Germantown (LSD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE - - Who would have thought the Middle EH-St could be so much fun? - i l T I DC Q Scuba Sanders J b Rogers. and ENFN lnsco e 9 I ebrate the end ofHT2 5 four the ship in the Sand Box Daytime vrs. Nightlife UAE has a lotofcool stulifto do during the day. There are shop- ping centers.cultural sites. and even a wa- ter park. If you re- ally want to get into the spirit. dress the part like FN Peralta. For an Islamic coun- try. UAE also has a pretty hopping night scene. There's a Hard Rock Cafe. several western- style clubs. and oli course, the .lebel Ali Seamen Center. Ben Affleck No, your eyes aren't deceiving vou. Above is a photo of PN3 Fraga, Ben Affleck, and FT3 Smith. Affleck vis- ited ,lebel Ali on a Christmas USO tour. At the time, he was still 'in volvecl' with jennifer Lopez. lf not, PN3 Fraga might just have had a shot... Beer on the Pier ET3 Parsnel, SK2 Pich, FC2 Clarrido, ETZ Boliva r, and Ell Sgnipilty ruldx at the Sand Box in ,Iebel Ali. .lebel Ali isa port city in the United Arab Emir- ates. a wealthy little country on the southeastern edge ol' the Arabian Gulf. It has the distinction of being very close to Dubai. a city ol' international trade. We visited Jebel Ali twice during our deploy- ment. First in November. right in the heart ol' Ramadan when none of the locals ate while the sun was up. and again for Christmas. a holiday that isn't celebrated much there but is well decorated for. Dubai has beautiful beaches which attract Euro- pean tourists. You can visit huge, western-style shopping malls there and see scantly-clad Scandina- vians shopping among aba-covered Arabians. tUn- fortunately. the locals frown upon American Cruise Book stafl'ers snapping their photos.J For many Germantown sailors. Jebel Ali's great- est asset is the 'Sand Boxf lt's a county-fair style block ot' shops and American restaurants specifi- cally lor US Sailors visiting the port. The Sand Box's biggest appeal: a beer garden right in the middle ofeverything offering Beer on the Pier. Perhaps FN L u n d b u r g looks grumpy because his grandma's last batch ofcookies haven tBelowj DCI Osmundsen her darndest to convince a oil sheik to marry her. Oh Better luck next time. DCI

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