McFaul (DDG 74) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 102 of the 2001 volume:

HBI.X USS MCFAUL MEDITERRANEAN SEA ARABIAN GULF June 12-December 12 2001 EnGINEMAN (SEAL) CHIEF DONALD L. MCFAUL USS McFaul (DDQ-74) is named after Engineman Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul. Chief McFaul was born 20 September, 1957 in Orange County California. While at SEAL Team Four, Chief McFaul deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Middle East Forces and later deployed to Naval Special Warfare Unit Eight at Naval Station Rodman, Republic of Panama. Mis Final deployment was as Platoon Chief of Gulf Platoon on 18 December, 1989, where he was killed inaction during combat operations. (Right: ENC (SEAL) McFaul educating allies. (Below: EMC (SEAL) McFaul (Back row, third from right) 4 . v.: t • ♦ EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lieutenant Commander Virgil S Wright LCDR Wright is a 1985 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree. He attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI and was commissioned in Feb- ruary 1987. In November 1987, he reported aboard USS GRID- LEY (CQ-21) where he served as Repair Division, Main Machinery, Interior Communications and Missile Divi- sion Officer. He also served as the Quality Assurance Officer for GRIDLEYs COH. In November of 1990 he reported to the Pre-commissioning crew of USS SHILOH (CQ-67) where he served as Fire Control Offi- cer until August 1993. Following completion of Department Head School he reported to USS CAPE ST GEORGE (CG-71) in Au- gust 1994 as the Weapons Control Officer. He later served as the Combat Systems Officer from June of 1995 until March of 1997. His first shore tour was at the Combat Systems Di- rectorate of Commander Naval Surface Forces Atlantic where he served as the staff Strike and Surface War- fare Officer until November 1998. LCDR Wright then attended the Naval War College in Newport, RI obtain- ing a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. He reported aboard USS McFAUL in July 2000. LCDR Wright ' s personal awards include the Meritori- ous Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal (2 awards), and various unit and campaign awards. LCDR Wright is married to the former Debra Shaughnessy of Lowell, Massachusetts and has three children, Ryan, Michael and Meaghan. COMMAND MASTER CHIEF MSCM (SW AW) Steve Luster United States navy Master Chief Steve Luster joined the Navy on 22 September 1976 and completed Recruit Training in San Diego, California. Mis duty assignments include USS BARNSATBLE COUnTY (1197); MAS Morfolk; USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20); Armed Forces Staff College; USS Scott (DDQ 995); CINCLANTFLT; MAS Morfolk and USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 65). Presently assigned to the USS McFAUL (DDG 74) as Command Master Chief. Master Chief Luster ' s personal awards include the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achieve- ment Medal with one gold star, Good Conduct Medal with five gold stars, National Defense Medal, Sea Ser- vice Deployment Ribbon with four bronze stars and various unit and campaign awards. PREPARING TO GET UNDERWAY Today started like most other days in the Navy. We all got out of bed when the alarm clock went off and got ourselves ready to go to work. By the end of the day, we were on our way across the Atlantic Ocean for a six-month deployment. This was the first time many of us had been underway for this length of time. For others, it was routine, just another cruise we had to do. For all of us it was another chal- lenge. When not on watch or otherwise occu- pied what could we do? Mere are the chroni- cles . . . © TC H « TOP: IT2 Mebo and IT2 Peters help load the ship with food for the deployment. ABOVE: STQ3 Beaird loading sandbags that will be used for force protection. RIGHT: GM2 Ott takes a break from cleaning Aft VLS to pose for the camera. I __ ' LEFT: 0M3 Coulombe prepares the VLS for a paint job 1 - . BELOW: STQ2 Evans smiles for (Ik- camera while tilling sandbags. BOTTOM LEfT: DC2 Townsend. DCrTi Woods and DC2 Brailer on a break in DC Equipment Locker. I M (TTOM KK illT: QM1 Nallory and STG2 Whiting help prepare more sandbags for force protection. UNDERWAY, SHIFT COLORS! TOP: KT1 Gregory happy to be underway. TOP: LTJQ Pelesky pondering what he ' s really doing here. BOTTOM: HT1 Abts (soon to be Chief) and DCC Matthews watch BOTTOM: MCI Beckon her way to man the rail. Newport news go by as McFaul transits to open ocean. TOP LEFT: FC2 Lewis being the cool guy thai he is TOP KIOHT: QM1 Conrad watches as the Battle Ensign is hoisted. LEFT: SKSM Morales, SK2 Miccola and SKSD Vargas on the first day of the deployment. MM2 Macias making his way to the forecastle and FC1 Leppert preparing to man the rail. Rest And Relaxation fiearly every Sunday brings the opportunity for the Sailors of McFaul to relax after the rigors of the normal daily routine. After a week of running drills and conducting various exercises the steel beach picnic offers a nice change of pace. Above: ET1 Joey Faretra entertains the crew during a steel beach picnic. Top Right: OSCS Mughes. BMC Jurekand FCC Wood relaxing after another fine meal. Middle: YNSM McCutchen, SM Green and FC2 Chappell smile for the camera. Bottom Right: LT Preston, LT Swinford, ENS Adams and EMS Lusher finishing their sliders. Top Lcfl: IC2 lloag. ET2 Davis, STQ2 Poole and ET1 iiu|)| enjoying the sun. ropRighl STQC Kowalsky finishing of) Ins lunch on the VLS deck. Middle: STG3 Baker, Sri Sullivan and SM Argueta-Ciu man waiting to eat lunch. Above: DK2 Muchendu enjoying a few minutes by himself. Bottom l.etl Oirl talk on tin llighl dec k with MCI Beck, MAI l.ocklear, HM2 Coleman, f- ' CJ Wright and FC2 f ' inley. pi .- , , , , , , , , , .- rreraor Trerar? MISSION Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done. President George W. Bush addressing a joint session of congress on 20 September 2001. Fithei y hi arc with us, or you are with the terrorists, ' the President further declared dur- ing his address. On September 1 1, 2001 our world changed. Mot just the military, not just Hew York and not just Washington, DC. The entire world. In less than an hour both of the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon had been struck by commercial airliners being flown by suspected terrorists operating for Usama bin Laden ' s a Qaeda network. Both symbols of American pros- perity and might, but only that symbols. They were neither representative of American brotherhood nor unity that have quickly overcome the initial feelings of violation. For USS McFaul on deployment in the Arabian Gulf carrying out duties of guarding tankers suspected of smuggling oil out of Iraq, the day began as normal. As we were waking to start our day many back home were just lying down to go to bed. Our day was slowly coming to a close when I first heard that the North Tower of the World Trade Center was on fire. No thought of an airliner intentionally crashing into the skyscraper had crossed my mind. Less than half an hour later the Commanding Officer asked us all to step inside the ship and he announced that both of the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon had been attacked, presumably by terrorists. I remember being on watch when I heard the first tower had col- lapsed and thinking that this is not happening not in America. With no newspapers, magazines or television stations readily available, we had to get our information through various other means. When reports did start coming into the ship, we were stunned. Images of the explosions in the upper floors of the towers, maimed bodies in the streets and innocent people leaping to certain death from the upper floors in some vain hope that they would be the one in a million who would survive such a fall. These images were indelibly etched into our minds. We wanted to do something about this putrid act of cowardice. We were angry. The military was put on alert, commerical air traffic was halted and our great nation watched and soaked up every morsel of horrific news as it developed. We grew angrier and focused on the rage. The rage congealed into resolve. With resolve we developed our plan. it is with a renewed sense of patriotism and pride as Americans that we dedicated this book to the memory of those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The sailors and other service members, the firemen, the policemen, passers-by and innocents who did nothing but go to work that morning. When we think of your faces, «j our mission becomes clearer, our purpose more defined. To everyone else, rest assured that McFaul will do her part to ensure that the freedom we •• enjoy as Americans endures. NAVIGATOR LT William Swinford Admin Officer LTjg Eric Pacheco PM ' s provide pay and personnel support. YTi ' s perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties. MA ' s perform, train, and advise on matters of investigation, interrogation, apprehension, and crime prevention. PiC ' s assist crew members with critical career decisions. HM ' s provide medical care to injured and ill crew members. SM ' s are masters of the visual medium. QM ' s stand watch as an assistant to the Officer of the Deck and to the ship ' s navigator. Admin LCPO HMC Edward Ronan Admin CPO PNC Charlene Montgomery WU MarkA Viampa MAI Meridie A. Lockleai NC 1 Barbara A. Beck IIM3 rvitliryn V c oleman I r 3 Brett A. Shirk YHSri Darryl L. Allison YMSM Javoris L. McCutchen YNSA Erik D. Cross sMM .i .i l l Bene QMSN Millard McGhee SMSN Aaron D. Spencer QMSN Christopher P. Wilson GO o Q ■ Weapons Officer LT Gregory Spangler Weapons Officer LT Jason Pike «nu i STG ' s are responsible for maintaining the most advanc ed surface sonar suite in the U.S. Navy — the AN SQQ-89 (V) 6. They operate this system to conduct underwater and surface surveillance and anti-submarine warfare. TM ' s maintain the Mk32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes and the Mk 46 50 torpedoes. They are responsible for the safe loading, unloading, storage, and firing of these weapons. LTjg Adrianne Sears STQC Daniel Kowalsky STQ2 Donald Qruber STG3 Lois C. F.lbert STQ3 William J. Stark STQ3 Michael Koole : w STQ3 William J. Simpson 5TQ3 Nina V. Baker i m:s ik-uIi i i .im.ii.i ijb STCiSA Casey M. Beaird FCs maintain the Mk 34 Close-in Weapons System (CIWS). They are responsible for the upkeep and firing of the two CIWS mounts onboard McFAUL. GM ' s are responsible for the operation, maintenance, and firing of the Mk 45 gun mount, as well as small arms. LTjg Richard Pelesky FCC William Wood FC1 John Gould GM 1 John M. Conrad QM 1 Anthony C. Jones FC2 David S. Lewis FC2 Troy Kelly GM2 Mi hael F. Jones FC2 PlathanS. Putt FC2 Demarlo Chappell n J. Slater rC2 Stephen J. Melville fC3 Nicholas W. Bellenbaum 1X3 r rank C.Wells QM3 Boyce D. McClellan W v £ it j S B .,.•, :•.■•■ ' • ' EMS James Wright QMCS Anthony L. Blanchard FCC Michael S. Ray FCs are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Vertical Launching System (VLS). Harpoon, and Tomahawk. GM ' s are responsible for the operation, maintenance, and firing of the Mk 4 1 Vertical Launch System (VLS). They work with electrical systems, electronic circuitry, and hydraulic machinery associated with the missile system. Tm FCl Donald O. Leppert FCl Phillip R. Reed FC2 Daniel R. McCloskey GM2 Anitra E. Ott rC3 Andre r Squj a FC5 Johnathan I) Graham QM3AngelynM BalK GM3 l.arae J. Mallory Main Propulsion Assistant EMS Timothy Robinson LTJQ Nathan Sharbaugh GSCM Kerry Bumham QSMC Kenneth Daum Mechanical Gas Turbine techs (GSm ' s) are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the main propulsion gas turbines, gas turbine generators, reduction gears, and associated equipment. Electrical Gas Turbine techs (GSE ' s) are responsible for gas turbine control circuitry interfaces such as signal conditioners, control consoles, and designated electrical equipment associated with shipboard propulsion and electrical power generation. GSEC Efren Azuma §6 GSMl Edward J. Hammond GSE1 Darrell T. Peterson GSM 1 Brian E. Manwaring GSM2 Anthony L. Traynham QSM2 Joseph Vousden QSE2 Jacques I. Meyers ( |SM Kl.hl 111 l Nil. IN CiSM3 Kurt Kooning f GSM3 Dexter M frasier 0SM3 Leonard Coger OSMFN William 0. C.ornwell FM Brandon Q. Brown rn Jose A. Espinoza FN Edward M. Qorham FA Javier S. Vasquez FR Casey I.. Musser DAMAGE CONTROLMEN — are experts in firefighting and in the techniques, skills, and equipment used for damage control. HTs plan and perform fab- rication of all types of ship- board structures, maintain and repair shipboard plumb- ing and piping, and sanitary waste collection systems. LTjg Peter Sommers DCC Daton Matthews DC1 Billy R. Ellis DC2 Adam W. Brailer [)C2 Robert A. Townsend HT3 Joseph M. Platter DCFA Qaspar R. Simmons uniclJ. Wachtcl fR James M. Hunt IXTR Andrew V. Woods The A Gang is in charge of all auxiliary equipment. They operate and maintain shipboard desalination plants, high pressure compressed air system, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, steering gear, anchor windlass, laundry and galley equipment, and ship ' s boats. Em Roger E. Alston EN2 Eric E. Barriault EM3 Christopher I. Harlow EN3 Ugochukwu J. flwokeh EM3 Ja ' mea A Reed EN3 Stephen J. Vela FN Mario J. Martinez EhFA Edelmiro Lopez EM ' s repair and perform maintenance on shipboard electrical power and lighting distribution systems, and electrical test equipment. Additionally, they manage the electrical safety program and operate the electrical power distribution systems. EMC John Chauvin 1 EMI Timothy D. Hodge EMEN Audley J. Craigie EMFN Maurice D. Castell FN Ulysses R. Morales el Pierre fin Oh GO SUPPLY OFFICER LT Dennis Connors Disbursing Officer LTjg Matthew Bolls Supply LCPO SKCS Roberto Acosta Supply CPO MSC Jimmie Langham SK ' s operate the ship ' s storerooms and issue repair parts. MS ' s operate and manage all galley and dining facilities. SH ' s are employed in a variety of service outlets, including barber shop, ship ' s store and laundry operations. DK ' s compute pay, prepare payrolls, update personnel pay records with respect to insurance allotments, family allowances, and other entitlements. Ml 1 Anthony Blister DK1 Romeo Dionisio SSI rommie Wattleton ! .SI Casey Fergason SK2 Tigel Nicola MS2 Willei Brown SK2 Jason King DK3 Da id Muchendu MS3 Christopher Wilbur MS3 Jason Covington DlY C .Hhfin Mat Khoiisc SK3 Aider Collins MS3 Natasha Rogers sit3 Rob.ii Qorrell MSSPt Jon Morris SKSA Cesar Vargas SKSRJoe Morales s N l)r,ik - ( h.idVMt k COMBAT SYSTEMS ' f LTJEFFHOPPE V EMS RANDY LANGLITZ CE DIVISION CE DIVISION maintains all of the ship RADARs, communica- tions, ship ' s gyro compasses which provide the ship its lati- tude and longitude and supply various inputs to numerious weapons systems. These tech- nicians maintain the ship ' s air and surface search radars, IFF equipment, TACAN beacon and satellite navigation receivers. EMS Robert Lesher ETCS Timothy Anderson ET1 David Hupp ET1 Paul Gregory ET2 Patrick Davis ET2 Robert Vinson k t k n t i i f ET2 Arron Johnson IC2 Brett Zank IC2 Ron McCalicher ET2 Jeff Bragg mWww IC3 Jason Dn-hl ET3 To urc Bowers KT3 Mini Tullcr KTiJotuilh.in I i. num. II KT3 Keith Padilla KT3 Andrew Deters KT3 Thomas ( .iiiiiini l KM David Dcluc.i CF DIVISION CF DIVISION — AEGIS class ships serve as the shield of the fleet providing anti-air, anti- surface, strike, and anti-sub- marine defense for the battle group. These highly trained technicians maintain and oper- ate the highly sophisticated gun and missile systems on- board. LT Rich Preston FCCS Darin Swinney FC1 John McDonnell FC1 Steve Blevins FC2 Shawn Wollin FC2 Dana Fleming FC2 Adam Rezzepa FC2 Jody Brown FC2 Jonathan Cardenas FC2 Michelle Finely Y w FC2 Qregor Burnette 1 1 2 lame i ■ ' rC3 Denisc Miller I l SjKjlllll I KjlK I. ..I FC3 Marc Hinton rC5ShereaC. Wright rC3 Ian Muddk r C3 Raybert Evans OC DIVISION OC Division Radiomen en- able McFAUL to communicate with the outside world. They handle all external communi- cations, operating throughout the frequency spectrum; whether it ' s satellite comms, HF voice, or data comms. Sig- nalmen serve as the primary vi- sual communications link be- tween ships operating in a hos- tile environment. LTJQ Reid Adams ITC Mark Banks IT1 Antuam Johnson IT! Joan Forrest IT1 Robert Ramos IT2 David Wanamaker IT2 John Walker IT2 Chris Evers IT3 Mark Nebo IT3 Kwasi Peters lianiego rrswall) Lopez 1 1 ■■ r.iui Cis.nn i ITSA David i lerdam S 2 ! ITSR Justin Mcu|) LTJO Aaron Glass OD DIVISION The Boatswain ' s Mates of OD DIVISION are expert seamen who maintain the ship and her boats. Deck Seamen provide the manpower to carry out this mission. The BMs earn their liv- ing by training, directing and supervising in all activities of deck seamanship, including coordination of loading un- loading of cargo, ammunition, and fuel, and serving on the boat and flight deck crews. EMS Ramona Bagwell BMC Thomas Jurek BM 1 James Penn BM2 David Macias BM2 Michael J. Bolson Sn Brigette Dillon Sh Paulo Caldas SN Norma Flores SH Kosa Argueta-Quzman sn Larry Wilkins N Jamie Keith SA Wawie Matthews sK Yoel Mejiaclia SK Daii.i honl SR Camcrnn Watson SRJoel Fain o Division McFAUL ' s Operations Spe- cialists work in the ship ' s Com- bat Information Center. They are cornerstone, they are re- sponsible for the gathering, processing, display, evaluation and disemination of all tactical information for Command and Control decision making. They operate an array of complex equipment including commu- nications, navigation, and computer systems. EMS Jennifer L. Matthews OSCS Wayne Hughes fiLiZ J OS1 Allen Ouerette OS1 Eric Council OS1 Karl Behrendt OS1 Andre Melcher f 1 w OS: Henry Castillo OS2 Derek Peacock OS2 Jennifer Kuhnen OS2 Maxime Roland y OS2 Luke McKenzie OS3 Da id Drulcy OS3 Kevin Peterson OSSri Ruben Coventry : crt Laird OSSN Jeflery Harrison oss - - Richard Colon OSSN Joshua Fleming I imothy Fenton OSSA Reginald Shaw LT Shawn Collier EWC Mark Graham CTRC Kyucca-Ali Simpson CTOl Maria Llanos CTOl Ricky Saunders CTOl James Barber OT Division Electronic Warfare Technicians utilize electromagnetic en ergy to exploit, re duce, or prevent hos tile use of the electro magnetic spectrum They operate passive surveillance and de tection systems witt electronic ja mm inc capabilities and a de coy launching systerr which utilizes a vari ety of chaff I R decoys to counter incominc missiles. This is the home of those whc Listen and Jam. CTOl Jennifer Utley CTR2 Brandon Drake CT02 Christopher Boyll CTA2 Rose Foye F.W3 Ronald Mitchell F.W3 Joshua Anger CTR3 Jason Lindsey } ' , CTR3 Brandon Wells ( TKS N Kn.im AiLiiih CTTSM Gabriel Bernabe CTMSH Jonathan Arbogast F.WSA Robert A Ni h 63 6! feHH GOAT LOCKER ADVANCEMENTS AND REENLISTMEIYTS i an -ib % _f •■ V ' 1 ■F f V y f©L : F FLIGHT DECK OPS X rw II DAMAGE COMTROL OLYMPICS m • w:m • % W «■ ' ■ t %?■■ HALLOWEEN BEARDS at STEEL BEACH Scullery Queen: GMCS Blanchard. QM1 Lee Deep Sink: FCC Wood, NCI Beck Jack of Tarts: CTRC Simpson, ET1 Gregory Jokers Wild: BMC Jurek, MAI Locklear Food Servers: SKCS Acosta PORTSMOUTH ENGLAND LA MADDALENA ITALY SPAIN CROATIA TURKEY SUEZ CANAL BAHRAIN 1 BEER DAY GIBRALTAR ■ i © v W ■ a HOMECOMING . - r. •- ' «ot HOMECOMING HOMECOMING