Constellation (CV 64) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 438 of the 1985 volume:

USS Constellation ' America ' s Flagship ' Table of Contents Commanding Officer s letter 2 Change of Command 4 Commanding Officer ' s Biography . . . 5 Executive Officer 6 Command Master Chief 7 Battle Group Delta 8 Commander, Carrier Group One .... 10 Chiefs of Staff 11 Special Guests 12 Yard Period 17 Hank Williams, Jr 33 San Francisco 36 WESTPAC bound 40 Carrier Air Wing 14 46 VFA 25 52 VFA 113 61 VA 196 73 VF 21 83 VF 154 98 VAW 113 .107 VAQ 139 117 VS 37 .128 HS 8 .138 VQ 1 ...150 AV ARM and EOD 153 Hawraii. 154 AIMD 160 Philippines .186 Air Department .192 Flight Deck .222 Singapore .224 Chaplain Department . ...230 Kris Kristofferson .. .232 Communications Department .236 Captain ' s Gig i K. 242 Deck Department .vVW Wtm 244 UNREP VERTREP 250 Dental Department 252 Connie Athletes 254 DESRON 17 256 Crossing the Line 258 Engineering Department 262 Mombasa, Kenya . 294 Executive Department 300 Casino Night 310 Legal Department 312 Connie ' s Cousins 314 Maintenance Department 316 Gonzo Olympics 318 Medical Department 322 Navigation Department 326 Performers 328 Operations Department 330 Beer Day 356 Safety Department . . 358 Steel Beach 360 Supply Department 362 Australia 386 Training Department 390 Tiger Cruise 392 Weapons Marines 396 Carrier Group One 418 Homecoming 420 Father Daughter Banquet 424 Cruisebook Staff 428 Dedication 430 Memorial 432 :.V ' «:3 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) FPO SAN FRANCISCO. 96635-2780 IN RETLY REFER TO: A HEARTY BRAVO ZULU TO THE CREW OF THE CONSTELLATION! YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, PERSERVERANCE AND CAN DO SPIRIT MADE OUR 1985 DEPLOYMENT AN UNEQUALLED TRIUMPH. THE MANY HOURS OF HARD WORK, CREATIVITY AND UNSELFISH ATTITUDES WERE THE HEART AND SOUL OF CONSTELLATION ' S SUCCESSFUL MISSION. CONSTELLATION ' S 1985 CRUISE WAS A SUCCESS IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. MANY NEW RECORDS WERE SET AND AVIATION HISTORY WAS MADE WITH THE FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF THE F A-18 HORNET. THIS BOOK IS A TRIBUTE TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF CONSTELLATION AND CARRIER AIR WING 14. THE MANY SACRIFICES YOU MADE HELPED ENSURE NOT ONLY AMERICA ' S FREEDOM, BUT THAT OF THE ENTIRE FREE WORLD! I I JOHN F. CALHOUN CAPTAIN USN COMMANDING OFFICER USS CONSTELLATION CV-64 i 3 dommandincj GrHccx F. Calhoun Officer Commanding Officer USS Constellation Captain John F. Calhoun, a native of Springfield, Mo. joined the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet in 1957. He received his commission in November 1958 and reported to Patrol Squadron 46. CAPT Calhoun ' s subsequent assignments included duty in Patrol Squadron 31, attendance at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and a tour in USS Currituck (AV-7). In 1967, CAPT Calhoun was assigned to VA-55. In 1970 CAPT Calhoun reported to VA-174. He assumed command of VA-12 onboard USS Independence (CV-62) in October 1973. In 1975 CAPT Calhoun was assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations office until July 1977 when he assumed command of VA-174. CAPT Calhoun served as Executive Officer of USS Independence from March 1979 until November 1980. In July 1981 CAPT Calhoun received command of USS Detroit (AOE-4). CAPT Calhoun was assigned as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, from March 1983 until April 1984. CAPT Calhoun has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal. CAPT Calhoun is married to the former Claudia Schimmel of Pensacola, Fla. He has three daughters Erin, Elizabeth and Catherine Anne. Executive Officer USS Constellation V - Captain Thomas B. Latendresse attended Yakima Valley College prior to enlisting in the Navy in 1963. He entered flight training in Pensacola, Fla. under the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. In 1965, he was commissioned an Ensign and designated a Naval Aviator. CAPT Latendresse ' s first fleet assignment was with Airborne Early Warning Squadron 13, homeported in Alameda, Calif. In August 1967, he reported to Training Squadron 26 in Beeville, Texas for a 26 month tour. In October 1969, CAPT Latendresse was separated from active duty. He was recalled back to active duty in 1970, assigned to Attack Squadron 127. In December 1970, CAPT Latendresse reported to Attack Squadron 55, homeported at NAS Lemoore, Calif. During his two year tour, CAPT Latendresse made two deployments aboard USS Hancock (CV-19). In May, 1972, he was shot down and captured in North Vietnam. During his internment in Hanoi ' s P.O.W. camps, CAPT Latendresse was assigned to the Fourth Allied Composite P.O.W. Wing. He returned to U.S. Military jurisdiction in March, 1973. For one year following his return to the U.S., CAPT Latendresse was assigned to the U.S. Navy Hospital in Oakland, Calif. In March 1974, he reported to the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, Calif. After graduating CAPT Thomas B. Latendresse Cum Laude he reported to Attack Squadron 122 at NAS Lemoore. In September 1976, CAPT Latendresse reported to Attack Squadron 192, at NAS Lemoore. During his tour he cruised aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and USS America (CV-66). In May 1979, CAPT Latendresse reported to the Staff of Commander Light Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet in Lemoore. In July 1979, he again reported to VA-192 as XO, assuming command on June 17, 1980. In September 1984, CAPT Latendresse reported to U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. Constellation ' s executive officer graduated with distinction in November 1982 and reported to Carrier Air Wing Reserve 30 as Commander, Air Group. In September 1984, CAPT Latendresse reported to USS Constellation as Executive Officer. CAPT Latendresse has flown over 4,800 hours and accumulated over 1,000 carrier landings. CAPT Latendresse ' s awards include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, two individual Air Medals, 26 Strike Flight Air Medals, two Purple Hearts and various other campaign and personal awards. CAPT Latendresse is married to the former Nancy Miller of Hoquiam, Wash. The Latendresse ' s and their children Tom, Carter, Greg and Lisa Marie reside in the San Francisco Bay area. Command Master Chief USS Constellation ::5 i;ii AOCM Gordon R. Zehm was raised in Spokane, Wash. After high school and four years in the National Guard, he entered the Navy in 1952 and went to boot camp in San Diego, Calif. He attended Airman Prep. School in Norman, Okla. and then went through AO school in Jacksonville, Fla. His first ship was USS Cabot (CVL-28), homeported in Norfolk, Va. In 1954, he was transferred to FASRON 77 in Naples, Italy for three years. His next assignment was VX-1 in Key West, Fla, for two years. From there, he went to USS Essex (CVA-9) for four years, homeported in Mayport, Fla. and later as a CVS in Quanset Pt., R.I. Next, he was assigned to VA-44, Cecil Field, Fla., and in 1965 he was sent to VA-212 (CAG-21) on USS Hancock (CVA-19) off North Vietnam. In 1967, his squadron was assigned to USS Bon Home Richard (CVA-31) on which he completed combat cruises in 1967 and 1968. During this time, his squadron was first to introduce a new weapons system into combat, the Walleye weapon. In 1969 his squadron was back on USS Hancock for another combat cruise. In early 1970, AOC Zehm was sent to Millington, Tenn. to attend instructor training and after graduation, was assigned to NAMTD Lemoore, Calif, where he instructed A-4 and A-7 armament maintenance and MK4 gun pod. After being promoted to AOCS in AOCM Gordon R. Zehm 1971, he was sent to USS Coral Sea (CV-43) where he served as LCPO for flight deck maintenance, G. Division and Weapons Department. In 1978, AOCM Zehm became Command Master Chief of Coral Sea. In 1982 he went to shore duty at NAS Fallon, Nev. He reported aboard USS Constellation in 1985 just prior to the WESTPAC deployment. Master Chief Zehm has seen most of the world at sea and in the air. He has made numerous Mediterranean, North Atlantic and WESTPAC cruises and four Vietnam cruises. He has earned the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with combat V, Navy Achievement Medal with star, three Navy Unit Commendations, three Meritorious Commendations, eight Good Conduct Awards, three Navy Expeditionary Medals, Navy Occupation Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with eight campaign stars, Humanitarian Service Medal, four Sea Service ribbons, RVN Armed Forces Mug (Gallantry Cross), and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon with device. He is authorized to wear the Surface Warfare emblem. In 1982 AOCM Zehm was a candidate for Master Chief of the Navy, and was among the top ten selectees. His total devotion is to represent our finest and most valuable assets — our sailors. Battle Group Delta l.i «■ . .. «i-i- Carrier Group One :v :: ' .f •r SfT ! 3f ' S i. Commander Carrier Group One Rear Admiral Leon Edney was born in Dehnam, Mass., and attended Northeastern University for a year prior to entering the Naval Academy. He earned a general science degree before graduation from the academy with the Class of 1957. He was designated a Naval aviator, and served numerous tours with both anti-submarine and attack squadrons. During this period he flew over 350 combat missions in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. RADM Edney has earned a Master ' s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard, which came in handy, particularly during his two assignments to the Chief of Naval Operations office. In 1970-71, he served as a White House Fellow. It was one of the unique things I had an opportunity to do, he said. RADM Edney ' s personal decorations include two Legions of Merit, six Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Bronze Star, four Single Action Air Medals, the Meritorious Service Medal, three Navy Commendation Medals, and the Navy Achievement Medal. At one time, RADM Edney worked as an executive assistant to the Secretary of Transportation, who turned out to be the ex-governor of RADM Edney ' s home state of Massachusetts. RADM Edney assumed command of Attack Squadron 27 in December 1972. He then commanded Attack Carrier Wing Two and fleet oiler USS RADM Leon A. Edney Ponchatoula (AO-148). Following a tour as Chief of Staff, Cruiser Destroyer Group Five, in 1980 he assumed command of Constellation. After commandin g Connie, RADM Edney served as Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy from June 1981 to January 1984. He reported aboard as Commander, Carrier Group One on March 9, 1984. Once again, he found himself on Connie, impressed with the job done during the overhaul in Bremerton, Wash. RADM Edney called his responsibilities as Commander of Carrier Group One varied and very interesting. He said the basic responsibility is combat readiness of the battle group. RADM Edney is married to the former Margon Beck of Hastings, Neb. They have two daughters, Merrie and Jaimie. 10 Chiefs of Staff Carrier Group One CAPT Howard R. Jones, Jr. relieved CAPT Sibley L. Ward as Chief of Staff, Carrier Group One in June. CAPT Jones was born in Amory, Mississippi on March 12, 1936. He graduated from Rhodes College at Memphis with a BA in Philosophy and received his commission from Officer Candidate School in May 1959. He was awarded a MA in Personnel Management from Central Michigan University in 1980. His first tour of duty was on USS Allen M. Summer (DD-692) as ASW Officer. From 1962 to 1963, he was Weapons Officer on board USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822). His next assignment was as Operations Officer on the Staff of COMDESRON 34. In 1964, CAPT Jones served as Assistant Current Plans Officer on the staff of COMASWFORLANT. Upon completion of this tour in 1966, he reported to USS Dewey (DLG-14) as Operations Officer. From 1968 to 1970, CAPT Jones was attached to COMUSMACTHAI JUSMAGTHAI in Bangkok where he was ASW advisor to the Royal Thai Navy. His next assignment was as XO on USS E.A. Greene (DD-711). In 1971, he served as CAPT Sibley L. Ward CAPT Howard R. Jones, Jr. Chief Staff Officer for COMDESRON 32. He assumed command of USS McCandless (FF 1084) in 1973. CAPT Jones had duty in Washington, D.C. from 1975 to 1983 as Head, Surface Warfare Manpower Requirements Section, Executive Assistant to the Chief of Legislative Affairs and Head, Enlisted Community Manager. CAPT Jones was also Commander Destroyer Squadron Seven. CAPT Jones has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with combat V and the Navy Achievement Medal. CAPT Jones is married to the former Joan Brown of Boston, Mass. and they have two children, Penney Lee and H. Richard III. 11 f , -  t. « ' v . W ' - :mA;-: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard December 1982-January 1984 Commanding Officer Sept. 1982-June 1984 CAPT Lyle F. Bull Executive Officer Feb. 1983-Sept. 1984 CAPT Rodney C. Franz Yard Perio I SPORTS -•-;.•; -jSl.yffi f%m j .-.J m ' - i y ar« Qjm  ■■ I r Mi g -.,. ■ J Jf - 7i If pi E H p c - mlS2 Hank, Jr. and friends throw star spangled country party on Connie for 7,500 rowdies A Star Spangled Country Party starring Hank Williams, Jr. and Friends was the name of the largest country and western concert ever held on a Naval warship. Performing on Connie ' s flight deck from sunset until well after 9 p.m. were such country greats as Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon Jennings, Sylvia and Alabama. They kept a crowd of 7,500 country music fans cheering their lungs out. The brainchild of Greg and Marc Oswald of Luckenbach Productions, the Star Spangled Country Party was first proposed to Constellation while she was still undergoing overhaul in Bremerton, Wash. The concert reached its climax on Valentine ' s Day 1984. Big was a small word to describe the production. Cranes hauled tons of gear up to the flight deck from trucks on the pier below. On the flight deck hundreds of technicians and stage hands assembled the beams and girders that would make up the finished set; a 40-foot American Eagle and a never-before- attempted double stage. The gates opened at 4:15 p.m., but by 3:30 the crowd stretched down the pier. Connie ' s flight deck crew, decked out in their blues, prepared two of the four aircraft elevators to shuttle guests up to the flight deck. At 5:32 the boatswainmate ' s whistle shrilled over the flight deck speaker system, calling the crew to attention to colors. As the ceremony ended, the old Bocephus himself strolled out on stage and asked if the crowd was rowdy. They were and a fantastic time was had by all as the audience cheered, clapped, stomped their feet and got country rowdy for three solid hours. . l1 y o. V o. . Of. y 1 . • • r • ' • c . . R B . W :J« . ' m i % ' ' i ' •-f, - -w ■fcT ' . ' r K . .| Vf ,,: :; I  %; i ■-■ : j San Francisco welcomes Connie San Francisco opened up her golden gate and her heart, and welcomed Connie ' s sailors with friendship, admiration and enthusiasm. Connie visited the City by the Bay in October during Fleet Week ' 84. Citizens of the Bay Area were anxious to tour Connie as over 30,000 people were welcomed aboard. Even more so, Connie ' s crew was anxious to tour the city, and San Francisco showed them a good time. Mayor Dianne Feinstein visited Connie and hosted the Navy ' s Birthday Ball at the St. Francis Hotel. She made everyone feel at home by telling San Franciscans that no sailor should have to buy a drink. And with that, a lot of Connie sailors enjoyed free drinks. The city also provided a free concert, free transportation and A View to a Kill for crewmen lucky enough to be present for filming of scenes from the latest James Bond movie. To quote from the San Francisco AM PM Guide, San Francisco is everybody ' s favorite city. The beauty of its site and the no-nonsense cosmopolitanism of its inhabitants merge to create a merry ambiance that ' s unique in the world. San Francisco is dedicated to a radical ideal: life, liberty and the persuit of happiness for all. Connie ' s crew found life, liberty and happiness in San Francisco. One might say they lost their hearts to the City by the Bay. Vi • III ■ W  i ■ -tAcI ? • -1r ? . Ill l Constellation bids farewell to loved ones, San Diego After two days of haze gray weather, the clouds parted and the sun let her San Diego weather shine brightly on Connie for her final departure Feb. 21, 1985. But for too many on the pier that Thursday mor ning, the weather was still haze gray. Emotions flowed heavily as family, friends and loved ones said their goodbyes. Many Connie sailors watched the scene unfold on the pier below from perches up on Constellation. Many of them were standing on the flight deck in dress blue uniforms. Although they didn ' t have anyone on the pier to say goodbye to, they, too were experiencing a sense of parting. For them, with their friends and families away from San Diego, the WESTPAC would take them further away. On the pier there were hugs and kisses, hand holding and handshakes, more hugs and kisses, smiles and tears, and more hugs and kisses. It wasn ' t raining, but there were plenty of faces wet with tears. Goodbye doesn ' t mean forever, one Connie sailor was heard saying to his wife. I love you, I ' ll miss you, she replied. It seemed like a sad time for many, but there were also those that looked forward to going out to sea. The boot camps, those who hadn ' t been out to sea yet, were anxiously awaiting all the port visits that were to come. Do you think we ' ll see Australia? many asked, while others looked forward to seeing if all the sea stories about the Philippines were true. The old salts eyed the boot camps deviously, knowing there would be plenty of opportunities to assign sailors to mail buoy watch, or be sent to round up a can of elbow grease, chow line, or sound powered phone batteries. The same experienced sailors also looked forward to the port visits, they were wondering if anything ' s changed since their last deployment. For the next week, they would be telling the new guys all about Hawaii. I tell you, the last time I hit Pearl... It was time to renew old acquaintances between ships ' s company and squadron personnel, as well as old rivalries. There were many reminiscing about their last WESTPAC, and they remembered what it was like to stand in long lines for chow, the geedunk, the ship ' s store . . . as well as for liberty boats in Singapore or Australia. There were many who had recently arrived on Connie, who had a few deployments under their belts, too. Some of them had just transferred from overseas, and were about to go back. There were just as many who were going to leave Connie during the WESTPAC. These sailors were feeling a somewhat different sense of anticipation, as for some this would be their last time overseas. But for all, they knew that the WESTPAC would have some bad times, and along with them would come many good times. The deployment would make everyone in the crew, from the saltiest sailor to the newest recruit mature and grow. It would be a learning experience unavailable to those in the civilian community. It would be something uniquely Navy, that they couldn ' t get anywhere else, and many wouldn ' t trade it for any other job in the world. 42 Goodbyes never get any easier for Navy wife The following article was printed in the San Diego Union on Saturday, March 2, 1985. It was written by Donna Donovan, a San Diego Union staff member. The ship pulled out last week. I didn ' t watch it leave the harbor. I didn ' t even want to be anywhere near that North Island pier, but I had to see him off. I watched him reach the quarterdeck before I drove away. He never looked back. It ' s not as if I haven ' t been already separated from this man I love, but a six-month absence seems endless. With 5,000 men aboard the aircraft carrier Constellation, there are lots of women who share my feelings — and Connie is only one of a dozen ships in Battle Group Delta ' s deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. My friend Eileen is engaged to one of the ship ' s officers. She didn ' t hesitate when asked if parting would be easier if she were married. No. Braver than some of us, she joined her fiancee for breakfast in the wardroom that morning and afterward waited to watch the ship pull out. I ' m taking this all in two-week stretches, she said. Our friend Maude waved to her husband when he reached the ship ' s bridge. He glumly waved back. But they ' ll see each other in Hawaii next week. Then they ' ll have to say goodbye all over again. Not me. Once is enough. Eileen, Maude and I have met some pretty stalwart Navy wives who have weathered wartime uncertainities, extended cruises and medical emergencies in deference to their husband ' s careers. One woman I met recalled how she discovered she was pregnant the day after her husband deployed. He returned after the baby ' s birth. It ' s their only child. I thought stories like that ended with my parent ' s generation. I met my own dad when I was nine months old. That was common back in 1945. But for Navy families, it seems, the beat goes on. I ' ll never forget the first time I ever saw the Constellation. It was from a helicopter taking several press members out to interview her crewmen and their families as she was returning to San Diego from an overhaul in Bremerton, Wash. Surrounded by sparkling blue water, the carrier ' s flight deck was covered with cars, vans, trucks, and sailboats. And there were more down below in the hangar deck. Roof-top parking at its finest. More than a year has passed since then. Readied for departure, that same flight deck was covered with the aircraft it was designed to carry. It looked spartan and remote. I ' m not a crier; I assumed that the ordeal could remain cut and dried and coldly dealt with. I was wrong. The tears started the night before over gyros sandwiches and bakalava and continued on and off during a movie — a nostalgic rendition of growing up in the 50 ' s (a bad choice of films). To the strains of Many a tear has to fall, I shed my own. They say that misery loves company — whoever they are. Believe me, I felt totally isolated from those other somber women at the dock the following morning. 43 Did they feel sick to their stomachs, too? He offered me his handkerchief and I promptly moistened it. I was going to keep it under my pillow for all of those 180 days until I ' d remembered that I ' d also used it to blow my nose. Back in ' 51, my mother had bravely dressed my younger brother and me in our Sunday best and we all drove to El Toro Marine Air Station to see Dad off to Korea. My brother sobbed all the way back home, but Mom remained calm. It ' s not like mother, like daughter, I guess. Now at least Feb. 21 is over and the guys are really gone. Of course, they ' ll be back. And after six months of planning. Navy homecomings are something else! But that will be another story . . . 44 45 Carrier Air Wing Fourteen WESTPAC 1985 46 First plane lands After 13 months at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash, undergoing an overhaul, Connie welcomed on board the first plane on her flight deck. The plane, which landed in March 1984, was a C-1 COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery) transport plane bringing mail onboard for the crew. A U.S. flag could be seen on its tail. The landing, significant in that it was the first plane to land after the overhaul to prepare for the F A-18 Hornet, was a welcome sight to the officers and men of Connie, heralding her return to normal at-sea operations. Normal flight operations followed from VRC-30, stationed at NAS North Island, San Diego, Calif. 47 Jets make first cruise Constellation is the first carrier to make a major deployment with the Navy ' s newest strike fighter, the F A 18 Hornet. A product of McDonald Douglas, the Hornet is a superior air-to-air ani air-to-surface combat aircraft with ar excellent combination of maneuverability, speed, acceleration and weapons delivery accuracy. The key word for the Hornet is ability. The Hornet ' s advanced aerodynamic design, coupled with state-of-the-art programmable computers gives the aircraft unprecedented mission flexibility, one-man operability, reliability, maintainability and affordability. Constellation and Carrier Air Win Fourteen aggressively explored the tactical envelope of the F A- 18 in all mission areas during WESTPAC 1981 • msssm •.€ ' i. i Carrier Air Wing 145 The ship ' s company and departments comprise only one half of the operation of an aircraft carrier like Connie; the other half is the air wing. Carrier Air Wing Fourteen brought nine squadrons on board Constellation shortly before deployment — one electronic countermeasures squadron, VAQ-139; two fighter squadrons, VF-21 and VF-154; one anti-submarine helicopter squadron, HS-8; one early warning squadron, VAW-113; one anti-submarine squadron, VS-37; one attack squadron, VA-196; and two fighter attack squadrons, VFA-25 and VFA- 113. The squadrons brought 85 aircraft with them, including the new F A-18 Hornet. Constellation is the first carrier to receive the Navy ' s newest jet and WESTPAC 1985 was the first major deployment for the Hornet squadrons, this providing a chapter for the history books . The F A-18 ' s are capable of flying nearly 500 miles to attack enemy shore targets and still fight their way CAPT John Swede Zerr back to the carrier. Each squadron is a separate entity, charged with its own administration and the maintenance of its own aircraft. The squadrons are under the command of the Carrier Air Wing Commander (CAG). Midway through WESTPAC 1985, CDR Robert Buzz Johnson relieved CAPT John Swede Zerr as CAG. Before being relieved, however, CAPT Zerr made his 1,000th carrier CDR Robert Buzz Johnson trap. The mission of an aircraft carrier is demanding; it requires the utmost in coordination between man and machine, between ship and air wing on a daily basis at sea. There is no room for unprofessionalism. The team is an extremely strong one and the slogan, The USS Constellation Carrier Air Wing Fourteen Team has it all together is factual. LCDR David Logsdon LCDR Michael Schwartz LT John Amos LT Dan Holub CMC Roger Heroux ACCS M.E. Lukey ATCS Edward Schmittou AZl Stephen Aguilar AOl Rick Garza AN Joe Goff YNl David Hinkley YNSN Dexter Jackson AME2 Oria Pritchett YNSN Charles Taylor AA Scott Wood 51 Fighter Attack Squadron 25 was one of two squadrons on board who deployed with the Navy ' s newest aircraft, the F A-18 Hornet strike fighter. The Fist of the Fleet was honored to be involved with the first West Coast-based aircraft carrier deployment with the Hornets. As a result of the exceptional performance of the Fist of the Fleet and their sister squadron VFA-113, the excellent reputation of the F A-18 was firmly established as a valuable and flexible battle group asset. The Fist of the Fleet is commanded by CDR John C. Leslie, Jr. The Executive CDR John Leslie Officer is CDR Jerome L. Arbiter. VFA-25 is homeported at NAS Lemoore, Calif. CDR Jerome Arbiter LCDR Steve Davis LCDR Gregory Peiarirs LCDR Jerry Schubert 52 LT Christopher Berry LT Christopher Fedyschyn LT Ed Flora LT Anthony Kiggins LT David Martin LT Russell Mallette LT Corey Moore LT Dan Sigger LT James Schwecke LT Keith Daill LTjg David Fraham LTjg Steven Funchess LTjg Isaac Keas ENS Jim McBley CW03 Charles Mach AVCM William Hondbun AFCM Joel West ATCS Steven Camp 53 ADCS Dennis Desjarlais AMCS Ronald Sierakowski NCC Gordon Albnitton ADC Henry Bailey AMSC Harold Bircher AOC Lynn Burke AQC Robert Goddard AQC Marvin Henseley AMHC James Stanley AMI Edward Angiolini AQ3 Russell L. Atkinson AQ2 Stephen Barteau AMEAA Victor Berrids AQAN Gregory Blackwell AA Charles Blakesly AT2 Roger Bodah AMH3 Gordon Boobyer PNl Robert Boudah AMSAN Frank Brown Jr. ATI Charles Bryant AD2 Randy Burrington AQ2 Jackie Cannon AEl Robert Cheek AT2 Jerry Christensen AMES Martin Clakeley ADS Francis Clauser AEAA Russell Clevenger AQl John Dambach AQl Steve Dennis PRl Marvin Dolezal ADAN Tom Dufour AA Steve Duozinski AEl Delman Ellis AQl Sid Engebretson ADAN Tony Estes ADl Al Everette ADl Perry Forester ADS Earl Franch ADl Allen Franklin AN John Gagnon 55 Wf fef ' l AN William Gilmore t AD3 Thomas Glaspie p BBhk AMEAN Robert P Gorrell ADAN Robert Gottardi mB ADAN Mark Gregory AD2 Tobias Hammer AMH3 Scott Harmon AT2 William Harness AZ3 William Hawley ADS San Hernandez AD2 Neil Hirshfield AE3 Robert Hoffman AQ2 Kevin Holt AOl Cliffon Hotlen AN Patrick Howse AQ2 David Huff 56 Md A02 L. Hurlbut AMS2 Willie Jackson AN Bobby Johnson PNSA William Johnson AQ2 Fred Jones AQAN James Jump ATS Edwark Kelsey A03 Darwin Kipilii AEl Michael Kipp AEl Brian Kudrna AMSAN Ken Lake AMSl Bruce Larye AMS3 John Ledoux AQ3 Patrick Liedle AMS2 Keith Majneric AMES Michael Meinke AMHl R. McGruder AEl Richard Meadows AMHS John Mitchell AQ2 Michael Montalbano AOl Frank Monthey AZS Bruce Moore AME2 David Morgan AT2 Scott Nott 57 AOl Martin O ' Dell AE2 Timothy Oderkirk MSI Reynaldo Orante AT2 Douglas Pary AN John Paul YN3 Chris Pelton AD2 Joseph Phillips ATAN Dave Pille AN Clint Pitts AN Jesse Planitz A03 David Price AMHl Joseph Punda AMS3 Reynaldo Quiroga ADAN Antonio Ratliff AOAN John Ray PR2 Thomas Rice 58 AE2 Dennis Richardson AE3 Robert Robinson AQ3 Frank Romero AT2 Michail Rosinski AN Guad Ruiz AN Duane Sansberry AN Glenn Santella AE2 Gary Schram AMSl G. Schumann AMH2 Jerry Scott ADS Thomas Shaw AN Todd Shrum AE3 William Sims YN2 Alvin Slater PNSA Mike Small AEAA Russell Smith AMH2 Mark Spears AMHl Barry Stine AMH2 Leon Temple ADAN Troy Temple AMH2 Brian Thiede AMHl Larry Thompson AKAN Michael Tompkins AK3 Jerry Trimm 59 AE3 Donald Turner AKl Fernando Vargas AD3 T. B. Vandermark AKl John Vasile A02 Mike Vaughn YNl Archie Walker AN Loren Warner AT2 David Wehrle AMEl Leslie Wilke AME2 Kenneth Williams AD2 Vele Williams AZl Terry Woodman 60 gm JA VFA-113 VFA-113, the Stingers, was the second squadron on Connie to deploy with the F A-18 Hornet. The Stingers are commanded by CDR Craig A. Langbein. CDR John V. Chenevey is the Executive Officer of the squadron, homeported at NAS Lemoore, Calif. CDR Craig Langbein CDR Bob Sprigg LCDR Daniel Gabriel LCDR Thomas Mackin LCDR William Shepherd LT Michael Axline LT Russell Bird LT Jeff Crutchfield LT Anthony Hankins LT Kenneth Houck LT John Kelly LT Robert Rutherford LT Eric Smith k m  ' lii iJJ DJ H H . m ■1 kJt IB| B|b K 1 c 1 KMI m H H|L V . M LT Matt Seamon LT Thomas Trotter LT Rodger Welch ENS Christopher Matthews ENS Phillip Rivall ENS Lynn Swangin AECS Amadeo Lujan AMCS Michael McCoUough 62 AMCS James Moyer AMEC Samuel Holdren ADC Joseph Kehoe ATC Don Leap AMHC David McAlpine ATC Kent Miller YNC James Mungor AEC David Stoppkotte ADC David Schoemaker ATC Joe Savopolos AE2 Dennis Aaron AMH3 Kenneth Aldridge PNl Joey Antivola PN2 Mark Aver 63 AQ2 Cody Augustine AZAN Phillip Bablock AMHAN Daryl Baker AME2 Kevin Haver AQ2 Blaine Baughman AN Stephen Baun YN2 Harold Bebsole Berry Gayle AME3 William Blair PR2 Victor Bloodvi orth A02 Todd Bridges AD2 Richard Briones AQAN Todd Buczek A02 Gene Bundy AK3 John Buhain AE2 David Burke AN David Burris AMEl Joseph Cagney 64 AMHl John Cheung AMH2 Peter Chavez A02 Christopher Coles PN3 David Clayton ADS Manuel Cuevas ADAN Jim Cunningham AOl Erasmo Da Cayo AE3 Richard Daigneau NCI Dennis David AE3 Cory Davis AOl John Dawson AX3 Scott Denton A02 Irven Doleman AN Herb Doria AEAN Thomas Drazek AD3 Randy Dunbar ADl John Duran AZl Alan Dwetiner 65 DKSN Frank Edwards ATAN John Ekman AMH3 James Eland Gregory Enemoto AN Hernan Esendencia AMS3 Jonathan Evers A03 Charles Fancher AD2 Nicholas Felix iiii AT2 Anthony Frazier AMH2 Steve Freeman AT2 Dennis Gahaghan AMS2 Kevin Gales A02 Vernon Gambin AKl Alionso Garcia AMHAN Ray Gibson AQl Kemp Gladden 66 MSI Romeo Gonzales AZ2 Gary Greenlee AMEl William Gutierrez AMS3 Dale Hanson ATS Robert Hams AEAN Cliff Harris ADAN Ronald Hayton AT2 Matthew Herl ADAN Steve Hetriek AMS3 Steven Higgins AD2 Ed Houghtaling AN Mike Hubert 67 YNSN Kevin Hull AQAN Scott Humphrey YNSN Sam Hurt AE2 David Irving ADS Brian Jefferis AMS2 Dennis Jensen AT3 Brett Johnson AMHl Charles Johnson AQl Edward Johnson DKl Donald Jones AMSAN Ned Kanekoa AN Douglas Kiewicz m 1 -; AQ2 Jeff Kinsman AMS3 Timothy Klucaric AT2 John Knapik YN2 John Knuth AN Ronald Krueger AN Steve Kulik 68 mM jg| AZ3 Ron Lindgren AN William Mattland AQl Jim Marten AQl Jim Martin ADl Kevin Mathey A03 Joel Matz AMH3 Timo Maynas AME2 Timothy McClain AMS2 Richard McEwen John McHaffie AMS3 Jerry McMath AN Walt McMurray AKAA Chris Millard AQl David Miskell AMHAN William Mulvenna AMH2 Dominador Niverba AN Olando Noza AME3 David Nygaard AN Michael Olsen A02 Ernest Osborn AMS3 Kenneth Pagel AMHl Mike Palomino ADl Roger Paris AE3 Thomas Park 69 ADl Robert Paul AA Mike Peralta AOAN Lewis Perkins AN Steve Petrella A03 Robert Phillips AD2 Thomas Pilkington AE3 Ruben Pineda AMSZ David Reed AME3 Darrell Resendez AMH3 Victor Reyer AMH2 Clifton Rhodes A03 Rafael Rivera ATAN Mark Sayre AA Steven Seid AMEAN Michael Shows AMS3 Robert Sikorski ATAN Rene Siqueros AMSl Mark Smith AT2 Keith Smyth AOAN Allen Sorenson AMHl Raymond Stalker AZ2 Randy Steed AA Hagop Stephanian Ralph Stiles 70 AA Jose Tamayo AMS2 Richard Tapert AQAN Douglas Thereon AEl William Thulman ATAN Michael Tormanen ADl Gregory True AMEl Steven Vannote AQ2 Thomas Vermette AK2 Amante Villanueva AN Kenny Wallace AMH2 Robert Walsh AEl James Washington AKAN Daniel Weber AQl Steve Welch AMSl John Westbrook PR2 Jerry Wheeler AMHl Danny Whelchel AN John Wilham 71 AE2 Martin Wilhelm A02 Ben Williams AN Dan Williams AQ2 Keaton Williams A03 Jay Willis AD3 Steven Willis YNSN Eric Wise AE2 James Woodely AQ3 Brian Zimmerman VA-196 Attack Squadron 196 is known as the Main Battery. The squadron flies the Grumman A-6 Intruder. The Milestones are commanded by CDR Harry A. Jupin. The Executive Officer is CDR Thomas F. Cleverdon. VA-196 is homeported in Whidbey Island, Wash. CDR Harry Jupin mm CDR Tom Cleverdon CDR Thomas Smith LCDR Fred Block LCDR Michael Cochrane 73 LCDR William Crouch LCDR Terry Daugherty LCDR Rick Gliniak LCDR Pat McCartney MAJ Robert Shield (USAF) LCDR William Shurtleff LCDR Steve Speight LCDR Harold Starling 1 A ■« ■a i LCDR James Symonds LT Gary Abbott LT James Ackley LT T.C. Bennett LT Floyd Cordell LT Steve Curtis LT Dan De Wispelaere LT Steve Garcia 74 LT Robin Hendrix LT Thomas Hickey LT John Ivbuls LT William Jones LT Brad Kuether LT Marc McGowan LT Justin Pavoni LT Tom Phelan LT Mike Wilson LTjg Robert Barr LTjg Philip Daniels LTjg David Faith 75 LTjg Gary Poe LTjg Robert Van Abel LTjg David Wilier CW04 Stephen Vonfuchs t AZCS John Durham AMHC Robert Cummins AMHC Juanito Guzmn AOC Gary Hartley CMC Darrell Leach ATC Jesse Veazey NCC Hal Watson PR2 Mitchell Ache 76 HHHHI [ K ■JI H HH HH i ' j ADAA Jorge Aguilar AKl Randolph Alquetra AMS3 Richard Amzyck Tom Anderson A03 Donald Antognazi AMS3 Dirk Barto ADS James Barton A02 Henry Bass AQl Bernard Baxter AT2 Michael Bennett ATI Dennis Bellant AN Kevin Bourdon ADl Donald Brillon PRl Mario Bruno ADS Donald Bryant AOAN Kenneth Burns ADl Raul Bustos AMHS Dan Byerly AMHAN Joe Cahanes AZS Randy Carmon AOAN William Carmichael AME2 R. Cerillo AMSAA Brian Christensen AQAN David Clark 77 AZl Mike Clark AEAN Daniel Cole AOl Timothy Conrad AD3 Mark Cook AD2 Douglas Coopes AEAN Thomas Cross AMS2 Stan Dalpian AMEC Steven Dangel AMS2 Roy Demage AMEAN Lance Dolera AE3 Ray Dummar ADAN Rick Dunlop AA David Duran AE3 William Dycus ADAN Drew Evans AMEAN Neal Fletcher AQ3 William Fulford AMS2 Phillip Gale mdkM 78 AA David Godber AA Blaine Guillory AEAN Douglas Hagler AT3 Robert Hamilton AMEAN Ray Hanson AMEZ M.Keith Harper AMS3 Raymond Hartman AOAN Michael Hasten ATAN Calvin Hebert AWAN Timothy Hoelker ATAN Doug Hunsaker AOl Dave Jones AQZ Michael Kennicutt A03 John Koblosh AZ3 Sergei Konovaloff ATAN Jerome Kruse AMEl Michael Lamm AOAN Victor Lennon ACAN Timmy Lindley AQ3 Brian Lord AMSl Billy Ludolph PRAN Todd Makeeff AEAA Charles Marchand AMCAN Brian Mathias 79 AMS3 Kurt Mattson AMSAA Nathaniel McElory A03 Randall McKim AOl David Merrill AQAN Glenn Miller ADS Steve Mix AA Brandon Moon AMEAN Karl Morrell AQl Joseph Moreland A02 Randy Nissen AZ3 Milton Palmer HM2 Kevin Perkins ATAN Douglas Purcell AOAN Rodney Robinson AA Jose Rodriguez AN Danny Rogers 80 A02 Edwin Rogers AN Rupert Roman AEl Jan Rosenow AMHl Brian Russell AZAN Harold Scheg AMS3 Chuck Segle AQAN Bill Sharp AEAN Robin Shanklin ■t-- 3ass: AMSAA Doug Snyder AOl Richard Stables AQ3 Steve Sukut AKAN John Sutter ADl Magtangol Tan AN Robert Thomas AKAN Joe Trussell PRAN Frank Valencia 81 AKAN George Wade AQAN Tim Walsh ATAN Eal Webster AOAN Roger Whiteman AQAN Timothy Zamora AN Tim Yocum AQAN Michael Yoes 82 VF-21 The Freelancers of Fighter Squadron 21 ' s role is to achieve and maintain air superiority whenever called upon. The Freelancers are commanded by CDR Gregg V. Southgate. The Executive Officer is CDR Francis A. Roberts. VF-21 is homeported at NAS Miramar, Calif. CDR Gregg Southgate CDR Francis Roberts LCDR Robert Adamson LCDR Bob Baker LCDR Mark Boose 83 LCDR Steven Collins LCDR Greg Gerard LCDR David Hayes LCDR Steven Hissem LCDR Michael Jeliner LT Donald Aumont LT James Barnett LT Dennis Bateman LT Gregory Brannon LT Kevin Bubb LT Richard Collier LT Clifford Driskill LT Frank Furbish LT Michael Killian LT John McCormack LT Philip Nelson LT Gary Pabst LT Peter Romaneski 84 L- i V 0 m 1 ' :■ • LT Alan Steichen LT Steven Tobia LTjg Ed Finley LTjg Bill Goodale LTjg George Murray LTjg Henry Nelson LTjg Thomas Powell LTjg Kevin Thomas ENS Jonathan Hart CW03 George Leffel AFCM Jim Best AZCM James Fitzpatrick AMCS George Christiansen AOC Chris Baireuther AQC Robert Barrett ADC Harold Carlisle AMEC Emmett Carpenter AQC Farrell Hiatt AEC David Lay ADC Mitchell Ruby 86 AMSC Bruce Smith ATC Robert Templeton AMEC Gary Wayers AKl Federico Abalos AMH2 Angelito Aguas AQ2 Mimke Albert A03 Terry Allen AEAN Chris Alvidrez AN Dan Anderson AQ2 Dana Angell AK3 Ernest Artrup ADS H. Maurice Ash AMSAN Chris Avery AE2 Amos Bailey AME2 Dan Banzon AE3 Robert Barito AMS3 Paul Barnes AMS2 David Bauserman AT3 Carl Berry AMH2 Kenneth Binger ADS Ron Bloch AN William Bright PRl Joseph Brown AQ2 Steven Brown 87 AQ2 Charles Burnett ADAN Rodney Burt AN Charales Camarena AE3 Raul Camarillo AMEl James Campbell AMSl Orlando Casinio AZ2 Lupe Castaneda AA Jerry Cato AQ3 Bruce Christensen AMMAN John Christy AMS3 Marcus Clark AMS3 Christopher Coleman AMH2 Peter Collins AT2 Tim Cotton YNSN Lanese Crewes AMSAN Joseph Cross A03 Steven Cross AMSI Gamali Cruz ' ■r 88 AMSAN Mark Cummings AMES James Dean AQ3 Larry Deas AS2 Ricardo Deguzman AW2 T. D ' Ercole AMH2 Alberto Divina AD2 Donald Dobson A03 Rowa Donovan AD2 Max Ebanks AMSAN Ronald Dunn A03 Jerry Edwards AOAN Brad Eggleton A02 Randy Fanton ADI Severino Francisco AQl Michael Gallop ADI Ed Gamat AEl Willard Gann AMSAN Johnny Garcia 89 AE2 Richard Garde YNSA David Garoner AA Hector Garnida ADl Michael Gatewood AA Steven Glascock AN Charles Green AN Dale Grice AT2 William Gunlock PR2 Bobby Haines AD3 David Hands AQ2 Jery Haynes AOAA Jonathan Heffron AQ2 Bently Henderson AMSl Jonathon Hendley HM2 Alex Hendrix YN2 Dennis Henman AMHAN Sean Hennecart AEAN Joseph Henry AMH2 Nate Hernandez AQl Charles Hill A03 Kevin Hill MSSN Mike Hoffman AT2 Charles Holmes AQAN Max Houston 90 AOl Phillip Humphrey MS3 Patrick Jenkins AME2 William Jenner AQAN Allan Johnston AE3 Andre Johnson AMEAN Quintin Johnson AMH2 Ricky Jones AME2 Lawrence Kemp AMS2 Larry LaPoint AK2 Larry Larson AT3 Eric Latvala AMS3 Dale Leach A02 Russell Lindberg A03 Kevin Lloyd YN2 Jose Lopez AT2 Edward Lowrie AMS3 Robert Lynch AA Robert Martinez 91 AME3 Thomas Marz AMHAN Cedric McClain AZ3 Bob McLain AE2 Roddy McLaughlin ADl Eduardo Medriano AA Greg Meyers FN David Moginley AMH2 Jeffrey Moritz AA Rich Morris AQ3 George Mullen AMSl James Myers AT2 Kenneth Myers AE3 Anthony Newton AQl Steve Overstreet AOl Richard Palmer AMHl James Pasalich AN Eddie Pastran A03 Jon Penesso AA Robert Pereira AD2 Sam Perry AN Richard Pierce AN Jerry Pollack ATAN Mark Prescott PN3 Robert Plumpton 92 Md % .W 1 J mm AD3 Mike Post PNl Stephen Quebedeaux ATS Richard Quinlan ATI Gilbert Quintela AQl Benjamin Quismundo ADS Jason Ramey AMES David Read AMS3 Brian Reed AMSS Steve Reviea AN Frances Richards AOAN Dwight Robertson AMSAN Tommy Robins ADAN Juan Rodrguez AA Brett Ruckle AQ2 David Rumford AEl Leander Salboro 93 ATAN Darryl Salter DKl William Sampson AEl Jorge Sasberon AK2 Jovito Saul AD2 Leo Scott AE3 Matthew Seaman AE2 Ralph Shults AMEAA Jeffrey Sinclair AN Leonard Skorstad AOl Richard Slaughter PRAN Dewell Smith II AE3 James Smith 94 AMSAN John Snider ATS James Sprouse ADAN Raul Stamp ADAN James Sthurman AZ2 Don Strode AN Louis Tavares AZ2 Donald Templeton AMH2 Mark Todd AMSAN Glen Turnipseed AE2 Hector Velasqvez AQ2 Russ Venable AN Nestor Visico 95 ATAN Dale Walters ADAN Tommie Washington YN3 Gregory Ward ATAN Christopher Webber ATAN Paul Weintraub AE3 Ronald White AMSAN David Williams AE3 Gary Williams AK2 Patrick Wilson A03 Timothy Wood AA William Woodel A03 Robert Wolfe AMH3 Patrick Yachcik A02 Tim Zimmerman 96 1 1 VF-21 Late Arrivals LT John H. Chase AR Raul A. Gilbreath A02 Raymond R. Gillett ADAN Edward D. Leonard ATAN Kirk Maske AZl Gregory McDougald AA Steven P. Stock 97 CDR Charles Weber Fighter Squadron (VF) 154, the Black Knights, participated in regular tactical air reconnisance missions, flying one mission over 2,500 nautical miles. Daily intercepts were carried out on a variety of air contacts. The Black Knights fly the F- 14 Tomcat, which has many outstanding air superiority characteristics. The challenge of the Tomcat is Any time, baby. Armed with Sidewinder, Sparrow and Phoenix missiles, the swing-wing air fighter forms the carrier battle group ' s forward wings of defense against an inbound enemy threat. During a July awards presentation, the Black Knights named the AME shop as their workcenter of the quarter for the period April-June 1985. The squadron said the honor is an award that resulted from hard, diligent work and dedication. The squadron is commanded by CDR Charles L. Weber. The executive officer is Alan R. Krause. The Black Knights are homeported at NAS Miramar, Calif. LCDR Thomas Bauer LCDR David Harris LCDR Robert King LT Mike Adan LT Theodore Cutler LT Don Curtis LT David Diller LT Robert Fallon LT Michael Gennette LT John Hudson LT Ted Jacobson LT Walter Owen LT William Padgett LT Dale Ross LT Mark Wolf LTjg Dean Laird LTjg Michael Maloney LTjg Joseph McNamaia LTjg Steven Spragg ENS Kenneth Braham AFCM R. E. Wilson AMCS Walter Dupuy 99 AOCS Albert Robbins AOCS Alan Zonkel AMSC Anthony Denning AQC George Towle AMHC David White AN Jim Allhouse AQAN Seth Anderson AT2 Thomas Ban ks ATI Merle Barnhouse AMSl William Bastian AD2 Richmond Blake AOAN Donald Brown 100 AMS2 James Brown AME3 Dan Buchanan AA Bradley Calloway AE2 John Cantu AMHAN Antonio Carvalho AZAA Andrew Clark AD2 Gerald Coffman AHl Howard Conwell MS3 Ray Czak ATI D.T. Davis III AZl Richard Buss AT2 Alfredo DeLeon MS2 Simeon Delos Santos AOl William Dermott AK3 Juan Diaz A03 Albert Dorcas ATI John Duarte AEAN Jeff Elliott AN Peter Pick A03 Gregory Fields AMSAN Jack Fish PHAN Joe Flesher AQ2 Philip Foster AMSl Peter Fox 101 ATAN Jeffrey Fuller AMS3 Alejandro Gaceta AE2 Darryl Gaines AQ2 Leslie Gerrard A02 Donald Grossi AZ2 Robert Hall AMSAN Steve Halley AQ3 Robert Hila £M AKAA Ledgardo Hinahon ADl Rolando Indiongco AK2 Daniel Inlenfeld A02 Peter Italiano AKAA Rick Kaneukster AMS3 Anthony Kilbury AQl Juris Kregers AMHAA Lawrence Kroll 102 AE3 Bill Laber AMEl Edmund Laing AMS3 Terry Lafferty PRAA Michael Lambert PHAN Gregory Levenberger DK2 David Locklear ATAN Dan Marchand ATAN Chris Martens ATAN Philip Mathis ADAN Williejoe Mathis AOAN Michael Mcintosh ISSA James Mclntyre A02 Jessie Medina AKl Glenn Miller AMHAN Arsenio Natividad AMSAN Duane Nelson AMSAN Fred Nielsen AN Lyndal Nix A03 James Oliver AMS2 Manuel Ong vico AMS3 Romeo Canonizado IS2 Joel Pate AEl Donald Patterson AOl Larry Plagman 103 AMS2 Armando Poblete BA02 Fred Poscharscky PHAN Frank Pratt AQl Patrick Quiring AME2 Mark Rudolph AEAN Tony Robles AME2 David Royce AQ2 Eugene Salmon AKAN Marques Sbenjamin AEAN Bill Shrewsbury AEl David Sims AD2 Ranier Sinjuschkin AMSAN Kenneth Slaven ATAN William Slye AQAN Kenneth Smith PRl Robert Smith PNl Guillermo Soriano AOAN Brian Sprague 104 AMSl Rudman Stevens AQAN Robert Thomas AN James Tipton AME3 Bradley Varvel AME2 Stephen Veinot A03 Mike Warter PHAN Kelton Washington AN Vince Watson AMH2 James Welborn AN Tom Wells AMHAN Philip Williams AA Timothy Withington AE2 Ty Witucki AZ3 Robert Zepp 105 VF-21 Late Arrivals LCDR Charles W. Nesby LT Robert Hansen, Jr. LT James Nelson LTjg Steve Diamond LTjg David Hattery LTjg Raymond Keller, Jr. AT2 Michael Allen AQAN Robert Harmon ATAA Julius Henderson AQ2 Mark Pfluger PNSN Timothy Sears ADAN Randy Smith PR2 Christopher Thompson AQAN Steven Ward YNSA John Wheat 106 The far reaching Eyes of the Fleet mission falls to Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, the Black Eagles. VAW-113 is commanded by CDR Cameron B. Place. The executive officer is CDR Frank J. Bush, Jr. The Black Eagles are homeported at NAS Miramar, Calif. CDR Cameron Place 1 AiMM . flfll H B -s ' aiByjI BBBB B B k Kt v.. .:. -,-.-. 1 - ■ • - „ - ,:ai CDR Frank Bush CDR Charles Brietigam LCDR John Hoden LCDR Ronald James 107 LCDR David Louzek LCDR J. Tellefson LT Robert Cowing LT Roy Clingenpeel LT David A. Harrington LT Jon Kraus LT Sam Larioza LT Thomas McClay Lt Steven Ogles Lt Mark Smith LTjg James Bean LTjg Cole Cowden 108 LTjg John Gombar LTjg Gerald Hihi LTjg Spotrizano Lugtu LTjg Brian Miller LTjg Charles Seitz LTjg Terence Shearn LTjg Michael Wagner ENS John Fleming ENS Doug Killey ENS Robert Sooner ATCS James Abbott AECS John Fogle 109 AMHC Bert Capili AKC Rubendante Mercado AMSC John Robinson ADC Kenneth Slater ATC Edward Stage ADl Arturo Abad AZ2 Angelino Abelida PR2 William Albers AN James Anderson AMS3 M. Atencio PRAA Arthur Bagwell ATI Michael Ballard AMSl George Bella AMS2 Leroy Bell ATAN David Bishop ATAN Ivan Boyer ATI John Buck AA Victor Carco mrik no AT2 Russ Carter AMHAA Malcom Chambers AT2 Dick Cleveland YN2 Ronald Collins AMSl Robert Cooper AMS3 Kevin Crouch YNl Peter Cruz DK2 Reynalto Devera ADS Bob Dickey PNl Hilario Dizon AE2 Chuck Drosos PN3 Jojo Enriquez 111 ATAN Farrow AZ3 Thomas Finley AEAN Mark Fiorino ATAN Dale Fireny MSI Gerry Giron AA Armaldo Gueco AA Francisco Guevarra AN Harlin Hansen ATAN Kenneth Harrison SN Victor Hernandez AZ2 Donald Hickman AN Anthony Hudson 112 AT2 Charles Hunt AMSAR David James A03 Gary Kobashigawa AN Rod Kurtz AN Peter Lawrence AMH2 Val Legaspi AMEl B.R. Lipphardt AE3 S. Paul Louris PN3 Paulo Malit ATAN Joe Mang ' ' ' r Kr—— ' liMiiiiiirT • ■ ' StKtK IK s - m 1 : % ' BL i H 1 W Hi AMS3 Joe Martinez AT2 Dwight Mattix 113 AMS2 Noel Melad AOl Ralph Mitchell ADl Curtis Morris MSSA Peter Normandin MS2 Francisco Parabot AT2 James Pierce ADS Marc Plotter AE3 Tim Pniewski YN2 Richard Pol AZ3 Tyroyce Pringles AT2 William Ries ADAA Robert Ruiz 114 AMEAN Timothy Ryan AE2 Gary Sanders AN Christopher Schafer AME2 Jeffrey Swartz AN Roehl Tano AD2 Rosauro Topacio AMS2 Melchor Trajano AMHl F.A. Valencia ATI James Walsh MS2 Joseph Watts AD2 Weldon Wendt AKAN Warden Williams AMH2 Keith Yeager 115 LCDR Jeffrey Simpson ENS Jeffrey Britton AA Ramil Babal AA Marcelo Bernaldez AA Frederick Buescher II AMHAN Michael Burford VAW-113 Late Arrivals AN Fabian Correa AK2 Ronald Dixon PRAN Donald Estheimer AMHl Martin Hebert AN Klmer Johnson AIV1H:J Michael Kirby PNI (Jorardo Misa AK2 James Rains 3| H ATAN Harvey Shelton AEAN Andre Smith AE3 Hanssen Wesley 116 VAQ-139 CDR Robert Dilks CDR Richard Clark The Cougars of Airborne Electronic Warfare Squadron 139 fly the Grumman EA-6B Prowler, the only U.S. Navy aircraft specifically designed and built for tactical electronic warfare. On this, the Cougars ' inaugural deployment, VAQ- 139 conducted studies on F A- 18 and EA-6B interoperability, the SH-60B LAMPS III system, ALE-41 chaff pod employment, NAVSTAR Global Positioning System operation, and Indian Ocean atmospheric phenomena. Daily operations involved conducting routine missions and the training and supporting of the Air Wing Fourteen Squadrons. The Cougars are commanded by CDR Richard Clark, who relieved CDR Robert Dilks during the WESTPAC deployment. The executive officer is CDR James K. Keresey. The Cougars of VAQ-139 are homeported at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. LCDR Steven Bulwicz LCDR Walter Donovan LCDR Dan Joslin LCDR Charles Kennard LCDR Richard Porrit LT Larry Bezold LT Charles Brannan LT Mark Brenkenridge LT Mike Fox LT Gregory George LT B. Johnson LT Ken Lipscomb LT William Martin LT Glenn Miller LT Rick Morgan LT Douglas Swoish LTjg Herb Arnold LTjg Robert Field 118 LTjg James Hamilton LTjg Kenneth Moss LTjg Donald Plucker LTjg Kenneth Skinner AVCM Larry Irvin ATCS William Dennis AECS John Faria ATCS Roger Johannsen AMCS Rodney Strandell AMSAC Timothy Arnold AMSC Edwin Davis AMEC John Boyle PRC Robert Howard AMHC Tim McCarthy ATC William Quellette AMS2 John Abrams AN Steve Aispuro AMSl Augustine Allen 119 AMS2 Fredrick Aripez AZ2 M. Armstrong AMEl Javier Awe AMEAN Richard Babb ADl Donald Bare AMS2 Walter Bedillian ATI Jeffrey Besnia AMEl Randy Baker AN Kenneth Bland AMSAN Phillip Bowen ATS Robert Broadwater AD2 Brian Brown A02 Robert Burch ADl Dennis Burrow AD2 Tim Bussard AEAN David Byington ATS Gregory Calvert AES John Carpenter 120 AT3 Larry Chervenka HMl David Church AEl Jim Coe PNSA Rick Collison PR3 Thorn Craine AE3 Daniel Curtis AN David Deck ADS J. DiCase ATI Ladd Dick PRl Fernando Dimaculangan AE3 Jay Dunn AE3 Oliver Dunn AN Ken Duquette AMS3 Kurt Elder AMS3 Roy Eslick ATAN Kevin Frary AMH2 Richard Fortuna AK2 Carl Grier 121 AD2 James Gvaat AT2 Gerald Habeck AT2 Joseph Haines AE3 Michael Hemby ASMS Kim Hobart ATI Roger Hull AZ2 Michael Humphrey AT2 J. Humphries AMS3 Bernard Husson AE2 Mark Jackola A03 Vince Jiacopello AK3 Steve Kennedy AMSAA Tony Kenword YN3 Mark King ATAN Brian Kiehn AMSAN Joseph Kortus AZ3 Leroy Kroll AN Rick Laczavics 122 AE3 David Laport AMH3 Russell Lee AN Thomas Leto AMH2 Randolph Macabitas AMHAN Eric Mateo AT2 Scott Matthews ADl Robert McCaffrey ATS Bruce McFarland AN Randall McNeal ADAN Guy Meinke AN Dale Meyer AK3 Donald Meyer AN Jeff Milacek A03 John Mitchell ADl Howard Moore AEAN Darrick Morales AE3 Michael Nalley AD2 Arsenio Nolasco AMH2 Osier Otero AN Jose Ovalles AD2 Lee Owen SN Anthony Peoples AEl Joe Perdue AT2 Daniel Petrone 123 AMES Paul Randazzo AMHl David Rodriguez AMH2 Douglas Plattlen AE2 Stephen Quimby ATAN J. Rogers ADS Jeff Roth AMS2 Michael Rumsey AA Mike Rutland I 124 t£: YNSN Stanley Sheftz AMH2 Walter Scheiderer A02 Rory Shimasaki AZ3 Gregory Skinner AN William Stewart PNl Joel Siruno AT3 Michael Tastet AN Patrick Templeton MS2 James Thomas 125 YNl B.J. Thuston AMS2 Mark Trapp AKl Josef ino Villamarin ADAN Mark Welling A02 Jesse Williamson AZAA La vrence Williamson ADl William Woods AMSl Remigion Zafra 126 VAQ-139 Late Arrivals CDR James Keresey LT John Chester AA Brian Black AA Grant Coulter AMEAN Paul Dorin AN Robert Dybdahl AT2 Marty Paterson AA Steven Robinson AOAA Anthony Roseborough 127 VS-37 CDR Donald Roulstone CDR Hugh McCullom Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 37, nicknamed the Sawbucks, flies the S-3A Viking to provide both anti-submarine missions as well as surface search and surveillance missions for the battle group. VS-37 celebrated a change of command ceremony onboard Connie July 11 as she sailed towards Perth, Australia. CDR Hugh J. McCullom relieved CDR Donald B. Roulstone and became the squadron ' s 37th commanding officer since the squadron was formed in April, 1942. CDR Roulstone took command of VS-37 in March, 1984 after serving as executive officer for 18 months. Under CDR Roulstone ' s leadership, the Sawbucks have established records for aircraft readiness rates for deployed squadrons, and set an Indian Ocean record for submarine combat time. Under CDR McCullom ' s command, VS-37 prepared for the post-deployment inspections and turnaround training period to prepare it for the next sea cycle. Replacing CDR McCullom as XO was CDR Danny George. The Sawbucks are homeported in NAS North Island, Calif. 128 CDR Tommy Roy LCDR James Brooke LCDR Wayne Dempsey LCDR Dean Fouriner LCDR Robert Keeper LCDR Kent Raysin LT Wayne Bauers LT David Dennis LT David Insardi LT Michael Mayer LT Donald McLeod LT Mark Mitchell LT Michael O ' Brien LT Ronald Phillips LT Bruce Prutzman LT Dennis Teemley LT Jon Wittreich LTjg Carlos Buzon LTjg Gary Campbell LTjg Douglas Dunkerley LTjg Byron King LTjg William Vanthof LTjg Ralph Ziegler ENS Brian Caldart 129 ENCM Walter Petty ANCM Stephen Sweeney AXCS Ronald Anderson AZC Luciano Alcantara AMEC Jack Bolen ATC Alan George AEC T.C. Green AOC Charles Holzwarth ADC Bernardo Pagulayan AMHC Richardo Rosado AEC Larry Woelfel AD2 Godofredo Abarro AE2 Mike Akers ATAN Raymond Anaya AM3 Ramon Ancheta AMES Gene Badbert AWl Richard Burton ADS Rey Buluran AMSAN Dave Brundige AN David Brown AA Joe Bowen AA Tonny Boyle AD2 Michael Bates PRl Randy Balaszi 130 AME2 Tim Buxton AX2 Wayne Busse AEAN Paul Byers ATAN Felix Cabrera AMSAA Roberto Campos AT2 Ken Carlsen AM2 William Clark ADl Marvin Collins AKAR Wilmer Conde A02 Joe Elseg AW2 Jeff Duitsman AA Dennis Durrant ADS Stephen Duncan AMHl Romeo Demdam AMSl Kevin Dalgleisa AA Jerry Dauglo AD3 Chris Couch AT2 David Corbet 131 AMEl Lee Fine AA Richard Franklin AEAN Robert Garns AMH2 Gilbert Gill AZl Mark Godfrey ADl Leopoldo Guzman AMSAN James Harwood AE2 Jeffery Hamilton AMS3 David Hatlestad AMS3 Richard Hitchcock PN3 Steven Hockhaus AZAN Reginald Hurt ATI John Hutzelman AE3 Richard Jolley AZl Jeffery Jones AMH3 Nilof Jornales AMS3 Stanley Josephs AGAN Kevin Judge AT2 Mark Knapp AE2 Stephen Kretching 132 AMHl Rodelio Lansangan AEl Gary Lawson NCI Kenneth Lekin AMS2 James Lenhart ADAR Matthew Luft AWl Erich Maas AW2 Robert MacBeth AKAN Paul Maes A02 Richard Maloney PNl Leon Manto AX3 Tim Marty A03 Daniel Matsey AWl John Matthai AD2 Patrick McDonald A03 George McMurdo ADS Jeff Mical AEAN Darryl Morgan PRAN Thomas Mose PR2 Alejandre Munoz AKl Eduardo Navarro AMHAN Douglas Nickerson ATAN Jim Nygren AMSAN Dennis O ' Leary AMSl Juan Otamias 133 AW2 Dan Parks ATAN Will Price AD2 John Quinn ADS Jose Ramos AK2 Philip Rao AZ2 Jim Rider A02 Reggie Riley AXl Gary Sander AK3 Robert Saporito AW2 Tor Saverstrom, Jr. AEl Bryan Schley AE3 Mark Schroenthler AMSAN March Schuize MSSA Kevin Simuel DK2 Melandro Sison ADl William Soslay AMHAN Edwin Stanford ATI Larry Steele 134 ADS William Steen AW3 Randall Style ATAN Randy Thomas AE2 Felix Townsend AW2 Anthony Trout AMEAN Mark Wahner AMSl Jimmy Webb ATAN David Williams ATAN Christopher Wright ATAN Richard Zeferjohn AXl Kevin Zent PR3 P. Zimmerman li navyI ' VS-37 t . • • 1 ' ft r k i f t U ' i 4 ii L .. VS-37 Late Arrivals CDR D.L. George LCDR Jeff Loving LCDR J.F. Winkler LT Robert C. Brown LT Raul J. Castaneda LT Douglas D. Clarke LT Paul L. Barring LT Larry A. Disney LT Kevork A. Hashas LT Stanley K. Lee ENS David R. Bilek CW03 Joe L. Bartlett 136 AD3 Noel S. Callanta AOl Robert D. Crow ATI Thomas L. Druland, Jr. AMS3 Michael W. Dulany AN Gerard J. Gagliano AZAN John C. Gasser ATS Fred S. Halton AN Lewis L. Johnson ADl Jimmy J. Manglicmot AN Kenny McGee ATAN Clayton A. Miller A03 Vincent R. Nichols MSSA Mark A. Passafiume ADl John E. Peng AMSAN Richard B. Young 137 Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron (HS) Eight provides the rotary-wing assets for Connie with its six SH-3 helicopters. The Sea King is a multi-sensor ASW platform, wr- T CDR Randy Abshier utilizing a unique variable depth dipping sonar, expendable sonobuoys and Magnetic Anomaly Detection equipment. Although ASW is the primary mission of the Eightballers, secondary missions include plane guard, search and rescue, and logistics. HS-8 ' s motto, Make it happen - made it happen, showed with over 2,300 hours on over 850 sorties during this cruise. HS-8 is commanded by CDR Randy Abshier, and CDR Douglas A. Yesensky is the XO. The Eightballers are homeported at NAS North Island, Calif. 138 CDR Douglas Yesensky LCDR Michael Brattland LCDR David Dahmen LCDR Castle Phelps LCDR Russell Smith LT Mark Baker LT Chris Borer LT Curt Bowers LT Robert Chamberlain LT William Cone LT James Pegram LT Matt Sturges LT Paul Toberg LTjg David Bean LTjg Laurence Kelly LTjg David Lausman LTjg Arthur Majerus LTjg Kenneth Mosley 139 ENS Robert Hignginson CW02 Terry Genton I IL K ■ A B AFCM Gene Roberts AMCS Donald Crawford AWCS Stuart Guyette AESC Kenneth McCar.ty ADC Kenneth Barker AMSC Danny Bermoy AXC Melvin Clark ADC Kenneth Kelley AE2 Robert Abelon A03 Dennis Allegrezza AMH3 Michael Alexander AEl Charles Asher 140 M m AX2 Alan Baker AW3 Robert Baker AD2 Zolito Balleser ADS William Belanger AZ3 M. Belliueau AXAN Charles Blasgburn AN Charles Boldt AMSl Bricks Bondoc AEAN Joe Broadway AWAN John Brough AX3 Joseph Brown AEl Kelly Brown AN Robert Brown AN John Bulman 141 AW2 Raymond Burgnan AMSAN Fred Carling ADS John Casey AE2 Larry Campbell AEl James Clements AMS2 Roberto Cordero AXAN Jean Cruz AW3 Kenneth Davis PN3 Leo Devries AN Ray Dickerson AW2 Bryan Easley AN Steven Faber spi YN2 Kenny Flemens A02 Jerry Freeman ;i v ' X 142 AMHl Teodoro Garcia AK3 John Graves AZ2 Howard Hagen MSSN Oscar Hagler AX2 Mike Hall AW2 David Hancock PN3 Terry Haney AN Rodney Hatten AW3 Timothy Hooper PR3 Paul Hovind AW3 Harry Hutchens III AO l Michael Jacobsen ADAA Bernard Januska, Jr. AMHl Godofredo Jimenez AWl Patrick Joy AMS3 Douglas Ketchum AT3 James Killeen AME2 William Kittle AD3 Jeffrey Larson ADA Ricardo Laurel 143 AKAN Robert Liegl ADAN James Lobb AMS3 Rick Lopez PNl Mark Lucas AD2 Christopher Martin AW2 Stuart Maland AOl Florenciano Malibiran AN Robert Manriquez AMSAN Brian McCall PNSN Ed McDevitt AOAN Terry McHenry AK2 Julius Medler 144 AD2 Thomas Meeks AW3 Carl Meyer AW2 Kenneth Meyer AZl Jack Mills AMSAN Lyle Moore ADAN Tony Molino ATI William Mueller AA Charles Mulcahey AKl Lamberto Mostrates AW2 Christopher Olivo MSI Dean Opalka AZ2 Steve Payne AMSAN Jon Pfeiffer AWl John Powell MSSN Darryl Price AMS2 Diego Rocamora AE3 John Rose ADl Deford Runnells 145 AT2 Daniel Ruthstrom AW2 Richard Sasala AMS3 Evan Sauer AOAA Glenn Sunderquist AN Brett Stanley AW2 Rick Stark AK2 Clabon Steward AW3 Jim Strasser AT3 Terrence Suyak YNl Charles Tucker 1 146 i w f % AW2 Lawrence Turner ADl Alez Udarbe AW2 Steven Vann A03 Martin Vincent AD2 Leon Walker ADS Clyde Ward AT3 Marty Widtfeldt AMH2 Charles Williams YNSN Kenneth Williams 147 HS-8 Late Arrivals LTjg William Dash MSSA Gerald Ballard MSSN Ferdinand Carino MS2 Rudolph Dimdiman AMHAN Carlos Fernandez MS3 Randy Hamptson 148 PR2 Kenneth L. LaChapelle ATS Gregory Lippe ATAN Walter Watson 149 On departing Hawaii, the EA- SE Skywarrior, affectionately called the Whale, joined the air wing on Connie with VQ-1 detatchment Bravo. Its primary mission is conducting electronic surveillance in support of the battle group. CDR Hugh Smith is the Officer- in-Charge. VQ-1 maintains detachments at Atsugi, Japan; Cubi Point, R.P. and on all Pacific Fleet carriers. CDR Hugh Smith 150 LT C. Mobley LT James Reed LTjg R. Cummings LTjg G. Shiple ATAN J. Appollonio ATAN B. Armand AXAN K. Barrett ATAN M. Bleakley AD2 Timothy Brown AZAN B. Evans ATAN S. Fuller YN3 J. Catalina AE3 R. Haas ATS R. Headrick ADl Ronald Mortimer AE2 Anthony Mutter AT3 J. O ' Malley AMH2 S. Pante 151 AMS3 F. Pierce ATI R. Poole PRAA S. Schweitzer AMSAA A. Simmons ATS J. Tew ATAN R. Woods CTI3 D. Wray 152 d ' j h AOC Teddy Schmidt ATC David Stevenson AQ2 Louis Jesse AQl Steven Holter AOAN Donald Reynolds AE2 Bruce Seay AGAN Alphonso Steptoe AQ2 Paul Zenz LT J.C. Gladyszewski PRl Steve D. Blankanship BU2 D. Scott Henson EN2 Scott M. Kingsley 153 154 Surfs up: Connie sailors hit the beach Humming the theme song from Hawaii Five-0, Connie sailors trooped down the brow and headed for four days of liberty in Honolulu, Hawaii. For a town that claims to be laid back, the pace was hectic. Three days, and a day of duty, are hardly enough to see it all. The first stop for most was Wakiki Beach, a mile-long strip of ivory- colored sand sandwiched between the glass and steel of modern high-rise hotels and the warm, semi-tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean. The touristy sailors had no trouble finding the hottest clubs and the finest restaurants, and Hawaii had them by the thousands. Sailors interested in the island ' s culture headed downtown to see the famous statue of King Kamehameha and the lolani Palace or the fantastic Bishop Museum. More adventurous sailors rented a car or took off on a bus to see the northern side of the island, trailing their buddies with surfboards who headed there in the first place. The North Shore surf rises 30 feet before it smashes into a sandy beach. After a day in the water, it was time to relax. A classy beachfront restaurant to sip a cold drink and feel the cool night breezes caress that ever-so-slightly sunburned skin was the perfect end to a perfect day. The North Shore also offered a look at ancient Polynesia in the form of the Cultural Center. Special Services offered a number of activities: a traditional luau was the biggest, and many sailors wondered how Thomas Magnum could stay in such great shape with all the good food in Hawaii. All in all, every Connie sailor learned one thing: When you ' re in Hawaii, you just HANG LOOSE!! 155 156 ftlJf 157 158 CDR George Mullen The Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department is headed by CDR George Mullen. AIMD ' s accomplishments for WESTPAC included installation of five sophisticated electronics test facilities in support of the Hornet and other air wing aircraft. Another accomplishment was complete relocation and rebuilding of the aircraft jet engine, structural repair and support equipment facilities. LCDR Norman Jones AVCM Donald Wolschlager AOC Thomas Lord ATC Philip Myers 160 ATI Richard C. Abel AE2 Victor Alvarez AT2 Dan Anderson AQ3 Russell L. Atkinson AQ2 Stephen Barteau ATAN John Brown AE3 Achim Dangerfield AT2 Gregory Davenport Jim Davis PRAN Randy Flock AR David Garrison PR3 Robert A. Gugerty AZAN Douglas Hanks AT2 William Hidalgo ' l Pl I ■ ;i AD2 Joseph Hooper Roger Hughston 161 A02 William Jurkowski PR2 Russell Mackey ATI Michael O ' Nan Richard Owens AQ2 Ward Pointer Don Rodgers AZ3 Norman Romick AT3 Jason Shaffer ATAN Nick Solberg ATS Allan Thompson ADS Keith Tolliver AT2 Frank T. VanHorn A02 Daniel Verrinder ATS John Welter 162 AT3 Robert West AT2 Daniel Wichman AEl Karl Prestwich AT2 Matthew Camper IM-l ' s functions are to provide material production control and administrative services. Production and material control are combined in order to effectively utilize personnel and material resources; this ensures prompt movement of components. Administrative services include control of a central reporting and record keeping system for maintenance records, maintenance of the master technical publications library and quality control assurance. LCDR Speer Ezzard LT Christopher Roum AQCS Richard Berry ASCS Arthur Steele AZCS Dale Wagner AMHC Patrick Fleming ASC Bernardo Santiago AZC Lynn Steele AZ2 Jeffrey Ammerman AZ3 Mervin Bain 163 AK3 Ronald Blagg ASM3 Roger Brewer AZl Bobby Clinton AXl John Dyslin ADl Virgilio Gaoiano ADl Joe Gimnich AZ2 Kenneth Goff AKAN Dean Hansen AN Joseph Johns ASMAN Michael Kitz AZAN Charles Maness AZAN Jeff Marder AR Vernon Martin AR Edward Miller AZl Keith Sibbert 164 IM-2 is the general maintenance division of AIMD. Their primary task is support of the air wing by repairing components that have failed to operate satisfactorily while installed in an aircraft. The authorized repairs are many and varied. Although the division has over 100 ship ' s company air wing TAD personnel performing many varied functions, most people are more concerned with the fact that they maintain Connie ' s own Miss Piggy aircraft, the plane that brings the mail on WESTPAC. AEl Larry Sinagub AEl Michael Smith AZAN Rob Styles AQl Norman Vick ATI Marion Ward AZAN Tim Young LT David J. Beck LT Douglas Minning ADCS Robert Ettel ADCS Leif Kristiansen AMSC Nemencio Santiago AMSC William Welch 165 ADC Ken Blay PRC James Hedlund AMHC Robert Vandoren AD3 Robert Alvarado AMH2 Angelito Aguas AMS3 Randy Arangorin ADS Ronnie Bays AMHl Carlos Biag AD2 George Boyd ADS Glenn Braud AD2 Brian Brown PRAN John Burke AMHAN Edison Bennett AMH3 John Carrol ADl Teodoro Chengcuenca AMS3 Jeff Cobia AMSS Artis Collins AD2 Carlos Corona 166 ADS Patrick Cox AD2 Roderick Craig PRAN John Cranet PR2 Renato Crisostomo ADAN Robert Deering PR3 Sy DeLeon AMH3 Scott Del Prince AD2 John Duncan AMS3 Kurt Elder ADl Keven Erickson ADS Ken Ertman AMS3 Lendon Fowler AD2 Joseph Fuller ADS Keith Garris ADl Vance Gooch ADS Jeffrey Graham ADS Robert Gregg AMS2 Dale Henry 167 AMS3 Robert Hera PR3 Jeffrey Hobrath PR3 Denny Hofheins AMEAN Mark Holden AMH2 Steven Hutchinson AMSl Gary Hysell ADl Julian Ifurung AMSl John Jackman AMH2 James Johnson ADAN James Kellerman AMS3 Michael Kendall AD3 Daryl Krenmueller AMSl Henry Ley AMHAN Joseph Locke AMS3 Don Lockett 168 PR3 Kevin Long AD2 Lewis Long PR3 Joe Lopresti AE2 Harold Massey PRAN Troy Medlin AD2 Kenneth Mitchell AZ2 Gerald Mobley ADl Tomas Montillano PRAA John Moritz AMH2 Leroy Mumford AD3 Steven Newgard AMSl Elvin Osterholt AMHl Samson Panganiban AMSl Arthur Paradise ADS Michael Perusse PR2 G. Romero ADl Philip Rueda AD2 Douglas Scott 169 AMHAN Dennis Shenefield AD3 Eric Sims AMS3 David Smith AMS2 Richard Speaker ADS Eric Strong AMH3 Amado Tadiarca AMH2 Leon Temple AMS3 Thomas Theisen AMS2 Douglas Walker AMH2 James Welborn PRl Jerry Wilson AMH2 Gary Zierk 170 IM-3 is reponsible for maintaining electronic electrical and armament equipment used aboard Connie. Some of the major systems supported by this division include: communications, navigation, ASW systems, radar, computers, instruments, weapons release systems, inertial navigation, electrical and fire control systems. In addition, their armament branch repairs various bomb ejector racks, missile launchers, weapons rails, aircraft guns and ammo loading systems. They also have a calibration lab for calibraion and repair of their own test equipment. LT Robert Alley CW02 Michael Wujcik ATCS David Dent ATCS Valton Krantz ATC Lawrence Bilex AEC Andrew Davis IM-3 ' s ATS shop was the first F A-18 support aboard a U.S. car rier. They are: (1) ATC Larry Bilek, (2) Walter Paskenalis, (3) AT2 Keith Smyth, (4) John Griffith, (5) Paul Dow, (6) Gordon McRoberts, (7) AQ2 Ward Pointer, (8) AQl J.C. Patterson, (9) ATI Richard Abel, (10) Russ Wright, (11) AT2 Glen Elliott, (12) ATI Manuel Delossantos, (13) John Amen, (14) AQ3 Russell Atkinson, (15) AQ2 William Hill, (16) AT3 Arthur Johnson, (17) ATCS David Dent. mCUL RIOUIlT ' AUTHOniZAKOM Mi— uq6 a '  li OJ; :l:-_Qi ' - L._PJ J ' ! X- ' - D- D— D- D ' esPscrFMLY A£pu£sr rmr a Gk u. riaK}MI«IL Of! (CI p □ _b5 d D ■ 00 0«l  «ln« ' f 000 «r.«, -rv ° |. ■■•.-« |. ' [■j « irvHiatMC -t   0 .«it|0 ATC Gary Rainer AQC Jerry Zumbro AEl Jim Adessa A02 John Agnew AT2 Guy Anderson AQAN Randy Anderson AT2 Ron Alexander AN Donald Alford AT2 Calvin Allison AT3 Jeffery Appleby ATS Scott Ashleman ATI Elden Baker William Babcock AQ3 Randy Bayne AT2 Danny Bettinger AT3 Carl Berry AEAN Ronald Block AT2 David Brant 172 AT2 Jamie Brewsington AT2 Daniel Bower ATAN Ivan Boyer AQl Abraham Cabal AE3 Raul Camarillo AQAN James Canzler AE3 Pep Cardenas AE3 Savas Chavez AN Tyrus Cobb AT2 Alberto Claros ATI David Cunningham ATI Conrad DeJesa AQl Danilo Delacruz AT2 Alfredo DeLeon ATI Manuel Delossantos 173 AQ2 Edward Desjarlais ATI Ladd Dick « AE2 Lyle Diediker AOl Kenneth Dodson AQ2 Carl Dortch AT2 Steven Downey ATI John Duarte AE3 Jay Dunn AXAN Robert Duvall AEl Michael Eanes AT3 Glen Elliott AE2 Stephen Ellis ATI Philip Esposito AT2 Hugh Farrell AT2 Michael Fennessey AEAN James Ferrara AE2 Mark Florez AT2 Thomas Foree 174 ATI Michael Fry AT2 Steven Gabler ATAN James Gagin AT2 Dennis Gahaghan AQl Michael Gallop AK3 Roy Garcia AE2 Richard Garde AT2 David Garrison AQ3 John Garrison AE2 Darryl Gaines ATI Leonard Gemar ATI Edward Gierka ATS Walter Gilliam AQ3 Eugene Gilligan AT2 Randall Gilliand 175 AT2 James Godsey AT2 Steve Graham AXAN Anthony Graue AT2 Joseph Grigalivnas AT3 David Guynn ATI Delman Haddock AT3 Robert Hamilton AQ2 Kenneth Hammond AEAN Willie Harnes ATI John Harris AT2 David Hartle AQ2 Tim Havas ATS David Heath AQAN John Hendricks AT2 Matthew Herl AE3 Peter Hess AKAN Terry Hickey AQ2 William Hill, Jr. 176 ATAN Cliff Hillmann AT2 Sung Ho AT2 Charles Holmes AT2 Jeff Hosier AQAN Max Houston AQAN Lee Hudson AQ2 Eddie Hull Robert Jameson AQ3 James Jacinth ATS Greg Jacossy AST3 Dennis Jaglin AE2 John James ATS Arthur Johnson ATS Brett Johnson ATI Kenneth Johnson ATAN Karlton Jolly AT2 Terry Jordan AX2 Gregory Kayser 177 AT2 Jerold Knox ATI Charles Kunkel ATS Gary LaFrenz A02 Johnny Landrum AT3 Scott Larson AT2 Ward Larson AT2 Don Legler AE3 Gene Letty AKAN Jim Likely AQAN Patrick Mackey mm AX3 Shawn Mahoney AEl John Magee AT3 Kevin Marquart AN Brent Marquette ATI John Martin AT2 Steve McGovern AXAN San Mercer AQAN Andrew Michael 178 Jh MH gm AT3 Matt Mignealut AQ2 Darrell Milner ATS Gary Moser AT3 Charles Mueller AE2 George Mumford ATI Paul Murphy AEl David Nairns ATAN Robert North AE3 Robert Oatis AE2 Mark Oliver AQl James Patterson ATS Brian Pekarek AT2 Daniel Petrone AST2 James Pierle AES Ruben Pineda AQS Kevin Poche Stephen Pollock AT2 Mark Pranger 179 AT3 Daniel Raffaell AZAN Johnny Reyna AT2 Michael Roberts AXAN Craig Robinette AT2 Michael Rosinski AEl Willie Ruff Rudy Sigarlaki AEl David Sims AT AN Jerome Skufca AT2 Jimmy Smith AKl Leroy Smith AE2 Brian Speight ATS James Sprouse ATAN Harry Surprenant ATS Terrence Suyak AQ2 John Swane AT2 Gabor Szovati AE3 David Thompson 180 ATAN Dan Tharp AQ2 Rich Tissot AQAN Kevin Tollenaar AQ2 David Tomlin AEAN Jeffrey Tooker AMH2 Davis Toth AQl Joseph Vancuren AQ2 Russ Venable V i v - ' J AE2 Larry Vos AT2 Alfonzo Wallace AQ2 Richard Wayda AXl James Webb AT2 David Wehrle ATAN Paul Weintraub AT2 Eugene West AE3 Ronald West AQl Randy White ATAN Ohris Wilcox ATAN Anthony Williams AEl Dennis Williams AT2 Randy Williams AE2 Robert Wilson ATI David Winn 182 IM-4 maintains approximately 400 pieces of ground support equipment and is used by the air wing, Weapons Dept., Air Dept., Crash and Salvage, Supply Dept., and other AIMD divisions. IM-4 runs its own production and material control. Production control establishes work priorities and assigns work to the various work centers, of which there are six. Material control orders parts and maintains files on money spent. The vital role of the people in this division is reflected in the saying, There ' s no Air Support without Ground Support. LTjg George Killian ASC Edward Cooper ASC A.J. Miller ASl Ernesto Acosta gM f ASMS Larry Barnhill ASEAN Carl Brathwaite ASMAN Vincent Brodit AKAN Marcus Byrd ASMS James Clemanes ASM2 Mac Cochran ASM 2 Floyd Def finger ASl Robert DeLeon ASAN Roger Dunworth ASM2 Gary Gleason ASM2 Steven Haug ASl Charles Jonas ASEAN Randal Kreifels ASMS Ray Lagadon ASM2 Victor Landreth AZl George Makarias ASS Leo Mallari ASMAN Douglas McCauley 184 ASE3 Terry McClure ASl Michael Medina ASM2 Barry Morris ASEAN William Mulder ASMAN Charlie Myers ASE3 Scott Olberts ASl Rodrigo Reyes ASM3 Mark Ricciardi ASM2 Charles Roediger ASMS William Ross ASMS Donald Sheffield ASE3 Roy Soares ASMS Alex Trejo ASMAN Burt Van Denheuvel ASM2 Rich Victa ASMS James Whitaker ASE2 Rick Yandle 185 186 Constellation visits first foreign port: Philippines Shortly after concluding her first port visit to Hawaii, and shortly before her second, Connie visited the Philippines. Tying up at NAS Cubi Point, Connie ' s crew enjoyed their time in the Philippine Islands. Olongapo, the sailor town outside the gate of Naval Station Subic Bay (of which Cubi Point is a part), is hardly more than a look at the Philippines than Tijuana is a look at Mexico, yet Olongapo is the place to go. Most sailors see only two streets in Olongapo, streets of blaring music, bars, San Miguel beer and sidewalk food stores. But off the main streets and outside Olongapo is where sailors have a chance to meet the real Philippines. Sailors who took advantage of Special Services ' tours found themselves on a raft in a sweltering tropical jungle staring at the waterfalls used for the native village scenes in the movie Apocalypse Now. Other tours took Connie sailors to a flat open rice field or even in the hurrying bustle of 12 million people in downtown Manila. Many spent an afternoon relaxing at the ship ' s party on Navy-owned Grande Island in the middle of Subic Bay or drifting through an aquamarine world beneath the glassy calm Philippine waters. A small few Connie sailors took the sage advice of the old salts and made friends with a Filipino. A guest in P.I. is treated like a king, introduced to the entire family upon arriving at a host ' s house. There were those who participated in Project Handclasp, helping out those in need and strengthening the bonds of international brotherhood between the U.S. and P.I. Of course the base had its attractions, too, but still the majority of the crew whiled away their liberty on Olongapo ' s main drag, Magsaysay, until they heard the call signaling the end of liberty and the return to heavy action of a carrier at sea. ' t r7c=a 187 Connie sailors lend a hand I BK: f «.A 1  . . J ■ ,.;-:■ ■■ - ■. ■■.: ■■ 3 [ ' ltA( l H 2 oSa !m r ■- While other Connie sailors eagerly queued up for buses and taxis to take them out on their final day of liberty in P.I., another, smaller group sat on a bus waiting to go on a somewhat different kind of liberty. Armed with paint, this group headed to an old elementary school in rural Subic. The sailors were participating in Project Handclasp, a program that enables the military to help out the needy in various countries of the world. This project was organized by Connie ' s Command Chaplain, CDR Allan Latty. 188 ■ij s. ' SW.r— ■.- ■•■-y ' . ' -:: ' i.V- ' ■ ' . ■ ■ 4 • ■ ' i f ' Mt B i p _ i«i ' ' Wr B ' - ivi ' ' l l j I E kCRv ' v K ' 4 Tf Air Department The ability to maintain the national interests of our country and support the air wing ' s responsibilities for power projection ashore is dependent on the Air Department. Over 400 highly skilled and dedicated technicians are honed into five unique divisions that are responsible for all flight operations aboard Connie. Air Department ' s accomplishments for WESTPAC included installation of the newest flush- deck catapult launch system on all four catapults to facilitate quicker and safer launching of all aircraft, and in particular, the Navy ' s newest strike fighter aircraft, the F A-18 Hornet. Air Department is led by CDR John W. Davidson. Combined, the five divisions of the Air Department comprise Constellation ' s Finest, and ensure that Connie is able to project her naval power anytime and anywhere on the seven seas. CDR John W. Davidson 192 V-1 division controls the safe and timely movement of aircraft about the deck and between the flight and hangar decks, re-spot of aircraft, the operation of four deck edge elevators, crash and salvage equipment and tractor utilization. To accomplish these tasks, V-1 has Aviation Boatswain ' s Mates and Handlers (ABH ' s) who are readily identified by their rainbow shirts. Directors wear yellow, the chocks and chains gang wear blue, as do the tractor drivers and elevator operators, and Crash and Salvage wear red. LCDR Brad Leininger LCDR David Rutkoff CW03 Mike Alford ABCS Tom Cullen ABHC James Clement ABHC Carl Leabo ABHC Cornelius L. Moorehead ABHAA Jay Alexander ABHAN Daniel Averill AN Robert Ballow AN Gener Barbon ABH2 Matthew Bartley ABH3 Douglas Bigler AA Byron Brow n 193 AA Curtis Bundy AN Dale Chadwick ABHAA Robert Darnall AA Charles Deckard ABHAN Michael Denlinger ABH2 Leonard Dolan ABH3 Greg Duty AA Werner Ebner AN Chris Ellis ABH3 Malcolm Forbes AN Rick Garcia ABHAN Wayne Gathie AN Richard Gatzmer ABHAN Randy Hanson ABH2 Henry C. Hastings, Jr. ABH3 William Herring AN James Jackson AN James Johnson 194 AN Michael Johnson ABHl Dale Kimmey ABH3 Clifford W. Kuti AN Joseph Lagade AN David Lamansky ABHAA Ray Leinart AN Shawn Leroy AN Ron Lindup ABHl David Loew ABHl Jeffrey Madsen AA Gilbert Mares ABH3 Robert Martin AA Kevin McConnell AA John McKenzie 195 ABHl John Mears ABH3 Charles J. Meeuwsen AA Michael Menard AN Miguel Munoz ABHAA Norman Nelson ABHAN Doug Nichols ABH2 Donald Patrick ABHl Joseph Reynolds ABHl Mark Rhedin ABH3 Carlton Robinson AA James Ross ABH3 Keith Saddler ABH3 Steven Schell AN Craig Shults 196 ABH3 Jim Sidley ABH2 Darrell Smith AR Michael Smith ABHAA Charles Snook ABHAN Jonathon Standridge ABHl Thomas Thorn ABH3 Nick Toloudis AN Zeffrino Topbes SN David Walton AA William Wohlgemuth 197 LCDR Glen Lanzer LCDR Allan Todd LT Rob Sprague LT John Theroux ENS Edward Stacks ABEC Dennis Blagg ABEC D.A. Lang ABEC Kevin Tracy ABEC Abraham Vinoya ICC Cody Wallace ABES Jim Abbott AA Gilbert Aldridge V-2 V-2 is responsible for the maintenance and operation of Constellation ' s aircraft launch and recovery equipment, including the ship ' s catapults, arresting gear and visual landing aids. The division is made up of men from the ABE, IC and EM ratings. During flight operations, personnel from V-2 man 84 different workstations. As an aircraft carrier, Connie ' s massive offensive capability is dependent upon the ability to launch and recover aircraft, and it is V-2 that performs this important role. 198 AK Kevin Avise AA Hugh Balfour ABAN Amadeo Barraza AA Don Basped AA Michael Becker AN Kevin Bellomo AN Phillip Blach ABEAN Marshall Blacksher ABEAN Ralph Blough AB2 Russell Burden IC3 Robert Burtze IC3 Tomas Bustamante ABEl William Canty ABE2 Thomas Cameron AA Mark Caramella AA Denny Carrillo 199 ABEl James Cheeseboro AN Gary Chiles ABEl Cracker Charlton ABE2 Richard Claiborne AA Kevin Clark AA Anthony Colarossi AN Douglas Cole IC2 Charles Cooper AA Randolph Crowther AN Drexel Cunningham ABE3 Wesley Cunningham ICFN Lee De Forke, Jr. IC2 Rick Dial EM2 Michael Dohmen 200 ' ' J k AN Mondo Dominguez ABEl Don Donovan AA Jeffrey Dowdell EMFN Jeff Dryer AA Darrell Eddington ABEAN Roger Encarnacion ABEAN Jean Felix AN Manny Fernandez AA Michael Fish ABEAN Gregory Flourney ABEAR Franco Orlando AA Mike Frantz ABE2 Gerald German AN Gary Glass AN Scott Gordon ABE2 Judge Graham 201 ABE2 John Hackert 1C3 Shawn Hallums AN Gregor Hansen ABES Daniel Harrell AA Randy Henderson ABAA John Honeyager AA Jeffery Honeycutt ABEA Scott Houke AN Chad Hutson IC3 Herb Jaunzemis ABES David Johnson ABES Edward Lee Johnson ABES Geoffrey Joseph ABES David Kelsey AN Eric Kidwell ABE2 Rick Kiesau ABEl David Kilhefner ABEAA James King AN Anthony Kohn ABEAN John Krasta 202 AA Joel Laneros AN Freddy Lara ABE2 Bradley Lash ABEAN Al Lermer AA Michael Lucas ABEAA Chris Martinez ABES John Maze AN McKindree AVAN Buzzy Mills AA Robert Moran AN Anthony Morris AA Thomas Murchs ABE2 John Murray AN Gregory Nachor 203 ICFN Daniel Newton ABEl Harry Northcut ABE2 Mark R. Ottens ABEAN William Oyler AN Philip Owens AA Jose Perez ABEAN Michael Pinson AN James Poteet ABES Dave Quay AA Edwardo Reyes IC3 Bernard Riddle FTM2 Roy Richardson AA Timothy Riley EMFN Brian Rollins jn 204 IC3 Zarvar Roudtree AN Michael Schattel AN B. Schleef AA Chris Seymour AA Steve Selmon AA John Sky ABEAN Scott Snowdon ABE2 Jerry Snow, Jr. ABEAN Craig Starring AA Dominique Stephenson 205 ABES Bernardo Suarez ABEAN Scott Sutton AA Reynaldo Tiong AN Abraham Trillas 206 IC3 David Vanderwall AN Carl Watson AA Randy Whittaker IC2 Anthony Wilson I IC3 Phillip Wood AN Robert Woods IC3 Paul A. Young AA James Young AN Lawrence Youngblood 207 LCDR Arthur Terrell ABHC Gary Cordes V-3 is responsible for anything that happens on the hangar deck. This includes aircraft movement, cleanliness and upkeep, maintenance requirements and all other functions which occur on the hangar deck. Additionally, the division maintains a constant watch and is always ready to combat aircraft fires. V-3 consists of six aircraft handling crews. Personnel are also assigned to the damage control crew, supply and the division ' s berthing compartment. The division has a big job, but they are well trained to handle any contingency and perform their duties flawlessly. AN Randall Albanese AB3 Regalado Bayan AN Jeff Beam AA Scott Bell AA William Brach AN Victor Correa AN Severino T. Cruz ABHAN Dennis Davis 208 AN Johnnie Davis AA Dave Detra AA Jose Dickson AA Jeff Eddey AA Jayson Ferrer AN Thomas Flannery AN Norman Flores AN Anthony Grzelak AN Brian Hendrix AN Steve Hughes AR Andre Jenkins AN George Leon 209 ABH3 Craig Lepp AN Jeffrey Mackey ABH3 William McCaa ABHAN Clarence McClenton ABH2 Karl Michener AN Timothy Mines ABH2 Steven Nichols ABHl John Otten AA Jeffrey Park AN William Keep AN ELizar Reverente Dennis Rohman AN Manny Rubic ABH2 Larry Siddons 210 AA Stephen Smietanko ABH2 William Stitt i AN Efren Tijidor ; AN Jose Valencia AN Michael Wilder AA Wayne Wilton AR Eddie Young AN Ronald Young ABH3 Christopher Yurick 211 V-4 V-4 ' s primary responsibility is meeting the refueling requirements of all aircraft safely and efficiently during flight operations. Better known as the Grapes, V-4 also defuels aircraft, fuels tractors and TAU ' s, provides lube oil to the catapults, supplies emergency diesel to the ship ' s generators and assists Engineering with maintaining Connie ' s list and trim within specified limits. During the WESTPAC, V-4 pumped over 16 million gallons of JP-5 to the air wing during 12,000 aircraft refueling operations. LTjg Craig Richard ABCS Don Anselment ABFC Dennis DeBlois ABFC Kenneth Longacre AN Komron Ajir AN Kenneth Amell ABF2 Steven E. Baldwin ABFAA Carey Bates 212 ABFAN Vincent Benjamin ABF2 Richard Bennett ABFAN Ronald Bernack ABF2 Russell Bjork AN Michael Black ABF2 Franco Blackmon ABFAN Kirk Bogart ABFl Floriano Ciballos AN Patrick Conlin ABFAN Robert Curl ABFl Billy Duke AN Richard Favela ABFAN Barry Ferguson AN Eugenio Fines ABFl Mike Fitzsimmons AN Todd Fortin 213 AA Gregg Garavet ABFAA Charlie Gingrich ABF3 Randall Gould ABF3 Brian Hallock ABFAN Charles Howell AR Troy Hubbard ABF2 James Irby ABFAN Edward Jackson YN3 Alan Jones ABFAN Craig Jordan ABF3 Phillip Kanish AN Christopher Keyser ABFl William Koski AN Kevin Kyle ABFAN Jay Leavitt ABF2 Mark Lee 214 ABFl Bruce Lyman AN Robert Mathis AN Gary Meadowcrolt AN ABF2 Kim Michaelis ABFAN Tim Miller ABFAN Danial Miner ABF3 Joseph Niles AN Robert Ravese ABF3 Randall Rohrer AN Jose Rosales ABF3 Glenn Scerbicke AN David Schroeder 215 AN Carl Seymour ABF3 Robert Smith AA Shannon Smith AN Gary Spell ABF2 Keith Stark ABF3 Brett Steinbeck ABFl James Steward ABF2 Daniel Stilwell ABFAN Chris Sullivan AN Leon Thompson ABFl Larry Trimble AN Gary Turner AN Ron VanHarten ABFl Robert Warren 216 AN William Weston 1 AN Michael White ABS3 Jimmy Whiteside ABFl Earnest Wilson AN Gerald Wilson II AN Marland Woods AA Edmund Wodzenski AN Ken Youngs ABF3 Lawrence Yuzwa 217 V-5 V-5 is staffed by the men who act as the brains for the operation of aircraft on Connie. V-5 maintains the administrative efficiency and provides the clerical expertise for the Air Department. In manning Primary Flight Control, they assist the Air Boss in accounting for all aircraft being launched or recovered. They work a pilot aircraft status board, log the exact time of each launch and recovery, and maintain communication with Air Ops, the bridge, ready rooms, flight deck, arresting gear and catapults. CDR Joseph Coiner CDR John Davison CDR Robert Leone LCDR John Maxey ABCM Otis Williams AA James Culley 218 ABE2 Deric Erickson AN Gary Graham AN Gary Hansen AN Daniel Luman YN2 Marvin Martin YNSN Gregory Rench AA Christopher Staggs SN Chris Swafford YN2 Terry Whitley 219 Air Department Late Arrivals LT Steven A. Watkins ABF3 Jesse W. Bryant ABES Steven Burk AN Owen N. DeLang ABE3 Ronald K. Erickson ABF3 Joe Navarro AA Robert J. Fluff ABHAN Francisco Ramierez 220 IC3 Gary Struck AA Bryan K. Swartz ABEl Jack Vela AR Anthony Williams ABHl Robert Wilson 221 -G« w • 1 fc..iA.. .-■■-- |: - -Tfii H 1 ' j; : ilvK L 1 222 ' iliililiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiti ' 223 224 Singapore roars Singapore, the City of the Lion! The name conjures up images of oriental mystery. It is an image of slowly turning ceiling fans, the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel, and lovely Asian ladies serving Singapore Slings to men in white silk Panama hats. Yet the name also conjures an image of a dynamic modern metropolis where glass, steel and concrete skyscrapers soar above the tranquil waters of the world ' s second largest seaport. Connie ' s sailors spent three days in this rich cultural polyglot that is Singapore. Liberty parties reached the city after a 30 minute ride in a motor junk from where Constellation was anchored. Singapore is a modern financial mecca intermingled with the elements of its exotic past. It is a melting pot combining old and new as well as an admixture of the races of the orient and the world. The sights of the people from India, China and Malaysia, their customs and cultures, and their temples, Buddist, Moslem and Hindu, were rewarding experiences. But what is stimulating to the eye does not fill the stomach, and Connie sailors had no trouble finding places to eat. Singapore offered a host of restaurants with a wide and varied menu. Though Singapore offers cultural attractions beyond compare, it also earns its title as Asia ' s Marketplace. Goods of the world flow through the Straits of Melacca. Many spent their liberty haggling with hawkers over that special something, especially on the infamous Bugis Street. Liberty in Singapore would not be complete without a visit to the Raffles Hotel. Named for Sir Stamford Raffles, this is where the Singapore Sling originated. There were also many tours offered through Special Services, giving Connie sailors a chance at an organized sightseeing outing and providing plenty of images for the camera to capture forever on film. With all there was to see and do, no one thought Connie had enough time in Singapore, a part of the exotic mystery that is the Orient. smApan 226 , , , f: W , d f v ' ii - V r  ii m . m W ' V- i . 1 ' . ■ w W 1 1 v y f? % 7 -m i i- 1 UiL V IH H t : i 1 ■■ ■ .. l ' ' ... il k. r -jrr HhT v ' ' ' - .-■- -,pr-v - ' - , ;■ ' ■ ?T -:- •- ,- ' - -■ n Chaplain Dept. Connie ' s Chaplain Department consists of three chaplains and eight Religious Progam Specialists. The Command Chaplain, CDR Allan Latty, is the captain ' s principal advisor on matters of religion and morale. All three chaplains work together to conduct the Command Religious Program for the Commanding Officer. This includes Catholic Mass, Protestant worship services, religious education programs, Bible studies, religious tape and film series, baptism instruction and premarriage instruction. V CDR Allan Latty The Command Religious Program also includes the facilitation of lay leader led services for Jewish, LDS, Apostolic and Church of Christ personnel. LCDR John Madden LCDR Peter Nissen AA John Brooks SN Frederick Land 230 RPl Brian Keeling RPSN Rodney Nettles SN Mike Parker RP3 Patrick Williams i u fe] 232 )fferson perforins for Connie sailors who ' want to know ' I was born a lonely singer, and I ' m bound to die the same, but I ' ve got to feed the hunger in my soul. And if I never have a nickel, I won ' t die ashamed; ' cause I don ' t believe that no one wants to know. Kris Kristofferson This lonely performer still sings about Bobby McGee, still sings to those who want to know how to change the things they complain about, and he sometimes doesn ' t even get a nickel for doing it. Such was the case for the grey-bearded Kris Kristofferson when he performed twice April 28 in a DOD USO sponsored concert on Connie, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I ' m gonna sing some songs about heartaches and heroes, said the 48-year-old performer, clad in a black T-shirt and black cords standing in Hangar Bay One on a makeshift stage. And that is just what the songwriter, singer, actor and family man did. He, Billy Swan and five other band members played their own original songs. Hundreds, even thousands of men watched the entertainers punch out such favorites as I Can Help, Me and Bobby McGee and Help Me Make It Through the Night. Not only did Kristofferson and his entourage perform, but they also met the crew. From the visit to the bridge for the official Welcome Aboard from CAPT John F. Calhoun, to the tour of the ship, to the cake cutting ceremony in Flag Mess where they met RADM Leon Edney, to the ice cream social on the after mess decks, nearly everyone on board got a chance to shake a hand or get an autograph. 233 ■ • 5S • Il lk i M • ' ' MM ■■■■ . m Jw , ' J. so. TOURS 1 U8.0 TOURS ,. ' ' s. |p ' «?- ' 4t ' 5C f Communications Dept. The ship ' s Communications Department is responsible, under the Communications Officer, LCDR Stephen Cabrian, for the operation of the communications facilities complying with the general instructions issued by the Chief of Naval Operations and with specific instructions regarding communications issued by responsible senior officers. The Communications Department is responsible for Naval Communications; official. private or commercial, carried on by means of radiotelegraph, radioteletype, radiotelephone, and visual. The Communications Department will provide and maintain reliable, secure and rapid communications to satisfy command control requirements in support of Pacific Fleet and world-wide Naval operations. The department is responsible for the care and planned maintenance of equipment used for radio LCDR Stephen Cabrian communications, the preparation of communications reports, and for the procurement, custody, correction and distribution of publications issued to the ship by the director of the Communications Security Material System. i I I 236 i CW04 Charles Walker RMC Donald Williams RM3 Steven Anderson RMl Charles Amies RMSN Ronald Bailey RMl Donald Barnett RMSN Jerry Bodrick RM3 Jesse Caldwell RMS Irving Carr RM2 John Carr RMSN John Cerro RMl David Cramer RMSN Daniel Cyr RMS Joe Dato RM2 Roberts Davis RM2 Edwin Duncan RMS John Duplessis RM2 Jeff Estep 237 RMSN James Farar RMS Timothy Fling RMSN Reg. Hall RM2 John Hammersmark RMSN Eddie Hight RMS Randall Hughes RMSN Eugene Hunn RM2 Randy Johnson RMS Tod Johnson SA Arthur Jones RM2 Kelly Kitterling RMl Richard Kuhn RM2 Daniel Lacoste RMl Patrick Ledger RMSN Richard Lingenfelter RMS Neal Long RM2 Eugene McEfee RMS James Metcalf RMl Allan Mills RMSA Joe Mora RMSN James Moser RMS Ernie Navarette RMSN David Panvelle RMS Stan Pollock 238 ' MmdA The signalmen of CV Division are the silent communicators of Connie. They provide for the relay of information when backup communications are required. YN2 Tony Yancy RM3 Kirk Probasco RMSN Raymond Ream RMl Gary Retzlaff RM3 Harlan Rhome RMSN John Rice RMSN Edward Scott RMSN David Seslar RMSN Richard Stover RMS Harold Strader RMSN Mark Swigart RMSN Mark Taylor RMSN Efren Thompson RMSN Dave Toepfer RMS Kirk Tostenrude RMSN Jack Viveiros RM2 Kenneth Voight RMSN Leonard Whitcomb RMS Donald Williams 239 LTjg James Kirkendoll SMCS Michael Cragg SMSN Scott Coleman SM2 Christopher Culley SMSN Carroll Fox SMSN Theodore Gepford SMSN Tim Hudson SMS Kevin Jackson 240 SMSA Stephen Landry SMI William McPherson SMSN Christopher Sessum SMSN Robert Vaughan Communications Late Arrivals SMSN John Bahr SMS Jeffery Cain RMSA James Difebo RM2 Dennis McDonald RMSN Robert Vandelac 241 Captain ' s gig chosen best in the Pacific ' We had to lay off and wait for a signal to approach the landing . . . then after we made the approach and were graded on docking and appearance and equipment, a senior chief who was one of the inspectors said that our gig was the best he ' d seen in ten years. These words describe an event that occurred during WESTPAC 1985. They were spoken by BM2 James Griffin shortly after Connie won the Best of the West Captain ' s Gig competition in the Philippines. Griffin, along with BM3 Matt Greenfield and FN Douglas Johnson operate and maintain the captain ' s gig. They saw the competition March 30, against nine other gigs from Battle Group Delta ' s ships, as an opportunity to prove something that they felt was obvious all along: that theirs was the best gig in the Pacific Fleet. After mooring to the dock and undergoing a close scrutiny from their inspectors, the crew was ordered to get underway and make the port accomodation ladder of the USS Hepburn. Once there. Griffin was ordered to get underway and return to the flag landing. More tests ensued including a surprise test where Johnson was told to simulate a fractured knee. Johnson was satisfied with his shipmate ' s first aid abilities and so were the judges. The gig was sent back to Constellation and Johnson was sent to a classroom on base to take an engineering test. Johnson ' s inexperience, coupled with the fact that he was competing against first and second class petty officers seemed to indicate that he was facing some tough odds in that classroom. Apparently, nobody told Johnson about the tough odds though, because his was the highest score of the competition. It ' s a priviledge to be associated with the best gig in the west, Greenfield simply stated a few weeks later. As bowhook, Greenfield is the safety observer on the boat while it is in the water and acts as assistant coxswain. He has been in the Navy for two and one half years and spent most of that time working on the gig. It means that you ' ve been recognized as having a ' can do ' attitude - that you ' re squared away and responsible. Griffin nodded in agreement. When you look at our gig, you should say to yourself ' 4.0 ' , he maintained. It requires 100 percent and a lot of attention to detail, but that ' s what you should see when you look at this gig. Connie ' s win was no surprise to Commanding Officer CAPT John F. Calhoun. He thinks that Connie ' s is the best captain ' s gig he ' s seen in the last 20 years. I expected Connie to win, CAPT Calhoun said, because our gig ' s crew is the most personally squared-away of any gig crew in my experience. Deck Dept. Deck Department is manned by the Navy ' s oldest rating — the Boatswain ' s Mate. The Boatswain ' s Mate is responsible for the traditional duties of men at sea. These duties include maintaining mooring lines, operating and maintaining ship ' s anchors, and marlinspike, deck and boat seamanship. One of the most important functions of the Deck Department is operating the ship ' s underway replenishment stations. While the ship is at sea, food, spare parts, and all fuel must be transferred from other ships. The Deck Department accomplishes this by the use of three fueling stations and two provision stations. The UNREP is inherently dangerous, however, through diligent training and dedicated people, Connie was able to replenish herself with an outstanding safety record during WESTPAC. Deck Department is also responsible for a big morale factor onboard ship - liberty boats. LCDR John Bell When Connie anchors out in a harbor. Deck Department is responsible for ensuring that liberty boats are available to take everyone ashore. Whether it ' s assisting in mooring liberty boats or actually manning the boats. Deck Department ensures everyone has access to liberty. 244 1st Division maintains the Foc ' sle, where anchoring evolutions are performed. 1st is also responsible for the storage of paint and tools for the ship. CW04 Roger Ellis BMCS Arthur Grehalva BMC Darwin Martinell SA Greg Allen SN Henry Auxier SA Daniel Certa SA Kurt Debniak SN Dave Floyd BM3 John Gerving BM3 Matthew Greenfield BM3 Frederick Hayston BM3 Robert Herman SN Terry Hrasch BMl James Jensen SN Maurice Jordan BMSA Paul LaMarche 245 SN Brian Laserna BM3 Buddy Lawrence BM2 Mike Light SN Jose Martinez BMl G. McGuire BMSN Michael Medrano SN Ronald Prado BMSN Randall Redding SN Mark Robinson SN Jimmie Rodriquez SN William Schultz SA Gregory Sevey BM3 Frederick Hayston SA Benjamin Trujillo SN Eric Weaver BMl William Weber 2nd 2nd Division is responsible for the maintenance and preservation of Deck ' s UNREP gear. 2nd also ties up the aft end of the ship when mooring and is responsible for the fantail and stern accomodation ladder. BMl Richard Bailey SN James Chapman SA Carl Gordon BM3 Dave Headley SN Fred Norvil SA Alan Scott BM3 Mark Torres SN Guillermo Urrutia SN Robert Wilds 3rd Division is responsible for the ship ' s two motor whale boats, the davits and handling equipment associated with them, the afterbrow and the quarterdeck. BMC Merle Anderson 247 SN James Baily BM3 Sherman Biddle SN Greg Boyce BMl Jaime Cauabyab SN Ron Gillette BM2 John Griffin SN Dennis Hogle FMSN Donald Koshmider BM3 Randy Naiman SA Jeff Nordmam BM2 Bob Skinner SN Edwin Tan SN William Taylor SN Steve Wilkins SA Henry Wilson BMl Larry Wise 248 ENS Michael J. Cameron SN Anthony Capello SA Donald Mack Deck Dept. Late Arrivals SN Charles Orsini SN James D. Schmitt SA Andrew Rivard 249 im, jm Ships as big as Connie require staggering amounts of supplies. Her boilers can burn 130,000 gallons of fuel in 24 hours and her crew routinely consumes 15,000 meals a day. Since it is impractical for her to return to port every time she runs low on supplies, supplies come to her. Underway replenishment, or UNREP, and vertical replenishment, or VERTREP, is an at-sea evolution that does just that. UNREP requires Connie and a supply ship to travel in a parallel course at the same speed and at very close range for hours at a time, no matter what the sea conditions are. VERTREP, often combined with UNREP, involves helicopter transport of pallets from the flight deck of a supply ship to Connie. 250 5 •w A ' r J Dental Dept. CDR Robert Brunhofer On Connie ' s second deck lives a department as small in number as it is huge in scope. As for their job, it ' s one that crewmen see the results of every day, whenever they pass their shipmates on the ship and exchange greetings, or when they ' re on liberty and flashing their dazzling smile to the cute number who just walked into the bar. Led by CDR Robert Brunhofer, the dentists and dental technicians comprising Connie ' s Dental Clinic provide dental care for over 5,000 men at an average rate of 100 patients per day. Dental work as diverse as flouride treatments and root canals are handled routinely. The success of the clinic should not be measured in quantity alone, but in the top-notch quality of work the patients receive. As far as house calls go, the Dental Clinic is available for emergency treatment 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which is a good reason for every Connie crew member to smile. LCDR Timothy Flanigan LT Mark Hansen LT Art Ferrario DTC David Crittenden 252 DT2 John Calbert DN Bryan Craig DN Mark Desborough DA Greg Fajardo DT3 Shawn Gallagher DN Kenneth Harvey DT3 Edwin Jessal DT2 William Jones DT3 John Hornback DTI Marty Antoniop DN Rodelio Ramos DN Raymundo Roxas Dental Department Late Arrivals LT Stephen Waterman IV DT2 James A. Boyd DA Joseph M. Dixon DA Daniel J. Malkiew icz 253 254 s CAPT Geoffrey Chesbrough CDR Charles Davis CDR David Rose LCDR David Bertagnoli LCDR Thomas Pinney LCDR Trugve Woodard LT Charles Connor LT William Fosseem MMCS (SW) Peter Luat DSCS (AC) Michael Rexford RMCS (SW) Edward Sweat 2S6 OS2 Clinton D. Burdick RM3 Troy D. Carbo OS2 Michail J. Diose RM2 Sean M. Ellison MSI Manny Giron YNl Thomas C. Kurtz OS2 David C. Mason Dr. Robert N. Maver OS2 Timothy A. Pratt RM3 Clarence D. Russel 257 258 Connie sailors cross the line It ' s a long-standing tradition in the Navy, a rite of passage hallowed by those who have endured it. Its origin lost in antiquity, the tradition known as crossing the line, when a ship passes over the equator is when sailing men subject those unfortunates who have never before crossed the equator (wogs) to the traditional ceremony which turns them into trusty shellbacks. Still, there are those who seem to enjoy the ceremony - especially those who have already been through it - so it survives. It flourished aboard Connie May 18, as she paused at the equator and some 3,344 wogs lost their wog-ginity at the hands of the trusty shellbacks. Ominous signs began to appear a few days before the actual date: salts eyeing the boots with malevolent grins, the sounds of sawing and hammering and ugly laughter behind curtains festooned with the words WOGS BEWARE, among other signs. Nervous wogs began to issue statements of bravado and innuendo, threatening immediate reprisal for any particularly scurrilous violation of the shellback torture handbook. It came to pass that Davy Jones appeared before the commanding officer with an intractable demand for retribution from King Neptune. CAPT. John F. Calhoun had allowed his ship to enter Neptune ' s domain infested with wogs. Appeasement was demanded, and agreed to. A ceremony would be held, and trials given. A Royal Princess had to be chosen, and many lovelies were seen on Connie TV and voted on by the crew. MM3 Reggie Hughes of Coyote Ugly, Kansas, was the unanimous pick of the litter. The night before the main event was spent by the wogs preparing padding for certain parts of the anatomy that would get more wear and tear than others. Then, it happened. All right wogs, get your slimy wog-butts out of your racks, was the word at reveille. The wogs heaved out dressed in wog fashion. On your knees, scum, was the second order of the day as the wogs crawled to a breakfast guaranteed to make a goat turn away. It was up to the hangar bay next, where a cast of hundreds of wogs were engaged in the 20 minute Wog- Workout. Wogs imitated dying cockroaches, hopped like bunnies, woofed, barked, sang the Wog-Jingle Bell Anthem, and then to the flight deck for the real trials. There would be no denying King Neptune his due. The flight deck resembled an aquatic version of Dante ' s Wog-Inferno. They passed between two lines of power-whacker shellbacks and to the royal babies for unspeakable debasement. Next on the wog odyessey were the stocks where some wogs, near the end of their ordeal, refused to be intimidated any more. Imprisoned in stocks and about to experience a warming trend in his southern hemisphere, one gutsy wog hollered, Go ahead, you !!@@ $$%% shellback - make my day! The shellback complied respectfully. Next, they were sent to the royal garbage chute, crawling through what looked like what was rejected for breakfast. Finally, the baptism of garbage was over, and after a ceremonial shower, they emerged as shellbacks. Hopelessly soiled clothes were cast into the ocean, the jolly roger flapped and winked from the port yardarm and the Ruler of the Raging Main was once again pleased with the good ship Constellation and her 3,344 new and trusty shellbacks. 259 iJP ' TS ji ADJUSTER J Engineering CAPT James Taylor The Engineering Department provides the steam, electricity, fresh water and ventilation so necessary to support every vital system, every department, and every individual in the crew. CDR Robert Fortson The snipes, as they are affectionately called, work around the clock in the company of demanding machinery. The dedication necessary to keep Connie ' s screws turning, spaces cooled, fresh water flowing and motors turning cannot be taken lightly. It ' s a job for a strong team, and one that has been performed superbly throughout the deployment. Prior to the WESTPAC, Engineering accomplished the largest ship ' s force engineering overhaul package ever attempted. This included the overhaul of 56 major auxiliary pumps and turbines, six air conditioning plants, five refrigeration compressors, three emergency diesel generators and over 3,000 valves. Prior to overhaul, this package had been idientified as the highest risk to an on time overhaul completion. This work and the subsequent propulsion plant examinations were completed two weeks ahead of schedule, an all-time first for a Pacific fleet carrier and providing the impetus for the two week early overhaul completion. The key to this success was the superb cooperation which developed between shipyard and ship ' s force personnel. The joint dedication to quality and schedule was capped by an enormously successful sea trial completed early and highlighted by a full power run in excess of 30 knots. LCDR Rick Merten LCDR David Pratt LT Randall Deck LT Bruce Kimmick ENS Grant Sisworth CW02 Patrick Walsh CW03 Edward Danico ETCM Joseph Eikamp 262 MIH fl| 3 A Gang is responsible for all engineering auxiliary equipment not located in the main machinery spaces, and for systems and equipment located from the bow to the stern. HTC Cornwell Kaiwi HTC Doug Norgard HTFA David Bruton YNSN Robert Bachman ENS Jerry Glover FN Walter Griffin FN Ronald Kralicek YNl William Leslie IC3 Petronilo Martinez HTFN Rick Mayer HTFN Joseph Parente FN Peter Prigmore MM3 Richard Sinn HTFN Jason Sponseller BT3 Roger Stephens HTl Gerald Taylor LTjg Fredrick Nuttall MMC Faustino Millado MMC Dionisio Pornan MMl Bienvenido Arboleda 263 FN Patrick Archer FA Alexander Baclig MMFN Troy Brace MMFN Monty Brownlee FN Craig Charoon MM3 Steven Clingaman MMFN Craig Cook MMl Rogelio Dineros MMFN George Delahoussaye MMFN Armando Delrosario MMFA James Farley MMl Cesar Felarca MM3 John Fleming MM3 Thomas Finch MM3 Narcisco Fernandez FR Jacob Fotovich MM3 Jeremias Geralde MM3 Dana Giles MMl Senen Gonzalez MR3 Dennis Gray EN Dennis Haynes FN Stanley Hiebert FA James Hoebing FN Nathaniel Hollie 264 MMFN Spence Holland FA Billy Holt MMFN Winston Jagpat FN Douglas Johnson FN Jeff Kaisk FN Steven Kane EN2 James Kimery MM3 T. Krauhouse ENl William Lattimer MMFN Leonard Long ENFN Robert Lopez MMl Wilfredo Lugar FA Bob McCureay FN Stanley McDaniels MMFN Ross McElroy MMFA Horace McKee MMl Robert Miller ENl Dennis Munro FA David Neiert EN2 David Newcomer 265 MMFN Tracey Norniel FN Brian Osborn MMl Frank Pacubas MM3 Sisenando Palma MM2 David Paynes MMl Kevin Pooley FN Kenneth Reeves MMl Renato Reyes JM a FA Lawrence Rutkowski FR Jess Sanchez MM3 Nick Sanchez MMl Ricky Saunders MMFN Larry Riley MM3 William Roach MM3 Geoffrey Roberts FA Sergio Rodriquez 266 MMl Arturo Santos MM3 Randy Schmidt MMFN Ricky Smith ENFN Steve Smith ENS Phillip Smitherman ENFA Gregory Steiner M1VI2 Jessie Ting ENFA Rodney Underwood 267 MM3 Brent Ward FN Stephen Walker MM3 Robert Warrick ENFN Kevin Willard MMFN Kevin Williams FA Dennis Wirfel MM2 Michael Wyatt ENFA Walter Wynn MM3 Samauel Yourison MM3 Jay Zunker LT Michael Turpen CW03 Charles Buie EMC Rolando Halili EMC Reynaldo Tagulao From the aircraft warning lights to the pitsword, from the bow light to the wake light and all points in between, the presence of the IC ' s and EM ' s of E division is felt. 268 EMI Arturo Abueg EMFN Restitute Bancairen EMFN Larry Bardroff EMFN David Becker IC3 Richard Braschler ICFN Gary Brewer ICFN Kenneth Brocker EMS Donald Bulmahn EMI Ernie Cabral EMS Benigno Capili EMFN Juan Collazos EMFN Jeffery Covell EMI Romeo Dalisay IC3 David Duchene ICFN Vinny Dauge EM2 James Fezel EMFN Thomas Geiger EMS Andrew Guerrero EMS Edgardo Ibe EMFN Warren Johnson EMFA Steven Keller IC2 Charles Krams ICS Jim Kramer EMS Manuel Lambino 269 EMI Domingo Lazatin IC3 Evariste Le Due IC3 Wayne Lien EMS David Marshall EMS Michael Martin EMS Daniel McConnell EMI Teodato Mendoza EMS James Michalek 270 ICFN David Montgomery EMFN Daniel Ochoa EM3 Mark Ogilvie ICFN Terrill Parton EMI Carl Pieplow EMI Daniel Portugal EMS David Rine EMS Arnold Santiago EMS Patrick Schuman EMFN Bret Scott 271 IC3 David Snowdon EMFA Francisco Torres FA Melvin Vanmeter EM3 Daniel Walker Along with being Connie ' s very own firefighters, the men of R Division handle a variety of other important tasks. The HT ' s keep the ship ' s watertight integrity systems in good repair, maintain repair lockers, SSD, C02, AFFF and ship ' s firemain systems. R Division also provides all the ship ' s plumbing, sheet metal and carpentry services. LT Joseph Stiglich LT Dave Wright LTjg Khalid Khidhr CW02 Tom Spaid MRC John Alcantara FN Christopher Afflick HT3 Tony Alsip FA Douglas Anderson FR Larry Anderson HTl Robert Anderson HTFN Tim Baker FA Kenny Beaty 272 4AJil ' iA FA Adam Borja MR2 Henry Bowers HTFN Kent Brown HTFN David Brandon FR Greg Brown FN Brady Bullis HT2 Donald Brunet HT3 Steve Bundy FA Todd Caraher MRl Ray Carpenter HTFR Patrick Carroll HT2 Brian Clark HTFN Donald Cobb HTl Mark Comeau HTFN Rudy Compton HTFA Gregory Connell HTFN Paul Conlin FA Thomas Contreras MRS Antonio Coronado Jr. MRFN Bret Cottingham MRS Chet Coulombe HTFN Robert Covington FA John Cropper HT2 Craig Cunningham 273 HTFN Gregory Daigrepont HTl Laren Danielson HTFA Gary Demon HT2 Geraldo Dejesus HTFA James Delp FN Scott Dove FN William Doyle HTl William Duty HTFN Stephen Echols HT2 Frank Emerick FN Gus Falkenmeyer HTFN Timothy Ferraioli 274 MR3 David French HTFA Ronnie Gann HTFR Terrence Gibbons HT3 Randall Glassmyer HTl James Graham MRS Scott Hall HTFN Jerry Heinrich HTFN Charales Havens HTFN Mark Haywood FN Lance Hayhurst FA Shawn Howe MRFN Bryan Howie FR John Ivins HTFN Dean Jackman HTFN Mel Jaggard FN William Jimenez HT3 Milton Jones HT3 Thomas Kelder HT2 John Kellom MR3 Jay Kohl HT2 Gary Kreidler HT2 Ron Lacount MRFA James Lawson HTFN Brian Lemmer 275 HTFA Jeff Lindenmayer HTFN Curtis McSweyn SHSN Uonald Mears FA Anthony Meehl MRFA Scott Miller FA Charles Ne man HTFN Robert Nugent HTFN Daniel Price HTFN Lloyd Orr HT3 Walter Silva, Jr. MR3 Andrew Smith FN Carroll Spahn MRFN Ronnie Stevens FN Jon Stroud FA Shawn Sullivan HT3 Guy Sumrall HTFN Guy Thatcher 276 MRS Richard Thornton MR2 Tito Tigno HTFA Brett Torrey FA John Trujillo HTl August Valcik HT3 Harry Walker FA Arthur Wear FA Lawrence Weinberg HT2 Michael Williams 277 FN Allen Wiskow HTFA Matthew Word S iL - - J 4 1 i T. r LT Patrick O ' Kane LTjg Stephen Metz MMC James Doran BTl Joseph Arsenault The men of P-1 steam the forward main machinery rooms on Connie. The division is composed of BT ' s, who tend the four boilers in the forward main spaces, and MM ' s, who care for the main engines. 278 MM2 Antonio Artluz BTFN Mark Bailey BT3 David Barry BTl Tim Beaster FA D.R. Brinley BT3 Ronald Danielak BTl Douglas Edens BT3 William Foster MMFA Stephen Gibbons MMFA Alexander Gines BT3 Paul Gurule MMFN Gregory Hawkins 279 BT2 Richard Haynes BT3 Jerry Heath MMFN Michael Hewett BT3 Timothy Hoehman BTl Michael Jett BT3 Lance Kruse MMFN Vincent Lawless MMFN Paul Leone BTFN Thomas Mabey BT3 Phillip Martin FA Stephen Martin BT3 Weldon Maypole MMFN Lee Mc Call BT3 Thomas Mc Carthy BTFN Gregory Meads BT3 Dale Miller MMFN Bruce Morton MMl Christopher Mundy BRFN John Noonan BTFN John Nordstrom MMFN Robert Pagah BTFN Mike Parker MM2 Luis Pereira 280 MMFN David Person MM2 Ronald Peterson MMl Joe Roberson MM3 Cornell Rousseau MM3 Michael Salvador FN Terry Siegfried Arthur Spencer MMFN John Summers MM3 Calvin Temaat MMFN Dennis Wicker BT3 Nicholas Woolman BT2 Randy Wright 281 The men of P-2 steam the two aft main machinery rooms on Connie. The division is composed of Boiler Technicians (BT ' s) and Machinist ' s Mates (MM ' s). The BT ' s tend the four boilers in the aft main machinery spaces while the MM ' s care for the main engines and other associated machinery in the two spaces. i-t ' : ,-lt, BTl Irvin Anderson MMFN Jesse Azevedo BTFN R. Backert MMFN Kurt Becker MMFN William Burrow BT2 Brian Cebrian MMl Stephen Champ MM3 Nathan Collom 282 BT3 Rick Daggs LT Kevin Doty MMFN Chuck Downey MM3 W. Dunbar BTC Cesar Galac ENS Richard Hawkins BT3 Mike Kolash BT2 Jon Lenz MMFN Robert Madgwick MM2 Glenn Mc Donald BTFN Marac Mc Farlane BT3 Shawn Mc Gregor MMFN Timothy Merrifield FN Michael Morano BTFN R. Pearson BTl Richard Perkins BT3 Sidney Phelps BT3 Glen Plumley MM3 Joseph Reich MM3 Jeff Reith BTFN Brett Robb BT3 John Rossman MM3 Andy Schmidt BTFN Larry Simmons 283 BTFN J. Skibinski BT2 Martin Strauss BTFN Michael Sullivan BTFN Daniel Westgard f Mm MMFN Tim Witt BT3 Harold Willsey 284 Keeping Constellation ' s eight boilers on line and in good repair, and performing maintenance on the thousands of valves throughout the engineering plant is the work of P-3 Division. P-3 is composed of MM ' s and BT ' s. Included in one of Connie ' s most vital divisions is the Automatic Boiler Control and Boiler Repair Shops, the Valve Maintenance Shop and the associated machine shops. gjM m. ENS Kent Mann CW02 Arthur Wildberger BTC Michael Deno BTl Raymond Arizo BT3 Chuck Besozzi BT3 John Bickell FN Paul Bonner BTl Marcelino Estores MMl Norman Hiatt BT2 Richard Maguire BTl Isidro Mendoza BTFN Matt Nauts BT2 Lonnie O ' Farrell BT3 Milton Rolison BT2 Eliezer Segismar BTFN Sanford Selvey 285 BTl Scott Smith BT2 John Texter III BT2 John Wettlaufer 286 It takes an enormous amount of fuel to keep Connie steaming and her planes flying. The men of P-4 division are responsible for all aspects of fuel transfer and storage of the diesel fuel known as DFM and the jet fuel known as JP-5. In the Oil and Chemistry Labs, they labor to ensure a high quality of fuel is available at all times. Whenever the ship goes alongside a sea-going gas station like USS Camden (AOE-2), the Boiler Technicians and Machinist Mates of P- 4 are along to lend a hand to direct the refueling operations. LT Patrick Donohue LTjg David Wenner BTC Gilbert Neisch FA Orland Cho BTFN D. Claiborne BTFN Paul Delesbore MMFN Sean Finn BTFN Phillip Fox BT2 Jeffrey Gaudette BTFN Richard Gore BTFN Kenneth Kastner FN Layitrrence McDay 287 BT3 Carroll Miller FN Robert Moser BTFN Robert Oscar FA Jim Reap BTFN Steve Sokolowski MM3 John Stalnik FN Bob Staylor BT2 Esteve Stinson BT2 Steve Stinson BT3 Trent Thompson BT3 Richard Waltman FA Lonnie Wells 288 P-5 Div. The men of P-5 work in the ship ' s Auxiliary Machinery rooms, providing 400,000 gallons of fresh water daily. They also service the SSTG ' s. LT Rayndel Musico BTC Philip McCaw MM3 Sam Carroll BTFN Frank Crosby MMFN Richard Degregory 289 MMFN David Gougeon FN Dwayne Gouthier MMFN William Guerin MM2 Earnest Hamilton MM3 Wes Holcomb MMFN Thomas Huffman MM3 Chris Hughes MMFN Calvin Mac Gregor MM3 Clyde Mefford MMFN Sean Mills MM3 Mike O ' Neill MMFN John Petersen MMFN Rick Pitts MMl Constantine Roa FA Robert Rogers FN Richard Shaw FN Rodney Stone MMFN Stan Sullivan MM2 Nicanor Torres MM3 Todd Ullman MMFN Mark Walmer MMFN Jeffrey Walton MMFN Greg Weigum MM3 James Wiegand 290 c . I ■M l Engineering Dept. Late Arrivals ENS Richard Reed MMCM Allen Kallner EMC Camilo Geron EMC Howard McGuin BTl Wayne Barwick HT3 John Boots MRFA Stephen DeSoto MMFN Macario Eclevia - _in. 292 HTFN Steven Hurtado EMI Rene Landry EMS Guy Middleton ICFA Jay Phillips YNSN Andreas Schwab IC2 Virgilio Soriano ICFA Keith Stinson BTl Mike Weaver 293 vK ' P I America ' s Flagship for Africa ' visits Kenya With all the news about African famine, when Connie ' s crew was told they were going to Mombasa, Kenya, there was sure to be someone who could turn our visit into more than just another liberty port; rather, it would become a reaching out of the hand of brotherhood. This man was AXl Willie Jiles, and he spearheaded a fundraising drive that netted $5,217.29 that was presented to the Kenyan Red Cross. Jiles, with the assistance of the Public Affairs Office, LCDR Phil Pritulsky (chairman of Connie ' s Welfare and Recreation Committee) and many others, a number of fundraising projects that made Connie ' s latest nickname, America ' s Flagship for Africa, especially appropriate. But the visit to Mombasa wasn ' t all serious. A number of enjoyable tours arranged by Special Services were available that took Connie crewmembers to wildlife safaris, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the plain of Tsavo and other places. 294 Those with a taste for the excitement and intrigue of the big city boarded the west-bound train and headed for the action in Nairobi. The train took a tortise- like 12 hours to make the 300 mile journey to the capital. Nairobi, which means The Place of Cool Waters, featured many sights for the men to see. One such sight was the Kenyatta Conference Center, a 28-story building encompassing the Kenyan Cultural Center with its spectacular circular tower that resembled a giant, sleek flying saucer. Another sight was a hospital for the sick and injured animals from Kenya ' s many national parks. Outside the cities of Mombasa and Nairobi lie the vast open savannahs, the tropical jungles and volcanic mountains of Kenya, a land unchanged since time bega n. In this wilderness of bumpy dirt roads and dusty rutted tracks live some of Africa ' s most famous wildlife species. Connie ' s adventurers headed into the great national game parks in chartered micro-buses with folding sun-roofs. Shutters clicked constantly on early evening and early morning game drives through the Tsavo West, Masai Mara and Amboseli Parks. It ' s beautiful, almost like God looked out from the clouds! one Connie sailor said. Kilimanjaro! Rising majestically in the distance, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa dominated the southern sky on the plains of Amboseli, the perfect backdrop for the wildlife. While some didn ' t make the tours, nearly everyone on board purchased at least one of the many wood carvings for sale all over Mombasa for great prices. And then, before long, it was back to Connie and patrol in the Arabian Sea. But the memories remain . . . memories of the Africa of adventurers, the Africa of Kilimanjaro. . . memories of Africa, the land of a thousand faces! WBbi I H ■ H --•- v EHPiP H H : v H f ' WSStK ■• ' ■ . , . - ' . if. I jl ri - 296 J mIj au«, U ' Jisr 4iKr 297 .1 hf- ' . i - 299 Executive Executive Department is divided into four divisions, all under the control of the Admin Officer and ultimately, the XO. From the Post Office to Personnel to Public Affairs to the Master-At-Arms, the department provides a variety of services vital to daily life aboard Connie. LT Thermon Kemp 3U0 X-1 X-1 Division is made up of the Public Affairs Office, the Print Shop, the Special Services Office and XO Admin. The PAO runs the ship ' s television and radio stations, and with the Print Shop, produces the ship ' s daily newspaper and familygram. The Special Services group staff Connie ' s gym, and handle tours and others activities. XO Admin is the XO ' s own staff of yeomen. They also produce the POD. SN Ricky Bell FA Christopher Denlinger I h - ' . ' ; jift- -M.- ' YN3 Theodore Dodson SN Tyrond Duplantier 301 LIS Bart Goodwin AR Robert Griffin JOS Richard Jennings JOSN Jon Knutson SA Perry McKinney JOS Charles W. Miles, Jr. YNSN Douglas Nau YNS Jeff Powell AN Patrick Shelby AA Darrin Spriggle JOl Frank Summers YNSN Kennedy Thomas AN Joseph Wikowski 302 The Personnel Office is X-2 Division. Personnel handles service jacket entries for awards, promotions, transfers, separations and reenlistments. The P ersonnelmen work long and hard hours out at sea, as well as in port, providing the crew with the highest standards when dealing with personnel records. They work closely with many other offices, coordinating their efforts to ensure that there is the fastest service available. PNSA Gregory Brady PN3 Gerard Cardenas SN Emmanuel Stella SN Bradley French PN3 Julius Inman PNSA Anthony McCormick 303 PN3 Mark Padilla PNl Rick Paguio SN Noel Sardido PNl Reynaldo Quirante PNSN Donald Wilburn PN3 John McElroy PNSN Gary Sexton PNSN Dan Slemmons 304 CW04 Martin Tubbs YNSA Chris Amos X-3 Division consists of the Captain ' s Office, Post Office and Substance Abuse Counselor ' s Office. The Captain ' s Office maintains ship ' s company officer records, controls command correspondence, reports, directives and publications. The Post Office processes tons of official and personal mail, as well as selling millions of dollars worth of stamps and money orders. The Substance Abuse Counselor ' s Office is responsible for the command substance abuse program, working to prevent the abuse of drugs and alcohol. YNl Freddie Flanagan BTl Roger Hartwick YN3 William Meek L? V SN Johnnie Mewborn f . j YN3 Roderick Peterson ' ] YNSN Christopher Sowell PCSN Robbie Robbins PCI Gary Watts SN Brian Whitley 305 X-4 The ship ' s Master-At-Arms force is X-4 Division. They report to the Executive Officer and see that general orders, directives and uniform requirements are complied with. They also carry out investigative assignments and maintain good order and discipline. One noticeable job they do is the issuing of speeding tickets to personnel not conforming to Naval grooming and uniform standards. Another job involves the random searching of personnel for drugs or other unauthorized or illegal items. AG2 William Arseneau SN Michael Ball HT3 Allan Barber MAI Roger Barrie AD2 Basil Thomas BT2 Shawn Beard 306 ABEl Thomas Bina ABHl Charles Bladdick AN William Brown AA Frantz Cherasard SA Frank Costa A02 Ricky Deluco MAS Bertha Dog MAI Mike Douglas MAI Robert Fields ET2 James Freeman AA Mike Garcilazo MS2 Larry Garrett MA2 Thomas Gay AOl Vern Gunderson SK3 Frank Henry EM2 Charles Jennings MAI David Johnson SN Kelly Kloiber AMHl Alexander Labarcon ABE2 Bradley Lash SH3 Walter Lee OS2 James Leuenberger MS2 Michael Lintel MMl Wilfredo Lugar 307 AN John Mangino AN Armando Manuto AD2 Johnny Nelson AZ3 Juan Nieto AN George Owlett ABF2 Byron Peck RM2 James Pope AMSl J.D. Rekow YNSN John Trujillo AA Parrish Walker BM2 Douglas Wheator ■ ' 9 1 GMGI Larry Williams K ' --v H FA Richard Winsor L ' i H OS2 Michael Wright H H I I K 1 308 Executive Dept. late arrivals PNSN John Holland AA Kelly Littlejohn PN2 Armando Perez PNSN Eric Poison YNSN Michael Quinn J02 Joe Rynish LTjg David Wells YNC Jerry Crabb JOC Paul Waldrop PN3 Dennis C alma JOl Michael Campbell PN2 Jerry Chiles SN Dennis Conolly PN3 Enrique Dacones 309 Connie becomes gambling casino On Saturday, June 15, the after mess decks were transformed into a floating Las Vegas as Connie Casino opened to raise money for the Constellation Navy Relief fund drive. W t The Legal Office is manned by Legalmen and Yeomen. They are trained aides who assist professionals in the field of law. They perform administrative and clerical tasks necessary to process claims, to conduct court and administrative hearings, and to maintain records, documents and legal reference libraries. They give advice on tax returns, voter registration procedures, immigration and customs regulations, regulations governing Social Security and veteran ' s benefits, and perform many duties related to cour tsmartial and nonjudicial hearings which includes Executive Officer ' s Investigations and Captain ' s Mast. They also can prepare wills for crewmen. LCDR Peter Frost replaced LCDR Robert White during the WESTPAC as the department head for Legal. LCDR Frost is also the ship ' s voting officer. LCDR Robert White LCDR Peter Frost 312 ENS Richard Benoit LNC Anthony Simanowitz LNl Scott Faulkner YNSN Lonnie Fitzgerald LNl Richard Scott LNl Kevin Stampher YNSN Andrew Stewart YNSN Elvin Taylor 313 HaaoHOiicaF - ' te • «- ' - • vyytaiPPaWW H - ' 9 | H jL %1H H K Wl B ' N?!w JtjS ir w B; %t - ? ie-t J - ■i t r.  fl K ' — • .. a : , - «;i fl P-n ' ' K 5?V. ' 1 ■ ' ■. ■:A-. -- -, ' ■ ' '  ■. •-T. T ' - . - ; ' y ' ' ' f i ■ Ss aSB SO?? IbJ Maintenance The Maintenance Department is composed of the 3-M Office and Habitability. The 3-M Office manages the maintenance for all of Constellation ' s departments. Habitability is comprised of a dedicated group of men who daily improve the living conditions on board. LCDR William Davis LCDR Ronald Staton AQCS Eugene Bedford DPC Thomas Clum ABFC Peter Springer SN Antonio Bautista HTFN Dennis Dayton FA James A. Duncan AN Donald Fleming FA Jim Halverson 316 SK3 David Mc Cloud FN Keith Middeiton YN3 Walter Misselhorn FN Scott Mumley IS3 Ronald J. Portz SN James Smith AN Austin Tolman SN Danny Valles BMSN Ruben Zenteno ABEl Stan Zientek 317 ' ' - Olympics bring out Connie ' s best Okay, so it wasn ' t really an Olympics in the traditional sense of the word. None of the guys from HS-8 who won the 200 yard tire roll would probably ever give Carl Lewis much to worry about on a track. But then, Carl Lewis never had to run on a slippery flight deck. For Connie sailors, non-skid is an integral part of their world, which was where, on Saturday, June 15, they held the Gonzo Olympics. Traditionally, the purpose of the Gonzo Olympics has been to provide sailors with a break from the endless hours and mind-numbing routine that is part of keeping a ship in a state of operational readiness 24 hours a day — seven days a week. CAPT John Calhoun, Connie ' s commanding officer, saw the Olympics as a chance for the men to compete and measure their ability against each other. . . a chance for them to work off their energy and blow off a little steam. AMS3 Daniel Millage of HS-8 worked off a considerable amount of energy, running away not only with the 1-mile race and placing first in the 29-and-under age group, but he won the 5-K race as well. HS-8 ' s XO, CDR Douglas A. Yesensky, placed first in the 39- and-under age bracket, and Michael Nash, from Hughes Aircraft, won the over-40 runners. In tug of war, it was VFA-25 who took first place. L CPL Thomas A. Briones of Connie ' s Marine detachment was the winner in the rope climb. AN Jimmy Johnson of VAW-113 was the winner of the broad jump, leaping nine feet and 10 inches. Two hours later, Johnson won the 100-yd. dash. The basketball shoot was won by AN James Phillips. In the bench press competition, it was HT2 Clarence Williams, LT Allan J. Frankel of VF-154 and AMHAN Jon Turnbull of VS-37 in their respective weight categories. The 4X100 yard relay was won by VAQ-139. In the 200 yard tire roll, HS-8 ran away with first place, while in the 4X100 yard Humorous Relay, HS-8 and Supply battled to a draw. 4 ' t- ' LCDR Blaine Howell LCDR Raymond Olafson Medical Department ensures the health and well being of all personnel and the preservation of the medically-related operational readiness of the command. The medical staff and corpsmen provided timely, skilled and caring treatment whether they presented themselves with the sniffles at sick call or a life threatening illness in the emergency room. The Preventive Medicine Section examined each pallet of food and drink brought aboard to ensure it was free of vermin and fit for human consumption. Medical Dept. also inspected all berthing, head spaces, food preparation areas and messing facilities on a regular basis. Connie was made a safer place to work and live in through the Medical Dept. ' s implementation of the Naval Occupational Health and Safety Standards, heat stress, Otto fuel II, CHT, welding, toxic exposure and hearing conservation programs. The Medical Dept. has responsibilities in almost every facet of shipboard life. So if your water tastes funny, your head is unsanitary, or you ' re sick or injured, Who you gonna call? Medical Dept. 322 CPR David Thomson LCDR Warner Bundens LCDR Frank Pistone LT Arthur Fox LT Ben Swilley LT Jim York LTjg Matthew Mayes CW03 Jack Lake HMCS Fred McGregor HMC Kerry Blakley HMC Armin Eibert HM2 Harvey Adams HM3 Joseph Alvarez HM3 Dave Andrews HM3 Harry Abilla HMl Daniel Boley HM3 Lee Bunnell HMl David Church 323 HN Mario Dazo HMl Raul Donado HM3 Jason Fletcher HM3 Terry Followell HM3 Michael Gilby HN Jose Gutierrez HM2 Alex Hendrix HMl Robert Ingham HM2 Michael Kellett HM Steve King HM2 Sigurd Larsen HM3 Robert Martin HMl Kenneth Moody HM2 Donald McKenzie 324 HM3 Marvin Taylor HMl Dennis Tevlin HM3 Robert Vied HM Jeffrey Mills HM3 Brian O ' Connell HM3 Bert Osborne HM3 Robert Patton HM2 Kevin Perkins HM2 Jeffrey Rust HMl Clarence Sharp HM2 Raul Sobero HM2 Jerry Sojfer HM3 David Spry HM3 Timothy Stinson HM2 Aaron Sykes wm E M ifl Ir 1 iy fl t— J F 1 MV Ife jT-.m mi HMl Terry Zihlman HM2 James Wallis 325 Navigation Navigation Department is one of the ships ' s most critical missions: providing for the safe and effective navigation and piloting of the ship. This includes the continuous and accurate plotting of the ship ' s course and position, the training of underway deck officers, helmsmen, and in port Quarterdeck watchstanders. Navigation maintains over 1,000 different charts and publications which depict the world ' s oceans and contain the most up-to-date navigational information. The Deck Log, a permanent and legal record of all ship ' s events, is also the responsibility of the Navigation. Throughout the 1985 WESTPAC deployment, the Navigator, his assistant and the seventeen Quartermasters and one Yeoman continuously provided Constellation and Battle Group Delta with accurate position reports and the plotting of the ship ' s course. CAPT Jimmy Anderson LT Philip Pritulsky QMC Jimmy Tafoya QMS Jeremia Blackwell, Jr. QMS Frank Brown QMSN Kurt Brown QMSN Donald Burr QMSR Terry Demond 326 ,. ■ ■ H 2k -.-« i .4 . QMS Lonnie Dixon QMl Chris EUwood SN Leonard Engstrand QMSN David Floyd QMSA Ronald Fry QMS Evan Johnson QMSA Glenn Kamka QMSN Lonnie Kimble QMS James Morrissette QM2 Earnest Quarterman SN James Reed QMSA Charles Wiltshire QMSN Mark White QMS Greg Young QMS Timmie Young 327 Talent abounds on Constellation There are many talented individuals on board Connie. Many of these people formed bands during WESTPAC and performed whenever possible for the crew. The performances were held on the flight deck or hangar bay during Holiday Routine days. With all the talent aboard, it was inevitable that they would be gathered together for one massive extravaganza that would leave everyone begging for more. That ' s what happened on June (whatever) in the form of the Connie Indian Ocean ' 85 Variety Musical Talent Show. This production showcased seven bands of different musical taste and was a huge success. 328 ■ T . ,, ' :,-; . ' ■■. :mm- Operations Operations, under the direction of CDR Hugh C. Bowles, is responsible for the operational employment of Connie, its aircraft and the administration of the entire dept. It is comprised of six functions. The six functions and its associated divisions are: Carrier Air Traffic Control Center, OC Division, includes Air Operations and Carrier Controlled Approach. Combat Direction Center includes 01 Division, involved with the collection and dissemination of data, OT Division, responsible for the Anti-Submarine Module, OW Division, responsible for the various EW systems, and OF division, responsible for shipboard defense weapons systems. OE Division is composed of OER, OEC and OED. Intelligence, OZ Division, includes CVIC, OS Division, involved with cryptography, and OP Division, the photo lab. Meteorology is OA Division, involved with providing CDR Hugh Bowles meteorological and oceanographic data. Strike Operations is responsible for the centralized scheduling of short-term and long-range ship and air wing operations. LCDR Gerald Stoll LCDR Larry Willits 330 CDC OF Division is commonly referred to as FOX. FOX operates and maintains two NATO Sea Sparrow Missile systems and three close-in weapons systems, the Vulcan- Phalanx guns. FOX is capable of providing 360 degree defense coverage against close-in attacks by any variety of airborne threats. The Combat Direction Center is composed of four divisions: 01, OT, OW and OF. The four divisions work in conjunction with each other in support of the ship. 01 performs the functions necessary to effectively carry out the mission of CDC by collecting and disseminating data. OT is the part of CDC which is responsible for the manning and operation of the Anti-Submarine Module. OW maintains an Electronic Support Measures watch in the EW module of CDC. OF, also referred to as FOX, performs its duties under cognizance of CDC in providing defensive weapondry. CDR Earl Jackson LTjg David Anderson CW04 Floyd Wall OSC Ronald Ratley FTG2 Eugene Bogen FTM3 Kevin Chaffin FTG2 Ralph Goin FTG3 Henry Hollings worth FTMSN Dana Mace FTM2 Donald Lair FTMl Alistar McKay 331 FTG2 Tim Scharf FTG2 Timothy Wilde FTM3 Ron Winterbottom LCDR Ernest Smothers LT Jerald Neel 01 performs the functions necessary to effectively carry out the mission of CDC in support of the Battle Group. This includes the collection and dissemination of data by search radars, IFF plotting table, status boards, NTDS consols, operating radiotelephones, coordinating search and rescue. Battle Group defense and controlling the ship ' s aircraft when airborne. The surface module also keeps track of the overall surface contact picture. 332 LT Paul Schmidle LT John Webb LTjg Gregory King LTjg Roger Rodman OSCS Samuel Stowers OSC John Curran OSC George Wenzlaff DS2 Mannie Javier OSSN Robert Amerine OS3 Thomas Atkins OSSA Nicholas Ayon OS2 John Baker OSS Daniel Baldassare OSS Damon Blaisdell 333 OS2 Michael Bratkovic OS2 Ronald Calvert OSS Kevin Chapan OSSA James Davis OS3 Shawn Dunivant OSl Wayne Ferrell OSSA Kenneth Gage OSS Victor Garcia OSS David Gilbert OSSA Paul Gold OSS Richard Gorniak OSSA John Hainline 334 OSS Gerard Hyatt OSSN Daniel Johnson OSS Robert Kassner OSSA Thomas Maguire OSS Johnny Martinez OSS Michael McAlpin OS2 James Nance OSl Rick Nelson OS2 Elliott Nichols OSS Scott Overbust OSS Scott Palmer OSS Jesse Patterson 051 Don Pineda 052 Peter Ricks III OSl David Schulze OSSN John Sheridan OSS Russell Skogen OSS Dave Snook OS2 William Snovfc-barger OSSN Kevin Svpagerty OS2 Rick Tidwell OSS Samuel TuUis OSSN Roger Wakefield OSSN David Yelle OT is a subdivision of CDC which is responsible for the manning and operation of the Anti-Submarine Module. The ASW module provides preflight briefing and postflight analysis for carrier-based aircraft. mm LCDR Lawrence Olson LCDR Neil Waters ENS David McCool DPSN Ezequiel Alaniz AW12 William Barnett AW3 Bruce Best AW3 Charlie Brown AWl Victor Clement AW2 Charles Colvin AN John Dungan AWl Arthur Eckhart AW3 Robert Fyfe AW2 Tracy Hoskins AWl Kevin Kimball DPSN Steven Lawrence DPSN Carl Lee AW2 Joseph Oglesby AWl William Sibel AW2 John Smith AW3 James Williams 337 ow OW consists of Electronic Warfare Technicians responsible for corrective and preventive maintenance on various EW systems. Underway they maintain a watch in the EW module of CDC. LCDR Clarence Dickason CW02 Juan Moreno EWC Ralph Stogsdal EWSN Jeff Dixon EW2 Michael Haake AW2 Paul Hopkins EWSN Forrest Johnson EWl Lorne Lomprey EW3 William Marsh EW3 Dave Mathelier EW3 Richard Martin EW3 Jerry Moorhouse EW2 Daniel Newman ENl Ruben Reschman EW2 James Sylvest EWl Frank Winsor 338 CDR William Little AGCS Dean Nehring AW2 Jodie Ferrell AGS Jason Johnson AGS Daniel Kren AG2 Russ Onsen 1 AGAN Tim Fukushima AGl Donald Eckard AGl Jack LeClair AGl Timothy Rush 339 Safe and effective control of airborne aircraft is the responsibility of Air Operations and CCA — Carrier Controlled Approach, which are manned by the Fleet Air Traffic Controllers of OC Division. OC Division mans the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center. This team of controller- sailors perform a variety of jobs and services in support of Connie ' s missions. These include control of airwing and departing aircraft, close control of aircraft during night operations and inclement weather, provide aircraft divert information, control of airborne refueling operations, flight plan filing, coordination of airspace reservations, ship ' s airborne logistics and overall supervision of Connie ' s Air Operations through airplane implementation. CDR John Vivoli LCDR William Schenzel LT Keith Duston LT Robert Rodriguez ACC Dana Dore AC2 John Allen IS3 Phil Blende SN William Branch AC2 Mark Buckner AC3 Bobby Claus AC2 David Dundon SKI Herman Duriano 340 AC3 Fred Eisele ACS Gerald Elo AC2 John Ferrara ACl Ray Firenze ACAN Dennis Fitzsimons ACS Peter Fournier ACC Kenneth Honig ACS Steven Lindquist ACl Michael Maclean AC2 Gabriel Munoz AC2 Wesley Pate ACAA Dan Rule AN Adam Russell ACAN Richard Stockwell ACAN Victor Vaughan 341 OE Division is manned by four officers and 100 men including Electronic Technicians, Data Systems Technicians, Fire Controlmen, Interior Communications Technicians, and Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare ratings. The division is responsible for conducting all maintenance on Connie ' s installed electronic equipment. The OER shop is responsible for all search radars, IFF systems and repeaters, Air Traffic Control Center radars, Inertial Navigation System, Tacan, Fathometer and satellite navigation sets. The OED shop is responsible for Navy Tactical Data System, Anti-Submarine Warfare Module, Navy Intelligence Processing System, Flag Data System and ship owned Microprocessor systems. LT Jose Atangan ENS Denzil Meredith ETCM Ernest Gonsalves ETC David Bishop FTMC Charles Bortkin ETC Donald Morrison ET3 Jack Abeyta ETl John Crane DS3 Durwin Dallinga DSl Jose David ET3 Gary Davis ET3 Robin Devega 342 •m ' m msniiV.,SKsai ii ET2 Bruce Fowler ETl Larry Hager ET3 Eric Hamre ET3 Peter Harvey ET3 Bill Hinton ET3 Gregory Kinney ET2 Lester Libby ET2 Anthony Lindsey ETl Steven Maier ETSN Dane Morris ET2 James McNabb FTM2 Lawrence Morris ET2 John Munson ETl Douglas Newman DSl Renato Penuliar 343 ET3 Phil Pierron DS3 David Plouff FTM3 Mike Reeb ET2 Stephen Rogers DSl Joseph Scanlin ET3 Steve Scheftel IC2 Jimmy Schisler ETSN Steven Schreiber ET3 Scott Soverns DS3 Scott Summers ET3 James Tallman ET2 Richard Wise 344 OEC is responsible for transmitters, receivers, cryptographic equipment, TV repair, meteorology equipment, TV studio equipment, and all general electronic test equipment. g J j ET3 Kurt Woltman ICC Michael Lawton ETC Charles Shotton ETSN Miles Boyter ET2 Jeff Davis SN Barry Devinney ET3 Thomas Dunn ETSA Craig Espeland ET3 Bill Honn ET2 Jay Huntley IC2 Robert Johnson ETSN Brian Kottmeyer ICl Thomas Lollar ICFN Jerry Mossman ETl Claude Raiford ET3 Jay Ripslinger ETl Paul Saliger 345 ET2 Craig Ward ET2 Jeffery Washburn LT Lew Schmitt DSCS John Nabity DSC Vicente Infante DS3 William Axson DS3 Kenneth Baer DS3 Randall Biederman DS3 Michael Brennan DS3 David Byars DS2 Francis Drown DS3 Ronald Dyer OED OED Division is a data systems maintenance division which is divided into two separate workcenters. Workcenter E05 is charged with the maintenance and repair of the Naval Tactical Data System. Workcenter 0E12 is charged with the maintenance and repair of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Module. AX2 James Hartman DS2 William Hill DS2 Druellen Kelly AX2 Wade Langton 346 DSSN Scott Mc Gauley DSl Mathew Meeker DSl Ligayo Miguel DS3 Michael Palmer DS2 Robert Pless DSl Kenneth Ross S- DS3 John Tompkins DS2 Dan Severson DS3 Mark Vandercar K- ' iraeyftr3,V !33? 348 photographic requirements of Constellation. This includes reconnaisanc e and other photography in support of Naval intelligence, covering historical and newsworthy events, passport and visa photographs, photos for this cruisebook and almost any other photographic service required. OP Division, the Photographers Mates, performs those functions and procedures concerned with aerial, surface, still and motion picture photography necessary to support the LT Randall Emmons PHC Howard Berkey PHAN Jody Akers PHAN Charles Brooks PHAN Carl Cleveland PHAN Christopher Dye PHAA Glenn Eaton PH2 Robert Escue PH3 Ricardo Garcia PH3 Jeffrey Goodman PH3 Jon Hockersmith PHAA Patrick Lazansky AW2 Michael Poulin PH3 Kevin Renner PHAN Michael Rodriguez PHAN Michael Segers PHAN Leigh Toland 349 The Cryptologic Combat Support Division, better known as OS Division or SSES , is comprised of Cryptologic Technicians (CT ' s) from the areas of Admin (A), Communications (O), Collection (R), Interpretation (I) and Maintenance (M). These talented sailors support the embarked Flag and Commanding Officer with cryptologic related information necessary to accomplish Connie ' s missions. LCDR Normand Houle CTOC Ralph Huber CTRC Thomas Peak CTOSN Richard Blackmore CT03 Gary Gusko CTM2 Christopher Herbruck CTAl Roger Kizzie CTM2 William Leach CT03 Darren MacGeorge CT03 Kristopher Schollmeyer 350 CAPT Wayne Moni CDR William Greenlee OX is part of OF Division and is the administration facet of Connie ' s Operations Department. Comprised of FT ' s, YN ' s and officers, they handle the paperwork that keeps things moving within the department. LCDR Samuel Dennis LT Tim Duncrel LT Mark Rader FTGC Lawrence Ohnheiser YNl Richard Duque FTMSA Timothy Farmer YNSN Ivan Osorio YN3 Kevin Vest 351 OZ collects, analyzes and disseminates intelligence. In CVIC, they gather and analyze Operational Intelligence on enemy assets in support of intelligence taskings and responsibilities. CDR Douglas Malloch LT Thomas Ryan LT James Taylor ENS Thomas Lukaszewicz ISC James Balis r DPC Bruce Keyser 1S3 Scott Clark ISl Richard Daley ISSN Andreas Falkiewicz 352 ISSN Patrick Marasco DM1 Thomas Mark ISl Ken Motsenbocker IS3 Ronald Portz ISl Wade Potter 151 Tony Raia DP3 Ralph Robertson 152 Warren Schneider ISl Robert Sisson IS2 Gordon Taplin IS3 Donald Taylor ISl Alan Wells ISl Steve West IS3 Dale Wright 353 Operations Late Arrivals CDR Thomas Goode LCDR Keith Duston LCDR Samuel Hauge LCDR Ricky McClung LCDR Timothy Warren LT Steve Pecham LTjg Brad Murphy LTjg Robert Sommers CW02 George Stidham PHAiV Phil Bonham 354 IC2 Gregory Caughlin ICFN Corey Dorsey ACAA Daniel Garcia AGAA Shawn Hemmings YNSN Darryl Kelly IC3 Thomas Leahy PHI Gary Littleton ACAA John McCloud FTM2 Paul Moser ET2 Ronnie Robison PHAA David Simpson ET3 Paul Smiley ACAN Chris Thigpen ETl Walter Williams 355 356 Sailors enjoy suds at sea When you say Bud, you ' ve said it all. ' Tastes great. Less filling. This Bud ' s for you. These and other classic beer commercial cliches were tossed back and forth on Connie ' s flight deck on July 15 while the crew tossed down two beers apiece. And they had earned it, too. Connie had spent over 45 days straight at sea, and the beer day had been postponed at least once before because of inclement weather. However, they finally had their brews in hand, and as Bob and Doug MacKenzie of the Great White North would say, Beauty, eh? CDR Michael Dermanuel Comprised of petty officers whose expertise ranges from the flight deck to the boiler plates, Safety ' s primary responsibility is the task of ensuring that all Connie crewmembers are aware of and abide by current safety directives and policies. LTjg Gary Olson ABHC Modesto Cadiente BMl Dante Antes AOl Claude Cooper YNSA Douglas Harris AXl Willie Jiles MMl John Smith AMSl Bernardo Tinbol 358 Safety first! . . . . Mind if I offer a suggesfionV Y - r E t If you don ' t know what it does, don ' t fool with It! B.C. br Johnny Hvl pFfiniision grdnied by the ariitl dnd Field CnlcrFM-iivi. Provided by Na ji Sailey Center. NAS Norlolk. Virginia. 359 Holiday routine offers relaxation After a long, hard week of 12 hours on and 12 hours off, it ' s always nice to know you ' ve got a holiday routine, one day to just relax and have a good time. It ' s even better when there ' s a steel beach picnic on the flight deck the same day. While the MS ' s of S-2 cooked a variety of barbeque foods from hamburgers to steaks, the crew lined up to pork out while the porking was good. Once you got through the line, and you had your food, there was nothing to it but to find a place to sit down and soak up some rays while eating. 360 jf A g M?%a J 31l Mi tesi 1 ft 1 1 IHHH9KMpT 1 H H The Supply Department is the business organization of Connie. Headed by the Supply Officer, CDR Roger Mclnnis, this department handles the procurement, stowage and issue of all stores and equipment of Connie. The supply officer pays the bills - and pays the crew. He is also responsible for supervising and operating the enlisted and wardroom messes, the ship ' s laundry and stores, and the sale and issuing of clothing and small stores. The services of this department are as varied as those of a shopping mall. Supply Department institutions include parts warehouses, clothing and personal effects stores, barber shops, laundry and dry cleaning facilities, four restaurants and a bank. S-1 is general supply support, S-2 is general mess, S-3 is clothing, small stores, ship ' s stores and services, S-4 is Disbursing, S-5 is the officer ' s messes, S-6 is aviation stores, S-7 is data processing, and S-8 is material management. CDR Roger Mclnnis Whether it ' s parts or a haircut the Connie Supply Department promises satisfaction guaranteed. Throughout the long WESTPAC deployment, Connie and her entire crew depended on the sound management of the Supply Department to keep their ship going. 362 The men of S-1 Division keep Connie at sea by providing the essential repair parts and consumable supplies. It is a task that involves the management of approximately 40,000 line items in 36 storerooms, including Seamart. Being the stores division entails the processing of 72,000 requests and receipts annually as well as watching over a multi-million dollar inventory. The division is divided into four areas of responsibility: Stock Control, Material Issue, Supply Support, and Office Machine Repair. LCDR Tom Hammons LT Robert Ritchie AKCM Ronald Cramer AKC Thomas Smith SK3 James Anderson SK3 Alvin Barcous AKAA Brian Blake SKSN Dane Bolin SK2 Gary Christman SKSN Benjamin Dejohn AK2 Emmanual Deleon SKSN Anthony Difulvio SK2 Rogelio Elizondo SKI Joseph Encarnacion SKSN Eric Frank SK2 Miguel Gallego SKI Robert Guerra SN Andrew Lert ola 363 SK3 Lawrence Lopez IMSN James Magill IM3 Ryan Reynolds SK3 Jonathan Ringold AK3 Augusto Sadile IMSN Steve Underwood SK3 Walter Walton LTjg Richard Bulak MSCS Roger Alonzo ADC James Clark MSC Rodolfo Recaido MS3 Ricardo Almario MSI Manuel Amistad MSSN Dennis Barnett MS3 Elpidio Buclatin MSSA Thomas Bennett MS3 Scott Bernier Feeding over 4,000 enlisted men is the mammoth task of the Food Service Division. Working from two Enlisted Dining Facilities, the men of S-2 keep the crew fed around the clock. Both dining facilities combine for over 10,000 hot meals served daily. On an average day at sea, the EDF ' s will consume 750 gallons of milk, 540 dozen eggs, 750 pounds of meat and 500 loaves of bread. The ship ' s bakery turns out fresh bread, rolls, pies and cakes every day. Add to this, some 1,140 pounds of sugar and 1,600 pounds of flour are needed. 364 1VIS3 Louis Decoursey MSI Reynaldo Burog BM3 Christopher Brown SN Clifford Byers MSI Emiliano Caldejon MSSN Ernesto Camero MSI Maynard Cordrey MSSN Edgardo Corpus MSI Raymondo Cosco MS3 Mike Coslett MSSN Florante Cristobal MS3 Alan Boudreaux 365 MS2 Francisco Delara MSSA Edgar Deocampo MSSN Patrick Dolan MSSN Michael Emmons MS2 Edward Evans AMS3 Franklin Francisco MSI Wilfredo Gacayan MSSN James Green MSSN Edward Haskel MS3 Larry Hendon MSSN Michael Hetzer MS3 Horace Humphrey MS3 Ray lucena 366 MS2 Roland Keith MS3 Steven Klaski MSI Miguel Lim MSI Lovejoy Madayag MS2 Dwight McClean MS3 Keith McGuire MSSR Jason McCormick MS3 Kevin Myhrer MSSN Robert Olmstead MSI Marcelino Pangan MS3 Nester Poblete MS3 Joseph Potoski 367 MSSN Keith Reeves MSSN Mark Rein MSSN Donald Ross, Jr. MSSN Gilbert Roque MS3 David Russell MS3 Francis Ryan MSSR Keith Sager MSSA Terry Scott MSSA Kirpal Sidhu MS2 Lee Simmons MSSA Ronald Smith MS3 Hiram Smith MS3 David Thayer MS2 David Tockey MS2 Michael Torrick MS3 Mark Urban SK3 Greg Warren MSSN Charles Webb MSSN Kenneth Weyant MSSR Steve Wieberg MSSN Charles Williams MSSN Danny Williams MS2 Rafael Williams MSSA Brian Winberg 368 The S-3 Division is Connie ' s Sales and Service division. Many members of this division operate the ship ' s laundry, tailor shop and dry cleaning plants. Approximately 2.5 tons of laundry are done daily on Connie. Other Ship ' s Servicemen (SH ' s) that man the division work as barbers in the barber shops or salesmen in the retail stores on board. The two barber shops on board average better than 200 haircuts every day. The ship ' s retail stores sell everything that is needed, from soap to stereos. ENS Steve Mitchell SHCS Raul Delacueva SHSC Eduardo Bugay SHC Jesus Tiongco SHSN Clarence Acosta SHSN Cassius Battle SHSN Robert Berry SH2 James Black SH3 Douglas Blashill SH3 Darrell Cofield SHSR David Collins SHI Frederick Claudio 369 SHI Efren Dancel SHSA Elton Davis SHSN Bryan Dickinson SH3 Raul Digay SH3 Robert Dixon SH3 Michael Eaton SH3 Craig Ellerbrook SH3 Darryl Felder SH2 Generoso Garcia YNSN Gregory Cladney SH3 Charles Glasgow SH3 Willie Hampton SHSN Keith Hanke SHSA Jesse Henderson SHI Arturo Hermosilla SHSN Earl Jackson SH3 Randy Johannsen SH3 Keith Joslin SHSN David Kahlich SH3 Donald Latourette SHSA Michael Manyak SH3 Benjamin Martinez SH3 Cenon Medina 370 SHI Salvador Monzon SHSN Darryl Moorer SHSN James Morris SH3 John Nagy SHSA Mitch Petroy SHSN Shawn Piocos SHSN Ronald Puits SH2 Marino Ravelo SHSN Horace Raven SH3 Ramon Rivera SK3 Jeffrey Ronglien SH2 Francisco Runas 371 SHSN Robert Smith SHSN Bruce Vance SHI Hector Vergara SHSN Mark Waite SHSR James Wessner SHSR Derrick West SHSN Randy Williams SHI Louis Wright SHSN Rob ert Young 372 The Disbursing Office is Connie ' s own bank. The Disbursing Clerks (DK ' s) of S-4 Division manage preparing a payroll for the entire ship every two weeks. In addition, they maintain the financial records of nearly 5,000 men, compute travel allowances, process claims for vouchers for expending public funds, prepare allotments to dependents and other authorized allotments as needed. The following services are also offered: safekeeping deposits, personal check cashing, financial and budget counseling, and explanation and correction of LES forms and data. The Disbursing Office is open nearly every day to provide fast, cheerful service. ENS William Horrigan DKC Antonio Rocamora DK2 Mario Dekdeken DK3 Charles Elliott DKl Sonny Galza DKSN Paul Golden DK2 Joel Ignacio DK2 William Keys DKSN Michael Kramer DK3 Jose Magpayo DK3 Tracy Robinson DK2 Hermenio Svillalon DKSN Lawrence Tafoya DKSN James Walker 374 S-5 Division prepares and serves over 2,000 meals daily in the ship ' s two officer ' s wardrooms. They also manage the officer ' s billeting office. CW02 Roberto Colada MSC Crispin Martinez MSI Terry Austin MSSA Michael Bowlby MSSA Michael Bugs MSSN Robert Burbach MS2 Aurelio Calderon MS2 William Fowler feJ l l rF-is ' ' 111 J -A .U. MSI William Caspar MSSN Sean Gilbert AN William Grandberry SN Ernesto Guerrero MS2 Anthony Hendricks MSSA John Hysell MS3 Teddy Inocencio MSSN Michael Irvin MSSN Joe Johnson MS2 Ricky Johnson MS3 William Meek MS3 Jack Moore 1 «u. - 1 4 1 y..? . ■ 1 • ' ■ t t. % I Sm J v wM i IT ' J 376 im SM a E 1 I ' i 1 JK 1 i ll il J [■Tf 1 1 ■ ' . ♦. .; 1 ■k. MSSA Russell Morrow MS3 Jeffrey Pettit MS2 Edward Presto MS3 John Pugmire MSSN Reynaldo Reyes MSSN Harry Rios MSSN Craig Robert MSSN Dale Root MSI Ronald Springer AR Mark Staples MS2 Linwood Tanner MS3 Robert Thomas 1 MSE Gregory Wilson MSSN John Zito 377 LT John Ripperton AKC Ventura Alamares AKC Jovito Miciano AK3 Alfonso Alcala AN Teagen Barnes AKAN Robert Boileau Arnold Davidson AKAA Martin Dove AKAR Leslie Ducena AKAA John Flemming Jim Folsom AK2 Jesse Fraga AK3 Anthony Jordan Dennis Judd AKAN Robert Kirgan AKl Vic Martino Mike Nash AN Emilsor Quindiagan Dave Rochette AK2 Dan Samuelson AKAA Andre Small Mike Strench 378 S-7 is the data processing people of Supply. Through automated data processing, the DP ' s of S-7 provide effective mechanized reporting and keypunch support. Charles Stenzel AKAA Ken Strobel AK3 John Thomas John Walker LT William Mahoney DPC Leland Head DPSN Robert Baer DP2 Brian Bailey DPSN Stuart Batchelor DPSN Allan Boband DPSN Eric Cardoza DPSN Colby Castelo DPSN David Edwards DPSN John Gardner DPSN Roger Hall DPS Christopher Hicks DS2 Wayne Keenan DPSA Thomas Klamerus DS2 Brian McClellan DP2 Richard Mueller 379 DPI Larry Olsen DPS Harry Santos DPSN Wayne Steward AKAA Terry Crawford SA John Teasley DPSN Lamar Troutman DS3 Edward White DPS Mike Willoughby S-8 is responsible for all of the parts and supplies that come aboard Connie. They order, receive, stow and re-issue all parts and supplies. DPSA Stephen Youngkrantz CW02 Reynaldo Delmundo SKCS Robert Rippel SKC Roger Barcarse AKC John Prall SKSN Godofredo Agustin SKSA Brett Birk SKI Gerardo Buan 380 AN Romeo Cruz SA Ronald Cooper SKSN Dave Cussen AA Rommel DelRosario SKSN William Derita SK2 Benjamin Fernandez AKAN Stanton Ferrell AKAA Ricardo Gonzalez SK3 Brian Gosse SK3 David Haygan AKl Henry Jensen SKSN Korby Klyber SN Manuel Mack AKAN Kevin McCable AKAA Darren Moreno AK3 Emiel Nicholson AKAN Frank Parraz AN James Payne SK3 Donald Perkins SKI Jaime Sarmiento AK2 Larry Smith SK2 Cornelius Summers SKSN Glen VanVorst SKSA Clifford Wyrick 381 AA Michael Todd SHSN Ronnie Tramble LTjg Jack Wright MMC John Carrington SKC Edgardo Pascua A03 Dewayne Beavers SK3 Terril Blair SK3 David Covato AK2 Larry Cunningham SK3 Michael Dolny EM3 Ray Fleet EMI Rolando Fontecha SN Roosevelt Lemons ABEl William May AK2 James McAtee AN David Ragland EWl Ruben Reschman SK3 Steven Sanchez S-9 Division is the Logistics Support Center. They process all chits that are submitted to the supply system. 382 S-10 S-10 is responsible for all Chief Petty Officer messing and berthing spaces, from the maintenance and cleaning to the preparation of food. DSl Richard Strauch AKAR Timothy Sumption SKI Melchoiz Tanjuaquid HT3 John Tormey MSSN Jessie Angeles AD2 Charles Bryant MS2 Generoso Cabanayan MSI Asterio Crisostomo MS3 Carey Hinney MS2 Dale Opperman GMT2 Timothy Osterfield 383 CW02 Felix Resolme MSC Jess Viray AK2 James Abeyta MSSN Eric Brazill MSSA Charlie Breiner Supply Late Arrivals MSI Gonzalo Cielo DP2 Harris Coaxum MSSR William Coleman SK3 Roland Corlew 384 MSSA Jose Cruz MSSA John Daub MSI Jerry Deleon DPI Lester Duncan MSSA James Fritz MS2 Alpheus Harvey MSSN Roger Ibale AR Reynardo Jimenez MSSA Juan Julio III AR Timothy Landis AR Leroy Lewis AN Douglas Mitchell MS2 Neftali Monzon MSSA James Nugent MSSA Patrick Phillips MSSA Christopher Ratal MS2 Henry Salazar DPI Richard Saunders AKAN Michael Scott MSI Ronnie Stevens MSSN Randy Treanor MSSN Jose Ugarte MSSA Eric White MSSA Paul Wright 385 Connie visits home of America ' s Cup in Australia One of the most awaited and talked about ports by Connie sailors on the 1985 WESTPAC Cruise was the City Down Under, Perth, Australia. Perth, home of America ' s Cup, is the largest city in Western Australia. Known as the City of Lights, Perth shone brightly in the eyes of all who visited this wonderful city, as many termed this the most popular liberty port. Most of the men would agree that the five days in Perth was just not enough time to take in all the sights and surroundings of Perth. The nightlife was unmatched. The weather was terrific for that time of year. The bargains were bountiful. The food was delicious and the Kangaroo Brews were cold. Connie sailors quickly learned that the Aussie ' s capacity for friendliness and hospitality is matched only by their ability to have a truly great time. As everyone was saying their own special goodbyes to Perth while waiting for that last liberty boat to take them back to the ship, the reminiscences of a wonderful time down under were already being vocalized. A special light will always shine brightly in the minds and hearts of all Connie sailors whenever they think about the city of Perth and about its very special people. h 6a«. M  ■ ■• . JSV I Connie ' s Training Department is vital to the ship ' s organization. Its responsibilities include an I- Division program for men reporting aboard to familiarize them with shipboard organization and physical layout, damage control training, service school quotas (about 2,000 men a year attend some sort of formal training off ship), advancement in rate programs, training for midshipmen, and an off-duty education program on both a high school and college level. CDR Michael Laplant CDR Lewis Barasha 390 LT Robert Myer CW03 Kenneth Hobbs CW02 Robert Dembo NCCM Michael Meyer AOC David Templeton NCC Fredrick Williams PNSN Ron Black SA Reginald Boone PNSA Matt Deister PN3 Alberto Do minguez PN2 Michael Fabrizio PNSA Gary Harrigan MMl Daniel Kruse Robert Mazur PNSN Howard Murphey Sean O ' Connor PN3 Lawrence Raimonda NCI Eric Robinson Keith Rockwood NCI Johnny Romero Dr. John Smith PN2 Isauro Vibal PNl Johnny Williamson SN John Wodicka 391 392 Tigers cruise on Constellation After a long WESTPAC, Connie was finally on her last leg of the cruise, from Hawaii to San Diego. However, the ship had been invaded: by Tigers. But don ' t call in Marlin Perkins yet. These Tigers were the sons and fathers of Connie crewmen. There was plenty for them to do. Daily tours around the ship were offered, and information was available courtesy of Safety ' s Timmy the Tiger, the personal guide for all the Tigers. There was also a special air show provided by the air wing, which really set the shutters clicking in every camera brought on board. It was a very special time for all the Tigers; as for many, it was the first time they had ever been able to see what it was like to live on a carrier at sea. B ravt •{ ' r— .A. ' W BiM ' K..3S1 1 :;5- 393 394 1 v-...- 395 Weapons The Weapons Department has the responsibility of storing, handling and providing essential weapons of all types for the ship ' s defense, security and striking forces. The officers and men, under the direction of the Gun Boss, accomplish their volatile mission through four major groups within the department: The Aviation Ordnance Group, lead by the Aviation Ordnance Officer, is comprised of the four G divisions; W Division, lead by the Special Weapons Technical Supervisor; the internal security force of Marines, lead by their commanding officer; and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment, led by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer. CDR Robert Williams CDR Rick Fellows AOCS Edmond Adams GMTSN Michael Bierschbach GMTSN Joseph Cassidy AOAA Andrew Eck GMT3 John Johll GMTSN Kurt Krieger GMTl Salvatore Lazzara TM2 Gary Martin 396 GMT2 Mark Missildine GMT2 John Prentice GMTl Ernest Reed GMT3 Erie Roach M m k GMTSN Richard Sage GMTl Leonard Sutton GMTl Ronald Wolford SN John Worosz GMT3 Michael Zapatka G-1 G-1 maintains the ship ' s armory which houses the ship ' s small arms. Additionally, G-1 acts as the Ground Transportation Office for the ship. CW03 George Heidenreich AOCS Robert Paavola A02 Roger Carruth GMGSN Osvaldo Cordero 397 GMG3 Anthony Coson AOl James Eiles GMGSN Charles Erickson SN Eric Folsom GMG2 Merle Jones GMGSN Steven Moore GMGSN Andre Negron SN Markeith Porter AN Jerry Sparks AA Kevin Waulk GMGSA Michael Williams CW02 Robert Brooks AA Thomas Adam TMl Ovidio Barangan AOAN Timothy Burton 398 G-2 Division is the Air Launched Missile Division of Weapons. While on WESTPAC 1985, G-2 conducted over 5,000 missile movements without incident. Headed by a Gunner, G-2 consists of Torpedomen and Aviation Ordnancemen. G-2 ' s duties include the breakout, stowage, handling and maintenance of all air launched guided missiles, torpedoes, guided weapons and 20mm ammunition. Additionally, these men handle the storage of all hypergolic-fueled ammunition and the upkeep of seven ammunition magazines. AN Henry Dick TMSN Stephen Diedrich TM3 James Ellis AOl Emmett Glee A03 Gary Gutierrez A02 David Houck AA Jerrell Howell 399 A03 John Larsen SR Jerry Lipsey AOAN Scott Lowe AR Roderick Mack TMSN Patrick Mullikin AA Brian Persons AOl John Plaketta AA Tim Riley A03 Daniel Ritzer AA Dan Royer A02 Roque Ruiz AA Albert Samaraowsky AOAA John Strickland AN Richard Talamantez AOAA Rusty Tatum TMSA Thomas Taylor AN Eric Vawter 400 AOAN Victor Walker TM3 David Wolf AOl Marvin Young G-3 Division assembles and maintains all conventional ammunition. Additionally, via the new AWSEP program, G-3 Division maintains the ordnance handling equipment. During WESTPAC, G-3 Division conducted over 2,000 weapons movements without incident. Headed by an E-2 Naval Flight Officer, G-3 Division consists of Aviation Ordnancemen (AG ' s). Specifically, G-3 Division ' s duties include assembly, storage, and transfer of conventional ordnance, and accounting, stowage and maintenance of equipment. 401 AOC William Maxwell AOC Marvin Reine AN Ronald Atchison AOAN Richard Bobo AOAA Wesley Cooper A02 Stanley Cruell 402 AOAN Gregory Davis AA Mike Deckard A02 Ricky Flournoy A02 Fred Frazier. Jr. AOAA Richard Garner A03 James Hunter SA Stan Jackson AOAN Jack Jensen A03 Stony King j AOAA Derek Luksich AOl Robert MacDonald AOAA David Matherly 403 AOAN Edgar Maull AA Daniel McMahon AOAN Ezra Moore AN Steven Moyer AA Michael Naughton A02 Robert Parker AA James Phillips GMTSN Forrest Powell 404 AOl James Powell AN Flaviano Raquidan AOl Randy Reichard A02 Reginald Rhedrick AOAN Donald Shanks A02 Robin Shrodes SR Timothy Slazyk AOAA Stanford Stenson 405. AA Frank Sunzere AOAN Patrick Talavera A03 Robert Taylor AN William Teresi AA Genaro Valenzuela AOAN Zeb Wade AN James Witkus AN John Zea AOCS Lewis Kuhl AOl John Adkins AOAA Kevin Alligier A03 Kevin Anderson A02 Alan Clarke AOl Bishop Clark SA Jeffrey Comicho AW AN John Conrey G-4 is responsibile for elevator maintenance. During WESTPAC, Connie enjoyed an unprecedented level of weapons elevator availibility. The high up-status of G-4 ' s elevators was a direct result of many long hours. G-4 ' s duties include maintenance of their weapons elevators, machinery rooms and hydraulic rooms. 406 AN Brian Cooper AOAN Peter Dunn A03 William Farver A03 Frank Goeth A03 Stephen Grace AOAN Jackie Gray AOAN Devin Jackson SR David Kiefer AA Phillip Lennon AOAN Bill Marvin AN Richard Menendez A03 Gilbert Salas 407 SA Rodney Wedd AN Brian Wilks A03 Kurt Wilson A03 Walter Yeager AN Mark Zissoff G-5 provides the safe handling, storage and assembly disassembly of ordnance items on the flight deck. While on WESTPAC 1985, G-5 had in excess of 400 incident free replenishment lifts. Specifically, G-5 ' s duties include flight deck ordnance safety during arming dearming and loading downloading evolutions. CW04 John Keawe AN Jeffery Anglin A03 Terry Clark AN Jerry Cunningham AOAN Anthony Dove AOAN Brian Garner A03 Craig Hadan AN Ray Hardy 408 A02 John Hook A02 John Kline AN Maurice Saicon AOl Benjamin Ulep LCDR Bobby Dowty LT Arthur Grav W Division is responsible for the stowage, handling, assembly and testing of special weapons and their respective magazines. This is a very important and highly difficult job. During WESTPAC 1985, W Division completed a highly successful Naval Technical Proficiency Inspection and Defense Nuclear Surety Inspection. Headed by the Nuclear Weapons Handler, W Division consists of the Gunner ' s Mate Technicians and the Nuclear Safety Officer. LT Cap Haigler GMTC Andrew Brewer GMTC Stephen Hough GMT3 Kenneth Bamberger GMT3 Shane McManu: 409 WG is the nerve center of Weapons. Manning the complex communications of Ordnance Control, they control the storage, movement assembly and maintenance of the ship ' s ordnance. AOCM Richard Liljegren AOC Mark Schneider A03 William Allen AOAN Walter Ambrose AA Troy Klco TMTl David Lawson AA Paul Moss A03 Gary Spangler LCDR Francis Jeschke LTjg George Hare ENS Damon Singleton YNSN Steven Sullivan WX supports the Gun Boss and Asst. Gun Boss administratively. The Weapons Admin Officer heads WX which consists of the Training Officer, Coordinator and two yeomen. 410 YNSN Robert Daniels 411 MARDET Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world, but Marines don ' t have that problem. . President Ronald Reagan Since 1797, the Marines have been making a difference on ships named Constellation. In those 187 years, the Marines ' mission has changed from that of long range sniping from sail riggings to defending the ship against the diverse threats of modern day terrorists. During the 1985 WESTPAC deployment the Marines honed those security skills to a fine edge. This resulted in their receipt of the grade of excellent in a major DoD security inspection. In addition to performing its primary security mission, the detachment also participated in a variety of ceremonial functions. Providing color guards and honors for visiting dignitaries, the CAPT George Garrett Marines performed in the highest traditions of America ' s Elite Corps. Returning to America ' s shores, the detachment is still today, as it was in 1797, Semper Fidelis — Always Faithful, to the Constellation and her crew. 412 1ST LT Christopher Conlin 1ST SGT E.L. Thompson SGT Earnest Anderson PFC Kenneth Anderson PFC Robert Anderson LCPL Andrew Barboza SGT David Barnard LCPL Dominick Boccia PFC Eric Boyd LCPL Thomas Briones LCPL Joseph Campbell PFC R.L. Clark LCPL Jack Combs LCPL Curtis Conant LCPL Damian Conlon PFC Jeff Cornelius R ••- . ' LCPL Don Counts LCPL Caesar Crittenden PFC Antonio Diaz PFC Michael Dwyer LCPL Michael Ellifson PFC Michael Ermi LCPL Michael Fitpatrick PFC Stephen Gasparro 413 LCPL Randy Hall LCPL Ronald Halstead PFC Roland Hennesay PFC Jeffrey Holmes PFC Robert Hubiak PFC David James PFC Daniel Jensen LCPL David Koran LCPL Daniel Lamotte LCPL Michael Lukitsch LCPL Jerry Lundstrom CPL Mark Mach SGT Curtis Malone PFC Michael Mamie LCPL Lome Martin LCPL Alfric McCrorey SSGT Thomas Murphy LCPL Mike Nulty LCPL Chris Parks PFC Thomas Poirier LCPL Ed Rakovsrski LCPL Jack Ray LCPL Raymond Roybal LCPL Martin Saavedra 414 PFC Robert Scales LCPL Doug Shriver LCPL Tim Sidders LCPL Edward Smith LCPL David Songoo PFC Michael Spath LCPL Robert Stacey LCPL James Stanford LCPL Charles Stearns LCPL Lawrence Stubbs CPL Joseph Tavares LCPL Kurt Thompson LCPL Carl Vicente PFC Brad Walsman PFC Leon Weifenbach PFC Robert Wexeldorfer CPL Douglas Wurzauf 415 Weapons and Marines Late Arrivals CAPT John Grice LCDR Walter Ogar LCDR Ralph Steinhauer LT William Dunkin LT Arthur Gresham A03 Robert Allen AOAN Steven Amort AA Mark Curry A03 Robert Dunaher 416 AN Leo Garcia TMSN Michael Gillen AOAA Todd Foster GYSGT Lawrence Hawse PFC James Memington SA John Marmon L CPL Joseph Moore AOl Bryan Schaaf GMGl Alphonzo Steele 417 CAPT. G. Davis CAPT Alexander Phillips CAPT Robert Stoddert CAPT Robert Williams Carrier Group One is commanded by RADM Leon A. Edney and he has a staff of over 45 people working for him. Constellation is the flagship for Carrier Group One. CAPT Donald Wright CDR Donald Covington CDR Lewis Mclntyre CDR Jon Lund LCDR Chris Holm LCDR Jerrett Marquis LCDR Gregory Marsh LCDR Larry Penix LCDR Richard Tanner LCDR Wisniewski LT Gerald Coyne LT Jack Stewart M M CW04 Anthony Paxton SKCM Arsenio Escoto YNCS David Benner OSCS Edward Blanchard 418 EWCS Theodore Cole MAC Rogelio Evangelista ETC Steve Kiltz OSN Eduardo Almaguer MSI Matthew Batario MS3 Eduardo Briones OM2 James Cook MS3 Rickey Cox RM2 Jeremiah Davis RMSN Ken Dupre YNSN Michael Edson YN3 Frank Franco YNl Tommie Hayes OS3 Steve Janak OM2 Casey Joppnes EW2 Thomas Klinert PNl Frederick Koenig RM2 Edward Leary OS2 Robert Mc Larty YN2 Lawrence Montoya BMl H.L. Pricer RMl Alfonso Salazar RM2 Arturo Sedillo OSl Dale Sherman 419 onnie visits the very best port: HOME! ri ■ . . i .V It had been six months away from friends, family, wives, and now, it was over. All over the pier, loved ones waited anxiously. Signs emblazoned with welcome home messages were seen all over. On Connie, the flight deck was ringed with crewmen in their dress whites, all of them nervous with anticipation. Finally, the ship was tied up, and the brows were opened. The tearful reunions began as soon as the first man stepped on the pier. After six months away, WESTPAC was over, and there never has been a happier group of people than there were on the pier that August Saturday morning. Ill ' JIfi WV n _ jj r a. ' -n. ? S Fathers and daughters dance the night away A week after Connie returned from WESTPAC, an event took place in Connie ' s hangar bay that strengthened some family ties. The Father - Daughter Banquet played host to approximately 400 people, including Connie ' s Commanding Officer, CAPT John Calhoun, and his daughter. There was music to accompany the catered feast, from the Ail- American Boys Choir, a group from California who has performed all over the western United States. Their singing helped make everyone feel good. Connie ' s own R B band ' Fresh also played for the fathers and daughters, providing ftven more good feelings all liround. From the youngest daughter there (who was only two years old), to the oldest of Connie ' s Old Salts present, everyone had a great time at this special reunion provided by Connie, a ship who always takes care of her M V- i Cruisebook Staff The USS Constellation WESTPAC 1985 Cruisebook is an authorized publication produced in accordance with U.S. Navy Public Affairs regulations. It is published by the USS Constellation Public Affairs Office and printed by Jostens American Yearbook Company. Opinions expressed herein are not official expressions of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or USS Constellation. COMMANDING OFFICER CAPT John F. Calhoun EXECUTIVE OFFICER CAPT Thomas B. Latendresse COMMAND MASTER CHIEF AOCM Gordon W. Zehm PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER LTjg David Wells PUBLIC AFFAIRS LCPO JOC Paul Waldrop CRUISEBOOK ADVISOR LT Rob Raine EDITOR JOS Charles W. (Bill) Miles, Jr. ASSISTANT EDITOR, CARTOONIST JOSN Jon B. Knutson COPY EDITOR JOSN Richard Jennings PHOTO EDITOR, PHOTOGRAPHER AN Patrick Shelby STAFF JOl Mike Campbell JOS Joe Rynish AN Joe Wikowski SN Dennis Connolly PHOTO LAB PERSONNEL LT Randall Emmons PHC Howard Burke PHI Jerry Whitfield PHI Gary Littleton PH2 Robert Escue PH2 Jeff Goodman PH3 Rick Garcia PHS Kevin Renner PHS Michael Rodriguez PHS Jon Hockersmith PHS Chris Dye PHS Leigh Toland PHS Verne Williams PHAN Phil Bonham PHAN Jeff Thornton PHAN Charles Brooks PHAN Jody Akers PHAN Glenn Eaton PHAN Pat Lazansky PHAA David Simpson CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS LIS Rick Bell YNS Jeff Powell DN Malkiewicz SR Calvin Allison MM2 Louis Pereira AOl R. Slaughter ASC Edward Cooper AXl Dysler MMS Ross McElroy ABEAN Roger Encarnacion ISS Ron Portz The cruisebook staff put in many hours of work during workdays, evenings and weekends to prepare this cruisebook. Their dedication to this task is certainly appreciated. Thanks also go to the Connie Photo Lab for photographic support and services, Mr. Rod Williams and Jostens American Yearbook Company for assistance and publishing, all the crewmembers who submitted photographs, the department heads and division officers who submitted material, the Captain ' s Annex for the use of their photo copy machine and anyone else we might have accidently left out. 428 C ?cy 5£ 500K 5 f Fr icfs Pictured above, from left, top row: J03 Joe Rynish, LT Rob Raine, J03 Bill Miles, AN Joe Wikowski, AN Pat- rick Shelby, JOSN Rick Jennings, and SN Dennis Con- oily. Bottom row: JOSN Jon Knutson, LTjg David Wells (PAO), JOl Michael Campbell, and JOC Paul Waldrop (LCPO). TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN WHO : WILLINGLY SACRIFICED SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM HOME; - TO THE MOTHERS, WIVES, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THEIR RETURN; THIS CRUISEBOOK IS DEDICATED. ' ' ' i ;- .- y l?s g myKg ' ? ? ' S si - ' -T : ' ' m ' ,