Ramage (DDG 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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ww-we was ri' r 'I i rl IQ 'Il l1N T hroughout the extended deployment, the TSCSI Detachment provided RAMAGE with the much needed intelligence gathering required to stay vigilant in an ever-changing threat environment. When on Watch, their jobs called for them to lock themselves in a room with only one Way in or out and a vault door as its control point. These eight men made it possible forthe Commanding Officer to be briefed daily on the changing political and military threats that could possible endanger RAMAGE, her crew or a friendly asset. ' -L x 1

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i F Qperatlons Qfhcer LT Marc A. Drage IC .xl O1'111G1f CWO3 Mark A. Foster Former Officers VV VQ K1,K, . 3 E . Former Supply . I- LT Daren C. Main ki. in

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r 2 he most vital support jobs onboard RAMAGE are maintained by the Department. From the SK's who receive issue and inventory all equi menta - -A Q T P Hd Sup plies coming to and leaving the ship to the and provide services like the laundiyfbarbef . shop, post office and ship's store to the CS'g providing meals for all 300+ members three times a day Supply Department are the unsung who provide one of the only means of boost- ing the shipls morale while supporting all work and watches with parts and CTCW Supply Officer LT Michael T. McCarter Q Michael T. McCarter, a native of Boyertown, Pa., enlisted Tin the United States Marine Corps on September o, 1995. Upon graduation from Marine Corps Recruit Depot 'Parma Island, South Carolina, he reported to NAS Meridian, M1ss1ss1pp1for USMC Aviation Supply Clerk HA school. Where he was riously promoted to Lance Corporal. His first assignment was with Marine Aviation Log1st1cs Squad- ron 12 at MCAS lwakuni, where he earned the rank -ofC011J0f3l- He was next assigned to Naval Air Maintenance Tfallllllg Group Headquarters in Pensacola, Fl. At NAMTRAGRU, he was an inter-departmental transfer from the USMC to the T Navy for attendance at Officer Candidate School After his commissioning Ensi n McCarter re orted to . , g . P Supply Corps School in Athens, Ga. His first shipboard assignment was in USS CHOSIN C q ,qqg,,q Pearl Harbor, Hi. He served as the Food Service Officer, S bursing Officer and Sales Officer in CHOSIN. and won thc CAPT Edward F Ney Food Service Excellence Award for Medium Afloat Pacino as the Food Service tracriigerredffronf to Commander, Sixth Fleet located in Gaeta, ltal , to serve as the Fla M653 an era ' y L S . p iona Logistics Assistant within the C6F N4 office. LT McCarter then transferred to Naval Alf Command, Patuxent River, MD where he se Pd h - - - - rve as t e Deputy Program Manager, Naval Depot MaintenHI1Ce tt SYSTCH1 CNDMSD. Whlle assigned to NDMS, LT McCarter volunteered for an Individual Augment dcpuloymen Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center tCDDOCl at Camp Arifjan Kuwait W served as a surface operational l ' t' g ogis ics representative. After his return from Kuwait. LT McCarter USS RAMAGE CDDG-611 as the Supply Officer, and met the ship on deployment in February 2007- LT M C ' ' ' c arter and his wife ofeight years, Tracey, reside in Callaway, MD. Sll's who run the floating Navy it