Kidd (DDG 993) - Naval Cruise Book

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riif list i fn-s on and on. KIDDs OS ' s arc a li)ilimalf lot in that lhc have ,11 tluii disiJosal tlic sophistic au l and hij hlv cajxitjle NTl ' weapons sys- tem. Not so nuK h that NIT ' makes ilie job easier, it alkms the CU. vvattliteam to do that much more. Behind the cur- tains theie is also another impoiiant job done bv tlie OS ' s. Thev are respon- sible for the various periodic re|)orts submitted h KIDD. There are the SORTS messages, the CASREP log. tin- OPREP-5 daily feeder, and the appro- pri,ite OPT.ASK message whenever KIDD takes duties as a warfare area coordinator. C.IC. is a cold ,uk1 d.uk pl,ue. One of the harder things to do on a regul.n b.isis is st,i w.irm while on watch. Ottcn the watschstanders would come out ol CK; with winter jackets on when it was H5 or 90 degrees outside. On those rare occasions when there was a lull in the chiih .u li ii ,ind Holid.iv Routine was c.illed .n a . the OS ' an opportunit to la out on the signal bridge, absorb a little it.unin D. and )ut some color b,tc k into their skin. F.K iiig page top: . rc our ri-liits up vet-- F.u Icfl: Sifcl Bcich sun Ian dminK a (|nicl (l.iv. Bottom Top lilt: C)S,S, l.i.i Mshing In- was l)a(k out at lai left: OSS Clnnrli ofTwalcli. l.i-ft: OS.SN Cald- sea ratlu-r than at anchor in Balnain. .Miovc left: )im-inplat(s the use of niamial giinsight OS.SN I.iuas rc-trivcs a trf.i,surc in tlu- mail - a 1)1 tin- i 1, ' ims 1 lopcftillv tin- gims aren ' t lo.ul- sports p.ifje and it ' s only weeks old! .Vbove: fl those leallv lale watches the OS ' s reported ing some reallv strange things on their scopes 49

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Dail operations ai sea ait- ilu- l nad and buttfi for an Opt-rations Specialist and there is no l)itter place to use those skills than on .ui extended deplovnieiit. o othei job on KIDD has such diveise f.icets as that ol .11 OS. The dail loiitine could iiuliidi directing and tracking KIDD ' s hehi during Magic Lantern operations, pei forming duties as the local AAW ( . responsible for detecting and tracking all air contacts in the Northern Persian Cull, coordin.uing a rendevous with an oiler, [jjotting mine danger areas and monitoring KIDD ' s progress as she ti ansits a known minefield, support the demanding requirements of the cur- rent embarked DESROX. or plotting Xt.FS. 1 I ' lK.Ki 1 V N ' Hir, IS

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