Dubuque (LPD 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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RADIO BN. The Marines of Detachment 10-88, together with their Navy counterparts, form an integral part of the Defense Department ' s World Wide Military Communications System. Their role in this system is to provide special communications support to the Commanding Officer. Contingency MAGTF 3-88 and the Command- ing Officer. USS DUBUQUE. They also employ sophisticated electronic equipment to conduct extensive studies of the electromagnetic environment. Operating in a wide variety of conditions, they test equipment and radio wave propagation from a number of platforms including helicopters, barges, ships, and small boats. The Radio Battalion Det ' s participation in MAGTF operations is intended to further guarantee the com- mander ' s ability to shoot, move and communicate under all conditions. .vX . ) ' ' ' A ' ; JiJ- V-AA List of personnel: Maguire R.F.. Keeling J.M.. Canty D.L., Robin S.V.. Brandon G.R.. Portillo M.R.. Hall T.D., Campbell R.L.. Gurule M.R., Hartman C.T., Steaples R.W., Doss F.E., Gibson D.R., Gootee A.E., Bobrowski R.P.. Wheeler L.A., Rybicki T.P. 56

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(l-r) back row: Welsh, Lemoine, Pruitt, Waters, Aiken. Matroni; front row: Nomura. Casares, Lasure. Campos. Smith. Ball s 3 (l-r) back row: Rivera. Banks. Nichols. Jones: front row: Wilchek. Williams, Miller s 4 55

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M E D I C A L Hard-charging Docs! The Marine Air Ground Task Force 3-88 Medical Department is responsible for safeguarding the health and maintaining the medi- cal readiness of the Marines embarked not only aboard USS DU- BUQUE, but on the MSB Hercules and the MSB Wimbrown VII as well. In addition to meeting its own medical and military training requirements the Medical department provides routine Sick Call care, assists in sea air rescue (SAR) missions, collects, evaluates and disseminates medical intelligence information, performs aeromedi- cal, re-enlistment, pre-commissioning. discharge, and many other types of physical examinations, conducts heat stress surveys and sanitation inspections, administers the hearing conservation pro- gram and tuberculosis (TB) control program, provides medical cov- erage for tactical training exercises, and teaches first aid classes to other staff sections and major subordinate elements (MSEs) . Through the tireless efforts of the Department ' s one physician and nine corpsman. Contingency MAGTF 3-88 maintains a level of medi- cal readiness which is among the highest in the Fleet. 4 J 57