Coronado (AGF 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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MASTER CHIEF GREER IS A NATIVE OF THE COM- MONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. BUT PRESENTLY CALLS CORPUS CHRIST. TEXAS HIS HOME. AFTER JOINING THE NAVY IN JANUARY OF 1956, AND COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AT GREATLAKES, ILL. HE WAS OR- DERED TO THE USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-27) OUT OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. WHICH WAS THE START OF A LONG LIST OF SHIPS WHICH HE CALLED HOME OVER THE YEARS. THE USS LLOYD THOMAS (DDE-764), USS HISSEM (DER-400), USS FARRAGUT (DLG-6), USS SANDO- VAL (APA-194), USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14), USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). COMPHIBRON 3 STAFF ON THE USS CLEVELAND (LPD-7), COMPHIBRON 5 STAFF ON THE USS DENVER (LPD-9), AND USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10), AND OF COURSE THE USS CORONADO (AGF-11). HIS SHORE TOURS INCLUDED RECRUITING FOR NAVAL RESERVE TRAINING CENTER, ST LOUIS MISSOURI, COMPANY COMMANDER, RTC, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA AND COM- MAND MASTER CHIEF NAS CORPUS CHRIST. TEXAS. COMMAND MASTER CHIEF SMCM LLOYD D. GREER USN This is my first ship as an NC and it has been a real education. I am proud to have served with such a fine Skipper and crew. The CORONADO will remain in my memory forever. From September 1979 to March 1981, 59 of CORON ADO ' S sailors have reenlisted for a total of 235 years. The Navy has paid them $262,507 to ship over. I ' m proud of our retention effort and hope it continues to improve. I leave my successor with a ship that can be a Golden Anchor winner. Good luck and keep on reenlisting. 11

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ADMINISTRATIVE PNC Terry L. Warf RPC Wilson A. Hampton PNl David L. Chavez ( Ik i 1 Skj f w A » s. i f . — m LT Thomas M. Gorman YNl Rodney E. Helms YN2 Kelsey J. Ford DEPARTMENT PNC James W. Phipps EMI David E. Hood Sailor of the Year- PC2 Gary S. Boryk 13