MAGAZINE OF THE U.S. NAVY w Midwest grows Navy's future Survival - Navy style Fly the friendly skies of Orion JULY 1994 JULY 1994 NUMBER 927 * 1- & OPERATIONS PERSONNEL 4 24 hours off the coast of Haiti 32 DML4 9 SERE takesstudents to limit 34Maintaining skull integrity 14 Brunswick P-3 aviators change with times 36 Electronic eyes and ears 18 Fly the way you train 37 Keys to making your vote count 20 The power and light company 38Rhodes scholar 40 Cambodian sailor reunited with family & COMMUNITY LIBERTY CALL 24 Homeport - Lake Michigan 28Basic success 42 SouthernJapanese Hospitality 30 On and off the beaten path 2 CHARTHOUSE 44 TAFFRAILTALK 45 BEARINGS 48 SHIPMATES On the Covers Front cover: Army PFC Abraham D. Chira of the 2nd Ranger Bn., Ft. Lewis, Wash., prepares for his mission to begin on board USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a recent FL€HEX. Photo by PHAN Steven S. Miller. Back cover: MM3 Anthony J. Morera, of Boise, Idaho, is responsible for the lube-oil systems on USS Kalamazoo’s (AOR 6) main engines as he stands the lower-level engineering watch. Photo by J02 Kevin R. Stephens. I Charthouse I- 2 Y\\',. ALL HANDS I JULY 1994 3 I Watch to ,,,,atch 24 hours off the coast of Haiti By J02(AW) Laurie Butler Photos by JO1 Steve Orr and J02(AW) Laurie Butler t’s midnight off the Haitian coast. Spruance’s crew andthe 458th boarding USS Spruance (DD 963) slowly since the maritime interception operation churns her way through the Wind- (MIO) began last October. The task force, ward Passage, justas she has since under thecommand of Commander, Feb. 8, when she left herMayport, Canadian Destroyer Squadron1, Canadi- Fla., homeportto join the multi-national an navy Capt. Arthur Vey, is comprised of task forcesupporting Operation Support US. Navy and Coast Guard ships and Democracy. The operation involves United vessels from thenavies of Canada, Great Nations sanctions against the delivery of Britain, Argentina, France and the Nether- weapons and petroleumproducts to Haiti. lands - all working in tandem to support Onboard, thewatch section is in full the U.N., inan effort to impose economic swing, while other sailors geta few hours pressure against the Haitian military re- sleep before they beginthe sometimes gime. tedious, sometimes exciting,but always In the next few pages, you will meet long day ahead. three Spruance sailors - from different The day willbe busy. Besides the nor- backgrounds andjob descriptions, work- mal routine, there are watchesto be ing together with other shipmatesto help stood, an underway replenishment with make their ship’s role in the operationa USNS Big Horn (T-A0 198) anda board- success. a ing of theFortuna //, a commercial Pana- manian-flagged bulk carrier. Butler is a photojournalist for All Hands and Orrisa This will be the eighth boarding for Norfolk-based photojournalistfor All Hands. ALL HANDS HAITI DOMINICANHAITI > \ PUERTO RlCO REPUBLIC vJAMAICA (US.) Units supporting Operation Support Democracy March 6-8, 1994, include: USS Gallery (FFG 26), USS Spruance (DD 963), USSAntrim (FFG 20), USSAubrey Fitch (FFG 34), USNS Big Horn (T-A0 198), Fleet Composite Squadron 8, the Argentine frigate ARA Granville (F 33) the Canadian destroyer HMCS Fraser (DDH 233) and the French frigate FS Ventose (F 733). Ships and task force com- manders are assigned to the region on a rotating basis. (Map not to scale.) JULY 1994 5 i \ 1’ i I GSMl (Sw) Ervin Scott discusses a Scott inspects an drain problem with engine chamber with GSMC David a bore scope. The Robinson, M- Fort Deposit, Ala., division’s LCPO. native has been up Scott was recently I since 1 a.m., and selected as ( figures he will get off Spruance’ssailor i, work about 10p.m., of the year. Scott “If I’m lucky.”I’m “If is Qualifiedas L ‘p^ I I: Engineering E Officertheof a Watch, Engineer- ing Duty Officer and serves as leading petty officerof the auxiliaries division. 1 “I like it short on the sides and back,” FC3 Richard Burns tellsSH2 At about 2:30 Howard Thompson. p.m., the “But leave the top boarding party alone,” adds Burns, is told to who is worried about muster on the his “thinning hairline.” fantail to Burns’ day will begin a little later than most onboard. The Spring Hill, Fla., native has been taken off the watchbill to compen- sate for the longand physically demanding hours he will i experience as a member of the ship’s boarding party. I vests and pistols, the boarding partyis transported to the E freighter in a rigid hull inflatable boat. From there,it can get chdlenging as the team will board the freighter via the pilot’s i ladder - sometimes 60 feet lona.- “The kev.”-. said Burns with a grin, “is not to fall off.” f SN Keith Arnold begins f PMS on a 1 At 23 years old, padeye. Arnold drives Arnold, who E the ship while joined the Navy ~ i in training to aboutayear I stand Boat- ;P ago, is striking jP swain’s Mate for the boat- J) of the Watch swain’smate $ under the rate. He was watchful eye of scheduled to # BM3 Brian take the Goss. The advancement exam several days prior, but the night before Wakefield, R.I., the test, Spruance received a mayday call from the crew of nativea says he 30-fOOt sailboat. Arnold and three other crew members took is doing things that his friends backhome can’t even control of the distressed vessel and sailedit to Naval Station imagine. But Arnold shrugsit off as routine, “It’s a job and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He will take the lateexam. I’m doing what I’m supposed to do.” 6 ALL HANDS one day,” he said, “1’11 see it - I hope.” Scott will have little time to fulfill his wish. He just received ordersto NAS Cecil Field, Fla. ? Burns unwinds with his shipmates by r * playing a quick game While onboard the commer- of cards. cial vessel Fortuna I/, Burns is assigned to the sweep team tasked with inspecting the ship’s berthing and work spaces. Escorted by a member of the ship’s crew, Burns and his partner will alternate between entering the spaces and covering their shipmate’s back. Burns admits thejob can be dangerous, but he worries more for his wife back home than for himself.He and wife Michelle are expecting their Arnold’s day will soon come first child in August. to an end. But first he will play the role of signalman during the UnRep. “I’ve got A rnold and his and Arnold 4 one of the easiest jobs,” he divisional ship- divisional Is8 said. “The only time I’m -z mates, SN Zac L actually doing any workis Johnson (left) and 9 when we send the line over SN James Barrett, ? Or bring it back. I don’t feel I hold clean-up on ? guilty,’’ he added pointing to the weather deck his shipmates who are prior to their manning the lines. “I had to rendezvous with do that for a year beforeI USNS Big Horn (T- qualified for this job.” A0 198). Arnold will be assigned to the fo’c’sle line handling team during the UnRep. JULY 1994 I Scott gets a rare glimpse of the outdoors during Scott finds a morning muster. As LPO, few peaceful scott must ensure every- minutes one from his department reading a book makes it to quarters. Scott, about Tina who joined the Navyin Turner before 1978, has served aboard getting some five ships, including sleep. His Spruance. watch will resume at 2 a.m. When he’s not working, you will find Scott studying, reading, sleeping or writing to his wife and three children backin Jacksonville. After a hard After his morning day, Burns muster, Burns will finds time to begin his day work-out for a performing PMS on a couple of hours scuttle. After that, it’s with fellow off to the Tomahawk boarding team Computer Room for member FC3 more planned Marc Accardi. “I maintenance.PMS like to work out will occupy 40 to 50 every day, but percent of his duty my schedulemy hours. doesn’t alwavs c allow it,” Burk said. “I will get down here at least every other day. Even if it’s midnight, I’ve got to do it.” Arnold stops at the chow line to get a quick bite before retiring for a well- deserved rest. After a quick Arnold reports rest, he will begin the cycle to the bridge again. Arnold says the best for duty. When part about ship lifeis the he’s not on friends he’s made andthe duty, you will port calls. Since reportingto find Arnold in ; Spruance, Arnold has visited 1st Division France, Spain, Egypt and doing PMS. Jamaica. “The MI0 really doesn’t affect my day-to-day routine,” said Arnold. “I’d be doing the same job here, whether or not we were part of the operation.” 8 ALL HANDS Story and photos by I PHC(AW) Joseph Dorey o many sailors, the Code of Conduct is just a set of phrases plasteredon a wall in bootcamp, ly written for somebody else.Most of it otten soon after graduation. Butif you ever If as a prisoner of war, that set of phrases I n the difference between 'surviving with The students begin the class by learn- ing to survive in the wilderness and eventually find themselves in a mock POW camp. Along the way they learn to evade and resist an enemy.