Hue City (CG 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMAND CHAPLAIN LT Billy Appleton, Chaplain There were many opportunities for worship and spiritual activities during HUE CITY ' s first year. Three special programs were conducted during tradi- tional Christian holidays. Thanksgiving in St. Marten provided a time for crew members to reflect on the blessings that God granted in the past year with the traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey, which the Chief Petty Officers served. Also, the newly-formed HUE CITY choir, 14 strong, led by Song Director and Organist LTJG Pfeiffer, sang many long rehearsed songs during the Thanksgiving service. While the ship was returning to Mayport from Combat System Quals (CSSQT) in the Caribbean, HUE CITY ' s Chap- lain, LT Bill Appleton, led the first Christmas celebration on the mess decks 14 December 91. Besides the spirit-filled Christmas songs sung by both the crew members present and the HUE CITY choir, the Chaplain led an inspir- ing recital of the Christmas story. The other special program was held early Sunday morning 19 April 92 while HUE CITY was in transit to post shake- down availability in Pascagoula. The Easter sunrise service, again led by Chaplain Appleton, brought over 40 crew members together to the tradition- al Christian celebration of Jesus ' Resurrection. Throughout the course of one year, many crew members actively participated in daily morning devotions, nightly bible studies, world religion group and family focus group discus- sions, singing inspirations, and Protestant and Catholic worship services. These activities of faith and fellowship in- spired the crew and kept them spiritually bound together during the lonely times away from family and friends. Communion

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6 LT Bob Killius DKi Wayne Rav Geoffrey McCuen USS HUE CITY ' s Disbursing Office had already sprang into action when we moved aboard the ship, paying the crew and providing customer service. Commissioning day was the start of an even larger task: changing everyone ' s VH A, stopping the per diem, and settling over 400 ] ' i S and TAD travel claims. DKl Ray and DK3 McCuen rolled up their sleeves and dove in, fitting a deadline of December 30 as their goal. By the end of CSSQT, we were nearly 85 ' complete and still digging away at the paper mountain of orders, claims, and receipts. The last of the claims took almost a year t complete, culminating in the payment of the Commanding Officer m September of 1992 (the claim weighs 3 pounds!). By September of 1992, we had settled ovei travel claims and paid the crew ' l h ' mne Direct deposit participation is up from b to over and 1(X) out-of-balance pay accounts have been repaired by the S-4 pay rtcon) body ■hop. M

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IT Ken Allen