Gridley (CG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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AIR SHOW 'Y F-14 TOMCAT, AIR SUPE- RIORITY FIGHTER ROU- TINELY CONTROLLED BY GRIDLEY AIR CON- TROLLERS. WHILE TRANSITING THE STRAITS OF MALACCA, ENROUTE FROM THE NORTH ARABIAN SEA TO PA TTAYA BEACH, THAI. LAND, BATTLE GROUP ECHO PERFORMED A NAVAL POWER DEMONSTRATION FOR A NUMBER OF DIGNITARIES FROM COUNTRIES IN THE REGION. WHILE IT FEATURED DEMONSTRA. TIONS FROM BOTH SURFACE AND AIR COMBATANTS, THE ,413 PORTION OF THE SHOW WAS FAR MORE SPECTACULAR. THE AIR SHOW NOT ONLY IMPRESSED THE DIGNITARIES, BUT IT ALSO IMPRESSED A MUCH LARGER AUDIENCE OF GRIDLEY SAILORS, WHO TOOK THESE PHOTOGRAPHS. CRAFT OF THE BATTLE GROUP. . PICTURED IN THIS FORMATION ARE F-14'S, A-6'S, AND S-5 VIKING AIRCRAFT. THE RESULTS OFA SINGLE AlRCRAFT'S BOMBING RUN IS AN AMAZING THING TO BEHOLD. A-6 INTRUDER, PRINCIPAL ATTACK AIR-

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CRUISE BOOK STAFF A COM IT TEE THE CRUISEBOOK COMMITTEE FOR WESTPAC '87 WAS COMPRISED OF AT LEAST ONE VOLUNTEER FROM EACH DIVISION WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BYA CADRE STAFF. THE COMMITTEE MADE DECISIONS CONCERNING FINANCES, CRUISE BOOK CONTENT, AND DRAFTED THE LA YOUTS OF THE DIVISIONAL PAGES. THE CRUISE BOOK STAFF DIRECTED THE WORK OF THE DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, WORKED ON SPECIALTY ITEMS, AND COMPLETED THE LA YOUTS OF PAGES NOT ASSIGNED TO DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVES. AS DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVES CAME AND WENT, MORE OF THE WORK HAD TO BEACCOMPLISHED BY THE STAFF. ALL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WERE VOLUNTEERS AND RECEIVED NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS, EX- CEPT FOR THE THRILL OF SEEING THEIR WRITINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND PAGE LA YOUTS IN PRINT, AND THE SATISFACTION OF PRODUCING A QUAL- ITY PRODUCT THAT THEIR SHIPMA TES MIGHT APPRECIA TE. BOTH COMMIT- TEE MEMBERS AND STAFF DESERVE DUE RECOGNITION. WHILE IT WOULD PROVE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIST ALL DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, PHOTO- GRAPH DONATORS, AND SUGGESTION-MAKERS, THE STAFF ITSELF CON- 5151130 OF THE FOLLOWING: CRUISEBOOK COORDINA TORfCO-EDITOR . EDI TOR-IN-CHIEF , CO-EDITOR L A - PHOTOGRAPHERS I FINANCIALfSALES ASSISTANT COVER ART . , SPECIAL ASSISTANTS WHEN NOT WORKING ON THE CRUISE BOOK BT2 COUGHLIN COULD ALMOST AL WAYS BE FOUND IN ONE OF THE FIRER OOMS OR THE OIL SHACK LT CARLSON , BT2 COUGHLIN GMM2 HUGHES OS2 BOONE PC5 SNEARY ABCM FOGG ETS DENOON STG5 REYNOLDS STGSN KALLMAN LT CARLSON FOUND THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USUALLY SPOKE SOME ENG LISH AND PROVED TO BE GOOD SOURCES OF CRUISE BOOK MATERIAL 'H BT2 COUGHLIN CHECKS OUT A NEW IOR MA YBE NOT SO NEWI FORM OF TRANSPOR TA TION T ,- ' Q I f V Q f 5 ., Tfv. 4 . , -V f 1. ,D 5, W , 1 Y C I . 1 9 A '- , S. , LJ N W '7 f , M T L U ' If 'N Q ' W., I f.