Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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Air OfHce As part of the S-3 Section, the Air Office's stated purpose is to effect coordination between the BLT and supporting air agencies, utilize the experience of its members to advise the Commander in all matters dealing with air and to contribute to more effective planning. To the Aviators, this translates to obtainin a higher level of appreciation of civilized living by exposing them to the g experience of wallowing in the mud ! They must also learn to beat their heads against the wall in frustration on numerous occasions while trying to deal with creatures of lower intelligence. Occasionally, the Air Office is known as the Tactical Air Control Party CTACPD. It is comprised of three Aviators and twelve communicators from the Comm Platoon. The senior Aviator is the Air Officer and is responsible for planning, coordinating and advising the Battalion Commander on air matters. The other Aviators serve as the Forward Air Controllers and together with a team of three communicators function to control all air at the company level. Lastly, the TACP is there to offer training in all Aviation matters. They also serve as examples to the BLT as to what happens to a Marine when he gets to heaven. There is nothing more demoralizing to the enemy or motivating to the Marines on the ground than a section of aircraft, loaded with ordinance, rolling in with a Mark in sight . . . CLEARED HOT! Capt Houlihan Capt Supchak Capt Kunhardt fUI1kI1OWI1, but it SOL1r1dS gooclj DOZO SKYLER RAVEN FRIDAY PRA-:HA-l5iiB.'lVKL-F--Inin-I -Q-IEUEOEEAY Dillfl N' 4 A 77 SATURDAYQANI O'6A00 -W' foaoo .- ' c L '- ottue 5 0 '66 f ,f sl GO . mm .0 f so 22 O soloist! 961563, 'gg' fill Q f , Q 55, tw Qffwv ' 54 sk Q ,f f ff:-Eff II W l if -'W H P f A I' I U no s- C TQ - --in-N l ' :iii i 16 Q. I! ' L7 v A K 'dx Nl I 5' .-a ff 4 'lf 'u f 23 f 75,5 of N ' is A e e 1 A -9 e 5421 X . C L, ,162 NBC Section After watching the OIC of the NBC Defense Section throughout the deployment, one might think that NBC stands for Nocturnal Broad Chaser. Actually it stands for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense. Our job is to , , , eh 0 D . ah . . . hummm, well we can't tell you because if we did somebody would probably make us do it. If that happened it would interfere with important things like sleeping, eating or other important stuff. The section consists of an OIC, CWO-2 Phelps, NCOIC Cpl Mujsce and a clerk, LCpl The Beef' ' i Acock. We don't locate, close with and destroy we ust n k ' i 1 u e em and let God sort them out. l X at t CWO-2 Phelps, CPL Mulsce, LCpl Acock A

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3' BLT S-3 Top: Sgt Lafieur, LCpl Benavidez, LCpl Norfleet, Cpl Acock Mid: Capt Supchak, Capt Houlihan, Maj Sposato, Capt Kunhardt, Cpl Mujsce Back: GySgt O'Neil, CWO-2 Phelps, GySgt Gerrard, Capt Dowdy The S-3 COPERATIONSD section of the BLT is primarily responsible for matters pertaining to operations and training. The Section is made up of Marines with various backgrounds and MOS's to include: infantry, aviation, NBC, drafting, and administration. The S-3 is no ordinary staff section. As the float progresses they are each seen in herculean struggles trying to accomplish the truly worthy personal goals they have set for themselves: The Boguemaster is refining his oratory skills in order to, in the telling of one story, achieve the perfect transition from Beirut to Ranger School to Recruiting. Skyler, utilizing the lightning reflexes of a fighter pilot, attempts to break 62 at St. Andrews. Raven and Dozo, with magnifying glass in-hand search for special slides for a helo egress class or officers' school. Two figures concealed in the shadows, predatory senses ever-alert, reconning their objective, they make one final check of their packages , and advance like grim-reapers into the night. The W.O. and Gunny are in search of a utopian liberty port or the ultimate MORP 5 and a 4,000 foot jump respectively. RJ. strives to perfect his linguistic skills for the betterment of the Corps while trying to assume the billet of duty sacred cow . Benni-Hanna works diligently to meet the demands which tax his skills as a cartographer to limits behond human endurance. In the interest of man-kind, Gontri and Gator try to convince anyone who will listen of the benefits of a pre- emptive first strike. As the remaining days grow short we see Fleet wandering, dazed, asking what sort of insane asylum he's been committed to. Amidst it all, a solitary figure stands, the Major. As the red-headed stranger slips by in the passageway, the Major's heard to utter those immortal words, Hey Lieutenant, aren't you on duty section tonight? In the final analysis, looking into the steely-eyes of these life- takers and heart-breakers, one can only wonder if they can find the courage to face the post-deployment routine without their daily MORP? THE STRONG SURVIVE, THE WEAK FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. - TBRITS

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QW' BLT S -4fArmoryfEmbark To the acclaim of thousands, the BLT S-4 CLogisticsD Section provided never ending and much publicized logistical support to the battle-weary Marines of BLT 2f6 during the last year and in particular, those last six months on float. The S-4 Office is responsible for all the , logistical support to the BLT to include supply, maintenance, transportation, embarkation, ordnance, food service, weapons repair and financial management matters. The best way to think of the S-4 shop is to think of the Marines who coordinate the procurement and movement of beans, bullets and bandages to the field in the quickest manner possible while tracking maintenance on the delivery vehicles and the money to pay for it all. Fearless, brave and untiring during all tactical operations, the hard- charging S-4 Marines were always eager to charge ashore to provide the combat service support that they trained long and hard for! Consisting of steely-eyed ammunition techs who in the blink of an eye could produce thousands of rounds of ammunition to the cunning maintenance management specialists always looking for goodie boxes, to the embarkation Marines willing to off-load the ship in the dead of the night, to the Mr. Fix-it armorers always looking for a damaged weapon of war to repair. The logisticians were always ready to provide total support to the infantrymen up front. Back Row: Sgt Harden, LCpl Cavalier, LCpl Tiner, LCpl Sullivan, 1stLt Phelps Front Row: SSgt Caraker, Capt Attaway, SSgt Watson 'YW Sgt Downing, LCpl Fletcher, SSgt McKenna, LCpl Weaver