Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE L December 5 6-8 9-10 11-12 13 1L-2 January 3-L 5 6-7 8 9-11 12-15 16-17 18 19-26 27 28-1 February 2-7 8-1A 15-21 22-26 27-28 29-1 March 2-3 L-7 8-10 11-13 1h-16 17- Depart Norfolk for Caribbean Cruise Embark Marines at Morehead City, North Carolina Underway for Guantanamo, Cuba Guantanamo, Cuba for Liberty Underway for Vieques Amphibious Landing at Vieques San Juan, Puerto Rico for Liberty Underway Reembark Marines off Vieques Underway Amphibious Landing at Vieques Underway for Curacao Willemstad, Curacao for Liberty Underway for Vieques Amphibious Landing at Vieques Underway Reembark Marines off Vieques Underway for Panama Panama for Liberty Underway for Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados for Liberty Underway for Vieques Amphibious Landing at Vieques Underway Frederiksted, St. Croix for Liberty Underway St. Thomas for Liberty Amphibious Landing at Vieques San Juan, Puerto Rico for Liberty Head for Home!

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1 welcome-Aboard 10 Administrative Inspection 2 Editorfs Note 13 Bridgetown, Barbados 3 Deployment Schedule 1h U30 Show, SGH Juan L Vieques 15 Gator Raiders 5 San, Juan, Puerto Rico 18 Caribbean Winter Olympics 7 X0's Inspection 22 Spiegel Grove at Work 8 Willemstad, Curacao 25 Gun Shoot 9 Panama 26 Captain and Executive Officer EDITORl-S NOTE For the last four months, the crew of the Spiegel Grove has moved from a group of individuals to a team.o! well trained Navy men. This is no easy accomplishment. Each of us knows the hours we put into mak- ing it so. Each man should be proud of those hours. We have trained for a national emergency which we hope will never come about, and yet, if it did happen, we are ready. It is the Navy's mission to be well trained and always ready at sea. We are prepared for that mission. This Cruise Pamphlet was prepared to show you, the men of the Spiegel Grove at work, and at play. It is a memory bank for Carib 3-67. For the Seaman Duece straight from Boot Camp, this is his first cruise, for the uOl' Saltn, this is just one of many. But never fear, there are the good times and bad times, long hours and late sleepers, mid watches and holiday routines that will never be forgotten,

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VIHIUES What can be said about the island of Vieques? It's a pretty desolate island to the east of Puerto Rico. On the other hand, there's Camp Garcia. For the Navy, Vieques means Amphibious Landings, hard work, early reveille and late taps. It means a modified steaming watch and maybe even a quarterdeck watch. There are boats to depart the well, and before you know it, they have to be taken aboard again. For the Marines, Vieques means training, for very little training can be con- ducted aboard ships On Vieques, there are no stuffy compartments, only fresh air and an overhead of stars. But, there's very little hot chow, and a great many WC' rations.