Decatur (DDG 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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ATLANTIC SEA SAILOR OF THE YEAR FOR 1989. PETTY OFFICER CLEMENTS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED WITH COMMANDER, , , I ' I MILITARY PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, PSD JACKSONVILLE, FL. v:.T','f '-1,'J'f 1L .J':'T lZ': TQC'-Ti7V'i v E:f f - -Af 1 .A '-J: ' .'- 4 T' . - ' 'Q CS5iv ' 'ii77'l.V:-lTT:T'.Iff:1'Z :.gi -Llff 'ff-?1:3'7?v7'1f'?'T 4T'f1i'.' . :f9':l4- l 4F'- i'-J', ,-ZTIQV-'LI'-'7T T1i5 ' '11'141'Q T '1 ? ' - A ' ik. -. av - - -1 4 Y' - A s x ' i' gg sv- '-yw vw -- , - 'E v , Q . 5, .,-, ,E . :..,.g?-,.,.:.f,m1-5, 13.-...:-Qvpflizf-q,. 2.,3,-:.a 1.4: :ff . A bf:-r 3-,.,,-1.,f, A f,-.:y:..,,:':EffL- - .nf .E--1- a...,E.-.---ff fig,-311. fm -I- 14,11-yn 1.9: 43121 ,.-,,-. -1...-,,,, . fp... 4.4. .J A I -, fp, .sf - - --v.. . - ,.-1 4, -- 4- -f,f-Am,g .,.,,,,..,,,,.,,,,,....,1,, '--A -ff -' -:gif 4 1- -f'3-'- A- 54- J: - ' -- - - V'-ff ff-ff - 'R' '-'RMEW ff- E--v4fffm:ff A 'Q -ff5.EE+is4-39Ef5'i ti-?53232f.f ff' - 'i? A 5 5 Q.:?7733-Q?-5' -, , V - -4? .. A I4 E--.V . .E. 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WHILE ONBOARD IKE HE ADVANCED TO SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER AND EARNED HIS ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE ' I ' I 6, SPECIALIST PIN. HIS NEXT OPERATIONAL TOUR WAS WITH AIR ANIT-SUBMARINE SQUADRON 31. HIS TOUR WITH THE TOPCATS I ' ' SAW HIM ADVANCE TO FIRST CLASS PATTY OFFICER AND BE SELECTED AS VS-31, VS-WING ONE, AND STRIKE FIGHTER WINGS ,, ,L ' ,f .4f,,,, .,,, A QLOGISTICS AND SUPPORT FORCES, BAI-IRAIN, DURING DESERT SHIELD AND STORM. ' A II9. SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING FROM DESERT STORM HE WAS SELECTED FOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. REPORTING A' ' ABOARD USS GETTYSBURG ICG 64j CHIEF CLEMENT SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT BOARDING OFFICER IABOQ ON THE GREY VBSS STEAM AND WAS SELECTED FOR SENIOR CHIEF. AFTER AGAIN TERMINATING SHORE DUTY, SENIOR CHIEF CLEMENTS ACCEPTED SW 1 ORDERS TO THE FORWARD DEPLOYED USS SIMON LAKE IAS 331 HOME-PORTED IN LA MADDALENA, SARDINIA, ITALY. HE WAS Y. SELECTED FOR MASTER CHIEF AND CROSSED DECKS TO USS EMORY S. LAND IAS 39j. HE REQUESTED AND WAS SELECTED FOR ,,'Rf ASSIGNMENT AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF. HIS FIRST COMMAND MASTER CHIEF TOUR WAS WITH U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, NAPLES I-'1 ' ITALY. HE HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST COMMAND MASTER CHIEF TO SERVE AT NAVAL HOSPITAL NAPLES UNDER THE 1 NEWLY REVISED COMMAND MASTER CHIEF PROGRAM. MASTER CHIEF CLEMENTS REPORTED AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF, USS - I , DECATUR IDG 73, ON 28 JUNE 2004. , , MASTER CHIEF CLEMENTS HAS ALSO SERVED AS PN A SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR IN MERIDIAN, MS, AS , I. .gym , lx I an LICONGRESSIONAL LIAISON IN WASHINGTON D.C., AS PERS-40GG IENLISTED AVAILABILITIESI WHILE ASSIGNED TO NPC, AND AS A I . MASTER CHIEF CLEMENTS HAS EARNED AND PROUDLY WEARS THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, NAVY li. 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