El Paso (LKA 117) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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1 4, 'f4.,, X, PASO L QE-TTER FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER THESE PAGES CHRONICLE DEPLOYED SHIPBOARD LIFE AS EXPERIENCED BY THE NAvY AND MARINE OFFICERS AND CRE' OF THE USS EL PASO CLKA-ll7,. SIMPLY STATED, THESE MEN TRAINED FOR AND SUPERBLY CONDUCTED AMPHIEIOUS THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR SIx CHALLENGING MONTHS. TO THE OUTSIDE OBSERYER THE PICTURES CONTAINED mum ARE AT BEST INTERESTING', BUT TO THOSE SAILORS AND MARINES, WHO TOILED DAY AND NIGHT THROUGHOUT THIS CRUISE, THESE PICTURES POSSESS A MUCH DEEPER MEANING. RECORDED IN THESE PICTURES IS THE TESTIMONY OF MEN DEDICATED T0 PROFESSIONALS HARD YORK AND SELF-DESCIPLINE. TIBIR EFFORTS EA M 'ELL DESERVED RESPECT AND APPRECIATION OF OUR NATO ALLIES AND FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN AND SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUIED TO THE REDUCTION OI' TBNSIONS IN THE REGION, TO THE BETTERMENT OF WORLD PEACE AND FREEDOM. In' I5 HY HOPE THAT IN FUTURE YEARS YOU CAN UTILIZE THIS BOOR AS AN INSTRUMENT T0 DBSCRIBE T0 YOUR FAMILY AND' FRIENDS, NOT ONLY THE. DAY T0 DAY OPERATIONS THAT TRANSPIRED, BUT ALSO, THE CAMARADERIE AND SPECIAL PRIDE SHARED BY THOSE OF US WHO SAILED ABOARD USS EL PASO DUILIHG 'MARC bu . M.M. KFMPLE f , F Nl f , V I I I I 75 X' -..-G I it --H - ff -1 - - F-A Ts'- ff Will ASW? -1 'H - lj' A Ia' - P ff I, 1 .X I 'i Z an -. -- 'Q , v A df ' 'nam' I' 'A 'x' 'dig' ' ' 'HW ' IIA ' , A .,, .-I . ' ' P' 'IIE 1' Y- Pl A - I if f41.!.t'fE.4:..:, ' , . AA..-M .:E:.. . 117 . - E+ :'1F1:f2+ M-S 1 , . . ' I-gigrfuz W w l 4 ku . . . . . 5 I . I ---J ' ' ' ' ' -, , Cf H ..-7- ,fix it - 3, .1 I h ' H :mF,,v-, - , -- .A .,- ..--- ., f 7---:f3a:.tf1E.:- 4141- L- I ,-- ,,. -- if - -.-..-1 ' ---...:x. ' . .tl 5+: 4:-. I I S