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V bull l DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
US NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION SIXTY-TWO
DEPLOYMENT COMPLETION REPORT
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DEPARTMENT Olf THE NAV Y HAYA- fli40BlLamp CO~STIIUCTIOH atnALJOH s1bullTVbull TWO
PO MIAMf Mott-oIOOI 3111 Ser 3t YI 18 JulJ 1989
From Co1111amp11dinbull Off iobullr llaval Mobilbull Con1truction Battalion SlXTY-TllO To Commandbullr Conatruct ion Battal ionbull US At l antic Flabullt
Subj SUBMISSIOll OF DBPLOYMlllT COMPLETIOll lllJORT
Bat (al COMCBPACCOlllCBLAraquoTillST 3121 lA (b) COMC8LAraquoT OPORDEI bull -89
I ncl ( 1) Deployant CoapltUon Report
1 Enclo1IJa ll ibull 1ubaitted per rafbullrenca al
~ In accordance with refarbullnca (bl Vaval Mobile Con1truction Battalion SIXrtmiddotlllO deployed to Stabu Cup Sionell a Sicily durinC the period Qf 2t Sept1ab1r 1988 t o 11 llampy 1989 with Detailbull deployed to lapl11 Italy lea Makri Greece Souda Bay Crttbull and Cairo lbullypt and to Subic Bay Pbillppine1 from 19 Sept eaber 1988 to amp June 1989
D11 ~r 1buUon CllO (OPmiddot UOI CHICPACFLT CUICLAITFLT COIOJAVLOOPAC COIOJAVFACEllGCOM COWCBPAC CICOS COM THJIEE 0111 llCR COM Tllaquogt ZERO ICR IAVSTA SUBlC BAY llAS SI 001111LA llMCB OllE IMCB THHE IMCB FOUR IMCB FIVE llMCB SIVEll IMC 8 FORTY 1118 SBVlllTY-FOUl 11118 0111 TBillTY-TBlllli IOOICB TWBL VE RllllB TBIBTiEll
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Cbapter I
C11apter 11
Chapter Ill
Chapter IV
Chapter v
Chapur VI
Chapter VII
Chapter Vil I
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XI I
TABLE Of COlTINTS
lxbullcutivt Summary bullbull bullbull bullbull bullbull bull bull 1 - 1
On 1t L-oeat1on Suamary bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull a - 1
aiator1cal S11C11Ury 3 - l
ldatnlalratlon and Speci a l Sta ff bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbull 4 - I
Tra1nin1 Summary bullbullbull 5 - 1
Safety Suuary bull 6 - 1
O~ra ts one SUllMry bull 7 - 1
Wtnbody Pr0Jtct1 bull 7 - 6
De ta it S11b1 c Bay bullbullbullbull
H1pltbull bull I bullbull t bullbull 0 t 0 I I t 0 0 t I t
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Dt ta 1 J Kta Wkr i 7 - 97
Detail Souda Bay 7 - 117
Dttail Cai ro - 128
Supply and Loctaticbull Summary bull 8 -
l qu1pmtnt Summary 9 -
Camp lla intenanct Su~ry bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull 10 -
Ai r Detachment Operationbull EMBARK Exercibulle 4-88 II -
KVDOS bull bullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull l2 -
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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IXICQTIYJ IUbullbullI
ampDIUIIITlampTIVI Tht Adatni1trative Depart nt r e1pon1lbl bull for the proce11lnC of a ll adbullJni1trative requlre nt1 Their ef fortbull kept the Battalion rWlnin etticJently and orderly With thbull upcoaJnC Battalionbull decolllli11JoninC the entire Ada1ni bulltrativt Dtpart nt habull been prbullbullbullbulld into lone day1 to proc111 out thbull enti re battalion before thbull f inbulll decollllibullbulliontnc c1rt1111ny
flampIIIIG 8tarttnC 1 dtately upon return to ho port thbull Traintnbull Dtpart nt took the lead to t nbullurbull battalionbull ptrbullonnt l rbull trained for the upcobullinamp dtploy nt Onebull on dtploy nt thbull training did not bull top with ClllI l ecturebull toraal ol bullbullbull and crobullbull- ra te traintng
OPllampTIOIS le1pon1iblbull tor the overbulliCht ot all the battalion bull aJ11ion1 In ho port or on deploy nt the Operationbull Depart nt 1n1urt d the battalion waa prepared and pertor d all itbull t king Whether it waa 1af1ty 1 con1tructlon Ill or tabarkation tbbull Operationbull Dtpart nt bad 10Mone ready to do the Job
8lllPLY Provtdinbull thbull r equi red eupport and aat1r i a l1 to the aainbody and the detailbull thbull Supply Dtpar t nt greatly added t o tbe overall 1ucoe11 ot tbt dtploy nt l1p1cially note worthy wa1 MLO bull work durinC tbt dtploy nt
IQOIPlillllI Alta Coapany provided tbt 1quip nt to the bat talion to ampbullt the Job done Keepln tht 0181 runninC and in cood operatinC condition they kept pavinC tbbull way in Sicontlla
CAMP MAlllTllAJOl1 Mainta ininC tht aamp Bravo Ooapany provided thbull 1upport 10 everyone could work in a 1ate and pl1a1ant workinC t nviron nt Alto throuch their work at tbbull barrackbull and babullbull Calley tbey kept tht morale of tbt troop1 biCb
IPICUL OPlliTIOll lfilCI llxty-Two txeauttd IMBilXll bull -88 troa 1 IOV to 8 I OV 88 which con1i1t1d of a 1 laulat1d bulla hour Aii DIT 110W1tmiddotout 144 hour All AMPHIBI OUS lattalton 1111untmiddotout and All DIT proJ1ct1 Wldtr MOPP conditionbull In January 1080 tbt battalion 110W1t1d out a tpeci al i sed detail witb aaterlal equip nt and toolbull t o conatruct two ob1ervation to r1 at I SA Souda Bay Tbi1 aJ11ian earntd the praibullbull of Cll CDSIAVIOI COIOAlllillD COllCBLilT and CO IAVSDPPACT SODDA BAT In MampPcb 1080 the battalion participated In WIITEXClllil exePcibullbullbull in conJunction witb rt11rv1 unitbull tbrouamphout luropt Detail SitPra Bravo participat ed in di1a1t1r recovePy In tbbull lepubllc ot tbt Pblllpplnbullbull af ttr Typhoon luby bit tbt i1land Detail l oveaber India a ided in Ult 1i1lance to tbe vlctlM ot tbt Hltbquake in tr nie fhroUCbout deploy nt JMCB Sixty-Two dt1111n1trattd tt ready for any and all contincenci11
llTI COIVlllIOI leabtt Camp11p Siaont lla Italy babull bean aonv1rted troa a aa inbody to detail 1ltt upon tranbullftr of tbe e-p frobull JMCB Sixty-Two lo IMCB Forty co unication ampear apon1 and infantry ebullar cr1an1 i11ue TOA IIampbull 1blpped troa tbe 1ite in preparation tor lb1bull ehanampt Manlli namp tor tb t bull itbull reduced to thrbullbull of ficerbull and 121 enli1t1d per1onnel
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middot-UNIT SUMMARY
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llJIT LOCATION SJMMARI
AVERAGE TYPE UNIT AND ONBOARIgt DESIGNATION Off EHL
IU1n Body 16300
Detail Sierra Bravo 316B
Detail November Mite l~5
Detail Sierra Golf 0 8
lhu1 on Lbulltbullnd C - Conbulltruct1on R - Rud1nus S - Suppor t T - TTun1n
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LOCATION
SubH Cup s1ontlla Sicily
Subic Bay Phi I ipplnU
Napltbull Italy
Nea Makrl Grttct
Souda Bay Crete
Curo poundcypt
Gulfport MS Port Butnt CA
ARR DATE DEP DATE AT SITpound MlSSION
21 Sep 88 RTC 12 May 89
19 Stp 88 RTC 06 Jun 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 S 12 May 89
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
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16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
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02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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DEPARTMENT Olf THE NAV Y HAYA- fli40BlLamp CO~STIIUCTIOH atnALJOH s1bullTVbull TWO
PO MIAMf Mott-oIOOI 3111 Ser 3t YI 18 JulJ 1989
From Co1111amp11dinbull Off iobullr llaval Mobilbull Con1truction Battalion SlXTY-TllO To Commandbullr Conatruct ion Battal ionbull US At l antic Flabullt
Subj SUBMISSIOll OF DBPLOYMlllT COMPLETIOll lllJORT
Bat (al COMCBPACCOlllCBLAraquoTillST 3121 lA (b) COMC8LAraquoT OPORDEI bull -89
I ncl ( 1) Deployant CoapltUon Report
1 Enclo1IJa ll ibull 1ubaitted per rafbullrenca al
~ In accordance with refarbullnca (bl Vaval Mobile Con1truction Battalion SIXrtmiddotlllO deployed to Stabu Cup Sionell a Sicily durinC the period Qf 2t Sept1ab1r 1988 t o 11 llampy 1989 with Detailbull deployed to lapl11 Italy lea Makri Greece Souda Bay Crttbull and Cairo lbullypt and to Subic Bay Pbillppine1 from 19 Sept eaber 1988 to amp June 1989
D11 ~r 1buUon CllO (OPmiddot UOI CHICPACFLT CUICLAITFLT COIOJAVLOOPAC COIOJAVFACEllGCOM COWCBPAC CICOS COM THJIEE 0111 llCR COM Tllaquogt ZERO ICR IAVSTA SUBlC BAY llAS SI 001111LA llMCB OllE IMCB THHE IMCB FOUR IMCB FIVE llMCB SIVEll IMC 8 FORTY 1118 SBVlllTY-FOUl 11118 0111 TBillTY-TBlllli IOOICB TWBL VE RllllB TBIBTiEll
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Cbapter I
C11apter 11
Chapter Ill
Chapter IV
Chapter v
Chapur VI
Chapter VII
Chapter Vil I
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XI I
TABLE Of COlTINTS
lxbullcutivt Summary bullbull bullbull bullbull bullbull bull bull 1 - 1
On 1t L-oeat1on Suamary bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull a - 1
aiator1cal S11C11Ury 3 - l
ldatnlalratlon and Speci a l Sta ff bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbull 4 - I
Tra1nin1 Summary bullbullbull 5 - 1
Safety Suuary bull 6 - 1
O~ra ts one SUllMry bull 7 - 1
Wtnbody Pr0Jtct1 bull 7 - 6
De ta it S11b1 c Bay bullbullbullbull
H1pltbull bull I bullbull t bullbull 0 t 0 I I t 0 0 t I t
o I t I I o t 0 I t t t t I 7 -
bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull -
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78
Dt ta 1 J Kta Wkr i 7 - 97
Detail Souda Bay 7 - 117
Dttail Cai ro - 128
Supply and Loctaticbull Summary bull 8 -
l qu1pmtnt Summary 9 -
Camp lla intenanct Su~ry bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull 10 -
Ai r Detachment Operationbull EMBARK Exercibulle 4-88 II -
KVDOS bull bullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull l2 -
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IXICQTIYJ IUbullbullI
ampDIUIIITlampTIVI Tht Adatni1trative Depart nt r e1pon1lbl bull for the proce11lnC of a ll adbullJni1trative requlre nt1 Their ef fortbull kept the Battalion rWlnin etticJently and orderly With thbull upcoaJnC Battalionbull decolllli11JoninC the entire Ada1ni bulltrativt Dtpart nt habull been prbullbullbullbulld into lone day1 to proc111 out thbull enti re battalion before thbull f inbulll decollllibullbulliontnc c1rt1111ny
flampIIIIG 8tarttnC 1 dtately upon return to ho port thbull Traintnbull Dtpart nt took the lead to t nbullurbull battalionbull ptrbullonnt l rbull trained for the upcobullinamp dtploy nt Onebull on dtploy nt thbull training did not bull top with ClllI l ecturebull toraal ol bullbullbull and crobullbull- ra te traintng
OPllampTIOIS le1pon1iblbull tor the overbulliCht ot all the battalion bull aJ11ion1 In ho port or on deploy nt the Operationbull Depart nt 1n1urt d the battalion waa prepared and pertor d all itbull t king Whether it waa 1af1ty 1 con1tructlon Ill or tabarkation tbbull Operationbull Dtpart nt bad 10Mone ready to do the Job
8lllPLY Provtdinbull thbull r equi red eupport and aat1r i a l1 to the aainbody and the detailbull thbull Supply Dtpar t nt greatly added t o tbe overall 1ucoe11 ot tbt dtploy nt l1p1cially note worthy wa1 MLO bull work durinC tbt dtploy nt
IQOIPlillllI Alta Coapany provided tbt 1quip nt to the bat talion to ampbullt the Job done Keepln tht 0181 runninC and in cood operatinC condition they kept pavinC tbbull way in Sicontlla
CAMP MAlllTllAJOl1 Mainta ininC tht aamp Bravo Ooapany provided thbull 1upport 10 everyone could work in a 1ate and pl1a1ant workinC t nviron nt Alto throuch their work at tbbull barrackbull and babullbull Calley tbey kept tht morale of tbt troop1 biCb
IPICUL OPlliTIOll lfilCI llxty-Two txeauttd IMBilXll bull -88 troa 1 IOV to 8 I OV 88 which con1i1t1d of a 1 laulat1d bulla hour Aii DIT 110W1tmiddotout 144 hour All AMPHIBI OUS lattalton 1111untmiddotout and All DIT proJ1ct1 Wldtr MOPP conditionbull In January 1080 tbt battalion 110W1t1d out a tpeci al i sed detail witb aaterlal equip nt and toolbull t o conatruct two ob1ervation to r1 at I SA Souda Bay Tbi1 aJ11ian earntd the praibullbull of Cll CDSIAVIOI COIOAlllillD COllCBLilT and CO IAVSDPPACT SODDA BAT In MampPcb 1080 the battalion participated In WIITEXClllil exePcibullbullbull in conJunction witb rt11rv1 unitbull tbrouamphout luropt Detail SitPra Bravo participat ed in di1a1t1r recovePy In tbbull lepubllc ot tbt Pblllpplnbullbull af ttr Typhoon luby bit tbt i1land Detail l oveaber India a ided in Ult 1i1lance to tbe vlctlM ot tbt Hltbquake in tr nie fhroUCbout deploy nt JMCB Sixty-Two dt1111n1trattd tt ready for any and all contincenci11
llTI COIVlllIOI leabtt Camp11p Siaont lla Italy babull bean aonv1rted troa a aa inbody to detail 1ltt upon tranbullftr of tbe e-p frobull JMCB Sixty-Two lo IMCB Forty co unication ampear apon1 and infantry ebullar cr1an1 i11ue TOA IIampbull 1blpped troa tbe 1ite in preparation tor lb1bull ehanampt Manlli namp tor tb t bull itbull reduced to thrbullbull of ficerbull and 121 enli1t1d per1onnel
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llJIT LOCATION SJMMARI
AVERAGE TYPE UNIT AND ONBOARIgt DESIGNATION Off EHL
IU1n Body 16300
Detail Sierra Bravo 316B
Detail November Mite l~5
Detail Sierra Golf 0 8
lhu1 on Lbulltbullnd C - Conbulltruct1on R - Rud1nus S - Suppor t T - TTun1n
0 4
2 middot2
LOCATION
SubH Cup s1ontlla Sicily
Subic Bay Phi I ipplnU
Napltbull Italy
Nea Makrl Grttct
Souda Bay Crete
Curo poundcypt
Gulfport MS Port Butnt CA
ARR DATE DEP DATE AT SITpound MlSSION
21 Sep 88 RTC 12 May 89
19 Stp 88 RTC 06 Jun 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 S 12 May 89
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16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
3middot3
02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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Cbapter I
C11apter 11
Chapter Ill
Chapter IV
Chapter v
Chapur VI
Chapter VII
Chapter Vil I
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XI I
TABLE Of COlTINTS
lxbullcutivt Summary bullbull bullbull bullbull bullbull bull bull 1 - 1
On 1t L-oeat1on Suamary bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull a - 1
aiator1cal S11C11Ury 3 - l
ldatnlalratlon and Speci a l Sta ff bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbull 4 - I
Tra1nin1 Summary bullbullbull 5 - 1
Safety Suuary bull 6 - 1
O~ra ts one SUllMry bull 7 - 1
Wtnbody Pr0Jtct1 bull 7 - 6
De ta it S11b1 c Bay bullbullbullbull
H1pltbull bull I bullbull t bullbull 0 t 0 I I t 0 0 t I t
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Dt ta 1 J Kta Wkr i 7 - 97
Detail Souda Bay 7 - 117
Dttail Cai ro - 128
Supply and Loctaticbull Summary bull 8 -
l qu1pmtnt Summary 9 -
Camp lla intenanct Su~ry bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull 10 -
Ai r Detachment Operationbull EMBARK Exercibulle 4-88 II -
KVDOS bull bullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull l2 -
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IXICQTIYJ IUbullbullI
ampDIUIIITlampTIVI Tht Adatni1trative Depart nt r e1pon1lbl bull for the proce11lnC of a ll adbullJni1trative requlre nt1 Their ef fortbull kept the Battalion rWlnin etticJently and orderly With thbull upcoaJnC Battalionbull decolllli11JoninC the entire Ada1ni bulltrativt Dtpart nt habull been prbullbullbullbulld into lone day1 to proc111 out thbull enti re battalion before thbull f inbulll decollllibullbulliontnc c1rt1111ny
flampIIIIG 8tarttnC 1 dtately upon return to ho port thbull Traintnbull Dtpart nt took the lead to t nbullurbull battalionbull ptrbullonnt l rbull trained for the upcobullinamp dtploy nt Onebull on dtploy nt thbull training did not bull top with ClllI l ecturebull toraal ol bullbullbull and crobullbull- ra te traintng
OPllampTIOIS le1pon1iblbull tor the overbulliCht ot all the battalion bull aJ11ion1 In ho port or on deploy nt the Operationbull Depart nt 1n1urt d the battalion waa prepared and pertor d all itbull t king Whether it waa 1af1ty 1 con1tructlon Ill or tabarkation tbbull Operationbull Dtpart nt bad 10Mone ready to do the Job
8lllPLY Provtdinbull thbull r equi red eupport and aat1r i a l1 to the aainbody and the detailbull thbull Supply Dtpar t nt greatly added t o tbe overall 1ucoe11 ot tbt dtploy nt l1p1cially note worthy wa1 MLO bull work durinC tbt dtploy nt
IQOIPlillllI Alta Coapany provided tbt 1quip nt to the bat talion to ampbullt the Job done Keepln tht 0181 runninC and in cood operatinC condition they kept pavinC tbbull way in Sicontlla
CAMP MAlllTllAJOl1 Mainta ininC tht aamp Bravo Ooapany provided thbull 1upport 10 everyone could work in a 1ate and pl1a1ant workinC t nviron nt Alto throuch their work at tbbull barrackbull and babullbull Calley tbey kept tht morale of tbt troop1 biCb
IPICUL OPlliTIOll lfilCI llxty-Two txeauttd IMBilXll bull -88 troa 1 IOV to 8 I OV 88 which con1i1t1d of a 1 laulat1d bulla hour Aii DIT 110W1tmiddotout 144 hour All AMPHIBI OUS lattalton 1111untmiddotout and All DIT proJ1ct1 Wldtr MOPP conditionbull In January 1080 tbt battalion 110W1t1d out a tpeci al i sed detail witb aaterlal equip nt and toolbull t o conatruct two ob1ervation to r1 at I SA Souda Bay Tbi1 aJ11ian earntd the praibullbull of Cll CDSIAVIOI COIOAlllillD COllCBLilT and CO IAVSDPPACT SODDA BAT In MampPcb 1080 the battalion participated In WIITEXClllil exePcibullbullbull in conJunction witb rt11rv1 unitbull tbrouamphout luropt Detail SitPra Bravo participat ed in di1a1t1r recovePy In tbbull lepubllc ot tbt Pblllpplnbullbull af ttr Typhoon luby bit tbt i1land Detail l oveaber India a ided in Ult 1i1lance to tbe vlctlM ot tbt Hltbquake in tr nie fhroUCbout deploy nt JMCB Sixty-Two dt1111n1trattd tt ready for any and all contincenci11
llTI COIVlllIOI leabtt Camp11p Siaont lla Italy babull bean aonv1rted troa a aa inbody to detail 1ltt upon tranbullftr of tbe e-p frobull JMCB Sixty-Two lo IMCB Forty co unication ampear apon1 and infantry ebullar cr1an1 i11ue TOA IIampbull 1blpped troa tbe 1ite in preparation tor lb1bull ehanampt Manlli namp tor tb t bull itbull reduced to thrbullbull of ficerbull and 121 enli1t1d per1onnel
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llJIT LOCATION SJMMARI
AVERAGE TYPE UNIT AND ONBOARIgt DESIGNATION Off EHL
IU1n Body 16300
Detail Sierra Bravo 316B
Detail November Mite l~5
Detail Sierra Golf 0 8
lhu1 on Lbulltbullnd C - Conbulltruct1on R - Rud1nus S - Suppor t T - TTun1n
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LOCATION
SubH Cup s1ontlla Sicily
Subic Bay Phi I ipplnU
Napltbull Italy
Nea Makrl Grttct
Souda Bay Crete
Curo poundcypt
Gulfport MS Port Butnt CA
ARR DATE DEP DATE AT SITpound MlSSION
21 Sep 88 RTC 12 May 89
19 Stp 88 RTC 06 Jun 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 S 12 May 89
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16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
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02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
bull
IXICQTIYJ IUbullbullI
ampDIUIIITlampTIVI Tht Adatni1trative Depart nt r e1pon1lbl bull for the proce11lnC of a ll adbullJni1trative requlre nt1 Their ef fortbull kept the Battalion rWlnin etticJently and orderly With thbull upcoaJnC Battalionbull decolllli11JoninC the entire Ada1ni bulltrativt Dtpart nt habull been prbullbullbullbulld into lone day1 to proc111 out thbull enti re battalion before thbull f inbulll decollllibullbulliontnc c1rt1111ny
flampIIIIG 8tarttnC 1 dtately upon return to ho port thbull Traintnbull Dtpart nt took the lead to t nbullurbull battalionbull ptrbullonnt l rbull trained for the upcobullinamp dtploy nt Onebull on dtploy nt thbull training did not bull top with ClllI l ecturebull toraal ol bullbullbull and crobullbull- ra te traintng
OPllampTIOIS le1pon1iblbull tor the overbulliCht ot all the battalion bull aJ11ion1 In ho port or on deploy nt the Operationbull Depart nt 1n1urt d the battalion waa prepared and pertor d all itbull t king Whether it waa 1af1ty 1 con1tructlon Ill or tabarkation tbbull Operationbull Dtpart nt bad 10Mone ready to do the Job
8lllPLY Provtdinbull thbull r equi red eupport and aat1r i a l1 to the aainbody and the detailbull thbull Supply Dtpar t nt greatly added t o tbe overall 1ucoe11 ot tbt dtploy nt l1p1cially note worthy wa1 MLO bull work durinC tbt dtploy nt
IQOIPlillllI Alta Coapany provided tbt 1quip nt to the bat talion to ampbullt the Job done Keepln tht 0181 runninC and in cood operatinC condition they kept pavinC tbbull way in Sicontlla
CAMP MAlllTllAJOl1 Mainta ininC tht aamp Bravo Ooapany provided thbull 1upport 10 everyone could work in a 1ate and pl1a1ant workinC t nviron nt Alto throuch their work at tbbull barrackbull and babullbull Calley tbey kept tht morale of tbt troop1 biCb
IPICUL OPlliTIOll lfilCI llxty-Two txeauttd IMBilXll bull -88 troa 1 IOV to 8 I OV 88 which con1i1t1d of a 1 laulat1d bulla hour Aii DIT 110W1tmiddotout 144 hour All AMPHIBI OUS lattalton 1111untmiddotout and All DIT proJ1ct1 Wldtr MOPP conditionbull In January 1080 tbt battalion 110W1t1d out a tpeci al i sed detail witb aaterlal equip nt and toolbull t o conatruct two ob1ervation to r1 at I SA Souda Bay Tbi1 aJ11ian earntd the praibullbull of Cll CDSIAVIOI COIOAlllillD COllCBLilT and CO IAVSDPPACT SODDA BAT In MampPcb 1080 the battalion participated In WIITEXClllil exePcibullbullbull in conJunction witb rt11rv1 unitbull tbrouamphout luropt Detail SitPra Bravo participat ed in di1a1t1r recovePy In tbbull lepubllc ot tbt Pblllpplnbullbull af ttr Typhoon luby bit tbt i1land Detail l oveaber India a ided in Ult 1i1lance to tbe vlctlM ot tbt Hltbquake in tr nie fhroUCbout deploy nt JMCB Sixty-Two dt1111n1trattd tt ready for any and all contincenci11
llTI COIVlllIOI leabtt Camp11p Siaont lla Italy babull bean aonv1rted troa a aa inbody to detail 1ltt upon tranbullftr of tbe e-p frobull JMCB Sixty-Two lo IMCB Forty co unication ampear apon1 and infantry ebullar cr1an1 i11ue TOA IIampbull 1blpped troa tbe 1ite in preparation tor lb1bull ehanampt Manlli namp tor tb t bull itbull reduced to thrbullbull of ficerbull and 121 enli1t1d per1onnel
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middot-UNIT SUMMARY
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llJIT LOCATION SJMMARI
AVERAGE TYPE UNIT AND ONBOARIgt DESIGNATION Off EHL
IU1n Body 16300
Detail Sierra Bravo 316B
Detail November Mite l~5
Detail Sierra Golf 0 8
lhu1 on Lbulltbullnd C - Conbulltruct1on R - Rud1nus S - Suppor t T - TTun1n
0 4
2 middot2
LOCATION
SubH Cup s1ontlla Sicily
Subic Bay Phi I ipplnU
Napltbull Italy
Nea Makrl Grttct
Souda Bay Crete
Curo poundcypt
Gulfport MS Port Butnt CA
ARR DATE DEP DATE AT SITpound MlSSION
21 Sep 88 RTC 12 May 89
19 Stp 88 RTC 06 Jun 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 S 12 May 89
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
t I
16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
3middot3
02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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IXICQTIYJ IUbullbullI
ampDIUIIITlampTIVI Tht Adatni1trative Depart nt r e1pon1lbl bull for the proce11lnC of a ll adbullJni1trative requlre nt1 Their ef fortbull kept the Battalion rWlnin etticJently and orderly With thbull upcoaJnC Battalionbull decolllli11JoninC the entire Ada1ni bulltrativt Dtpart nt habull been prbullbullbullbulld into lone day1 to proc111 out thbull enti re battalion before thbull f inbulll decollllibullbulliontnc c1rt1111ny
flampIIIIG 8tarttnC 1 dtately upon return to ho port thbull Traintnbull Dtpart nt took the lead to t nbullurbull battalionbull ptrbullonnt l rbull trained for the upcobullinamp dtploy nt Onebull on dtploy nt thbull training did not bull top with ClllI l ecturebull toraal ol bullbullbull and crobullbull- ra te traintng
OPllampTIOIS le1pon1iblbull tor the overbulliCht ot all the battalion bull aJ11ion1 In ho port or on deploy nt the Operationbull Depart nt 1n1urt d the battalion waa prepared and pertor d all itbull t king Whether it waa 1af1ty 1 con1tructlon Ill or tabarkation tbbull Operationbull Dtpart nt bad 10Mone ready to do the Job
8lllPLY Provtdinbull thbull r equi red eupport and aat1r i a l1 to the aainbody and the detailbull thbull Supply Dtpar t nt greatly added t o tbe overall 1ucoe11 ot tbt dtploy nt l1p1cially note worthy wa1 MLO bull work durinC tbt dtploy nt
IQOIPlillllI Alta Coapany provided tbt 1quip nt to the bat talion to ampbullt the Job done Keepln tht 0181 runninC and in cood operatinC condition they kept pavinC tbbull way in Sicontlla
CAMP MAlllTllAJOl1 Mainta ininC tht aamp Bravo Ooapany provided thbull 1upport 10 everyone could work in a 1ate and pl1a1ant workinC t nviron nt Alto throuch their work at tbbull barrackbull and babullbull Calley tbey kept tht morale of tbt troop1 biCb
IPICUL OPlliTIOll lfilCI llxty-Two txeauttd IMBilXll bull -88 troa 1 IOV to 8 I OV 88 which con1i1t1d of a 1 laulat1d bulla hour Aii DIT 110W1tmiddotout 144 hour All AMPHIBI OUS lattalton 1111untmiddotout and All DIT proJ1ct1 Wldtr MOPP conditionbull In January 1080 tbt battalion 110W1t1d out a tpeci al i sed detail witb aaterlal equip nt and toolbull t o conatruct two ob1ervation to r1 at I SA Souda Bay Tbi1 aJ11ian earntd the praibullbull of Cll CDSIAVIOI COIOAlllillD COllCBLilT and CO IAVSDPPACT SODDA BAT In MampPcb 1080 the battalion participated In WIITEXClllil exePcibullbullbull in conJunction witb rt11rv1 unitbull tbrouamphout luropt Detail SitPra Bravo participat ed in di1a1t1r recovePy In tbbull lepubllc ot tbt Pblllpplnbullbull af ttr Typhoon luby bit tbt i1land Detail l oveaber India a ided in Ult 1i1lance to tbe vlctlM ot tbt Hltbquake in tr nie fhroUCbout deploy nt JMCB Sixty-Two dt1111n1trattd tt ready for any and all contincenci11
llTI COIVlllIOI leabtt Camp11p Siaont lla Italy babull bean aonv1rted troa a aa inbody to detail 1ltt upon tranbullftr of tbe e-p frobull JMCB Sixty-Two lo IMCB Forty co unication ampear apon1 and infantry ebullar cr1an1 i11ue TOA IIampbull 1blpped troa tbe 1ite in preparation tor lb1bull ehanampt Manlli namp tor tb t bull itbull reduced to thrbullbull of ficerbull and 121 enli1t1d per1onnel
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llJIT LOCATION SJMMARI
AVERAGE TYPE UNIT AND ONBOARIgt DESIGNATION Off EHL
IU1n Body 16300
Detail Sierra Bravo 316B
Detail November Mite l~5
Detail Sierra Golf 0 8
lhu1 on Lbulltbullnd C - Conbulltruct1on R - Rud1nus S - Suppor t T - TTun1n
0 4
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LOCATION
SubH Cup s1ontlla Sicily
Subic Bay Phi I ipplnU
Napltbull Italy
Nea Makrl Grttct
Souda Bay Crete
Curo poundcypt
Gulfport MS Port Butnt CA
ARR DATE DEP DATE AT SITpound MlSSION
21 Sep 88 RTC 12 May 89
19 Stp 88 RTC 06 Jun 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 S 12 May 89
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t I
16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
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02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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middot-UNIT SUMMARY
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llJIT LOCATION SJMMARI
AVERAGE TYPE UNIT AND ONBOARIgt DESIGNATION Off EHL
IU1n Body 16300
Detail Sierra Bravo 316B
Detail November Mite l~5
Detail Sierra Golf 0 8
lhu1 on Lbulltbullnd C - Conbulltruct1on R - Rud1nus S - Suppor t T - TTun1n
0 4
2 middot2
LOCATION
SubH Cup s1ontlla Sicily
Subic Bay Phi I ipplnU
Napltbull Italy
Nea Makrl Grttct
Souda Bay Crete
Curo poundcypt
Gulfport MS Port Butnt CA
ARR DATE DEP DATE AT SITpound MlSSION
21 Sep 88 RTC 12 May 89
19 Stp 88 RTC 06 Jun 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 S 12 May 89
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
t I
16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
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02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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llJIT LOCATION SJMMARI
AVERAGE TYPE UNIT AND ONBOARIgt DESIGNATION Off EHL
IU1n Body 16300
Detail Sierra Bravo 316B
Detail November Mite l~5
Detail Sierra Golf 0 8
lhu1 on Lbulltbullnd C - Conbulltruct1on R - Rud1nus S - Suppor t T - TTun1n
0 4
2 middot2
LOCATION
SubH Cup s1ontlla Sicily
Subic Bay Phi I ipplnU
Napltbull Italy
Nea Makrl Grttct
Souda Bay Crete
Curo poundcypt
Gulfport MS Port Butnt CA
ARR DATE DEP DATE AT SITpound MlSSION
21 Sep 88 RTC 12 May 89
19 Stp 88 RTC 06 Jun 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 RTC 12 May 89
21 Stp 88 S 12 May 89
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
t I
16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
3middot3
02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
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16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
3middot3
02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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16 Sep 88
17 Sep 88
19 Sep 88
20 Sep 88
23 Stp 88
27 Sep 88
28 Sep 88
29 Sep 88
30 Sep 88
02 Oct 88
17 - 22 Oct 88
24 - 30 Oct 88
01 - 07 llov 88
IS - 22 llov 88
17 - 29 llov 88
29 llov - 84 Dtc 88
81 Dec 88
86 - 17 Dec 88
KISTQRIC6L SMbullRI
Advancbull Party 1 Detail Sublc Bay Pb1l1ppint1 dtp1rt1 Gulfport
CCCT Exerctlbull Sprint 4-88 concludebull
Advance Party departbull Gulfport for Stamponella Sicily
Advance Party 1rrlve1 ln Slamponella Detail Advance Part1e1 proceed to dttall 1it11
Advance Party Il Detail Sublc Bay Phillpp1n11 dtpartl Gulfport
Matnbody departbull Gulfport
Mainbody arrivbullI In Slampon1lla 1 Sicily
Co1111111nce work on dtploy1111nt projectbull
Ma1nbody De ta1 l Sub1c 81y Phi I 1pp1nu dbullp1rt1 Gui fport
Ma1nbody Dtt11 l Sub1c Bay Phlllpplntl arr1v11
Co111mampnd1namp Off1cbullr and Cownand Malter Chief v111t ll9d1ttrranbullan Detail 1tte1
CollllllampDdinamp Officer and Co11111ampnd Miiler Cb1ef vl11t Detail Sub1c Bay Pblltpp1ne1
EMBARKEl 4-88 IA1rAlllpblb lllbar~tlon and ~p1d Runway Rbullpalr lxerc111 )
LCDR Donaldlon S-3 and LCDR Jtnlen S-4 vl11t ll9d1t1rran11n Detail 11t11
BUC BranampJ11amp11 Safety C~ief vi11t1 Mediterranean Detail S1t11
Operationbull Officer and Supply Officer v11lt ll9d1hrran11n Detail 1it1
Co111111ampnd1nc Officer and Command Maller Cb1ef v111t 1Md1terranean Detail litbullbullmiddot
Captun OIHn ICOllBLAllTgt and COCM Barr11 (CXC COllBLlBTJ Yiltt ~tan Cairo lampypt
RlIgtM Bottorff ILAliTllAVFACINGCOMI vt1lt S1ampon1lla
12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
3middot3
02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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12 middot 15 Dec 88
04 Jan eo
08 middot 15 J an 80
00 24 Jan eo
15 bull 20 Ja~ 89
6 bull 26 Jan 89
2l Jan 80
2 1 bull 23 Ja~ 80
04 middot 10 Feb 89
18 bull 24 Feb eo
22 Feb 80 middot 00 War 80
25 Feb 80
27 Feb 80 bull 02 Nar eg
Chapl a in Mar tin v111t1 Detail Napl e1
Commandinamp Off leer and Command Wt t er Chi ef vi r l t Detail bull Cai ro and Napier
Detai l Naple1 reooan t zed t or tbt r a1111tancbull in loadinC 8 000 poundbull ot med i cal 1uppll e1 aboard ai rcraft In suppor t of t hbull Armenian Earthquake Re l it eff ort In Oectmbtr 1088
OommandlnC Otf lctr and Command lla1 t tr Chi t v111t Deta il Sublc Bay Ph lllpplnbullbull middot
Saf ety Otpart =-ntal lnaptct on by COMCBLAJT ln1pector1 at detai l 11te1 In Nea llakrl Greece Souda Bay Crete Cai ro ECypt and Slgont l lbull Sicily
Co~ndlnamp O f lctr Comand Kampa t t r Chi t and Cocand Car t tr Countt lor r t ndtvout ai Htadqubullrt er1 Cona t r uctlon Battbull 1ona US Atl antic F ltbull ~ n Ll t ~lbull Creek VA t o rtvlew pl ant t or t he deCOllirl ltlontng of t he bat t a lion
Wod11 t d A1r Oet ach=-nt Deployment to Naval Support Ac t i vi t y Souda Bay Cre te t or cont 1ncency ttcur 1ty Improvement proJect
Over the Hump Day t l 2 way t brouampb the dtp loymt nt l
Safety Departmental lnt pect 1on by COWCBPAC 1n1ptctor1 at Det ai l Subtc Bay Ph1ll pp1net
NltCBmiddot40 Premiddot deployment 7r1p vl11t t o Wed1terrantan dt t a ll t ttl and Stgont l la
LCOR Donal d1on SmiddotJ vl t ltt De t ailbull Ca i ro Egypt souda Bay Crete and Nta llakr l Greece
Batta l i on 1upport1 a oombintd CINCUSWAVEUR Fl ee t Civil Eng i netr Seltc t td Rtterv1 Nava l llobi l t Conatruc~ lon Bat tal ion Collllllampnd Poa t Exerclte WINTEXCI MEX 8G
LCDR MoCarron Executive Offi cer v11l tt CINCUSNAVEOR Headquarterbull In London OK
LCDR ~rt1n Bat t alion Chaplain a t~ end1
CINCUSNAVEOR Chapl ains Tra1n1nc Conference 1n RotA Spain
3middot3
02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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02 tar 80
03 Ar 80
04 _r 80
06 - 10 tar 80
08 bull 3 loar 811
18 lllr 811
20 bull 21 Ur 811
23 bull 30 Mar 811
27 loar 811
30 iAr 80
08 Apr 80
II Apr 811
23 bull 28 Apr 80
Pbullr1onnbullI dt11gnattd to rtport to NMCBmiddotI depart TAD to Gulport MS and NMCB-1
Sbullabtbull Ball with honored gue1t RAIgtk F S Gallo CoMlampndtr Flett Air ktd1ttrranean
RADk Xotntman Navy Chit ot Chaplainbull v111t1 battalion in S1gontlla
Operationbull Dbullpartment 111nacbullmtnt ln1pection by COMCBLANT tn1pbullctor1 in S1gontlla Sic ily
Captain ~lbull Ol1on COMCBLAn vlait Sigonella followed by a vl1lt to Detail Naplbullbull middot
Battalion St Patrickbull Day Picnic Opbulln Stabbullt Camp to all ampAS Siamponbulllla pubull1onnel
N)laquoB-40 Suppy Olcer LCDR Gamo arrVbullbull or Prbullmiddotdbullpoymbullnt sitbull v11t
NkCBmiddot(O Equ1pmbullnt Cht Pt~ty Of1ctr v111t1 S14onbullla and Mbulld1ttrranbullan detail 11te1
LCDR McCarron Executive Of1ctr and NCC Burge11 Co~mand Carter Counabulllor v111t w1tb a111ampnmbullnt detaer1 a t Nava Peraonnbull Comiand Waahtncton DC
Thrte mbull=~bullrbull of the comzampnd BU2 Dennis F Flannbullry BUCA Victor R Bodrampue and SllCB Shane E Tbomaa art kllltd ln a truepound accident bttwttn NAS I and NAS II Ftvt other semhbullrbull o the cocmand arbull 1nJured tn thbull aame accident Two of thbull lnSurbulld BU3 Coultbullr and BUCA Jaaon Skank wbullrbull MEDEVACtd to WAVMEDCOM EURREG DET Land1tuhl Germany for treatment Thrbullt aecbbullrbull BU Scott Bbullllaiey BUCA Earnbullbullt Chandler and BUCA Dtan Hillyer wra treated tor lnfurlbullbull and rtleaabulld
Battalion and DHall SHu hold Memoria l Service for thbull dtparttd abipmattl
Collllgttndlng Of ticbullr and Command lilampattr Chit vi11 t Detail bulll~tl in thbull llltdlterrantan
Ptr1onnal dtatgnattd to report to HMCB-74 dbullpart for Gulfport and ~MCB-74
Co111tgtandlnS Offlctr and Command katttr Chttf vtalt Dttall Sub1c Bay followed by a trlp to Gulfport for a CBLAN conference
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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Ol - 03 May 89
01 May 811
02 Mampy 811
02 key 8$1
12 Nay 89
24 May 89
29 lay 89
oe un 89
28 Jul 89
COllCBLANT Co1111tampndng Officer bull Confertnct tn conjunction with COMCBL ANT Commamp11d ltamp1 ter Chi t bull Conf erence In Gul fport MS Comand1namp Off tctr meetbull Advance Party on arr iva l In Gulfport MS
Advance Party personne l from Detail Napl bullbull and raquobulla Makrl rende1vou1 a t Slamponnella
NMCB -40 Detai l Sgontl l a arr ives and oommt ncbullbull t urnover
Advance Party departbull Sgontlla or re tur n to bomepor t
Ma l nbody personnel departbull Si gonell1 for Gulfport via MAC Cat middotamiddot t o Phil adtlphl a PA remain1 na ovtrn14ht
MA Inbody buna to the Ur liatlonal GIlard But Wilmina ton DE for three C-130 sorties t o Ea lln Air Foret Base Florida A bubull r un from Gulport re turnbull thbull ~~Inbody to Gulfport a t abou~ 2200
Advance Party from NMCBmiddotl arr lvta In Subtc Bay and commencta t urnover with Det a il Sublc Bay
Ad vance Party ptrbullonne l from Dt tatl Subtc Bay depart for Guport ar r1v1ng ln New Or l eans LA latt in th t attrnoon
Mamp1nbody ptrbullonntl f rom De tail Subtc Bay depart for Gulfport arriving In New Or l tana LA l e t bull In the evening on e Jun 811
Decocomi11lon1ng cer emony bt ld at 1un1e t ln Gulfpor t Ferewel NkCS-62 bull11
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
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709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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ADMINISTRATIONSPECIAL STAFF
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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APMIMISTRATION ANJ) SPECIAL STAFF SUMMARY
1 Admln1 atraLion Dtpartm1nt Ltasonf L1arn1d
a Proble~Ittm Telephone CollllllUnioat 1on
Pibulloubullbulllon Telephone bullervce and connectionbull were tenuou1 at bes~ Inter-theater autovon callbull wtre bit and middot Lona dlbulltance 001C1Mrclal and Autovon had to be placed tbrouamph a baabull operator Frequent cutoffbull and m1routed callbull hampered ef1 ectlve colllllunlcatlon
Agt lonRepofMendat lon Init i ally try to utilize tbe autovon ayat em If not 1ucce11ful dont be11tate to uae commercial t e l ephone 1erv1ce Make per1onal contact wi th telephone operatorbull to a t ta in thbull bt1t po11ible local 1ervtce
b Probltml tem De1tructlon of o1ficl al mater ia l
p11cu111on Offct a l mattrlal or de1tructon wa1 debulltroyed by burnlnC In an unapproved barrel a1 no thrtdder wa1 ava ilabl e In thbull camp
ActionRecommendation Obta in a 1hreddtr for the camp Ont placed on order and was delivered prior to our depar t ure
2 Admin Dtpbullr)gtnt Narcativt
a Gtrera Thbull Adm1n 1t ra tion Depart ment IS-I) wabull under the ianampamptmen~ o an LTJG (5( 2) who 1n addition t o Department Heampd dut1e1 bullbullrved as Admn1 1traton Oftcer Per1onnel Of ficer Educa tiona l Serv1ce1 Off lcer Pottamp Off tcer and Security Manaaer Ht wabull a1a attd by a YNC who nrved as Anuunt Ad min Ofttctr lnu tampJ1t Security llanaaer and 01cla l )(a1n Contr ol Officer a PN2 bull ho 1erved a1 Ptrbullonnel Off tct A1a1atane and A11 1a tant Education Serv ices Officer and Tiii who served a1 Adaun Olce Suptrv1aor The LbullabullI Of ice wabull under t he manaamptment o a Lieutenant (1100) a L~ and a YN3 The Ma ll Boobull wa1 1upervlatd by a PC3 who worked add1t1onal duty a t t hbull Fleet Mail Center s1aontlla
b Ade1nl 1rat1vt Otct Tbt Ad m1niatraton Off 1cbull bullbullbull ta1ktd with the following aptc1fic reapona1bll1tlea preparation of a ll adc1n11trat1vbull report1 draftinamp reproductnamp and d l bull ~r1but1on of Internal dtrect1vea operating cuard amplid oflc1 a l 11 and iltnc 1y1te1111 providing a c l erical pool for the command typing requlre~nta preparation edltlnamp and publica tion of t ht Plan-of-the-Day iu lntalninC a t ickl er IIbull on all 1pec1al and recurr i ng reportbull malntainlnamp a t ickl er t il t for action 111eaaaaea and corre1pond1nce manaCing the library of d t rectlvta and off1c1a 1 publ 1ca t1ona and admin11ter lng thbull Battalionbull Claa1tled lllaterlal Control proamprampJL Ofict r records were malnta lntd and beld by the Adbullin Oflct and all officer tranaportatton requirementbull bullbullrbull arranged by t ht Adbullln Office
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
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LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
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c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
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llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
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Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
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The Admin Office wu manned with a YNC two YN 1 11 1 a Y1i2 1 two YNSNbull and one undesicnatbulld SN A YN3 wabull alls icned to the Leampal Office and a YNSN was provided to support the admin requirements of the Operations Department Office equipment included adequate typewriters (two IBM correctable Selectric IIIbull and one IBM wheel writer seriea Ill one Zenith Z-248 micro computer and one Nashua copier However the Z-248 ALPS printer did not have the OCR printinC cartridCbull to allow for the printing of OCR meHaCbull traffic This equipment fully bullupported the respon8ibilitiebull of the Admin Office in performing i ts adminibulltrative support functionbull
The Admin Office enjoyed excellent relat ionbull and received out8tanding aupport from the varioubull bullervice facilitiea on Sicily and from the hotHport area and ptr8onnel of the 8taff8 of NAS Sigontlla and PSD Sigonel la
KUDOS To NAS Supply for providinC excellent bullupport of our copier when it developed trouble8 Service was competent parts aupport from Naples Rome or Milan was bulllow
To NAVPTO Branch Siconella and the folk8 at SATO They wePe receptive to our travel rbullquiretHnta and worked hard in gett ing people here and there
c Per8onnel Office The Battalions Personnel Office accomplished all personnel managetHnt funct ions such as transferbull and receipts educational bullbullrvices bulleparation8 and reenl i atments transportation arrangements ordinary and emergency leave TAD 111 1 Pay Document input t o the Diabursing Office personnel accountinc procebullsing of special peraonnel requests cuatomer services and liaison with the host PSD
The Personnel Office was manned with one PN2 and four PN3s promoted during the deployment from PNSNal One PNl wall as11igned in aupport of the Battalionbull Detail to Sublc Bay Philippines
The office spaces and equipment were in good condition A Zenith Z-248 computer was installed complete with SAMMS peraonnel software and was useful In printing roatera and roports and in supplementing the other Z-248 computers which were used heavily throughout the deployment due to not having a Zerox 869 word proceaaor
Rappor t with the servicing PSD was mainta ined throughout the deployment Excellent services were provided to the Battalion in all areas
ProbltmItem EDVR Input by other details not submitted on time
Solution Constant communication between the Mainbody the servicing PSDs and the Dot OIC AOIC 18 will alleviate this problem
d Education Services Office The Commands goal of enhancing battalion personnel promotions and off duty educa tion was met by the ESO during the deployment for the Mainbody and other deployment sites Through coordination wi th the Company and Department Training Petty Officers every chance was given to all personnel to get ready for the September and March advancement exams The ESO wu manned by an experienced PN3 and a PN3 under Ins truction Thorough preparation was made prior to each examination cycle
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
3 S2eclampl S t Ntrratlvt
LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
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311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
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29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
4-6
llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
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Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
4-8
Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
4-9
Problee Lack o rate tra1n1ng =anua l1 while deployed
ln~tr19 Solution Numtroubull corre1pondenebull courbullbullbull ordered throuamph the normal 1upply cbanntl will arrive In time tor uat by t he next battalion btlng deployed to Stabtt Oamp Sgonella
bullmiddot Mll Room Tht Mai l Room waa taaktd with tbt bullpbullctlc r11pon1blllti11 o r1c11pt and d11patch of p1r1onal 11tt1r1 parce l bull and oflc1al mail Tht mai l room wu manned with a PCJ All claaau o mail were dlapatcbtd daily except Sunday and Hollday1 X1 1 call wa1 ottered lionday tbrouab Saturday In Wie 1110rnlnC aa tbt PC3 was tabullktd wtb add 1 ~1ona l dutl ebull t or the Fl ee t IUl Center In t be afternoon
Spacebull were conbulllderbulld adequate and 11cure tor po1tal runctlon1 Beeept of mall waa cons i stent for tbt maJorlty o t hbull deployment Letter mall avtraamped 7 t o 14 day1 Parcelbull av1ra1d 17 t o 21 days tor ai r and 4 to 0 weeks for 1urfact mall
3 S2eclampl S t Ntrratlvt
LEGAL SjATISTICS
SEP OC IOV DEC JAii FEB MAR APR KAY
gt1P S 0 0 4 2 3 l 0 2 0 sci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPCX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AO)( II BD 0 0 0 0 I 0 l 0 2 AOyen s orscHG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
b Dryamp and Alcohol Proampram Ad v1 1or PAPAI A full-tlmt Drug and Alcohol Pr ogram Advlbullor waa tmpoyed during tht depoyment Tht DAFA tnjoye~ an excell ent working rtat1onahlp with tbt Counse ling Aaa 1atanc1 Strvce Center ICAAC I at tht llava l Air Station S14onela and t he Alcohol Rehab1l1tampton Sbullrvlcbull CARS) at the Naval Hot ltal Rota Spain CAAC accotpl1sbed t bbull 11ampJor1ty o co~nd bull cretnlnampbull conducted weekly af tercare t roup counte~1n4 bullbullss iona or Leve l 1 and p~ov1dtd un1mtt~ Ltvt II a lcohol rtbab1l1ta~1on Wttkly Alcoho Anonymoubull citlnga were held two niampbtt per week a t raquoAS CAAC
Drug det1rr 1nc1 w11 1upporttd tbrouah monthly ur1nalytlbull t cretnng drug dt t bullcting doampbull and tub1 t anc1 abuse education through NADSAP GMT and individual coun11llnamp through DAPA During the deployment a unit 1w1tp wa1 conducted on E-8 and below ptraonnt l wi t h a poaltlvt 1dt nt1fica tlon r a te of 000 percent
A JllCB-52 Dr ug and Alcohol Abuse lnatruct1on was written to para ll t l OPNAVtIST 5450 IA ln addition tbt DAPA dtvtloptd a Command Level 1 proampram Total cha in of coamp11ampnd 1upport provided a 1ucc111ful zero to l t r ance deploy1111nt
PRUGALCOBOL ABUSE STATISTICS
Drug counaellng - local ltvtl only Drug counbull1l 1ng - CAAC r1 t 1rral Alcohol counseling - loca l l eve l only Alcohol counstlinamp - CAACI ARS referral
4-4
311 7 3
12
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
4-5
29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
4-6
llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
4-7
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g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
4-8
Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
4-9
c Co~~nd Career Coun1eor Utt l 1 ~ 1 na a full- t 1amppound Command Career Coun1e lor t ncrbullbull~bulld empba111 was pl aced upon t he batta l i on bull retention t eam It was l ed by thbull Commandtna Oflcer and comprised of thbull poundxecuttve Off icer Command Master Chit Command Career Counselor Departmt nt Heads Company Commandtra Company Chie fs and designated depar tmentcompany career coun1elor1 poundmpha111 waa 41ven on career Incentives proarams and planning a1 well as aaa l a tinamp peraonnbulll with tht update and 1ubmlsson of the i r duty preference 1heet A revital i zed retention program it underway and viaible reaul tf are being realized Tht Command Career Counat lor was kept bu1y during tht deployment becau1a ot tht pl anned decomml1slonlnamp of the ba ttalion
d Dental Su~mary Personne l a11igned to detalla were idantiled and gi ven exampJ1Una tlona and treatment to ensure they W11rbull 1n Denta l Claaa 1 or II ata tua With thbull exception of Dttall Souda Bay Crete dental emergency treat ment waJ avai l abl e Upon arr iva l at the Naval Air Statton S1amponella S1cily dental took up rea ldt nce credentialbull aas l ampntd by ~DC ~aplea ltaly All 1nsrumen~bull and d11po1abe1 were 1uppted by BgtC SCont l a Dtnta personnel a ao aiood tbt dental wa~ch w1~h tbe Branch ~enta l Clnc S14onella
Pt rlod1ca lly throuahout the depoymtnt thtrbull W11 rt problema In ampettlnamp wanted or needed 1nbull~rwtntf due to br eakdownbull In tht supply syaibull=middot Some treatment tme was a ao oat due to NllCB-62bull Otnta Dapartmn t bt bullnamp moved from ~AS 1 to NAS I In m1d-Dectmbtr (due to an Influx of Reserve Denta l O lcerbull t reating patltn~bull a t NAS Il l This cauat d tht t r oopbull to ltave their Job 1 tt1 at ltabullt 30 mlnuttbull earlier than usual to catch a ride to thbull other aclllty aa we ll as the sa~t time 1011 attr thbull appointmen t Otntal returned to NAS II In l att February
~ht Battalion Dental Oictr LT Danit Kim was re lieved i n l a t e January by LT Oonad Roole Dental al so had a chanampbull o LP0 1 aa PT Graha= wa1 rtplactd by DTI Torampubullon with D~ Shaw rounding out thbull dtpartmtrt Th t change of peraonntl brought about no 011 ot qua1ty or 1t2rt d11cuty in obta1ninamp dtnta trtatmtnt however tht ptraonnet change brouampht wltb it a cbange ln the dtttrml natl on o dental r tadinbullbullbull middot lla~nbody rtad1nea1 t ll from 07 ptrcent to 810 perctnt By tht end o the depoy=ent I t bad rbullached 90 pbullrcent
PEITAL SATISTICS
Average nuaber of peraonnel in lila l nbody Nu~btr o Typt II txau dur lnamp dtploymnt Number o propby appointmentbull dur lnC deployment Nllllbtr ot failed prophy appo~ntments Percent of fa il ed prophy appo1ntm1 nt1 Number of treatment appointments
Number Of fa iled treatmtnt appontmenta Ptrot nt of fai l ed appointments Number of optratlvt proctdure1 Number ot expdontla procedurebull Number of endodon t lc prootdurea Number of Perlodant l c procedures
4-5
29~ 386 157 23 14
540
32 5
709 56 20
057
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
4-6
llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
4-7
Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
4-8
Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
4-9
poundnd of deployaent claa1lf1cat1onbull percentbullbullbullbull
Class I 44 Clan II 45 Clasbull III 10 Claaa IV 0 Operational Rbulladintbullbull 00
bull middot Med ical Ptpartrntnt Tht Medical Dtpart111tnL strived to =ainta1n lLbull high atandarda n regardbull Lo mtdlcal admini stration and health maintenance prograJlll prior to the deployment Thbullbullbull 1tandard1 r11ulttd In a ll Battalion ptraonntl health mainttnanct proamprama btinamp up to date prior to dbullploymtnt Out to t aakina probltma tncounttrtd bullI th ptraonntl recallbull and llmlttd availability of testing equipment et CBC Gulfport tht manbody ptr1onntl dtploytd with a 75 percent rtadlne11 111ltgt1t of the dticltncitbull being annual audiograiu All battalion personnel were Ltlttd for tht Human lllllllunomiddotDtfcl t ncy Virus IAlDSl prior to deployment In accordance with Lht NAVICEDCOM ln1truct1on
During verlflcat1on of health rtcord1 personnel 1dentt1td bullbull having chronic medical problems w1r1 evaluated by the battalion Medical Officer or referred to 1ptc1ali1t1 at Naval Ho1pltal Ptn1acola Florida and Xea1ler Air Foret Bast Medical Center prior to btinamp mtdteally approved to deploy
Upon arrival In Slgontlla Batta lion Medical Department ptr1onntl replaced Nava Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN ptr1onntl and wert augmented Into assorted Job a11 lgnmtnt1 and duties e t the Flight Lint Clinic at NAS 11 At that time Fltampht Lint Clinic a11umed r11pon1lbillty for a1ck call emerampency re1pon1e1 and followbullup medical 1valuation1 Battalion med1cal remained rtsponsiblt for htalLh mantenanct proarama medical adm1n1bulltra tion and mtd lcl a stall 1naervict Lra nlng
The Medical Department con1l1tbulld or the following
LT 12200) Battalion M1dcal Officer IMEOEVACtd no rtplactmtnt ) HM 18404) LCPOStnlor Hoaplttl Corp11111nSenor Med ica l Department Rtp Hil l 184151 IDT IMEDEVACtd Dtctmbtr 88 1 Hlt (84521 X-Ray TechniclanStnior Corpaman Detail Sublc Bay HM2 (84251 IOTSublo Bay HM2 (84321 Preventive Mtdlcinbull Technician Med ical AdminlUration HM2 (8404) TAD WAS II Diaptn1ary HM2 (84041 TAIgt IAS 11 Ol1ptn1ary HIQ (84041 Admin Separation In October 88 BIO (850 I I Laboratory Technician Baste Crtporud 1n J anuary 89)
Tbt mo1t common probl ems seen during 1ick call w1r1 flumiddottypt viral illnt11ea upper r11p1ratory lnectlona and 1port1-rtl attd inJurl bullbull middot
Cll ktrbullonbull Learned
a l ro21em lttm During the deployment nwtroua batt1l1on personnel wtre MDEVACed to the Waval ffo1p1ta lapltbull or 1pec1al11d care not avail able on S1gonella During thbull time ra~ o the patient bull absence from S1gontlla and their treatment at laplea nobody at the Battalion or lava Hospital lapltbull knew where Lhbull member bullbullbull or whet was happening to them
4-6
llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
4-7
Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
4-8
Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
4-9
llaplas did not have a rtcampll addre11 on thobullbull per1on1 being treated as an outpati ent It wa1 virtually lmpo11 lble t o contact the 111tmber In ca1e ol emergency or to ind out hibull 1tatu1 1ven uatng Detail llaplea a1 an Intermedi ary
Actlon Rtcollle ndat1 on lt ahould be recommended to future Detailbull In Slgonela that peopl e from this Detail being 1ent lo llapl e1 for 1pecl alized care be req~l red to mu1ter a t lea1t once a day with the ore of Detail llaplea tor accountabili ty and t o brief that ore on the 1tatu1 of t he i r medical treatment Thia way the Detail In Sigonel la would have a point of contact t o keep trac~ of the member and In case of emercency would be ab l e to get a maaage to the member in a reatonable l bull nCth o time
t Public Afflrt Tbe battalion Public Afampra Office prepared newa releases Familygracs a Deploy nt landbook aant reeabullbullbull to the f l tet Sometown llewa Belbullbullbullbull Center anawered l etters from ci t i zenbull concerning llXCB-52 and prepared t he deploycent cru111 book
Articles concerning llllCB-52 appeared In the S1 gonela Signature Subc lltws The Seabee Courier and Pac fact1 Altices about mtmbtrl of llltCB-62 wer1 written by local Journalists and appeared in the Pacific Daily llews and the Stars and Strlpu
T~e ba t ta lion bull Photographers llamp te provided ull support at thbull Manbody alte and provided limited s upport t o the Det ail s ites liml ttd to deveoping tllm 1tn t in trom tbt detailbull
The PR provided photobullraphlc support or the Cru11 book the Minuttvbulln tra ining photol and awards and reenl i stments Rt a l so provided monthly SITREP auppor t by proce111ng and mounting color 1l 1d1s and provided any aupport rtqu1 red to the PAO otf leer Re proctntd and printed a ll bl ack and white photography In addition he took over Journalists duties during the t ime period the Battalion waa without a JO due to -d1cal treatment
The Public ampr t ars Oice was headed by a LTJG who was relieved midway through t he deployJHnt by an ~~ an~ s taf ed by a PR2 and J01
DEPOTCE~ PQBLIC AFFAIRS
lltWJ Rtltuu Total releabullbullbull fHTNC Individual re l ea1es fRTSC Ro1 ter family Grau
uued 55 42 0 I
Bl ack and wh1 te Color Slidu Black and whi te
Phot ograph negativu 1hot
Information 4 550 5 (50 2 000
4-7
Pybh t htd 43 (12 In probullr111) 20 0 ln progrus
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
4-8
Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
4-9
g Chaplain Symmary The Prot11tant Command RellC1ou1 Prosram (ORPI centered around Divine 1ervic11 on Sunday and a Thursday evening middotra llowahip and St udy sroup Several 1p1c1a l activttlbullbull wtr t held during the deploycent ampnd 1lnc1 bullbullrt deployed through Chr 11tma1 and Eabullttr thtrt bullbullre add tt 1onal 11rv1ct1 and 1v1nt1 tbr ough tbtlt t1mt1 ~be bait Command Rtl1s1ous Program o trtd periodic r1 t r1at1 and 11v1ral of the amp9n look advanbullagt of thbullbullbull opport unt tltl Although It bullbullbull actual ly 1pon1or1d by Specia l Strvlc11 the tntn w1r1 t ncouraamptd to go along on the battalion trip t o Rome and ltt the city wi th i t1 marvelous reiglous heritage Catholic personnel were enoouragtd to partiotpate t i thtr a ~ tht nearby NAS I I Rtllglou1 Act ivi ty Center or at the main chapel at WAS I Bui 1ervicbull wa1 avatlablt for tho11 going t o WAS I EOC Alpert served a1 ll a11on for ~twl1h p1r1onn1l
Tbt deploy nt began bull 1th various t raining 1e11ion1 and tre inlnC continued to bt an tarcark of tht CRP Deploy nt AdJu1tment training wa1 hed witbtn a ooupl t of weekbull of arr iving and tblbull wa1 followed by Sutoldt Prevention tralnlnc Both of thbullbullbull t opics were presented tomiddotthe tntlrt command Tht tra inlnamp on 1ulc1de pr1vtnt1on bullbullbull conti nued In INDOC 10 that a ll repor ting m1mb1r1 had the advantage o t h1 1 1111lon Near tht end of t he deployment a 1e111on on w~rr laamptFamJly Rtadju1tment wa1 conduott d
At Chr11 t=a1 t lmt and pror t o rtturnlng boa tht Chaplain r1pea~1d ~hbull prosbullo~ that waa well rtceved dur1namp t ht l as t depoyment namely the vdto taping o battalion mt~rbull tor the dtptnden~bull at ho~ Tht tapbullbull were ahown a t =bullbulltinampbull of the Family Support Group
On t March 1D8D the Chit of Chapl a1 n1 RADM Alvin 8 Koeneman CHC USN came to visit tht Seabee Camp Ht waa vl1ttlnamp Sgontlla and stopped by for a br1t ng wi t h the Commanding Of f leer and the Chapla in on the m111lon of the NCr and ministry with tbt Stabtta He a so addre1aed the battalion at mor ning quarters
Funds or Detail 1te v111 t1 wer e not readi ly availabl e durnamp th 11 depl oyment Bo ver two v1 11t1 were made among the men at tht Naples 1ltt The Chapl a in corrt1pondtd rbullampular ly with thbull Lay Readers a t thbull detail 1lte1 in order to provide support and devotional ma t er 1al1
About t l x wetkbull prior to tht re tur n of tht Advance Party tbt battalion experl t nctd a tragtc accident on 27 March ID8D Thrtt bat t a lion 1111mber1 rt killed wht n a two and a half ton truck blaw a tlrt and over t urned r ive other bull were Injured two of whoa were 11r1ou1 enough to laDfVACtd to Lanatubl Wei t Otraany Tbbull Chaplain 1ought to provide pa1tor1l cart at t bt bo1pltal bullbull 11 bullbull follow-up pas tora l cart and counse ling amongst tbt battalion A memorial 1trvot wabull oonduetad on Th~Ctday ollobull inamp tht acciden t with 400middot500 ptrbullonnbulll In al t t ndanc t Bast ptrtonntl rt very 1uppor ti ve durlnamp thl1 ttmbull of difficulty
Al exp t ottd ooun1t llnamp ocoupl td a t l tabl t amount of tht Chapla in bull tlmt Tht primary l 11ue1 Involved re marrlaampt and atparat1on matters and Rtd Cross 1ltuat1on1 Appr oxi mate ly 140 Red Cross mbullbullbullbullampbullbull were recei ved and 1erv1ct d a t tbt Ma1nbody 11tt for the ~e~lttrranean area O tht1t Jamp batal ion ptr1onntl wert rbulltu~nbulld to the States or emtrCtncy l eave Rtd Cro1s support a t Sgonella wampbull ou~1tand1ng
4-8
Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
4-9
Aa 1nd1cated above Chrlatmaa and Eaattr were especially busy tlmta In addition to tbt apec t al atrv lctbull ot thbull bullbullbullbullon tbt Chapa1n1 department helped to organ~bull two other special events at Cbrl1tt1amp1 The 8attalon wa1 invited to participate In Caltag1ron11 town Cbr11tma1 paamp11U1t Tbt pateant consisted of a parade and rttnacement of tht llrlt Cbriataaa with the belp o 150 or more 1chool children Hundreds of townapeoplt ga thered around A chorus from thbull battalion waa ortbullnl~td to paart1clpatt In tht pageant and to bull Inamp two Chr1tma camploa It wa1 a wonderful intercutural experl tnct A few daya later the Kampyor r Caltagirone prtbulltnted ampItta to each American who had participated
Tht Chaplainbull Department alao organised a Chrl1tma1 party with the children ol thbull San Giuaeppt Orphanbullampbull in Caltagirone Seventy Stabbullbullbull made the trip to ahart the 1v1n l namp with children Battalion mtmbtra contributed 100 glta for the 50 r11ld1nt children and a monetary ampft of over bull 200 waa alto alvtn for thbull chlldrtna btnttt Thbull event truly wa1 a hlChltaht of the bullbullbullbullon and er the dtploymtnt Later on the Chaplainbull Department bullbullbull 1n1~rumtntal In helping to lnttl atbull a maJor c1v1c ac~io~ proJtct a~ the orpahbullampbull middot Battalion member worked hard to repace the stbullampbull tn tht orphanbullampbull bull audl t orllllll
Abull btlore thbull R11 amp1ous roaram Specialist tffec~lvely managed the chapa tn 1 of Ice and the chape1 ac1lltt1 In addtton to aupportlnamp tht Batta l ion Chaplain hbull aa~1t1d the ba1e Ca~hollc chaplainbull with rupport tor daily and Sunday mass11 Ltk1w111 ht 1nteract1d wi t h the babull RPbull and attended the1r weekly tra lntnamp on a regular baa 1a Tht RP re1pon11billt1ta wtrt ptrlormed pror111lonally and proficiently
4-9
