Lewis Puller (FFG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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BM3 Almada SN Aguilar BM2 Berry BM3 Chavez I SN Haynes SN Alvero SN Bernal SN Weigel and SN Pierce Rig Racine Boat Booms BMC Brown BM3 Buck BM3 Butler SN Capolupo SR Carig BM3 Clayton SN Corral SA Dolack SA Fleckenstein SN Gierer SN Jeans BM2 Jones BM3 Maldonado GMG3 McCracken BM3 McWilliams 203