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Navy Electrician's Mate Rickey Boyd Returns From Western Pacific Duty
Norfolk VA Navy Electrician's Mate Fireman Rickey D Boyd son of Eldean and Mrs Boyd of Independence has returned from an extended Western Pacific deployment aboard the dock landing ship USS Monticello homeported in San Diego The Monticello a 550 foot ship displaces 13700 tons and can carry over 300 combat troops It carries preloaded landing craft for amphibious operations He joined the Navy in September 1975 Also noted Navy crewmate William F O Loughlin Storekeeper First Class son of West Union parents participated in NATO exercise Dawn Patrol 77 aboard USS Inchon Norfolk VA The exercise directed by Italian Admiral Luigi Tomasuolo involved Sixth Fleet units under Vice Admiral Train Richard E Vande Vorde Captain Outstanding Crew of the Month at Carswell Air Force Base navigator with Strategic Air Command and a 1967 Fayette Community North High School graduate also noted was his wife Cheryl daughter of Ames residents