Hewitt (DD 966) - Naval Cruise Book

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Letter to the Crew TO TIIKOFUCIKS WD CREW ol HEWITT: I lion I Ills Rl I si BOOK WILL RECORD WD III I P VOI RE All Vol K l 1I K()l s ( ( OMP1 lsn :i N l s VND ACHIEVEMENTS Dl RING Ol R OVERS1 s DEPLOYMENT. OUR DEP1 on Ml N I s ARDUOUS ONI FOR ILL THE SHIPS Of HA I rLE GROUP FOXTROI I 111 Kl WAS I l I 111 MAINTENANCE riME FOR ALL SHIPS M I I LESS FOR HEWITT. IN SPITE OF 1 HE I.A( K Ol 1 l I ENANCE TIME H EWITT ENJOYED 1 R HIGH si ii OF COMBAT READINESS AND ME1 EVERY 1 sk ING LEVIED ON HER. Mils ACHIEVEMENT WAS ON LI POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THI lECHNM 1 (OMI ' I I 1 N( 1 AND DEDICATION OF EACH MEMBER ol I His ( kl W. DURING THIS DEMPLOYMEN1 WE EX? L KII I I) MANY PERIODS OF HIGH SEAS AS WELL AS XTREMES OF TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM SEVERE COLD IN HIE BERING SEA TO THE HOT HUMID WE I HER OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. WE SPENT LONG PERIODS A I SEA AND CONTENDED WITH EXTREMELY POOR MAII SI R VICE. YOU OPERATED FOR LONG PERIODS AT ( ONDI- TION THREE AND PORT AND STARBOARD WAT His FOR MANY CREW MEMBERS. YET THROUGH IT ALL Y OUR SPIRIT REMAINED HIGH AND YOU CONTIN1 in TO PERFORM YOUR DUTIES IN SUCH A W V 1H I HEW1TI RECEIVED NUMEROUS ( Ol IDES. IN ADDI- TION, HEWITT CREWMEMBERS PERFORMED si PERBEY AS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS WHEN UI DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SO ll WELL EARNED LIBERTY. I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD ol 1 ( H WD 1 VERY- ONE OF YOU. I THANK EACH OF Vol FOR si I Il (. WD MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS OF PERFORM- ANCE. HEWITT ' S CREW IS THE BEST. I AM PROl D TO BE A SHIPMATE.

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COMMANDING OFFICER Commander Jack B. Mayberry is origi- nally from Ohio, but was raised in Santa Barbara. California. A graduate of Califor- nia State University at Los Angeles, he was commissioned in September 1970 via Offi- cer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Previous sea duty tours have been: Communications Officer in L ' SS NEW ORLEAXS LPH 11). Weapons Officer in USS WHIPPLE (FF 1062), Combat Systems Officer on the Staff of Command- er Destroyer Squadron Twenty Five, and Executive Officer in USS KINK A ID (DD 965). He has had tours ashore at the Navy- Recruiting District Minneapolis, as the Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Com- mander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, on the CNO staff as an analyst in the Program Resource Appraisal Division, and as the Administrative Assistant to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Commander Mayberry ' s awards in- clude the Meritorious Service Commenda- tion Medal, the Navy Commendation Med- al with two gold stars in lieu of second and third awards, and various unit and cam- paign awards. Commander Mayberry is married to the former Sharon Marie Boone of Santa Barbara. California. They have two children, Laura, and Shelle-Marie. Thev reside in Bonita, California. Commander Jack B. Mayberry

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RICHARD C. HILL III o ember 1989 - Present Lieutenant Commander Hill was commissioned an En- sign in 1976. He is a graduate of the University of Cali- fornia at Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelors De- gree in Psychology. His previous tours included USS HAMNER (DD 718) as First Lieutenant and Director Officer, USS FLETCHER (DD 992) as Navigator, USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (CG 32) as Missile Officer, then as Weapons Officer, USS DUNCAN (FFG 10) as Combat Systems Officer, and USS ENGLAND (CG 22) as Combat Systems Officer. Lieutenent Commander Hill ' s shore assignment was in Washington D.C. as the Nav) Equal Opportunity Program Manager under the Commander, Naval Military Personnel Command. In 1989, Lieutenant Commander Hill reported to USS HEWITT as Executive Officer. During this tour, HEW- ITT participated in the Phillipine Contingency Opera- tion CL VSSIC RESOLVI and various naval operations throughout the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, North Arabian S a, and the Persian Gulf. Lieutenant Commander Hill and his wife, Genai, have two daughters, I i I lain and Ashley, and make their home in Old Bridge Estates, Virginia. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM R. MASSIE August 1989 - November 1989