David Ray (DD 971) - Naval Cruise Book

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0. L DIVISION 01 Division consists entirely of Operations Spe- cialists. Though their duties vary inport from Naval Warfare Publications and Sectret Control to training and damage control petty officer, their duties at sea consist of standing various watches in Combat Infor- mation Center (CIC). CIC is the center of tactical data and informa- tion flow for the ship. OS watchstanding duties con- sist of navigation, tracking air and surface contacts, maintaining the Naval Tactical Data System Link with other ships and aircraft, air control of helos and ASW aircraft, radio telephone communications and assisting in special evolutions such as Naval Gunfire Support, Anti-submarine warfare, Sea and Anchor detail and Anti-surface warfare (using the Harpoon surface-to surface missile). Some OS ' s are also mem- bers of the ships Intelligence Collection Team, also known as Snoopy Team. Even though there are no technical aspects to the rate, OS ' s have a wide variety of specialists avail- able to them through various Navy schools. Whether it is for navigation or operating a radar, an OS must know extensively about the equipment in CIC in or- der to truly live up to the name of Operations Special- ist. W«III| LT A. Hietala OSC(SW) G. Negron CPORP(SW) M. Shaw Royal Australian Navy ISl(SW) L. Severson OSl(SW) E. Weatherly OSl G. Rowe OSl R. Brown 0S2 C. Carothers V y V V f K i J x K 7- 14

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SA B. McLaughlin SA J. Roberts SA T. Roloff W SA D. Dufresne SA D. Campbell SA B. Land f V f n f SR W. Davis SA C. Wilson m- First Division personnel heave around on a mooring line SN Freeman kicks back during a steel beach cookout

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0S2 F. Anderson 0S2 T. Kiesau 0S2 T. Parham 0S2(SW) C. Johnson 0S3 S. Swan 083 M. Johnson 0S3 W. Collins 0S3 C. Lamoreaux 0S3 B. Laurion 0S3 W. Wilborn 0S3 R. Rickard OSSN R. Bertsch OSSN M. Alcala OSSN A. Vander Zanden OSSN B. Carver OSSN S. Grove OSSN J. HoUowood OSSN J. O ' Flynn OSSN G. Riepma OSSN J. McCarthy OSSA J. Avellino OSSA J. Harrold OSSA R. Nicks OSSA G. Fawcett OSSR M. Venske