Yosemite (AD 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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, E SPECIAL EVENTS CNC VISITS On May 30th the Chief of Navai Operations visited the Yosemite. He addressed the officers and crew on some of the probIems the Navy faces today and possibie ways of improving them.Ir1question and answer sessions he received vaIuabIe feedback from crewmembers that gave him insight into probIems as they are faced on a I personal IeveI. Receiving such feed- back is important because it wiII aIIow the CNO to work for the common interests of the greatest number of Navy men and women. Y0 EMITE CELEBRATES 36th BIRTHDAY I On May Zbth the Yosemite ceiebrated the 36th anni- versary-of its commissioning. It was a proud day fort. aII to know that after 36 years the Yosemite was stiII providing the. best tender services in the fIeet. At- tending a speciai birthday party for the Yosemite were Command Master Chief Thomas H. Boyes, the Yosemite's oldest saiior, and Fireman Recruit Brian F. Lee, its youngest. 1 4

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LCDR P. Robinson Chaplain Command Master Chief Petty Officer THOMAS PL BOYESiNas born on August 22, 1925 at Fall River, Massachusetts. He first entered the Navyiriduly 1943 and served aboard the USS GOFF CDD 2475, a four Piper which received a Presidential Unit Citation for its anti-submarine operations in Mid-Atlantic during NW II. He then part- icipated in the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa under Admiral HALSEY. MasterChief BOYEShas had a long and dist- inguished careerservingin eleven different ships.He assumedhis present position as the mostSeniorenlisted mancnithe YOSEMITE when he reported aboard in August,1979.His pre- sent duty marks his third tour aboard YOSE- MITE. Chaplain Paul D. Robinson has been on active duty in the Navy since August, 1966. An ordained Baptist minister,lmzearned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Samford Uni- versity, Birmingham, Alabama, and the Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Bap- tist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Chaplain Robinson's tours of duty have included service with the Second Marine Aircraft Ning, Cherry Point, North Caro- lina, Escort Squadron Six, Newport, Rhode Island,MarinelHrcraftGroup26, New River, North CarolinagNavalForces,VietnamgNaval Hospital and Naval Station, Key Nest, and the Naval Regional Medical Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Chaplain Robinson reported to the Yosemite for his present tour of duty in August, 1979. He was pre- viously assigned to the Yosemite from May, 1974 to April, 1976. HTCM T. Boyes Command Master Chief

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