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1 I W I 4 hi se RMWPAC 6 9 6 f l i ' r W PHOTO: PHAN PYLARINOS l TOP LEFT: LCAC flies out ofthe Welldeck TOP CENTER: Plfflldzsigfiz W dancers greet ESSEX in Pearl Harbor. TOP RIGHT: No Capmlyf' tha C03 Q iz fish. Now this is a fish! Commander Blakely 's Swordfish dwdlf 5 t e . PHOTO. PH2 Go 60 barracuda. LEFT: ESSEX takes the lead for a parade vf LCAC singizgi ' R N Hawaii. ABOVE: A Marine squad boards a CH-46 helo boundfoft e SSEX I during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation drill. RIGHT: E an Sailors beautyfy grounds at an elementary school in H0fl0l'4l'f' :az wg BELOW RIGHT: During Admiral Mike Boorda's memorial sefvlce e up board, Marines stand at the ready for a twenty-one gun salule- -F: 'N 'iff 202 1 XXL-2 . l J'
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Pre-Deployment New CNO visits ESSEX Story By JO2 Lee Rankins The 26th Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jay L. Johnson, told Sailors aboard USS ESSEX CLHD 25 to usteer by the stars and hold their heads highv as the Navy moves into the 21st century. Johnson came aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship Aug. 22, 1996 to share his vision for the Navy and to assure those assembled that people will remain his number one priority, continuing his predecessoris cormnitment to Sailors. Johnson's first order of business, however, after being introduced, was to present Commanding Officer, Capt. Thomas F. Radichg Supply Officer, Cmdr. Chris R. McKelveyg and Senior Chief Mess Specialist fSurface Warfarej Igmedio Iglesia with a plaque for winning the 1996 Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award. The annual award is given for outstanding excellence in food service. ESSEX won the award for large afloat category in 1994 and was runner up in 1995. As to the Navy' s future, Johnson shared his vision with the assembled Sailors. We,re going to steer by the stars and not by the wake. Itis hard to see the stars if youlre not holding your head up high, he said. The constellation of stars that's going to guide us is going to have four main stars of equal brightness? The four stars, he explained, are operational primacy without which, none of the rest really mattersg leadership, teamwork and pride. uThe key to those four stars will be you, Johnson said. That's my vision, and I want it to be your mission? Admiral J.L. Johnson visited the ESSEX in July to spread the word, We have four new stars to navigate by... Photo: AN STARKEY
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