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Show Local navyman in training in Caribbean Robert D. Herbert, yeoman second class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Herbert of 98 "A" st., Springville, participated partici-pated Feb. 13 to 28, with the staff of Commander Amphibious Amphib-ious Group Four aboard the amphibious force flagship USS Mount McKinley, in this year's largest Atlantic Fleet amphibious amphi-bious striking exercise in the Caribbean. Sixty-five ships and more than 20,000 bluejackets and marines, under the command of Vice Admiral John McN. Taylor, USN, Commander, Amphibious Am-phibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet, are engaged in the operation which is designed to maintain combat efficiency in the amphibious am-phibious striking forces. After a rehearsal assault landing Feb. 24, the force left for Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the exercise's major sea and helicopter assault, held February Feb-ruary 25. |