Antietam (CG 54) - Naval Cruise Book

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WORKING PARTIES WORKING PARTIES WERE OF VARIOUS SIZES FOR VARIOUS REASONS. THEY VARIED FROM FIVE MEN WORKING PARTIES FOR MAIL TO TWENTY MEN WORKING PARTIES FOR SODAS TO AN ALL E-5 AND BELOW NOT ACTUALLY ON WATCH FOR FRESH PRODUCE AND STORES. ALTHOUGH THE WORKING PARTIES HAD TO BE DONE. THEY WERE NOT REALLY CONSIDERED TO BE EVERYBODY ' S FAVOR- ITE PAST TIME. WHEN THE WORD WAS PASSED MUSTER A WORKING PARTY ON THE QUARTERDECK WITH THE OFFICER OF THE DECK, THERE WAS SILENCE IN THE AIR AS THE CREW CRINGED AND DETERMINED WHO THE LUCKY ONES WERE TO BE. AFTER THE LUCKY CREW MEMBERS HAD BEEN CHOSEN AND THE GRUMBLING HAD CEASED THE WORK COMMENCED. WITH EVERYBODY KNOWING THAT OUR TURN WOULD SOON COME, WE WERE ALL RELIEVED THAT THE WORKING PARTIES CAME TO AN END WITH GREAT BENEFITS OF HAVING A DIFFER- ENT ENTREE FOR SUPPER BESIDES CHICKEN WHEN STORES WERE RECEIVED OR MOST OF ALL IF MAIL WAS THE CAUSE OF THE WORKING PARTY THE BENEFITS OF RECEIVING NEWS FROM HOME. YO! WHERE DID EVERYONE GO?! BE CAREFUL! THIS ONE IS MARKED FRAGILE.

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VERTICAL REPLENISHMENT DETAIL (VERTREP) MAIL CALL , MAIL CALL WHO SAYS THAT THE NAVY DOES NOT DELIVER? DOMINOES EAT YOUR HEART OUT WHO ORDERED EXTRA CHEESE? i HEY, WHAT ABOUT OUR CHANGE? 36