John Rodgers (DD 983) - Naval Cruise Book

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GSEC MORSE ENTERTAINS THE CREW WHILE ENS FAVARA AND RM3 SANDERS PAINT THE BULLNOSE PAINTING NOSES! The bull and their own. GSEC Morse, RM3 Sanders and Ens. Favara relax after completing their task. In keeping with tradi- tion the bull nose is painted upon crossing 66ON, the Arctic Circle. I6 15 February 1984 found the JOHN RODGERS a participant in a series of NATO exercises, United Effort!Teamwork 84 followed by Baltops 84. The exercises were scheduled to run through 29 April 84 and were the last operational training in which JOHN RODGERS was to participate in prior to the Pascagoula overhaul. The exercises started in the west Atlantic with NATO forces attempting to break an amphibious group out for transit to the North Atlantic. The running tactics took JOHN RODGERS across the Atlantic to the British Isles where Naval Gunfire Support exercises were con- ducted in Cape Wrath, Scotland. The Teamwork portion of the exercise saw the JOHN RODGERS, in accompany with NATO Forces, landing a combined NATO Marine ashore in Norway. The transit was through the GIUK Gap to Norwegian Fjords. JOHN RODGERS was tasked as an early warning unit and crossed 66 ON, the Arctic circle and operated in the Barents sea while conducting this mission. The Blue Nose initiation was conducted with JOHN RODGERS bull nose being painted blue. JOHN RODGERS also entered the Fjords as Naval Gunfire Support for the Landed Marines making this por- tion of the North Atlantic cruise a rewarding and scenic memory. A PICTURESQUE ISOLATED HOUSE IN FINNFJORD, NORWAY

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THE NORTH ATLANTIC

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BMC POWLEDGE MANNING THE INHAUL JOHN RODGERS UNREPS JACK WILLIAMS SN FERNANDEZ ON WATCH APPROACHING THE CAN ISTEO FOR FUEL. BELGIAN SHIP IS ALREADY HOOKED J P. 17