Navarro (APA 215) - Naval Cruise Book

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FRONT ROW: GOODSPEED RD2, GRUBAUGI-I RD2, WILSON RD3, COLLINS RD2, MAJORS YN3, LTJG R.S. CAREY RD3, ASHBROOK RD3, BACK ROW: WILDER RD3, SEVERS USN. MOI DI VISION Our departure in April was notable for the absence of all but one of the old guard who had been replaced by boot Seamen an even two Reserves and a box of cookies from Carole Wilder. The boots shaped up into the most competent Radarmen in the Squadron so fast it made heads spin and the cookies disappeared even faster. After 5 years of spreading hate and discontent throughout the otherwise Happy Nav CIC , John Collins left us in DaNang for GCA school, but we expect to hear from him over the circuit from Chu Lai any day. His place as Boss I-Ioncho was taken by Steve Goodspeed, a transplant from the BumFink, who proved to have more sea stories Qof less veracityy than a First Division Bos'n Mate. But that's all very well on the Mid. Then there's Mike Terror Wilson, who, after recovering from the San Fran Shakes, showed how much of a terror he was as soon as we cleared the Long Beach Breakwater. Given his own bucket, he soon settled down -- until Subic, but that's another story. Don Shutter Wilder, the only RD with fO.9 pupils, spent his time embroiled in a morass of camera specs, drawing inflammatory cartoons for the NV news, and stencilling flushometers for R Division. Larry Ashbrook griped as usual, but avoided fights over slights to his native State, so he could stay a Third .long enough to buy a fantastic array of camera and stereo gear which he promptly spread out all over the place, providing a major improvement over the lMCg the profits on those DaNang berets must have been real good? Frank Pappy Grubaugh kept everybody turning to if only to prevent overpopulation of CIC., Grubes could be called prophet without- honor. After all, how many of us are con- cerned with the prevention of over. . . . .? Arron Willis proved himself to be the bane of the Navigator's existence by translating Japanese place names into Georgian over the JW phones ---. Frank Arrow Severs impressed all of us by his daily object lessons in moral guidance -- with only a few exceptions -- and survived the Navy's numerous slights to his individuality with aplomb and goodlq?j Finally, our in absentia member qmore absentia than inp, Johnny Majors gave good account of himself per- forming yeoman service in the Ops Office and even better on the beach in Hong Kong, DaNang, Subic Bay, ad infinitum.

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Some of us enjoyed local culture in colorful Philippine musical. the philippines Top photo: Great originality is used in painting local taxicabs. Bottom photo: Where there's life, there's San Miguel. T ical rural scene near Subic - Fili ino farmer , 1 .M ,,,at ,, YP P and smiling daughter, Water buffalo and rice field. ,K

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