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USS Pinckney Returns From Historic Deployment

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Story Number: NNS060225-06
2/25/2006

By Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class (AW) LaQuisha S. Davis, Fleet Public Affairs Center, Pacific

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) returned to San Diego Feb. 24, after a five-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of the global war on terrorism (GWOT).

Pinckney made port visits to Guam, Singapore, Australia, Fiji and Hawaii. While in Guam, Pinckney became the first guided-missile destroyer to refuel and replenish the Mark Five (MK V), a high-performance combatant craft used by Navy SEALs. Pinckney was also the first DDG to embark two HH-60H Seahawk helicopters with their detachment, 20 Marine Corps personnel of a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) detachment and a five-person surgical team, for an exercise simulating an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) in support of the GWOT.

“We knew we were accomplishing something that had never been done before by providing a new weapon in the arsenal of the Navy/Marine Corps team and fully leveraging the fleet's finest Sailors and Marines in the process,” said Cmdr. James J. Malloy, Pinckney’s commanding officer. “Each Sailor and Marine was humbly aware that we were blazing new ground. We were careful to capture lessons learned for improvement along the way.”

Pinckney participated in the Pacific 2006 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney, Australia’s, Exhibition Centre. This was a major international event that showcased the latest in maritime and naval technology from around the world.

“Australia was a place for us to show off our ship to high-ranking officials and display what we are able to accomplish while on deployment,” said Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class (SW) Stephanie Murchison. “As a plankowner, I am proud to show off my ship and what I did to make it successful.”

“This deployment was a success due primarily to the hard work, preparation and resourcefulness of the Sailors aboard,” said Malloy. “We are happy to return home, but like our namesake, we are always proud to serve.”