Elrod (FFG 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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iCi S-l DIVISION 1 1 ' f -., ENS HENDERSON PNCS (SW) DOSK DISBURSING OFFICER PERSONNEL OFFICER P T ' i:i - 1 ■■ ■»■ r MAC (SW) LAWSON SKC (SW) FLUCK YNl (AW) SMITH

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SUPPORT DEPARTMENT he USS ELROD SUPPORT DEPARTMENT - SERVICE TO THE CREW - is there motto. The services that this department provides range from providing parts to keep the ship going and firing to cutting a man ' s hair. The Support Department personnel are the pride of the ELROD in professionahsm and cooperation. The Department Head is LT WilHam M. Bunker and the Assistant Support Officer was LT Charles P. Frasher. LT Frasher also held the respon- sibility as Disbursing Officer and Ship ' s Store Officer. In February 1988 a new man to the department arrived relieving LT Frasher of his ausome tasks - ENS David K. Henderson. The department is divided into two divisions - S-1 (Support) lead by ENS Henderson and PNCS (SW) Kevin A. Doak and S-2 (Food Service) lead by MSC (SW) Timothy E. Martin. S-1 (Support) Division is made up of many and varied ratings: Storekeeper (SK), Ship ' s Serviceman (SH), Yeoman (YN), Personnelman (PN), Disbursing Clerk (DK), Postal Clerk (PC), Master at Arms (MA) and Hospital Corpsman (HM). These personnel are ones who make living on the ship more bearable by providing those things you become accus- tomed to on shore like mailing a letter, buying from the store, getting a haircut, getting parts to fix your equipment and checking on personal affairs. Without these people living on the ship would not be the same. S-2 (Food Service) Division includes both the Mess Management Specialist (MS) and the Food Service Attendants on temporary duty from other divisions. It is the responsibility of these men to provide over 700 meals a day to the crew which include breakfast, lunch, dinner and mid-rats. It is because of these personnel that the men gained all their weight from the cruise. Judging from the remarks of numerous riders and from other commands, ELROD ' s food is the best in the fleet. 10

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SK2 FORD GUARDS THE BROW IN GENOA PNCS (SW) DOAK CATCHES A BREATH OF FRESH AIR SKC (SW) FLUCK ON WATCH ANCHORED OFF BAHRAIN