McInerney (FFG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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Band Members are: FC3 John Hesch - Guitar and Voca s STG3 Justin JJ Juarez - Guitar and Vocals FC3 Diamond Dave Jordon - Bass and Vocals GM2(SW) Scary Gary Deer - Guitar and Vocals QM2 Jason The Bird Lively - Sax MAI Bill The Old Guy Caton - Drums and Vocals and Special Guest: AEAN Edward The Blues Man Kelly - Guitar The band would like to thank the crew for it ' s support with special thanks to HMC(SW) Rosario, ICC(SW) Buyea, DC2 Link and IT3(SW) Boger for being there] EVERY time we played to move all the gear.

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Manta, Ecuador Wc spent most of our liberty time in Panama or Manta during the first half of our deployment. While in Panama we were able to get liberty in a place that was accustomed to Americans. From laundry sei vices to casinos. Panama had it all! MWR tri ed to help make Manta more fun through tours like the para-gliding tour you see photos of here. The best thing in Manta was the shopping. The ship ' s crew also adopted a school and held two COMREL projects there. The ship ' s band was interviewed on one of Manta ' s radio stations, and played at an amphitheater at the University of Manta, while our soccer team played theirs. Behind The 8-BaH also played at a club during our last visit to close out our deployment. After visiting Manta so many times we were ready for UNITIS. While it was Manta, it was liberty, and ...,4iifl| 1 K 57