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1: -t-ff A . You have ' ' it a one of a kitd event: a deployment conducted nholy beneath the Southern Cross., It was made more slgtillcant by tdrtue ol the tact we spent five month! ln an area where logtsttc support was practically non-ezttstent: where no shore services were avadableg where maternal lacllattes wore, lor the moot part, tnadequate Throughout the period you performed superbly. Each ol you has every rtqht to be proud ol your shrp and your participation. Ot parttcular srgmttcance are the ldiotltngi 'ROAIWI engtneerlng plant steamed and was manned 24 hours a day throughout the UODUOYNGN 'IOAIIK sutlered the fewest equtpment cuualtlos lonely ol any shrp tn Task Group 75,2 'IIOARK malntalned the hlghest combat roadlness posture throughout the GGDIOYTTWCDI. 'ROAIK steamed 28,632 5 mltes wrthout lncldent Thus book rs a tnbute to you, to your dodtcatlon, zeal, deportment and prtde all ol whtch were absolutely outstandrng As ambassadors ol your country and your Navy you are the best In my career l have had the opportuntty to serve rn outstandtng shtps wtth the ltnest crews l have never been as proud of any ol them as l am ol ROARK and you who man her. A shop. partlcularly a destroyer, reflects the capabtllttes and splrll ol those who lwe and work in her. The magmtlcant achrevements ol HOARK durkq SOPACEX '79 are Your achtevements, bold. dartng. resourceful and always lor any contlngency It was a prwtledge for me to have served wtth you. I am lCKY, UtlFl'tllK Ilmttliid mander sF6T'QUS0lfle it ti' A' y!? 4' ' 'k rom the Captatn
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The adventure begins The fall of 1978 found ROARK at we ees C' a busy year of inspections alfawiarffft,-es an: fleet exercises. An ernaustetc cref. -:msec forward to the nmlidays aneac as a mme tc we at. and catch up, As things tarmac 5.1 t'ie'e has little time for either Tne snip efcef: ve 4-51 as busy as ever Preparing for a C63QiG,Vf'f:',f a fleet ezerctse enroute mmfa A L- 1 '54 matter for tne crew of ROARK ez.-.e.e' . Q upcoming 1979 ctepifzprserit has a' 5 get routine ROARK was Qeezf .f e United States Ha 1,1 snips Q2 4-ff Pacific One working part, el- Y ,. -- every available eparge fitter: . , - ,- ' . ' - D ' YGBGIW Erlixlltlblf: :fi Ulf: ia? 'I '1 ,rf ..' lc' v' ': L-A DQIAV 1 '-f H6210 i'lE:fiQ24! fwsfxxffive ax h'3'?Z' -s, f: 'Q . Y ' b auppllfm and Prnt-:f,t rm' 3, mg, 'ff 1 i e - 'ililfhlii llflfftrf N911 aletpfcl ' Mfr.: ' ZX Ovfsfllfirlfl with f,ai'.v:. l' 1,61 4 T Uhpftflrrmrll .ltimlvrfitirf -f' .ft .ff Q piarfw Hy ffm laffiv: Pm: ii . xl, ' nrrivmll ROARK tal x . :-- a Z, -- A ' 'S Hrtilta llynftlj will Fill- f - , i, W USS 'wi ' ' ' ROARK qui will-ww Ip ' w' i' if A f in M 9' 1 Littllml ffm min an if i k'- f i l 4 me J F-. v-au. SN Gilmore and EMS Scftaftbeffgev .n'at:, mg g-.3 y-,zgs 333,53 it l twine- ict plmiw :md dlzsiflttcft lim! .flgl-.il .lt tfatcilllltliffxfj TQ LTJG Praet observes riggers on the forecastle as first pallet of ammunition is brought aboard. W
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