La Salle (AGF 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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Flight quarters! Flight quarters! The One-MC does bark All hands man their flight stations Be it morning, noon or dark. The mission might be Med4Evac Or, this time, Snoopy,Teamg But, rest assured, the crew is set As the rotors spin and scream. The Quartermasters on the bridge They all do their part. They're the ones who plot our course And know it all by heart. The Navigator takes a fix, And works a little sum. Then he shouts, We're te Bahrain here we come! Z n miles out

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Now it's time for shore patrol So you'd better bear a handg Just drop on by the gun shack For your stick and black arm band. Your duty day is underway, You're not off 'til eight bells. But tomorrow's your turn on the beach ln the beautiful Seychelles. Bos'un's Mates, are often called Deck apes . . . but they ain't. You see, there's much more to their rate than Hauling chains and chipping paint. All through the night they keep us safe As Iookouts while at seag And without their skills once we make port Ashore we'd never be. ,

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Fleams and reams of paper Come thru Admin without failg And the postal line is quickly formed Once our ship has gotten mail. The Personnelman's ,furrowed brow Gains a wrinkle lyou can bet 1 When, in troubled dreams, he hears the cry, You mean my orders ain't in yet? The Engineers are standing by To bring us up to speed. They'll shut down the shower bath And turn it into feed. You ring up three turns faster, And LA SALLE ahead she jumps For we're bound for Djibouti - Just watch out for the bumps!