Coronado (AGF 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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R 090928Z OCT FM CJTFME TO USS CORONADO INFO USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB COMUSNAVCENT PEARL HARBOR HI CINCPACFLT MAT SAN DIEGO CA COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA COMTHIRDFLT COMNAVSURFGRU MIDPAC BT UNCLAS N00OOO SUBJ: FAREWELL 1. AS YOU BEGIN YOUR VOYAGE BACK TO PEARL HARBOR, CONGRATULATIONS ON, AND TftAMItq for YOUR SUPERB PERFORMANCE IN HEPERS+AN GULF. THE SUPPORT YOU OFFERED BOTH AS FLAGSHIP AND AS A KEY IN TASK FORCECoGISTICS SUPPORT WAS INVALUABLE. YOUR RECORD WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MATCH. AT A TIME WHEN HISTORY WAS BEING MADE IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION, CORONADO WAS A VITAL ELEMENT OF SUCCESSES ENJOYED. FACED WITH AN UNUSUALLY LONG AND ARDUOUS DEPLOYMENT TO AN EXTREMELY VOLATILE THEATER OF OPERATIONS, THE CREW OF CORONADO TACKLED EACH NEW CHALLENGE WITH ENTHUSIASM, SKILL AND DEDICATION. WITHOUT YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND DIVERSE TALENTS, WE LITERALLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR JvlISSION. HAVE AN BNJOYABLE AND RELAXING PORT VISIT IN HONG KONG, AND A SAFE AND SWIFT AWAII. ENJOY A RICHLY- WITH YOUR LOVED ONES, U OUR GRATITUDE AND OUR SPLENDID E FLAGSHIP OF THE NT-TASK FORCE MIDDLE EAST. ADM LESS 160