0 LiEWARD POINT DEPENDRTS WIN SWIM CERTIFICATES -THE-0 RESERVE ASW SQUADRON TRAINS HERE The "Weekend Warriors" of Naval Reserve Antisubmarine Squadron 864 departed Guantanamo Bay the past Friday after spending a two-week training deployment here. Home based at the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit, Norfolk, the squadron arrived here July 29th for its annual two-weeks training duty. The just-completed deployment was VS-864's first training tour here. Formed in 1959 with officers and men from organized squadrons from Norfolk; Columbus, Ohio; Niagra Falls, N.Y.; Ak- ron, Ohio, and Grosse Ille, Mich; its previous annual training periods have been performed in Norfolk, Willow Grove, Pa., and South Weymouth, Mass. CO of the squadron is CDR J. R. Rohleder of Pittsburg, Pa. Executive officer is CDR J. C. Washburn of Roanoke, Va. DEPUTY CINCLANTFLT VISITS VADM R. C. Needham, USN, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, paid a brief visit to Guantanamo Bay August 8 - 10. The Admiral and his party were met upon their arrival at NAS McCalla late Thursday by RADM J. W. Davis, ComNavBase. He attended the NavSta Change of Command ceremonies Friday morning, and sat in on a Com- NavBase briefing presentation at Flag Plot. Later in the day the party toured the howitzer and gun parks, Suicide Ridge and the Northeast Gate, and overflew Perimeter MLR and other prom- inent terrain by helicopter. The group departed Gitmo early yesterday morning. JUNIOR MERMEN AND MERMAIDS--AND GROWNUP ONES TOO--group around the Leeward Point Swimming Pool board after receiving swimming certificates. I BUMED CHIEF LAUDS HOSPITAL The following is an excerpt from a recent TWO WEEK COURSE COMPLETED letter from the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to the Commanding Officer, Naval Thirty certificates were awarded last week Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: to dependents who recently completed a two-week "The outstanding performance of your command course of swimming instruction at Leeward Point. in managing financial affairs during a very dif- Captain Bruce Weber, Commanding Officer, NAS, ficult period has been pointed out to me. The made the presentations. Cuban build-up and quarantine actions generated Instructions for the class, which included many additional requirements of your hospital, junior and senior life-saving instruction, were far beyond the resources available to you. These M. R. Griffin, V. T. Griffin, T. E. Baccaand requirements were met in a timely manner with a W. C. Sides. minimum of additional financial supportor guidl Children completing the course included Bud- ance requested of this Bureau. These actions dy, Donald and Susan Brandt, Barry, Paul and demonstrated excellent planning and programming. Monte Tow, Michael and David Willie, Kim Carson, In addition, it is noted that you have contri- Sherry Clark, Phillip Daniel, Donald and Diane buted to the ability ofthis bureau to meet other MacLaren, Sherl White, Debbie and Gary Watson, unbudgeted requirements, by reporting funds for SERVICEMAN OF THE MONTH--ABH1 Donald L. Hibdon Bonnie Snyder, Becky Ebbert, Kathy Chandler, recapture from your allotment. It gives me great receives congratulations from ComNavBase. Bobby Myers, Greg and Vicki Shanpagne, Loren pleasure to express my appreciation to you and Larson, Kathy and Deborra Tetters, Debra Poole members of your staff responsible for this com- and Bill McKinzie, Dependent wives receiving mendable performance. The cooperative attitude NAS, HIP'S HIBDON NAMED certificates were Mrs. Brandt, Mrs. Clark and demonstrated during this difficult periodisnote- Mrs. Bradley. worthy." SERVICEMAN OF THE MONTH I - Aviation Boatswain's Mate first class Donald L. Hibdon is Gitmo's latest Serviceman of the Month. The Versailles, Mo., native, a veteran of nearly 10 years naval service, works in the Sec- urity Department of the NAS Leeward Point Base Police Division. He has had previous tours of duty in the attack aircraft carriers USS PHILIP- PINE SEA (CVA 47) and SARATOGA (CVA 60), and at the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Newton, Kan. The Serviceman of the Month award is pre- sented each month to the Gitmo serviceman exhib- iting outstanding qualities in professional per- formance, military behavior, leadership, adapta- bility and community spirit. Hibdon was select- ed from a field of 11 candidates representing each Base command. He was presented a certificate and letter of commendation by RADM J. W. Davis, ComNavBase, last Tuesday morning. In addition to the outstanding ratings Hib- don achieved in the fields of professional per- formance, military behavior, leadership, appear- ance and adaptability, he has been extremely ac- tive in Leeward Point PTA- work, and served as Vice President of the Leeward Pointer, a family club. Hibdon has been selected for advancement to chief petty officer, and will don the hat Nov. 16th. He and his wife, the former Jean Cole of Cherryville, Kan., have lived at Leeward Point for 20 months. They have two sons, David, 6, TEEN-AGE MECCA--This popular gathering place for Gitmo's teen-age set is just one of the functions and Mark, 2 months. supported by your Community Fund. The 1963 CFD ends in just three weeks. Have you given? 1 e Two THE GITMO REVIEW . Augujst 11, 190 August 11, 19* JUST WONDERING SHIP OF THE WEEK. SCHAPLAIN'S CORNER . ABOUT PLUMOUFF AND BUMBOATS, TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR PARENTS AND THE GOOD OLD NAVY DAYS. AND -- WERE THEY REALLY SO GOOD? OR PARENTS TO BE by Chaplain C. E. LeMasters by D. Koze, JOC These commandments for parents, found in the I thought I'd change the trend this week and August issue of TOGETHER seem as applicable to- get away from the Gitmo scene for awhile to go day as they were a number of years ago when they back into Navy history and look at what a sail- were dashed off by an unknown author in England or's meal was like back in 1894. Here's the and contain truths for those without families as menu from aboard the USS PORTSMOUTH back in the well. They are quoted for the edification of all early days of our growing Navy. of us. Breakfast: Prunes, hardtack, molasses, and 1. Thou shalt love thy child withall thy heart coffee. and soul and strength, but wisely with thy mind. Dinner: Plumduff, salt horse, hardtack, and USS TALBOT COUNTY (LST 1153) 2. Thou shalt think of thy child not as some- ship TALBOT COUNTY was coffee. The tank landing thing belonging to thee but as a person. Supper: Crackerhask, tea, hardtack, and built as an experimental ship with steam engin- 3. Thou shalt regard his respect and love not smaller LST's were considered slow, coffee. es. Older, as something to be demanded by as something to although they were capable of filling the role be worth earning. A pretty sad looking menu for men who per- for which they were designed. 4. Every time thou art out of patience with formed such tough tasks aboard ship as hoisting The first LST's were built in Scotland in thy child's immaturity and blunderings, thou sails, shoveling coal, etc. I wonder how many 1941 under the spur of actual war conditions. shall call to mind some childish adventure and shipovers we would have in today's Navy with a The first ships were designed by the United Sta- mistakes which attended thine own coming of age. menu like that. tes to carry tanks across the Atlantic Ocean 5. Remember it is thy child's privilege to A typical Sunday menu for the sailor back in directly to the scene of an amphibious assault make a hero out of thee and take thy thought to 1775 consisted of 1 lb. bread, 1 lb. potatoes or and were called Atlantic Crossing Tank Land - be a proper one. turnips. And, of yes, a supplement of a half- ing Craft. 6. Remember also that thy example is more el- pint of rum per man everyday. Any complaints With the framework of the amphibious strik- aquent than thy faultfinding and moralizing. about your present chow, men? ing force the LST's mission remains unchanged-- 7. Thou shalt strive to be a signpost on the Speaking of rum, as you know the British to deliver the elements of this well-equipped highway of life rather than a rut out of which and Canadian navies still provide their seafar- force onto the assault beach with the supplies the wheel cannot turn. ing bluejackets with their daily ration of grog. and equipment necessary to sustain themselves. 8. Thou shalt teach thy child to stand on his The American sailor had his "eye opener" taken Between 1947 and 1954 the TALBOT COUNTY par- own feet and fight his own battles. away in the early 1900's. It is said that Sec- ticipated in operations in the Atlantic Ocean 9. Thou shalt teach thy child to see beauty, ,retary of the Navy Josephus Daniels was instru- and the Caribbean Sea. She was flagship for to practice kindness, to love truth, and to live mental in eliminating this "fringe benefit". Od- Commander, LST Squadron TWO between 1947 and in friendship. dly enough SecNav Daniels was also responsible 1954. She also participated in Operation Blue 10. Thou shalt make the place wherein thou for the Navy's Public Information Program in its Jay, the building of the Distant Early Warning dwellest a real home--a haven of happiness for earliest form. He must have been a popular pub- (DEW) line across northern Canada. thyself, thy children, for thy friends, and for lic relations man with the sailors of his time. In April 1959 the TALBOT COUNTY and a Mobile thy children's friends. Over the years, however, I don't believe the Am- Construction Detachment to the Mediterranean to erican sailor lost much with the loss of his move an Air Force Base from Malta, S.C.C., to rum.