Best Friends MNCS Walt Wyatt, MNC Ronnie Auman, SKC Eric Bengco, ETC John Carroll, EMC Jeff Reick, EMC Steven King, YN1 Lloyd Tanner, QM1 William Yates, QM2 Louis Loghry, QM3 Justin Plank. Other CPO Brothers and all the outstanding, hard-charging sailors onboard.
Best Moment Being selected to join the Chief Petty Officer's Mess. Serving with one of the best crews I've ever been attached to.
Worst Moment RONEX/GOMEX October-November 2005. Decommissioning a perfectly good ship with an outstanding crew -- probably a close second...
Chain of Command LCDR Rome Ruiz - CO LCDR Walter Brewer - XO
Other Memories Bahrain Deployment 14 May through 24 Oct 2006. RONEX/GOMEX 07-2 (The Veneration).