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1 F I The Navy Search & RescueTeams ShowTheir Stuff 1 A r P i =R 0 v) P .. 1win Harris sn 12 Leonaldo Ramos I 4 Andre Burke E L Fea~tures 16 Ex loring the Ocean 28 Missing a of 1pace Good Thing Find out bow Navy astronauts A phenomenon is sweep- are contributing to NASA ing the Navy; Sailors who and bringihg Naval traditions got out now want back 32 So Others into outer space. in. What's going on? May live When people are in distress, the Navy's Search and Rescue teams are at the ready. Learn the ins and outs of NAS /SARPatuxtent Team. River's 3 8 Being Martha Dunne She's the Navy Female Athlete of the Year, and when she's on her racing bicycle, her khaki uniform changes to sleek racing garb, her personality to cutthroat aggressiveness. EDITORIAL WEB DESIGN Editor DM1 Rhea Mackenzie Marie G. Johnston DM3 Michael Corte2 Managing Editor ART 8 DESIGN JOCS(AW) Dave Desilets Rabd &Bates Comunicafion wsign Assistant Editor Creative Director Debra Bates JOl Robert Benson Iwbnnbcsendaddnsa~to Art &Design Direaor /vIHanff, Havsl Media Wr, PubMlng C" Photo Editor 2713 Ml$cher Pd , S W Wngton D C 20373-5819 PH2(AW) Jim Watson Roger 0. Selvage, Jr. EdMomcm send submwonsandmnespondsnceto Editorial staff Graphic Designers Naval MlaCent81 RkllshlqGMm, ATtN Edltor 2713MkharRd SW.WashlngbM,DC 20373-5819 Dennis Everette Jane Farthing, Seth H. Serbaugh Td DI2884171 M @2)433.4171 Fax DSN 2884747 M (ZJ2) 433.4747 JOl Joseph Gunder I11 Digital Prepress Coordinator E-Mil a~~.m! JOl(SW/AW) Wayne Eternidca Lisa J. Smith Message NAVMEDIAENWASHINGTON DC //32// PH2 Aaron Ansarov PHAN Saul Ingle PRINTING S. Rosenthal &Company, Inc. DISTRIBUTION Garland Powell 2 2 Recruiting in the Big Apple ET2(SS) Jay Gibson's office is situated in a place like no other: the heart of Times Square. See the challenges he faces daily while recruiting in the city that never sleeps. \round the Fleei 42 44 48 The Final Word On the Front Cover Next Month L to R ATl(NAC) Chris Oliver AZZ Hands sports a metal jacket AMSZ(AW/NAC) Paul Norrish AMSl(NAC) Dennis Reed for our 1000th issue, taking you HMZ(NAC/FMF) C.J. English to the mat and risking it all in AEZ(AW/NAC) Joe Zullo the future. HMI (AW/NAC) David Spees AMHZ(NAC) Zachary Winter ADZ(NAC) Timothy Hall AMHZ(NAC) Mark Klingelheber 3 AEZ(AW/NAC) George Petersen ADZ(NAC) Michael Horvat riliscuers *$ "So Othm Ma9tivP"is more than just AMHC(AW/NAC) William Clark Nw Sm-li S Rcsci,c lwns d SI~WI~EII slur sloqan; for these heroes it's a way of life. AMZ(NAC/FMF) Michael Sexton Photo-illustration by JOl Robert Benson w ww. m e d i acen .navy. m i I Stars” 1 rs I A 3111 t L 1 A ’ lie some Sailors navigate under the stars, the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40 work over the stars, the stars of Adm. Dennis Blair. Commander in L IA L 1 A I Got UJa,? Midshipman 4th Class John Miller, of Pine Island, Fla., stands covered in mud awaiting his company’s next assignment during Sea Trials 2000. Sea Trials, held each year at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. is designed to test the future officers’ leadership and endurance proving they are sea worthy. Photo by PH2(AW) Jim Watson 6 ..1 ’ Around the Fleet Editor, tion is missing and alarms me. mentioning the class Your issue on the Submarine Reference to some important that led the way to and Ceniennial. Forces Centennial is quite submarines and an entire class through the Cold War As a former impressive. Thanks for helping of submarines which were at the and beyond. submariner, it us make this historic event forefront of making our service Please provide makes me proud to known throughout the Navy the world’s best was forgotten in some follow on info be part of this and to the country for which your publication. The class I’m on this class in a history and to take we serve. referring to is the Skate-class future issue to give part in this historical I was though, a bit disap- (USSSkate (SSN 578), USS credit to those who celebration. I would, pointed to see sDme omissions Swordfish (SSN 579) (which I served on these ground- however, like to make in the magazine. The foldout is served on for almost 5 years), breaking submarines that paved some small correc- an excellent keepsake for refer- USS Seadragon (SSN 583) and the way for the nuclear tions from your article on page ence and general information, USS Sargo (SSN 584)). submarines of yesterday, today 12. .. USS Wahoo to which you but some important informa- These were the first class of and tomorrow. refer as LCDR D.W. Morton and nuclear-powered submarines for LT R. O’Kane’s boat was not SS the U.S. Navy, and achieved MMCS(SS) 565 but was, in fact, SS 238. some remarkable feats, never Christopher R. Stocks Likewise, Dick O’Kane’s performed by a submarine in ASDS IMD LCPO/3M command of USS Tung was not the world. I know that there are Coordinator SS 563 but SS 306. The hull still quite a few “S-Boat” Sailors [email protected] numbers which you referred to out there (active and retired) in your article were also Wahoo that feel as I do that this omis- Editor, and Tung but, were Tung-class sion is quite glaring and does First and foremost, Bravo Zulu subs of the early 1950s named our new Sailors and naval on a fine edition of AZZ Hands, after the World War I1 Gato- and history buffs a disservice by not April 2000, marking the U.S. BaZuo-class submarines. I SHIPMATES assigned as Management Support Leading Petty Officer. v- I percent in outstanding and above scores as PRT coordinator. He also qualified as Command Duty Officer and helped four other junior personnel attain this qualification. I as an assistant network systems administrator and computer systems fault resolution I nt skills as Leading Pet e Preventative Medicine Department. - .- I. S WWW.MEDI Both of these World War I1 boats, and their gallant commanders were lost during the war. USS Wahoo (SS 238), was lost on it’s 7th war patrol to enemy action on Oct. 11,1943, in Laperouse Strait and USS Tang (SS-306), was lost on it’s 5th war patrol, sunk by it’s own torpedo, on Oct. 25,1944. Again, thank you very much for a fine edition. I hope you don’t mind the corrections. former FTGl (SS) Curl Farina [email protected] Editor, The April All Hands was quite refreshing in its portrayal of the submarine force. There were some interesting pictures and stories, but (yes, there’s always a but) there is more to the subma- rine fleet than the fast boat Navy. Perhaps you could put out another issue describing the boomer side and show the rest of the submarine community? 3 MTl John Hodges SWFLANT [email protected] Editor, The internet address provided for Shades of Green Resort on Walt Disney World on Page 38 of the March 2000 All Hands was incorrect. It should have been www.themepark~.~~m/ wdw/resorts/sog.htm. I’m sure that Science Systems in England enjoyed the extra visits to their site. I greatly enjoy the magazine. Keep up the great work LT Les Daniel JULY 2000 .I : home away from home” for i : families whose members are i i receiving hospital care, was : i “Persh of the-Century” i created by the Fishers in 1990. i : There are 26 Fisher homes n a 397-0 vode this spring, the U.S. House of Representatives : located on military installations : voted to name the American GI as the “Person of the Century” i and Veterans Affairs Medical i in their Concurrent Resolution 282 with the Senate. i Centers, and more are in the f : planning stage. This program i : House spon7or of the resolution, Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) : has saved families more than $5 : .said, “I am cont ually impressed and made proud by their dedica- I f million annually in lodging costs i 3 tion, commitme t and patriotism.” i and has offered housing to more f : than 35,000 families since its f “We are just urning the corner on a period in which we ask : creation. f the American G to do more and more with less and less,” Hayes i “This is a very momentous i i continued. %s If have gotten to know these brave men and women, H : occasion,”said RADM Michael i i one statement continues to ring in my ears, the statement made L. Cowan, guest of honor at the i :during a military personnel hearing at Norfolk Naval Base, ‘Sir ; ceremony. “The Fisher family : f whatever you give us, we will get the job done.’ c has exemdified a lifetime of I i “The spiritof the American GI - Soldier, Sailor, Airman and support if the military,” said :Marine - that ‘can-do spirit,’ is why we honor today the American : Cowan, Chief of Staff for the f i GI as the ‘Citizen of the Century,”’Hayes added. : Assistant Secretary of Defense : i Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) extended the term GI to f for Health Affairs. “It is ideal f i members of the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine, saying, “It was the American GI, known at different i that the dinic be named after : :periods of the century by names such as doughboys, Yanks, Buffalo Soldiers, Rough Riders or the : them.’’ LW i American Expeditionary Force, who carried America’s value system abroad and demonstrated unselfish : f courage aiding those who struggled against tyranny and oppression.