Coronado (AGF 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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NAVIGATION LT. WILLIAM B. BLISS NAVIGATOR QMCS (SW) MAX B. BATANGAN DIVISION OFFICER LT. MICHAEL J. HARDEBECK. PROSPECTIVE NAVIGATOR N Division 74 SHIPS MEAN MOBILITY. NAVIGA- TION MEANS MOBILITY WITH A PUR- POSE. GETTING THE SHIP WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, ON TIME, EVERYTIME. THE QUARTERMASTERS OF NAVIGA- TION DEPT. HAD THAT JOB ON TRACK, AS THEY PLOTTED THE SHIPS COURSE IN AND OUT OF THE MANY DIFFERENT PORTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF, AS WELL AS THE 20,000 NM TRANSIT BACK AND FORTH FROM HAWAII. TO KEEP THE SHIP ON A STEADY AND ACCURATE COURSE THE QMS USE A VARIETY OF TECH- NIQUES- EVERYTHING FROM TRADI- TIONAL CELESTIAL NAVIGATION TO THE MOST MODERN ELECTRONIC SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM. ALSO ASSIGNED TO NAVIGATION, THE PC ' S ABOARD CORONADO TOOK CARE OF NOT ONLY JOINT TASK FORCE MIDDLE EASTS MAIL, BUT ALSO MAIL FOR THE MANY OTHER SHIPS DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE GULF, ENSURING THAT THEY WOULD HEAR FROM THEIR LOVED ONES BACK HOME.

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FROM TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: HM3 Greenwood gives the look after every sickcall HM1 Pope singing the blues at a Bahrain nightclub, HM2 Vinzon says Howdy Doody as a filipino cowboy, HM3 Linscheer cramming the night before advancement exams, HM3 Broschart relaxing at ASU after a hard day ' s work, HM2 Brown with a final hurrah prior to leaving the CORONADO, LT Main trying to get a date with a local girl, LT Maher and HMCS(PJ) Reep going over figures during a mass casualty drill, Dr. Seuss after another successful operation

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PCI KOVACIC TELLS CUSTOMERS I SELL THEM, YOU LICK THEM YOU STICK THEM. N-DIVISION QM3 CLARK LOOKS BACK ON BAHRAIN FOR THE LAST TIME. NAVIGATION TEAM LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: QM3 P. GREFF, QM2 R. DAVIS, QM3 F. CLARK, PCl R. KOVACIC BACK ROW: QMl L. NASH, QM2 D. ALHANATI, QMSN T. STOUT, PCSN C. JONES 75