Moosebrugger (DD 980) - Naval Cruise Book

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OPERATIONS Operations Department is the heart of Command. Control, and Comnaunications aboard the MOOSE. The four divisions consist of five officers and sixty five Operation Specialists, Radiomen. Signalmen. Electronics Technicians, Data Systems Technicians, and Electronics Warfare Technicians. 01 Division mans the Combat Information Center to coordinate MOOSBRUGGER operations with other Battle Group units. OE Division is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship ' s vast array of communications and command decision system electronics equipment, as well as maintenance of the ship ' s surface and air search radars. OC Division keeps the MOOSE in touch with the outside world by use of the ship ' s sophisticated communications suite. 0 V Division utilizes Electronic support equipment to monitor electronic emissions to protect the ship from hostile weapons.

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HM3 C. Savain QM2 D. N. Sheckells QMSN S. M. Skerry PCSN K. S. Vickers QM2 S. Vidal YN3 J. L. Weeks YNl J. M. Westcott Navigation Department handles a wide variety of jobs aboard ship, and never was this more true than during the MOOSE ' s latest cruise. The Quartermasters navigated us in and out of some tough places {most notably the Cooper Riven and kept us on station for Search and Rescue and Gunfire Support. The Yeomen and Personnelmen had a hard time getting people to and from a ship with no schedule and in looking out for MOOSEMEN ' s many interests, but succeeded time and agam. The Hospital Corpsmen saw to every ailment, from toothaches to Grenada invasion casualties. The Master- At-Arms Force had customs and overhappy liberty parties to contend with, and the Postal clerk made many a rendezvous at unheard-of locations to keep us in mail. Am 20

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OC DIVISION ENS M. D. Tittle RMSN J. Almodovar RM3 D. M. Bass SN Z. D. Black RMSN C. E. Bowser SM2 G. E. Brown RM2 G. E. Cribbs RMSN M. D. Faison SMSN E. J. Gallagher SMSN M. Holowczenko RM2 K. G. Hughes RM2 R. McDade 22