Taconic (AGC 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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XYYK i ' Leading P 0 LT'N'ZLiS2.if1n's Q Q ' . YOU WERE THERE . . . So, was the Navigator and his staff of Quartermasters. Together they form the NAVIGATION DEPART- MENT and together they have guided you from port to port, through Straits, twice across the Atlantic Ocean, and thus into every corner of the Med. The Navigator was the man to ask if ever in doubt as to the loca- tion or movement of the ship. The Quartermaster was the man who aided the Navigatorg took the wheel when entering port, replenishing alongside, piloting a Strait, or any other time precise ship handling was necessary. Yes, YOU WERE THERE, as NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT naviguessed you in excess of the distance around the worldg forming the Med Cruise of 1962. T J. L. Rc y F. E.W ll L. H. Haverluh B' Burk d I

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Marine Communications Detachment i L . , 'nhl 'E fy 'N . ,'1.t' X ,ji .Vk, , fi i f ' ff ' ,, '-,, 11, 1 ' I 1 W',' 5 D' . ane I ' 'ag wi' . fir :',' . 'f QL, 11, I A 0 vifif ', ' L- H V, A. .,.. w . lst Sgt W. T. Boyland MfSgf. W. H. Price Detachment lst Sgt. CAPT' R' J' Skehon' USMC Comm. Chief Commanding Officer PRIDE, PATRIOTISM, and PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCY are the primary objectives of the MARINE COMMUNICATIONS DETACHMENT. Throughout the TACONIC Team's many successful amphibious landings and exercises during the 1962 Mediterranean cruise, MCD has proved to be an instrumental and necessary part. The VERSATILITY and ENTHUS- IASM of the ship's marines have certainly contributed to the outstanding records and impressions scored in. all countries of the Med' these seven months. From NAPLES to NICE to NORFOLK MCD maintains the rating of outstanding in communications, inspections, disclipine, and sea-faring espirit de corps. . w N c f fa cpl. J. s. Deeth Chl- S- Culfesiwne cpl. R. A. van:-nm cpl. N. J. wack L P1 p L Pl V N l- b 4' LGPL I--RH Pigeon- Lcpl. w. w. Pollack Lepl. D. E.Smi1h Lcpl, T, E, Tune... L P. 5

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LTJG Robert R. LaLanceNe Ens. Albert V. Bala Joseph Szlosek Joe L. Ferrill David Neilsen LUYFY G. Shroud Nlarvin W. Bailey Vemon R. Chapman Roger Krebs , ' 'rl V , fps Q X Eff. ' e 5 ff Guy H.Hull William E Woods Former Personnel Officer Personnel Officer THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT-comprised mainly of personnel from X Division-is the central point of the myraid pieces of paper Ilowing through TACONIC. Most of the personnel are dubbed Yeomen or Personnel Men -the Ship's Epigraphers would be more accurate. Also, the Postal Clerks and Master-at- Arms are the final units of this center of script, prose, and post- age stamps. ' James H. Jones Cunningham John Neilsen Richard C. Heller Robert E. Young , Jerry McKenzie Robert J. McCurdy Thomas G, Sf, Joseph Mo,-an i woodmek W' AT l rrer. rrr f .ef ' 1 - ff ff A R M S Gideon W' Almy Victor A. Blevins Dimitri Truigoff Noleboom Leo C. Childers l 1 l l l l l 4 i 4 1 l l l l T 1 l l 4 l I ,,,ll