McKean (DD 784) - Naval Cruise Book

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UNCLAS N 03002 CHARGER SURFPAC 1-73 PERFORMANCE 1. AS YOU NEAR YOUR RESPECTIVE HOMEPORTS EACH OFFICER AND MAN PARTICIPATING, REGULAR AND RESERVIST, REPRESE TING DESnON TWENTY-SEVEN AND DESRON THIRTY-SEVE , CAN TAKE JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE IN THE OUTSTANDING RECORD OF PERFORMANCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED OVER THE PAST TWO AND ONE-HALF MONTHS. 2. SINCE DEPARTURE FROM SEATTLE ON 16 JUNE, YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY DISPLAYED FLEXIBILITY, ADMIRABLE PROFESSIONALISM AND UNFAILING RELIABILITY. 3. NOT ONLY HAVE YOU MADE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLEETY BY PLANNING AND SUCESSFULLY PARTICIPATING IN JOINT EXERCISES WITH FOREIGN NAVIES, BUT AS WELL YOU HAVE PROVIDED UNEQUALED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUNDREDS OF NAVAL RESERVISTS FROM NUMEROUS RESERVE UNITS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. MANY WILL CONTINUE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF THIS TRAINING FOR YEARS TO COME. PAGE THREE RUWJHBA05 03 UNCLAS 4. THIS PRECEDENT -SETT ING NRF DEPLOYMENT, ' WHICH HAS COVERED Ol ER 13, 000 MILES, HAS ESTABLISHED AN IMPRESSIVE MATERIAL RELIABILITY MARK, WHICH ATTESTS TO YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO D ' JIY. DESPITE NUMEROUS OBSTACLES, TIGHT SCHEDULING AND CONSTANT CHANGES, YOU WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL EVOLUTIONS IN A SPIRITED AND PROFICIE T MANNER. 5. THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF THIS DEPLOYMENT, YOU HAVE PROVEN THE READINESS OF THE NAVAL RESERVS FORCE SHIPS AND STRENGTHENED THE TOTAL FORCE CONCEPT. PLEASE PASS MY PERSONAL THANKS TO ALL HANDS FOR THEIR PART IN THIS SPLENDID EFFORT. WELL DONE. RADM WOODS, USN. S. FOR COMNAVSURFRES: MUCH OF THE SUCCESS OF CHARGER SURFPAC 1-75 CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO YOUR CONSCIENTIOUS AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT. PROVIDING DEDICATED RESERVISTS AT REMOTE LOCATIONS IN WESTPAC TO AUGMENT THE FOUR NRF DESTROYERS WAS A KEY ELEOENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CRUISE AND IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. ET 05 03