Seaman participates in "Team Spirit 82" t Navy Radioman Seaman Edgar K. Whiteacre, sone of Edgar L. and Norah Whiteacre of Vernal, is currently participating in exercise "Team Spirit 82" in the Republic of Korea. Whiteacre is a crewmember aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Joseph Strauss, homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. "Team Spirit 82" is a joint exercise involving military forces from the United States and the Republic of Korea. More than 160,000 personnel and 31 U.S. 7th Fleet ships are involved in the month long exercise. After several weeks of training, "Team Spirit" will culminate in a major amphibious assault exercise. Land, sea and air forces from both nations will execute a three-pronged attack that includes a surface assault, a helicopter-borne vertical envelopment and an airborne paradrop to seize, occupy and defend exercise objectives. The Joseph Strauss is 437 feet long and carries a crew of 354. It is armed with guns, missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes. A 1978 graduate of Uintah High School, Whiteacre joined the Navy in March 1979.