El Paso (LKA 117) - Naval Cruise Book

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TABLE OF CONTENTS COMMAND HISTORY COMMANDING OFFICER USS EL PASO LETTER FROM THE CAPTAIN COMMANDING OFFICER MSSG 26 EXECUTIVE OFFICER USS EL PASO EXECUTIVE OFFICER MSSG 26 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS CHIEFS OF THE EL PASO SENIOR STAFF NCO MSSG 26 BLUE WATER WORK UPS DECK DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT SUPPLY DEPARTMENT FIRST SERGEANT .......,.... O O O 1 f ' COMBAT CARGO OFFICE ,...,. LIFE ON THE MEDITERRANEAN MSSG-26 ...................... MEDICAL PLATOON ........... ENGINEERING PLATOON ...... COMMUNICATIONS PLATOON . TRUCKS PLATOON ............ MAINTENANCE PLATOON .... SUPPLY PLATOON . . . . . . , SHIPIS PLATOON ..........,.. HEADQUARTERS PLATOON .... LIFE AND TIMES ON THE MED . MED. BABIES ...........,.,.... DID YOU KNOW? .............. WASH DOWN: ALMOST HOME . . THE LAST 1A .................. WELCOME HOME ............ CRUISE BOOK STAFF .... 1 7 . 7 I , . 7 I I VH I7 I 7 .,'.7 G 43k 57' 497 W 652 73 im 1 Q . 70A 72' 74 177 , 7' I 77, 87, J 827 A 89 90 92 94 96

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N, gf :fu,rgs.e..Q-fra. W4 'g 'Hasan' -,nf ,,fM:,5-Q'-:1 .. fr fi If-1 C 02131173 OF Captain Morris M. Kemple Jr., from Erskine Lake, New Jersey, is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy class of' 1964. He completed flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in January 1966. L Captain Kempleis operational tours include VA-172, VA-72 and VA-46, flying the A-4 Skyhawk and A-7 Corsair II from the carriers FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CCVA- 42j and JOHN F. KENNEDY QCV-671. He has deployed to the Western Pacific, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and North Atlantic. He was Commanding Officer of VA-46 from July 1980 until September 1981. Ashore Captain Kemple has served two tours at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. A graduate of Test Pilot School Class 53, he served as a project officer in the Flight Test Di- MORRIS M. KEMPLE, CAPTAIN, Us ,NAVY rectorate and then Flying Qualities, Instructor and Chief Flight Instructor at the TestPi1ot School. He completed graduate school as a CNO Scholar in Geneva, Switzerland where he earned a license degree in Political Science. Post command tours include OPNAV Strategic Concepts Group QOP-6031, Commander, Carrier Air Wing Reserve Twenty and Executive Officer of USS SARATOGA ICV-601. Captain Kemple's military awards include four Meritorious Service Medals, five Air Medals, two Navy Commendation Medals Cwith combat VND and the Navy Achievement Med- al. , Captain Kemple is married to the former Judy Earhart of Arlington, Virginia. They have three children Mike, Laude and Theresa. :1 j f-fn -W '-if A - 'me r' - maz6 fff:.g.ggf5f 1' 1 - gf jf 'gi l-ff t j r k i i1f f ':l4f'w7' 1'ff'i L-:'f- ?9 -- g:,.Q. 1Y -Evil-f.i.gr : 7.iEx:h.?i.S141:L- '-71we-1 'L ' Y ln. asf- .. 1,.. a1.s... L.-5,-r:Z1rr.f'7.5i