Coontz (DDG 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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'The Frontline of Freedom Wce Adm. William F. McCauley. Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, was aboard the USS Coontz KDDG-ll-Ol June lst to inspect the day-to- day operation of a ship deployed in the Persian Gulf ln a speech delivered on the fantail of the guided- missile destroyer, Wce Adm. McCauley told the crew that it is the man who works out here on the deck plates, on the frontline of freedom, that carries out U.S. policy abroad. The highlights ofthe brief speech included the USS Stark fFFG-51l incident, American protection of Kuwaiti tankers, and the need for U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf While it is the job ofthe U.S. ships to 'showthe flag! that isn't what we were really hired for. We were hired for the purpose of protecting our interests, and that is what the American people expect us to do, said Vice Adm. McCauley. Vice Adm. McCauleywent on to laud the fire parties and damage oontrol teams of USS Coontz which helped iight the tires and flooding aboard the USS Stark QFFG-515 on May 18th. I am very proud of the job you have done, and of the life-saving heroics displayed on the USS Stark. The need for U.S. protection of Kuwaiti tankers was also explained to the crew of Coontz by Vice Adm. McCauley. lt is one more way for us to protect Kuwaiti interests. lf we hadn't agreed to protect Kuwaiti tankers here in the Persian Gulf, the job would have been offered to the Soviet Union, and they would have taken it That, said Vice Adm. McCauley, would have been one more foothold in the Persian Crulf for the Soviet Union. In closing, Vice Adm. McCauley expressed his gratitude for the job the U.S. ships in the Middle East Force have done, adding. The reoord the USS Coontz has established speaks for itself.