Germantown (LSD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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, , - --kg out DC2 Garoutte Cbblolll Emi .Q thc .. , Q, ' '3' 1lI'CCl- Bahrain s Tice oi bile! T LV -ll mcg only natural vegetation for sevcia ll -- Ugialqtj C52 Challburg relaxes at the Desefl C : f iin. Dottie on Naval SUPPOH I auml ' Bam L 11 CTop to Bottomj ENS Berry. HM3 Hernandez, and BM2 Bruns all on base at the 'Desert Dome' B h I We worked. We partied. We worked some more. Bahrain was a working port. We were there for about 200 years, give or take a few decades tmaybe just two weeksj, and we had a lot to do. Before pulling in, our mighty ship experienced some engineering troubles. The visit to Bahrain gave technical experts the chance to come aboard and help us tix a few things. As other ships from Ex- peditionary Strike Group One came and left, the mighty Germantown re- mained tied up to the pier. lt wasarough time. Butthanks to the hard work of Engi- neering Department we got underway again. V CAnd thank goodness we did. Our Marines were on the beach in Iraq during our visit to Bahrain. They probably wouldn't have liked being stuck therej While in Bahrain, Germantown sailors sneaked away for a few hours of lib- erty here and there. We vis- ited Bahrainls Gold Souk and Gold Mall--large build- ings filled with jewelry stores. We also spent some time at Bahrain 's mod- ern shopping mall, where veiled women covered in abayas from head to toe shop forlingere and designerjeans in Western-style stores. Sorry we eanlt show you any proof. They're not keen on posing for photos. tAboveJ SK2 Baugh Sehoen do something ofthe camera. Who's let them leave the ship CBelowJ QM3 Erb and lT2 Montero cut a rug at the Dome. Fortunately, they one ofthe Persian rugs 'Rug Souq' taka 'Rug Theyid be out a whole lot if they did something Al 521110: Chl, Q