"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace."

President Theodore Roosevelt - 2 December 1902, second annual message to Congress.

"A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of Navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or provocation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks."

President Woodrow Wilson - 8 December 1914, address to joint session of Congress.

Award	Date(s) of Awards
Navy Expeditionary Service Medal	25 April 1981 to 05 September 1981 (IRAN/INDIAN OCEAN (21 NOV 79 - 20 OCT 81)
Humanitarian Service Medal	09 March 1983 to 26 March 1983 CYCLONE DISASTER RELIEF VITI LEVU, FIJI ISLANDS (9-26 MAR 83)   ( Reports indicate we received this again in 1990 for earthquake relief in San Francisco [unconfirmed] ) [ Patrick's notation:  The Humanitarian Service Medals for the San Francisco Earthquake were designated as individual awards, not a Command Award. ]
Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation	05 April to 30 August 1970 27 January 1990 to 26 June 1990 22 November 1994 to 22 May 1995
Navy "E" Ribbon	01 January 1982 to 30 June 1983 01 January 1988 to 30 June 1989 01 July 1989 to 31 December 1990 01 January 1994 to 31 December 1994 01 January 1995 to 31 December 1995
Navy Unit Commendation	25 May 1991 to 21 August 1991
Southwest Asia Service Medal	17 May 1991 to 21 August 1991
Secretary of the Navy  Letter of Commendation	25 April 1993 to 30 September 1994
Vietnam Service Medal	21 April 1972 to 30 April 1972