subsequent stock records maintenance is spearheaded by S-l Division. Financial man- agement of material valued at over $210 million. Financial accounting for the ships combined yearly budget of over $35 million. These functions are accomplished thru com- puter inputs to the Shipboard Uniform Auto- mated Data Processing System (SUDAPS). Me- ticulous management by S-l Division of its des- ignated role as the Supply Department ' s nerve center is a major reason why the Constellation has won the coveted COMNAVAIRPAC Supply Blue E award for excellence the past two years. LCDR Roger Petty LCDR James Levalley LT Michael Arnold LT Samuel Word SKCM Robert Rippel SKC Lee Heming SKC Roberto Valdez AKl Marcelino Acquino SKI Larry Adkins SKI Nathaniel Ailsworth 264 SUPPLY SKI teto Rulloda SK2 Casimiro Masikip SK3 Eric Daniels SK3 Christopher Herro SK3 Eric Kacvinsky SK3 Deforest Watson SK3 Maury Wolfe IM3 Paul Mears AN Anthony Bohannon SN Ron Delin SKSN Mitchell Wilson SR Davis Morgan CW03 Dick Cowan MSCS Pete Garcia MSC Reynaldo Oliva MSI Tom Brierly MSI James Cornelius MSI Clinton Eastwood MSI Oscar Elamparo MSI Mark Johnson MSI Eugene Salles The Food Sei ice Division (S-2) is responsible for providing over 1 2,000 meals per day to the crew. To fully understand the scope of operations for feeding a crew of this size, compare your shopping bill with the following daily items: 2,300 lbs of beef, 870 lbs of chicken, 1,100 lbs of pork, 430 gallons of milk, 850 dozen fresh eggs, 990 loaves of bread, 2 1 ,700 fresh rolls and doughnuts, 1200 cakes, 650 pies and over 6,700 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables. An average cost of feeding the crew for a one month period comes to $442,000. The food service division also provides a Monthly Birthday Dinner, flight deck picnics, beach landing picnics as well as ice cream socials. The majority of the cruise for S-2 was spent compet- ing in the Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards for food service excellence. As the defending champion for 1988, our hopes are high for repeat performance. NEY, Nutrition-Excellence- You, was S-2 division ' s theme for the 88 89 cruise... It worked for all of us! SUPPLY 265 M MSI Dioscoro Torculas MS2 Rosauro Alma .ar MS2 Mark Argust MS2 Randy Hampton MS2 Rejnaldo Pajarillo MS2 Douglas Peverill S-2 MS2 Raol Ridge MS2 Ronald Smith M$2 Randolph Wright MS3 Daniel Smith MSSN Scott Andrews MSSN Ron Bonham MSSN Michael Brodie AN Billy Calwell MSSN Kevin Carneal MSSN Alfie Cervantes MSSN Thomas Chavez MSSN Richard Feekin MSSN Marcos Kelly MSSN Michael Lewis MSSN Brian McKenzie MSSN Michael Robinson MSSN Ricky Sotelo MSSN Jose Vela MSSN Todd Whitcomb MSSA Calvin Brown MSSA Floyd Doxie MSSA Irvin Ferebee MSSA Michael Freeney MSSA Timothy Hundley MSSA Gary Lowell MSSA Sean Washington SA Steve Kenul SR Shawn P. Ballon SR Robert Boggs MSSR Walter Brewster SR Elgie Cannon MSSR Calvin Martin SR Patrick Neal MSSR Jose Prada SUPPLY 267 mm S-3 Division continued its fine perform- ance during WESTPAC 88 89, earning its second consecutive nomination for NAVRESSO ' s Best Ship Store Award. S-3 Division collected $3 million in retail sales, processed nearly 750,000 lbs of laundry. 60,000 articles of dry cleaning gear, sold nearly two million cans of soda, gave over 35,000 hair- cuts and sent over 1 0,000 flower orders to the U.S. A key provider for morale, profits from S-3 Division are solely responsible for the purchase of all recreational gear, rebates, discounts on command sponsored events and ship ' s parties. LTJG Richard Hayden SHCM Hermino Mallari SHC Alfredo Maguvon SHI Jav Deguzman SHI Kim GIngerich SHI Salgado Salgado SH2 Kamun Confreros SH2 Floro Delacruz SH2 Edwin Eala SH2 Rickey Poston SH. Travis Bryant SH3 Rumeu Carbonel SH3 Luis Caravajai SH3 Edward Chism SH3 David Collins SH3 Peter Cruz SH3 Wilson De Leon SH3 Raymond Hicks SH3 Marcellus Hutchinson SH3 John Leek SH3 Robert Lesmann SH3 Oscar Longs SH3 Craig McCoy 268 SUPPLY SH3 Brian Mulligan SH3 Timothy Nathan SH3 Richard Salyers SH3 Michael Warren SH3 Derrick West SHSN Frank Andryss SHSN Scott Burris SN Steven Crawford SN Vincent Ferrer SN Jose Gamez SHSN Andre Gray SHSN Todd Gruenewald SHSN Cederic Hurt SHSN Godofredo Laguna SN Eduardo Magana SN Reed Mitchell SN Larry Ozaeta SN Alan Plusquellec SHSN Stacy Robinson SHSN Randall Rosete SN Antonio Ubaldo AN Adam Klein SA Stacy Adams SA Kenneth Aust AA Robert Cann( AA Jose Domingo in )n SUPPLY 269 ft trmmmairrr ' —- ' ' S-3 The Disbursing Division (S-4) is responsible for the crew ' s pay. S-4 has 24 disbursing clerks whose re- sponsibilities are divided into different sections: military, travel and fiscal pay. Military pay maintains over 4900 pay records onboard, as well as holding our bi-monthly regular paydays. An average Connie payday during WEST- PAC runs from approximately $950,000 to $1 million. SA Raymond Donegan SHSR Noel Filio SHSA Frederick Harris SA Kimbau Holmes SA Christopher Murray SA Johnny Wake SR Brian Mooneyham SR George Nurse .AR Robert Readhimer SHSR Arnold Reyes AA Steve Robitaille SHSR Ronar Sanchez ENS Mark McGahey DKCS Alfredo Bondoc DKl Rolando Custodio DKl Laddy Quito DK3 Wayne Lane DK3 Wesley Livingston DK3 Bryan Robertson DKSA Guillermo Paredes DKl Cielto Santos DK2 Antonio Diaz DK2 Manuel Fontanilla HI DK2 Joe Heisinger DK2 Todd McAvoy DK2 Jose San Andre DK3 Troy Allvord DK3 Hoa Bui DK3 Reggie Faunce 270 SUPPLY 1 1 mA LT,|(; Vincente (.ill MSCS Bien Sol MSC Romeo Santos MS I Gabriel Virgilio MSI Dwight Mclean S-5 S-10 S-5 Division provides the glamor and comfort found on a luxury liner for Connie ' s officers. Winners of the 1988 COMNAVAIRPAC Doric P. Miller Award for wardroom excellence, we are the masters of culinary delights and five star hotel services. S- 1 takes care of the Back Bone of the Navy, the chief petty officers. Pro- viding laundry, berthing and food serv- ices, S-10 Division directly impacts the CPO ' s morale. The fact that morale is consistently high speaks for this division ' s quality performance. MS2 Jerry Samaras MS3 Michael Fowler MS3 Charles Parsons A03 Joel Turner MS3 Eric White MSSN Leopold Benjamin MSSN M.W. Debenedetfi MSSN Robin Hegedus MSSN Richard Jacobsen MSSA Armando Felipe MSSA Randy Hunley MSSA David Tuuk SR Phouthone Phimmasane MSSR Cecillamont Thompson SUPPLY 271 msm AKC Cristituto Tucay AKl Pedro Bagunas AKl Fernando Callo AK; Marlon Rivera AKl Marcelino Tosino AK2 Raymond Gimutao AK2 Early Johnson AK2 Dennis Law AK2 A nar Pamplona AK2 Rolando Roxas AK2 Isagani Alqui .ar AK2 Eduardo Ang AK3 Patrick Arciniega AK3 James Bailey AK3 Andres De Leon AK3 Eduardo Dezemo AK3 D. Dioquino AK3 Phillip Lennon AK3 Jason Pasa AN Randal Judkins AKAN Brian Landis AKAN Kenneth Mcintosh AKAN William Saur AKAN Leonard Smith LT Tracy Brown LT Nicholas Zimmon AKCM Estclilo Oxina AKC James Abeyta AKC Curt Sullivan AN Ramon Taruc AKAA Darwin Alfafara AKAA Aristides Mercado ersonnel han- dling aviation stores in S-6 Divi- sion are responsible for providing aviation-related parts and mate- rial to nine CVW-14 squadrons embarked on Constellation. During WESTPAC 88 89. the men of S-6 provided over 35.000 individual aviation related parts and material require- ments. AKAA Vincente Montoya AKAA Enrico Reyes AKAA Kevin Wilson 272 SUPPLY ,- l.CDR Thomas (iroel DPI Harris COaxum DFM Ronald Klein DIM Roberl Reed DP3 Uobbv Allen DP3 Patrick Barlis DP3 Mark Bliven DP3 Eritk Escobar DP3 Keith Lane DP3 Dana Moore DP3 Kdward Peck DP3 Colburn Randel DP3 Rav Spraggins DPSN Michael Adams DPSN Laurence Buller SN Michael Meyer DPSN Clenn Vatnsdal DPSN Edward Young he ADP shop, S-7 division, provides complete computer services to the entire ship 24 hours a day. every day of the year, through an elaborate local area network connecting over 150 data entry terminals to one of seven Honeywell mainframe computers. On-line operations for ordering of repairparts and supplies, and prepa- ration of required maintenance actions are our most used services for both the air wing and ships company. They also provide current listings of completed and outstanding repairs, repair parts and supply orders to the numerous divisions requesting them. Getting the crew ready for liberty by printing paychecks and pay listings and assisting the ships 3M office in printing CSMP ' s and AWR ' s are only some of the specific .services provided by this part of Connie ' s team. The ADP shop also provides maintenance assistance for 144 Zenith 248 and 120 micro-computer systems. They also write special computer programs for specific divisions or departments, provide basic training and instruction, and handle trouble-shooting problems. SUPPLY 273 ? The Material S-8 B A, Division is re- sponsible for the efficient and professional processing of receipts; and proper stowing, issuing and delivery of material. Additionally, S-8 provides packaging and ship- ping services for the timely turn-in of NFRI material and personal effects of deserters and deceased members. The Material Division also provides onload offload services such as forklift drivers and crane riggers to the ship and embarked air wing staffs. LT Raymond Hughes SKCS Kdilbert Peralta SKC Nicolas Nicolas AKI Angel Diones SK2 Davidlee (astaneda AK3 Darren Moreno AK3 Lauren Champagnie SK3 Patrick Flowers SK3 Frislv (iarcia AK3 Albert (iuldflnch SK3 Timothy Lay AK3 Paul Tebben AKAN Michael Flores . N Tim Fromm AN James Gochenauer AN Scott Kitzerow SKSN Robert Madril AN Arkadiusz Marczuk AN Gary Michael SN Manuel Pareja AN An Don A. Pham AN Anthony Platts AKAN Tito Quiban AN William Reddv 274 SUPPLY lOk AKAN Roland Rivera AN Ronaldo Solis AKAN Owaldo Torres AN Devin Wallace AKAN Charles Wilkinson AKAN Issac Yesuf AA Steven Brown AA John Cudnohufsky AKAA Todd Hosbach AKAA Gary Lighthall AKAA Loreta Manalo AA Michael Massey AKAA Clarence Savre AKAA Leslie Tadle AKAR Sixto Ramirez SKSR Arthur Lopez LTJG W. Byron Litsey AKC Efren Baruela SK2 John Hiquiana AK2 Gene Adavvav SK3 James Cooper AK3 Derick Grant SK3 Samuel Grinvalsky AK3 Kevin Riley This eight-man division proc- esses 35 open purchase (non standard) requisitions per week while monitoring over 1 600 open purchases currently outstanding. S-9 also re- views over 100 customer transac- tions per day researching as neces- sary and taking the appropriate ac- tion. With a number of projects either implemented or under development such as computerized invoice proc- essing, the Supply Petty Officers ' Handguide and the first facsimile machine installed on a West Coast carrier, S-9 continues to write AIRPAC ' s book for customer serv- ice afloat. SUPPLY 275 Underway Replenishment is a method of ex- changing goods, infonnation, and fuel from one ship to another. It is conducted by means of manpower, pulleys, and winches as lines and wires are passed from ship to ship. In some cases, up to one million gallons of fuel can be trans- ferred. All members of Deck Department are involved, either directly or indirectly, in the evo- lution. UNREP is considered a special evolution because it is not a part otj the ship ' s daily routine and because two ships are steaming along at 1 2 to 13 knots and are not more than 50 to 60 yards apart. When two ships are that close together, there is always the danger of a collision. UNRl I Vertical replenishment, or VERTREP. is a means of receiving stores or another material from another ship or from a supply depot. It is conducted via the use of helicopters and is an alternative to UNREP and going alongside another ship. It allows for greater flexibility for the carrier where speed and direction of travel are concerned. It also provides better opportunities for launching aircraft. While the danger of colliding with another ship is eliminated, other risks are involved. Helicopter operations are being conducted in close proximity with parked aircraft, and personnel are working underneath and in close proximity to the helicopters. jm VERTREP UNREP 277 t mmmmsaBmmBmmma lis  Training Department TRAINING 279 Ite TRAINING Training Department onboard USS Constellation plays a vital role in catering to the needs of service members stationed aboard. The department is composed of six divisions: the Career Information Office, Edu- cational Service Office. TAD Schools. Special Services. Counseling and Assis- tance Center aild the Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor Office. The Training Department carries out its mission with skill and expertise. This team of professionals headed by CDR A. C. Knutson, serves as Connie ' s link to schools, advancements, drug and alcohol abuse counseling centers, special services such as a full use gym, and over 38 programs the Navy has to offer. This organization believes the road to a successful Navy career lies solely upon the desire to excel. Given this, the Training Department supplies all the tools necessary to accomplish this goal. Connie led AIRPAC in retention goals for fiscal ear 19SS,thus winning the coveted Golden Anchor Award. This among other reasons is why USS Constellation. America ' s Flagship, has been named, The best damn warship in the universe. CDR A.C. Knutson Traininfj Officer LK iene Sugaral 1 FCCM CarmeldOIno | l( ( Anlhon Coley .Sieve Pond NCI Michael Boone 1 Ml Elmer Klores VVTl Leslie Nisbel PNl Da id Petersen PM Stephen Starks NCI Andrew Welter PN2 Richard Kitchen PN2 Paul Sticha 280 TRAINING AUH2 Darrell Thommen PN3 Saturnino Arcilla PN3 John Cuca TRAINING 281 282 lii Weapons Department WEAPONS 283 f gigiajgiggmm m WEAPONS Weapons Department has the responsibility for the acquisition, handling, stowage, and assembly of all air-launched weapons as well as maintain- ing the ship ' s armory, magazines, weapons elevators and saluting battery. There are four groups within the Weapons Department: Aviation Ordnance. Special Weapons. Marine Detachment and Explosive Ordnance Disposal De- tachment. The Aviation Ordnance Group ( AVORD) provides for the handling, stow- age and assembly of air launched weapons and is comprised of five divisions. The Special Weapons Group (W Division) maintains the special weapons, associated magazines and handling equipment. The Marine Detachment provides security for special weapons and general shipboard security as well as providing orderlies, honor guards and a landing party. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment has the mission of .safely de- anning and disposing of all malfunctioning or damaged ordnance. EOD boards the ship only during WESTPAC. During the cruise Weapons Department received 2nd place in the AIRPAC Weapons Battle E competition. CDR Bill Pardee Weapons Officer LCDR James McClean LT Michael Murray AOC Marvin Peterson YNSN Ceasar Hernandez YNSN Kenneth Holyfieid wx IXeadedbyLCDl JL X McClean, W) sion handles all adrr tion and corresponde Weapons Departmen James ( Divi- inistra- nce for t. 284 WEAPONS lifa LCDR Mitchell Normand CW02 Kris Hobbs WTC Joseph Henry WTl Cory Gee WTl Lyie Pearson WTl Raymond Breton l r Leonard Francoeur AOCM Alan Zonkel AOl James Lundy AOl Gregory Tedder AOI Gilbert Trevino A02 James Schmidt AOAN Cesar Delatore AOAN Jason McFarland WT2 Douglas Smith WT2 Kenneth Smith WT2 Douglas Wylie WT3 Melvin Bell WT3 Todd Claunch WT3 Heinrich Vonewegen WTSN Dean Beull WTSN Daniel Courtney WTSA Erik Johnson SKSN Victor Mazon WTSA Michael McMahon WTSN Donald Nelson WG G Division (Ordnance Con- ▼ ▼ trol) coordinates all divisions in the safe and efficient movement of all weapons from breakout to ar- rival on the flight deck. The division also handles all am- munition accounting from procure- ment through transfer or expendi- ture. Under the leadership of LCDR Mitchell Normand, W Divi- sion is responsible for the stowage, handling, assembly and testing of special weapons and their respective magazines. The division consists of 18 per- sonnel, most of which are weapons technicians. WEAPONS 285 M wm G-1 T ed by CW02 Ronnie Whit- nancemen, and the gunners ' mates of G-1 Division maintain sprin- kler systems associated with con- ventional ordnance. They also maintain the ship ' s armory and saluting battery. ifv ■i m ' d iipC- 1 ' ! 11 ' 1 1 4 1 % K E9i J 1 yt mH -_ CW02 Ronnie Whitfield GMC Norman Bryant AUl Ralph Buffington f;M(;i Aiphonzo Steele {JMG2 Osvaldo Cordero .A02 William Sloklev (;Mr,2 Michael Williams C;M(i3 Joseph Boomer (;MG3 ScoK Guidrev (jM(i3 Jay Linnemeier A03 Lawrence Web.stcr SN Herbert Hebel SA Reuban Lopez AOAN Paul Lujan AN John Machin A.A .lames Murphy AA Mark Reiiand 286 WEAPONS AOCS John Lamaitre AOl Joseph Bryan AOl John Plaketta A02 Edward Barbeau TMl Ovidio Barongan A()2 Lamont Campbell A02 Robert Dannaher A02 Roger Hart A02 W. Lee Portis A03 Lionel Baker A03 Thomas Murphy AC)3 Drew Steele A03 Edward Zorn AOAN Samuel Adams AOAN Oscar Alvarez SN Kenneth Brandt TMSA Kenneth Dunn TMSN Scott Emerson AN Steven Esparza AOAN Richard Ferrell SN Jack Foreman AOAA Johnnie Holland AOAA Taviar Hutchins AA Gerald Kelly AN Simon Lissner TMSN Mark Moore WEAPONS 287 G-3 G-3 Division ' s function is to assemble all conventional bombs, LGBs, DSTs, mines and rockets. Divisional duties include assembly, storage, and transfer of conventional ordnance and ac- counting, stowage and maintenance of equip- ment. They also maintain the forward transfer area as well as ordnance handling equipment. AOC Vince Johnson AOC Thomas Middleton AOl Emmett Glee AZl David Schweigert A02 .Anthony Dove A02 Jeffrey Leitner A02 Ted Morgan A02 Jose Ramos A02 Bradley Schwake A()2 William Wirth A03 David Beam A03 Thomas Bjrne Oi Kenneth Dyer A()3 Lawrence Gable A03 Michael Hannon .A03 Christopher Johnson A03 Mike Jones A03 Thomas Koehler A03 Don Little A03 Thomas Nuttle A03 Blaine Pritzkau A03 Donald Robison A03 Randy Stewart A03 Jeffrey Thompson 288 WEAPONS I AA Stacv Bovd AOAN Bruce Calla AOAN Jon Conrad AOAN Brian Glciter AOAN Joe Golden AOAN Salvator Guzman AOAN William Haskins AOAN Joseph Hill AOAN Joseph Larson AOAN Robert McCrav AOAN Blaine Noble AN Chad Peckham AOAN Robert Peterson AOAN Paul Sinclair AOAN Michael Smith AOAN Daron Williams WEAPONS 289 G-4 T T nder the leadership of CW02 WiUiam Holloway, G-4 Division is responsible for elevator maintenance. Their duties include maintenance of their weap- ons elevators, machinery rooms and hydraulic rooms. CW02 William Holloway AOC Keith Breeden AOl Donald Berry AOl James Powell A02 Andy Eck A02 Randall Scudder MIVI2 Robert Turner A03 Brian Gomez A03 Virgil Herman A03 Scott Merritt A03 Shannon Pennington A03 Donald Quick Jr. 290 WEAPONS A03 .leffrcy Svenby AA Robert Hochbcrger AOAN Arnell Mitchell) AA Anthony Adams AOAA David Escobar AA Douglas Siraub AR Michael Franklin AR Pat Murray CW04 Otis McGhee AOI Kendall Heidt A02 David Carrico A02 Justin Mcdford A03 Paul Holland A03 John Peterson G-5 1 nder the direction of CW04 Otis McGhee, G-5 Division transfers ordnance to the air wing on the hangar deck and flight deck. Their duties include flight deck or- dance safety during arming disarming and loading downloading evolutions. WEAPONS 291 mm 292 Carrier Air Wing 14 Yf tl- ja CARRIER AIR WING 14 293 Commander Carrier Airwing Fourteen 294 CAG V b CDR Richard Burns Deputy CAG CAG DCAG 295 ht a ' •■s 296 CVW-14 AOC.VI (Jerald ((ippli- AVC ' M Renee .loffrion ATCS Thomas Straub 1= ?1 CVW-14 297 C L. i ' % w sia 298 CVW- 14 AIRCRAFT (Photos by Cmdr.C. J. Heatley.) !SS?M-.iv i-i--ii W aiteBl m_l W%(i 5 M 4WpWiW!! — ■■' v.- - .■. ■S; i« I -4  «i«iM| N .fl p . V CVW- 1 4 AIRCRAFT 299 ■3 -«? ' ■4 VFA- 113 301 VFA-113 The Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 1 13 stand as a front line combat-ready squadron. VFA-1 13 operates with Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14). Strike Fighter Squadron 1 1 3 traces its roots to Air Group Eleven, commissioned in October 1942 and tested in combat during WWII South Pacific Operations of Munda, Vila and Rahilo. The Stingers were originally commissioned as the third squadron of Air Group Eleven on July 15, 1948. They have tested their mettle over the Korean skies, flying the Grumman F-8F Bearcat off the USS Philippine Sea(CVA-47), and the Chance-Vought F-4U Corsair off the USS Valley Forge (CVA-4fi). In 1952, the Stingers flew as a jet fighter squadron utilizing the Grumman F- 9F Panther and later the swept-wing F-9F Cougar. With the introduction of the A- 4D Skyhaw k, the Stingers were given a new role, and re-designated Attack Squadron 113 in March 1956. In 1965, the Stingers saw action in South Vietnam, flying the A-4C trom the deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). In December 1968, the Stingers transitioned to the A-7 Corsair II aircraft, and completed six combat cruises in Southeast Asia as part of Air Wing Two on board USS Ranger (CV-61). Along the way. they earned the coveted McClusky Award as the best attack squadron in the Navy. March 25. 1983 marked the dawning of a new era as the Stingers transitioned to the FA- 18 Hornet and were redesignated Strike Fighter Squadron 1 13. The Stingers became the flrst fleet operational, combat ready Strike Fighter Squadron in the U.S. Navy on December 14. 1983. The demonstrated abilities and professionalism of the men of Strike Fighter Squadron 1 13 have led to over 15 years and 65.000 accident-free flight hours, the longest safety record of any Navy Marine Corps tactical jet squadron. CDR .John V. Chenevey Commanding Officer CDR Gary L. Koger Executive Officer i 302 VFA-1 13 ft. I,( l)R I)a i(l Kiiitu(l I.C ' DK Anihdii) Kinyins l.( l)R VVilli;iiii I (ik.)rn (API Robtrl Adkissc.n 1. 1 Preslon Harpe LT Kenneth Holmstrup LT Mark Mastren LT Kenneth F. McGuire LT Vern Meyer Jr. LT Weslev Nielsen LI Johnnie Odom LT Carl Raabe LI Warren Williams LTJC Jiiseph Bduchard LTJ(; John Malsburv LTJG Andrew Monson KNS R()dne Briiwcr CV ()2 R(n HroHn A CM Dale Hol bdog ADC ' S Edward Sa) er AQCS John Steglinski ARM Bruce Morris AKC John Roberts ADC B ri)n Deserisy AMHC Steven Mack VFA-1 13 303 ■■AMHl Michael Moehn AQl Lyndon Nelson AMKl Stephen Ogleshv ATI Anthony Reed AOl Mark Sawyer AEl Ira Smith ADl Steven Warren PRl David Wells AMSl Carl Whatlev NCI Stacey Wickett AQ2 Jesse Bigham AE2 James Bowler A02 Keith Burt PN2 Luis Chiong AMS2 Kenneth Cook AMS2 Kris Crowell AD2 Jonathan Dewees AE2 James Doyle AMH2 David Dunn AZ2 James Dunne A02 Robert Eule AE2 Robert Gardiner AE2 William Glenn AE2 William Hairston VFA-1 13 305 AMH2 Vennist Tucker AQ2 Toby Turner AZ2 Philip Vyce AMS2 Brian Yawn AMS2 Vern Zimmerman AD3 Brian Ackerman A03 Carlvie Andrew AT3 Joseph Audette AQ3 Allen Beauchamp AME3 Gregory Bray AK3 Clark Canant AMH3 Keith Channel! A03 Thomas Grader AK3 Eddy Guajardo AMH3 Patrick Harrington PR3 Patrick Harris AIVIH3 Jackie Hertter AMH3 Deric Hollis AQ3 Steven Jones AZ3 Robert Kaser AD3 Walter Kelly AD3 Gerald LaClair A03 David Lee A03 Joseph Leon AQ3 Steven Luttrcll AMS3 William Marker AT3 Robert Martin AMH3 Glenn Marvian VFA-1 13 307 AE3 Thomas McMarlin AT3 Joseph McMurrav A1V1S3 David Melchert A1VIH3 Clinton Nelson AE3 Timothy Nicewander A03 Allen Player AD3 Schuyler Porter YN3 Mark Purnell AD3 Mark Rogers AME3 Julio Silva AZ3 William Smith AD3 Kristan Solmonson AMH3 Kenneth Thomas AD3 David Wilkerson 308 VFA-113 li ATAN Calvin Armstrong VN Michael Ashley AN Kddv Boche AN Daniel Bouchard AN David Brown AOAN Jared Buhler ADAN Joseph Burdick ADAN Justin Bushman AOAN T_v Chenger AOAN Clyde Childers AQAN Mathevv Crystal AN Robert David AA John Decker AMHAN Mark Demers AEAN Bret Cardner ADAN Joel Garven ADAN Hector Garza AKAN Brian Goedeker ATAN Juan Gonzalez AA William Goscinski AA Joseph Gugliotti PRAN Porter Hanks AN Benjamin Harris AN Wayne Hawley V K[ 1 1 5 - VFA-l 13 309 I 312 1 Fist of the Fleet HS SHifBMI L VFA-25 313 VFA-25 The mission of Strike Squadron 25, the Fist of the Fleet, is to maintain maximum combat readiness for both carrier strikes ashore and defense of maritime airspace as directed by higher authority. To accomplish this mission the Fist maintain a compli- ment of 10 McDonnell Douglas FA- 18 Hornet aircraft. Strike Fighter Squadron 25 is an award winning squadron home based at NAS, Lemoore, Ca. During WESTPAC ' 88- ' 89, VFA-25 received its second consecutive COMNAVAIRPAC Battle Efficiency Award. Additionally, the Fist were the Pacific Fleet nomination for the Estocin Award, which recognizes the Navy ' s most outstanding FA-1 8 Squadron. During 1988, the Fist won the CNO Safety Award by surpassing 55,000 hours of mishap-free flying, spanning a 13-year period. VFA-25 ' s pilots also contributed their part in the squadron ' s success. They succeeded in winning four consecutive Tailhook Awards and consistently placed numerous pilots in the Top Ten among air wing aviators. Several Fist pilots also achieved personal milestones by recording their 100th and 200th Connie Trap during the deploy- ment. CDR Daniel W. (Jabriei Commanding Officer CDR CJregory Peairs Executive Officer 314 VFA-25 LCDR John (Hjodwin IX ' DR Thomas Trotter LT Daniel Dixon LT Richard Loudon LT Charles Phelps LT Robinson Russell LT Charles Sternberg LTJG Steven (Jreene LTJ(; Leiand Taylor LTJC David Wiley LTJG Douglas Medore LTJG Vito Petitti III ENS Leonard Galante CW02 Donny Williams AVCM Milton Heintschel AVCM James McKinzie AMCS Stanley Biedenharn ADCS George McCord AMSC Jimmie McMath ATC Roosevelt Anderson AEC Donald Prater AMEC Peter Stoddard AOC Kendall Wyatt AMHC Ryan Wentzel VFA-25 315 m PRl Leonardo Bantad AMEl Jerc Bartz AMEl Jeffrey Brown ATI Robert Cordray ADl Larry Crane AOl Brian Fierro AQl John King III AEl Brian Kudrna AQl Anthony Littrell AOl Roger Mason AMHl Francis Medallada AMSl David Meide AOl Franii Monthey AEl Timothy Oderliirlt AMHl Charles Perea AMSl Richard Pomeroy ATI David Smith AEl Kevin Sullivan AMHl Darrell Vaughn AZl Joseph Walker ADl Rickv Walters AOl Jimmy Weilbrenner AZ2 James Aucoin AK2 Jonathan Austin AZ2 Randall Bainbridge AMH2 Larry Caldwell A02 Richard Camp 316 VFA-25 AMH2 Steven Dang A02 Scott Duden AE2 Jav Fleming AQ2 Allen Fluckev A02 Wellington Gorham AD2 Steve Hindman AMS2 Steven Hone AZ2 William Javnes A02 George Johnson AT2 Gerald Kirks PR2 Harold McKinney AE2 Jose Mendoza AD2 Joel Natividad AMS2 Frank Petruzzi AD2 Jerry Pruter AQ2 Joseph Ridgley PN2 Victor Salim AK2 Brian Sherwood AD2 Dwight Sims AMS2 John Smith AZ3 Frank Byrne AT3 Brian Doe AD3 Scott Elder A03 Steven Folks A03 Robert Hendertilo AE3 John Hoover Jr. A03 Daniel Kwan A03 Kristopher Locard A1VIS3 Mark Marcusen AD3 George Morton AD3 Scott Novinger AMS3 David Oleson AMS3 Robert Oreschnick VFA-25 317 A1V1H3 Joe Ortlieb AK3 Francisco Pamintuan AMS3 Sace Porfirio Jr. A03 Alfonso Reyes Jr. AT3 Lebrol Rousseau AZ3 Ricki Lee Searcy A03 Paul Shavinski A03 Richard Slovinski AE3 Robert Stone AE3 Daryl Storle A03 Scott Tate AMH3 Christopher Thorn AQ3 Brian Wafford AD3 Paul VVolentarski AQAN Ibrahim Al-Vrfali AOAN Donald Baber AMMAN Mario Bribiesca AMMAN Stephen Bunch AN Joseph Calamito AMSAN Thomas Cooke AN Robert Delabrue AN Eric Derrell 318 VFA-25 ma AN David Dickson AN Robert Dodge AMHAN Arthur Drumtnond MSSN Joseph Eugenio AMEAN Alfredo Garza AOAN Demetrius Griffin PRAN Charles Hazard AEAN Charles Held AN Jeffrey Helm AOSN Darryl Hodge AN Curtis Johnson AOAN Fred Kauffman AN Perry Killoran AQAN Eric Knutesen AQAN Nicolas Langarica Jr. AKAN Stephen Martin PRAN Claro Jose Masanckay AMHAN Robert McAteer VFA-25 319 320 VFA-25 I AEAA Walter Robb III AN Richard riKuiipsoii A MS AN Ktvin lorsak AN KaMiKind Walls Jr. AMKAN .lartd While AOAN Ronald Williaimon AN Ronald W ' obschall AMAAN Phillip Wood AN Robert Zaremski AEAA John Hutsell AA Patrick Lull AMSAA Kevin McDonald ADAA Harold Plachela AMEAA Cuy Schiff AEAA Douglas Stagg AMSAA Jim Wright AKAR Alvin Holt AMHAR Michael Rutter AZAR Patrick Smith VFA-25 321 I Freelancers VF-2 1 323 m VF-21 CDR Michael McCabe Commanding Officer The Freelancers of Fighter Squad- ron 21 were originally formed 1 March 1944 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey as Fighter Squadron 8 1 . Flying the F-6 Hellcat, the squadron won fame in the Pacific with strikes in Manila Bay, Hong Kong, Okinawa, low Jima and the first ] carrier strike against Tokyo Bay. The com- mand was redesignated in May 1945 as VF 13 A, then VF 131 A, VF 64, and finally on July 1, 1959, VF 21. Since 1944, the Freelancers have flown 1 1 different aircraft, from the prop driven F-6 Hellcat to the multi-mission jet, the F-14 Tomcat, and have been based on board 12 different aircraft carriers. As part of Carrier Group 2, the squad- ' ron made three combat tours during the Korean conflict. Deploying to the Western Pacific in February 1965 on board USS Midway, the Freelancers participated in combat operation during the start of hostilities in Vietnam. On June 17, 1965, while on combat patrol over North Vienam, two VF21 Phantom crews shot down two MIG-17s for the first MIG kills in Vietam. As 1982 began, the Freelancers were awarded the CNO safety S for the Pacific Fleet, with over six years of accident-free flying. In the fall 1983, VF-21 transitioned to the aircraft it flies today, the F-14 Tomcat, and in the process set a record by taking the shortest time fr a squadron to transition from F-4 Phantoms to F-14 Tomcats. As the newest West Coast F-14 squadron, VF-21 made its first Western Pacific Indian Ocean deployment with the Tomcat in 1985, surpassing 1 1,000 accident-free hours and again winning he CNO Safety S . In 1987 the World Famous Freelancers were deployed in the Indian Ocean on board USS Constellation (CV-64). The squadron demonstrated its tactical prowess by formulating fighter tactics which were used by all the other air wings following Carrier Air Wing Fourteen in tanker escort operations. 324 VF-21 LCDR Michael Allen IXDR Richard Berg LCDR Joe Christofferson LCDR Clifford Driskill LCDR Michael (Jaipin LCDR Mark Hanson LCDR (ieorge Kell LT Andrew Bacas LT Telford Boyer LT Calvin Craig LT William Ferran LT Mark Carcia LT Raymond .lalette LT John Komlosy LT David Landess LT Peter Matthews LT Thomas McGuiness VF-2 1 325 I.T David Beverl LT Thomas Manilla I.T.IC Charles Holden KNS William Peters ( VV )3 Alfred Bcdfiird AOCM Robert Halev ATCS Da id Benner AMCS Paul Riisack AKt ' S Charles Alderman ADC Da id Allord AMKC Horacio Capella AZC William Carroll AFX ' Hobcrt Fernandez ()C Theodore Harris VMSl ' Jerrj Hickman NC Douglas Laird WIHC Auguslo I.iwanag Aye Philip Madison « I R ADC Edilberto Sala .ar ATI Ashley Clark AEl Danny Cowart AOl James Deacon ATI John Dubski ADl Wilson Farnal AMHl Julio Ferrer AOl Mark Gibbons AEl Charles Glisson PNl D. Hansen AEl Anthony Harris AZl Francis Jackson YNl Otis Jackson NCI Ildefonso Macanlalay ADl Jerry Minter AMHl Phil Porter AMSl Sofronio Radam ADl Venrus Relos AQl Nick Rupert AOl James Teague AMH2 Arkle Baker AE2 Kelvin Bettis AMH2 Charles Bouse AQ2 David Cervantes AQ2 Joel Chance AQ2 Wayne Clay A02 Jeffrey Correia A02 Noel Craig A02 Clay Daughtry AME2 Brian Deritter VF-21 327 AMH2 Ronald Kails AMH2 ( urtiss Kick AI)2 Rene (Jocii A()2 Reiki Hanimani PR2 Benjamin Helstl III AE2 Cregorv Huebner AQ2 Robert Humplch AMS2 Funnor Johnson AD2 Frank Koester AQ2 James Krager Al)2 Donald I.ahti AE2 Robert McConnell AQ2 Kelvin MctJehee AK2 Mithal Minis Ay2 Harris Minster Al)2 Benito Neaves AMH2 Bret Newmiller AMS2 Robert Paffe AK2 Raymond Parrish PN2 Rodolfo Pascual A()2 Barrett Ralls AMS2 Jim Richards AF.2 Daniel Rol«inj; AT2 Scott Scaico 328 VF-21 AMS2 V a ne Scheiding MS2 Angel Soriano A()2 Robert Stock A()2 James Stowers AZ2 Kenneth Valra en AT2 James Weber PR3 David Baker A()3 Brian Baldwin AT3 Kirk Beringer AQ3 Brian Black AZ3 Fred Bogar Jr. AD3 Rodney Burt Mi Chris Deiss AK3 tdnrad Khrmantraul AI)3 Richard Knloe Al)3 Robert Jones A(). Thomas Keiser AK3 Eric Klopp A()3 Daren Lamp A()3 Walter McClinton AQ3 Earl McMannis A()3 Daniel McVev A()3 William Mitchell A1VIE3 Richard Murphy AMS3 Lloyd Nation AMS3 Robert Nicholson AMS3 David Osborne AD3 Craig Peacock AQ3 James Pollard VF-21 329 1 AT3 Charles Rea AMH3 Michael Robb AIV1H3 (Jarv Routt 1 YN3 Andrew Smith AD3 Steven Stack 1 AIVIE3 Eric Stern 1 1 ■1 PR3 Larry Stover AE3 David Vickrev AT3 Michael Wammack AD3 Mark Warner ! AN Orlando Agabon Jr. |l AKAN John Alderson ■1 ' ■1 ; AMMAN David Allen MSSN Shawn Ballon AMSAN Scott Barak AT AN Robert Barrett It 1 ' AZAN Steffon Biz ell : i AN James Burch [■1 AN Michael Burroughs AN David Gates AN Ruben Cervantes ADAN Ernest Christenson AN Mark Colclasvre AN Mike Coolidge MSSN Fernando Coyco : AEAN John Crumbley AN Ross Duke 330 ' F-21 !l ATAN Shawn Duncan AN Dennis Edwards AN Frantz Fouche AMSAN David Grolewiel AN Samuel Hauuli Jr. AEAN Paul Honebrink AMSAN Reginald Hood ATSN John Horter ADAN Giovanni Hi Jr. AN Darnell Ingram AN Darren Johnson AQAN Christopher Keehn AMSN Mathew Laing AN Christopher Liddle PHSN Lee Lleburn AN Christopher Lowe ADAN Luong Ma AN Gerald Madav AN Angel Marte AN Rene Mata AN Mark McCurter AN George McGinnis YNSN James McGroartv VF-21 331 Ma PHSN Robert Mersing AN Alvaro Muno . Jr. AN Jorge Noe YNSN Jessie Ochoa AAEAN Charles Oliver AN Daric Peritins AMSAN Scott Pinkerton AMEAN Hernando Reyes SN Dean Richardson AMSAN Patrick Ritchie AQAN Richard Roberts AMSAN Matthew Rose AMSAN Wade Smith AN Steven Solis ATAN John Sontag ATAN Charles Stewart A KAN Dominador Viloria AN Timothy Wayson AN Cody Weightman 332 VF-21 AN David Willoushbv AMKAN Richard Wisdom AMSAA Lenny Argel MSSA Michael Biesen AEAN CJeorge (ioebel ADAA Michael Gyduska AOAA Jason Hertwig AA Dan Hornek PNSA James Kost A A Richard Landweer AOAA John Mason AA James McDonald ADAA Ismael Orantez AOAA Dorotel Salazar Jr. PNSA Edgar Saymo AKAA Arneilto Visda AR Scott Fahey AR Edmundo Garza Jr. AKAR Rene Liban VF-21 333 334 Black Knights VF- 154 335 i ni VF-154 The earliest roots of VF-154 date back to the formation of VBF-7 18 as part of the Naval Air Reserve on July 1 , 1 946. The squadron was initially based at N AS Floyd Bennett, Brooklyn, N.Y., flying F-6F Hellcats and F4-U Corsairs, was redesignated VF-68A, then VF-837 and moved to NAS Alameda, Calif., in April 1951. As an active reserve squadron, VF-837 first saw combat in Korea while embarked on USS Antietam (CV-36) flying F9F-2 Panthers. On Feb. 4, 1953, while steaming toward a second combat tour in Korea embarked on USS Princeton (CV-37), the squadron was officially redesignatd VF-154 when the Princeton passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. The Black Knights deployed to South East Asia on seven combat cruises between 1 964 and 1973. They received the CNO Aviation Safety Award for an unblemished safety record during their 1968-69 cruise. The squadron also received the Phatha Award in 1969 acknowledging them as the Navy ' s best Phantom squadron. In 1970, the Black Knights were awarded the prestigious Admiral Joseph C. Clifton Award for having been selected the Navy ' s most outstanding fighter squadron and completing its entire cruise without a single accident, loss of life or aircaft. The Black Knights of Fighter Squadron 154 transitioned from the F-4 Phantom to the F-14A Tomcat in April 1984. With the F-14A Tomcat air superiority fighter, the Black Knights provided fleet air defense and maintained air superiority in all weather conditions. Additionally, the Black Knights provide Battle Group intelligence as the airwing ' s TARPS (Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System) squadron. When back in port, the squadron operates out of Miramar Naval Air Station, California, •TIGHTERTOWN, USA, and consists of 14 pilots and 1 3 RIO ' s (radar intercept officers), along with 250 maintenance troops to support 10 Tomcats. WESTPAC 1988-89 proved to be very successful for the Black Knights. Commanding Officer, Commander James A. Santangelo, and Executive Officer, Commander Selwyn S. Laughter, led VF-154 to a sortie completion rate exceeding 98 percent. The Black Knights also completed 15,000 mishap-free hours during the cruise. C DR James Santangelo Commanding Officer CDR Selwyn Laughter Executive Officer 336 VF-154 ( V(W Itlward Kamstn AVCM Charles Hi)d) e AVCM l)a id Sullon AKCS Arthur Mangosinj; AZCS Pablo Rabanal AMCS Macon .Smith AMSC Michael Benninjjton AMHC Sidney Kenter AQC William Hamilton ADC 1 homas Occhiimerii WIKt ' SleNen I ' rosser AMHl Aubre Brittian MSI Michael Ciccione AMSI Michael l)a id Al)l Ira Lee Kchols AMHl (Hiivanni Kchon AMHl Ceorge Hernandez. ADl Vlttorio Leones 338 VF- 154 . ADHl Robert Mears PHI Robert Moore AMHl Andre Peavy ADl Billy Randolph AOl Larry Riley AOl Joseph Solice PR I Michael Soucie AQl James Waick ATI James Watson AEl McArthur Willis AQl Russell Wolford AMSl Willie Wooden Jr. AE2 Keith Askew PH2 Draig Beck AE2 Paris Brown AMH2 Andv Bvrd AQ2 George Creamer AD2 Jesus DelHn AD2 Dennis Elley Jr. AMS2 Ronald England AE2 Henry (Jrimes AMS2 Anthony Guerrero IS2 John Harden A02 Dwayne Jones AMS2 Lawrence Leblanc A()2 Pete Lujan PN2 Perfecto Mendoza Jr. PH2 John Miller AQ2 Mark Pfluger A02 Nathan Schramm VF- 154 339 AE2 David Sopkowiak AZ2 Anthony Stadler A02 Carl Stiles AIVIS2 David Thiele AMS2 Ruben Velasco AK2 Anthony Wade AQ2 Tracy Weber AK2 Gregory White A02 Anthony Wurst A03 Shane Ahrens AT3 Charles Amburgey AME3 Mark Berry AD3 Ricardo Burgos AK3 Archibald Carran a AMS2 Kenneth Cooper AD3 Efren Cruz AD3 Leo Estremadura AMH3 Jeffrey Evans IS3 James Francisco AZ3 Derrick Coldsmilh AT3 Tod (irever PH3 Kyle Gunnell AT3 Aaron Higley AK3 Robert Joas A1VIS3 David Lane PH3 (iregory McCreash AD3 Wesley Minnema AE2 Keven Morrison AD3 Michael Ortiz PH3 Daniel Patterson A03 Albert Ramos AE3 William Rosado A03 Mark Shaw PR3 Frank Shiner AQ3 Dennis Staggs AK3 Brian Strom 340 VF- 154 ' Ml -jl 19 : f- . AK2 James Temple PR3 Russell Trujillii AK2 Brian Hmfleet AKAN Antonio Aguilar AMSAN Safdar Alii AMSAN Frederick Archulleta AZAN William Barnes AN Anthony Chessare AEAN David Cooper ADAN Carl Corvin AMGAN Darcv Dickens PHAN Derrick Efferson AMMAN Glenn Ciuchin AQAN Joe (ilreer AN Gary Holden AMMAN Todd Jensen AMMAN Darren Jimenez - %. ) P 1 I ■■L ' K. - J PI A-vjMaMdi hUh -• .i mmmi .M. wiL „M: -mt m VF- 154 341 342 VF- 154 VF- 154 343 ■' , -- tiJty,,,,, .. 344 [ Milestones VA- 196 345 VA-196 Attack Squadron 196. the Main Battery. is homebased at NAS Whidbey Island. Wash., and flies the A-6E TRAM and K A-6D versions of the Grumman A-6 Intruder. Called the Milestones. VA-196 is the largest squadron and the only all-weather Attack Squadron in Air Wing Fourteen. CDR B.T. Stuckert is the Milestones ' 29th commanding officer. Attack Squadron 196 has been a long standing pillar in the A-6 community while setting standards for others to follow. The squadron was originally commissioned in 1948 and is the oldest West Coast A-6 squadron. The were the first A-b squadron to conduct night strikes on Hanoi during the Vietnam War. Employed extensively throughout the conflict, A- 6s dropped more than half the ordnance delivered by aircraft during the war. including B-52s. Today, the Milestones fly the A-6E TRAM, a two-seat carrier-based bomber used for deep strike missions, interdiction, anti-shipping, mining and close air support. The A-6 is an all-weather jet aircraft which can tactically employ a wide variety of ordance including the AGM-84 Harpoon missile, AGM-123 Skipper II missile. 50()lb. lOOOOIb. 2()()0()lb laser guided bombs and an extensive assortment of more conventional weapons. The A-6, operating in a low-altitude environment, uses terrain to mask its presence and degrade enemy defenses. It is capable of delivering bombs on targets completely obscured by weather of darkness. The A-6 remains Connie ' s primary offensive striking arm. putting the Main Battery at the Tip of the Spear. Throughout this WESTPAC IO deployment the A-6 proved to be a valuable and vital component to every Air Wing contingency plan and flight evolution. The A-6 remains the backbone of the U.S. Navy ' s long range offensive strik e capability and the heart of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen. CDR Bruce .Stuckert Commanding Officer CDR David Nichols Executive Officer 346 VA-196 =? l lp H K Bhbh IX ' DR Michael Axline LCDR Brett Bernier IXDR Randolph Dearth LCDR Gregory Johnson LCDR Clifton Martin Jr. LCDR Timothv Sparks LCDR Geoffrey Stroud LT Timothy Bartholomew LT Jeffrey Bay LT Forrest Beasley LT William Braker LT Bruce Bull LT Myles Coleman LT Todd Evans LT John Floyd LT Jess Gutierrez LT John Kacergis LT Edward Langford LT Christopher Kirschten LT Randall Laws LT Steve Lucas LT Stephen McCaslin LT Scott Newman LT Ralph Portindy LT Mark Prusinski LT Jerry Richardson LT Stephen Shiffman LT John Sylvester VA- 196 347 LTJG David Browji LTJG Mark Magee LTJG Brian Newmeyer LTJG Carl Oesterie ENS Michael MansHeld ENS Brent Morgan CW02 Harry Axlinc 3rd PNCM(AW) Edward Dawson AVCM William Shields ADCS(AW) Billy Adams AQCS(AW) Joachim Yakovleff AMSC(AW) Mark Baker ADC(AW) Drew Brown AQC James Christensen AOC(AW) Dennis Grayer ATC(AW) John Hellmann Jr. AEC(AW) William Marriott Jr. AMEC Ralph Nelles AZC(AW) Carlos Paz Jr. AMHC(AW) Brian Russell AMSC(AW) Dennis Tremblay Jr. YNC John Weber AMSI Tom Alexander ATKAW) Larry Anderson 348 VA-196 VA- 196 349 AOI Terry Sills NCI Michael Slocum ATKAWl John Soler AQI D«ight Vanduzer AOI Danny Watte AOKAVVl Mike Zimmerman AQ2 Frank Aniewucci A()2 William Bennington AE2 Lindsey Brown I)K2 William Danker AQ2 Robert Doyle AME2 Stephen Drusby A )2 Waiter Kwing A()2 (ieorge (iuenther AQ2 Tim Harrington AMK2 Mvron Harris AZ2 Curtis Hicks AMH2 Da id Ispas AZ2 Cecil Jackson AT2 Kimberiv Jefferson D2 Richard Johnson AMH2 Ross Kepner MS2 Corey Kernin AQ2 David Kindig AMS2 Johathan Kline PR2 Kevin Long A()2 Bobby McCormick A()2 Van McGinnis AE2 William Neighbours A02 Joseph Pettross A02 Daniel Pierman A02 Darren Propst 350 VA- 196 i - M,S2 Steven K i Al)2 Robert Shee l AIVIS2 Andrew Smith AMS2(AW) Russell Smith A()2 (iarv Snyder AI)2 Robert Talmadge AT2 Jess Tedder AD2 Raymond Vermersch AMH2 John Wallace AMS2 Steve Westhof AD2 Grey Wunderly AD3 Charles Anderson D5 1 - . ,g .. -;3 .. -r- Ci. ■k iM wm K lBtllir ' m ■k td 1 mm r_ jW M 1 S ■d wSSi iln nH ■■j HQh fite VA-196 351 VA- 196 353 pp AZ3 Joseph Pfeffer AD2 James Pierson Jr. AZ3 Jose Rivera Jr. A03 Brian Shepard AE3 Marc Springer AZ3 Donald Stemet AQ. ' Jeffrey Tomasetti A03 Hubert Tony A03 Richard Walker A02 Richard Wuensche ADAA Frederic Agsalud AMEAN Robert Andersen J. AN Robert Anderson R. AN Rodolfo Baluyot AA James Becker AOAN Michael Beyer AN Brian Bourdon AMEAN Terry Boutwell AMMAN David Bowen AN Jason Bruce AMSAN Brian Buche AN James Calwilc YNSN Steven Chavez AN Ricky Cook AN Robert Coolich AN Kenneth Dagel ISSN David Daymont AOAN Douglas Freitag ADAN Jeremy Gardner AN Kenneth Golightley AN Marvin Hardy AOAN Michael Hetu ATAN Scott Hoskins AN Robert Inoa AN Charles Jenson ATAN Richard Kuhn 354 V A- 196 AOAN William Lambert AN William Macneil AN Clarence Maddox Jr. AN Mark Madsen AEAN Paul McAdams AN Dean Miller AOSN Theodore Moss AN Richard Mynatt AN David Niehaus AQAN James Pendley AEAN Scott Petritis AN Brent Prucha ADAN Dennis Rew AMSAN Steven Rogers ADAN Dennis Sionson AMSAN Jonathan Small AN Paul Smith AN Milo Stafford AMSAN Douglas Thoma ATAN Jeffrey Thynne AEAN James Tinsley PNAN Frank Tokarski Jr. AOAN Terrence Twyford Jr. AMSAN Lambert Tynes Jr. AN Eric Wagner AMEAN Todd White AN Donnell Wiley AN Leonard Williams PRAA Raymond Britain AZAA Lee Erickson MSSA Joshua Gow MSSA Gary Hackley Jr. AA Nick Jorgensen AA Darrell Kraus AA Gerardo Rodriguez AA Adam Schaeffer AA Donald Simmons AMEAA Kelly Smith AA James Walter Jr. AMSAA Corey Webber AA Kevin Wilson AMSAR Michael Hall VA- 196 355 VAQ- 139 357 m VAQ-139 The Cougars of VAQ-139 became operational on July 1, 1983. The squadron is comprised of approximately 140 officers and enlisted men and flies the EA-6B Prowler. Homebased at NAS Whidbey Island Wash., the Cougars celebrated their first anniversary by winning the 1984 Battle Readiness Competition (BRC). In 1985, the Cougars concluded two years of mishap-free operations and earned the second-place BRC. That year also marked their inaugural WESTPAC Indian Ocean deployment embarked with Connie as an integral part of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen. In 1986, the squadron completed its third year of mishap-free operations and won the Triple Crown of the Prowler community by winning the 1 985 CNO S, 1 986 BRC and the 1985-1986 Commander Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet Battle E Award. The end of 1987 marked four years and 6,000 hours of mishap-free operations, over one year of FOD-free operations and the squadron ' s second WESTPAC IO deployment. The Cougars played an important part in the successful execution of convoy escort operations through the Straits of Hormuz from July I to August 24. They were the first to actively jam potential hostile radars since the 1 986 Libyan strikes. Also in 1 987, VAQ- 1 39 earned a Navy Unit Commendation and a second-place BRC. In February 1988, the Cougars transitioned to the ICAP II Prowler with its expanded capabilities and ability to employ the AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). In March, the Cougars were announced the winners of the 1986-1987 Battle E for a second consecutive year, only the second squadron in VAQ history to do so. In June, the Cougars were awarded their second CNO Safety S in three years. CDR Louis Fodor Commanding Officer CDR John Flanagan Executive Officer 358 VAQ-139 LC ' DR Randall Franciose LCDR Richard Perkins LCDR Randy Rice LT Michael Ciardello LT Robert Dean LT Ted Gettinger III LT Kenneth Hagerup LT Steven Hayes LT Kevin Locke LT Brian Miller LT George Nadler LT Fred Sorrentino LT Christopher Sortun LT William Smith HI LT Stephen Tyson LT Jeffrey White LTJG Brian Black LTJG Joseph Boener LTJG Patrick Bowman LTJG Jeffrey lovine LTJG Curt Isbell LTJG Kevin Leifeld LTJG John Loguidice LTJG Robert Pitre AVCM Ernest Ghezzi AECS Richard Anderson AMCS John Forgey AZC Carl Baughn AMSC Nick Betz YNC Charles Conners AMHC James Jones AKC Wilfredo Mendoza ADC Thomas Reynolds AMEC Steven Sanders ATC Kenneth Simundson VAQ-139 359 Tl A IM( K()f;ir Smith AMKl Dale Huntleld AOl Dennis Borgen AMU I John Brewer AKI (;ar Brvner MSI l)a id ( arev MSI Michael Clark ATI Wilbur Kllerbe ATI Stephen (iallowav A I) I Kenneth (iombert M l Dennis (iraham A MS I Neil Jones All Kuyene karns FN 1 James Keeton AKI Charles Llsit k ATI (ire ory Peterson All Kugene Rasmussen AMEl Brett Ring 360 VAQ-139 AMSl (;ienn Roth A.MHl Francisco Villanueva AD2 Dowavne Bistline PN2 Dennis Brown A1VIH2 Maurice Chatigny AMS2 Timothy Doll AK2 Michael P manuelson AZ2 Tom Endress AZ2 John Hebert AMS2 Timothy Hicks PR2 Eugene Hill DK2 William Johnson AD2 Robert Lamere A02 Kelly Layman AZ2 Derrick Lowe AME2 Michael Maisonneuve MS2 Robert Marshall AT2 Mark McKinney YN2 Thomas Meadows AT2 (ieorge Morrison AME2 Michael Odette AMH2 Harold Olson Jr. AT2 Paul Orr Jr. AT2 Marty Paterson AK2 Dennis Powell AE2 Harvey Reyes AD2 Joesph Reyes AE2 Adam Santos AE2 Paul Sousa AZ2 James Tarabrella AE2 Matthew Van Sickel VAQ-139 361 AE2 Stacy Vernon AE2 Michael Weddle A03 William Allen MS3 Michael Barlow AD3 Terrence Belts IS3 John Christian AE3 Floyd Clark AT3 Grant Coulter AMS3 Renato Cruz AK3 Timothy Dooley AMS3 Robert Dybdahl AD3 Jimmy Flores AE3 Demetrius Henderson AT3 Tracy Hull AT3 Ray Kennedy AT3 Ronald Louisignau AMS3 James MacRoberts AT3 Daryl McKamey AT3 John Ortiz AMS3 Partick Pack AMH3 Doug Schelling AMH3 Steven Schmeink AMS3 Jacky Sharma AD2 Ronald Sohar AZ3 Keith Southall MS3 irgil Sumilhig AT3 Stephen Thorp AT3 James Todd Jr. AA Lathe Alsadi ADAA Reiley Araceley AMHAN Kenneth Bacak ATAN John Bonnett 362 VAQ-139 I ' NSN Richard Brown AOAA Kevin Carlson AN Leiand C ' arr AKAN Theodore C ' hrisan AMSAN Darren Chu AA Jason Condoll AA Keith Conner AN Eric Covington AN William Cox Jr. AN John Dorr AN Gregory Dorweiler AN Ted McCollum m VAQ-139 363 364 VAQ-139 ATAA Marvin Newman AOAA Douglas Pallerson AN Robert Paulk AOAA Jeffrey Pena AN Michael Pete AZAN Kevin Piersawi AMSAN Sean Ravencraft AMHAA Fredrick Ray ADAN Jon Russell AN A lan Sarofim AMSAA Jeffrey Settles AMSAN Randv Skidmore PRSN Donald Stokes AA Timothy Tackett PRAR Michael Trapp AZAN Jason Truscott AMEAN Eduardo Villanueva Jr. AKAR Warren Weisman AEAA Daniel Weitzenfeld AN John Werner AMSAN Dennis Williams AEAA Fredrick Wind AEAN Robert Witalis ADAA James Vaskolka i4 VAQ-139 365 366 :7 lXSv % Sawbucks VS-37 367 VS-37 VS 37 joined Carrier Air Wing 14 in April 1983 and deployed aboard USS Constellation in February 1985. The Air Wing and the Connie were awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for their many achieve- ments during this deployment. In September 1985, the Sawbucks participated in an intense two month Northern Pacific Battle Group exercise, setting new records for achievement. VS 37 deployed with Connie from April to October 1987 to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Along with numerous individual awards for outstanding performance of duty, VS 37 has also been presented three CNO Safety Awards, five Battle Efficiency E awards and six Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy awards for ASW excellence. VS 37 recently surpassed six years and 26,000 consecutive mishap-free flight hours, demonstrating readiness and pro- fessionalism through safety. The Sawbucks are homeported at NAS North Island and have nine S-3A Viking aircraft with approximately 220 aircrew and support personnel assigned. CDR Tom Gamber Commanding Officer CDR Bob Keepper Executive Officer 368 VS-37 It l)R Dwitjhl Cousins IX [)R ( hris Deniine IX DR Michael Jackson LCDR (Jeoffje Lockbaum Lt ' DR .larrett Marquis LCDR William Oker LT Kevin Bressette LT Christopher Brogan LT Keff Carter LT Thomas Colburn LT Christopher Cole LT Ben Flovd Jr. LT Jerome Frechette LT Paul Fhur LT Erick Gerdes LT Daniel Hand LT David Holmgren LT Peter Hove LT Andrew Kimbell LT Timothy McCarrick LT Ross Mvers LT Francis Paez LT Anthony Pala LT John Riggs VS-37 369 LT Ernest Sa LT Rudy Verschoor LT Thomas Warren LT James Willsun LT Mark Woodall LT.K; Christian Buhlmann LT.K; Stephen Curtis LTJC; Ed Knudsen LT.IG Kirt Kranker LTK; Evan Piritz Lrj(i David Price CW02 Christopher Welsh PNCM Philip NIckoli AXCS James JoIIn ADCS Michael McClellan AEC VMIIiam Aspinall I 370 VS-37 m AMK( William . j A ' X I hdinas Moore ADC Ruben Pelina AOC Len Seal AWC William Sibel AZC A. D. Thomas MSI Raymond Abelon AEI Randall Baker AMHl Robert Barr ASl Roberto Bautista ATI Joseph Block ADl Jonathan Campos NCI Charles Dischner ADl Elmar Divinagracia AKl Revnaldo Erive PNl Jerry Escoto AMEl Steven Killmar PRl John Lekouses AMHl Thomas Longstreth AMSl Dalmacio Maltezo ADl Jimmy Manglicmot AEI Steve Marecek AXl Donald Miller AMHl Tyrone Moody AM (ierald Mueller AOl [)a id Nelson AMSl Rubinsante Rabanal AMSl Ellis Ranee Jr. AZI Vincent Ruiz AWl Scolt Sipe YNl James Smith AOl Rex Spencer ADl Larrv White AMS2 Pascual Abides AK2 Arielito Artillaga AD2 Octavio Baiangcod AMS2 Michael Besand AW2 David Branch AW2 David Christoferson AX2 (Jeorge Davis AWE2 Rocklund Davis A02 Robert Diaz AZ2 Thomas Durazo AW2 Daniel Evans AE2 Mark Ferebee AE2 Jed Figg MS2 Mark Fornwalt A02 Elvis Gardner 372 VS-37 ■I AMH2 Benjumin (ireen AK2 John (iri . ell YN2 Richard Ingold AW2 Thomas Karl AK2 (ilenn Lacaman AMS2 Lane Lawlcr A02 Irenlo Macagba PN2 James Miller AZ2 Kevin Mitchell AM.S2 Richard Pinler AX2 Kenneth Puderhaugh AK2 David Pundl AME2 John Puricelli AT2 Michael Raile AW2 Harold Raymond AT2 Curtis Romey AW2 Stephen Ready AME2 VVyatt Upshaw V VS-37 373 Al)2 .liinmu ' Wixids AU2 .Itlltrj Zunkei- AME3 Leslie Andradc A1VIS3 Nicaniir Apostol ASK3 Jonathan Beallv AVV2 ,|( hn Konent ' anl AME3 William Burliin AD3 Ronnie (aburian AK3 Vonj; (ha Oi Michael l)eneh AMO Richard Deschand YN3 Kenneth (Jaut AMS3 William Core PN3 Kendall Crissell AK3 Cullen Hall AVV3 Krank Holborow AD3 Kelly Hoo er Ar3 James Jones AD3 Michael Justinak AT3 Michael Koester A03 David Lewis YN3 Roberto Martinez Jr AMS3 Edward Matson 374 VS-37 AVV3 Daniel Morrill A73 Robert Moses AK3 Kraig Orr AD3 Daniel Paris MS3 David Pell AUi Randal Prine AT3 Nicholas Ricchlute AX3 Clayton Ri est AD3 Augustine Rodriguez AD3 Kyle Schascheck PR3 Eddie Silver AD3 Richard Sinks AE3 Greg Stengel AW3 James Tucker AE3 Daniel Turner AX3 Mark Vaccaro MSSN Reles Banks AMSAN Robert Barnette AN Madloutne Benzineb AMSAN Roger Bond ISSN Brady Campbell AMSAN Jaime Cervantes AEAN Todd Davis ATAN Duane Dawson VS-37 375 AN Rodolfo De Castro Jr. AMSAN Ezequiel Delprado AN Dean Dimarzo AEAN Alan Dohse AMMAN Scott Donahue ADAN Timothy Ezell AN James Faulkner AN Greg Ferguson AN Randv Frazier AN Glen Donovan AMMAN Dave Graham AN Kent Meinlen ATAN Anthony Ibach AMSAN Timothy Johnson AMMAN Joseph Johnston AEAN Lonnie Lafferty AXAN Joel Magnusnn AN John Mamuvac AWAN Paul Mayotte AN Robert Mercer AMSAN Jon Nelson ADAN Cozy Nicholson 11 AMSAN David Noordzy AN Scottie Painter 376 VS-37 ■ft 1 RP Jl s TT ' r ' - S7i__ — ■HHl k ' A S t i 1 1 V ij 1 ' v J| ' ■p yi fflti JB g H M k jjH t V EvB K hD TvCi i f Sa L. « ' j9 m H| ' ' KHH im SHir ' [ ■■H Bm H to H fll I B w H 4 I 1 n m k fl 1 - Hfl — a AN Sluart Piasecki AMSAN Michael Porter ATAN Michael Ramirez ATAN Obie Rav AWAN Thomas Rhee AXAN Michael Rosenblum AN Hubert Sharpe AN Scott Shipstad AMMAN Kurt Sitler PNAN Stephen Sitler AN Steven Sjolander AN Ronald Stallion AEAN Douglas Taylor ADAN Wallace Thibodeaux AN Keenan Ward AMSAN Stephen Webb AN Henry West AMEAN Anthony Whittle MSSN Alvin Williams AN Billy Wombold AWAN Michael Worth AA Cordell Muenchow AA Michael Jones AA Ricardo Ochoa ADAA Timothy Ray AKAA Bradford Reese PRAA Gerald Shorkey AA Dan John Svec AA Stephen Vaughn VS-37 377 378 Black Eagles mtL. ,.j„_...„- ,t; ;. ... VAW- 113 379 VAW-113 The Black Eagles of VAW 1 13 are the only squadron in the air wing capable of playing a major role in every mission. In order to accomplish their many missions, the Black Eagles utilize the E-2C Hawkeye, with its sophisticated radar electronic surveillance system, enhanced by a high speed computer. However, the real key to their success hinges on the expertise and dedication of the 150 men that support the squadron on a daily basis. Black Eagle missions include: Airborne Early Warning and directing fighters toward unidentified or hostile targets, providing coordination and vectors for bombing strikes, and acting as a command and control platform for any search and rescue mission that might arise. During WESTPAC ' 88-89, the Black Eagles proved day after day that they were the keystone in all air wing and battle group operations. Under the leadership of Commanding Officer Cmdr. Christopher J. Remshak, VAW 1 13 is homeported at NAS Miramar, San Diego. C ' DR Christopher .|. Remshak Commandin}; Officer LCDR Larry Harper LCDR John La Bella! LCDR Peter Malonev LCDR Richard Payne LCDR Myles Reeling LCDR Paul Skoog LCDR Donald Tomasoski LT Deputy Ammon LT Deputy Elder LT Deputy Grice LT Deputy Hahne LT Deputy Harders f iWt CDR John B. Gregor Executive Officer 380 VAW-113 : .Ui Deputy Lcimblot I.T.K; Depul) McKcnna I.I.Ki Deputy Phillips 382 VAW-113 vt- r - r n AMSI I.iiisili) Delds Rcves AKl Kdiinii- l)i iin M Kiimon Kspejo AMF.I Florenlinc) (;amab Jr. All Diinald (iorelon ATI Robert Huebotter AZl Glen Kelly AKI Jaime Legaspi AKI C ' onrado Miclat PNl Richard Serviss AMHl Alfredo Talampas AD2 Paul Alfaro AD2 Allx Nelson AD2 Eric Benjamin AT2 David Blackford AT2 John Coles AZ2 William Comstock AE2 Willie Etheridge VAW- AK2 Jose Fulgencio DK2 Joe Gonzalez AT2 Joseph Haves AIVIH2 Bobby Havnes AMS2 Daniei Heidt PR2 Daniel House AD2 Pierre Jones AE2 Michael Karrer PN2 David Neville AMH2 Edgardo Peralla AE2 Jeffrey Scotl AT2 Terrence Suvak AZ2 Lonnie Swinford AMS2 Richard Vigil AD2 David Wachter AMH2 George Watson AMS2 Sandy Williams .vt. =- HI ' AE2 Nicholas Wilmert 384 VAW-113 M.S2 Randolph Wright AMH3 Michael Brunsvold MS3 James (amarillo AK3 Jose Deleon AZ3 Ariel Fonseca AMS3 David Holmes AZ3 Dwavne Huff AT3 Joseph Hunhoff AMS3 Trevor Jones PR3 Michel Krise AMH3 Anthony Lagore AMH3 Sidney Long AZ3 Juan Maldonado AE3 Preston McConnell AE3 Charles Patterson AME3 Joel Pena AE3 Randell Ruszkowski AD3 Jeffrey Schriver VAW-113 385 AT3 Todd Twemlow AMS3 Robert Urias AMMAN Michael Baier AMMAN John Chao AMEAN Charles Kirk AN Pero Clarke AN Gregory Cloney ADAN Gerardo Cordova 386 VAW-113 { ' i Mk - C 7A sr£:LLATION II I NAV Y m ■i AN John Delvin A TAN David Dunn AN Roman Fernandez AN Lawson Freeman AKAN Benny Granillo AN Eric Havnes AMMAN Tony Jenkins AN Thomas Johnson AN Ron Judkins AMSAN Douglas Lehmann AMMAN Steven Mead AYAN Stacey Perrv AMMAN Kevin Powers AN Cleophus Prince Jr. AN Michael Riley VAW-1 13 387 w AMSAN Jeffrey Sundquist AMSANJeffSurnev 388 VAW-113 VAW-113 389 HS-8 391 HS-8 Theprimary mission of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HS-8) is Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) to detect, identify, localize, attack and destroy enemy submarines. Its secondary missions include plane guard during tlight operations while attached to a carrier, search and rescue (SAR), medical evacuation (MED VAC) and personnel and cargo transportation. To accomplish these tasks, the Eightballers operate six all-weather Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King helicopters. They are manned by a pilot, co-pilot, sonar operator and an assistant sonar operator SAR swimmer day and night, ashore and atloat. The dedication and professionalism that the men of HS-8 continue to display is reflected in their impressive record of awards. Four times they have won both the Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy for ASW excellence and the prestigious Admiral Jimmy Thach Award signifying them as the best carrier based ASW squadron in the Navy. In 1984, HS 8 received the Sikorsky Top Torpedo Award for outstanding ASW performance for the third consecutive year. Sikorsky also recognized the Eightballer ' s peerless maintenance record by awarding them the Superior Maintenance Award for the third consecutive year in 1985. In addition, HS-8 received the Battle Efficiency Award for the 1 979-80. 1982-83 and 1985-86 competitive cycles. HS-8 was awarded the CNO Annual Aviation Safety Award in 1983, 1985 and again in 1986. Such awards are indicative of the superior reputation that the officers and men of HS-8 enjoy as the most outstanding ASW squadron in the U.S. Navy. CDR Donald Steuer Executive Officer 392 HS-8 I.( I)R John Branson III MDR Daniel Fischbach l.fDR Michael Kuqua LCDR Steven Griger IX ' DR Andrew Ronacher LT Mark Colburn LT Thomas Criger LT Kevin Hogan LT Walter Hunt LT Robert Owen LT Steven Padget LT Matt Toombs LT Peter Van Stee LT Kenneth Wasson LTJG Gregory Burkart LTJG Scott Jacobson LTJG Perry Parisi LTJG John Poole ENS John Buttler ENS David Marquis CW02 Carl Garrett AFCM George Debaun AMCS Kenneth Westberg ATC Eddy Ames HS-8 393 ADC Jake Bedon AWC Robert Butler ATC Jack Crawford AMSC Leopoldo Gutierrez AMHC James Mathe YNC Tommy Ronque AMSC Paul Tomicich AZC Kent Winters ADl Romeo Almerol ADI Nestor Bagasan AWl Todd Batev AOl Sidney Bigner AXl Michael Blauer PRl Mike Cline AMHl Olimpio Dcnina AEl Ronilo Devera ADl Anthony Dicenso ADl Jose Dollente Jr. AWl James Kinser AAMSl Marcelino Medina AWl Thomas Moody AZl Sheldon Stone AWl David Wratchford NCI Charles Wvatt AT2 Andrew Aceves AW2 (;ary Brizaro AK2 Henry Chapa 394 HS-8 AD2 Charles Crane AMS2 Jimmy Fugate AK2 Richard (;reen YN2 William HaHey MS2 Randy Hampton AW2 Larry Hellem AT2 Lee Kennedy AX2 Scott Law AX2 Dennis Lewis AMS2 Michael Liggins AD2 Manuel Ramirez AW2 Brad Saarela AMH2 Bernardo Sarsoza AE2 Robert Schaeppi AD2 William Tomlinson AMH3 Edgar Afalla AMH3 Marcus Alexander AE3 G. Balderrama Jr. AT3 Kyle Bartell AE3 Jeffery Bowman AZ3 Michael Briseno AD3 Derrick Buckles AW3 Homer Butler AX3 Scott Carlson AT3 Lawrence Doble AT3 Robert Elkey YN3 Douglas Freudenberger AD3 Tarek Ghandour AW3 Timothy Hawkins AW3 Olin Huskey MS3 RIcardo Lucero HS-8 395 AMH. Donovan Maxwell AZJ Derek Mazer AD3 Dennis Mesman AW3 Mark Mjtchum AW3 Wayne Musteen AW3 Dewitt Orton AMS3 Julio Santos Jr. YN3 Freddie Shanks AME3 Robert Smith AZ3 Brian Speas AW3 John Stroud AD3 Robert Walker AMSAN Todd Acosia AKAN Jose Adamos AN Sergio Almacen Jr. ADAN Charles Banks Jr ADAN George Dalena AWAN Sean Donahue PNAN Dennis Donnellj AN Earnest Doty Jr. AWAN Kenneth Driggers PRAN Benito Gonzales ADAN Mark Gustke AN David Hansen 396 HS-8 AXAN Eddie Lisboa PNSN ScotI Livers ADAN Vic Lumbad AWAN Edward Lyon ATAN Willis Planck AMSAN William Robinson AN Robert Sage AWAN Douglas Stoughton AMHAN Paul Thomas AMSAN Michaelangelo Tungol AN Hung Van Luc AN Keith Wall AMHAN Donald Wilson AA Bryan Acton AMHAA Daniel Balsamo AZAN Frederick Berry AMSAA Robert Bowden YNSA Maurice Chavarry ATAA David Hall AA Shawn Hamill AA Chatchai Kampitak AA Robert Koch AXAA Lee Lemerand AA Undra Moses AA Glen Mustian AA David Rudicil AKAA Bertie Serano HS-8 397 ■BIPBP ry  «Ei- 398 VRC-50 •nnsi HBi VRC-50 399 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL 400 EOD EOD 401 402 CARGRU 1 CARGRU I 403 404 CARGRU 1 RM3 Michael Hodnett RM3 Stanley Pikes MS3 Burl Ramos OSSN James Cendejas SN Shawn Morgan AKAN Edgardo Sampana VNSA Robert Miller YNSA Nickolas Urick MSSR Samuel Costa AR Robert Simpkiss CARGRU 1 405 DESRON 23 406 DESRON 23 OSI Roosevelt Lewis YNl Rick Midwood RP2 Bvron Elder OS2 Glenn Janzen OS2 Kenneth Jones RIVI2 Keith Mitchell RM3 Michael Blake RM3 James Hutcheson OS3 Jonathan Smith Jr. OSSN James Pfeiffer 1 5 1 - i i :11 1 wt V „ ki V Si DESRON 23 407 LATE ARRIVALS CDR T. J. Hammons III SUPP LCDR Charles McCarthy HS-8 LCDR Charles Roller COMM LCDR William Waddtll VS-37 LT Edgar Caburian MEDICAL LT William Jacobs DESRON 23 LT Jewell Leadford G-3 LT Michael Lee MEDICAL LT Paul Martinez OT LTJG Martin Harrington VAW-113 LTJG Neil McEachern VFA-113 LTJG Sean Petrie VS-37 LTJG Gilbert Vincent VS-37 ENS Lance Chang VAW-113 ENS Blake Fetrow TRNG ENS Eugene Haag 2ND CW02 Leo Mendoza S-S AWSC Carl Czech VS-37 AZCS JoeGirdner IM-1 ADCS Chris Rohrer HS-8 MSGT Rodolfo Deleon MARDET AMSCS Rodrigo Peralta IM-2 AECS James Rabon VS-37 AWC Marlin Schauss VS-37 AMHC Nick Villanueva VS-37 AXl Miguel Abrazaldo VS-37 MSI Howard Elliott DESRON 23 HMl Lester Feliciano Jr. MEDICAL AQl Jaime Jerez IM-1 PCI Freddie Hackett X-3 AKl Rodolfo Mendoza S-8 DPI Michael Rodriguez S-7 RMl Stephen Saxton CR DPI Billy Scott OZ MSI Sanelito Tanagras S-2 AZ2 Ralph Cisch lM-1 EM2 John Compton V-2 DK2 Ferdinand Florendo VFA-2S AZ2 Scott Groit VS-37 FC2 Alan HatHeld OEM AT2 Michael Hughes IM-3 AT2 Ronald Janusiak IM-3 408 LATE ARRIVALS 1 J ' , mi Richard Jones R AK2 Reynaldo Litan S-6 W 12 .leffery McCrady W QM2 Bradley Nelson NAV MS2 Jesus Paule S-S BM2 Andrew Simmons 2ND F,W2 Adam Thompson OW ABH3 John Bley V-1 HM3 Bruce Cunningham MEDICAL AW3 Kevin Diggins HS-8 HM3 Robert Dittbenner MEDICAL AW3 Matthew Everett HS-8 AT3 Roger Garate VAW-113 HT3 Richard Harold R ABE3 Craig Huntly V-2 DP3 Jerome Jones S-7 AQ3 James Keller IM-3 MM3 Lee Lark A HM3 Tony Matt MEDICAL EW3 Max Mims II OW AD3 Pedro Nacionales IM-2 HM3 Wilfredo Ortiz MEDICAL EW3 Paul Pickens OW ET3 Dana Rupchock IM-5 AW3 Joe Santalla OT AT3 Lawrence Schultz VS-37 WT3 Harold Soward W ABH3 Augusto Torrecampo V-3 HT3 Leroy Trigg R PC3 Greg Williams X-3 PC3 Benn Wong X-3 ABAN Courtland Aro HS-8 YNSN Steven Ashe W-X LCPL Douglas Bosch MARDET WTSN Timothy Bearson W LCPL Chris Burgess MARDET FN Byron Byars P-2 FN Carlos Casares R LCPL Troy Conyer MARDET AEAN Dennis Durfee IM-3 AOAN Auan Manuel Esparza G-3 SN Armando Espinoza 2ND WTSN Jeffery Harris WEPS FN Jerry Holmes P-2 AWAN jason Kidwell VS-37 AWAN Joseph King VS-37 LCPL Chad Maloney MARDET FN John Meeks P-3 LATE ARRIVALS 409 AN Joe Murphy V-3 LCPL Felix Oliveros MARDET LCPL Michael Pearce MARDET AN Francisco Perez V-3 WTSN David Phillips W AN David Quintini VS-37 ADAN Roberto Reyes VAW-113 LCPL Tim Sisson MARDET LCPL Joseph Smith MARDET AN Kenneth Welch Jr. V-3 SKSA Julius Apostol S-8 SA Michael Banaga TRNG AA Edgar Bana.vo VFA-25 QMSA Hank Bega} NAV ATAA Lamon Borel IM-3 ISAA Mark Bushong OZ FA Juan Campo E ACAA Daniel Day IM-4 AA Enrique Delacruz Jr. VFA-25 PHAA Claudio Gomez OP AA JohnGreig V-1 BTFA Mark Free P-1 PFC Mark Harig MARDET FA Emil Herrera VFA-113 FA Robert Irving E PFC Ross Knippers MARDET AZAA Richard Jordan IM-3 AA Warren Larkin E FA Jason Lundmark E ABEAA Ramon Martinez S-2M PHAA Christopher McCoin OP WTSA Brian McDaniel W AA Richard Mikels S-3 PFC Jerry Monasmith Jr. MARDET WTSA Michael Overman V, SA Ricardo Pangan X-2 AZAA Jesus Ramos IM-2 AA Siang Rathsabanhdith G-3 ABFAA Lonnie Rodriguez V-4 SA Leonard Saratan E ABFAA Glenn Shumaker V-4 410 LATE ARRIVALS WTSA Eric Urban W DR Alvaro Alvarez DENTAL AOAR Travis Anderson G-1 AGAR Jay Angel Jr. G-3 AR Manuel Ballesteros IM-2 ASKAR Will Best Jr. IM-4 PHAR Dale Black OP SKSR Clinton Ericson SUPPLY AR Trov (iraham C-.l AR Roger Halterman 8-8 ADAR Robert Henderson IM-2 AGAR David Hepler WEPS SKSR Jason Higham S-8 ADAR James Jerge IIVI-2 AGAR Glenn Lambert Jr. G-3 AR Robert Legnaioli X-3 YNSR Robbie Lewis VFA-25 SR William Lockaby TRNG SR Martin Lopez G-1 AR Stephen Mark V-S AR Michael Mitchell G-4 AR Corey Morris X-3 AR Christopher Morrow V-4 AZAR Martin Nichols IM-1 PHAR Thomas Percival GP ASMAR Brian Phillips IM-4 PNSR Pedro Pina TRNG PHAR Greg Pruitt OP AGAR Richard Quinn IM-3 MSSR Jaime Quintero S-5 AR David Riedel IM-3 PEC Randall Schumacher MARDET SR Jerome Smith X-3 SKSR Roy Smith S-8 SR Arkadiuz Staniec G-1 PEC Bernt Teunissen MARDET FR Michael Tipton P-1 AR Lorez Walker G-3 SR Sidney Washington IM-3 AR David Winburn V-2 LATE ARRIVALS 411 Distinguished Visitors During the deploymenl. Connie was visited by several distin guished visitors from around the world including: (top Thailand Prime Minister Gen. Chalichai Choonhaven. (above) Deputy Commander Joint Task Force Middle East. BGEN Philip Nuber, and (rightl distinguished visitors from Perth, Western Australia. 412 DVs Other distinguished visitors during WESTPAC ' 88-89 included: (left) Commander, Joint Task Force Middle East, RA DM A nthony Less, { belo w) dignitaries from Papau- New Guinea, and (below right) COMSEVENTHFLT, VADM Henry Mauz. DVs 413 (lop) Crown Prince of Thailand, HRH Vajiralongkorn, (above) Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister, Hong han Seng (right) Australian Minister of Defence, the Honorable him Beazley. 414 DVs (left) Commander Japanese. MrSelf Defense Force. LTGEN Atsiishi Tani, (below) U.S. Ambassador lo Pakistan, the Honorable Robert Oakley and Mr. A sifZardari. Prime Minister Bhutto ' s husband, and (bottom) Honfi hong ' s Governor, Sir David Wilson. i General Quarters, General Quarters! 416 GQ GQ 417 AHMi M Hia Battle Group Delta .-. - ' .v. T- -l sjr 418 BATTLE GROUP DELTA ft i i zi i-  - Si-lifc ' --i ! --! . BATTLE GROUP DELTA 419 Connie Candids 420 CONNIE CANDIDS CONNIE CANDIDS 421 422 CONNIE CANDIDS CONNIE CANDIDS 423 424 LAUNCH RECOVERY 425 426 CONNIE CANDIDS CONNIE CANDIDS 427 ' Do not stand at my grave andzoecp. I am not tfiere., I do not steep. I am a thousand luinds that SCoiu. I am a diamond g nt on snoiv. I am the sundght on ripened grain. I am the autumn rain. When you awake in the morning Ught, I am the stars that shine at night. So do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there ■■I did not die. Jiuthor unknoum 428 INMEMORIAM In Memoriam,,, LC ' D ' Don 9 . !Ho[derSy 14 Jan 5$-S Dec 88 LTjofin L. WiCcoTd 7 ' Dec $9-5 Dec 88 LT Scott D. i:fi.re[ke[(C 9 Oct 60-$ Dec 88 UT (Brad Si. JacoBs 28 Sep 60- -5 Dec 88 INMEMORIAM 429 .iW Cruisebook Staff The USS Constellation (CV 64) 1988-89 WESTPAC Cruisebook is an authorized publica- tion produced in accordance with U.S. Navy Public Affairs Regulations. This cruisebook was created, edited and pub- lished by Constellation ' s Public Affairs Office, funded by Constellation ' s Welfare and Recrea- tion Committee and prospective cruisebook pur- chasers, and printed by Delmar Printing and Pub- lishing. Opinions expressed herein are not official ex- pressions of the Department of Defense. Depart- ment of the Navy or USS Constellation. Cruisebook Officer LT Jack Papp Assistant Cruisebooli Officer JOC Martin Wicklund Cruisebook Editor J03 Charles Bear Technical Advisors John Stephenson Mick McCay Sales Manager Steve Pond Layout and Design: J03 Charles Bear LT Jack Papp JOC Martin Wicklund Photography Editor LTJG BradGutilla Assistant Photography Editor PH2 Anthony Dowell Photographs provided by Constellation ' s Photo Lab Photography PHC Gary Love PH 1 Dale Frcelan PH 1 Vaughn Nacgcle PH2 John Cross PH2 Christopher Marquis PH2 George Ortiz PH2 Mike Rodriguez PH2 Anthony Schwab P]Q David Votroubek PH3 Larry Ciullo PH3 Howard Cooper PH3 Darryl Dewiti PH3 Geoffrey England PH3 Keith McDonald PH3 Jay Peloquin PH3 Keith Perez PHAN Franklin Call PHAN Brian Grain PHAN Rogelio Franco PHAR Dale Black PHAR Christopher McCoin Cruisebook Editorial Staff: JOl Jerry Falanga JOl Robert Wilson J03 Dietrich Volkland JOSN Mark Craigcn JOSN Mike Kramer JOSA Scolt McCormick AA Rick Pellicciolti Contributing Photographers CDR Chuck •Heater Hcatlcy LCDR Dave Face Kennedy 430 Cruisebook Staff •v- m:. Cruisebo ' ok Staff 431 ' 7 believe the airwing performed very well, and I believe the ship performed very well and thaVs as it should be on the greatest warship in the universe. Captain John J. Zerr Commanding Officer USS Constellation (CV 64) 432 I TT r 4fe •.•, % ' vr. I scf ' i- 4l- r|.T I D -• ..rt -fc-.:- — ,; ,: Ha. jl- . V % J y • __ HAWAII 13-14 DEC -ji-:- r i L SEATTLE 26-27 MAY , U N 1 I f P A : • t SAN DIEGO DEPART 01 DEC 8i RETURN 01 JUN 89 - -% ' I -. •■3.%. •c ii- t-- Baffle Grocip Delta A E S T P A C INDIAN OCEAN N c:) R r A c: 1 Dec: 19 8 8-1 Jim 1 P « 9 • I « S [ f m r r- ■i2
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