Kinkaid (DD 965) - Naval Cruise Book

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NAVIGATION THE MODERN NAVIGATOR. WHO SQARES THE ROOT OF ' A IS DOUBTLESS VERY CLEVER IN HIS LILTRA MODERN WAY. HE KNOWS TEH SINES AND TANGENTS. THAT A SQUARED EQUALS B . AND XYZ IS NOTHING UNTIL MULTIPLIED BY C . HE CAN PROVE BY TWISTED ANGLES THAT A CIRCLE IS A SQUARE. A LINE IS REALLY NOTHING. NEVER REACHES ANYWHERE. AND BELIEVES HE ' S BORN E.XPRESSLY TO TELL OLD SAILORS WHY GOD PUT THE STARS AND PLANETS IN THEIR PLACES IN THE SKY. BY TRIGGY RULES HE DEMONSTRATES THE SKIPPERS JUST A FOOL. AND OVER HIS DEHCIENCIES HELL PASS THE SLIDING RULE. THE OLD MAND DOESN ' T WORRY. GOES SMILING ON HIS WAY. DERIVING CONSOLATION FROM THE THOUGHTS OF YESTERDAY. FOR THE MODERN SEAMAN ' S FATHERS SAILED THE OCEANS FAR AND NEAR WHEN THEY HADN ' T SPERRY GYROS OR PATENT STEERING GEAR; AND THE LOG. THE LEAD AND LOOKOUT PLAYED AN ALL-IMPORTANT PART WHEN THEY DID THEIR NAVIGATION ON A DARNED OLD ■■BLUEBACK CHART BUT THE OLD MEN SEEMED TO GET THERE JUST AS SAFELY AS TODAY WITH THEIR PREHISTORIC METHODS IN THEIR PREHISTORIC WAY. AND THE RECORDS LEFT BEHIND THEM. MOST INDUBITABLY TELL THAT THE MODERN NAVIGATOR MAY BE PROUD TO DO AS W LL - AUTHOR UNKNOWN (,)M( k WIOS NAMGAJIUN LCPO 0M2 PROCTOR NAVIGATION LPO QM2 LEE QM3 MARTINEZ QM3 BITTONY

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NAVIGATION ADMINISTRATION LT MIERKE NAVIGATOR LTJG HSU ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATION OFFICER PNCS(SW) MANNING NAM LSCPO MAC(SW) LOWE LT PETER F. MIERKE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (HOME OF THE FIGHTING GAMECOCKS!) IN 1993. HE SERVED ONBOARD THE USS CORONADO (AGE 11) AS THE ASSISTANT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. THIRD DIVISION OFFICER AND M DIVISION OFFICER. INTERESTS ADMINISTRATION WHAT IS NAV ADMIN ' A VIVID COLLECTION OF PERSONNEL THAT COMPOSE THE BEST DEPARTMENT ONBOARD KINKAID. WHETHER IT WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLKS PROVIDING DAY TO DAY SERVICE TO THE CREW, THE QUARTERMASTERS SKILLFULLY NAVIGATING THE HIGH SEAS. DOC AND THE CORPSMAN PATCHING UP CUTS AND BRUISES. NCI GIVING SOUND CAREER ADVICE OR THE CHIEF MASTER-AT-ARMS SEARCHING LOCKERS. NAM DEPARTMENT PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY DURING WESTPAC 97 98. WITH A TOTAL OF 20 PEOPLE. AND 7 DIFFERENT RATES. NAM IS BY FAR THE MOST DIVERSE FACET OF KINKAID. SO IF YOU NEED TO GET SOME PLACE PICK UP YOUR LEAVE CHIT. GET SOME STITCHES OR SIGN YOUR PAGE THIRTEEN. YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO! MMC(SW) LUSUNG 3M SYSTEM COORDINATOR NCKSW AVV IUSS) GARY COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR YNSA GARCIA PN3 ORESZKO PNSN TUEPKER

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MEDICAL HMl RICHARDS INDEPENDENT DUTY CORPSMAN HMl RICHARDS IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE ENTIRE CREW FROM DISPENSING MOTRIN FOR SUCKING CHEST WOUNDS TO REMOVING HANGNAILS WITH VISE-GRIPS, DOC BRINGS NEW MEANING TO THE TERM NAVY MEDICINE SO THERE IS A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE.