Harlan County (LST 1196) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1994 volume:

USS HARLAN COUNTY LST 1 196 United States Ship HARLAN COUNTY (LST 1 196), a Tank Landing Stiip, is the 18th ship of her class and the first of the fleet to bear the name. She is nanned for, the city and county of that nanne in Kentucky. The keel was laid at the National Ship- building Company San Diego, California, on 7 November 1970. HARLAN COUNTY was launched and christened July 24, 1971. She was sponsored by fVlrs. Richard G. Capen, Jr., wife of the former assistant to the Secretary of Defense for legisla- tive affairs. Commissioning as a unit of the fleet followed on April 8, 1972. Since commissioning, HARLAN COUNTY has been awarded five Battle Efficiency E ' s; nine Engineering E ' s, eight Command Control and Communications awards, eight Operations E ' s, six Amphibious Assault awards, six Damage Control awards, five Navigational Deck Seamanship awards, two Supply E ' s, two Retention R ' s, three Gunnery E ' s, a Navy Unit Commendation, a Navy Meritorious Unit Citation and a U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Citation with Operational Distin- guishing device. The significance of amphibious warfare has not diminished and the Tank Landing Ships have proven to be the most versatile asset in the mobility and flexibility of Amphibious Assault forces. HARLAN COUNTY and other ships of her class ore the most efficient means of landing tanks, amphibious and assault vehicles under combat conditions. The normal method of unloading is over the bowramp to pontoon causeways then on to the beach. The stern ramp is also provided for launching vehicles in deep water both at anchor or underway. HARLAN COUNTY has a greatly increased combat vehicular lift and landing capability over Tank Landing Ships of World War 1 1 Ships of her class provide the Navy with 20 knot ships to modernize the amphibious forces and thus help meet the requirements to reach the world ' s trouble at the right time with the right amount of equipment and number of troops. Commanding Officer Commander Marvin E. Butcher Jr., USN Commander Marvin F. Butcher, Jr., a resident of Key West, Florida, was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 1 Mar 1974 and upon graduating from the University of Kentucky was called to active duty and commissioned an Ensign in September 1975. Following attendance at the Surface Warfare Officers School Command Basic Course, his initial assignment was USS Moinester (FF-1079) where he served as gunnery assistant, antisubmarine warfare officer, and navigator. He subsequently attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School where he received the degree of Master of Science. From December-1980 to July 1981, he attended the Surface Warfare Officers School Command Department Head Course. Afterwards, USS HARLAN COUNTY he was assigned as engineering officer aboard both USS Richard L. Page (FFG-5) and USS Newport (LST-1179). Additional sea tours have included: commanding officer USS Aquila (PHM- 4) and chief staff officer of PHM Squadron Two. Commander Butcher ' s last duty assignment was as Professor of Strategy at the US Naval War College. He is a graduate from the College of Naval Warfare and the College of Naval Command and Staff at the US Naval War College, where he received the degree of Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic studies. Additionally, he has received the degree of Master of Arts from Salve Regina College. Commander Butcher is a proven sub specialist in naval mechanical engineering. Commander Butcher has three children, Marvin E. Ill, Jock Liam and Tiffany Lynn. So you ' re LTJG Doyle! USS HAKLAN COUNTY ( 3 1 Executive Officer LCDR A. A. Thomas, USN LCDR Thomas was born in Baltinnore, MD. He Attended Fork Union Military Academy and was brigade subcommander during his senior year of high school. He was commissioned from the United States Naval Academy in 1981 and attended Surface warfare Division Officer school in San Diego CA. LCDR Thomas has been assigned to four ships prior to HARLAN COUNTY. He was Missile Gunnery and Ordnance Officer and Main Propul- sion Division Officer aboard USS TARAWA LHA-1, Navigator aboard USS HAYLER DD-997, Chief Engineer aboard USS PENSACOLA LSD-38 and Damage Control Assistant Aboard USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN-71. LCDR Thomas is Engineering Officer of the Watch qualified on LSD-36 and LHA-1 class ships. He has achieved Tactical Action Officer qualifica- tion on DD-963, LSD-38 and CVN-68 class ships. USS HARLAN COUNTY LCDR Thomas has completed six operational deployments. Two to the Western Pacific lndion Ocean, one to the Indian Ocean Persian Gulf, one to South America and two Mediterranean Indian Ocean deployments. He was a participant in the U.S. Naval Operations off the coast of Lebanon in 1983, Naval Operations in support of the Korean Airlines 007 disaster, UNITAS XXV, Haitian relief operations in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Operation Deny Flight in Bosnia, Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. LCDR Thomas has received the Navy Commen- dation Medal with three stars and the Navy Achievement Medal in the performance of his duties. LCDR Thomas resides in Fredericksburg VA with his wife the former Robin Antoinette Butler. They have two children, Albert Jr. and Courtney Elizabeth-Anne, XO ' s creed (or words to live by.) Trust no one Have no friends Trust no woman (wives excepted] Place no faith in any subordinate Wtien appropriate be ruthless Have no regrets Show no mercy The ship can never be clean enough Seek no counsel Always read the reference Trust no advice Punish the stupid No one is more important than the mission Be firm, fair, and just Never forget the first law of the Sea — The stupid shall be punished. Remember — Ghengis Khan was too nice of a guy. Hasta La Vista, Baby! Command Senior Chief RMCS Barry A. Atchison, USN 6 I USS HARLAN COUNTY Command Senior Chief ENCS Verdell Godfrey, USN ENCS Verdell A. Godfrey was born November 27th 1957 in Birnninghann, Alabama, He ' ijraduated from Jackson-Olin High School in 19 7 and enlisted in the Navy on the 22nd of July that same year. After complet- ing boot camp in Orlando, Florida, he was assigned to the USS Ogden (LPD-5) based in San Diego, CA. Since then he has been assigned to the USS Barnstable County (LST-1197), the US Navy Boxing Team at NAS Pensacola, USS Yosemite (AD-19) where he was LPO of A-Div, USS Impervious (MSO-449) Gold Team, USS Illusive (MSO- 448) Blue Team, USS Engage (MSO-433), NAS Key West (SpecWor), and USS Harlan County (LST-1196). ENCS Godfrey has been married to Mary Ann, for 15 years. They have two sons, Verdell Jr. age 13, Isaac LoAnthony age 12, and a daughter Alisha age 10. USS HABIAN COUNTY THE WARDROOM 8 ) USS HARLAN COUNTY ' M USS HASLAN COUNTY [ 9 Vh ' ff ._r ■■ ' ■;ni::r Captain, that CPA will be a little closer Ittan . . . 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We Fix Em A ' I Firecontrolnnan k The Diligent Protectors J6 I USS HARLAN COUNTY O I Division 051 Smith 052 Isaacs OS2 Lovelace OS2 Purvis OSS Adams OS3 Grady OS3 Makuch i OSS Pfeffer Not Pictured: OS2 Festo OSS Patterson OS2 Bui USS HARLAN COUNTY [ 17 O C Division RM1 Caamano SMI Bedell SMI Schllcht RM2 Bouie RM2 Papa SM2 Strong RMS Cornel SMS Mawk RMSN Fillingane SMSN Kavanaugh SMSN Leilock RMSN Mand RMl McCartney RMS Ford RM2 Martin O E Division 3RD Division ET2 Grauberger ET2 Lee ET3 Edmonds ET3 McHugh GMG1 Duvall GMG2 Grigsby GMG2 White GMG3 Bescher 20 I USS HARLAN COUNTY USS HAHLAN COUNTY ( 21 24 I USS HARLAN COUNTY fJ eck 2). epartment 26 ) USS HABLAN COUNTY 1 St Division BMl Woodall BM2 Doxsee BM2 Elliott BM3 Dow BM3 Wood SN Bedson SN Blaszczk SN Carrigan SB Cooke SN Hoots SN Jacklich SN Otwell USS HABLAN COUNTY ( 27 I Not Pictured: BM3 Henderson SN Ferguson SN Giffen SN Nance SN Smith SN Williams %?•- 28 1 USS HAHLAN COUNTY 2ND Division BM3 Crayton BM3 Lewis SN Acker SN Glower SN Cranstoun SN Gibson SN Gilmer SN Gonzales SN Jones SN King SN Oatis SN Olivo USS HABIAN COUNTY ( 29 N ?t Pictured; BM2 Hentz SN Diette BM2 Yowell SN Gallagher BM2 Gable SN Gist BM3 McKenzie SN McCollins SN Cotvin SN Voldez SN Crusan SN Wiliiquer SN Dexter 5i 1 f BWI k , USS HARLAN COUNTY I USS HARLAN COUNTY [ 3 J ,|M SUPPly W Sf r 34 I USS HARLAN COUNTY S - 2 Division MSI Nordstrom MS2 Arches MS2 Lewis MS2 Turner MS3 Leonard MSSN Daniels MSSN Depalma FN Mendoza MSSN Washington Not Pictured MS1 Farrow MS2 Jones MS1 Richardson MS3 Morgan MSSN Wright MSSN Bowman : USS HAPIAN COUNTY [ 35 S - 1 Division Not Pictured: SKI Pettway SK2 Sheppard SK3 Brown SN Jean PCS Ferrell S - 3 Division SH1 Mays SH2 Tripp SHSN Quach SN Cheattiam S - 4 Division DK1 Woznak DKSN Wolfe USS HABLAN COUNTY ( 37 ■ -• 38 I USS HARLAN COUNTY ' . . lA M , 1 b ' Ipll m -. ' ■iiipi2 P .. .. ! 4J9 i 55 HARLAN COUNTY [ 4 J The Hole Snipe ' s Lament Now each ofUSfrom time to time tias gazed upon the sea, and watched the warships pulling out, to keep this country free. And most of us have read a bool , or heard a lusty tale. About the men who sail these ships, through lightning, wind and hail. But there ' s a place within each ship that legend tails to teach. It ' s down below the waterline, it takes a heavy toll, A hot metal living hell that sailors coll the hole. It houses engines run by steam, that makes the shaft go round, A place of fire, noise, and heat, the beats your spirits down. Where boilers like hellish heart with blood of angry steam. Are molded Gods without remorse, are nightmares in a dream. Whose threat that from fires roar is like living doubt. That any minute would with scorn, escape and crush you out. Where turbines scream like tortured souls, alone and lost in hell. As ordered from above somewhere, they answer every bell. The men who keep The fires lit and moke the engines run, Are strangers to the would of night and rarely see the sun. They have no time for fun, no tolerance for fear. Their aspect pays no living thing the tribute of a tear. For there ' s not much that men con do that these men haven ' t done. Beneath the decks, deep in the hole, to make the engines run. For if the tires ever fail, their ship ' s a useless shell. When ships converge to have a war upon on angry sea, The men below just grimly smile at what their fate might be. They ' re locked in below like men fore doomed, who hove no battle cry. Its wellassumed that if they ' re hit the men below will die. For every day ' s a war down there when all the gauges read red. Twelve hundre d pounds of heated steam con kill you mighty dead. So if You ever write their sons or try to tell their tale. The very words would make you hear a fired furnace wail. And people as a general rule, don ' t bear of men of steel. So little ' s heard about this place that sailors calls the hole. But I can sing about this place and try to make you see. The hardened life of men down there, cause one of them is me. I ' ve seen these sweat soaked heroes fight in superheated air To keep their ship alive and right, though no one knows their there And thus they ' ll fight tor ages on, till warships sail no more. So when you see a ship pull out, to meet a warlike foe. Remember faintly, if you can, the men who soil below. g iSi - sJ 42 USS HARLAN COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT A E Division ICl Fann EM1 King ENl Watts EM2 Amerson MR2 Patterson IC2 Trahey EM2 Ward MM3 Graziaplenia USS HABLAN COUNTY A E Cont ' d EM2 Sadler EN3 Sloane EMFN Cozadd FN Nakzmura FN Swartz FN Tigner f Not Pictured: EN1 Johnson FN Pennington iCFN Daniel ENS Ross ENS Ingram ENS Skovranko ICFA Johnson FN Tacaway ENS Parocha FR Wilson V USS HAHLAN COUNTY R Division DC1 Shackleford DC3 Drake DCS Kelleher HT3 Simmons HT3 Woods FN Ashton Not Pictured: HT1 Green DCFN Flynn DC2 Hill DCFA Johnson HT3 Sloan DCFR Morris DCFN Ward DCFR Barber FN Roberts USS HARLAN COUNTY ( 45 M Division EN1 Park EN1 Murray BT2 Ladner EN2 Hutchins EN2 Gordon EN2 Barlow ENS Ball ENS Mick I I I m Ik mJH 5—-. mmiLmmm ' wmmmm; 46 I USS HARLAN COUNTY M Division EN3 Campbell ENS Henderson EN 3 Alston ENS Eldreth ENS Little ENS Walker ENS Flowers ENFN Bland USS HARLAN COUNTY M Division FN Taylor FA Tacheny FA Rivera FA Kirkland FN Collier FN Abido FN Smith FA Kline Not Pictured: EN2 Albers ENS C. Ball EN1 Beers FA Bertoson FA FA Bishop ENS Feider ENFN Gipson EN2 Hutchins FN Johnson FN McNabb FN Mendoza EN1 Mongelli USS HARLAN COUNTY r Not Pictured: EN1 Neely FN Rumery FN Neuville FN Rusk FN? Oi«krla FN tnntnrrii? L FN Peacock FN Smitley FA Perez EN2 Strother EN1 Phillips FN Thompson M Division FN Carlton FA Valdez FN Buchanan FN Millisock USS HAgLAN COUNTY ( 49 ' lavlnatl y uiion % y T -4j i - afnlnlstratlon so ) USS HARUN COUNTY k PNl Demontalvo MAI Hoffman Qrvi2 Handy YN3 Adamson PN3 Gorton QMS O ' Brien RMSVandall HN Conway Not Pictured: QM1 Handy YNl Ervin QM3 Ricks QMSN Long HN Kuyoth YNSN Moss USS HABLAN COUNTY WE |)())JT KKOW WHERE tt ' E AHE.3 WE |)ONT KNOW WHERE WE ' BC GOING, BUT WE KNOW WHERE WE ' VE BEEN USS HARLAN COUNTY I 53 GEOR( BA 10 11 12 14 r M 1 . USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56) 2. USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) 3. USS AUSTIN (LPD 4) 4. USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN 709) 5. USS KALAMAZOO (AOR 6) 6. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) 7. USS NEWPORT NEWS (SSN 750) 8. USS SANTA BARBARA (AE 28) 9. USS TORTUGA (LSD 46) 1 0. USS BARRY (DDG 52) 11. USS HARLAN COUNTY (LST 1 1 96) 12. USS GUAM (LPH 9) 13. USS DOYLE (FFG 39) 14. USS CONOLLY (DD 979) USS HARLAN COUNTY E WASHINGTON TLE GROUP p England USS HARLAN COUNTY { 5 Cherbourg, France Crete Mombasa, Kenya 11 1[ jjBII,fe In I L. a£l jj ( - = 50 m SSLS VI BBm h f l ' Ktu K K £ - tBlI 1 Israel JL.-ttyr - Haifa South of France USS HARLAN COUNTY { 63 66 I USS HABLAN COUNTY Crossing the Line . ' ' ■■ - ' 53 ' T f55 HARLAN COUNTY 69 Suez Canal _-:_-; • ' Milt u. AAV Operations UNREP Flight Quarters, Flight Quarters USS HARLAN COUNTY (LST 1 1 96) MED 2-94 Surface Warriors SHI(SW) MAYS 31MAY94 MA1(SW] HOFMANN 28JUL94 DC1(SW] SHACKLEFORD 04AUG94 EN1(SW] MURRAY 04AUG94 PNl(SW) DEMONTALVO 16AUG94 RM2(SW] BOUIE 22AUG94 QM3(SW) RICKS 30AUG94 YNI(SW) ERVIN 30AUG94 EN3(SW) ELDRITH 07SEP94 GMG2(SW) GRIGSBY 22SEP94 HN(SW) KUYOTH 22SEP94 MS2(SW) ARCHES 030CT94 SK2(SW) SHEPPARD 030CT94 OS2(SW) PURVIS 030CT94 OS3 MAKUCH 03OCT94 EN1(SW) MONGELU 030CT94 HM2(SW) MOJICA 030CT94 MSI (SW) FARROW 040CT94 RM2(SW) PAPA 040CT94 ENC(SW) THIBUALT 040CT94 RM1(SW] CAAMANO 280CT94 ENI(SW) PHILLIPS 280CT94 MS2(SW) TURNER 280CT94 BM2(SW] EUIOT 280CT94 PN3(SW) GORTON 280CT94 BM3(SW] MCKENZIE 280CT94 BMSN(SW] PRICE 280CT94 ET2(SW) LEE 3IMAY94 BM2(SW] YOWELL 28JUL94 EN1(SW] PARKS 04AUG94 SM2(SW] STRONG 16AUG94 GMG2(SW) WHITE 22AUG94 EN3(SW] FLOWERS 22AUG94 SH1(SW] CRAWFORD 30AUG94 HT3(SW) WOODS 07SEP94 EN3(SW) ALBERS 07SEP94 HT3(SW] SLOAN 22SEP94 SH2(SW) TRIPP 030CT94 EN3{SW) ALSTON 030CT94 BM2(SW) DOXSEE 030CT94 OS3(SW) GRADY 030CT94 DC2(SW) HILL 030CT94 BT2(SW) LADNER 030CT94 RM3(SW) MAND 030CT94 EN1(SW] JOHNSON 040CT94 MS2(SW} LEWIS 040CT94 EMC(SW) DRUMMOND 280CT94 HT1(SW] GREEN 280CT94 DKI(SW) WOZNAK 280CT94 MS2(SW) JONES 280CT94 RM2(SW) MARTIN 280CT94 HT3(SW) SIMMONS 280CT94 SMSN(SW) KAVANAUGH 280CT94 SN(SW] DIEHE USS HARLAN COUNTY 1 i« Women of Europe HARLAN COUNTY Babies USS HABIAN COUNTY ( 77 w ' 1 ( r-4 i ( i ' Vl % A i K y- i n J V iu i ' «H 75 I USS HARLAN COUNTY ' lAurJ If M tAUCr. Mf ii%]itj (Hii m MkX. I ' .N 5 T C C- 1:= V - a ' I i 55 «4J?MJV COUNTY 79 Harlan County comes to aid of French citizens One of the ship ' s small boats was transporting stores from the pier when the boat officer spotted a couple in a boat waving them over. The Little Creek-based tank landing ship USS Harlan County (LST 1196) pulled into Villefranche on the French Riviera to represent the United States as part of the Southern France commemoration celebrations on Aug. 12. High winds and swells prevented liberty barges to come alongside and Harlan County sailors and Ma- rines were unable to represent the United States ashore. However, the ship ' s two small boats made a name for themselves as they rescued two small ciaft from capsizing in ViUefranche ' s harbor. One of the ship ' s small boats was transporting stores from the pier when the boat officer spotted a couple in a boat waving them over. As Harian County ' s boat got closer, the cew ' -ealized hr boat was in trc)i ' ' ijio They told me they ' d lost their engines and needed a tow. said Lt. j.g. Matt Nolty, boat officer They were really rocking arounc and looked like they were about t ' capsize. So, we vent ever, tiei up a line and got them Sc fely t ' shore. BM2(SW ) Billy Hentz, boat o swain, tied the line to the small boat and towed them safely to shore. One of the rescued French citizens exclaimed, The Ameri- cans have saved us again. In a similar situation, a small boat had called Harlan County ' s other boat over for assistance. In the heavy seas and high winds, the boat appeared to be in real trou- ble, said Lt. j.g. James O ' Donnell, boat officer of the second Harlan County craft. Once we got there, they pointed to their engines. My boat engineer was able to get their boat started again and we made sure they made it safely back to shore. Harlan County departed Ville- franche to participate in the French naval review. It was among a column of 32 ships from the Unit- ed States, France and United King- dom that saluted the president of France and the vice president of the United States. Upon completion of the review, Harlan County anchored in the vi- cinity of Cap Dramont to serve as a backdrop for commemoration cere- monies ashore. Harian County is part of the USS Guam (LPH-9) Amphibious Readi- ness Group currently deployed along with the USS George Wash- ington (CVN-73) Battle Group. THE FLAGSHIP ' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1994 A7 LST sailors aid Spanish facility Sailors of the Little Creek-based tank landing ship USS Harlan County (LST-1196) joined crew members of USS Puget Sound (AD- 38), USS Tortuga (LSD-46) and USS Austin (LPD-4) in a communi- ty relations project in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The ships are on a six-month de- ployment to the Mediterranean Sea as part of the USS Guam (LPH-9) Amphibious Readiness Group. The project involved the renova- tion of Caritas, a charity operated by Father Gabriel Perez and the Catholic Diocese of Mallorca. Cari- tas provides clothing for the poor and homeless of Palma. The ships ' efforts were organized by Lt. Kier- nan Mandata, CHC, chaplain for Commander Amphibious Squadron 2, also based at Little Creek. Eight Harlan County sailors helped out by cleaning a storage area, sweeping floors and painting. The ship ' s community relations of- ficer, Lt. j.g. James O ' Donnell, said of the project, People really ap- preciated what we did. In fact, you wouldn ' t recognize the place after we were finished. It was a great improvement. Everyone had fun. We even competed with the other ships to see who could paint more. 0S3 Joe Makuch added, The Spanish government was going to close it because the facility was so run-down. But we came in to save the day. It was a lot of work, but it was worth it. Harlan County is commanded by Cmdr. Marvin E. Butcher Jr. Harlan County reaping benefits of high-tech communications Tlu- |)n)C( ' ss ot tiilly- aiitomated message traffic dissemination for Harlan County stalled in December imr.i. The Little Creek based USS Har Ian County (LST 1196), currently deployed to the Indian Ocean as part of the USS Guam (LPH-9) Am phibious Readiness Group off the coast of Somalia, is enjoyirif; the benefits of years of telecomtnunua tions research and devolopmeiU with implementation of full auto mation of its message dissemination. The process of fully automated message traffic dissemination for Harlan County started in Decem- ber 1993 under the aegis of Ensign Brett Morash and RMCSiSWi Bar ly Atchison The communications modernization program was de- signed to take the ship into the 21st century and to create a u.ser-friend- 1 . paperless message delivery sys- tem for shipboard users, with max imum flexibility and ease of use Harlan County ' s first step in the upgrade began in December 1993 with installation of the message dissemination utility, or MDU, pro- gram that allowed shipboard radio men to process messages deliv- ered from the Naval Telecommunications Center L.ttle Creek on computer diskette rather than the usual paper copies Once the MDU program proved its reli- ability and ease of u.se. all ship- board pereonal computers were loaded with the MDU end user pro- gram. Delivery of the first message traffic on disk to users began on New Year ' s Eve 1993, Soon after implementation of tiie MDU program, Harlan County con tinued the modernization program by installing the Galegiiard inter face system on Jan. 7 of this year Gateguard further transferred back and forth between the ship and NTCC Little Creek vna existing phone lines and a secure telephone device, eliminating the need for shipboard radiomen to leave the ship to pick up message trafilc This increased secunty and sped up service. After completion of the installa tion and trial period of the inport interface portion of Gateguard. at tention vas directed to inipiemen tation of ' .ne afloat version, l. ' ..Jei the direction of ETC(SVV) Myron Ward and the technical know how of ETKSWi William Kimbark and ET2 Jay Grauberger. Harlan Coun ty was able to connect the Nav MAC ' S UYK 20 V2 to the Gale guard computer to allow Heet broadcast traffic to be automatical ly proces.sed via computer diskette In early Februar ' . the afloat ver- sion was tested at sea with out- standing results along with faster service and less paper usage At this point, 60 percent of Harlan County ' s message traffic process- ing was automated The only man- ual intervention required in radio central was to remove a disketlt froin the Gateguard computer and place it into the MDU computer lor automatic routing to user files In accordance with Chief of Na- val Operation direction, ship and station COs were now authonzed to waive the security requirement for local area networks for mes sage traffic With this knowledge. Harlan County radiomen sought a means to extend the automation nght into the users ' offices by use of the LAN Bringing the messages nght to the users ' PC was accom plished by use of the message dis semination subsystem program that was acquired from Naval Com puter and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic in Norfolk, Once installed on the LAN and implemented by RM3 Earnest Van- dail, users were given access to their individual message traffic from any computer terminal at- tached to the LAN svsteni Final iiisiallatiiin nl the Gateguard NDS iiilei-face took place prior to Fleet hixenise 2 94. thereby completing total automation of Harlan Coun ty ' s message traffic delivery sys- tem Most recently. Vandall has provided technical assistance to numerous other ships in their ef forts to automate message processing The system has served Ha- ' an County well during its present de- ployment Users are able to get the latest traffic at their fingertips, ajiy time, day or night Harlan County ' s success with the fully-automated message dellverv ' system is a tes ' .a- ment to the hard work and dili- gence of the ship ' s communica- tions and electronics personnel Morash stated, We would not have been able to do this unless I had the full support of my electrjn- ics technicians and radiomen wr rk- ing together for a common goal. The support that we have received from the command. NCTAMSI ant and NTCC Little Creek has made this automation possible. Ambrose, a terminal user of the system, said. This is an outsl;ind- ing system It brings us into the realm of the paperless Navy It also lets me decide what messages are important and pertinent to me ' Harlan County Operations Offi- cer Lt Jim Henn.- described the system as the best system to hit the fleet in mv in vcars of service 1 1 KSD.W. |l K JS, I ' All Norfolk-based warships head to Indian Ocean BY DALE ElSMAN s I II A ' 1; WASHINGTON - Four Norfolk- based warships carrying about 2,000 Marines moved south through the Suez Canal on Monday, headed for the Indian Ocean in what a Clinton administration official de- scribed as a response to deteriorat- ing conditions in Somalia. The Guam, an amphibious as- sault ship; the Austin, an amphibi ous transport dock ship; the Tortu- ga, a dock landing ship; and the Harlan County ' , a tank landing ship, are carrying the 26th Marine Expe- ditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C. The ships and their crews are based at Little Creek Naval Am- phibious Base and are on a regular- ly scheduled deployment. They had been operating in the Mediterra- nean Sea. About 50 Marines are in Somalia, assigned to guard the U.S. embassy in Mogadishu. They ' re the last remnants of a force that reached 26.000 in late 1992. after then-Pres- ident George Bush sent them in to protect humanitarian relief efforts. After failing in an effort to cap- ture a Soinali warlord, the Clinton administration pulled out of the di vided and impovenshed country this spring Since then, there have been reports of escalating fighting and terronsm in Somalia, long torn hv civil ■a , HOM ECOIV tUlii kl : L!m w () 1 Mo) rn -f Hci PNiM pfr!..1 •l lSlL KB JWIl ' -iSrj IHl ' i : 84 I USS HARLAN COUNTY n :6- .■ - r HARLAN COUNTY I am the vanishing eagle that gave its heart that my people might have freedom I am the pioneer and the Indian that blazed a trail so others might follow I am mountains of coal that produced electricity so children could learn to read I am the Cumberland River and I replenish my hollows so the corn will grow. My children have left home and made a place for themselves in the world My memories are many and my soul runs deep in many secret places My people are a gentle kind who love and share with all who come My hope is in the future when all men shall recognize my wisdom and goodness. I am Harlan County the best is yet to be. -Paul Spahos Lord, help me along the way. Take me to the river and wash my sins away, so I can lay in your kingdom in peace every day. where I can live my life the way that you say. When people ask me why I am so happy. I can say that the Lord has blessed me this day. K - 0S2 Malvin S. Lovelace J 87 Eternal Father Strong To Save Eternal Father, strong to save. Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd ' st the mighty ocean deep, Its own appointed limits keep, O hear us when we cry to thee. For those in peril on the sea! Lord, guard and guide the men who fly, Through the great spaces in the sky Be with them always in the air In darkening storms or sunlight fair O hear us when we lift our prayer For those in peril in the air! God, who dost still the restless foam, Protect the ones who love at home. Provide that they should always be By thine own grace both safe and free, O Father hear us when we pray For those we love so far away! 88 USS HARLAN COUmY m Walsworth Puhlishing Company M.iKclinc, Mi smin Mh ' Sti I ' SA Bam Brimii. Janaf Office. Suite 519 Norfolk. V, 2.1. ' )02 (804)466-7575 Mf