Gary (FF 51) - Naval Cruise Book

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DRILL TEA 'Q' v 1 ' s 1 A genuine source of pride, Gdry's owdrd winning Drill Tedm focused proise ond oTTenTion on our ship Through Their involvemenT in severol pdrddes ond civic dppedrdnces. As 'IQ87 pdrTiciponTs in The noTion's big- gesT ond oIdesT miliTory porode ond drill compeTiTion, The CiTy of Torrdnce Armed Forces Doy Porode, GGfY'S Drill Tedm won firsT pldce ohedd of professiondl drill Teoms from eoch of The oTher rniliidry ser- vices. Since ThdT Time, The h - y dve re cerved owords ond proise dT eoch evenT Th ' ey hdve oppeored dT, eorning reTurn 10 performdnce inviToTions for The coming yedrs. The GCITY Drill Tedm rerndins dn dcTive ond viTdl shipbodrd orgdnizoTion dedi- coTed To furThering Ndvy involvemenT ond pride in The locdl communiTy. Their conTinuing efforTs ond espriT d'corps hdve mode Th ' Tedm Gdryf' em on lmporTdnT pdrT of

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.,i,. mums ll .V X ' ' 'I ,X , A , , s. ,,, ,,'-, , r J A ON 01 xo O l O TQ ' 0 Q 0 . - , U U ' ,, 4 H UILSTN U A in U , K, . A 0 ,' il ' I iw Q if f K0 01 xx , BMcs THOMAS re. ver OOMMANO sFMOre CHIEF FFTTY OFF OFF uss GARY QFFG-5'lji ' A nafive of Dragerfon, UTah, Senior Chief Vigil aTTended high school in Encinifas, California, and enlisTed wiTh The Navy in April 4966. A F ln his firsT assignmenf To USS TOPEKA QCLG 85, Senior Chief Vigil was involved in combaf operafions againsf The Norfh Viefnamese, during operafions in The Tonkin Gulf. His ofher assignmenfs have included Tours on: USS CHICAGO QCG 443, USS ENGLAND CDLG 225, USS LONG BEACH CCGN 95, USS DECATUR QDDG 343, and USS OLDENDORF CDD 9725. - As GARY's senior eniisfed crewman and appoinfed Command Senior Chief PeTTy Officer, Senior Chief Vigil works closely wiTh The Commanding Officer as an elemenT of The ship's upper command organizafion represeniing The morale and welfare inferesfsof The crew. As such he is responsible To The Commanding Officer for policy maTTers affecfing GARY's sailors. C - A five Time recipienT of The Navy's Good Conducf Medal, Senior Chief Vigil'soTher decorafions include: VieTnam Service Medal, Navy E Ribbon, Armed Forces Expedi- Tionary Medal, and The Sea Service Deploymeni Ribbon. A s Senior Chief Vigil is married To The former Miss ParoiiTa Bunda of The Republic of The Philippines. They have Three children: Nolifo, Cecilia and Chrisfopher. T ,.. .,gL,....-n..-:.,q.T,. -..,.l 9.4.-..... , .,

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1 f is fs Vs T X Semdnd NouTico...A week of sun, surf ond good Times. Gdry dropped dnchor off The codsT of SonTo Bdrbord for The firsT Time To be dmong The mdin evenTs of The celebrdTion. In The four ddys we were There, Gdry hdd over 4,000 visiTors cross The brow for o Tour of 'iFreedom's ForemosT Guord- ion . The ciTy welcomed us wiTh open drms ds crew- member's enjoyed everyThing from The locdl Toverns, To The worm sunny beoches. IT wos d gredT Time few will forgeT. Gory's second visiT in SonTo Bdrbdrd wos d specidl one, since we were shdring The Town wiTh The Americd's Cup YdchTing Trophy, which mode lT's dppedrdnce oT The SonTo Borbdro YdchT Club. Once ogoin The Gory mdinTdined d high sTdTe of visibiliTy os The wdrdroom dTTended ci pdrTy oT The ydchT club celebrdTing Dennis Conner's Americd's Cup vicTory over AusTrolio. The GOTY wos mode dn honordry member of The SonTo Bdrboro YdchT Club, becoming The ciTy's, if noT The world's, IdrgesT ydchT. T i i . 11 i l l i l i i l l l l I l l l i l l l l l i l i l l