Briscoe (DD 977) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1998 volume:

f • -.i t,:i■i - ' -i «b . f4i ' ■% -1 ■ amm .f t J m ,-•• .■I MHHiMI r- ' W - ■ ,V , i ' ' ' C(mmmclii y Offiwv CDR Domld R. Odhr Bom in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, CDR Ditko graduated from the Penn- sylvania State University with a degree in Industrial Engineering and was commissioned through the NROTC program in 1977. He holds a Masters Degree in Maritime Affairs from the University of Rhode Island and is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College. CDR Ditko s initial assignment was as communications officer in USS DUPONT (DD 941). After an assignment as an instructor at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, RI, CDR Ditko returned to sea duty as operations officer in USS BRISCOE (DD 977). Next he was assigned as the plankowner operations officer in USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56) and remained with SAN JACINTO through her first year of commissioned service. CDR Ditko continued his sea service as naviga- tor in USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) and as executive officer in USS SFRU- ANCE (DD 936) during Operation Desert Shield Storm. His staff services includes a tour with the Navy Staff in Washington, DC as head of the congressional coordination section (N806C) and a joint tour with the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a strategic sealift ana- lyst. CDR Ditko has been awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy Achievement Medal and various service medals and unit awards. He is married to the former Amy Woodland of Lancaster. Pennsylvania. They have two daughters, Diane and Karen. Pioipe e CommiicliMg Offiwv CDR David J. Pwit Commander David J. Frost, a second generation naval officer, is the son of S. David and Dolores M. Frost of Northern Virginia. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the class of 1979. His initial assignment was an ASW Officer. First Lieutenant, CIC Officer and Operations Officers aboard USS PATTERSON (FF 1061) homeport- ed in Mayport. Florida. He then returned to the Naval Academy a instruc- tor in Leadership. Shiphandling and Tactics, and Naval Science. He also conducted midshipman summer cruise training as Officer in Charge of a Yard Patrol craft, and as Offshore Skipper on one of the Academy ' s 44- foot yawls. Commander Frost returned to sea as the Combat Systems Offi- cer aboard USS GALLERY (FFG 26) in Mayport. His ne.xt assignment was Weapons Officer aboard USS MACDONOUGH (DDG 39) hom- ported in Charleston. South Carolina. After earning a Master ' s Degree in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, he served as Executive Officer aboard USS OUELLET (FF 1077) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During his tenure. OUELLET received all mission area awards, the COMNAVSURFPAC Battle E and the safety S. Follow- ing a tour as Weapons Officer in USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9), he was assigned to the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet as Future Operations Officer, and subsequently served as Force Oper- ations Officer. In addition to unit and service awards. Commander Frost ' s personal deco- rations include the Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), the Navy Commen dation Medal (four awards), and the Navy Achievement Medal (two awards). He has completed four extended deployments while operat- ing in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Arabian Gulf, and the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Red Seas. Commander Frost and his wife Sally, of Sumter. South Carolina, were mar- ried on the Isle of Capri, Italy, while USS MACDONOUGH was deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. They are blessed with three young daughters, Lauren, Caroline and Sarah. l-w 1 r Jil l« 1  1 ' VtllM I k i | j k ' f.tfs f tt ™ K.- ' . ' :;- ' - ' . - m 4 LCOR Meiam A. Mam Bom and raised as a Navy junior, LCDR Marr received her commission in 1984 Ihrougii iho NROTC priigrani at Rice University in Houston. Texas. Her sea duty assignments include: CIC officer, communications officer, and operations officer in USS YOSEMITK (AD 19); liepartment head tours as operations officer in USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7) and lirst lieutenant in USS MONONCIAHELA (AO 178): tlag sec- retary for COMCRUDESGRU FIVE embarked in USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) and executive officer in USS BRISCOE (DD 977). l.CDR Marr served ashore as an action officer t)f J6 JCIS (United States Forces Korea) and earned her masters of science degree in Telecommunications Systems Management at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Her personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards) and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal plus various campaign and unit awards. LCDR Marr and her husband, John Paul, from Poughkeepsie, New York, reside in Nor- folk. Coitmmd Maffknj Cltm PCCM(m) Uhs h . Mdk FCCM(SW) Shelby W. Miller is a native of Portsmouth. VA. The son of a retired chief petty officer, the family settled in Huntsville. AL. after his father retired. Mas- ter Chief Miller graduated from East Limestone High School in Athens. AL. and went on to receive two years of electronics technical training in Birmingham. Alaba- ma. Upon graduation of technical school, he signed on with the Civil Service and worked at LF-18 NAS Norfolk. VA until he enlisted in the Navy in December of 1969, After completing Recruit Training and Fire Control A school at Great Lakes, Illinois, he moved on to Terrier Missile C School at Dam Neck. VA, and embarked upon a career that continues to be full of change and progress for the Navy. Tours of duties: USS LUCE (DLG 7), USS HARRY E. YARNELL (CG 17). Instructor GMS SMS Dam Neck. VA. USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG 27). Mis- sile Systems Instructor GMS SMS Dam Neck, VA, USS BIDDLE (CG 34). Gener- al Duty CMC NAWC Lakehurst. NJ. USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG 27). In December of 1993 he reported on board USS BRISCOE (DD 977) for duty as Command Master Chief Master Chief Miller is married to the former Mary Jane King of Everett. PA. They have three children: Aaron Wayne (son) and two daughters, Anelise Marie and Amy Elizabeth. Aaron Wayne is presently serving on board the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). J3- Admnai Rohent Pemcj Bnucoe UiM Qijijith Ncu y A native of Cenlerville. Mississippi. Admiral Briscoe was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1918. During World War 1 he served in the battleship ALABAMA of the Atlantic Fleet and in the destroyer ROE. operating from Brest France. At the end of hostilities, he made the first postwar Midshipmen cruise in the USS KEARSARGE and in 1919 returned to destroyer duty as Engineer Officer of the USS HUMPHREYS, stationed in Near East waters at Constan- tinople. During the Turko-Greek fighting m 1920-1921, he commanded a Naval landing force at Derindge. Turkey. After further destroyer duty in the USS FLUSSER and USS HENDERSON, and recruiting duty at Little Rock, Arkansas, he served as Senior Assistant Engi- neer of the battleship WEST VIRGINIA, then returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor in Mechanical Engineering. In 1931-1933 he was on China Sta- tion, assigned first as Executive Officer of the USS EDSALL, on Yangtze Patrol during the Japanese occupation of Woosung and Manchuria, and later as Com- munication Officer of the USS HOUSTON, flagship of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet. He again returned to the Naval Academy in June 1934. and for three years served as Head of the Department of Chemistry. Sea duty as Navigator of the battleship MISSISSIPPI preceded a tour during the prewar period as Assistant Director of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Navy Department Liaison Officer with the National Defense Research Committee. He has been identified as one of the pioneers of modem electronics develop- ment in the Navy. In May 1942 he assumed command of the USS PROMETHEUS, a recommissioned World War 1 repair ship. Under his command she joined the THIRD Fleet at Noumea. Caledonia, where he was detached to command Destroyer Squadron 5 and operated as escort commander for Task Forces 67, 68 and 70. In the intervening periods when the battleships and cruisers were not at sea. Admiral Briscoe operated Commander Task Group 67.5 (Cactus Striking Force) in Guadalcanal waters. He was transferred to command of the USS DENVER in July 1943, and returned that cruiser to the United States after she suf- fered severe battle damage off Rabaul in November 1943. In February 1944 he joined the Staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, in Washington, as Head of New Developments, and with his promotion to flag rank in April 1945, assumed command of Amphibious Group 14. V-J Day found him in Manila, working on plans for the invasion of the Japanese homeland. In Sep- tember 1945 he took command of the Operational Development Force, Atlantic Fleet with headquarters at Norfolk Virginia. After two years there, and a tour of duly as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Readiness), he became Commander Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, on November 1, 1950. Ordered in January 1952 to command the SEVENTH Fleet in Korean waters, he retained this command until designated Commander Naval Forces, Far East, in June of that year. Two years later he reported as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, for Fleet Operations and Readiness, and on July 2, 1956. became Comman- der in Chief Allied Forces, Southern Europe, For exceptional meritorious service ... (in that capacity) from July 2. 1956 to December 31, 1958. He was award- ed the Distinguished Service Medal. On January 1, 1959 he was transferred to the Retired List of the U.S. Navy. He died on October 14, 1968 in Liberty, Mis- sissippi. i Vx ' NDBDDY DDES jr  R ' sch r . 4 uiwm iJH.iwji DAY OF DEPARTURE t:j 11 COMBAT SYSTEMS LCDR Cody Department Head 12 MRm CA DIVISION n y i 7 r Ins Oslerday STGUSWi Adams UNSURPASSABLE TEAMWORK Combat Systems Acoustic Undersea Warfare (CA) Division is tlie Combat multi-purpose division. Sonar technicians are responsible for the detection, traclving, classification and destruction of hostile submarines. Sonar operates and maintains three sonar systems. The AN SQS-53B Hull Mounted Sonar System, the AN SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar System and the AN SQQ-2S Sonobouy Processor. CA Division also operates and maintains BRISCOE ' S USW Weapons Systems: the MK 1 16 Underwater Bat- tery Fire Control System and the MK ' SI Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes. Along with other duties and responsibilities, the .Arabian Gulf required CA Division to branch out farther. Two members of the division joined BRISCOE ' S VBSS team while all others provided the operation and mainte- nance of the 25MM Chaingun received for small boat attacks. p 1 ■ 1 P( %J ' v l 1., 13 }k _1 iT r y 1 STGI Gardner TM: Chancy .STG2 Figueroa STG2 Gaiewood STG2 Smith Iiipmates the cold war isn ' t over I. L ' ha ' e to stay focused on the task at hand lirough the water we search Ijssifying contact after contact. I the immortal words of the last cold war ASWO c must crush the enemy liere shalt not be a submarine. lut survives the hunt hail CA Division in their quest he motto of all sonar techs bagire. classis. destructum STG2 Antoine Corbin SONAR STG3 Cowart TORPEDOES STGSR Bennett STG3 Juliano STGSA Thoma; STGSN Martin STGSA Vanlhof GUNS 15 7 ENS Ferguson CW03 Fisher COMBAT SYSTEMS ELECTRONICS ETC(SW) Jacohsen ETKSWi Morgan 17 COMMUNICATIONS ET3 Harling ET3 Smith ET3 Miller ET2(CC) Duerr Taken ' A Dip Two More Days Til Spain! I Oh How Cute I DATA SYSTEMS DS2 Redford DS2 Wallace We ' ll miss you Rick V ' M B 1 ! 9 A. DS3 Sleffan Getting ready for Hollywood Mary? 19 r. RADAR NAVAIDS 2M 1 M. 1 ftJTl p It- Ai 1 w 1 ' r V 1 ETI Brvan ETKSWiJackMm ET2(SW) Collins Hani tralnlni; for ET2 ET2 Yetto ET3 Hamilton ET3 Willis T i -Q „. . — — m WL «rai -1 it-2-a a B Wft J ' IS ' H H SfWiytL M Frank singing the blues y fllliSWlVa II I, I Wi Wtrtrnw • W ' ljni CG DIVISION FCCS(SW) Weimar GMC(SW) Lindsey ENS Scheneman ■ GMl(SW)Dumond FCl(SW)Marlow GMl(SW) Vamer FCKSW) Reckhouse FC2(SW) Kelly GM2 Burkhalter GM: Bradl 21 GUNS TO BEAR! 59 FC3 Saunders GM3 Cole FC3 McKnight GM3 Phinney FC3 Dunn GMSN Simpson GMSN Joseph Maiv ' ni ' . ' wja IB4-I-(| |; 4 1: W 1 24 t:! CM DIVISION ENS Baldwin Division Officer FCl Diehl FCl(SW)Schmoyer FC2 Palermo FC2 Thompson FC3 Holmes FC3(SW) Kesselring FC3 Noon FC3 Pavne FC3 Spcnce 25 r • 26 T-, wimvwm-rtrv 27 W ttttmmmt CMCIS« 1 4   amamammi miwm ■JdUl CV DIVISION GMC(SW) Grant LCPO FCC(SW) Green , - o- 29 (r ' GMKSWt Phillips FCIlSWiCamp OMllSW) Flowers FC2(SW) Beaver 30 I i liSr M r y .x t, FC2 Ayres GM2 Bevan GM2(SW) Phillips GM3 Kendall i2 ' jV — J?I S i 31 0 32 KMI. iMU ENGINEERING 33 H ' A DIVISION ENS Kinske Division Officer ENC{SW)Seir LCPO EN I Jones EN2 Giltillan EN2(SW) Sturgeon EN2 Williams ENFA Sanchezasto EN3 Kyle ENFN Lacey ENFN Topadzliikyan 34 FN Dwight FN Matthews FN Stewart ENFN Trousdale HNFA Butts ENFA Hill ENFA Lown ENFA Swaniier 35 n ' 36 •p J 37 38 E DIVISION DDmjI) LTJG Galipeau Division Officer ENS Chopek Division Officer EMC(SW) Brzezinski LCPO EMUSWjLundie ICl McKeivin EMI Ward IC2 Lombardi EM3 Booker I tbn p« II— IIIJf.lU 1C3 Douglas EM3 Dyer 1C3 Goralski FA Parameshwaran 39 40 41 M DIVISION mm . fia LTJG Melcalt ENS Chopek GSMC(SW) Doyle GSM I Rose GSMl Settles GSM2 Helfnch GSM3 Carides GSM3 Chandler GSM3 Epps 42 GSM3 Samu el GSM3 Thompson GSMFN Reuse GSEFN Williams 43 r ¥ -. GSMFA Borrows GSEFN Claxlon FN Blciunl FA Miimcr r A ' ' 1 01 |l V i H FA Pierre i50- 1140- po- 110- 100- 90- 80- 70- 60- 50- 40- 30- 44 45 R DIVISION lOFisli LTJG Evans Di ision OITiccr DCC(SW) Gauthroiiux LCPO DC I (SW) Fox DCKSWjSchiltz 46 HTllSWl Pinto DC3 Fishman DC3 Noifleet DC3 Smilh DC3 Willis HTFN Bnssanl HT3 Bell V— 47 w m iiiia 49 i ' A ' tf NAV ADMIN DEPARTMENT I I QklClS LCDR Marr psi LTJG Bos Division Officer MAClSWl Remaley LCPO EMC(SW) Hall 3MC ifyTir i 50 S SiUM mf m wy wm Li ' UJM 1 m nffipa V QMC(SW) Jackson QM2 Rulh QM2 Golden QMSN Perreault SN Degges SN Reid 51 1 t PNQSW ii mm 52 Cl. ■« •■ ' IJtJILIUU PNC(SW| Hund YNKAWl Bullonc YN2 Cook PN2(SW)Husk YN3 Davali PN3 Hedgecock PN3 Skinner YN3 Washington 53 r f ' L 54 Mb WlL0« JKVJJ M : - 4 55 ' HMC(SW) Lewis HN Young 56 tl tn wm i.ii. ' A,sJi NCUSW AW) Trevor 57 OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT LT Carroll Departnienl Head COM L w i 58 oc DIVISION ENS Blair COMMO SMC(SW) Gnffin RMC(SW) Dunnian RMI Ellis RMI(SW)Polk 59 km: Slarkv SM: Boston RM: DcChamplain r k 4m «5 -3Tr - ■ C- SMSN RM2(SW) Myers SM2(SW) Douglass RM2(SW)Pecl RM3 Aimngton 60 RM2(SW) Ancar RM3{SW)Dachtler SMSN While SM3 Kicrnaii RM3(S V) Roscbrock RMSN Clark RM2(SW)Balcman RMSN Guidry RM3(S V I Gilbert 61 ' • ' 1ST DIVISION 1st Division ready and standing by lor MEF-98 Not even the African lieat holds us hack Station 5 at work - again 63 ENS Cobos HMClSWl l.iiokc BMKSWl Vera i t 1 1 % BM2 Brun on BM2 Brown BM2 A. Merrill When BMC talks Everybody listens Is he lor reiil, ' 64 mmamfmnt SN Hinton SN Robinson SN Kihier SA Villarrcal SA White SA Jones SA Aaoudemos SA Frederick SR Morsan SR Brewer SR Odell SR McLeod SA Browne SA Thompson SR Williams SR Hollowas 65 IV mmmmmm ri 66 BM3 Jones BM2 Brown receives a NAM 67 [i: i .f 9VLZ!irT % COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER CIC Officer LTJG Bond OI Division Officer ENS Lemley OI Division Leading Chief Petty Officer OSC(SW) Stilley OI Division Leading Petty Officer OSl(AW)Lindbloom 1 ' ■hat 68 OI DIVISION OS2(SW) Harper OSl(SW)Puckett OS2(SW) Shelton OS2(SW) Blount OS2(SW) Bhagirath OS2(SW) Burg 0S2 Thomas OS2 Boulte OS2 Brus 0S2(SW) Edwards 69 OSl(AW)Lindbloom AICS ACS OS2(SW) Glenn ASTAC OS2(SW) Shelton ASTAC OS2(SW) Burg ASTAC 70 r jfcwa OS3 Thomas OS3 Durham OS3 Mkhize OS3 Lewis OS3 Duvall OSSN LeBlaiiL- OSSN Johnson OSSN Kaer OSSN Nails OSSN Manaano 71 OW DIVISION INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST (IS) If SliSWlS™ ELECTRONICS WARFARE TECHNICIAN (EW) EWC(SW) Vandehey The Operations Warefare Division onboard BRISCOE is a multifaceted group. The division is comprised of an Intelligence Specialist and Electronic Warfare Operators and Technicians. IS ' s are well versed in enemy systems and their capabilities. They conduct intelligence briefs concerning threats operating in specific areas. The EWs operate and maintain an electronics suite consisting of the AN SLQ-32(V)3, AN SLQ-49, and the MK36 SRBOC launchers. Their primary mission is to defend the ship against mis- sile attack. EWs play a significant role in aiding the Combat Information Center in evaluating, tracking, and disseminating intercepted signal data. While in the Arabian Gulf, we collected intelligence on sus- pected U.N. sanctions violators. OW division excelled in all operational warfare areas making this deployment a successful endeavor. ISl(SW)Sou EWl JclYncs EW2(SW) Miller HW3 I ' hillippi I EW3 Riiev EW3 Agoudemos EWSN Choplosky EWSN G;iic 73 74 ■MnkaaaiMH . V SUPPLY DEPARTMENT I.T Fevvsier Suppl Officer LT Turner Supply Officer 76 • ' - ' - ' ' ■■ ' ■ V ., tAi- I SW ) Koopman SKI(SW)Buller SK2(SW) Finnie SK3 Burrows ; 3 Ethridge S ' i Ray 77 MSC(SW)Bancl t MSI (AW I rollins MSI I);miLiMin MSI Dillcnbcrgcr MSI McCrayer MSSN Albores MSSN Sanchez 78 MSSN Garry ' I anschyok SH3 Anderson SH3 Jenkins SHSN Can-others II v.-- 79 T 1 I JC. Fisher DK2(.SWl Williams DKSN Strunk PC2 Hausnian 80 ' ■■ ' ■ ' - - OT DIVISION LT Hudson CTl(SW)Long CTl(SW)Neary CT2(SW) Hayden 81 AIR DEPARTMENT Air Departmeni Officer in Charge Air Dcparlmcnl MiiinlL-naiiLC SCPO The Guardians of the Gulf The Grandmasters of HSL-46 Detachnieni Four, belter known as The (luardians ot Ihc Gulf , operate and maintain the SH-6()B LAMPS MKIII helicopter. Integrating the helicopters sensors with BRI.SCOE. the l.AMP.S Team supports Under .Sea Warfare, Surface Warfare and Surveillance, Search and Rescue, Logistics transfers, Verticle replenishment. Medical evacuation, and Communications Relay missions. Cutlass 46. and 475 have operated from BRISCOE s flight deck from September 1997 through the MEF 2-98 deployment ending September 1998. The Guardians are proud to be a part of the BRISCOE-Air team. LCDR Deputy AMCS(AW)Lanktord LCDR S erba LT Ahall LTJG Gundy LTJG Fabiszak WlWlCm, 82 ' ' ■- ' ' ■ ■■ ATC(AW) Reed AMHl(AW) Walter AWKAW) Keller AUK AW) Kamler t t - l! ) : 7U . HSL-46 DETACHMENT FOUR GUARDIANS OF THE GULF ' I AZ 1 ( AW ) Cunninaham AE2 Ryan AW2 Richards AE2 Goviu 83 AW 3 Prall A r si Oii ' jc AMS3 Hillock II Al)3 Money b- MUtJi AC- AN Moultrie AEAN Ford The Guardian (FAB A 84 ' ■ ' ' ■■ ' VuH n li l lL ' ' i 85 86 iiivMiJikSS 1 1 4i ik ' 1 1 h; ' % Lif  ■ •« -i is mml ' t 89 90 c;. ,...1,111.—  f ' ■ ' - ' - ■ ' 93 v. 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