Epperson (DD 719) - Naval Cruise Book

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M OE DIVISIO FRONT ROVV QL to Rj: ETR3 Troendle, FTSN Rose, PNSN Tapia, ETN3 Short, ETSN Ostrom, ETRSN Anderson. BACK ROW: ETC Shiley, ETR3 Neideffer, ETR2 Bonavita, YN3 Taylor, ETRSN Peltin, ETN3 Ellis, ETN3 Lunsman, ENS. Jones. ' ' Through the leadershipiand drive of its division officer, Ens. J.R. Jones, OE Divison has reached its present state of capability and equipment reliability. The responsibility of maintaining the ship's radars and communication equipment is dele- gated to Chief Shiley and his Electronic Technicians. Chief Shiley, through his leadership and technical abilities, has enabled Epperson to make full use of its electronic systems. ' A In charge of maintenance and 'repair of the Air Search Radar and the Electronic Counter- measures System is Frank Bonavita. and the Surface Search Radar is handled by Richard Troendle, who instructs Charles Anderson and Thomas Peltin on repair and calibration of radar repeaters and other radar associated equipment. The communications branch is led by Steven Short who is backed up by Dennis Rose and Paul Ostrom. Our secretary in charge of all our paper work is Dean Neideffer. Our crypto repair technicians, whose work is so secret that it befuddles even them, are Charles Lunsman and 'Gary Ellis. On the health side of OE we have Bill Castonguay, who teaches Lotus Starkey and Larry Schohl how to take people apart and needle them back together again. Larry Rummer, in charge of the Ship's Oflice, holds down the Administrative work with the capable help of james Taylor and Ellis Bordelon. Juan julio and JAKE Tapian attend to the en- listed personnel records.

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Chip THE GRUBBERH Manson, says all girls are gullible. With a little effort he could make a chick give him her last penny and wish she had more to DONATE. John ET Jolly, says he can fix anything that runs on electricity, and he is in charge of tak- ing -care of the equipment in the Shack. Armando, LANDLOVER Garcia is the leader of the pack . Besides dreaming of shore duty, he is in charge of the administrative work that has to be done and has the hardest job of all, g that of keeping his troops at their best. l The newest addition to the Radio Shack is Ron LITTLE TEX Reed. He claims he can ride anything that stands on four legs. Who knows, everything is big where he comes from even Mice! There you have them, in the order they arrived on the EPPERSON, and wheneverlour call sign, NTGT is seen, everyone knows it stands for N o Tincan Greater Today! Long ago came the cry Land ahoy from the watchful SIGNALMAN. His 'eyes had to be sharp and today they have become indispensable even though we are advanced in the field of Q radar and nuclear warships. To this day the fleet has relied on well trained, dedicated and tolerant ' -SIGNALMEN. The leader of the Epperson do gooders is SMI LAY-TO-THE BRIDGE Jensen. He is the Brown Bagger of the SEEKERS . I In the spotlight we have Frank LEPRECHAUN Brown. The signal lights are so high for him that he carries portable stilts. ' , O Rick BADLANDS Schmidt, in charge of inventions, keeps the bridge in top shape by rid- V ing the strikers from reveille to taps. I Next we have the SLACK TWINS known thru-out the ship because they meatball all re- gulars. These two are Mike AVACADO Scarano and Ray RAVIOLI Shuda. SPEEDY Moore came from DESRON ll only to earn the name SLACKER because he's a short timer and is fast asleep. ' The return of Bill THE LOVER Green provides more humor to the bridge. He falls in love from Waikiki to Subic Bay P.I. A Postal Clerk RACK TIME McGee, keeps us hanging in distant ports only to bring us bills, Dear Johns and an occasioanl I LOVE YOU. The Magnificent Eight in all phases of communication maintain an alert visual watch for the Flag and definitely uphold NTGT No Tincan Greater Today ! 5 P Z1 l W1 fi f if Q5 'Q 5 K E2 ft S Z at Q 'Q fi 2 LL., ZNQE4.. . .

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See, The XO's wrong! Ship over? Never happen! Love potion No. 9 Any one for seconds? Who's over-worked ond under-paid? Been 0Ve f IUTSIY?