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Navy Chiefs Celebrate 121 Years Of Proud Heritage

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On deployments you are charged with getting them home safely to their 121st Birthday April N avyI1and Chief those Petty stationed Officers atcelebrated Naval Station Guantanamo Bay their families. These obligations we cannot hide from. celebrated with several events throughout the week to include a cake "You have a direct impact on mission success because you are the cutting ceremony, 5k run, a movie night and serving meals to Junior lynch pin in the most important triad at your command, the one that Sailors at the galley. includes your leading petty officer and your division officer. If this triad "The first week of April is a celebration of our great brotherhood. succeeds, then your department will succeed and the overall mission of The Navy in itself is a huge fraternity, but to be a Chief in the Navy is your command will be a success," said Tidwell. "While the command an honor unlike any other," said Chief Navy Diver, Julius McManus. triad is extremely important, it is the execution at the departmental "To be able to celebrate our CPO birthday with all of our Sailors, triad that ultimately determines the outcome of the mission. This is the Soldiers, and Marines here in Guantanamo Bay makes this year even Chiefs domain." more special." Ask any Chief and they will tell you when you are accepted in Being welcomed in to the Mess is a special time for all Chiefs and to the mess you understand that it's something larger than yourself, that is a feeling that is traced back to 121 years of proud heritage. Unlike you belong to an extended family with many sisters and brothers. any other branch of service you are not just an E7, you are a CHIEF Mcmanus believes it is also your responsibility to ensure our heritage is and to become one requires going through an intense training process never forgotten. that last several weeks. "On our 121st year of the Chief Petty Officer community, one of According to NS Guantanamo Bay, Command Master Chief Jeff the Navy's most important repositories of heritage and tradition, it is Tidwell, a Navy Chief is an instrumental part of a command and as good of a time as any other to reflect on our rich heritage. George without him the command would not meet its mission. You are now Santayana once said, "Those who cannot remember the past are entrusted with the lives and careers of every Sailor wearing the uniform. condemned to repeat it." You can tell he was not a Chief because those You are responsible to lead, guide, and mentor them on a daily basis. who know their heritage strive to repeat it," said McManus. (continued on oape 5) PAGE 2* THE GUANTANAMO BAY GAZETTE SAILOR OF THE WEEK Chief Master-At-Arms Daniel Montague 1867-1912 22, 1867. When he was still an infant, his Danielfamily Montague moved to was Boodles, born England,in Wicklow, just Ireland outside on of October Liverpool. Daniel joined the Royal Navy, and married Margaret Corcoran in England. The couple soon had a daughter, the first of four. By this time it was the 1890's, a time of massive growth for the U.S. Navy. To obtain skilled crewmen for its rapidly increasing navy, the U.S. Navy made it attractive for members of the Royal Navy to transfer to the U.S. Navy at the end of their enlistments, or even to simply jump ship if they did not want to wait that long. With e his family, the second option was out of the question for Daniel Montague. Still, soon he was serving in the U.S. Navy, eventually making his way to the new and speedy cruiser, USS NEW YORK. This vessel was the flagship of Admiral William Sampson of the North Atlantic Squadron. With the outbreak of the war, the naval forces of Sampson's combined North Atlantic Squadron and the Flying Squadron (under Winfield Scott Schley) began a blockade of Cuba, especially Santiago where the Spanish Squadron under Spanish Admiral Cervera was found to be. Before he even arrived, Sampson was already making plans to "bottle up" Cervera and his squadron in Santiago harbor by sinking the collier MERRIMAC in the channel entrance. The vessel would be under the command of Naval Constructor Richmond Hobson. As plans went into their final phase, Hobson was looking for one more man to fill out his very small crew. This man would be charged with loosing the stern anchor at the precise moment. More importantly, however, Hobson wanted a man who could lead the remaining crewmen if he himself was unable to do so through injury or death. Hobson consulted with the executive officer of the NEW YORK. Daniel Montague, the vessel's 29 year old chief master-at-arms (basically the ship's chief of police), was recommended and gladly accepted the position. It was not a position to be taken lightly. The chances of survival of any of the MERRIMAC's crewmen was considered to be very low, as it was expected that all of the available guns at Morro Castle, the Socapa Battery, and aboard the Spanish ships in the area would be opened upon the MERRIMAC. On the MERRIMAC'S run into the harbor, Montague was at his position by the stern anchor when a large projectile pierced the air, wrecking the stern structure and cutting the anchor lashings. Through the tumult, he promptly reported this information to Hobson who apparently could not hear it. Montague could not have known at that moment, but this same shell may have destroyed the rudder control lines, dooming the mission. When Montague appeared at the rendezvous point aboard ship, Hobson later stated that he knew all attempts to place the ship athwart the channel had failed. If the faithful Montague was there, Hobson knew the stern anchor had been lost, otherwise Montague would still have been at his post. According to their prearranged plan, the crew abandoned ship, but were unable to escape the channel and regain the American squadron because of the strong current. The next morning the crew was taken aboard a steam launch with none other than Admiral Cervera himself helping to bring the men aboard. The MERRIMAC's crew was soon confined in Morro Castle. Later, they were transferred to the city of Santiago itself During the march from Morro Castle to Santiago, Hobson placed Daniel Montague in charge of the small contingent, with orders to have the men preserve their military bearing during the march. Santiago was not kind to the chief master-at-arms. On June 26, Hobson found that Montague was sick with fever. The Spanish surgeon removed him from his quarters for better care and reported Montague's fever to Hobson three times a day. As the remainder of the crew was also beginning to decline, Hobson and the British consul requested that the men be paroled. The request was denied, but the men were moved to a proper hospital where all of the crew, including Montague began to recover quicidy. Hobson knew that it would take months for the men to fully recover. In Montague's case, he never fully recovered. However, he found himself to be considered a national hero along with the rest of the MERRIMAC's crew. His action aboard the MERRIMAC resulted in his being rewarded by being awarded the Medal of Honor. According to his daughters, the last three of whom were born in the U.S. in 1898, 1904, and 1906, Montague served as a mentor to the younger men in the years after the war. Apparently he went into the open sea single handed to successfully rescue a sailor who had fallen overboard, although there appears to be no documentation of this event. His health, still affected by the imprisonment in Santiago, combined with his hero status, allowed him to be given light duty at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, where the last of his daughters was born in 1906. One of his responsibilities was overseeing the maintenance of Admiral Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay, the OLYMPIA. The vessel was being used for midshipman training cruises. Continuing to suffer from ill health, Montague was hospitalized periodically and given blood transfusions. Unfortunately blood typing was yet discovered, and he was apparently given an incompatible transfusion which led to his demise in 1912. The Academy Hospital overlooked the cemetery (the building still stands today but has long had a different use) and Daniel Montague requested burial under a tree which he could see from his hospital room, in lieu of burial in the National Cemetery at Arlington, VA. VOL. 71 - NO.13 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

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The First Female Master Chief, Anna Der-Vartanian Der-Vartanian retired from the Navy July 16, 1963. A thenative Navy of inDetroit, December Mich., 1943. Der-Vartanian She began her joinedcareer Following her retirement, she joined the Central with several clerical and administrative positions in Intelligence Agency as a junior analyst and later became Washington, D.C., Great Lakes, Ill., and San Francisco, a counterintelligence specialist. In 1991 she retired from Calif. In 1946, she was promoted to chief yeoman. the Central Intelligence Agency but later returned as a In 1949, Der-Vartanian accepted a supervisor position contract employee, where she remained until 2007. at the Naval Air Training Command in Pensacola, Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Anna Der- . She moved on to serve as the public information Vartanian died Aug. 4, 2011 at the age of 90 and was laid officer for Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and to rest with full military honors at Arlington National then served in the Personnel Office of Parachute Rigger Cemetery amid a crowd of hundreds of Sailors, family, and Aerograph Schools at Lakehurst, N.J. In 1957 Der- and friends who came to honor one of first women to Vartanian moved to Boston, Mass. to serve at the Public shatter the glass ceiling for enlisted women in the Navy. Information Office, where she remained until 1959. In 1959, while serving as assistant to the Global Strategy Officer at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., Der-Vartanian received her promotion to master chief petty officer. With that promotion, she made history as the first women in the Armed Services to be promoted to the rank of E-9. Noting the historic occasion, she received a personal letter from then- President Dwight D. Eisenhower congratulating her on her accomplishment. She went on to serve as the chief clerk of the Office of the United States Military Representative at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), located near Paris, France from 1.960 until 1.962. She returned to the United States in 1962 and was assigned to the Legal Office Naval Station, Washington, D.C. PAGE 6- THE GUANTANAMO BAY GAZETTE Chief Petty Officer Creed caused special responsibility to your comrades, even as they have of this day you have been D toduring humbly the course accept challenge and face adversity. This a special responsibility to you. you have accomplished with rare good grace. Pointless as This is why we in the may maintain with some of these challenges may have seemed, there were pride our feelings of accomplishment once we have attained valid, time-honored reasons behind each pointed barb. the position of Chief Petty Officer. Your new responsibilities It was necessary to meet these hurdles with blind faith and privileges do not appear in print. They have no official in the fellowship of Chief Petty Officers. The goal was to standing; they cannot be referred to by name, number, nor instill in you that trust is inherent with the donning of file. They have existed for over 100 years, Chiefs before you the uniform of a Chief. have freely accepted responsibility beyond the call of printed It was our intent to impress upon you that challenge assignment. Their actions and their performance demanded is good; a great and necessary reality which cannot mar the respect of their seniors as well as their juniors. you - which, in fact, strengthens you. In your future as a It is now required that you be the fountain of wisdom, Chief Petty Officer, you will be forced to endure adversity the ambassador of good will, the authority in personal far beyond that imposed upon you today. You must face relations as well as in technical applications. "Ask the each challenge and adversity with the same dignity and Chief" is a household phrase in and out of the Navy. good grace you demonstrated today. By experience, by You are now the Chief. The exalted position you have performance, and by testing, you have been this day now achieved - and the word exalted is used advisedly advanced to Chief Petty Officer. - exists because of the attitude and performance of the In the United States Navy - and only in the United Chiefs before you. It shall exist only as long as you and States Navy - the rank of E7 carries with it unique your fellow Chiefs maintain these standards. It was our responsibilities and privileges you are now bound to intention that you never forget this day. observe and expected to fulfill. Your entire way of life It was our intention to test you, to try you, and to is now changed. More will be expected of you; more accept you. Your performance has assured us that you will will be demanded of you. Not because you are a E7 but wear "the hat" with the same pride as your comrades in because you are now a Chief Petty Officer. You have not arms before you. We take a deep and sincere pleasure in merely been promoted one paygrade, you have joined an clasping your hand, and accepting you as a Chief Petty exclusive fellowship and, as in all fellowships, you have a officer in the United States Navy.. ,

For Chiets, we know that tme anchors on our collar ao not give week tidwell responded. us entitlements, they give us responsibilities. They mean you are "A sense of pride, unity and family that comeswith wearing the first one in the work centerand the last one to leave, theytell the anchors while being a part of the Goat Locker. The only you that you need to know each one of your Sailors and how to entitlementyou get for putting on anchors is that now you are part help them in their time of need. of a worldwide and lifelong family of brothers and sisters that will "Make no mistake about it, being an effective Chief Petty always be there for you through the good and the bad," saidTidwell. Officer requires a level of effort that is uncommon. Being a Chief It is expected of the Chiefto know the answer; ifheor shedoesn't Petty Officer is not for amateurs. I believe with all my heart that know then they can lean on his brothers and sisters for help and your ability to lead and influence our Sailors is absolutely critical advice. This term has been adopted and known throughout the to our success; we could even say that itis absolutely critical toour Navy as "Ask the Chief" survival," said Tidwell. "We have the responsibility to walk the "There have been some amazing CPO's since General Order 409 walk - lead by example, and take control of what we own. Let us was given in 1893. From our first female CPO, YNC Loretta P. make this, ""The Year of Solutions."" Walsh, to our first MCPON, GMCM Delbert Black. We have Many young Sailors and Officers believe the letters on the even had a baseball hall of famer grace our ranks, GMC Bob Feller," anchors of a Chiefs uniform read simply USN, they don't. said McManus. "However, the most impressive Chiefs are those They stand for something greater, they stand for teamwork, who remember our heritage and share it with those that we strive understanding, leadership, responsibility, compassion, family, to lead so that they too can share in the pride of being a US Navy honor, courage, commitment and the list goes on. If you ask any Sailor." Chief they will tell you that they simply stand for Unity, Service So aswe continue to lead from the front allI want to say is and Navigation. Happy Birthday. This is your week, enjoy celebrating our strong 13 April 1000 Palm Sunday Ser- vice

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Mr. Brashear said he Mr. Brashear made several efforts to interest filmmakers in his life failed the school's science tests many times before buckling down and story before Cuba Gooding Jr. played him in the 2000 film "Men of graduating in 1964. Honor." The film was generally true to Mr. Brashear's determination at Two years later, he was on the salvage ship USS Hoist off the work even as it overlooked his troubled marriages and alcoholism. southeastern coast of . He was helping direct the recovery of a "I put my naval career ahead of my family life," he later said. "That's hydrogen bomb resting on a ledge 2,000 feet below the surface of the just the way it was, for better or worse." Mediterranean Sea; the plane ferrying the bomb had crashed in the sea. A sharecropper's son with minimal formal schooling, Mr. Brashear During the recovery, a cable on the ship suddenly faltered and caused joined the Navy in 1948 and endured years of racial taunts, even death a steel pipe to tumble to the deck. Mr. Brashear shoved another sailor threats, as he pushed ahead for what he hoped would be a glamorous out of danger, but he was hit in the leg and suffered massive bleeding. diving career. His leg was amputated at the naval hospital in Portsmouth. With In 1966, he lost half of his left leg in a shipboard accident. After a support from the hospital commandant, he began a stressful physical long struggle in physical therapy and using an artificial leg, he became the therapy course that would allow him not only to resume his career, but Navy's first amputee diver. He retired in 1979 at the top enlisted rank of also help him reach his ultimate goal of becoming the Navy's first black master chief petty officer. master diver. Carl Maxie Brashear was born Jan. 19, 1931, in Tonieville, Ky. One He made dives in a 290-pound suit to depths of 200 feet and tended of eight children, he left school after the seventh grade to help in his to his wounds himself to hide the severity of the bleeding. family's tobacco, corn and wheat fields. He also worked in a gas station "Sometimes I would come back from a run and my artificial leg in Sonora, Ky. would have a puddle of blood from my stump," he told an interviewer Hoping for more adventure, he tried to enlist in the Army in 1948 from the U.S. Naval Institute in 1989. "I wouldn't go to sick bay. In but was turned away -- months before a presidential order desegregating that year, if I had gone to sick bay, they would have written me up... the armed forces. The Navy took Mr. Brashear but relegated him to the . I'd go somewhere and hide and soak my leg in a bucket of hot water officers' mess. with salt in it -- an old remedy. Then I'd get up the next morning and While on an aircraft carrier in 1950, he saw a mission to salvage a run." fighter plane that had fallen overboard. In 1967, he persuaded skeptical officials at the Navy's Bureau of "A Navy diver with helmet and diving suit was sent out to the ship Medicine to clear him for diving duty. He qualified in 1970 as a master and went down about 50 feet to attach lines to the plane," Mr. Brashear diver. once told a Norfolk reporter. "Everyone on ship was looking at him. After retiring from active duty, he spent several years involved in No one had ever paid much attention to me. I immediately thought classified work for the Navy Department. After the biographic film came that diving was something I wanted to do." out in 2000, he was deluged with letters from amputees, and he answered He began sending letters requesting admission to the Navy salvage them all. He also began giving inspirational lectures. diving school, but his notes usually went missing or unanswered. On September 18,2008, more than 3000 people visited the NASSCO Although admitted to salvage diving school in 1954, he was Shipyard in , California to witness history. The seventh Lewis constantly harassed by classmates, sometimes with direct threats on his and Clark class Auxiliary Dry Cargo ship was officially given the name life. He graduated the next year and became a salvage diver, retrieving of Carl Brashear.