Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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llllllifad5?E1fi55SN'XllWYS rils'isQfras feb ,fe N wf,,,, , xr' fd- Helicopter Combat Support Squadron EIGHT QHC-85 Datachment . SIX assigned to USS KEARSARGE is based in Norfolk. Equipped 'I with two Boeing H-46D helicopters, the detachment supported a I myriad of missions including Amphibious Search and Rescue iASARl, Naval Special Warfare Support, Vertical Replenishment, - , I Drone Recovery, and utilityllogistics flights. Detachment SIX provided NJ -' 24-hour ASAR coverage throughout the deployment, flying more than 800 hours and transporting over 700 passengers, 1500 tons ' of mail and cargo, and five medical evacuation patients in support of -H Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. Y' u 'T N O C l 0 9 LCDR MICHAEL RAPP AOC JAY MCDONA LD OFFICER IN CHARGE LEAWNG CWEF Perry OFFICER LT TARA BERGER LT RUBERT H UTC' HISON LT WIUJAM PAQUETT E LTJG BENJAMIN ARMSTRONG LTJG CHRISTINE DEQUEIJOE l . LTZIG STEVEN MIELK E ENS JAMES WALKER AMI NORRIS ALEXANDER ADI MAGSAYSAY CRUZ AT2 CORY HALT I.. .. l The CUUSS Ol PGOCS will be odvonced only when the terrorists lose o vveolfhy PUVOV' Und PFOTSCTOV, ond when the dicfofor is fully ond linolly disorriwedf' 2'6fHC-8 President Bush fy,

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I .lr nie tes Navy NTU tic: Lynifedd Sihcfes Navy N Tociicczq ,fer Y 0, The men and women of Tactical Air Control Squadron lTACmNl TWENTY ONE fDet TW0l coordinated all air operations in Qppgn of amphibious forces by staffing the Tactical Air Control Centers and Tactical Air Direction Centers onboard USS Kearsarge, USS Saipan and USS Bataan to optimize control, coordination and integration of amphibious air operations and training. Nearly 100W of TACBON 21 was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom including members of their Reserve Component, TACRON 2186. Additionally, their training provides for the contingency of having to establish a remote facility or staff an air traffic control facility ashore to control air traffic in support of the Global War on Terrorism, emergency and disaster relief operations. 7 9' SUI-al N A 'Shi I . , 2 LCDR CORWIN CHAMBERLAIN ACC RANDAL JAGODZINSKI OFFICER IN CHARGE LEADING CH151-' PETI'Y OFFICER E YN I .IAMES HOLLAND ACI DWIGHT JACKSON IS2 DANIEL RODRIGUEZ MS2 MICHAEL SMITH Q Im Y 5 Y 'D' J we ll We love freedom ond we're not changing... 9 I Sc: long os there's o terrorist network like ol Qoedo, ond others ling to und them, finance them, equip them... we're ot war. Presiden I ush 2l8fTACRON 21