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thei

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aron

Rob

erto

n be

fore

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chan

ge o

f com

man

d ce

rem

ony

held

on

the

front

por

ch.

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e fi n

ally

take

n a

few

mom

ents

to lo

ok b

ack

at a

ll w

e’ve

don

e si

nce

I too

k C

omm

and

here

in S

ubic

last

yea

r. Th

is h

as b

een

a gr

eat y

ear

and

I’m

ver

y pr

oud

of o

ur a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts. F

rom

our

tim

e as

‘S

uper

tend

er’ i

n G

uam

, to

our v

isits

to M

alay

sia,

Tha

iland

and

no

w b

ack

to th

e Ph

ilipp

ines

, we’

ve n

ever

lost

sigh

t of o

ur m

issi

on

to k

eep

the fl e

et re

ady.

Each

and

eve

ry o

ne o

f you

hav

e m

ade

a tre

mem

ndou

s con

trib

utio

n to

this

ship

’s m

issi

on, i

nclu

ding

m

any

impr

ovem

ents

to th

e m

ater

ial r

eadi

ness

of o

ur sh

ip a

nd

equi

pmen

t, as

wel

l as b

uild

ing

rela

tions

hips

with

our

par

tner

na

tions

in 7

th fl

eet.

I tha

nk y

ou fo

r all

your

effo

rts t

o ge

t the

job

done

sa

fely

and

cor

rect

ly th

e fi r

st ti

me.

I cou

ldn’

t hav

e pi

cked

a b

ette

r rel

ief t

o ta

ke th

e he

lm. C

apt.

Pend

rick

an

d I h

ave

know

n ea

ch o

ther

for m

any

year

s, st

artin

g fro

m o

ur

time

at th

e Ac

adem

y to

geth

er to

serv

ing

as C

O’s

of su

bs o

n th

e w

ater

front

in G

roto

n. I

rest

eas

y kn

owin

g th

at I

leav

e yo

u in

the

hand

s of s

omeo

ne w

ith su

ch c

ompe

tanc

e an

d ex

peri

ence

, and

th

e kn

owle

dge

that

he

will

con

tinue

to fo

cus o

n ta

king

car

e of

th

e cr

ew. I

look

forw

ard

to h

eari

ng a

ll of

Em

ory

S La

nd’s

futu

re

succ

esse

s and

I w

ish

all o

f you

the

best

of l

uck

thro

ugho

ut y

our

care

ers.”

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t. Pa

ul E

. Sav

age,

20

th C

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mor

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S 39

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As w

e’ve

offi

cial

ly c

lose

d ou

t our

tim

e in

G

uam

I w

ould

like

to c

ongr

atul

ate

the

crew

on

a sm

ooth

mov

e fr

om th

e B

ache

lor E

nlis

ted

Qua

rters

(BEQ

) bac

k to

the

ship

. Our

can

dor

and

beha

vior

in G

uam

with

our

USS

Fra

nk

Cab

le c

ount

erpa

rts w

as a

hug

e su

cces

s.

Dur

ing

our t

rans

it to

the

Rep

ublic

of t

he

Phili

ppin

es, w

e w

ere

able

to in

corp

orat

e a

grea

t dea

l of t

rain

ing

into

our

und

erw

ay

rout

ine.

The

inte

grity

of o

ur w

atch

team

s and

ou

r vig

ilanc

e of

our

cre

w e

nsur

ed th

at w

e w

ere

able

to n

avig

ate

thro

ugh

the

Phili

ppin

e St

raits

and

Cha

nnel

s sa

fely

and

with

out

inci

dent

.

We

have

an

exce

llent

Enl

iste

d Su

rfac

e W

arfa

re

Spec

ialis

t (ES

WS)

pro

gram

onb

oard

, and

I

had

the

dist

inct

ple

asur

e of

invi

ting

the

crew

out

on

the

fron

t por

ch w

hile

I w

as a

war

ded

and

pinn

ed th

e ES

WS

insi

gnia

dur

ing

our t

rans

it th

roug

h th

e hi

stor

ical

San

Ber

nadi

no S

traits

. I’d

lik

e to

ext

end

a sp

ecia

l tha

nk y

ou to

al

l the

Sur

face

War

riors

who

hel

ped

me

atta

in m

y cu

tlass

es; I

cha

lleng

e ea

ch a

nd e

very

one

of y

ou to

up

your

kno

wle

dge

of th

e Su

rfac

e N

avy

whi

le y

ou’r

e on

boar

d an

d ea

rn y

our

plac

e on

the

team

of S

urfa

ce W

arfa

re

Spec

ialis

ts.

The

com

man

d to

ok ti

me

to re

cogn

ize

som

e ve

ry h

ardc

harg

ing

Sailo

rs

durin

g ou

r Sai

lor o

f the

Yea

r (SO

Y),

Juni

or S

ailo

r of t

he Y

ear (

JSO

Y)

and

Blu

e Ja

cket

of t

heYe

ar (B

JOY

) bo

ards

. It w

as to

ugh

to c

all a

nd

com

petit

ion

was

nec

k-to

-nec

k,

that

bei

ng sa

id I

exte

nd a

hea

rty

Rec

over

ing

from

Hur

rica

ne S

andy

? H

ere’

s Hel

p

Mili

tary

fam

ilies

are

resi

lient

, esp

ecia

lly w

hen

adju

stin

g to

the

unex

pect

ed. H

owev

er, d

isas

ters

can

sudd

enly

affe

ct th

e ve

ry b

asic

nee

ds o

f the

fam

ily: f

ood,

wat

er a

nd sh

elte

r. If

you

r fam

ily is

reco

verin

g fr

om H

urric

ane

Sand

y, th

ere

are

man

y or

gani

zatio

ns to

hel

p yo

u at

tend

to p

hysi

cal,

emot

iona

l and

fi na

ncia

l hea

lth.

If y

ou n

eed

a pl

ace

to st

ay, l

ocat

e th

e ne

ares

t Am

eric

an R

ed C

ross

shel

ter,

whe

re y

ou c

an re

ceiv

e ho

t mea

ls, e

ssen

tial s

uppl

ies a

nd e

mot

iona

l sup

port.

The

Red

Cro

ss a

lso

has a

pro

gram

to e

nabl

e yo

u to

let

othe

rs k

now

that

you

are

wel

l. R

egis

ter a

t Saf

e an

d W

ell o

r cal

l 1-8

00-R

ED-C

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SS (8

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33-2

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. If y

ou h

ave

suffe

red

phys

ical

dam

age

to y

our h

ome,

vis

it G

ettin

g O

rgan

ized

afte

r a N

atur

al D

isas

ter f

or

info

rmat

ion

abou

t con

tact

ing

your

insu

ranc

e com

pany

or r

epla

cing

impo

rtant

doc

umen

ts. Y

ou al

so ca

n ap

ply

for a

ssis

tanc

e thr

ough

the F

eder

al E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Age

ncy

(FEM

A) o

r (80

0) 6

21-3

362.

Fo

r em

erge

ncy fi n

anci

al a

ssis

tanc

e, a

cces

s Mili

tary

Rel

ief O

rgan

izat

ions

and

Em

erge

ncy

Fina

ncia

l Hel

p to

loca

te su

ppor

t org

aniz

atio

ns n

ear y

ou.

Rec

over

ing

from

a d

isas

ter c

an b

e st

ress

ful s

ince

ther

e ar

e so

man

y pr

oble

ms t

o so

lve

and

a la

ck o

f usu

al re

sour

ces o

r sup

port

netw

orks

. Whe

ther

a p

aren

t car

ing

for f

amily

afte

r the

hur

rican

e, a

dep

loye

d sp

ouse

wor

ried

abou

t fam

ily b

ack

hom

e or

eve

n a

mili

tary

mem

ber h

elpi

ng w

ith v

olun

teer

effo

rts, d

o no

t hes

itate

to re

ach

out f

or h

elp

if yo

u fi n

d yo

urse

lf ov

erly

stre

ssed

abo

ut d

iffi c

ultie

s res

ultin

g fr

om

Hur

rican

e Sa

ndy.

Be

sure

to ta

ke c

are

of y

ours

elf b

y ea

ting

as w

ell a

s circ

umst

ance

s allo

w, a

void

info

rmat

ion

over

load

, res

t whe

n yo

u ca

n an

d as

k ot

hers

for h

elp.

For

mor

e in

form

atio

n, a

cces

s Cop

ing

with

Fe

ars F

ollo

win

g a

Trau

mat

ic E

vent

or c

onta

ct a

Mili

tary

One

Sour

ce c

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at 1

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oura

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ou a

ll to

con

tinue

to

show

case

you

r har

dwor

k be

caus

e it

is

inde

ed re

cogn

ized

and

obs

erve

d.

As w

e co

ntin

ue o

ur v

oyag

e re

pair

perio

d in

bea

utifu

l Sub

ic B

ay, b

e m

indf

ul o

f you

r dec

isio

n m

akin

g an

d yo

ur si

tuat

iona

l aw

aren

ess w

hile

ou

t in

liber

ty. I

t’s n

o fu

n to

trav

el b

y yo

urse

lf, so

take

a li

berty

bud

dy w

ith

you

and

expl

ore

the

rich

cultu

re a

nd

hist

ory

that

the

Free

port

zone

has

to

offe

r. T

here

is a

lot t

o do

and

see

whi

le o

ff du

ty, s

o co

ntin

ue to

be

the

grea

t am

bass

ador

s and

repr

esen

t the

U

.S. a

nd th

e Em

ory

S. L

and

in th

e be

st li

ght p

ossi

ble.

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out

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man

ding

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t. G

lenn

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t Stro

nach

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man

d M

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r C

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mes

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is

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ty O

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tor

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ET

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“Lan

dMar

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a p

rodu

ct o

f the

U

SS E

mor

y S

Lan

d (A

S 39

)Pu

blic

Aff

airs

Offi

ce.

The

edi

tori

al c

onte

nt o

f thi

s ne

wsl

ette

r do

es n

ot n

eces

sari

ly

refl e

ct th

e offi c

ial v

iew

s of t

he

com

man

d or

any

gov

ernm

ent

agen

cy, a

nd d

oes n

ot im

ply

endo

rsem

ent.

Ship

mat

es,

As I

wal

k th

e sh

ip, I

am

con

tinua

lly

impr

esse

d w

ith th

e pr

ofes

sion

alis

m a

nd

prid

e th

at e

ach

and

ever

y on

e of

you

ex

hibi

t thr

ough

out y

our w

orkc

ente

rs

and

abou

t the

spac

es;

the

qual

ity a

nd

craf

tsm

ansh

ip o

f you

r wor

k sp

eaks

vo

lum

es fo

r the

exc

elle

nce

of th

e cr

ew,

keep

it u

p!

Con

tinue

to k

eep

my

Thre

e Pr

iorit

ies:

Be

Rea

dy. P

erso

nal a

nd p

rofe

ssio

nal

read

ines

s mus

t be

part

of y

our d

aily

ba

ttle

rhyt

hm. T

ake

care

of y

our p

eopl

e.

Our

cre

w m

ust a

lway

s be

read

y. T

hey

mus

t be

train

ed a

nd e

quip

ped,

phy

sica

lly

and

men

tally

fi t,

and

focu

sed

on th

eir

task

s. B

e co

mpe

tent

in y

our t

rade

s, se

aman

ship

, and

wor

k sk

ills.

We

will

br

ing

out t

he b

est i

n ou

r cre

w th

roug

h st

rong

, pro

activ

e le

ader

ship

at a

ll le

vels

of

the

com

man

d.

Be A

ggre

ssiv

e. K

now

you

r job

. Kno

w

and

follo

w p

roce

dure

s to

acco

mpl

ish

all

task

s SA

FELY

, with

top

QU

ALI

TY, a

nd

in a

TIM

ELY

man

ner.

Seek

and

acc

ept

feed

back

to im

prov

e yo

ur p

erfo

rman

ce.

Offe

r or a

ccep

t men

tors

hip

to le

vera

ge

the

benefi t

s of c

ontin

ual s

elf-

asss

esm

ent.

Seiz

e ev

ery

oppo

rtuni

ty to

trai

n yo

urse

lf an

d yo

ur tr

oops

.

Be

a go

od S

hipm

ate.

Brin

g ou

t the

be

st in

eac

h ot

her.

It ta

kes a

ll of

us,

wor

king

as a

team

, to

acco

mpl

ish

the

chal

leng

ing

mis

sion

s we

face

. You

r ac

tion,

or i

nact

ion,

will

impa

ct y

our

Ship

mat

es. I

nteg

rity

- doi

ng w

hat i

s rig

ht -

is fu

ndam

enta

l to

bein

g a

good

Sh

ipm

ate.

The

righ

t dec

isio

n is

rare

ly th

e ea

sy d

ecis

ion.

Eve

ry S

ailo

r and

Mar

iner

is

an

inte

rnat

iona

l am

bass

ador

and

a

refl e

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n of

val

ues a

nd st

anda

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f the

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sibi

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ner t

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r Hon

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w

ith P

hilip

pine

s..

Tab

le o

f C

on

ten

ts

Stor

y an

d Ph

otos

by

MCS

N S

am S

ouva

nnas

on

Lt. M

icha

el O

bara

and

LS3

Ant

hony

Pet

tee

carr

y w

eeds

and

bru

sh th

roug

h O

long

apo

City

Pub

lic C

emet

ery.

LS3

Anth

ony

Pette

e an

d LS

SN R

yan

Lubi

g, J

EA T

reas

urer

, car

ry a

way

wee

ds a

nd

brus

h fro

m h

eads

tone

s at t

he O

long

apo

City

Pub

lic C

emet

ery

LSSN

Sam

anth

a Fu

llwoo

d an

d H

M3

Dar

ius D

avis

, JEA

Vic

e Pr

esid

ent,

pull

wee

ds a

nd

brus

h of

f of a

hea

dsto

ne a

t the

Olo

ngap

o C

ity P

ublic

Cem

eter

y

STOR

Y AN

D PH

OTOS

BY

MCSN

SAM

SOU

VANN

ASON

The Ju

nior

Enl

iste

d A

ssoc

iatio

n (J

EA)

on b

oard

subm

arin

e te

nder

USS

Em

ory

S La

nd (A

S 39

) too

k th

e le

ad o

n a

com

mun

ity se

rvic

e pr

ojec

t (C

OM

SERV

) an

d he

lped

the

loca

l com

mun

ity c

lean

up

the

Olo

ngap

o C

ity P

ublic

Cem

eter

y in

pre

para

tion

for a

n up

com

ing

holid

ay,

Oct

ober

27.

The

loca

l com

mun

ity w

ill b

e ce

lebr

atin

g A

ll Sa

ints

Day

, a P

hilip

pine

hol

iday

in

whi

ch th

e ci

tizen

s will

pay

resp

ects

to th

eir

fam

ily m

embe

rs a

nd fr

iend

s who

are

no

long

er li

ving

.

“The

loca

ls w

ill c

ome

out t

o th

e ce

met

ery

to li

ght c

andl

es, p

ray

and

spen

d tim

e at

the

grav

es o

f the

ir fa

mili

es,”

exp

lain

ed D

r. A

rnild

o Ta

may

o, C

ity H

ealth

Offi

cer,

“It’s

im

porta

nt th

at w

e cl

ean

up a

ll th

e br

ush

so

that

the

citiz

ens c

an p

rope

rly c

eleb

rate

the

holid

ay a

t the

resp

ectiv

e he

adst

ones

.”

Due

to th

e tro

pica

l clim

ate

in th

e R

epub

lic

of th

e Ph

ilipp

ines

, wee

ds a

nd o

ther

ve

geta

tion

grow

rapi

dly

and

have

cov

ered

th

e he

adst

ones

in th

e ce

met

ery.

Land

’s re

ligio

us m

inis

tries

de

partm

ent c

oord

inat

ed

the

CO

MSE

RV, h

owev

er

the

JEA

took

the

lead

and

pr

ovid

ed th

e vo

lunt

eers

.

“Whe

n w

e ca

ught

win

d of

th

e pr

ojec

t we

knew

this

w

ould

be

a gr

eat o

ppor

tuni

ty

for o

ur o

rgan

izat

ion

to m

ake

a di

ffere

nce,

” sa

id H

ospi

tal

Cor

psm

an 3

rd C

lass

Dar

ius

Dav

is, J

EA v

ice

pres

iden

t.

The

JEA

is a

n or

gani

zatio

n,

com

pris

ed o

f Sai

lors

, E-5

and

bel

ow,

who

coo

rdin

ate

and

fund

rais

e fo

r mor

ale

and

wel

fare

eve

nts a

nd a

lso

parti

cipa

te in

vo

lunt

eer s

ervi

ce p

roje

cts.

“It’s

impo

rtant

for u

s to

step

up

as th

e ju

nior

enl

iste

d at

our

com

man

d be

caus

e w

e ar

e th

e le

ader

s of t

omor

row,

” sa

id D

avis

, “w

e’re

show

ing

that

eve

n th

ough

we’

re

youn

g Sa

ilors

, we

are

capa

ble

of g

oing

out

an

d re

pres

entin

g th

e N

avy

in a

pos

itive

lig

ht. T

hat’s

wha

t the

JEA

is a

ll ab

out.”

The

Sailo

rs a

nd th

e ot

her v

olun

teer

s wer

e ab

le to

cle

an ro

ughl

y 50

% o

f the

bru

sh

from

the

grav

e si

tes a

nd h

eads

tone

s.

“M

y vo

lunt

eers

and

I co

uldn

’t ha

ve d

one

it al

one,

” Sa

id D

r. Ta

may

o,

“Thi

s was

a c

omm

unity

-wid

e ef

fort

and

right

now

the

Emor

y S

Land

is p

art o

f ou

r com

mun

ity so

we

real

ly a

ppre

ciat

e al

l of t

heir

help

.”

LAN

DM

AR

K |

SE

PT

EM

BE

R-O

CTO

BE

R 2

012

13

12

LA

ND

MA

RK

| S

EP

TE

MB

ER

-OC

TOB

ER

201

2

Sailor

s H

elp B

eautify

Rec

over

y U

nit

Sailo

rs fr

om su

bmar

ine

tend

er U

SS

Emor

y S

Land

(AS

39) a

nd m

embe

rs

of th

e R

epub

lic o

f the

Phi

lippi

nes a

ctiv

e A

rmy

read

y re

serv

e ca

me

toge

ther

to

impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f life

for c

hild

ren

at

a lo

cal C

hild

ren’

s Rec

over

y U

nit i

n Su

bic

Bay

, Phi

lippi

nes,

Oct

ober

24.

The

reco

very

uni

t pro

vide

s nur

ses w

ho c

are

for b

urns

, birt

h de

fect

s, ca

ncer

, and

oth

er

ailm

ents

in a

dole

scen

t chi

ldre

n. “W

e ta

ke c

are

of c

hild

ren

who

are

still

in

nee

d of

reco

very

tim

e af

ter b

eing

tre

ated

at t

he h

ospi

tal,

once

they

reco

ver

and

are

heal

thy

they

will

retu

rn to

thei

r fa

mili

es”

said

Lau

ra M

ay-M

artin

ez, a

uni

t em

ploy

ee. “

Toda

y’s w

ork

is a

gre

at h

elp

and

a st

eppi

ng st

one

for t

he u

pgra

des i

n th

e m

onth

s to

com

e”.

Sailo

rs b

egan

the

day

wor

king

han

d in

ha

nd w

ith th

e Ph

ilipp

ine

activ

e R

eser

vist

s sh

apin

g an

d la

ndsc

apin

g th

e fa

cilit

ies

grou

nds t

o pr

ovid

e a

clea

ner f

ound

atio

n fo

r up

com

ing

reno

vatio

ns.

“Wor

king

with

the

rese

rvis

ts h

as b

een

a ve

ry re

war

ding

exp

erie

nce,

” sa

id L

ogis

tics

Spec

ialis

ts S

eam

an R

yan

Lubi

g, a

ssig

ned

to L

and,

“A

s soo

n as

we

show

ed u

p, th

ey

wer

e re

ady

to w

ork

and

so w

ere

we.

”

The

even

t is p

art o

f an

ongo

ing

proj

ect

spon

sore

d by

the

Olo

ngap

o C

ity C

ounc

il to

reno

vate

and

rebu

ild st

ruct

ures

th

roug

hout

the

area

. Lan

d’s R

elig

ious

M

inis

tries

Dep

artm

ent w

orke

d w

ith th

e co

unci

l to

put t

he c

omm

unity

serv

ice

proj

ect (

CO

MSE

RV) t

oget

her.

“We

wan

t to

help

out

the

peop

le th

at a

re

in n

eed,

this

pro

ject

is a

gre

at o

ppor

tuni

ty

to sh

owca

se th

e ef

forts

of b

oth

of th

ese

grea

t for

ces u

nitin

g to

war

ds a

sing

ular

be

nevo

lent

goa

l,” sa

id N

orm

an T

uzon

, O

long

apo

City

Pro

ject

Lia

sion

.

Afte

r the

wor

k w

as d

one,

mem

bers

of

bot

h se

rvic

es to

ok a

bre

ak to

enj

oy

refr

eshm

ents

pro

vide

d by

the

unit

whi

le

shar

ing

smile

s and

wor

k ex

perie

nces

.

“It’s

inte

rest

ing

to h

ear h

ow e

ven

thou

gh

we

serv

e di

ffere

nt c

ount

ries,

we

hold

si

mila

ritie

s in

prof

essi

onal

val

ues,”

said

El

ectro

nics

Tec

hnic

ian

Nic

ole

Car

r, “t

he

driv

ing

fact

or b

ehin

d w

hy w

e ch

oose

to

com

e ou

t her

e an

d su

ppor

t tod

ay

is to

bet

ter t

he a

tmos

pher

e as

the

kids

re

cupe

rate

.”

Parti

cipa

nts w

rapp

ed u

p th

e ev

ent b

y ex

chan

ging

con

tact

info

rmat

ion

and

plan

on

wor

king

toge

ther

on

futu

re p

roje

cts

with

in th

e ci

ty.

“We’

re c

omin

g ba

ck w

ith S

ailo

rs fr

om o

ur

Rep

air D

epar

tmen

t to

do a

n as

sess

men

t on

the

kid’

s pla

ygro

und

that

’s n

ot to

o fa

r aw

ay

from

her

e” L

t. A

aron

Rob

erto

n, L

and’

s C

omm

and

Cha

plai

n sa

id. “

That

will

be

a fo

llow

-up

com

mun

ity re

latio

ns p

roje

ct, a

s w

ell a

s a p

lay

date

to in

tera

ct w

ith th

e lo

cal

child

ren

on th

e be

autifi

ed

grou

nds.”

For i

nfor

mat

ion

on h

ow to

get

invo

lved

, co

ntac

t Lt.

Rob

erto

n, c

omm

and

chap

lain

or R

PC M

irand

a.

ENFN

Mic

hael

ange

lo P

hayl

oga,

join

s mem

bers

of t

he

Repu

blic

of t

he P

hilip

pine

s act

ive

Arm

y Re

ady

Rese

rve

in

shap

ing

land

scap

e su

rrou

ndin

g th

e ch

ildre

n’s r

ecov

er u

nit.

STOR

Y AN

D PH

OTOS

BY

MC2(

SW) J

ARED

X. A

LDAP

E

Sailo

rs, f

riend

s, an

d fa

mili

es to

ok

to th

e Bas

e Th e

atre

in N

aval

Bas

e G

uam

, to

see 3

5 CP

O se

lect

ees a

ttach

ed

to th

e the

bas

e and

17

surr

ound

ing

com

man

ds to

fi na

lize t

heir

tran

sitio

n fro

m se

lect

ee to

Chi

ef P

etty

Offi

cer,

Sept

. 13

.

Th e c

erem

ony

com

men

ced

with

loud

bu

rsts

of so

ng as

the s

elect

ees s

ang

“Anc

hors

Aw

eigh

” bef

ore t

he au

dien

ce.

Th e a

ffi xi

ng o

f the

foul

ed an

chor

s and

co

vers

by

thei

r fam

ily, f

riend

s, an

d sh

ipm

ates

com

plet

ed th

eir t

rans

ition

and

gave

the n

ewly

foul

ed-a

ncho

red

Sailo

rs ti

me t

o re

fl ect

on

how

they

will

pr

ocee

d an

d m

old

the f

utur

e of t

he N

avy

as th

ey co

ntin

ue o

n to

a hi

gher

pla

ce in

le

ader

ship

.

“Th e

Chi

ef co

mm

unity

is h

uge,

the m

ess

depe

nds o

n ea

ch o

ther

, bac

ks ea

ch o

ther

up

and

is th

e bac

kbon

e of t

he N

avy,”

said

Je

rem

y In

gle “

Th e c

halle

nges

com

e with

pu

tting

on

Chie

f is e

ver p

rese

nt, y

ou

have

to b

e on

your

gam

e all

the t

ime,

know

not

just

your

job

but o

ther

s”.

Th e C

PO in

doct

rinat

ion

perio

d be

gan

once

the c

onfi r

mat

ion

adva

ncin

g to

th

e nex

t pay

grad

e was

anno

unce

d in

Au

gust.

Th e

sele

ctee

s the

n go

thro

ugh

a rig

orou

s lea

ders

hip

indo

ctrin

atio

n

perio

d in

supp

ort o

f the

CPO

36

5 pr

ogra

m.

“CPO

365

is sp

ecifi

cally

for

juni

or C

hief

s and

juni

or

pers

onne

l tha

t are

up

for c

hief

”, sa

id C

hief

Mas

ter-

at-a

rms

Mar

cus W

illia

ms “

Th e p

rogr

am

is a g

reat

tool

that

lead

ersh

ip

has b

een

utili

zing

, it’s

bac

ked

by th

e MCP

ON

”.

Dur

ing

the i

ndoc

trin

atio

n pe

riod,

the s

elec

tees

rely

on

mem

bers

of t

he C

hief

’s M

ess a

nd

thei

r spo

nsor

s to

assis

t in

thei

r gro

wth

as le

ader

s. Th

ey u

nder

go v

ario

us fo

rms

of le

ader

ship

trai

ning

and

scen

ario

s to

hone

thei

r cra

ft in

th

e art

of l

eade

rshi

p.

“It’s

an o

verw

helm

ing

proc

ess,

long

but

nec

essa

ry, e

very

Ch

ief n

ew an

d ol

d ne

ver g

ot

to w

here

they

wer

e with

out

thei

r Sai

lors

, I th

ink

the

bigg

est t

hing

is al

l the

juni

or

Sailo

rs p

laye

d a p

art i

n m

ysel

f m

akin

g Ch

ief,

if it

was

n’t fo

r th

em, I

wou

ldn’t

be h

ere.,

” sai

d Ch

ief

Petty

Offi

cer C

arlo

s Can

tu “Y

ou d

on’t

get

smar

ter y

ou g

et st

rong

er,”

Th e n

ewfo

und

Chie

f Pet

ty O

ffi ce

rs p

lan

to en

cour

age a

nd d

evelo

p m

ore g

row

th

and

lead

ersh

ip to

thei

r jun

ior p

erso

nnel

an

d w

ill p

rovi

de a

road

map

of l

eade

rshi

p ot

hers

will

emul

ate t

hrou

gh th

eir

exam

ple a

nd in

itiat

ive.

Th es

e Sai

lors

now

ha

ve in

crea

sed

tool

s to

broa

den

thei

r ca

pabi

litie

s as d

eckp

late

lead

ers.

“Bec

omin

g a C

hief

Pet

ty O

ffi ce

r, no

w I

have

the o

ppor

tuni

ty to

cont

inue

to le

ad

and

trai

n as

I’ve

alw

ays d

one,

thou

gh

now

I ha

ve a

bigg

er n

etw

ork”

said

Chi

ef

Logi

stics

Spe

cial

ists D

esm

a Bus

hun,

as

signe

d to

Lan

d, “N

ow th

at I

have

co

mpl

eted

this

mile

stone

, I w

ill u

se th

e re

sour

ces a

nd to

ols t

o pa

ss o

n su

cces

s to

juni

or S

ailo

rs.”

NE

W C

HIE

FS P

INN

ED

(cont

’d)

DC

C J

erem

y In

gle

rece

ives

his

gol

d fo

uled

anc

hors

from

B

MC

Tin

sley

MA

C M

arcu

s Will

iam

s rec

ieve

s his

gol

d fo

uled

anc

hors

from

SH

CS

Vern

on M

illig

an

LSC

Des

ma

Bis

hun

rend

ers h

er fi

rst h

and

salu

te a

s a C

hief

Pet

ty O

ffi ce

r whi

le p

assi

ng th

roug

h th

e si

debo

ys.

LAN

DM

AR

K |

SE

PT

EM

BE

R-O

CTO

BE

R 2

012

5

EM

OR

Y S

LA

ND

AR

RIV

ES

IN

SUB

IC B

AY, P

HIL

IPPI

NE

SS

tory

and

Pho

tos

byM

C2(

SW

) Jar

ed A

ldap

e

Subm

arin

e te

nder

USS

Em

ory

S. L

and

(AS

39)

arriv

ed in

Sub

ic B

ay, R

epub

lic

of th

e Ph

ilipp

ines

for a

por

t ca

ll O

ctob

er 1

2, 2

012.

The

vi

sit i

s par

t of t

he U

.S. N

avy’

s on

goin

g co

mm

itmen

t to

thea

ter s

ecur

ity c

oope

ratio

n an

d fr

iend

ship

with

loca

l alli

ed

navi

es w

hile

con

duct

ing

a vo

yage

repa

ir pe

riod

in S

ubic

.

“I a

m v

ery

happ

y to

hav

e th

e op

portu

nity

to v

isit

the

Rep

ublic

of t

he P

hilip

pine

s an

d co

ntin

ue to

bui

ld o

ur

partn

ersh

ip w

ith th

e Ph

ilipp

ine

Nav

y.”

said

Cap

t. Pa

ul E

. Sa

vage

, Em

ory

S. L

and’

s co

mm

andi

ng o

ffi ce

r. “T

he

hosp

italit

y sh

own

by th

e pe

ople

of t

he P

hilip

pine

s is

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

stro

ng

rela

tions

hip

that

exi

sts b

etw

een

our t

wo

natio

ns, a

nd I

am

exci

ted

for m

y cr

ew to

hav

e th

e op

portu

nity

to in

tera

ct w

ith

the

citiz

ens o

f the

Phi

lippi

nes

and

visi

t thi

s cou

ntry

’s

beau

tiful

attr

actio

ns.”

Man

y C

able

Sai

lors

ar

e cu

rren

tly

tem

pora

rily

assi

gned

to L

and

in a

n ex

pedi

tiona

ry

capa

city

and

bot

h su

bmar

ine

tend

ers,

USS

Fra

nk C

able

(A

S 40

) and

Lan

d,

visi

ted

Subi

c B

ay in

th

e pa

st y

ear.

“Thi

s will

be

my

third

tim

e in

the

Phili

ppin

es, a

nd it

ha

s alw

ays b

een

one

of th

e fr

iend

liest

and

mos

t fun

po

rts to

vis

it. I

can

’t w

ait t

o ge

t out

ther

e an

d ex

perie

nce

mor

e of

the

coun

try,”

said

M

achi

nist

’s M

ate

Third

Cla

ss

Am

anda

Pal

acio

, a C

able

Sa

ilor s

ervi

ng a

boar

d La

nd.

Whi

le in

por

t, La

nd’s

Rep

air

Dep

artm

ent w

ill e

xerc

ise

its

supp

ort c

apab

ilitie

s to

mak

e cr

itica

l rep

air/u

pgra

des t

o B

RP

Gre

gorio

del

Pila

r (PF

-15)

, a

Phili

ppin

e N

avy

frig

ate.

“We

antic

ipat

e pe

rfor

min

g a

varie

ty o

f sup

port

serv

ices

for

the

Pila

r to

ensu

re a

ll sy

stem

s ar

e fu

lly fu

nctio

ning

and

op

erat

iona

l, an

d lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

repr

esen

ting

the

U.S

. Nav

y w

hile

eng

agin

g w

ith th

e pr

ofes

sion

als o

f the

Phi

lippi

ne

Nav

y” sa

id L

t. C

mdr

. Jam

es

Hic

ks, E

mor

y S.

Lan

d’s

Prod

uctio

n M

aint

enan

ce

Offi

cer.

Land

Sai

lors

will

als

o be

pa

rtici

patin

g in

Com

mun

ity

Serv

ice

proj

ects

and

pos

sibl

e sp

ortin

g ev

ents

bet

wee

n La

nd

crew

mem

bers

and

the

loca

l co

mm

unity

.“T

hese

opp

ortu

nitie

s will

al

low

the

Sailo

rs fr

om b

oth

coun

tries

to sh

are

expe

rienc

es

and

deve

lop

prof

essi

onal

re

latio

nshi

ps,”

said

Lan

d’s

Com

man

d M

aste

r Chi

ef,

Jam

es W

illis

. “Th

ese

type

s of

inte

rnat

iona

l exp

erie

nces

stay

w

ith y

ou fo

r a li

fetim

e.”

Subm

arin

e te

nder

USS

Em

ory

S La

nd (A

S 39

) is m

oore

d at

the

pier

at

Subi

c B

ay, P

hilip

pine

s. (U

.S. N

avy

phot

o by

MC

2(SW

) Jar

ed A

ldap

e

Land

Rep

airs

Bon

hom

me

Ric

hard

Sailo

rs fr

om su

b te

nder

USS

Em

ory

S. L

and

(AS

39)’s

Rep

air D

epar

tmen

t ass

iste

d U

SS B

onho

mm

e R

icha

rd (L

HD

6) i

n pr

ovid

ing

criti

cal r

epai

r wor

k to

a

mai

n st

eam

val

ve in

thei

r Mai

n M

achi

nery

Roo

m

Oct

. 17.

Sailo

rs fr

om R

-2 w

orke

d th

roug

h th

e ni

ght t

o co

mpl

ete

this

pre

cisi

on n

eces

sary

repa

ir “

Initi

ally

w

e pe

rfor

med

a G

as T

ungs

ten

Arc

Wel

ding

op

erat

ion

to e

xtra

ct th

e or

igin

al v

alve

bac

k to

our

sh

op,”

said

Hul

l Tec

hnic

ian

2nd

Cla

ss R

ober

t G

rand

jean

, ass

igne

d to

Lan

d’s R

-2 d

ivis

ion

. “O

nce

we

had

the

com

pone

nt in

our

wor

kcen

ter ,

we

wer

e ab

le to

trou

bles

hoot

, ass

ess,

and

secu

re a

suita

ble

repl

acem

ent”

HT2

Rob

ert G

rand

jean

and

HT2

Jes

sica

Sch

oll s

et u

p Tr

itool

equ

ipm

ent w

hile

pr

ovid

ing

criti

cal r

epai

r wor

k an

d m

aint

enan

ce o

nboa

rd U

SS B

onho

mm

e R

icha

rd

6T

LA

ND

MA

RK

| S

EP

TE

MB

ER

-OC

TOB

ER

201

2

Top-

Cap

t. Pa

ul Sa

vage

and C

apt.

Glen

n Pen

drick

pose

fo

r a ph

oto a

fter C

apt.

Pend

rick R

eliev

ed C

apt.

Sava

ge as

Co

mman

ding O

ffi ce

r of s

ubma

rine t

ende

r USS

Emor

y S

Land

(AS

39)

Midd

le Ro

w- P

hoto

s of t

he A

rriva

l of t

he O

ffi cia

l Par

ty to

th

e Cha

nge o

f Com

mand

Cer

emon

y.

Left-

SHS

N(SW

) Nikk

inda S

cott

sings

the n

ation

al an

them

pr

ecee

ding t

he C

hang

e of C

omma

nd C

erem

ony.

(P

HO

TO

S B

Y M

CSN

SA

MU

EL

SO

UV

AN

NA

SO

N)

LAN

DM

AR

K |

SE

PT

EM

BE

R-O

CTO

BE

R 2

012

11

10

LA

ND

MA

RK

| S

EP

TE

MB

ER

OC

TOB

ER

201

2

Em

or

y S

La

nd

Ho

ld

s

Ch

an

ge o

f C

om

ma

nd

Cap

t. G

lenn

W. P

endr

ick

rend

ers a

han

d sa

lute

as h

e re

lieve

s Cap

t. Pa

ul E

. Sav

age

as C

omm

andi

ng o

ffi ce

r of s

ubm

arin

e te

nder

USS

EM

ory

S La

nd (A

S 39

) (U

.S. N

avy

phot

o by

MC

SN S

amue

l Sou

vann

ason

)

Stor

y B

yM

C2(

SW) J

ared

Ald

ape

Sailo

rs a

ssig

ned

to

subm

arin

e te

nder

USS

Em

ory

S. L

and

(AS

39)

wel

com

ed a

boar

d th

eir n

ew

capt

ain

durin

g a

chan

ge o

f co

mm

and

cere

mon

y in

Sub

ic

Bay

, Phi

lippi

nes,

Oct

. 22.

C

apt.

Gle

nn P

endr

ick

relie

ved

Cap

t. Pa

ul E

. Sav

age

as th

e sh

ip’s

com

man

ding

offi c

er. S

avag

e co

ngra

tula

ted

the

crew

on

a jo

b w

ell d

one

durin

g hi

s tw

elve

mon

ths

aboa

rd. “

I am

ver

y pr

oud

of e

very

thin

g th

e Sa

ilors

an

d ci

vilia

n m

arin

ers o

f th

e Em

ory

S. L

and

have

ac

com

plis

hed

durin

g m

y tim

e on

boa

rd a

nd I

will

mis

s the

op

portu

nity

to se

rve

with

de

dica

ted

prof

essi

onal

Sai

lors

op

erat

ing

at th

e tip

of t

he

spea

r,” sa

id S

avag

e.

U

nder

Sav

age’

s co

mm

and,

Em

ory

S. L

and

Sailo

rs a

nd c

ivili

an m

arin

ers

com

plet

ed si

mul

tane

ous

tend

ed m

oorin

gs a

nd

cont

inuo

us m

aint

enan

ce

avai

labi

litie

s of v

ario

us

clas

ses o

f sub

mar

ine.

The

cr

ew a

lso

rece

ntly

com

plet

ed

a te

nded

moo

ring

with

USS

B

uffa

lo (S

SN 7

15) a

s par

t of

a th

eate

r sec

urity

coo

pera

tion

port

visi

t in

Patta

ya, T

haila

nd.

“T

he c

rew

has

met

nu

mer

ous c

halle

nges

hea

d on

, w

orke

d ha

rd, a

nd im

prov

ed

in th

eir a

bilit

y to

supp

ort t

he

depl

oyed

subm

arin

e fo

rce,

” Sa

vage

said

.

Dur

ing

Sava

ge’s

tim

e ab

oard

, Em

ory

S. L

and

prov

ided

repa

ir an

d te

nded

unit

serv

ices

to su

rfac

e sh

ips

and

subm

arin

es.

“I m

ust t

hank

Cap

tain

Sa

vage

for h

is tr

emen

dous

le

ader

ship

and

com

plet

e de

dica

tion

to h

is c

rew

ov

er th

e la

st y

ear.

With

his

un

ique

und

erst

andi

ng o

f te

nder

ope

ratio

ns, a

nd st

rong

m

aint

enan

ce e

xper

ienc

e, h

e ha

s set

us o

n th

e co

urse

to

succ

essf

ully

con

tinue

our

m

issi

on in

this

AO

R,”

said

Pe

ndric

k.

“Our

ship

’s m

issi

on

is to

kee

p th

e fo

rwar

d-de

ploy

ed a

nd fo

rwar

d-ba

sed

subm

arin

es a

nd su

rfac

e sh

ips

of o

ur fl

eet r

eady

thro

ugh

repa

ir, m

aint

enan

ce, a

nd

tend

ed su

ppor

t ser

vice

s. I

am tr

uly

impr

esse

d by

the

tale

nt th

at w

e ha

ve o

nboa

rd,

and

look

forw

ard

to a

ll of

the

chal

leng

es th

at w

e w

ill fa

ce

toge

ther

as w

e ca

rry

out t

he

mis

sion

,” P

endr

ick

adde

d.

Pend

rick

grad

uate

d w

ith d

istin

ctio

n fr

om th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Nav

al A

cade

my

in 1

988

whe

re h

e m

ajor

ed

in A

eros

pace

Eng

inee

ring.

H

e m

ost r

ecen

tly se

rved

as

the

Dep

uty

Com

man

der f

or

Subm

arin

e Sq

uadr

on 1

6 in

K

ings

Bay

, GA

.

“I a

m v

ery

prou

d of

eve

ryth

ing

the

Sailo

rs a

nd c

ivili

an m

arin

ers

of th

e Em

ory

S. L

and

have

acc

ompl

ishe

d du

ring

my ti

me

on b

oard

...”

-Cap

t. P

aul E

. Sav

age

Subm

arin

e te

nder

USS

Em

ory

S La

nd (A

S 39

) ass

embl

ed a

te

am o

f Sai

lors

cal

led

the

“39e

rs”

to

play

a fr

iend

ly g

ame

of b

aske

tbal

l ag

ains

t the

Lyc

eum

Col

lege

Sha

rks,

a un

iver

sity

team

from

Ola

ngap

o C

ity, R

epub

lic o

f the

Phi

lippi

nes

Satu

rday

, Oct

ober

20,

201

2.

The

even

t is p

art o

f an

ongo

ing

com

mun

ity se

rvic

e pr

ojec

t (C

OM

-SE

RV) t

o pr

omot

e fr

iend

ship

in c

o-op

erat

ion

in th

e re

gion

whi

le L

and

cond

ucts

voy

age

repa

irs in

Sub

ic

Bay

.

“Bot

h na

tions

shar

e a

love

of t

he

spor

t of b

aske

tbal

l, an

d w

e fe

lt th

is

was

the

perf

ect c

hann

el to

cre

ate

stro

ng b

onds

with

the

loca

l com

mu-

nity

,” sa

id R

elig

ious

Pro

gram

s Spe

-ci

alis

t 1st

Cla

ss N

orm

an O

ehrin

g.

The

exhi

bitio

n w

as h

eld

at th

e O

lang

apo

City

com

poun

d an

d w

as

atte

nded

by

over

300

peo

ple

incl

ud-

ing

mem

bers

of L

and’

s cre

w a

nd

loca

l citi

zens

. “O

ur te

am h

as a

lot

of ta

lent

and

we’

ve c

ome

toge

ther

at

the

right

mom

ents

in th

e ga

me,

” sa

id S

eam

an Ja

mes

Ben

oit,

the

team

’s h

ead

coac

h, “

We’

re a

ll ha

v-

ing

a lo

t of f

un a

nd w

e’re

gra

tefu

l to

the

com

man

d fo

r giv

ing

us a

n op

portu

nity

to u

se sp

orts

to b

ond

with

the

loca

l com

mun

ity.”

The

gam

e ha

d a

fast

pac

e an

d w

as

wel

l pla

yed

gam

e an

d sa

w th

e 39

ers b

uild

an

11 p

oint

lead

hal

f w

ay th

roug

h th

e th

ird q

uarte

r. Th

e Sh

arks

cam

e ro

arin

g ba

ck in

the

fi nal

min

utes

of t

he g

ame

and

even

to

ok a

74-

73 p

oint

lead

in th

e fi n

al

min

ute.

Subm

arin

e So

nar T

echn

icia

n 2n

d C

lass

Lak

ee B

row

n w

as se

nt to

the

free

thro

w li

ne w

ith 3

.6 se

cond

s lef

t on

the

cloc

k w

here

he

hit 1

out

of

2 fr

ee th

row

s, se

ndin

g th

e ga

me

to

over

time.

“We’

re a

ll pl

ayin

g ha

rd o

ut h

ere

toda

y bu

t we

know

that

the fi n

al

scor

e of

the

gam

e do

esn’

t mat

ter,”

sa

id C

hief

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

ems

Tech

nici

an R

ober

t Tem

ple,

39e

r’s

team

cap

tain

.

The

thre

e-po

int s

hoot

ing

of th

e Sh

arks

was

too

muc

h fo

r th

e 39

ers i

n ov

ertim

e an

d La

nd’s

at

hlet

ic S

ailo

rs w

ere

defe

ated

with

a

fi nal

scor

e of

84-

80.

emo

ry

s l

an

d b

ask

etba

ll t

eam

g

oes

to

ov

ertim

e in

ph

ilip

pin

es

LAN

DM

AR

K |

SE

PT

EM

BE

R-O

CTO

BE

R 2

012

7

Sto

ry a

nd P

hoto

s by

MC

SN

Sam

uel S

ouva

nnas

on

8

LAN

DM

AR

K |

JULY

-AU

GU

ST

201

2

Subm

arin

e te

nder

USS

EM

ORY

S L

AN

D

(AS

39)

is m

oore

d at

the

pier

in S

ubic

Bay

, Re

publ

ic o

f the

Phi

lippi

nes.

Land

will

be

unde

rgoi

ng a

voy

age

repa

ir p

erio

d w

hile

in

the

Phili

ppin

es.

Ph

oto

by M

C2(S

W)

Jare

d A

ldap

e

LAN

DM

AR

K |

JULY

-AU

GU

ST

201

2

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