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The Bureau of Naval Personnel Career Publication *All HANDS* THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION NOVEMBER 1967 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 610 VICE ADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN TheChief of Naval Personnel TheBureou of Nav- All HANOS a1 Personnel Career REAR ADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN Publication,ispublished monthly by the TheDeputy Chief of Naval Personnel Bureau of NavalPersonnel for the infor- CAPTAIN JAMES G. ANDREWS, USN motion and interest of the naval service AssistantChief for Morale Services as a whole. Issuance ofthis publication approved in accordance with Department of the NavyPublications and Printing TABLE OF CONTENTS Regulations, NAVEXOS P-35. Opinions ex- Features pressed are not necessarily those of the Navy Department. Reference regula-to Roar of Silence: TheFlight Deck ............................................................ 2 tions,orders and directives isfor infor- To SAR-With Love ................................................................................ 4 mationonly and does not by publication 'A ShipFull of Heroes' 6 herein constituteauthority for action. All ............................................................................ originalmaterial maybe reprinted as de- NavyTug of War .................................................................................... 12 sired if proper credit is given ALL HANDS. Vietnam:Naval Gunfire and Air Support ............................................ 14 Original articles and informationof gen- eralinterest may be forwarded addressed Enlisted Clubs: The New look ................................................................ 18 to the Editor,ALL HANDS, Pers G15, New Motelat Subic Bay .......................................................................... 23 BuPers,Navy Department, Washington, The Coast Guard: Years on the Job D.C. 20370 (see page 64). DISTRIBU- 177 ................................................ 24 TION: By Section 8-3203 of theBureau of MCB40: CanDo-Done Did .................................................................. 27 NavalPersonnel Manual, the Bureaudi- The Hookmen ............................................................................................ 35 rects thatappropriate steps be takento insuredistribution on the basis of one TheCorsairs: Navy Family Tree ............................................................ 58 copy for each 10 officers and enlisted Departments personnel. TheBureau invites requests for addi- letters tothe Editor ................................................................................ 28 tional copies as necessary to comply with Today's Navy ............................................................................................ 36 the basic directives. Servicescope: Newsof Other Services .................................................... 42 TheBureau should be kept informed of changes in the number of copies required. Heroes and leaders ................................................................................ 59 TheBureau should also be advisedif SpecialReport on Exercise the full number of copies is not received regularly. Shaping Up Aboard Ship ........................................................................ 32 Normally copies forNavy activities are Sport Isometrics: Sit-Down ...................................................................... 34 distributedonly to those on the Standard Bulletin Board NavyDistribution List in the expectation that such activities will make furtherdis- AgeCategories Listed for EM Retention ................................................ Jr( tribution as necessary; where special cir- NewPro Pay listings ................................................................................ 46 cumstances warrant sending direct to sub- RetentionOpportunities for Officers ........................................................ 47 activities the Bureaushould be informed. Distributionto MarineCorps personnel Directives inBrief .................................................................................... 48 is effected by the Commandant U.S. Ma- ALL HANDS Would like to Tell Your Story ................................................ 49 rineCorps. Requests from Marine Activi- The Dependents' I.D. Card: A Guideto Entitlement .............................. 50 tiesshould be addrevedto the Com- TheTrouble with Bad Checks .................................................................. 56 mandant. PERSONALCOPIES: This Savings Deposit: A Great Way to Save .................................................. magazine isfor sale by Superinfendent 57 of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Taffrail Talk .............................................................................................. 64 Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Therate forALL HANDS is 25 cents per copy; John A. Oudine, Editor subscription price $2.50 a year, domestic AssociateEditors (including FPO and APO address for overseas mail); $3.50foreign. Remittances G. VernBlasdell, News should bemade to the Superintendent of DonAddor, layout & Art Documents. Subscriptions are accepted for one, twoor three years. Ann Hanabury, Research GeraldWolff, Reserve FRONTCOVER: STRAIGHT AHEAD-USS Constellation(CVA 64) cuts a straightpath throughthe South China Sea while on station off the coast ofNorth Vietnam.The forward lifelinesof Seventha Fleet destroyer provide suitable framing asthe two ships play follow-the-leader.-Photo by ByronWhitehead, Jr., JO1, USN. AT LEFT: TWIN CHRISTENING-Twinommunition ships Kilauea and Butte are christened in a dual ceremony. Sponsorspulled lanyards which triggeredchristening devices aboard shipsinstead of smashingtraditional champagne bottle.Unusual christening was necessary because of timeof high tide on which shipswere to bemoved, CREDIT: All photographspublished in ALL HANDS Magazineare official Department of Defensephotos unless otherwise designated. GOING IN-A-4 Skyhawks head for target in Vietnam. Right: Oil supply depot near Haiphong is blasted sky-high. To SAR-With Love ow DOES IT FEEL to bail out of a combat mission. Rut one sound and “For all I knew, I was just one big flak-riddled jet over enemyter- sensationthat each pilotprivately fireball.” ritory?Much better,thank you, hopesnever toexperience -the He was doingroughly (and you when you make it back to your car- heavythud followed by a sharp cantake that two ways) 240 miles rier the same day. jump of the plane. per hour at 2000 feet when he finally That’s what Lieutenant (jg) John When that happened to Lieuten- lost all control of the craft.Every W. Cain, USNR, learnedwhen he ant (jg) Cain, he had little doubt as time he would push the throttle for- ejectedfrom his A-4 Skyhawk and to what had caused it. ward for more power, he would get found a search and rescue helicopter “I’m hit,” he radioed.“Gonna more smoke. hovering overhead just eight minutes have to go down.” “I knewthe steering wasgone later. Then he took action. whenI had everything cranked for Hisstory is toldhere by Ensign “I had good power and speedfrom a hard right roll and the plane started Hoite Caston, the public affairs offi- mydive, so Ifigured I’d makeit. to roll slowly to the left and over on cer of a Seventh Fleet aircraft carrier But then my radio went out and all its back.That wasit, brother. I off Vietnam. myelectrical systems with it. I was knew it was time to vacate the prem- cut off from everybody.” ises, beach or no beach.” “Theonly thing I wanted to do At first he thought his engine had He pulled the wind curtain of his was getto the beach and out over goneout too, but somehowit con- ejection seat down over his face and, water. If I got there, I knew I had tinued to run. after a split-second pause, heard two it made.” “I just hoped it would get me over explosions as he was catapulted out A pilot with Attack Squadron 192, thebeach. That wasmyonly of the jet almost parallel to the sea. Lieutenant(jg)Cain had just thought.” “I felt the wind rushing by as the bombed a petroleumstorage depot seatspun around a couple of times near Haiphong when hefelt the thud THFCOCKPIT immediately began to beforethe chute popped. It prob- andshake that told him his plane fill with fire and smoke from his ablyonly took a couple of seconds had been hit. burningconsole, and hetried to for it to open, but it sure seemed a A flyer gets accustomed to all sorts switchover to his aircraft’s backup lot longer.” of noises, bumps and sensations when systems. he pilots a jet fighter or bomber into “Iknew the hydraulics would HE NEXT THING heknew all the combat.His radio squawks and probably conk out any minute, so I fire, smokeand noise weregone crackles in his ear; sharp turns, dives tried to change over to manual con- and he was quietly drifting down. andjinking press him backtightly trol, but no go. It wouldn’t kick in.” As hepassed through the clouds into his seat;winds jolt andshake The fire andsmoke continued to hecould see F8 Crusader jets of his craft around him. getworse. Since his radio was out FighterSquadron 194 andother Theseare all normal and usually and he was cut off from advice from members of his own attack squadron welcome sensations to the pilot as he the other pilots hecould not tell if circling overhead.That made him guides his complicatedcraft on a his plane was burning externally. feel good. He also saw water below 4 ALL HANDS ~~ him.That made him feel even better. “Butthen Isaw 1and-n both sides of me.”This was Do Son peninsulaand Do Son island,both near the mouth of Haiphong Harbor. “Iwas coming down right smack on the island, and as I
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