Dubuque (LPD 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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Front row: ET3 Joel Gaines ET3 Trevor Pugh ET3 Aubrey Stokes ET3 Gregory Wilson ET3 Travis Sago ET2 John Singiser ETl (SW) James Watrous Second row: ET2 Brian Kibbe ET3 Paul Carpenter ETSN Raynard Cooper ET3 Jeffery Lafrance ET3 William Hruska ETl (SW) Howard Clayton ETC (SW) Ronald Myers OE Division 23

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Operations Department LCDR Richard F. Self Operations Officer OI Division Front row: 0S3 (SW) Michael Rhodes OSSN Shane Johnson 0S3 Gary Price OSSA Trent Harris 052 Chad Clayton 0S3 Michael Lauderdale OSSN Thurman Payton Second row: OSSC (SW) William Taylor OSSA Ronald Rich 0S3 Gary Boldes OSSR Andrew Hartt OSSA Daniel Marsh OSSA Christopher Stratton 053 Reid Bushard 0S3 William Isemann OSSA David Rappold 0S3 James Stinson OSSA James Kirby OS 2 Robert Moore OSl Jack Willyard OSl Victor Zorns The Operations Department consists of two divisions: OI OW and OE. 01 OW division consists of Operation Specialists (OS) and Electronic Warfare Spe- cialists (EW) , who work in DUBUQUE ' s Combat Information Center (CIC) . The primary mission of CIC is to provide organized collection, processing, dis- play, competent evaluation and rapid dissemination of pertinent tactical infor- mation and intelligence to command and control stations. OI OW division op- erates a wide variety of electronic equipment in order to accomplish their mission including: surface and air search radars, identification and tracking equipment, communications gear and specialized detection and tracking equipment. The Electronic Technicians (ET) are the electronic wizards of OE division who maintain the DUBUQUE ' S complex and sophisticated electronics suite con- sisting of air and surface search radars, satellite, high frequency (HF) and line of sight communications systems, navigation aids and the SNAP II computer system. EW3 Mark Cahill EWSN Richard 22

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COMMUNICATIONS Radioman (RM) DEPARTMENT Signalman (SM) Communication Department, the voice of the DUBUQUE, consists of the radiomen of CR Division and the signalmen of CV Division. The Communication Department is responsible for the operation of all transmitters, receivers and teletypes, message processing, circuit operations, technical control and operation of satellite circuits. The communication capabilities are used to their fullest in accordance with the mission of the DUBQUE by: processing all record, voice and visual messages, transmitted or received in a rapid and accurate manner; ensuring that all voice and teletype circuits are fully tested and operational in accordance with the current communication plan; employing quality monitoring and control procedures on all systems in use; and providing embarked staffs with reliable, secure and timely communications in support of their mission. The re- cent recipients of the Green C for Communications Excellence, DUBUQUE ' S communication gang has surpassed all goals and will continue to excel. ENS Michael Evans COMMO Front row: RM3 Matthew Guierrez RM3 Johnny Garner RM3(SW) Calvin Brownlow RM3 Matthew Morse Middle row: RM3 Robert Small RMC (SW) Howard Ball RMC (SW) David Gill RM3 Frankie Butler RMSN Clifton Wilson RMl Mark Telkamp Back row: RM2 Jay Radtke RMSN Thomas Jackson RMSA Carlos Kelley RMSN William Glaspie RM3 Jon McPherson RMC John Mulholland CR Division 24