Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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Front Row Left to Right T. A l. R. A. G. J. A. R. l. R. C F. J. C. l. R. S. R. O. C. E. Gafford, lr. PFC Nix CPL Gahagan CPL IVlullan CPL Teague lst SGT Yezzi CAPT Breth CAPT Cassitty SSCT Grehas CPL Harley CPL Seel LCPL Center Row Left to Right Back Row Left to Right Schmitz PFC Bickers PFC Beirne LCPL Schrader PFC Tobin PFC IVlcNamara PFC Dodd PFC Hanlon LCPL Nlischnick PFC Dangler PFC Nlueller PFC A. Reis LCPL G. lorba PFC C. Kaufman PFC lVl. Fansher PFC Nl. Spinelli PFC P. Harper LCPL Korzyniewski LCPL Beechert LCPL Chambers, lr. LCPL Hofstetter PFC Kauffman PFC Johnson LCPL Clayton PFC Freitag LCPL Sabel PFC Langlois PFC

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Marine Detachment In October 1963, as they have done throughout the history of the Navy, the United States Marine Corps went to seag this time not to hang in the rigging as sharpshooters, not to sit in holds with packs and rifles ready, but as a integral part of the Ship's Company. These 41 Marines commanded by Captain R. C. YEZZI from the nucleus of the security element for the ship, they make up one platoon of the ship's Landing Party, serve as the ceremonial guard for the ship and carry out various other tasks as directed by the Commanding Officer. At Tabonnes Harbor in the Philippines, a Shore Fire Control Party Went in to adjust the shipls fire during an exercise. At a later date Mount 51, which is manned by the Marine Detachment personnel, received its E for the showing made at an anti-aircraft shoot. Operation Backpack found the Detachment with many additional dutiesg not only did they man their General Quarters Stations but they were responsible for the operation ot the Supporting Arms Coordina- tion Center. Many long hours Went into this successful operation. - .,,,.i .i x ,W,,,s.,..w,s Perhaps the Detachment's finest hour came with the visit of Gen- eral Wallace M. GREENE, Commandant of the Marine Corps. At the completion of his inspection the General praised the Detachment by saying they Were, one of the finest detachments afloat. if ix f,f!!1lli.XiXXx

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ii?- FM Division The FM Division is the missile fire control division. Division personnel maintain and operate the electronic equipment necessary to acquire and track a target, compute the missile fire control problem, and guide the missile to its target. The majority of the enlisted men in the division are graduates' of Class A and C schools and are technically qualified for the intricate Work necessary to maintain missile systems. In addition to their technical qualifications, they have shown themselves physically quali- fied by Winning many of the inter-divisional awards offered in various competitive areas. All hours of the day or night you can find FM Division personnel crawling around, into, behind or underneath almost inaccessible places installing little black boxes. These boxes are important in the operation of the fire control equipment and keep the Supply Department on its toes trying to make the OPTAR stretch to cover their cost. L 0 0 o