La Salle (AGF 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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■- ■t K t ON, ON! ARE YOU ON? - To all who ever made one of these Monday jaunts through the Bahrainian desert, mountains, beaches, date palm plantations or wherever, there is no doubt that these phrases are unforgotten. The 150 or so British men, women, children and animals whom we joined every week became more than just running companions. One particular highlight was the predictor run that LA SALLE sponsored at the Jebel with many of the Hash joining us for the race and barbecue. m £ ! j Sa ' l v

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FLAG Although there ' s much work to be done at sea, free time is still an important part of a sailor ' s daily routine. The men of the Middle East Force are no exceptioni The variety of recreational pastimes is as diverse as the members of staff. YNl Paul Perry is a disc jockey with his own show on LA SALLE ' s KSAL radio. Games is the name of the game for PNl Mike Smelter. Mike has mastered every type of game from darts to chess to Scrabble and backgammon. Yee gads! Don ' t let the Flag Lieutenant catch you. You might have to play a game of acey-ducey with him. The staff CT ' s formed a basketball team and competed in LA SALLE ' s eight-team leagxie. So far, the team, which prefers to remain anonymous, has lost all its games. LTJG Jeff Long is helping to organize the basketball tournament. To Jeff, a former MAR APR USNA LaCrosse coach, athletic competi- tion is just one means of passing the time away at sea, and staying in shape for all the pretties out there in the Bahrain! hinterlands. Although the intensity and type of exercise varies from person to person, more than half the members of the Staff have some type of regular exercise program. (If CMEF says, . . .; we do . . .). CDR Steve Arg ubright spends many of his spare minutes running in the Well Deck, preparing himself for the challenge of the Hash House Harriers - the what? Sounds snoopy to me! YNC Al Berlanga, the flag writer, is new to running, but he is already doing three to five miles daily. Good going! From calisthenics to weightlifting, from Rear Admiral Chewning to some of the most junior staff members, physical training has become part of the daily LA SALLE routine. Whether shopping in Bah- rain ' s Suq, swimming in the ASU Crypt pool at 4 a.m., or running on land for the first time in more than a month, the restricted availability period in Bahrain came as a welcome relief to the men of CMEF. Tours of Bahrain, fishing trips, and visits to a mosque were some of the activities staff members enjoyed. High winds interrupted some of these pastimes, as well as postponing the first annual Bahrain Road Race - ten and fifteen kilometers. The winds died down in time though, for everyone to feast at a party-picnic with LA SALLE ' s Communications department. Despite all the fun we had, we all look for- ward to returning once more to trav- elling the Gulf, and fully experienc- ing the COMIDEASTFOR experience. YNC Armidon

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HASH HOUSE HARRIERS WELL DECK RUNNERS