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The Carl Vinson Battle Group Gazette C .irl iiisnri Hulllc (iroiip ' ul 1 o )} June I ' ) :ill).y Be sure to catch the Carl Vinson premier of X-Men 2. Saturday at 1930 on SITE TV. For more info, email mmartine ' a vinson.nav .mil ' From courage life ... Lassen lives motto By J02lS S ' .-»♦ Sarah Bibbs USS I.ASSF.N. At sea — A little more than two years ago. USS l.assen (DD(i 82) sat freshly painted and sparkling new in lampa, Fla.. here she was commis- sioned into active ser ice April 2 1 . 200 1 . Now, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, on her tlrst-ever deplovment. operates with the Carl Vinson Battle Group in the western Pacific. To progress from the infanc of pre- commissioning to an active participant in the battle group was no small undertak- ing, said l,assen Commanding Ofllcer Cmdr. Hugh Wetherald. It ' s somcihing that unless you do it. you have im idcM how hard it is, Wetherald said. Any ship who ' s done more than one deplov ment . . . you have pett ofllcers and olTicers who were there the last time. With a pre-comm, no one wa.s here the last time, so you don I have that fundamental experience. Although most of the senior leadership had prior sea-dut experience, none of them could sa they had previously deployed aboard l.assen. When you don ' t have procedures, you have to write them all from scratch. said Wetherald. We had to stay focused to make sure wc learned from all of our mistakes. We had to buckle down and work really hard. In the beginning of their deployment, operations with the battle group posed complications and confusion for the rookie destroyer. But during Exercise Tandem Thrust 2003, Lassen showed that her potential was onK hindered bs lack of experience - a condition inherent in a newly commissioned ship. Literally, when we left Mawaii. we were still trvingto communicate. We were taking baby steps. None of us. as a testm. had ever done it as the alternate air- warfare commander. said W etherald. But we developed a team that performed superbly for long periods of time. As a destroyer. 1 think we held our own, and that ' s a huge leap for us. It ' s a highlight of the deployment. Ihe role of alternate air warfare com- mander is a designated authority from the battle group ' s Composite Warfare Commander (CWC). lypicallj stationed on a carrier, the CWC is overall respon- See Lassen on pg. A2 In this Edition ... News Briefs A2 NY Times Digest 1 International 2 National 3 Business 4 Crossword 6 Sports 7 Editorial 9 Warriors 10 This is as an iniernal working dociunenl produced b and for the Carl Vinson Batlle Group Stones arc not to be rcpnnted vtithoul permission from the media afTiliations mentioned hcran For more information. contact the Public Affairs Office at mala rtinrii iiison.iiavv. mil Vinson corpsmen sew up more than a century of service By JOSS Chris lalicy Hospital corpsmen of L ' SS Carl Vinson (CVN 70 land CarrierAir Wing Nine (CVW 9 crowded the ships medical w;ird Tuesday to recogni c tlieir file ' s lOS anniNcrsar). o HM re-enlistmenis. and the annual renewal ofthe Corpsmen Oath - pulling a departmental hat trick. With more than 50 people in attendance, master of ceremonies HM2(SW AW » Juan Frosty Frausiro kickcJ off the event by thanking .ill who came then provided a brief description of an HM: A Navy corpsman is a long- hflired. bearded Sailor who huIc kirinc ... but uHild travel to the gates of hell to sa eone. Changing to a mure scriou ! tone. Fraustro described his true feelings. If you ' c never ser ed with a Marine battalion, lake it I ' mni me. it ' s the single-most rewarding experience ol your life, but il ou don ' t do our job. the will kill ou. 1 IM I (SW AW FMF) Charles Rael look center stage to re eal some 1 1.M hislors. There are many different corps, but the hospital corps is the only fully enlisted i ne. Rael spoke of Hospital Apprentice Robert Stanley, the first HM medal of honor recipient: Hospital Apprentice Max Armstrong, the first graduate ofthe official HM school: and Ruth Flory. the first woman who enlisted in Women Accepted for Volunteer l mergencN Service (WAVi;S). Rael recognized the three tlrst-limers for their conlribulions to the IIM rating: valor, technical progress and di ersity. The nostalgia of llic da continued as VMK. -I47 Black Knights Sgt.Maj Timothy I csane traveled 111 his early years as a dc 11 pup. recalling his first impression of a corpsman, He did his job. because he was paid to. After recounting his experiences in the field, the Baltimore native said his perception changed, and a .strong connection formed between him and his de il doc. Lcsane acknowledged the assembled corpsmen ith a final though. I respect ou. salute ou and thank ou. 1 1MC(SW A V) Stesen Pa lik st(Hid tall while Vinson ' s senior medical officer. 1 ,1. Cmdr Dan I lohman. per- See Celebration on pg. A2 51
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