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VICEADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES,Jr., USN TheChief ofNaval Personnel REARADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN,USN TheDeputy Chief ofNaval Personnel CAPTAINJAMES G. ANDREWS,USN AssistantChief for Morale Services

TABLE OF CONTENTS Features Battleon the Plain of Reeds ...... 2 ASWTraining: theSchool with Electronic Brains ______4 This Is SEADuty - InPerson ...... 8 Where to Go for Good Advice: Counterinsurgency Training ____ 12 All AboutComputers: How Do You Pronounce ADP? ______16 If Your FancyLeans TowardBig Figures ______-_ 18 SecNav Nitre Speaks on ProjectManagement ______21 In the Navy,Everything's Relative _____-______-___ 22

Departments Letters to the Editor ...... 26 Today's Navy ...... 32 Ne ws of Other ServicesServicescope:Other of News 40 TheWord ...... 42 Heroesand Leaders: Decorations & Citations ______60

BulletinBoard Real Scoop: Navyman's Guide to Navy Manuals ______44 Listof Well-Read Instructions and Notices ______46 ID Cards and Credentials for Retirees Using Medicare ______48

Duty Options for Returning Vietnam Veterans ______-___"._49 Dlrectlves.. inBrief ...... 50 Techniqueon Writing Ship's Histories ...... 51 VAP Motto: Every Man in Vietnam Is a VIP ______53 VietnamService Medal: More Ships and Units Listed ___-____ 54

John A. Oudine,Editor AssociateEditors G. Vern Blasdell, News DonAddor, layout & Art Ann Hanabury, Research GeraldWolff, Reserve

FRONTCOVER: 'WALKING' ON AIR-A monster-like NavyPatrol Air Cushion Vehicl (PACV)slides on its bubble up a landing ramp after a patrol along the delta watei waysin Vietnam. AT LEFT: SIDE BY SIDE-Guided missilecruiser USS Boston(CAG 1) and heavy cruiser US NewportNews (CA 148) berth together inNorfolk, Va. Together thecruisers have a ma battery of five turrets, each with three eighth-inchguns. Secondary batteries contain 22 duc purpose, five-inch gunsand 16 three-inch, rapidfire guns. Boston also has a twinTerri, missile syatem. CREDIT: All photographspublished in ALL HANbS Magazineare official Departme of Defensephotos unless otherwise designated. HOMECOMING-Air cushion craftreturn home toCat Lo after six-dayhunt. Rf: PACV apl VCsampan. 0 I A””

THFIEE MECHANICAL “monsters” when three U. S. Navy Patrol Air and Navy and elicopters. skimmed across the Plain of Cushion Vehicles (PACVs) left their The Vietna merican team Reeds. In their trail, the high grass base at Cat Lo on the Vietnamese intended to cat 1y guerrillas as of the swampy terrain lay beaten coast 35 miles southeast of Saigon. they tried to e! down from the air blast which seem- Their assignment would take them ingly carried the machines effortlessly deep inland. ANNJNG OUT le base at Moc ~ over the marsh. Hoa, the P worked closely “Quai Vat!” the Viet Cong guer- OVING on a cushion of air at with the aerial 2s-the UH-1B rilla fighters shouted, paddling their speeds up to 65 miles per hour, Huey helicopi quipped with sampans away as fast aspossible. the 39-foot-long craft can travel over dual machine hemselves, the (Quai Vat is the VC term for mon- water or any relatively flat surface. hovercraft swe 5s the swampy sters.) Combining speed, maneuverability fieldslooking ack pajamas.” Some of the enemy tried to conceal and a zero draft, the British-inspired Routed f,rom .lment beneath themselves by submerging under the machines arrived in South Vietnam the reeds or p om their sam- muddy surface-breathing through last May for test and evaluation. pans, the cal VC guerrillas the hollow stems for which the Plain The journey from Cat Lo to Moc were loaded ab e roaring mon- of Reeds is named. Hoa-a distance of 150 miles north- sters. The sight alone of the roaring west-took the vehicles up the myriad Whenthe c ,eratiom were Navy craft as they moved in con- rivers and canals of the Mekong completed, 32 Ins had been vinced many of the guerrillas to sur- Delta. damaged and v upplies, mostly render immediately. Otherswere On the morning of 21 November, rice, captured, suspects were persuaded when machine gun fire Operation Quai Vat began in full. It turned over to vince chief for reached the location of the elusive was to be a jointeffort, combining questioning. hideouts. Vietnamese Civilian IrregularDe- The followir the combined Operation Quai Vat, pronounced fenseGroup (CIDG) troops with forces experien :ir heaviest ac- “kwhy vat,” began in mid-November U. S. Army Special Forces advisors tion. Encounte ]at one PACV CAPTURED CONG-Crewmen of PACV take Viet Cong prisoner aboard. Rf: Quai Vat roars a arsh after VC. .. . TEAMED TOGETIiER- -Navy copters bec operatordescribed as a“flotilla of enemysampans,” the PACVs and gunships successfully blocked the VC escaperoutes as CIDG/Special Forces troops were airlifted to comb thearea. Somedays later, in an areasome 16 miles south of MocHoa, the PP ICVDivision commanding officer, Lieutenant Kenneth H. Luenser, re- PO lrted a number of the enemy killed an groupda of Viet Cong taken Prisoner by his three craft. At the end of the Operation Quai V: it,Lieutenant Commander Charles H,. Billings, officer in tactical com- m!.-.and of the PACVs in the operation, commentedon his participation. RIDING HIGH-Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle skims across thePlain of “It wasan unusualexperience di- Below: Officers-in-charge of PACVs make plansfor the day‘s ope1 recting the PACV operations-in rice PE Iddies.” As navala officer, he aclded, “I couldn’thelp feeling a lit,tie funnyabout being 60 miles in land.” -Bob Martin, LTJG, USN ASW TRAINING- C QI with Electronic HE FLEET Antisubmarine Warfare teaches enlisted crewmembers to different situations, individuals are School at SanDiego has been seeknnd heartheir invisible and converted into well disciplined teaching ASW tactics to Navymen silent enemy. The otherteaches teams. since 1939. Backin those daysthe command personnel to make the de- The attack trainer looks and acts szhool was located at the San Diego cisions which destroy the enemy. like the major operationalcompart- Destroyer 13ase and offered only onc The enlisted men for ASW crews ments and equipment of an honest- course-UnderwaterSound Tactics receive theireducation through the,. to-goodness ASW ship. Thestu- and Sonar EquipmentOperation. electronic gear they will use at sea. dents learn how theequipment Students could complete their class- Other electronic devices produce for functions as well as itsresponses to room study intwo weeks and re- them the actions of the enemy sub- target detection, fire control solution ceive all the practical at-sea training marines which are out to sink their andlaunching and tracking weap- they needed in five. ship, ons. In addition, the trainer eval- Training and the school, however, Still other machines analyze the uates the tactical situation on which havechanged considerably since effectiveness of the students’ actions. the students are working. 1939. The schoolnow occupies Machinesalso tell the students The ASWTrainer’s statistics are, about 30 acres of land dotted with whether or not their efforts in com- in themselves, rather impressive. It World War I1 buildings, liberally bating their enemy were successful. occupies more than 3000 square sprinkled with newer structures of feet offloor space which is divided glass, concrete and glazed brick. LL THESE TEACHINGDEVICES are into six operatingareas: conning The TacticalTrainer Building is A combined in the Surface Ship station,combat information center, one of the latest additions tothe ASW Aktack Trainer. Electronically, underwaterbattery plot, problem school. It is the last word in ASW the trainer takes enlisted crewmen critique and display room, launcher electronics and its equipment is throngh the steps of searchingout captain’s control station andthe reminiscent of scenery in a science the enemy and attacking him. By computer projection equipment fictionmovie. Two trainers are observing basic ASW procedures, room. housedin the new building. One andoperating ASW equipment in ASW attack problems center in

FLAG PLOT-Students learn by operating complicated gear in command center, a part of Coordinated Tactics trainer. rains the Underwater Battery Plot (URP). Here the students work with real- istic mockups of fire control equipment, sonar ;md their associated comrnnnications equipment. Submarine targets are searched outand all stations are notified when one is found. The student can attack the target using Asroc, over- the-side torpedoes or a Dash vehicle. \\’ith the help of computers, the student can select the weapons system best suited to the problem and fire the weapon. Computers then keep the target in sight and send the ASW weapon on a collision course.

N THE COMBATINFORMATION CEN- I TER, the student can see the over- all tactical situation justas if the situation were real. Everything is there-the plot and status boards, read reckoning tracer, two radar re- peater units, a Dash controller unit, plotter and a fiddle board which contains communications, course, speed and wind indicators, control indi- cator and the ASW alarm. Herestudents observe their own ships andother vesselsas well as the planes which take part in the problem. The range bearing of the submarines is reported from sonar in UB Plot while information on surface vessels is furnished by radar. LIKE REAL-’Attack’ is carried out in Underwater Battery Plot room of surface A plotter shows the relationship of ship attack trainer.Below: Training complex is housed in modern building. the sonar target, Dash and the students’ ship. In the conning station, a student officer of the deck directs the move- ment of his shipand maintains communications with other trainer stations by radio-telephone or inter- nal communications circuits. He Also monitors the positions of the ASW forces and the target and ap- proves firing weapons in UB Plot. Inthe launcher captain’s control station, the student learns the use of the control panel which includes safety procedures and supplies information on the Asroc missile. The launcher captain can also position the launcher, select a launcher cell, select a missile or torpedo and complete auxiliary firing.

AN ELECTRONIC Dash the imaginary ship, it is at first controlled from the instruc-

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aircraft are the only link connecting It all started with the monsoon rest on the well deck. the control centers. season. This time, however, NavSuppAct Students using the trainer work The YFUs .werethe primary Da Nang used an LSD for the pur- out their own solutions to situations source of supply for Marines near pose of carrying supply vessels. the instructor gives them. None of the Demilitarized Zone. However, The YFUs were docked in the the solutions are predetermined; the rough seas prevalentduring well deck of uss Comstock (LSD they all depend upon the actions the monsoon rains made the 90- 19). They sat high and dry while of the enemy submarine which the mile voyage between Da Nang and the larger. ship plowed through the instructor controls by choosing its the supply point at Dong Ha ex- rough seas. speed, climb, dive and its surfaced tremely hazardous for the small, When Comstock reached the periscope and snorkel-justas if it flat-bottomed craft. mouth of the Cau Viet River, the were the real thing. Another method of cargo trans- YFUs were put back in the water The students respond to the portation had to be found-but for their trip upriver to Dong Ha. enemy sub's action with the correct shallow draft YFUs had to be used Since the idea worked so well, speed, range and maneuvering for the five-mile trip up the shal- the LSD was assigned to make fre- capability of each ship and aircraft low, sandbar-dotted Cau Viet quent shuttle runs between Da in the task force. River. Nang and the Cau Viet.River, to Only the instructor andthe ob- The solution-carry the craft in take cargo-laden boats upand servers in the auditorium can see aLanding Ship, Dock. The LSD, bring empty boats back. the progress of all elements involved an amphibious assault ship, hasa "Photos by DalePitman, in the problem which is shown on large open area below the main 503, USN three screens. One screen shows the over-all view of the entire battle FOR THE TROOPS-Forklifts unload suppliesfrom YFUs after rivertrip. area. The other two can show close- ups of action in selected areas. The students have an opportunity

history of the war in the Pacific. They included Pearl Harbor-Mid- way, and operations at Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Marianas, Western Ca,roline Islands, Leyte and Okinawa-Gunto. Following the war, ChiefBlack w,as transferred back to Pearl Harbor for about six months and then received orders to the escort ship Doyle C. Barnes (DE353) at Shanghai, China. When the ship returned to the U. S. and was placed out of commission, he was transferred to the Naval AirBase ‘at Samar in the Philippines. Shortly thereafter,the base was decommissioned and he was sent to the Naval Base, Sangley Point, P. I. In 1948, he returned to the States and reported aboard the carrier uss Boxer (CV 21) and lsater the carrier SEA OF SMILES-Everybody’s happy in Senior Chief Advisor’s family. This in- Antietam (CVS 36). dudes Master Chief Gunner’s Mate D. D. Black, wife Ima and their son Donny. From Antietam he was tempararily assigned to Gunner’s Mate B School ferred tothe carrier uss Zndepend- through the chain of command with in Washington, D. C., where he and ence (CVA 62) andthen to Dam suggestions or personal problems. his wife were married. Aftercom- Neck. “This,” according to the Chief, “is pleting the school, the chief returned because a man feels that, at times, to his ship and then ,reported back THERE HAS HARDLY been time for toomany people wrap up his ideas to the Nation’s capital where he was him to get his SEA legs atthe in redtape. As a result, a mansim- assigned to the Ceremonial Guard. Bureau, but ChiefBlack has clear ply won’t write. ideas concerning the significance of “However, with a direct line of HEN THE KOREAN CRISIS broke his mission. communication such as SEA, a man out, the chief was transferred to “I’ve always thought since this , will be ‘morelikely to come forth the ship repair facility at Yokosuka, suggestion (SEA) first emerged from with a suggestion he believes in. Japan, where he remained for three the Retention Task Force that it is Some men may feel also that their years. Then in 1953, he returned to one of the more important steps suggestions are just toolimited or Washington to attendthe Gunner’s taken by the Nsavy.It’s long over-insignificant to be eart,h-shattering. “ate School again before joining the due . . . as a line of communication This is not necessarily true. When destroyer uss Brush (DD745) at betweenthe enlisted man and the you can coordinate information from Long Beach. Bureau of Naval Personnel.” many people, you can begin to, de- Chief Black rode Brush for more Chief Black believes that’ only too tect patterns; you can begin to realize than a year, after which he was as- often an enlisted manis reluctant to why they do.or do not, reenlist. I’m signed io GM “C” School-Mark 108 voicehis true opinion when he goes sure their comments and suggestions rocket launchers-at Great Lakes. will have a great oninfluence the Following this training hereported NEW HELPER-Chief Black and future shape of the Navy.” to the destroyer uss Carpenter (DD VADM B. J. Sernrnes, Jr.,appear It is anticipated that Chief Black 825) at Pearl Harbor. Later,through at reviewingstand after installation. willsoon have his SEA desk piled a reenlistment agreement. he was high with corresDondence, all of Y able to switch fleets and reported to which will receive a reply. He will the frigate uss Norfolk (DL 1) at undoubtedly earn his E-9 pay, plus Norfolk. the $150 per month pro paythat About a year later, he was picked goes with the job. This adds up to up on Seavey and began a tour of about $11,000 annually. shore duty as a Navy recruiter in BuPers hopes the increased $150 Shelby, Tenn. This branch was closed will become a regular part of SEA’S five months later, so he was reas- signed as the petty officer in charge of the recruiting branch at Columbia, Tenn. This proved to be his longest tour ashore to date. Returning to sea duty, Chief Black reported aboard the Sixth Fleet flag- ship uss Springfield (CLG 7) in Marseilles, France. It wasfrom this command cruiser that he wmas trans- subjects in the life of a Vietnamese villager, so an understanding of both is valuable in helping the advisor to work harmoniously with his Viet- namese associates. The course syllabus callsfor dis- cussions of the social and political aspects in the country under study. To cite Vietnam as an example again, the strategies are analyzed, hoth from the viewpoint of the in- surgents and the defenders. Advisor studentsstudy American heritage and the factors which influence cultures. They then review the philosophical concepts which af- fect the freedom of man in organized society. PERTINENT QUESTIONS are asked of instructor during a class on base defense. Of the subjects included in the curriculum, many have obvious prac- reading, river navigation and pilot- “16rifle, 30- and .50-caliber ma- tical value for the prospective ad- ing. Intelligence andthe counter- chine guns, the “14 rifle using the visor. One such course is taught by intelligence operations receive con- NATO round, the M-3 “grease” gun ChiefBoatswain’s Mate Robert centratedattention. and various mortars. Theyspend Hoyle. As a former advisor with the hours disassembling, assemblin?, River Assault Group, Chief Boyle is A FTER FOUR WEEKS in the class- snapping in and firing each weapon. an expert on the subject of booby- room thestudents are ready to At the beginning of the sixthweek traps, and a past master on how to graduateto field training. the classmoves on to functional field avoid or disarm them. On the school’s firing range they training. For this phase of their edu- “An important part of staying become proficient with a variety of - cation, the men go to an isolated area alive in an insurgency environment weapons, including the .45-caliber atthe Camp Pendleton Marine Corps is knowing how to recognize and pistol, the M-1 rifle and carbine, the Base where they will try their hand

VIETNAMESE VOWELS-Student uses tape recorder for practice speaking and lis-

neutralize traps and firing devices,” his lecture goes. “You could run into one at any time or place.” The school is not without training aids on the subject. Students have the opportunity, to study the large display of traps maintained at Coronado. Most are simple butef- fective. Commonplace objects which can be rigged with explosives include books, flashlights, cigarette packages, pen sets, house furnishings and foodstuffs. Viet Cong traps are usually marked in some way with red. This almost international warning is used to alert their own people to the danger. The instructors emphasize the tactics and‘strategies involved in operations, such as the establishment of roadblocks and avoidance of am- bushes. They also outline the safety precautions to be used when vehicles or boats arecaptured and have to be searched. Other studies include base defense and foot-patrol procedures, map

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ANUNDERSTANDING of the people and an ability to talk to them in a friendly manner is of the utmost importance ina counterinsurgency transport combat troops and supplies forms coastal surveillance and patrols environment. and to furnish gunfire support for and provides an increasing amount To be successful, the U. S. advisor RVN or U. S. units. Advisorsas- of gunfire support. U. S. naval officers ride the Sea Force ships as in- in Vietnam, for example, must have signed to the River Force usually structors, advisors and key menin at least a basic knowledge of the act as coordinators for RAG, ARVN Vietnamese language. Consequently, and U. S. units in their areas. logistics procurement. the final weeks of trainingare de- The Vietnamese Sea Forceper- Athird component to which a voted to linguistics. Navy advisor may be assigned is the This section of the course is ADVISOR wearing authorized Vietna- Junk Force. WithJunk Force units taught by instructors from the Amer- mese JunkForce beret studies an advisor’s duties may include defense of the more remote and primi- ican Language and Culture Institute charts of South Vietnamese coastline. of New York. In five weeks of study tive bases, training and patrolling. the student usually picks up a vo- No matter to which force a Navy cabulary of 400 to 600 words, which advisor is assigned, he will probably is enough for basic communication. live the daily life of the local citi- The relatively small vocabulary also zenry. Advisors eat native food, live in the same quarters or ships, and provides a foundation for further im- provement once the advisor reaches work alongside theircounterparts. his overseas assignment. Effectiveness depends .almost entire- ly upon the degree of cooperation F THE GRADUATE of the counterin- between the two nationalities, so the I surgency school is headed for Viet- advisor’s study of the people can nam, he may see dutywith the pay big dividends. Vietnamese Navy’s River Force, Junk The counterinsurgency course was Force, Sea Force or other U. S. or Vietnam units. firs The River Force operates in the Ab country’s numerous waterways and eac canals. Its primary purpose is to

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YOUPronounce ADP.3

a minute; 250 billion pages and 62 atarget traveling at almost incred- ENERALLY SPEAKING thereare million file cabinets a year. The sum ible speed.Other computers keep two kinds of computers- total of the world knowledge (which abreast of mountains of Navy sup- analog and digital. Although the took millenniums to double the first ply, personnel and other paperwork. two types share physical character- time) has, in our time, doubled and The computer may well be one istics, their workis different. The redoubled. of the most important machines ever analog computer is frequently used Ohviously, new methods had to invented. To many, it seems at inscientific and engineering work. be employed to keep pace with our least as intelligent as man. What Digital computers are used prin- mohility and our information. The passes for intelligence in a computer, cipally for business data processing. answer lay in the computer. however, is simply speed andthe An analog computer deals prin- lack of a subconscious into which cipally inforces-voltages and the THE FIRST computer used by the facts can sink beyond easy retrieval. like. It uses logarithms to solve its Navy occupied an enormous The computers with which Navy- problems. A digital computer, on amount of floor space. It was a mass men work nowadays are simply elec- the other hand, is basically a count- of circuits and vacuum tubes which tronic files which can store ahuge ing machine similar to the common required frequent. and expensive amount of data, retrieve it upon adding machine accountants have maintenance. command and convert it into infor- had on their desks for years. Even with these shortcomings, mation management can use to make A digital computer can addand however, it was of immense value to decisions. subtract but it must divide through the Navy. It has long since been For from being a brain, the sec- the process of subtraction and mul- supplanted by second generation ond generation computer is a hard- tiply through the process of addition. computers and automatic data proc- working idiot. It can’t think and it 11: sometimes fools people into think- essing machines-that spells ADP. can’t reason. It does only what the ing it is smart simply because it Their work has grown as the person programing it instructs it is fast. years have passed. Today com- todo. The computer’s value lies in It can, in fact, multiply (by add- puters can aim a missile to destroy its rapid production of information. ing) two six-digit numbers as fast

MARCH 1967 17 ta from allinput rapidly. Some printers, in fact, type ?s takingit from information at the rate of 1000 lines rces at onetime. a minute. processor makes Information that is usable varies returns new data fromplace to place and from situ- ; itto printers. It ationto situation. The Bureau of rizedata innew Naval Personnel, for example, may writers, console keyboards,card cards and tapes through the use of expect its computers to produce lists readers, punched tape readers, mag- output machines. of Navymen in certain billets or netictape or opticalscanner. The with specified skills-to mention computerconverts the holes in UTPUT DEVICES are, as the name only two among dozens of possi- punched cards or paper tape or the implies, machineswhich let bilities. magnetizedcoating onmagnetic you see what the computer has done. Such tasks are comparatively easy tapeinto electrical impulses that They putthe computer's informa- for computers and, after being pro- become numbers or letters tothe tion in usable form andthey do it gramed, can be done rapidly. machine. Informationcan be takeninto a computer at widelyvarying rates. Example: 2000 cards per minute by a card reader to more than 200,000 If Your Fancy Leans Toward charactersasecond directly from magnetic tape. \ Here is a glossary of terms you Binary System-Oneof thethr& A set of instructions called a pro- will need when talking about com- numberinglanguages which are gram tells the computer what to do puters. They aren't words you run understood by digitalcomputers. with these letters and numbers. The intoevery day of the year but, It's a system where all data is computer then prints the results of with the importance of computers represented by a series of ones itsactions; makes newa set of increasing,it will payto know and zeroes, called bits. The posi- punchedcards or papertape; or them. tion of each bit has a specific nu- stores the information as recorded Access Time-The time it takes the merical value. Whenthe bits afe data on a new magnetic tape. put togetherinsequence, they Most of thisinformation is fed form machine words which repre- intostorage units from which the sent the numericalvalue of the computercan recall it when it is word. needed. The storagedevices are %+Either a one or a zero in the magnetizeddrums, cores, discs or binary numbering system. tapes. Block-A group of machine words orinstructions used as singlea HE CENTRAL PROCESSOR is the computer to find data it has stored. unit telling the computer to read, T mathematicalheart of the com- It also means the time it takes to write or transmit. puter.Computer arithmetic is done Buffer Storage" transfer data from cards,tapes or storagedevice inthree ways. Theyare called keyboards into the storage area. used tocompensate for thedif- binary, decimal and alphanumeric Address-The way you tell the ferent rates of speed between ma- systems. computerwhere to look for data chines when transferring data from The binary system uses a series it has stored. one section of a computer system toanother. of ones and zeroes torepresent all Add time-The time it takes the data. It is the most difficult of all computer to add two figures, once Character-A number,letter, sign three methods to use and to program it finds them in storage. or punctuation mark. but it is particularly useful in han- Alphanumeric System-One of three dling complex engineering problems. numbering systems. Based on the The decimal system is similar to the decimal numbering system, it lets binary except that it uses digits zero the programs be written in letters through nine. andnumbers instead of numbers The alphanumericmethod is the only. It's theeasiest of thethree simplest of the threeand is used systems to use. Assemble-To integratesub-rou- tinesand routines into a program Code-The language of thepro- in machine language. gram and the computer. Asynchronous- The computer starts Computer-The central processor working ona second operation of a system. It's higha speed without being toldthat the first one calculatingunit that cantake in- is finished. structionsand data andperform Auxiliary Drum-An extrastorage a series of arithmeticoperations place for data when the main com- without outside intervention. puter storage is full. Command-Signals that tell the Speed,. infact, is the computer’s then accept correct answers and re- intricate computations based upon stock in trade. It can make light- ject wrong ones. It is employed in their memory of marine factors. ning calculations which will account the complex trainers used at San Navy weathermen employ com- for pitch, roll and other factors, then Diego by ASW sailors andat puters to learn the probable results accurately aim a ship’s guns. Charleston,by Polaris men. At both of one set of meteorological factors A computer will calculate the installations, naval battles can be working upon another. Tothe trajectory of a missile in the twin- fought electronically by students Navyman interested in his pay and kling of an eye-ajob completely manning the devices found in ships. allotments, it takes no imagination out of the question forslow man- Computers analyze the results. at all to conjure visions of the fiscal power. It is, in fact, impossible to imagine chaos which would result without the modern Navy withoutcomput- computers. IN TODAY’S Navy, the computer is ers. In addition to their advantages The development and the appli- found everywhere. It sometimes in coping with speed and paper- cation of computers up to the pres- teaches Navymen through relatively work, computers are needed to solve ent has been extraordinary, but it simple devices which ask questions oceanographic problems and to make is a safe bet that today‘s computers

Big Figures, Better learn These Terms

computer to do one step in the sequence of instructions filed out- sequence of instructions filed in- program. side the computer. side the computer telling itwhat Console-The main control center Fixed Point Arithmetic- The pro- to do. of the computer system. grammer does not have to desig- Juke-Box Storage-A file of mag- Control Unit-The section of the nate the location of decimal points netized discs that hold data.The computer that regulates the trans- since the programming system re- computer can select and play a fer of all data and calculations in quires all numbers to have the disc like a phonograph record. the computer. same decimal places. Library-A collection of fully Floating Point Arithmetic- The pro- tested standard programs. gramer must designate the location of decimal points. The computer uses numbers with different decimal point locations, automat- ically compensating for the differ- encein locations of the decimal points. Flow Diagram-A chart showing Core storage“ storage device made up of thousands of pinhead all the logical steps in processing Machine Word-The unit of infor- size magnetizable ceramics (fer- data. mation which the computerhan- rites)shaped like doughnuts that Head-An electromagnet used to dles ineach transfer of data. It are wired together. When mag- write or read data on magnetic is made up of any number of binary netized they hold data. tapes or drums. bits, decimal digits or alphanu- Instruction Address- An order corn- Decimal System-Oneof the three meric characters, depending on the numbering systems. It is similar bining both the “what to do” with design of the computer. to the binary system, but the pro- the “where to find.” It tells the Merge-Putting two or more computer where to find a number graming is donewith digits zero groups of information together in through nine. It’s a less compli- proper sequenceto form a com- cated system to program and un- bined group of data. derstand. NoAddrerslnstruction- An order to Disc Storage- Records similar to do something the computer can do phonograph reco,rds magnetized to without first consulting its memory. hold data. Records hold thousands OFf-Line Operation-When machines of characters of data. See “Juke- are not hooked directly tothe Box Storage.” computer, but work on data for Drum Storage-A cylinder with in storage, what calculations to do the computer. magnetic tracks or bandsaround with the .number, then whereto On-line Operation-When machines it. Each track holds many char- put the result-either in storage or feed data directly to the computer; acters of data. an accumulating register. Instruc- when the computer ,feeds data Erase-To destroy data left on tion addresses may combine several directly to output machines. any magnetic storage device. “things todo” or “where to put,” Parallel Operations-The transfer of External Memory- A storage place and may tell the computerwhat data within acomputer whereby for data outside the computer. instructions are coming next. Externally Stored Program-A logical Internally Stored Program-A logical (continuedon next page.) ,

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On Proiect Munugement How important is the computer count for it on an individual basis. to the Navy, and to what extent has Instances of misassignment are de- the Navy put it to use? creasing, and the appropriate dis- The answer to this question tribution of trained personnel is comes from the Secretary of the being speeded up. Navy himself, the Honorable Paul Through the use of automatic H. Nitze,who includeda discus- data processing, we can search prac- sion of the subject in a speech he tically the entire Navy and Marine was making recently for members Corps population to find a partic- of the Fleet Reserve. ular skill.And we can consider all Here are excerpts from SecNav qualified candidates quickly and Nitze's speech, pointing up the role impartially. of computerized project manuge- Finally, weare improving per- ment of personnel in the sea serv- sonnel planning through the use of ice's electronic era. computers. The time saved allows us to considermany more alterna- IN MEETING our new challenges, HonorablePaul H. Nitre tives in solving personnel problems. the Navy has taken a new ap- Secretary of the Navy 1 can assure you that the plans are proach to personnel administration much better than they were in the which calls for an over-all attack on manual systems alone in the Navy past. our problems. Project manage- and Marine Corps of today. The introduction of increasingly ment, so successful in getting the Each year the Navy enlists 100, complex electronic equipment into job done in our technical areas, has 000 'new men. The Marines recruit the Fleet presents a continuing been utilized to help us in the per- another 40,000, ordinarily. But, challenge. sonnel field,as it has in the hard- this last year alone, they also en- Weare now using the project ware field. listed 100,000 because of the Viet- management approach in eight ma- Project management allows us to nam commitment. The Navy gains jor areas which the Bureau of employ computerized analysis and 10,000 newofficers each year; the Naval Personnel has identified, control techniques in the pmonnel Marines,normally another 3000 where special personnel approaches field. (last yea,r they doubled this figure). are required and a full-time project We are accustomed to joking In the past two years, our on- manager has been designated for about the computer. And we like board strength in the Navy ineach. The areas are Submarines: to think that it can make mistakes creased by 10 per cent; in the Antisubmarine Warfare, Anti-Ai1 too, as indeed it can. You have all Marines, over 30 per cent. In both Warfare, Nuclear Power, Command heard the story about the 17-year- services there are a total of over and Control, Ratings, Aircraft, and old seaman whoseIBM card was 3000 sets of change-of-station or- Automatic Data Processing. stepped on bysomeone in golf ders issued every day. At any Each manager is expected tc shoes, and he was promoted to given time, we have about 140,000 achieve a specialized planning captain. BuPers assures me that people engaged insome kind of guidance, monitoring coordination, this never was the case. formal skills training. and controlled personnel plan. I But, just consider the volume of emphasize the word "specialized" information which we must record 0 NLY A COMPUTER system could -tailored to fit the needs of the quickly and ,rebrieve rapidly. It digest the mass of information Navy and the abilities and skills of would be impossible to manage by generated by such activity and ac- individuals.

Computer Answers Personnel Problem and Gives Status of Job onRepair Ship

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NAVY’S PAIR of Buchanans served together in Vietnam. signed on for his initial enlistment J. Taylor, became a Navy Seebee a big smile and unceremoniously and became a third-generation Navy- during World War 11, after Silver planted a big kiss on her father’s man. Star-winning service in the Army cheek. Another third-generation sailor during World War I. uss Vesde (DD 878) claims is William D. Wedlund, who was Ensign Ann Shaw gave a new to have more brothers on board than sworn in by his father,Lieutenant twist to the story of the father reen- any other general purpose destroyer Commander Wayne F. Wedlund. He listing his son when she came aboard in the Navy. There are seven pairs. not only follows in his father’s foot- uss America (CVA 66) to perform The old game of “follow the steps, but those of his mother and the reenlistment ceremony for her leader” seems to be an avocation of grandfather as well. father, Edwin Shaw, PRC. the Buchanan brothers. Mrs. Wedlund served as a Wave After she signed the contract, Miss WhenFred, the younger of the from 1942 to 1944. Her father, Noah Shaw put down the pen, burst into pair, left basic training in 1963, he

SAME SUIT FOR THREE GENERATIONS-Douglas L. Wilcombe served during World WarI as NavyQuartermasterlst Class. His son,James E., Sr., served in World War II amphibiousoperations, was CO of LSM 546 in Korea and retired from the Naval Reserve in 1962 with the rank of commander.James E. Wilcombe, Jr., enlisted in 1965, completed basic training in San Diego and a Navy school in Memphis. He is now aboard USS Kitty Hawk.

Douglas Wilcombe,EverettLathropWilcombeJamesWilcombe,Everett James Sr. Jr.

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MAKING HIS BID as Navy career man, LTJG J. Dennis Black serves aboard USS Black (DD 666), named for his father. day in 1965 when Robert, the eldest by 20 minutes, was advanced to Chief Personnelman. It’salso the day in 1966 when Richard was advanced to Chief Personnelman. Chiefs Walls spent the first three years of their Navy careers together. NOW,though they serve at separate activities, they maintain their twin billing by identical assignments. Both are members of classification mobilization inspection teams. John and Richard Rickman put a new twist on brotherhood-they are serving together for the first time in 24 years. Both are Master Chief Hos- pital Corpsmen. John is an assistant to theFleet Medical Officer at CINCLANTFLEET,while Richard is assistant to ServLant’s medical officer. Both commands are in Norfolk, Va. The pair enteredthe Navy in DEUCES-ENS Shaw re-upped Dad.Rt: 1942, went through boot camp and hospital corpsman school together, Below: Watkins sword stays in Navy. R then parted company. Richard served in the Atlantic Fleet, John in the Pacific. John and Richard have six other brothers who have alsojoined the Navy. They are truly a Navy family. “I met someoneyou might know,” wrote Lieutenant Com- mander Ronald E. Hillenbrand, DC, to his parents, “when our ship pulled into Pearl Harbor.” The man he met was his brother, Lieutenant Dennis G., also a Navy dentist. So, like good dentists and good, brothers, the pair smiled for the cameraman with shining teeth. So it seemsNavy commands are often like poker hands-two pairs, three of a kind, or a full house. “KellyGilbert, J02, USN

MARC,H 1967 seatnun coats and jackets in the 1400~. The dictionary further states that the first element of the word pea-jacket D evidently the same as the pee usage in English which refers to pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of twilled blue cloth with a nap on one side.Sometimes this cloth was simply called p-cloth (for the initial letter of the word pilot) when made into men’scoats worn chiejly in the 15th to 17th centuries. However, the history of the term pee after the 17th century is obscure. The dictionary theory is that the combined form pea-jacketwas derived either from pe- or py-gown or direct from the Dutch pij-jakker (pea-jacket}. By 1725 the word pea-jacket was in common usage. The earliestusage of the more modern form peacoat is cited inthe dictionary as 1845. Since then, of course, the mde7ial and style of the sailors’ winter jacket haschanged considerably. But, just as many of the Navy’s original terms were carried from country to country and generation to generation, so has the term peacoat. It appears that it’s here to stay, tra- ditionally.-ED. Emblem of Fouled Anchor Sm: Aftercombing through every availablelibrary source within reach, I have been unable to uncover the rea- of son behind the Navy’s adoption the LADDER OF SUCCESS-Thirty men of USS Salisbury Sound (AV 13) get pic- fouled anchor used as the official CPO emblem. ture taken with advancement certificates received as result of August exams. Why is the fouled anchor used, since itwould seem to represent poor sea- ALL HANDS: “The foulanchor as a inthe British Navy becamepart of manship?-R. F. s., AMC/AP, USN naval badge got its start as the seal of the present Board of Admiralty some (Ret.). LordHoward of Effingham,the Lord years back, the seal wasretained-on We did a little combing ourselves Admiral of England at the time of the buttons, officialseals and cap badges, and were able to uncover the probable defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.” adds our RN reader. origin of the fouled anchor, but as for He told us further that it often hap- This, of course,does not necessarily the reason for its adoption and use by pened in thosedays that the personal mount for our , Navy’s adoption of the Navy . . . we can only quote regu- sealof a great officer of statewas the foul anchor but, as you know, lations issued by the Secretary of War adopted as the seal of his ofice. This many of OUT customscan be directly in June 1797. was apparently the case with the foul attributed to the influence of British These regs provided for “a blue uni- anchor, which stillremains the official navaltraditions. form with bufflapels with gold epau- seal of the Lord High Admiral of It would seem the foulanchor was lets for the Captain and the buttons GreatBritain. amongthem.-ED. of yellowmetal having a foul anchor When the Lord High Admiral‘s office and the Americaneagle on them.” Crazy About Dixie While this was the first (to the best SHOW GOES ON-Trio abdUfS SIR: As one of the original commis- of OUT present knowledge) U. S. ap- Iwo Jima (LPH 2) provides impromptu sioningcrew, articles concerning uss pearance of the foul anchor, it was not show for wounded off Vietnam coast. Dixie (AD 14) are of particular inter- exactly a distinguishingmark nor in- est to me and the one which appeared signe as we know it today. lastSeDtember in ALL HANDSwas no It first appeared as a distinguishing exception. emblem in 1830 when midshipmen Iserved on board from April 1940 wore on their collar a foul anchor untilAugust 1945. Onlyone plank- embroidered in gold under the oak leaf owner remained behind after that draft and acorns. When they became passed of menleft her after 42 anda half midshipmen, the onchorwas backed months of sehrice. with a five-pointed star of white cloth Your articlementioned that Dixie on the cohr. wasin San Diego when Pearl Harbor There seem to have been no special was attacked.Actually, she was in reason for selecting the foul anchor in Mare Island Navy Yard-for an annual this case as the plainanchor was also overhaul, having returned from a tour used as a distinguishingmark at the of duty at PearlHarbor.-P. K., Jr., same time. SFC, usm. According to a Royal Navy lieutenant, who some time agoWrote to

MARCH 1967 in January. The program is now in- corporated in Chapter 27 of the “Trans- fer Manual.” The AE3 you cited, with the EAOS of 29 Jun 1968, may submit his request nowfor reenlistment and transfer in June or July 1967. This will allow a six-month lead timeto ensure orders are in hand before reenlistment. The Ai3 you mentioned with the EAOS of 29 Aug 1967, already falls within the newly prescribed time limits and hisrequest could be submitted now, if he wishes. Requests must indicate the approxi- mate date the applicantwants to reenlist, the transfer month he desires andshould be submitted intime to alloworders to be written before his reenlistment.”ED. Early Outs to Attend College SIR: A questionhas arisen concerning the earlyseparation of Navymen NAVYMEN CIRCA 1913 looked like this for crew’s picture aboard uss Sev- forthe purpose of attending college, ern. of modern Severn would like to know if any of crew can be identi- andhow a voluntary extension affects CO that separation. fied. An enlistedman in my unithas an determined by command, is it neces- aid of a magnifying glass, YOU Will be extension in his record, which he signed sarv for enlistedmen attachedto an able to follow along our bloodhoutd’s so as tobecome eligible for advance- embarkedstaff to conform?-P. J. P., trail. ment to E-5. He hasrequested a SMl, USN. First of all, the enlisted men with schoolcutunder the provisionsof 0 The policy concerning the wearing visible ratingbadges are all in right- BuPersInst. 1910.12C, and is qualified of civilianclothing while ashore in a arm ratings. Others arewearing the in all respects. foreign port is determined either by the branch mark on the right shoulder. But Will he be required to let the exten- senior oficer presentafloat or by the these insignia continued until the 1947 sion go into effect even though the class commanding oficer, who is guided by uniform changes, so that clue is not convening dateof hisschool is earlier general and specific directives of higher much help. thanhisnormal EAOS?-J. R. W., authority. However, lookat the oficer’scap. PN3, USN. As for the embarked staff:They He has a flat gold lace strap across the Under the circumstances, the origi- must conform to the policy of the com- front. This goldstrap replaced gold nul separation date is irrelevant. What mand. Article 0512 of “U. S. Navy cord in 1894. counts is the separation date as ex- Regulations” states in part, “In matters The chiefs’ arm badges in the picture tended. of general discipline, the st4 of a com- were also introduced to the Navy uni- In accordance with the pertinent mander embarked and all enlisted perform in 1894. So at this point we are regulation (which incidentally is ww sons serving with the staff shall be sub- somewhere between 1894 and 1947. ArticleC-10306 of $he “BuPersMan- iect to the internalregulations and Now, notice the positioning of the ual,” not the Instruction YOU quoted) routine of the ship.”-ED. cap devices on the chiefs’hats. The a Navyman may receiveearly separa- booksays that in 1905 the cap device tion for school within three months of Early Severn Presents a Problem on a chief’s hat was still worn in a tilted his enlistment as extended. SIR: Enclosed is reprinta of an position. Sincemost extensions are for more original photograph (reproduced above) Let’sgo a little deeper. The fellow than three months, the early separation retained on board uss Sevem (A0 61 ). behind the third chief from the left is date will seldom fall before the original The originalprint is framed in stiff a Sailmaker’s Mate. That rating was EAOS. But if it. does, so be,it: The cardboard,and the name J. H. White, dropped in 1939. man may still receive his early separa- presumably the photographer, is em- The secondchief from the left is a tion, and in those instances the exten- bossedthereon. Master-At-Arms. In the 1913 “Uniform sionneed not be made operative, but The datethe picture was taken,the Regulations,” the Master-At-Arms rat- may be cancelledat the time he is location of the ship at the time and the ingwas still listed. It wasnot in the separated-ED. type of ship areall unknowns. We 1921Regs. wouldappreciate any information you Now we’re within aneight-year Civilian Clothing canuncover.-Capt. Charles H. Carroll, period, 1913 to 1921. And so much for sm: What regulationsgovern the USN, CO, uss Severn. the uniforms. wearing of civilianclothes by enlisted 0 You really threw us a curve, Cap- A lookat the ships’ histwies of men when visiting foreign ports? tain, but wedid some checking and Severn revealed that there wereonly 1 realize regulations prohibit enlisted were able to come up with a pleasant two ships to carry the name-your cur- men from keeping civvies aboard ship- afternoonspent knee-deep in history rentship and a sailingship made of my question concerns men who wish to books. sheathedGeorgia pine. It’s pretty keepcivilian clothes ashore and wear The uniforms worn by the men seem obvious that the latter is the one we’re them while on liberty. to be the place to start. If you’lllook looking for. Also-if the civilianclothes policy is closely at the picture, perhaps with the Severn was built as uss Chesapeake

MARCH 1967 18 Oct 1916 and sold for scrap. (such asBuPers ) wasofficial corres- Judging from the information we pondence, it should be on letterhead have compiled, it’s safe to assume that stationery. yourphoto was taken some time be- Now I am told by several of my co- tween 1913 and 1916. workers that it is incorrect for an indi- We can’t come much closer than vidual to use letterhead stationery when that. Butone never knows. It’s quite makingan official request. This word, possible that one of ourreaders was so ,I am told, is being passedaround there.-ED. at YN “B” school. I referred to Article 1601 of U. S. New lerseyIs Offstage, Awaiting Cue Navy Regulations for definitiona of SIR: In 1945 and 1946 I served official correspondence, and to the Car- aboard uss New Jersey (BB 62 ). I’ve respondenceManual to determine the oftenwondered what happened to her correct use of letterheadstationery. afterwards. Can you tell me?-D. L. E. Afterlooking through both references, New Jersey wasdecommissioned it still appears to me to be proper for on 30 Jun 1948and assigned tothe Airman Joe Doaks to use letterhead New York group of the Atlantic Reserve stationery ofthe activity to which he Fleet. Slightlymore than two years is attached when he submitsa request later she was recommissioned and trans- to- BuPers for atransfer, say, to Viet- ferred to the Pacific Fleet. nam. Sheremained in action throughout This is also the word I remember the Korean conflict andreceiued four from YN “B” school (classofJuly battle stars. The crewwas also pre- 1943). Of course,times change and so sented the KoreanService Medal, the do policyand interpretations, and 1 United Nations Service Medal and the OUT OF THE PAST-USS New realizemy opinion mightbe a bit KoreanPresidential Unit Citation. behind the times.Nevertheless, I was Jersey (BB 62) is seen in photo taken Later she was again decommissioned. sureenough of myself to giveinstruc- in 1953 when. she was eased into In 1957she went to the U. S. Naval tions to use letterhead stationerv on berth at Norfolk upon return_ from Supply Depot, Bayonne, N. J., once allofficial correspondence originated duty in Korea. She’s now in Atlantic again with the Reserve Fleet. by individuals attached tothis activity, ReserveFleet. That’s USS Missouri In August 1962, New Jersey was be it a letter, amemorandum or what- at her left. towed to the Philadelphia Naval Ship- have-you. yard to become a part of the Reserve If I’mwrong, guess I’ll just request Fleet and is still there.-ED. (NO.3) in 1898-99 at Bath, Maine. She (on plainbond paper) a quota to my was 175 feet long, had a 37-foot beam almamater.-H. M. L. YNCM, USN. and a draft of 16 feet. Her displacement Personal or Official Correspondence Such drastic measures may not be was 1175 tons. Her armament consisted SIR: As oflate the personnelmen in necessary, Chief-but if you were to of six 4-inch rim-fireguns, four 6- my unithave become embroiled in a make the request, youwould properly pounders, two 1-pounders, and two ratherwarm debate. Here are the submit it on pluin bond. Don’t feel Colts. points of contention: bad, though. We weren’tsure either The first 10 years of her life were Is a letter originated by an individual until we checked with the Director of spent as station ship and practice sail- Navyman and addressed to a bureau or the Administrative Manugemeat Divi- ingfor Naval Academy midshipmen. agencywithin the Department of the sion, Administrative Ofice, Navy De- During that period (on 16 Jun 1905, to Navyvia his commanding officer con- partment. be exact), hername was changed to sideredpersonal or ofticia1 correspond- And here’s what he had to say: Severn. ence? Official correspondence, as defined In February 1910, Severn became Should the above individual use plain by “U. S. Navy Regulations,” 1948, tender to the Third Submarine Division, bondpaper or letterhead for the cor- Article 1601, consists of allrecorded Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. She later served respondence?-W. F. O., YN1, USN. communicationssent or received by a as tender to the FirstDivision and to SIR: Someyears ago (probably 15 person in the navalestablishment in submarines in the Canal Zone. or so) I read in ALL HANDS that, since the execution of the duties of his office. Severn’s career wasrelatively short. correspondenceoriginated by a Navy- There are two types of oficial cor- She was stdken from the Navy List on man to aNavy command or bureau respondence. The first is that which is appropriate tothe pursuit of the pri- LEI DAY-Flasher (SSN 613) is welcomed to Hawaii for duty with 40-foot lei. mary mission of an activity. Such cor- respondenceshould beon printed letterheadstationery, if it is available, or the letterhead may be typed or stamped on the page. The second is that which pertains to an individual as a member of the naval service, but which is not directly re- lated tothe mission of his activity- personnel matters, beneficial suggestions or, for that mutter, communications to ALL HANDSmagazine. This correspondence should be on plain paper. Personal correspondence, on the other hand, includes all correspondence which is not in the pursuit of any Navy business, and of course,should not be prepared on letterhead paper.-%

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Newsof reunions of ships and organ- folk, Va. For details, wr izations willbe carriedin this column Kenyon, 119 N. Barr St., Crawfords- Columbus St., Manitawac, Wls. from time to time. In planninga reunion, ville, Ind. 47933. 54220. best results willbe obtained by notifying uss North Carolina (BB55)- e uss Auocet (AVP4) (ex-AM- The fifth reunion will be held 28-30 19)-A reunion is being tentatively the Editor, ALL HANDS MAGAZINE, Room scheduled for late spring of this year. 1809, Bureauof Naval Personnel, Navy June at Wilmington, N. C. For information, write Pat Fanzi, 145 Glen Interested former crewmembers may Department, Washington, D. C. 20370, St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15207 contact Richard L. Kile, 3315 Como four months inadvance. Lane, San Jose, Calif. 95118. 0 uss Pargo (SS 264)-The men of 0 uss LSM 266-A reunion is uss Fall Riuer (CA 131)-A uss Porgo ( SS 264 ) will hold are- on 3 June, following the com- scheduled for 28-30 July in Chicago. reunion during the 4 July weekend union For information, contact G.Edward missioning of the new uss Pargo (SS 1967 is being planned for those Metcalf, 2015 Airfield Lane, Midland, 650) at New London, Conn. For men whowere members of the hlich. 48460. Ship's Service and Division of Further information contact Lester Six 0 uss Oklahoma ( BB 37)-A re- the Riley, Twin Lakes, Minn. 56089. Fall River during Bikini tests union will be held 28-30 April at 20 years ago. Contact Roy E. 0 Er-PT Boaters-A West Coast re- Annapolis, Md. For details, write Ed- Munyon, 6104 Pratt, Omaha,Neb., union will be held on 21 April at Los ward H. Lutz, 673 Lindley Rd., Glen- for further details. Angeles, Calif. Forfurther informa- side, Pa. 19038. tion, write David S. Robertson, PO e Destroyer Squadron 48-A re- 0 VF 61"FighterSquadron 61 is Box 2207, Newport Beach, Calif. planninga reunion for anyone who union consisting of personnelfrom 92663, or phone (area code 714) uss Walker (DD517), Abbot (DD was connected with the squadron be- 673-7517. 629) Erben (DD631), Hale (DD tween 1954 and 1958. Anyone wish- 642), Stemhel (DD644), Bullard e LC1 (L) Flotilla 11 (Europe ing toattend canobtain information ( DD660), Kidd (DD 66l), Black 1943-44)-Will hold a reunion in by writing Jess Kronk, 3052 W47, ( DD 666) and Chauncey (DD 667) August at Jekyll Island, Ga. All Cleveland, Ohio 44102; or James will be held in Atlanta, Ga.,3-6 former crew members of uss LC1 (L) Shaw, 874 Shadow Row, Willoughby, August. Fordetails, write Harrold F. Nos. 1 through 5, 8 through16, 32, Ohio 44094. Monning, 310 East 8th St., Kewanee, 33,35, 75, 193, 209, 211 through e Patrol Squadron 211 is con- 111. 61443. 219, 229, 231, 232,239 and staffs sidering a reunion or series of re- e uss Lexington ( CV 2)-The 14th are urged attend.to WritePaul unions some time in the summer of reunion forformer members of the Carter, 804 4th Ave., Iowa City, Iowa 1967. Anyone interested .is asked to crew and squadron personnel and 52240. contact eitherPat Carisella, 215 Marines who served on boardbe- 0 Manitowac-built Submarines-A Nahant St., Wakefield, Mass., or Cap- tween 1927 and 8 May 1942 will be reunion is being considered for the tain Paul Jayson, 2402 Lexington Rd., held 14-17 June at Portland, Ore. For commissioning crews of uss Redfin Falls Church, Va. 22403. additional details, contact LCDR ( SS 272) and all submarines built at uss Wichita (CA 45)-The fourth Walter D. Reed, USN (Ret.), 5608 Manitowac, Wis., during World War and fifth reunions are beingplanned Ocean View Drive,Oakland, Calif. 11. Anyone interested may contact for Norfolk and San Diego. Cruiser- 94618. Harry 0. Glover, TMSC(SS)DV, Es- men interested in further information e uss Enterprise (CV 6)-A re- capeTraining Tank, Submarine should write to J. A. Glass, 111 Dupre union will be held 27-30 July at Nor- School, Submarine Base, Groton, Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23503.

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go to great lengths toavoid crunches. One of the best crunch-less records is claimed to be held by the aviation boatswains aboard uss Randolph (CVS 15) in the Atlantic. Randolph‘s perfectrecord goes back to the middle of 1966, when the ship was operating 0% Northern EU- rope,Despite bad weather, one crunch-less day led to anotherand by December the crew had racked up 74 consecutive crunch-free operating days. Since that good day in the summer, the ship’s aircraft handling crew hadmade 8560 respots, of which 1293 involved moving aircraft from the flight deck to the hangar deck or vice versa.

Mercury Joins Space Fleet The last of five space instrumen- tationships has been delivered to the Navy. The extensive electronic instrumentation complex of each A HARD LIFE-USS Shakori (ATF 162) fights fire aboard ex-PCE 678 in recent ship will be integrated into NASA‘s training exercise. Afterfire wasput out, 678 was sunk for salvage divers. MannedSpace Flight Network to support the United States’ manned thelunar trajectory) phases of the ing satellite communication terminals missions tothe moon. In addition future space program. to gain a communications capability theseunique ships will havethe Converted at Quincy, Mass., these unsurpassed by any ship afloat. capability of suportingDOD mis- former Mission class tankerswere USNS Watertown and Huntsville sions aswell. jumboized (lengthened) 70 feetto were converted at New Orleans, La., The five World War I1 ships are accommodate the more than 445 where they are conducting final con- manned by MSTS civil service crews tons of electronic equipment and the tractortests and checkout. These and will sail under the operational staterooms of the civilian specialists former Victory class cargo ships will control of the Air Force, which pro- trained to operate and maintain this supportthe critical reentry tothe vides the technical crews. sophisticatedpayload. Vanguard is earth‘s atmosphere of spacecraft. USNS Vanguard, R e d s t o n e and now operating from Port ,Canaveral, The addition of these five ships Mercury will support the insertion Fla. Redstone and Mercury are un- for use in the space program brings (into earth orbit) and injection (into dergoing final contractortests and the total to 19 ships operated by the checkout in the Quincy area. Navy’sMSTS in support of various Nautilus’ 300,000 Miles These three ships are also receiv- missile and space programs. On NuclearPower uss Nautilus (SSN 571) late NO BROWN-BAGGERS HERE-USS Archerfish (AGSS 31 1) boasts electronic last year set another record when equipment for hydrographic and oceanographic work,and all-single crew. shecompleted 300,000 miles on .nuclear power, of which over one quarter of a million miles were traveled while submerged. In establishingthis enviable mile- stone Nautilus has sailed beneath the waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Arctic Oceans since her initial underway on 17 Jan1955. Commander F. C. Fogarty, Commanding Officer, addressing the crew of Nautilus, paid tribute to the dedication of all the Navy- men who haveplayed such important roles in the many firsts of Nautilus, from her famous mes- sages of “Underway on nuclear power,” and “Nautilus 90 north,” to this most recent achievement.

MARCH 1967 ALL HANDS TOGETHERNESS-Air Force Globemaster and Super Constellation (rt.) are unl A Put on the Buck for leurn THEROAR of giant cargo planes big transports lands at Cubi Point, along the flightlines at Cubi Point the crew knows it will be there only in t,he Philippines is commonplace. a few hours. The planes are carrying material While the plane is on the ground, intended for use in Vietnam and pilots are briefed, flight plansare Cubi Point is an airlift command post filed, air crews are billeted and the in a MAC (for Military Airlift plane is parked, refueled and loaded, Command) Channel. unloaded or both. The MAC Channel to Cubi Point IT IS A MATTER of pridewith the is a joint venture of the United Navycrews at Cubi Point that States Navy andthe United States. they never go over the time allotted Air Force. The Air Force flies the for their tasks (averaging two to cargo of aircraft parts from the four hours) and frequently they take United States; the Navy manages less time than they are given. theCubi Point facilities and gets When the MAC Channel went in- the spare parts to carriers in Viet- to operation last year, cubi Point namese waters. Together, the Navy serviced only 29 MAC aircraft during and the Air Force atCubi Point its first month. Slightly less than 600 provide an excellent .example of inter- cargo tons were involved. It wasn't service cooperation. long, however, before the cargo The Channel 'has been in opera- capacity had increased to more than tion for about a year. It has proved two thousand tons. its value by cutting the time needed When the big planes land, they to airlift high priority supplies to disgorge a welter of aircraft parts Vietnam, therebyreducing out-of- and equipment-radar and radio commission time of combat aircraft, units, drop tanks, to name a few. Before the MAC Channel went As one bemused Navy- traffic offi- into operation, parts for the Navy cial put it, the Cubi Point crews have and Marine Corps planes in South- so many airplane parts, they could east Asia were delivered to Clark open their own assembly plant. Air Force Base, 50 miles northeast But the Navy crews at Cubi Point of Cubi Point. The cargo was aren't interested in making airplanes. sorted there and trucked toCubi They have only one object in view- Point Naval Air Station, from which getting the spare parts to U. s. car- it was flown to Vietnam. riers operating in 'Southeast Asian Direct shipment to Cubi Point has waters. This they do well. eliminated about 50 hours from ship- "Story by S/SGT Jerry Hiesch ping time. Now, when one of the "Photos by Dave Namerow

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The blanket is made of light, aluminized plastic film which possesses unusual toughness and ddrability. This type filmis presently used inspace operations. Although the blanket measures 56 by 84 inches, it can be folded into a small, rectangular package suitable for easy handling. Designer of the tent, Barry Bishop, took part in the 1963 expedition to scale the slopes of the world’s highest peak, Mt. Everest in the Himalayas. His idea for a survival tent was born out of that experience. Both cold weather devices are now being studied by the Coast Guard’s Testing*** and Development Division. STAFF OFFICERSin the Pentagon’s Operations Cen- ter can find out how manymen and what items of material they have and how readily available they are-thanks to TARMOCS (for The Army Operations KING OF THE HILL-Machine gunner watches Vietnam Center System) automated information storage. The automated command system can give the loca- Valley. tion, readiness and availability of U. S. Army troops that thestudy will furnish clues, for example, as to and ,selected material upon demand and present it in whether the land under the ice was ever exposed to almost any form desired. the air, or if it lav under the sea at any time in history. Information appears on acathode ray tube screen The drilling techniques in the project centered in the form of charts. The user views achart and, around a thermal drill with an electrically heated, hol- according to displayed instructions, makes a selection low drill head which literally melted its way through by moving a light symbol on the screen to the infor. the ice around a five-and-one-half-inch core up to five mation item pertinent to his research. Then he presses feet long. another button. During the final coring operations an electromechani- The system then retrieves the appropriate data chart cal drill, a new development with a hollow rotary head at the next lower level of detail. The user then makes equipped with small bits, was used. The scientists now another selection and the system retrieves more charts have a continuous ice core from the top to the bottom until the user has the information at the level he needs. of the Greenland Ice Sheet. If the user wants the information in printed form or made into a slide for large screen display, he informs *** the system throughfurther ‘selections. A final chart IN ITS F~STYEAR the Red Ball Express carried almost permits the user todirect the systemin selecting a 9400 tons of priority cargo to Southeast Asia. The AirForce’s RedBall Express flies urgently format for the information before it is printed or made into a slide. needed vehicle and aircraft parts to Vietnam. It is named The system includes two computers, a mass storage for a famous supply unit which hauled food, equipment drum,card processor, two magnetic tape units, two and ammunition to the European front by truck during consoles and a switch box. Although the system is World War 11. effective now, a complementary information processing Today’s Red Ball Express is a part of the Military Air- system is beingplanned to enhance its capabilities. lift Command. The first flight left Travis AFB slightly more than a year ago, carrying 130 pounds of express GROUND-AIR TEAM-C-130 Hercules taxies for takeoff. cargo in addition to its regular load, Subsequent flights after delivering supplies to Army troops in Operation carried higher percentages of priority material, and a record was reached later in the year when 105 tons of Thayer. crucial parts left Travis in one day. In its first year’the Red Ball Express carried an average of more than 25 tons per day. A total of 9363 tons was moved in 695 ***missions. MAN’S ODDS FOR SURVIVAL’ in polar areas could be greatly increased as a result of two recent inventions sponsored by the Coast Guard. The inventions include a light weather-resistant tent, and a blanket which, when folded, will fit in the palm of the hand. Both are designed to conserve body warmth. Light, portable, and easily assembled, thetent is made of fabric which is windproof and waterproof. Yet it is porous enough to permit the escape of body moisture while retaining the occupant’s body heat.

MARCH 1967 41 quested orally, and the request is not mandatory. In the event the advance is given, and all the planned leave is not taken (when you return to your station early) a checkage of pay will be necessary to cover the bal- ance. SecNav Inst 7220.56 provides the authority for action.

SPECIAL LEAVE - Navymen who agree to serve an additional six months in Vietnam after their one-year tour expires will rate a special 30-day leave which will not becharged to leave already accrued. The vacation can be taken almost any place in the world and transportation will be furnished at government expense. To be eligible for this leave, you must be permanentlv stationed in Vietnam. This includes afloat units on 12-month tours if they are physi- cally stationed within the 12-mile limit. Their home port need not be in Vietnam. If you agree to an additional six months of service in Vietnam, the extension will not include the time you consume in your special leave or the travel time involved. Your extension will begin when your active duty service expires or 'atthe normal expiration of your Vietnam tour - whichever comes first. If you reenlist or voluntarily extend because you do not have enough obligated active duty service remaining to complete a tour extension in Vietnam you are also eligible to receive the leave. If you go on special leave before completing your normal 12-month tour, the period remaining in the 12-month tourmust be served in addition to the period of the extension. Asof 1 Feb 1967, all tour extensions under this policy mustbe approved by the Chief of Naval Personnel. You probably won't have much difficulty on this count. How- ever, if you are serving in Vietnam ina temporary duty status, your extension won't be approved. Norwill it be approved if there isn't reasonable assurance that you will serve your extension.

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Navyper: uniform regulations for each, describ- the thing. Fora list of all enlisted relative security. To find out it you ing the different articles of the uni- schools, their locations, courses avail- may or may not store a document in form, telling which are minimum or able, and personnel eligible, see the a certain place, dig out the Security optional, and which is worn with Catalog of U. S. Naval Training Manrrnl and consult the table. what. Activities and Courses. The Guide for the Handling and The Manual alsotells on what oc- The Navy and Marine Corps Control of Classified Matter casions each uniform may be worn, Awards Manual (with its three augments the SecurityManual, in- and gives detailed description on the changes) is the word on decorations, terprets it, and provides an adminis- proper insignia to be worn witha medals and awards. The Manual trative guide for all commands, particular uniform. There are also sets the rules of eligibility for ships establishing a uniform classified noteson the care of the uniform, and men to receive awards for duty matter control system. and appendixes containing pictures inspecific areas at specifiedtimes. of the various uniforms, insignia, and In addition to setting down the rules ORMALLY, you probably would medals. for each award, the Man& also lists the ships and units which are eligible not have much need for the Naval Supply Systems Manual (for- \N“ ARE LIVING in an age of special- for the awards. ization. For proof, see the merly BuSanda Manual) ; however, Manual of Navy Enlisted Classifica- o YOU KNOW what TOP SECRET it might be very useful some day if tions. This is the official word on actually means? To learn the you are assigned to a verysmall what NEC code identifies what definitions of the various classifica- facility which has no supply person- special skill in the Navy.It’s very tionsassigned to Navy documents, nel aboard. useful for detailers, and others who see theDepartment of the Navy In seven volumes, the NauSup need to know more abouta Navy- Security Manual for Classified In- Manual outlines the various proce- man’s qualifications than just his formation, commonly known as the dures used in material procurement rating. SecurityManual. The Manual desig- and expenditures; the receipt, as- Moving upthe Navy ladder? If nates who canclassify a document, tody, and stowage of goods; pur- you are, or want to, the Manual of howclassified documents are pre- chasing; clothing and ship’s store Qualifications for Advancement in paredand marked, and whocan operation; disposal of Navyexcess Rating is must reading. It lists the authorize the disclosure of informa- and surplus personal property; ship- minimum qualifications necessary to tion. ing and receiving; and of course, advance through the pay grades in The numerical evaluation system much more. each rating. alsois described. Under this sys- Need paint or cleaning supplies? The Manual spells out practical tem, each storage device (safe, cabi- Ashoreyou should consult the factors and knowledge factors for net, or room) has a designated Federal Supply Catalog Identifica- each rating which must be learned before advancement is possible. For information concerning advancement in rating which applies to all Navy- men, see Advancement in Rating of Enlisted Personnel on Active Duty High Level Wave Study (BuPers Inst P1430.7D). A thatsatellites beused to sur- Use of satellitesmight leadta IF YOU NEED more education (and suggestion exceedingly vey ocean wave action was recently put forth accurate waveforecasting which could warn whodoesn’t, these days?)the at a Navy-sponsoredsymposium on navalhy- ships of roughseas. Information gathered by Educational Services Manual(for- dro-dynamics.an orbiting vehicle would also leadbetter to a merly I and E Manual) will interest generalunderstanding of the laws whichgov- you. Designed primarily for Educa- ernwave behavior. A worldwide wave study is presently in tional Servicesofficers, the Mawl progressunder Navy contract. outlines the history of the Navy’s A spacecrafton a polarorbit couldmake a educational program, and tells how completeradar survey twice each day of the winds andwaves ofall oceans.Such informa- to set up an educational services tionwould be fed into computersand used program, the procedures for coun- to compile24- and 48-hour forecasts. seling, and what kind of correspon- There would bemany advantages to accurate dence courses are available to wavecondition predictions. Ships couldbe Navymen. routed to avoiddangerous zones. TheNavy couldmake more precise plans for such activi- A revision of this Manual is being tiesas taskforce deployment, aircraft carrier prepared for distribution early this landings,at-sea transfers andunderway ro- year. The new Manual will discuss fuelings. a larger number of voluntary programs available to Navymen, including the newest program from the Veterans Adminisbration. For education by and for the

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Bureau of Medicine and Swgery. It All-Navy Cartoon Contest Advocate General. Here, a legal sets down the duties of medical William N. Spague, RD3, USNR officer can find such useful informa- officers and hospital corpsmen; pro- tion as how to conduct a court of vides for the procurement, storage, inquiry, how toprepare an injury and issue of medical supplies; and report, the procedures used in a gives procedures for stowinghealth* formal investigation, how to process records and submitting various re- a claim, and rules for use by naval ports. examining boards which must review Also included me the require- promotions and appointments. , ments for all types of physical exam- Court-Martial Reports contain re- inations: for entrance into the Navy; ports of all decisions of the Court of for submarine duty; for diving duty; Military Appeals and those of service nuclear power duty; and for the Boards of Review which are thought various officer candidate programs. to be of widespread interest. Navy Regs requires that they be The Uniform Code of Military MUST READING for anyone typing Justice sets down the disciplinary posted in a conspicuous place for official letters, memorandums, rules under which Navymen, and all to see. speedletters, etc., is the Department men of the other services, must live. The Manual for Courts-Martial of the Navy Correspondence Manual, Enacted by Congress in 1950, the explains the types of courts-martial SecNav Inst 5215.5A of 20 Jan 1966. UCMJ establishes laws of conduct held in the Navy, their jurisdiction, The Manual gives the rules on ad- for all servicemen. their membership, procedures and dressing, spacing, indentation; and Article 137 of the Code states that punishments. It alsocovers such the myriad wles which the Navy several designated articles will be matters as preparation of charges, followsin official correspondence. It explained toeach serviceman when non-judicial punishment, rules of evi- is well indexed for quick reference, he enters active duty, after he has dence, review of court-martial pro- and ,offers examples of each type of been on active duty for six months, ceedings, new trials, oaths and correspondence used by the Navy. and when he reenlists. A poster- habeas corpus. A companion document which ex- type copy of them should be on your The how-to bookfor Navy legal plains the Navy's use of instructions ship or station bulletin board, since officersis the Manual of the Judge and notices is the Navy Directives System, SecNav Inst 5215.1B of 1 Oct 1964. An argumentabout the seniority That You Will Locate It Here of two admirals? Settle it quickly SecNav Inst 6320.8 series- portation of dependents inMSTS with a look atthe Navy Register Medical care for dependents vehicles (officially, the Register of Commis- BuPers Inst 1740.3-Planning BuPers Notice 1306-Cutoff sioned and Warrant Officers of the of retirement dates for Seavey U. S. Ravy and Marine Corps and Reserve Officers on Active Duty). 0 BuPers Notice 1430-List of SecNav Inst 5801.1B-Legal personnel advancing to CPO assistance program It is published each January by BuPers Inst 1440.27A- JAG Inst 5840.2B-Free entry BuPers, and issued to all ships and SCORE program of personal and household effects stations. In addition to, an alpha- BuPers Inst 1133.13C-STAR SecNav Inst 1741.3-Housing betical listing of all officers, there program Act of 1954 (mortgage loans to is a complete lineal list. BuPers Notice 1418-Dates of servicemen) These are, of course, only a Sam- Navy-wide exams for advancement BuPers Inst 1120.18L-Inte- pling of the Navy's manuals, which in rating gration, Warrant Officer, LDO are in daily use in the Navy. There 'SecNav Inst 11101.49A-Pay- programs are the specialists' manuals, such as the Public Affairs Mahual, and the ment ofBAQ to members of the SecNav Inst 1750.5-Depend- LandingParty Manual. uniformed services ents' ID cards BuPers Inst 1133.18A-Vari- BuPers Inst 1611.12-Officers' Almost every Navy rating has one or moreNavy Training Course able reenlistment bonus program fitness reports Manuals designed to help OpNav Inst 2700A7A-Distri- SecNav Inst 1710.5A-Partici- in advancement and to do your job better. bution of dependents' allotment pation in international sports checks competition And, thereare plenty of others. For example Separation and Reen- SecNav Inst 7220.43-Subsist- BuPers Inst 4002.1-Loans of listmentGuide ( NavPers 15877) ence allowance for enlisted per- personal property contains detailed instructions, pri- sonnel SecNav I'nst 1742.3-Absentee marily clerical, for separating and SecNav Inst 7220.11G- voting by Armed Forces Clothing allowance SecNav Notice 1650-Vietnam reenlisting naval personnel. SecNav Inst 1300.9-Humani- Service Medal They're all different, ,yet all serv- tarian transfers ing the same basic function. A good If in doubt check the latest source of information when you need BuPers Inst 4650.8A-Trans- changes ineach series. it.

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Mealcare orrerea unaer DOU~me LIKLU JULI~I axullLy num111mua- a,,u ObII-b.I.IyI"I*b.U yu'"""Y. lillll" military plan and under Social tion. fore, people will not have to pay Security sometimes requires a defi- Here are the definitions.Bear in for this protection when they are nition of terms not found in the mind that we are talking about older and not working. average dictionary. Two such terms Social Security. Medicalinsuronce helps pay for are hospital insurance and medical Hospitalinsurance helps pay the physicians' services and for a num- insurance. bills when you are hospitalized. It ber of other medical services and Both terms are found inthe also provides payment for nursing supplies not covered by hdspital Social Security lexicon. Theycare and other servicesin an insurance. designate the two parts into which extended care facility after hospit,al- Medical insurance is voluntary the broad Social Security program ization, outpatient hospital diagnos- and people will have it only if they of health insurance for people over tic services and some health enroll. This part of the program is 65 can be divided. The terms services after hospitalization. financed by monthly premiums become of interest to military per- The insurance is financed out of shared equally by the people who sonnel when they reach age 65 special contributions from earnings choose this protection and by the and are transferred for medical care paid by employees, their employers federal government.

HereAre Options on Duty When you have completed one ends. Those who do go onto an- year of duty in Vietnam, you won't other duty station can expect a 30- Available to Navymen be assigned to a deployed unit or a day leave between stations. Returningfrom Vietnam unit scheduled for any but local op- BuPers Notice 1306 of 8 Dec When you have a year of con- erations within three months of your 1966 gives administrative details. tinuous Vietnamese duty behind reporting date. you, you get dibs on your choice of A second tour in Vietnam won't DeadlinesSet for Return of upcoming duty stations. Assign- be assigned within three years unless USAFI TestingMaterials ments to specific home ports, type it is approved by the Chief of Naval ships and units orspecific areas, The mission of the United States Personnel. This, however, doesn't Armed Forces Institute is to provide however, still have tobe consistent preclude assignment toarotating with current manning levels and the means by which a serviceman unit which may be stationed in Viet- may study subjects normally taught commitments. nam during the course of its de- in civilian academic institutions, SO Also, if you want shore duty, you ployment. must be eligible for Seavey and that he may be more efficient in his In case you want to extend your job, increase his capability to ad- either have, or acquire, the neces- tour in Vietnam (and many do) sary obligated service for the Seavey vance, and satisfy his desire for every effort will be made to give you more education. segment in which you are assigned. what you want, but you would do Ifyou're returning from Vietnam To carry out this mission, USAFI well to make your requestat least provides an elaborate testing pro- but are not eligible for Seavey, here four months before your tour ends. are the options available: gram consisting of the following. If youdon't wantto acquire an End-of-course tests. e You can be assigned to sea duty obligation for preferred service after in the Fleet of your choice. If you General Educational Develop- your Vietnam duty and your active ment (GED), high school level. choose Atlantic Fleet sea duty, you duty obligation exceeds your tour Comprehensive College Tests- must have at least 12 months of obli- completion date in Vietnam by one General Education (CCT-GE) gated service if your tour comple- to three months, you can be trans- . The maintenance of the security tion date is March 1967 or earlier. ferred for separation when your tour If your tour completion date is April of test materials, and the observance of established time limits for return- 1967 or later, you must have a mihi- All-NavyCartoon Contest mum of 16 months of obligated ing test materials are important. service when you transfer. Appropriate personnel should be Another option gives you prior- thoroughly familiar with the require- ity consideration for assignment to ments of handling USAFI test con- overseas duty including Fleetunits trol materials, the tests should be ad- homeported in foreign countries. If ministered promptly, and the appro- you choose this option, you must priate security measures observed. have the qualifications prescribed in In the event that the time allotted Chapter six of the Enlisted Transfer for return of the completed test ma- Manual. terials (30 days for shore units, 60 You can also receive advanced days for sea) cannot be met, an ex- schooling consideration if you are tension should be requested from the qualified and your commanding offi- issuing USAFI office before exr)ira- cer recommends you. tion of the normal

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"" "" r----~- ~ ~ should be given to the qualifications source document should be typed until theend of the year to begin of temporary and standby fire par- single space at the bottom of the work on your history. Continual ties. All crews, particularly .those of page or at theend of the history. attentionduring the year will not small ships, should also be trained Your primary aim should bethe only make writing easier but it will to use the handy-billy pump. Careful attention should be given to keeping firefighting and emer- gency lighting equipmentin good working order.When the emergen- Medal of Honor cy arises, it is too late to make repairs. Our nation's highest-and mostesteemed- Navy,Army, and Air FarceMedals of Honor military decoration is theMedal of Honor. underidentical criteria. The following is quoted Although thisaward is commonly referred to from theabove act: Technique of Writing Ships' as the"Congressional Medal of Honor,"there "The President may award, and present in Histories Is Not Difficult areactually three separately designed medals, thename of Congress,a medal of honor . . . Once You Get the Hang of It one for Navy, one for Army, andone forAir to aperson who, while a member of thenaval Force.Except for differences in design,these service, distinguisheshimself conspicuously by February was the monthduring three medalsare otherwise identical in purpose gallantry and intrepidity at the risk ofhis life which every ship, naval command andesteem. The law provides that theyare to aboveand beyond the call of duty- and established shore or field activ- bepresented by the President in thename of 0 "While engaged in anaction against an ity is required to submit to the Chief Congress. enemy of the UnitedStates; of Naval Operations a history of its The U. S. Navy hadthe nation's first Medal "While engaged inmilitary operations in- activities during the previous year. of Honor. It was created at therequest of volvingconflict with anopposing foreign force; This documentation is essential PresidentLincoln, andhad as a major aimthe 0 "While serving withfriendly foreign "promotion of efficiency." forcesengaged in an armedconflict against an For the Navy to maintain aproper Congress,by an Actapproved 21 Dec 1861, opposingarmed force in whichthe United record of its experience and to make provided that"The Secretary of the Navy be, States is not a belligerent party." certain that the achievements of in- and is herebyauthorized, to cause two hundred Under the originol law and until 1915,the dividual commands are preserved. medals of honor to bepresented with suitable Navy Medal of Honorcould only be conferred Because of the great diversity of emblematicdevices which shall be bestowed upon enlistedpersonnel. A monetaryallowance commands, histories are expected to uponsuch petty officers, seamen,landsmen, and of some naturehas generally accrued to the vary widely in contentand length. marines asshall mast distinguish themselves holder of theMedal of Honor. However, even relatively small shore by theirgallantry in actionand other seaman- For example, an amendmentapproved 16 Jul orfield activities must now submit likequalities . . ." TheArmy Medal of Honor 1862provided that seamen distinguishing them- brief accounts of their year's achieve- was establishedby a separate Act of Congress selves in battle or awardedthe Medal of Honor approximately six months later. couldbe promoted to "forward warrant officers ments so that these can be remem- The Navy Medal of Honor now in usehas or actingmaster's mates" and also be given a bered for the future.Large shore evolvedthrough numerous Acts of Congress gratuity of $100. commands, ships, and otherFleet whichhave from timeto time varied thepur- An Act of 27 Apr 1916 provided far the pay- commands have long sent in pose,effect, and design of themedal. The ment of$10 permonth forlife toa recipient histories. most recentact, the Act of25 Jul 1963(Public of theMedal of Honor awarded far combat Information contained in histories Law 88-77)provides for the award of the action,when the recipient reached the age of is used to answer queries from the 65 years,provided hehad been completely public and as material for current separated from theservice. official studies as well as to develop The most recentact, theAct of 13 Oct 1964 (Public Law 88-651) as amended, provides for morale andpride in the Navy. thepayment of $100 permonth forlife to all Eventually, the documentation of Medal of Honorrecipients without reference to each command becomes the basis age or servicestatus. for compiling official naval histories. TheNavy Medal of Honorwas designed by A few words concerning the prep- A. C. Paquet.Symbolically designed, the star- aration of the current year's activi- shapedmedal ofbronze shows the figure of ties might be in order at this point. Minerva.Encircled by the stars of the 34 states Manuscripts should be typed dou- of 1861,she holds in her left handthe fasces ble-spaced onstandard letter-size (badge of authority), and in her right handa shield, driving before her the figure of Dis- paper. If you have charts, tables, cord. The medal proper is suspended by an photographs, documents and graphs anchor from a neckband of light blue with a to illustrate your point, by all means cluster of 13 small whitestars. include them. A good way to identify the major make the final product more Chief is Convinced by After two weeks as right guide complete. CPO Academy for the Second Platoon’s drill unit, Documents can be set aside and Is the Navy’sChief Petty Officer Chief Storey was assigned as platoon rough chronological drafts written Academy just an advanced boot drill leader. This job he handled throughout the year. This proce- camp? A waste of time for the aptly, evidenced by the Second Pla- dure will pay dividends when the experience-wise CPO, even if he is toon’s designation as Honor Platoon final deadline approaches. new in his rate? four out of the fiveweeks’ military No one person in a command Chief Yeoman James B. Storey of drill competition. knows everything that goes on. His- Training Squadron 27, like many At the graduation banquet for his torians should consult others con- CPOs, felt that this was probably class, the training squadron chief cerning sources of information and true. received a trophy and certificate major occurrences. He reluctantly left NAS Corpus designating his platoon as the top If this is not done, it is a safe Christi last fall to enroll in .the Pen- unit for the entire course. bet that something important will be sacola Academy together with 59 Like manyof the Academy’s stu- overlooked. Another method of in- other Navy chiefs selected from dent CPOs who enter the school with suring completeness is to circula-te variouscommands. the impression “...... it’s a waste a draft of your history to as many of time,” Chief Yeoman Storey gad- knowledgeable people as possible What possible value would five weeks of senior-citizen boot camp be uated with a complete reversal of before the final document is written. opinion. Literary masterpieces are not ex- to him, he thought? Afterall, he considered himself squared away. pected. Clarity, however, is essen- List of New Motion Pictures tial. This quality can be achieved Hadn’t he fairly well mastered this by a simple, logical and concise man’s Navy by making E-7? Who Available to Ships and presentation. needed the CPO Academy, anyway, Overseas Bases Avoid abbreviations and technical with all its marching and drilling? The list of recently released l6mm jargon when writing. If code words Chief Storey soon found answers feature movies available from the are necessary, they should always be to his questions and realized march- Navy Motion Picture Service is pub- defined. ing to classes and meals, and practic- lished here for the convenience of Each history should be organized ing military drill were only a small ships and overseas bases. along the following broad lines: part of the over-all Academy curricu- Movies in color are designated by Brief overall chronology; command lum. (C) and those in wide-screen proc- organization and relations; opera- He attended classroomsessions esses by (WS). tions or activities; special topics; les- covering a variety of subjects, such The Sucker (C) (WS) : Comedy; sons learned or conclusions; and as effective speaking, world affairs, Bourvil, Louis de Funes. documentary annexes. communism,geo-politics, insurgency A Studyin Terror (C): Melo- More detailed information on the and counterinsurgency, the United drama; John Neville, Donald Hous- fine points of this outline together Nations, naval history, leadership, ton. with official information on compil- management techniques and naval Not With My Wife,You Don’t ing naval histories can be found in justice. (C): Comedy; Tony Curtis, Virna OpNav Inst. 5750.12. Chief Storey and his classmates Lisi. began their day at 0445 with the An American Dream (C) : Drama; Junior NROTC Program Open first ofsix daily classroomsessions Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh. To High School Students beginning at 0800. Each day’s hours TornCurtain (C) : Melodrama; When school begins next fall, were stretched to iricludecourses in Paul Newman, Julie Andrews. high school students in many parts physical fitness, athletics and two AnyWednesday (C) : Comedy; of the country will have the oppor- hours of drill. Jane Fonda, Jason Robards. tunityto enroll in a basic naval Bang,Bang, You’re Dead (C): science course, similar to the college All-Navy Cartoon Contest Melodrama; Tony Randall, Senta NROTC program. David F. Fulcher, ADRB,USN Berger. By fall,about 30 Naval Junior OSS 11 7 - Mission for n Killer Reserve Officer Training Program (C) : Melodrama; Frederick Staf- units will be designated, each unit ford, Mylene Demongeot. including one or more high schools. Gambit (WS) (C):Mystery By mid-1971 there may be as many Drama; Shirley MacLaine, Michael as 275 units. Caine. The NJROTC course will be of- feredto sophomores, juniors and Th,eRacetrack Murders: Mystery seniors in most high schools. It will Drama; Hansjorg Felmy, Helmuth also be available to freshmen in Lohner. military-type schools. Lost Command (C) (WS) : Melo- The course concentrates on basic drama; Anthony Quinn, Claudia naval science. Each year is com- Cardinale. posed of 96 hours ofclasswork- The Trampkrs (C): Western; three hours each week. “Just ignore him, fellas . . . he’ll go away.” James Mitchum, Joseph Cotten.

s2 A,LL HANDS ’.’man’s opinion of war. Neverthe- it with a tent. DBCKS. less, even in awar, the cream of Navy wives’ clubs and others To reduce the burden of the ref- human kindness frequnetly rises to contributedenough money tohire ugees and,at the same time, to the surface, and man reaches out to three Vietnamese women andto help the armed forces, a vocational help his fellowman. Here are a few give them nurse’s training. training program was begun at Da examples of how Navymen are help- ‘The first patient was admitted to Nang. The first courses-carpentry ing their South Vietnamese neigh- the hospital on 26 Decemberin and truck driving-were given at bors near Da Nang. 1965. He was bathed, treated, given theDa Nang Polytechnical School A fire destroyed several homes in new clothes, a toy and put to bed. last summer. the nearby village of TruyenTin. When the villagers saw the sick The beginning was modest but it Rear Admiral Thomas R. Weschler, being made well, the number of wasclosely watched by American Commander of the U. S. Naval Sup- patients increased by leaps and and Vietnamese officials. When the port Activity atDa Nang, heard bounds. New quarters were needed. program proved to be successful, about it and asked for volunteers to The men of Naval Mobile Con- class hours were increased from help repair the damage. struction Battalion One drew the job three to eight hours a day, six days The whole thing turned out to be and, while they were about it, they a week. quite a project. It was to have been greatly increased the capacity. Courses in sheet metal fabrication a relatively simple construction job; Now the hospital treats children and welding were added to the cur- instead it turned into a full-fledged ’ whose ages range from nine months riculum and all courses were taught Navy goodwill program, reinforced to 16 years. Their ailments are not by Navy specialists in the field. with wood and cement. trivial. Theyrun the. gamutfrom Vietnamese instructor - interpreters The program is called VAP for war wounds to the plague. who had practical experience in each Volunteer Assistance Program. The occupation were brought in. volunteers work in the village in Two months of hard work by groups of three. They remain there DA NANG is the goal of refugees teachers, students and the Navymen amonth and their work week is who have been driven from their who supplied the school bore fruit usually seven days long. homes by Viet Cong terrorists in out- at the end of last August when the When the first sailors moved into lying areas. Most arrive with no first graduates went to work. Truyen Tin, they slept on the ground under ponchos. They now live in a small house and the villagers invite them into their homes for meals. When the volunteers helped re- Pearson’s Sari-SariStore build the homes destroyed by fire, they went about their work as assist- WhenByron Ji. Pearson, CS2, USN, arrived know, is asmall neighborhood shop whereyou ants-not as supervisors. With the at SubicBay, he liked the ubiquitoussari-sari can at any hour buyalmost anything from rice Navy supplying cement, wood and stores he found in thevicinity. He liked them for supper to material for a shirt. corrugated sheet metal, the job was so well,in fact, that hedecided theNavy Pearson’s Philippine-styleversion of a Navy soon completed. should open itsown version ot SubieBay dry goods provision storeroom sells odds and Since that time, Navymen have Naval Base. ends to 21 service craft such as tug boats, yard A sari-sari store, as old Philippine hands oilers and assault boats.Pearson prepares helped the villagers with other proj- menus for theboats, supervises the cooks and ects to improve healthand living serves as generalculinary troubleshooter. conditions in Truyen Tin. After a few weeks of operation,the Navy found theidea was working so wellthat it BECAUSE of the presence of two warrantedinstallation of refrigeration equip- U. S. Navy doctors and a hand- ment,thereby making more and even better ful of Navy corpsmen, many of the servicepossible. children of Hoa Khanh near Da When thestore is open for generalbusiness, Nang are starting life alittle bit Pearson hoists one signal flag above the estab- healthier than they otherwise would. lishment. Another flagtells when it’s timeto About a year ago, a badly nour- makethe weeklymarket tripto purchase dv ished child in the village needed provisions. medical attention that only a hospital The storegrosses about WOO0 a month, with coffee,rice and sugar the biggest sellers. could provide but there was no So far, thestore has been qultehandy to children’s hospital in which to treat have around. him. “Philip D. S. Gillette, J02, USNR. That, however, was an obstacle reasonably easy to overcome. A site was chosen, and, within ‘days, U. S. Marine Corps engineers had built a

MARCH 1967

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Mason (DD852) gust-10 Sep 1965 October-1518 Nov1965; 18 26 February-24Mar 1966; 13- September-317 Oct 1965; 9 Berkeley (DDG 15) Dec 1965-28Jan 1966; 18 Feb- 27 Apr 1966 October-7 Nov1965; 15 Janu- 26 Dec1965-2 Feb 1966;26 ruary-10 Mar 1966 Graffias (AF 29) ary-4 Mar 1966; 10-28 May February-6 Apr1966 Constellation (CVA 64) 12-23Jun 1966 1966 Bexar (APA 237) 14June-13 Jul1966 Greenfish (55 351) Loyalty(MSO 457) 18 February-12 Mar 1966 Coontr (DLG 9) 28 February-1Mar 1966 2-23 Apr1966; 13 May1966- Bolster (ARS 38) 24 February-10 Mar 1966; 26 Gridley(DLG 21) open 1-17 Feb 1966 March-1 May 1966;31 May-1 22 September-25Oct 1965; 7 Lynde McCormick (DDG 8) Boxer (LPH 4) Jul 1966 November-2Dec 1965; 22D6e 1 April-6 Aug 1966 20-23May 1966 Davis(DD 937) 1965-6Jan 1966 MaderaCounty (LIT 905) Bridget(DE 1014) 6 March-9 Apr 1966; 13 May-9 Guadalupe (A0 32) 8-17May 1966; 30 May-7Jun 26 February-25 Mar 1966;25 Jun 1966; 21 June-2 Jul1966 13-19 Feb 1966;27 February-5 1966 June-3 Jul1966 Diodon (55 349) Mar 1966; 14-26 Mar 1966; 1- Magoffin(APA 199) Brinkley Bass (DD 887) 27 February-1Mar 1966; 23Jan 6 Apr1966; 17-22 Apr 1966; 23-25 Oct 1965; 18-21 NOV 24 Nov 1965-2Jan 1966; 27 1966 27 April-10 May 1966; 25-29 1965; 23 Det 1965-1Jan 19661 January-7Feb 1966 Duncan (DDR 874) May 1966; 6-11 Jun 1966 16January-18 Feb 1966 Brister (DER 327) 26 October-17Dec 1965 Hancock (CVA 19) Mahan (DLG11) 10 J~ly-9Aug 1965; 22 August- Dyesr (DD 880) 17 Dec1965-open January-212 Feb 1966; 16 2 Sep 1965;25 January4 Feb 4 March-6 Jul 1966 Hanson (DD832) February-1 6 Mar 1966 1966;17 Februdry-1 Mar 1966; Dynamic (MSO 432) 7-9 Oct 1965 Mark (AKL12) 23 March-2423 Apr1966; 6-23 15 Nov 1965-25 hn 1966; 7 HarryE. Hubbard (DD748) 1-11Jan 1966; 21 January4 May 1966;30 May-17Jun 1966 Moy-15Jun 1966 14 January-5 Feb 1966;16 Feb- Feb 1966; 18February-3 Mar 8rule (AKL 28) Edson (DD946) ruary-7Mar 1966 1966; 18 March-5 Apr1966; 18 7 January-28 Mar 1966; 22 Apr 1-22Jan 1966; 11-28Feb 1966; Hassayampa (A0 145) April-5 May 1966; 17May-27 1966-open 1-6 Mar 1966; 21-24 Mar 1966 28 Jun1966-open Jul1966 Buck (DD 761) Eldorado (AGC 11) Hissem(DER 400) Massey (DD 788) 2-12Feb 1965;18 February-4 26 November-6Dec 1965; 25 2-27Sep 1965; 6-31Oct 1965; 10-15Mar 1966; 31March-28 Mar 1965;17 March-19 Apr March-6 Apt 1966 14November-15 Dee 1965; 21 Apr,1966; 8-15May 1966;22 1965; 1-1 1 Mo~1965; 22 May- Engoge (MSO 433) Dec 1965-17Jan 1966; 6-27Feb Map6 Jun 1966; 26June4 Jul 8 Jun 1965 2 April-7 May 1966 1966 1966 Cabildo (LSD 16) England (DLG 22) Hitchiti (ATF 103) Mathews (AKA96) 29April-8 Jun 1966; 13-14Jun January-1213 Feb 1966; 23 7 February-22Mar 1966 6-13Aug 1965; 22-27Oct 1965; 1966 February-21 Mar 1966; 11 April- Hooper (DE1016) 27 May-1 Jun 1966 Caddo Parish (LST 515) 9 May 1966 20-25Mar 1966; 14-27 Apr Maury (AGS16) 5-9May 1966; 13 Jun1966- Enterprise(CVAN 65) 1966;25 June-3 Jul1966 8.31 Jan 1966; 1-25Feb 1966; open 2 Dec 1965-14Jan 1966; 4-23 Hopewell(DD 681) 16-31 Mar 1966; 1-8 Apr1966; Canberra (CAG 2) Feb 1966;16 March-12 Apr 1 April-9Jul 1966 16-30 Apr1966; 1-11May 1966; 28 February-21 Mar 1966;30 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; 3-12Jun 1966 March-24 Apr1966; 2-19 May Hornet (CVS 12) Mamma (AE9) 23 Maw6 Jun 1966 ., . n "L .-11

2 Dec1965-14 Jan 1966; 4-23 Squadron 11 (VAW 11) Pet M Destroyer squaaron Z;I (uesaan Feb 1966;16 March-12 ' Apr 2 Dec 1965-14Jan 1966; 4-23 23) Heavy Photographic Squadran 1 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; Feb 1966;16 March-12 Apr 29 July-17Aug 1965; 27 AU- (VAP1) Det D 23 May-6Jun 1966 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; gust-10 Sap 1965 4-24 JUl 1965;11 August-11 AttackSquadron 94 (VA94) 23 May-6Jun 1966 Escort Squadron 5 (CortRon 5) Sep 1965;21 September-15Oct 2 Dec 1965-14Jan 1966; 4-23 CarrierAirborne Early Warning Staff 1965 Feb 1966;16 March-12 Apr Squadron 11 (VAW11) Del N , 4 July-1Aug 1965 Helicopter Aircraft Maintenance 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; 16 January-2Feb 1966 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unlt Squadron 15, Det N 23May-6 Jun 1966 CarrierAirborne Early Warning 1 (EODT 1) Team 12 16 January-2Feb 1966 Attack Squadron.95 (VA95) Squadron 11 (VAW 11) Det Q 5-18 Mar 1966 Helicopter Antisubmarine Squad- 15 May-15Jun 1966 29 July-17 Aug 1965; 27 AU- Fighter Squadron 51 (VF 51) ran 2 (HS2) AttackSquadron 113 (VA 113) gust-10 Sep 1965 5 November-1Dec 1965; 22 16 January-2Feb 1966 Det Q CarrierAirborne Early Warning Dec1965-14 Jan 1966; 22 Janu- Helicopter Antisubmarine Squad- 29 July-17 Aug 1965;27 AU- Squadron 13 (VAW 13) Det'a ary-16Feb 1966; 6-31 Mar ron 4 (HS 4) gust-10 Sep 1965 4-24 Jul1965; 11 August-11 1966; 10.21 Apr1966 26 February-25 Mar 1966; 14-27 AttackSquadron 144 (VA144) Sap 1965; 21 Sep-15Oct 1965 Fighter Squadron 53 (VF 59) Apr1966; 31 May 1966; 3-4. 4 Nav 1965-22 Apr1966 Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG 15) 5 November-1Dec 1965; 22 11-12 Jun 1966; 25June-3 Jul AttackSquadron 145 (VA145) 14 June-13 Jul1966 Dee1965-1 4 Jan 1966; 22 Janu- 1966 15-31Jon 1966; 1-12, 23-28 Carrier Air Group 59 (CarGru 59) ary-16Feb 1966; 6-31 Mar Helicopter Antisubmarine Squad- Feb 1966; 1-22 Mar 1966; 12- 29 July-17 Aug 1965; 27 Au- 1966; 10-21 Apr1966 ron 8 (HS 8) 30 Apr 1966; 1-9, 30-31 May gust-10 Sep 1965 Fighter Squadron 92 (VF 92) 29 July-17Aug 1965;27 Au- 1966;1 Jun1966-open CarrierAntisubmarine Air Group 2 Dec 1965-14Jan 1966; 4-23 gust-10 Ssp 1965 AttackSquadron 146(VA 146) 55 (CVSG 55) Feb 1966; 16 March-12 Apr Helicopter Combat Support Squad- 15-31 Jan 1966; 1-12,23-28 26 February-25Mar 1966; 14- 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; ron 1 (HC 1)Del D Feb 1966; 1-22 Mar 1966; 12- 27 Apr1966; 31 May 1966; 3- 23 May-6Jun 1966 4-24 Jul1965; August-1111 30 Apr 1966; 1-9,30-31 May 4, 11-12Jun 1966;25 June-3 Fighter Squadron 96(VF 96) Sep 1965; 21 September-15 Oct 1966;1 Jun1966-open July 1966 2 Dec 1965-14Jan 1966; 4-23 1965; 14June-13 Jul1966 AttackSquadron 153 (VA 153) CarrierAntisubmarine Air Group Feb 1966;16 March-12 Apr Helicopter Combat Support Squad- 4-24 Jul1965; 11 August-11 57 (CVSG 57) 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; ron 1 (HC 1) Del F Sap 1965; 21 September-15Oct 16 January-2Feb 1966 23 May-6Jun 1966 15-31Jan 1966; 1-12,23728 Fob 1965; 14 June13 Jul 1966 Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group Fighter 5quadron 142 (VF 142) 1966; 1-22 Mar 1966; 12-30 Apr AttackSquadron 155 (VA 155) 59 (CVSG 59) 15-31Jan 1966; 1-12,23-26 1966; 1-9,30-31 May 1966;1 4-24 Jul1965; 11 August-11 29 July-17 Aug 1965;27 AU- Feb 1966; 1-22 Mar 1966; 12-90 Jun1966-open Sep 1965; 21 September-15Oct gust-10 Sap 1965 Apr 1966; 1-9,30-31 May 1966; Helicopter Combat Support Squad- 1965; 15 June-13 Jul 1966 CarrierDivision 1 (CarDiv 1) 1 Jun1966-open ron 1 (HC 1) Det 1 AttackSquadron 165 (VA 165) 15-31Jan 1966; 1-12,23-28 Feb Fighter Squadron 143 (VF 143) 17 Dee1965-open 4-24 Jul1965; 11 August-11 1966; 1-22 Mar 1966; 12-30 Apr 15-31Jon 1966; 1-12,23-28 Helicopter Combat Support Squad- 5ep 1965; 21 September-15Oct 1966; 1-9,30-31 May 1966; 1 Feb 1966; 1-22 Mar 1966; 12-30 ron 1 (HC 11De* . I..n~ 1965; 15 May.15Jun 1966 Jun 1966-open Apr1966; 1-9,30-31 May 1966; 2 Des '1 965-14 Jan 1966; 4-23 AttackSquadron 176(VA 176) CarrierDivision 3 (CarDiv 3) 1 Jun1966-open Feb 1966;16 March-12 Apr 15May-15 Jun 1966 2 Dec 1965-14Jan 1966; 4-23 Fighter Squadron 151 (VF 151) 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966;23 AttackSquadron 211(VA 211) Feb 1966;16 March-12 Apr 4-24 Jul 1965; 11 August-1 1 May-6Jun 1966 17 Dec1965-open 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; Sep 1965; 21 September-15Oct Helicopter Combat Support Squad- AttackSquadron 212 (VA212) 23 May-6Jun 1966 1965; 14June-13 Jul1966 ron 2 (HC 2) Det 11 17 Dec1965-open CarrierDivision 5(CarDiv 5) Fighter Squadron 154 (VF154) 15May-15 Jun 1966 AttackSquadron 215 (VA215) 4 July-8 Aug 1965;25 August- 4-24 Jul1965; 11 August-11 Helicopter Combat Support Squad- 17 Dec1965-open 20 Sep 1965; 15 October-1 1 Sep 1965; 21September-15 Oct ron 1 (HC 1) Det 15 AttackSquadron 216(VA 216) Nov1965; 25 November-22Dec 1965 29 June-6 Jul1966 17 Dec1965-open 1965; 15January-4 Feb 1966; Fighter Squadron 161(VF 161) Helicopter SquadronDet 11 Beach Group 1 WestPac Det, 18 February-15 Mar 1966; 1-29 14 June-13 Jul1966 26 November-6 Dec 1965; 26 (Staff) Apr 1966; 8-23May 1966; 15 Fleet Air ReconnaissanceSquadron March-6 Apr1966 5 July-30 Sep 1965 June-13 Jul 1966 1 (VQ 1) Det's Helicopter Squadron2, Det D BeachJumper Unit 1 (BJU 1) Det CarrierDivision 7 (CarDiv 7) 4-24 Jul1965; 11 August-1 1 4-24 JuI1965; 11 August-11 C 2 Dec1965-14 Jan 1966; 4-23 Sep 1965; 21 September-15 Oct Sep 1965; 21 Sep-15Oct 1965 9-19Dec 1965;7 February-22 Feb 1966;16 March-12 Apr 1965 Helicopter Squadron 4, Det M Mar 1966 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; Fleet Air'Wing 1 (Staff and Flag 2 Dec 1965-14Jan 1966; 4-23 Beachmaster Unit (8MU 1)1 23 May-6Jun 1966 Allowance) Feb 1966; 16 March-12 Apr WestPac Det CarrierDivision 9 (CarDiv 9) 15 May-3Jun 1966 1966; 22 April-14 May 1966; 25 November-11 Des 1965; 26- 4-24 Jul 1965 Fleet Air Wing 2 23 May-6Jun 1966 30 Jan 1966 15 September-31Dec 1965 light Photographic Squadron 63 Commander Air Force Pacific 5pe- (VFP 63) Del B Fleet AirWing 10 Cargo HandlingBattalion 1 Del J cia1 Det C 5 November-1Dec 1965; 22 Dee 4Jul 1965-October 1965 4 July-15 Sap 1965 27 February-7 Apr 1966 1965-14Jan 1966; 22 January- Cargo HandlingBattalion 2 Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 3 (Staff Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC 16 Feb 1966; 6-31 Mar 1966; 4Jul 1965-3Aug 1966 and Flag allowance) 5) Det A 10-21 Apr1966 CarrierAirborne Early Warning 19 Dec 1965-1 Mar 1966 1 Jun1966-open light Photographic Squadron 63 Squadron11 (VAW 11) 29 July-17 Aug 1965;27 Au gust-10 Sep 1965

MARCH I967

V EXPEFUX~ENTAL four-engine ANtransport plane landed recently on the helicopter flight deck of the amphibious transport dock uss Ogden (LPD 4). It was the XC-l42A, a tilt-wing version of the VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft. The plane made seven landings aboard Ogden while she steamed off Coronado, Calif. While crewmembers lined the rails for a firsthand look atthe strange bird, members of a tri-service evaluation team observed the transport’s performance. The plane approached the ship like a conventional transport-its wings horizontal, its four turboprop engines pointing forward. As it neared the stern of Ugden and eased closer to the water, its wings began a gradual rotation upward. Whenthe plane came over the posed to intenseenemy fire. Without ing with acompany of U. S. Marines hesitation, Dona again left his protected in the Song La River area of the Re- position and ranthrough the hostile public of Vietnam on 11 Jun 1966. fire to administer medical treatment When his platoon detonatedan anti- and to assist in the evacuation of the personnel mine that killed one man wounded man. Dona undoubtedly and wounded seven others, Petty 05- “For conspicuous gallontry and in- saved several wounded men from cer Szal rushed tothe scene and was administering medical aid theto trepidity in action.. . ” further injury or death. * CREED,EDWARD G., Hospital Corps- * MCCULLY,JOHNNY R., Senior Chief wounded when shrapnel from a second man3rd Class, USN, posthumously, as Equipment Operator, USN, while serv- explosion seriously wounded him. Fully a corpsman with a U. S. Marine heli- ing with U. S. Navy Seabee Team 1104 aware of the danger of additional deto- coptersquadron in the Republic of at Dong Xoai, Republic of Vietnam, nations, and disregarding his own Vietnam on the night of 22 Jun 1966. on 10 Jun 1965. Whenthe compound wounds, he continued to crawl from Petty Officer Creedwas aboardthe which he was helping to buildcame man to man, administering medical aid lead helicopter on a medical evacua- under intensemortar, machine gun, and evacuating the wounded. When he tion mission seven miles north of heavy weapons and small arms fire was no longer ableto care for the Quang Tri when theaircraft landed from an estimated Viet Cong rein- casualties, heinstructed the Marines in the midst of a fierce battle. Many forced regiment, Senior Chief McCully in the proper care of the wounded. Vietnamese troops lay wounded. Creed alerted U. S. personnel, went to a posi- leaped onto the battlefield to organize tion on the berm, and exposed himself the evacuation of the more seriously to hostile fire for three hours while wounded, and loaded 10 casualties firing at the enemy. Although wounded before boarding himself. On the second in the arm, he continued fighting until tripinto the battle area, he again left a grenadewounded him again. While the helicopter,despite intense small moving for cover, he came tothe aid ”For exceptionally meritorious conduct in arms fire and mortars in the zone, and of two soldiers in close arms fire with theperformance of outstanding service to loaded the rescue aircraft with 10 more the enemy. When the group’s ammuni- thegovernment of theUnited States . . .” wounded.Noting that more wounded tion was expended, he successfully used * MICHEEL,VERNON L., Captain, USN, still remainedin the zone, Creed escape and evasion tactics for 28 hours as Operations Officer forCommander elected to stay and load the second in enemy territory before being rescued. Task Force77,Commander Task helicopter. At this timethe helicopter * SZAL, ANTHONY J., JR., Hospital Group 77.4 and CommanderCarrier was struck by enemy fire, wounding Corpsman 3rd Class, USN, while sew- Division Three from 2 Sep 1964 to 17 the pilot. Completelyabsorbed in his Mar 1965, for his part inplanning work, Creed waded through the muddy Task Force 77 operations in support rice paddy helping the wounded, dis- RETURN FIRE - Navy helicopter of United States national policy in regarding tracers and mortars, until the carries “60 machine gun to answer Southeast Asia. The Combat Distin- battlefield was cleared of wounded. attack by VietCong guerrillas. guishing Device is authorized. Then he finally boarded the helicopter, which departed through a hail of tracer * MILLER, EDWIN s., Rear Admiral, fire. Through his prompt and coura- USN, as Commander Vietnam Patrol geous actions, Creed was instrumental Forces, U. S. SeventhFleet, from 28 in saving the lives of over 20 wounded March to 30 May 1965, for directing troops andin expediting the loading the surveillance, with limited forces, of and minimizing exposure time for the over 1000 miles of Vietnamese coastal helicopters and crews. waters,wherein many thousands of craft of all typeswere engaged in a DONA, BIENVENIDO c., Hospital * wide variety of activities, andfor his Corpsman 3rd Class, USN, posthumously, as a corpsman serving with part in the development of concepts, U. S. Marines in the Republic of Viet- plans and techniques by whichthese nam. On 15 Jan 1966, his platoon was problems could be effectively attacked. hit by small arms and automaticwea- pons fire while conducting a search Gold Star in lieu 6f Second Award and clear operation near the village of * GVMZ,Donald G., Captain,,usN, as Phu An. Petty Officer Donaran from Commander Fleet Air Whidbey/Com- his protected position across 100 meters mander Fleet Air WingFour from 3 of fire-swept,open area to aid the Dec 1963 to 17 Jun 1966, for his work casualties. Undeterred bythe enemy in exercising Naval Air Force Fleet fire to which he was fully exposed, he Type Commandfunctions for all Pa- administered first aidand assisted in cific Fleet heavy attack squadrons and the evacuation of wounded Marines. for the training complex designedfor On 17 Jan 1966, Dona saw a wounded the introduction of the A6A attack air- Marine fall in an open field ‘fully ex- craft to the Pacific Fleet. *-**-****~****-*****-***-**-***-*~****-***~***-**~***-*~***~*-**-********~~~~ 60 ALL HANDS lWti9 to YO Jun lYti5, tor his contributions tothe conception, development and design of an Alternate Com- mand Centerfor Commander U. S. Naval Defense Forces Eastern Pacific, involving the use of existing World War I1 barbettes and underground structures for large savings in construction costs.

GoldStar in lieu of Second Award * MCKINNEY,WILLIAM R., Captain, USN, as Commander Amphibious Squadron Seven, whiledeployed as a TEST TEAM-NavySeasprite helicopter paces hydrofoil USS High Point unit of the U. S. Seventh Fleet Amphi- duringpatrol chaser's firsthigh sea state trialsin Juan De Fuca Straits. bious Force from May to November 1965, for commanding two amphibious assaults andthree major amphibious of heavy antiaircraft fire, LT Chasko * DUNLOP, THOMAS E., Lieutenant landings in Vietnam andfor provid- made a direct hit on the target, which Commander, USN, as division leader of ing the initialdirection, coordination, resulted in its completedestruction. a flight of A4C aircraft during the re- support and assistance in offloading His aircraftsustained numerous hits taliatory air strike on Chanh Hoa Army MSTS and commercial ships inDa and suffered a hydraulicfailure and Barracks at Dong Hoi, North Vietnam, Nang. serious structural damage; however, he on 11 Feb 1965. Despiteintense and skillfully guided his crippledplane to accurate ground fire, he positioned the GoldStar in lieu of Second Award asafe recovery. flight on target and successfully ac- * O'CONNOR,JOHN J., Commander, complished the cannon fire and low- CLARKE, DOUGLAS L., Lieutenant CHC, USN, as chaplain of theThird * level bombing mission. Marine Division from 15 March to 9 Commander, USN, during a search and Aug 1965, for his positive and lasting rescue flight deep in hostile territory * GILBERTSON,EUGENE D., Lieutenant, contributions to the small-unit people- over North Vietnam on 17Oct 1965. USN, as amember of a strike group to-people programsthrough interfaith Flight to the SAR scene involved cross- attacking a railroadfighwaybridge conferences between military and Viet- ing a surface-to-air missile envelope near Dong Phong Thuong, North Viet- namese religious leaders. The Combat and flying over knownantiaircraft nam, on 3 Apr 1965. LT (then LTJG) Distinguishing Device is authorized. positions at low altitude with an air- Gilbertson scored directhits on the borne MIG alert in the vicinity. After bridge and completely knocked out the two downed pilots werelocated in a center span, despitereduced visibility, nearly inaccessible location, the rescue an extremely narrow target, crosswinds planes were required to make aerobatic and enemy antiaircraft fire, which had maneuvers at adangerously low alti- enabled the Mdge to withstand three tudeto keep the pilots in sight. The previous attacks. flight remained atthe scene for two "Forheroism or extraordinary achievement hours, encounteringperiodic antiair- HENRIQUEZ,JOSEPH s., Lieutenant in aerial flight . . ." * craft fire and continuous small arms Commander, USN, posthumously, as a * CARLSON,OLOF M., JR., Lieutenant fire. Whenthe helicopterwas forced section leader of a division of four Commander, USN, as the flight leader to leave the area because of shortage A4Faircraft on a mission to suppress of four A4C aircraftin the retaliatory of fuelLCDR (thenLieutenant) surface-to-air missile sites threatening strike against Chanh Hoa, North Viet- Clarkeprovided protection until the the main reconnaissance groupnorth- Nam, on 11 Feb 1965. Detaching his helicopter was safely aboard ship. east of Haiphong on 7 Jul 1966. LCDR flight from the strike group and pro- * CRANGLE,EUGENE v., Commander, Henriquez penetratedthe heavily de- ceedingindependently without navi- USN,as airborne strike coordinator dur- fended coastline in an attackwhich gational aids, he led the flight through ing strikes against five North Vietna- resulted in a probable kill of an enemy an overcast toan altitude of 500 feet mese patrol boats at LOCChao, North missile site. Then, diverting to a location nf nnnmv PT hnltc hn mnAn n

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