5 April            Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweep-
                         ing and maritime interception operations.
                   Marine ground forces bold defensive positions, redeploy.
                   Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Ught) 42, Detachment 6, arrives at
                         NAYSTA Mayport FL homeport. During six month emb&kation
                         aboard USS MOOSBRUGGER, squadron conducted 100+ merchant
                         vessel identifications and/or challenges enforcing United Nations
                         trade sanctions.

6 April            Iraq accepts United Nations terms for a formal cease-fire in the Persian
                         Gulf War.
                   Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweep-
                         ing and maritime interception operations.
                   USS TRIPOLI returns to duty following success~l repairs and sea trials.
                   Marine ground forces hold defensive positions, redeploy.
                   USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980) arrives at NAVBASE Charleston SC
                         homeport. During a seven-and-a-half month deployment, the de-
                         stroyer conducted 67 searches and boardings of merchant ships,
                         including the first boarding of a vessel, confronted a Soviet ship
                         carrying personal and household items for the Iraqi military, carried
                         the Navy SEAL Insertion Forces used to board uncooperative vessels,
                         and escorted convoys transporting troops to Saudi Arabia.

7 April            Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweep-
                         ing and maritime interception operations.
                   Marine ground forces hold defensive positions, redeploy.
                   USS HALYBURTON diverts a freighter in the N. Red Sea.
                   Fast Sealift Ship USNS BELLAThIX arrives at Savannah GA port with first
                         cargo-load of equipment from Persian Gulf War.

8 April            Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweep-
                         ing and maritime interception operations.
                   Marine ground forces hold defensive positions, redeploy.
                   USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52) arrives at NAVBASE Yokosuka JA home-
                         port. During four month deployment, the AEGIS guided missile
                         cruiser served as the anti-air warfare command ship -- "Zulu whiskey"
                         -- in the Arabian Gulf, directing 23 ships and 200+ fighters from six
                         nations in excess of 65,000 combat sorties ~n the air war over the gulf.
                         USS BUNKER HILL also played an important role in launching
                         multiple TOMAHAWK cruise missiles against enemy targets as~ore
                         from the gulf.

9 April            U.N. Security Council approves Resolution 689 establishing a United Na-
                         tions-Iraq-Kuwait Ob~erver Mission (UNIKOM) to monitor perma-
                         nent cease-fire.
                   Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweep-
                         ing and maritime interception operations.


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