Germantown (LSD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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EN3 Kuykindal trightl prepares to fuel a heli- copter tBelowJ Flight quarters crew members carry the fueling hose across the flight deck. Flight Quarters Designated Personnel Man your Flight Quarters Stations tEverybody else, stay the heck out of the way.l While 'all hands not in- volved in flight quarters' were 'standing clear of weather decks aft of frame 63,' the flight deck crew was hard atwork. They removed Foreign Object Debris, or 'FOD,' before helicopters landed. They chalked, they chained, they even fueled. Unfortunately, we can,t afford to show you the flight deck crew in color, but if we could, you'd see more col- ors than a bag full of Skittles on our flight quarters people. The fire fighters wear red vests and cranials. The fuels folks wear purple. CWe call them grapes... if you squeeze 'em,you,ll getjet fuel.J The Landing Si gnalman Enlisted she do. The chalkers and chainers wear blue, and both the Flight Deck Officer and the on-scene corpsman wear white. CThe corpsman has a red cross on his cranial. The officer has a microphonej Sometimes our flight quarters crew had to get up extra early in the moming. Other times they stayed up late at night waiting for in- bound helicopters. But don't let them sob about it too much. For all these incon- veniences, and for the inher- ent danger involved in heli- copter operations, they get an extra S110 a month. Thatis not a bad deal. wears yellow. He or tells the pilot what to HTFN Holmes wraps himselfinalil' minum foil so he'll bake evenly in the event ofa fire. tHe's also read? to rescue survivors if there's a crash-l

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W-,w..... .-,,-.-.- .-----.--...Q.-.--nv--4 l Underway Replenishrnents T CAKA: 'Replenishment at Sea' or 'UNREPU T l fm- Wow, those Japanese sailors sure do keep their ship clean! They must go through a lot ofSimple Green. Commanding Officer CDR Angelino. CW02 Miller. and Executive Officer LCDR Neuenschwander fabovel forma conga line on the port bridge wing during an UNREP with a Japanese oiler in the Arabian Sea. tLeftl A team of Boatswain's Mates and Deck Seaman brings in a pallet from a cargo high line during an Underway Replenishment with USS DETROIT. They first pulled the pallet across on an UNREP RIG like the one shown below to the left. fBelow, centerl CW02 Sabella and BMC Cox standby as safety observers during an UNREP refueling operation. flt was actually an overcast day. Bos'n Sabella put his shades on to look cool for the camera.l fBelow. rightl BM2 Woodard, SN Johnson. and Blvll Brown wait as Germantown's fuel tanks are filled. Theirjob is to receive the probe, seat it in the receiver. and remove it again when the refueling operation is finished. .V l av f . I 1