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Table of Contents Sierra Commanding Officer-'Q glgn ffl f 4-5 Executive Officer at as 1 f 7 6 Command Master Chief- 7 ' 7 Chaplains g g S 8 Support GrouplOmbudsmen 9 Departure from Charleston g l0-l 3 America's Team g S I4- l 6 Operations Department l7-25 All Hands Working Party 26-28 l59PF'Y ra . n n 8 ' -90 9 I -94 Sdfeiy ff ff . ' 95 9 1'k,gQi, fV,a' X ,a, If 9 p PO-Ytivlslits 97 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 98-99 .J Athens, Greece I 00. l 0 l 6Sofuda Bay-Hania, Greece I02-I03 N I 1 5 1 I 1 u T i 1 3 E -1,-.,-.. 7.,, V., ,. ,, , Repair Department Deck Department Sierra Sports Special Teams Engineering Department Underway Replenishment Flight Quarters! 29-50 Sl-58 59-6I 62-64 65-76 77-78 79-80 I I 1 I i l 'Q-J Y nl ul E Special Events Sierra Special Events Sierra Celebrates 48th year Super Bowl Sierra Style Battle E MLKlBlack History Italian President Helping Hands Volunteers Awards and Advancements Sierra artwork l29 l30-l3l l32-I33 I34 l35 l36-I37 l38-l39 I40-l4l l42 i l 1 i l r l l NapleslPompeiilGaeta Rome Izmir, Turkey MonacolCannes Benidorm, Spain Seville, Spain Medicallbental Department Christmas in Palma Sierra Candids Gas Turbine Change Outs W4-N5 N6-N1 IM ll!!-H0 Ill H2 ll3-I ll ll?-l2I l22-IIS l26-IZ! l 1 I l 3 1 1 I 5 H3 'l Turnover Med Statistics I44 Homeward Bound Homeward Bound M5 Casino Night Ml-H7 Super Bingo Ml Steel Beach H9 Khaki Mess Cooks ISO-ISI Sierra Fashions ISI-IS! New Fathers IN Homecoming Day ISS-ll! Crulsebook Stull' lil -, 'SET Q ,- ,- a....r Q- ,- M f-.121 11'-315. 5-0 '-. N N v'-:Er B, 'T-ag --0 Q sqvp v-,Q .r . Q Q, ' T, 54. ... vw 'Nb' 4-Q Q 1, Q 1.1.5. Gb -vs 4 0 ' Q ' its ':4'Z Xf0?l-221' '- Captain Robert A. Kamrath Commanding Cfficer USS Sierra CAD 18, CAPT Robert A. Kamrath graduated from the University ofWisconsin in 1966 with a Bachelor ot Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He concurrently received his commission through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program. Following submarine school, CAPT Kamrath served tours ofduty on USS Carbonero CSS 3373 as Assistant Engineer, Communications Officer and Engineer and on USS Bczrbe! CSS 5805 as Weapons Officer. Following his initial sea tours, he attended the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. and received a Master of Science degree in Com- munications in April 1973. s Returning to sea duty on USS Tang CSS 5631, CAPT Kamrath served as Operations Officer, Navi- gator and Executive Officer. After a tour Assis- tant Operations Officer onthe staff of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, he attended the Submarine Prospective Commanding Officer course. CAPT Kamrath assumed command of USS Blueback CSS 58131 in June 1977. During his tour, the sub made a deployment to the Western Pacific and an Unitas deployment to six South American countries. In 1979 he returned to the Pacific Sub- marine Commanders staff and served for three years as the Force Operations Officer. From August 1982 to June 1983, CAPT Kamrath attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. In June 1983, CAPT Kamrath reported to the staff ofthe ChiefofNaval Operations for two successive tours. In his first tour, he served on the Chief of Naval Operations executive staff, initially as the is QT . T.. 1 V -1 ,gt A!- 0 -ai .----ul Assistant for l.ong'i'ange Resotiiees and subse- quently as the Deputy Director. ln October' 1985. he reported to the Space. C'oinniantl and Control Directorate and served first as branch head and then as Deputy Director ofthe Planning and l'rogi'ain-- ming Division. Following attendencc at the l'rospectix'e Shore Commander's eonrse. C'Al l' Kamratlr assumed commandofNavalCknnmnnictionsStationStock- ton in .luly 1988. lfollowing completion ofliis shore command tour in August 19911. he attended the Senior Officer Ship Material Readiness and the Surface Prospective C 'omnianding C lffieereourses. CAPT Kamrath assumed conunand of the l'S.S' Sierra on March 17. 1991. CAPT Kamrath'sperstinaI avtartls int'lutle the l.e- glfm of Merit with Clold Stars for the second and third awards, the lVleritoriont SC-tetttty Mt-tial, the NUVYcl9l11Incntlation Medal, and the Navy Acltieve- ment Medal with Gold Stat to, my et-tiontl award. W yr Y ' 'I f ..' CAI l Kannatlr is matitetl to the Iorint-i' Donna Williams of'l'rat'y. Valif. 'lilies hate tm' clnldren: MICIHICI, lraci, Dana. Anna .mtl kata . 'ff In gr '- A L ,. 1 M: , F . 'tr R . ff' X, I Q 55.1 ful .X x yjx if X LCDR Alan Carman Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander Alan Carman was born in Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Commander Car- man attended Florida State University and re- ceived his B. A. in History. In 1978, he was commissioned by the NROTC Unit at Florida A 84 M University. Following his commission, he attended SWOS Basic and Anti-Submarine War- fare School before checking into his new com- mand, USS LACE CDDG 385. There he served as the ASW Officer and Navigator until February 1982 when he was transferred to the Recommissioning Crew of USS NEW JERSEY CBB 625, as the Five Inch Battery Officer. In 1984, Lieutenant Commander Carman attended the Defense Intelligence College in Washington, D.C. and received a Post Graduate Education in Strategic Intelligence. Following this tour, he attended the SWOS Department Head School and was assigned to USS MISSOURI CBB 639 Recommissioning Crew, as the Gunnery Officer and after his world cruise, he was reassigned as the Executive Officer to USS MCCLOY t FF 10385 for 2 years. From July 1989 until June 1991 he served as the Operations Staff of CINCLANTFLT in Norfolk, Virginia. In September 1991 , he checked on board the USS SIERRA CAD 189, his present command, as the Executive Officer. -GL t 1 E 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,.., Among Lieutenant Cominandcr t'arman's many awards are as follows: Navy Achievement Medal Navy Unit Commendation Meritorious Unit C'ommcndation Coast Guard Meritorious llnit t'ommcudation 5 Battle Efficiency Awards Navy Expeditionary Medal 5 Sea Service Ribbons and 2 Coast Guard Special tlpt-iqnioiis Sciwicc Rib- bons. Lieutenant Coinmantlcrt'armani is iuarricd to Vicki De Burgos Irom Washington. lJ.t'. 'llicy liavc 3 children. Alicia. Matthew and lilifalit-111, 1 . . - A xg fws ,c - 1 sf 'Wi WW , V iisav- Q ' -1 egg: , A N W-N A 1 5 , ' -H' Commun gg . ' , I 'L ,ni wi . 73.1.1-' if - :t 'X' ' ' .A .1 ,x -- 'ag A V. pi, -' c N t. 1 - Suv 1 . 4 't : , , , . 4 A er ,, ts., N l iz e .. - . .1 i . 1 .. X' 5 N- ,l ,.A ' .4 41--1 . -'f ' r', ' ,. ,. .tt .l.-, 1,0 ...A I ' 6'. ' iq! 5 'Q '. . , M 'A-'Iii . t-'Q' ' A 'LJ -,xl DEA 2 z va'1'f t .1 fi JI -5. .V-'V N 'Ulf .,.'4 ' ' ' F' ,t 1 , ' l I 1 t , MMCMQSWQ Ray Echols Command Master Chief Donald Ray Echols was horn in Moultrie, Ga., on June 18, 1953. He attended recruit training com- mand, Orlando, Fla., in 1972 and lV1achinist's Mate 'A' school in 1972. Following graduation, Echols served on USS lin- gene A. Green KDDR 71 ll, USS Putmmi HDD-7571 and USS William C. Lawe tDD 7631. He left sea duty in April 1977 and attended instructor training at Fleet Training Center. Norfolk, Va. He was then assigned to the staff of Damage Control School there. Retuming to sea duty in May 1980 on hoard USS Sellers. he was advanced to ChiefMaehinist's Mate and Senior Chief Petty Officer prior to leaving USS Sellers. Senior Chief Echols was instrumental in the ship being awarded the Engineering and the Battle Efficiency 'E'. In August 1985. he attended the Senior Enlisted Academy at Newport. R.1.. then he was assigned to NAVSURFLANT Readiness Support Group. Charleston, S.C. While stationed RSG. he was t et, L . .vw Us - 15' ' -' 1. A' 1 Qt' . V 1 frocked to Master Chief Petty Officer in 1987. Master Chiefliehols returned to sea as lingineering Group Snpervisoi' on I 'SS Rlukvlx' t F15 11172 1 in late 1987 and also l'SS.1lulmn tl7lXi -121 in 19148. lNf'llN'lClNl tSWl lichols xx as lFLll1NliClTCLl to ISS Si'- vrru in April 199t1.joining the ship in Gaeta. Italy. as Command Master Chief. He is married to the former Vadene Helms of laiieaster. Sf. They have two daughters. Sara Uourtney and Emily Rae. CDR Ed ward Newhouse USS Sierra Chaplain Chaplain Edward Newhouse was born in Waltham. Massachusetts. He enlistedinthe Air Force in 1963 for 8 years. After he left the Air Force, he entered Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, eaming his B.S. Degree in History. After leaving there, he went to Northern Baptist Theo- logical Seminary in Lombard, Illinois, to receive his Masters Degree in Divinity. Chaplain Newhouse was stationed at the Naval Training Center in Orlando, Florida, followed by orders to the USS RICHMOND K. TURNER tCG 203 and finally received orders to Commander. LT Ann Erikson USS Sierra Chaplain Chaplain D. Ann Erikson was born in Monroe, Georgia. She attended Westem Carolina Univer- sity and received her B.S. degree in Education. She went on to receive her Masters in Early Childhood Education in 1973 achieving numerous awards such as: Distinguished Acting Award, Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honorary Societyg Kappa Delta Pi Scholastic Honorary Society, Most Outstanding Female Student in Education and Honors Gradu- ate. After working in market research for retailing and teaching elementary children with learning disabilities, she went back to Emory University in 1983 to receive her Masters Degree in Divinity under the Honor Thesis Program and completed a Clinical Residency in Chaplaincy at Carraway Methodist Medical Center. Her business, teaching and ministry awards include: Most Outstanding Young Business Woman of the Year, Cross and Flame Scouting Award, 4-H Alumni Award, North Alabama Evangelism Award and United Method- ist Women of the Decade Award for North Ala- bama. Chaplain Erikson entered the Chaplain Corps in June of 1987 after I2 years in institutional and local parish ministry. Upon commissioning, Chaplain Erikson reported to Naval Station Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington and served there from August 28. l987 until she report to USS SIERRA Cruiser Dc- stroyerfiroup TWO in Charleston, South Caro- lina. Chaplain Newhouse is married to Mary and they have tour c h 1 l d r e n . Donna, Ed- ward Junior. William and Sherry. CAD IXJ. Charleston, South Caro- linaon March l5,l99l.Her L l military awards in- t elude: the i Navy Com- mendation Medal. t r I l t To prepare herself for all ol' the chal- lenges ol' shipboard p ministry, Chaplain lflrikson has attended the lollowing train- mg C9llI'Scs1 Asian- Aiiuwicziii Ministry Training. Hospital Pastoral Fare Workshop, tfhgiplain As Command Stall' Olliccr, Spirituality lem,-, in the feat Services. Worship in the Nutt Vontcxt, Total Quality I.ezulcrsliip!lVlanugt'utent uml tltlticaiclt in the Navy, 1Iiapl..iinl,ttkson novt tcsulcs uit ligulvston, South Cvilmllllil Wllli lll'l litt-.ls.uul. .lim .tml their two ' clulclrcn, 'l'lionias and li,i,,,,.H,. Sierra Support Group The Sierra Support Group was founded in Novemf ber ICN l, prior to the departure of llSS Sierra for its six month deployment to the lvlediterranean. The purpose ofthe support group, first of all, is to support the morale, welfare and recreation of the ship's crew and loved ones. And second, to extend friendship to all members, future members, and others we meet in the course ofourgroup activities. With this in mind, we began working towards our halfway point by having fundraisers and social events such as a bake sale, t-shirt sale and a pot luck bingo night. to help each other through the first hall of a long haul of the deployment. Once the halfway point was over, all our attention was devoted toward the homecoming of the USS Sierra. Over the next three months we raised money with car washes, yardsales, bakesales and a hot dog sale, all in cooperation with the public. We sold buttons, t-shirts. and first kiss raffle tickets through Support Group sales, enabling us to fund our home- coming projects. During the work that was involved in homecoming preparation we set aside some special time for the children to enjoy themselves and the spouses to regain their sanity, by having an liaster picnic at the Air lforce Base picnic grounds in April. Homecom- ing parties were held in May for both the spouses andchildren tocongratulatethemon a very success- ful completion ofa long six month deployment. To the crewmembers of USS Sierra: We hope you enjoyed our display s ofloy e. affection and support we provided through such things asi banners, billboards, leis, pennants. and aerial ban- ner tow. We're proud ofyfou and your accomplish' ments during the deployment and yy e're glad yy e had the opportunity to help. Sierra Cmbudsman l Carolyn Smith, USS Sierra Ombudsman Sierra's ombudsmen assisted spouses and family members in filing complaints. pros iding counsel- ing and directing individuals in finding assistance. The ombudsmen made themselyes ayailable 24- hours a day' during the deployment. They had contacts with COMt'Rl'SDliSGRl' TWU and under special circumstances. sent messages from spouses or parents and in most cases receiy ed quick replies from the ship When problems with pay occured at home or allotment checks got lost. the ombudsmen assisted in tracking it doxsn and pros itling assistance umil the situation yy as resolyed. ecember 2, I 99 I Haze Grey and Underway December 2, 1991. started asa dull, grey morning for most people in Charleston, S.C. However, the day had a different meaning for 935 crewmembers of the 47 year-old battletender USS SIERRA QAD- 0181, commanded by CAPT Robert Kamrath. For many veteran members of the crew. it seemed like only yesterday that the ship returned from refresher training in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Young crewmembers were eager to go on the cruise and visit far away lands, while well seasoned sailors of many cruises knew that the sooner the cruise begins, the sooner it will end, Unfortunately, the cruise didn' t start off as planned, with the weather playing havoc with S ierra, s sched- uled departure time of 0900. The morning fog had gradually reduced visibility down to only half a mile, thus delaying Sierrcfs departure from Naval Station Charlestonis Pier Papa by over an hour. On hand to watch Sierrals departure, were more than 'l 00 family members and friends, gathering on the pier to say their last good-byes to husbands, wives, sons, and daughters for six months. Loved ones received areprieve from separation when the fog moved in. Little lily children gathered on the pier and waved to theiramothers or fathers on the ship. AS- the mominrg. progressed, the fog finally den parted andit became apparent that the ship would finally get underway, Happy voices and smiles on the piereventually became tearful realizations of the impending six5month1 serparation. At 10:20 AM, the words Underway, shift colors, echoed through the mighty tender the last of her mooring lines were pulled aboard. Little children waved and said their Hnal good-byes. Crewmem- bers stayed on deck until they could no longer see their loved Ones. The Med deployment had finally begun. z ' ' N' 3. fi ' ' ' lf ..t ' 'ii 6 , 1 . v E 'x U.. 5 0 '--1-.v i ' 221 an -- , I 1 , aff, 'L i If BML..- K K kilns K. 3: I' ' ' Q I 4 'X-,, s.. - .-,' ransiting the Cooper River H ,, ,-u-- ...M gi viral THE ONE LEFT BEHIND by Sharon K. Ayala I.oving a sailor is not always gay and loving is a high price lo pay. It's mostly loving with nothing to hold. lt's being young and feeling old. It's having him whisper his love to you. It's whispering back that you love him too. Then comes a kiss. a promise ot' love knowing your watched, approved from above. Reluctantly, painfully letting him go while you're dying inside from wanting him so. Watching him leave with eyes I'ull ol' tears. Standing alone with hopes. dreams and fears. It's sending a letter with the stamp upside down to a far away love in a tar away town. It's going to church to kneel and pray and really meaning the things that you say. Days go by and no mail for a spell. You may wait for some word to hear that he is well. Then the letter arrives and giving you joy. You're like a child with a shinney new toy. Weeks are months, months are a year you're awaiting the day you'll have no more fear. Time passes slow. yet its gone very fast. you're barely aware it is here and then its past. Remember he's thinking ol' you every day he's sad and he's lonely for being away. So love him. miss him and try to be braver and always be proud ol' loving a sailor. A LETTER HOME by MM2 Sewell I cannot tell you, child. why I must go away, 'l'o foreign lands on distant shores, across the angry sea. So many things about your life I know that I shall miss. Your childhood years and memories. would be so dear to me, I do not know what I could say. to make you understand. That I must go where I am called. wherever that may be. Though this sacrilicc is great and the daysjust drag along. This agony I must endure to ensure you will be tree. In the cold. dark hours ofthe morning watch. I still see your lace. There is no one l will allow to take you away from me. So many children around this world will not play again. Bastard men with guns and bombs. take away their liberty. The greatest gift I have for you is the sacrifice of my life. This for you I would gladly give to bring about your peace. Know this mv child that verv soon. I will sail no more. The -iob is done. towards home I tum.and fly with urgent speed. Finally. when the pier's in sight. the sun will start to shine. Home at last. to you again. ery no more child lor me. erica's eam . 1 4iv Q 1 4. i V, :Jw ,gi , 1 A,.gQ'- .Q ' A 9 QQ, S U. 9- 9 X -f ' '1' 92-in --1 M A 1 Ig. k During her December transit across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, USS Sierra and USS America QCV66 J lead a I3 ship battlegroup in a 'V' formation. America Battlegroup Ships USS America QCV 66j USS Sierra QAD l8j USSThorn QDDG 988j USS Groton QSSN 6942 USS Sunfish QSSN 649j USS Monterey fCG 6I Q USS Scott QDDG 995, USS Carr QFFG 52, USS Klakring QFFG 42, USS Normandy QCG 60j USS Savannah QAOR 4, USS Boone QFFG ZBQ JI If I I fm-h I I 1 i V ! 2 5 , , I l 1 X 1 I Q I 4 1 s , ,, x -LLL-L - ' .. - , 5 7-m,.,,M ,,,,,, ,Q ,x,,,- ,,-,.- -.-..-.-.W4 -Q--------M--1-'f ' V! A3153 :C .1 .J .Q M -Q merica attlegroup Li. nfl' out 1 '45 IU , wi ,.J ijxf' sv- mr ww -pus Ill -4' T4 'f 'P no' 'i perations epartment 'ff 'Y 1 i - 1 I Q 4 4 .N A 1 Q I I X I' f., , 3 . 1 . ' P. X V' OC Division The Operations Communications Division con- sists of radiomen and signalmen. Radioincn pro- vide the command with the capability ofexchang- ing accurate, rapid, and secure information with other commands via ship! shore telety pewri ter, U I tra High Frequency voice circuits, INMARSAT and NBSV satellite communications. and High Fre- quency communications. Signalmen maintain vi- sual watches at sea and at anchor. They verify all surface contacts within close range. Qi Y ,V Q1 ff. I, -X., 1a.,.g I r s F sh wiulmiis Hiiil ,X jx qw ENS R' Spitzer LT-IG Garrison IQIX1t It-wsai I . IAUIIIIIIIIJIII IQNIC 'x'l,iixm ki in II OC Division Officer OC Division Ofiicer SMI Walker Jackson SM Craig Wickson RMI Teresa Zunich RM2 Michael Moore RM2 Beverly Parker RM2 Faith Robinson RM2 Victor Singleton RM2 Patricia Ward RM3 Kelley Broadbent RM3 Edward Colvin CIC I7lXixlu11If'I'II 'DU I t IIN I IiII t.i'if!in 'T Q4 -'lf, 05 ,a ' I .uw 7-Q' A v Xu-'vl.x ll.ug'ln SNRUIQ-111.11 NNI- N1..:+ Hfr! KN1'N?,x1uhf! IQXI' 'lp Ni.. RX1- I.-:ruN1J1 xX1A N' mm RX11 R 'v x x,,, NNI: I:1f.mx Nu RX13Nh.41m.mXXg' SX1NN NYM-'X HI K NR I uMw.i.. L .1 VB. LIL... 3 Nr . PK. l l all , N A ,A .1 l 5 EQ is ET2tSWl Richard Bnckingh.1m O E D ivi si o n Operations Electronics Division is responsible for the maintenance and repair of Sierra' s and many tended ships' electronic equipment. The division is comprised primarily of ETS but also includes personnel from the RM, DS. IC. FC, and JO ratings. The repair shops include the Electronic Calibration Lab, Teletype Repair. Cryptographic Repair, and Electronic Repair. OE also manages Sierra's Closed Circuit Television System. ENS Susan Willy OE Division Officer li'l'l' Rnndnll Wullhnns I-fl'C' inning, INN-dug RMC litlxxnrd Thompson Oli Du ISIUII l,C'l'fl 'af li'l'l Dun Crnnpbcll T' in ,L li'l'I Robert l ohsc li'l'l Nnsnrrv Nlnlillctnn li'l'l John Murrow li'l'llSWl Anthony Pennington li'l'l Jerome Rivers , ,,., ,,,- ,W ET! Richard Smith - -1 r ,gt ETI Michael Tommie ET! Martin Whnmmh ET2 Damon .-Xdclgrcn N Q2 'I vi.. ic: Rumi:-Akers 1- 54 ET2 Fmnl. Collins ET! Colleen Fricl ET2 Lewis Hardin if ..A,,-, .C . E 4, ... 'F ? -ow- gn. 1 STI Hudarphus Hilllilldll Ii'l'2 Ryan Harmon EFI John Hamis IZTI Nlichncl .luslicc li'I'1 Ricky l.oxx rimorc .102 R.u1dull Nlcllon RNI2 Xxfllilllll Norwood li If Harold Pickcll ln l'2mSWl l'homus Ricglcl' lu lu: RUJIICQ XNCQIX UIQ DSI llomm Wood IV? liclngnln :UlI'L'Ilx l' I YXI115 Vfuikoxxill lnl 5 lvllllhlhf Cioodin RM 1 .l.nncs UOIIICN lnl 4 I'.nll1ck llullwn IDS? Ihmm' llcmlricksclm Iflfl fil12lIlL'N Kopp . , . lzl 4 I vcmld Inq HW Nlonlc Lam xon ILT? Ronz1lclUwcn lil? Nlznlhcxx Stanton li'I'3 Thomcrson lily? Dux id Wood ,IOSN Michcllc Mindock , SN ix' un Whit! L S 0 O N D ivi i n Operation Navigation Division is composed of Operations Specialists and Quartermasters. OSs in the Combat Information Center lCICJ are respon- sible forcollecting, processing, displaying. evaluat- ing, and rapidly disseminating tactical information to command and control stations. Some ofthe many duties required ofa QM are those connected with navigation, steering and ship control. weather, and record keeping. I e raftmxaiil fa N , ETCM William ltuvkaiiiiy USC Paul Flack ost Rub.-fi inn f , ,sf QMI Cyrus Wim! .V QM: snfphtinatf til-i-nik ' OSP. Michael Phelps 1 082 Fmnclion .lcmigan 053 Excite Blue OS3 C ullecn Curr QM3 VCIICURI Charles QM3 Amy Dehtur 033 Damn Dowling QM3 Pauline Fleming 053 .lawn Polls OS3 Ann Yam-leer OSSN Darlene Anderson QMSN Chris Bond Nl gi l 'C .ant- ' 1.4 'WT' .f YQ , at :LV X YSN 1'.e:?1.1r'y Lupe USS -X N145 .2 H111 USS X'lAr.1qy Ryan USSN N .aicric Altuulc gli. fi . h 1 fa -9 ' . In CCTV Public Affairs Qffic 1 -xii . D dole Ll X- CCTV provided the crew with the latest in nightly programming and motion picture entertai nment. CCTV even provided at night l1CwsL'1tsl three times at week. Anothcrjob ol'CC TV was to document the cruise for the crew. CCTV personnel covered almost every major event onboard Sierra for the 1992 video cmisebook. The USS Sierra Public Affairs office served the crew in many different ways during the Med cruise. Public Affairs personnel assisted with several ship- board tours and escorted news media in several ports. I Public Affairs personnel were also responible for keeping the families and friends back in the States informed. This was done with the Sierra monthly tzimiiygi-am The SfC'I'I'IIlIN. Keeping the crew in- forined on xx hat was going on back home was the .ioh of the weekly shipboard newspaper Sierra Sri1111'11r'l . li Sierra eniimzl The Sierran Operations Candids 'ilu 'gh: un4,.-,-, x N ' - f -4. . fl I at be A if L II Hand Working On supra! dlilurpnl mu mum Sun 1 puwnml pm md III lu Ll supplu nnhu ud Xlml ul Huy sup lu xxlmh nmludul lmllulux xuuu and mud L hllllluhl .noun wx Ll ur 1 1 PILIIISIIIHLIII surplus hum ILII xx n Omg thy p ht 4 L xx IUNIILKI tcm Is .HLIN llh. hu tl x uk K L 1 'vr inf' 1' 14 . f -'U mm wk- ! 'mtlllul ' 'U Y ' , ' ' LI' ' ' ' h 'Lk' N . ' 'x Imu' WL mx' duks for lur'1. . arty -1--.. j a gil ' 34 1111-14- AIA L. 1 'Wh' 1 up 'I , ,V --lv, .,.. . ,N ,V J E .,.,hVV .I .x .. x 'rf I'.... .1 :fi f Q., F, DQ Helping Hands Help Sierra 28 5 epair Department 1 xf -. .. W, - 1 Q,. L R-0 Division R-0 Division consists ofa wide variety of I work centers. ARRSIMDCO processes I work requests, which are planned by the P8cE office with the assistance of a vast technical library. Ship Superintendents E liaison with tended vessels, and Repair l Administration ensures proper records and TAD orders are maintained. Office machinery is kept running by the Type- writer Repair Shop. Time pieces and sighting equipment are repaired or ad- justed by the Optical Shop and the Watch and Clock Shop. The MIRCS lab com- pletes exacting measurements and pre- cise calibrations. The Print and Draft Shops combine efforts to provide com- mand bulletins, compartment lay outs. and camera ready art work. Awards and retirement ceremonies. public pre- sentations. and archival documentation are contpleted by the Photo Lab. A l L WO' 'Klart llulu R 0 Division Officer l VFNH SNK 1 Harold Stex en CDR llaxid Ncily LCDR Dale Morse Repair Officer Assistant Repair Officer liNlCfS Leonard Ogle MMCS David Perry -. ..... . , ,....,,.: . F4 DPC Gloria Clark BTC John Hex vnrrd I l l .M-......-... e.,. , .,., , ,,,,,,,,,--,-,WA M,,M -Mtv L 3 . t . - . , , at ' M , X 4 ' l Q . , 2 2 l t l l l l r l ' l l l i Q s I l L ' r i .I . ra V M MROSW' Hllmld Lawrence ENC Douglas McCormick as 2? INN R:-f1.17L N! N' - X ' VIL' Y W' VN N' III I Ixcrmullm AXIMIXICII I NI R.mIIy Xxcly N N I H.IIfW.II.I Brooks ICI XX rllnc BIIIIUI I XII Iumolhy k'.m1pIwII KSNNII NI.IIIx I'g!g!Icxlo11 I VI IIv:IwllNI.uIixol1 III I Ivtfrux Mciilollllll I I I Muay I'4nvuI I I VXI I I'.mI I'n'IIu'x ,,, a J II SVU Hxuolcl I'cnI1o III I N'ImkIiL'rl1kc III Nlxnllllvxx SIIIIIM' III XINII f'IliIIILTN Smith I,'NIII4y1nn11Nu UNI2 'Iodd Iluprc PII2 IJol1nz1I'ousI I'II.'2'I'hrcssz1 Kcndricks IJNI2 Karin Kovilch PN2 Beverly Moore: ' IN12 N1ichucl5-'Iurphj. N1R2fi1xrrctI, Nnghuiw IJZISWQ C'l1crj.I lkzimzr IND luilcrg I nf. im ., . . S H12 fully f.1N.:fm' 5 1 I IXI1N1.Alwl.1xl'1pg-rn lVl'3lN.111sKQ.1 Ylxl luupx NI -'v --v 1 . ,xxx- gYHx'IP'x'1!KU.1N xtlflhlfi RUEX' N OMS X Rczmczh .Wo?z:z W ' .1 .,. , , UNISYX Rviwrt XNmiia.1:1' lNiS.X,Xll.1QXNug?2! K .IK 'T Lu 0 0 Q eg???' ' R-I Division Hull Repair Division is solely responsible for vari- ous kinds of waterborne repairs. These repairs are performed by highly motivated individuals sewing in rates such as HT. DC, PM. and BM. Their capabilities are only limited by the equipment and materials available. ,. Q if 4' ' L .. M ei CWU2 Gary Barnes R-I Disision Uflicer , ,,,,,. nv-- ,,,. .-.....,--,.., HTCS Wayne Ashley HTI James Cherry BMI Patricia Corrivcau HTI Bobby Harrell HTI Robin l-lusc HTI Stephen Johnson HTI Timothy Klein i , ... y HTI Steve Roberts HTI L. Rodriguez HTI Kevin Swem HT2 Alfred Bauman lllt Nliiliat-I Xniluiwii ii'lif'lSw,liVllll'ii Slander I HT2 John Brungurdl HT2 Eric Carlson HT2 Robert Davis BM2 Debbie Dowlcr HT2 Annc Eiscnuucr HT2 Mark Ciccling ll'l'2 William Circcn ll'l'2 V. Griulc PM2 Shawn llonizim ll'l'2 Jcllrcy Hlllll HT2 William K.ilil ll'l'2 Billy King ll'l'2 .-X.NlcKil1lwn ll'l'2 lidwin Nowcll HTZ lirzullcy Olxon 'T D HT- I aiulo Rouquaiy rol HT2 Scam Roric BMI .-Xnlhony Rossi HT! Kenneth Scmlingcr HT2 Janet Sulls ,. Zi , IC -1 vs 4 u in . . gl- 6' :,V , 1 9 71 'f 'gg ggi D3 HT2 Kathie Szczepaniuk HT2 Danny Walker HT2 Todd Walsh HTZQSWB Ronald Wilken DC2 Chelbi Willingham HT3 Mary Beasley ll'l'3 Chris Calhoun ll'l'3 Brian Caurysse ll'l'3 Steven Clemons ll'l'3 Matthew Clowdus ll'l'3 Stephen Cohen ll'l'3 William Gasparek ll'l'3 Susan Grimes DCR Justin Guthrie ll'l'3 Jason Hughes l 1 ' ' 1 I A u J ' I 'J , N' W V. , el 'tj Inside Slerra'5 Sheet L Metal shop. W . ..- -I-.4m., J L, 1 . '-auf I i l I l 'N L l l Y 5 l E 1 l ...- -,.,..,, , -,,-..,. 1 r S 5 E f I L r P F l IIl'3 Iliiivii Xkicclu HT3 Kirk Kim HT3 David Lang II I-IT3 Dunne Lcc HT3 Gcrry Litllcpug HT3 Nick Jones Calponter Shop I N13 I7.um'I Ixcixluz ,., . II I A N urk IA mph III Xliclmcl Nionigouisrx - x II I A Rulwrt Nlouzc II I 3 XX'ilI1.1m I'1cmI.i 5 J.. Cx C'L'N . L L' I3 William Walker '3 Ibm X ig s HTF .-X. Yurborough HTFX J. Clilhcm HTFN 1.. Calhoun HTFN C. Belton HTFX R. Morin Q21 ,, H'l'lfN liric Murphy :N Bllflf Norris H'l'l-'N Manx' Willcll lI'l'l-f-X Dzulicl Uxvnshy I ami' V 1' ll'l'l-'N Miuhucl Roficki f Dlvlslon 'rua R 2 thelargestdms1on1nRep.ur conslsts of Inslde Machinery Valve Mtnntentmce Enamel Injector Overhaul Pump Rep.ur A1rCond1uomng!Retr12 eratxon Repanr Flex Hose and Foundrv Thls dnvl ston completed over 700 jobs 46 ot whnch eonslsted of sending the Helpmu Hands to such places as Hurghuduh Epyptand Htnfu Israel on fly .1 may jobs whnch werecntncnl menablmvthe U S Fleet to contmue meeting nts opemunu tomnutments CWO2 Charles Rutter R 2 Dlvlslon Officer 'qv' '5:' 5x MNICM John lllpgtl l-,NC S Ruben linker N . C S .ltrrv B11 gr l 4 1 l MRCCSWJ Jeffery Bunger ENC JHHICS Bush MRC Edward Hiller ENC csfegrlfy Kem . M' fi, - ' v 1 l 14,1 BTC Kenneth Smith BTC James Summers GSMC W. Ross l f'f s -.er l l GSMC Joseph Zeigler 'rl Q 4 -. ' A JS' -D6 6, BTI Richard Anson MMI Paul Ayala MMI Xisholns Barbieri MXH Dgnni Burton MNH Hcnry Bccnmn B l'1 -Xmirvxx Blcjaki MMI Xkdllignn Bowden 'K f . x1x11.1mynm1 MRMSXW R. L'x'onin lL'l KQUUIEIC U.llWlNCl1 UNH l'.nl1ck ligu'm'5 MNH ldxmni llcxik MNH Hgn ni lloxwll MXH ixcnnulh I gm mn n ' ' .lIlliNlL'f' i ':.zAsz I.:n'zn' IN! nlnwph N1mn'c MRI filcnn Patrick A MMI R. Pcrrynmn V LN! Churlic Prince V MRI R. Rznnhcrzm BTI Tyrone Rivcrs MMI Robcrl Wilson MRI David Woods MLI CSWQ D. Young MNI2 Salvador Acuna NIN12 L. Bogucs MN12 Ni. Burkett N112 ffcdriu ffufrj. N1N1210flI!CTUFUIICKM HT2 Rex Cfroxuc I-V2 K, IJz1xic.1ouiuh N1 R 2 ,luflcry I JuH1:r'r'j. MR1,I.um-N hm KBNNII l' H.1givm.m MMI Hruru llmwn MRI Xl.u'k Hoxwll USVI old '.lx'I'xNUIl MMI H K.lNlCI1Nh'iC N H I - .Xugcl.xIxcE1c5 N If Paul I lnyd MMI S lupo N1RIL.X1uI'1yc.1 MRI D Nlitchcll NIRNT Nlxrii? . -.... Kux GSEZ Hung Xguysu 5 MRI Xi. Nussmcicr MLS D. Pcuningiom '22 a ZZ. ., T dip bg 4... .., - . , 5 I , 4 4 . ' a Q V . 1 gi' ' A Hrgilflg 'I' EN3 Lopez in the Engine Shop. M512 Leo Poirer 31512 Toby Roadcap MRI Michael Snwcr MMI Gregory Sewell MM2 David Shecks MR2 Dennis Smith MM2 K. Thompson GSE2 Eugene Tyler BT2 George Webster MR2 Michael Wesley MM2 A. Williams EN2 Michael Wright MM2 Frankie Yoho EN3 Michael Alben L MR? Carlos Ammo I N3 Wdllur Armuur VIVIZ Kbllh HLIUILII NAR? Slug C uhh NAR? JAM Lurnpmn QW' Y MIIIIHL7 M In fum x W x K ll H fx nu il LIN I N mmm on hm m lx I Pu The Foundry 'rf' T , W, 7 32 '33- r, JI FNS Wilson Lopez NIXI3 XXI Nlcglclnun NINI3 .l. Xlclymion XIR3 Greg Nupicr BIS .l.1mcx Perry 14- 51 f NINI I ,lgllllcx Ruglllk IHSI I.I IQULICII xml NI sll.l,ll-iliyf , . Ill 1 X Sllmxlmlpcl' XINII I mm Spgum N1N1?f'lmlam Slcxcns 1 II NIXIY lirlzm 'lull ' T ' :I Wclhingtfm NIN1? lgrrwll Whilc NIXIY 'lull Williams NIR? Nlichncl Young SIRI-IN R. Bchuul NINIIN Cf Cfiuvurcllu BTIN Rcvcll Donald NINIFN C. Iilliol HTFA Ferguson MRFA James Howard GSEFN F. Jacobs MMFN C. Johnson MRFA Nathan Mears ' f y. NIRVN Nlnrk Nllller NlMlfN.lol1n Nlyerx GSNII-'N 'lf Nguyen MRFN .lannex U'Ne.1l BTIJN Guillermo Urn MRF.-X Kevin Snekeu NIRF.-X Danny Spangler HTF.-X Gary Stone 0 0 0 - 3 D lvl s I o n Electrical Repair Division is responsible for the installation and repair of all electrical equipment and systems on Sierra and tended units. This division consists of Electrical Motor RepairfRewind, Out- side Electrical Repair, Sound Analysis Shop, Inte- rior Communications! Gyro Repair, Meter Calibra- tion Facility, Repair Tool Issue, and Cable C ause- way lnspection Shop. During the cruise. this 34 person division completed over 350 jobs ranging from small meters to motor generator sets F ,W I 'u EMC Cory Martin lf MC f '- l ICI Todd Anderson T - M., s EMIISWJ J. Altimus A ' EMI E. Bourgeois EMI Gau'y Taylor lCl Gary Tucker EMI Randy Ward EMI Willie Williams EM2 Otis Campbell IC 2 Timothy Carraro EM2 Dennis Casey CW02 Ronald Walston R-3 Division Ollieer Ronnie Mans lt't'iSXN 1 Willie Sxlltllhl IC 7 Runu H IITSIUH I V17 Wmlurd Hull I 'VI7 S Sl fmfllldill IC 7 Slanlu, Sm. :ls I Xf17RxnnNN1lwn NN lim N all Hu C nm lax x m x Xa umm NN f. N XI ' ' f. N ,Ong N I 1 gf W wljpi-:Ik .W V 37' E if , if, , , 0- ll if A ull .- - ,, -x 31. i K JA EMFN Lawrence Stahr R-6 Division The Non-Destructive Testing Lab consists of spe- cially trained HTS who perform testing on welds. brazes, and castings by the visual, magnetic panicle. liquid penetrant. radiographic, and ultrasonic test methods. They can determine metals by the alloy analyzing method and they certify welders and brazers. The Quality Assurance Division includes the rates BT, EM, EN. ET. GM. HT, IC, MM, and MR. They ensure objective quality evidence is maintained throughout the repair! fabrication pro- cess and that complete documentation is present in each controlled work package. ETCNI Robert Davis R-tx llixision Officer we 1 .JS 1 it-ity lilll A l',Nli lillilll XN'ilx i LW W Y , ,rrs , ,,,, , . H..,, V E, HTI Lzury Case K HT l Jeffery Cureton ' ,L G L ICIQSWJ M. Hinton ' HT! Ross Pmsen MRI John Schriefer f 'F' Ur 2 4. , A? ,ge R. V f 4 -. 1 ' . 1 ' L MMIISWJN1. Stone HTHSWJ K. Turner BTI William Wright li'l'2 Mark Fcnlcy HT2 Tllllllhy Ingram l rr Q In . llll fairy Tun N' ll'l'2 William Tiimcr llla .Mlgiiii Mqwirini J 2 '5 nn A Y 1 1'-H'-a' ifv. Q. . .7-,- ' - s . . 4, no 5 BM l Roland Eberhardt QMHSSIDVJ T. Herring MRlCDVl Tony Richter 0 0 o R- 7 D lvl s I o n R-7 Division is comprised of ri ggers and di vers. In Souda Bay, Crete, the divers conducted opera- tions on a 24 hour! day basis, repairing USS Thorn's propellerandinstallingamasker belt. The USS Scott received diving services on one of their two screws which required waterbome repairs never before accomplished in the Navy. The Sierra divers also certified an underwater diving proce- dure. The Sierra riggers perfonned over 300 rigging and weight test jobs. They manufactured slings and lifelines and moved massive amounts of weight with no damage to equipment or injuries to per- sonnel. V .. 3 -T i fi .fin , , Rx 1 :rl ,H . CW02 Duxid Smith R-7 Diiision Officer .Ffa 32 f 'G l list i ,ii ,fi TMCNKMDVJ F. WilunSky' MMCINM I DX v l.llllx'x NN lluix UNH' fitllf Slmlkkx HTl Paul Hughes BMI Kevin Winston -,g.1w..-A-,- -H-,,-f--f-- - 4 -a - f L BM2 Terry Marlin BM2 Jerry Ogle HMQKIJVJ R. Sanborn H' I'3fDVy C. Porter HN3 J. Vzmdcnocvcr 1W W'W 'rr Q1-T ' in o, e ,sf ...-.ac 'Q Y va I ,' A F , A xy 5 :LJ ' ' or 'Q '14 nlfj, 'V' ' ' mms 7 L SW ,K I gk. SN George Kohl ENIFX John Taylor SN Jcrlin Woodard SN Steven Wouow It 'Sm ck partm nt nut: -' -qpcltlufu 1' illilxuqi L' QQ' s.......ll J37'ffFP'f 1 'F' 's N gg fam R . Lx -5.5! BM3 Michael Mason I . , , ,,..,. ., WF.. Q 9 t 5 a LT Samuel Epstein First Lieutenant CWO2 Marvin Green lst Division First Division is tasked with the pri mary seumzin- ship :ind shipboard preservation responsibility for SIERRA. From ground tackle to crane lifts. to honors and ceremonies :ind mooring exercises. First Division is on call. During the twelve day transit. First Division conducted three highly successful replenishment at sea evolutions. They also assisted 2nd Division in helicopter operations and numerous small boat transfers. From dawn to dusk. the Navy's oldest rate and newest seamen are working hand-in-hand to keep SIERRA running. BMI Randy Hunter BMI Erie Lucas BME Wendell Reed BM3 S. Houseman BMCS Anderson Marshall lst Division Officer BNIB ,huncs Pen? BMS 'lirucy Spuwow SA Kerry Anderson SN Patrick Anson S.-X .-Xnn Avcxy SN XYUISQI' Bllllutk SN Mark Cobb SN Kcnnclh Colcxnun SA Ruin Dnxis SN fhl'iSlillLl Droschn SN Sluxcn Bulimc SX Ibguid ligxrling SR Rick ligmlhill I MSN Km in Ciricxc SN S. UllllL'l'l'C! S.-X N. HL'lll1lilllSl3Cl'1lCl SN lfuzlxixiyzn Ki Six Ciraml Lum' SN Ilcnnnu Luna SN April Nhnllory SN Luci Martinez SN A. McGlash0n SA Morris Fills SR Paul Moyer SN Tony Paige Joncllc Policy SN Brian Rogers SA Allhcu Sum SA Janvier Sunlillun SN Kcvin Shonkwilcr S.-X C'hrixluphcr Snnlh SR lflllkflli Snnlh SN Rcginnld Slllllll SN Slncy Swim SN .'Xrluru Ynlxlclxix .S VW- .W ,ff ,Q '1- S g if f i ' Q-11+ E, SN Frccmzm Vclzisco SX .lcrohmc Widener if.-X Kcnncth Wumgr 1- , ,pr . Jennilcr Wray Wi. l.'l'.ltQ ,Iohn Nlikulski 2nd Diiision Ullicer 2nd Division Deck Departments Second Division is re- sponsible for maintenance and preservation of SIERRA's 02 level - including all weatherdeck areas from the C aptain's Porch to the Flight Deck. and all points between. With consider- able assistance from Engineering - A , they operate the ship's four utility boats. two motor whale boats. the Oflicer's Motorboat. and the Commanding Ol'licer's gig. They till most of the positions in. and maintain supervision over. the Flight Deck Cargo Crew and Helicopter Control team. Repair and Supply Depanments are assisted by operating the Boat and Aircraft C ranes aft and the paravane cranes forward. BMI Kenneth Clayton BMI Ronald Stone BM2 Adrian Bell BM2 Patrick Johnston BM2 Larry Mack ,UQ .lbs .2'-' , -'fa In .. ,, v,.,v-ey BM2 Danial Ncitzcl BM3 Jeffery Adams BM3 Deirdre Dove BM3 James Hubbard BM3 D. Kilpatrick t BM3 R. Monsalvc 9 C l . L 1 - - SN James Brawlcy ' SN Bonnie Carpenter f' SN Mark Coauctte SN Timothy Coalc C SA David Coffey SN Paul Ena LaTys1a Encaludc SA Shirley Frazier BMSN Angela Goff SA Paul Huckbarlh SN Durck Hzxlphcil SA Robert Huiliduj. SN Iizic Krzipl SN Nliclmml Nlulhyw SN i.LlLlI'.l NIM 'wr muh ' 1 SA ix. Xilxiiiivllfli ii SN N.llLlNi1.l I'hwxn.iN SN l'liuu1.mN l'1!Im.m SR lllrrucii Rui SX L . Robmwzx SSX xi.Uk'l1N Rogczw S.-X Nhuhclc Shzrsy SN l'.1inuui.1N Ilzilio S.'X.'.xx'iii1IXgi ' f ill Ari' SR Carmel Wilson SA Scott Ziegler I I i E .i .V 1 ,.,.,--. Wm, . . CW03 Raymond lioutin 3rd Division Ufliccr 3rd Division Deck Depanment's Third, or Weapons, Division consists of TMs and GMS. working in three separate work centers. These weaponeers pro- vide significant assistance for tended ships. In addition to REXTORPIASROC construction. they conduct torpedo tube hydrostatic tests, cross deck Tomahawk cruise missiles, provide small arms technical assistancefinstruction. and con- duct borescopclmagazine inspections. In addi- tion to maintaining the ship's 20 mm and 0.50 caliber machine guns. Third Division instructs and drills SIERRA' s self-dclense force and otherarmed watch standcrs. l Ll- ,. , , ,, I NIC Circg NN illiguns fi omcmswp is .Merced TMI Michael Oates GMGI Jacob Palyun GMGI E. Redmond GMG2 Calvin Barnes c TMT2 Tracey Gadson TMT2 Steven Pershin '- 9 GMG2 B. Thompson TM3 Byron Carr TM3 Anthony Cook GMG3 Bill Emmy GMG3 Rodney Evans 2 1. i GMM3 F. Jennings GMG3 D. Morris TM3 Marnie Nix TMT3 Julic Parker 'l'M3 Melissa Slcclc TM3 C. 'I'crrzunig,gi 'l'M3 Brian Wells 'l'M3 C. West J x 7 7 'l'M'l'.l Nliclnicl Youncc CPNIGSN A. Cirunl GMUSN l.. .limes TMSN C. Nunnully V' . I' ni n Sierra rHlg.EWi5'Q5FifE'L ! W fp. C I Sports av- ,au 11 . x'.hw ' -, , I QW5-.1 1' ..,h 1 6 -, 4 v 'H 9 lv iiA .: .,.,:t ' X 'ia .- L Mens A Basketball Standing L-R: FN Lawrence, EMFN Gatto, MSSN Watkins, SN Coleman, FN Stokely, MS3 johnson, BTC Holcombe. Kneeling L- R: SH3 McGyver, HT3 Cohen, MS3 Stevenson, DS3 Hardnett. Mens B Basketball Standing L-R: SN Fitts, EMFN Anderson, DK3 Almond, SHI Wallace, GMG3 Evans, DC2 Murray, HT3 Calhoun. Kneeling L-R: SN E. Smith, SN R. Smith, FN Owens, GMG2 Barnes. Not Pictured: lCl Savage, MMI Larkins. Mens C Basketball Standing L-R: MSSN Lawrence, HTFN Belton, MS3 Foster, MS3 johnson. Kneeling L-R: FN Cook, MM2 Haynes, MS3 Coleman, DN Bumey. Not Pictured: RM2 Moore, RM2 Singleton, RM3 Colvin, RMSN Lamb, RM3 McCulland. Sierra Soccer Team Back row, L-R: OSC Flack, HTFN Willet, ET3 Hansen, ET3 Wood, MMI Hesik, QM3 Debter, HTI Rodriguez, OS3 Potts ET3 Adelgren. Front Row, L-R: DC3 jennings, IC3 Delashmit, FN Ebido, ENS Dornak, ET2 Harmon, SN Lane, PNSN Columbo VolIeyballTeam Standing L-R: ENS Willy, BTFN Tinker, IC3 Hamil, QM2 Drosdak, SN Carpenter. Kneeling L-R: SN Goff, IC3 Delashmit, OSSN Ryan. Womens Basketball Back row L-R: LTIG King, LT Gregory, SKI Lawrence, IC3 Hamil, SN Tafao, RM2Norwood fCoachj. Front Row L-R: ENS Wllly, SK3 Metheney, OSSN Ryan, EMFN Owens, SN Carpenter. Not pictured: DS2 Behr, MS3 Burns, TM2 Gadson, EN3 Burt, EN3 Felder, DS3 HardnettQCoachj. Sierra Fire partment I I While underway, members of 1 Sierra's elite Flying Squad : respond on moments notice to an N-.1 onboard fires or major casualties. During helicopter operations, Sierra's Crash and Smash crew man the fire hoses and other emergency gear in case of an accident. Inport Fire PartieslRescue and Assistance Detail Section One Section Two E? Section Three 1 i L Security Alert Forcel Back-up Alert Force Section 0ne , , HMV V AW- mg--uh.h J Section Th ree J Section Two Engineering Department Ls Q S-I LT John Steinberger LT Michael Cheatwood CWO2 Roger Ewing Chief Engineer MPA MPA A D . . . A Division, or A Gang, consists ofMMs, ENS, and tiremeny They maintain the engineering equip ment located outside the main spaces, such as after steering. anchor windlass, cranes, conveyors and small boat engines. They also maintain and repair all the galley, scullery. and laundry equip- ment. as well as steam and fresh water distribution systems. Throughout the cruise, A Gang small boat engineers manned SlERRA's boats, provid- ing transportation for liberty and repair parties. , M. ,, .,.+.-,,,, l i t , i t 1 i i . . .1 I l i i I LTJG Susan King ASE Division Omcer MMC James Redfern J kk in if V '1 , . l fx .xv vi-1-, R. ue tx K K - -, V ... -.. -, X MM! Curl Cummll MNH William Galrlock IEXI D. Trucblood 31312 Ray Bluuvcll ISNZ Timothy' Grus 11, Q P' kg' in ' ' ' i IZNI Mark Kcnncdx I -L x ' - nn' IQN- Slunlcy Murray ENS 'luilllllllf' Burl 'f NINI3 ummm- vnu-x I-N4 ,lulu'I.n N vls PN? Rm mum! Qu IN lJ.nrun Bulls li X N1-115.1 Iluflcr ISN? Robcrl Uonlcy l',N3 IIULIIIIUI' C'l'uxslL'j' lllld P MNH l,:Ill'ix'k llawis. t l'.N3 Riullallll C' PTY? UQIICIIC Uillnj IzN3 Rcginu I'-L'lllL'l' on :ck L 5 , 0 0 ' E Division E Division consists of EMS. ICs, and firemen. Electricians are responsible for electrical distri- bution and the maintenance! repair of SIERRA's electrical equipment. Work center EE03 concentrates on the main space mo- tors and controllers. EEOI provides service to the rest of the ship, often working closely with A Gang. EEOI also administers the shi p's Electrical Safety Program by providing annual training for all hands: safety checking personal electrical equip- mentg and issuing electrical tools for shipboard use. The IC shop maintains shipboard communi- cation, gyrocompass, speed measuring. and sev- eral navigation systems. ICI William Akins EMI John Osborne EMI E. Patnusicwicz Eff IC2 Robert Arnold EM2 John Ifchl EMS Derek Johnson EM2 Donald Lupcr EMIQSWJ Laura Strait K f N A I. , gy 5. s --Q V. -- , , eat- -1 '-A EMCCSWJ Bruce Dobens 71, EMI Brent Tidd EM3 Scott Bollinger , , ,,..c..,,,., ics Mark Futncr ,, Q EM3 Bradley Gonda as lC3 Heidi Hamil EM3 Carlos Howard EM3 Timothy Jackson , ggi .2 4' - Us 4 Y EMA Lum-Q Richard . . E313 Monica Wasck ENIFN Lcnolin Andor- son EMFN Jcffrcy Bland EMFN Troy Dahl ' if 1-ixnfx mm- lhnvis xy! ' IN Hcnry libido ILT.-X OIixcrUrii'I'ilI1 I-'N Ruben Jolmsnn l.NllfN l7gu'in Nlillcl' at fr - N 3 nd X Xl im .. -i up XX- pl Q . xff :ff . ' 1 ' ! v- as n qu Ni NY W ' f V 4 K LW 9 f 4 x V.. V r I .v I M. l 1 I' 1' ni 4 k E ,F E ,, 1 A 2 ' 5' I ' u, i Ai' , 1 ' . f 1 K 'if L 1... ' 1 SN I'- Nlmcr' M 5 A 1 IVVX NI.n'k'l11Iu '4 P my dn, Whxtu B D 'v' s' o n BoiIer's Division consists of thirty-six BTs and firemen in charge of the operation and maintenance of four 400 psi main boilers. These produce steam for main propulsion and auxiliary equipment. In addition, they supervise the testing and transfer of all fuels and the testing and treatment of boiler waterlfeed water. During the cruise, division supplied steam to various tended ships during their maintenance availabilities. Services rendered also included the transfer of boiler fuel to USS BELKNAP CCG 26D in preparation for her post overhaul light off. o soot tiff 7 . . - fnl' - I BTC David Rachow B Division Officer :Sis ev .O 6 . 6 Q f ... ..l. ' - ' BTC Larry Holcombe BTI .-Xrtlell Banks BTI Stephen Hawkins BTI David Moore -- .EL .J M M KN i BTI Denny Roger BTI William Styles ' we we--' -B f- -....-. C B' . z BT2 Kenneth Ashby H tty' BT2 Ranma otmrd , , , BT2 Fredrick Mitchell a - T. BTI Chris Tell 1 Y EM2 Raymond Walker 70 Q 3' - 5 L. ' NYT rr' . 9 9 I O 9 I ' '-B- BIS Frederick .-Xruhcr ' M' BIB Cynthia Barlow BT3 Philip Crnrclli BIS .lmcph Carroll BIS Lorcn Grccn A S 5 B I A L LINUX Nay lor 4-b h ' af B I5 Dm id Norton ,, BIS Ibm Rugclcy NIR? Miclmcl Smith B I3 Luncx Snmx 5' i 1 F' I 'YQA 14 Tf - - Ii IW IIIIIUIIIIN 'I'imInI I B IW Nlnmm 'I'uckcr P Ii IW IIIIQIII Wglllcrx IzX NNlIIlcC'nuk -1 1 I X Ilcgmmiucu Ilnuks 5, df I I ' 4 V 4 M Dlvlslon 5 Machinery, or M Division, uses steam from the boilers to propel the ship through the water Additionally, the Machinist Mates, or MMS, are in charge of SIERRA's four generators and two evaporators. These produce electrical power for the ship and up to 60,000 gallons per day of distilled sea water. SlERRA's engi- neers also provide fresh and feed water. along with uninterrupted electrical power. to ships ' alongslde' M Division Officer MMCS William Taylor I ' A .. l ' ,, f, l I A J I w 1 I I I I I I 5 - I I 'MMCJ0f1Williun1S MMCJohnW11rdc:1n Mmciqswp B. Sutherland Mivicqswy Lawrence Cupac MMI Vincent Bankston MMI Frederick Bowers -1 ff BTI Phillip Johnson MM2 Taylor Anderson MM2 Kenneth Bunnclls N1X1:1.f11111'1.1j11CS M312 11.110111 1,ipk41 X1X1: 1.111165 X11IC11C11 4 X1X13 11cxx.1ync Bgxllcxx vw 111-.1111 12.-1.11-11 N1N1x1cI1lcx 11:11:01 1 , . NIN1- 1.11.111 lxnullmm 1 X 11163 -4 'x1'X11 11111 livmmvl if FA Teri Zehnacker Q1 x1x11c'l11-,pl 1411 11.11l1x1111 'x1'X11 frlvg' 11 11111161 N1'x1Q 1Jl111l'X X1i1l1AL'1111 N1'N111X N1l111.uf1 Ko ' N1N11 N '1 1111111218 f1V1.C11S 1X Mltfllrmctrn' Rugcrs H1111 S21f,11111Y11C11 X1N11'N f'11f1S Simmons 134 S11-p11zmic VVcb1v DCI Rodney Connelly HTIQSWJ E. Treasure R Division Engineering Repair Division is comprised of personnel in the DC and HT ratings assigned to three shops. The DCPO Shop supervises and assists personnel from gfgy shipboard division, ensuring they are provided the technical and material support to accomplish the damage con- trol PMS. The DC Repair Shop performs PMS on repair locker damage control equipment and on fixed fire fighting systems. In addition, they are charged with the crew' s damage control PQS training. The Shipfitter Shop completes routine and emergency repairs to SlERRA's piping sys- tems and structural members. tv DCI Carl Laycock Til' D Ai CWO4 Robert Clink Damage Control Assistant! R Division Officer ' .a HTCS Dean Clouser DCC Shawn Sanders sc' .Q . HTI Paul Reihing DCI Glenn Walker JY. 'if' DCI Shcnill Wilson HTS Jcrcmy Barber DCI Todd Gilluck H112 Urcgori Hood NTI R115 London I 9 Q Q P? 8 J :Q sc ,B A 'U H lf l'hnnmx llnylm I .,, . 'vf 1 N Rx IX A KUIIIICIII Blown L W, . Q1 -fa 11 H115 Rnlwrl limxllalll DCF NIICIILICI Brady DCF ,-X.1mn I'.dl'iI1EllUl1 HV? Ncll l'mm'c fi l Ill S licnm imlcm Ill X K, ll.lHvIm'I'xlL'l IN? li. lIcm.amIc1 IX '3 ,lnlm .lcnnnlgm 1 N ' A ' AN Slvphc .lux '- A '-N'fn15Nz '- 5' In IN R. Pclllcnm' IA Slmxmzn 'linker HVITN x1iIl'L' 'fuuchcl Engineering C ' ., 'k ,,.1 , d 'Q J n , : X Q 1 Underway pl ni hm nt Storv and photos by JO2 Randall C. Melton Sierran Editor On the morning ot' December 7. l99l. .Sierra prepared for an evolution that is anything but routine. ln this evolution. Sierra would UnRep tunderway replenishment! with USS .S'tiimziiuli tAOR--lt and receive fuel needed to complete the Atlantic cross- ing. The LF nRep team was stationed at 0700, ready to start the arduous work of refueling at sea. .S'ivrru then made her approach on USS .S'ut'unm1h. The Surmumli was stationed about 80 to 90 feet off of Sivrru's port quarter. As both ships steamed in unison. the first of two shot lines were sent over to Sierra, These lines would eventually be used to haul the fueling hose over to Sic'1'1'z1. After securing and checking the fuel- ing hose. Sierra began receiving fuel from the 659 foot replenishment oiler. Deck and Engineering personnel kept close watch on all activities connected with the UnRep, troubleshooting any potential hazards. The weather remained cold and clear as the two ships continued to maneuver in close quarters for several hours. .-. - - . ll Illlff' 'rrrfrw 1 :4 'ii . ,,. W qv, Jfh if tg t I ll V 6, When Sierra wus linztlly topped-oft . the two ships simulated un emergency lweankaxwzty. ln this drill, both units quickly release the fueling probe und retrieved ull lines as that as poxsihle. This allowed. hoth ships to once signin steam indepen- dently within seven niinutex time. , . wg.. ln..- isn fi -w. , - ' . ,4- 41 .- -'JL' Q mi.: .9 , . , d -.2 T 4' f 41 Q. . Qing!- . TLg2,LLLu.-'1'1- Q e light Quarters! While Sierra wus ut seat. the only way to receive supplies ldry stores. food and spare pztrtsl was by Vertical Replenishtnent lYertRepl. Because of Sierruk kinuller than normal llight deck. helicop- terk could net er touch down onboard. Supplies were pulletized und slowly lowered to the deck. Once on the deck. tezuns ol' crewineinhers quickly ruxhed Utll on deck to retrieve the supplies. so the next pullet could he brought in. 5. I i, -44 t .' ' i -it 1 l 2 l R- A ..'Il,f .. f , . a iiifldrt' - L ---1 SUPPIY paftment P 'wtf Ah f 5 IAA W I 7 7' cAPTJnnn Jackson Supply Omcer W..,.,,,- ,.,,. . ,.,..,A a ,M ,, M,A -,., ,A, . W l 7 t I 1 ! W 4 i A i i 1 l i I i LT Nemesio Dedios S-I Division Oflicer i 5 3 . Z f l 5 as 7 3 . i i P i i 5 E 3 i 5 E 1 5 i s SKC Abeinnin Galang SKC John Hin LTJG Jerry Taylor Assistant Division Officer 7 -----1--i . X Rua? X LCDR Diane Saggus 7 Assistant Supply Officer S- I Division Stores Division of SIERRA's Supply Depart- ment is divided into four work centers: Stock Control, Shipping and Receiving, Quality Assur- ance CQAJ, and Repair of Other Vessel Supply Support CROVSSJ. The basic function of S-l Division is to order, receive, stow, issue, off load, track, and inventory the Account 207 material carried on board. It also maintains 23 storerooms and over 37,000 line items with a dollar value in excess of 57.5 million. I 5 1 SKC David Kerchner HTCCSWJ E. McLaughlin Sh l .mrcmc XX'.1II1xc SRI Donna Coleman MXH Philbcrl Lurkins MKII Nl.N1cl,m1gl1lir1 SRI Carol :xklllil Six: lmcy Briggs SKI Rolwrlo Cnibignn H li: RUIWYI Q'hUqllL'llC NR N Uflllwn' KNOW lCx SRQ Xmircc NX rlghl .' 1 rx kxclcxlilmu A nv sh Xl ' A ' ' Nlx'l u 'x Clark at U4 Sf-XX X I' lNY1U'J.i?x'!l SN XI.:r1.x X1.1Li:x-1 NRS X N llifdffm . X . x . Nh? l'l.lllfUlN Dnllccl Nlx?l5.nx1dNI.15cx Nix? l :min liullcrwlm , , , Nh N huwlllvx X Ullllllil HlxN'Y.l.1l1u'xl1.lkcl NixN'x Shuluy Ilvnncy SkSNl4nIICiumlxxil1 NN l num HSIj,'jIilllI C L S-2 Division Feeding SIERRA' s nearly 900 hungry crew mem- bers is what the Food Service Division QS-23 does best. The division consistently feeds over 2000 meals daily, providing a high level of morale to SIERRA's crew. In addition, S-2 provides subsis- tence support to units being tended with the motto The SIERRA Safeway is always open. but we don't give Green Stamps! The Food Service Division is continually searching for ways to pro- vide more efficient and higher quality of service to all personnel. i MSCS Gary McDonald MSC M. Peren 1 MQC Reyndldo Redublo MSI Sharon Jonker MSI Gail Panchak MSI Howard Rochay MSI Wooten-Wilson MS2 Harry Bames Rss I 4 Sa F- .' -rv 'Z 5 MSI Ronald Cgnncron X182 .lill lfrcclmrg X182 Lllmlcn Paivc - N X153 P.xul.1 -Xx cry NIS? X1.1I'jl:HCIl Burns 1 .x R 'wlcnnm N1S1Ll.l'OlfI1 l51Hxxnl'lh WN: l7Ul1.llJ ISUNXCIL XIN5 Nhlllmcxx KEICCHL' X151 lxuy Li1.ulw.1l N S Nix: R-wlwll Hump 1 HN? XIHX .lulmwn NINS klulm S.xm'l1cf 'x1N?lx.urx1Scull X184 Iuxry Slvwnwll ,. I I E 'x1N+ S XN.lNIlllIj'IHll I XIHNN S4ulllHll1l1lllL'l I N1SS'Nlm-g' Hnmwllun 'N1S'NN ffl1y fniilllk' 'JSSN lm-xv lrrflllsull 'WSSN U. l,z1v.rcm'c USSN Igfrcclza Lcllzny HSSN INll1lL'SIllfIh USSA Sum Smnu N1SSN,lfaIm Watkins i I I S-3 Division Sales and Services Division provides a conve- nient and reliable source for sailors to obtain articles considered necessary for their health. comfort, and convenience. S-3 Division mns the two ship's stores, the laundry. a dry clean- ing plant, a barber shop, eight vending ma- chines, and four video game machines. They also provided on board foreign coneessionaire services, mess deck sales, and a tax-exempt liquor program. Additionally, S-3 Division provided many of the tended ships the same services that SIERRA crew members enjoy. Profits from all sales are turned over to SIERRA's Welfare and Recreation fund. SHI .lunior Wallace ' SH2 lsitlward Burgess ' C SH2 Barbara Randall SH2 Janet Schnabl SH3 Nathaniel Fiekett SH3 Patrick Melvcr Si-I3 Kenneth Parker SH3 O. Reyna A at , 1 T LT Lisa Gregory ENS James Ginder S-3 Division Officer S-3 Division Officer ' SHC Linda Jordan DP3 Lillian Waldron FN Reginald Davis t SHSN Higginbotham t Sl-ISA Kelvin Kemp SN Keith McDem1ott I T 5 . L I i l P Q i , Z5 t LT ,IG Thomas Sturgeon Dispursing Officer ,W----- 1 I l IJKC' Atino Cuoilc N rf'-Yagi S-4 Division As part of the Supply Department, the Disburs- ing Oftice, provides the crew many services. Other than pay day, important contributions include fly away team travel payments. shore patrol reimbursements, foreign currency ex- change. and check cashing. S4 also provides support to tended units with foreign and U.S. currency, as well as computer network techni- cal assistance. L L P. li E DK2 Charles Franks DK3 Dwayne Almond DK3 Robert Garrett DK3 Susan Lopez I . V' li 5 S-7 Division S-7 is the Automated Data Processing Division. Its primary mission is to operate four Honeywell DPS-6 mini-computers. These support the Sup- ply, Repajr, and Administrative Departments. In addition, S-7 Division provides software and technical support for the ship's various micro- computer users. DPI Greg Flower Q ' DPI Rose Frazier X DPI Bruce Robison DSIQSWJ J. Strayhom DP2 Dorothy Abbott DP2 Marquita Allen DS2 Eric Bechtol DS2 Jody Behr DP2 Beverly Beckham ' f - - V wfw, , DPC Robert Cofer S-7 Division Officer , DPC Richard Peterson I af' NN Nilpl1clIvXllnx.nx IH f'll CHC Inulnl DNN I I ,lx-hu Nur!! DPI Nancy Boyd DPI Brian Cmig DPI Sandra King DPI Kcxin Luos DSI Roger Mcfonncll DSI llff Spokus DPI Bmdlcy SKCXYLIIAI DI 3 Bmukc Nlillcl' DSS RCIIIIUID HQlI'dllCll DPS JUICUH Mfllullilld Supply Candid ' wg U Admin artment 9 N.: Admin Division The Administrative Department consists of YNs,PNs,LNs,PCs,MAs,RPs, and other rates, who man the Shipis Office, Personnel, Educational Ser- vices Office, Legal, Post Office. C haplain's Office, DAPA, the 3M Office, Special Services, and the Master-at- Arms Force. These offices are respon- sible for maintaining service records, processing PCS orders, separations. leave papers. advance- ments, personal and professional counseling. report chits. and a multitude of other tasks producing a mountain of paperwork this Med Cruise. f I ' - .gm s. f' ' 5 CWO2 Diane Snider Administrative Officer f itf'f4L ' ' . fl'- . ., ,. . 1 - Q.: 1 is 'ti m - Qs- ,. : vs ,, a PNCMQAWJ K, Appleby Division Officer! Personnel Officer l l 1 l -N V NCCS Edward Hfbb MMC William Easley EMC James McBee YNC Thomas Taylor Division Officer PNI Regina Capps 1 p -- r 4 , R . DCI Cynthia Genett on PCI Katherine Hoag YNI Curley Lacheney RPI Maria Murphy f ff A -ur' VJ' 5 ri H IJ K' 54, XX I 405 Q , 2 in N Q PN2 .lucquclinc Eylcr YN2 I-1 lfcguhngton PCI George llurris INS Gnilu llurrisun PNK I-.rlmdu l.lcx u '. 'I Stacy Slcilunclz ' '- Rugcr Wilwn PN? l iIl1.1n BLIVIICS N N3 lkmd Funk NNI? lfllulw .lnhllxlult x I PV? SIIJIIIIQI Murphy YNSR Karina Young 'sue ' ' NNSN NI. Iignuunn PXSN IQ., c'Lllk'lIH,L' SN Scyumiu fkillllllht? PNSA .ILUHCN lilkx SY Nlnc Iiscnhm' PNSN l5ry:n1 llilliurcl RPSN Clmlnn Rccri PNSN IJ. Scnggins SN .l. Willimns aster-At-Arms MAI Jack Burns MAI Slcphcn Jcnkcns MR2 Robin Gabriel BM3 Stephen Eubunks. MA3 T. Lultcncggcr MACM Orlando Cacao Chief Master at Arms rr i1 , rr .r. E . k- 1 il' 1 1 ENS Geoffrey Betsinger Safety Officer Safety Ollicer ' 'A il l 1 l . f l ! l l l l H'l'CMlSWJ Frederick Boll BTC Michael Faison '2- LTJG Leo Murphy Safety partment Successful implementation and execution of the Navy Occupational Safety and Health CNAVOSHJ Afloat Program requires continuous, effective, all hands training and participation. and is the ever present goal of the Safety Department. Asbestos, heat stress, hearing consen'ation,sight conserva- tion, lead control. respiratory protection. electri- cal safety. gas free engineering, radiation protec- tion, and hazardous materiallhazardous waste are but a pan of the NAVOSH Program under the watchful eye of the Safety Department. N 4 yep, MLI Michael Moore IC2 Hazel White BT3 Serina Geib 1 Sierra icnic 11 7 517 'A fr-'sv , '.g! 3esws1- - .3 A- X' N341- ,f ovt hile Working in the Mediterranean, oierra visited many exciting and varied ports in Europe and the Middle East. lt was not al'x'advs all 'rorla in tlicsc exotic ports. Members of the ereix' ard their ollltirn: to visit wine oi' the moat notable citiea in the world, including Athens. Dome. Naples. and Monte Carlo. U St. Peters, Vatican City vl+,J Ancient Smyrnallzmlrl, Turkey. Palma, Spain, Cathedral. TQT-rx 'i 'Sa-U I-fr' , 9 I' . - S' 'T ,A ,J wh.: ,Ldv Q, Am , Greece. Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy. The Parthenon, ens Cpafma e Qktflorca, pain by JOSN Michelle Mindock As I stepped off of S ierra' s brow and onto the foreign soil of Palma Spain, the largest of the Balearic Islands, anticipation of the day ahead filled me from head to toe. Guided with the equivalent of the navigational skills of a blind girl scout with a seeing-eye dog, a sorry blend of Spanish phrases, and a mere 1000 pesetas C10 dollarsj for emergency purposes, I cast my rickety bones onto my neon pink bicycle, and set out to become- -tdrum roll pleasel--An Ameri- can Tourist!! After witnessing the way those little Spanish cars whooshed by at light speed, I was soon glad to be on the red-clay bike path. I was almost immedi- ately surrounded with the interest- ing sights of Palma. The first to catch my eye was the hundreds of little white yachts dotting the blue of the Medi- terranean Sea. Then, after a few quick turns ofthe path. I came upon a truely majestic Sight. There be- fore me in all its splendor, was a Gothic cathedral said to have been j i N built in the year 1230 AD. It is known as the Cathedral-La Seo. As the story goes, King James I from the Island of Aragon, set sail with about 60,000 of his men to free Mallorca from Moorish rule. During his voyage, violent winds threatened to put an end to his mission. The king, filled with fear, prayed to God, promising to erect a church in His name in return for the safety of his men. The rest, as they say, is history. Not only did the king' s men receive safe passage to Mallorca, they conquered it. C011- struction on the cathedral began just one year later- In all, it took three centuries to complete. Now over 700 years old, the cathedral is the seat of a bishop and the focal point of the religious community- Once past the cathedral, the bike path takes yOU through cobblestone streets and then onto the beachfront. Even in the cool brisk air of the winter season, young lovers huddle together on the rocks and stare out into the hazy red sunset. This afternoon in Palma was truly a celebration Of hfe- MY Only wish is that everyone should have thC chance to take in this incredible beauty! M I 5. Q. . ' ' l I ' '11, in .. .lL ' ' -Q - Lyitilimgjgg' ai - ' ff fi on --s I '. 5 Us-f' a xr? 'I' 7 I 1 iii NJ Nhens, Greece by J O2 Randall Melton Uss sierra CAD-185 began H Visit to Athens, Greece on January 9th with two other Charleston based ships. Those ships were USS Carr CFFG-521 and USS Thorn CDDG- 988 J. Liberty in the ancient city of Greece began in earnest, Satur- day, January ll, with the first of two full day city tours of Athens. As the three buses made their way throught the narrow streets, the sites for which Athens is renowned came into view. High on a hill over-looking the city was the Acropolis CAkra-Upper, Polis- Cityl. Positioned on one of the edges of the Acropolis stands the mighty Parthe- non, dedicated to the Greek Goddess Athena. A half hour later. Sierra crewmembers were at the entrance of the Acropolis or Propylaia,,, the tour guide then explained some of the history of the Acropolis. first inhabited in 4000 - 3000 B.C., Next. Sierra crewmembers were lead to the front of the Parthenon. The Parthenon, constructed around 440 B.C.. is actually the third such temple to be dedicated to the Greek Goddess Athena on this site. One of the major things that everyone noticed about the Greek monuments on the Acropolis was the scaffolding. The tour guide explained that the archaeologists were attempting to restore the Par- thenon and Propylaia to its original state. On one comer of the Acropolis stands a museum housing artifacts of the excavation site. Inside, statues and art discovered around the Parthenon, are now displayed behind glass. The ancient Acropolis of Athens. After a brief stop for shopping, the buses headed t0 the downtown metropolitan area, allowing some crewmembers first-hand experience with the hustle and bustle of everyday life in downtown Athens. The tour continued with a stop at the OIYIUPIC Stadium. The modern Panathenaic stadium, Wa5 built on the site and according to the plan Of the ancient stadium of the Olympics. The final stop on the Athens city tour was the Greek Presidential Palace. The guards, dressed in Ihelf brightly colored uniforms, diligently perfofmffd their complex ritual of relieving the watch While Sierra crewmembers observed. Late in the afternoon, the three bus loads of WCW S terra crewmembers returned to the ship, h3PPYt0 have had the opportunity to see the many ancisnt sltes Athens had to offer. Q1 ff I P I ' u- - Z u -. ' -L-Agp. . 1 .4. pl, il I 4' Q5 . 4 4 4 4 in Souda ay cmia, Crete So ancient CNeolithic, dating from late 2500 BC and Minoan periods 2600 - 1000 BCD is the civiliza- tion of Crete that it's his- tory and legend intertwine into one. Sierra sailors toured the ruins of the fabled King Myrtos' pal- ace at Knossos and mar- veled at indoor plumbing as sophisticated as that back home, but dating back to 1700 - 1380 BC. Every major power of the ancient world has con- i quered Crete at some pe- riod of it's history, in- cluding the Greeks. the Romans. the Byzantines. the Arabs. the Venetians. the Turks and the Germans. Hania, the old Venetian city and harbor, Cbuilt 12 l 2- l 6695. with its barlcafes and restaurants over- looking the ocean was a favorite place for liberty. Street after street of small shops abounded with their goods literally pouring out their doors. The beaches were nice. but the weather w warm enough to take best advantage of them while we were there. as never really Our second trip through Crete occured durin Greek Orthodox Easter which is a week later thaigi our Easter back home. Some of our people attended midnight worship services and the traditional wee hours of the moming Easter B akf Easter eggs are blood red. rc ast where all the J Homes perched on a mountainside near Hania, Crete. Other hearty souls scattered the snow-capped pC21kS and toured three very old Greek Orthodox Monas- teries and went spelunking Ccavingl through three caves. One of the caves contained ancient Cl'lI'lSt13-U catacombs. All were beautiful in the glow of flash- lights reflecting off the mysterious, shadowy depths dfbep under the earth. Some even braved the rockl' gOrge that led to the sea itself . The well-worn r0Ck cliffs of the windy side of the peninsula protectfid and formed Souda Bay where our ship sat moored to the NATO carrier pier. 'fl If. A W3 H! i . in ls! L aples! ompcii, tally by LT Samuel Epstein Moored, the BMOW stated, when the second anchor was let go. Mount Vesuvius was rising through the clouds. and the industrial strength of southern Italy surrounded the harbor. After a two hour mooring evolution, and with four eight-inch lines taut against Molo Angioino,Sierracommenced herNaples port visit. Long a hub ot'Sixth Fleet operations. Naples was an unusually busy port lor battle tender Sierra. Newly certil'ied as underwater welders. her divers replaced a rope guard on thc guided-missile trig- ate Simpson. With all hands assistance. the divers completed waterbourne re- pairs to Scotts CRP propeller hub. Long a commercial and cultural center. the area surrounding Naples has been inhabited since the days ol' the Etruscans and early Greeks. lts most noted day. however. was 2-1 August 79 AD. The volcanic fury ol' Vesuvius was unlcascd. burying the city of Pompeii and suffocating its inhabitants. Pompeii provided an unusual insight to the routine of Roman citizens. The houses could be small and unadorncd. or spacious with atriums and mosaics. The Metropolitan city of Naples is like of a lot of American cities. lts traflic tying up streets for hours during rush hour and very visible air pollution. But. the city also had its quiet moments. Wandering around the narrow city streets. you could see Italian children playing soccer. Clotheslines were strung from one building to another. The smell of Italian cooked sausage and bread also drifted through. On Sundays. the city streets were virtually deserted. with most of its population in one of the manv ancient Catholic churches that were scattered throughout the city. Zvi? Lg, LS, 41 Gctetct, Cltctfy by JO2 Randall Melton mv-- gg--4 'P I. lllllllul s. t Q gud., N' t L On the morning ol' February' llth. USS Siemi yy as eased out ol' her berth in Naples and escorted Ulll into the harbor. Her stay in Naples had come to an end. Finally it was time to take the short voyage up the Italian coast to the sleepy tishing village ot'Gaeta. ltalv. Gaeta is no stranger to the LYS. military. The seaport is home to metnbers and dependents ol' USS Hulkrtttffs t CG Zo l ereyv and a Naval Support ,-Xctiv ity Detachment. Ciaeta ol'l'ers some olthe satne ty pes olaetiy ities as Naples, except on a smaller scale. 'l'here is a small esehange. laundromat. community center. mov ie theater. bovyling alley and gym to keep Navy personnel busy during their oll' time. The area in yy hich both .S'i't'rnt and Ifelkrtup were berthed is actually ati ltalian Naval Station and it is surrottntletl by a lcnce that is guarded by the C'arabinieri. the Italian Military Police. The base also acts as a logistics staging site. lfortunatcly lor the erevv. it vvasn'tjust all work and no play' yvhile in Ciaeta. 'l'he ship's location made it an ideal starting point for tours. While in the Sivth Fleet homcpott. .S'i1'rrf1olil'eretl tours to Rotne. Florence. and Pisa. Additionally. several ski trips were offered lo those who preferred to partake in the sport oldovvnhilling. Buses were also provided every' weekend to the Navy Exchange in Naples. .Sierra even got some use out of her recreation vans. which were used to shuttle personnel be- tvveen the ship and the Gaeta Community Center. Gaeta Recreational Services also provided access to the Olde Mill Inn. which is made up of a restaurant and bar. There are also several baseball lields and tennis courts located next tothe restau- film. L ome, tafy Ancient cities you have hosted conquerors and the conquered alike-warriors and sailors have walked your streets 4 . ' through the CCHYUIISS-HOW Q Q' Q our foot steps join theirs-Rome A I Florence and Pisa we salute you 4 1..- 4.,X- J ' E' 3. QQ- , 'Q V , w,1v.4 4 u,. v rbiwu, .hw ,f 2' v-.4 1 I 15. 1, , I' ,fr ,Af yi . x ff' ,Z 'L l Y '. .. Q 'Apr ,....f1-fv ' , ,.11, . lffP 'YJ 4 ,., ' 1.1 ul ' We . by unnduugy. td ulllil U A . s I Q 'Wh .3,. 'Q r-.,e E , - , A 'ff ' ' M 1, v ',. 'Vqawf I N ' 'P I v if ix. 1 'S :ta I Xa s V'- '. fn f K if i f i nfnF rfif . Q YZ'- ,.a , 0 ' ' fry 'v ' 7 . . 7 I In.. Qi' ui .,.,-.v 1 y ' ' -on- -f + Q 'bps P- A . n Gif' I, -m N W.. 'g .mm-f ' L -zmiv, urkey by LT Samuel Epstein When Sierra anchored in the Bay of ill Izmir on 13 April, few of the crew realized the importance and history of 4' rt the city which was to be their host for t the following ten days. Behind the S modern buildings and old-style mar- . ket , beyond the patrol boats and de- . - stroyers of the Turkish Navy. were almost five thousand years ofeiviliza- tion. Once known as Smyrna. Izmir was one of the Seven Cities ol' the Apocalypse.lzmir's l'ortunes shifted with the tides olpolitieal and religious his Q - conlliet that have swept through Asia Minor's history. Today. lzmir is see- ond only to lnstanbul as 'l'urkey's major sea port. Three ships from the Mediterranean Amphibious Readiness Group were tended in llmir- USS In climt. USS Sltr'c't'cpm'l, and USS I'-llllfftll' Cnuzzly. Among the -106 jobs Sierra completed. were re- placed llight deck netting and frames. two over- hauled generators. and a repaired anchor windlass. ln addition. boat services. parts screening. and medical! dental appointments were provided for these Sixth Fleet sailors and Marines. The patient haggler could find outstanding bar- gains in leather goods. gold jewelry. and rugs. Exotic foods. from smoked goat intestines to hon- eyed dates. could be purchased from the many street vendors. Those interested in a taste of home could relax at Pizza Hut or visit the local Exchange. Finally. crew members had the opportunity to partake in a wide variety of Holy Week religious events. , , monaco l Nlonaco - Where Cinderella tHol- ly yy ood Actress Grace Kellyl tnar- ried her prince. went to liyie in his palace. and had beautiful princes and princesxea, and lived happily' ey er after . Nlonaco wits lilte an eagle roy ally' yuryeying ity doinaiti from rocky' cragy and pealty, oycrloolting it's hcauti ful liarlyois and beaches along the northern end of the lfrench Riy iera. You can we the loy e ofthe people for l'rniceyy tirace and her royal family' in the Nlcinorial Roxe t iarden, in all the fresh flowers placed on het' graye. in the cathedral and in the elegance ol tlte palace and the portraits ofthe roval latmly eycrywlictc. Nlonaco hay yoinetlnng lot cyeryonc - at a price. lloweyet .13 1 tltlyotla w ill allow you the privilege ol yay ing you'ye lycen the Vale de Paris. and for l lranc in a ylot inaclnnc .tt the Nlonaco Casino you can yay that you'ycgatnhledthere. A stroll througli the lohliy ol the llotcl dc Pariy and the many' hreath tal-ang gardens that alwound ey ery' where in Monaco coytyou nothing. TheOceanograpliy Museum was a muxt Nec for many. only a lucky' few saw il's famouy curator. .lacques Cousteau. himself while he w ay there one day , While Sierra was in Monaco. preparationy were heing made everywhere forthe famouy Grand Prix that would he held around 3 ll 2 weeky after we left. The beach stretches from Monaco down to Nice. France lil 20 -30 minute ride on the trainl and on into Cannex. home ofthe famous Elm festival, which was in full swing when we arrived in Mo- naco. For the price of a one hour ride on the train tabout S l8.00 round tripl our sailor's could go see their favorite movie star in the flesh. I3 O ,O v ZA I I 'Nv,h,hh.. , V- H- ' Q,-A -W1 W ,nv W. V QVQJnaco Qcmnes 'AT-XA., . Y V -'1 rp-Vrll r: -. 'fr S.. - n 7.1 6 J 3 if V - v K . . 'Xin'-.di-I :-I sn 10: 6 .,l.1 14.1,-.tiH',wT '- --0 fvirf- -+- -L I ,N .-'X X J-Q. ,. 1- L ,s 1 'XJ' Q 1' ' I I E w , i , I ,E . ug.-...,:t. . ,nk V . H A . . Q-rf 1 C Q nl '--Q--if. ,-.' H J enicform, Spain ' 'igiiifig ' -M g .gm n - 465 At lust Benidorm - sunny skies. beuutiful beuehes. - wurtn weather -Even if the is titer tenipertiture is tisn't quite tip to the dir teniperdture yet. nt leust u reul med beueh that is us is ttrni enough to enjoy its gi beueh. People troni ull over Europe :ind Spain niust hui e agreed xx ith our feelings beetiuse they is ere there too. Theories ttbout Benidornrs beginnings ure inainy und eolortiul. One .-Xinerietin seholur niaiin- t.nns th.u .tn extrtt - terrestriztl spttee ship ltinded on lo oth the hill Puig Catiiipattut produeing the tissure thut serx ed future b erett s .is ti Luidnig pluee und hunger when .ittdelsiiig e.trth. ie. tuieient lienidorni airezt. lhe e.u'liest subst.inti.ited iteeount ot' hatbitattion ol' lienitlorn ts tntleetl on tl hill to the tsest oltlte city. lhis lnll rings the l'oniente lletieh und rentatins ol' the lbernin en ilif.ition tl.ite troin Punie tinies. 'l'lte ton n uns gixen its n.une by the Arabs - originally lb'n lJ.irhnn Slttps hut e through the eenturies stopped .tt llenitlornt to eolleet waiter und replztee pros Isttttls 'lhis txirly tourisin olten in the lorni ol' eonquest or pirdey is .is not it eleomed by the simple tltrniers .ind tishernttin ol the region. uetuul recog- t. .U 1 .74 - wmv - li- 1 ' H' .1 'r be -tl 4 FL-A' ,I W ' -3 4- ui 0 ' ga t ss,-. I : L 1 . s ' : sQj,55-ff ,bfi ' .ge-Q f' H '42, s r e, -7+ 'la ,-vw 'TM' Nei 5 , , ,.- A , q-.31 P- .. , ,. -.,-,-1-. ,. M: 5,TxY '7-'tif -' nition ol Benidorm its gi C'hristizin ton n dates from Nluy H. l325. Nlodern Benidorm is well known as one ot the finest holiday resorts in the Med. ota Seville, pam by CDR J. E. Jackson The WORLD came to Seville, Spain, in 1992, and 120 Sierra crewmembers were there to see it! Actually, they traveled to Seville to visit the Seville 1992 Universal Exposition, more commonly re- ferred to as Expo '927 This once in a lifetime event, the largest World's Fair in history, featured pavilions from l 1 1 different nations as well as each distinctive independent region of Spain, and nu- merous multi-national companies. The theme uThe Age of Discoveriesv wa evident throughout the 300 acre fair site, and commemorated the 500th anni- versary of Columbus, discovery of the new world. Seville, the largest city in southern Spain, was only an hour's drive from Rota, and three busloads of Sierra crewmembers took the joumey during our brief stop in Rota to turnover with USS Yellowstone CAD 415 -. M!!! um M dical partment Qui .4 5... 'T 5 1 .x 1 I y 4 f nv I' , 4 . ' K . .4 HI i , B V W 3 HH Y' 1 Km V, 1 . 's. 74 -1-L , Z. -- ? 'ri' f ' 1 ' 'H wr: Inu, nun ' Q 71 s 1 i I I - 2 -- .... A . . . ,, -..,- . ,. ,, . .,- ., .,..,.,.....-. .,,,.-...,...,,,, Medical Solid support and untiring efforts marked the Medical Department's role in the Mediterranean. Tasked to provide medical support for their fellow Sierra crewmembers as well as those of tended units, the Depart- ment came through with flying col- ors. Several medical emergencies were handled expeditiously and with- out loss of life and limb. Services provided were top-notch. The num- ber one priority forthe medical pro- fessionals of the USS Sierra is the health, safety and well-being of the sea-going sailor and it showed dur- ing Med Cruise '92. HMICSWJ Richard Anderson HMI James Holden HM2 Joan Browning HMZCSWJ Jeffrey Linn HM2 David Miller HM2 Deidra Strong a .9 QS ? HMB f'hl'iNlillC Mikulanjck H513 Ruth Scllcrs SN l.amran llcckcll ental partment 'iw-!.,-f .1 -,. 4' ,W Qu- x ,.f,. 1a'b. Ill BI! I 1 A Y V as S CDR Ken Elrod Dental Department Head LT Paul Hennv lfl' Sylvia Miller Dental Division Ollicer J 1 Z 5 , I 1 ,. l .4 ' i Il B by lx ,Q Dental The Dental Department onboard USS Sierra is responsible for the dental treatment of Sierra sail- ors, and the crews of tended units. The wide range of dental care available extends from root canals and fillings to x-rays. exams. and cleanings. The top-notch dental labis capable offabricatingcrowns. bridges. and removeable dental appliances. The DNS. DTS. and dentists insure everyones dental health. t l 1 . f E i III' Christine Myslicki 1 ,,,..i ' 1 - 5 .E DTC Kenneth Mason ...f 4' I 'Qtr k. 'ai at fi O ll 1 l fs Y' H a l A n. i I I DT2 Julia Brown DT2 Josefino Delacruz DT2 Toni Newman DT3 Renee Borboa DT3 Richard Camacho DN David Barker FA Mieo Bumphurs DN Michael Burney DN Michael Johnson D i W 1 PY BIRTH UA 'r f C hristmas in 'L ijt: DZ .-vn lui l.Y5Klt ll -l-l the NDT lah. Palma Although far from home. the spirit ofChrist- mas could be seen and felt throughout the 47-year old battletender. Many Sierra crewmembers brought small touches of Christmas to their shops, which brightened the interior ol' the ship. One Sierra crewmember stated that with- out the Christmas decorations around, Christmas would have seemed like any other day ot' the year. The decorations started going up in shops, passageways and ollices soon after Sierra departed Charleston. Some were very elabo- rate decorations, such as the tinscl and light display in the li'l' Shop. Others were more simple. such as the small Christmas tree in No matter what the decora- tions happened to be, it was obvious that Christmas was , 4 - ! I ' 15,1 'U . near. i Once the ship arrived in Palma. crewmembers were given the chance to see how the Spanish decorate and cel- ebrate Christmas. In thecity's main shopping district, shop windows were brightly deco- rated for the season, much like they would be back home. One seven-story high rise de- partment store sold imported merchandise from the United States. almost creating the illusion that we were back home again. On Christmas Eve, Sierra crewmembers were given the opportunity to celebrate the birth of Christ in many different ways. Chaplain Edward Newhouse, had a full slate of activities for those interestested. Early on Christmas Eve, a candlelight Christmas Eve service was held in S ierra's small Chapel. The Engineers told me I had to run a hot work chit to have candles in the Chapel, said Newhouse, I though they were serious? As midnight approached, crewmembers from the three ships in port, USS Sierra, USS Inchon, and USS Shreveport, gathered on the pier for transpor- tation to Palma's Catholic Cathedral, where they would be attending a traditional Christmas Eve mass. The mass, although held in Spanish, captured the beauty and spirit of the holiday, and will be a memorable experience for all who attended. Santa Claus included Sierra on his CherJ itinerary by g -Q - visitingvarious shops on S ierra. p BMCS Jennifer Wray, dressed as Santa. poked her head into the ward room. mess decks and even the Captain's cabin, causing looks of surprise and laughter throughout the ship. On Christmas Day, many chose to celebrate the holiday quietly. by calling home to hear familiar voices and to listen to what presents were received by loved ones. Sierra's mess deck personnel added to the holiday cheer by preparing a fantastic tradi- tional Christmas meal of turkey, potatoes, and pumpkin pie. .J ,112 1 6 D Q X n no '2 1 53 A .755 vyf QA, -L f V551 45 if D, wax .FY Rr. . g, X B 1-31.1 W -A Hg lr. .. .w Nu -- L Sierra Candid .J Q 1 'xxf-X -. ,fn 'Y fl' Um Q v-of e X A .. lg! .5 Y 1 .F ,Q 4- -lwlfl I H A S. R ' A v-'I' L S. W I , X 1 B- s'v .. 'ar I 51,1 5 - I ,. no I V 15 L 5. 'M '45-if as Tu rbi n Changeouts by JOSN Michelle Mindock It's been less than a year since USS SfC'l'l'l1f1'5xD ISJ put together a team specializing in Gas Turbine engines and noxv that the word is getting out. so is Siermiv reputation forgetting the-job done. . . fast! Members ot'Sivrm 's Repair Department completed a total of tive change-outs during Med Cmise '92. giving those involved valuable experience in a tield that is widely growing in the Navy. A concept that first developed with the Germans during World War Il. gas turbines are becoming more and more recognized by the United States for their versatil- ity. power. safety and design. LTJG R. Curbelo. Auxiliaries Oftieer. USS Cmznoll-v tDD 9795 says gas turbine engines are clearly the wave of the future for Nav vessels. Y This is good news to Sierra 's Gas Turbine crew. According to Chief Darrell Ross, there wasn't much work for GSE's or GSN's in the last decade. The gas turbine field is getting more interesting, said Ross. 'cln its early stages, the GS's were mainly just operators. We weren't allowed to really touch them because of their newnessf, But as time gOffS by we're getting more involved with the repfllf work ourselves instead of sending the engines Off to a Naval Air Facility for civilian contractors I0 fix. The April 6th change-over of an Allison-501 835' turbine power generator aboard the USS Scott CDDG 9955 was a time- ' consuming process for Sierra 's GS's as well as for the BM's who handled crane operations. The seven foot, 1500 pound generator had to be taken apart, lifted by the crane, and brought up through the escape hatch. The process took roughly l l hours, notcounting the time it took to get the replacement engine back in place and running smoothly. ,ig Change-outs are long and tedious , 'S jobs, said GSE3 Jason Broden. One engine change-out has us working around the clock for days at a time. You're stuck in very cramped spaces for long periods of time and before you know it, people start getting jumpy and antsy. The key is to slow down and take time to try to work with each other and work things out. Over- all, I think, the change-outs went rather well. lt was a real learning experience for all ot' us. The Repair team and the crane operators agree that the toughest part ofthe project was getting the LM-2500 GST Engine aboard USS Commllnx' out of the 130-foot deep intake tunnel. l would have to say the hardest part was making sure the engine didn't hit up against the bulkheads when it was coming up out ofthe hole. said B M2 Adrian Bell. . . . and the most important part ol that operation is good communication. We use all kinds of hand signals and have hand-held radios to communicate with the crane-operator. BM2 Bell says teamwork also helped out a lot. When- ever there's something major happening. we pull together and constantly assist each other. whether it's running around getting tools or boxed lunches. Although gas turbines are fuel-efficient. ta ship can travel around the world and only have to stop to refuel once or twicejt they are also somewhat vulnerable to dirt and debris. A single pebble X I l L ,ifeig .-i -1, Y -t L 5 ., i- -,gf . A gg. '-1 t t' 3. 1 E4- lnleihi 5 ' ll' .- -1, ' at ' . 4-a g. tai 3' .rf - J tr A ,t I 9. :Sf caught inside the hollow interior will tetn' up the insides tis well its destroy the propeller hlades. However, most problems haue to do xxith leaks. 'I'hztt's why Sl.t'l'l'lli,S GSX Lind UNIX were quite astonished to lind that l'SS il'l1or11't HDD 9883 engine twhieh is tiettitilly txxo patrtsl tried to turn itsell' around. eziusing at toe-holt xx hieh joined the two parts together to snap in httllf 'l'lit1t's at i'zii'ity. sziid GS3 .lztson Broden. 125' Sierra Y il 4 Si' ADM j. Mike Boorda, CINCUSNAVEUR, escorts Italian President Francesco Cossiga to Sic-rra's Captain's Gig. Two Sierra crewmembers participate in the Old Mille Park cleanup in Gaeta. Italy. Sp cial Events ' 3' L,Ji '.,-,ti5 QL: , .-J- - ' Li Q4 ,- Q CAPT Robert Kamrath presents Slerra's Battle E to the CFPW. in f Sf 490 Q xx ,'i Q We 'V '9 bf K ff Y I ' X J , 71' HAPPY BIRTH o A Y R' m Ilifx A special cake was presented during the Martin Luther King jr. Day celebration. Q. l U.S. Navy Archives USS Sierra QAD IBQ just after her commissioning in Pensacola, Florida, March 20, I944. Sierra Celebrates 48th Birthday Story and photos by JO2 Randall C. Melton Sierran Editor The date was March 20. 1944 and the place was Pensacola. Florida. The Fourth Dixie-Class de- stroyer tender has just been commissioned. The new tender is 530 feet long and similar in design to the Vulcan-Class repair ships and the Fulton-Class submarine tenders with almost yacht-like lines. It is to be called USS Sierra and will carry the hull number LAD-185 a crew of over 1.000 men. and four 5-inch DP guns to help defend herself. A growing U.S. Naval fleet. and the gathering storm clouds of another global conflict. indicate a desperate need for these versatile auxiliary ships - designed to be Heating shipyards loaded to the brim with repair equipment and technical expertise - which allow U.S. Naval ships to travel the world and protect the interests of democracy and free- dom ..... J That day is now forty-eight years behind us. The 5-inch guns have been replaced by a helicopter flight deck and hanger, and her crew now includes almost one-third women. Sierra has served her country continuously since her commissioning and has seen duty from World War II to Operation Desert Storm. She has been deployed to the Westem Pacific, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean while San Diego, California, Norfolk, Vir- ginia, and Charleston, S.C. have been called her homeports along the way. Little did the Tampa Shipbuilding Company KHOW that Sierra would have such a long and storied career, as she is now the fourth oldest ship activelb' serving the fleet. The forethought, quality of construction, and practicality of her design h21Ve stood the test of time. She has also become, in the i ' '- 1 i 5 t --- ' N . ' . n . .I 5.,,gi -y' U N I if -llgi Vrnultvl 'Fm K Ii... ig I iw, m-9'lll::'.:-- I 'H' t I .'1!'rvnv--.-i i s ii I i E I USS Sierra celebrated her 48th year in commission in Gaeta, Italy. words ofRADM Katz COMCRUDESGRU TWO: .... tmly the premier tender in the Atlantic Flcct... . CAPT Robert A. Kamrath, SIERRA's 37th Com- manding Officer, helped celebrate the tcndcr's 48th birthday party with a cake-cutting ceremony on the mess decks and a briefspeech to the crew. As Sierra tradition demands, the Captain was joined by the oldest and youngest crewmembers for the celebration. 1 v34.3f:f CAPT Kamrath assists the youngest and oldest crewmembers in cutting Sierra's birthday cake 4 131 Sb Super Bowl Sierra Style Story and photos by JO2 Randall C. Melton Sierran Editor January 7, 1992, started offjust like every morning on board USS Sierra, I thumbed my way through the Armed Forces News messages. I came to a message from the Navy Broadcasting Service in Washington asking, Would your ship like to get the Super Bowl live? From that point on, I knew that from a mass media standpoint, this Mediterranean cruise would be different. V .. Sierra was being ol'l'ered one of ten prototype compressed video satellite receivers. a sys- tem which was being tested ' only on ships in the Mediter- ranean. The tests would check viability and potential uses of ' ' l the system during Naval op- I erations. The unit works with an already installed radio sat- ellite receiver. or MARSAT. Deployed ships with the sys- tem would be able to receive live television via satellite for the first time. 1 'T i -z 2 if Sierra already was receiving Armed Forced Satel- lite Radio Service from the MARS AT system. This service provides real-time news. sports and enter- tainment via radio to the crew on a 24-hour basis. I knew that access to live television during deploy- ment would certainly create much interest and excitement from the crew. so I made plans to write the retum message indicating our desire to partici- pate in the plan. and pass it on to the Electronics 1-I-1'7 Maintenance Officer CENS Willyj. Pushing my word processor to the limit, I completed the mes- sage and passed it on to ETI Bull,, Middleton before General Quarters that afternoon. Soon after General Quarters was over, the message had been signed -off and sent out from Sierra's Radio Central. Since reporting aboard, I had never seen a message written, chopped and sent so fast in my life. But this would be only the first of several unusual circumstances that would be tied to the Super Bowl live via satellite television. On our second day in Athens, Greece, the Captain announced to the crew that CCTV would broadcast the Super Bowl live on TV. Now we Qcommit- ted! We IQ to get the Super Bowl or we would let the crew down. Upon arrival in Souda Bay, Crete, ENS Willy asked, Where is our equipment and when will it be installed? Six days passed. We were all beginning to sweat. After sev- eral hurried phone calls to the Navy Broadcasting Detachment at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, we learned that our equipment was held up at Greek customs back in Ath- ens. As for the three installers, they were still in Haifa, Israel, installing a system on USS Monterey. The elusive equipment in question, the COMSAT Satellite Video compression unit. Several more days passed again without word from Navy Broadcasting about the system. I was beginning to see my entire Navy career pass before my eyes over a football game.I would hear questions about the game all day 10118 and while eating my meals on the mess decks. I was beginning to regret ever hearing the words SupCf Bowl . The technicians eventually arrived the following Weekend and checked out the CCTV space and iiii . - A p...,,,, Radio Central facilities. They quickly completed their inspec- tion and returned to CCTV. Some minor modifications were needed prior to the installation, but these would only take a few hours to rectify. Finally, the days of worry ended as the gear was finally de- livered. Saturday evening, a mere 24 hours before the Super Bowl broadcast, the technicianis arrived again to begin the installation. It looked as though all would be ready for a test of the system at 0300 that moming.This was the only chance to lest the equipment before the Super Bowl. Within a few hours, the techs finished their work and the entire staff of CCTV prepared for the 0300 test of the system. Both nervousness and excitement filled the air as the clock ticked towards the 0300 mark. We turned on the equip- ment 30 minutes prior to the test ind st tred it the blank TV screen waiting for the test to bei in morning. At 0300 the satellite modem in CCTV he in to click into the signal locked position but would not stay The audio sputterecl in and out with no x ideo signal Middleton and Akers continued to in tke adjustments to the MARSAT antenn 1 on ho ud 1 l continued to sit in CCTV hoping tor unprose ment Meanwhile the technici ins from W lSillll1 ton were on the Inelzmz trying to solve the s une problems At 0600 the test ended without reeeix Ing a good picture There we were the d tx ol the game and we still didn t know it the sw stem would work Iwasjust about ready to p rck my ha s md 20 when at 2300 on Super Bowl Sundw the technicians again retumed to Siena Two ot the technicians worked up in radio w hile mother w as On the MARSAT telephone to the Satellite E irth Station in the U S attempting to boost the sign il to the satellite At 0000 the pre game show began while the Signal was still drifting in and out --f ' ' ' Washington Redskins fans were alive and well on Sierra, even at 0300 in thei One minute' to go lwcfoie- kickoff. the picturc finally locked in. My heart tlutte're'd as l Sill hack in iny chair. l punched the' button that put thc gtunc tbtlt over Sl-t'I'l'tl and Tliorn. and for the' first time whete N C li tlleslolt lu tsetl ships we e x in e ite e teeeptttttltil the une w is not tlw txspet wut the ere Xkstil Sit nu uid lhoni were h ippx lhe reception could he hest tlesetthetl ts ILIUSS he een eieooi 1 t. e telex tsioneli u tetei Nl ix lle idiooni l nlonun ttely e t or dtllere st is it x po ree w ioi thc fot qu trter lhe tollowinf tnoinine bllllll pioxic ed tipes to l SS lm limi Shu icpml md Sllllbllllll so thek could see the 1 imc uninterrupted Tle test ol the sxstem w is 1 success SICHU welcomes the idx tneement of the new ag ot sitellite telexision is it changes how tele ion will be reeeixed at sci and in OXLTNL IS - ' J ' 'J .2 yt ' z ' lilly ' tx o ' t ' -. 4 ' . ' . 'r' re'- ' ' ' ' ' ' 'Q 'cg' , cci g lix 'tclcsision xitt st 'llitc. - , g ' ' T-gg Th' ' ' ' ga ' 'Q A 1 ' 'l'ce't. I r ' ks' , e K-I l q 1 t u - n -.D i - - Q ' ' H 1-u I 'rl' . I i ' ' , ' ,' , -s - e I - n u 1 --1 x - ' -- ' s- , . A A. n .. ' , ' g - ' - i f- tw ' at nioxing wat ' I ' lilllllillk' and th' I ' K1 xq I 1 2' 2' i H 'Q I H L 11 I l'A kr' la ' l ' ' R I ' Q' ' ' M ' ' i for th' In 'li 1 it was at 'nt ory 1. they K- 1 , - ' s ' Q 5 ' ' 3- strtauled vith or -'cit 1 until ' trth . D .C up W gil , L t' ,cz g :...,.. . ,i. ' Li D I 1 1 x. -n lar N 1 ' '-Y ' 'H x ' . I - 1 , , ' ' ' ' ' 5 , .c 1 . '. 'if f t-- y, -gil 1' ' ' ' 1. 1. .'.'. ., , , 1 . ff - 1 1 1 u ' f y 1 g . ' ' T f ' L . . ' ' e, 1 ' 1 1 x 'l - ' 1 ' ' ' 1 '- ' 'I . . . - 1 gt . c - a ' ' ' ' ,V ' si ' 5 vis' ' ' ' -'Z ' PW! 1 1 ' 1 L 'Q' , 1i, . . . , I x is L . C e e . jj 9 ' 3 ' C . LA Sierra ward d Battle Story and photo by JO2 Randall C. Melton Sierran Editor USS Sierra CAD- l 89, commanded by Captain Rob- ett A. Kamrath, recently received several effi- ciency awards, including the Command. Control. and Communications Award. the Damage Control Excellence DC Award. the Navigation! Deck Seamanship E Award and the Battle Effi- ciency Award for l99I . Following the announcement ofthe awards. CAPT Kamrath and LT John Steinburger fSI'l'l'l'l1.S Chief Engineerl went aloft to paint a symbolic red slash on the battletentlefs front stack below a large rcd symbolizing the Battle Efficiency Award. Additionally. a large DC for the damage control Award: crossed fouled anchors for the deck seamanship Award: a helmsman's wheel for navi- gation excellence: and a blue for the com- mand. control and communication award were painted on the port and starboard bridge wings. Sierra also updated her ribbons to reflect the latest awards. During the ceremony. CAPT Kamrath said: The men and women of Sierra can be truly and justifiably proud of these awards. They repre- sent a lot of long hours and hard work by all crewmembers. VADM Owens. COMSIXTHFLEET. also com- mended CAPT Kamrath and USS Sierra's accom- plishments: My sincere congratulations on win- ning the Battle Efficiency Award for the competi- tive cycle ending December 31. 199 l. It is truly a testimony to the outstanding technical knowledge. dedication. and hard work that is being demon- strated daily by the professionals of Sierra. You and the crew have taken initiative in our dynamic environment and have been successful in all your U endeavors. The award only reinforces what is already apparent, you represent the very best in the Navy today and should be justifiably proud of your many achievementsf, RADM Douglas J. Katz, COMCRUDESGRU TWO said: We couldnft be more happy for you. Sierra is truly the premier tender in the Atlantic Fleet in addition to being one ofthe oldest ships in the Navy 448 years youngj. This is a real tribute to your exceptional leadership and the crew's tireless dedi- cationf' . -ws. .... . A, V ij, 1.1 ,q, rf K' V Q Q ,4 r It I- l U .5 fn.: J' is .WF f- Q V gf- ' f r,e'jf4 v ' t .1 A f , . K?tt' N LX - st fa f 1 , ,I ' P L we . CAPT Robert A. Kamrath unveils the Battle E and other awards to members of the crew. artin Luther King jr. Dayl Black History Month T'7l' .A r 'Y- Zf 'fi -.Q.4,bt,f ,k,,,,,' A,, ,W by BMCStSWl Anderson Marshall President Bush designated February N92 as Black History Month. To eelehrate the aeeoinplislnnents is i 's w-fa? Wt , :lf EP - of Black Americans. notes eoxering outstanding - performances xx ere run in SIERR.-Ys plan-ol'-the- ' Q day. Poster and art work. placed throughout the ' l Command. displayed a wide range ol' our sailors' t talents. 5 The month long presentation identilied many posi- tions ofattthority held hy lilaelt .-Xnierieans. lwotli in 'V military and eixilian roles. s ' ui A special thanks tx as git en lllaelt leaders. past and present. xx ho set the tone lor opportunities allorded Q.. minorities tn today s soultly. -bf. .LU l -Q 'A I . 0 I-4 't 'L I 1. I 4 Y ,I te ist 735 AL t , -1- 1. , ' F 7' 'fiiT, 'Q h-,R H ADM Mike Boorda, CINCUSNAVEUR, talks to Italian President Cossiga during his visit to Gaeta, Italy. Italian Presid nt isits aeta Story by JO2 Randall C. Melton Photos by PH2 Thressa Kendricks Italian President Francesco Cossiga recently ar- rived in Gaeta. Italy. to embark upon the fast-attack submarine USS Oklahoma C ity for a trip to La Maddalena. located on the Italian island of Sardinia. It was a blusteiy winter morning as Admiral J. M. Mike Boorda. CINCUSNAVEUR. arrived from Naples via helicopter. to visit with the crew of Oklahoma City prior to President Cossiga's visit. Admiral Boorda boarded USS Sierra's Captains Gig for the trip out to Oklahoma C ity. which was anchored outside ofthe breakwater barrier. The sea state was fairly calm as the gig departed the pier and began its journey out to the Los Angeles Class submarine. As the gig passed USS Belknap. it rendered honors to the four-star admiral. While onboard USS Oklahoma City. Admiral J Boorda visited with the officers and crew ofthe sub and also briefed them on the impending viSil- Admiral Boordais visit lasted just short of 90 minutes before he began his return to fleet landing. On the return trip, Admiral Boorda actually took the helm of Sierra's Captainis gig and guided her in to the pier at fleet landing. As the morning passed, it became obvious that a head of state would be in the area soon, as local Italian Police and Military Police were patrolling the area surrounding the helicopter pad. Out in the bay, four Italian Coast guard ships were on patrol, preparing to escort the gig to Oklahoma City. The quietness of the morning was broken again with the chop, chop of two, large Italian Marine helicopters. The first one carried high-ranking Italian Military officials and members from the U,S. Embassy in Rome. Admiral Boorda met the first group of officials and guided them over to a near-by waiting area. Several minutes later, the second helicopter con- taining President Cossi ga was cleared to land. As it was guided into the helicopter pad, the greeting party made preparations to meet the Italian Presi- dent. After landing, the door to the President' s helicopter opened and the greeting party made its way to- wards the parked helicopter. Admiral Boorda stood outside the door and greeted President Cossiga he stepped off of the copter. Surrounded by Italian and Ameri- can military officers, andthe Italian news media, Admiral Boorda guided the President over to the waiting Captain's Gig. Sierra's boat crew saluted the Presi- dent as he stepped on board the gig and into the rear boat compartment. l Members of the President's staff and other military officials then boarded the gig. The boat crew slowly pushed off from fleet landing and out into Gaeta Bay. The gig was quickly flanked by Italian patrol boats on the gig's port and starboard side. As the gig made her way past Belknap, the crew rendered honors to the Italian head of state. A 40-foot Sierra utility boat also departed fleet landing at the same time. This boat contained members of the Italian news media who were covering the unique event. Belknap. Several minutes later, the gig arrived next to Okla- homa City. Careful maneuvering was needed as the President actually stepped off of the gig and OH I0 ,,..4 , s eff' id Slerra's Captain's Gig heads out to USS Oklahoma City. IH' Italian Carabinieri fpolicej escort the Captain's gig past USS the sub. The President was dwarfed by the sub's sail as he made his way to an open hatch and down into the boat. The hatch then closed directly behind him. and the anchor was weighed as Oklahoma City prepared to get underway tothe island of Sardinia. Sierra's lpihg Hand Volunteers by LT Ann Erikson USS Sierra Chaplain S'The ship with the helping hands lent it's helping hands to seven community relations projects on this cruise, to help those less tortu- nate. TheSt.JanuariesChurehinNaples. Italy found the need for a few help- ing hands in serving the needs ol' L' the homeless for food through its soup kitchen. The soup kitchen is run by the Franciscan Monks in Pozzuoli. ln Crete. left over drachma tfireck moneyl was collected by the Sup- ply Department. and a day's labor was donated to the Citania Boys Center and Or- phanage to help clean tip some old buildings and the grounds around the home. Two basketball goal s and backboards were made by the ship and donated to the orphanage which houses about 30 children. Also in Hania. the Sierra gave a helping hand to the National Institute for Mentally Handicapped Chil- dren through white washing the buildings and walls ofthe institution and policing the grounds of the over 100 year old building. Also the public address system was repaired and about 25 new swingset seats were made by the Sierra for their playground. One physically-handicapped boy. the eleven year old son of two of the institutes staff members. had his automated wheelchair repaired by two of Sierra' s ET's. A computer virus was destroying his home JE l t Ima .qt- I-Il-I 'SSI 'FEEIHQM mr -nm JH' ' ylllw yi' '5 schooling programs. This was also fixed by some of our crewmembers. A video tape was made by Sierra's Journalists of the boy going through his daily routine.This video will be used by a surgeon in San Francisco who hopes to help the boy through laser surgery. ln Benidorm, Spain, Sierra's volunteers under a hotSpanish sun, hauled building materials up two stories to complete the construction of a second story on adormitory wing ofthe Los I-Iermanitos Orphanage for homeless children. This home houses and cares for about 30 children who have literally been picked up off the streets and given shelter when there was no where else to go. Last ofall, Sierra lent a hand to the families ofSixth Fleet personnel stationed overseas and to fellow Sixth Fleet sailors deployed to Italy by putting in two days work at the Old Mille Inn and park in Gaeta, Italy. This is a Sixth Fleet R8LR facility for sailors and their families. Sierra's folks painted. trimmed trees and bushes, cleared and completely renovated a campground. Sierrals crew also re- Paired three yard tractors, leveled a baseball field ramp, moved bleachers, refurbished a volleyball C0urt and generally got the park ready for SUIHIHCF activities. These projects were carried out by VOIUHICCFS und commented at ext-ry place ue xxorkctl on ded .1 i iq' Ft..- er the direction ofthe C'ltapIaiii's Uilice. ll x how ieatetl and h.urtl xx orkuig the crcxx ot the Sierra NYLIS. L wards and Advancements Petty Oflicer Third Class BT3 David Alvarez MM3 Edward Ballew DC3 Michael Brady MS3 Maiyellen Burns TMO3 Glen Carr MS3 Frank Cloeman MR3 Jason Compton EN3 Robert Conley TMO3 Anthony Cook YN 3 Todd Ford EN3 Heather Crossley IC3 Mark Fulner MM3 George Golden DC3 Justin Guthrie DC3 Gabrial Hemandez BM3 James Hubbard MM3 Tarah Knolton DC3 Tony Mace EN3 Raymond Quick BM3 James Roseborough MS3 Lyn Scott HM3 Ruth Sellers MM3 Christopher Simmons BT3 Thomas Tondol MM3 James Vaughn SK3 Geoffrey Ventura IC3 Walter Weston BT3 Tina Wethjngton EN Michael Albert EN3 Darron Butts J MM3 Kirk Dupre HT3 William Gasparek HT3 Jason Hughes HT3 Nick Jones HT3 Kirk Kirts HT3 David Lang HT3 Duane Lee MM3 Kevin Lippord HT3 Gerry Littlepage HT3 L. Y. Lynch MM3 William Meacham HT3 Robert Moore IC3 Eric Muniz BT3 James Perry GSM3 Thomas Rounds HT3 Allen Snowburgcr MM3 Alvin Stevens YN3 Billy Throwcr PM3 William Walker HT3 Anthony Yarborough Petty Officer Second Class HT 2 Alfred Bauman MM2 Linwood Rogues BM2 Debra Dowler EN2 Jimmie Funches PC2 George Harris BM2 Robert Hubbard OS2 Franch Jernigan OS2 Michael Phelps MM2 Harold Sedor OS2 Ronald Sierecki RM2 V. Singleton EM2 Raymond Walker MM2 Willis White HT2 Eric Carlson HT2 Robert Choquette EM2 Dwight Dykstra HT2 Mark Geeting MR2 Mark Howell MM2 B. Kastenmeier HT2 Ray London HT2 Allen McKibben MR2 Matthew Nussmeier HT2 Bradley Olson BM2 Anthony Rossi HT2 Michael Sawyer MR2 Dennis Smith HT2 Janet Sulls ET2 Rodney Weaver Petty Officer First Class TMGI Jason Boures RMI Michael Conner MMI William Garlock DCI Cynthia Genett PCI Katherine Hoag HTI Jeffery Cureton HTI Timothy Ingram ENI Steven Lindsley HTI Kevin Swem Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist DPCCSWJ Gloria Clark LICQSWJ Oscar Selander III DCCfSWJ Shawn Sanders HTCQSWD Shawn Short HMIQSWJ Richard Anderson ETIQSWJ Richard Smith DPZQSWJ Kevin Loos HMZQSWJ Richard Sanborn ETZCSWJ Thomas Riegler DCICSWJ Cynthia Genett I-ITZQSWJ Kenneth Semlinger BMl1SWJ Kenneth Clayton HTZCSWJ Jeremy Barber ICIQSWJ Gary Tucker SKIKSWJ Donna Coleman DCZQSWJ Chelbi Willingham MRZKSWJ Dexter Mitchell ENZCSWJ Michael Wright HTZCSWJ John Brundgardt JY' 0 'llfl X ff- .uyh f q I iff my HTl1SWJTimothy Klein BMZCSWJ Danial Neitzel EMl1SWjByun Gu Yu HTICSWJ Ross Prosen lC21SWJ Renee Hairston lC.v1SNN' J An tl'1Dtls'1hmil DCJ1SXN1Nlitl1'1tl Brady lll ET21SXNr J Lewis llnrdin L .xl fn, Y 1 1 A tv X XX X X ll, F1 X XXVI -j h. r hz' ETBCSWJ Damon Adelgren J ' I J' K ' ,- .r I ', . 1 1 ' x x x L ' ' ' ' 2' . X . HTZCSWJ William Turner MMICSWJ Michael Amrozowicy HTIKSWJ Jeffrey McGlolhin HTICSWJ Paul Rcihing QMZCSWD Stephanie Drosdak HM21SWJ James Holder Jr. El l1SV1 J Anthony Pennington BM21 SW! Patricia Corrivcau H'l'l1SWl Bobby Harrell NlS21SVVl Ronald Cameron MR l1SWJ John SL'lll'lL'l-Cl' l-l'l'l1SXN'l Stephen Johnson li'l'31SVN'J David NVoml . Navy Good Conduct Navy Commendation Navy Good Cgnduct Grd Award, CWO2 Snider Ust Award, XINII mm BT3 BHFJOW Mm cum-.ii . SKSN Dotson ll'I'l Q-hc,-,-F NNY AChe 'e 'e t Meda' HT3 Gwins ifri xiaiitiiami MM3 Kastenmeier Mill young ENC Wilson EM3 Jackson HM ' , , C Hlcks MM3 Moblq Navy Good Conduct PN1 Capps GSE2 NGuyen HTI Sankitts HM2 Anderson PN2 Eyler DT2 Borboa ICl Butler HTICSWJ Freeman13rdJ LT Paul Henny ICI Hinton HM2 Holden DS2 McConnel HTI McMillian ETC Peach BTI Rivers MM3 Roark MS3 Sanchez BT3 Snow Good Conduct 12nd Award, MM2 Acuna MS2 Freeburg SN2 Lacey HTI McGlothin TM2 Pershin Lll Smiley BMI Turner IC2 White 14th Awardj DKC Caoilc HMC Hicks TMC Williams ENC Wilson L Sierra s Artists X , f 1 1 5. ,Ll - -1 .- gg is :FK A ' - xqqw-gn fn , f ' ,R .A F Q, , A if . . gg A , if ' ' 9 1 'hx A X rss 3 2' , ' A -2 g ' V .1 A - ' ' X. , Q .q,.f,:1f K fnafff-37414: fffnff av D+' az zfff-F2 , .sw 12-v.rzffv.r.mf 4,4475 .1 J'f4K'7Lf1f5 .fff-7'4 - 2'., . 1 K 'xv i ff . , K ' fl f frat ,f f-1 'Xe JMR JV, 4, JL U f r' -, Xl' f wh- , ffl I, 1 Q'U4UsHEL Rm H9 F2-7 f X R 4495 f xxx j,A0' VX X231-4 N 5 'm f r' m 1 Vw-1 ' J 'QfffiXXN XM f X5 k , ' ' Xi X f Hr 5 I 5 I l nga 4 uw an XX 1 , . Q fZ:f!f..4r 1 1 ,,. 15 Qtij ! ' C. 40A -A M ,. HJ., . ww , if I r 5.5154 L Q 1 KZ 'fi ij? ' E77 X 5 U-'lli..f , Nix uf' :J wx 'Q L Q 5' fn: EQ-115. YH xl ' PAH' F tif: fff51.T1:Q:7f5 X X Q1 1 ' 'f -- . Jf: 1 . ' 'zwgg-1 A' Ci 1' F -N Y-wif 7 f ,4:: I- ?f-'cg f4- . Y 2 , j .5 TN! 7 H ' 'i How Does Sierra Spell Relief' Q Y-E-L-L-0-W-S-110 N E by LCDR Samuel Epstein USS Sierra During the pre-dawn twilight of l 8 May, the unique structures of Rota slowly took shape. First the break water, then the piers, and finally some of the Spanish Navy's newest ships came to view. A subtle tension could be felt amongst SlERRA's warriors. It was turnover time. As a matter ofeconomy, certain material, unique to the requirements of deployed ships, are transferred from one tender to the other. USS YELLOWSTONE would become the proud re- cipient of four fenders, over one kilometer of shore power cables, several cabinets of electronic test equipment, damage control gear, canisters and parts for exercise weapons, vent fans. and lagging material. Perhaps most important was a chance for face-to-face briefings on Hlessons learned Coffi- cially sanctioned sea storiesj with our counter- parts in YELLOWSTONE. Lesser items, but important for welfare and recreation funds and crew morale, were also transferred. Several --in st mementoes, along with a burger and beverage shack, 'Tn found new homes on the - decks and in the spaces of YELLOWSTONE. And sev- eral crew members took the opportunity to examine, one last time, some of the bar- gains available overseas. M d'92 - Statistics Operations Messages Processed: 70,847 incoming 4,491 outgoing Nautical miles traveled: 14,018 4,750 movies shown on CCTV Deck 1,145 gallons of paintlprimer issued 10.61 l rounds of ammunition fired 2.712 feet of anchor chain used 38.200 rolls of toilet paper issued 300 hours of crane lifts Repair 107 Fly-Away jobs 400 dives conducted 600 hours of bottom time for divers 300 rigging and weight test jobs 300 tons of material and equip- ment moved 6 gas turbine engine 5.000.000 gallons of fuel 8 Broken bones set received and transfered 3,238 prescriptions filled Supp y Dental 334.0 4 meals served 4,306 patient visits 12.288 gallons of milk con- 2,289 fillings made sumec 870 cleanings 55.682 hamburgers servec 5 Vei1Reps!lnreps 10.720 tons of provi- sions received 592 box lunches made 5350.000 in ship's store sales 145.000 pounds of laundry washed 5.000 haircuts 17.000 requisitions processed from pens to pumps Medical Changeouts sick call visits 536 shots given Engineering 366 PhYSiC3lS 2.323.000 gallons of fuel I bumed Q 1 l l J ma-...v-a......-.s,.w4+,.,-.-m.... ,A .,., Nscf, , ,, , .. , , , -mswm Hameward Bound .Jin L L by J O2 Randall C. Melton Sierra departed Rota, Spain on May 21, and headed west towards Charleston. Thoughts tumed from IMAVS, VertReps and supplies to loved-ones at home. As Sierra steamed her way across the Atlantic, General Quarters drills were held to train new members of the crew. The training emphasis kept mostpeople busy while they eagerly awaited homecoming day. It wasn't all work on the return home. Several special events had been planned for the return voyage. Casino night was the first of these special events. All profits from Casino Night were donated to Navyllvlarine Corps Relief Society. The evening festivities got underway at 1900. l The mess decks were turned from a place to announclngcaslno Mghtgames consume food to a gambling hall. complete with backjack. roulette and crap tables. Dealers, dressed in traditional white shirts and black slacks, practiced shuffling cards and spinning the roulette wheel as they waited for customers. The cashiers. LCDR Griffin and CDR Elrod, quickly distributed hardened cash for Sierra's own Bongo Bucks . The exchange rate was IO for a dollar. When crewmembers cashed out. they would get 90 percent of what they earned and IO percent would go to Navy Relief. Business was a little slow to start. But. as the nig on, more and more members ofthe crew indulged in the ht wore games of chance. Tables were soon crowded with both players and watchers. g TCA Cashiers fx' X C3 xX DP2 Abbott deals up a Blackjack hand to a potential winner. .NY QSC Paul Flack places another bvt on the- roulette table. mf I LQ' XX - Y 'E Two customers eagerly await their next cards. Xt ,A g. ' 1 , . N SH2janet Schnabl patiently deals out another hand of Blackjack. O 1 v-4 lv lm. ia 'Q b of 4 5 f 1 5 l 9, U u 'of' Y ll ' nl I I I I l l l . SUPer Bing0 Every Wednesday night, like clockwork, crowds of people would fonn on the fowvard mess decks, waiting for Bingo to stan. If you arrived late, there was a likely chance that you'd have to stand for the entire night. Bingo was a very popular weekly event onboard Sierra. DCI Genett, Sierrais Special Services officer, was the MC for Bingo Night. Most nights. both cash and prizes were awarded to those who yelled Bingo! . She neverhadaproblem finding willingparticipantsto play. 5 -'sv .Q Bingo Fever hit every Wednesday night. It became aweekly tradition for many Sierra crewmembers. Rarely could a seat be found on the forward mess decks after I 930. ET3 Chuck Kopp picks up his prize. You never know who'lI show up to call Sierra's Wednesday night Bingo games. On this night, PNCM Appley assists DC I QSWQ Genett in calling thegame. Av lf.-' teel Bea it ch Picnic As Memorial day neared. preparations commenced for what the Nay y calls a Steel Beach Picnic . Family outings and picnics on Memonal Day nonnally signify the beginning ofthe summer season. lt was a sign to Sierra crew members that the cruise was drawing to a close. The picnic had tmrginall y been scheduled for Mcmonal Day. lt had to he cancelled due to heavy seas and scheduled l'tirantitlterday . Stmll. that day arrived. The smell tilharheqtted clticlten and grilled hatnhurg- ers drilled its w ay tltmttglttittt the ship. A sure sign ul' that was the line. lt snalted its way alt ofthe llight deck and on to the huat deck. This time the weather ctmperatetl w ith tetnpertttres well into the 803. C'rewmemhers wure ex ery thing lmtn regular dtinga- rces to lradititinal heach attire. lt wasa very relaxing way tnspendtincultlte lcw remaining days undetway. , - :. -a .,f-?i,,1QLM f h a, My, R, Khaki Mess Cooks This was a night that more than several khakis would have rather missed. The event was known as Khaki Mess Cook Night. The khakis were well represented on the crew' s forward and after mess decks. How they got there is another story. Two weeks before Khaki Mess Cook Night. crewmembers were told that for every dollar they donated to Navyflvlarine Relief. they would get one vote fortheehieforoflieeroftheirehoiee. The top live vote getters would get the luxery ol tx orking in the seullerylortheevening.'l'he votinguttspretty lightuntil the last three days ofvoting. The XO kept tt running tullyofthe top vote getters on CC l'X'. 'lv o khatkis even went over the LOGO vote tnurk. It was tt reztl ehztllenge toeut on khaki night tt ithout getting wet. There were roving hands otkliaki xt ith high-powered squirt guns to keepother khztkis in line. There were even erewntemhers who got spoon fled. The calm before the onslaught. QL-RQ CDR Elrod takes a moment to eat this chow. ETC Peach stands steady with sponge in hand. 'Q 'V g,1l top vote gette oworkin the 'L Ai if cullery. T LT Ann Erikson, Sierra's Chaplain, takes a break and serves the crew in another way, serving dinner. LCDR Alan Carman, Sierra's Executive Officer, stands at the ready. 1 I in in I B 5 S -P' s 1 LlCfSWQ Oscar Sclandcr rushes another stack of I - trays to the scullery - 'A r I I r yi What may I get for you fine gentlemen? I i I ' I I i lf lIi'Fl.1'i'il6 'N 5 2' 1 ll I' Isl I., 1 or The best event was saved for last. On the last evening underway, Sun- day, May 3 I , Sierra crewmembers gathered on the flight deck fora very special event to benefit Navy!Ma- rine Relief Society. Crewmembers were asked to sponsor models for a two hour fashion show, with the do- nations going to NMRS. Crewmembers started gatheti n g on the flight at dusk. Chairs, spotlights and PA system flanked both sides of the flightdeck. waiting forthe begin- ning ofthe show. Models began to gather forward ofthe ET shop. as the music began to play. Before the fashion show got under- way. there were several preliminary events. LCDR Camian. BMCS Wray and MMCM Echols auctioned off various gifts from Sierra's support group to the crew. Bidding on the surprise gifts was sometimes fast and furious. The XO. along with several other crewmembers, had the opportunity offinally ridding the ship ofthe infa- mous liberty logs. by giving them a final heave offthe Rmtail. Now it was finally time forthe fashion show to begin. The music increased in volume as the MC. BMCS Wray. stepped up to the mike. The models were finally ready to stmt their bestclothes. Models came up both sides ofthe flightdeck and down a center aisle in the seating area. lt was sometimes difficult to navigate because of there being a standing room only crowd. There were even people sitting on top ofthe ET shop. A There was a wide variety of clothes to be seen, including casual clothes, evening wearand even swim- suits. The show continued well into the evening to the hoots and hollers ofthe audience. As the show Hnally ended, crewmembers wentoffI0 prepare for the day ahead, HOMECOMIN G! 06 .ffx-TN I r .Q-'S 4' ' 'S N- I .J 2 WZ. 4-1 5, N fi .-wq U.. 4 Q -Y Q be ,F E 1 1 ew Fathers One ofthe obvious drawbacks of being away from home for six months, was missing the birth ofa new baby. This blessed event took place for 32 of Sierra, s crewmembers. The new fathers are: MMI Mynatt HT3 Lee YNSN Loper BT3 Carrelli EMI Panasiewicz BT3 Snow BT2 Angle SKC Galang SK2 Coubigan YN3 Cook BTI Blcjski ETC Williams MMI Hesik ETI Whitcomb EM2Titld EM3 White MR2 Nichols MSSN Brimmcr HT2 Gasparek EMI Panusiewicz HT3 Calhoun MM2 Thompson BT2 Moore BM2 Ggle HTC Stauder J Katelyn Marie Tidd pq? 1 f Kyla Shae jackson Barbara Cassandra Hesik 2 Dec I 991 Kayla Marie Calhoun jennifer Nicole Williams ' llMarch l992 ,D I 1j'1 ,N 1QF fd lun , I992 Homecoming ay The day' that everyone had been looking forward to hL1ClflIlL1lly'L1I'I'lX'CLl. Siena sailors donned their stunmer whites in preparation for manning the rail. Banners depicting welcome home messages from the crew also began to sprout up along Sierra' s rails The spring weather w as a little hazy. liyentually. the I .. ,. , , haze began to bum olt as 5 ieira reached the lust sign ot home. the sea bouy . which marked the entrance to Charleston harbor. Sierra sailed pzlsl the long stretch ofheach at Isle ol' 1,1 ,A Palms and l-ort Sumter on her way towards the A 4- W- Cooper Riy er. With the historic Charleston skyline on her port side and l'atriot's Point on herstarboard side. the 48-y ear-old tender made a gentle turn to the Cooper River Bridges. lust on the othersidc olthe two bridges that reached across the Cooper River. one haze-grey' Navy tug boat and several ciyilian tugs waited for Sierra's an'iy'al. Sierra was not the only' ship returning from deploy- ment on this sunny' .lune day: USS C 'arr. l lSS'l'horn and USS Klakring. also a part ol' the America Battlegroup. returned tofharleston with Sierra. After sailing underthe bridges.the Navytug.com- plete with welcome home banners hanging from its side. started to come along side. On board the tug. several crewmembers brought out a red and white lei. preparing tobring it overtothe Sierra. It would eventually' hang oy'erSierra's bowannouncingtoall that she had retumed from deployment. Alsoonboard the tug. a news team from Navy Broadcasting's Navy News This Week program, were waiting to board. When the tug finally came along side, the Harbor pilot, the news team and many boxes of red roses, came onboard forthe final portion of Sierra' s Med cruise. The sight for which many crewmembers had been waiting for finally came into view, pier Papa and hundreds ofwaiting family members. As Sierra was nudged slowly towards her berth, a small band played music and crewmembers started picking people out of the crowd. An airplane flying a welcome home banner flew overhead and more banners could be seen on the fence bordering the pier. At almost six months to the hour. the words Moored. shifteolors was passed throughout the ship. signalling the end ofa very successful I 992 Med cruise. When the mooring lines were linall y secure and the brows had been lowered into place. the lirst group ofdependents. made theirway to the ship. Once they were onboard. the gates were opened and the tlood ol' family mem- bers made their way to the ship. Reunions with spouses. new babies. friends and rela- tives continuedthroughout the morning. X Eg: 5:-, ' f'4 K, Qf I 5 1 L I rf if P' -za. . -414-Q-iii ' xl L ,f .su in-. -av mifiigf X' wk! H MW, W, .---- ,uqvv ' ,,.--.nil -nl llu K L 1 YS ,..----'W' if 5i:i:..- -'51-e'l2Qvh , K 1-.uf . 1? 'I-1 - F 1 ' -is ml'fl , LP' ' .I 'Q ,, . K A 3- ,- A - - 'W ' ' 'apw fffe' ' Q l.- 0,51-1 ., 9' .9 , ',x, ' -.., ' -' - . , Y: ft I 1 in J if- 5 VIS9 L ' 0 -- v S if 1 e ah'4,1- 4 x l 3 ,NW Managing Editor - LT Christine Myslicki Editor - J O2 Randall Melton Cover Design - DMZ Karin Kovitch Layout and Design - J O2 Randall Melton, IC2 Hazel White, DM2 Karin Kovitch, DT2 J. Delacruz, SN Deanna Luna, ET2 Mark Fenley, HM l C S WJ Richard Anderson, RM2 William Norwood, MM1 Paul Ayala, CWO2 Diane Snider, LTAnn Erikson, LN 2 Gaila Harrison, ET3 Patrick Hansen Staff Writers - L12 Cheryl Palmer, J OSN Michelle Mindock, BTC Lany Holcombe, LCDR Samuel Epstein, LTAnn Erikson, J O2 Randall Melton Photographers - J O2 Randall Melton, PH2 Donna Faust, PH2 Thressa Kendricks, PH2 Gloria McCoy, MMI Paul Ayala, LCDR Samuel Epstein, LTJ G John Mikulski, HM2 Browning, HM l CSWJ RichardAnderson, LTJG Susan King, DM2 Karin Kovitch, CWO2 Ron Walston, DT2 J. Delacruz, OS3 Jason Potts, MM2 Acuna, i LCDR Diane Saggus, HTl Tim Kline, MM3 Lippold, CAPT J. E. Jackson, ETl CSWJ Richard Smith, LN 2 Gaila Harrison Artists - DM2 Karin Kovitch, LTJ G John Mikulski, MMI Perryman 'i i i J Sales and Promotions - J O2 Randall Melton, HM l CSWJ Richard Anderson, RM2 Williams Norwood, IC2 Hazel White, LIZCSWJ Cheryl Palmer, ET2 Mark Fenley And contributions from Sierra's crew! 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