McInerney (FFG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1993 volume:

M- s- S rir S;, ■, ' -: , ' V.;-l;!; :: ' lit.-! ' . ....• v -- USS MCINERNEY FFG-8 The ass IcllEtlEt is the lead production vessel of the Oliver Uzard Perry Cliss ol guided iissile frigates, the largest class of lestroyer-type ships built since lorld  ar 11. ItllEIIET ' s iission is to provide lulti-threat protection for ilitary and lerchant shipping, aiphibious task forces and undemay epl em shient groups . Since her coiiiss loning on 15 Deceiber 1379, IcIIESIEK has erforied «ell in every facet of her iission. Froi her selection as he UUPS RUli 111 test platfori, through tuo consecutive COBSinHfLI Hook ' El ' Anards for Ant i -Subiar ine Karfare excellence, to her esignation by CORIiHSUHf LAN I at the top AII sail-39 platfori in the tlantic fleet, every assignient is a chance for IcllEIIET to euel. During Deser t Sh i el d Beser t Stori, ItilEIIE! perforied uell ir, verynarfare area, including Escort, Bine Karfare, Anti-Air and Anli- urface operations. Ihe ship is credited nith the destruction of over ifteen floating lines and the escorting of over 50 lerchant vessels hrough line saept vaters enroute to Kuvaiti ports. IcllEIIET has proudly earned the Coibat Action libbon, the oast 6uard Operational leritorious Unit Citation, the Navy Unit oiiendat ion, the fleritorious Unit Citation «ilh Bronze Star, the ational Defense Service lledal , the Sea Service Deployient Ribbon yith our Bronze Stars, the luyait Liberation ledal and the Southnest Asia erv ice lledal m th tuo Bronze Stars. ItllEIIErs electronics technology and weapons systeis, oibined Kith her skilled crev and professional leadership, set her part as one of the lost capable ships in the II. S. Navy. Ihe USS dlEIIEt vill retain a vital coiponent of the United States Navy in support of operations to protect F r e e d o i and D e i o c r a c y . 1 mt ' «••■• « ' 1 07 OCTOBER 1992 ■ -4 MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR GETTING UNDERWAY ... 0900; overcast and raining, Beyond the harbor, the seas were rough and rising. Never a good sign for the start of a deployment. Underway, shift colors! RADM ENRICO MARTINOTTI, ITALIAN NAVY COMMANDER, STANDING NAVAL FORCES, MEDITERRANEAN t- L i R ' i •r kI ' f i rk J With sincere re- spect and true friendship, this book is dedicated to RADM MAR- TINOTTI. He was a valued member of our crew and a true shipmate. I cmiMNDimG COMMANDER ROBERT D. JENKINS III Commander Jenkins was born I I SepU-inl)cr 1950 and is Ihe son ol Lt. Col and Mrs. Robert I). Jenkins, Jr. of Mi)l)ile, Alab ama. He received his commission from officer candidale school in 1974 aflcr graduating fiuni the University of South Alabama where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. CDR Jenkins then attended Fleet Sonar school. Key West Florida with follow-on assignment to the U.S. Naval Facility Grand Turk Britisli West Indies. In 1975, CDR Jenkins attended the Naval School of Diving and Salvage, Washington, DC and was assigned to USS Preserver (ARS 8) as CIC Officer, Assistant Diving Officer and Supply Officer. In 1978, he reported to USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) as Communications Officer. CDR Jenkins graduated from the Surface Warfare Department Head Course in 1980 and reported to USS Downcs (FF-1070) as Operations Officer with a follow-on assignment in 1982 aboard USS Schenectady (LST-1 185) as First Lieutenant Weapons Officer In 1984, CDR Jenkins reported to Ihe Naval Postgraduate school, and in 1985 received his Masters of Arts degree In National Security Affairs with emphasis in Naval Technical Intelligence. CDR Jenkins then reported to USS Reasoner (FF-1063) as txecuiive Officer CDR Jenkins ' shore duty assignments include: Staff F ' acully at the U.S. Naval Academy (1987-89) where he served as head of the leadership section within the Division of Professional Development Most recently, CDR Jenkins served as the f eputy Chief. Naval Systems Branch Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. CDR Jenkins is a dislinguishcd graduate of both the Naval War College Command and Staff School and the Armed Forces Staff College. Among his decorations, CDR Jenkins wears the Defense Mcritorimis Service Medal, Joint Services Commendation Medal, Navy Cominenda (ion Medal (2 gold stars in lieu of second and thud award). Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation plus several campaign and service n. lals Additionally, lie is aulhori .ed tt wear the Navy Diving Officer anu Ninall Craft (Jflicer in Charge insignia Comi. inder Jenkins is married to the fi)riiicr Ashlic Counts of San Diego, Caiif ' iriiia and they have two children a son, Kobeit IV, and a (laughter, Skj Irr. The Captain in a pensive mood. Chef Jenkins and the Thanksgiving Turkey LT B.T. DONEGAN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AIR DEPARTMENT COMBAT f SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT HEADS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 7 =C: p SUPPI l t DEPA LT W.J. ANGUS O. OSAZUWA SUPPLY DEPARTMENT CW03 J.W. STEELMAN A cottage cheese, peanut butter jalapeno pizza REMEMBER: one hand for the ship and one hand for the yawn! Some photos defy cdplions! I r  ' b % , ' ENTRATA Al SEPOLCRO Dl S PIETRO f AllE TOMBE DEI PARI LUSCIIA E DAL PORncO OEUA BASILICA J.- it 1 ' ' r  .J kk SKC(SW) D. BECKER W - • « i V Storekeeper (SK) S-1 DIVISION SK3 E. HOOVER SK3 S. TRAHAN SKI(SW) A. YOUNG SK3 B. BUTLER SK2 S. WALCOTT Ni t SN M. RINE t SN R. NEWSOM DIVISION MS2 A. QUEZADA MSSN D. HELBIG U. f I d p f • -- . r ' ' M MSI ]. WALTHOUR MS2 D. ADAMS MS3 C. KILE II rT i ■ Jl - ' 1 ( i ( - ti- ir.P 1 . ia 1i S-5 ENS T. MUNSON, Disbursing Officer DIVISION X . SHKSW) A. SANCHEZ DKKSW) S. BEDASSE i( -:-y ' SHSN J. HUSSAN SH2 D. ROUGH SH3 M. CAIMARES-VEGA . ;,.?«  ! «  - Jg W V ' .i- J LCDR C. ARENDT, Air Boss ' AD1 (AW) G. SCOTT, Popeye ► r AIR Department LT 1. DONOVAN LT W. SCILEPPI (left) LT J. DONOVAN LT D. SULLIVAN LT G. MARSHALL (right) 3 ADCS (SW) J. DEVERA receives his Navy Commendation AEAN M. CHAVEZ LT W. SCILEPP! makes his infamous Airedale Pizza AMH1 (AW) T. COX checks the rocket sled 3000 hours for-this? r - - - LT G. MARSHALL AW1 (AW SW) C. MOON LT D. SULLIVAN (AKA 14 Achmed ) D} A. AMSAN W. JNTON CONDOR AT2 (AW) M. SHELTON ADS T. KILE i M ' ' jTESi t ' AEAN J. GIMPL AW3 (AW) C. GUERRERO ' ' Exercise ain ' t pretty! A HALLOWEEN TREAT: LT H. MILLER (left) and LT. G. MARSHALL (right) watch as the ghost of Admiral Mclnerney gives the XO his annual haircut. From left: AD3 Kile, AEAN GimpI, AE2 (AW) P. BAXLEY, AW2 (AW) Vaughn and ATAN Daniels « 3 iPn ATAN (AW) D. DANIELS Friends AZ2 (AW) R. FOX enjoying dinner v AN G. SNEED sanding a box ' Washing the Car AW2 (AW) J. VAUGHN Moon being eaten by a wet-suit! PROUD WARRIORS No Photo Available AMS1 (AW) T. QUINN 1 STGC(SW AW) J. VERNON, LCPO i LT T. NORWOOD ASW Officer Sonar Technician (ST) Torpedoman ' s Mate (TM) STGI(SW) A. UNDERWOOD, LPO Sonar, SAILOR OF THE YEAR TMKSW) D. BEALLE (right), LPO Torpedos, with the CSO CS-2 DIVISION ' ' THE BUBBLE BUSTERS! - t From left: STG3 R. McKENZIE, TM3 R. FISER, STG2(SW) R. MATTERN, STG3 J. FUSELIER, STG3 D. BRICHFORD STG2 J. SCHAFER STG3 S. GOLDMAN STGSN D. HALL Master Chief reads STG2(SW) Mattern ' s ESWS Certificate STG2 H. PRINCE 7, % 7L CS-3 DIVISION GUNS AND MISSILES A m X LT S. NOE, Ordinance Of ficer FCC(SW) S. WESTERHUIS, LCPO LT B. SULLIVAN, Ordinance Officer V .% FC3 M. BURNS FC1 T. ) STEPHENS (center) GMMI(SW) L. STEPHENS gets his ESWS pin from COMDESRON 36 FCl(SW) T. GRAVES FC1 A. RIGSBY GMG2 B. HOWARD GMG3 A. BURROUGHS GMG2 D. ANDERSON FCSN R. TILLMAN FC3 J. LEWCHANIN GMMSN J. OWENS FC2(SW) C. WILLIAMS ' I GMMI(SW) N. HORNKOHL .) FC2(SW) L. JEANES 1 FC3 T. RUNKSMEIER SN O. SMITH, Stinger Det ETC(SW) D. ECKHOFF, LCPO CS-4 DIVISION EWC(SW) P. GRAMSTORFF, Electronic Warfare Officer i J 1 tfflfl ttll Data Systems Technician (DS) Electronics Technician (ET) LTJG p. GROGAN, Electronic Repair Officer ENS E. MESSMER, Electronic Repair Officer Electronic Warfare Technician (EW) Interior Communications Electrician (IC) r ETKSW) M. HAPE ET2 B. STANSEL EW3 G. CLABOUGH ET2 E. CONRAD II and ICFN S. READE EW2 W. RAIBORN ' iA A DS3 M. SWIRTZ EW2(SW) M. MITCHELL ET2(SW) R. AMBRIZ ET3 J. FIELD ICKSW) M. JORDAN JR ICFN M. MALONFY IC2 L. H ARRELL ET2 C. WHITFIELD IC2 M. CURRY EW3 Clabough is secured for sea DS1 M. Ml TIC with IC1 ET3 B. RICHARDSON with EWC iiJ ' WARD • j. t While in the Red Sea, MclNERNEY participated in two joint Naval exercises with Navies from our host nations. EXERCISE INDIGO SERPENT, with the Royal Saudi Navy, emphasized ship handling, helicopter operations, underway replenishment, anti-submarine and anti-surface operations and basic seamanship skills. EXERCISE INFINITE SHADOW, held with ships from the Royal Jordanian Naval Forces, stressed small boat tactics, gunnery and anti-mine warfare, and over the horizon targeting training. A highlight during both exercises was the opportunity for some crew members from each ship to cross deck , and spend time with their counterparts from the other nation, sharing lifestyles and customs. ilFfS INVIGO SERPENT i - ' INFINITE ' imp P ' - T4epif; SHRDOW TITTITfTn MA Eileen Franz at the CARROUSEL The Cathedral ' yt- [.-.-■- •■• • •• W B Lr . The Castle m The Moor Fortress Commodore WORLEY, COMDESRON 36 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS The 100th CPO Birthday RADM LAIR, COMCARGRU 2 The 6000th Red Sea Boarding d JL d r r 1 I ' Vl ' t ' Jil Bingo! M ■ — 1F== :=::L -L_ — .  l !l r ' be Wedn y UNREP — We did over 30 of these! Night! ust esday A retirement hug from MSI LEGRAND A touching moment from the GONG SHOW The Principality of San Marino POMPEII, with Mt. Vesuvius in the background ITALY The Cistine Chapel, ROME The Monastery overlooking ANCONA 11 rs- ' The Emperc Hadrian ' s Tomb, ROME C 1 fi ft , HMf r ' rrnruii,„„fjj,j 5y % 2 [s2| iiiiS J12iM£ ®i: ilij2 The view from the dome, St Peter ' s Michaelangelo ' s PIETA, VATICAN CITY 5. i l The Hydrofoil to CAPRI A Moment in Advertising History, ANCONA A Water Fountain, POMPEII The Castle, NAPLES L rr ' rr rt ir.„ ' ■ ' ■ . ' fmffffwrftnnwniwr City Market, CATANIA The Vatican Museum A Swiss Guard, VATICAN DR BILL MONTESANO, A Friend in ANCONA The Tomb of the Popes, VATICAN Battle damage M II LIBERTY CALL!! The Great Mosque, SUEZ Fleet Unding, HURGHADA A local Mosque, seen from the Canal The Arabian Beach Hotel, HURCHADA The Great Pyramid ' . 1 ' T::.-;,A TWi:NTY-nvi:, piastres ! The president ' s summer home in SUEZ lUXOR MUSEUM Ya , f HfeK !Mi[| p -.7T-?«Pii P ' - ■ ■ 1 1 Mt Carmel with the Ba ' Hai Shrine I s R A E L The Old Temple Gate Jerusalem §12 ,■ STG3 Brichford at the Jordan River At the Rock ' n Roll Pub — Haifa 1 1 The Church of the Crucifixtion — Jerusalem Mt Carmel Haifa At the Wailing Wall — Jerusalem I --U- LONDON PiE PUB , Ha ' atzmaulh St., Downtown Haifa, Tel.04-663839 04-663839 Ou ,na n 84 niNDiiyn ,i io ] ' vti A JORDAN RIVER Baptism for BM2 SMITH Welcome visitors in HAIFA HAIFA: Here ' s why it ' s called SCUD MALL The River Jordan, Gateway to the Promised Land The Wailing Wall in JERUSALEM The Church of the Navtivity, Supposed site of Christ ' s birth, BETHLEHEM Coast Guard Square and the King ' s Fountain S The Harbor Master ' s Tower JEDDAH, KSA The SOUK, A shopping area viCI? H ' m :r H _ i a— f ' iflig ' i M The boat crew watches EW2 (SW) Mitchell board i N f% DS3 Swirtz boards number 6000! BOARDING - ' ' 4 The MIGHTY MAC closes on 6000 The joint US — French boarding team confer on the 6000th Red Sea boarding ' ■ ■JfPW Jtm0 iK ? v V r 1 ' T ' '   i • Xirl ..jKO . .. • - teen - LT Reyda, Boarding Officer, inspects manifests T J i THE COLOR OF A CRUISE 1 ' x. jiJia£pJi a5ifa fcd5fi! QMC (SW) M. JENSEN, LCPO cr-i DIVISION The 0-2 Crew SMI (SW) R. LACKEY, LPO Signalman (SM) Quartermaster (QM) SM3 B. GRIGSBY SM2 B. CLAWSON -7 J i iJ SM3 V. URIBE mm SM3 R. SCHEILDING QMSN B. WATERS QM2 W. OWSINSKI QMSN J. LUNN RM1 J. LIZZIMORE, Smooth RMC(SW) M. WALLINGTON, Communications Officer RM2 M. SC-2 DIVISION BLOOD RM2 C. DEASON i J I h RM2 C. CRABTREE RM3 STONE RM3 R. STONE RM3 G. JEFFRIES W ,.,M, •■ Mi RM2 F. BAZEN Jr RMS E. ERDMAN RMSN S. DAVIS T-. T — . ' y K ' fi J 0 Boatswain ' s 8- - f Mate (BM) BMI(SW) D. KLINE BMQSW) M. DUNN, First Lieutenant FIRST DIVISION SC-4 - i |H M BM1(SW AW) D. McDANIEL BM2 M. BREEDING BM2 W. SMITH SN B. GERNHARDT BM2(SW) M. BLACK SN N. FRANKS, hanging around SN J. FLEENOR (left) shares the MIGHTY MAC ' S birthday with SMKSW) Lackey A SN J. SIZEMORE I SN D. LINNEY ip 1 lyii J J , ■■L AiiidSl EvSi 9 ' 9, r S U s BM2 M. LEONE SN P. WILD SN J. Jethro TULL Jr BM3 W. GROSS BM2 R. SCH EID SN C. KEMP, waiting for the phone SN A. FIGUERIA !;. Ill, in the driver ' s seat SN R. HALL SN D. NELSON 1 Mm ' - 4g r 1 - i«-?S|| t 1 1 . SN E. OLSON SN J. BATES Jr SN T. CLIFTON SN W. HARRISS SN J. SWANGER I t T ' kr SC-4 • • • LT M. REYDA, CIC Officer Division OSKSW) B. SCHROEDER OSCS(SW) R. MOELLER receives his NAM . OSKSW) D. BYERS OSKSW) B. SNEAD %HtK: OSSN G. BAKER OS2(SW) W. COOK OSSN B. BUSCH Operations Specialist (OS) OS1 T. MORRIS with Baby Doc OS2 C. MOORE OS2 C. JANSSEN k t OS2(SW) R. DRURY receives his pin f r i ' y OS2 J. MALDONADO (center) with QMSN Lunn Waters OS2 T. ROWLAND OS2 D. BIBLE OS2(SW) D. WRIGHT m2 OS2 W. DIAZ-RODRIGUEZ OS2(SW) E. DYSON i { i OS3 S. TORRES I mm ■ TK nttm i «, NEVER play cards with a man called Doc t lf m A pierside jam session in HURGHADA l ' TJ m ■ ' - ' Chief Vernon re-enlists HORTE  % Now that ' s a REAL man!! OLD TEXAS T nnw GSEC (SW) J. SHAFER LCPO Propulsion CW03 J. STEELMAN, Chief Engineer Main Propulsion Asst Wflr i ENC (SW) T. LEWIS LCPO Auxiliaries E-1 DIVISION € ? 4 A-Gang at work! EN1 (SW) Williams FN Alexander fc EN2 Maddox p Vb i. HV Li jt 1 % |b % M 1 iM ENFN (SW) A. PURDY III GSM1 (SW) R. SMALLEY PROPULSION AUXILIARIES FN I. RICKS with SN NELSON GSM1 (SW) R. HOCH GSE2 J. WYATT EN2 K. LEHMAN GSM1 (SW) B. HOGUE gets his pin from CDS-36 I EN3 P. PELOSI GSM2 G. KISSINGER in Jerusalem EN3 G. JONES ENS (SW) E. DAVIS Z II A Engineman (EN) J EN3 R. ADAMES EN2 C. ARNEMANN Jr 3ZSx n r - GSM3 J. CORNELL GSM2 C. BABIN EN1 (SW) R. WILLIAMS Jr gets his pin GSE3 D. PETO GSE2 C. THOMAS X. Gas Turbine System Technician (GS) 9 m -: m mm Bmm LTjG M. STINGLE, Damage Control Asst E-3 DIVISION HULL REPAIR DC1 M. KITELINGER, on a good day HT1 (SW) D. STRUBLE meets D-NATO DCC (SW) D. STILPHEN, LCPO FN J. GARCIA t DC1 M. SIDES DCFN J. SABLAN Jr — Mess Cranking FN GARCIA HAIRISTON DC3 C. VALDEZ and a bad day!! T= T k « m i f 1 1 -- « E-2 DIVISION MclNERNEY POWER AND LIGHT j EMI (SW) T. WRIGHT LTJG P. McGRATH, Elec Officer EMC (SW) K. FLOYD, LCPO Electrician ' s Mate (EM) EM2 (SW) C. DANIELS FR T. SIMS EM3 W. UPSHAW FN T. ALEXANDER EM2 D. CARMICHAEL EM3 (SW) R. SOSA Who taught that boy how to put on eye shadow? He looks so life-like, doesn ' t he? v. ■ c t CI. 297 (bajos Palas Atenca) Tel fono 23 45 70 PALMA DE MALLORCA 4r : J.:.. Ill •■aui in v i SiiSllli A rememberence of Dr King T ' ., .rm mS r P ji .4 ■t -« mk!5iiiSiiMiMmiHiiiii3m ' chor off Bermu important guestS! of preparation an welcomed aboard sdi and family, here to share the last few days of the cruise with us, and to ride ' with us back into Mayport. Though the weather was at times a little rough for our visitors, we were still able to show them a few of the many things that make up life at sea. Whether it was the gunnery drills, the underway refu- eling, or just a chance to share a quiet moment with a loved one, a special time was had by all concerned. After 182 days; 3 major holidays; 312 flight quarters; 2 war zones; 4 major bodies of water; 22,048 rolls of toilet paper; 9 babies; 16,750 hamburger patties; 2600 aspirins; 7 liberty ports; 124 boardings; 48,622 gallons of coffee and zero accidents, the USS MclNERNEY found what it had searched for all along ... HOME!!! WO E IT LIST WcIHtRHt t HS . J Of( « v 0- BRAVO ZULU JOB WELL DONE I f Q fc Jg ptS ' H , m SJ y mile 3 I D61 y Ml J Id homeC£ SHEET l - HOME i ED ITOR : HHCH(SW) D. WILOSMITH ASS ISTANT ED ITOR : STGC(SW AW) J. VERNON COPY EDITORS : SKC(SW) D. BECKER EWC( SW) P , GRAHSTOR F F HM2 R. HICKSON PHOTOGRAPHERS : HHCH(SW) D. WILDSMITH DCC(SW) D . STILPHEN ET1 ( SW) H. HAPE STG3 D. BRICHFORD COMMANDING F F I C E R A D U L T LEADERSHIP : CDR R. D. JENKINS III PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER: LT W. COX The CRUISE BOOK STAFF would like to thank everyone who submitted photos, raised money or otherwise assisted with the production of this book. Your help was invaluable. In addition, we ' d like to thank our Mothers and Fathers; the United Nation ' s Security Council; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; RADH Enrico Hartinotti; asso rted gunrunners and smugglers; the Bosnians, Serbians and Croatians; Saddam Hussan and anyone else who helped make this deployment and cruise book possible. n 0- : Mwi£i li.J  r ' ...•■ V vi|io ' i- . .JL-_ ■. ' ,!-■ i , ' 0 ' ' 2