Posted:
December 24, 2013
"After last year's Christmas party for another orphanage, then the baseball game we took the kids to back in June, followed by the renovations done by the crew in August, you would think the crew would have no more to give. But, as you know, this crew never looks back or rests on past success," said Captain Glenn Macario, master on the USNS Wheeler. "We obliterated our last donation record and moved the bar up several notches. I have stopped hoping for miracles from this crew. Now, they seem to be the norm."
American Maritime Officers members working aboard the USNS Wheeler in December included Captain Macario, Chief Mate Pat Leahy, Second Mate Alfredo Noriega, Third Mate Helen Freeman, Third Mate Ryan McGeehan, Third Mate Chris Kali, Chief Engineer Pat Yarbrough, First Assistant Engineer Shannon Wilson, Second A.E. Chris Blouch, Third A.E. Matt Farmer, Third A.E. Chris Rich and Third A.E. Jason Peters. The USNS Wheeler is operated for Military Sealift Command by TOTE Services, Inc. and is manned in all licensed positions by AMO.
USNS Wheeler officers, crew sponsor Christmas party, donate to orphanage in Busan
Officers and crew members of the USNS Wheeler - including Wiper Chris Van Hoose, QMED Jasper McGirt, Captain Glenn Macario, Chief Engineer Pat Yarbrough, First Assistant Engineer Shannon Wilson and Second A.E. Chris Blouch - watch children at the Sung Ae Won Orphanage enjoying the new trampoline purchased for them by the ship's officers and crew (Photo courtesy of Captain Glenn Macario).
Children at the Sung Ae Won Orphanage play with gifts purchased for them by the officers and crew of the USNS Wheeler during a Christmas party held Dec. 21. In the photo are Chief Engineer Pat Yarbrough and Third Assistant Engineer Chris Rich (Photo courtesy of Captain Glenn Macario).
The officers and crew of the USNS VADM K.R. Wheeler on Dec. 21 sponsored a party for the children at the Sung Ae Won Orphanage in Busan, South Korea. The officers and crew raised more than $1,900 for gifts, and provided pizza and ice cream for the children."After last year's Christmas party for another orphanage, then the baseball game we took the kids to back in June, followed by the renovations done by the crew in August, you would think the crew would have no more to give. But, as you know, this crew never looks back or rests on past success," said Captain Glenn Macario, master on the USNS Wheeler. "We obliterated our last donation record and moved the bar up several notches. I have stopped hoping for miracles from this crew. Now, they seem to be the norm."
American Maritime Officers members working aboard the USNS Wheeler in December included Captain Macario, Chief Mate Pat Leahy, Second Mate Alfredo Noriega, Third Mate Helen Freeman, Third Mate Ryan McGeehan, Third Mate Chris Kali, Chief Engineer Pat Yarbrough, First Assistant Engineer Shannon Wilson, Second A.E. Chris Blouch, Third A.E. Matt Farmer, Third A.E. Chris Rich and Third A.E. Jason Peters. The USNS Wheeler is operated for Military Sealift Command by TOTE Services, Inc. and is manned in all licensed positions by AMO.