Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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As everyone well knows, The working parr of any ship, is irs crew. My men worked hard and long. l wish To Thank each and every person, for a job well done. Well le'r's Take a look aT The crew aT work and aT liberry. . . 4 , y, wa 1 4 X .. E , Y ?

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officers E Q COMMANDER GERALD J. CARVER Commander Gerald J. Carver assumed The duTies of ExecuTive Officer on board USS SYLVANVX CAPS-QD on 13 July i972 afTer complefing a Three and one-half year Tour of duTy wiTh The ,loinf Chiefs of STaff in WashingTon, O.C. As a college undergraduaTe, Commander Carver aTTended The UniversiTy of Tennessee for Two years before Transferring To Memphis STaTe UniversiTy where he compleTed his sfudies in i957 and received his B.S. Degree in accounTing. Affer graduaTion he applied for and was accepTed To The OCS program. l-le was commissioned an Ensign in November l957. Eollowing brief periods of insTrucTion in Minewarfare and Naval ,lusTice School, Ensign Carver reporTed To The USS AOOQESSIVE CMSO-11221 for his firsT sea duTy as Eirsf Lieu- TenanT, Minesweeping Officer, and Supply Officer. As a LieuTenanT Ciunior gradei, he refurned To OCS in NewporT for lnsTrucTion OuTy. ln April i962 l.ieuTenanT Carver again reporTed for sea duTy, This Time as OperaTions Officer on board The USS BMQTON COO-7221. l-le held This billeT for Two years before Traveling To WashingTon, OC. To work on The sTaff of The Chief of Naval OperaTions. While in The l3enTagon l.ieuTenanT Carver complefed a posT graduaTe degree program aT George Washingfon UniversiTy. Every Naval Officer's goal is To command his own ship. LieuTenanT Carver achieved This goal in June l966 when he received orders To reporT To The USS llVlPLlClT flVlSO'455i as her skipper. Commander Carver is married To The former Jo Anna JohnsTon of Ridgely, Tennessee The Carvers have one son, Shane, age 141. if ll Hxgii Us

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sailors of the month T MARCH APRIL MAY T Q T S., HT2 RoberT Parker CS2 Jeff WhiTe BM3 David Knochelman JUNE JULY AUGUST A f T J 4' as E PN3 Joseph P. Cannizarro MMS John Meinhold BM3 Donald Mc Kinley Sylvania's Sailor of The MonTh Board began iTs TirsT selecTion in May of l967. Conceived as a program To recognize, on a monThly basis, an ouTsTanding enlisTed man, The program has proven To be exTremely successful. Each monThly winner receives Three days leave, G sailor of The monTh cerTiTicaTe, and a plaque in recogniTion of proven leadership and dedicaTion To duTy. Thus, daring This deplaymenT, six men have capTured The TiTle of Sylvania Sailor of The MonTh - d I d TsTanding men of The service force. These men are prime examples of dedicaTe ea ers - ou