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SquadronsShare NUCs Thefollowing squadrons were embarked according to Admiral David L. Mac- ates the’first great sea battle fought onthe four attack aircraft carrierswhich Donald, USN, Chief of Naval Opera- by carrier-based aircraft, this was were recently awarded the Navy Unit Com- tions. Duringher one-year deploy- Cord Sea’s first combat action, since mendation foroutstanding performance in ment to WestPac, which was extend- commissioning on 1 Oct 1947. Southeast Asia: ed four times, Pyro established sev- During the Korean Conflict, Cord USS Independence (CVA62) VA-86;VA-75; RVAH-1; VF-41; VF-48.De- eral records for ammunition replen- Sea operated with the Atlantic Fleet. tachmentson board from the following ishment at sea. The current Southeast Asiancrisis squadrons: HC-1; VAH-4;VAW-12; VAW- Even when not transferring ammo, has become the proving ground for 13. hercrew had little time for rest. her battle worthiness. She met the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) Ordance had to be shifted and brok- challenge in an outstanding manner. VA-153;VA-155; VA-165; VF-151;VF-154; enout for upcoming scheduled re- uss Midway (CVA 41), with VAH-2; Detachments on board from the fol- plenishments. Pyro’s crew members, Attack Carrier Air Wing Two lowing squadrons: VAW-11; VFP-63. at times enduring work-weeks of as (CVW 2) embarked, was cited for USS Midway (CVA 41) long as 102 hours at sea and 78 service during the period 16 April VA-22; VA-23; VA-25; VF-21; VF-Ill; VAH- hours in port, had little time for to4 Nov 1965. Midway’s aircraft 8. Detachments on board from the following other diversions.. conducted over 11,900 combat squadrons: VAW-11; VFP-63. U5S Oriskany (CVA34) Supporting Vietnam operations, sorties against enemy military targets VA-163;VA-164; VA-152; VF-162; VMF- Pyro transferred more ammunition in North and South Vietnam. 212. duringone 22-day period thanshe In airborne encounters, Midway- L had done during her entirefive years of previous commissioned service. USS Pyro (AE 24) uss CoralSea (CVA 43), with Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW 15) embarked, was cited for service during the period 7 February to 18 Oct 1965. Carrying out over 10,000 combat sorties duringa single cruise, Cord Sea andher embarked air wing executed a series of devastating air strikes against military and logistic facilities in North Vietnam. The officers and men concerned were commended for outstanding professional and technical com- petence, esprit de corps, effective teamwork and valor. Although her name commemor-

APRIL 1966 nearly four months later with her A recompression chamber, located new coat of gleaming white paint, on the stem of the ship near the heli- red crosses and a rehabilitated in- port, can be used totreat diving terior. casualties, victims of the bends, as Repose is now fitted out with the well as patients with gas gangrene latest in diagnostic and treatment and tetanus. equipment, including a frozen blood The heliport itself can be a life- bank facility; a heart-lung machine; saving device, allowing rapid trans- a sonar echo-encephalograph and a port of critically injured persons who recompression chamber. It is a need immediate medical attention. modem, floating 750-bed hospital Clockwise from Top Left: ( 1) uss manned by 24 doctors, 30 nurses and Repose (AH16) presents a trim pic- 256 hospital corpsmen. ture on commission day. (2) Tugs As an example of modern methods move Repose. (3)Work begins. (4) used aboard Repose, the frozen Members of staff in blood bank.

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plied physical principles, explosive fillers, chemical and biological fillers, fuzes, land miqes, booby traps and infernal devices (such as sabotage ordnance). The devices are typed by country and function so they are easier to learn and remember. In many cases, a student can look at a fuze or mine and tell, by its basic characteristics, what country it came from and how to render it safe. In Second Division, the trainees learn to use tools designed specifically for EOD work. Bomb camers, thermite grenades, electronic stetho- scopes, blasting mats and fiber hack- saw blades become a part of his life. Some of the tools used are such everyday items as razor blades, paper clips, cotter keys and instant cameras. The Second Division trainee is

also given courses in dropped muni- LOTS OF PULL-EOD Trainees use rigging techniques to lift 2000-lb. torpedo. tions, fuzes of U. S. and foreign ordnance, procedures in approaching tant in EOD that a Navy dentist re- aircraft hazards as ejection seats and and disarming and radiography (X- cently suggested a substitute for canopy ejection equipment. ray or gamma ray photography). tooth fillings that is less magnetic Basic and refresher courses in Classesin demolition make up thanstandard filling materials cur- nuclear weapons, radiological detec- Third Division. Small munitions are rently used in Navy dentistry. tion and decontamination methods studied, at Stump Neck, where the Four weeks of Fourth Division are taughtin Sixth Division. school maintains several small ranges training is given to Navymen of other and the pond used in the underwater countries. LL COURSES are difficult and ex- course. Aircraft explosive devices and A tremely technical-they must be Later in the course the men are guided missiles make up Fifth Divi- so, to train EOD men to meet any flown to Eglin AFB, Fla., for a week sion training. The men learn the problems found in the Fleet. In the of proficiency training on large ord- basics of guided’ missiles and such 27 weeks he spends at Indian Head, nance. Their self-confidence is built through the use of live explosives up to and including 2000-pound bombs. Navymen undergo Fourth Divi- A Memo for Agent 007 sion training, which includes courses Once upon a time an EOD team inside the box, so tilting the box in underwater ordnance of the U. S. was called up to dispose of a small would trigger the explosive charge. and foreign countries. This six- to box-black,we’re sure-thought to Wiring was elaborately spread seven-week segment consists of prac- be a bomb. on the sides and lid of the box. If tical diving problems and exercises It was a tricky, time-consuming the lid was lifted, or a cutmade in the disposal of limpets, mines, procedure. First, authorities cleared on a side of the box, BOOM! torpedoes, depth charges and other the immediate area of spectators, as underwater hazards. Another device inside the box a safety precaution. made it impossible to take X-rays Thenthe team wentto work. of the bomb without it detonating. MUCH OF THE equipment used in They discovered, via electronic Nevertheless, the EOD team set EOD underwater, as well as that stethoscope, a timing device inside about the task, undaunted by the in surface disposal, must be com- the box. It could trigger the bomb pletely non-magnetic, so a piece of at any moment. hours of precise work that lay ordnance will not be set off as the Further exploration yielded signs ahead. Finally, the bomb was de- EOD man approaches it. Watches, of a gravity switch, which rested on clared safe. It was removed to an knives and metal fittings on Scuba the ground below the box. If the EOD museum, to rest as a chroni- gear used by EOD men are all non- box were lifted, the bomb would cle of achievement. magnetic. explode. How was the job done? That’s The problem of magnetic proper- A mercury switch was positioned classified information. ties in metals and alloys is so impor-

APRIL 1966 9 training at the U. S. Army Chemical School, Ft. McClellan, Ala. Then they are ready for the 27 weeks at Indian Head.

ONCE . THE training is over, the Navy EOD man will usually become part of an EOD team, which normally consists of one officer and two or more enlisted men. The team also functions as a Nuclear Weapons Disposal team, on call if a nuclear accident should require its services. EOD teams serve on board Fleet Ballistic Missile tenders, in ships withantisubmarine warfare support capabilities, at naval ammunition depots and in a multitude of other billets, including instructor duty at various schools and training facilities. Jobs in the field may range from disarming a piece of ordnance on a Civil War battlefield torendering safe a bomb on an aircraft carrier, or disarming and raising World War I1 ordnance found in a foreign port. MINE MUSEUM, EOD School is used to train students in ordnance recognition. EOD personnel are also called on to assist civilian authorities in handling a Navyman will learn to recognize BEFORE a Navy man gets to the and disposing of various explosive more than 4500 pieces of ordnance. EOD School at Indian Head, he devices. One dayhis life may depend on how has already been in the EODprogram Much of EOD consists of research quickly and accurately he can iden- for over two months. When he enters and keeping abreast of the latest tify a bombor booby trap. the program, he has been screened developments in the field. Oneach Recognition is basic in ordnance for physical and psychological adapt- assignment, areport is made and disposal. An EOD man is not ex- ability, and has been found suited sentto the EOD School and EOD pected to know beforehand how to to diving and danger. Facility for analysis and evaluation. disarm every piece of ordnance he His formal training begins with The results of these reports are the may encounter - about 45,000 are eight weeks theat Underwater basis for much of the material con- now known-but, if he can recognize Swimming School, Key West, Fla. tained in EOD manuals. it, chances are he’ll be able to dis- The course is specifically designed ‘ The men must also make requalifi- arm it. for EODtrainees. cation dives and take practice swims Inthat vein, the museums, or The first four weeks are devoted to stay in shape. “ordnance graveyards,” at the school to Scuba diving. Included in the cur- Between tours of duty, or at least serve to train the students in recog- riculum are such subjects as diving every three years, Navy EOD men nition of ordnance and render safe physiology, diving medicine, under- must attend a ten-week refresher procedures. water navigation, methods and safety course at Indian Head to learn re- After the daytime classes, the procedures for diving, and care and cent techniques in the field and to buildings are open for several hours maintenance of gear. In addition, the receive instruction on new weapons ‘ each night, including weekends, to men go through actualunderwater developments. Once a man is quali- allow students to put in extra hours exercises with mixedgas breathing fied in EOD, he maintains his status of study. Most of them take advan- apparatus. through refresher training. tage of the opportunity, for they At the end of the four weeks, most If the time period lapses, he may must satisfactorily complete all of the students become qualified still requalify by taking only the phases of the training to become Scuba divers. About 25 per cent are refresher course at Indian Head. The qualified. disqualified during the course for idea is,basically, that a man may The scholastic record of the school physical or other reasons. lose his EOD job code, but he will is good. According to Commander The second half of the school still retain much of his knowledge, Kenneth Ploof, EODS commanding covers the equipment used in under- particularly if he stays in other ord- officer, the attrition rate is only four water ordnance disposal-such items nance and relatedunderwater pro- to seven per cent. as electronic search equipment, semi- grams, such as UDT, SEAL and first, In some cases, where students lack closed-circuit Scuba gear and classi- second and master classes of diving. satisfactory completion of a segment, fied equipment used only for under- Why does a man volunteer for they are “rolled back to that phase water EOD. EOD? One reason is the extra pay. for another chance. If they complete Afterswimming school, the Another is the thrill of conquering the phase with a passing grade, they trainees attend a two-week course of the dangerous. And because he likes aregraduated. practical chemical and biological it. -Kelly Gilbert, J02, USN

i 10 ALLHANDS I Automation Arrivesfor the AKA I Plans have been approved for a new attack cargo ship (AKA) which will, forthe first time, incorporate extensive automation features in its main propulsion plant control. Automation will bring about several radical changes in what has long been standard shipboard procedure. For example, the control of the main engine can be shifted from the engine room to the wheelhouse of the ship. Remotely operatedsteering machinery and throttlea on the bridge itself will be used forship control. This will eliminate the necessity for signaling orders from the bridgeto the engine room for changes in speed, starting, stopping or shifting the ship’s steering units. AUTOMATED ENGINE ROOM is one feature of new attack cargo ship Mechanical controls willalso be class recently approved by BuShips. Control cmob (above) will auto- provided in the ship so the machin- matically monitor and control all engineering functions, permitting reduc- ery plantcan be controlled locally tion of machinery space and manpower on engine room watches. Alarm on when necessary. sonsole will also pinpoint trouble spots. Control of ship’s main engine can Some watch requirements will also be shiftedfrom engine room to wheelhouse, enabling bridge control of be changed. A central console in the rpeed, starting, stopping or shifting the ship’s steering units. Artist’s con- engine room will automatically mon- ception of new ship is pictured below. itor and control all engineering functions, thereby reducing the number of men needed for each machinery space watch from 12 to three. If any part of the system fails to function, an alarm on the console will pinpoint the trouble spot. A back-up component for the defective part can be activated simply by pressing a button so no operational capability will be lost. Plans are also being developed to incorporate similar automation features in the two guided missile destroyers planned for the fiscal year 1967 shipbuilding program. This will be the first use of the system ina twin screw warship. GulfStream Studies The meandering course of the Gulf Stream is being charted by a Navy Super Constellation equipped fare Environmental Prediction Serv- bodies of relatively cold water east with an ultrasensitive airborne radia- ices which will forecast water condi- of Cape Hatteras. tion thermometer. The instrument tions to aid friendly submarine forces Many other data-collecting and records radiated heat from the water and hunter-killer groups. surveying methods are being used to below, allowing oceanographers to Doring January, the Oceano- support ASWEPS. Since 1960, for chart the Gulf Stream by the changes graphic Office conducted seven air- instance, the oceanographic office has in water temperature. borne radiation thermometer flights been using daily merchant ship re- During one flight, the aircraft de- to survey the Gulf Stream in detail ports of sea surface temperatures to tected an area at the Gulf Stream’s from the area of Cape Hatteras, chart the location of cold and warm edge where the temperature changed N. C., toa distance of more than waters in the western North Atlantic. 17 degrees in 1000 yards. 600 miles eastward of the New Jer- ASWEPS dataare also being fur- The studies, sponsored by the sey coast. One flight provided data nished by many commercial “ships Naval Oceanographic Office, are re- which showed the exact location of of opportunity” equipped with bath- latedto research on ASWEPS. the warmGulf Stream water as it ythermograph equipment furnished ASWEPS is the Antisubmarine War- moved northeastward between two by the Oceanographic Office.

APRIL 1966 11 involved in, and have had a need for, Intelligence. And, like Noah, they have not thought of themselves as conducting intelligence operations when they sought to acquire knowledge needed for safe and profitable voyages between various ports. The Phoenicians were among the first extensive intelligence collectors. Back about 1100 BC, they acquired their strength and wealth from their knowledge and use of the sea. Through their reconnaissance of the Mediterranean, ,the Red Sea, the Atlantic coasts of Southern Europe, the British Isles, and most of the east and west coasts of Naval Intelligence is a subject that the average Navy- Africa, they became the best informed people, up to man knows very little about, and it is also one that he that time, on the geography of the world. finds most interesting. ALL HANDSreaders are fortunate, As they explored and operated in this relatively vast therefore, to havean opportunity to get a firsthand area in their shallow draft ships, they gathered informa- report which combines a brief historical sketch of naval tion on natural harbors, prevailing winds and weather, intelligence down through the years with a rundown on the availability of fresh water, food, natural resources how it functions in today’s Navy. This account, specially and local products. written for ALL HANDS,is the work of an expert who has spent many years in this field, Captain W.H. Pack- EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, they gathered knowledge from ard, USN (Ret). the people of these areas, which they carried not only back to their homeland, but also to many other areas EVER SINCE NOAH sent the dove out to reconnoiter the where they traded. E. B. Potter in his book, Sea Power, I situation and look for land, seafaring men have been noted that the early seafarers ‘‘brought home intheir """~-~~,.,~~~",-~.. . . . -~..".".I. . " -.. I . . heads an invisible cargo of ideas and information, a negative information, debunking the fabled existence form of wealth oftentimes more precious than the trade of sea monsters, ocean currents of boiling water, and goods they carried in their ships' holds." giant whirlpools that allegedly could take control of Here again, this was not looked upon as intelligence, and sink their ships. but rather the process of using one's normal senses to On the positive side, each voyage brought back new acquire information and to become educated in subjects information on the lands that were discovered, their pertinent to one's livelihood. geographic location, configuration, vegetation, climate, Similar to good intelligence practices of today, the inhabitants and, sometimes, evidence of their wealth. Phoenicians kept the information secret on the trade The information thus collected and reported served routes used by their wealth-laden ships in order to help as the basis for various national claims to the newly dis- protect them against piracy. They also apparently kept covered lands. And sometimes the reports were inten- to themselves their accumulated knowledge of the tionally misleading, either to cover up a lack of success rudiments of celestial navigation, to prevent others from in exploration, or to achieve greater security from com- using that knowledge, which was so important to their petition in future exploitation of discoveries. monopoly in the trading business. Their security must have been exceptionally good, s 0, INTELLIGENCE is not new for those who live on the because it was not until 2000 years later that the Por- sea, andthat includes those in the U. S. Navy. tuguese learned what the Phoenicians had known-that However, like Noah and the Phoenicians and the early Africa could be circumnavigated. Perhaps this intelli- European explorers, the Navy in the early years of its gence was picked up during the Crusades and the Por- history did not categorize any of its activities as intel- tuguese were the first to check it out. ligence. But, the naval actions and activities of those The age of exploration was another era of extensive days were nonetheless influenced by information obtain- intelligence-gathering efforts by seafaring men. ed (or missed) about the enemy. Initially their reconnaissance brought back valuable In reviewing examples of early intelligence efforts I

Matthew Perry’s visit to Japan in 1853 is an example of a get-acquainted operation performed by the Navy. It was notthen considered an intelligence collection operation, nor would it now be so considered. However, Perry did conduct extensive research to learn as much as he could about Japan before he arrived there. Working through London and New York bookcol- lectors, he gathered all the authoritative literature then existing on Japan’s history, customs and traditions. He also purchased,from Holland, charts of Japanese waters. He studied this material exhaustively and, as a consequence, was well prepared to conduct himself in a manner that would assure him success in his negotia- tions with the Japanese. uNTIL AFTER the U. S. Civil War, the Navy’s intelligence efforts andrequirements were essentially those within the capacity of a ship’s commanding officer toconduct and use. Thentechnical developments, stimulatednot onlyby the Civil War in theUnited States but also by the Crimean War and the Franco- Prussian War in Europe,resulted in improved metals and powder which, in turn, led to the progressive development of largercaliber, built-up, rifled ordnance firing elongated missiles. The German development of the slidingwedge breech block made muzzle-loading obsolete andper- mitted fixed gun mounts and more accurate aiming. Armor progressed from wood to iron to steel. Recognizing the need for keeping in touch with such progress in foreign navies, the Secretary of the Navy, on 23 Mar 1882, signed GeneralOrder 292, establishing the “Office of Intelligence” in the Bureau of Navigation “to collect and record such naval information as may be useful tothe Department in wartime as well asin peace.” The Navy DepartmentLibrary was combined with the Office of Intelligence. Naval Attache posts were set up in London in 1882, in Paris in 1885 and in Rome in 1888. The attache in Pans was also accreditedto Berlin and St. Petersburg (later Petrograd, then Lenin- grad) and the attache at Rome included Austria in his area of accreditation. These naval attache posts were established to facili- tatethe exchange of information on the progress of naval science. In February 1897, when war between Spain and the ish were not heading for the East Coast, led to the being fulfilled by the British Navyin a highly satis- moving of Commodore Schley and his squadron from factory manner-and this support became available to Newport News, Va., to Key West, and then to Cuban the U. S. Navy not only for its ships joiningBritish waters where he joined forces with Rear Admiral W. T. forces in the eastern Atlantic, but alsofor those ships Sampson, USN. and commands responsible for U. S. convoy protection. The outcome of the war between Spain and, the United States, more than the war itself, had a strong influence on the intelligence needs of the Navy. By the s. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE kept the Navy Department Treaty of Paris the United States acquired Puerto Rico, and the U. S. operational commanders informed on Guam and the Philippine Islands and guaranteed Cuban the intelligence obtained from the British pertinent to independence. U. S. naval operations, particularly for support of con- The war and its aftermath ushered the U. S. into voy operations. the status of a world naval power, thus broadening its Convoys were controlled from various centers, one international interests and responsibilities manyfold, of the most important of which was at Brest, France, particularly in the western Pacific. The Russo-Japanese under the command of Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson, War, which was concluded by a peace treaty signed in USN. A joint operations/intelligence plot was maintained 1905 in the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H., and the there. round-the-world cruise of the U. S. Fleet in 1907 con- Every eastbound convoycrossing the Atlantic was tinued this trend. shown on a huge chart along with the information on every submarine reported. The latter were represented HE DEVELOPMENT of radio communications had a by danger circles of varying sizes, depending onhow T tremendous influence on the timeliness of intelligence long it had been since the submarine had been sighted. reporting and of intelligence support to operating forces By radioing course changes to escorts of convoys, the when at sea. danger circles of recently reported submarines were The development of the submarine and the airplane avoided. for military purposes not only changed the Navy’s in- The success of this and other operational/intelligence telligence requirements, but also introduced new tech- team efforts atthe various convoy control centers ,is niques of collecting information. attested by the fact that not a single troopship was tor- In the period before World War I, the United States pedoed en route from the United States to the war started falling behind the European powers in technical zone in Europe. development and ship design. The German development of the diesel engine and its subsequent adaptation THE NEED FOR an investigative and counterintelligence to submarine propulsion by both Germany and England service within the Navy, was recognized before the in the years 1907 to 1912 found the United States sit- U. S. became an active participant in World War I. The ting in the grandstand watching, and not participating duties envisioned for such a service included: in, this naval construction race. 0 Investigations of possible acts of sabotage aboard During the period between the start of the war in naval ships, in Navy yards, and in plants having naval 1914 and the U. S. entry into it, the stimulant for im- contracts. provements, military technical developments and coun- Investigation of suspicious characters, stowaways, terdevelopments in Europe gave intelligence observers impostors, enemy sympathizers and troublemakers a full-time job. Furthermore, as it became more and aboard ships and in Navy yards. more obvious that the U. S. would become involved, it Inspection of merchant ships, their crews and pas- became more and more important to keep constantly sengers for security purposes (in collaboration with informed on the status of all world naval forces. Immigration, Customs and Justice). By the’time the U. S. entered World War I, most of Upon the U. S. entering World War I, the Office of the naval operational intelligence requirements were Naval Intelligence, to carry out the above duties, estab-

16 ALL HANDS lished an “Aide for Information” at each of the 15 The early phases of World War I1 revived the Navy’s naval districts, plus nine branch offices atthe major interest the hard way-bygrimly contrasting the costs ports of entry in the U. S. of battles in which intelligence was properly and im- properly used. THIS WAS THE START of the present District Intelligence In terms of today’s requirements, these functions Office system. The correctness of establishing this should be of interest to all in the Navy because of the counterintelligence service as part of Naval Intelligence support that Naval Intelligence can give to almost was repeatedly demonstrated, as the information which everything else the Navy does and also because each the districts collected incident to their security work person in the Navy can contribute to, and participate in, supplemented the work of the attaches, and the infor- this intelligence effort. mation collected by the attaches helped the districts in It is beyond the scope of this report to itemize all their counterintelligence work, particularly in their the areas of mutual concern to the Navy’s intelligence checking of suspicious travelers in merchant ships. service and to the Navy’s personnel and leadership; So, upon taking on the counterintelligence reponsi- however, it has been suggested that everyone in a posi- bilities in the Navy, Naval Intelligence acquired the tion of leadership should strive to review the intel- broad functions which have guided its activities from ligence that is available to him, determine its deficien- that time up to the present. Very generally and simply, cies as it relates to his job and then make every effort these functions can be stated as follows: to correct those deficiencies by requests to ON1 via the In the field of positive intelligence: chain of command. 0 Collect information through Navy resources and through liaison with other intelligence agencies. Additionally, each person, as a result of his training and experiences, has unique qualities as an observer. 0 Produce intelligence studies and estimates to fulfill the requirements of Navy users of intelligence and pro- His observations, if he will report them, can help edu- duce naval intelligence studies and estimates to meet cate those who follow, and perhaps save them from the needs of ?ther intelligence agencies. errors caused by changes or by gaps in intelligence. Only by repeated observations can one determine what 0 Disseminate the products of naval collection and is a normal situation and in turn be alert to identify production to those having a need for same. what’s new and how it has been changed. In the field of counterintelligence: 0 Provide investigative service, as required, to protect the Navy against acts of espionage, sabotage and THE ADVENT of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) subversion. has reduced the requirement for the Navy to produce Provide the Navy with guidance for reducing its reference type intelligence. vulnerability to espionage, sabotage and subversion. The Navy takes the broad-based products of the DIA Coordinate withother United States government and selects information from them as basic ingredients investigative agencies in matters of mutual concern. in the production of intelligence studies and estimates which more nearly meetthe specific requirements of THEEXTENT to which the above functions have been the Navy. The Officeof Naval Intelligence serves as carried out has varied according to the Navy’s under- “the cook” in this effort to satisfy the tastes and specific standing of its intelligence requirements,. which in turn intelligence requirements of the Secretary of the Navy, have fluctuated to the degree to which the United the Chief of Naval Operations, the technical bureaus States has been involved in international affairs. of the Navy, and the staffs assigned to them. The intel- Thus, during the period between World Wars I and ligence elements of major staffs perform similar services 11, the Navy’s intelligence activities both in the positive for their commands. and counterintelligence areas were reduced almost to In the counterintelligence field, ON1 is constantly insignificance, and the Navy’s understanding of intel- striving to protect the Navy’s information, material and ligence was similarly reduced. personnel against espionage, sabotage and subversion.

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I WHAT’S NEW? I Swimming Pool for Missiles I BUILDINGS whichperform an ASW weapon, to be effective against answers theirto problems were unusual function are hardlynews modern submarines, must also travel found. at the Naval OrdnanceLaboratory fast and deep-faster anddeeper Needless tosay, this procedure at White Oak, Md. There is, how- than thesub it is designed to kill. was slow and expensive. Further- ever,buildinga rising from the The Navy’s most recent answer to more, thetests did not always bedrock bottom of an excavation on this challenge was Subroc which was accurately tell the NOL researchers the Laboratory’s groundswhich developed at NOL. what happened to the missile after it promises tobe more unusual than Duringits work on Subroc, the re-entered the sea and swam toward most-it is, in fact, such a departure Labran intoseveral problems. its target. from the normal that it might well Subroc is, of course, launched under- The initial development of Subroc be the only structure of its kind in water, flies throughthe air and is by now a closed book. There is the world. re-entersthe water on a trajectory littledoubt, however, thatit will When it is completed within the leadingto its target. be improved in the future and that next six months, the building will Whensuch a missile hits the new ASW weapons will be devel- housean enormous hydroballistics water at anoblique angle, there is oped. What the men at NOL needed facility which will enable the Navy aside thrust which could causeit was aplace where data on high- totest large scale models of its toricochet and bounce out of the speedwater entry could be accur- underwater missiles with a thorough- water-an action similar to skipping ately and economically obtained. ness heretofore impossible. The need a stone over the water’s surface. This called for a testing tank into for the buildingbecame apparent which models as small as three about 10 years ago as the require- HE MEN AT NOL learned to over- inches indiameter could be fired mentsforantisubmarine warfare come their weapon’s shortcom- at velocities of 3000 feet per second weaponsincreased as submarines ings thehard way. Theyhad to undercontrolled atmospheric pres- traveled faster and deeper than ever buildfull-scale models, assemble sure. before. enough people in boats to accurately So thatthe missiles could be AS any Navyman who specializes observe its exit and re-entry into the easily seenin the tank, the water in antisubmarine warfare knows, an seaand fire awayuntil satisfactory hadto be unusually clear and the

PREVIEW-Model shows NOL’s hydroballistic missile test facility and its water storage tank in the background.

(I) Water entry launcher, (2) Upper tank, (8) Water storagetank, (9) Park- launcher gallery, (3) Photoobservation ing lot, (10) Loading area, (11) Water cubicle, (4) Laboratory spaces, (5) Main exit launcher, (12) Mechanical and electri- entrance, (6) Personnel elevator, (7) Test cal service department of the facility.

22 ALL HANDS tank had to have facilities for studying underwater trajectories.

THIS WAS NOT an easy bill to meet but the test facility that is now filling the excavation at NOL should meet all the research needs of the present as well a9 those of the next several decades. It will havenine floors, four of them below ground. The tankin which the underwater missileswill be tested is 100 feet long, 35 feet wide and 75 feet deep. It will contain about 20 million pounds of water. In addition, the air spaceabove the water can be evacuated for the simulated full scale missile behavior. It takes no imagination to know that the pressure of so much water TANKS A LOT-Cutaway shows facility’s tank that will test undersea missiles. against the walls of such a tank would be terrific. To withstand the the water level, it will pass through sabot seals the barrel entrance of the strain, the top of thetank is a a stainless steelpipe 36 inches in gunthereby preventing foreign gas prestressed concrete slab 42 inches diameter to the storage tank which and material from entering the water. thick; the bottom, a slab 24 inches is similar tothose used for storing Pictures will be taken of the model thick; and the walls are 14 inches petroleum productsnear refineries. when it is fired into the tank. thick supported by reinforced con- The interior of this tank is coated Cameras controlled automatically in rete vertical ribs outside the tank. with plastic to prevent corrosion. sequence and time will snap as the The important thing, of course, is Maintaining the water’s clarity missile passes, because its passage is to see what goes on inside the tank during a model launching also calculated by computers which snap when a missile model is fired into proved to be a problem for NOL flash tubes andtrip shuttersat the water. NOL researchers will be engineers for gun blast and powder exactly the right moment. able to observe the action of the would almost certainly, under ordi- Not only will the missile fired into missile through visual and photo- nary circumstances, foul the water, the tank be observed by menand observation ports in all the walls perhaps nullifying the entire purpose cameras but will itself send informa- from top to bottom. The glass ports of the giant tank. tion on such items as pressures and are 16 inches indiameter and one accelerations by its own telemetry and one-fourth inches thick. TO’ OVERCOME this problem, a system which is built within to with- It might be said that the water is special gun using a conventional stand pressures greater than 100,000 the life-blood of the entire project. brass cartridge case was designed. times the force of gravity. Filling the tank will most likely be The model fired from the gun is When the hydroballistics facility is a one-time affair for the water will held in the chamber in a high- completed atthe Naval Ordnance probablynot be released from the strengthmetal sabot which is pro- Laboratory, it will, for the first time, test facility or its storage tank during pelled through the gun until it enters give the Navy and NOL a method the lifetime of the facility, Evapor- a narrower aluminum section where of obtaining all the hydrodynamic ation will be negligible, it is stopped. The sabot, however, facts quickly on the new antisub- The water which initially enters releases the missile which continues marine weapons which will serve the the tank will be filtered and re- out the muzzle and on its way. The Navy of the future. “RobertNeil filtered until all one million, 750 GROUNDWORK-Photo during construction shows tubes that will fire missiles. thousand gallons will be as clear as mountain air, Clearer, .perhaps.

THIS CLARITY will not be easy to achieve, for the tap water which you drink is dirty and murky com- pared to the purity that must be maintained in thetank. To maintain the water’s clarity, the entire tank is lined with stainless steel and all the tank’s accessories, including the six-ton overhead crane are also of stainless steel and other non-corrosive materials. Whenwater is drainedfrom the tank, either to empty it or to change

APRIL 1966

Reports from Vietnam

leg wound, he tried to keep up the strike by air. They rush to their - BuildingUnder Fire spirits of the other wounded men. choppers andare swiftly airborne. “We would hearanother shot, Shields died that afternoon shortly The Task Force Commander in maybe the whine of a ricochet, and after being evacuated by helicopter. Valley Forge passes the word to we’d all stop a second and look at launch the helicopters as the surface each other. But there was nothing lookout Aids Rescue craft proceed toward shore. The first todo but grit our teeth,duck our The Seventh Fleet carrier uss Bon wave hits the beach, and with sup- heads and keep right on hammering.” Homme Richard (CVA 31) was porting ”38 tanks, moves quickly Chief Builder Aaron D. Reeves steaming through the choppy South northward toward the target area. describes a typical day’swork on a China Sea. Her returning aircraft Further inland the initial wave of project his 14-man Seabee crew was glinted in the noonday sun as they helos is dropping down to unload the completing. Nearby, four Seabees touched down on the flight deck. other arm of this assault force. were putting the finishing touches on As operations continued, to re- There is no opposition on the the last of 18 wood frames (strong- cover aircraft completing bombing beach, but the heliborne squads are backs) for tents at a forward Marine missionson the Vietnam front, an not so lucky. Enemy troops open camp several miles outside Da Nang. alert seaman named John Barnhill, fire with automatic weapons and “All our strongbacks are built on on lookout duty high up on the ship’s carbines. The Marines react quickly. stilts in this country,” Reeves said. island, spotted what appeared to be As they disembark from the helos “And you can see why it’s neces- a silver object hitting the water they fan out and return the fire. The sary.” about five miles distant. fighting intensifies, and the Marines He dug up an inch or so of finely Barnhill passed the word to CIC. call for Naval gunfire and close air powdered sand. The tiny excavation All Bonnie Dick aircraft were quick- support. The call is answered by the filled with water. ly accounted for. No distress call had blast of 5-inch guns from the de- “Our camp sits on this sand,” he been received. Nevertheless, the car- stroyers uss Orleck (DD 886) and said. rier’s “angels” made a routine check Harry E. Hubbard (DD 748) and Sniper fire erupts from thickets not of the reportedimpact area for the roar of jet aircraft from the far from the Seabee job site. “We wreckage. None was found. Seventh Fleet attack carriers uss can’t return the firefrom here be- I Within minutes, however another Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) and Bot1 cause of the danger of hitting inno- lookout, Seaman Rodney Brown, re- Homme Richard (CVA 31). cent .people,” says Reeves. “There ported sighting aparachute. As it The battle continues throughout are several houses among the trees. drifted down, aplane from Bonnie the day. Marine and Navy helos and Dick circled it to mark the location. fixed wing aircraft fly mission after “Somtimes wesend out a patrol, A rescue helicopter arrived and mission, striking enemy targetsand but mostly we just ignore the shots. picked up a downed pilot from the evacuating wounded and dead from The Viet Cong are afraid to come sea seconds after he hit. the field. Thenthe noise of guns into the open, and are shooting from Safe in the carrier’ssick bay, subsides. Night settles, andthe such a distance that I doubt one of he received a physical checkup. He Marines digin. Only intermittent their bullets could pierce yourskin was uninjured. sniper fire is heard. if it hit you.They’ve been sending After thanks all around, the pilot The Navy-Marine forces plan their an average of 20 rounds a day our was off to hisown ship. The look- action for the coming day. way, but no one has been hit.” outs continued to scan the horizon. “G. D. Whittaker, J03, USN. Some shots came close a few times Amphibious Assault DOZER DUTY-Seabee of MCB 10 operates cat behind barbed wire. During Several ships moveslowly and first days at Chu Lai armed guards rode shotgun to protect drivers from VC. quietly toward shore. On board are elements of the Seventh Fleet Spe- cial Landing Force-combat Marines. Theday begins earlyfor these men. They are preparing for a strike against the Viet Cong, near Phu Thu on the coast of South Vietnam. uss Momticello (LSD 35) carries the troops which will hit the beach first. As dawn breaks, the Marines scramble down cargo nets on the side of the Navy ship and into waiting assault landing craft. On the amphibious assault carrier uss Valley Forge (LPH 8) prepara- tions and loading are in progress also. But one thing is different-these men are helo-borne troops preparing to

APRIL 1966 HOME AGAIN-USS Oriskany (CVA 34), shown in Far East, has returned home after 256 days in Western Pacific. = troop lift of Korean Tiger Division troops to South Vietnam. Over 2000 destroyermen also returned to San Diego in seven ships of Destroyer SquadronsOne and 21. Ledby uss Preble (DLG15), the ships moored at Naval Station San Diego piers. The homecoming was particularly significant for 70 of the men, who met their new babies for the first time. Included inthe returningships were uss Hull (DD 945), Floyd B. Parks (DD 884), Braine (DD 630), Dennis J. Buckley (DD 808), Han- son (DD832) and Uhlmann (DD 687). Each of the destroyers spent more than 75 per cent of the time outside the United States underway, remaining at sea regularly for more than OP MARKET TIME-U. S. and Vietnamese navymen take a close look at a junk 30 days at a time. Floyd B. Parks as part of Market Time, an operation to stop smuggling of material to VC. logged the record for continuous time at sea of the seven ships-52 con- Hueneme, Calif. Before the Vietnam at Chu Lai, but no matterhow miser- secutive days. deployment the battalion underwent able conditions became, the Seabees Duringthese long periods, the three weeks of&-oopdrill and wea- carried on. Temperatures varied ships steamed a combined total of pons and tactics training. Another from 110 to 120 degrees during one 320,008 nautical miles. Hanson led two weeks of military training was spell. During another four-day in this category with 55,725 miles. given by Marines at Camp Pendle- period continuous rains dumped All of the returning crew members ton, Calif., and the men also took ad- over 20 inches of water over the qualified for the Vietnam Service vanced training in their construction area. Medal or the Armed Forces Expedi- specialties. Initially, due to the heat, work tionary Medal for their performance After this training, MCB 10 was was scheduled in increments of four of duty in the combat zone of Viet- transferred to Okinawa as alert bat- hours on and eight off. During the nam. talion. When the call came to mount last several months the battalion Following upkeep, the ships will out for Vietnam, over two million worked a 10 to 12 hour day, seven commence routine operations from pounds of landing strip matting was days a week. San Diego as units of the U. S. First moved in 30 hours. The Seabees, as- Only on that special day in De- Fleet. sisted by Marine engineers staged cember, as planes circled Chu Lai and loaded a complete line of heavy before taking the Seabees home, did SeabeesExchange Duty equipment and supplies capable of they realize their jobwas finished. The first full Navy Seabee bat- covering all phases of construction -Ernie Filtz, JO1, USN. talion in Vietnam, Mobile Construc- to be faced at Chu Lai. tion Battalion 10, has returnedto When the battalion landed, work Roving Destroyer the States afterspending seven commenced immediately. By night- The high mobility of the destroyer months in the Southeast Asian fall of the next day, surveyors were force of the U. S. Seventh Fleet is trouble spot. laying out the Chu Lai landing strip, demonstrated by a World War I1 MCB Four has taken over where roads and campsites. On the third destroyer, uss IngersoZl (DD652), the men of Ten left off at Chu Lai. morning heavy equipment began which has been providing protection By making the Chu Lai landing leveling the terrain for the runway. to carriers in the South China Sea last May, MCB 10 holds the distinc- During the firstfive days, the and gunfire support for U. S. and tion of being the first Seabee bat- men slept under trees until shelters Vietnamese forces ashore in South talion to make an amphibious land- were set up. It was 14 days before Vietnam. ingunder combat conditions since they had their first hot meal. In less Ingersoll’s firepower has been felt World War 11. than 24 days after the landing, the along the entire coastal length of During this landing, nearly nine air strip was operational and was be- ,South Vietnam, beginning last July million pounds of heavy equipment ing used to mount air strikes against when the ship conducted extensive and supplies were moved ashore. the Viet Cong. gunfire support in the I and I1 Corps During the deployment, MCB 10 MCB 10 was then given the job areas. listed such construction jobs as an of building two helo pads. They Since that time, the Viet Cong 8000-foot all-weather landing strip, moved in and,after 16 days, the have become increasingly aware of two helo pads, 12 miles of roads and first was operational. the presence of this ship. Shore tar- a large share of the Chu Lai base. In During the first days at Chu Lai gets have included antiaircraft instal- earth hauling alone, the Bees moved the Bees encountered sporadic sniper lations, assembly areas, coastal forti- over one and a quarter million tons fire. Heavy equipment operators car- fications, infiltration points, radio in- of dirt, clay, sand and rock. ried a “shotgun” rider with an “14. stallations, troop concentrations and MCB 10 is home portedin Port Weather played an important part Viet Cong headquarters units.

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SUBPAC and SubLant game began tourney. Rf: Laker jumps high for a shot. Capture Cage Crown SCRAMBLE-AI Clark(in white) vies for reboundwith Lakers’ Burton. by Jim Head. But Head also picked Ehlers called for a full-court press up three fouls, and Lozon came back with Great Lakes leading, 32-23. A1 Then Burton broke loose ona in the game. Clark pulled down several rebounds scoring spreeand grabbed several Meanwhile, Yates and Clark were in Laker territory, threw them down crucialrebounds. Head hit two on battlingfor rebounds. Then Clark the court to St. Clair on a fast break shotsfrom the outside to aid the pulledout from the slot to cover pattern, and the Sea Raiders brought Laker cause. Burton. The change in tactics work- the score to 42-42 at halftime. ’ St. Clair fouled out with just over ed to the Lakers’ advantage. Burton, who hadbeen double- five minutes to go, and wasclosely With Yates holdinga three-inch teamedthroughout the first half, followed by Head of the Lakers. height advantage over Moore under wentto the locker room with only Each had 16 points. the boards. the Lakers switched of- seven points. With3:23 left in the game. the fensivetactics to afast break, and Lakers led by four points. They put

caught Ken Wallace,open down- HE SEARAIDERS centeredtheir on a I stall which held both teams court, for six quick points from the offense around Moore and Clark scoreless for two minutes,before a comer. in the second half. Aiding a 17-point SubLant ‘steal droppedthe Laker Player-coach Jim Ehlersreplaced splurgeby Clark, Moore keptthe lead to two. Jerry Riggins at guardfor the Sea Sea Raiders going withsteady re- But the Sea Raiders, trying to Raiders with four minutes to go in bounding, despite the height advan- sparka last-minute rally, got over- the first half, so he could direct the tage of Yates. anxious and gave Burton, Hagen and team from the floor. He provedto Lozon replaced Head with 14:29 Wallace a total of seven points from be a steadying factor for the team in on the clock, but went out on fouls the freethrow line. The game ended the ensuing SubLant rally. 24 seconds later, without a point. with the Lakers ahead, 93-86, forc- I HE’S ALL WET-SubLant player-coachJim Ehlers gets victory shower. Rf: Champion Sea Raiders celebrate victory. THREE IN A ROW-SubLant team members show off trophies. Team was second to win three straight All-Navy titles. ing a play-off the next night. Then Jim Ehlers took the floor for witha comfortable halftimelead It was a jarring upset for the Sea SubLantwith 5:24 left in the first of 11 points, 42-31. Raiders, who had won 35 straight half. With some fancy ball stealing games to that point, and forthe fans, by Ehlers,St. Clair and Mike Bar- s THE SECOND HALF BEGAN, the who had beentalking of trophies rett,and a three-point play by im A signs of wear were beginning to and victory celebrations since early .Cole, SubLant took a 25-23 lead! show on the Great Lakes players. in the day. While Cole was at the foul line, They were obviously tired after five A1 Clark ended the game with 31 Dick Coven relieved Larry Moore at straightnights of toughbasketball, points, seven more than rival Burton. forward. SubLant,charged with the pos- Moore of the Sea Raiders and Yates Coven and Cole paired for a rally sibility of winningthree straight of Great Lakes each had 22. that included 14 pointsand 11 re- titles, began the half withanother After the game, Coach Ehlers gave boundsin less thanthree minutes, rally, this one led by Mike Barrett, credit to the Great Lakes team say- and SubLant went tothe locker room a 6”“‘ forward. Inthe first four ing, “They played a good ball game, minutes of the half, Barrett connect- and took advantage of our mistakes.” Inter-ServiceBasketball ed for 11 points on five straight field What about the final game? “We’ll I I goals and a foul shot. be there,” Ehlers said simply, After the shouting of the All- The Sea Raiders jumped to a 54- Laker coach Tony Kujawa gave Navj. Basketball championship was 37 lead,and fought to keep that credit to his team as a whole, then finished, a team was selected to re- margin. Nearlyevery time the Lakers stated,“We came here to do two present the Navy in the Inter-Serv- missed a shot, Coven or Cole came things;end the season betterthan icetournament, to be held at the down with the rebound. .500, and win the All-Navy. They Norfolk naval station March 8-11. With12:12 left on the clock. werehungry tonight, but we were SubLantcagers made upthe Coven left the game. As he walked just hungrier.” nucleus of the 15-mansquad. Sea off the court, he was given a rousing Raiders Mike Barrett, A1 Clark, Dick ovation by the standing-room-only ON THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, Sub- St.Clair, Jim Cole, Jerry Riggins, crowd. Lant was the team with the ap- Larry Moore (ComPhibLant)and With Coven out and Clark guard- petite. DickCoven (NAO School, Pensa- ing Burton, Mike Barrett took over Both teams came on the floor cola). the rebounding chores for SubLant. charged for a win. As the ball went Otherspicked toaugment the He sparked yet another Sea Raider from teamto team in the opening SubLant team were Maltrus Neely rally by putting down 11 straight minutes, it looked as though another and John Snipes (NavStaPearl rebounds and adding six more points tightdefensive game was in the Harbor), of the SubPac squad; Joel to the mounting score in three min- offing. Hagenand Barry Yates (USCG utes of play. Withboth teams using atough RTC, Cape May, N. J.); and Clay Then Burton playing his best floor man-to-man press from the start, A1 Raaka (Coml3), of the Whidbey game of the tournament, turned on Clark drew three quickfouls and was Island Jets. adazzling display of shooting and replaced by Jim Cole. JimEhlers and Tony Ortega, of rebounding which led Clark to his Great Lakes was neverbehind SubLant, joined teamthe as last two fouls. Clark went out with through 15 minutes of play, though coaches. Beattty Barnes, SubLant, 6:50 in the game. their biggest leadwas six points. was selected as team manager. With Clark gone, Burton took ad-

30 ALL HANDS vantage of teammate Joel Hagen’s play-making and spurred the Lakers to a 14-point spree before SubLant scored anotherpoint. Then Hagen fouled out with 4:27 left,and SubLvt began stall.a the VQ-2 intramuralfootball Ehlers, Barrett and St. Clair kept the team to the league champion- balloutside the freethrow circle, ship, and the right to play the away from a shot and any chance of league’s All-starteam in the losing the ball on a rebound. As the annual Rota Bowl. Lakers gambled on their defense in Heavy rains before the bowl anattempt to get the ball, Coven game made a ground attackin- made acrowd-pleasing dunk shot effective, so Felgenhour took that shook therafters above the to the. air and completed four blackboard. touchdown passes to leadVQ-2 Great Lakes hit for two, and Sub- to a 24-6 victory. Lantstalled again until the final When the trophieswere seconds of the game. given, Felgenhourhad his hands on two of them-the N THE LAST NIGHT, with an 88-71 championship cup for his win anda third championship team’s efforts andthe Most to their credit, the Sea Raiders were ValuablePlayer of the Year anything but quiet, in contrast tothe award for his individual play. evening before. Ehlers, uniform and Felgenhour now , has the all, was carried to the showers for a distinction of quarterbaclbg traditional dunking. both sides in the Rota Bowl. Mike Barrett, asked about his re- He led the All-Stars in 1964. bounding spurt in the third quarter, *** said, “We had to have ’em tonight. Fred Mims, of the PhibPac There was no tomorrow. It had to be Inuaders, received the All- tonight, so I got ’em.” Tournament award forhis play And he did-18 rebounds in the in the California Western holi- game. He also hit eight for eight day ’ basketballtournament. from the floor during the second The award was given for half. Mims’ all-around playand Coach Ehlers, still in his wet uni- sportsmanship. form, said that heand assistant coach The 6’5” center scored a Tony Ortega had agreed to rest the Cal-Western game record of players more than they had in other 44points during the tourna- games, giving the bench playersa ment. He is the team’s leading chance to get in, make the team run scorer and is in second place more, andthus open upthe Laker among Invader rebounders. defense. *** “It was the best decision of the In judo, size isn’t necessarily tournament for us,” he said happily. an advantage. Harry Ramsden, “Cole and Coven-well, my only re- ET1, of the NTC’Great Lakes gret is that we didn’t playthem Service Schools Command is a sooner. We all had a good night, but good example. And so is his they made the difference.” son. Ehlers declined to predict how the Ramsden is a toweringmem- team would do next season. They ber of theNTC JudoClub, will lose Jerry Riggins and Dick St. which recently put on an after- Clair at the guard positions.Moore noon of promotional matches to will also be gone from PhibLant, and build interest in club member- routine personnel transfers may take ship. their toll. During the Ramsdens’ dem- “But we havethe Inter-Service onstration, four-year-old Chris tournament to look forward to, and stole the show by tossing his we have our three straight All-Navy 249-poundfather to the mat .. titles. No matter what happens next, witha “tai-oto-shi,” orbody we can’t complain.” drop. He was right-we didn’t hear one That sort of thing should complaint from theSubLant locker promote interestin the club-at room. leastfor the 97-pound weak- -Story by Kelly Gilbert, J02, USN lings. “Kelly Gilbert, J02, USN -Photos by E. J. Santee, QM1, USN and Terry Reilly, JOJ, USN

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Which Buckley? Sm: While reading your report of the Navy’s action in Vietnam (September OLD STEAMER--Buckley (DE51) steamed out of Boston Harbor in 1943to issue) I noted an error. You stated that perform valiantly in Atlantic battles. She has been kept in reserve since 194.6. uss Dennis J. Buckley (DE 51) conducted shore bombardments against cruise,served a tour of duty with the arduous sea duty on your second reen- some Viet Cong positions. SixthFleet in the Med, andhas since listment. The reason is simple:There That ship’s name mayhave been returned to the Pacific Fleet where she are noreenlistment incentices for a Dennis Buckley, but its designation J. is now serving-ED. secondtermer. You see, youalready certainly was not DE 51. I know, be- haceacailable to youwhat the first cause DE 51 was named for my brother, termerreceices as incentices when he John D, Buckley. In addition, it was my Anybody Need a Good Locksmith? Sm: There are several points on agrees to reenlist. mother who, backin 1943, christened Therefore, you don’t have to wait the ship. which I am not clear concerning my rotation and my newly acquiredNEC. until yourreenlistment timeto make Perhaps you can correct the error in such a request. Ecen if youwere not a future publication.-W. J. Buckley. Perhaps you can set me straight. Currently I am on shore duty, and due to reenlist,and your shore duty TCD was not until July 1967, you could We herebystand corrected, You my EAOS is 14 September. Therefore, I plan to ship over this June which haceasked that your shore tour be are right, of course. The escortship terminatedonce you metthe require- uss Buckley (DE 51) has the honor of would make my shore duty tour comments of the “EnlistedTransfer Man- being named for your brother. Wewere pletion date in July 1967. But when I reenlist, I would like to referring to uss Dennis J. Buckby (DD CAIMAN CREW musters aboard sub 808). ask for duty aboard a ship which has a For other readers who may not know locksmith billet(recently I completed for presentation of Efficiency award. your brother’s story, John Daniel Buck- the school and have the locksmith NEC ley, an aviation ordnuncemun, had been of 9583), rather than finish out my full assigned to the Kaneohe Bay Naval Air tour of shore duty. However, I was told Station in Hawaiiand was killed at- that I couldn’t make that request since tempting to help repel the Japanese atthis would be my second reenlistment. tack on 7 Dec1941. He was posthu- Is this true? mously commended by the Commander Also, is the locksmith NEC a primary in Chief, PacificFleet, for his actions or secondary code? during the attack. Does BuPers control the assignment DE 51 performed with equalvalor. of locksmiths? During the Battle ofthe Atlanticshe And once a man with a top secret engaged in a rammingduel withthe clearance receives this code, is it neces- German U-66 and, althoughseverely sary for him to be cleared at each suc- damaged herself, succeeded in sinking ceeding duty station?-J. H. O., MR1, the sub. Later, while on antisubmarine USN. and convoy escort duty, she teamed up 0 Perhaps it is just as well you don’t with uss ReubenJames (DE 153) to want a full tour of shore duty, since sink the Germansubmarine U-879. youwould not have had one anyway. She received theNavy Unit Com- If your EAOS is 14 Sep 1966, that also mendationfor sinking u-66 andthree is your shore duty completion date-not battle stars for her World War I1 sew- July 1967. When you reported to your ice. Buckleywas decommissioned in present duty station, you had four July 1946 and has remained in the Re- months to decide if you wanted a full serveFleet since. shore tour. Once that four months had DennisBuckley (DD 808)was not lapsed,your tour completion date was commissioneduntil March 1945. Her changed to agree with your EAOS. first assignment was occupation duty in But to answeryour question, you Tokyo. Since then, she has made several cannot, as a reenlistment incentive, re- Far East tours, anaround-the-world quest to changeyour shore duty for

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ation in Vietnam. In early 1955, she also helped evacuate some 15,000 National- tst Chinese froamthe Tachen Islands. Askari was decommissioned on 21 Mar 1956 andplaced inthe Reserve Fleet at Astoria, Ore. You know the rest of her story.-ED. Let ThereBe a Ringing in the Land SIR: Is striking bells on Sundays and holidaysgoverned by custom or regu- lation? Wehaven’t been able to find the answer in the regulations we have readand hope youcan supply some facts on the subject.-F. L. F., YNSN, USN. Bellsare not a subject of ”U. S. Naval Regulations” but instructions for strikingbells are given in Chapter 17 of the “Bluejacket’s Manual.” The striking of bells is customary rn board U. S. navalvessels although the procedure may vary from one ship to another. COMEBACK-Landing craft repair ship Askari (ARL 30) is being reactivated According to the “Bluejacket’s Manual,” bells are struck from reveille after 10 years in mothballs. She was originally commissioned as LST 1131. to taps. Exception to this practice is made during divine services, when the denoting her part in antisubmarine war- too old. I don’t see how they figure it. ship is akrkened, or when the fog signal fare. And this job, so far as we know, The doctors say I am physically fit. The is being sounded. was never performed by Hoquiam. Naval Reserve is using my services one The Manual goes on to say that the But since Hoquiam was a small sur- night a week and two weeks a year. I bell is struckonce at the end of each face ship, it might be more accurate to feel as young as I did at 18 in World phase of church call when that call dub her a “CVL,” or smallaircraft War 11. Besides, I look around the is being sounded for divine services. carrier. recruitingoffice and I see no spring No departure from normal procedure We can only assume, therefore, that chickens there. is prescribedfor holidays.-ED. Bridget and one other DE of the same Whycan’t you go active at 40, especially when you feel you are need- Smallest CVS class equipped with drone antisub- Ibeg to differ with the claim marinehelicopter (Dash) gear,are the ed and can help out? I’m sure I’m not Sm: smallest CVSsin the Pacific-at least the only one of this ripe old age who madeby uss Bridget (DE 1024) on feels this way.-W. USNR. page 59 of yourOctober 1965 issue until someone figures out how to put E. A., CVS a helo deck on a minesweeper.-ED. They may not look it, butthe that sheis the Smallest in the gentlemen at the recruiting station are Pacific. all in their 20sif you figure their cm- DuringKorea, I served in uss Computed Age for AcDu Reserves puted ages. And we’reafraid it’s COW Hoquiam (PE 5), frompre-recommis- SIR: I amaNaval Reservist who sioning to decommissioning. During this wishes to “go active.” I am physically puted ages, not red ages, which count. fit, and have a desire to help out in try- A man’s computed age is his calendar timewe hada catapult in place of age minus the number of years he has mount 32. One of our missions was to ingtimes like these. The problem is, provide drone launch and control dur- I’m also 40 years old. served on active duty in anyservice. ing antiaircraft exercises for all classes The recruiting officers tell me that’s Consequently,a 35-year-old Navyman of warships. Thedrone wasamid-wing mono- FELLOW NAWMEN gathered at head table during luncheon at NAS Nor- plane with reciprocating engine. It was folk CPO Club. ADM T. H. Moorer, CincLanFlt (2nd from left), was speaker. mounted forward. As I recall, it would . do about 150 knots. Because of itssmall size, the drone was difficult to hit. To the best ofmy knowledge,we lost only two from direct hits.. Generallv. if the drone was disabled or out of fuel, the drone control officer wouldtrigger a control to release a parachutewhen the planewas close aboard. So much for Bridget and her claim.- M. N. Douglas, RMCS, USN. It seems therewas a smuller “carrier” than Bridget inthe Pacific. But please note the word, “was.” When Hoquiamwent out of commission in 1951, the commissioning of Bridget was still six years away. The menof Bridget, by the way,were careful in wording their claim, the CVS

APRIL 1966 37 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Conf.) chapis slated for, say, the fifth in- Ship Reunions crement, at whichtime he had previouslyplanned to get out and be- Newsof reunions of ships and organi- $itor, ALL HANDS Magazine,Room 1809, come a civilian. zations will be carried inthis column from Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Depart- Hestops by Personnel and tells the time to time. In planning a reunion,besf ment, Washington, D. C. 20370, four months PN that he doesnot want to extend results will be obtained by notifying ihe in advance. forthe necessary time, and will thus uss Susan B. Anthony ( AP 72)- uss Luce (DLG 7), Fleet Post Office, declinetheadvancement. The PN A reunionis planned for July. For in- New York, N. Y. 09501. makesa page 13 entryto this effect, formation,write to Edward M. uss Mobile (CL 63)-Areunion andthe Bureau isnotified. Wright,Sr., 1439 Henry St., Balti- is scheduled for 2-4 July at the Mon- Subsequently, BuPers selects another more, Md. 21230.ForteleoneOrleans,Md.more,Hotel,New La. competitor from the PNA list, and some 0 uss Laurens (APA153)-A re- details, write to TravisN. Price, Mas- luckyguy who otherwise might not unionis scheduled for 29-31 -July in sey Business College, Nacogdoches, havebeen advanced on that cycle is Tampa,Fla. For details, write Texas.to notified that he made it after all. Fine. EdwardFalk, 5940 N.W. 12thCourt, uss PC 1120-Thosewho arein- Butmeanwhile, our decliningE-5 Fort Lauderdale, Ma. 33313. terested in a reunion may write to Ray has had a change of heart. Just as the uss Luce (DLG 7)-A fifthan- W. Stem, Warren Hospital, Phillips- fifthincrement advancement date rolls niversarycruise isplanned for 20 burg, N. J. 08865. around, he decidesthings aren’t going May. Crew members of uss Luce (DD VP-83-A 25thanniversary re- so badly, and those three chevrons will 99) and uss Luce (DD 55) as well as union will be held 15-16 September at make quite a difference in his life. He detachedshipmates of thepresent Pensacola,Fla. For details, write to changes his mind, ships over for six and Luce areinvited. For information, R.R. Fluck, 319 Calhoun Ave., Pen- accepts his promotion to first class. write to PublicInformation Officer, sacola,Fla. We thus end up with two guys being advanced where only one should have been. Multiply this times X number of with 15 years of activeservice has a man from putting in 10 or more yeam similar cases throughout the Navy, and computed age of 20. pursuing a career which he would find what do you end up with? The maximum “computed age”for a later he could not complete. Just wondering-howwill BuPers Reservist going on active duty is 30. At Active career opportunity is not a copewith this situation?-R. E. J., 40, you could nut enlist”we’re sure consideration in the event of mobiliza- QMCS, USN. the recruiters told you-unless you had tion. That is why openings fm-4O-year- This “‘undecided”factor has al- 10 years of activeservice behind you. olds are authorized inthe NavalRe- ready been cranked into the system by The regulationsare for your own serve.--ED. BuPers, and allowance is made for such protection as well as the Navy’s. It’s a cases. The Bureau recognizes that some fair assumption that when a Reservist Two for One Advancement people will change their minds, but, over 30 goes active, he willprobably SIR: Since the rulesfor E-5/E-6 nevertheless allows them to do so want to retire on 20. Even if you have advancementwere changed, requiring until the limiting date for effecting the no intentions now you may well change personneladvanced to these rates to advancement isreached. It is possible yourmind after several years inthe serve a minimum of one year, it seems that two advancements, rather than one, service. to me that it’spossible to foul up will result, but it is not anticipated that A man who enlisted at 30 would be BuPers’ control over the number of men thenumber of suchinstances will be 50 whenhe retired, andthat’s just advanced. appreciable. about the limit, cMlsidering thede- Take, for example, the case of an E-5 In any event, the alternate advancee munds ofsea duty. The purpose of the who has about six months of obligated is taken from the top of the PNA list, regulationbarring you from active service remaining when he hears of his and is ,fullu ”, aualified I Ifor advancement. service, is among other things, to keep a authorizedadvaicement to E-6.The So noone loses out.-ED.

38 ALL WANDS HeloFlight Training SIR:I am a high school senior and am interestedinhelicopter training after I graduate. I haveasked several Navymenabout therequirements but havereceived confiicting answers con- cerningwhat schools I wouldattend, howlong they would last andthe various courses required. I would greatly appreciate clarification.-P. W. H. We are happy not only to answer yourquestions but also to set straight theNacymen who gaveyou the con- flicting information. First, in yourcase, you will not be eligible for naoal flight training as soon as you graduate from high school,for LARGE DEPOSITORS-Crew of USS Cocopa (ATF 101) havegiven 112 pints applicants must be either college gradu- of blood to Red Crossin Hong Kong andJapan since September 1965. ates before being considered as aviation officer candidates or have hadat .least two years of college work (Navy equiv- of one record or another, we, the crew- ants. She has supplied everything from alent if on active duty) beforebeing members of uss Cimarron (A0 22), pencilsfor MSOs, tofresh water for considered for the naval aviation cadet have been waiting for the opportunity carriers. program. to add our comments aboutthe grandest Even though Cimarron is the senior If, after you satisfy these require- old lady of them all. lady of the Fleet, she keeps even with, ments, you are selected for one of these On 20 Mar 1939, Cimarron was com- orahead o:, thesleekest and latest programs,you mill be ordered to missioned.Twenty-six years later, she models. We intend to keep her ahead. Pensacola, Fla., for 17 weeks of aviation has the distinction of being the oldest -D. L. H., YN3, USN. (uss Cimar- indoctrination training. You would study shipon continuous active duty. She ron, and proud of it). suchsubjects as theory of flight, prin- has just completed a six-month deploy- Your reporting of Cimarron’s activ- ciples of navigation, meteorology, avia- ment in the South China Sea, where she ities providesan excellent thumbnail tion communication, and histoy, tradi- hasprovided support to the Seventh story of a truly remarkably ship. In the tions, customs and etiquette of the U.S. Fleet forces in Vietnam. April1965 issue of ALL EIANDS, we Navy. Cimarron has participated in refuel- asked if there were any ships in the Your indoctrination training would be ing operations in both the Atlantic and Navythat couldboast membership in followed by basic flight training which Paci6c since her commissioning. To the themer-25 club other than Cimarron would last about eight months. During best of our knowledge, she has partici- and her sister ship uss Platte (A0 24) this period,you would undergomore patedin every major operation in the whichwas commissioned on 1Dec classroomstudy-this time in aerody- Pacificsince World War I1 andhas 1939. To date, there has been only one namics, engineering, meteorology, navi- refueledmore ships than any oiler in validapplicant-uss Constitution (IX gation, weaponsystems andnaval the Navy. 21). As her exec so correctly points out, leadership. Today, Cimarron continues to live up to her, any ship with less than 100 Atthis stage of training, astudent toher fine record. A0 22 leftLong years’ serviceis still a boot.Homeoer, begins actual flight trainingand solos Beach OP 10 Apr 1965. Since that date, he does not claim 168 years’ contin- in the T-34 and T-28 single engine air- she has steamed more than48,000 miles uous service for her. craft. Hebecomes proficient in forma- and replenished nearly 400 ships. During World War 11, the Korean tion flying, cross-country hops,night During the eight monthsof her recent conflict, and the current action in and instrument flying andlearns to Pacific deployment, the Old Lady pump- Vietnam, Cimarron has pumped a cast land aboard an aircraft carrier at sea. ed over 43 million gallons of bulk fuel, amount of black oil and aviation gaso- Aftera student navalaviator com- acted as a transient receiving station for line, and she continues to do so. pletes basic training, he may apply for closeto 500 men, andtransferred a She and her crews deserve a special helicoptertraining and, if selected, he couple of thousand movies and tons of salutefor service tothe Navy since is sent to Ellyson Field, Pensacola, for fleet freight for Seventh Fleet combat- 1939.-ED. advancedtraining in rotary-wingair- craft. This follows a 12-weekschedule THREE SAILORS aboard USS Intrepid (CVS 11) recently received trophies as with about 80 hours spent in the class- carrier’s most physically fit men. With CAPT G. Macri are: Kenneth Giesow, room and an equal amount of time spent in the air. SN, and Edward Ocas, TN, (tied for lst), and Ron Holzman ABAN (2nd place). The classroomschedule covers heli- copteraerodynamics, communications, engineering,meteorology, recognition, survival and nacal leadership. The flight training includes mastering the H-13 and H-34 choppers. Afterthe student has successfully completed his advanced training, he is designated a naval aviator and, if he is in the naval aviation cadet program, is alsocommissioned ensign, USNR.-ED.

Cimarron Still GoingStrong SIR: In readingyour Letters to the Editor section for the past six months concerning old ships and the shattering

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STRANDED MAN is lifted to helicopter during Louisiana flood. Right: Battle gray cutter searches Vietnamese. junk. Guard Has CY Busy Year Ahead

small Cuban fishing port of Camari- stranded on a rooftop. Toreach panding oceanographic program, the oca to pick up refugees. Most of them,a Coast Guardhelicopter icebreaker USCGC Northwind (WAGB them were-unsuited to operation in pilot had to make a dangerous land- 282) carried out a five-month study the treacherous Florida Straits. Coast ing on the roof. The operation was of the little known Kara and Barents Guardaircraft, in cooperation with carried out without a hitch. Seas, in the Arctic Circle. surface units, kept close watch over Said the pilot later: “The courage The ship camed marine scientists thesewaters, alert for any emer- of this group struck me because of of the Coast Guard’s Oceanographic gency. This was in addition to nor- their orderliness and patience as we Unit in Washington, D. C. For the malsearch and rescue activity in lifted them by basket into the heli- first time, they had an opportunity to the southernFlorida waters. copter.They were the easiest load secure important information on the Working around the clock, the that we picked up that entire day.” nature, structure, and history of this Coast Guard assisted approximately remote area. The data they obtained 3000 persons in an operation reminis- APPROXIMATELY 800 rescues took will be made available to marine recent of the “matchbox fleet,” which place during the disastrousfloods search centers of the world. pullednearly 1700 allied soldiers in the spring of 1965 when the rain- Under a 1965 agreement between out of the English channel duringthe swollen Mississippi and its tributaries the Navy and Treasury Departments, World War I1 Normandy invasion. rampaged over the adjacent country- five Navy icebreakers will be trans- side. Coast Guardhelicopters and ferred to theU. S. Coast Guard, mak- ALSO IN September1965, Coast small boats labored tirelessly to bring ingit the chief icebreaking agency Guard rescue facilities were put stranded men,women and children for the federal government. The to a stern test when Hurricane Betsy tosafety. In onehectic operation, agreement will becarried out over slammed intothe southeast, center- Coast Guardsmen herded buffalo to a 16-month period which began with ingher fury around New Orleans. safety, evacuatedflood victims, trans- the transfer of uss Edisto (AGB 2). By the time the storm had spent it- ported workers, medicine and food, Meanwhile, plans to modernize the self 11 Coast Guard helicopters had andhelped parents salvage their Coast Guards surface fleet went evacuated 1144 persons, transported children’s Easter basket. briskly ahead with the launching of 22 doctors, and flown 140 sorties. the 210-foot medium endurance cut- By small boats and vehicles, men The Coast Guard saved additional ter Active, andthree new 175-foot of the Coast Guard Base at New scores of people in 1965 through its buoy tenders-Red Wood, Red Birch, Orleans evacuated 3600 persons and Automated Merchant Vessel Report- and Red Beech. In December 1965, transported approximately 100 tons ing Program (AMVR) , a computer- the Coast Guardlaunched itsfirst of food, water and medical supplies. ized search andrescue operation, new “Secretary” class cutter,the At its supply depot in New Orleans, centered in New York City. In the 378-foot Hamilton. Shewill be a high the Coast Guardhelped more than summer of 1965, AMVR wasex- endurancecutter,incorporating 8000 persons from flooded areas. tendedto the Pacific Ocean area. many advanced features. A good example of the Coast Headquarters for the western phase Altogether, 1965was a memorable Guards work inHurricane Betsy of AMVR are in San Francisco, Calif. -and busy-year for this small serv- involved aparty of blind persons As part of the Coast Guard’sex- ice of 32,000 men, 1966 will be too.

APRIL 1966 41 S€RVIC€SCOP€ Briefnews items about other branches of thearmed services. VIETNAMis an everyday consideration at the U. S. listed mechanic learns these tasks over and above the Army Aviation School in Fort Rucker, Ala. Nearly 700 strictly maintenance duties he can expect to perform in veterans of Vietnam actionnow serve asstaff and Vietnam. faculty members at the school, where they are training Other training, such as malaria discipline, is part of other Armymen for duty in Southtast nsia. all environmental instruction. Recent increases in quotas will amount to 5000 offi- For a large number of Fort Rucker students, Vietnam cers, warrant officer andwarrant officer candidate is the next stop. trainees and 24,000 enlisted trainees each year. Courses *** range from helicopterand fixed wing flight training, maintenanceand safety specialist courses tospecialty A SMALL NUMBER of medical doctors will be seIected each year to be trained as pilots under a new Air Force courses for medical officers. All courses, where appropri- program. The program was devised to meet a need for ate, are oriented directlyto the tasks and environment in Vietnam. This continuing emphasis reduces to a mini- dual skills in aeromedicalsupport, teaching and re- mum the burden of training men once they arrive in search. the area of conflict. Four Air Force medical officers have already entered pilot training and two physicians will be selected annu- Since the helicopter’s role has become SO important in Vietnam, the Fort Rucker school has increased its an- ally for future training. Also, a small number of young nualoutput of helo pilots from1150 to nearly 3500. former pilots recentlygraduated from medical school Training of aviation mechanics has increased from about have been returnedto pilot status. 12,000 to 24,000 a year. After completing the 12-month basic pilottraining, About 70per cent of the newly graduated Army each pilot-physician will be qualified in a tactical fighter aviators are warrant officers. The helicopter pilot course aircraft and will be assigned to a fighter unit forat least forwarrant officer candidates consists of a four-week two years. indoctrination period, 16 weeks of primary training at When he. completes this tour of duty, the pilot-phy- Fort Wolters, Texas, then 16 weeks of advanced train- sician may apply for further trainingat the USAF Aero- ing at Fort Rucker. The entire 36-week fixed wing space Research Pilot School, or he may be assigned to a aviator course is conducted at Fort Rucker. position indirect support of mannedaerospace pro- Enlistedmechanic courses includepractical exer- grams. cises oriented to duty in Vietnam. Besides mechanics, *** certain students undergo tactical field training in gun- MORETHAN 275 U. S. military nurses are now serving nery, in-flight duties of acrew chief, maintenance of in Vietnam. The Army has more than, 200 there, the helicopter weapons systems and other subjects. The en- Navy 39 (including29 aboard uss Repose (AH16) and the Air Force 37. These figures do not include flight BIG LIFT-Navy Skyraider gets lift to repair facility via nurses aboard air evacuation planes. Army helicopter. Engine was removed to lighten load. The majority of the Army nurses are assigned to the largermedical facilities. They perform a variety of duties ranging from head nurse or staff nurse with a medical or surgical nursing unitto assignment with specialized medical or surgical treatment teams. The Army’s first group of 13 nurses arrived in Viet- nam in March 1962 and wereassigned to a field hospital in Nha Trang.Five more nurses wereassigned to a dispensary which opened in October1964 at SOC Trang. With the buildup of American forces in 1965, more hospitals were equipped and staffed. The Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam is headed by Lieutenant Colonel Margaret Clarke. She was recently awarded the Air Medal. Since 1955men have served in the Army Nurse Corps. Consequently,for the first time, Army nurses are serving with major combat organizations. The First Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)has five malenurse anesthetists and the lOlst and 173rd Airborne Brigades each have one. Eight Navy nurses are assigned to the hospital at the Navy Support Activity in Saigon. In March this facility will be transferred to the Army. Two Navy nurses are attached to the Medical Advisory Team at Rach Gia, as part. of a civic action group which assists and trains Vietnamese medical teams. The first 17 women Air Force nurses were assigned lastFebruary to the 12th Air Forcehospital at Cam Ranh Bay. Twenty male Air Force nurses are stationed at various Air Force dispensaries throughout Vietnam.

42 ALL HANDS Buildup in Vietnam At Cam Ranh Bay in South Viet- SecNav Reports on Navy Reorganization nam a pier juts 600 feet out into the I I water, marking the location where Secretary of the Navy Paul H. (instead of fourmaterial bureaus) soon there will be,a major advanced Nitzereported at abriefing on 7 as follows: base deepwaterport. A few yards March that his proposals for the re- 1. &r Systems Command away warehouses (soon to be com- organization of theDepartment of 2. Ships Systems Command pleted) will furnish storage space for the Navy have been approved bythe 3. Electronics Systems Command‘I incoming equipmentbefore it is Secretary of Defense. 4. Ordnance Systems Command shipped on to U. S. troops. Nearby, a “This reorganization,” he stated, 5. Supply Systems Command recently completed air field will pro- “will increase the breadth of author- 6. FacilitiesEngineering Com- vide for rapid transportation of men ity and responsibility of the Chief of mand and supplies. Naval Operations under the continu- The reorganization will not affect The Cam Ranh project is only one ing direction of the Secretary of the the internalorganization of the example. Military constructionin Navy, and will strengthen the man- Marine Corps nor disturb the tradi- South Vietnam has moved into high agement of the Navy’s material sup- tional relationship betweenthe Chief gear. port organization. of Naval Material and the Comman- Construction in SoutheastAsia has “Thepurpose of the reorganiza- dant Of the Marine coqs. I been the responsibility of the Navy’s tion,” SecNav Nitzestated, “is to The Secretary of the Navy stated Bureau of Yards and Docks since enable the Navy tocarry out more that, in addition to Over- 1956. In the decade since. BuDocks effectivelyits fmctions of preparingall coordination of the Navy’s SUP- has spent more than $250 million for naval forces for assignment to portactivities in the areas of ma- projects suchas tactical airfields, fiedand specified commandem andterial, medicine and Personnel, he tele-communications systems, roads, developingand producing the man-expected the new organization to bridges,waterfront structures, hos- power andmaterial resourcessup- to accomplish the PUToses. pitals and fuel storage facilities. 0 Affirm andstrengthen the sys- Today, because of the greatly in- port naval forces.” Underthereorganization the temsmanagement approach weap-to I creased U. s. commitment there, Bu- ons developmentand acquisition. Docks plans to spend an additional OEce of the chiefof Naval Opera- tions will not be affected directly. Reinforce the management sum-in a much shorterperiod 6f strength of the functional organiza- time. At presentthere is a civilian H~~~~~~,CI\TO,in to having the operating forces of the N~~ tions under the Chief of Naval Ma- contractor work force in South Viet- terial;achieve more balancedand nam exceeding 26,000 men, most of underhim, willexercise whom are Vietnam nationals. over the Chief of Naval Material, the efficient spans of control; and give Chief of ~~~~lpersonnel, and the more emphasis to ordnance and elec- Projects alreadycompleted in- tronics* clude an aircraft control and warn- Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Sur- ingfacility on amountaintop near gery* Centralizeand improve the co- DaNangair base. The bureau also The Bureau of Naval Personnel ordination of RDT&E(Research, contracted for aconcrete and as- andthe B~~~~~ of ~~di~i~~and Development, Test and Evaluation) phalt runway to accommodate fight- Surgery will continue operating un- management* er/bomber aircraft there. dertheir current titles. The other Place more emphasis onthe Later, to keep abreast of aircraft bureaus will be “restructured”into logistic support and maintenance of support requirements in the northern functional commands. weapon systems. sector of South Vietnam, an addi- The principal elementsof the Plan, Increase the efficiencyand tional air facility was constructed at SecNav Nitze stated in his briefing, economy Of the Navy’s material Or-

DaNang East, and is now known as are as follows: ganizationby ”exploiting opportuni- the Marble Mountain Air Facility. Arestructuring of the bilinear ties for consolidation of common I Previously at Bien Hoa, BuDocks organization into a unilinear frame- services. It is expected that the reorganiza- arrangedfor the construction of a work, by placingthe Navy’s ma- major jet military airfield. Before its terial, medical andpersonnel sup- tion will be effected underthe au- completion, jets could only operate porting organizations under com- thority vested in theSecretary of from Tan San Nhutairport at mand of the Chief of Naval Opera- Defense by law. SecNav Nitze stated the Navy reorganization is the result Saigon. tions. Another facility,built under the of a long period of study and is con- Military Assistance Program in 1964, A “reconstitution” of the Naval curred in and supportedby the Chief is located at Can Tho. MaterialSupport Establishment as of Naval Operationsand the Com- Today, work is progressing or has the Naval Material Command. mandant of the Marine Corns. Sub- beencompleted on airfield com- * Arestructuring of the compo- ject to the concurrence of the Con- plexes at Chu Lai, Qui Nhon, Nha nents of the new Naval Material Com- gress, thisreorganization will be Trang, and Pleiku. mand into six functional commands effective on 1 May 1966.

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CONVERTED TRUCKserves as roving small stores to San Diego naval activities.

Roving Small Stores more, they’d probably have trouble Small Stores are on the go-goin fitting in with the other workers. If San Diego, where a Navy gray two- no more than 10 percent could ton van serves as a branch store to make the grade, the supervisors felt, outlying navalactivities. the program would be a success. The truck was converted for use As the summer progressed, how- as a mobile Small Stores outlet, with ever, everyone concerned was happy the rear section equippedwith a to note the changes that came over counter and platform with steps.The the students. Work attitudes,dress mobile unit carries a regular stock of habits and personality traits improv- sea bag items, and also takes special ed as they mixed with and learned orders. Once aweek it visits activities from the other employees. As it turn- which do not have a Clothing and edout, about 80 per cent-not 10 Small Stores outlet. per cent-of the students were favor- Convenience is the ideabehind ably influenced by their experience. the new service. Approximately 1500 Bysummer’s end, those who de- sailorswill benefit from it initially, cide such things at Point Mugu, had saving considerable time required to concluded that: travel to established outlets. The experiment was not only The innovator, Commander E. G. basically soundbut it was a fine Schweizer, SC, USN, SupplyOfficer idea. at Naval Training Center, San Diego, Most of theparticipants were anticipatesthat the service will be hard-working andwere willing and extended to also includepier stops eager to learn from their fellow em- for the benefit of small ships which ployees. do not carry a Small Stores facility. It might be a good idea to hire some of them on a permanent basis. Point Mugu and YOP Because of the summer’s success, The Navy’s Point Mugumissile Point Mugu decidedto hire some base triedan experiment last sum- 30 students in conjunction with the mer. As part of the Youth Opportu- back-to-school phase of the Youth nity Program (YOP), about 80 OpportunityProgram. And, so far, students from low income families the results are a near repeat of the were hired to work on the base. summer. In the beginning, some of the pro- Of course, the naval station could ject’s supervisors were less than en- employ many students just to pull thusiastic.This was thetype of weeds andclean up thebase. But student who wasn’t doing well this would hardly be in keeping with scholastically, they said, and if they the idea behind the program. There- couldn’t or wouldn’t learn at school, fore, the studentsare receiving on- why should they at work? Further- the-jobtraining in data processing

APRIL 1966 the members can make their way overland to pick upthe survivors.

NTARCTIC TERRAIN is wicked, A even for an experienced climber. Thereare many jagged mountain ranges, some ascending over 16,000 feet.Even in, flat-looking ice plateaus, wide, deep crevasses appear, sometimes hidden by treacherous snow bridges. Pressure points on the slowly moving ice shelves heave up ice-block barriers that prohibit passage to all but a well-trained, well-equipped rescue party. Considering that a rescue party may have to pass these barriers to reach a distressed person and get him out,the training emphasized MUSH!-Visitorsto Antarctica ride sled between summer andwinter camps of somefine points of mountaineering. PlateauStation. They are, from left: RADM F. E. Bakutis,ComNavySupForAntarc- Cutting snow and ice steps and the fica; RADM H. A. Renken, ComServlant;and CAPT S. R.Smith, ComCBlant. The use of crampons (a frame with threewere on an inspection tourof Antarcticactivities. spikes, attached to boots) and pitons (pegs driven into rock or ice for support-often with an eye for threading struction during the practice mission. “never again,” to “the greatest ex- a line) in scaling steep ice slopes To train for Antarctic survival, the perience myof career.” But one were taught. rescue team was outfitted with regu- thing is certain-the men traversing Two-men-on-a-line traversing and lar issue Antarctic clothing. Food and camping on the cold continent belaying (stopping the fall of your consisted of high protein oatmeal today are confident that a fast rescue partner) both in level traverse and and survival ration meat bars. is possible, thanks to the generosity on slopes were more than practiced During the exercise, the men had and experience of the New Zealand -they had to be used on several oc- to cut and shape ice blocks for igloos instructors and their Para-Rescue casions. and live in them for over 24 hours. team students from VX-6. Rappelling, a knack necessary to The weatherman added realismby The lessons learned during these get down into a crevasse, andthe providing an Antarctic storm. Antarctic schooldays may one day one- and two-man prussic loops used Comments of the students during pay off in the saving of a life. in lifting, were prime fields of in- the after-class critique ranged from -Lee Quinn, JOC, USN I Slick Job in Iceland I Iceland, which is only some 2300 desirable factor for search and res- traveler had been spotted. miles northeast of New York City, is cue teams than would be true in The traveler, in this case, was a a showplace of nature with its glaci- many locations with friendlier geog- U. S. pilot who had been landed on ers and precipitous mountains. raphyand more benign climates. the ice to test survival gear the Because of its natural beauty and To keep in practice, Icelandic and previous day. He was to remain on an abundance of fish and game, Ice- U. S. components get together peri- the glacier to give the search and land has become a visiting place for odically to practice their tech- rescue teams an objective for their tourists and sportsmen whomyou niques, thus insuring that things will exercise. will find exploring Iceland’s interior go smoothly when the next emer- During the ascent, F-102 jets from by airplane, jeep, horseback or sim- gency arises. the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squad- ply on foot. A recent training exercisewas ron of the Iceland Defense Force There are times, however, when held on one of Iceland’s smaller located the survivor and radioed his the would-be explorers overestimi- glaciers when a group of men from exact position to the rescue teams matetheir capabilities and have to the Defense Force joined a search which worked their way toward their be rescued. This job falls to Ice- and rescue team of Icelanders in an target with the aid of ropes, cram- landic search and rescue teams expedition which formed at Iceland’s pons and ice axes. which are, at times, augmented by capital of Reykjavik. Cooperation between the Icelandic men from the Iceland Defense Five hours after leaving the capi- and U. S. search and rescue teams is Force. tal, theparty set up its base camp particularly important to U. S. forces Many U. S. Navymen stationed in at the foot of Eyjafjalla, a glacier on located in Iceland for, although lost this area are members of the Iceland Iceland‘s south coast, and spent the or injured travelers are the most fre- Defense Force, and it is commanded remainder of the daychecking equip- quent objects of search, there is al- by a Navyman, Rear Admiral Ralph ment and learning facts and figures ways the possibility of a pilot being Weymouth, USN. concerning the glacier they were to downed in the country’s interior or As inother parts of the world, climb. in the frigid waters of the North At- search and rescue requires special- The next morning, the expedition lantic. Since there is little room for ized skills, and Iceland’s precipitous began the ascent of the glacier to error, search and rescue teams in rug- terrain makes training an even more reach the point where a test-case.lost ged Iceland must be in top form.

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KEARSARGE SAILOR and guest

Igloo on Flight Deck aluminum. The panels havepre- decessor. And it will give Shangri La a flight deck as modem as any u ss SHANGRI LA (CVA 38) has an drilled hold-down fittings and stud igloo on its flight deck. screws for securing them to the in the Fleet. A huge igloo-shaped bubble, deck. originally designed for use with out- Once the panels are installed, an F-1 1 1 Is Passing Tests door swimming pools, has been epoxy resin glue is pumped beneath The ninth F-111 variable sweep adapted to the carrier duringthe the hickory plywood to bond the jet fighter has attained flight status. installation of new flight deck panel permanently to Shangri La’s With the completion of its test flight planking so work can continue de- flight deck. With the igloo over the at Peconic Riverin New York, this spite the weather. area, it is possible to maintain the marked the 311th test flightin the The structure is made of vinyl- 70-degree temperature necessary bi-service aircraft program. covered nylon. When inflated, it is for the glue to harden properly. This brings the total flight time for 22?i feet high, 45 feet wide and 75 The area to be covered by the the nine F-111 test aircraft to 443 feet long. The bubble affords a new planking includes most of the hours and 55 minutes. working area of approximately landing area on the flight deck up SixAir Force F-111A aircraft 2800 square feet. It is supported by to the port elevator, anda patch have flown 260 times for a total of air pressure from aheater and a on the after end of the flight deck. 371 hours and 45 minutes. It is estimated that the igloo will blower. The Navy’s F-111B aircraft now Two airlock entrances have been be moved eight times before the installation is complete. have 51 flights to their credit with a built. One is a door for workers, the total time of 72 hours. other accommodates the forklifts The new deck surface will be which transport materials in and lighter, more durable and less of a Of the 311 flights, 95 of them out of the bubble. fire hazard than its wooden pre- have been supersonic. For emergency exit, should it were members of SMCC‘s drill team, the Coronettes. collapse, the bubble has four zip- DINNER GUESTS pers. The igloo experiment was origi- nated by Philadelphia Naval Ship- yard officials in an attempt to find fasterand improved methods of installing aluminum-clad deck plat- ing. The translucent igloo is designed to withstand high winds, repel up to an inch of water and provide the regulated temperature,proper moisture control and working environment required for the deck panel installation. The panels consist of a sheet of hickory plywood, covered with neoprene rubber. The entire upper surface is covered with quarter-inch

APRIL 1966 49 New GI Bill Offers Educational, Home Loan and Other Benefits A NEW GI BILL, providing educa- sistance will be paid after eightyears active dutyto qualify for benefits tional, home loan and other from thedate of the veteran’s last while on active duty. benefits, has been signed into law. discharge. (Those discharged before Personnel who have used educa- The benefits, contained in Public 1 Jun1966 will have their eight- tional benefits under a previous GI Law 89-358, apply to veterans of year period computed from 1 Tun Bill will have their earlier usage de- the armed services who have served 1966.) ducted from any entitlement under on active duty for more than180 These arethe eligibility require- the new law. days since 31 Jan1955. Unlike ments: previous GI Bills, the new law per- Service on active duty for more Home loans mits personnel who have served on than 180 days. Loan guarantees are provided for active duty for two years to use the Qualifying service must be home and farm loans of up to $7500. educational and home loan benefits after 31 Jan 1955. (Time spenton In areas whereprivate financing while still on active duty. active duty while a midshipman at is not available, direct loans of up Here is a summary of the bene- the Naval Academy, while studying to $17,500 for home and farm loans fits provided by the new law: full-time at a civilian institution, are provided. under an enlistment in the Naval Re- The present maximum interest rate Education serve under 10 USC 511 (d)-four- set by law for loans-either direct or The benefit consists of a monthly month active duty Reservist-or guaranteed-is 5%per cent. A fee of educational allowance paid on the while on active duty for training no more than one-half of one per basis of one month of financial as- does notcount as “active service” cent is charged by the VA for loans sistance for each month of active for the purposes of qualifying for or guaranteed or made. The amount of service upto a maximum of 36 earning educational benefits.) the fee may be included in the total months. The rates, contained in the If discharged or released from loan amount. accompanying table, vary from $50 active duty, the circumstances must Eligibility requirements for loan a month for a half-time student with be “other than dishonorable.” (The benefits arethe same as those for no dependents to $150 a month for a Veterans Administration decides, on educational benefits. full-time student with two depend- a case-tocase basis, which discharges Loan guarantee benefits expire 10 ents or more. are “dishonorable.” A General Dis- years after discharge or release from Personnel who have been on active charge, an Undesirable Discharge, or active duty, except that eachthree duty for two years or more may re- a Bad Conduct Discharge may be months of active service beyond 31 ceive an allowance payable atthe considered as “dishonorable”-de- Jan 1955 will entitle a man toan rate of $100 for full-time study, with pending upon the individual case- additional year of entitlement-up to proportionately smaller amounts for for puposes of entitlement to these a maximum of 20 years. less than full-time study or the cost benefits.) Entitlementto direct loans ex- of tuition and fees-whichever is If ,not discharged or released pires 31 Jan 1975. less. from active duty, personnel must Full-time training is defined as 14 havespent two or more years on EvictionProtection semester hours for college or univer- The Soldiers and Sailors Civil Re- sity training or 30 hours of classwork All-Navy Cartoon Contest lief Act has been amendedto proper week for trade or technical Charley Wise, HMCS, USN vide that persons who were renting school training. homes or apartments for $150 a Authorized training includes sec- month or less when takeninto the ondary or high school, college or service are protected from having university? correspondence schooln theirdependents evicted without a business school, junior college, pro- court order while in the service. Pre- fessional schools, vocational schools, viously, only personnel renting homes and scientific or technical institu- for $80 or less per month were pro- tions. tected. The monthly allowances will only be paidfor periods during which Domiciliary MedicalCare the student is actually enrolled in a Veterans who cannot afford need- course of study. The allowance will ed domiciliary care may receive not be payableuntil after 1 Jun suchcare at VA hospitals even 1966, and will cover only training thoughtheir injuries or disabilities undertaken on or after that date. are not service-connected-provided Veterans will have eight years facilities are available. after their discharge or release from active duty in which to complete Burial Flags their training. No educational as- “Boy! Am I glad he was on our ride.” The Veterans Administration will

50 All HANDS furnish a flag to drape the casket of a deceased veteran. Educational Benefits Rates Dependents Certain Diseases TrainingInstCutional 0 1 2 or more Certain chronic or tropical diseases Full time $100 $125 $150 Jh time 115 75 95 contracted by veterans are to be 1/z time 50 65 75 considered as service-connected in Cooperative Training 80 100 120 qualifying for disability/compensa- all ern ti^^ training means a full-time program of education consisting Of institutional Courses tion. andphases of training in businessa or industrial establishmentwhich Supplements the institutional courses.) FederalEmployment Preference Personnel who have served more than 180 days on active duty since of age and a citizen of the United Application blanks and further in- 1 Jan1955 and who have been States. formation for those interested may honorably discharged may receive Elementary teachers particularly be obtained from Office of the Sec- preference in federal employment. are in demand. Secondary teachers, retary of Defense/Manpower, Room Qualified veterans will receive five librarians, counselors, teachers of the 3D268, Pentagon, Washington, points toward qualifying for federal physically handicapped, the mental- D. C. 20301. employment. Previously, only veter- ly retarded and children in need of ans who had received the Vietnam remedial reading will also be in de- Are You Eligible for E-4? Service Medal or the Armed Forces mand. SPECIAL EXAM-Becauseof the Expeditionary Medal could receive Teachers receive free government shortage of qualified third class petty this five-point preference. quarters or a housing allowance, al- officersin many ratings, a special Preference applies to appointment, though this would be obviated in Navy-wide examination for advance- retention and reemployment in the the case of Navywives. An addi- ment to E-4 will be held on Tuesday, classified and unclassified civil serv- tional post differential from 10 to 10 May 1966. ice. 25 per cent isalso paidin some This means that, in addition to areas. Transportation costs plus ex- those newly eligible candidates, penses are also paid to teachers go- Job Counselingand Navymen who passed February’s ing to overseas locations from the exam (but were not advanced) and EmploymentPlacement United States. These benefits are extended to those who failed will have an extra Schools are located in the follow- crack at making E-4. It also gives veterans who have served since 31 ing areas: Iceland, Labrador, New- Jan 1955. Navymen who were ineligible for foundland, Bermuda, Guantanamo February’s testchancea atthe The Department of Labor has as- Bay, Cuba, Trinidad, Azores, Korea, signed a veterans employment rep- higher rate. It goes without saying, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines, Tai- however, that everyone must be eli- resentative to each state to assist in wan, Midway, England, Scotland, finding employment for veterans and gible for advancement to third class France, Germany, Italy, Sicily, atthe terminal eligibility date(16 to maintain regular contact with Spain, the. Netherlands, Norway, employers and veterans’ organiza- Aug 1966). Denmark, Crete, Libya, Turkey, Before you take an advancement tions to provide maximum job oppor- Asmara, Ethiopia, Morocco and Pak- tunities for veterans. examination, younormally are re- istan. quiredto complete certain training courses, practical factors and perfor- Navy Wives May Qualify As mance tests at least one month be- Teachers at Dependents Schools fore the test. But because of the Wives of Navymen overseas who date, you have until one day before have had previous teaching experi- the exam (9 May) to complete the ence and want to return to classroom mandatory requirements. jobs will be interested to know that If you already have passed the the Department of Defense Depend- requirements for third class,you ents Schools System overseas has need only wait until the exam. And openings for teachers for the1966- ifyou are among those selected for 67 school year. advancement, you will be third class Approximately 2000 recruits will as of 16 August, 16 September or be needed to staffArmy, Air Force 16 October 1966. and Navy dependents schools For details on this special ad- throughout the world. Basic qualific- vancement exam, see BuPers Notice ations require applicants to have a 1418 of 21 Jan 1966. All eligible bachelor’s degree, 18 semester hours personnel are urged to take advan- of professional teachereducation, tage of this additional opportunity two years of successful fulltime for advancement. So, takea hard teacher or administrative experience ”I don7 care how James Bond doesthings look at your study habits and, above by June of 1966, be at least 21 years ...,, all, take the exam.

APRIL 1966 51 CheckThese NECs NECSource Function NEC Function Source Ratings Ratings TELETYPEREPAIRMEN 'Revises and replaces RM-2342) CAREERINFORMATION COUNSELORS (Revises and replaces 9587 RM-2342Teletype Maintenance Mod 28 CTRM, through 9589) mOA and UGC-5 9587 Recruiter/Counselor "2343 Teletype "2343 Maintenance CT RM, 9588 Career Counselor IT-299A/lT-298 series 9589 Career Information Team Member RM-2344Teletype Maintenance Mod 28 CTRM, NewNECs: TT70A. UGC-5 and TT-299A/17-298 series FT-1139 AN/SPS-48 FT-1139 FTM AVIATIONASW TECHNICIANS (Revises and replaces AX4526 ET-1501Basic Electronics Maintenanceman ET through AX-6531) ET-1542 KG-14 ET, RM, CT Jerebel.Maintain AN/AQA-3, 4 or 5 AX, AT AX4523 RM-2395 Tropo-Scatter EquipmentOperator RM Magnetic Airborne Detection EquipmentAX, AT AX-6526 AT-6609 A-4C/E Systems AT Airborne Sonar. MaintainAN/AQS 10 AX, AT AX-6527 AE-7166Jet Test Cell Maintenanceman, Electrical AE and 13 8267 MAD OperatorMAD8267 AX-6529Jerebel/Julie. Qualified ATAX, for 8268 RadarOperator AX-6523 and to maintain Julie 8269 ECM/Julie8269 Operator AN/ASA-20 or 26 and Sonobuoy Receiver AN/ARR-52 or 58 Deleted NECs: AX-6531 Navigational and Tactical Computer AX,AT Explanation NEC Display System FT-1169 Converted to FT-1139 AX-6533IntegratedDisplay Sytem AT AX, ET-1524No longer required MILITARYTRAINING INSTRUCTORS (Revises and replaces 3421 ET-1546 through3428) RM-2327 " 9501 Instrvctor,9501 General RM-2346 " 9502 Instructor,9502 Special AE-7122Converted toAE-7166 9503 Physical9503 Training 7928No longer required

List of New Motion Pictures Chaplain, Heather North..~ MoreNew Navy Enlisted Available to Ships and Requiem for Gunfightera (C) Classifications Will Help (WS): Western; Rod Cameron, Overseas Bases Stephen McNally. Shape Future Careers The list of recently released 16- Rocambole: Drama; Channing Pol- A listing of new, altered and can- mm feature movies available from lock, Guy Delorme. celed Navy Enlisted Classifications the NavyMotion Picture Service is NeverToo Late (C) (WS) : (NECs) hasbeen issued. Like published here for the convenience Comedy; PaulFord and Connie NECs already in existence, the new of ships and overseas bases. Stevens. ones designate special talents, school Movies in color are designated by Boeing, Boeing (C'): Comedy; ing or experience and will be a (C) and those in wide-screen pro- Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis. major factor in thefuture assign- cesses (WS). by Help (C): Musical Comedy; The ments of the men who hold these The Secret of My Success (C) Beatles. talents. (WS): Comedy; Shirley Jones, Situation Hopeless but not Serious: The adjacent box lists the revised, James Booth. Comedy Drama; Alec Guinness, new and deleted NECs as they ap- Git! (C) (WS) : Drama; Jack Michael Connors. pear in BuPers Notice 1221 of 18 The Monev Trap (WS) : SusDense All-Navy Cartoon Contest I. Jan 1966. The changes- are now Charley Wise, HMCS, USN Drama: Glenn Ford: Elke SoGmer. effective. Wild, Wild Winter (C) (WS) : Musical Comedy; Gary Clarke, Chris Noel. The Black Chapel: Drama; Dawn Addams, Peter Van Eyck. The Cincinnati Kid (C) : Drama; Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robin- son. Returnfrom the Ashes (WS) : Drama; Maximiban Schell, Samantha Eggar. The Face of Fu Manchu (C) (WS) : Melodrama; Christopher Lee, Nigel Green. The Mad Executioners (WS) : Melodrama; Hansjorg Felmy, Maria Perschy.

~ TenLittle Indians: Mystery 'Ah yes . . . here it is . , . C-Ration "I borrowed it from a friend." OBrian.Drama; Hugh Gumbo."

52 ALL HANDS Navymen Taking Advantage of This New ProgramWill Be All SET

NCREASINGLY complex electronic An appropriate proportion of plete the ET-A3 course will, if they I equipment plus a need for elec- first term enlisted women will also meet the requirements of BuPers tronics technicians to remain in the be permitted to attend RM and ET Inst. 1306.64 series, be transferred Navy (despite industrial competi- class A schools. If they are qualified, to nuclear power training as their tion) haveprompted the Navy to they may select the ET or DS path specialized training in specific equip- review and reorganize its training in the SET Program. ments or skills. concepts as they apply to the elec- Navymen who decideto train Those who fail to enroll in basic tronics technician rating. under the four-year concept will be nuclearpower school, or fail The result of this reappraisal is orderedtoduty upon graduation academically after enrollment, will a program of Selective Electronics from the ET-A1 course. After being be screened by BuPers before return- Training (SET) which will more ac- assigned, an ET-A1 graduate who ing to attend one of the other C curately relate length of service to wants to take advantage of the SET courses. the length and degree of training a Program may request enrollment by After the student finishes his Navyman receives. extending his enlistment to a total of specialized training beyond the ET- TheSET Program includes the six years or as outlined in Article A1 level, he will be assigned to duty training of electronics technicians, 12.22 of the EnlistedTransfer by the Chief of Naval Personnel or data systems technicians and com- Manual, whichever is longer. Re- EPDOs as appropriate. munications technicians (M). It quests should be submitted to the Graduates of the ET-A1 course offers all phases of the electronics Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers- who do not qualify for or who don't technician class A school and select- B2163) through the regular chain choose the SET Program will be ed class C school courses of speci- of command. identified as ETN or ETR, assigned alized training. In return for this Nuclear field personnel who com- NECET-1501 and sent only to education, the Navy will obtain capable technicians for longer periods of time. These Schools Will Qualify you for SET Program The program is scheduled to be completely underway this month. The following is a list of Class courses. The 12-week shipboard Since January, however, an interim C schools which initially qualify for Equipment Indoctrination class C phase has been in progress to pro- theSET Program. These courses course will be a prerequisite for vide students already enrolled in will provide instruction of from 16 ETR and ETN SET trainees to re- ETA school with the chance to take to 24 weeks in length in technical ceive training in specialized equip- advantage of the SET Program's ex- maintenance ofspecific equipments ment courses. tended specialized training. for graduates of the A3 level To receive the training offered by the Selective Electronics Training Prerequisite for Specialized Communications Equipment Courses Program, Navymen must obligate ** Prerequisite for Specialized Radar EquipmentCourses *** Prerequisite-NEC 1594 themselves according to the terms **** Prerequisite-NEC 1544 given in the Enlisted Transfer Manual and the BuPers Manual. COURSES AT SSC AN1 SPS-40 1514 COURSES AT NSC The following information con- GREAT LAKES AN/SPS-43 1518 MAREISLAND cerning service as it relates to Course Title NEC AN IWLR-1 1594 Course Title NEC 1543 schooling also pertains to theSET ETN ShipboardIndoctrina: AN/ULQ5/6 1953'** TSEC/KW-26 tion' TACAN 1578 TSEC/KW-37R 1544 Program: 1521AN/SPA-62 TSEC/KW-37V 1549"** All SET trainees who want ad- ETR ShipboardIndoctrina- tion** TSEC/KWJ 1547 vanced technical training will be AN/SPS-29C 1521 COURSES ATCRYPT0 TSEC/KG-14 1542*"' guaranteed enrollment in the ET-A2 1519 AN/SPS-3(1 REPAIRSCOL TSEC/KG-13 1548 and ET-A3 courses after they have ANISPS-37 1515 PORTSMOUTH COURSES AT SDIEGO successfully completed their BE/E1514 AN/SPS-40 Course Title NEC Course Tiik NEC and ET-A1 courses, provided they AN/SPS-43 1518 TSEC/KW-26C 1543 AN/SPS40 . 1514 will extend their first enlistment to TACAN 1578 TSEC/KW-37R 1544 1515 AN/SPS-37 a total of six years. The extension AN1 SPA-63 1521 TSEC/KW-37l 1549"*' AN/SPS63 1521 becomes binding when thestudent TSEC/KWd 1594 1547 WLR-1 actually begins the ET-A2 course. COURSES AT NSC 1.1. TSEC/KG-14 15781542**** TACAN Training in the ET-A2 andET- Course Title NEC MISCELLANEOUS A3 courses will be followed by ETN Shipboard Indochina- COURSE AT NSC Course Title NEC specialized training in specific equip- tion* NORVA ElectronicStandards ETR ShipboardIndoctrina- Course Title NEC Specialist 1591 ments or skills. tion" AN/SPS-338394 (30-wk) 1513 Dash Reservists reporting for active AN/SPS-33AN/SPS-381516 (15-wk) 1513 8395 duty may attend only, the BE/E and 1513AN/SPS-32Radar AN/SPS-291515 OCA 1577 ET-A1 courses unless they obligate AN/SPS-Z9C 1521 1514 bN/SPS-40 Nuclear Power themselves for the active duty re- AN/SPSJO '1519 1594 AN/WLR-1 3353/3383Training quired by the SET Program.

APRll 1966 53 Courses Can Ground You Firmly in ET Career Here is more information on SET ETN or ETR strikers on a propor- program courses that will be of in- tionate basis. ETNs and ETRs will terest to eligible Navymen. be assigned NEC ET-1501 and will Basic Electricity and Electronics be ordered directly to duty in ap- Course (BEbE) iscommon core propriate billets. training for all personnel ordered to Advanced Electronics (Course RM, RD, or ET class A training. ET-AS) will preparegraduates of During this course qualified Navy- Course ET-A1 who have taken ad- men in these three ratings may elect vantage of theSET Program for to take advantage of the SET pro- entry into A3 level courses. At this gram in return for a minimum of 36 phase of the training cycle, final weeks of formal electronics training designation of CTs and DSswill leading toeventual designation of be made. ETR, ETN, DS or CTM. Navymen Electronics Equipment, Radar who extend and who are selected (Course ETR-AS); Electronics for ETR, ETN, CTM or DSwill Equipment,Communications also receive additional class C train- (Course ETN-3) and Data Systems ing awarding an appropriate rating Fundamentals (Course DS-AS) will series NEC. all train graduates of Course ET-A2 ElectronicsFundamentals The ETR and ETNcourses provide (Course ET-AI) will provide train- instruction in technical maintenance ing common to both the four-year and repair of selected radarand enlistee and the six-year extendee communications equipment. The the basic electronic circuits, test DS course provides instruction in squipment usage and repair (part digital computer fundamentals and replacement) skills. Upon comple- related circuits. Communications tionof this course, four-year en- Technicians attend either the ETR, listeeswill be identified as CTM, ETN or the?DS-A3 courses.

Naval Personnel (Attn: Pers B- 2163). Complete details concerning the SET Program may be found in Bu- Pers Inst. 1510.104.

Seavey-ShorveyNotes DUTY CATEGORY INFO - All permanent transfer orders under the Seavey/Shorvey systemnow state the category of duty involved at the new command. This was made necessary by the addition of the neutral time designation of some preferred sea billets formerly classified as sea duty and the shore duty designation of some overseas billets formerly sea duty. (See MajorRevision of Sea- vey/Shomey, ALL HANDS,January 1966 on new types of duty.) "Can't you see I'm using it?"

54 tion of first sea tour will be in a professional billet whenever possible. Midshipmen Tackle C/C Problems During Dry Run However, in those categories where 1 not enough billets exist ashore to First Class Midshipmen atthe limitations of the entire system. permit planned rotation, some offi- U. S. Naval Academy are learning Midshipmen also receive training cers may be assigned general duties operations, procedures and tactics asAir Intercept Controllers and which donot corresp,ond to their in Combat Information Centers must conduct simulated ground specialty. through the use of four mock-ups control over airborne friendly air- Overseas service where depend- in the Naval Science Department. craft. They are taught proper radio ents may accompany you is con- The four rooms resemble, as and radar control procedures and, sidered the same as CONUS shore closely as possible, those aboard in the event of a hostile air attack, duty for rotation purposes. Isolated Navy ships. They are equipped how to position friendly aircraft so duty stations are excepted. with intraship phones, radio com- that effective air-to-air missiles may AviationYearsWarrantsYears munications, radarscopes and in- be used. at Ashore at formation status boards, with which Inan adjoining problem room, Sea each man must be familiar before radar contacts are generated and 7110Aviation Oper- undertaking actual battle problems. appear on the mock-up radarscope. ations Technician 4 3 to 3 After learning the basics, the These “blips” correspond to friendly 7210Aviation Ord- midshipmen conduct simulated and enemy contacts. Various nonce Technician 4 3 to 3 problems of submarine and air at- courses and speeds are selected in 7410Aviation Main- order to make the problem more tenance Technician 3 to 4 3 tacks. Duringeach problem, the 7450Aviation Control men are assigned to such diverse realistic. Technician 4 3 to 3 duties as radarscope operation, Each day a simulated war prob- 7600 Aviation status board plotting, radio phone lem is conducted in the CIC train- Boatswain 3 to 4 3 talking to weapons areas and other ing rooms of the Naval Science De- 7610Aviation Elec- “ships,” and a stint as Evaluator. partment. The battles are some- tronics Technician 3 to 4 3 The Evaluator ‘position is filled times lost, but experience, judg- 7620Aviation Intel- by students who have worked with ment and valuable instruction are ligehce Technician 43 to 3 all facets of the mock-up. Their ex- gained which will enable the mid- 8210 Aerographer 3 to 4 3 shipman of today to become a suc- 8310 Photographer8310 3 to 4 3 perience makes them aware of the cessful leader of tomorrow. Aviation warrants placed in squad- various resources, demands and rons for their first assignment will be toured for three years, followedby t\Ipe warrant officers.Aviation cate- years from W-2to W-3, andfour ‘2 - three years ashore. years from W-3 to W-4. It is antici- For aviation warrant officers, over- gories are assigned by the Aviation Officer Assignment Section. pated that those warrants appointed seas service is used as either first or from E-8 and E-9 in fiscal year 1966 second half of a split sea tour. Supply, Medical andDental and CEC types are controlled by their will be promoted to W-2 after one BuPers Inst.1301.35 series dis- year of service as W-1. cusses aviation officer assignment respective staff corps representatives. Warrant officer promotions are by rotation policies. selection board action based on an Chez Kemper County supply Warrants 2 years a’ sea over-all review of fitness reports and 7980 SupplyClerkShore: W-12 years At Chu Lai, Vietnam, uss Kemper W-2 2 years other records. The selection board, County (LST 854) assumed the im- W-3 2% vears composed of senior officers, convenes portance of the community’s biggest w-4 3 &rs annually in the spring. and best hotel when it welcomed Medical/DenlalWarrants* Time in grade requirements are aboard 95 battle-weary, water-log- 8170 MedicalService Shore, except for 24 two years from w-1 to w-2, four ged and hungry Marines fresh from Warrant overseasshore and 11 days of fighting in the rice pad- 8180Dental Service FleetMarine Force dies. Warrant billets. *This programis being phased out. No new For nearly two weeks, the men appointees. had been subsisting on C rations so it CEC YearsWarrants Years wasn’t surprising that most felt the at Ashore at urge to put away three or four sizzl- Secl ing steaks soon afterthey came 8490 CivilEngineer aboard. 2 2 Corps 2 After their first hot shower in Rotation between sea and shore several days, they enjoyed a good normally permits one or two shore night’s sleep in dry, secure comfort. tours followed by assignment at sea. During the night, Kemper County’s Officer assignments are controlled laundry washed and pressed their by a centralized system established uniforms. in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. A The next morning, after a brunch Technical Duty Officer Detail Sec- of eggs, hot cakes and sausages, the tion has cognizance for the career “Where did you getthe idea weured the Marines were backon the job-15 planning and distribution of surface seavalve to drainbilge water?” hours after checking into the LST.

APRIL 1966 55 The CCC: It May Be Oneof the Ambitious Sailor's Best Friends HE MAN WHO WANTS to forge booklet which gives him instructions plication-Local Administration, Nav- T ahead in his Navy career has, no and other information to help him Pers Form 231 and forward it to the doubt, long since learned that it's a study his book. The questions he is Correspondence Course Center via good idea to check out correspond- asked are usually multiple choice your commanding officer. ence courses. He knows that, basi- and cover an assignment in the text. If you are in a command where cally, an enlisted correspondence He is given an answer sheet on the courses can't be administered course is a set of questions dealing which he marks what he believes to locally, send your application on with information contained in the be the correct answer. NavPers Form 992. In this instance, Navy Training Courses. Theyare Although the answer sheet looks your CO will forward the application designed as guides to help him get very much like a test, it really isn't. to the Correspondence Course Cen- the most out of his study. It is only a study aid and you may ter with the request that the Center Chances are youyourself have complete it with your book open. administer and grade the course. checked out courses. If so, you've This method is, in fact, encouraged Your division or education officer can seen how they point outimportant to help you get the most out of the tell you which form to use. definitions, show why things are questions and your search for the Active duty Navymen should donein a particular way, demon- answers. ignore the retirement points given in strate the cause and effect of various Beforeyou mail your assignment the list below. These retirement actions, bringout similarities or make certain you did your best, be- points apply only to inactive duty differences between certain objects, cause your answer sheet will be in- Reservists. They are included, in this and help you to recognize and iden- dividually scored. When it is return- roundup so it will be of benefit to all tify mistakes and common principles ed,it will haveany questions you ALL HANDSreaders. The listing of which apply to two or more situa- missed checked, and a reference retirement points will also give some tions. will be given to help you correct idea of the relative extent of subject When an active duty Navyman your error. Your grade on the assign- matter in each individual course. enrolls in a correspondence course ment will also be given. You can take only one course at a (and anyone on active duty can do Usually, correspondence courses time. Before applying you would do so through his local command), he for regular Navymen and Reserves well to seek advice from your edu- receives one of the Navy's blue books on active duty are given and graded cation officer, division officer or per- (unless he isin an aviation rating, locally. When this is the case, you sonnel officer. in which case the book is green). should submit your application on Here is the list of correspondence He also receives an assignment Enlisted Correspondence Course Ap- courses now available.

Advanced Mafhemafics, Vof I, NavPers 91221- 91610-1D;assignments,14 42 retirement Aviafion Sforekeeper3 B 2,NavPers 91674-0; F; 6 assignments, 18 retirement poinis. points. 8assignments, 24 retirementpaints. Aerographer'sMare 3 B 2, NavPers 91664-2; Aviafion Elecfrician'sMare 1 1 C, NavPers Aviafion Storekeeper 1 B C, NavPers 91675- 13 assignments, 39 retirement points. 91611-2A;assignments, 8 24 retirement 1A; 8assignments, 16 retirement points. Aerographer'sMate 1 8 C, NavPers 91603-1; points. AviationSfrucfural Mechanic "S" 3 B 2, Nav- 16 assignments, 48 retirement points. Aviation ElecironicsTechnician 3 8 2,NavPers Pers91364; assignments,4 12 retirement Air Confrolman3 8 2,NavPers 91676-lA; 9 91613-lA;15 assignments, 30 retirement points. assignments, 18 retirement points. points. Confidenfial. AviationSfructural Mechanic "S" 1 1 C, Nav- Air Confrolman1 B C, NavPers 91677-A;4 Aviaiion Electronics Technician 1 8 C, NavPers Per, 91650-1; 7 assignments,14 retirement assignments, 12 retirement points. 916154; assignments,13 39 retirement points. Airman;NavPers 91600-8; 11 assignments,22 poinis. Confidenfiaf. AviafionSirucfural Mechanic "E" 3 8 2, Nav- retirement points, AviafionFire Conirof Technician 3,NavPers Pers 91622-1; 7 assignments, 21 retirement Aviafion Antisubmarine Warfare Technician3 91633-1A;assignments,12 36 retirement points. B 2; NavPerr91577; 10assignments, 30 points. Confidenfial. AviationSfrucfural Mechanic "E" 1 8 C, Nav- retirement points. Confidential. AviationFire Confrof Techniciaq 2. NavPers Pers91366; assignments,5 10 retirement Aviafion Boatswain'sMare "E" 3 8 2, Nav- 91634-2; 11 assignments, 33 retirement points. Pers91678; assignments,8 24 retirement points. Confidenfiaf. AviafionSfrucfural Mechanic "H" 3 1 2, Nav- points. Aviafion Fire Control Technician 1 B C, NavPers Pers91365; assignments,6 18 retirement Aviafion Boatswain's Mare "E" 1 B C, Nav- 91635-1; 7 assignments, 21 retirement points. points. Pers91672; assignments,5 10retirement AviafionMachiniri's Male "J" 3 8 2, NavPers AviafianSirucfurof Mechanic "H' 1 & C, Nav- points. 91582;8 assignments, 24 retirement points. Pers91367; 6 assignments, 18 retirement Aviation Boarswain'sMafe "F" 3 8 2, Nav- Aviafion Machinisf'sMare "J" 1 8 C, NavPers points. Pers 91679-8;7assignments, 21 retirement 91587; 8assignments, 24 retirement points. BasicEfectricify, Parf I, NavPers 912244; 6 points. Aviaiion Machinisi'sMare "R" 3 8 2, NavPers assignments, 18 retirement points. Aviation Boatswain'sMare "F" 1 8 C, Nav- 91368; 9assignments, 18 retirement points. Basic Efecfricity, Pari If, NavPers 91226; 5 as- Pers 91680;assignments,4 12 retirement Aviation Machinisf'sMate "R" 1 B C, NavPers signments,15 retirement poinis. points. 91608-1; 5 assignments, 15 retirement poinis. Basic Hand Toofs, NavPers 91228-1D;5 assign- Aviation Boatswain'sMafe "H" 3 8 2,Nov- Aviation Mainfenance Administraiionman 3 8 2, ments,10 retirement points. Pers91636-lA; 3assignments, 9 retirement NavPers91498; 4assignments, 8 retirement BasicMachines. NevPers 91230-D;assign-3 points. points. ments, 6 retirement points. Aviation Boarswain'sMafe "H" 1 8 C, Nav- Aviation Ordnancemen 3 8 2, NavPers 91665- Basic Milifary Requiremenfs, NavPers 91202-1A; Pers 91638-1; 3 assignments, 6 retirement 1A;11 assignments,22 retirement points. 6assignments, 12 retirement points. points. Aviation Ordnanceman 1 8 C, NavPers 91662-1; Bfueprinf Reading 8 Skefching, NavPers 91223- Aviaiion Elecfrician'sMafe 3 B 2,NavPers 7 assignments, 21 retirement points. 3; 3assignments, 9 retirement points.

56 ALL HANDS Boatswain's Male 3 8 2,NavPers 91243-28, 8 Drafisman3, NavPers 91487-E; 7assignments, assignments, 24 retirement points. Con- assignments, 16 retirement points. 21 retirement points. fidential. 8oatswain'sMate 1 8 C, NavPers 91245-28,4 Draftsman 2, NavPers 91488-D; 6 assignments, Gunner's Mote "l" 3 8 2, NavPers 91377-A; 8 assignments, 12 retirement points. 18retirement points. assignments, 24 retirement points. Con- Boilermaker 1 8 C, NavPers 91515-1; 8 assign- Draftsman 1 8 C, NovPers 91489-8;5 ossign- fideniial,resiricied data. , ments, 24 retirement points. ments,15 retirement points. Gunner's Maie "1" 1 8 C, NavPers91378; 4 Boilermaker 3 8, 2, NavPers 91512-3; 6 assign- Electrician's Maie3 8 2, NavPers 91524-18; 6 assignments,retirement12 points. Con- ments, 12retirement points. assignments,18retirement points. fidential,restricied data. Boilerman 1 8 C, NavPers 91514-3;7 assign- Electrician's Mate 1 8 C, NavPers 91526-1A;3 Hospital Corpsman 3 8 2, NavPers 91669-2; 5 ments, 14retirement points. assignments, 9 retirement points. assignments, 15 retirement points. Builder 3 8 2, NavPers 91584-2; 6 assignments, Elecironics Technician 3, NavPers 91373-28; 9 Hospiial Corpsman 1 8 C, NavPers 91671-1; 8 18retirement points. assignments, 27 retirementpoints. assignments, 15 retirement points. Builder 1 8 C, NavPers 91586-2; 5assignments, Electronics Technician 2, NovPers 91375-2; 9 Hospitolman,NavPers 91667-18; 4assignments, 15retirement Doints. assignments, 27 retirementpoints. 8 retirementpoints. Electronics Technician 1 8 C, NavPers 91376-8; 8 lnsirumentmon 2, NavPers 91383-c; Commissaryman 3 8 2,NavPers 91441-lC; 4 assignments, 24 retirement points. Confiden- assignments, 8 retirementpoints. ossignments, 9 retirementpoints. tial. ', Commissaryman 1 8 C, NavPers 91443-2A;3 lnsirumentman 1 8 C. NavPers 91385-1; 7 Engineman.3 8 2, NavPers 91519-2; 9 assign- assignments, 6 retirementpoints. assignments, 21 points. ments, 18 retirementpoints. CommunicationsTechnician "A" 3 8 2, Nav- Interior Communications Electricion3, NavPers Engineman 1 8 C, NavPers 91521-E; 5 assign- Pers 91558-A; 5assignments, 10 retirement 91528-E; assignments, 15 ments, 15retirement points. points. points. Engineering Aid 3 8 2, NavPers 91564-2; 14 CommunicationsTechnician "A" 1 8 C, Nav- Communications 2, assignments,28 retirement points. Pers91560; assignments,5 10 retirement 91529-D; 9 assignments, 27 retirement Engineering Aid 1 8 C, NavPers 91566-2;4 points. points. assignments, 8 retirementpoints. CommunicaiionsTechnician "M" 3 8 2, Nav- Interior Communications Eleciricion I 8 C, Nav- EnlistedTransfer Manual, NavPers 91423-1; 5 Pers 91557-8; 8 assignments, 16 retirement Pers 91531-c; assignments, 12 assignments, 10 retirementpoints. points. points. EquipmenfOperator 3 6 2. NavPer~91574-28; CommunicationsTechnician "M" 1 8 C, Nav- Jn)roduc~;on to Naval EJec)ron;c,, ~~~p~~~ 5assignments, 10 retirementpoints. Pers91561; 7 assignments 21 retirement 10444; 5 assignments. 10 retirement points. Equipment Operaior 1 8 C, MavPers 91576-2A; points. Confidential, modified handling. This is an offrcer/enlisted course, 3 assignments,3 9 relirementpoints. CommunicationsTechnician "0" 3 8 2, Nav- Introduction to Sonar, NavPers 91258-A; 4 as- Field Manufactureof lndustrial Gases, NavPers Pers91547; 6 assignments,18retirement signments, 12 points. 91505;12 assignments,48 retirement points. points. F;~~Control Technician3,~~~p~~~ 91339-1; 6 Journalist 3 8 2. NavPers 91452-1; 5 assign- CommunicationsTechnician "7," "R," "I" 3 ments, 10 retirement points. 8 2, NavPers 91567-1; 9 assignments, 27 re- F;~~Control Technician 2, ~~~p~~~ 91340-1A; Journalist 1 8 c, NavPers91453; assign-3 tirementpoints. Confidential. 6 assignments,retirement18 points. ments, 6 retirementpoints. ConstructionElectrician 3 8 2,NavPers 91569- FireControl Technician 1 8 C, NavPers 91346-lithographer 8 2, ~~~p~~~ 91471-1; 7 assign- 2A; 6 assignments,18 retirement points. 1; 9 assignments, 27 retirement points. ConstructionElectrician 1 8 C, NavPers 91571- ments; 21 retirementpoints. Fireman, NavPers 91500-28;5 assignmentd, 10 Lithographer c, 91475-1c; as- 1D; 6 assignments, 18 retirement points. retirementpoints. Consiructionman, NavPers 91562-10; 5 assign- signments,15 retirement points. Gunner's Mate "G, 3 d 2, NavPers 91355-2; ments. 15 retirement points. 6 assignments, 12 retirementpoints. MachineAccountant 3 8 NavPers2, 91274-A: Construciion Mechanic 3 8 2,NavPers 91579- G~~~~~,,Mate 8,~" 1 8 c, ~~~p~~~ 91357-1; assignments,5 15 retirement points. 18; 9 assignments,27 retirement points. 5 assignments, 5 retirement15 points. MachineAccountant 1 8 C, NavPers91275; 4 Construction Mechanic 1 8 C, NavPers 91581- G~~~~~,~Mate ,*M,, 3 8 ~~~p~~~2, 91379; 6 assignments, 12retirement points. 2A; 8 assignments, 24 retirementpoints. assiqnments, 18 retirement points. con- Machinery Repairman3 6 2,NavPers 91507-2; Damage Controlman 3 8 2, NavPers 91544-28; fidential. 8 assignments, 24 retirementpoints. 6 assignments,18retirement points. G~~~~~'~Mote "M" 1 8 c, ~~~p~~~ 91380; 8 Machinery Repairman 1 6 C, NavPers 91509-2; Damage Controlman 1 8 C, NavPers915461C; 3assignments, 9 retirementpoints. 5 assignments, 5 15 retirement points.All-Navy Cartoon Contest Machinist'sMate 3 8 2, NavPers 91502-2A; 8 assignments, 16 retirementpoints. Dental Technician General3 8 NavPers2, Villiarn R. Maul, CTC, USN 91681-1A; 9 assignments,retirement18 Machinist's Mate 1 8 C, NavPers 91504-D; 5 points. assignments,15 retirement points. Dental Technician General 1 8 C, NavPers Mathematics, Vol. 1, NavPers 91219-18;5 as- 91682-18, assignments, 5 retirement15 signments,15 retirement points. points. Mathematics, Pari 3, NavPers10450; 14 as- Dental Technician Prosthetic 3 8 2, NavPers signments, 42 retirementpoints. Thisis an 91686-18;assignments, 4 retirement12 offrcer/enlistedcourse. points. Military Requirements forPetty Officers 3 8 2, Dental Technician Prosthetic 1 8 C, NavPers NavPers 91206-D; 5assignments, 15 retire- 91687-1C; assignments, 5 retirement15 ment points. points. Military Requiremenis for Petty Officers 1 8 C, Dental Technician Repair,NavPers 91689-18; 5 NovPers 912074; 4assignments, 12 retire- assignments,15retirement points. ment points. Disaster Control, NavPers 10440; 11 assign- Mineman 3 8 2, NovPers 91335-2; 6 ossignments, 16 retirement points. Thisis on ments, 12retirement points. Confideniiol. offrcer/enlistedcourse. Mineman 1 8 C, NavPers 91337-2; assign-7 Disbursing Clerk 3 8NavPers 2, 91436-38;7 nn . . . Thotar it . . . a ments, 21 retirement points. Confidential. assignments, 21 retirementpoints. smile . . . nowrelax your eyebrows . . . Missile Technician 3 8 2, NavPers 91360-1; 6 Disbursing Clerk 1 8 C, NavPers 914383; 3 There . . . That'salmost got it . . . assignments, 18 retirement points. assignments, 9 retirement points. Now . . ." Missile Technician 1 8 C, NavPers91361; 9

APRIL 1966 57 assignments, 27 retirement points. Confiden- signments, IS retirement points. Per8 91466-C; 3 assignments, 6 retirement rial. Radarman 3 8 2,NavPen 91269-1; 11 assign- points. Molder 3 8 2, NavPers 91554-18; 6 assignments, 33 retirement points. Confidenfial, Ship's Serviceman Tailor Handbook, NavPers ments, 18 retirement points. modified handling. 91463-lD;2 assignments, 4 retirement Molder 1 8 C, NavPers 91556-1; 8 assign- Radarmon 1 8 C. NavPen 91268-C; 7 assign- points. ments.24 refirement points. ments, 21 retirementpoints. Confidenfkl, Signalman 3 8 2, NavPers 91291-D; 5 assign- Naval Electronics, Parr I, NovPers10445; 15 modified handling. ments, 15 retirement points. assignments, 30 retirement points. Thisis Radioman 3 8 2, NavPerr91403-IC; 6 assign- Signalman 1 8 C, NavPers91292-A; 3 assign- an oficer/enlisted course. ments, 18 retirement points. ments, 6 retirement points. Naval Flecfronics, Parr If, NavPers10446; 10 Radioman 1 8 C, NavPers 91405-3; 6 assign- Sonarman '5" 3 8 2, NavPers 91259-3; 5 as- assignments, 20 retirement points. Confiden- ments, 18 retirement points. signments,15retirement points. Confiden- rial. Thisis anoficer/enlisted course. 5aoman. NavPers 91240-1D; 10 assignments,20 rial. Naval Flecfronics, Parr Ill, NavPers10447; 7 retirement points. Sonarmon "G" 3 8 2,NavPers 91261-1; 7 as- assignments, 14 retirement points. Confiden- Shipfiffer 3 8 2, NavPers 91535-8; 7 assign- signments, 21 retirement points. Confiden- fial. This is an oficer/enlisted course. ments, 21 retirement points. rial. Opficdman 3, Vol. 1, NavPers 91387-D; 4 as- Shipfiffer 1 8 C, NavPers 91542-A; 6 assign- SonarTechnician 1 & C, NavPers 91265-A; 5 signments, 12 retirement points. ments, 18 retirementpoints. assignments,retirement15 points. Con- Opticalman 3, Vol. If, NavPers 91388-C; 5 as- Ship's Serviceman 3 8 2, NavPers 91447-18; fidenfiol, modified handling. signments, 15 retirement points. 2 assignments, 4 retirementpoints. Sfandard First AidTraining Course, NavPers Opficalman 2, 1 8 C, NovPers91389; 7 os- Ship'sServiceman 1 8 C, NavPers91450-8; 4 91217-0;6 assignments,retirement12 signments, 21 retirement points. assignments, 8 retirement points. points. Parachute Rigger 3 8 2, NavPers91639-lA; 6 Ship's Serviceman Barber Handbook, NavPers Sfeehvorker 3 6 2, NavPers 91589-lC; 7 assign- assignments, 18 retirement points. 91465-1A; 2 assignments, 6 retirement ments. 21 retirement points. Parachufe Rigger 1 8 C, NavPers 91606.18; 6 points. Sfeehvorker 1 8 C, NavPers 91591-18; 4 assign- assignments, 12 retirement points. Ship's ServicemanCobbler Handbook, NavPers ments. 12retirement points. Parfernmaker 3 8 2, NavPers91549-lA; 6 as- 91464-8; 2 assignments, 6 retirement points. Sfeward 3 8 2, NavPers 91693-2C; 5 assign- signments, 18 retirement points. Ship'sServicemon laundry Handbook,Nav- ments, 10 retirement points, Paffernmaker I 8 C, NavPers 91551-A; 6 as- Steward 1 6 C, NavPers 91696-D; 3 assign- signments, 18 retirement points. ments, 6 retirement points. Personnelmon 3 8 2, NavPers91420.1C; 6 as- I 0 PUBLlCATlONS CUSTODIAAS - I Sfewardsman, NavPers 91691-lF; 3 assignments, signments, 12 retirement points. Registered Publications Custodian 6 retirement points. ; Personnelman 1 8 C, NavPers91422-lC; 5 as- CorrespondenceCourse ( NavPers Sforekeeper 3 8 2, NavPen 91431-31); 6 assign- signments, 10 retirement points. 10415) has beenprepared by the ments,12 retirement points. Phofographer's Mate 3, NavPers 91492-8; 10 Chief of Naval Operations for naval Sforekeeper 1 8 C, NavPers 91433-2A; 4 assign- assignments,20 retirement points. personnel who handleRegistered ments. 12retirement points. Phofographer'o Mare 2, NavPers91493-A; 10 Publications System (RPS) distrib- Torpedoman's Mate 3 8 2, NavPers 912974; 9 assignments, 30 retirement points. uted publications. assignments, 18 retirement points. Photographer'sMare I 8 C, NavPers 91649-A; The purpose of this course is to Torpedoman's Mate 1 8 C, NavPen 91299-1; 4 13assignments, 26 retirement points. assignments,12 retirement points. Confiden- Phofographiclnfelligenceman 3 8 2,NavPers provide a medium for self-study by rial. 91592-A;9 assignments.retirement27 custodians, alternate custodians, wit- Tradevman 3 8 2, NavPers 91698-1A; 14 as- points. Confidential. nessing officers, local holders, and signments, 42 retirement points. PhofographicInfelligenceman 1 8 C, NavPers any other personnel whose duties re- Tradevman 1 8 C, NavPerr 91699-A; 8 assign- 91683; 10 assignments, 30 retirement points. quirethe use of RPS publications. ments, 24 retirement points. Confidenfial. The course is also recommended for U. S. Navy Shore Pafrol,NavPers 91468-1F; 3 Posfal Clerk 3 8 2,NavPers 91401-3A; 5 ascommanding officers, executive offi- assignments, 6 retirement points. signments, 10 retirement points. cers, andothers responsible for the Ufilifiesman 3 8 2, NavPers 91594.2; 8 assign- Posfal Clerk 1 8 C, NavPers 91460-1; 4 assignments,24 retirement points. ments, 8 retirement points. supervision of personnel who handle their publications. Ufilifiesman 1 8 C, NavPers 91596-2; 6arsign- Quarfermasfer 3 8 2,NovPers 91286-2A; 6 ments, 18 retirement points. assignments, 18 retirement points. The course is particularly valuable Yeomon 3 8 2, NavPers 91414-3C; 4 assign- Quarfermasfer 1 8 C, NavPers 912534; 5 as- where operational commitments pre- ments, 8 retirement points. vent attendance at an RPS training Yeoman 1 8 C, NavPers914163A; 5 assign- . All-NavyCartoon Contest school. It covers all aspects of the is- ments,15 retirement points. CharleyWise, HMCS, USN suing, handling, accounting, and distribution of RPS material and is intended to dotwo things: 0 To improve the security of registered publications. 0 To increase efficiency in the distribution and maintenance of RPS publications. The Chief of Naval Personnel as- sistedin the preparation of the course and is currently administering itthrough the U. S. Naval Corres- pondence.Course Center, Scotia, N. Y. 12302. Requests for the course I I shouldbe addressed to the Center "Will sameonetell those guys I'm anon- via the normalchannels. combatant?"

58 ALL.HANDS Retirement Meansa Rewarding Future for Those Who Ahead Plan

T’S A FACT that some Navy people Such presentations are usually held second-career goal will find in Your I will spend more years in retirement once or twice a year at major naval New Career-Planning for Retire- than they spent at the jobs that led activities. Also sponsored in this pro- ment (NavPers15895C) a chapter to retirement. This is not as astonish- gram is a training film called Opera- oncolleges and universities which ing as it may sound. At the turn of tion Highline (MN-10139) which conduct programs designed for the the century the average person’s life can be ordered by Naval activities mature person who wants to prepare expectancy was 49; thanks to medi- from the Training Aids Centers in to be a teacher. These programs offer cal science, today it is closer to 75. New York or San Francisco. various types of financial aid. The big question is-how to get the One of the first things you should Since publication of the current most out of those added years. do ifyou’re nearing retirement is edition of Your New Career, the Uni- A “successful retirement” is not a visit your personnel office. Then versity of South Dakota, Florida matter of chance. It requires realistic arrangeto get yourown personal State University, and Pennsylvania and practical planning. copies of those publications available State University have announced So-if you are scheduled for retire- for individual distribution. Academic Year Institutes. ment or transfer to the FleetReserve, Ifyou are stationed in the conti- The South Dakota program is pri- now is the time to start thinking nental United States, you can supple- marily for those returning to teach- about your future. ment your “do it yourself” prepara- ing after an absence of 20 years; Take first things first. If you can’t tion for your civilian job by attend- Florida State’s program is planned live on reduced retirement income, ing a briefing session conducted on for those interested in teaching high face the fact now and decide upon a board your station by an employ- school physics, while Penn State’s second career. ment counselor from a local state program is designed to qualify can- If you don’t have a specific job in employment service office. didates as teachers of engineering mind and don’t know where to be- Such briefings are part of a pro- technology. All these programs’ re- gin, start by reading Your New gram sponsored cooperatively by the quire applicants to hold the bache- Career-Planning for Retirement Department of Defense and the De- lor’s degree and offer full paid tui- (NavPers 15895C)., It contains partment of Labor. They are held at tion, a yearly stipend and allowances guidelines for setting up realistic military bases throughout the coun- for travel and books. second career job objectives, writing try to givecivilian employment Colgate University offers a Teach- a resumi., getting job leads, writing orientation, counseling, testing and ing Intern Program which enables a cover letter, and going through a placement assistance to those sched- graduate students to qualify for their job interview. uled for retirement or transfer to teaching credentials and an MA de- This publication andthe others the Fleet Reserve. Check with your gree while engaged in a combined mentioned throughout this article personnel office for briefing sched- program of graduate study and salar- should be available to you for refer- ules, and plan to attend thenext one. ied employment as intern teachers. ence at your duty station. Unless Detailed information about the civil- Financial aid is also available otherwise specified, they may be req- ian employment assistance program through scholarship and loan funds. uisitioned in accordance with Nav- is contained in BuPers Instuction The New Careers Fellowship Pro- SandA P-2002 by commanding offi- 1740.4. gram at Columbia University is open cers for use by personnel officers, ad- Those who have teaching as their to those lacking the bachelor’s de- ministrative officers and others re- gree, as wellas college graduates sponsible for counseling career per- All-Novy Cartoon Contest who choose a field of study such as sonnel scheduled for retirement or harley Wise, HMCS, USN socialwork, hospital administration, transfer to the Fleet Reserve after library administration, public admin- completing 20 or more years of istration at federal, stateand local active duty.(Incidentally, sufficient levels, or other service-type occupa- copies of the Navy Guide for Retired tional fields. Further information Personnel and Their Families (Nav- about these programs may be obtain- Pers 158991B) and Your New ed by writing directly to the univer- Career - Planningfor Retirement sity or to the BuPers Retired Activ- (NavPers 15895C) are in the Navy ities Section. Supply System to permit distribution If your post-retirement employ- of one copy to each prospective re- ment interest lies in business and in- tiree). dustry, you’ll have to do some home- Another brochure that youwill work toget answers to questions find extremely interesting and help- like: “What companies offer the type ful is Operation Highline-A Bridge of work I want?” “What do the var- to a Second Career. It has been made ious companies produce?” or “Where available by the Navy League. do the companies that interest me Watch for an announcement in have their offices?” your station newspaper or Plan of Answers to such questions may be theDay about an OperationHigh- ”Now that you’ve retired, here’s alist of found in the College Placement An- line presentation at your duty station. things you’ve been putting off . . .” nual-a publication which lists more

MARCH 1966 than 1800 companies and tells what Regular officers considering em- Branch), Washington, D. C. 20350. they manufacture,where they are ployment with the Federal Govern- Your status as a retired member or located, who the personnel managers ment or positions in private industry Fleet Reservist is thoroughly explor- are, and the kind of talent each com- in the sales field are faced with cer- ed in the NavyGuide for Retired pany islooking for. Don’t let the tain employment restrictions. So are Personnel and Their Families (Nav- title mislead you. The book is simply officers and enlisted personnel con- Pers 15891B).In addition to infor- a listing of the companies that send templating employment with foreign mation about the rights and tradi- recruiters to college campuses, and governments or foreign business tional military privileges accorded its title stems -from the fact that it’s firms. Navy retirees, information is includ- published by the College Placement The Dual Compensation Act and edabout benefits available through Association. Career-Civilian Oppor- “conflict of interest” laws are discuss- the Veterans Administration, Social tunities is another publication that ed inthe Navy Guidefor Retired Per- Security Administration, American provides similar information. sonnel and Their Families. A more Red Cross andthe Navy Relief You will also find that many states detailed account of their application Society. publish directories of their industries. may be found in the Reference For answers to specific questions Inthe state of Maryland, for ex- Guide to Employment Activities of about post-retirement employment ample, the Department of Economic Retired Naval Personnel (NavSo not covered in the reference books Development, State Office Building, P-1778). mentioned in this article, write or Annapolis,Md., publishes a Direc- Individual copies of the latter visit the Retired Activities Section, tory of Science Resourcesin Mary- pamphlet may be requested from the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Wash- land, priced at $2.50 a copy, and a Department of the Navy,Office of ington, D. C. 20370. Directory of Maryland Manufactur- theJudge Advocate General, Ad- ers, which sells for $12.50 a copy. ministrative Law Division (Finance CorrespondenceCourses These directories identify Maryland Six correspondence courses have industrial firms, their locations and A Reminder I beenissued and are available functions, and copies are available at 0 ALL-NAVYCARTOON CON- through the Naval Correspondence most Maryland county libraries. TEST - Here’s an up-to-date re- Course Center, Scotia, N. Y. 12302. In other states, similar directories minder to those who would bid Of the six,five are revised enlisted may also be published. If you are for fame and trophies in the 1966 courses; theother is anew course interested in a particular state, it is All-Navy Cartoon Contest-the for both officer and enlisted. The six suggested you contact one of the time grows shorter. Your entry or are: following: Thestate development entries must be in the hands of ECC Storekeeper 3 and 2, Nav- commission, board of trade, chamber the Chief of Naval Personnel Pers 91431-3D (supersedes NavPers of commerce or similar agencies in (Attn: Pers G-11) nolater than 91431-3C). the state capital. 1 Jull966. ECC Steelworker 3 and 2. Nav- Complete details on this ele- Pers 91589-1C (supersedes NavPers After you’ve decided upon the venth annual carnival of yuks can 91589-1B). kind of jobyou want andthe in- be found in the March 1966 issue stitutions or companies that might of ALL HANDS(and BuPers No- ECC Communications Techni- hire you, you’ll want to send them a tice 1700 of 27 Jan 1966. Briefly, cian A 3 and 2 NavPers 91558-A summary of your background and all naval personnel and their de- (supersedes NavPers 91558). experience to show what you, as a pendents are eligible toenter; ECC Storekeeper 1 and C, Nav- prospective employee, have to offer. cartoons must be original and con- Pers 91433-2B (supersedes NavPers This is known asa resum6. Your tain a Navy theme or background, 91433-2A). New Career-Planning for Retire- and must be suitable for general ECC Dental Technician Gen- ment tells you how to write a resume use. The five top choices will re- eral 3 and 2, NavPers 91681-14 -what should go into it; how long it ceive trophies from BuPers, and (supersedes NavPers 91681-1). should be. Also discussed is the im- all winning entries will bepub- OCC/ECC Digital Computer portant subject of the job interview. lished in ALL HANDS. Basics, NavPers 10441.

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60 ALL HANDS Defense InstituteOffers language instruction, including infor- cident to temporary additional duty. mation on procedures and adminis- No.6-Announced that deadline Training and Brush-Up tration of testing may be found in of authorization to store household Courses in 41 Languages BuPers Inst. 1520.93B, which is goods incident to temporary addi- Navymen who are scheduled to available in your personnel office. tional duty at government expense fill billets requiring foreign lan- had been extended to 31 July. guage proficiency may be able to ac- DIRECTIVES IN BRIEF Instructions quire or brush up on their skills by Thislisting is intendedtoserve only for attending the Defense Foreign general information and as anindex of cur- No. 1120.38-Describes eligibility Language Institute. rentAlnavs as well as current BuPers Instruc- requirements and procedures where- The Institute is, for the present, tions and BuPen Noticesthat apply to most by Navy enlisted personnel may ap- located at Monterey, Cailf. and ships and stations.Many instructions and ply for assignment to the Navy En- Washington, D.C. The Washington notices are not of generalinterest and hence listed Dietetic Education program. branch, however, will be moved to will not be corried thisin section. Since No. 1133.18-Describes the in- BuPers Noticesarearranged according to El Paso, Texas, sometime between 1 struction for administration of the their group numberand have no consecutive Variable Reenlistment Bonus pro- Jul 1966 and 30 Jun 1967. number within the group, their date of issue Courses in 41 different languages is included also for identificationpurposes. gram. are offered rangingin length from Personnelinterested in specific directives No.1510.104-Announces a 12 to47 weeks. Before eligible shouldconsult Alnavs, Instructions andNo- change in certain areas of the formal Navymen may beordered to duty tices for complete details before taking action. training of electronics technicians at the Language Institute, they must NOTE: This is a summary of di- and provides guidelines for the ad- first takea language aptitude test; rectives in brief since the beginning ministration of a Selective Electron- if they are strangers to the language. of this year. ics Training program. Those who claimproficiency ina No. 1520.93B-Provides informa- foreign language and areapplying Alnavs tion concerning the foreign language for refresher training, must take an No. 1-Directed that issue and use program, sets forth procedures for Army Language Proficiency Test in of certain drugs be suspended. applying for foreign language train- the language. (Seethe box inthe No.2-Announced approval by ing, announces the availability of next column for a list of the lan- the Secretary of the Navy of the re- foreign language aptitudeand pro- guages that maybe studied.) port of a selection board that recom- ficiency tests and establishes proce- Applications from officers for duty mended warrant officers to the grade dures for testing. as students atthe Institute should of second lieutenant (temporary). Notices be sent to the Chief of Naval per- No. 3-Directed that certain tech- sonnel (PersB-136). All requests nical changes be made in the Hand- No. 4630 (3 January)-Notified for enrollment should include the book of the Hospital Corps. all ships and stations that on 1 Jan type of assignment and the foreign No. 4-Directed that certain pro- 1966 .the Military Air Transport language desired. visions of the order concerning Service (MATS) was changed to Allofficers who expect to be waiver of jump requirements due to theMilitary Airlift Command assigned to a post requiring foreign combat operations be modified. (MAC). language ability may be able to re- No.5-Discussed possibility of No. 1306 (6 January)-Establish- ceive the Institute’s training. Selec- extension of deadline of the authori- ed procedures by which enlisted per- tion of enlisted men for MAAGs, zation to store household goods in- sonnel are notified of type duty for missions and attache posts is made rotational purposes to which assigned upon transfer. by administrative action of the Chief These Languages Are Available of Naval Personnel; therefore, ap- No. 1306 ( 19 January)-Establish- Here is a list of languages offered procedures and normal rotation plications from enlisted personnel ed at the DOD Language Insti- otherthan communications tech- tour lengths for Master and Senior tute for which proficiency and chief petty officers. nicians are not desired. aptitude tests can be taken: Officers who take foreign lan- No. 1418(21 January)-An- Albanian, Arabic (Egyptian, nounced the scheduling of a special guage training obligate themselves Iraqi, and Syrian), Chinese (Can- to serve for one year on active duty Navy-wide examination for advance- tonese andMandarin), Czech, ment topay grade E-4 to be con- for each six months or fraction Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, thereof of language training receiv- ducted during May. German, modem Greek, modem No. 1700 (27 January)-An- ed. This obligation is in addition to Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, any other service obligations they nounced the11th All-Navy comic Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, cartoon contest. may have incurred. Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Obligation of enlisted Navymen No. 1440 (2 February)-An- Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Bra- nounced achange in title of the who aretrained atthe DOD Ian- zilian and European), Romanian, guage Institute is governed by Parachute Rigger (PR) rating and Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Sloven- a change in abbreviation of the Con- Chapter XII, paragraph 12.22 of the ian, Spanish (Castilian and Latin Enlisted Transfer Manual. Generally structionman Apprentice (CP) rate. American), Swahili, Swedish, No. 1020 ( 14 February) --Reiter- speaking, the obligation amounts to Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Vietnam- approximately one month for each ated the requirement for wearing ese (Hanoi and Saigon), and Yid- authorized gold lace and officer’s cap week of schooling. dish. Full details concerning foreign device, under uniform regulations.

APRIL 1966 b 61 * CONNOLLY,THOMAS F., Rear Admiral, USN, as Assistant Chief of Naval Oper- ationsfor Fleet Operations and Readi- nessfrom 18 May1964 to 28 Aug 1965,for his work as Director of the CbmbatConsumables Requirement "For exceptionallymeritorious service to Study ( Non-Nuclear Ordnance Study), theGovernment of theUnited States in a whichprovided complete documenta- tion of the Navy'sneeds in that field. duty of greatresponsibility . . ."

* HAYWARD,JOHN TUCKER, ViceAd- k DAVIS, JAMES R., RearAdmiral, miral, USN, asCommander Antisub- CEC, USN, as Director, Pacific Division, marineWarfare Force, Pacific Fleet, Bureau of Yards andDocks, and as from 13 Jun 1963 to 12 Jan 1966, for Commander,Naval Construction Bat- research anddevelopment associated talions Pacific, from May 1963 to Feb- withantisubmarine warfare and the ruary 1966, for his direction of the im- training of antisubmarinewarfare mense engineering and construction re- groups. The requirement for new equip- quirements in Southeast Asia. ment forFleet units and intensified trainingto meet one of our Navy's * FEARS,DONALD G., Commander, USN, greatest challenges has taxed the initia- ascommanding officer of uss Sculpin tive and ingenuity of all concerned. The (SSN 590) during the summer of 1964, fact that our ASWreadiness has been forhis contributions to the successful greatly improved is a direct reflection of completion of complexa mission of VADMHayward's endeavors. In train- great value to the U. S. government. ingand assisting foreign navies, he furtheredUnited States prestige and efforts of good will with foreign nations. * FORTSON,THOMAS E., Commander, USN,Commandingas Officer, uss Claude V. Ricketts (DDG 5) during GoldStar in Lieu of Second Award the mixed-manning demonstrations con- * STROOP,PAUL D., Vice Admiral, USN, as Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. ducted from 1 Jun 1964 to 1 Dec 1965, PacificFleet, from 7 Nov 1962to 30 for his major contributions to the ulti- Oct 1965.During this period, VADM matesuccess of the operation. Stroopskillfully directed the transition of Naval Air Force Pacific units hom a STAR WORKER-Carl 1. Scott, ENl, peacetimetempo of operations to full receives BronzeStar as advisor in combatstrike operations in Southeast more' than 20 combat operations. Asia.

"For exceptionallymeritorious conduct in theperformance of outstandingservice to thegovernment of theUnited States . . ."

* BOTTOMLEY,HAROLD s., JR., Captain, USN, asChief of the StrategicNuclear Branch of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,Special Studies Group, from Au- gust1963 to September 1965, for his contributions to studies and analyses of currentand future national andinter- nationaldefense issues.

* BROCKETT,WILLIAM A., RearAd- miral,USN, as Chief, Bureau of Ships and Coordinator of Shipbuilding (Con- version and Repair) for the Department of Defense from April 1963to February 1966,for his leading role in the construction, conversion and repairof ships.

TheUnited States Navy Guardian of our Country The UnitedStates Navy is responsible for maintaining control of the sea and is a readyforce on watch at home and over- seascapable of strong action to preserve thp ‘peoce orof instantoffensive action to wm In war. Itis upon the maintenance ofthis control thatour country’s gloriousfuture depends. NOMENCLATURE can sometimes be a baffler. What, for example, The United States Navy exists to make it so. is a farm boy or, for that matter, a non-farm boy, to make We Serve with Honor Tradition,valor andvictory are the Navy’s of the title of the BuWeps pamphlet OP-2082“‘The Care and heritage from the past. To thesema be Feeding of Hedgehogs.” addeddedication, disciplineand vigiLnce as the watchwords of thepresent andfu- If he has in mind the prickly little creatures sometimes found ture. At home or on distantstotions we serve with pride, confident in the resp;ct of wandering in the vicinity of line fences and the back woodlot, our country, our shipmates, and ourfomi- he’ll be wrong. But nevertheless, some of the rules apply equally lies. Ourresponsibilities sober us; our ad- versities strengthen us. well. Service to Godand Country isour special He’ll probably nod his head in agreement with the first state- privilege. We serve with honor. The Future of the Navy ment: “The hedgehog whenapproached right can be very The Navywill always employ new weap- friendly. But-technique is important.” ons, new techniques andgreater powerto protect and defend the United States on the “Feeding must be done with care.” No one can quarrel with sea, under the sea, and In the air. Now and in the future control of thesea that statement. gives the United States’hergreatest advan- “Do not walk in front of projector during loading operations.” tage for themaintenance of peace and for victory inwar. Mobility sur rise, dispersal Hmmm. Come again? and offensive power ore‘the reynotes of the new Novy.The roots of the Navylie in a “In the event of a misfire, no one should enter the danger strong belief in the future, in continued area for 10 full minutes after ,the last attempt to fire.” Misfire? dedication to our tosks, and in reflection on our heritage from the past. Furthermore, no one in his right mind would want to enter the Never hove ouropportunities and our re- danger area at any time. Last attempt to fire? The people who sponsibilities been greater. wrote this book must have their animals mixed. “The cradle locking device must be locked at all times, except when actually using or servicing the projector. Always treat the All UANVS :gn:;rce:;P”ed;g!,;:; solicitsinteresting storymaterial and photo: projector as though it were a loaded gun.” graphs fromindividuals, shi I, stations, squadrons andother sources. AIP materiol received At this point we can visualize our ex-farm boy walking away is carefully considered for publication. shaking his head and mumbling to himself, Hereare o few suggestions for preparing What’s it all about? It’s an ordnance publication designed to and submitting materiol: point up safety precautions for “hedgehog” type .projectors and There’s a good story in every iobthat’s being performed, whether it’s ana nuclearcar- ammunition. The reportdates back to 1955, and it’snow a rier, a tugboat, in the submorine service orin theSeabees. The man on the scene i5 best “classic,”like the earlier “Sense” pamphlets of naval aviation. qualified totell what’s going on inhis outfit. We strongly recommend pamphlet OP-2082 andthe Sense Stories about routine day-to-day iobs are probably most interesting to therest of the Fleet. reports to anyone who is assigned the task of preparing an Thisis the onlyway everyone can get a look informational brochure, or a training document, or a safety ot all the different parts of the Novy. booklet. Also to those who are convinced it is not possible to Articles about new types of unclassified equipment,research projects, all types of Navy as- inject humor or a refreshing approach into a government publica- signments and duties, academic and historical sublects, personnel on liberty or during leisure tion. hours, andhumorous and interestingfeature *** subjects are all of interest. “They just don’t make them like they used to,” says Lieutenant Photographs are veryimportant, and should accompanythe articles if possible.However, a Gordon Hofstra, USN. And he’s right. They sure don’t. goad story should never be held back for lock ofphotographs. ALL HANDS prefers clear well- Lieutenant Hofstra drives a 1921, four-cylinder, 20-horsepower identified, 8-by-IO glossyprints, but is Aot re- Model TFord. He was lucky enough toacquire it while a stricted to use of this type. All persons in the photographsshould be dressed smartly and student at Kansas U. back in 1958 and,since then, has been busy correctly when in uniform, and be identifiedby full name andrate or rankwhen possible. Lo- puttering around and fixing it up like new. cation and generoldescriptive information and Until a while back, LT Hofstra was merely proud of his the name of the photographershould 0110 be given.Photographers should strivefor original- model T. Nowhe’s respectful. Attached to Fighter Squadron ity, and takeaction picturesrather than group 101 (VF 101), LT Hofstra is an instructor pilot in the twin-jet shots. ALL HANDS does not usepoems (except New F4B Phantom II. When VF 101 returned to Key West after a Year‘s day logs), songs, stories onchange of storm, all hands found their cars flooded with salt water. They command, or editorial type articles. The writer‘s name andrate or rankshould be includedon just wouldn’t start. anarticle. Material timed for a certoindate or event must be received before the first day of Lieutenant Hofstra happily createdhatred and discontent, the month precedingthe month of intended not to mention envy, as he casually cranked up the Model T and publication. Addressmaterial toEditor, ALL HANDS, 1809 putted off through a forest of raised hoods of the more modem Arlington Annex, Navy Department, Washing- types. ton, D.C. 20370. Now he’s working on a relatively recent model-a 1930 Hupp.

0 AT RIGHT: YARD GOODS - Yard crane andbridge of USS Shangri-la (CVA 38) are reflected in rain at Philadelphia NavalShipyard where the carrier is under- goingoverhaul. She isslated to return to her Fleet duties in May.

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