David Ray (DD 971) - Naval Cruise Book

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L LT Dale Fedderson Maintenance Officer LT Erik Myhre Operations Officer LT Bruce Bachand Administration Officer LT Timothy Gibbons Asst. Maintenance Officer HSL-47 Det 3 (the Gumby Det) and Saberhawk 67 (Billy) embarked to provide long range electronic eyes and ears for USS DAVID R. RAY. Billy ' s tradition- al missions of anti-submarine warfare and anti-ship surveillance and targeting took a back seat to Middle East Force mission re- quirements. As part of the Maritime In- terception Force Team (and in the true spirit of Gumby flexibility), Gumby Det became the experts of Medical Evacuation, Vertical Replenishment, and Visit, Board and Search Support for the ship ' s boarding teams. Though significant, each of these missions paled in comparison to the most vital of all tasks . . . THE MAIL RUN! Through hundreds of scheduled and un- scheduled calls to flight quarters, Billy and the Gumbies were always Flexibilis Max- imus. AMHC Daniel Deboer Detachment Chief photo by LCDR Lyddon 63

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AIR DEPARTMENT - LCDR Peter Lyddon Air Officer photo by LCDR Lyddon 62

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f y m HHHbkS AWC John Sherman ATI Jeffery Scott AMSl Maurice Griggs AD2 Steven Bosset ' If AE2 Emii Heig AD2 Darren Fuller AMS3 Antonio Nelson AZ2 Michael Crane AW3 James Shepard ATAN David Brotherton AEAN Milton Guerrero