Mars (AFS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 136 of the 1991 volume:

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AS I LOOK BACK AT ALL WE ' VE DONE TOGETHER IT BRINGS A WARM FEELING OF TEAMWORK AND A JOB WELL DONE. AND THEN SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD HIS INVASION OF KUWAIT AND WE FOUND OURSELVES BACK IN SAN DIEGO DOING A TRAINING READINESS EXAMINATION FOLLOWED FOUR DAYS LATER BY REFRESHER TRAINING WHICH WE BREEZED THROUGH IN SEVEN DAYS VICE TEN DAYS. WE PASSED EVERTHING AND HEADED FOR HOME FOR A MONTH PRIOR TO DEPARTING SIX WEEKS EARLY IN SUPPORT OF DESERT SHIELD OPERATION. ON 8 NOVEMBER, A BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO DAY, BRIGHT, CLEAR AND CRISP, WE SAID GOOD-BYE TO OUR LOVED ONES WITH THE GLINTER OF A TEAR IN OUR EYE AND HEADED- WEST. AFTER TWENTY TWO DAYS OF ROUGH WEATHER INCLUDING TYPHOON PAGE WE MADE IT TO SUBIC. A FTER SUBIC WE STOPPED IN PHUKET, THAILAND AND REPORTED FOR DUTY IN THE NORTH ARABIAN SEA ON 23 DECEMBER. WE DID AN AIRHEAD ON 23 AND 25 DECEMBER WHICH REALLY GOT US OFF TO A FAST START. ON 17 JANUARY THE WAR STARTED AND WE WERE READY. OUR SHIP PERORMED MARVELOUS- LY, BECAUSE WE WORKED HARD TO TAKE CARE OF HER. THE SACRIFICES EACH OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE MADE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CRUISE ARE NOW A PART OF HISTORY. YOU MADE HISTORY. I FOR ONE AM SO VERY HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO SHARE PART OF THAT HISTO- RY WITH YOU. AND AS THE YEARS PASS AND WE GROW OLD, I HOPE WE CAN LOOK THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS CRUISE BOOK AND CONJURE THE WARM AND GOOD FEELINGS THAT COME WITH TEAMWORK, BEING A GOOD SHIPMATE, AND KNOWING WE DID OUR BEST. SEE YOU ON THE DECKPLATES, SHIPMATES! W. W. PICKA VANCE, JR 4 CO CHANGE OF COMMAND 6 CO COMMANDING OFFICER CAPT. OSTERTAG CO 7 Ml CAPTAIN MARC A. OSTERTAG II COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Marc A. Ostertag II was bom in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Sarasota, Florida. He graduated from Wichita State University and was commissioned an Ensign in 1968. After completing flight training, he was designated a Naval Aviator and assigned duties as Flight Instructor with VT-7 in Meridian, Mississippi. Subsequent flying tours included numerous fighter Squadrons including VF-124, VF-121, VF- 161, VF-211, VF-101 and Command of VF-102. Accumulating over 4000 hours in the F-8, F-4 and F-14 aircraft. Significant tours ashore have included Pacific Missile Test Center, Aide Flag Lieutenant to VADM R. R. Monroe at Commander Test and Evaluation Forces and Defense Nuclear Agency, Fighter Detailer and Air Combat Placement Officer, Naval Military Personnel Command, and the Staff of Commander Naval Air Forces Atlantic. Captain Ostertag is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair, Washington D.C In November 1988, he reported as Executive Officer, USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), where he served until April of 1990 when he received orders to Command USS MARS (AFS-1). Personal Awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal as well as two Navy Meritorious Service Medals and various other Expeditionary and unit awards. Captain Ostertag resides with his best friend and wife, Marsha, and sons Doug and Marc and daughter Kelly at Naval Air Station Alameda, California 8 CO AS USS MARS (AFS-1) CELEBRATED HER 29th BIRTHDAY ON 5 MAY 1991, SHE WAS ENROUTE TO A JOYOUS HOMECOMING IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. IT WAS A TIME OF REFLECTION. LOOKING BACK ON HER LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER, HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HER BRIGHT FUTURE FOR CONTINUED SERVICE. BUT MOST OF ALL IT WAS THE TIME TO REFLECT UPON HER AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE SUPPORT OF DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM. YOU WERE ASKED TO BE THE THUNDER AND LIGHTING OF DESERT STORM. YOU WERE THAT TEMPEST AND SO MUCH MORE. DURING HOSTILITIES YOUR RECORDS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ECLIPSED ALL PREVI- OUS MARS RECORDS, 8315 PALLETS OF FOOD, PARTS, AND MATERIALS, WEIGHING A GRAND TOTAL OF 10, 533, 783 POUNDS WERE DELIVERED TO 46 DIFFERENT SHIPS UNITS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC AMPHIBIOUS TASK FORCES. (THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS TASK FORCE ASSEMBLED SINCE WORLD WAR II) IT ' S A RECORD THAT WILL STAND! FOR THAT YOU CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD. THE UNITED NATIONS COALITION FORCES STUNNING VICTORY IN KUWAIT WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT YOUR GARGANTUAN LOGISTIC EFFORTS. YOUR COURAGEOUS ACTS, YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, YOUR DETERMINATION AND YOUR LOVE OF YOUR COUNTRY WERE THE BACK BONE OF THIS COLOSSAL EFFORT. YOU HAVE WRITTEN A PART OF HISTORY IN THE DESERT SANDS AND EARNED THE HEARTY RESPECT OF A GRATEFUL NATION. THE LEGEND LIVES ON. CAPT. OSTERTAG CO 9 EXECUTIVE OFFICER CDR CONRAD DIVIS LCDR CONRAD B. DIVIS GAINED HIS COMMISSION FROM OFFICER ' S CANDIDATE SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATING FROM PACIFIC UNIVERSITY IN 1975. FOLLOWING INITIAL OFFICER ' S TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO LCDR DIVIS WAS ASSIGNED TO USS FANNING (FF-1076) AS ELECTRONIC MATERIAL OFFICER AND FRIST LIEUTENANT. IN 1979 HE JOINED USS WORDEN (CG- 18) HOMEPORTED IN YOKOSUKA, JAPAN AS COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER OFFICER. THIS WAS NEXT FOLLOWED BY A TOUR AS AN INTELLIGENCE WATCH OFFICER AT FOSIF WESTPAC, KAMISEYA, JAPAN FROM 1980- 1982. IN 1983 LCDR DIVIS COMMENCED HIS FIRST DEPARTMENT HEAD TOUR AS WEAPONS OFFICER ABOARD USS TOWERS (DDG-9), HOMEPORTED IN YOKOSUKA, JAPAN. FROM 1985 TO 1987, HE THEN SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER ABOARD USS ROANOKE (AOR-7). HIS NEXT TOUR OF DUTY WAS AT THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER ' S DEGREE IN FAR EASTERN POLITICAL AFFAIRS. IN SEPTEMBER 1989, LCDR DIVIS REPORTED ABOARD USS MARS AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. 10 XO COMMAND MASTER CHIEF ETCM(SW) STANLEY FOSTER ETCM(SW) FOSTER WAS BORN IN THE STATE OF OREGON. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN JUNE OF 1966 IN CALIFORNA. HE ATTENDED BOTH BASIC AND ET A SCHOOL AT GREAT LAKES. AFTER GRADUATION HE REPORTED TO HIS FIRST COMMAND (AS-17), LATER ATTENDING NUCLEAR POWER SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATION FROM ET B SCHOOL IN MARCH OF 1972 HE SERVED AS THE REACTOR OPERATOR ON (DLGN-35). IN 1978 HE WAS BOTH LCPO AND DIVISION OFFICER ON BOARD (CGN-35). AFTER SERVING OTHER ASSIGNMENTS HE REPORTED ABOARD THE USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) AS SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR. IN AUGUST 1990 HE WAS SENT TO THE USS MARS (AFS-1) TO SERVE AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF. CMC 11 CHAPLAIN LCDR LARRY ROTH LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LARRY A. ROTH, CHAPLAIN CORP, WAS BORN IN OMAK, WASHING- TON BUT REARED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNA. HE WAS GRADUATED FROM ANDREWS UNIVERSITY IN MICHIGAN WITH A MASTERS OF DIVINITY AND FROM YALE UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTERS OF SACRED THEOLOGY. FOLLOWING ORDINATION IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HE SERVED AS PASTOR IN CHURCHES IN OREGON, WASHINGTON AND WISCONSIN AND AS AN OVER- SEAS MISSIONARY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS OF MICRONESIA. IN 1980 CHAPLAIN ROTH WAS COMMISSIONED A LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE IN THE NAVY. FOL- LOWING GRADUATION FROM CHAPLAIN SCHOOL AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, HE SERVED THE MARINES AT 1st MARINE BRIGADE, KONEOHE BAY, HAWAII. OTHER DUTY STATIONS INCLUDE: SUBASE NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND, GREAT LAKES; SERVICE SCHOOL COMMAND, GREAT LAKES; AND CREDO, GREAT LAKES. HE REPORTED TO USS MARS (AFS- 1) AS COMMAND CHAPLAIN IN APRIL 1990. 12 CHAPLAIN SHIPS HISTORY USS MARS (AFS-1) IS THE FIRST OF THE COMBAT STORES SHIP CLASS OF U. S. NAVY VESSEL. SHE WAS BUILT BY THE NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. THE USS MARS TAKES ON THE WORK OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHIPS. SHE FULFILLS THE REPLENISHMENT MISSION OF TWO ANCESTOR VESSELS: THE AF (STORES SUPPLY SHIP) AND THE AKS (GENERAL STORES ISSUE SHIP). USS MARS REPLACED THESE SHIPS IN SUPPLYING THE FLEET WITH GENERAL STORES AS WELL AS FRESH AND FROZEN FOOD. IN REPLENISHING THE THIRD AND SEVENTH FLEETS, USS MARS REGULARLY COVERS 1, 500 MILES IN TEN DAYS. THE UNITED STATES SHIP MARS HAS THE CAPABILITY TO FULLY SUSTAIN BATTLE GROUP LOGIS- riCS FAR FROM LOGISTICS BASES. THE MANY COMMODITIES CARRIED BY MARS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TOTAL SUPPORT TO THE BATTLE GROUP. WHEN FULLY LOADED, MARS CARRIES 900,000 POUNDS OF FROZEN FOOD; 1,000,000 POUNDS OF DRY FOOD; AND 275,000 POUNDS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. WITH FIVE CARGO HOLDS, MARS HAS OVER 47,000 INDIVIDUAL BINS AND DRAWERS FOR GENERAL SUPPLIES. SHE CARRIES 50, 000 GALLONS OF PAINT (ENOUGH FOR 2,500 HOUSES) AND 175,000 ENVELOPES (ENOUGH FOR EACH OF THE MEN FROM MARS TO WRITE HOME FOR THE NEXT FOURTEEN MONTHS). WITH THE PROVISIONS ABOARD, MARS COULD FEED THE 1,700 CITIZENS OF MARS, PENNSYLVANIA FOR SIX YEARS. DEPLOYMENT 1990 1991 HISTORY 15 SUPPLY DEPARTMENT 16 SUPPLY SUPPLY 17 STOCK CONTROL THE BRAINS OF THE SUPPLY DEPART- MENT, COMBINING THE PRIMADONNAS OF ALL SUPPLY RATINGS - SK ' S, DK ' S, DP ' S AND DS ' S. COLLECTIVELY, WE INSURE THAT CARGO (S-2) LIVED UP TO ITS MOTTO CAN DO . S-1 ' S JOB OF MANAGING THE DISRIBUTION OF 38,000 LINE ITEMS, WORTH 16 MILLION DOLLARS, WAS NO EASY TASK, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ALL THE AD- VICE WE RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. SCREENING ALL THE CUS- TOMER ' S REQUESTS, PREPARING ISSUE DOCUMENTS FOR CARGO, PROCESSING BILLING DOCUMENTS FOR THE CUSTOMER WITH ACCURATE QUANTIES AND PUT- TING IT ALL TOGETHER IN A PACKAGE KEPT THE S-l MEN REALLY HOPPING. 18 SUPPLY S-l DIVISION SUPPLY 19 S-2 DIVISION CARGO DIVISIONS MOTTO SAYS IT ALL, S-2 CAN DO . THE PROFES- SIONALISM AND ENTHUSIASM SHOWN BY THE RATS WAS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF TEAM WORK DURING THE FAST PACED DESERT STORM OPERATION. AT MANY TIMES WITH OUT NOTICE AND WITH NO TTME TO PREPARE, THE CARGO RATS MANAGED TO MAINTAFN A NEVER END- ING PACE OF CONSTANT BREAKOUTS AND PALLET BUILDING DAY AND NIGHT! S-2 MANAGED TO KEEP THE GATORS WELL FED AND HAPPY. CARGO WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECEIPT AND STOWAGE OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF MATERIAL. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE MATERIAL WAS BROKEN OUT AND PALLETIZED FOR ISSUE TO SHIPS THE FOLLOWING OR THE SAME DAY. THROUGHOUT TIMES LIKE THIS S-2 ENDEAVORED TO REACH A VERY IMPORTANT MILESTONE: OVER 10,000, 000 POUNDS DELIVERED DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM!!! . NOW THAT CARGO HAS ESTABLISHED THIS PMPORTANT LANDMARK WE HOPE THAT FUTURE RATS WILL CARRY ON IN ITS PROUD FOOTSTEPS! 20 SUPPLY SUPPLY 21 22 SUPPLY SUPPLY 23 S-3 DIVISION THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE FOOD SERVICE DIVISION IS TO PROVIDE WELL-BALANCED, NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR THE CREW. IN ACCOMPLISHING ITS MISSION SEVERAL INTERESTING FACTS ARE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 220,000 MEALS ARE PREPARED AND CONSUMED ABOARD THE MARS EACH YEAR. ON THE AVERAGE, 1,200 HAMBURGERS, 350 HOT DOGS, 500 RIBS, 600 PIECES OF CHICKEN, 200 STEAKS, AND 1,200 CANS OF SODA WERE CONSUMED AT SHIP ' S BARBEQUES. WE ALWAYS SERVE WITH A SMILE! MS2 ELAZEGUP 24 SUPPLY SUPPLY 25 ■V3 H 4 4 §J ik k. ■ 26 SUPPLY rrz ■ p - ' i m « ■ r - 1 M Hf v- SUPPLY 27 S-4 S-6 DIVISION SH DK ALLOTMENTS, CHECK CASHING SHIPS STORE, BARBERSHOP LAUNDRY, VENDING MACHINES S-4 AND S-6 DIVISIONS WORK FOR THE CREW MAKTNG THEIR EVERY DAY A LITTLE BETTER. IF ITS CASHFNG A CHECK OR SELLEMG THEM A SODA WE ' RE BEHIND IT. WHILE ON OPERA- TION DESERT STORM WE BOUGHT SOME $80,000 WORTH OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE. PRE- PARED OVER 5, 000 PAYCHECKS, PROCESSED OVER 700 ALLOTMENTS, AND DISBURSED OVER 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS. WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE PROMPT, COURTEOUS, AND EFFICIENT SERVICE FOR EVERY MEMBER ON BOARD THE MARS. SERVICE TO THE CREW! 28 SUPPLY SUPPLY 29 -w i nLruM|fM|e 30 SUPPLY SUPPLY 31 S-5 CUSTOMER SERVICE DIV. SUPPLY SUPPORT HAS REPONSIBILITIES IN TWO AREAS: CUS- TOMER SERVICE AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT. S-5 PROCESSES REQUISITIONS, CONTROL RECEIPT AND TURNOVER OF SUPPLIES AND REPAIR PARTS, EXPEDITES HOT REQUISITIONS, AND MAIN- TAINS SHIP ' S ALLOWANCE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THE (COSAL) AND (AVCAL). THE DIVISION ALSO MAINTAINS A LARGE TECHNICAL LIBRARY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF REPAIR PARTS AND SOURCES OF SUPPLY. S-5 IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE CHECKS BEFORE AND DURING UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT EVO- LUTIONS. IN SUMMARY ANYTHING ANYBODY ELSE CAN DO, WE CAN DO BETTER! 32 SUPPLY SUPPLY 33 S-7 DIVISION DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM, ADP HAS BEEN RESONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE HUGE SUPPLY INVENTORY AND AC- COUNTING ADP FILES, AS WELL AS RUNNING MILITARY PAYROLL SO WE COULD KEEP EVERYONE ' S MORALE UP. DURING UNREPS, IN SPITE OF ALL OUR UNREP STATIONS, WE MAN- AGED TO PRODUCE BILLING PACKAGES (VIA MARS EXPRESS) AND COMMODITIES MAN- AGEMENT. THE DATA SYSTEMS TECHNICIANS MAIN- TAINED AND REPAIRED THE ANTIQUATED COMPUTER SYSTEM. WITH A LITTLE SWEAR- ING, AND INGENUITY ON THE DS ' S PART, THE EQUIPMENT WAS BROUGHT ON LINE WITH SUPPLY ' S CAN DO ATTITUDE. IF NO ONE COULD DO IT, S-7 WOULD ' TT ' S BEEN FUN IN SPITE OF IT ALL. AND WE DID ONE HELL OF A JOB!! 34 SUPPLY SUPPLY 35 ENGINEERING DIVISION THE MEN WHO SAIL BELOW NOW EACH OF US FROM TIME TO TIME, HAS GAZED UPON THE SEA, AND WATCHED THE WAR- SHIP PULLING OUT, TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY FREE, AND MOST OF US HAD READ A BOOK, OR HEARD A LUSTY TAIL, ABOUT THE MEN WHO SAIL THESE SHIPS, THROUGH LIGHTNING, WIND, AND HAIL. BUT THERE IS A PLACE WTTHEM EACH SHIP, THAT THE LEGEND FAILS TO TEACH. IT ' S DOWN BELOW THE WATER LDME AND TAKES A LFvTNG TOLL ... A HOT METAL LIVING HELL, THAT SAILORS CALL THE HOLE. IT HOUSES ENGINES RUN BY STEAM, THAT MAKE THE SHAFT GO ROUND, A PLACE OF FIRE, NOISE, AND HEAT, THAT BEATS YOUR SPIRITS DOWN. WHERE BOILERS LIKE HELLISH HEARTS, WITH BLOOD OF ANGRY STEAM, ARE MOLTEN GODS WITHOUT REMORSE, AND NIGHTMARES IN A DREAM. YOU HAVE NO TIME FOR MAN OR GOD, NO TOLERANCE FOR FEAR , YOUR ASPECT PAYS NO LPvTNG THING, THE TRIBUTE OF A TEAR. FOR THERE ' S NOT MUCH MAN CAN DO, THAT THESE MEN HAVEN ' T DONE, BENEATH THE DECKS, DEEP IN THE HOLE, TO MAKE THESE ENGINES RUN. AND EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY, THEY KEEP THE WATCH IN HELL, FOR IF THE FIRES EVER FAIL, THEIR SHIP ' S A USELESS SHELL. WHEN SHIPS CONVE RGE TO HAVE WAR, UPON AN ANGRY SEA THE MEN BELOW JUST GRIMLY SMILE, AT WHAT THEIR FATE MAY BE. THEY ' RE LOCKED BELOW LIKE MEN FORE DOOMED, WHO HEAR NO BATTLE CRY, IT ' S WELL ASSUMED THAT IF THEY ' RE HIT, THE MEN BELOW WILL DIE. FOR EVERY DAY DOWN THERE, WHEN GAGES ALL READ RED, SIX HUNDRED POUNDS OF HEATED STEAM, CAN KILL YOU MIGHTY DEAD. I ' VE SEEN THESE SWEAT SOAKED HEROES, FIGHTING SUPERHEATED AIR, TO KEEP SHIP ALIVE AND RIGHT, THOUGH NO ONE KNOWS THEY ' RE THERE. AND THUS THEY ARE FOR AGES ON, TILL WARSHIPS SAIL NO MORE, AMID THE BOILERS MIGHTY HEAT, AND THE TURBINES HELLISH ROAR. SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS WARSHIPS SAIL, TO MEET A WARLIKE FOE, REMEMBER FAINTLY, IF YOU CAN, THE MEN WHO SAIL BELOW. AUTHOR UNKNOWN 36 ENG A - DIVISION 0% o FROM OAKLAND TO THE GULF, WE WILL TRAVEL THOUSANDS OF MILES TO BRING YOU HOTEL SER- VICES. WHETHER YOU NEED FRESH WATER (HOT OR COLD), OR AIR CONDITIONING IN SUBIC BAY OR IN OAKLAND, WE ARE THERE. OUR FINE TECHNICIANS WILL KEEP YOUR FREEZERS AND CHILL BOXES IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, AND YOUR MEALS WILL CON- SIST OF THE FINEST AND FRESHEST PROUDUCE, MEATS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. WE WILL TUNE YOUR BOAT ENGINES AND DIESEL GENERATORS TO SUCH A FINE POINT THEY WILL BE THE ENVY OF ANY MECHANIC AROUND. FROM BOW TO STERN, WE ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO PROVIDE A MULTI- TUDE OF SERVICES FOR YOU AND YOUR SHIPMATES COMFORT. 38 ENG MM3 ORAZEflf ENG 39 ENG 40 B - DIVISION ENG 41 42 EN ENG 43 44 ENG E - DIVISION THE EM ' S AND IC ' S OF E-DIVISION ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHIPS VITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY, GYRO COMPASS, AND SHIP- BOARD COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT OR THE PHONE SYSTEM IS DEAD, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND A MEMBER OF E-DIVISION ON THE SCENE TROUBLE SHOOTING, AND QUITE POSSIBLY TRYING TO UNTANGLE ONE OF THE UNTOLD THOUSANDS OF WIRES STUFFED INTO THE SHIPS OVERHEAD. E-DIVISION IS ALSO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CREW ' S MORALE AND ENTERTATNMENT, FOR THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SITE TV SYSTEM, AND THE KMARZ RADIO STATION. MC BitUTISTA ENG 45 ! f o m 4 1 x EM3SHAW W EM3 ARCIAGA 46 ENG ENG 47 M - DIVISION WE ' RE THE MEN THAT KEEP THE ENGINE ' S TURNING DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT. IT ' S BEEN HARD WORK, LONG HOURS, AND LOTS OF SWEAT FOR EVERYONE. IT ' S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. WE DID OUR PART IN OPERA- TION DESERT STORM AND NOW IT ' S JUST GREAT TO BE HOME. 48 ENG ENG 49 50 ENG R - DIVISION ASK AN HT WHAT HIS JOB IS AND HE MIGHT HESITATE IN GIVING AN ANSWER. IT USUALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT DAY IT IS, OR WHERE THEIR SHIP IS OPERATING. THE MEN OF R-DIVISION COMBINE TO MAKE UP THE SHIP ' S FIRE DEPART- MENT, PLUMBER UNION, SANITATION SERVICE CABINET MAKERS, GENERAL HANDYMEN, AND DAMAGE CONTROL EXPERTS. THESE HIGHLY- SKILLED HARD-CHARGERS CAN BE EASILY REC- OGNIZED BY THEIR RED FLYING SQUAD SHIRTS. THEY ARE A DISTINCT GROUP WHO ARE ALWAYS ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY. IF YOUR FAUCET LEAKS, OR YOU NEED YOUR DOOR REMOUNTED, OR JUST A WOG-WHOPPIN FOR THE CROSSING THE LINE CEREMONY, JUST CALL ON A HT. 52 ENG ' TFA PEACOCK ENG 55 DECK DEPARTMENT BOSN; MAYBE WE SHOULD COUNT THEM ONE MORE TIME. YOU KNOW WE ARE ALL ON TROUBLE THE SAME TEAM OUT LEM!! HERE. YES SIR; I ' LL DO WHAT ALL THESE ASSHOLES HELL; THE ONLY THING EVER IT TAKES TO OUT HERE DON ' T GIVE THAT WILL HELP WITH KEEP MY BOSS OUT OF A RAT ' S ASS ABOUT MY THESE NETS IS FOUR NO PROB- NETS. THEY NEVER GOOD GIVE THEM ALL BACK BOSN MATES AND TWO WEEKS OF SOLID LIBERTY!! 56 DECK DECK 57 FIRST DIVISION FIRST DIVISION, THE PRIDE OF THE MARS. DURING LIBERTY HOURS YOU ' LL FIND US IN THE BARS BUT UNDERWAY WERE AS EFFICIENT AS CAN BE, PASSING STORES AND FUEL OVER THE SEA. WHEN THE UNREP IS COMPLETE AND WE ' RE DEAD ON OUR FEET, WE ' RE BACK TO CHIPPING, PAINTING, AND TWO HOURS OF SLEEP. WE WORK LONG AND HARD IN THE HOT SUN, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WE ' RE ACTUALLY HAVING FUN. 1 58 DECK DECK 59 60 DECK DECK 61 62 DECK DECK 63 SECOND DIVISION A DAY IN SECOND DIVISION STARTS BY GET- TING UP EARLY TO STAND HELM AND LOOK OUT WATCHES ON THE BRIDGE. AFTER WATCH AND BREAKFAST WE WORK BACK AFT PRESERV- ING THE SHIPS EXTERIOR FROM RUST, OR DO PREVENTIVE MAINTANENCE ON BLOCKS, WIRES, TROLLEYS, LIFE RAFTS, OR FIRE STA- TIONS. LATER, WE GET READY TO RESUPPLY SOME GATORS BY STAGING CARGO ON THE FLIGHT DECK AND RIGGING OUR THREE REPLENISHMENT STATIONS. WHEN THE GATORS ARRIVE WE ACT AS LANDING SIGNAL- MEN, CRASH CREW, AND FORK TRUCK DRIVERS ON THE FLIGHT DECK. IN FOUR OR FIVE HOURS WHEN THOSE HUNGERY GATORS PULL AWAY WE GO BACK TO WATCH ON THE BRIDGE. WE DON ' T DO ANYTHING SPECIAL IN SECOND DIVI- SION. WE JUST DO OUR JOB, DAY AFTER DAY 24 HOURS A DAY. 64 DECK DECK 65 VARRETTE 66 DECK SRJILES STREAM DIVISION STREAM DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF HIGHLY TRAINED AND HIGHLY MOTIVATED MM ' S, EM ' S, AND BM ' S. OUR MISSION ON THE MARS IS TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC WINCHES, FORKTRUCKS, CARGO ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS, CARGO DOORS, SLIDING BLOCKS, RAM TENSIONERS, AND ALL OTHER RELATED EQUIPMENT. IF STREAM IS TO DO MORE THAN AN HONEST DAYS WORK, SOMETHING MUST BE BROKEN. IF IT ' S BROKEN, IT ' S GOT TO BE FIXED. SO DIAL SHIPS PHONE NUMBER 7249, EXPLAPN THE PROB- LEM, AND NO DOUBT SOME QUALIFIED INDI- VIDUAL FROM STREAM WILL COME TO YOUR RESCUE. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN BREAK IT, WE CAN FIX IT! DECK 69 IP 1 1 EM3 BAGAOISAI A 70 DECK DECK 71 G DIVISION G DIVISION CONSISTS OF THE GUNNER ' S MATES, WHOSE PRIMARY JOB IS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE SHIPS TWO 3 50 CALIBER, TWIN RAPID-FIRE GUN MOUNTS FORWARD. GUNNER ' S MATES ALSO MAINTAIN ALL OF THE SMALL ARMS WEAPONS ABOARD THE SHIP, EVERYTHING FROM THE . 45 CALIBER PISTOLS TO . 50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS. DURING UNREPS, THESE INDIVIDUALS FIRE THE SHOT- LINES OVER TO THE OTHER SHIP SO THAT COM- MUNICATIONS CAN BEGIN, AND THE SPAN LINES AND STREAM GEAR WHICH CARRIES THE CARGO CAN BE TRANSFERRED. 72 DECK DECK 73 OPERATIONS OPS 75 OC DIVISION THE MARS RADIO MEN FUNCTION AS THE EARS AND THE VOICE OF THE COMMAND TO THE WORLD, WHETHER IT ' S AN URGENT MES- SAGE FROM A SHIP IN NEED OR A CLASS EASY BIRTHDAY GREETING FROM A CREWMEMBER TO HIS WIFE BACK HOME. MOST OF ALL THE ORDERS SAYING WE CAN OUTCHOP THE GULF AND GO HOME. OC DIVISION LIVES UP TO IT ' S MOTTO: DAY OR NIGHT, COMMUNICATIONS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT . RM3 ARNOLD 76 OPS OPS 77 OI DIVISION WHEN UNDERWAY OUR WORK IS NEVER DONE. WE GIVE THE BRIDGE OUR TACTICAL INFORMATION, WE STAND OUR WATCH EIGHT ON, EIGHT OFF. THE PRAISE WE GET IS NOT ENOUGH. ON RADAR WE WATCH THE CONSTANT SWEEP, WE PLOT AVOIDING COURSES WHILE THE REST ARE ASLEEP. ON D. R. T. WE ARE NEVER BORED AND IT ' S WE WHO PIN POINTS THE MAN OVERBOARD. WE NAVIGATE WITH THE AID OF CHARTS AND WITH ON THE JOB TRAINING WE PERFECT OUR ARTS. WE COMMUNICATE WITH SHIPS FAR AWAY, WE HELP TO CARRY THE LOAD DAY AFTER DAY. THESE ARE BUT A FEW THINGS WE DO, I SPEAK OF NONE OTHER THAN THE OI CREW. 78 OPS OPS 79 OE DIVISION HIGH ATOP THE MARS SUPER STRUCTURE, WHERE FEW SAILORS DARE TO TREAD (AND FEWER STILL HAVE REASON TO), BEHIND LOCKED DOORS AND IN RELATIVE SECRECY TOIL THE MEN OF THE OE DIVISION. WORKING ON EQUIPMENT MOST PEOPLE DON ' T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND FIXING IT. WELL, THAT WHEN THEY CALL ON PRO ' S. AND FIX WE CAN. ' 1 L SNLAUGHLI TSN MCCORIC 80 OPS OPS 81 SM DIVISION SIGNALMAN DIVISION LIVE UP IN GOD ' S COUN- TRY. YOU CAN ' T GET ANY HIGHER THAN UP ON OUR DECK. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE BEST TAN OUT OF EVERYONE ON THE SHIP, IT ' S NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES UP WHERE THE EAGLE FLIES. TALKING TO ALL THE OTHER SHIPS ON THE HOTTEST DAY AND THE COLDEST NIGHT STAND- ING WATCH AFTER WATCH. WHEN ALL OTHER COMMUNICATIONS HAVE GONE DOWN YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE SIGNALMEN. 82 OPS OPS 83 ADMINISTRATIVE THE X-DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF YN ' S, PN ' S, PC ' S AND RP ' S. THESE MEN ARE RESONSIBLE FOF HANDLING THE NEVER ENDING PILE ' S OF PAPER WORK. AND WE CAN ' T FORGET THE PCS ANL OUR MAIL WHICH WE NEEDED SO BADLY WHILE PM THE GULF. THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ADMIN TEAM ' THOUGH LOW-KEY, CONTRIBUTE MUCH TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION Ol ALL MARS MISSIONS, AND TO THE WELL BEFNG OF THE CREW AND THEIR DEPENDENTS. 84 ADMIN ' ADMIN 85 M. A. A. FORCE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE MASTER AT ARMS FORCE IS TO MAINTAIN GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE ON BOARD THE SHIP 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ENSURING THAT ALL HANDS ADHERE TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. THE MASTER AT ARMS FORCE ALSO EXISTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CREW. SOME OF THESE CONSIST OF: STORING OF PERSONNEL PROPERTY, HELPING TO LOCATE LOST OR STOLEN PROPERTY, COUNSELPNG PNDrVIDUALS ON VARIOUS PERSONAL PROBLEMS; AND ENSURING THAT THE CREWMEMBERS HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO LIVE. 86 ADMIN ADMIN 87 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IS THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND INJURY. TOWARD THAT END THE STAFF IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CREW TRAINING, PROVIDING INFO ON TOPICS RANGING FROM HEALTH AND FIRST AID TO SEXU- ALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE AND CPR. ADDITIONALLY, A WELL-EQUIPPED FACILITY WITH LABORATORY, X-RAY AND MINOR OPERATING ROOM CAPABILITIES ENABLE THE STAFF OF ONE MEDI- CAL OFFICER, FIVE HOSPITAL CORPSMEN AND TWO STRIKERS TO TREAT THE WIDE VARIETY OF ILLNESSES AND INJURIES OFTEN ENCOUNTERED IN A SHIPBOARD ENVIRONMENT. HM3 LUMPKIN MEDICAL 89 NAVIGATION THE ART (OR SCIENCE) OF NAVIGATION AS IT HAS BEEN CALLED IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PRO- FESSIONS ON BOARD THE SHIP. WHEN THE FIRST EXPLORERS SAILED THE OPEN SEA, THEY DIDN ' T HAVE THE MODERN EQUIPMENT WE HAVE TODAY, SUCH AS THE FURUNO LORAN- CHARLIE OR THE FURUNO GPS, TO NAVIGATE. WHAT THEY DID USE WAS THE MAGNETIC COM- PASS AND SEXTANT, WHICH ARE STILL USED TODAY. THE USS MARS NAVIGATION TEAM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFELY NAVIGATING MARS OVER MORE THAT 30,000 NM THIS DEPLOYMENT. 90 NAV NAV 91 AIR DETACHMENT 92 AIR 93 94 AIR HELSUPPRON 11 DET 9 GUNBEARERS AIR 95 96 AIR WEST PAC 90 91 DEPARTURE i • ..; v V SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES a ;i P 101 PAC PHUKET THAILAND EL KfcL • viSlBg. ti JL Jtii 1 A jH m ' £« ■ Sf w --T-- ' T .s  . ,. ...- , _ T i- ■ ■ -r — i i 5K  _ KT S—  MfjWS - - • ■■L -W - • • | wamr - • AL FUJIARAH NEW YEAR ' S EVE j sal ' 4 if « i Mfj- 1 tlffll ' . 1 U - « ' • V « ; ft !• , HU_ . 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