Ramage (DDG 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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DIVISION Sq stem Test Qfficer LT Kimberly D. Thornhill I I .JCainp in Orlando F lorrda Her Inst A school was Gunner s Mate school located at Coronado Island San Diego The first duty assignment board USS SIMON LAKE AS 33 Her next assignment as a GMT3 ' T Kimberly Thornhill enlisted in the Navy on 16 April 1984. She r . - I a . . - . yyyy .1 ,yiy 1 1. . . . ' ' h . . . r riding rating of GMT from smaller caliber conventional weapon systeins. e earned her Master Training Specialist designation as a WT2 while 3 Nuclear Weapons Training Group Atlantic located in the Deak Parsons :Norfolk Naval Base. Following instructor duty her next assignment ISS CANOPUS AS-34 where she was advanced to WTI. The ting closed and she cross rated to Intelligence Specialist First Class. J Forces Korea located in Seoul Korea where she worked with South Korean Naval Forces. mpletion of IS MA school at Dam Neck Virginia she deployed to United States GET SOUND AD 38 in Norfolk Virginia The GMT rating underwent a name ange and was now called Weapons Technician to distinguish the nuclear weapon Upon returning stateside, she obtained orders to Office of Naval Intelligence in Suitland Maryland where she promoted to ISC. Soon thereafter her Limited Duty Officer package was successfully screened and she received her commission on 1 January 2000. After commissioning shef reported onboard USS HOPPER DDG-70 in Pearl Harbor as the Systems Test s Officer. Her next du assi nment was a short fillcritical billet as Waterfront Liaison Officer at Kaneohe Marine Corps Ba, YY 8 .r Her next assignment was split between dutiesgipastrthtey MK46 Torpedo Division Officer and the Waterfront Liaison Officer Naval Magazine Pearl Harbor. 1 I ig 1 LT Thornhill reported onboard USS in May 2005 and currently serves as the Systems Test LT Thornhill has a husband, Kevin three children, Joshua 17yrs, Danielle I6yrs and Arabella 4yrs. Her aw include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy!Marine Corps Commendation Medalttwo awardsj, Medalffour awardsj, Good Conduct Medalffour awardsj, and various campaign awards and unit citations- I Aritorrio Qrrirrories Systems Maintenance Managelg CS Dept. LCPO FCCCSWJ Antonio K. Quinones was born in Yongsan-ku, Seoul, Korea, on May 15 1975. He attended Andress High School in El Paso TX where he graduated in 1994. He enlisted in the Navy on November 16, 1994. After completion of Recruit Training and Gunner's Mate NAU School at Great Lakes, IL, Chief Quinones reported to the precommisioning detachment for USS CARTER HALL CLSD-505 in New Orleans LA. While Onboard CARTER HALL he was command advanced to Petty Officer Second Class. On March 1999, Chief Quinones transferred from Carter Hall to Fire Controlman Av School with followion orders to Close In Weapons System CH Schogl, In June 2000, Chief Quinones reported onboard to USS ROBERT G BRADLEY CFFG-495 were he served as Leading Petty Officer for CF Division. In December 2001 he was advanced to Petty Officer First Class and selected as sailor ofthe year. 3 In October 2003, Chief Quinones transferred to Training Support Center Great 1 'rkcs IL Were he Petty Officer. After six months ofschooling atAEGlS Traininf R1 d' an .. . . 1 - - Onboard the USS RAMAGE. 5, ca mess C cnlci Dahlgren VA. L href ards

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T ME ith the responsibility for all of the e neering auxiliary equipment, many days and nights were spent by the EN's of osmosis skids and steering gear td the galley days a week keeping the lights on' HA-Gangt' repairing everything fromthe reverse g, ie? machine and scullery. The EM,s, in charge ofall electrical circuits, are kept busy, 28 hoursa ' , , i t Often being called on to correct lems, the HT's, MR's, and DC,s of ER Division maintain watertight integrity by welding bro- ken iittings and fixing leaky pipes to clearing plugged-up toilets. The men of MP Division maintain and operate the ship's Gas Turbine Engine Modules CGTM'sj, Generators . ,tion gears, and oil puriliers. Putting in long, hard hours of watch and work is nothing new tdithese hard chargers. The Engineering Department constantly reminds us that without them, we would always be pierside. i a P Ellgilleelf Officer LT Lilianna T. Lioumis LTLiliama Lioumis, originally from Little Elm, TX, earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology from Boston University in 2002. After 6 months in Newport, RI for Surface Warfare Officer School, she reported onboard USS O7BRIEN as the Electrical Officer. While onboard, she achieved her SWO qualification and was the acting Chief Engineer for the 6 weeks leading up to Decommissioning. D g Lt. Lioumis then reported to USS DUBUQUE CLPD 85 as the Navigator. During her tour, she qualified as Engineer Officer of the Watch and applied and was accepted into the Early Roller Department Head program. From DUBUQUE, she proceeded to Wallops Island, VA and Dahlgren, VA for her Aegis training pipeline prior to reporting to Newport, Rl for Department She took over as the Engineer Officer onboard :USS OIJANO7 V ' 'TV ..' 5' ' f ' -a... . 1 . . I Y , 'f 'l A, ' Q 1- 1,1 rx, . ' ? . iv., 1. G Me' 32- ' I 'AQ.,l'- , - ,- ea , X fe, 4:5 -I-,R A g ew -A . . S . - ls A ,f -P' ,z My - W r I , - . . M is, regal 'P' cfs r - V , q V 3:4 ,.. . , - t , , , arW....,,, ' ff.. 2' mf M P- - T my .s E: ini? UF: '7 ' Lt. Lioumisls personal awards include the Navy and Commendation Medal, thc Navy and Marine CorpS g q Medal and various emnpaign awards and unit citations. She resides in hcr recently pnrclmscrl home in GE OU