Richmond Council Delivers Deployment Dollars to USS Carter Hall
By Brett Davis
USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) entered its second phase of COVID-19 crew quarantine on Super Bowl Sunday in preparation for upcoming deployment. In keeping with the Navy League tradition of gifting sponsored ships deployment dollars, the Richmond Council extended that program to the Carter Hall and they eagerly accepted. The council delivered the packet on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
John Harler, on short notice, produced the deployment dollar chits. Nancy Butler manufactured the “big” photo op check, Bill Butler wrote the negotiable $1,000 underwriting check, and Carter Hall Liaison, Pat Robson, drove the packet to Little Creek and hand-delivered it to Lt. James Block, the council’s shipboard liaison. The council turned the entire project in about three days and achieved the handoff in about 20 minutes. Richmond Council made certain that deployed Carter Hall Sailors will receive a tangible, unexpected reward for their good work at sea.