Roanoke (AOR 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ofthesix boats onboard, the Captain 's Gigreceives the W w 'W most tender-loving-care. SN Nelson and SN Bezpalko were a large part ofthe team that kept that boat looking good. BZ! The Deck Warriors! ,.,A ii .. Lili 1 ZX' - 1 fl. -Q15 A . BM2 Grqv could alwqvs be counted on for a big grin and a lxandjiil of sunj7ower seeds. W7xat.' No seeds! Well, at least we get the big grin. 20 First Division . I X ifh -Q 'QA 1 X if Q t i- - . 1 fi a KY' - - i 'i' , 1 - AN I in 'iw ,Q ,, 'G I am SN Ramos ..-A--tt-fl' 'HMM It can sometimes be very frustrating being 3 DECK Warrior, they make you do some of the most fool things. SN Ford tries to vent offsome of his frustration in his own very special way'

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Era-f Left to Right: SN Mario Nocum, SA Dijfenbaugh, SN Bezpallco, BM3 Michael Tucker, SN Ramos, SA Wright, BM3KreigeL SA Sacapanio, SA Averhart, SN French, SN McFadden, BM2 C ojjex, SN Flowers, SN Brannon, BM 2Luis Gray, BM3 Ralph Jerzy, BM 3 RobertX H azbourt, BW! 3 Leonard, BM 2 Demmerg BM3 C ollister, BM 3 Matttlxg SR Willey BM3 Kennedy, SN Nelson, SR Rowe, BM3 Clarlg BMI Cunningham 4 S' S L. Ne E - S is K' ,. h he M QW 4' iff' lf 72 Af- V Y Q, 2 Being from Alaska, SNA bbot lotows how to wear foul weatlxergear, but that darned kapok sure seems to have hint sttttnpcdl s.e...., ..,... f'-411 ll of .3 txt 1 aa.. .'V-v f- I lf'! e, 4 s Q, I 'if' 'r 5 1 WT' Q1 ww:-rf ei ' z .l . m 'W '11 A BM 2 Dernrner and BMJ M attlr are two ofthe reasons why they call first division The Deck Warriors. There inconspicuous haircum would never have ven us a clue. t ' ' ., -sig x- , ' gn, Fila ,,QT! f-jf ' ..f 1 9 L, ' M .JL N I V L f Q ' ,rf gf iws 1715? vt ...W ,g I 1 n 1, , x I f ,. A 1 X If 'L M-an First .J -ln? 0 'ln Hr The POS system sometimes gets to be a drag, but u hen 5 our good, they give you people to train. SN Iford just happened to have SR Willey. Here they strike il pose for the camera, yes a pose! pad id i Indus 'QL-f 2 ' ' Q . f f ' ,ww 1 V ir ff ,, .' - 5 1' ' ' Vi' V - ri ' L . +51 A 4' ,, V, By the look of this, we have something wrong! Sorry BM3! R OA NOKE1s sailors ha ve to adapt to many differ- ent jobs. They have their divisional responsibilities 9 but they also have a job when the ship goes to General Quarters. BM3 Tucker gets in some target pra ctice. First Division 19

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. , M., .... SN NOCUM BM3 KIMBLE V, W ah, . Who says PMS can 't be jim! Especially when you can get someone else to do it.! It looks lzlce SN Brannon is getting ready to become a Petty Ojjicen He and SN Ramos get their weekly deck drains done. ,rt Aw K Q Many seaman strike out of deck and come back to visit, SK3 SL Lows comes back to visit with BM3 Tucker while inport Rodman Panama. It has been quitesome time srktce he has set foot on the focsle! SN Nocum is a veteran of First Division. He has become somewhat of a guru for the new E-3 and ma x I I below. Here he gives his 'Mario the Godfather pose. I The Deck Warriors 21