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Plebes Survive Sea Trials Features f 1 2 Destination: Annapolis 20 The longest Day It's go0 history, tradition, friend- For the Naval Academy Plebes ly people and great seafood. And of the Class of 2002, one day it's the state capital of Maryland will always stand out - the day to boot. Take a walk down the they completed Sea Trials. In a scenic streets of Annapolis, grueling test of their endurance home to the United States Naval and leadership ability, these Academy. future naval officers proved they were worthy. 14 The loemen USS Hawkbill ( ?8 Over the Top Navy's Arctic Science Lab It's taunted them all year, but team up for SCICEX '99, now they have a chance to con- of five scientific expeditions er it. Witness the dramatic the North Pole. ortsh of the Naval :ademy Class of 2002 as 1 8 Northern Enclosure The Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station (APLIS), known also as Camp Lyon, is a one-of-a- kind support camp built at the North Pole to aid scientists during SCICEX '99. Stop by for a visit, but don't forget your long-johns.

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i Station Whidbey i Island, Wash., has i developeda i strike planning i software tool i called STFUPP and i received a MILCAP Beneficial i Suggestion Award of $7,500. i He worked more than 18 i months to develop the program, i originally designed to help i Prowler planners process i jamming and High-speed Anti- ! Radiation (HARM) missile Sea Shadow glides across San Francisco Bay on the last day of Fleet Battle Experiment-Echo. i timelines. i As the program progressed, Sea Shaduw i he was able to link it with other : advanced technology surface i “We finally received the reac- i current tools to enhance strike Reactivate/tl for Tests i ship that would utilize a Small tivation orders, and in two : planning and execution for the e Sea Shad+w advanced i Waterplane Area Twin-Hull i months and a week, we had i entire air wing team. surface ship lplatform was i (SWATH) design in conjunction i completed reactivation repairs, i “It has really revamped and recently readtivated for a i with several advanced vessel- i trained the crew, had our first i streamlined our planning

Pnew six-year test ~ program : control and signature-reduction i sea trial and then did the first i process and it does what other designed to evalqate future Navy i technologies. : transit of Sea Shadow from San i procured programs have been ships, including the DD 21 : Early testing centered on the i Diego to San Francisco,” Mayer i unable to accomplish,”said land-attack destroyer. The craft : performance and applicability of i said. Sea Shadow was incorpo- i CAPT Danny Knutson, is returning to s ’ce following : these technologies to future i rated into 3rd Fleet’s i commander, Carrier Air Wing 2. five years of dea ‘vation. : Navy vessels. Following an early i recently-completed Fleet Battie i “The fact that Chris developed Sea Shadow e erged from a : 1990s test program, Sea Shadow i Experiment-Echo, held in and i this on his own is amazing.” mid-1980s collaI? oration : was deactivated, stored inside a i around the San Francisco Bay i Naval Strike Warfare Center between the Naq, the Defense : mining barge and was relocated i region. i has embraced Williams’ so Advanced Research Projects : to San Diego. According to i i ware, and it’s currently being Agency and Lodkheed Martin : Gerard Mayer, manager for Sea i Story by Scott Gourley, a corre- i evaluated for use in future Air Missiles and Spap Company. i Shadow at Lockheed Martin, : spondent to Jane’s Defense i Wing Fallon detachments. Tests focused onldesigning, i January‘s reactivation has been : Weekly. i “What Chris has done building and tes{ing an : planned for the last year. i simply boggles the mind,” said i CDR Terry Kraft, commanding i officer of VAQ-131. “He has i developed an intuitive way to i quiddy and accurately plan i timelines that used to take Send your comments to: All Hand! aval Media Center, (ATCN: Editor), i hours. We now use it to he1 i de-conflict and coordinate 2713 Mitscher Rd., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20373-581 9 or i entire strikes.” e-mail: allhandsOmediacen.navy.mil i Story courtesy of Crosswind, 6 : NAS Wkidbey Island, Wash. ‘rr Around the Fleet

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Memylleats First aboard Mercy, he was immediately evaluated by the trauma i ‘Real’ Casulaltv plastic surgeons. 1 pf pf DestMStorm “The Medical Treatment 1 roughout many exercises Facility staff on board Mercy f and drills, the crew of dealt with the situation,” said i USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Gubler. “ [We successfully ;I c‘ t’s a place that offers j has proven herself to be opera- treated Palamario] and the ’ sanctuary in solitude, X tionally ready. But there comes exercise wasn’t interrupted,” he ; Ithe kind of place that a time when the drills make added. ~i inspires enlightenment and ; way for the real thin After a thorough evaluation, i inner peace,” said JO1 Mercy’s first ‘real’ Palamario’s wound was dressed f Rodney Furry, who covered : since Operation Desert Storm and he spent the few remaining f SCICEX ‘99 (See story Page a arrived on board amidst the days of the exercise in bed rest 14). The assignment took numerous mock casualties under the supervision of him to the North Pole along feigning serious wounds in the Mercy’s Intensive Care Unit i with a group of scientists casualty receiving area aboard staff. embarked aboard USS Mercy during Exercise Kernel Mercy participates in a drill Hawkbi//(SSN 666). The Blitz ‘99. the size of finel Blitz only mission was to gain a Gas Turbine $ystem once every two years, and goes i better understanding of the Technician 3rd dlass Joseph to sea only once a year. The ship f Arctic Ocean’s role in the Palamario of US6 Elliott (DD is equipped to handle 250 global climate. 967) was hit in the leg with a patients, although capable of : For Furry, it was a once- bursting aerosal can. 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F the opportunity to attend the course? 4: Previously, it was the Navy's goal to have all Sailors in pay grades E-5, E-6 and E-7 attend the appr training capacity isn't RP2 Bymn 0. Elder with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the ground com- nated in sending Sailors bat dement of the 31st Marine Unit (MEU), claps with New guidelines will be issued by N &ifA---from the Prujumpa school as they play in the school yard. ment hardships on Sailors. ailors and Marines from USS Belleau Woods (LHA 3) i 4mphibious Ready Group (ARG) recently completed a Q: How does a master chief 1 :ommunity relations project at an elementary school 4: Primary duty Command Maste in Phuket, Thailand, during a fiveday port visit. tion board process twi "I've never done a community-relations project before," said HN Kris Guy of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Millington, Tenn., each spring and fall. A N (MEU). "And I love little kids, even if I can't speak their semiannually announc language." the submission of pac The trip from the piers to Phuket gave Guy and others master chief from any the chance to get a view of Thailand that most visiting servicemen never get to see. As the buses moved inland, Navy Enlisted Classification Cod tourist-lined streets gave way to dirt roads lined with rubber collateral duty CMCs, but do not earn t trees and fish farms. CMCs are usually found at commands wi In the schoolyard, the Marines and Sailors led the children in exercises and dancing, including the good, assigned. More details on the Command M old-fashioned "hokey pokey." Then it was time to get to Qble in OPNA" instruction 1 work. The 60-year-old schoolhouse was in need of a fresh coat of paint. After a few hours of painting it was time for Q: What's the difference between a CMC, a CNO-directed CMC and the Marines and Sailors to put down their brushes and a Force or Fleet Master Chief? buckets, but some were reluctant to stop working. Pointing to a wooden railing, Guy wished he could do A: The biggest distinction between these CMCs lies in the scope of the area more. "This wood is all rotted. I would stay here five more for which they are responsible. Responsibility increases as a master chief days to replace It if I could." moves up from serving as primary duty CMC, to a CNO-directed CMC, to a While some had been painting, other Marines and Sailors rorce Master Chief and then Fleet Master Chief. had been cooking. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and Kool-Aid proved to be worldwide favorites as the smiling children Primary duty CMCs are assigned to individual commands or units. joined their American friends for a picnic. CNO-directed CMC positions are designated at the Chief of Naval The children and their guests were not the only ones Operations' discretion. These are assigned to commanders who report having a good time. "This was the first time the American directly to the CNO and/or whose command responsibilities include signifi- Navy has come here," said Punnee Pomutpol, a teacher at the school. "My students tell me that they are very happy ant regional area coordination or other unique dimensions. There are nine and we hope that the Americans can come again." orce Master Chiefs who represent the six type commanders and the As the buses pulled away from the school, Marine Corps Bureau of Medicine, Chief of Naval Education and Training and the Naval Cpl. Zachary A. Crawford, a computer specialist with the MEU, reflected on his experience. "I enjoy helping people Reserve Force. Fleet Master Chiefs represent the Pacific Fleet, Atlantic who are less fortunate. During liberty I did some shopping Fleet and European Theater. and walked on the beaches, but this was the most worth- “Garudas” Help in Prowlers were needed on station Operation Allied Force, with provisions and equipment to immediately to aid the combat another quickly following. They enhance the Navy‘s ability to search and rescue (CSAR) successfully suppressed the seek out drug runner aircraft have been working hard in mission. enemy air defenses from and boats. Under this effort, Europe. The routine, if it Garuda jets were turning, reaching out and touching the known as Counter Drug can be called one, has been taxiing and taking off within CSAR team, enabling them to Upgrade, or CDU, the Orions plan, fly and sleep. minutes. They went out to the rescue the downed F- 117 pilot in-theater have been specifically Nevertheless, schedules and operations area, not sure what and bring him safely home. tailored for counter-drug oper- plans often must change to expect, bringing the best in ations. The modification dramatically in an unstable electronic combat to the task. Story courtesy of Crosswind. involves the removal of an world when unexpected events It was late and people were Orion’s surface search radar and pop up. In Europe, this requires tired, but this is the kind of NADEP JAX Lends A replacing it with the intercept the Navy TacticaJ Electronic effort aircrew and maintainers radar APG-66, currently used in Warfare Squadr n (VAQ) 134 are eager to make. For the eight Helping Hand In The the F-16 Fighting Falcon. team to be ready to fly on a Garuda aviators, the plan was When teamed with the moment’s notice. simpleprovide jamming where !!!!:!!n Depot Navy‘s E-2 Early Warning VAQ- 134 had been flying and when it was needed, and (NADEP) Jacksonville, Fla., Aircraft, Orion crews can be missions for just a few days use a High-speed Anti- has been selected to take a vectored to the bad guys and during Operation Allied Force Radiation Missile (HARM) if more active role in fighting the gain better contact on the when they received word that anything got in the way. war on drugs. Depot artisans suspect aircraft. Once locked in, someone had been shot down They did both, firing the are currently modifymg 32 P- the P-3 can hold contact for in enemy territory. This meant first Prowler HARM in 3C Orion aircraft with special hours. During normal operations, drug runner aircraft increase escape opportunities by either landing at a forward airfield or dropping loads to go- fast boats staged in nearby telligence Specialist 1st Class Serloyd ( rter from the Naval Strike ^;I waters. and Airkarfare Center, Fallon, Nev., was recently named Reserve Deputy of the Year To counter these escape for the Churchill County, Nev., Sheriffs Department. Carter, a native of Houston, has routes, the P-3 CDU has its been a volunteer sheriff since 1997 and has heen serving on NAS Fnllnn’s Anxiliary Optical Station System’s cameras Security Force for the past year. available. These cameras allow the crews to standoff miles from the contact without being detected, while observing and recording activities. Due to its ability to track airborne targets, monitor surface operations at a safe distance and remain on station recently received the ADM Ben Moreell Medal, which is for an extended period of time, ociety of American Military Engineers in recognition of the P-3 CDU aircraft has made military engineering. Kuzio is Officer-in-Charge of significant contributions to and illion redesign of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Va. remains the backbone of the illion Charette Health Care Cmter. counterdrug concept of operations in the Eastern Pacific, Caribbean and over South ‘lectronics Technician 2nd Class Albert LeyendeCKeI‘ of the Naval I America. racific Meteorology and Oceanography Center/Joint Typhoon Warning Center (NPMOC/JTWC) Pearl Harbor, was selected as Shore Sailor of the Quarter, 1st Quarter Story Charlene D. Pugh, onsible for installin tu, NALIEP Jacksonville, Flu. ”I uss car/ Y/kIsukI AK1 Robert Brady says ship by Elevator 4, and we used Crane Operators crane operations are a good the crane to load the cargo experience out of their daily onto the ship. Without a crane, Contribute To business. “I’ve been licensed to we have to pull into port and Readiness operate a crane since 1994. I move the cargo up the brow SS Carl Vinson’s (CVN 70) didn’t think that I would ever from the pier.” hangar bay would be really operate a crane when I joined The crane is an all-terrain Ucrowded - and the ship the Navy. Lorne Cranes have vehicle the Navy bought from would not be as prepared to only been on carriers for four the Army specifically for use on fight - wi;thout the Lorne or five years.” AK3 Stephen Mustin Jr., steadies aircraft carriers. Crane opera- Rough Terrain crane. “We use Crane training on board the cargo being lowered in Hangar tions are not only fun for the the crane at least three times a aircraft carrier takes about six Bay 3 aboard USS Carl Vinson operator, but also very important to the operations conducted week,”Aviation Storekeeper 2nd weeks, according to Brady. “It (CVN 70) Class Jason Sloan said. Sloan is takes on-the-job training, by the aircraft carrier. ‘Without a crane driver for the supply hands-on operation, learning the signalman.” the crane, the aircraft would not department on board Carl hand signals and how to be a The crane comes in handy fly,”said Sloan. Vinson. safety observer,” he said. “Our when taking on cargo in port or . Without the crane, we training is based on the same while anchored, according to Story by J03Brian Hess, wouldn’t be able to bring things standardized training in civilian Brady. “When we anchored in USS Carl Vinson (CW70) out of the hole, move propellers industry.” Bahrain, the barges came to the Public Afairs. from the bulkhead and the AK1 Douglas Bovie is in the hangar would be congested,” he process of getting his license added. The “hole” that Sloan and has used the crane six referred to is the jet engine times. “It’s kind of nerve- racking the first time,” he said. hatch, five decks deep. This month we take a look back at the July 1978 issue of “Four of the decks below “There are a lot of levers and I A// Hands, in which we introduced our 21st Chief of Naval have store rooms we use for have to maneuver the cargo Operations, ADM Thomas B. Hayward. aircraft parts,” he added. around using directions from In that issue, the newly-appointed CNO discussed the current state of the Navy as well its future role in national ‘I defense. Hayward’s biggest challenge, it seems, was devising a way to meet the personnel needs of a growing Navy. Retention was key, he said, as well as training good leaders and keeping them. Also in that issue, A// Hands profiled Japan’s “secret weapon” of World War II - a “midget submarine,” approximately 80 feet long, armed with two torpedoes and operated by only two men. The Japanese used the submarine only once and not very well. In fact, the United States captured its first prisoner of the war because of this submarine’s failure. We also profiled Navy test pilots. These daring men learned to fly all sorts of aircraft, including gliders, as part of what was known as the Soaring Program. 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‘I ne Maryland nenaissance I was a saa aay wnen benera in the enlisted accessions office. His job is Festival comes to nearby Washington resigned his commis- to help bring members with prior service Crownsville, Md., every year sion as Commander-in-Chief of into the Naval Academy. Whether he’s from August to early October. the Continental Army at the old conducting interviews, helping a poten- There’s jousting, people State House here in 1783. But only a few tial midshipman fill out forms or in period costumes, miles from that spot, close to 1,000 pointing him toward the right way to get renaissance arts and midshipmen throw their caps in the air medically qualified, Frye is enjoying his crafts and stage acts. every spring in exultation as they receive tour. “I like it here,” he said. “There are so their commissions in the U.S. Navy. many educational benefits about living This is Annapolis, Md. Only about 27 here, with all the schools around. The miles from both Washington, D.C., and waterfront here is just magnificent. You Baltimore, this city dates back to before could ride a bicycle downtown and see the signing of the Declaration of all the shops and restaurants. Independence. It’s famous for many ‘I think working at the Academy is things, but one standout is the U.S. Naval especially influential to all the junior Academy, founded there in 1845. people,” Frye continued. “They see all tL- More than just midshipmen, profes- midshipmen, and it makes them think sors and plebes, there’s a large enlisted about their future . .. about maybe contingent stationed in Annapolis. Some getting a commission one day.” work at the nearby Naval Station whil Tamed for King James 11’s youngest others work directly with midshipmen ar daughter, Princess Anne, Annapolis was the Academy. actually the capital of the United State: Yeoman 1st Class Robert Frye works

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stly radio voice drifted eerily under the ice pack down through the depths it finally echoed, cold and distant from a tiny speaker to the crowd in USS bill’s (SSN 666) control room. wkbill . .. This is Marvin Gardens you are clear to surface, over.” LV L..V ..“I... I “.V I.. L.. V I-”. .. . d he heat in the overcrowded compartment continued to rise, the Skipper he command, “Officer of the Deck, vertical surface the ship, achieve a three- ot per minute ascent rate.” e captain’s voice cut through the humid air like a scythe, and a bead of sweat d on the young lieutenant’s brow. he lieutenant replied, “Vertical surface the ship, achieve a three-zero foot per minute ascent rate. Aye, sir!” As the helmsman made minor adjustments with the planes, the chief of the watch began to systematicallypump out Hawkbill’s huge ballast tanks to make her buoyant. For the first time in weeks, all other activity inside the boat came to a halt. Each set of eyes was curiously fixed skyward, as if they could see through the hull to the approaching ice pack. His bead of sweat swelled and trickled when the lieutenant finally exhaled. Meanwhile, the diving officer slowly began ticking off the feet. “Eight-zero feet . .. seven-zero feet .. . six-zero feet .. .” White knuckles gripped every available hold. Hawkbill ascended until a shout rang out, “Impact!” Suddenly the top of the sail collided with the ice pack, sending a shudder throughout the boat. She lurched with a heavy steel groan that sounded like King Neptune himself had the boat in his powerful grip. More than three feet thick but no match for the 4,000-ton vessel, the ice succumbed to the force of the surfacing boat and split with a shattering protest. As the tension of the moment subsided, a small group of support personnel on the ice pack above them was already swarming around the protruding sail

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Right: Hawkbi/k Commanding Officer CDR Robert Perry looks over a map of the Arctic with navigator LCDR Rick Stoner (left) and ASL ice pilot Jeff Gossett while plotting the boat‘s track.

Below: University of Hawaii Engineer Mark Rognstat and Columbia University Engineer Dale Chayes look over data taken from the SCAMP ocean-mapping sonar as they prepare to begin testing the unit in the Arctic Ocean.

like bees around their queen. Below the That’s something you just can’t do with a ice she hung - stealthy, black and surface vessel like an icebreaker,” he said. smooth - a true vessel of war. But that’s not to say it’s an effortless But beneath her sleek faCade, cruise. Just getting to the Arctic Ocean Hawkbill’s interior revealed a torpedo requires an unmatched test of the crew’s room converted to an oceanographic navigational skills. For more than a laboratory for a peaceful mission. The week, Hawkbill maneuvered through the mission, dubbed SCICEX ‘99 (Science Ice shallow, ice-covered Bering Strait at a Expedition), teamed the best of the snail’s pace, zigzagging around deep ice scientific community with the military keels extending far below the surface ice community’s most advanced hardware to pack. It’s a trip that would be almost improve our understanding of the Arctic impossible without the help of a small Ocean’s role in the global climate. group of “ice pilots” from the Arctic For the past five years, the nation’s Submarine Laboratory (ASL) who know top scientists and engineers have had through experience just how unpre- Navy nuclear submarines at their dictable a trip like this can be. disposal thanks to an agreement between “We didn’t know what we would eyes and ears in the deep, but navigating the Navy Submarine Force, the Office of encounter up here,” said Jeff Gossett, an under the ice poses a unique challenge. Naval Research, the National Science ice pilot and former submarine officer The answer is a group of specially- Foundation, The National who was making his 21st trip into the designed sonars tested during more than Oceanographic & Atmospheric region. “You can’t rely on previous expe- 40 years of Arctic submarine travel, Administration and the U.S. Geological rience to tell you what it’s going to be pioneered by Dr. Waldo Lyon and the Survey. The general opinion is that the like at any particular point along the crews of USS Nautilus (SSN 571) and undersea boats are the luxurious way to way,” he said. USS Skate (SSN 578). navigate in this inhospitable part of the At times the boat squeezed under the The Pulsed Forward-Looking world. pack with only feet to spare between her Upgrade (PFLU), or “Pee-flew”,is the “A nuclear submarine is the perfect keel and the ocean floor. While gallons of windshield of the system. It provides the platform for this kind of scientific sweat may have been expended at the conning officer and the ice pilots a study,” said CDR Robert Perry, boat’s conn, the helmsmen had a little graphic picture of obstacles directly in Hawkbill’s commanding officer. “We can added protection thanks to modern front of the vessel. With a watchstander maneuver and explore vast areas of the technology. staring at the tiny, multi-colored picture Arctic Ocean for extended periods. Sonar has long been a submarine’s for hours on end, the boat makes what

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Nearby, oceanographer Steve Okkonen from the University of Alaska- Fairbanks is busy cataloguing the s for use in a variety of studies, ngineers monitor a new ocean- ng sonar that penetrates deep into e ocean floor providing more information than ever before possible. After a few surfacings at the ice camp to pick up scientists and supplies, Hawkbill continued on her course for stra busily took water sa several more weeks to gather data. As repared to dive for their journey I lip back under the ice, the took one last look at the barren

the Arctic Ocean’s chemical ma various depths.

Crew members perform a fire drill as Hawkbill prepares to go under the ice. 7 They looked at each other and wondered Commander, CAPT J.A. Flschbeck. words come where he thought they were golng to run Stepplng from the warm shelter of the oft to, especially after he explalned that small huts, the cold hlts you llke an all- polar bears, common to the area, can pro Ilnebacker, and nearclnstantaneous smell a man from 20 mlies away and run frostbite Is a common danger when the up to 45 mlles per hour. They would soon temperature drops well below 50 flnd that there was plenty to do oft the degrees Fahrenhelt. Near the camp, a Ice floe, and the polar bears had lucklly group wleldlng long saws and plck-axes not been Informed of the human buffet at gathered around a hole, looklng llke Ice Ice Camp APLIS. flshlng IumberJacks. Gazlng Into the Icy The Applled Physlcs Laboratory Ice abyss below the four-toot thlck Ice, Roger Statlon (APLIS) was the flrst of Its Wnd Andemon, a hydrographlt expert from the people on Earth. bulk In several years as a support camp Unlverslty of Washlngton Applled Physlco "Welcome to Ice Camp APLISI" for the last In a series of flve Sclence Ice Laboratory, explalned that It was part of Otfered the cam '8 OMcor-ln-Charge, Dan Expedltlons (SC/C€X '99). Named Ice thelr research. Steele. As the an responsible for the Camp Lyon atter the late Dr. Waldo won, "Once the hole Is flnkhed, we can welfare of all of eamp's Inhabttants, who helped ploneer Navy submarlne place a devlce In the water that Steek began to kM a small -up of exploratlon of the Arctlc, the camp measures the water current," he saw. vlsltors on the Idamp rules and safety served as a temporary home for a The long pole, resembllng an upsidedown hazards as theylthawed out over small SC/C€X support staff from the weathervane Is part of several ongolng steaming cups + e. Navy's Arctlc Submarlne Laboratory studles by the lab alded largely by the "Make sure $0~don't leave the Ice (ASL), and a group of sclentfsts. Navy's Arctlc research program. iloe wtthout Infdnnlng the command hut, "There Is so much that can be learned Zoomlng aomthe floe on the back and make sure $ou have a rad10 and Me from the Arctlc that benents not only the of a snowmoblle, James ParlneHa and wtth you," sald the ehwrful Steele sclentlffc community, but wlll eventually Armen Bahlavounl burled thelr faces In through hls bushy In#.n moustache. benent the Navy as well,'' sald ASL's the large furcllned hoods of thelr parkas

ALL HANDS I re and watched the billowing cloud of snow developed a technology for studying the average equatorlai dweller probably never stirred up In their wake. Their excursion Arctic climate using underwater gives the frozen Arctk outback a second off the safety of the Roe over, they acoustics. He was getting ready for an thought. Stili, here in the middle of expressed thanks to the Navy for important test of the system, which nowhere, the Navy and a group of bciem providing an affordable way for them to would recelve an acoustic signal from a tlsts were wliiing to brave the harshest of get to the Arctic. On this day, they were source ail the way across the Arctic elements in an effort to better understand testing new equipment capable of nearly 3,000 miles away. the world’s oceans. studying the movement of the Ice pack. The system, called Arctic Climate The small camp slowly disappeared as “We’re setting up tiltmeters at various Observations using Underwater Sound, the plane scrambled aloft, Otterlng the places on the Ice pack to study the or ACOUS from the Greek word for departing vlsltors an even greater view of waves that form as the ice moves,” said ‘to listen’, may eventually provide the endless expanse of trozen white Bahiavouni. “it’s an alternative way of researchers and ciimatoioglsts with wilderness. Another old phrase comes to studying Ice thickness trends, which will a long-term system for studying the mind. Thls one, from an ancient Taoist provide more information on the ocean’s ocean below the Ice that requires philosopher, seemed written for the currents.” fewer camps like this one. place: “The highest good Is that of the Studying the currents and their effect “One of the things we hope to develop water. The goodness of water is that it on the overall climate was also the focus using the ACOUS Is a greater under- benefits the ten thousand creatures, yet of other scientists at the camp. Heavy standing of the cyclical warmlng and Itself does not scramble, but is content boots crunched across the ice outside cooling of the ocean,” he said. “Thls wlll with the places that ail men disdain.” the command hut, announcingthe arrival help us better understand how the of Peter Mikhalevsky. ice Camp Lyon’s climate here afhcts the global climate.” Furry Is a San Dlqa-based phoww~ chief scientist. inside, he turned hls As a tiny plane circled across the nallst with Ail Hands. attention to yet another Ice hole, this rooftop of the world, the camp came to one cut rlght into the floor of the hut. life at the prospect of oil and food repiem Mlkhaievsky‘s company, Science lshments and possibly a newspaper from Applications international Corp., has cMilzatlon. It’s understandable why the

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Foulth class midshipmen of the Class of 2002 grind

through an exhausting day of “Sea Trials.”

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t ne Friday night, not too long ago, Midshipman 4th Class Gregory Chapman bought $50 worth of fast food and began a feast to end all feasts. Forget the Last Supper and the pilgrim’s Thanksgiving dinner; this was the super mega meal - the mother of all chow downs. Single- handedly, Chapman wolfed down some 280 fries, a gallon or two of cola and about five pounds of hamburgers. He snacked for an hour that night - heroically, mythically. Calorie counters and nutritionists would have reeled in disbelief had they witnessed the hamburger- hoarding spectacle. Chapman deserved the 4,200 calories though. For during that day he got by on a banana, some strawberries and an occasional sip of water here and there. He and about 1,OOO of his closest friends at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., had just been through something he later called, “the hardest thing he ever did”: Sea Trials. One of the culminating events of the Plebe year, Sea Trials is an intense, day- long workout. The relatively new event at the Academy is designed to test Plebe class training, teamwork, endurance and determination. The day begins at about 3 a.m., and runs nonstop until 8 p.m. Included are obstacle courses, physical endurance exercises, basic seamanship, problem-solving exercises and knowl- edge of the Academy. That day, April 29, 1999, the class of 2002 pushed themselves to the limit. Then they gorged themselves. Then they slept. And perhaps sleeping more soundly than any other midshipman was F

A L Looks like a war-tom battle zone, but the Chapman. Even in slumber, the 22 year- really learned in the fleet. barbed wire, smoke and spraying water old Newbury, N.H., native stood out. “To be a prior you gain more respect,” were on the Acadepy yard. Plebes had to Not because of the number of pushups said Chief Fire Controlman (SW) Robert sprint through mud and crawl under barbed he cranked out that day, or the miles he Chezem, the company’s senior enlisted wire in this exercise. ran or the weight of the logs he carried; advisor. “Their leadership abilities are not even because of the dried ketchup on better than the others, so the young ones his face. Around the yard, Chapman is tend to look up to them. Athletically and known as a “prior” - someone who had academically they’re on the same Silhouetted in the hlternoon sun, Midshipman prior enlisted time before coming to the footing, but priors who have been in the 4th Class Gregory Chapman prepares to cross Academy. fleet understand what goes on here at the between two poles on a “high line!’ To some - especially the men and Academy a little better.” women who came to the Academy green Chapman’s inherent leadership came and straight out of high school - the title through at Sea Trials. In the 15th mile of “prior” was intimidating. running, when his team had to drop to Early in the year, Chapman’s class- their bellies and crawl through the mud, mates whispered and pointed behind his he showed the way by going first. When back. His drill instructors - themselves the 400-pound log being supported senior Academy students with no prior- above their heads by five running enlisted service - silently wondered if midshipmen began to slip, he screamed they had the right stuff to teach a person words of encouragement. When the who outranked them in terms of Navy team had to formulate a plan to carry a experience. man on a stretcher through an obstacle The enlisted class advisors - Navy course, he laid the groundwork. And in chiefs - they too must have eyeballed the 14th hour, when the non-stop Chapman, wondering how much he grueling exercises began to take their

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toll, he pushed himself and everyone else and say I have more endurance than I just a little harder. ever thought I did. Parts of it were fun “There was one obstacle,” recalled and parts of it weren’t.’’ Chapman, “when we were climbing a Chapman said Sea Trials toughened pole and I had the other guys on my him up. But toughening him up more, shoulders .. .. I couldn’t think of perhaps, was the Navy‘s Basic Enlisted anything else other than, ‘let this pass.’ Training, or the long hours of study at And when we were carrying the Zodiac Nuclear Machinist’s Mate School. boats, and they were bouncing off our A couple years earlier, they were 1 exhaustive five-mile run heads - that was just miserable. nothing more than dreams for Chapman. (the lfourth five-miler of the day). “I can look back on Sea Trials now Soon the kid, who was fascinated by World War I1 history and Qm Clancy novels in high school, was embarking on the biggest story of his life. He thought about going to the Acadeqy, but instead went to college at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. After a year, his desire to “travel and learn more” caught up with him. Enter the US.Navy. “My father was very tickled when he found out I was joining the Navy. My parents came out for pass and review in boot camp. Then, they came to the Academy while I was here. My mom didn’t go to college, and neither did my

ALL UAWBS Right A little before 8 p.m., sleeping comes easily as Sea Trials ends.

Below: Chapman and the team grunt through sit-ups with a 400- pound telephone pole. c A i

L Chapman’s team huddles and dad, so for me to come to the Academy, English, chemistry and physics, devises a strategy prior to a it’s really special for me and them.” Chapman moved to the Academy, daunting exercise. He joined the Navy in April 1996 and He shaved his head, began doing immediately went to Nuclear Machinist’s mandatory exercise routines like a Mate school after boot camp. His ASVAB madman and was force-fed teamwork, score of 90-plus reflected his intelligence loyalty and integrity concepts. Training, Fin Ily, after 17 hours of grueling and desire to learn more. orientation, briefs, placement tests, exe 4ses, Chapman (right) and his “I spent a month in Charleston, S.C., uniform inspections, discipline training, teammatas from 3rd Company sing the at the Nuclear Power Training Unit, and rifle drilling and room inspections also tr#ditlonal Academy song “Blue from there I went to the Naval Academy followed. land Gold” to mark the end of Prep School in Newport, R.I.” Slowly, Chapman took on the form of an exhaustive day. After a year of preparatory math, a midshipman. He earned the respect of fellow class- mates and instructors, was promoted to class company commander and excelled in school. Chapman said the first semester class company commander was also a prior enlisted. “He and I outperformed the other plebes, because, having been in the fleet, we had a huge headstart on everyone.” There were some sacrifices the ‘prior’ made at the Academy. His pay dropped from $990 a month as an E-4 to only $50 per month (the Academy automatically deducts allowances for laundry, uniforms and his education loan). He had to sell his car and become separated from his girlfriend. But Chapman made I lot of letters to his girlfriend. He was welcomed into the Barber household - an Annapolis family who specificall requested a prior enlisted Sailor to sponsor. And sooner than he knew it, the year was over - as marked by the culminating event known as Sea Trials. Today he looks back at his enlisted time fondly. “I can honestly say the greatest time of my life was being stationed in Orlando, Fla., while going through machinist’s mate “A“ school. The guys I met there and hung out with were the greatest, and I still keep in touch with my old roommates and my best friends.” In “A“ school they did everything together, from parachuting out of airplanes to studying nuclear physics. “The bonding here is a little different then it was in “A“ school. As company commander, I’m more of a leader. “After Sea Trials I had a better appre- ciation for those in my squad, and more respect for others’ ability. There’s things I can’t do by myself, but with the team we can.” Bruised and battered, pained and stiffened, sunburned and soiled; there’s one thing Chapman realizes he can do - without the help of his squad - and he demonstrated it after 15 hours of Sea Trials: Mad feasting. Fry after fry after fry.

Benson is a photojournalist assigned to All Hands. Above: Chapman cringes as he does leg lifts. Below: After more than 16 hours of Sea Trial events, all 1,O00 Plebes gather in for congratulatory remarks.

I” ounds easy enough: climb a honor and prestige than a college 21-foot gray monument, campus “see how many you can remove a plebe’s blue-rimmed stuff in the phone booth” competi- “dixie cup” at the top and replace it tion, the annual climbing is meant with an midshipman’s cover. to reward young midshipmen for Thing is, it takes most groups finishing plebe year. It also three to four hours, or more, to do reminds them of the values of it. Might be because the obelisk- teamwork, courage and discipline shaped monument is greased that are instilled in them down with 200 pounds of slippery throughout the year. lard three inches thlck. Or maybe This time it took the group a because the group attempting the little more than two hours to climb is constantly showered with accomplish the hat trick atop the cold water. monument. Last year it was a four- But for the 1,000 eager, hour climb. screaming Annapolis Naval Four hours! From Mount Academy plebes, the lard and Everest’s Base Camp 4 to the water just added to the fun of summit takes only six. (But those climbing Herndon - a monument climbers didn’t have lard to that taunted them all year. In an contend with). event that rivals Sea Trials In The Herndon ceremony began excitement, and has far more with a cannon blast at 2 p.m. as

ALL HANDS 1813 - 1857, lost his life t effort to save his ship n during a hurricane off as. That selfless sacri- marks the spirit of the j:“ Herndon tradition.

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JOI Robert Benson to climb and there “tain’t no more plebes.” event is the culmination of the plebe year. The monument climb has become a tradition rich in history. It reminds the plebes of the values of teamwork, courage and discipline that are instilled in them throughout the year.

Shoe throwing, hands, shirts and bodi dozen or so bodles toppllng down llke domlnoes. Cllmb agaln. Lather. Rlnse. Cllmb agaln. One Annapolls tradltlon says that whoever reaches the top to swltch the white hat to an upper- classman’s hat will be the flrst to rise to the rank of admiral. This year a behemoth of a mldshlpman - 6’6’’ and more than 230 pounds - made his way to the top rung of bodles, stretched llke he never had before and wlth the tlp of hls flngers tossed a midshipman’s cover atop the memorial. The pyramld collapsed In exhaustlon, the crowd went wlld and a future admiral was hailed as the hero. Hemdon was once agaln defeatd. Hats off - literally, from the top of the monument - to the two-hour class of 2002. 2s remove the fatty white goo.

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at the end of World War II.

Naval Institute Press. Edward Lm Beach

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CAPT Edward L. Beach is a 1939 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he ran&ed second in his class and held the midshipman rank of regimental commander. Serving aboard submarines, he partkipated in the Battle of Midway and 12 combat patrols during World War 11, earning 10 decora- tions for gallantry, including the Navy Cross. By war’s end he was in command of his own boat, USS Piper (SS 4091. Some years later he would command the nuclear submarine USS Triton (SSCRlN 586) during her famous 84-day/41,OOO mile submerged voyage around the globe, a record that still stands today for speed and endurance. Ashore, Beach served on the personal staff of General Omar Bradley during Bradley’s tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as naval aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is the author of 13 books, including Run Silent, Run Deep, and numerous articles. Four of his books have been besbellers. His latest work, Salt and Steel: Reflections of a Submariner, is available through the Naval Institute Press. Beach retired from the Navy in 1966, The new home of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md., was christened Beach Hall last April in honor of him and his father, who was also a naval officer of literary achievement. All Hands recedy had the opportunity to sit down with Beach for an exclusive interview. I- AUGUST 1000 33 Q: In the firist chapter of Salt and Roy Benson was his name, and I really could do 30 knots for months, not 20 knots Stee2 you credided your father with did like him. He was known as ‘Pigboat just for 1,OOO hours. And, indeed, we ran at greatly influencing your decision to join Benny’ Terrific leader. 2 1 knots all the way around the world. For the Navy, and yet he actually tried to The third was the man who relieved a submarine, that was phenomenal. So I dissuade you a kttle bit. Benson, after four excellent patrols. This knew this was something very special. A Yes, he redly did. He went to quite was Robert E. “Dusty” Dornan, the most some length to argue against it. capable, hardest-fighting submariner in Q: What kind of outlet did writing the force. I was his exec, and it was from provide for you while you were in the Q: Why do rou think he did that? him that I really learned the business. Navy? Is that a natural extension of your A I’ve wondiered about that because The fourth was ADM Chester Nimitz interests or was it something that started clearly he wasn’t against duty in the Navy. himself. as a diversion and got bigger? I’ve since decid d that he was bending A Well, my father wrote about the over backwardse to make sure that I knew Q: Under your command, USS Triton Navy. As I said, he was the most impor- what I wanted to do. His influence on me circumnavigated the globe - 84 days, tant figure in my life. So I wanted to at that time waq stronger, I think, than 41,000 miles - a record that still stands follow in Dad’s footsteps. I went to the even he realized. I sort of worshipped him. today for speed and endurance. Did you Naval Academy and became a naval

CAW Edward Beach with his bride, Ingrid, on their wedding day, about 30 hours before the landing on the coast of Normandy. I

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father, whom do you have any idea at the time how histori- officer, like him. He wrote about the Nav). cally significant that voyage was going - a total of 13 books. I began writing as a to be? midshipman, and now I’ve written 13 A Nowhere near the way you put it books. At the time, I guess, I just wanted now. But I did know that it was going to be to make Dad proud of me. important, because it had never happened before. And I was one of the guys who had Q: How, as the naval aide to the been early on touting the nudear subma- President of the United States, were you rine, which I predicted could go 20 knots able to write Run Silent, Run Deep? for 1,OOO hours. Compare that to the latest A I’ve wondered about that, too! In diesel boats of the time, which had a top the first place, being a naval aide does nd speed of 15 knots but would run out of occupy 100 percent of your time. There 9 battery power in one hour. Well, as it a little time for yourself. So, instead of i turned out, I was given a submarine that playing golf or going to a lot of parties, 18

a4 ALL HANDS would come home after hours at the pretty well written before they even read Sailor or a junior officer who is about to White House, sit in my living room with the book. They only wanted the title - make that crucial decision to stay in or a clipboard and write. My goal was to they simply bought the book for the title. get out, what would it be? write two pages a night. I wrote a couple Now, Ingrid, that’s my wife, says I A I’ve been thinking about that for a hundred pages that way. I didn’t always shouldn’t talk like this. She thinks I long time. What is there about the Navy? get two pages done e should say “Oh, it was a great movie. Go To me, it’s always been a tremendous was my quota. see it!’’ Because the more they see the feeling that I am part of an organization movie, the more they’ll want to buy the that’s much bigger than I am. The Navy Q: Were you surprised by the success book. But I really can’t say that, because has done things for me that most people of Run SiZent, Run Deep? Did that kind it’s not true to the Navy that I saw and just couldn’t comprehend. Of all my of take you by surprise? tried to describe. school friends, I was the one who had the A Well, yes, of course. Naturally, I had hoped it would be a success, but I Q: Looking back on your life, what _L _” had no idea how big a success it would would you consider your crowning be. That was a terrific compliment, and achievement?What’s the one thing even more so that the book is still selling. you’re most proud of?

Beach cherished his duty P *. as President Eisenhower’s naval aide. 0.

Another special ship in Beach’s life was USS calilbmia (BB 44). As commandant of are Island Navy Yard, his father supervised her construction and launch, and the younger Beach dreamed of someday even being her skipper.

In fact, right now, the folks at the Naval A That’s a hard question. I’m proud biggest adventure. Institute Press, who reprinted it in their of Triton’s around-the-world cruise, but I During the war, I was driving Naval Classics Series, tell me it’s their best didn’t really do that. That was done by submarines. The Navy made that continuous seller. my crew and the Navy - the ship the possible. Now look at the commanding Navy built and put me in command of. officer of an aircraft carrier, or a nuclear Q: How involved were you in the That’s not a personal achievement, engineer, a naval aviator or a Sailor in making of the movie? Did you have any although I was captain of the ship. command of his own boat. They all have input in that? Probably the biggest thing that’s ever responsibility - they‘re part of something A None whatsoever. I was unhappy happened to me on the personal level is much bigger than themselves. They are with the movie. If you read the book and to have the Naval Institute’s Beach Hall adventurers. They do wonderful things look at the movie carefully - one right named after my father and me. No doubt that other people can’t do. This is one of after the other - you’ll see that the movie about it. the tremendous things the Navy can do has little resemblance to Run Silent, Run for you. Deep. I mean, I think they had the script Q: If you had one thing to say to a

AUBUST llll 35 to keep the rest of us cool too. The blg angle lndlcator on the brldge spln to the “Nosslrl” chromeplated steerlng wheel was Just full left posltlon, movlng even faster than “Nelther am II Let’s get out of slghtl” beneath the hatch at our feet, so It was before. Trlgger obedlently stopped her The two of us dlved for the hatch. As loglcal that whoever was steerlng should swlng to starboard, began to curve OOD I was the last man through It, and also functlon as a llnk In the communlca rapldly to the lett. “Rudder Is left full, as I Jumped below a rlfle bullet zlnged tlon chaln. Wllson was a natural for slrl” bellowed Wilson. HIS volce deflnltely through the brldge dde platlng, maklng a thls Job. contalned an unusual tone. neat hole a foot or two above my head. The only hatch open was now the The shlps were now perhaps 60 yards “Take her downl” sald Benson, and connlng tower hatch, whlch would not be apart, water curllng from both hls bows down we went wlth all the famlllar nolses shut while there were men on the brldge. as he put hls full effort Into turnlng attendant upon dlvlng: dlesels shuttlng “Lookouts belowl” I shouted. We toward us. There was nothlng remarkable down, exhaust valves and maln air Induc- certalnly dldn’t need them now, and thls about hlm at all: Just a rusty old frelghter tlon valve slammlng shut, connlng tower would get them out of lmmedlate danger of perhaps 3000 tons, slngle stack hatch cllcklng shut, Its dogghg hand- If the shlps hlt. Benson and Iwere then puffing out a blg cloud of smoke. The wheel belng spun. alone topslde, the menaclng bow of the Wilson, hls broad lmpasslve face enemy shlp looming very dose Indeed. beaded wlth sweat, was puttlng the We were exactly endon to each other, by rudder amldshlps - another routlne on thls tlme only one or two hundred yards dlvlng. “All ahead two thlrds,” ordered apart. Black smoke was pourlng out of the captaln. Thls, too, was part of the the frelghter’s slngle tall stack. Clearly normal dlvlng routlne. Wllson turned the he had put everything he had on the Ilne. two knobs on the englne order We, too, had our four dlesel engines at telegraphs mounted In front of him, maxlmum power. At our cornblned movlng thelr polnters from the “ahead closlng speed of perhaps 30 knots we full” posltlon, below ‘standard” to were due to colllde wtthln seconds. “ahead twethlrds.” The answer from the “Rlght full rudderl” I yelled at Wlloon. maneuverlng room back aft, where the I could vlsuallze his masslve muscles electrlclan’s mates on watch actually splnnlng that blg steerlng wheel faster controlled the speed of our propeller than It had ever been spun before. shafts, was so qulck It was evldent they “Rudder Is right fulll” he yelled back, a had thelr hands already speclal note In hls volce. Trlgger’s bow on thelr own knobs. preclpltantly swerved to starboard. The danger was now past. For a Thls exposed the length of our port moment there was nothlng for anyone to slde to the enemy shlp’s bluff bow, and do, and Wllson had evldently taken more would give hlm the chance he must have than hls years of naval and submarlne Hggets “piankownei., deach is the hoped for, to hIt us bows on, amldshlps. experlence had prepared hlm for. ”MI. lieutenant (junior grade) closest to the camera in he Sure enough, he must have put hls own Beach,” he sald, great globules of sweat commissioning ceremony. His first wartime duty wa: rudder to port, for he began to swlng standlng out on hls expressive face, “If in this ship. toward us. Wlth our own hardover rudder, we’re golng to have a colllslon, can’t you our port broadslde was swlnglng toward at least make up your mlnd where you hlrn, exposlng Itself. To the [Japanese] only thlng unusual about that old tub was want me to put the rudder?” sklpper It must have looked llke a perfect the man drlvlng her. I stared at hlm for an Instant, the real- opportunky. Seconds separated us from But we were at full speed. Wlth our lzatlon dawnlng of what must have been havlng our slde smashed In. rudder now hard over toward the enemy hls vlew of our recent emergency. A It was llke drlvlng a car In heavy shlp and hls toward us, we were splnnlng number of our crew heard the exchange, traffic, wlth two big dlfferences. Shlps a clrcle around the same spot, passlng and for the next few days I heard are a lot longer than cars, and they steer slde by slde only a short dlstance apart. comments about maklng up my mlnd, but from the stern, not the bow. Judging the We would pass clear. I felt a qulck sense behlnd the wlsecracks I sensed also a relatlve motlon as well as I could, I of satlsfactlon that I had successfully hlnt of approvlng respect. Among the shouted down the hatch, “Shlft your dodged hls assault. Already hls brldge crew of a submarlne at war, a great deal rudder to left fulll” If Wilson’s muscles was comlng abeam of ours. Suddenly Is never put Into words. had bulged at the flrst command, they Benson spoke. It was hls flrst utterance And as for Wllson and me, nothlng must have gone Into hard knots at thls In several mlnutes. “Ned,” he sald, “are can ever take the place of that dellclous second one. We could see the rudder you a hero?” moment.

AUBUST 1000 51 Story and photos by JOI Rodney J. Furry

Phoenix Mercury hare with our biggest faiis what playin Assistant Coach Howie Landa runs MM3 With the 1999 season just aroiiiia tni LaShawn Brown

Lorner, the team was still settling new i through drills during a Dlayers into the fold, so having a few new one-on-one coaching aces on the court barely raised an session. -- e team, thanks to the Sailors’

“We just started practices, so a lot of he people here are new. We haven’t fully ;ot our team’s chemistry yet, so it’s fun laving them here with us. And with their game, we don’t have to slow down at all,”

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en develop their game. As he put m through a series of shooting drills,

Landa, a former Sailor hitnself, look: fondly back on his own days as an All- Navy basketball star in Norfolk, during lis enlistment from 1958 to 1960. After winning an All-Navy Most Valuable ence,” she said. “All the players were “Bnsketball at this level is mentall) Player title in 1959, he went on to a top-notch, so I learned a lot and appreci h a different game,” said Brown. “I’m career in coaching the women’s game, ated being around that level of inspired to go back to Norfolk and shar which he prefers to the men’s game competitiveness,”she said. the experience with all of the lot?' Johnson-Shepherd added, “No m ental skills they bring to the court. how good you ar With all of the attention they receive “Women are fun to teach, because something ne the one-ddy fantasy camp, one wo As two of the think the Sailors were ready to trade basketball players, the women seemel their ‘‘crows’’ for a shot at the big ti But these two hard-court heroes are stili Sailors at heart, and see this as J chance to showcase the wide-ranging tal the Navy as much as anything “I’m a lifer, I admit it,” said Jo Shepherd. “I love basketball, but ortunity to come here. I think it’s tell people about my love for the Nav ortant to give something good back LV I’m serious. It’s a good life, and the the hds, because they do work so hard. Navy’s been good to me, so I can pla) L.l. The Navy was good to me, so it feels good game I love and still have a solid care sharing this with them,” Landa said. At the end of the long day, Brown ribbled the ball around the empty gym looking tired, but smiling as she reflected TEAMMATES.SISTERS, I FRIENDS Story and photo by J02 Jeremy Allen

t’s the middle of the first quarter with can do that, you’ve got it. It’s called she is playing her game now.” seven mlnutes left on the clock when teamwork.” Along with improving her score, INo. 50, Machinery Repairman Fireman For example one player, Storekeeper Carrington’s game involves a little Hazel Carrington, dishes a bounce pass 3rd Class Mildred “Stretch” Conston, teasing with Tabby because they are with mustard on it to No. 5. Damage No. 13 from NAVSTA Pearl Harbor, liked both self-proclaimed “babies” of their Controlman 3rd Class Wlnnlferd “Tabby” to go left, so Carrington would drive rlght families. “She is a very nice person but Brady. and if the “enemy” ties her up she spoiled because she’s the baby in the Tabby, or “Taz” as she is also known knows she can pass it left and Conston family,” explained Tabby who has played because of her Tasmanian devil-like is on her strong side. All-Navy ball since 1996. “She tells me speed, pauses in her whirlwind of Carrington learned thls teamwork I’m spolled and I tell her she’s spolled. motion, grabs the ball, glances at the technique by studying what position We are back and forth with it.” clock and realizes she can slow down: other members on the team favor. “When This ability to handle teasing helps her All-Navy team is ahead by 13 points. I am on the court with them I know how them deal with the pressure and tension This is only the beginning of a grueling to set them up in that spot,” said the of the game. Head coach Cryptological six-game competition to determine the Corpus Christl, Texas native. Technician (Operator) 1st class Eugene winner of the Armed Forces Team building started each morning C. Munns knows the women can handle Championship at the Construction at 7 a.m. sharp. The asslstant coach, the pressure he puts on them, even Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Calif., Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ray when it involves constructive criticism. so Tabby knows she has to conserve her Wagner from Naval Hospital, Camp “Hazel, you take a little while to get energy and use her teammates like Pendleton, Calif., started them off by started but once you get going you go Carrington. stretching out and running laps around well,” said Munns, who has coached Carrington, 6 foot, 1inch of pure the gym. Then he put them through their Carrington for the last two years. “You basketball talent, has learned to play paces with running basketball drills, need to jump more. You need to pull up every position. That includes backing her jumping rope, sprints, free throw prac- and take a jump shot rather than try to whirling dervlsh sidekick Tabby, the 5 tice and lay-ups. For each basket missed go to the middle so much.” foot &inch point guard for the All-Navy they ran two laps. Then after lunch the Inexperienced players might take women’s team. second practice began with more drills these words as a personal attack or Together this Allen Iverson/Magic and sprints, and ended with a scrlm- insult, but advice llke that helps make Johnson-llke duo lead the three point mage. The women quickly learned to these Sailors into both better players shooting, dunking portion of the All-Navy work as a team or they got cut. and leaders. Women’s Basketball team. According to Tabby, Carrington is a Teamwork, motivation and the urge to Hidden among the team’s high fives good player with finesse. “She is win are what it takes to make a good and rebounds Is a bond that has been smooth. She is better than the first year team, explalned Munns. But it also takes tested on courts around the country. I played with her.” Tabby said Carrington an ability to listen and learn. “A good They are more than just players - they was scared to play her game back then. player has to have 80 percent attitude, are friends. Carrington and Tabby met “I don’t know what it was, but I think 10 percent talent and 10 percent moti- three years ago at their first All-Navy vation,” said Munns. “It’s all about your Team Training Camp and have been attltude, yourself, the game, the players inseparable ever since. around you.” Brlnglng that history with them to this The clock continues to tick. Now it’s year’s squad helped the entire team the fourth quarter with only two minutes learn to work together like a well-oiled left of the sixth game. After four grueling machine on the court after only four days of back-to-back games, Tabby and weeks of twice-a-day practices. Carrington’s All-Navy Women’s “I watch everybody to see how they Basketball Team hasn’t quite been able like to play when I am on the court with to take gold from the Army. Still, they them,” said Carrington. “I know how to know that down deep that they won first set them up in that spot. With Tabby, I place ... in teamwork. know she loves to go right. So I will drive left and leave her strong side open; Alien is a photojournalist assigned to that’s like Magic Johnson, he knows all All Hands. his people and what they like. When you

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