Gary (FF 51) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 OPERATION PRAYING IVIANTIS COIVIIVIANDINO OFFICER -N-I ' ' f4 . Vx .. 'Golf Brava, This is Gary. I inrena To engage all hasrile Targers wiThin weaporfs range. 7-I The Caprain, April I8Th

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.-..,....-.- GAI? Y PRA YER ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE, GRANT US YOUR EVER ABID- ING PROTECTION AS WE SAIL FORTH TO ANSWER THE CALL OF DUTY. . GIVE TO US STRENGTH OF MIND AND SPIRIT THAT WE FAIL NOT IN THE DAY THAT WE'RE TESTED. OUR HOPE AND ASSURANCE IS IN YOU, THE ONE WHO MAKES STORMY SEAS AND TROUBLED HEARTS CALM. CAUSE US TO DIVIDE THE WATERS OF THIS WORLD ONLY IN THE NAME OF PEACE. MAY WE HONOR THESE UNITED STATES OF AMER- ICA WITH SELFLESS AND COURAGEOUS DEDICATION TO THE MIS- SION BEFORE US. WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU OUR FATHER. AMEN WILLIAM C. BLAIR CHAPLAIN'S CORPS, U.S. NAVY FREEDOMS THOUGHTS AS THE WIND BLOWS AND SUN SETS ON THE OPEN SEA HE THINKS OF AMERICA A NATION FREE HE THINKS OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS SO DEAR AS DOWN HIS CHEEK ROLLS A LONESOME TEAR HE THINKS OF A PLACE SO CLOSE AND TRUE THE ROLLING HILLS THE SKY SO BLUE HE THINKS OF THOSE WHO'VE DIED IN FOREIGN LANDS TO KEEP US FREE FROM HOSTILE HANDS HE THINKS OF WHAT HE MUST DO WELL SO STILL SHALL RING THE LIBERTY BELL SO HE WILL SAIL THIS TROUBLED SEA TO KEEP THIS GREAT NATION, AMERICA, FREE T.A. MOORE, OS3 ..., .-...,-...-....-W. ...-.- -...,,f..mJ. .,.,:,,..f .. . i......4,.f.n.-.....J,.fwN.....-....4...,....,.--....,---w- V

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A 1 QI Q.liI3'L.-sr' 'fa Wrlliam Dallas Befhea III Commander Unrfed Sfafes Navy Commanding Offrcer USS GARY QFFG 515 Commander BeThea was born rn ATlanTa Georgia and aTTended school rn Los Angeles Calrfornra EnlrsTrng rn The Naval Reserve ID March 4966 as a selecTee ID The Reserve Offrcer CandldaTe program he was commissioned rn Apnl 4969 aT Offlcer CandldaTe School NewporT Rhode Island He graduaTed from SanTa Monrca College and Calrfornla STaTe UnlverslTy NorThrrdge where he recerved an AA and BA ID Amerlcan HlsTory and Englrsh Hrs frrsT acTrve duTy asslgnmenT was wrTh Naval Beach Group ONE WesTern Pacrfrc DeTachmenT forward deployed To Yokosuka Japan As AsslsTanT OIC of a BeachmasTer deTachmenT deployed To VreTnam Command er BeThea parTrclpaTed rn OperaTron KEYSTONE CARDINAL The flrsT major phase of Marrne wrThdrawal from VreTnam Followrng ThaT Tour and afTer augmenTaTlon lnTo The Regular Navy he served aboard USS BAINBRIDGE QCGN 255 a nuclear powered gurded mrssrle crurser homeporTed aT Long Beach from 4970 To 4974 as Commun: caTrons Offrcer and FrrsT LreuTenanT Followrng a Two year Tour as OperaTrons and Plans Offrcer for Commander DesTroyer Squadron FIVE aT San Drego Commander BeThea aTTended DesTroyer School aT NewporT Rhode Island and was subsequenTly assrgned To USS LEAHY CCG 465 a gulded mrssrle cruiser homeporTed aT San Dlego as OperaTrons Offrcer Followrng a Two year Tour aboard LEAHY he reporTed To TacTrcal Tralnlng Group Pacrflc aT San Drego and from 4979 To 4984 TaughT advanced baTTle group TacTrcs To senior offlcers en rouTe To command AfTer complehng a Two year Tour as ExecuTlve Offrcer of USS WADSWORTH QFFG 95 The flrsT OLIVER HAZARD PERRY Class guuded mrsslle frlgaTe rn The Pacrfrc FleeT homeporTed aT Long Beach from 4984 To 4983 Commander BeThea reporTed To The sTaff of The Chref of Naval OperaTlons rn WashrngTon D C From 4983 To 4985 he served as Arde To The DlrecTor Naval Warfare COP 0955 and Head TacTrcal Trarnrng and Wargamrng Branch of The TacTrcal Readrness Drvrsron QOP 9535 In June 4986 he graduaTed from The NaTronal War College WashrngTon D C In December 4986 he assumed command of USS GARY QFFG 545 rn Bunbury AusTralra durrng The shlp s marden deploymenT Commander BeThea s personal awards Include The MerlTorlous Servlce Medal four Navy CommendaTron Med als Two Navy AchlevemenT Medals and varlous campaign servlce and unlT awards Commander BeThea IS marrled To The former Gayle Lorraine Garslde of Los Angeles, Callfornia. They have Two children, RoberT and Bonnie. I I I I l I I I I I II I I I ' I I I I II I I I I I I I I ' I I I I I I I I I I I I ' I I I I I II 1 1 I I 1 I 1 ' II I I I I I I I I I I I - 1 1 I II I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I ' I II II I 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I II I I II I I I I I I , III I I I II I I I - I I III I I ' I I I 1 III I I I I, I I I I , I I I I I I - I I I I I I 1 ' I I I I I S