McFaul (DDG 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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.

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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.