Kiska (AE 35) - Naval Cruise Book

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K MX' Q I l l n I A I 1: J M One ofthe pleasures while underway is receiving mail tbelowl. whether it be a personal letter. a magazine ora newspaper. Here we see an anxious crew member who just couldn't wait to peruse a newsletter. -nhl' inn- 5'-Q 1:1522 X The J -L board tabovel provides V Li' -.K u u w n . crucial information to bridge ,, . , ig 4 I 132' Preserving a ship's skin with paint 4 1 tlettj is a seemingly never-ending it 3 . ., ,4e, f neee ss it y. personnel on other nearby vessels.

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Sweeping lbelowj is one of many chores performed daily GRE GRD The structure and organization of Y a naval ship is not unlike a piece of music: both have their tempo, . their tone and their composer tto T Sailors And The Sea . . . , name a tewj. Along with its Thoughts On Music. multi-faceted pattern, music can also include the lonely solo. Music is as universal as Life itself. 5 mmumlf SU'lgF1'n evoke emo' The intennen ot' this theme will be tions and memories about a lover explored and developed long torgouen' A Song about the throughout the following pages. It Ze? CSI? relive Ihollgwhti, abfmt is our hope that by its conclusion, ne? 5 an purpows 0 d mme you will understand the unique p S relationships your sailors have to , , , , . , one another in com osin It is with this in mind we intro- P g duce to you our song, our way of recalling a time soon to become , but 3 memory- Gregory Sands Dejean, Editor Our Song Of The Sea. l l l 4 . G 7 5 .. 1 I 1 my ,ps .nav 1 4 ' 1, ei 'Md' 'n - UM Whit!!! lfllii, Awll-1 el '- , n e e trncc respite is needed by this hard-working sailor tabovej Bull Diamond Ball frightj being during one ol'm'1ny days ofAirhe1ds ' ' - 1 J in the North Ar'tbi'1n Sea ' ' ' ' - hoisted by Signalmen.

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S T U U Composer 'gp fr . T -C The life cycle ofa ship in the United States Navy is akin to the movements in a symphony and KISKA is no exception. Our prelude consisted of refresher training. our propulsion plant examination and all of the various inspections and tests that go with getting ourselves ready for overseas operations. Our concert portion of the symphony was the deployment itself. There were many movements in our HWESTPAC 88! 89 Concert . ranging from kite flying contests to general quarters drills to airhead logistic operations to port visits to independent steaming. The underly- ing theme was alwuvvs teamwork. Just as a sym- phony orchestra cannot harmonize without all of its sections. KISKA cannot perform her mission of 4 logistic support without her team. And we did it flawlessly. There were happy and sad movements in our deploy- ment. Sad movements when our thoughts turned to our loved ones at home during the holidays and special events that we missed: anniversaries. birth- days. Thanksgiving. Christmas. Valentines Day and the birth of our sons and daughters. But there were many happy movements. too: mail call. special meals on the mess decks. Shellback initiation. beer day. steel beach cook-outs. anticipation of port visits when we could call home. use of the MARS station and. most of all. our arrival in Concord on 02 March when we were home at last! Our symphony's postlude will now stretch on for several months as we continue to operate in and out of homeport. It will conclude when we complete our shipyard period and commence work for our next deployment. Throughout the whole of our deployment. l was fiercely proud of each KISKA sailor as he contri- buted to each of the movements of the KISKA WESTPAC 88!89 symphony. Each of us worked together like all of the members of the world's finest orchestra. We played a tune of excellence from day one. KISKA was recognized as the movers and shakers in logistics support for Battle Group Bravo. Well done to all hands for giving a one-hundred ten- percent effort twenty-four hours daily for all one hundred and seventy days of WESTPAC 881893 IAM PROUD OF YOU! CDR Richard E. Schuknecht. USN Commanding Officer. USS KISKA ...A Q. -L