Rushmore (LSD 47) - Naval Cruise Book

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T Q '-' ' 119869 nan. + if 'Q Q M if , H, , BLT M1 H55 C0 The primary mission of the H845 CO is to provide support and training for all embarked Marine units in the BLT aboard USS RUSHMORE. The company supplies all NBC, Optics and various maintenance with the H.M.M.W.V. tHummersD. They provide the ships chaplain, ammunition experts and cooks for the USS RUSHMORE. Sta d' : . Gmilziaitld to RJ SGT Hllmbefgef. SGT Danbeffy, CPL Hubbard, LT Borzych. Kneeling Q L to Rl: CPL Marquez, LCPL Annis, RPSN Barnes, LCP L

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CO OF TROOP5 STATEMENT TO MARINES From the dawn of time, women have stood on the shores of protected nations and bid farewell to their warriors as they embarked on naval campaigns to the far reaches of the globe. Forlorn and melancholy, their tears fell onto the sands of time as they eagerly longed for the day of their warrior's glorious return to celebrate in their majestic triumph. Propugnator Navigation is Latin for a nautical journey ofthe bold protectors, and was a fitting title for our six-month odyssey to the USPACCOM's and USCENTCOM's regions. 0ur sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force was among the nation's most forward deployed combatant forces in the Western Pacificflndian Ocean prepared to execute conventional and special operations across a wide spectrum of crisislcontingency situations. Throughout the deployment, we conducted training and maintenance afloat and ashore in numerous exercises in order to maintain and enhance our capability to plan and conduct operations across the full spectrum of conventional and maritime special operationsg as units of BLT 174 ground combat element forthe 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit iSpecial Operations Capablel, COMPHIBRON 3 Amphibious Readiness Group. During our time in the fonfvard deployed arena , the Battalion Landing Team showecased our nation's policies by participating in three bilateral, two unilateral and one joint exercise, two reinforcement missions, one trap and two joint contingency operations. The BLT journeyed for 182 days, 109 days of which were spent afloat aboard amphibious warships that sailed 32,527 nautical miles across two oceans, five seas, six gulfs and four straits. Our boots tromped dirt and sand for 73 days conducting operations on two foreign continents, 10 countries and one American state. 0f the 73 days, the Marines and Sailors spent 35 days on liberty, 18 of which they worked part of the day maintaining their equipment before enjoying an evening out. Our Marines contributed 587,320 various artillery rounds, 16,000 25MM and 5,199 60MM and 81MM mortar rounds to the lead content of our host nations soil. All this was coordinated through execution orders produced using 40,000 sheets ofthe BLT S-3 Xerox paper. All in all, it was a heck of a ride.

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CCO I 5 T LIGHTARMOR RECO AA, uv or me sum, A Jak witty Q. ,ve , 5 H ' i' fb Ck, 5' 4 ge? P5 RED gECO9'x KR PICS Igetgirigwdaigfnaiission of the Light Armor Vehicle is to conduct forward recon utilizing speed and firepower, as a self- Staff And Gfficers Back Row QL to RJ: SSGT Catchings, 1STLT Holton, GYSGT Harris, 1STLT Fridriksson, GYSGT Jones, SSGT Sturm. Front Row QL to RJ SSGT Molash, CAPT Duke, ISTSGT Crawford, 1STLT Quiroz, GYSGT Farstad, SSGT Dawson.