Virginia (CGN 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHAPLAI N LCDR SHARPE IS CHAPLAIN ABOARD THE USS VIRGINIA. HIS JOB IS BUSY AND VARIED. SHARING THE CHALLENGES OF LONG DEPLOYMENTS AND DEMANDING OPERATIONS WITH THE REST OF THE CREW, HE SEEKS TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AND MORAL GUIDANCE FOR HIS MEN. HE IS FREQUENTLY CALLED UPON IN TIMES OF PERSONAL CRISIS AND SPENDS MUCH TIME COUNSELING MEN. THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR EMERGENCY MESSAGE FROM HOME IS HIS TO DELIVER. THE SHIP'S CHAPLAIN IS ASSISTED BY A RELIGIOUS PROGRAM SPECIALIST WHO IS TRAINED TO ASSIST HIM IN MEETING THE VARIOUS DEMANDS OF HIS JOB. TOGETHER, THE CHAPLAIN AND HIS RP SEEK TO MEET THE EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF VIRGINIA'S MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHAPLAIN OFFERS DAILY PRAYERS AT SEA, EDITS AND PRODUCES THE SHIP'S MONTHLY FAMILYGRAMS AND SERVES AS SIGHTSEEING TOUR DIRECTOR, LIBRARY OFFICER, LIASON FOR THE SHIP'S OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM, MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RELA- TIONS COUNCIL, WELFARE AND RECREATION COMMITTEE, ETC. ' ,..--:: 139 il if A -56' - YW ,' ,,,.n N 1 ' f' .' 'W z- .ZZ--' !N:.u5-- f' , if . .1:' .I ' Mizz? for fm Jr' ,J .Earn-: If ,ll I uv ,gif .-:fr-15:-' -gg..'1.g.,g: 2323-:T - ff A-1:-sf I f If PZ ' ...frifs f f X .cv . ,' Sz -1-I- J ' ::'--IT: ' I I , uf- ---- I ll 10' 1 ,.4.f,:' S . -4: W, I .-35? j I , ,Hr 1 ,f 'F ff f , kg' H ,X If fN::,?- , ,fu . ..,.... -r, H --H -V v kg! ? -wwwwvvvvf . ------ - '-'-' :T 5 S ' '- f W 1' CHAPLAlN'S CAN RUN TOO! PICTURED ABOVE CHAPLAIN SHARPE PAR- TICIPATES IN THE FIRST OF TWO VIRGINIA MARATHONS. QLEFTJ ALONG WITH RPI WORLEY, CHAPLAIN SHARPE PREPARES FOR WORSHIP SERVICES IN THE SHIP'S LIBRARY.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER I LCDR LINDFORS, A NATIVE OF JOHNSBURG, N.Y., RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS AN ENSIGN FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ON 7 JUNE 1967. HIS FIRST TOUR OF DUTY WAS ABOARD USS HOLDER IDD-8191 AS FIRST LIEUTENANT FROM AUGUST 1967 UNTIL JULY 1968 AND WITH HIS PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT QJUNIOR GRADED HE AS- SUMED THE DUTIES AS ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE OFFICER. HE REMAINED ON THE HOLDER UNTIL SEP- TEMBER 1969. LCDR LINDFORS NEXT SERVED ON THE USS MONMOUTH COUNTY ILST-10327 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER, WHILE THE SHOP OPERATED OFF THE COAST OF VIETNAM. HE TOOK OVER THE JOB OF COMMANDING OFFICER IN AUGUST 1970 AND LEFT THE MONMOUTH COUNTY AS A LIEUTENANT. LCDR LINDFORS WENT TO THE NAVAL DESTROYER SCHOOL IN NEWPORT, R.I., AND UPON ITS COMPLETION, WENT TO THE USS TALBOT IDEG-42 AS THE 81131-EEATIONS OFFICER AND ALSO SERVED AS WEAPONS ER. ORDERED FROM TALBOT IN JUNE 1973, HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE USS ENHANCE IMSO-437j ON 10 SEPTEMBER 1973, WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL OCTOBER 1975. IN 1976, LCDR LINDFORS WAS SELECTED FOR THE NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM ATTENDING NUCLEAR POWER SCHOOL AT ORLANDO, FLORIDA AND RECEIVED PROTOTYPE TRAINING AT BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. UPON HIS COMPLETION OF SCHOOL, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER KCGN-69j IN EARLY 1977 WHERE HE SERVED AS ELECTRICAL OFFICER, AND THEN D.C.A. LCDR LINDFORS REPORTED TO THE USS VIRGINIA ICGN-381 ON 10 AUGUST 1980. LCDR LINDFORS IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER NANCY CARTER OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. THEY HAVE TWO SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. Eli Pl' If'

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