STEWARD LARRY DOK KWILLER, CHIEF COOK LAWRENCE CONLON AND UMMS JOSEPH EMIDY, DAVID FULLER AND ROGER GRISWOLD. AFTER ALL OF THE SURVIVORS WERE ON BOARD THE CAPRICORN, ISENSTADT SENT ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS TO SINK THE RIVERBOAT BY CHOPPING A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM WITH A FIRE AXE. THE CREW AND REFUGEES ALL GATHERED ON DECK TO WAVE GOODBYE TO THE DOOMED CRAFT. BYE-BYE TO MY BOAT, AND BYE-BYE VIETNAM, SAID MR. VU, MINHS FATHER.
FOR A GOOD CAUSE – SIU BOATMEN FROM AMERICAN MARINE IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, RECENTLY TOOK PART IN THE 14TH ANNUAL GREAT TUGBOAT RACES BENEFITTING THE INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS CENTER. PICTURED ABOVE AT A SUBSEQUENT RECEPTION ON THE RMS QUEEN MARY (WHICH EMPLOYS MEMBERS OF THE SIU-AFFILIATED UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS) ARE COMPANY OFFICIAL DAVID SHAHNAZARIAN AND HIS FIANC HOLDING THE AWARDS WON BY AMERICAN MARINE. THE PHOTO AT LEFT SHOWS THE SIU-CREWED AMERICAN SPIRIT IN THE FOREGROUND, WITH A LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT BOAT BEHIND IT. SEAFARERS TAKING PART IN THE RACE INCLUDED SEAN PITTMAN, CLINT PURDUE AND DANIEL PURDUE.
SIU CIVMARS SUPPORT OUR TROOPS – DRY CARGOAMMO SHIP USNS WALLY SCHIRRA DELIVERS IN THE EAST CHINA SEA IN MID-APRIL, THE SEAFARERS-CREWED USNS WALLY SCHIRRA CONDUCTS AN UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT WITH THE AMPHITIIOUS ASSAULT SHIP USS BONHOMME RICHARD. MEMBERS OF THE SIU GOVERNMENT SERVICES DIVISION SAIL ABOARD THE U.S. MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC) SHIP USNS WALLY SCHIRRA, WHICH IS PART OF THE AGENCYS FLEET OF 14 DRY CARGOAMMUNITION SHIPS (ABBREVIATED AS T-AKE). THROUGH UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENTS, THE SCHIRRA AND ITS SISTER SHIPS DELIVER VARIOUS CARGOES TO OTHER VESSELS AT SEA. ACCORDING TO MSC, THE MATERIEL INCLUDES AMMUNITION, REPAIR PARTS, FOOD, AND SMALL QUANTITIES OF FUEL. EACH OF THE 14 T-AKE VESSELS IS 689 FEET LONG, WITH A 106-FOOT BEAM. THE SHIPS CAN SAIL AT 20 KNOTS; THEY EACH CARRY CIVILIAN CREWS OF 129.
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SEAFARERS PARTICIPATE IN EXERCISE PACIFIC HORIZON – FOURTH ARM OF DEFENSE ON DISPLAY DURING MILITARY SUPPORT TRAINING THE SIU-CREWED, U.S. MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC) VESSELS USNS DAHL, USNS MONTFORD POINT AND USNS DEWAYNE T. WILLIAMS RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN PACIFIC HORIZEMN 2015, A MILITARY SUPPORT EXERCISE THAT TOOK PLACE FROM OCT. 20-28 OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEAR MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON. ALL THREE SHIPS ARE PART OF MSCS MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCE (MPF). ACCORDING TO MSC, EXERCISE PACIFIC HORIZON IS A SERIES OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DISASTER RELIEF SCENARIOS DESIGNED TO TRAIN THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS IN MPF OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE MONTFORD POINT USED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE ITS CAPABILITIES AS A MOBILE SUPPLY AND VEHICLE DEPOT. TOGETHER WITH THE DAHL, THE SHIPS SUPPLIED AND DELIVERED FIVE LANDING CRAFT, AIR CUSHION (LCAC) VEHICLES IN A SUPPLY DEMONSTRATION. LCACS ARE USED PRIMARILY TO ACCESS AREAS WHERE TRADITIONAL VEHICLES CANNOT TRAVEL, AND DO SO QUICKLY IN ADVERSE SITUATIONS. THE MONTFORD POINT IS OPERATED BY OCEAN SHIPHOLDINGS; THE DEWAYNE T. WILLIAMS IS OPERATED BY MAERSK LINE, LIMITED; AND THE USNS DAHL IS OPERATED BY PATRIOT. 1ST LT. NICK BOLING, THE LANDING FORCE SUPPORT PARTY OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR LANDING SUPPORT COMPANY, 1ST TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT BATTALION, DESCRIBED PART OF PACIFIC HORIZON AS A TWO-SHIP IN-STREAM OFFLOAD BY USING THE MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCE SHIPS, BOTH THE USNS DAHL AND THE USNS WILLIAMS. WE ARE ALSO USING THE USNS MONTFORT POINT, WHICH IS A BRAND NEW SHIP THAT WE BEGAN TESTING ON FOR THE MPF. ANOTHER SIMULATION INVOLVED DELIVERING AND SETTING UP A TACTICAL WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDES CLEAN WATER FOR AN AREA AFFECTED BY A DISASTER. WERE PROVIDING WATER FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS DURING THE EXERCISE, SAID CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 AARON ALCORN, THE UTILITIES OFFICER FOR MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 373. IT CAN PURIFY JUST ABOUT ANY TYPE OF WATER, FRESH WATER, BRACKISH WATER, EVEN SEA WATER LIKE WERE DOING HERE. IT TAKES OUT ALL OF THE IMPURITIES AND SOLUTES TO MAKE POTABLE WATER. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MSC TO PUT OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY TO THE TEST IN THE ENVIRONMENT IT WAS DESIGNED TO OPERATE, SAID CAPT. MICHAEL TAYLOR, COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND PACIFIC. MAEPS OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY MAKES IT AN INVALUABLE MULTIMISSION SUPPORT ASSET FOR OUR FORWARD DEPLOYED FORCES ACROSS THE WORLD. BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE TROOPS WHO WILL CONDUCT REAL-WORLD OPERATIONS, FROM OUR DECKS, IS INVALUABLE TRAINING THAT WE ARE TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM. THE WILLIAMS IS PART O R MSCS PREPOSITIONIT G FLEET, WHICH IS VITAL TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY. THE SIU-CREWED USNS MONTFORD POINT USED ITS FLOAT-ONFLOAT-OFF CAPABILITIES DURING THE EXERCISE.
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LIFE RING RETURNS HOME TO HORIZON RELIANCE – IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT A WAYWARD LIFE RING FROM THE SIU-CREWED HORIZON RELIANCE IS BACK WHERE IT BELONGS. THE SAGA BEGAN ON FEB. 8, 2012, WHEN THE VESSEL WAS INVOLVED IN AN OCEAN RESCUE IN AN AREA LOCATED SOME 411 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF HONOLULU. SAVED FROM ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH WERE THREE CANADIAN MALES AGES 33, 29 AND 9 YEARS WHO CONSTITUTED THE CREW OF THE 33-FOOT SAILBOAT LIAHONA. THE BOAT WAS REPORTED TO BE ADRIFT WITH SAILS DESTROYED AND WITHOUT POWER. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE POOR, WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS; SEA SWELLS REPORTEDLY WERE IN THE 30-FOOT RANGE. ONCE ON LOCATION, RELIANCE CREW MEMBERS THREW LIGHT EQUIPPED LIFE RINGS OVERBOARD TO THE ILL-FATED CANADIAN BOATERS. WHILE SEVERAL OF THESE RESCUE DEVICES APPARENTLY FOUND THEIR INTENDED TARGETS, ONE WENT OFF COURSE, WORKED ITSELF LOOSE FROM THE RELIANCE AND DRIFTED AWAY. MONTHS LATER, THE WAYWARD LIFE RING AND LIGHT WASHED UP ON A BEACH ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI, HAWAII, WHERE IT WAS RETRIEVED BY LOCALS AND RETURNED TO THE HORIZON RELIANCE. THE DEVICE EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN THE OFFICE OF CHIEF MATE STEVE ITSON. VESSEL CAPTAIN JIM KELLEHER SUGGESTED THAT THE LIFE RING AND LIGHT BE MOUNTED AND DISPLAYED ABOARD THE RELIANCE AS A TRIBUTE TO THE UNLICENSED CREW FOR THEIR HEROIC EFFORT DURING THE RESCUE.
SIU CIVMARS PERFORM UNREP – THE SEAFARERS-CREWED DRY CARGO AND AMMUNITION SHIP USNS CHARLES DREW (LEFT) CONDUCTS A REPLENISHMENT AT SEA WITH ANOTHER SIU-CREWED VESSEL, THE FAST COMBAT SUPPORT SHIP USNS RAINIER, NOV. 6 IN THE ARABIAN GULF. BOTH SHIPS ARE PART OF THE SIU GOVERNMENT SERVIT IES DIVISION FLEET. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND, THEY WERE SUPPORTING OTHER SHIPS PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNATIONAL MINE COUNTERMEASURES EXERCISE.
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