Hawes (FFG 53) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ol ' l ' .RA riONS 7 I.KKI lO RK.in IRON I ro B. C:K: RM ' - ' Mo.iisMiK, R l;l llolmtN. R l;( S.iiul r . RMl Stcu, l. Ijg litnu-iu. RM3 Biadv, RMS V.i( n. nf. RM; Miller. RMC(SVV) Ray. NO I ' PIC IL RKIJ: RM2 Shinr. R l; ' . liiim -i oc The (lonimimitatidiis Diyisioii (OC) is 1 ( Nponsiblf lor mainiainin reli- .iblc, scture and ra|)id conimunica- lions. The ability ol HAWES to Imuiioii as an i-k-nu-iit ol the Mitkili- F.asi F(jrce .iiul (ompU iih all assigiinifiits troiii hi ht•r au- I 111 )i ii (l(|)(ii(ls upon lu-r abiiits to maintain t-l- t( ii c ( cininuniications at all times and under .ill I ondiiions. Radiocommunicaticjnspiava vital lok- III one ol the ship ' s priniar mission areas — command, control and communications. While assigned to the Middle F.ast Force, OC ' DiMsion was tasked with processing several thousand incoming and hundreds ol outgo- ing messages each month. HAWES ' Ra- diomen were also responsible tor setting up and maintaining voice and data transmis- sions with her assigned helicopters, (jther Middle F.ast Force ships and aircraft, and commanders ashore. Through long hours of hard work and vigilance each Radioman on HAWES showed the prolessionalism and dedication that mark HAWES as one of the llnesi ships in the- Middle F.ast Force, able to lac kle am task assigned to her. and in keep- ing with the ship ' s motto E ' FR RF.KUV, I 1 R IIARI.FSS. 41

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OPERATIONS U ' r l 40

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OPERATIONS OC 42