Halsey (CG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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MIPS DIARY APR 21. 1988 USS HALSEY CG-23 DEPARTS PIER 6 NAVAL STATION SAN DIEGO. CA. ENROUTE PEARL HARBOR. HAWAII. APR 27-28 BRAVO PIER. NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR. HI. REFUEL AND ONLOAD SUPPLIES. MAY 13 ARRIVE NABASAN, SUBIC BAY. PHILIPPINES TO ONLOAD MISSILES AND DEPART AMMO PIER. MAY 13-21 ARRIVE RIVERIA PIER. NAVAL STATION SUBIC BAY. PHILIPPINES TO ONLOAD SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. MAY 29 ARRIVE COLUMBO. SRI LANKA FOR REFUELING. DEPART COLUMBO. SRI LANKA ENROUTE GULF OF OMAN. JUN 4 TURNOVER WITH USS WAINWRIGHT. EXCHANGE PERSIAN GULF INFO. ONLOAD WEAPONS AND AMMO. JUN 5 TRANSIT STRAITS OF HORMUZ, ENTERING THE PERSIAN GULF. 7 HOURS OF GENERAL QUARTERS. JUN 10-11 ANCHOR OUT SITRAH. BAHRAIN JUN 11-16 PATROL RPSN JUL 17-19 ABU DHABI PORT VISIT. PIERSIDE JUL 22 USS HALSEY ' S 25TH ANNIVERSARY HUMP DAY, 3 MONTHS LEFT TO GO. JUL 31-AUG 1 ANCHOR OUT SITRAH, BAHRAIN AUG 2-6 PATROL RPSN AUG 7-8 ANCHOR OUT SITRAH. BAHRAIN. RMCM(SW) WILLIAM PLACKETT MCPO OF THE NAVY. VISITS USS HALSEY ON HIS LAST TOUR BEFORE RETIREMENT. AUG 9-13 PATROL RPSN AUG 14-23 INPORT SITRAH. BAHRAIN (PIERSIDE). AUG 25-30 PATROL RPSN AUG 31 ANCHOR OUT SITRAH. BAHRAIN. SEPT 1-3 PATROL RPSN SEPT 4-5 ANCHOR OUT SITRAH. BAHRAIN. SEPT 6 TRANSIT STRAITS OF HORMUZ. EXITING THE PERSIAN GULF AT GENERAL QUARTERS SEPT 8 TURNOVER WITH USS RODNEY M. DAVIS, EXCHANGE PERSIAN GULF INFO. OFFLOAD WEAPONS AND AMMO. ARRIVE COLUMBO. SRI LANKA TO REFUEL. ENROUTE PHUKET. THAILAND. ANCHOR OUT PHUKET. THAILAND. (LIBERTY PORT) CROSSING THE LINE. SHELLBACK INITIATIONS (WOG DAY). UNREP WITH USNS MISPILLION, ENROUTE HONG KONG. INPORT HONG KONG (PIERSIDE). BRAVO PIER NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. PICK-UP TIGERS FOR TRIP HOME ARRIVE PIER 6 NAVAL STATION SAN DIEGO. CA. WELCOME HOME SEPT 13 SEPT 17-20 SEPT 22 SEPT 24 SEPT 26-OCT 1 OCT 13- 14 OCT 21, 1988

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A h ' % ■Q C , Ho-, CHAPLAIN JOHN WILSON BORN IN BUNKIE, LOUISIANA, HE ATTENDED NORTHEAST UNIVERSITY MAJORING IN LIBERAL ARTS AND MINOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE. IN 1983 CHAPLAIN WILSON RECEIVED HIS MASTER ' S OF DIVINITY DEGREE FROM THE GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION, BERKELEY CA. FOLLOWING HIS ORDINATION, HE SERVED AS ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF THE MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, SEATTLE AND WAS COMMISSIONED A LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE) IN THE NAVAL RESERVE. REPORTED TO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO FOR ACTIVE DUTY IN DEC. 1984, AFTER TWO MONTHS OF TRAINING AT NAVAL CHAPLAIN SCHOOL NEWPORT. Rl CHAPLAIN WILSON REPORTED TO USS HALSEY IN NOV, 1986 CHAPLAIN WILSON ' S AWARDS INCLUDE MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION, BATTLE E . ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY AND SEA SERVICE RIBBON (2 AWARDS). RECENTLY, CHAPLAIN WILSON WAS AWARDED CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AS OUTSTANDING MEN OF AMERICA FOR 1988 . CHAPLAIN WILSON IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER LEVONNE BALDWIN OF ALEXANDRA LA. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, CANDICE AND ROBERT.

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X DIVISION HM1 MURPHY PATCHES UP ANOTHER HALSEY SAILOR PN1 BRUNK BATTLES THE SNAP m f N 1 ' J» P WW YN2 PICASSO BECKER YN3 BURNS ON THE TOPS