Emory Land (AS 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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Stuck in Ras Al Haad by CDR Mike Callaway We ' re serving time here on the dark side of the moon. Someday we ' ll leave here, but it cannot be too soon. They said we ' d deploy to an island paradise. That was a decoy and this isn ' t quite as nice. (chorus) We ' re stuck in Ras Al Haad with quite a job to do. We ' re stuck in Ras Al Haad, the Navy ' s finest crew. Is forty-five days up? I really need a brew. I know you ' ll understand cause you re all stuck here too. We need some liberty, but that ' s so far away. Can ' t even walk around they ' ve started field day. I ' m trying to pretend we ' re in Montego Bay. But when I look around I carmot help but say ... (chorus) We ' ll fix those baby skimmers and we ' ll do it right. We are the reason they can stay out here to fight. The Ayatollah doesn ' t really understand. The hurt he ' s getting fi-om the EMORY S. LAND. (chorus) Kt Jh Is that Mr. T ? 65

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Administrative Department LT McCombs, Admin Officer During USS EMORY S. LAND ' S North Ara- bian Sea Deployment, the ship ' s Administra- tive Department provided extensive services to tended units. The department Issued ID cards, provided career counselling services. CAAC DAPA Interviews, ordered correspon- dence courses, provided YN PN In-rate train- ing, conducted administrative inspections, updated ship ' s master instruction flies, pro- vided postal services and brig facilities for tended units. Additionally, during a port visit to Muscat, Oman, the Administrative Depart- ment provided postal and ID card services to American Embassy Persormel. Among the renovation it A 67