Gridley (CG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMAND MASTER CHIEF ABCM M. 1-1. FOGG MASTER CHIEF FOGG IS A NATIVE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GROWING UP IN THE ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE AREAS. HE ENTERED THE NA VAL SER- VICE IN THE SPRING OF 1969 VIA AAFES LOS ANGELES. AFTER A TTENDING BASIC TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO, HE ATTENDED A VIA TION FUNDA- MENTALS P SCHOOL AT NA TTC, MEMPHIS, TN. HIS CAREER AS AN A VIA TION BOA TSWAINS MA TE IFUELSI HAS INCLUDED: AIR DEPARTMENT SHIP'S COMPANY ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS USS TICONDEROGA ICVS 142, USS CORAL SEA ICV 451 AND USS RANGER ICV 611. TOURS OF DUTY ASHORE INCLUDE AIR STATIONS IWAKUNI ANDATSUGI, JAPAN: NAS CECIL FIELD, FLORIDA, E I Y.. AND MOST RECENTLY WITH USS GRlDLEY'S TYPE COMMANDER STAFF, COMNA VSURFPAC SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. MASTER CHIEF FOGG IS PRESENTLY SERVING AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CRUISER, USS GRIDLEY ICG 211. MASTER CHIEF FOGG RE- PORTED ABOARD IN JUNE 1987 JUST PRIOR TO WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT 1987. HIS PERSONAL AWARDS INCLUDE: NAVY COMMENDA TION, TWO NAVY ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOUR GOOD CON- DUCT A WARDS.

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V ADMIN LT C. KISBERT NA VIGA TOR Ill CONSISTING OF PERSONNEL IN THE HM, MA, NC, PC, PN, QM, RP, AND YN RATINGS, NA VXADMIN DEPARTMENT, HEADED BY LT KISBERT, IS A CONGLOMERA TION OF DIVERSE WORK CEN- TERS WHOSE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY RANGE FROM THE SAFE NA VIGA TION OF THE SHIP TO MEDICAL AND ADMINISTRA- TIVE SUPPORT OF THE CREW. THE YEOMEN, WORKING OUT OF THE SHIP'S OFFICE, WORK DIRECTLY FOR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER. THEY HANDLE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL AND AD- MINISTRA TIVE WORK, AND ARE HEADED BY YN1 REYNA. THE PERSONNELMEN, LED BY PNC GREGORIO, MAINTAIN ALL SER VICE RECORDS, COORDINA TE ALL LEA VE AND PERSONNEL TRANSFERS, AND ADMINISTRA TE PERSONNEL ADVANCE- MENTS. PC5 SNEARY, OPERATOR OF THE SHIP'S POST OFFICE, RE- CEIVES, SORTS, AND DELIVERS THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF NEWS FROM HOME WHILE ON WESTPAC: THE MAIL. HE ALSO SELLS AND ACCOUNTS FOR STAMPS, ENVELOPES, AND MONEY ORDERS. THE COMMAND CARREER COUNSELLOR, NC1 MUELLER, CO- ORDINA TES REENLISTMENTS AND OFFERS CAREER GUIDANCE TO THE CREW. EIGHT REENLISTMENTS OCCURRED DURING WESTPAC '87, SICKBAYC THE CENTER FOR MAINTAINING CREW HEALTH, WAS OPERA TED BY HMCS SWAIN, WITH HMCS CROLL OF USS RANG- ER STEPPING IN WHEN HMCS SWAIN WAS TRANSFERRED. THE QUARTERMASTERS, LED BY QM1 KOONTZ, STOOD CON- TINUOUS WATCHES IN THE PILOT HOUSE ASCERTAINING THE SHIP'S POSITION AND MAINTAINING THE SHIP'S NAVIGATION- AL PLOT. WHILE NUMERICALLY FEW, THIS DIVERSE GROUP OF NAVIGA- TION AND SUPPORT WORK CENTERS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN WHA T, ME WORR Y? E.. THE SHIP'S OPERATION. THEY WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING GRIDLEY JACKPOT BINGO , A REAL ,MORALE BOOSTER DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF OPERATIONS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.