McCaffery (DDE 860) - Naval Cruise Book

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LETTER OF 20 December 1969 Dear MC CAFFERY Family: S MC C.-XFFERY has cruised the For the past six months KS waters of the NATO Allied Command Atlantic as the United States member of the Standing Naval Force Atlantic QSTJXN.-XX'FORLfXNTi. As we return home, ST.-XX.-XVFORLANT is completing its second year of operations as a permanent, international nzivtil force composed of Ships from the countries ot NATO's Atlantic Command. The in-depth purposes of STfXN.eXX'FORIe..eXNT are as multilkirious as N.-XTO itself. But perhaps the two prirnary functions gireto provide ai Symbol ol' political Lind militurx' Solidtirityof the .Xlliunce :md to provide ai Seugoing czitailvst oi' naval securitv spanning the .Xtlantic Ocean from Europe to Americqi. ST.XN.eXX'FORl.XXT has demonstrated, with catch new exercise Lind port xisit, that inginv h fl ' F HS imlivlrltlltl n1itinn.il llgig, um Oilvlfllt' NATO Ships, ezic' ying in unity :md common cause. During these past six nionths we li:1veoper.itwl with shine ot seven other NATO nzivies, tnlfzen part in luitli zniinr ind niinnr NATO exercises, :ind visited twt-ntv porte in nine Y.X'l'O t-oiifurit-Q - . , , . , ,Q , Q L ,mi on lioth Sides ol the .Xtl:intic', 'ill in tln- lnrtht r im i ul tht t .im ohjectivt-Q. Our tour' with STXN XYl'fJlll.XN'l' liiie lim-ri l-4-th -'liillvngiriu :ind rewpirdingg. It hrw lit-en lli'lll'llllllll!, -it lliiu' md 4-in-rex, will it has liven Sllllelllflllijf in that we i-null! lt-1-l mil -tw the l -w:itr'il'ixtiiui we were mziking tutliw i,1u1rliu-lfii'l'e-, XM- ll txt- rw-tiiivn-:l Timm- with 11lwtter'zippl'et'izililiri intl urifla,-ret Illfllflt' -il X X l , uwilei in llll rv wed ziwxira,-tives ol the ne-4-d lot' nwvii-Q lvl Ilia' Xlli mm- liv w.ir'l. l l', llll'l'. :ind ol their evil-r' invrf- wing diilitv to ilu ed. 'l'liLiI NIL' K' Xl-'lVl'llX 'iw l-Q-wi ilili- Ii' iiiilt- iuevfiil f iivxlrx- ' 'X 'il 'I v. ll liutmn to tliw vriile-.uviir ie: -luv to tm- ill-li' dw.. -ll .NN I ll ' M r liill ' ' u rain-do Qlilrlt ol ln-r f'l't'NNf intl ti lln-I-mt' in . 'iw-. ' r -- . ' tif xi ll' 4 ll l l HN l lmllu our wives, pii'vrit+ intl +wt-1-tiiv -- -1' ' . 1 -- tu wlmm time lilmk is lit.-1 ti-in dv-lx l-' li- me l. tfkt 'E DEDIGATION