Duncan (FFG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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Santa Claus (FTM2 Butcher) models his suit Duncan Christmas Party Duncan ' s children ' s Christmas party is one of the favorite activities of the crew. The Welfare and Rec Committee turned over some of its funds to the Ombudsman who got a group of girls together to buy a vast assortment of gifts. The MS ' s baked a delicious assortment of cookies for the young guests and provided milk and juice to go w ith the snacks and the helo hanger was colorfully decorated by sailors and w ives for the party. After some Christmas carols and a chance for the wives and girfriends to chat with each other, Santa (FTM2 Butcher) flew in to pass out gifts to good little boys and girls. It is a real joy to see the kids having so much fun w hich is why the crew loves this party so much. FTMC Hebert and his family Santa passes out gifts GMM3 Young and OS3 Filen tell Santa their wishes OS3 Jimenez sitting with his family

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OSC McElrath, OS2 Norton and 0S2 Kimball out on the town BM3 Ingram having an outdoor lunch with his wife LCDR Womack up for some „-. , . para-sailing Portuguese style bullfighting TORO! LT Almeida landing after his ride

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Hundreds of guests on the fantail for Dependent ' s cruise Dependents Cruise Once a year, Duncan tries to arrange for all of the friends and families of the crew to have an opportunity to get underway with the ship. Nothing can describe life at sea as graphically as seeing it first hand, and the dependents cruise does just that. Many of the ship ' s systems and capabilities were demonstrated such as man overboard, manuevering alongside a pier, crashback, full power run and the missile launcher. All watch stations were open for tours giving a view of the bridge, CIC and CCS that not many get to see. The Sup- port department had a hamburger and hotdog cookout (with the works) for the guests to enjoy. Dependent ' s cruises never fail to please the crow d and the 84 cruise w as no exception!