Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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CO'S OPENING LETTER To the officers and men of FORRESTAL!Carrier Airwing SIX and our families and friends: V . fiff I This book is dedicated to you, the men and families of FORRESTAL!Car1'ier Airwing SIX, and to those shipmates who were left behind. From the moment we were told to prepare for deployment we set out to achieve nothingfshort the best in carrier combat readiness, and we achieved that goal. Nobody' does it better! 1 4 ' Y I t Throughout our accelerated workups, the months of ,maintaining our readiness, and the MED 3-91 ,deployment itself, r the FIDICVW-6 team continued to reinforce its reputation as the premiere fighting team of the'vU.S. I were continuously challenged by a seemingly endless series of false starts and real world commitments. From theoutset of Operation Desert Shield through the successfulcompletion of Operation Desert Storm, yoti. and ydur faniilies peatedly placed on the edge, only to be faced with repeated changes. To your creditfyou always reached deeper andideeper for that extra professional effort and pride that distinguished you as THE BEST! You among,.an eliee of who manned and operated from one of the most potent, flexible and capable assets of supercarrier.'i Our motto. First In Defense , was your daily watchword. You?have every rightifto who ,, are and whatyou collectively accomp1iShed. e I I' ,,.,,,. if S MED 3-91 was an extremely different irvv deployment. Tagged the 'ftransitionalffjdeployment',,,,itQf1was constantlyschanging schedules, to new and innovative tactics, andeneyv roles, the for all future Mediterranean deployments. You were tasked to and test achievements in combat readiness, materialgreadiness, shipis logisticssupport, mission capable aircraftjiaviation safety those that follow achieve. Equally as important, thrqiighout exemplified all the best ourNavy hasto offerand established The flawless hosting of countlesshigh-leyel dignitaries and your country and the U.S. p the during Operation D.esert1,Storm never Qgfreadiness, providinvgfgsupport to Operation Prov1de,C.omfort andthe subsequent challenges during in the fore-front of worldevents. A fitting place for thef?i1vorld'sfiQfirst a T0 0perati0HH111iS?QfY- vii I I ., v S past we have seen the deisfsolutionlofpthe Soviet the ,apparent the and. freeing ,offKuwait, and the unification of'Germaf1y andiifhe time of andfperheaps evenifmore so than ever, our military strength and the presence groups to the of our great nationQQ.jMany.difficult challengestjjlay there is of will successfully meet e ee,e ..,.. this and -6's history comes to a close, each every one of you, I my 7heartfelt,'personal gratitude and respect siee upon toeanswer throughput thisffpast year. Without your loveiandf wouldihave possiblegi Youshare equally the honorfableservice totiourvcountry thatfTy9i1r eele ent' bear can hold your heads high as you share in our success. Well done to each andfevery oheg f feii I in resilience flexibility of our Navy men, in particular this FORRESTAL'szlasteoperatioijalZ in each FORRESTALICVW-6 team member. I will always be grateful foffhayjng privilege torserve as .EID's commanding officer. e I . . s f i Q CAPT R. S. Bohn COLE 5' Commanding Officer . 3

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PORTS . . . Haifa, Israel 4 Rhodes, Greece 92 Alexandria, Egypt 100 Palma, Spain 104 Antalya, Turkey 112 Souda Bay, Crete 120 Toulon, France I 126 Marseille, France 132 STAFF . . . COMCARGRU SIX 424 CAG SIX 430 Cruisebook 598 AIRCRAFT . . . S-3B Viking 450 E-2C Hawkeye 466 EA-6B Prowler 482 A-6B Intruder 483 FXA-18 Hornet 516 F-14 Tomcat 550 SH-3H Sea King 584 FEATURES . . . Change of Command SRA Reftra f Advance Phase Snap Shots Flight Deck Weapons Unrepf Vertrep Mess Decks Sunset Parade Sports Entertainment Departure Tiger Cruise Final Airwing Fly Off Arrival