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ON THE COVER

A Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) leaves the deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill ((G 52) toward a

military target in Iraq . Bunker Hill launched the TLAM while operating in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi

Freedom . (PH2 Richard Moore/USN)

4. Surface warships launch

Operation Iraqi Freedom

USS Donald Cook (DOG 7)), USS Cowpens (( G 63),

USS Milius (DDG 69), and USS Bunker Hill (CG 52)

launch Tomahawks .

7. Sailing the simulated seas

Naval Suitace Forces developing i "lotal Ship Training

Capability' using simulation Cain rig .

16. USS Tarawa Sailors sense urgency

Sailors aboard USS Tarawa (LHA 1) stay combat ready, know the

importance of upcoming events .

17. USS Coronado performs new role

18 . USS Mount Whitney supports

CJTF Horn of Africa

20 . UNREP: the risks and the reasons

Undeiwav replenishments and refuelinys made safe by USS Tortuga's

(LSD 46) dedicated crew.

22 . Force protection exercised on a grand scale

LISS Oldendorf (Dl) 912), US5 Bentofd (DOG o)), USS Rushmore

(LSD 41) and LISS Fitzgerald (DDC 63) take part in 3rd Fleet excicrset

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Winner

10. Battle groups complete compressed

training cycle

CUMPTULX and J1[ EX ininbinod and shortened for LISS Nin+itz

(CVN 68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) carrier battle groups12. Consolidating training and education for

surface warriors

14. What innovation, change or addition in the last 10 years has improved your shipboard

quality of life the most and why?

24. USS Bonhomme Richard hits

the silver screen

25. Captain takes coffee breaks with crew

USS Fife (DD 991) Conunandinq Officei meets regularly with every

Sailor on his ship .

26. American and Japanese surface

warriors socialize

27 . 'Leaders to Sea'

USS Peleliu (I HA 5) hosts conrrnunity leaders including doctors, school

teachers and horse ranchers .

28 . Rescues at sea

L15S George Washington ((.VN /3), USS Champion (MCM 4), USNS

Comfort (T-All 20) and USS Osprey (MK 51) conduct rescues .

award winner

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30 . Minehunter

Remote mi iehuirtutyan oryanic, off-hoard mine

reconnaissance system tested .

31 . SSDS Tested

Ship Self Defers System suc:ressfully tested, scheduled for PCLJ Ronald

Reagan (CVN 76) and PCIJ San Antonio (LPD 17)

34. USS Mason's history makes for a bright future

1)55 Mason's (t)L 529) ;ill Afriut :r-Anteric,in crew, first in Pro N,rvy, distinguished themselves

during World Wai If .

36. USS Wasp Sailor whispers poetry

Sailor aboard 1155 Wasp (LI11) 1) has book of t,octry hulilished .

38. Cruiser lives in the shadow of 'Americas big stick'

IJSS Anzio (Ch 68) pr'tc'cL', 11SS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Battle Group .

RADM Harry Ulrich, USN

Director, Surface Warfare Drvuion

Military Editor

LT Duane Neal, USN

Managing Editor

JO( Bill Johnson-Miles, USN

Photo Editor

J03 James like, USN

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Spring 2003 Vol . 28 No .
The theme of

this issue Of

Surfici •r Warfiuc

magazine is readiness. Look no further

than the front pa ge or of)

CNN to see the fruits of

maintaining a ready fleet . We

have invested a great deal over the latil

few years improving our readiness, specifically

in training, spare parts procurement, and reducing the

maintenance backlog on ships to address concerns

that we weren't as ready as we could be . As I write

this, 164 ships, 54 percent of the tutee, are deployed .

This is the highest percentage of our ships that have

been deployed since Operation F)cs'rl Storm.

Furthermore, we are a more capable force in many

ways than in 1991, with more gas turbine Ships, More

Ac;'is ships, and significantly more Tcnrraha k-capable

ships and Vertical Launch System cells . The launching

of over 800 Torualurwks in support of Operation lrmli

Frc'c°darts is evidence of our ability to provide powerful

and precise shakes in support of the joint campaign .

Surface Navy contributions in mine warfare and special Operations support were also notable successes . To

put it simply, we surged and we won the war .

The Navy's surge lot' Operation Irntli I roedmrr was a

watershed development that will change how the train

and deploy. TO provide our nation's leaders with an

array of response options, the Navy is developing the

"Fleet Response Concept" to change the way we

maintain, train, and schedule our ships for deployment, making us an even more agile and flexible force.

Under this concept, the surface Navv will transition

from a rotational force to a surge Force . Carrier strike

Sudan MWY

seBls du

eadfesess

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group inter-deployrnent training cycles will contain a

"sustained readiness phase" and a deliberate "ready

to surge„ period. This will allow uS to employ at least

halt the I lest -- six carrier strike groups -- either 101--

ward deployed or ready to surge against any adversary at any time Leaders at all levels will need to

adapt their approach and organizations to meet these

new readiness requirements and bring new meaning

to the phrase "Steady strain . " 1.his makes this Issue of

Surfiu c Warfimc magazine particularly relevant .

Every day you arc demonstrating to the world how

our surface Navy protects our nation's maritime

torCeS, provides assured access to distant theater's and

projects decisive power over land . While you are

deployed overseas or honing your -,kills off our

shores, the dedicated team of professionals in the

Surface Warfare f )u •ectorate is working to fund the

right Systernas and equipment to keep the peace and be

prepared for tit=re conflicts . Our focus is to maintain

our many areas of sh-ength, while eliminating those

few area where we Ilave gaps that our Potential

adversaries are working now to exploit . The highest

degree of Iuture readiness is our focus .

Frcnll where I sit, the surface Navy's performance

during Operation Ira li Erredom was nlagnitirent. If

voU were part of the 54 percent of the fleet that was

deployed, to the chorus of 'Bravo lulus' I wish to add

my own . lynd it you happen to have been stateside

during recent operations, you will soon have your

chance to sail on point around the world . Be ready'

RAI)M Harry Ulrich

Director, Surface Warfare

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By LT Duane Neal

Military Editor

No fleet in the world can compare

to our surface Navy; this issue offers

some insight as to why. The success

of our surface forces is rooted in our

Sailors and their intense level of

training, and training as hard as you

fight precedes combat readiness .

As you read about FC3 Dacia

Pelligrino of USS Rushmore (LSD 47)

securing Pier 8 during 3rd Fleet's

force protection exercise, or ship's

Bos'n CWO2 James Worley of USS

Tortuga (LSD 46) keeping underway

replenishments safe, you will see

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how the effort of numerous dedicated individuals snowballs into a

team as successful as ours .

Our magazine is produced by

Sailors for Sailors. Ninety-nine percent of our articles come from those

of us who wear, or have worn the

surface warfare insignia . The magazine staff has the difficult but pleasant task of choosing from more than

150 submissions each month to print

in our magazine . We could use more!

For example, "Letters to the

Editor" can address any issue concerning the magazine or the surface

Navy. "Quarters" is devoted to surface warfare technology, employment of equipment, and new

programs like Task Force EXCEL.

"Spotlight" is not always included,

but it highlights an unusual accomplishment or task by a ship or

Sailor . You are welcome to submit

ideas for our front, back or inside

covers as well .

When you submit your articles,

include plenty of quotes from

Sailors, and pictures - especially of

people or unusual scenes. The submission deadlines and themes for

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Our website receives more than

1,000 hits each month . The website

allows us to post articles from the

printed magazine, up-to-date

news, and submissions that did

not make the magazine, a section

called "SW Gouge."

You have shaped our magazine

with your input. Although the magazine has attained numerous

awards and other great accolades,

we could always do better. Please

send any feedback you have especially about upcoming surface Navy

events, any history of delivery problems, or interesting information

about our Sailors .

Finally, we wish a fond farewell to

our managing editor, JOC Bill

Johnson-Miles who is retiring after

20 years of faithful service to the U .S .

Navy. JO1 Andy Karalis will be our

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aboard! Thanks again for making

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Editor's Note : At press tithe the

war had just be,~u.n and many

details were not aoailable . Look

for more coverage of our surface

fleet in action in our summer

tss e . L.lp-to-date information is

available on our website

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1 The' guided, 'It t USS Porter (DDG 78)

launches a Tomahawk land hack missile toward Iraq . -

Porter is deployed with coalition forces in support of

Operation Iraqi Freedom. (LT Christopher Senenko/USN)

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Operation

(		_ ) wo ;1c~is guideri-ill issik'

cruisers and two ; lr,~/'S

i,uided-missile dcstrovcrs

assigned to the U .S . Navy's 5th fleet

lawidied 'finrrr/wink Iand attarl. naisSiles ('1'I .AMs) March 20 to kickoft

Operation Irneli I'rc't/ 1r .

t,-I'-)S Donald Cook (IM( :75) and

U'-,S Co7UpeliS (('C; (3) in the Red Sea,

along with USS Milius (1)1)( : 09) and

USS Bunkerlfill (C( 5 2) in the

Arabian G tilt, Iannchcd'Ii AMs

be inning operations "to disarm Iraq,

to five its people and to defend the

world from grave danger," Stated

President bush in a national broadcast from the Oval Office .

Caw Navy submarines also

launched 7iarn~rlrrrrrks the first da y . ( )n

the second day of the rear; the Ac,c is

guided-missile destroyer USS John S.

MeC ain (1)1)G 56) in the Arahian

(;tilt joined tout' more submarines,

two U .S, and two British, launching

additional 'I'I,AMs .

"On riiy orders, coalition forces

have begun striking selected targets

of uaiiitary importance to tnader'nainc

Sadclam I -tussein's ability to wage

war" said the ('resident .

Just prior to the striking of targets

by' Navy ships, AIM Vern Clark,

hief of - Naval Operations (('NO),

addressed Sailors in a message lac

sent to ships in the area of operations .

"Your efforts in leading the

defense of the nation away From our

own shores and our own homes is

critically important," said the ('NO,

referring to the Safety of the United

States . "We are ready. '('his is the

most ready Navy I have ever seen in

aaav career .„

Sprrwt;, 2(10

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By JOC Bill Johnson--Miles

Managing Editor

A BMl Marcus Robbins, from Tulsa, Okla ., guides the driver of a British Army light armored vehicle

into position an a U .S . Navy landing craft air cushion vehicle aboard USS Rushmore (LSD 47) in preparation for an amphibious loading in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom . (102 Brandon Kaile/USN)

As of March 27, 105 ships, inure

than half of the Navy's stirfacc , Ileel

were forward deployed and on station around the ~lobe, includini; 12

aircraft carriers, and nine of 12 hi"

deck ampllibiotrs ships . More than

130 sealitt Ships also supported the

joint . force halt-a-world away.

"None of this would he possible

without your energy, expertise and

dedication," added (lark . "You are,

proving everyday the unique and

lasting; value of decisive, sovereign,

lethal forces projecting ollcnsive and

defensive power Irony the vast

maneuver area that is the sea . When

you raised vote' right hand, took tlae

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tornl, you chose to make a dilfercnce

in the scr\icc Of (his nation -- and

Von arc .

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I )dense Secretary Donald

Kutnsftld, in a taped message to

American forces the first day of the

war said Sailors and all U .S . service

nu, rnhets "are the , best trained,

strongest, and rm,s;l capahlu military

ill the world ."

hunasfcld added that he and other

senior leaders "have 11 .111 curlidence

ill your ability, your courage and

your dedication to our country ."

Hush also had direct word,~ for

Sailors and the , more than 250,000

U .S . nlililarv mt , niber :s supporting

the operation .

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A A U .S. Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft crewman sits beside his .50-caliber machine gull

mounted on the back of a special riverine operations craft as it transits through Iraq's southern waterways. Naval Special Warfare operators patrol the waterways following operations that cleared them of

mines and rogue vessels to make way for the arrival of humanitarian relief shipments to the port of

Umm Qasr in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (PHI Arlo Abrahamson/USN)

"The peace of a troubled world

and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you," the

President said . "That trust is wellplaced . 'I lie enemies YOU confront

will soon know your skill and bravery. The people you liberate will witness the honorable and decent spirit

of the American military"

The President also spoke of the

sacrifice niade by the relatives of

American service members .

"I know that the families of our

military are now praying that all

those who serve will return safely

and soon," he said . "Millions of

Americans are praying with you for

the safety of your loved ones and for

the protection of the innocent . For

your sacrifice, you have the gratitude

and respect of the American people .

And you can know our forces will be

coming home as soon as their work

is done ."

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Bush pointed out that now is the

time to confront the threat Saddaiii

Ilussein has become . Waiting; will

only make things worse, he said .

" We will not live at the mercy of

an outlaw regime that threatens the

peace with weapons of mass nittrder" said Bush. "We will meet that

threat now with our Armv, Air Force,

Navy, Coast Guard and Marines, so

we will not have to meet it later with

armies of firefighters, and police and

doctors on the streets of our cities ."

The Secretary of Defense echoed

the President's words .

"Know that this war is necessary,

it is just, and that you have the

resources and conmnmitment you need

to achieve victory," declared

Rumsfeld . "Saddam Hussein's

regime will be now removed from

power -- and the Iraqi people will

be liberated ."

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At a I'entag ,,on news briefing, the

defense secretary reminded reporters

that the war is not directed toward

Iraqi civilians .

"This is not a war against a people. This is not a war against a country . It is most certainly not a war

against a religion,"

Rumsteld Stated . "It is a war

against a regime."

It Saddani's regime isn't stopped

nowv, the secretary pointed out, the

dictator could provide his weapons

of mass destruction to terrorists,

who likely would attack the United

states again .

"The result could be the deaths

not of 3,0011 people, as on Sept . 11,

but 30,00(1 or 300,00() or more innocent people," Runisfeld emphasized,

noting that the mission of U .S . troops

arrayed against Iraq "is to prevent

that from happening ."

And that mission may not be easy.

"Let me assure you that we do not

regard combat as an easy task," said

Air Force Gen. Richard Mvers,

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"Warfare is dangerous . We will have

casualties . But our troops are the best

trained and the best led in the world .

They understand their mission to

defend America, and they will carry

out their mission successfully ."

The President stressed the U .S .

military will be successful by appl ying decisive force to ensure a

speedy campaign.

"1 assure you this will not be a

campaign of half-measures," lie

stated. "We will accept no outcome

but victory!"

(American forces Press Service, the

Ni n) Nuns Stand rod L.I . S . Central

Co)rrrrrrrrrd politic ofhills contributed to

tins article .)

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here is no question about the

benefits of simulator training

for pilots . It's not only less

expensive than actual flight hours ;

it also provides aviators with the

opportunity for "soft failure," or

the ability to make small mistakes

while learning, Without suffering

disastrous consequences .

Despite the proven success of

training aviators with simulators, the

Navy has been unable to do the same

with an entire ship . The ship's many

diverse, integrated systems and various watch stations, make it too difficult to train an entire crew to face

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challenging scenarios in realistic simulations --•-- until now . The surface

force will soon use integrated simulators to train an entire ship's crew and

even the crews of an entire battle

group, all while still pierside .

"Working with Fleet Forces

Command, the Naval Education and

Training Command and the waterfront,

we're developing a 'Total Ship Training

Capability' that increases the emphasis

on integrated training and improves

the quality and realism of on-hoard tactical training systems," said VADM

Timothy LaFleur, Commander, Naval

Surface Forces .

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public affairs and

3rd Fleet public affairs

Simulation is not completely new

to the surface Navy. For years, the

Navy has been training bridge navigation teams using simulator training provided by Marine Safety

International located in San Diego,

Norfolk and Newport . In this training, a bridge team standing on a

mock navigation bridge in front of

240 degrees of screens can practice a

whole range of evolutions, from

entering port to underway replenishments, across a wide spectrum of

environmental conditions, with

geography mirroring anywhere the

Navy operates .

A FC2(SW) Joshua Tillman and three other fire controlmen, man the launch control watch station on USS San Jacinto's ((G 56) combat information center during

a Tomahawk land attack missile training exercise . In the near future all aspects of shipboard tactical training will be able to network with each other to provide a

"total ship training capability ." (PHI Michael Pendergrass/USN)

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'['lie settings on the trainer call be

customized to match the shlpharldling characteristics of any class of

ships . Currently, the Navy requires

ships ill San Diego to go through 40

hours of this training during their

Inter-Deployment Training Cycle

(IDTC), and encourages ships not

homeported here to use the trainers .

The Navy is moving toward providing; this capability in all the fleet concentration areas by 2004 .

Also in the area of shiphandling, a

virtual reality hood will be distributed to ships beginning as early as

this year. Designed to train individLlal watchstanders rather than teams,

these hoods will enable watchslanders to see just what they would

see on the bridge of their ships .

"Eventually, if a ship is entering a

port they've never been to before,

the navigation team will plug into

an on-board simulator programmed

with that particular port and practice the night before," said CDR Pat

Roane, Naval Surface Force, U .S .

Pacific Fleet's assistant chief of staff

for training and readiness . "The

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A DCFN Justin Suhaskumar, assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln's (CVN 72) engineering department,

damage control division, aids shipmates in preparation for flying squad drills . A flying squad is a team of

Sailors trained to respond to any damage control situation aboard the ship . Damage control scenarios will

soon be played out over the ship's local area network allowing locker leaders to more efficiently "see" the

damage picture around the ship . (PH3 Tyler Clements/USN)

same principle will apply to enginecring, damage control and combat

systems scenarios ."

About halt the ships in the surface

force can simulate an integrated combat scenario with their shipboard

combat systems right now . The entire

surface force will have it by the end

of 2003 . Training teams construct

scenarios with realistic geography,

threats and radar pictures, allowing

teams to work through scenarios and

mirror exercises at sea .

Damage Control (DC) training is

another area that uses scenarios and

simulation -- it just happens to be of

a very low-tech and operator-Intensive variety, such as training teams

waving red flags to simulate fire or

using smoke machines .

In the not-so-distant future, however, DC lockers will be computerized

and networked through a local area

network server . This will have the

dual purpose of helping real world

management, giving locker leaders

better situational awareness because

they will "see" the damage picture

around the ship, and providing a

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more controlled and realistic sirllulated training process . Eventually, this

networked DC system will allow firefighters to "see" the simulated fire,

flooding, smoke and other damage in

compartments in accordance with the

training scenario .

This computer simulation can also

he Used ill engineering . By adding a

flat-screen display mirroring what

watchstanders see on the console, ships

will he able to train watchstanders in

casualty control as well as routine

operations . A key material benefit of

these engineering training; simulations

will be the ability to train engineers

without equipment wear and tear.

Engineering, damage control and

combat systems simulatioris, Whetl

tied together, will provide a "'Natal

Ship'training Capability."

"All of these systems are valuable

training tools in and of themselves,"

said Roane . "But their value is exponentially greater when they are irategrated with each other and

networked with those simulation systems aboard other ships ."

These simulation systems will provide scenarios tailored to the specific

class of ship and designed to exercise

certain skill sets .

"For example, if a ship's captain

wants to prepare his crew for an

environment that includes a flame

warfare threat, there might be a scenario that includes exercising integrated navigation and combat

systems procedures for dealing with

amine threat, damage control m case

of mine damage to the ship, and how

that damage would affect the engineering and combat systems capabilities of the ship," Roane Said . "The

alternatives and flexibility of this

approach are really only bounded by

our imagination .

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These sorts of exercises may not be

completely new . During a ship's

work ups, the crew routinely faces a

final evaluation problem to test these

very same things. Simulator-driven

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scenarios will, however, remove

some of the subjectivity iii the design

of these exercises .

Ratlel' tiling liaviriga scenario

constructed and implemented by

training; team members in different

parts of the ship on walkie-talkies, a

siMUlator-driven exercise will standardize and objectify scenario design

and metrics for success," stated

LaFleur. "And creating more realistic

scenarios to better prepare our crews

is a huge advantage over the way

we're doing; business today."

The ultimate goal of all training is

to prepare our ships and Sailors for

deployment and any contingency

operation . Taking the Battle Force

Tactical Training (BFl'T) system a

leap forward to encompass the entire

carrier battle group at sea during; the

IDTC is the next step in the simulated training continuum .

Fleet Combat Training Command

Pacific (FCTCI'AC) is currently using

BFTT during Battle Group Inport

Exercises (BGIEs) . These exercises

take place before the Composite Unit

Training Exercise (COMPTUEX)

where the carrier, airwing and ships

train for the first time as a cohesive

unit underway.

"The overall goal is to flex and

train the command and control

V Sailors train in a Marine Safety International's (MSI) "full mission bridge" simulator, with 360-degree,

17-foot walls serving as video screens . The "bridge" stands in the middle of the room, and video of water,

sky and other ships are projected on the walls. The bridge has a helm, engine controls and a radar repeater .

Speakers built into the deck make the bridge vibrate as if the "ship" is underway, and as the ship accelerates, the sounds of the waves slapping against the hull increase . MSI also operates a simulated navigation

bridge with 240-degree video screens . (Marine Safety International)

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elements of a battle group, front simple reporting procedures to exercising correct application of rules of

engagement in a realistic environment which mirrors that which they

will expect to see Oil deployment,"

said CAPT Craig Turley, FCTCPAC"s

Conunanding Officer. "The ability to

conduct this training in port offers

the battle group the chance to practice arid evaluate their tactics, techniques and procedures before

getting underway."

The BGIE relies heavily on the

BFTT Wide Area Network, which

provides simulated and stimulated

training . This requires BFTT installation, but not all ships have received

the BFl"I' install or are programmed

to receive it . However, they can still

participate iii a BGIE by receiving

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tracks, as well as traditional con1r11unications via radio circuits and SIPRNET/ NIPRNE'I'.

Ideally, the BGIE will occur up to

three separate times before

COMPTUEX, requiring multi-unit

training; at an increasing level Of difficulty. COMPTUEX occurs prior to

the Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX),

which is considered the "graduation

exercise" for the carrier battle group

before it deploys . After COMPTUEX

and before JTFEX, a tailored BGIE

could be conducted if requested by

the battle group staff .

"The advantages of this type of

training are enormous, not only ill

saving underway days and the significant costs and risks associated

with it, but in the added benefits of

the battle group being better prepared to handle the complex challenges of COMPTLJEX and then

JTFEX " said VADM Mike Bucclli,

Commander, 3rd Fleet.

"The end result will be

increased combat readiness, bettertrained Sailors and a battle group

better prepared for deployrllent ."

Spring 2003 Vol . 28 No . 3
BATTLE

GROUPS

COMPLETE

By JOSN Michael Perez, USS Theodore Roosevelt public affairs,

and J03 Ahron Arendes, USS Nimitz public affairs

E

very battle group must

undergo extensive training to

prepare for deployment,

including a Composite irvinir,' Unit

Exercise (COMPTUEX) . Recently,

many battle groups have sped up

that training to become available to a

nation concerned about regional and

global conflicts .

USS Nimitr. (CVN 68) Carrier

Battle Group (CVBG) finished a twoweek COMP'I'LIEX in January off the

coast of Southern California and USS

Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) CVBG

completed its COMPI'LIEX in early

February near Puerto Rico .

C.OMPTUEX is the second to last

phase in the process to ensure a carrier battle group has all the basic

skills needed to be successful . During

the exercise, the carrier and its supporting ships demonstrate how they

can operate successfully as a battle

group. The last phase is the joint Task

Force Exercise (J'1'FEX).

By taking advantage of several

efficiencies in the training pipeline,

3rd Fleet combined COMPTLIEX and

J7'1 - EX, these two normally separate

training evolutions, into one threeweek exercise, expediting the battle

group's availability for deployment .

The final week concentrated on

JTFEX, while the first two weeks

focused on COMP' LIEX.

1O

COMPTLIEX is a series of tests,

including basic carrier operations

skills, several days of war games to get

the ship "battle ready," and blue water

qualification. `I' he blue water certitication tests the ability of the air wing

and the carrier to work hand-in-hand .

The ship has to be able to handle problems with aircraft independently. It is

with the combined effort of the air,

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TRAINING

CYCLE

A SM3 Tabetha Bermea looks through high-powered binoculars called "Big Eyes" while on watch aboard USS

Theodore Roosevelt's ((VN 71) signal bridge . Theodore Roosevelt completed its Composite Training

Unit Exercise in early February in the Caribbean Sea while preparing to deploy . (PHAN Brad Garner/USN)

aircratt interrnediate maintenance and

operations departments that this qualification can be met .

"Getting the ship blue water qualified is important because it means we

can operate independently of air stations ashore," said CDR Mark

I -itunter, Theodore Roosevelt's operations officer. "This is a vital qualification before we deploy."

Surface Warfare
A USS Nimitz ((VN 68) Carrier Battle Group finished a two-week Composite Training Unit Exercise ((OMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California in January

taking the final steps in preparation for deployment . The exercise combined the normal two-week COMPTUEX and the one-week Joint Task Force Exercise into one.

(NNS/USN)

"COMPTIIEX also includes many

scenarios to sec it the carrier can handle different situations no natter

what the weather conditions or what

time of day or night it is," said

RADM Lindell Rutherford,

Conmmander, Carrier Group 4 (CARGRU-4). CARGRU-4 observed and

graded the exercise for Theodore

Roosevelt CVBG . Upon successful completion of the

exercise for Nimitz, 3rd Fleet certified

the CVBG ready for deployment and

capable of conducting the full spectrum of naval operations, including

anti-submarine warfare, maritime

interdiction operations, leadership

interdiction operations, non-combatant evacuation operations, various air

strike and support missions, theater

ballistic missile defense, logistics support, search and rescue, and command and control .

Joining Nimitz as participants in

the exercise were the cruisers USS

SpriJ1 ( 2003

Clwsin (CG 65) and USS Princeton

(CG 59); guided-missile destroyers

USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS

Ben fold (DDG 65); guided-missile

frigate USS Rodnerl M . Davis (FFG

60); destroyer USS Oldendorf (DD

972) and fast combat support ship

USS Bridge (AOE 10) . "This is the first time, in a coordinated effort, that this battle group

cane together with mission-specific

tasks and objectives," said CDR Greg

Labuda, Carrier Group I (CARGRU1) operations officer .

CARGRU-1 planned the

COMPTLIEX period for Nimitz

CV13G, a period 3rd Fleet compressed

from the normal 21. days to 13 days,

because of real-world events .

Also because of these same events,

once the ships of Theodore Roosevelt

CVBG successfully completed their

COMPTIILX and received certification, they immediately deployed

from the Puerto Rican operating area

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to support Operation Errdurin ,;

Frecdour and other contingencies if

required .

"You have to crawl before you can

walk and walk before you can run,"

said CAPT Richard O'FTanlon,

Theodore Roosevelt Commanding

Officer. "By the end of COMPTLIEX

we were running ."

On deployment with the carrier

are the guided-missile cruisers USS

Anzio (CG 68) and USS Cape St.

George (CG 71) ; the guided-missile

destroyers USS Arleigh Burke (DD(,

51), USS Porter (DDG 78) and USS

Winston S . Churchill (DDG S1); the

guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG

52); and the Fast Combat Support

Ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8).

Ord Heet public affairs contributed to

this article .)

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F C U

E D U A`VOR SURirP!>?E~ MAM9 ORS

By JO1 (d Walter

Naval Personnel Development Command public affairs

A Navy Knowledge Online ( www.nko.navy.mi l ) includes links to web pages managed by the Center for

Surface Operations and the Center for Naval Engineering . On these pages, surface warriors will find all the

information relevant to a given occupational cluster, a specific job task or a mission area . (NPD(/USN)

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T

he Navy recently introduced

two new learning centers to

bring together the research,

development, implementation, and

lllanagelllent Of the professional tools

alld opportullllties for surface englneers and profeSSIollal mariners.

The Center for Surface Operations

(CSO) located in San Diego, and (lie

Center for Naval Engineering (CNE)

in Norfolk, Va ., are two of 13 being

officially established over the next several months by the Naval Personnel

Development Command as a result of

the Navv's "Revolution in Training ."

The two centers will be specifically

tasked with developing professional

Co11tillLla (Criteria and CL1rriculu11) for

the surface warrior enlisted ratings for

which they are responsible .

Those ratings for the C.SO include

boatswain's elate, quartermaster, signalman, seaman and seaman apprentice . For

the CN E they include damage controlIliilll, Clectllciall ' S plate, englllelllall, gas

turbine systelll technician (electrical and

lllechaliical), hull lllaintenallce teclllliciall,

interior Corn Illunications electrician,

machinist's mate, lllachlllery repairman,

fireman and fireman apprentice .

The ratings continua \\'ill serve as

the roadmap by which all S ilors will

navigate their careers in the Navy by

outlining ,ill professional and personal

development and gro\\'th milestones

and tracking the individual Sailor's

progress through promotion . To

achieve the goal of developing a more

agile, more responsive- training and

education structure that \\-il l increase

operational readiness and e I1sure SLIccessful mission accomplishment, the

centers are engaged ill Intensive lob

task analyses (JTAs) to identify what

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A SM2 Eric Palmer signals the costal minehunter USS Raven (MHC 61) from the signal bridge

aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Dextrous (MCM 13) . Signalman is one rating that will

benefit from the new Center for Surface Operations in San Diego . Professional courses specifically

designed for each rating will help Sailors stay combat ready . (PH2 Eric Lippmann/USN)

surface warriors need to know and

when they need to know it . These

hTAs will help both CSO and CNF to

identify potential overlaps in training

and to eliminate those redundancies .

"The mission of the [learning centers) is to develop training and education, by using the best practices

available, and the best technologies

available, to maximize our Sailors'

proficiencies," said CAPT Steven

Johnson, CSO's Commanding Officer .

"By encouraging our Sailors to be the

verv best they can be, and supporting

those efforts with the very best tools

and opportunities, we will achieve the

Chief of Naval Operation's vision of a

more responsive, more agile Navv"

Analysis of the engineering task

database at CNE led to the removal of

several repetitions and resulted in the

consolidation of more than 250,000

engineering job tasks to a list of just

over 10,000 knowledge requirements .

The 10 current surface engineering

Sprirts,> 2003

ratings are now supported by separate foundational training in the form

of A schools and augmented, as

required, by C, F, and G school .

CNE reviewed these engineering

training programs and aligned current certifications and qualifications

to each of the 10 ratings . This identified the resources, with both the

Navy and civilian industry which

would ultimately be used to define,

validate, and align requirements

along, the new proposed engineering

continua . These continua will enable

surface warriors to satisfy the current

and future requirements to operate,

maintain, and repair engineering systems; obtain industry certifications,

qualifications and licenses that are

widely recognized and accepted ; and

facilitate the process by which they

may obtain higher education relevant

to their Navv occupation .

"This is a unique moment in time ;

all the elements are in place and

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aligned to enable us to revolutionize

the way we train and educate our

Sailors," said CAPT Paul Holmes,

CNE's Commanding Officer. "We

have an unprecedented opportunity

to make a major difference and to

help shape the Navy of the future"

Both learning centers will serve as

the knowledge managers for the

occupational and mission areas consistent with the surface community,

utilizing Navy Knowledge Online

(NKO) on the Internet at

www.nko.navy .mil, the Navy's new

single point access portal for career

management and professional and

personal development . NKO

required CSO and CNE to develop,

populate, and subsequently manage

their own portal interests via their

Center Pages .

On these pages, surtace warriors

will find all the information relevant

to a given oCCLlpato)nal CILuster, a spCcific job task, or a mission area . The

information includes technical manuals and schematics, reference nmaterlals for courses, links to appropriate

training and education sites, and

other career management tools . Chat

rooms and message boards to access

subject matter experts arc also available . They focus on Systems, equipment, and programs taught by the

individual Centers.

"Our goal is to create a Navy in

which all Sailors, both active and

reserve, afloat and ashore, are optimally assessed, trained, and assigned

so they can contribute their fullest to

mission accomplishment," said ADM

Vern Clark, Chief of Naval

Operations . "We owe those who

promise to serve, the best possible

training throughout their Navv experience so then can succeed and prosper in their professional and personal

lives ."

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What innovation,

change or addition in

the last 10 years has

improved your shipboard quality of life

the most and why?

"I would say the incorporation of

computer aided programs such as

SKED and RADM . It has made

tracking and scheduling more efficient . Also, the availability of the

Internet and e-mail gives Sailors a .

better outlook on life when at sea .

Being able to log on and find out

what is going on in my hometown

gives me peace of mind. Also, being

able to complete computer-based

classes while underway has helped

Sailors advance in their qualifications and in their pursuit of off duty

education . The Sailor phone is also a

grand invention .- We can now call

home when we are deployed and

out to sea, just to check on the family, they get to hear your voice and

you get to find out what's going on

while you're gone ."

-BMC(SW) William Peach

USS Duluth (LPD b)

"Without a doubt, e-mail and Internet access . They haven't only made the

business of going to sea far less isolating from a morale standpoint, they're

incredibly useful tools. There's no way to estimate the value of the instant

communications with the world that e-mail provides, and the Internet is the

single most useful informational tool since the invention of books ."

-ENS Lance Lindley

USS La Salle (AGF 3)

"I think the addition of TV-DTS (Direct to Sailor television) has been the

most significant change 1 . have seen to improve the lifestyle aboard a ship .

Sailors can view up-to-date news, sporting events, and other high profile programs occurring back home. It makes a ship on a six-month deployment

seem not as far from home as it really is."

-ET2(SW) Duane Hagge

USS Leyte Gulf (CC 55)

"ADM (Mike) Boorda (fo me

Chief of Naval Operations) made

single BAH (basic allowance for

housing) available to all personnel

E-4 and above. This makes shipboard life more tolerable, and

Sailors have another place to call

home besides the ship."

-ITI(SW) Dennis Beatty

USS Estocin (FTG 15)

"Ships now have inner coil mattresses, the former foam mattresses

were very thin and uncomfortable .

We spend (if we're lucky) eight of

every 24 hours in these 'racks' and

need the comfort and support that

here new mattresses give us ."

-EWI(SW) Trebor Sharpe

USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55)

"I would have to say the Internet and e-mail . I cannot tell you how much it

helps . To hear from your loved ones everyday is great. I have gotten to watch

a friend find out about a baby that was bornjust minutes after it happened

and get pictures of him on the same day lie was born . I have seen people look

for orders. It has given. us power to keep better track of money while underway and buy things that we want while out at sea ."

-BM2 Earl Gunn

LISS Tortuga (LSD 46)

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"Direct depo~ •i.t has been the best change because of its rapid delivery, no hassle and -_ aantee

that your pay is d(posited into your financial institution ."

-1C2(SW/AW) David McQueen

LISS O'Bannon (L)D 987)

"Secure and unsecure (SIRP

NET/NIPRNET) LAN's with web

browsing ability [providing] information at your fingertips . I ligher

speed computers have made

retrieving data and communicating

faster and much more available,

contributing significantly to

improving combat readiness and

warfighting superiority. It has also

contributed to personal QOL (quality of hfe) ."

Spring 2003

Mike Luther

LISS Duluth (LPD 6)

"The greatest innovation in the

last 10 years in my opinion is definitely the Internet aboard Navy

ships . Having instant access to email greatly improves the crew's

morale. Unlike the times of old

when we had to wait for mail call,

we can now communicate with our

loved ones daily, As a family man

myself, e-mail is heaven sent!"

-OSC(SW) 0. Cooley

1.155 Estocin (FFG 15)

"E-mail capability, for the simple reason that you can

discuss items with your spouse, family or some institution in a matter of minutes or a few hours vice the old

'snail mail' way. A husband and wife can maintain a semblance of a close relationship and offer support to one

another almost immediately, which makes it seem like the

distance apart is not that great .

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-CMDCM(SW) Kevin Knievel

LISS Dubuque (LPL? 8)

"I would have to say the use of e-mail onboard ships

has improved the shipboard quality of life the most . It's a

great .morale booster . You don't have to wait weeks for

'snail mail' to reach you only to find out things that happened three to six weeks earlier. E-mail also allows us to

communicate in almost 'real time .' It's easier to stay in

touch with your family and friends back home . This is my

third ship and my fifth cruise . Believe me, e-mail aboard

ships makes it much more tolerable to be out to sea ."

-LTJG Kelly Bricko

LISS Kearsarge (LHD 3)

"E-mail and telephone connectivity to the shore when

underway,. Even five years ago when you were away from

the pier you were truly away from everything except

your shipmates on the ship. This technology allows me to

take care of Sailors no matter where we are in the world

each and every day ."

-ITCM(SW Richard Hay

LISS La Salle (AGF 3)

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here's a sense of something both

important and urgent these days

aboard USS Tarawa (LHA 1) . As

the amphibious assault ship conducts operations during its six-month

deployment in the Western Pacific

Ocean, Indian Ocean and Arabian

Gulf, a sense of urgency can be seen

around the ship in various forms .

The flight deck is more active than

usual, as embarked Marines from the

lath Marine Fxpeditioriary Unit

(Special Operations Capable) practice small arms fire. During other

times, a rainbow of blue, yellow and

red-shirted airmen. orchestrate a

seemingly never-ending cycle of

flight operations .

"We're much busier now than

before deployment," said AB1 Kelly

By JOC William Poison

USS Tarawa public affairs

Owens, a division leading petty officcr in Tarawa's air department. "The

flight schedule changes often, and it

seems like we constantly have additions to the schedule that weren't

there the night before ."

Meanwhile, almost daily, the crew

trains at general quarters and firefighting drills . In the hangar bay, it's

not uncommon to see mechanics

working fervently to fix a broken

item or replace a part . The 25mm

chain guns that sat quietly for a long

time in port now buzz with watches

around the clock .

"Our department has been doing

more weapons training," said A03

Christopher White .

The tempo of everything seems to

have increased as Tarawa leads a.

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prior to the lwgirrning of Operation

Iraqi Freedom .

group of three amphibious warships,

including the dock landing ship USS

Rushmore (LSD 47) and the amphibious transport dock ship USS Duluth

(LPD 6). Since departing San Diego

Jan. 6, their crews sense the importance behind this deployment.

"What this crew may face in the

near future cannot be understated,"

said CAPT Jay Bowling, Tarawa's

Commanding Officer. "They watch

the news, they know what's going

on. They sense the urgency and the

importance of what's ahead . But

they've had the best training that

money can buy. I have no doubt that

th.ey're ready for whatever comes ."

A member of the 15th

Marine Expeditionary Unit

waits his turn aboard USS

Tarawa (LHA 1) to load his

motorcycle for a helicopter

flight into Kuwait . The

Tarawa Amphibious Ready

Group arrived in the North

Arabian Gulf in mid February.

(PH3 Larry Carlsoa/USN)

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Spring 2003 Vol . 28 No .
tiring SS Nirmaz (CVN 68)

Carrier Battle Croup's

(CVBG) Joint Task Force

Exercise (J FEX) off the Southern

California coast this past winter, USS

Coronado (AGF 11) took on a new role.

Typically, the command ship plays

a support role, distributing information and scenarios to the other ships

in this tactical exercise . But this time,

Coronado Sailors found themselves

knee-deep in unanticipated training

evolutions. Not only was their ship a

participant, but the CVBG considered

Coronado one of their high-value

units because it's the flagship for

Commander, 3rd Fleet.

"If you walk around topside,

you'll see there's going to be a cruiser

or destroyer within 10 miles throughout this exercise," said ETCS(SW) Bill

Porter, the operations electronics

division leading chief petty officer.

The command ship didn't need

protection during past %TFEXs because

it's always been a neutral participant

and didn't play a role on either the

opposition or the allied forces .

"in. previous exercises, the

Coronado platform itself was not a.

player," said Porter. "However, 3rd

Fleet still coordinated the overall

events and drove the scenarios . 3rd

Fleet needed to be underway to fulfill

that role ."

3rd Fleet also filled that role during this exercise, and it might seem to

be a conflict of interest, having the

exercise controllers in such. close

proximity to its participating host

ship. However, Coronado and 3rd

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Fleet didn't exchange any information on scenarios .

"In the past, we've known when a

drill was going to happen," said

Porter, "We would schedule them

and know when a general quarters or

a scenario would begin . We'd get on

the I MC prior to doing those, and

we'd tell the ship we were entering a

training environment ."

But none of that happened during

this JTFEX.

"At any given moment, something

unexpected can happen," stated the

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By J02 McClain Shewman

USS Coronado public affairs

This past winter USS Coronado (AGF 11) took a more active role during USS Nimitz ((VN 68)

Carrier Battle Group's Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) off the Southern California coast . In the post,

Coronado served only in a support role during JTFEX, but this year the ship was designated as a highvalue unit because it is the flagship for Commander, 3rd Fleet . (USS Coronado/USN)

senior chief . "The Sailors saw that

it's more realistic, and that everyone

has to be on their toes because there

is no notice ."

On the surface, it may not seem

like much of a change, but the ship's

mission affected every 3rd Fleet and

Coronado Sailor during the ]]TEX .

"Most of the Sailors saw a payoff,"

added Porter. "This is the payoff for a

lot of work in the training . We got to

show off some of the skills we

learned last year."

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U

SS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), a

sophisticated command and

control ship horneported in

Norfolk, Va., is currently the headquarters for Combined Joint Task

Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-IIOA) .

U .S . Central Command formed the

task force to oversee operations in

the Horn of Africa region in support

of the global war on terrorism.

U.S . Marine Corps Maj . Gen. John

Sattler commands CJTF-HOA, whose

mission is to detect, disrupt and

defeat transnational terrorist groups

in the Horn of Africa region . This

task force is also working closely

with coalition partners to establish

1s

By Marine Corps Maj . Stephen Cox

American Forces Press Service

Sailors are cuffed and blindfolded on the flight deck of USS Mount Whitney (LC( 20) during a

Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa exercise, which trained crew members in apprehension and

detention procedures . (JO( Robert Benson/USN)

conditions leading to long-term stability within the region to deny the

opportunity for re-emergence of terrorist networks.

According to the state departntent's The Washington File, Sattler

talked. to the Pentagon news media

in January by phone from Mount

Whitney, then off the coast of

Djibouti in the Red Sea .

"Our mission (is) very broad - to

track transnational terrorism across

the I°Iorn of Africa, going from

Yemen, across the Gulf of Aden and

then through the entire Florn,"

Sattler said . "We do have some areas

that we're concentrating on -

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a couple of the border areas, some of

the coastline areas . We're taking not

a broad casting of the net approach,

but we're honing in on certain areas .

The porous border with Somalia (is)

one of the areas we're taking a very

hard look at ; as well as the coastlines

coming across the Gulf of Aden."

Assisting Sattler with this mission

is the coalition naval flotilla

Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150),

made up of French, Spanish,

German, British and. U .S. warships

that patrol the Red Sea, the Gulf of

Aden and Indian Ocean areas

around the Horn of Africa .

CJTF-HOA completed a two-day

exercise, the first in a planned, series

of exercises and operations, with

maritime forces from CTF-1.50 in the

Gulf of Aden this past winter . The

training goal was to improve interopera:bility between coalition forces .

The plan to meet the goal was highlighted by four distinct scenariodriven activities : communications

testing across the full spectrum of

systems, tactical maneuvering among

the vessels, maritime intercepts exercise and coordinated live-fire attack .

Mount Whitney took part in the

live-fire exercise, which focused on

simultaneously employing the collective assets of the flotilla to attack

a target at sea . Mount Whitney and

the German frigate MecklenburgVorpommern initially fired individually on the target, and then. the

ships synchronized fire control

processes to engage the target

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(APT David Prothero, USS Mount Whitney's (LCC 20) Commanding Officer, oversees flight operations while the Spanish ship Patino (A 14) steams

in the background . Mount Whitney is part of a multinational force conducting training and operations in the Horn of Africa region . (JOC Robert Benson/USN)

together . Mount Whitney and

Mecklenburg-Vorpornrnern also

exchanged four crew members each

during the exercise .

Another ship, USS Bataan (LHD

5), passed through CJTF-HOA's area

of operation this past winter, and the

commanding general flew from

Mount Whitney to speak with

Bataan's Sailors and Marines .

"We are proud of where you come

from and what you are doing," said

Sattler over the 1MC, a circuit used

to communicate to the entire ship .

"We know how hard you train, and

this is a great, uplifting monment for

me to be out here on Bataan.

Success to the Navy and Marine

Corps team, and may God bless you

and your families ."

"IV thought what Maj . Gen . Sattler

said over the 1MC was very inspiring," said YNSN John Stubbs . "It

made me feel good to know that he

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came out to Bataan to show how

much he cares about what we are

all doing ."

"This is great," said Staff Sgt . Allen

Fowler of 2nd Marine Division Lima

Company. "We've heard him many

times before . It's motivational to have

him come out here and. speak to the

troops . It was unexpected, but it's like

seeing your father, and you feel proud

that he took the time to come by ."

After Sattler's visit, it was back to

his job aboard Mount Whitney,

where, according to The Washington

File, he has a staff of about 400 people. There are another 900 CJTFI-10A personnel at Camp Lemonier

in Djibouti . The commanding general

said they all "have the capability and

will act upon credible intelligence to

attack and destroy and capture terrorists and their support networks ."

But their main job is intelligence

gathering.

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"Let's just say that we are developing an intelligence network which

is really critical in a fight against terrorism; and it's becoming more

refined every day," stated Sattler .

"We need to be patient because we

need to be absolutely correct when,

in fact, we come forward and identify a particular location as a training

site or camp harboring terrorists . The

good news is that defeating the terrorists is the ultimate goal."

And Sattler is confident that goal

will be reached .

"We will press the fight at every

turn as long as it takes ; and with the

help of our coalition partners, we

will win this fight," he concluded .

(The Washington File and J01

Sonya Ansaiov of LISS Bataan public

a airs contril uteri to this article .)

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erhaps no other event in the

United States Navy is as

impressive or dangerous as an

underway replenishment (UNREP)

or refueling at sea . The principle

sounds easy enough --- take ships at

sea, hook lines between them and

pass supplies and fuel from one to

the other. However, the pressure

that builds in the ocean from two or

three very large ships driving at

close intervals is enough to make

any Commanding Officer and crew

wary. So UNREPs must be conducted very carefully.

"During an UNREP there are certain procedures that must be followed," said BM2 Reiner Yazon, USS

Tortuga (ILSD 46). "If they are not followed precisely, then there is a greater

chance of a person getting injured ."

Injuries and mishaps pose a large

problem during an evolution invol ving hundreds of pounds of cargo

skimming down tensioned lines,

thousands of gallons of fuel being

pumped through pressurized hoses

and hundreds of people coordinating

their exact movements . Poor decisions, improper training or unant .ici

Before fuel begins to pump, rigs must be checked to ensure the fuel probe, a nozzle-like attachment

on the fuel line, is connected properly. Not all oilers use the same type and size of probe to provide fuel.

USS Tortuga (LSD 46) and USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) must coordinate to ensure their equipment is compatible, (ENS Justin (ole/USN)

the risks

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By ENS Justin Cole

USS Tortuga (LSD 46)

public affairs

re~ sons

pated changes can easily put the

entire ship in jeopardy,

"It you don't watch every movement of the ships, the rigs and all

your rig crews, something can go

wrong, and it only takes seconds for

someone to be pulled over the side

or for a rig to part," said Tortuga`s

Bos'n, CWO2 James Worley.

Shot lines, fuel hoses and tensioned

wires combined with winds, seas and

darkness make UNREPs hazardous

evolutions adding to the complexity

of the already precarious event .

"Every UNREP is different and

presents a different challenge," said

Worley. "(You may have) a simple

daytime UNREP one week and the

next time you see the (underway

replenishment oiler) it's 2200 (10

p .m.) with 25 knots of true wind and

seven-foot seas . Now you have a

hair-raising situation ."

Part of the Sailors' life today is

combining modern problems with

traditional at-sea dangers . Since the

invention of the modern warship

nearly every Sailor has witnessed the

logistical and operational hazards of

supplying a ship . With fuel-hungry

engines and limited space for fresh

food, ships would need to return to

port almost weekly to maintain peak

readiness . Navy ships top off on fuel

whenever they have the chance,

never really knowing when the next

opportunity will be .

"Ships will constantly require

replenishment, and. given the fact

that so many ports are no longer considered safe for us to enter, UNREP

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has been the key to the surface

Navy's success," said ENS Kyle

Stentiford, deck department's 3rd

division officer aboard Tortuga. "We

are the safest at sea, and this capability affords us the flexibility to maintain that level of security. Without

this capability, we would be forced to

subject ourselves to dangerous environments in order to maintain our

peak operational status ."

Although it may seem that

UNREP is just trading one risk for

another, aboard Tortuga the Sailors

and Marines have transformed this

dangerous special evolution into a

professional affair and another

opportunity to excel.

"It takes a great deal of coordination of resources to complete a

mishap-free UNREP, and each person

involved. takes great pride in their

respective responsibilities," said

Stentiford . "The professionalism of

the crew is of the utmost importance

during alongside evolutions . From

the bridge watchstanders to the engineers ensuring proper valve alignment, no single person's job is

considered unimportant ."

Even with the inherent dangers of

pulling two ships into such close

quarters, some of the crew welcomes

and anticipates the familiar rhythm

of weekly refuelings.

"I think its pretty fun, actually,"

said SN Christopher Santos .

"Everyone on the ship has something

to do, and we all do our part . We

come together and work as a team ."

The unity and teamwork demonstrated by the crew while alongside

seems to inspire an esprit de corps in

even more seasoned hands .

"The thing that always impresses

me during an UNREP, is how well all

the departments come together for

one common goal," BM2(SW) Jacob

Anderson added. "Engineering,

Deck, Operations, even Admin and

Supply have a hand in the evolution .

Spring 2003

USS Tortuga's (LSD 46) EN3 Brian Borden takes a fuel sample while receiving fuel from an oiler. Oil

samples must be taken during fuel transfer to ensure acceptable fuel quality is maintained throughout the

system. It may be just one small job, but like all others during an underway replenishment, it's vitally

important . (ENS Justin (ole/USN)

It makes me more confident that if a

situation arose, we could overcome

any obstacle."

Low morale, caused by long deployments, can sometimes be a major obstacle, but UNREPs help in that area, too .

Refueling on Tortugga means more than

just fuel, supplies and fresh food . It

sometimes means long awaited mail

has finally arrived . Some might say

that nothing boosts morale on a ship

more than receiving mail .

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"When you're handling lines and

working hard in the middle of an

UNREI', its nice to see those packages and letters come on deck," said

Anderson. "It makes the whole evolution worthwhile and gives us

something to look forward to ."

Worthwhile and. impressive, these

complicated evolutions are made

safe by the careful work of Tortuga's

dedicated crew.

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U

SS Oldendorf's (DD 972)

bridge filled with commotion while its leadership

studied intelligence and passed

orders. Acting as the central hub of

information for Naval Station San

Diego's Pier 8, the destroyer handled

all possible threats and attacks during

a force protection exercise (FPEX).

Several scenarios took place at the

pier where 3rd Fleet set an integral

portion of the exercise, the Navy's

largest FPEX to date .

"It was the largest because it

encompassed three different areas,"

said CAPT Bob Rochfort, 3rd Fleet's

force protection training officer. "It

required excellent command and

control and communications among

the battle group participants ."

This FPEX included seven ships

and more than 5,000 Sailors partici22

A A force protection team stands ready to repel "nationalist protesters" on Naval Station San Diego's

Pier 8 during a recent 3rd Fleet force protection training exercise . Force protection training involves

Sailors responding to various potential scenarios of intruder or terrorist activity on or near U .S. Navy

ships or installations. (PHI Edward Martens/USN)

pating in exercises taking place in

San Diego, Bremerton, Wash ., and

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii .

"We do these exercises to assess

the ship's posture of readiness to go

overseas," said Rochfort. "But also,

from a larger standpoint, (we do this)

to test command and control within

the battle group itself . That's an

important factor . When we do assess

them, we're able to view potential

vulnerabilities the ships have in time

to get them fixed before they hit a

[foreign] port."

The purpose of an FPEX is to test

deployable ships for the possibility of

a real-world attack. The exercise

included a number of random injects,

ranging from unidentified small

boats speeding around the harbor to

unidentified protestors assailing the

pier gate .

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The exercise scenario had four

Navy ships moored at a pier in a foreign nation as that nation's patrol

boats and security force go on strike,

leaving the U .S . ships to fend for

themselves in unfamiliar territory.

"This force protection training is in

response to terrorist actions that have

actually happened, killing dozens of

Sailors over the last 10 years - going

back to the mines against USS

Princeton (CG 59) and USS two lima

(LPH 2), and the attack against USS

Cole (DDG 67)," said CDR Chuck

Gaouette, Oldendorf's Commanding

Officer (CO) and Pier 8's senior officer present afloat (SOPA) . "This is the

real war. Everything else is a possible

war, but this is a response to a real

war that we're actually fighting now .

This should be the area that we're

best at."

As the Pier 8 SOPA, Gaouette

coordinated all the resources of the

ships located on the same pier. USS

Benfold (DDG 65), USS Rushmore

(LSD 47), USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62)

and Oldendorf all

shared the same goal

during this intense

three-day exercise .

They worked together

as a team to combat

the situations thrown

at them .

Spanning the exercise across three

days afforded the 3rd Fleet FPEX

team to test every Sailor on the participating ships, ensuring a thoroughly trained battle group .

"Ships have daily duty sections,

but when a small boat or an aircraft threatens the ship, you don't

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just respond with the duty section," said Gaouette . "You respond

with everybody from the CO on

down. Throwing a lot of manpower at it seems to be part of the

learning curve ."

With quality training in hand

and a fundamental knowledge

base to build on, our Sailors now

have the experience to deal with

any contingency.

"At best, this training will keep

our Sailors from having to respond

to a serious threat because ultimately,

we're training them to solve these situations before they escalate," said

Rochfort. "The safety of our Sailors is

paramount and that's why we do

these exercises .'

Spring 2003 Vol . 28 N
A

short film about Navy and

Marine Corps activities dur

ing Operation I"r2during

Freedom has been released . t o theaters

nationwide . The five-mine rte film feaLures interviews with Sailors and

Marines who participated in Enduring

Freedom, including one aboard. USS

Bonhomme Richard (LIT 6) . "The purpose of the film is to communicate powerfully to the American

public what the Navy and Marine

Corps team is and who we are," said

Marine Corps Lt . Col . James Kuhn,

producer of the film . "It's about the

people wearing the uniform -- from

the 18-year-old rifleman, in the middle of a hostile desert to the captain

of a ship - their spirit, their sacrifice

and their contribution to the defense

of the Uni Led States."

"They asked me what my job was

and what it was like to be deployed

halfway around the world in support of our country," said

Bonhonarne Richard's BM2(SW /1\W)

Brandy Sugden.

For her shipmates aboard

Bonhomme Richard, along with

her friends and family, the answer

was typical .

"My job is to defend my country, and

there's nothing I could say or do that

would make me prouder than what .[

am doing right now," stated Sugden.

Although that line makes up only

seconds of the short film, it made an

impression on the film's producer.

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By JOC Jon McMillan

USS Bonhomme Richard public affairs

USS Banhomme Richard's (LHD 6) BM2(SW/AW) Brandy Sugden is in the short movie

Enduring Freedom, The Opening Chapter, released nationwide in January. This photo was acquired

from video of the movie on DVD, provided by Aero Film .

"(Bonhomme Richard's) young

petty officer's comments represented

well what I think all of us would like

the American public to know," said

Kuhn. "I would have liked to put the

rest of what she said in as well, but

we only had five minutes ."

The rest of what she said echoed

her own values of country and family.

"1 think that if you're in the Navy,

you should be patriotic . You have an

important role - you protect people,"

said Sugden. "Everyone has a role to

play, and mine is my job . And I couldn't

see myself doing anything else, because

I know I'm making a difference ."

Sugden's thoughts are one of the

central themes of the Enduring

Freedom short film . The film was

tested in about 1 / 000 theaters .nation ,

wide, with audience polling results

o~ erwhelmingly positive . One of

Sugden's friends from the Losel

,

as at one of those'

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theaters and called Sugden after

viewing it .

"They thought the film was good,

and my friend said, 'I heard the voice

and then saw the face, and I stood up

in the theater and yelled, 'I know

her.' It's a little scary to actually see

yourself on film, but it makes me

proud," said . the DM2 .

The 23-year-old Sailor from

Ashland City, Tenn ., and the rest of

Bvnhomtne Richard's crew have

deployed a second time in support of

Enduring Freedom. They are part of an

armada of ships known as Task

Group 51 .6, and in March, they participated in the offload of supplies at

Camp Patriot in Kuwait .

To watch the Enduring Freedom

short film online now, go to the

audio/video section. of the Surface

W,

Magazine website at

www.navy.mil/navpalib/cn.o/n76.

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Spring 2003 Vol . 28 N
(Editor's note : The Nave/ decommis

sionei LISS Fife on Feb. 28 In Evorett,

Wash. We received the following story a

few months prior to the destroyers

decommission ng, but genuine models of

leadership are timeless .)

PTF

he opportunity for a

Sailor to sit down and

talk to his or her

Commanding Officer (CO) is sometimes a rare thing," said QM3 Jason.

Johnson of USS Fife (DD 991).

Fife's Commanding Officer, CDR

Fernandez Ponds, is aware that often

Sailors, particularly junior Sailors, feel

they have no advocate. He reinforces

the assurance they do have an advocate at all times - in him. In the spirit

of this effort, Ponds implemented a

novel addition to his daily routine :

taking coffee breaks with the crew.

CDR Fernandez Ponds, USS Fife's (DD 991) Commanding Officer, and CMDCM(SW) Herbert Gregory

stand by as crew members parade the destroyer's colors ashore at the ship's decommissioning ceremony in

February. (PH2 Eli Jody Medellin/USN)

Spring 2003

By LTJG Sophie Colston

USS Fife public affairs

Coffee with the CO has become a

ritual aboard . Fife . Every division

aboard the ship schedules a particular date and time to meet with the

Commanding Officer. Every enlisted

member of the division is invited to

attend . The session that follows has

no set structure . It is simply a

relaxed and comfortable gathering ; a

time during which Fife Sailors can

ask the CO just about anything .

Active participation is encouraged

but not mandatory.

"CO coffee is a time for frank and

open dialogue," said Ponds . "1 hold

very little back. We discuss emotional

issues, financial problems, the stock

market, sports, hobbies and families ."

"The crew has lots of questions,

said SN Billie Jo Powell . "Having coffee time with the CO is very beneficial because it gives us a chance to

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voice our qua Lions and have them

answered directly. It really feels like

the CO is listening and cares about

our problems ."

Coffee with the CO complements

other similar ideas already

employed, such as the Commanding

Officer's suggestion box. All questions, comments, and suggestions

posed to the Commanding Officer

are promptly circulated to the rest of

the crew so everyone may benefit

from the information .

The exchange of ideas and opinions at every level is critical to the

effective operation of any organization . Coffee with the CO is highly

rewarding for the officers and crew

members of Fife. Clearly, one of the

most important traits good leaders

must demonstrate is the ability to listen to the people they are leading .

"My time with the troops in small

groups has opened up lines of commcr.ni_cation between me and my

Sailors," stated Ponds . "Putting a

group of Sailors with common issues

and concerns in a room where the

rules of non-disclosure and non-retribution apply has been a phenomenal

success . At the end of the session,

there is a feeling of closure and that

widened gap of rank is breached and

minimized, and that mutual feeling

of deference is reinforced . We are all

Sailors once again with a common

purpose and mission focus . It is the

essence of covenant leadership ."

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A

merican and Japanese surface

warfare officers gathered

together at Fleet Activities

Sasebo, Japan, in) anuary for a different kind of meeting . The Sailors met

not to discuss policy or plan operations, but to have dinner and socialize .

The event, hosted by the Surface

Navy Association Sasebo Chapter,

was designed to bring the two

nations' surface warriors together in

a relaxed atmosphere where they

could move beyond professional relationships and get to know their counerparts personally.

"We have professional relationships between us and other countries

around our area of operation, but we

live in Sasebo, and I think social

interaction between our officers and

Japanese Maritime Self Defense

Force (JMSDF) officers is of great

value," said CAP Andy Karakos,

commander, Amphibious Squadron;

Il, "Social interaction among our

two navies' personnel will result in

better understanding of one another

and facilitate a professional sharing

of ideas ."

"I see these guys all the time, but

I'm never quite sure if 1 should greet

them or how to interact with them,"

said LTJG Micaela Golding, USS

Essex's (LI°IA 2) training officer .

"Tonight, I learned it is a lot easier

than I thought it was . We have the

common background of being surface warfare officers, but we also

have to go beyond that."

Several officers from JMSDF ship

Kongo and. Essex arranged to tour

,icl. other's ships in the coming

week. Others made plans to visit'

restaurants or local attractions with

their new friends . Karakos and

JMSDF RADM Hirotaka Honda,

Commander, Escort Flotilla 2, plan to

schedule similar social gathering,, in

the future .

"I think this party is a good chance

By J02 Wes Eplen

Amphibious Group 1 public affairs

to bring Japan and the U .S . together,

said Honda . "It is also a good chance

to promote the relationship between

the U.S . Navy and the JMSDF."

The amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), and the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force

ships Shintalwze (DOG 172), Myoukou (DDG 175), Hamagiri (DD 155) and Natusio (SS 584) sit

pierside in Okinawa, Japan . Japanese and American surface warfare officers came together this past

winter in Sasebo, Japan, to have dinner and socialize in a relaxed atmosphere . The purpose of the

event was to help generate an understanding, both personal and professional, between the two navies . (PHI James 6 . McCarter/IJSN)

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Spring 2003 Vol . 28 No . 3
chool principals, horse ranch

ers, doctors and other community leaders took a break

from their regular positions and

spent a day aboard the amphibious

assault ship USS Peleliu (LFTA 5) . As

part of "Leaders to Sea," a RADM

Frank Thompson public affairs

award-winning program, civilian

leaders had the rare opportunity to

fly aboard a Navy vessel to observe

Sailors in action .

Each day began with a short helicopter flight from San Diego, landing

on the deck of the warship . As the

civilians removed their flight helmets

and life vests, the ship's

Commanding Officer, CAPT Dennis

DuBard, welcomed them aboard and

presented them with a I'eleliu ball

cap. He also answered any of their

immediate questions .

Spring 2003

ENS Carine Ramin and JOC(SW) Robert Winkler escort community leaders including doctors, school

teachers and horse ranchers during an at-sea tour of USS Peleliu (IHA 5) . The "leaders to Sea" program

allows civilian leaders an opportunity to see how Sailors live and work at sea . (J02 Joshua Smith/USN)

The guests toured Peleliu in coordination with the ship's training

schedule, which allowed them to

observe evolutions normally only

experienced by those who wear the

Navy uniform . They witnessed man

overboard drills, mass casualty drills,

and even observed the ship's crew as

they dressed out for battle stations

and conducted a general quarters

drill . They learned how the entire

crew trains and prepares in the event

of a major fire, flood, explosion or

enemy attack .

"T had . ray eyes opened to the true

sacrifices the crew really makes so

the rest of us can enjoy a life of freedcnn," said Robert Hoffman, an

executive for Wells Fargo Bank .

"Other than the obvious sacrifice of

risking their lives, I got a sense that

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By JOC(SW/AW) Robert Winkler

USS Peleliu public affairs

monotony, rigorous work, lack of

privacy, and loneliness are the real

price of freedom ."

Four separate groups of seven to

12 people flew aboard on different

days throughout the weeklong

underway last winter . Each group

was given the opportunity to observe

flight operations as AV-8B I-Jarriers

performed "touch-and-gos" throughout the day. In addition, they visited

most of the ship's workspaces, talked

to crew members and had lunch with

the officers in the wardroom . One

group, made up largely of healthcare

professionals, spent a little extra time

touring Peleliu's medical facilities .

"I was expecting to see shipboard operations, which I did see,

and to see how the Navy is run in

this modern world, and how our

country is being protected from the

obvious problems we have today,"

said. Dr. Michael Grossman, chief

executive officer of First Dental

Health, the largest dental network

in California. "Not only did I see

what I had expected, but now I feel

more protected and more secure

after watching and learning about

the professionalism and the competency of the people aboard this

ship. It was an impressive and eyeopening experience . The men and

women went about their job in a

professional manner."

After each day's visit came to an

end, school principals, horse ranchers, doctors and other citizen leaders

returned to their regular positions

with a better understanding of the

Navy and the life of a shipboard

Sailor .

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This past winter, at least four

Navy ships contributed to four separate rescues at sea .

While transiting off the Florida

Keys in December, USS Osprey

(MHC 51) recovered three Cuban

men from their sinking boat . In

January, the hospital ship USNS

Comfort (T-AH 20) rescued a

Bermuda fisherman after his vessel

sank in rough seas, and USS

Champion (MCM 4) rescued a former

Navy quartermaster from his

stranded vessel. And in February,

USS George Washington (CVN 73)

treated four people rescued from. a

burring fishing vessel .

USS GEO8GE WASHINGTON

George Washington treated the

four rescued fishermen for mild

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USS Osprey (MH( 51) search and rescue swimmers place flotation devices in the water for three Cuban

refugees on a sinking makeshift boat . Osprey rescued the men and transferred them to a Coast Guard boat .

(USS Osprey/USN)

hypothermia and second degree

burns before flying them to medical

facilities in Jacksonville, Fla . .A fifth

victim died . One of the survivors was

identified as a U .S . Navy Sailor stationed at Naval Station Mayport, Fla .

USS George Washington's ((VN 73) flight deck crewmen and personnel assigned to medical department carry en injured fisherman across the ship's flight deck after four personnel were rescued from the

burning merchant fishing vessel Little Spray. The fishing boat was off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla ., at the

time of the incident . Five victims were recovered from the water, with four survivors.

(PHAN Joan Jennings/USN)

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Survivors confirmed there were

only five people aboard the 25-foot,

privately owned fishing vessel Little

Spray when it caught fire . The cause

of the fire was unknown . The vessel is

reported to have sunk approximately

60 miles east of St . Augustine, Fla .

Navy helicopters rescued the survivors, who had been in the water for

approximately two hours .

1 fOMPION

The rescue occurred when

Moonlighter, a 32-foot pleasure

trawler, lost its only engine approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast

of Central America . The boat's master

was conserving battery power when

he heard Champion and USS Pioneer

(MCM 9) communicating over VHF

bridge-to-bridge radio . He immediately began hailing both warships .

"We were transiting en route from

Balboa, Panama, to Puerto Quetzal,

Guatemala," said 1,TJG Grayson

Burnette, Champion's officer-of-thedeck when the call came in . "Once

we verified his position, we immediSurface Warfare

Spring 2003 Vol . 28 No .
A l1SS Champion (M(M 4) rescued a former

Navy quartermaster in January . (USN)

ately altered course and proceeded at

best speed for a rendezvous ."

"He was utterly shocked and

relieved to have finally hailed someone," said LCDR Phil Roos,

Champion's Commanding Officer.

"As an old U.S . Navy veteran, he was

delighted that the U .S . Navy was

coming to his aid ."

By the time Moonlighter was

within visual range, night had fallen,

and the seas were turbulent, cresting

at six-to-seven feet . Aided by radar,

Champion and Pioneer closed the

distance to within half-a-mile and

found Moonlighter rolling heavily in

rough seas .

Champion launched their rigid

hulled inflatable boat and sent over

the ship's search and rescue swimmer, SM1(SW) Rene Trevino, and

boat engineer, ENI(SW) Donald

Neuville, in the hopes of assisting the

master with his engine trouble . They

were able to get the engine running,

but not for long.

"It was obvious that Moonlighter .; R„rm

was in dire need of repair and would

not make it to shore alone," said

Roos. "At this point, we made the

call to take the vessel under tow."

After taking the vessel in tow,

Moonlighter's master was transferred to Champion for food, medical attention and some much

needed rest . And, after being towed

for more than 100 miles,

Moonlighter was ultimately passed

to the Nicaraguan Coast Guard an

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a commercial tug for towing to the

nearest repair facility.

NSNS WIFOR

A Coast Guard aircraft located the

victim in the water, airdropped a life

raft and survival gear, and then

directed Comfort to the site, The

ship's crew spotted the man and

lifted him aboard, despite 12-to-15

foot seas.

The rescued fisherman is one of

three Bermuda citizens believed to

have been on the fishing vessel when

i t sank in heavy seas . The whereabouts

of the other two are still unknown.

Comfort medical personnel treated the

survivor for minor hypothermia, and

physicians aboard the ship pronounced him in good condition.

HISS OSPREY

While transiting off the Florida

Keys, Osprey intercepted a distress

call from the fishing vessel Suzi

Anne that had spotted three men

clinging to a sinking boat nearly 20

rniles out to sea. Within 30 minutes,

Osprey arrived at the scene and

immediately lowered a ready

lifeboat into the water for a rapid

recovery of the three men .

The tiny craft the Cuban refugees

clung to had a fiberglass hull with

rubber inner tubes attached to the

edges for added buoyancy. A motor

resembling a lawnmower engine

turned a homemade propeller, which

was stuck through a hole in the bottom of the craft .

Aboard Osprey, Sailors greeted the

three male refugees with soup, sandwiches and water. They transferred

the survivors to a Coast Guard boat

for further transfer to shore . Minutes

after the refugees departed, their

makeshift boat sank in over 600 feet of

water as several sharks circled nearby.

"It was good that we got there

when we did," said BM2(SW) Juan

Mendez. "i don't think they were

going to make it to shore ."

(U.S. Naval Forces Southern

Cornmand public affairs, J02 Ellen

Maurer of LISNS Comfort public

affairs, ENS Zachary Garcia of LISS

Osprey public affairs, and Naval Air

Force U.S . Atlantic Fleet public affairs

contributed to this article .)

A_ Sailors aboard the Navy hospital ship l1SNS Comfort (T-AH 20) rescue a fisherman after his vessel sank

the night before in rough seas near Bermuda . Comfort crew members rescued Robert Lambe, one of the

three Bermuda citizens believed to have been on the fishing vessel when it sank . The whereabouts of the

two other fishermen are still unknown . Physicians aboard the ship treated Lambe for minor hypothermia .

(J02 Ellen Mourer/USN)

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Spring 2003 Vol . 28 No . 3
ince the beginning Of the

( .'old War, mines have

diualag,td lore than a

down L.I .S . Navy ships, including,

ti -s Srrirurel R . Roberts (f I ( 55),

which nearly sank attar striking an

Iranian contact rune in IOhYi .

Today, as naval forces become

more expeditionary ill 11,1ttirc, the

riled to (aoillirl,lt( .' the littorill 1lattIespace is critical to succes . 'I'ii c.loniih ale' the littorals, however, Navy

ships must first effectively locate' and

cil .her avoid or neutralize chines .

The rern(>Le minehunling, system

(WS) is an org,ariic,

off-board mine'

re( .xnliidissan(c system offering ., ca1-

rier strike group ships an elleclive

defense ilg,ainst mines by tlsillg till

unniaranc'd remote vehicle . Lockheed

Martin Naval I le('tronics and

',,'t .rveiIlane'c • Systems . . Undersea

Systems is developing, RMS under a

cor'itract awarded by the • Navy ill

December 1999 .

I he Navy has i(lentificxl liiincs as

or'll' of ti two most critical isstris

lacingoperating ill the littoral`;,

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By JOC David Nagle

Naval Sea Systems Command public affairs

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enemy ructions aril terrorist org,anizatioiis to dalriagi or destroy, or simply

deny access to Navy ships . 'They are

Ihi' poor man's weapon of choice :

cheap to buy, easy to deploy and difficult to (I(.'tcct .

"A r11in(' that costs ()lily a couple

thousand

dollars can cause hundreds of millions of dollars in dam •-

ag,e t(1 Navy ships and put the

,ittected ships out (1f act-run for'

months" said CAI''I"lorry liriggg,s,

RMS prog;rnll manager. "Since 1950,

the Navy has spent hundreds of naillions of dollars to repair ships darnit g,ed by mines, each costing, only a

k'w thcrutiilnd dollars ."

l' MS will effectivel y reduce the

thrcilt of hidden mines, keepirig

ships (111d Sailors sale Irons harm,

I :ny detecting,, classifying, and identi--

fyirlg; mines, amt recording ; their

precise location for avoidance

and/or rernoviil .

"It is potentially a nltl'Itimission

system that can be adapted for addilional uses for mine neutrllization,

ante-si.rhrliarine warfare, ilavig atiollill

safety, littoral surveillatllce and force

prolc'ci.ioli,", ildded llriggs .

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'( Lockheed Martin tests the new remote minehunting

system . The organic, off-board mine reconnaissance

system will offer a solution to the threat posed by mines

in littoral zones by detecting, classifying and identifying

mines and recording their location . (Lockheed Martin)

RMS includes a remote niincelltmting; vehicle, which is a semi-strbrilersible, diesel-powered vehicle that

tows the AN / AQS-20A minehtrnting,

sonar . A mission control and display

system that integrates RMS into the

AN /SC)()-89 undersea warfare system, and a launch and recovery systeni, are also RMS components .

RMS is being designed for installation aboard Arh'ig1i Burlce-class, Flight

IIA destroyers . C'urrevlt plans call for

RMS to be first installed aboard USS

Vinekrre y (1)1 )G 91) in 2004 .

In addition, Chief of Naval

Operations At )M Vern Clark identified

organic mine countermeasures as a

critical technology in the "Sea Shield"

concept of his ,5ca Pnze('r 21 vision.

"One of the tenets of Sea Shield is

the ability to project defensive power

globally through sea and littoral

superiority," said Urig,g s. "RMS pro

vides the organic parse Mast ng, capabililies needed to protect forward

del_lloye(f naval forces, allowing them

to dominate ilk(' Littoral haitlespace

and achieve and sustain access before

'111d during crises."

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Wing one step closer to

operational deployment,

Surface Combat Systems

Center Wallops Island, a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems

Command, successfully tested the

latestr acc~iificoot . - ion in he ship Self. doll 1 t

Defense System (SSDS) program, the

5SD5 MK 2, Mod-1 this past winter .

Scheduled to be installed . on PCU

Ronald Reaagaan (CVN 76), the test

event, sponsored by the program

executive office for Integrated

Warfare Systems, consisted of Lear

aircraft flying various combat aircraft

profiles to demonstrate SSL)S capabilities . Each run demonstrated various functions associated with SSDS

including manual, senii-auto and

auto ~

ma atic m a 1es of engagement, as cc c

well as a two-node Cooperative

Engagement Capability (CFC) coml?aster network between the SSDS

and An is facilities .

By Irene Smith

Naval Sea Systems Command public affairs

' PCII San Antonio (LPD 17) is under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Avondale in

New Orleans . Son Antonio is being built with the Ship Self Defense System installed . The system will take

multiple sources of information, process the information and make recommendations on the best way to

engage air threats to the ship or handle the threats automatically . (Navy News Stond/US N)

"It was a good test; we saw some

neat things, and it was very encouraging to see the product of so many people's hard work," said CAFT' James

Graham, SSDS program manager.

Designed to provide quick reaction combat capability to nuclear

powered aircraft carriers and

amphibious assault ships, the SSDS

MK 2, Mod-I and Mod-2 incorporates the combat direction system

command and control functionality

with the CEC. Utilizing the SLQ-32

radar system, the NATO Sea Sparrow

missile systems and the Rolluig

Airframe (RAM.) Block I missile, SSDS

will defend against anti-ship missile land aircraft attack in the cluttered littoral conflict environment where

reaction times are exceedingly short .

SSDS integrates radar systems with

anti-air weapons, both hardkill missile systems and rapid fire gun systems) and softkill (decoys) . It includes

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embedded doctrine to provide an

integrated detect-to-engage capability .

Although SSDS will not improve

capability of individual sensors, it

enhances target tracking b y integrating the inputs from several ditterent

sensors to form a composite track .

For example, SSDS will correlate target detections from individual

radars, the electronic support system

(radar warning receiver), and the

identification-friend or foe system,

combining these to build composite

tracks on targets while identifying

and prioritizing threats .

Similarly, 5SDS will not improve

capability of ind vidual weapons, but

should expedite the assignment of

weapons for threat engagement, and

provide a "recommend engage" display for operators, or if in automatic

mode, initiate weapons firing, electronic counter measure transmission,

chaff or decoy deployment, or some

combination of these .

Constructed of conarriercial ott-theshelf equipment, including a fiberoptic local area network and

distributed processors, 55D5 MK 2,

Mod-I. i s the latest step in support of

carrier and big deck amphibious ships .

The Navy outfitted USS Nimitz (( VN

68) with 551)5 MK. 2 in FY 20(11, the

first ship outfitted with the system .

I' CU San Antonio (I ,P1) 17) received

SSI.)S MK 2 Mod-'2 in FY 2003 .

"This demonstrates our strong

progress towards delivering a highly

capable and stable system for

tier+, nn, said ( . :;rahataa . "The next stoup

will be to complete the factory qualification test and return back to Wallops

Island for more intensive testing

before installation and seaa trials ."

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"tells

1155 Blue Ridge demonstrates

lie Navy put the different

components of the Joint

Fires ,. Network ((FN )

through their paces during an exercise in the Pacific this past winter,

testing their capabilities .

USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) conducted a strike event within a timed

deadline during exercise l'rrnurral

l'rrr .rf. The 7th Fleet flagship participated in the exercise

: with the Joint Air

Operations Center (JAOC) at Hickam.

Air Force Base in 1--Tawaii . The event

used JFN's Tactical Exploitation

System-Navy (TES-N) and the Air

Force's Intelligence, Surveillance and

Reconnaissance Manager (1SRM) . Both

systems share a common software

baseline, as does similar Army and

Marine Corps systems .

A USS Blue Ridge V( 19) sits pier side in Japan after returning from exercise Terminal fury . The 7th

Fleet flagship participated in the exercise with the Joint Air Operations (enter at Hickam Air Force Base in

Hawaii . During the event, Blue Ridge tested the Joint Fires Network's Tactical Exploitation System-Navy .

(PHI Novia Harrington/USN)

The Navy's JFN svsteni provides

near real time intelligence correlation,

Sensor, control and planning, target

generation, precise target coordina :t :es,

moving target tracks and battle damage assessment capabilities to support more timely engagement of time

critical targets . This capability allows

a ship with the full JFN suite to share

a greatly improved hattlespace picture very quickly with other ships in

the area of operations .

In other words, it is new teechnology that links equipment and computers used to collect and process

intelligence aboard ships and aircraft .

It expedites the gathering, processing

and fusing of imagery and other

intelligence from. many sensors . For

example, it helps operators aboard a

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ship quickly analyze the information

and translate it into targeting data

that can be delivered to naval gunners in minutes .

Blue Ridge demonstrated this

capability during the exercise . The

TFS-N and TSRM systems aboard the

ship collected. data on a possible target and fed that data to the JAOC in

I-lawaii . The JAOC evaluated the

data, prepared a targeting matrix

and attack guidance, then relayed

weapons launch approval back to

the ship .

"Both systems performed their

critical functions identically, successfully demonstrating seamless system

interoperability," said CDR Lyle

Brown, director of fleet operations for

the JEN program office .

TFS-N and ISRM also performed

U-2 sensor mission planning, image

collection and real-time, ad hoc

imagery requests. Teams from the

JFN program office provided on site

technical support and training aboard

Blue Ridge and at Hickam .

The Navy has installed the system

aboard several ships, including Glue

Ridge, USS Coronado (AGF "11), USS

Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS

Kitty/ Hawk (CV 63), USS Nimit

(CVN 68), USS John C . Stennis (CVN

74), USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) and

USS Essex (LHD 2) .

'File service developed JF N

through a partnership between the

Naval Sea Systems, Command,

Program Executive Office for

Integrated Warfare Systems, Naval

Air Systems Command, and Space

and Naval Warfare Systems

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he Fleet Numerical

Meteorology and

Oceanography Center

(FNMOC) in Monterey, Calif ., and the

Naval Media Center in Washington

are working to make life on Navy

deckplates a little less surprising . The

two groups have pooled their expertise to produce worldwide weather

forecasts for the Television Direct-ToSailor (TV-U i'S) system over the

Armed Forces Radio and television

Service ( .AFRTS) .

Prior to September 2001, the .Air

Force handled AFRTS weather forecasting, hart the average Sailor needed

more information for the Navy ' s

operating environment . FNMOC supplies this needed information by augmenting the Air Force broadcasts

with ocean coverage, information

more aapplicaable to those forces afloat .

By Jared Hegwood

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center public affairs

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"The Air Force provides for land

features . VVe give (Sailors) information that's relevant to their jobs at sea .

We always take care of the fleet," said

AG1(SW' ) Debra Finnev, one of the

0Th Team's voice talents .

The forecasts, which are transmitted three times-per-clay, six days-perweek out of the AFRTS Broadcast

Center at March Air Reserve Base,

Calif ., are meant to give Sailors general working knowledge of the day's

tveaather . Friday's broadcast provides

a 72-hour outlook .

T\vo broadcasts are produced each

day, one for the Atlantic and Indian

Oceans and one for the Pacific and

Indian Oceans . The overlap catches

more than 1 50 Navy ships in transit

around the globe. The first broadcast

aired Sept . 26, 2001 .

The DTS Teanl at FNMOC is conaposed of ENS Matt Henigin,

AG1(AW) Robert Benjamin and AG3

Kevin Oneth. They worked closely

with personnel trom the Naval Media

Center to train 1 3 FNMOC personnel

in the basics of television production

and broadcasting.

This 7.6-person crew has teamed

up to bring ocean. area forecasts to

their counterparts at sea . Generally,

broadcasts are put together by a

producer and at least one forecast

duty officer, and can take lip to live

hours to complete .

The program is still growing,

aand the TATS Team plans to incorporate new ideas into the daily

~heiv\ . Possibilities include Exf anslon to seven days a week, a

"T-iometo\vn of the Day" segment ..

and enhanced graphics .

The destroyer USS Paul F Foster (DD 964) turns away after an attempt to replenish fuel from USNS Rappahannock (TAO 204) . With Television Direct-to-Sailor

(N-DTS), Armed Forces Radio and Television Service and the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center triad, unanticipated rough seas may be a thing of

the past . With ocean specific weather reports being broadcast to every ship three times a day, six days a week on N-DTS, every Sailor can have a working knowledge of

what a day's weather might hold . (PH3 William Rwnsey/USN)

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surrendered the

next day.

May 16 - First

i estroyer

quadron of

many arrives in

Ireland during

World War 1 .

When asked by

British VADM

Sir Lewis Bayly

when his ships

would be prepared for duty,

the squadron's

commander,

CDR Joseph

Taussig, replied

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now, sir."

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history makes for a bright future

M

ost people know

about the Buffalo

Soldiers and the

Tuskegee Airmen . These men

displayed gallant bravery and

dedication to service at times

when the U.S . denied many

Americans the opportunity to

serve their country because of

the color of their skin . What

most people don't know is

that, like the Buffalo Soldiers

and the Tuskegee Airmen, an

all African-American crew

aboard the second USS Mason

(DE 529) also distinguished

themselves in the face of steep

odds and a determined enemy

during World War 11.

"T just wanted to get in the

Navy with all those ships,"

said Gordon Buchanan, a veteran of DE 529 . "All I wanted

was to go to sea . 1 didn't

know what blacks were doing

at sea ; I just wanted to join

and fight for my country. 1 am

a patriot ."

Commissioned March 20,

1944, the second Mason went

on to serve as a convoy escort

in the Atlantic throughout the

remainder of the war . But the

ship made history just coming out of Boston Navy Yard

as the only U .S . Navy

destroyer at that time to be

manned with an all AfricanAmerican enlisted crew. This

was the first time black

Americans were permitted to

be trained and serve in Navy

career fields other than as

cooks and stewards .

With 160 black Sailors manning the ship, the destroyer

escort served with distinction .

During the worst North

Atlantic storm of the century

the second Mason escorted a

convoy of merchant ships

bound for England . The

strength, of the storm forced

the convoy to breakup but DE

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529 still escorted section of

ships to their destination . With

land in sight, Mason's deck

split threatening the structural

integrity of the ship. The crew

made emergency repairs

quickly and efficiently, and the

destroyer escort returned

immediately to escort the

remainder of the convoy .

DE 529's crew had accomplished what the Atlanta Daily

Press described on the day of

the ship's commissioning as

an "opportunity to show the

world that they are capable ."

"We were there to prove

ourselves," said Lorenzo

A chief gunner's mate instructs three USS Mason (DE 529) petty officers in 1944 .

(Naval Historical Center/USN)

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Three Sailors proudly look over their ship, USS Mason (DE 529) commissioned in Boston Navy Yard

March 20, 1944, which was the first ship to have an all African-American enlisted crew . (Naval Historical

(enter/USN)

Dufau, another DE 529 veteran . "It's

wonderful to know I played a small

role in giving others opportunity"

For saving their ship and continuing their mission, the ship's captain and the convoy commander

recommended comniendations . And

even though the crew never

received the commendations, DE

529's Sailors still held their head

high as they had proven what many

denied- an African-American crew

could do the same jobs just as well

as an all white crew.

In the post war demobilization,

the Navy decommissioned the ship

and sold it for scrap in 1947 - the

same year President Trtnrr.an signed

Executive Order 998.1, officially

desegregating the armed forces.

Through the efforts of DE 529's

veterans and author Mary Pat Kelly,

the ship's story has been chronicled

in the book Proudly We Served . Their

persistence in telling the story paid

off in 1994 when President Clinton

awarded the long overdue commendation to 67 surviving crewmembers.

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Then four years later, Secretary of the

Navy John Dalton made official his

decision to name an Arleigh Burkeclass destroyer Mason honoring the

contributions of DE 529 and the

crew's fight for equality and desegregation in the Navy's ranks .

On April :12 the Navy commissioned the third USS Mason (DDG 87),

and the Navy's newest guided-missile

destroyer came to life, like many U .S .

Navy ships, with a built in and proud

history. And this rich history is not lost

on the crew of the newest Mason.

They are proud to wear the Mason

rocker on their uniform .

"I am a product of America's

growing process," said LTJG Mica]

Crumbly of DDG 87 . "In the military,

there continues to be encouragement

and guidance for every member to

reach his or her full potential, regardless of race, color or creed,"

"When t entered the Navy in 1987,

I was publicly discriminated

against," said. PNC(SW) heotis

McCray also of DDG 87. "But I will

never use discrimination as an

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excuse not to do my job to the best of

my ability. Just as those of the same

ethnicity who went before me

proudly served, I too serve proudly ."

No matter what the cost, it would

seem Mason Sailors of all generations agree that being positive and

letting goals take precedence over

discrimination is what makes reaching those goals so rewarding .

"It's what a person does that

makes history and we, as a crew, and

I, as an African-American Sailor, feel

great about the job we're all doing,"

said MSSA Imani Wilson of the current Mason. "If I have a hard or long

day, I just think back to the crew of

the previous Mason and it makes me

want to achieve more ."

A. Bath Iron Works launched the new

Arleiglr Burke-class guided-missile destroyer

USS Mason (DOG 87) for the Navy on June

23, 2001 . The third ship named Mason is

also the last Navy warship launched going

down the inclined ways. (JO( Bill JohnsonMiles/USN)

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Editor's Note : AM1(AW)

Heatlaerla/ is from Broolcl yap,

Miss. Attached to LISS WASP's

(LID 1) Air Intermediate

Maitatenaance Departaaaeaat,

In, is actively pi rstcirag> his

ESWS aiaaaalificaatiora .

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()CMS such as "Destiny,"

"'Twilight," and "Free in . a

Dream" can be found in the

book "Tarth Whispers" written by

USS Wasp's (LIID 1) AM1(AW) John

Ileatherly a 14-year Navy veteran

and newly published author.

Prior to joining the Navy,

Heatherly's destiny didn't look too

bright. He worked in a small southern

town at a job with no future. He didn't even graduate from high school .

"I did not get a diploma because 1

was in learning disability classes and

had to go back to school to get an

adult diploma," said Heatherly.

That's because, according to

I l :atherly, lie's never been academically inclined, although he did earn a

COED . Ile says his only skills were fixing mechanical parts and chopping

wood . Many people would have

been satisfied with these talents, but

not Heatherly.

After a year and a half of pouring

his thoughts on paper, he hit the

market with his debut book of

poems self-published through 1st

Books Library, an electronic publishing house . It includes more than 100

pieces offering his philosophical

glimpse of life, love, death and

earth . It also contains an underlying

message on how looking past the

odds helped him change his destiny

and succeed .

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The debut book entitled Earth Whispers includes more than 100 poems offering AM] (AW)

John Heatherly's views on life, death, love, and Earth . Siirface Warfare

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feefay

USS Wasp (UID 1) Sailors wait patiently to purchase an autographed copy of AM1(AW) John

Heatherly's debut book titled Earth Whispers. (SM3(SW/A W) Derrick Ingle/USN)

"If someone would've told me I

was going to be a published poet in

high school, I would've never

believed it," said Heatherly, a native

of Brooklyn, Miss. "I also wouldn't

have believed I was going to do 14

years in the Navy. I saw myself chopping pork wood the rest of my life . It

just shows you can do whatever you

want, if you just get up and do it . I

used to just write for myself; now

I'm an author,"

Heatherly's early misperception of

himself was partly credited to southern

Mississippi's agricultural-driven econonly and dropping out of high school .

"Writing poetry is second nature,

yet in school, 1 couldn't write anything," Heatherly mentioned . "From

eighth grade through high school, I

was placed in remedial classes . I was

always a slow learner . I have more of

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a mechanical mind . Because of that, I

lost patience and dropped out ."

When he's not juggling metaphors

and rhyme schemes, Heatherly works

as one of the ship's leading mechanics . While underway, he works long

hours fixing and rebuilding pistons,

shafts and, hydraulic lines, While

deployed for half of 2002 in support

of Operation Enduring Freedom,

Heatherly labored long boors making

sure both the ship's aircraft and his

book were ready for take off .

"During my off time, I researched

information on copyrights, library of

commerce and publishing," said the

34-year-old . "Publishing was the

most difficult . Most publishers were

reluctant to touch poetry. I was constantly rejected . Sales revenues

shows poetry isn't in high demand .

They were only interested in fiction .

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"Finally, I hooked up with a publisher who let me illustrate and

design my own cover. They're promoting it on the Internet . The next

step is to get it on shelves ."

According to loved ones,

Heatherly has always been the rrlelun

taro man, Paul Bunyan type . Fannily

members were stunned when they

discovered the country boy front

Mississippi's back woods had more

to offer than just cutting sip tree"' .

"I couldn't believe what I was

reading," exclaimed Heathc'rly's

father, John . "I don't know where he

gets his talent from . I lis mother and I

found out about his poetry at his

grandfather's funeral two years ago .

They were extremely close, and so he

wanted to write the eulogy . It was

beautiful. From then on, we encouraged him to keep writing ."

Aside from his grandtather,

Heatherly credits his inspiration to

his yearning far freedom . He heels so

shackled that he already has two

more projects in the making .

"The follow up to t :arth Whispers is

due out next SUmIlleI;" said

Heatherly . "1 have 30 poem ., corn

pleted so tar. Also, I'm writing a

novel on mountain men . I'm writing

more now because I desire to be fret'

Writing frees me from the

(,ollr~tra

lilts

and obligations of the world ."

While it's true you can take

Heatherly from the woodland,,, you

can't just classify him as just sole

old lumber-chopping country boy

either. Despite his technical skills and

education, ale has completed 14 successful years in the Navy so far, and

is well on his way to becoming

Mississippi's own Watt Whitrllan .

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T

is exchange is common on

any ship's bridge, but aboard

the Aegis guided-missile

cruiser U'-.)S Anzio (CC 68), it lakes

on an earnestness seldom seen on

other ships.

"We protect the carrier battle

group," said ENS Kevin Ducharme,

Anzio's first lieutenant. "Our job is to

protect it from hostile aircraft, ensuring; the battle group can launch its

strike packages successfully."

Anzio is USS Theodore Roosevelt

(CVN 71) Carrier Battle Group's

(CVBG) air defense commander. The

nickname for the carrier is

"America's Big Stick," and the cruiser

operates in its shadow.

"Anzio is dedicated to looking at

the air defense capabilities of the battle group," said RADM John 1larvey

the CVBG's commander. "Anzio has

to sort out all air traffic for the entire

battle group, including who is in the

air, where they are going and if they

are a threat ."

With the CVBG moving into the

Mediterranean Sea, Anzio will have

to identify both civilian aircraft and

all the military aircraft in the area .

"In terms of maintaining situational awareness, it's going to be

very, very busy," l larvey said

"Our ship's mission is to act as air

defense ccnnmander for the carrier

and to provide air support," said

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"All engines ahead full,"

"All engines ahead full aye.

All engines ahead full"

"Very well."

PN1(SW) Christopher Sutherland,

the Commander Destroyer Squadron

2 Sailor of the year who has served

aboard Anzio for two years . "(-)in,

other responsibilities are 'Tonwluwk

strikes and anti-submarine warfare ."

An additional role played by

Anzio is plane guard, during which

the cruiser stays 3,UU(l yards 'i'.t,'r.n of

77reodore Roosevelt . They po- itioii

themselves so they can best recover

downed aircraft, as well as act as an

extended set of "runway lights" for

pilots at night . It's all part of a clay's

V SHSN Desmond Johnson stands gun mount watch as part of USS Anzio's ((G 68) self-defense

force . Anzio is currently operating in the Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Enduring

Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom . (ilK Alan Baribeau/USN)

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work to the crew of Anzio.

"The craw is filled with quiet

resolve," said CMI)MC'(SW) Roger

McC.ormack, Anzio's command master chief . "We know what we have to

do to get our job dcnle ."

"We're here to do a job, and we're

really good at it," said SN Kevin

Brinson, An:io's Bluejacket of the

Quarter .

"You can tell we''re improving .

When we first started workups, there

vvere a lot of officers and chiefs sitIing at the consoles," said Brinson .

"Now, the first zinc second classes

stand the watches, and they are train--

mg even more junior folks to take

their positions ."

I like our assignment in the battle group," said Sutherland . "We're

very involved operationally. It's deff

finitely a full time jot) . When we get

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)O~ USS Anzio (CG 68), homeported in Norfolk, Va .,

cruises the waters of the Baltic Sea . Last year, the Aegis

guided-missile cruiser took part in exercise Boltops '02 and

conducted operations with ships from 11 other nations . The

joint battle group conducted a peace support operation at

sea including exercises in gunnery, replenishment-at-sea,

undersea warfare, radar tracking, mine countermeasures,

seamanship, search and rescue, maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potential real-world crises . (PHI Martin Maddock/USN)

into the Med, everyone's focus will

be on combat."

Even with the focus shift, training

is a priority on Anzio, and everyone

has a part when it comes to damage

control .

"We need to be able to save Anzio,"

Brinson said . "If a missile comes in

past our defenses, we're going to be

hit by it to protect the carrier ."

With a crew of fewer than 400,

Anzio has a unique environment

in which everyone gives each

other a hand .

"1 think with the small crew, you

get the full benefit of the Navy," said

SN Kevin Batson, "You work with

everyone on a face-to-face basis,"

"On a carrier, you might have

airedales who only know some of

the other airedales," said

Ducharme. "Here, the guys down

in damage control central know all

of the guys in the combat direction

center by name ."

Even with the tight-knit crew,

there are still a lot of questions about

what the future holds .

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USS Theodore Roosevelt public affairs

t ENFN Calvin Lucas communicates to USS Anzio's (CG 68) fuel

console operator during an underway replenishment (UN REP) operation . UNREPs are highly

important to Anzio's current mission as USS Theodore

Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier

Battle Group's air defense (ommander. Staying mission ready

and on station helps protect all

ships that fall under Anzio's air

defense shield . UOI Alan

Baribeau/USN)

"We have a lot better quality of life

than the other ships I've served on . It

took me coming here to realize how

important that is," said Sutherland .

"But it's hard not knowing what's

going to happen next week ."

No matter what happens next

week or where Anzio might find

itself, for this cruiser, it's "all engines

ahead full .

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avy and Marine Corps forces will cease military training on the

Vieques Inner Range in Puerto Rico by May. The Department of

the Navy identified training alternatives that will collectively

provide equivalent or superior training to the options provided by the

island of Vieques.

The Navy and Marine Corps are now conducting training of East

Coast units at existing continental US, ranges and facilities, and they

are maximizing the use of enhanced training technologies .

One technology that is currently being tested is the Integrated

Maritime Portable Acoustic Scoring and Simulator (IMPASS) system .

IMPASS uses sevenn acoustic probes to "listen" for the sound of a missile, bomb or round impacting the water . Five of the buoys act together

to triangulate the location of any impact in relation to a ship's firing .

The buoys then send a signal back to "score" the hit .

PASS is a component of the Virtual At Sea Training program that is developing systems to provide training scenarios that

rival and may even surpass live-fire training exercises conducted at Vieques . The planned $400 million improvements are

included in the "Training Resource Strategy" and will continue to evolve with new technologies and range developments .

A USS Normandy ((G 60) fires its MK 45 five-inch .54-caliber gun on the Vieques Inner Range during live fire training .

New ships may no longer require a shore-based range like

Vieques for training . (PH2 Shane Mc(oy/USN)

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hen USS New York (LPD 21) joins the fleet in 2007, it will sail

with a permanent memorial to those who lost their lives in

New York Sept. 11, 2001 .

Northrup Grumman's Avondale Operations will build New York,

in part, with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center (WTC)

wreckage. After shipyard personnel inspect the steel, they will melt it

down and use it to make the ship's bow stem .

"We're very proud that the twisted steel from the WTC towers will

soon be used to forge an even stronger national defense," said New

York Gov. George Pataki . "USS New York will soon be defending freedom and combating terrorism around the globe, while also ensuring

the world never forgets the evil attacks of Sept . 11 and the courage and

strength New Yorkers showed in response to terror."

New York, the fifth of the San Antonio-class amphibious assault

ships, will be able to embark, transport and land elements of an

assault landing force by helicopters, vertical take-off and landing aircraft, air cushioned landing craft and amphibious vehicles .

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4 A New York City

fireman pauses during

a moment of silence, as

one of the many fallen

firefighters caught in

the World Trade Center

(W1C) is carried out of

the wreckage after the

2001 terror attacks .

The spirit of unity displayed by the citizens

of New York and sacrifices made will be

remembered and

forged into the WIC

steel used to build USS

New York (LPD 21) .

(JO1 Preston

Keres/USN)

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USS Nichal org USS Kinkaid

are decommissioned

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he Navy decommissioned two Spruance-class destroyers this past winter, one on the West Coast and one on the East Coast .

USS Nicholson (DD 982) was decommissioned at Naval Station

Norfolk, Va ., and retired RADM Wesley Jordan, Nicholson's first

Commanding Officer, spoke at the ceremony.

"It was a spectacular accomplishment, and we are proud and elated,"

Jordan told the crowd of former and current crew members . "We demonstrated. what the modern surface combatant was all about . Long endurance,

self-sufficiency and a lethal punch, and we can sa y that was our ship ."

During its 22-year career, Nicholson sailed throughout the world, completing operations with numerous foreign navies .

USS Kinkaid (DD 965), which also sailed with many foreign navies, was

decommissioned at Naval Station San Diego, but the ceremony ended a little

differently than others .

Instead of going their separate ways throughout the fleet, however,

Kinkaid crew members relieved the Sailors aboard USS Fletcher (DD 992) in

Perth, Australia, as part of "Sea Swap," an experiment that kicked off last

summer. Kinkaid's crew is currently in the middle of a six-month deployment aboard Fletcher.

At the end of the ceremony, the crew symbolized their "Sea Swap" initiative by donning a Fletcher ball cap . But to keep the spirit of their recently

decommissioned ship alive, the crew had "Team Kinkaid" stitched on the

right side of the ball cap .

A Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon, ship's sponsor,

smashes a bottle of champagne across the bow of

the Aegis guided-missile destroyer Chung-Hoon

(DDG 93). (Northrop Grumman (orporation)

Spring 2003 www.navy.mil / navpal ib / cno / n76

A USS Nicholson (DD 982) sits moored at the

pier, never to roam the high seas again . Nicholson

is one of two Spruance-class destroyers recently

decommissioned by the Navy . (JCCC/USN)

A The crew of USS Kinkaid (DD 965) continues to

sail as a crew, even after their ship is gone . The

Navy decommissioned Kinkaid this past winter,

releasing the crew to join the "Sea Swap" rotation

aboard USS Fletcher (DD 992) . They began their

deployment by flying to their new ship in Perth,

Australia . (J(CC/USN)

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variant of the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided-missile destroyer (DDG)

Bainbridge in honor of 100 years of a "tin can" Navy. DDG 96 will be the

fifth to bear the name, joining a distinguished list starting with Torpedo-Boat

Destroyer #1 in 1902 .

Just prior to his farewell ceremony in January, Gordon also selected the names

of three naval heroes for the next Arleigh Burke-class destroyers . In one of his final

actions, the secretary decided that ADM William Halsey, ADM Forrest Sherman

and ADM David Farragut would each have a DDG sail under their names .

The newest built DDG is also sailing under a heroic admiral's name . The Navy

christened the pre-commissioning unit Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) on Jan . 11 during a

ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship honors RADM Gordon Chung-Hoon, a

recipient of the Navy Cross and Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary heroism as Commanding

Officer of USS Sigsbee (DD 502) during World War II .

In the spring of 1945, Sigsbee assisted in the destruction of 20 enemy planes off the Japanese island of Kyushu .

During that engagement a kamikaze caused considerable damage to the ship . Under Chung-Hoon's leadership, Sigsbee

performed the necessary damage control to bring the ship back to port under its own power, all while maintaining

"effective fire" against the continuing enemy air attack .

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A USS Boxer (LHD 4) rests pier side hours before deploying to support Operation Enduring Freedom and the continued war on terrorism .

Boxer and six other San Diego-based ships make up Amphibious Task

Force-West . (PH2 Michael Kennedy)

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A Sailor mans a .50-caliber machine gun in response to a report of swimmers in the

water approaching USS Rushmore (LSD 47), during a nighttime force protection training

exercise at Naval Station San Diego . (PHI Edward Martens/USN)

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goodbye to his daughter before boarding

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) .

The Nimitz Carrier

Battle Group deployed

in March in support of

Operation Enduring

Freedom . (PH2 Tiffini

M. Jones/USN)

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How expert are you at identifying surface combatants from foreign navies? Can you tell whether a ship on the horizon is an ally or any enemy? It's time to test your ship identification skills . How about all of you "big eyes" taking a

look at the ship pictured below and letting us know what type of vessel it is, its name, and what nation operates it?

Send your entry to stmrfwarmag{+navsea .iiavv .nlil . Be sure to include your rate, name, and ship or unit of

assignment, and a mailing address . The first individual from a deployable

unit to correctly provide the above information will be recognized in the

next issue of Surface Warfare and will receive a token of our esteem for your

professional knowledge!

The second token, a coin from. Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center,

goes to EW2(SW) Kenneth Morgan of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). He provided

us with the correct answer for Ship Shape in our previous issue .

The picture on the inside back cover of the Winter 2002 Sur face Wan fare magazine is the Japanese destroyer Haruna (DD 141) . Not seen in the photo is the

ship it escorted, the Japanese ship Tokiwa (AOE 423) as it transferred fuel to

USS Seattle (AOE 3) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom .

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A This ship pulled into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept . 4, 2000 . Ships from this country had not visited Hawaii since 1997 . What ship is this,

what type of ship and what nation does it serve? (PH2 Lisa Aman/USN)

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Two COs 200 years apart

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Two former Surface

Warfare Directorate

(OPNAV N76 at the

Pentagon) officers will be

the next Commanding

Officers of the Navy's oldest and newest warships .

CDR Lew Wright (left), the

former OPNAV N76 section

head for strategy, will command USS Constitution

while CDR Mark Sakaguchi,

a former appropriations manager for OPNAV N76, will command the Navy's new experimental catamaran HSV-X2 . Commissioned Oct .

21, 1797, Old Ironsides is the Navy's oldest commissioned warship . It is open to the public for tours in its homeport of Boston . HSVX2 will be similar to the Australian built multi-service high-speed vessel Joint Venture (HSV-X1), which is a wave-piercing experimental catamaran capable of 45 knots . It is currently supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and is operated by a joint U .S . Army and

Navy team . The new high-speed vessel will be homeported in Ingleside, Texas . (JO3 James Zike/USN)

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