Pensacola (LSD 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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YN3 Ciszewski PN3 Major YNSA Kornegay Administration or X Division is made up ofa diverse group of sailors including Personnelmen, Yeomen, the Ca- reer Counselor and the ship's Master-at-Arms. These diligent folks process almost every bit of paperwork on board, with- NC1 KAVIO Babcox YNI Scott Di 'ion' , ,, r .,f- 1 ,,.', 3, ' ef ' ' W, 'Q vl,i' X X 5 w fm' ,XX AWN? Dv X , . K 5 ' out them, you wouldn't get advanced, get orders, get transferred, check aboard, take leave, go to school, go to mast, get busted, get evaluations, reenlist, get discharged, or most importantly -- get paid. Some of our biggest challenges included: getting the POD out before quarters fsure, the rough was done at noon,j getting paperwork out of the XO's in- box faffectionately known as Hoover,',j and making 166,357 PQS entries in entries in preparation for OPPE C'I've always been qualified, but the paperwork was lost the first time. J During MARG 2-93, we welcomed YN2 Howard and PNC Harris land his gourmet coffeegj we also bid farewell to YN3 Ciszewski and PNSN Wedge. H Division HMI Woodcock HM3 Aco HM3 Netzer The corpsmen of USS PENSACOLA dealt with a tremendous amount of chal- lenges during the cruise. In fact, times were so tough that the ship went through three doctors in just six months! The first Doc, LCDR Bickel, made the strongest showing. He survived the busy routine of daily water testing, sick call, dental appointments, physical exams, incredible numbers of audiograms and heat stress casualties. But Augusta Bay, Sicily proved to be too much, over two thirds of the ship's crew and marines were deathly ill with viral gastroenteritis QAKA the runs. J So Doc Bickel left us when the ship arrived in Haifa, and we were joined by Doc 942, CAPT Prentice. He was able to bear all the hearing patients, the constant cleaning, and the never ending medical training. He was even spotted on a working party! But a liberty incident in Corfu, Greece sent him on the first flight out for the safety Of his hospital. Finally, Doc H3, LCDR Hurst, came aboard and rode uS to the bitter end. He championed the routine and the bizarre and he was Still relatively sane when we returned to the Creek! Luckily for the crew, PENSACOLA's corpsmen CHU rise to any challenge. Lucki1Y for the corpsmen, we received three extremely talented doctors during the deployment.

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a igation fnav ih GAY shunj The science of getting a ship, aircraj? or spacecraj? Go that way really fast from place to place, esp. the act of determining posi- something gets in your way T URN f tion, course and distance traveled. NAVIGATOR1S STANDING ORDERS WEBSTER'S NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY The task of safely navi- gating a Naval vessel is one of profound importance. It often requires long, sleepless nights and days of constant vigilance, a mistake in just one calculation can drive the ship miles off course. During this Mediterra- nean cruise, the Quartermasters conducted aurenaissancef' so to speak, of the dying art of Celestial Navigation, with each person learning to predict movements of the stars, pinpoint their location on the celestial sphere, and ultimately determine the ship's position on the terrestrial sphere fEarthJ. Celestial navigation is fast becoming a forgotten art in the wake of electronic navigation, but our Quartermasters have committed themselves to learning and passing down this proud legacy. cz 3, K T!!! lil v'fx'5iisf S W! me QM1 IS WO Moore QM2 Munoz QM3 Berry QM3 Fletcher QM3 Kulick QM3 Prock