Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ol Division The Operations Specialists are the Eyes and the Ears of the Fox. OI Division is really where the action is. We carried our professionalism on many peaceful goodwill tours and our foreign hosts really loved us. The only complaint any of us had overseas was the poor plumbing which we found everywhere. The two section watch seemed to rule in WEST- PAC. At sea we were on watch or waiting to go on watch. In port we were either in CIC or on the beach, again the two section situation prevailed. This deployment was so different from the previous cruise, as we visited the ports we missed earlier. Like most other divisions, we spent a lot of money on stereos, cameras, bicycles, and other bargains. We also absorbed a great deal of the local cultures. Many OS's enjoyed it so much they are trying to get back as soon as possible. lt can truly be considered an ex- perience to remember. fi... -AZSMWNNAW - f ' ,.,w :4.f..

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'ii 4 ON Division l Perhaps the most diversified division on the ship, the men of ON Division made sure the ship was routed safely from point A to point maintained all of the officer and enlisted service records and saw to it that your leave papers, reenlistment bonuses, and separationichange of station orders were prepared, typed all the ship's instructions, and made sure everyone knew what was happening through the POD. They tended the sick and were at times the only medical and dental help within a thousand miles. If this wasn't enough, they also provided career counseling service, ran the ship's 3-M system, and made sure you received the best thing since a full pay check in a liberty port - your mail. All of that was done Ballard, YN3 Seldon Childers, YNSN Gary Antoni, and YN1 Tom Cairelg Quartermasters QM1 John Fread, QM3 Bill Johnson, SN Steve Sudbeck, SN L J ' ' arry asperson, SN Bill Johnson, and SN Mike Loweg Personnelmen PNC Joe Fallago, PN2 Terry Wolbert PN3 Greg Griffin and SN Edw' V'b g , , . in I arg Hospital Corpsmen HMC Robert Aleman, HM2 Jack Castillo, and SN Dan Fieagleg Postal Clerk PC3 Greg Butts, Career Counselor ENC Eldon Hooley, and Ship's 3-M Coordinator EMCM Andrew Irwin. by an average of 16 hard working men like YN1 Fred ,, ':i. fvwmffcf 5 'W . , . -..,..-.... , ..s..,,...A1....,..-..-,:..t::.z:-+-n-f--:-- --A---x-1--f -- .F-vM...a....--,,.... ----........------ , ,N . Y .J-pcgisy-1..u.eu:.-.r..-.,-.--,.,, , ,,,,,, , ,..,,,.,q,. ,qv .1 , -.u 4.5-..'-..,....-.7..,--15...-.1 -f--....,,,.,Tm.--g,1-...n-'-1- gap-.fb -4--s...x.-,........ ,M-,.,,,,,,,,K , V -v-A---. no -.-.'-r- 'Z OPM- .3E:fufZ'5EE-TRW?-P-'9'f'-1-'-a-- '---1?-...7 '?.:-:tz'171'?f - '-'-ff1'fT'--'ff??- :.- '--'-.--..u:i'iF:- -?7?- '::f:-:1z2f'??ff-'-f:-1:vr:r7?r-fv- . ma- is -i A 'R f V 'fmt - 4 -