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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IT IS NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS, NOT THEAMAN POINTS OUT HOW THE STRONGIMAN STUMBLES OR WHERE THE DOER OF DEEDS COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, THE CREDIT BELONGS TO' THE MAN WHO IS ACTUALLY INfTHE ARENAQ WHOSE FACE IS MARRED BY DUST AND SWEAT AND BLOODQ WHO STRIVES VALIANTLYg WHO ERRS AND COMES UP SHORT AGAIN AND AGAIN . . . WHO KNOWS THE GREAT ENTHUSIASMS, THE GREAT DEVOTIONS, AND SPENDS HIMSELF IN A WORTHY CAUSEQ WHO AT THE LEAST KNOWS IN THE END THE TRIUMPH OF HIGH ACHIEVEMENTQ AND WHO AT THE WORST, IF HE FAILS, AT LEAST FAILS WHILE DOING SO GREATLY, SO THAT HIS PLACE SHALL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS WHO KNOW NEITHER VICTORY NOR DEFEAT. . T. ROOSEVELT