Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) - Naval Cruise Book

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I s iijiKL i ijiiiai pic:xi(:s i Whether it uas chicken, dogs, cdw or v ailaby. tlie occasional Steel Beach picnic allowed the crew to enjoy a la y Sunday in a barbecjue-style atmosphere. This often included 30 knot w inds that made keeping the food on your plate a small ictor . The crew took turns burning animal flesh, but tew can dcn that the Chiefs were the true Grillmasters. ii ' llnwini; iiuir tUiK Kills, viuiiniii piukcd meals, these women hci;iiii filming for a kimia like Baywatch Navy program simply tilled. The Women of Steel Betich FUN FACT: In a nationwide taste test, people preferred the McHlcks burger nearly 2 to 1 over the traditional Big Mac. ( ( ' ( I ii i- [ ei ml I oil! iinil I ilon I ii e hii kor wood. I iiisi use LOVING CARL to make your hiiri-er taste so v ( ' . 10 I SS HARPERS n.RRY (LSI) 4 ' ») eame jrom the heavens: look elosely at that hlip. Is it a I ' .L.O.. ' Is it a sii;n o impendini; . rmtii;eddoii. ' Naxew. it ' s just HTClSW) liniee Campbell ami MACStSW Irani i io (ian la plavint; with other people ' s hiiriiers... oii down wit ' O.I ' .H. ' . '

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I1 ZI : tiltW HOMDAY I (to work on KSWSJ S Kti h iiinii lilt liii ihiiim; a n ; i iiiiihrwin •pUnishimiU. She ojun liuiml il ditfuall to lonuiin lur ' liilin I III I I i ' i III fioiil I ' l ill, () MSC AJiii ' ' iilr LT StuKiera rrminm ri at ' holidays puM when hi family would gather around nuin lii ' ii hiiiid . ii ' iptur, diu! ' ■inv ■-,:r,-,!i The Night Before Christmas- Harpers Ferry Style ■ 7« ».i if ni hl jffnn. ' I ' iriOmas. Ihv u ' o ilal« a at on 3fi m»st dtcii Burx ' cl far. Tjf y Jiucis Jiin u aa done l n slockinat afn hunt on ex iausi s acit nil i care. 7n topes thai ( ' ommand r C Uari ioon would he l iere ' 7 ie seamtrn iiere nettled all snuy in l ieir raci. XJH i viiions of loma ian ta hilling vraif Jlnd y, lalf asleep. ait i a lol cup of lea Ooo t over J laUh Ufficer in C9C. Jl)hen outside, over iead. l iere arose siic i a roar. ' cried, rma eddon ' and fell to the floor ■ eaained composure and bounced like a spring lraia il up the ladder onto the bridge ainy Ihe y o« ' of the moon on the shtmmeriny sea 7lelped me forget ae aere pumping C Jfj. Jj ien what disbelief could m e es not assume C ' 71-40, and a linif wardroom lint. Iioelu of sparA, iiJilh a biif, sjtinn 7 inem ' it must be the (. ' ommant er named (.Jar t ore rapid t ian cheetahs, his officers came. And he whistled and hnuted and called them by name limoney ' L ippif unno ' I ' lectro perfect- there ' s no the ferry - we re and A any ' and ( ' henf ' trace of wind. comin ' on in ' JroleuKtld ' MUX o ! TJisiSilily ' s C ' all up Jiaeyebein made the announcement with cheer, ' OCrXWr 7fA7f7€Jf TC.JfJ . CommaiHter ClmrA ' s here ' JclnA TUCAX and hJe ' Slope the officers flew. hein n-ifh t. tird ( ' n-rrnrfter ( ' lark t-f l ie Jios ' n called Jreen dec l, the helo touched dn»r GAiefs J ' arifuel and Jlickt started danciny arrmntt Jhe Marines were all oariiny. fuite out of control Ihe CAJ checied his list. to see who ' d y c-oa 7le was dressed in a well-warn llanla lirauet sairi o one mentioned the adr s. for fear they ' d fel hurl Bundle of toys he had fluny on his barA y nd he loo ted the a ' ' devil doy carry in f his pact 71 is eyes- how they Iwintled ' 7 is dimples- how m.- , 7rom the nouriihiny food served onboard Jf jfjrl At ' Ji ' Jlis stature so yallanl. with 6«shel6 tt hfi nd his haircut, no doubt, w t wilhin jCmwy AVy; y is looJt was dislinyuished, hit posture »mt t rat h ■ nd he eyeballed the cromd at he imiffod hit 71 is features were sharp, with abs lomfh at pla -c 7here wasn ' t a doubt that he used the ' 7hifhmatle.r He was part CUtlin j tw fl and pari JKr. nd 7 snapped to allenltott to mwoim J Tie yave an at ease milh « m of in hewr- Assuriny me that 7 had intl tir Tie tpohe not a word and aet-er oio fmi •Tif he filled aft the tlxhinft with li H chti- Tie ihoah a few hands and p«tte 7 e fmve to ihe mess dechi a few urtirrj ' nja- Und jocM he hopped back im ihe helo Ofair lUilh roHrt eitfmf d it mt f —» •« n( l£m memt Hal 7 heard him axclmim «j 6 fhm mml of ttfh ' ( •hrt ' tw w A all ai-tt «« « -» A

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( [ ¥ivm li ULtoiiii: 1 Y; Jii ! ii ii i iiu lluni)iHt iiiir iii i ' i III- ir Siipfih hits loiitdn ' l iifl an belter. ' 2 Micli.icl Wade li.id .1 JlLUlii a .licaiii thai unc da all nl HariXTs I crry uouldjoin hands and sing in liaiiimii)... It) the insirunicntai scrsion «»l Wc arc ihc World. Unfortunalciy. he didn ' t ha c thai st)ng in his collection. (iator Karaoke, as it came to be called, helped make .Saturday Nights at sea infinitely more entertaining. When e-mail as down and the sailorphone satellite link was blocked by the mast, what else could ou do to enjoN the so-called weekend. ' With a variety of songs. Gator Karaoke de eloped its own niche in the Harpers Ferr continuum to bring you the best in shipboard entertainment. The training rtM)m was often standing room onl . and the camaradene that developed was a captain ' s dream come inio IV:iC(. ' ihrouL ' h music- what a concept ' 4.V II child. yS2 Miihiul idf iistd to ttuir down the wiilh with ir,mi!e l uki!nnind track.K that irrituled his mother- liHliiy. he u.us those Mime trthks to send the irrn of HariH-rs Ferry into u singin ' frenzw ' S t. » • «■ Smith shows w h he was a dancer in Janet -. .v. Keith I ' m frtwn the cfmntry Btn mtan aitd SS Alesha Ctaghom ihttw off thetr inereJihle iUzgt chnmstry. »TSTPAC ! »« 99 51