Lewis Puller (FFG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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Get off my deck Gunner Here ' s looking at you kid e ' S 4 .f ' iw Who cut the cheese BM2 Norris, RMC Oswain, BM2 lams, NAM ' s M J M Once a Bos ' n, always a Bos ' n ILT parties with the Chiefs EMC Torcedo is the OOD from Hell 201

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CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS MESS GMCS MARGART SMC ROBINSON HMC SPENCE Ti BMC BROWN BMC CROSS Chief Petty Officers showing their ■SB K 9 ENC NODALO The Chief Petty Officer Mess ENC RICHARDS ENC BARCELONA OSC NICHOLS IN PORTLAND •Mf, r ii : OCS NICHOLS OPPE award winners - L TO R LTJG MCGLYNN, ENC NODALO, DCC BRIGGS, ENC VANCE, ENC BENNINGHOUSE, SMl FELKER EMC TORCEDO HTC MANN 200

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DECK DEPARTMENT First Lieutenant ASST. ILT BMC Cross Deck Department on the RACINE consists of 1st Divi- sion and 3rd Division. 1st Division is made up of BM ' s and deck seamen. They are tasked with the maintenance of all deck machinery and preservation of all weather decks. Sid ' Division is Gunnery Division. The Gunners are responsible for maintaining all shipboard armorments, magazines, magazine sprinkling systems, and ammo. Deck Department has been involved in numerous cargo onload offload operations, a well as multiple amphibious exercises, including launching AAV ' s, LCU stern gate merges, causeway ops, and helo operations. Deck Depart- ment head is LCDR Stroman, its division officer is LTJG Huff. LT Malin GMC Valenti GMCS Margart GMG3 McCracken performs 3 50 cal gunfire checks before destroying the target. Deck hands operate cargo booms in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. 202