Duncan (FFG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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BACK ROW: FTM2 Tissue, HTFN Sheehan, RMC Nicholsen, DSl Dadles, STG2 McLeod, OSS Jimenez, ETC Swope, BMl Titze, EM3 Jaramillo, STG2 Adams FRONT ROW: RM2 Jordan, ET3 Foster, BM3 Willis, Sea Cadet, LT Cullinan, Sea Cadet Duncan Softball Team The Softball team is an excellent example of how Duncan plays hard. They always play to win, but have fun along the way. While their par- ticipation in the base league was somewhat hindered by Duncan ' s demanding underway schedule this spring and siunmer, they did a fine job in every game that they played. More important than this though, Duncan ' s team played various fire department and civic group teams in the many ports visited during FY83. This helps to promote good public relations for the Navy and allows Duncan sailors to meet many new friends. Led by the coaching of Chief Nic , the pitching of BMl Titze and the power hitting of HT2 Gutzman, Duncan ' s softball team always plays hard!

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Playing Hard iUl work an n6 pla«5 ' fmke ,. ' . This old saying applie ft - as well. Having sf ' ans to work hard on I s it mean-to play Iw means ' finally gStttnf % many long hour oing to new cOun „ew people and dis ways of life. It atec -ffng .quality tinie witli 1- I Al I-» . 1 • ; « A j ' iTii ii nic snip la IHJIUC, .© beins,1 1 sea is lonely and sai- ■ , lorsipiss their families a great deal, [ comii lioma becoive a f|gs p§- [ cial and Jbighly anticipated p ent. Playing hard is a natural release of the stress andL emotion thak can be built up from being underway. E jun- ' can sailors -have, a, reputation for a I placing hard; just ask the cities o Puerto Vallarta, Stockton, Aber- « deen and Vancouver who are alll4 looking forward to Duncan ' s return! The following pages are sM i tribute to Duncan sd!ilors ashore . . .a «iplaving hard. ]

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Transfer Ceremony While Selected Reservists have been drilling aboard Duncan since the Spring of 1983, the ship didn ' t actually transfer into the Reserve Fleet until January 1984. The trans- fer ceremony marked a new begin- ning for Duncan and for the Reserve Fleet: Duncan is the first Perry Class Frigate to join the Reserve Fleet. The Selected Reser- vists (all hand picked for this crew) and the active duty crew became part of the same Duncan team. As such, the ceremony was a signifi- cant part of Duncan ' s history and her crew went all out to make it a memorable one. The ship was in her dress ship uniform (bunting and fiags all around) and the MS ' s, with the professional help of Coleen Mallgrave, put a beautiful display of food, fruit and ice sculpture out on the fantail. To the fanfare of a brass band, the Reservists manned the rail, filling the gaps between active duty crew members. As is her tradi- tion, Duncan has set the standard for all future ceremonies. Ik. LTJG Almeida with the quarterdeck watch RADM Kempf addresses his new Reserve ship Selres crew mans the rail Selres crew on the pier . . , active duty crew on board SS DUNCAN FFG 10 M -.