Ramage (DDG 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q ommand Navy Recruiting District New Orleans LA He would ierve as the Supply Officer from 2001-2004. His erformance would e I D1 VISION SKCCSWJ Allan P. Thomas SI Division LCPO 1 CCSWJ 'Thomas is originally from the Philippines He 'A' SK enlisted inthe Navy on 21 March 1988 and attended boot camp in Orlando FL He would then report to the USS STUMP DD 978 in Norfolk VA for a tour from 1988 thru 1992 His next tour of u would land him orders aboard the USS THORN DD 988 located harleston SC He accepted orders in 1998 for a shore duty tour at Naval Education Training 84 Security Field Assistance Activity E ETSAMQ in Pensacola FL Yearning for the open ocean and wide eaches he reported onboard the USS MCINERNEY FFG-8 in Octo- ber of 1997 for four years homeported out of Jacksonville FL Chief Thomas would eventually leave MCINERNEY as the Leading Pet Officer First Class of Division and report to his second shore uty eam him Logistics Support Person of the Year an subsequent selec- tion to the honorable ranks of Chief Petty Officer. Chief Thomas reported aboard RAMAGE 04 De- cember 2004 as the Leading Storekeeper of S-l Division. SKCCSWD Thomas is married to Mrs. Rowena Lim Thomas. SKCCSWD Thomas personal decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal, and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal Q4 awardsj, Navy Good Conducttwith 4 bronze starsj. amy Sem nce relieved by the USS EISENHOWER QCVN-695 after supporting operations off the coast of Somalia in January, RAMAGE ran into some very heavy seas en route to Dubai. Even some of the most fsalty, sailors experi- ence sea sickness with many junior sailors requiring Sick In Quarters CSIQJ Chits. The rough weather continued for three days, while RAMAGE pressed on at over 15 knots. 4

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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

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