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MARG 2001 DEPARTURE NORFOLK, VA. AND ENROUTE MOOREHEAD CITY, N. C. FOR EMBARK. 0700 April 25, 2001 PONCE once again began her deployment on a rain day morning. Families and friends had come to the pier on this wet, windy, better sweet day, to make another precious memory for their sailor to pack in his or her sea bag, for them to carry home. One more kiss... One more hug... One more smile and a wave. . . as oathe and obligation became service and sacrifice. Capable and confident, PONCE shifts colors and gets sail on a mission that will take them half way around the world. Whispered promises are tele graphed between the ship and the pier. “ I’ll meet you here in six months...” Chaplain Jamas Johnson It. USN
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Enjoying the steel beach picnic. Speaking on the IMC, keeping the attaining and goals imposed onboard Ponce. Re-enlistment September 21. 20()1. Hard at work preparing for another port visit Valleta. Malta. CMDAAC 7
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Letter from IC3 D. M. Johnson Standing on the pier jutting out into the Chesapeake Bay, I watched you sail by on your maiden voyage. I waved. Not knowing if you were one of the men on deck or not. I saluted. Emotions swelled in me like the waves of a Nor’Easter. I realized that this day you were a real man. A United States Navy Sailor. Off to protect and defend that which you hold, and all those before you held, so dear ...Freedom. The old salt in me yearned to be onboard once again. To smell the sweet salt air of the Atlantic, Carribean, and Med. To feel the gentle pitching of the deck beneath my feet. The smell of diesel, the smell of the ship, the smell of... well sailor life. The dad in me yearned to be onboard with you. To protect you. To pick you up when needed. Not wanting to let go. But I also realize that we both need this separa tion. For me its to let you grow, learn, succeed, make decisions, and become an inde pendent man. I know that the “child” son image in my mind of you will have changed a “man” son image by the time you return. I am certain that this will be realized by both of us. Enjoy yourself. Be safe. Be smart. Grow. 1 am proud of you. Ronald L Johnson N ARG 2001DEPARTURE 9
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