The Bureau of Naval Personnel Career Publication

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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: 177 Years on the Job 24 D.C. 20370 (see page 64). DISTRIBU- ...... 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. Directives inBrief 48 Distributionto MarineCorps personnel ...... 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 (including FPO and APO address for AssociateEditors 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 immediatelybegan 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 probablyconk 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 theother 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

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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 got closer to theground I could see peoplerun- ningaround and just knew I was going to land right on top of them. Ifigured it was all over, and that I’d bea guest of theHanoi Hilton beforethe night.” This was the first time Lieutenant (jg) Cain had actually used a para- chute, so he wasn’t completely familiar with its behavior.But he learnedfast and already knew he could control his drift by the way he pulled on the shrouds. “I started to pull like crazy on this oneshroud, trying to get out over thewater between the island and thepeninsula. I didn’t think it was working at all, but somehow I came down in the water right between the two pieces of land.”

s HE WAS COMING downthe F8s A werestrafing thecoasts all around him, trying to keep any shore fire fromgetting him. Hehad lost hispocket radio transmitter during the ejection, so he wasstill cut off from theother pilots. All through his descentthe Crusaders kept circling him to hitshore batteries and the many small boats converging on the area. The commanding officer of the jet fighter squadron,Commander Wil- liam F. Conklin,was overhead. He and other pilots of his squadron had been flying aflak-suppression and combatair patrol (CAP) mission in the same strike. CDR Conklinhad heard Cain’s brief radiomessage when he was first hit.Even though he was low on fuel, Conklin assumed immediate charge of the rescue mission. It was his job tosuppress the enemy until thepropeller-driven A1 Skyraiders of therescue combat air patrol (RESCAP) arrived. TheAl’s, or Spuds, because of their lower speed, have more maneuverability and stay- ing power to better cover the rescue. EnsignHoward N. VanDorn, a Spud pilot with Attack Squadron 52, was flying just off the coast. In eight minutesthe search and rescue helicopter was also on the scene. “That’s when all hell broke loose,”

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I followed him into thecatwalk on the port side. I asked him if he was all right and he said yes, he was. I went back up to the flight deck and started for a fire hose. I was under one of the aircraft on the waist catapult and about that time there were three or four more explosions and I got hit with shrapnel. I decided to forget about the fire hose and get out of the way. I wentto the island. One of my buddiescame in and said his leg was broken. So I stayed with him until one of thecorpsmen gave him morphineand we got him down to sick bay. I stayed with him until he was being taken care of and then went back up to the flight deck. Back aft of the island, we startedthrowing missiles and rockets over the side. After that was done, I looked around for some of my buddies on the line crew and I could only find one. We decided to help them fight the fire and got the fire hoses back aft and went to fight the plane fires. Me and my buddystayed back aft for I don'tknow how long. We got separated and some officer said later to leave. I wentback to the island and got my hands taken care of andstayed back there torest awhile. I was kinda groggy. I found another one of my buddies and we wentback aft again to help with the fire. By this time they were working on the holes in the flight deck. Once again one of our officers in the squadron found me and took me down to the forecastle to rest. I stayed down there for about 10 minutes and then went back aftagain. I got an OBA (oxygen breathing apparatus) and then found it had no air in it. I stayed back there until I just about passed out and my buddy dragged me out of there. I slept thatnight on the deck up in the forecastle becauseit was the only place. I used a life preserver for a pillow. It was pretty hard getting to sleep.

"Theseguys did all the dirtywork. Words cannot expresshow strong these peopleare; how much they helped.''

Ensign Robert R. Schmidt, Engineering Department, age 24: At thetime the fire brokeout, I was in my repairlocker. I beganinvestigating the areas my repair party was responsible for. We moved aft through the smoky portion of the ship on the second deck and below. Later, I moved up to the hotter part of the ship, on the 02 and 03 levels.Still later,on the flightdeck, I organizedpeople cutting holes upthere so wecould come in and fight the fire from the sides. My work wasn't really the exciting kind of thing; just keeping the fire from spreading into any other areas. My people were doing all kinds of dirty work; moving intoareas where the water was so hotit was almost boiling. The OBA windows started fogging up and the people could hardly see anything. Yet these kids went into the deeper areas of the ship, endangering their own lives., This was late in the day after all the excitement on the flight deck when we were trying to contain the fire on the 02 and 01 levels and on the 03 level and flight deck. At first, I couldn't find work for all the people who wantedto help. Several times people would come up

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couple of helos out of the way and I was able to get at the missiles. We started pulling the missile parts off the elevator and took them forward to some other people who jettisoned them. About that time,I noticed thatthere werea 500- poundand a 750-poundbomb in themiddle of the fligllt deck that were still smoking. They had been on fire. They hadn’t detonated or anything, they were just sitting there smoking. So I went up and defused them and had them jettisoned. About this time Black, qy other EOD man came up to the flight deck so we started picking up everything we could findthat had explosives in itand throwing them over the side. We continued ourway aftand taking what ordnance we found off aircraft and throwing it over the side. We found a hole that had been blown down to the 03 level where a 500-poundbomb was still live and had a fuse in it. Black volunteered to go downand defuse it. We lowered him on a rope and he unscrewed the fuse and pulled it out. We had to leave the bomb there because there was too much fire in the compartment. We went down to the hangar deck and LCDR Weir, the Ordnance officer, told us there were still some planes in hangar bay three with ordnance on them. So Chief Lawler of VA 106 and Black and myself and some other men went back there and got four missiles off the aircraft and threw them over the side. 13ut that 500-pound bomb worried me. I decided that the best thing we could do was pull it out of the compartment. Black tied a rope around a tractor and I put the other end around my waist and tied it around the bomb and we managed to get it over the side. Black had a lot of guts when he went down into that hole and defused that bomb. The compartment was still HELPING HAND-A destroyer pulls alongside danger- on fire andthere were huge billows of smoke coming ouslyclose to add her hoses in fight to control the fire. out. And I remember seeing Chief Farrier, the crash crew called theordnance guys andone went down to the chief runpast me with a CO, bottle in his hand. He area and defused it. tried to put the fire out on the aircraft. He was killed The whole hangarbay was filled with ordnance. instantly. Fromwhat I heard,the officer in chargeordered all the bombs out of theplace in five minutesbut they ”Water at their feet boiled and the deck steamed.” were out in three. D. Harvey, Radarman Chief, 01 Division: No order ”Welowered himon arope and he unscrewed the needed to be given twice; few orders were needed. To fuse and pulled it out. We had to leave the bomb there move a hose, one only had to grab hold and start pull- because there was too much fire in the compartment.” ing. Yellow shirts, red shirts, sailors in dungarees, pilots in flight gear-anyone nototherwise occupiedwould Robert Cutes, LTJG (EOD-Explosive Ordnance Off;- grab on aud move wherethey were told.These men cer): When I saw the fire start, I ran back to the island seldom knew theman next tothem and had never to start breaking out fire hoses. We didn’t realize then trained together at anything like this, yet there was no that there was any ordnance involved. confusion. They saw what was needed and did it. About the time we got to the island structure, the first hlen of all ranks and rates exercised initiative and bombwent off. I knew whatit was rightaway. I’d couragein doing their jobs. Seamenand commanders heard them go off before. So I asked for and received bothdirected hoses into smoke-filled holes, aware all permission to jettison all the bombs on the bomb farm. the time that more bombs were down there and could Mr. Smith and Wilson jettisoned the para-flare lockers explode atany time. on the catwalk on the starboard side. I went under an Men straddled thosealready deadto train streams A-5 andstarted to pull missiles on elevator number of water into fires, backing off when the flames belched three.They were about10 feet from a burning A-5. out,advancing in the lulls. Crewsmanned hoses on There was so much debris we couldn’t pull them out. both sides of the holes punched in the flight deck while So I went out on the deck and started helpingmoving water attheir feet boiled and the deck steamed.Fre- the planes. We movedan A-3 upforward and gota quently a crew would turn their hoses on a group work-

10 ALL HANDS ing next to them to cool them off and to keep theirshoes We dearmed one, and couldn’t find any more. After from burning. we left, the deck crew found another so I got together No one asked to leave. Many, when relieved at one a group from G division and the guided missile division hose, would simply take up station on another. and they went back in with me. We took the missiles Most of the men on Forrestal‘s flight deck have not OR, dearmed them and threw them over the side. yet voted. It was real latewhen we finished this. The smoke was thinning somewhatfrom our first trip. You could see what you were doing on the underside of the air- ”You can train a man tofight a fire, butyou can‘t craft. The first time, you did it by feel. train him to go in and fight a fire in the face of explod- Mostly after that, we went around checkingaircraft ing ordnance. There has to besome devotion to duty from our squadron.Even with the normal explosive involved, too.” ordnance in the aircraft there still is a lot of cartridge- actuated devices. Wewent around removing these Thomas Lawler, Chief Aciation Ordnanccman: When cartridges. the first explosion occurred, I wasn’t surewhat hap- I don’t think we were in any great danger in hangar pened.Then the overhead began to glow like it was bay three. The only thing that worried me slightly on on fire. I told the man with me: “AI, I think the place qur first trip when we couldn’t see anything, wasa is on fire. Let’s get out of here.” We did. gushing-a loud gurgling sound.We couldn’t deter- I lost track of time until close to 1600. I was on the mine what it was, and it’s the unknown that kinda bugs hangar deckuntil then. Then I was requested by the you. ship’s ordnance .officer to take some of my crew and go I don’t think the men of the Forrestal could have re- into hangar bay three with ORAs to try to disarm the acted better. I think the training they had been given aircraft there.Earlier, they wouldn’t allow anyone in really showed up then, although you can’t really train there because there was too much smoke and fire. for any given situation. You can train a man to fight a The main hazard was smoke. It was so thickyou fire, but you can’t train him to go inblindfolded and could only see a foot in front of you with a battle fight a fire in the face of exploding ordnance.There lantern. has to be some devotion to duty involved, too.

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VIETNAM:

NITED STATES GROUND FORCES The carrieraircraft destroyed two U continue to rely on naval gunfire anddamaged two coastal defense and air support in thejungles and sites which triggered a secondary ex- alongthe divided coastline of Viet- plosion within the enemy position. nam. Meanwhile, the destroyer Allen M. Tothe north, ships of the Sea Sumner (DD692) and HMAS Ho- Dragon force search for enemy move- hart, anAustralian DDG fired on ments ashore and at sea while simi- watersupply traffic andcoastal de- larsearches are made by Market fensesites 43 miles south-southeast Timeand Game Warden patrols to of DongHoi. Spotter aircraft there the south. reportedthe ships destroyed four In recent months, the enemy’s ac- supplycraft; damaged eight; de- tivities have resulted in heavier con- stroyed six buildingsand two load- tact with U. S. anti-infiltration units. ingplatforms; and started several Here are brief accounts from various fires. naval sources: Laterthe same day, Hobart fired on a truck ferry and loading pier 19 FIVE MILES NORTHEAST of Hue, the miles north-northeast of DongHoi. destroyer uss Walker (DD 517) Shescored a directhit, but further turned her guns on enemy infiltration gundamage assessments were un- DOWN BELOW-Navy divers check routeswhile the cruiser Prozjidence available. (CLG 6) silencedan artillery posi- for damage to thehull offreighter tionjust south of thedemilitarized that went aground in Saigon harbor. zone.Using bothher 5- and6-inch ELSEWHERE,the cruiser Boston guns,the cruiser was firing in sup- Hao,the destroyers Joseph Strauss (CAG 1) was kept busy near Cap port of Operation Buffalo. Inthe (DDG 16) and Fechteler (DD 870) Falaise, 31 miles north-northeast of same area, the cruiser Saint Paul (CA drew heavy gunfire from North Viet- Vinh.While destroying one ancl 73) providedharassment and inter- nameseshore batteries. The ships damagingfour waterborne logistics craft, Boston shelleda storage area. ; diction support for the operation. immediately turned seaward and returned the gunfire. Then the cruiser opened up with her bigguns, setting a storage building IN THE I Corps, the destroyer Wed- Spotter pilotsfrom the carrier derburn (DD 684)fired her 5-inch- Hancock (CVA 19) observed rounds on fire, touching off three secondary ers on enemy routes 11 miles north- landingwithin 20 feet of Strauss. explosions and slicing theroad. to east of Quang Ngaicity. She de- Althoughshe received shrapnel on the area. stroyed 10 enemyemplacements, deckthere were no personnel or Later, in thesame area, Boston damaged six andcollapsed 150 feet materialcasualties reported.It was fired onsupply craft and another of trench. the ninth counterbattery engagement storage area. Damaged were 15 craft Whileshelling a group of barges for Strauss. Results of theshelling and four buildings. in the mouth of the SonYen River, creditedher with two barges de- While on SeaDragon patrol, 21 miles south-southeast of Thanh stroyedand two heavily damaged. Fechteler drew fire 11 miles north- northeast of Vinh.There was no materialdamage nor injuries to her crew.She returned the fire. Wedderburn’s motto of “We Aim ToPlease;” was broadcast ashore during one Sundaymission. The spot- ters’ immediate reply was, “You sure do,” after their assessmentof damage listed42 emplacements, 29 fortified positionsand 100 yards of trench destroyed; six emplacements,one bridge,three supply craft damaged and one mortar silenced. Operating about three to five miles off the Vietnam coast, the destroyer Brush (DD745) fired over 2500 rounds of 5-inch high explosive and fragmentationprojectiles in support of u. S. troops engaged in Operation Pershing.Targets, ranging as far

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The pilots reported as many as 150 One riverine patroluncovered a logistic craft at various points along weapons cache containing numerous the river. water mines and mortar rounds. An- The raid began early one morning other patrol found a grenade factory when Boston, accompanied by the completewith 300 grenadehandles destroyers ForrestRoyal (DD 872) and 400 detonatorswith explosives. and Allen M. Sumner, knockedout Otherweapons seized during the access routesto a ferryused as a troopsweep included two rocket transshipmentpointenemyfor launchers and assorfed rifles and ma- troops. chineguns. Twoflights of A4 Skyhawks and As the MRF assaultscontinue, F8 Crusaders struckseveral shore Navyriver gunboats, monitors and batteriesfiring atthe ships. Forrest assaulttroop carriers are providing Royal was under the heaviestfire and waterbornedefense patrols in con- received shrapnel hits from some of nectionwith their regular Game the shells. Therewere no personnel Wardensearch of sampan and junk or materialcasualties reported. traffic. Edson was also fired upon by en- emyshore batteries from the DMZ. NAVY RIVER Patrol Boats (PBRs) Tenmen were injured, the ship’s turned back a large enemy force forward mast was damaged and one before it could overrun a Vietnamese leg of the mast tripod was severed. Army outpost 90 miles south of Sai- The incident took place while Edson COPTER from USS Sacramento (AOE gon.The enemy force,estimated in was supportingtroops of Operation 1) picks up ammunition during re- size at two companies, backed down Hickory. plenishment off coast of Vietnam. whenOperation Game Warden Togetherwith fire fromthe de- PBRs 123 and 126 opened fire with stroyers Bigelow (DD 942) and Tay- lor (DDE 468), Edson silenced the gun site. Of thecrewmembers wounded during the exchange, seven weretreated on board while three otherswith moderate wounds were transferredtohospital a ship for treatment.

SIDE FROM MarketTime and A GameWarden patrols tearing gaps in Viet Congpositions south of the DMZ, the U. S. has initiated still a third organization with which to whittle away at the enemy. This new joint service organization a forward shield and into the midst of the crew, killing three Navymen. Then both river banks erupted with machine gun and recoilless rifle fire. One exploding shell sent a plume of water 200 feetinto the air near thelead boat. Almost immediately, another crewman was killed by ma- chineguns while readying his own weaponto return fire. A volley of near misses from recoilless rifles caused the lead boat to veer out of control and head for the right bank. By this time, all but one man on the boat had been killed. Thesurviving crewman took the helm,however, and, using theen- gines for control,steered theboat clear of theenemy fire. He was forced to dodge fish stakes as he guidedthe boat free of theattack zone. The enemy then turned his attack onthe .second boat. A Vietnamese national policeman, serving as a liai- son officer, was killed by the gunfire whileall of the boat’s crewwere wounded. Despite their wounds, they managed to fire all of their machine gunammunition and grenades into the enemy positions while maneuver- ing to safety. Once out of danger of further attack, the seriously woundedwere placedaboard the first boat,which sufferedonly moderate damage, to speed their evacuation to home base. Four Navymen were killed in the action.Five otherNavymen were wounded. Fighter-bomberand Navy helicopter gunship air strikes were called

SWINGING OUT-Dances are a big part of enlisted men’s clubs.

of warmthand even luxury. Color is emphasized and newlydeveloped building materials enhancethe au- thenticity of the style, era or locale a club represents. Memphis, Atsugi, GreatLakes, Norfolk and New London are among themany navalactivities which are planning or completingclubs designed to exude an exotic atmosphere.

HE CLUB BUILDING and renovation Tprogrambegan in the late 1950s when clubs were under the management of the Chief of Naval Person- nel and has continued,under the direction of the U. S. Navy Ship’s Store Office (NSSO). In 1960, Pn ad hoc committee clubs: The New Look under the chairmanship of then Rear commercial restaurant or night club. accepted by local commands, NSSO Admiral R. J. Semmes, Jr. (currently Foodand beverage services are designers anddecorators select ma- Chief of Naval Personnel)deter- plannedaround the menu and club terials, furnishings,food service mined that EM clubsshould be capacity with the geographical area equipment and decorations to create underthe administrative andtech- taken into account. a balanced, cohesive, well finished nical direction of NSSO as part of When plans are completed and ~11111,relaxing and inviting. its worldwide Navy Resale System. Centralizedmanagement allows PLUSH, PLUSH-The Gay 90s is the theme in EM lounge at NAS, Norfolk. greatercoordination of policies and proceduresfor uniform operationof the 195 clubs presently in the Navy ExchangeProgram. Innovations recommended or developedby interested club personnel in the field and found acceptable arepassed to other clubs for incorporation into their programs. Clubs range from Yokosuka’s Club Alliance, a multistory activity having acapacity in excess of 2000 to the new Crowand Chevron at Johns- ville, Pa., whichcan accommodate 108 persons.

HEN THE NEW CLUB LOOK began to appear,to professional designers of hotelandrestaurant interiorswere consulted for decor and stylingevaluations. Today, all plansfor interior design arepro- videdby specialists from NSSO’s Layout Branch. Newlayouts follow those of a

NOVEMBER 1967 Enlisted clubs retain theirprofits ror renovation, refnrbishmentand entertainment. This adds impetus to creating new decors within the club atmosphere. Entertainment is a basic part of a club’s operation; keeping it lively and up to date usually requires between 50 and 70 percent of the profits-depending on the scopeof projected club improvements. Dance bands, happy hours, go-go dancers,special eventsand vogue music-all arethe popular choices inclubs aside from big-nameenter- tainments. The big names, of course, top almost everybody’s first choice list. ENTERTAINMENT is basic part of clubs. Duke Ellington signsautographs at Food service runsa close second to entertainmentto in thecurrent Bainbridge.Country singers sing out and(below) Navy musicmen entertain. transition to more elaborate meccas for relaxation in enlistedclubs.

DURING THE PAST YEARS, four food seminars were held for club and food service managers atdifferent points aroundthe globe. Experts from professional schools of cuisine, foodpreparation andrestaurant operation conducted demonstrations and presented lectures on food service techniques used atthe best establishmentsin the commercial field. Managers participating inthese seminars broadenedthe scope of their own professional knowledge and exchanged ideas with other club managers facedwith the same day- to-day problems. In areas of high dependent popu- NEW CLUB LOOK is exemplified by decor of lounge at Atsugi‘s Gateway Club. lation, many clubs are establishing family dining rooms featuringfull course meals amid fine surroundings. Charleston, Jacksonville, SanDiego and Port Hueneme,among others, havereported that thissection of theirclub has met with resounding success. “Over 21” sections arebeing included in club renovation and building plans based on a 1965 change to General Order 15 permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages to Navy per- sor;mel in CONUS basedon age ratherthan rate. Overseasinstal- lations sell thesebeverages under prevailing local law and/or status of forces agreements.

ARE AN EVEN GREATER CLZZle factor todaythan in the past. They provide a place to spend off-duty hours with friends, swap- ping sea stories, while catching up

ALL HANDS 20 CLUBS APLENTY-Dining room andtelevision lounge in the enlisted men’s clubat the CB Center Port Hueneme, Calif., havenew look. Below: The same canbe saidfor the dining roomand 56 Clubat Pearl Harbor.

on the latest scuttlebutt. Navyshore activities, the EM club Navy beganstabilization for peace- Watching television, shootinga concepthas been in existencelittle timeoperations and could devote game of pool, enjoyinga thirst more than 20 years. greater effort to long range programs quencher while watchingentertain- Forexample, during World War of this kind aimed at improving both ment or eating a leisurely meal have 11, EM club activity was rare in morale and efficiency of enlisted per- become an acceptedpart of club many places and nonexistent in sonnel. One of theseprograms in- life. others. Clubswere set up on a hit- cludedthe promotion of enlisted Whilethe enlisted men’s club of or-miss basis. clubswhen the Secretary of the today isa11 accepted feature of most Once WW I1 came to an end, the Navy macle enlisted men’s clubs an

ULTRAMODERN atmosphere is evident at thenew club located atBrooklyn Naval Station. Rt: Fountain in the ballroom of the enlisted men’s club at Naval AmphibiousBase Little Creek,Va., adds touch of elegance.

NOVEMBER 1967 r integral part of the Navy. Initial efforts wereconcentrated on creatingclulx at nnval shore installations aroundthe world,beginning with areas of high Navy popu- lation and expandingoutward. Existing spaces at st.‘1 t‘ions were converted into club areas andfur- nished for immediate needs. For the first time in naval history, enlisted me11 from theFleet and thoseserving ashore had a recog- nizedfacility of theirown for leisure use.

Y THE LATE 1950s, EM clubs had blossomed atthe largershore stations and a majority of the smallerones. Theimmediate requirements had been met and clubs turned their efforts toward becoming more attractive and appealing estab- lishments. Renovation andrefurbishment of existing clubs becamethe second phase of a program aimed at increasing service and making leisure time more pleasant during off-duty hours. There has been aproven payoff already for boththe Navy and Navymen in this newapproach to enlisted men’s clubs. A comment by the commanding officer of one naval base with a new andmodern club sums itup succinctly:“Since weopened the newclub, the number of report chits on downtown incidents hasdecreased byover 50 per cent.” Navy enlistedclubs havere- spondedto the primary recreation needs of Navymen and efforts are now being directed toward the qual- ity concept in futurethinking and planning. -John Russas

Plans for ncw or rebuilt clubs are provided by specialists of the U. S. NaoyShip’s Store Ofice, Layout Wranch.Here are some newinterior designsfor EM c1uh.r that are now in the mill. Top to Bottom: (1)Artist’s rendering shows netu look for the Over 21 Club at theNaval AirStation Oceana, Va. (2) Drawing of future loungeat the Heliport EM Club, VAS Key West, Fla. (3) Proposed interiordesign for thc Acey Dzccey Club at NASLenzoore, Calif. (4) New EM club atNAS Memphis, Tcnn.,will haor: theappearance of an old Gcrmal? hmuhnzrs.

22 ALLHANDS SubicBay Navy Exchange Motel has 20 roomsfor use ofNavymen ahd dependents.

An overseas Navy Exchange hlo- tel-the first of its kind to be,l)uilt “from scratch” in the Navy Resale System-has opened its doorsat the Naval Base, Subic Bay, in the Philippines. Built primarily to accommodate visiting “sea gul1s””dependents of Fleet personnel-the new 20-room edifice cost over$50,000 to con- - struct. leisurelounge for TV andreading. The NavyExchange announced that only the following persons are authorizedto use the facilities of FPO, San Francisco 96651. of kennels are avaiIa1)le through the new motel:. officers and enlisted Daily room service consists of Base Security. men assigned to U. S. Fleetunits room cleaning andchange of lin- Desk service is available 24 hours and/ortheir dependents; service ens. No pets will be allowed in the a day. A laundromat will I:e con- personnel and others entitledto motel;however, a limited numller structed soon at the motel. overseas differential pay,when traveling, but not permanently assigned toduty in the Subic-Cubi area, and other persons specifically approved by the Subic NavSta PO. Dependents of U. S. Fleetper- sonnel attachedto ships visiting Subic Bay will get first priority for reservations. Billeting period is limited to a period ranging from one day to 15 days. Extension of staymay be requested from the Subic NX officer on a space available basis only. Each room, withtwo twin beds and a double sofa bed, accommo- dates a maximum of four persons. The NX motel will provide a baby crib. The rates are very reasonable. Reservations will be on a first- come, first-served basis bycalling telephone 44-2500; or bymessage or by writing tothe NX Officer, Roomsare furnished with twin beds and sofa that converts into a double bed.

NOVEMBER 1967 23 sives and otherdangerous cargoes. It also serves in an advisory capacity in mattersin of port security, the Merchant Marine, aids to navigation and coastal surveillance. Early in the 19th century, revenue cuttersbegan conducting winter cruises to aid distressed vessels. This humanitarian work has steadilyin- creased throughoutthe years. Last year, the Coast Guard answered more than 43,000 calls for assistance involvingmore thanthree and a half billion dollars inproperty and cargo. It also saved more than 3400 lives during the same period.

UCH OF THE Coast Guard’s suc- M cess insearch and rescue can be attributed to its Automated Mer- THE RESCUE-A call for help from trawler brings aid from cutters and copter. chant Vessel Reporting (AMVER) rn Program. Ships participating in the programvoluntarily report their position to AMVER headquarters in New York City. An electronic computer processes the information which is immediately made available to RescueCoordination Centers. AM- VER has also been put into operation in the Pacific Ocean and is being considered for use as the nucleus for a global search and rescue network. Many of the Coast Guard’s mari- time services are concerned with preventing accidents at sea.This function, infact, is largely responsible forthe excellent safety record of theUnited StatesMerchant Marine. DISTRESS CALL is logged aboard USCGC Accidentprevention absorbs the NYC center selects nearest vessels to notify efforts of about one-fifth of all Coast Guard officers. One of the program’s more important features is an intensive vessel inspection effort which extends from a ship’s blueprint stage to the end of its operating life. In addition to itsother activities, the Coast Guard has been making

CGs FIRE mortar at VC on shore. substantialachievements in ocean- ographysince 1867. Soon after our 49thstate was purchasedfrom the Imperial Russian government,the revenuecutfer Lincoln was directed tomake the first exploration of Alaskan waters.This missionwas followedby many similar investiga- tions, the latest of whichhas been in connectionwith the Kara and Barents Seas north of theSoviet Union. ,

RECENT CHANGES havegone far towardmaking the Coast Guard the chief icebreakingagency for thefederal government. . As such, Coast Guard icebreakers will support the Navy inpolar operations. New designsare being studied to keep Coast Guardicebreakers up to date andnuclear power is being considered. The CoastGuard, in fact, looks forward to being completely modern- IcebergPatrol Is Part of USCG’s Job izedbythe middle 1970s. Sub- stantialprogress hasalready been madetoward replacing over-age theberg will remainmarked for This year the U. S. Coast Guard vessels withcutters of modernde- eight to 10 days. played a part-as it does each year sign. Fivenew 210-foot cutters Because the experiment in mark- -in the most intensive assault ever haveentered the fleet withinthe ingbergs with brilliant dyes was madeupon theicebergs drifting pastfew years andmore are ex- so successfulduring 1965, it will into theshipping lanes of the pected to follow. be continued on an expanded scale NorthAtlantic. The cutter Hamilton (WPG 715), thisyear. The earlier conceptof This is the53rd year of opera- whichjoined the fleet this summer, markingicebergs with bow and tion by the Coast Guard with the hasmany advanced features which arrow has been discarded. InternationalIce Patrol. will giveher acruising range of The CoastGuard employs HC- Lastyear, theCoast Guard about 10,000 miles at 20 knots. She 130B Hercules aircraft equipped tested its newradiometric iceberg will alsohave a flight deckcapable with radar and Loran, and two of detector.It is basedon the principle that all mattersends out of accommodatingtwo amphibious theplanes also utilize a radio- helicopters. metriciceberg detector. electromagnetic impulses. By meas- Inthe air, theCoast Guard has The USCG is responsiblefor uringthe different .intensitiesof acquired additional amphibious heli- gathering data on conditions in the the impulses, the detector identifies copters and is experimentingwith a North Atlantic shipping lanes dur- theobject as aniceberg or some twin-rotor helicopter for service use. inq the season when large icebergs other floatingmaterial. It has also purchasedanew type are normally found below the 48th Thisyear patrol headquarters airplane especially designed and- con- parallel. The service will maintain will be in New York City.CG figured for monitoring the worldwide a continuousaerial reconnaissance reconnaissance aircraft will be de- of more than 33,000 square miles ployed out of Argentia during the Loran network. of theNorth Atlantic, flying daily iceberg season. TheLoran system (Long Range missions toidentify and plot the Aid toNavigation) was developed flow of bergs and ocean ice which DYE BOMB is droppedon berg. by the Coast Guard early in World havealways been menacea to War II. It nowreaches from the shipping. NorthAtlantic to the South China An ice patrol flight is usually Sea and fromthe Arctic tothe eight to 10 hours long. It is flown Mediterranean. at an altitude gf 5000 feet, except The Coast Guardhas grown so during low leveI bombing runs. On spectacularlyunder theTreasury these runs, crewmen drop a gallon Department that Alexander Hamilton glass jug bomb filled with calcium would scarcely recognize the orgarri- chlorideand rhodamine. The cal- zationfounded.he Under the cium chloride pellets open the way Department of Transportation,the for a bright dye (this year it will CoastGuard looks forward to at h5: vermilion)to penetrate about least as. muchprogress during its aninch into the ice.This assures next 177 years.

26 ALL HANDS MCB FORTY- ca DO DO

" " spite of mortar attacks and rain. selves for future assignments.

Clockwisefrom Too Riahf: (1) Seabeesof MCB 40 erect a bolted-steeltank at . I .. ChuLai for fuel storage. (2) CBknow-how speeds up iob of buildinghuts like these. (3)MCB 40 machinery moves Vietnamese earth ta construct crosswind runway. (4) Seobees ofMobile Construction Battalion 40 producedenough crushed rock in theirChu Lai plant to cover 2500 football fields. (5) Navyconstructionmen put togetheraluminum matting forrunway.-Photos byMarion Loyd, PH2, USN

NOVEMBER 1967 27 MoreGolden E Ships was not includedin your roundup of SIR: 1 read with interest your article This section is open tounofficial com- GoldenShips. on the “GoldenShips of the Sea” municationsfrom within thenaval service Pine Island won the Gold “E” for on mattersof general interest.However, the period 1961 through 1965 and, to (April 1967). In fact Iread it twice itis not intended to conflict in any way looking for some mention of uss Bryce with NavyRegulations regording the for- the best of our knowledge, is the only wardingof official moil through channels. AirPac ship to be so distinguished. She Canyon (AD 36). noristoit substitute for the policy of If memoryserves me correctly,she obtaininginformation from localcommands also won the Battle Efficiency Award in in allin possible instances. Do not send was awarded a Gold “E” in 1959, and postage orreturn envelopes. Sign full name 1955. I believe this was the firstsuch award and address.Address letter to Editor, ALL Afterserving since 1945, with one HANDS, Pers G15, BureauofNaval Per- briefperiod of inactivationin 1950, received by an AD. sonnel, Navy Dept., Washington, D.C. 20370. Also, I might mention that sometime Pine Island isbeing placed in the Re- during the years1957-58 uss Roanoke she is the first coastal minesweeper ever serveFleet as a result of the Navy’s (CL 145) hada Gold “E’ paintedon to receive the Gold “E.”-R. D. Cooper, phasing out of seaplanes.-P. L. Filson, each of hersix, six-inch/47 turrets. At cs2, USN. CDR, USN, CO, USS PineIsland. onetime during her nine-yearlife, every mount-13three-inch/50s-and ManyMore Golden Ships 0 Thankyou for adding to our list each turret had one or more “Es”. SIR: The article “Golden Ships of the of GoldenShips. ED. Of course, I claim the sameprotec- Sea”in your April issue particularly CircuitousTravel tion that you do-set forth my view and interestedme. It saluted the deserving let peopleshoot at it.-J. F. Gilhuly, ships who display the golden battle ef- SIH: My ship is homeported in Hawaii LT, USN. ficiency “E.” Althoughall the ships but hasbeen deployed to WestPac for We appreciateyour information mentioneddeserve, no doubt, to be in more than six months. During this time on Bryce Canyon’s and Roanoke’s suc- the spotlight, I think one ship was over- we have had a ntnnher of married men cesses, Lieutenunt. Congratulations are looked. ordered for permanentchange of sta- certainly in order to their crews, and to I once served aboard uss Rockbridge tion, but we’ve hadlittle guidance the crews of the jleet tug Molala (ATF ( APA 228 ). Just before I left her, she regardingwhat to do abouttheir de- 106) and the coastal minesweeper paintedon her fourth hashmark to ac- pendents in Hawaii. Meadowlark (MSC 196), both of whom companyher Gold “E.” She had also May these men first return to Hawaii also la!l claim to Gold “E” fame as evi- won her fourth hashmark to accompany to arrange concurrenttravel with de- denced by thefollowing letters re- her amphibious assault award. pendents,household goods movement ceived by ALLHANDS-ED. I amnot saying that Rockbridge is and temporarylodging allowance, or any better than the ones in the article, must they proceed directly to CONUS? SIR: I noticed in your article “Golden but I mostcertainly believe that this ”M. B. K., YN1, USN. Ships of the Sea” that yourequested vessel is equally deserving-R. H. L., BuPers Inst. 4650.15 is the direc- tiveto which you will want torefer correspondencefrom the fleetconcern- RMSN, USN. ing records of shipawards and cita- when faced with the possibility of “cir- tions.Here’s one which seems to be a SIR:Those of us aboard uss Pine cuitous route truvel,” or travel by other record: Island ( AV 12) regret that our seaplane thanthe mtablished, directroutes. In In 1960, uss Molala became the first, tender, currentlyundergoing inactiva- the case youdescribe, the family may and only (todate) fleet tug on the tion at PugetSound Naval Shipyard, stick together,provided no additional WestCoast to be awarded the Golden leave or delay is required to accomplish “E” for gunnery efficiency.-J. H. Wat- concurrent travel. kins,RM2, USN. One Is theMost The directive says, in essence,that arrangements forcircuitous travelmay SIR: Is a Navymanin the Opera- SIR: That was a nice write-up on the hemade, subject to local regulations, tions Department or the Communi- with commands controlling sea and air “GoldenShips of the Sea,” but, alas, cationsDivision authorized to wear you forgot one: uss Meadowlark, home- travel space allocations. more than one letter on his uniform A manwith permanent change of ported at Charleston, s. C. if his ship earns an “E” or a green Her crew feels she should be recog- station orders couldtravel a circuitous “C”for operations or communica- routewith his dependentson aspace- nizedas a top fame gettersince she tions proficiency? holds the followingawards: required basis. However,such travel If so, can he also add a third arrangementswould have tobe made 1) Gold “E.” letter if his ship wins the Battle Effi- 2) Red “E.” far enough in advance to give the ap- ciency“E”?-A. T. O., LT, USN. propriate carrier time to find the neces- 3) Minesweeping“M” wlhashmark. Sorry, only ships are allowed sary space. 4) Marjorie Sterrett Award for 1966, to display more than one such award. The government pays the travel bills U. S. Atlantic Fleet. In theinterests of anuncluttered In addition, Meadowlark was the uniform,Navymen must be content -which maynot exceed the cost for seventh runner-up for Ship of the Year withonly one Navy blue or white travel on corresponding portions of the in a contestheld by a Navyoriented “E” (dependingonthe uniform direct route. magazine;she was twice Ship of the background)even though they may In any event, provisions of the orders Monthin that samepublication. More actually have earneda green “C”. involvedmust be followed. It is noted recently, the minesweeperreceived a Theody concession madeto that a Navyman might be “directed” to plaque inappreciation for each crew- varietyin this respect is permission use available government transporta- member’s $22 average charity donation. to weara gold “E” to indicatefive tion. Dependents are neverdirected to Notonly do wefeel Meadowlark or moreconsecutive andidentical usegovernment transportation, but, of should be acclaimedfor her achieve- awards.-En course, oftendo. ments, but we are reasonablycertain You have raised an interesting point.

28 ALL HANDS PILOTS AWARDED-CDR P. H. Speer, rt., receives the Navy Cross and LCDR R. G. Hubbard, center, gets Silver Star for downing Mig-17s in combat over Vietnam.Both pilots are congratulated by CAPT S. W. Vejtasa of Miramar.

You’ll hear more about circuitous travel Any advance of payhe may receive that variouspersonnel ofices have dif-’ in a future issue.-ED. simply means that the member receives ferent styles. However,the BuPers part of his regular paybefore he ac- Manual (article C-1301) abbreviates the Tour lengths-Again tually earns it. Thisadvance, known four warrant and commissioned warrant SIR: I reported to my present duty traditionally as a “dead horse,” is militarygrades as CW04,CW03, station with 25 months of activeobli- normally liquidatedon an installment CW02 and WO. gated duty.When I checkedin I was basis duringthe six monthsfollowing Regardingdesignation of yourpro- told that if I wanted to servemy full the transfer.”ED. fessional specialty,we suggest you 24 months ashore, I would have to ex- checkthe CorrespondenceManual, tend for one year. Warrant Offker ID chapter 11, paragraph 8. In part,this Is that right?-C. D. W., ETN2, USN. states that“complete personnel in- amone of seven warrant offi- When a Navyman reportsashore SIR: I formation will appearat least once in cersserving onboard destroyer a each letter.” Your warrantspecialty with up to six months’ obligation be- tender. We haveour own WO mess yond his normal shore completion date, would be appropriatefor usein any which we believe is one of very few in “cornplete personnel information.”-ED. his TCD isextended-providing his the Pacific Fleet. Are any figures avail- normal tour is 24 months or less, which able with regard to exactlyhow many Gold E libertyCard it appears to be in your case. suchmesses there are?Are there any If your normal tour were longer than regulations with regard to the establish- SIR:Our ship awards gold “E” (Ex- 24 months, then the word you received ment of WO messes on board ship? cellencein Conduct) liberty cards to would have been true. You would then Onanother subject, we’ve noticed crewmemberswho maintain clean rec- have had either to extend or accept a that warrant officeris notabbreviated ords for six months. It seems to me that shortenedtour.”ED. uniformlyin the “grade”space on our thismark of distinction, the useof ID cards.Mine says WO-I. Others gold, should be reserved for those men There Really Is a Dead Horse have W-1, WO or WO1. Why no mi- whomaintain a 12-year level of good SIR: If mana receives permanent formity? Also, are specificprofessional conduct. change of stationorders which are for designators (Electrician, Machinist, Is there anyofficial ruling on this hisown convenience, such as a hu- etc. ) ever used after a WO’s name?- matter?-R. A. C., GMG2, USN. manitarian assignment or a swap, is he G. P. A., WO-1, USN. a ALL HANDSturned to a cognizant entitled to draw advance pay providing a There are no general regulations source foran answer. Here it is: his commanding officer approves such a which govern the establishment of war- The gold “E” liberty card policy is request?--(=. E. C., PN2, USN. rant oficer messes. Yourtype com- not a Navy-widepolicy; there is 1u) a Yes.An individualmay draw an mander may have set the guidelines for etiidenceavailable thatinstructions or adtiance of up tothree months’ pay your mess. Further, since the Navy has regulations haveever been written on whenever he receives PCS orders. Some no over-all departmental regulations on the subject.Therefore, it appears that people confuse an advance payment of the subject, no one seems to know how issuance of such liberty cards is a com- travel funds with an advance of pay. manysuch messes there are. For now, mand decision. A traveladvance represents prepay- we’ll gladly take yourword that yours Nevertheless, there can be no relation ment of funds for performingtravel is “one of very few.” If the question ever betweenliberty card gold andhash- between the old and new duty stations. comes up again, our Editor-in-Charge- . mark gold per se. Petty oficers second Obviously, when the transferis at the of-Warrant-Oficer-Mess-Statistics will class graduate fromtheir liberty card- member’s own request and is at no ex- have something to go on. carrying daysupon advancing to E-5 pense tothe government, he is not When it comes to the warrant abbre- regardless of length of service or level entitled to such payment. viationsused on ID cards, it appears of conduct.-Eo.

NOVEMBER 1967 29 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Cont.1 In 1925the citizens of Oregon re- questedtheir governor to ask thatthe ship be moored at Portland to be used as a floating monument. The Navy con- sented, and on25 Jun 1925 she was loaned tothe State of Oregon and berthed at Portland. This was theperiod during which you and your playmates came to know her. Oregon’s subsequent history is unfortu- nate, even depressing. In 1938 aproject was proposed to encase the battleship in concrete at a spot tobe known as theBattleship Oregon Marine Park. However, the cost of the project proved prohibitive and the idea was abandoned. On 17 Feb 1941,the vessel‘s classification was changed to IX 22, unclassified miscellaneous ship. Shewas formally stricken from the Navy list on 2 Nov 1942 and was transferred tothe State of Oregon. Bids were requested for scrapping the battle- TOPSIDE LOOK-USS Randolph black gang members rarely see underway ship on 3 Dee 1942 and four days later and docking procedures, but are given that look by CAPT Wynn V. Whidden. she was sold to two Portland business- menfor $3S,OOO. However,the Navy Oregon Was a Memorial, Too Since most people regard a ship more as thenrequested that the scrapping be SIH: I fear I mustdisagree with a aperson (she) than a merething, it haltedonce progresshad reached the statement made in the article “The Lone would seem that Oregon fits Mr. Web- main deck, and the ship’s interior had Star Navy” which appeared in your July ster’s definition. been cleared out. issue.The author states that when uss As a result of your gentleprodding, On 3 Mar 1943, the ship was towed Texas ( BB 35 ) steamed to Houston to we exploreda little more deeplythe from Portland to Kalama, Wash.,for be decommissionedin April 1948, she details of Oregon’s career following her dismantling and the hulk waslater re- was the firstbattleship to become a brief brush with glory during the Span- turnedto the Navy. She was redesig- memorial in the state for which she was ish-American war. Usually,her story nated IX 22 and placed in service. named.Not so. endswith her famous speed runfrom By July 1944 the formerbattlewagon’s I can’tspeak for other states, but 1 Sun Francisco around the Horn to join hulk had been loaded withdynamite wasraised in Portland, Ore., and back inthe destruction of theSpanish fleet and othertypes of explosivesand she as far as I can remember the old Span- of7 Cuba.She hadcovered the 14,700 wastowed to Guam to be used as a ish-American War veteran uss Oregon miles in 66 days, averaging 11.6 knots, floating ammunition depot. (BB 3) was tied up there as a memorial. a speed and endurance record. A fewmonths after heginning her I also remember when we school chil- After shewas refitted, Oregon re- new depot job, IX 22 almost came to a dren all chipped in our pennies to help turned tothe Pacific forduty in the premature hut spectacular end. make her a permanent memorial in Port- Asiatic, where she cooperated with the She was moored in Port Merizo, land. I stillhave many pleasant mem- Army (luring the Philippine insurrection. Guam, and had aboard 1400 tons of 60 ories of touring the ship and playing Marines from Oregon joined the Relief per cent gelatin, amongother highly aboard her. Since this was back in the Expeditionary Force sent to Peking dur- explosive cargo. An LC1 had been 3Os, I must take exception to Lieutenant ing the Boxer rebellion in 1900. assigned to guard her, and was moored Mayo’sclaim about Texas. During World War I, Oregon served alongsideduring thetwo and a half The only thing left of the old girl nom as flagship of the Pacific Fleet, and was months it took to unload. is her basketmast, a plaque and a used primarily as atraining ship.She One night the crew of the LC1 broke buildingwith her souvenirs and arti- zcas tlecornmissioned soon after the out a number of boxes of dynamite from factsfrom the Spanish-American War. Armistice. the holdfor inspection.Just about the Shewas given over to the scrapdrive Shewas taken out ofthe Reserve time the lids were removed, a burst of during the late years of World War 11, Fleet inAugust 1919and wasthe re- machine gun fire sprayed the ship from and the last I saw of her she was sitting viewing ship for President Wilson when thebeach, which was about 75 yards on a mudflat in Agana harbor in Guam the Pacific Fleet arrived at Seattle. She away. A few of the enemy still remain- in 1954. wasagain decommissioned on 4 Oet ing onthe island had found Oregon a I believe she was washed up on the 1919 andmoored at the U. S. Naval convenient target. One lucky round and beach during the typhoon of ’49 and Base, Brmnerton, Wash. the ex-battlewagon would have come to justleft there to rust,since it was too The shipwas consideredincapable a quick and fiery end. It didn’t come. expensive to haulher off.”R. E. ofany uarlike operations (luringthe While Oregon wastied up at Port Alderer, MUC, USN. administration of President Wilson, and Merizo, LCTs and LCVPs took about 15 0 It looks as thotrghyou mayhave plans were made to scrap her. Howeoer, tons of dynamitefrom her each night us,Chief. Without entering into adis- Franklin D. Roosevelt,then the Assist- for blasting inApra harbor andat cussion of semantics, or officialdefini- ant Secretary of the Navy, intervened in Tinian andSaipan. tions of memorials, we’ll have to agree the ship’s behalf and she was saved. Oregon brokeher moorings several that Oregon wasmemoriala in her Underthe terms of theWashington times during her stay of Guam, and the home stateback inthe 30s. The dic- Conference on Limitation of Armaments last time she went aground on a coral tionary definition of a memorial is “any- in 1921-22, Oregon wasonce again se- reef. Her hulkremained on the reef thing, as a monument, intended to pre- lected for scrapping, but public indigna- until shewas sold 15 Mar 1956and serve the memory of a person or event.” tion caused such plans to he shelved. towed to Japan for scrapping.-E:u.

30 ALL HANDS MarineCan Stand Watch ship’s bell. And everybody was happy. Ship Reunions -1. M. Henderson, CDR, SC, USN. SlH: I rccelrtly saw a photograph of a Newsof reunionsof ships and orgoniza- We thank your formerchief com- llarine officer standing an OOD watch tionswill be carried inthis column from n~issuryman for his research onbell- 011 the quarterdeck.Although the pic- time totime, In planningareunion, best shiningand wethank you for passing turc appearcd in autlloritative pub- an results will be obtained bynotifying the it 011 to us.“ED. lication, I an1 stillnot convinced that Editor, ALL HANDS Magazine,Navy Depart- hlarincsare authorized to standthis ment, Washington, D. C. 20370, fourmonths Gold and Red Hashmarks watchalthough a hudtly of nline as- in advance. Sm: Arecent issue notes that “some stires me they are. USS West Virginia (BB 48)- ildividuals with hroken service feel that Is he right? If so, maybeyou can Thc 13thannual reunion will he trot hcing able to wear gold lace service give n~esome atlditional inforlnatioll hcltl atthe VFWHall, 1822 W. stripes reflects on their concluct.” on the suhiect.”A. C. P., EkIl, IJSN. 1621rtl St.,Grrtlena, Calif. For I all1 not worried about nly image in Your budtl!y is correct.Marine of- frlrtherinfonnatioll write to R. A. thi.; respect. fcer.rbeloto the grade of nwjor are I~I-owI~,1822 W. 1621~1St.,

NOVEMBER 1967 31 LET’S FACE IT. Whenthe average physical conditioning program which physical fitness. It can work for you, man reaches his thirties-if he combines proper exercise anddiet- too. It is especially designed for men doesn’t watch out,he begins to go ing. The Navy’s program relating to aboardship and can be carried out to flab. physical fitness is discussed in under almost any conditions, in very The reasons are obvious. He eats BuPers Inst 6100.2B. In thiscon- limited space. either too well or too much, or both, nection, ships and st at’ ions are en- First of all, what is physical fit- and he’s notnearly as active as he couragedto promote sports,recre- ness? was during his twenties.(In the ation and physical fitness. You are physically fit, says Pro- Navy. that’s the period in which he Here is one example of a program fessor Lenz, if you can carry out any usually makes the grade startingfrom that was adapted for shipboard use duty demanded of you.’ In addition, seaman deuce,and leading up to which may be of interestto other you must have enough energy left chief. ) ships in theFleet. Also, because of over for an17 emergency you may Whether you’re in thearmed populardemand, ALL HANDSis re- encounter, or for anyrecreational forces orin civilian life, this is a producing its report on isometrics activity you choose. problem you have to face. If you are unableto meet these Anyone who has been at sea and Not too longago, Associate Pro- requirementsbecause you are over- has eatenin the enlisted mess, the fessor H. W. Lenz, of theDepart- weight, or because your muscles are Chief‘s mess, or the wardroom can ment of Physical Education, Naval too flabby, or both, you are not vouch for the excellent foodserved Academy, had occasion tomake a physically fit. aboard ship. On a submarine,the cruise aboard USS Forrest Sherman To determine your present level food is claimed by some to be better (DD 931.). More than once. he was of physical fitness, have a friend test and more of it, but there is less op- approached by a crew member: “Sir, you on the itemsdescribed below. portunity for exercise. I’m putting on weight. I’m out of Once you know your relative status, After a few years,this combina- shape.What canI doabout it?” you will know how to pace yourself. tion of good food and little exercise At first, he tried answering on an Go through the exercises (you might can get to you-and stay with you. individual basis. but that didn’t work try thetorpedo deck if there’s one A few more years and the problem out too well. Justtoo many. So he aboard your ship). Have your friend grows larger-usually aroundthe drew up abrief, informal guide for bringa wrist watchwith a sweep- middle. the men of Forrest Sherman who second hand. Your friend will time But there is solution.a It’s a wantedto improvetheir state of you during the exercises.

Your Score Test Items Points Items Test FIGURE. 4. YOUR

1.PULL-UPS-Palms forward,full n If you look like (a), score 5 hang, pull chin overbar. If you look (b),like score 3 If you look like (e), score 1 8 or more, score 4 or more, score 3 or less, score

3. SIDE-STRADDLE HOP (60 seconds)- Your feat come apart as far as your shoulders are wide; arms swing up straight over shoulders. 70 hops 5 60 hops 3 50 hops 1

5. THE AGE FACTOR. From17to 26 yearsold, scoreP 0 From27to38 years old, 4 score 2 From 39 up, score 4

Now, add yourtotal points. If they amount to18 or more, consider your physical fitnessstatus to be “Excellent.“ Workin 2. SIT-UPS (within 30 seconds)- Group I, described below. Lie on back, arms over head, feet If they range between 11to 17, your con- drawn up tight. dition is ”Good.” Workin Group II. 25 sit-ups 5 If they are 10 or less, that‘s too bad. You 18 sit-ups 3 belong in the executive, or Group 111, cate- 10 sit-ups 1 gory. 32 w ALL HANDS AT THISPOINT, you're almost ready Don't put yourself on so stricta to go to work. But first, a few diet that you can't maintainit. you additional words of counsel from shouldnot lose morethan Ewo Professor Leaz: pounds a week. If you lose only one Work outin aspace that is pound every two weeks, that's fine. adequate and safe. Keep :at it. Adjust the repetitions to your There's no law that says you must own need, especially during the first eatthe rich, fattening foods.Stay few weeks. away from 'butter on bread or pota- Work outat leastfour out of toes; gravy; large portions of dessert; every seven days.Keep track on a carbonated drinks. Allof theseare calendar. very fattening. If you eat more than Keeptrack of what you do. you burn up, you will put on weight, Make up your own private chart and that's all there is to it. An ounce of list the exercise, the repeats and the prevention is worth a pound of care. speed for each. Leave a space for Crashprograms won't work. The the date. steady grind will bring results. Work Weigh about once a week. outconstantly, cut down on food Weigh on the same scales, atthe with discretion. Establish an exercise same time, with the same amount of andeating routine that you can clothes each time. If you start weigh- stick to. ingbefore your workout, do it that When abig party comes along, way each time. If after the workout, forget your austerityroutine and keepit that way. The point is, do havea ball. But when it's over, 'go it the same each time. !Keep track hack tothe routine. of your weight. This will reallywork. - WHATKIND OF PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED 1 NOTE: REPS-This means "repetitions"; it means the number oftimes you repeat each exercise SPD-This means the "speed" with which you do each exercise; there are three speeds (1) SLO:OWM-Move easily and work in relaxed manner (2) MEDIUM-Move at a pace which is half as fast as you can go, abbreviated, "med" (3) FAST-Move as fast os you can, still doing the exercise correctly

"~ -~~~ ~~ T- I EXERCISE PURPOSE GROUP 3 GROUP 2 GROUP 1 REPS REPSSPD SPD REPS

" "_ ""_ _" STRETCHER-feet apart, Warm-up 15 tc slow 20 to slow 20 to slow shoulder width, arms over and for rt rt rt head, bend, and bounce, flexibility 15 11 20 to 20 to reaching for toes It It It

"_ -. _" "" ""_ "_ LOWERBACK EXERCISE-on strength 15 med. 20 mad. max fast stomach, hands clasped behind neck, for lower YOU body straight, lift up head back can do and shoulders as high as you can quscles in 30 and return-DON'T ROCK sec.

"" "" - "_ SIT-UPS-lie on back, arms over for that 17 med. 23 med. max head, feet drawn up to buttocks, gut, good YOU heels touching buttocks, for can do stomach in 30 sec.

"~ ~ ~"~~" TRUNK MUSCLES-lie on right side for your 20 med. 23 fast max use right arm as brace, lift right leg waist YOU high, lower, don't touch left leg; and cando REPEATON LEFT SIDE stomach in 30 sac

"_ "" _~".""_ SITTING TUCKS-sit an deck raise for your 20 slow 23 med. max fast legs, tuck in, and straighten, don't stomach you can touch deck muscles do in 30 sec.

"_ """ - "" PUSH-UPS arms 15 slow18 med. 20 fast

"" "" " ~ _" - "_ RUNNING-IN-PLACE, lift legs high wind 2 slow 2 med. 2 min. min. min.

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NOVEMBER 1967 ISOMETRICS: SIT-DOWN SPORT HIS EXERCISE program-new to many-is ideal for tio~~~.All that’s needed is a chair, a heavy desk or table, TNavymen whose duties or location restrict their ability nncl one minute a cluy. to engage in athletics or other forms of regular fitness Six seconds for each set of nine muscles are required activity. It previously apeared in ALL HANDS. tlaily for maximum benefit. By rigidly adhering to the What is isometrics? isometrics routine, some men have doubled their strength Mefly, isometrics is based 011 the principle of one set in 20 weeks. (The averageincrease in strength is be- of muscles working against another. You may have been tween threeand five per centeach week.) Try it- practicing it for years, by some other name, or more you’ll be surprised at the result. likely, by none at all. Hold your breath while you do each exercise. Be sure Here are nine isometric exercises designed specifically to exert full force for six seconds with each. Then relax for office personnel and those in other sedentary occupa- for a few seconds before going on to the next exercise. Kemember, in this program ward a11d grasp legs just be- you should follow a daily low the knees. Press down schedule. But you need not with hands, at the same time perform the exercises more pressing up against the hands than once daily. Muscles can with both legs. Hold for six growin strength only at a seconds. certain rate.These exercises builcl significant muscular strengthand tone. (6) Criss-Cross-For chest andleg muscles. Sit with feet about fourinches apart. Bend forwardand place 6 ( 1) Pull Up-For arms hands against inside of oppo- and shoulders. Sit straight, siteknees. Attemptto press grasp the sides of your chair knees together while atthe tightlywith bothhands and same time holding them apart pull up as hard as possible. with hands. Hold for six sec- Hold for six seconds. onds.

(2) Hand Press-For arms, chest and shoulders. Sit (7) Body Lift-For ~h011l- straight, chest out, arms held ders,arms, abdomen. Sitting withback straight, leanfor- across chest. Place one fist in- 7 side the other hand. Press to- wardand place your hands, rn getherfor six secondsusing palms down, against the sides all the strength of your arms of your chair.Hold legs and shoulders. straightout, attempting to raise body about one inch off the chair.Hold for six sec- (3) Back Pull-For the onds. back. Keep back straight and lean forward until you can grasp your legs or braces of (8) LegSqueezer - For chair. Pull straight up for six legs. Sit forward on edge of seconds, using back muscles chair, leanback, hold legs o11ly. straightout. Hook one foot over theother and hold (4) Neck Presser-For the tightly. Rest feet on floor, neck. Sit straightwith hands keep legs straight, and try to clasped behind your neck, pull feetapart. Hold for six elbows heldforward. Pull seconds. forward with bothhands, at 9 4 the sametime pressing head (9) Arm Curl-For upper backwards. Hold for six sec- arms. Sit straight, grasp uti- onds. You’ll find that this also derside of heavy desk or has a relaxing effect. table withpalms up, fore- armsparallel to desk. Push (5) Stomach Tightener- up BS hard as possible for six For waist andabdomen. Sit seconds. Repeat thiswhole with legs heldtogether, ex- series of exercises regularly tended straight out. Bend for- as a muscle conditioner.

34 ALL HANDS BRINGING HER BIRDS safely home to safelanding and his chanceto fly retrieves the arresting cable. (2) An roost is a matter of routine another mission over Vietnam. A-4 Skyhawk falls under control of aboardthe nuclear powered carrier Clockwise from top: (1) Monte R. the hookman aboard US’S Enter- uss Enterprise (CVAN 65). This is Fautin, AN, throws the switch that prise. (3)James N.Hinkle, ABEAA, accomplished with the use of an im- hookman in Enterprise, keeps a portantsafeguard, the arresting sharp eye on incoming aircraft. (4) cable. The hookman awaitsthe arrival of Thereare four of these 1%-inch another customer. cables stretched 35 feet apart across the steel flight deck of the carrier. As planes of the U. S. Seventh Fleet slam tothe deck on return from a mission overVietnam, con- stant vigilance of the wear and tear on these cables is a necessity. Eachday Enterprise crewmem- bers replace two of these cables due to wear or for safetyreasons. Neglectcould cause loss of life or the destruction of a multimillion-dol- lar aircraft. When an aircraft hits the deck at a speed in excess of 100 miles per hour and is brought to an abrupt halt in a couple of hundred feet, a pilot may reflect thatthe arresting gear crew had a great deal to do with his

NOVEMBER 1967 35 U. S. carriersoperating on Yankee Station as well as fromalmost any air base in Vietnam. Early on the first morning of Op- eration Beaver Cage, Viet Cong were seen scurrying into the trees near the beach.Within three minutes, the location was under rocket and straf- ingattacks. SACC provides a good example of interservice cooperation. During Op- eration Deck House V, for example, representatives of all theUnited States armed forces, as well as representatives of Vietnamesearmed forces,cooperated to produce success. DaveColby, J02, USN

Compass Island uss CompassIsland (AG153), whose crew places her among Navy SATELLITE TALKER-USNS Redstone with dish-shaped antenna is part of SAT- ships which. are firstestwith the COM (satellite communications system) allowing world-wide communications. mostest,recently was reassigned from theEastern Sea Frontierto Redstone Has First Word amphibiousoperation inis progress, NewLondon’s Submarine Flotilla he is up to his ears in work. Two which, according to its men, is USNS Hedstone (T-AGM 20) SACC stands for Supporting Arms pretty firstest and mostest itself. passed a majortest milestone when she co,nmunicatedshe all orbitingand is a mobile corn- Compass Island claims the distinction of beingthe U. S. Navy’s first satellitewith shore stations at An- mandpost which, although it can andonly navigation development dover,Maine; and GrandCanary moveashore, is usually embarked and Ascension Islands. in an assault ship. andtest ship.After being commis- Redstolze is one theships built The control center aboard uss Oki- sioned in 1956,she assisted in de- to trackto alld conlnlullic;lte with ilatoa (LPH 3) is a case in Point. velopingand evaluating the Ship’s American ;1stronauts during m:~nned Duringan amphibious assault, it is InertialNavigation System (SINS), an important component of the Fleet lnissiolls to the moOll and the first crowded with men wearing the uni- ballistic missile weapons system. to be equipped with a satellite com- forms of the u* s. lnllnication system (SATCOM) Corps, Army and Air Force. Inad- Cont~nssIsland also has the repu- allows he, to conlnlun~cate dition,representatives of theViet- tation of beingone of the Navy’s around the world via satellites. namesearmed forces and local^ po- easiest riding ships, with the best au- A large dish-shaped antenna litical leaders also may be present. tomaticsteering available and acti- whichpermits voice, teletype andDuring an assault, theatmosphere vated fins to stabilize her roll. high-speed data comnlunications was in Okinuwa’s SACC is one of orderly Submarine Flotilla Two, not to be installed on herforward deck as partconfusion as spotterreports are re- outdone, claims for herself uss Nuu- of the SATCOMsystem. layed from thebattle zone andtab- tilus (SSN571), the first nuclear Redstone was located off the coast ulated on the big board which shows vessel, GeorgeWashington *(SSBN of Massachusettswhile the test was theprogress of firesupport missions. 598),the first Polaris submarine, beingmade. Communication wasThe fire powerdirected from Triton (SSN 586), the world’s long- made toshore stations via the SACC comesfrom varied sources. estsubmarine and even the Navy’s CanaryBird satellite in orbitover During Operation Beaver Cage, for oldestsubmarine on continuous ac- theAtlantic Ocean about 22,300 example, uss St Paul (CA73) had tive duty, Grouper ( AGSS 214). miles aboveequator.the 8-inchher guns aimed toward the Thenew assignment of Compass shore. HU-1E helicopters and jet at- Island will not affect her home port. SACC-Time IS NO Nap-Time tackaircraft from the FirstMarine She will continue to be at Brooklyn, A N~~~~~~ inthe sack is probably Air Wingwere available as were N. Y., where she nolmally berths at sleeping. onewho is in theSACC, Seventh Fleet Marine Artilleryunits. the U. S. Navy Applied Science Lab- however, is wide-awakeand, if anAirpower could be called in from oratory.

36 ALL HANDS Black Mini-Box To fit comfortablyin the Navy jet,the carrier pilot’s friend had to lose 222pounds. And did. Thecentral figure in thisdietary feat is an airborne data link, the last major stumbling block in the way of thelong sought-after, fully automatic,all-weather carrier landing system, It’s calledthe AN/ASW- 25A, andusedit toweigh 234 pounds. Now it weighs 11.8. The ANiASW-25A is a device designed to give a Navy pilot specific landinginstructions and con- tinuousindications of hisrelation- shipto his proper glide path. Its designerscall it a pilot’s best friend. FIRST FLEET FLAG-USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) has assumed duties as flag- Inside this friendly little black box ship for the First Fleet after completing extensive overhaul at San Francisco. are a radio receiver, a data process- puter’s information and then convert By combiningintegrated circuit ingunit, and the necessary elec- it into signals that could be used by and solid statetechnology, the De- tronics to provide signals for use by the pilot or theautomatic pilot velopment Center’s researchershad a pilotdisplay device or an auto- system. reduced the volume of the data link matic pilot. Here’s how it works: The systemwas finally designed, from 4.5 cubic feet to .1 cubic foot; A computer on board the aircraft butit was justtoo big. Itweighed the weight from 234 pounds to 11.8 carrier,using databased on radar 234pounds, and could only be in- pounds;and the power drain from observations of the approaching air- stalled inan F4 Phantom jet after 834watts to 56 watts. Of course, craft, and on predictions of the posi- a fuel cell had been removed. To fit drastically reducedcapability com- tion of the carrierwhen theplane intomost naval aircraft, a compact paredto the 234-pound sub-system touchesdown, determines the rela- unit weighing in the order of 10 to also helpedconsiderably, although tiveposition of theapproaching 12 pounds was needed. expansion capability is included. plane to the desired glide path. The Navy went to private industry As a result of thisall-Navy de- When these two factors are com- for thesystem. Industry’s answer velopment,steps are being taken pared,steering instructions are was a two-yeardevelopment effort which will some dayput this- in- generatedby the computer which atan extremely high cost, before valuable mini-box into all Navy sea- are transmitted to the aircraft via an even a working- model could be Dro- based aircraft. ultrahigh-frequency data link. duced. This was not enough. The ANiASW-25A aboard the ap- Theiob was contractedto the Flatley Award Winners proachingaircraft decodes the in- Naval Air DevelopmentCenter, at The carriers uss Intrepid (CVS structionsfrom the carrier-based Johnsville, Pa. ll),Randolph (CVS 15) and Prince- computer and displays them for the Six months later, and at one-fourth ton (LPH 5) have steamed off with pilot. He can then use this informa- theprice quoted by industry, the honors in fiscal 1967’s competition tionto control the aircraft himself, Navy engineers and scientists, using for theFlatley Memorial Award or he canconnect the data link to newtechniques in microelectronics, which each year recognizes superior his automatic pilot for a hands-off had the system in thebag. Or, more performance in aviationsafety. landing. appropriately, in the cigar box, Before this system was developed, VIGILANTES from Sanford Air Station in formation during training flight. navalengineers burned the mid- night oil and gave top priority to a system which would remove some of the pressure and responsibility from the pilot’s shoulders as he attempted toland his aircrafton thebucking, pitching carrierdeck under various weather conditions. Researchpaid off tothe extent that scientistsdesigned andbuilt a system whichused a carrier-based radar and an associated computer to transmitcorrect guide slopes to an approaching aircraft. One difficulty inthe system was the lack of a data link in the air- craftwhich could decode the com-

NOVEMBER 1967 37 TODAY’S NAVY beaker of water.Steam rolls from thebeaker and bubbles appear as the water boils. Now the student fully appreciates his pressuresuit. He knows that without his suit his blood would boil like thewater beside him, and his lungs would inflate like that balloon. Amoment later the pressure of thehigh altitude is gone.Another trainee replaces him in the chamber, and he’s one step closer to becoming a naval aviator.

Bonnie Dick Comes Home The scourge of the Mig-17 is back in town. The Navy’s numberone Mig-killing aircraft carrier, uss Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31), has returned to San Diego after nearly eight months withthe U. S. SeventhFleet in WestPac. HOWITZERHELO HOP-A SeaStallion helicoptergives aMarine 155-mm It was the third South China Sea howitzera lift from its field position to Quang Ngai logistic support area. tour for Bonnie Dick. Operating primarily on Yankee Station in the Gulf Thethree ships were respective helplessly out of control, and the re- of Tonkin,the 23-year old carrier winners in thecategories CVA (at- sult is unintelligible scribbling. compiled an impressive record while He may beinstructed to balance tack), CVS (antisubmarine warfare) she was outWest. Pilots from Car- a small wooden box on his knees. In and LPH (amphibious assault). rier Air Wing 21reported at least the top of the box are four slots; the Intrepid, normally assigned to the 14 Mig-17 kills, shooting down nine trainee is supposedto separate a AtlanticFleet, has been conducting and another probable in aerial com- deck of cards, putting hearts in one operations off Vietnam.Randolph bat,destroying five onthe ground, slot,diamonds, clubs and spades in serves in the Atlantic,Princeton in and damaging another 12. the others. He failsmiserably. the Pacific. The first two Migs werebagged After about a minute of this,he Runners-up in the Flatley compe- during a strikeon Kep Airfield, 35 titionwere uss Enterprise(CVAN is helped intoan oxygen mask. A few deep breaths of the pure oxygen, miles north of Hanoi.Flying cover 65), Pacific Fleet; Hornet (CVS 12), for the strike force, Lieutenant Com- Pacific Fleet;and Guam (LPH 9), andhe regains his mentalalertness andcoordination. mander M. 0. Wright, in an F8 Cru- AtlanticFleet. saderfrom Fighter Squadron 211, TheFlatley award emphasizes This is a typical test conducted in the 9-A-9 AltitudeTraining Rapid downedone Mig with an air-to-air care in aircraftground handling, missile. launching and recovery, and general DecompressionChamher at the In- stitute. LieutenantCommander T. R. accidentprevention during carrier Swartz, flying an A4 Skyhawk of operations.It wasnoted that there The chamber, which can simulate altitudes up to 100,000 feet, is used AttackSquadron 76, wasmaking a were fewer carrier landing accidents rocket run on the Kep field when he during fiscal 1967than during the tofamiliarize future aviators with oxygen equipmentand the hazards was jumpedby two Migs. Accord- previousyear, despite continuing ingto LCDR Swartz, things got a combat operations in Southeast Asia. of highaltitude flight.Hypoxia is only one of the dangers. littleconfused at this point, but he A week later,our future aviator didmanage to shoot down one of- Putting on the Squeeze donsa full pressure suit in another theattacking jets, usingan air-to- You canrepeatedly tell a man section of the chamber. ground rocket. about the dangers of hypoxia (men- Dressed in thegleaming pressure Hethus reportedly became the tal and physical deterioration caused suit, only his face visible through first Navy pilot in the Vietnam con- by lack of oxygen at high altitudes) the clear plastic shield of the helmet, flict to shoot down a Mig with an A4 but he probably won’t really get the he enters the pressure chamber. Be- light attack aircraft. idea untilhe experiences it himself. side him is a beaker of water. Whileall this was taking place, The Naval Aerospace Medical Insti- An engineer operates the controls, the main strike force of A4 Skyhawks tute at Pensacola thinks that seeing andthe altimeter needle begins to was unloading its bombs and rockets is believing. climbsteadily . . . 40, 55, 60thou- onKep airfield. Pilots reportedde- When a naval aviation trainee has sand feet.Inside the chamber, the stroying five Migs parked on the field been at a simulated altitude of 30,- traineewatches a balloonhanging andseriously damaging several 000 feet for a few seconds, he begins from the ceiling slowly swell as the others. tofeel a little stupid.He tries to altitude increases. Bonnie Dick‘s pilots had their sign his name, but his hand wanders Hefocuses his attentionon the greatest day about three weeks later

38 ALL HANDS whenthey shot down four Mig-17s inaerial combat. During a raid on thethermal power plantin Hanoi, VF-231 pilots CommanderPaul H. Speer andLieutenant (jg) Tpseph M. Shea, Jr., and VF-24 pilots Lieu- tenantCommander Bobby C.Lee, andLieutenant Phil R. Wood, all scored Mig kills. All four jets were shot down with air-to-air missiles. In late July Air Wing 21 fighters scored their final tallies of the cruise when they knocked down three more Migs over the Ta Xa oil storage depot, 25 miles northeast of Hanoi. In the dogfight which ensued, combina- tions of 20-mm cannon fire and Side- winder air-to-air missiles accounted for the kills. Bagging two Migs for VF 24 were Commander Marion H. Isaacks and NUCLEAR FRIGATE-The United States’ second nuclear powered guided mis- LieutenantCommander Robert L. sile frigate USS Truxtun isshown underway shortlyafter commissioning. Kirkwood. LieutenantCommander Ray G. Hubbard of VF 211 got the six four-man rooms, head fapjlities New Communications Command third. and a lounge. The units will be. con- A major reorganization of the Bon Homme Richard‘s pilots have nected by means of an exterior cor- Office of NavalCommunications re- reportedly made her the Navy’s first ridor.Central air-conditioning will centlyresulted in the establishment “ace”carrier, andVF 211 the first protect the residents from Bethesda’s of the newNaval Communications “ace” squadron, of the Vietnam con- hot, humid summers. Command. flict. After the new construction has The new organization now encom- During her Seventh Fleet deploy- been completed,it is plannedthat passes shore, or field, communica- ment, Bonnie Dick‘s pilots flew a the old butpermanent building tions activities and provides for com- majorstrike onthe average of one which now houses the NavalHos- munications and cryptologic needs of every other day, and often they flew pital Command‘s bachelors will be ships, air and shore activities. as many as three strikes a day. modernized to raise it to the stand- Inother words, Naval Communi- The carrier spent 112 days on the ards of the new enlisted quarters. cations Command is concerned pri- line, without missing a single day of marily with day-to-day operations of operations. ServiceForce Expanded Eleven shore commands have been the Navy’s worldwidecommunica- They report destroying or damag- addedto the Service Force, U. S. tion and cryptologic facilities. ing 71 ordnance,supply and petro- Pacific Fleet, in an effort to consoli- Overseeing the functions of the leum storage areas, two airfields, 106 date the logistic support assets of the newcommand is anadditional job railroad cars, 88 trucks, 132 bridges, Pacific Fleet. of RADM R. H. Weeks, USN, the 697water-borne logistic craft,four The annexedcommands arethe Assistant Chief of Naval Opera- PT boats, 35 railroad yards, 34 SAM Naval Base atSubic Bay, Republic tions forCommunications ( ACNO missile sites, four thermalpower of the Philippines; Naval Stations at (COMM) ) who also is the Director plants, 215 antiaircraft gun sites, and Subic Bay, Guam, SanDiego, Long of Naval Communications (DNC) . innumerable miles of railroadtrack Beach, SanFrancisco, andPearl The establishment of Naval Com- and highways. Harbor; NavalFacility ChiChi munications Command was concur- Now in her third war, the veteran Jima; Fleet Activities Yokosuka and rentwith the disestablishment of carrierhas once againproven that Sasebo, Japan;and Fleet Activities three primary facilities in the Wash- shecan still carryher share of the Ryukyus. ington,D. C., area. They were the load. Thenew command arrangement Naval Communication System Head- bringsa total of 31 shore support quartersat Bailey’s Crossroads, Va., New Home for Bethesda’s EMS facilities under control of the Pacific and the Naval Security Group Head- Enlisted bachelors at the National Service Force. TheForce also in- quartersand the NavalRadio Fre- NavalMedical Center, Bethesda, cludes 115 logistic support ships of quency Spectrum Activity located at Md., will have a new home next year. 23 different types, some 280 support the U. S. Naval Security Station. Wreckingcrews recently begande- craft,and the NavalConstruction The functions of these commands molishing an oldbarracks tomake Battalions Pacific. are now being carriedout by the room fornew enlisted quartersac- The addition of the shorecom- Naval Con~municationsCommand, commodatingthe 360 men at Be- mands means that about 3400 more presently operating from separate thesdanot. attached t$: the Naval military personnel have been added offices in theD. C., area.Future Hospital Command. to the Service Force Pacific, making plans call for all Naval Communica- The new buildingwill be arranged a total of more than 55,000 officers tions Command Washington units to in 15 units, each of which will have and men. belocated in a single headquarters.

NOVEMBER 1967 39 TODAY'S NAVY Morjorie Sterrett, then 13 years old, Meet Your New SecNav as hercontribution toward the pur- chase of a battleship. The Navy has had a new civilian Theincome fromthis fund is boss since 1 September.The awarded annually to winners in each HonorablePaul R. Ignatiuscame fleet withthe stipulation that it to the Navy's top job fromthe will beplaced the ship's recre- Department of Defense,where he ationfund and used for the benefit hadbeen Assistant Secretary of of enlisted men only. Defense(Installations and Logis- tics)since December 1964. Arleigh Burke Award Mr. ignatius was selected to become Secretary of the Navy follow- The Arleigh BurkeFleet Trophy ing the tragic death in an aircraft was awardedthisyear to uss accident of JohnT. McNaughton, Shangri-La (CVA 38) whichwas whowas totake over fromthe theAtlantic Fleet winner, ana to Honorable Paul H. Nitze. uss Ashtahula (A0 51) whichwon Thenew SecNav was born in the honor for the Pacific Fleet: ' The Arleigh BurkeTrophy was established in 1961 and is presented annuallytothat ship or aircraft xs alieutenant in theU. S. Naval the Navyat the Pentagon by Sec- squadron of each fleet which is selectedby its commander in chief Reserve during World War 11. His retary of Defense Robert McNamara. principal wartime job was aviation for havingachieved the greatest wdnance officer in theescort air- were devoted to consulting and re- improvement in battle efficiency xaft carrier uss ManilaBay (CVE search in militarysupply and pro- duringthe preceding competitive SI), in the Pacific. curement. year. MS. Ignatiusreceived master'sa He was Assistant Secretary of degree in businessadministration the Army (Installationsand Logis- It Was a Fuel Day for Some fromHarvard University in 1947,tics) from May 1961 until Feb- Transferring fuel from one aircraft and stayed at Harvard for the next ruary 1964, when he became Un- to another while both planes are air- threeyears a~ researchassistant derSecretary of the Army.He was borne is routinebut tricky military andinstructor in businessadmin- appointed Assistant SecDeffor procedure. If it involves an aircraft istration. installationsistration. and logistics on 12 that's so low on fuel a flame-out and In1950, with two of his asso- Dec1964. crashcould be only minutes away, ciates, heformed managementa Mr. Ignatiusand his wife,the the situationcan become a matter consultingand research firm. Dur-former Nancy Sharpless Weiser, of of life or death. ingthe next 11 years, his efforts Holyoke, Mass., havefour children. six suchemergencies involving Na+y aircraft flying strike andsup- Maury OceanographicCenter TheCenter is namedfor Com- port missions in'vietnam cropped up :A number of separate Navy activ- manderMatthew Fontaine Maury, within minutes of each other. Emer- itiesdealing with related aspects of pioneerNavy oceanographer. His gency refueling for all six planes was oceanographyhave been consoli- book, Physical Geography of the Sea, handled by one fast-acting Air Force dated to form the Maury Center for published in 1855, was the first text- KC-135 Stratotanker. OceanScience, atthe Naval Re- book of modern oceanography. The Stratotanker was routinely re- searchLaboratory in Washington, fuelingtwo Air ForceF-104s over D. C. Marjorie Sterrett Winners the Gulf of Tonkin when it was noti- TheMaury Center will beunder The Marjorie SterrettBattleship fied thattwo Navy A-3 Skywarrior the jurisdiction of the Assistant FundAward went thisyear totwo tankers from the carrier uss Hancock Oceanographer of the Navyfor of the Navy's amphibiousships. (CVA 19) werelow on fuel and Ocean Science. uss Shadwell (LSD 15) was the neededemergency refueling. The The nucleus of the Center, which winner in theAtlantic Fleet and St Stratotanker headed for a rendez- is primarily a coordinatingfacility, Francis Ricer (LSMR 525) took the vous whilethe F-104s provided will be formed by four groups now honor for the Pacific Fleet. fighter cover. at the Naval Research Lab: Each fiscal year the Chief of After meetingwith the A-~s,the 0 OceanScience and Technology NavalOperations selects and an- Air Force tanker quickly transferred Group, Office of Naval Research. nouncesthe type fromwhich ships a token amount of fuel to one of the Elements of theOcean Science will benominated to receive this Skywarriors, therebypreventing a and Engineering Division, Naval Re- award.The appropriate type com- flame-out. (The A-3 hadonly three search Lab. mander of each fleet then advises the minutes of usablefuel remaining. ResearchandDevelopment CNO of the individual ship winning Ironically, it carried 4000 pounds of Department,Naval Oceanographic the award on the basis of intratype fuelwhich could be transferred to Office. competition. another aircraft, but which the pilot 0 UnderseaSurveillance Ocean- The Marjorie SterrettFund was could not use himself.) ographicCenter, Naval Oceanogra- established in 1917 by a newspaper While the second A-3 was taking phic Office. whichreceived onedime from on fuel, the Stratotanker receiveda

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second emergency call-this time from two Navy F-8 Crusaders off the carrier uss Bon HommeRichard (CVA 31). One of theF-8s had only 300 pounds of fuel remaining - not enough to wait for the Navy tanker thenbeing refueled to breakaway. The solution: Ease the F-8 in behind theA-3 for hookuponto the Navy tanker.There would thenbe three planes, flying connected ina single line. It workedperfectly. At the same time, the second F-8 receiveda portion of fuel from the other A-3. Inthe midst of thiscomplicated fuel transition, theStratotanker received a third distress call, this time from two F-4 Phantoms. By now, the KC-135crew was thinking that inflight refueling is a routineemer- gency, and after rendezvousing with the F-4s skillfully handled it as such. LARGE CHECK-ET1 Martin Young gets symbolic reenlistment bonus check However,now low onfuel itself, from CAPT. B. D. Holder aboard 0riskany.-Photo by C. Vesper, PH3, USN. the Air Force tanker could not reach its initialdestination. Ratherthan call for a tanker to refuela tanker, Good Shipping-Over Talk the plane touched down at an alter- As uss Oriskany (CVA34) hard look at the benefits he would nate base in South Vietnam. steamed along the coast of Viet- receive in civilian employment and The nineaircraft involved-the nam, Martin Young, ET1,USN, those offered by the Navy. His KC-135, two F-104s, and Navy A-~s, an eight-year Navy veteran, signed mind was made up when he com- F-8s and F-4s-all landed safely. his name and thereby made a cool, bined his proficiency, combat and Hospitul for Jets tax-free $10,000. sea pay to his BAQ and basic pay There is a buildingat the U. S. The money represented a reen- then,added the $10,000reenlist- Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia listmentbonus andthe signature ment bonus. Beach, Va., whichmight be called Young so profitably wrote went on The result was so impressive that a hospital for ailing jet engines. a reenlistment contract. The bonus it almost overshadowed other bene- The structure is well equipped for was computed multiplyingby fits suchas free medical care for the job done within its thick concrete Young’s basic pay by six (the nnm- himself and his family, early retire- walls. Interiortemperature and hu- ber of years forwhich hereen- ment and other privileges. midity are rigidly controlled and the listed) and multiplying the result To top off his good fortune, air is keptfree of dust. Roof ducts by four (the mldtipleassigned to Young planned to deposit $8000 in in the building’s test cell supply air his critical rating).The fact that the Navy Savings Deposit Program forjet operations andan elaborate !he swearing-in ceremony occurred which pays 10 per cent interest and system cools and purifies the super- in a combat zone also helped. therebyadd $800 a year to his heated exhaust from the engines be- Young, who had once beenem- bonanza for as long as he remains foredischarging itinto the outside ?loyed as a missile technician by overseas. atmosphere. 1 leading aircraft company, took a “R. Guerra, JOSN, USN. The Navymen who work within thisspecialized building arethem- consistentlyabove Navy require- NUC forTic0 selves well equipped specialists. ments. The carrier uss Ticonderoga (CVA More than25 squadrons send their Motion sensors areplaced on the 14) has been awardedthe Navy jet enginesfor repairto Oceana’s jet engines todetect vibrations and Unit Commendation for service with Aircraft MaintenanceDepartment. bothhuman and electroniceyes the Seventh Fleet in WestPac. Thedepartment is dividedinto search out malfunctions. Forthe crews, each of which specializes on more complicated power plants, hun- The citationaccompanying the a particular type of jet engine. dreds of manhours are necessary to NUCcommended Ticonderoga and As mightbe expected, Oceana’s repair some of the jet engines. Carrier Air Wing 19 for highly effec- repair, maintenance and testing pro- Despitethe technical nature of combattive operations against cedures are thorough and all poten- the work andthe longhours re- heavily defendedtargets in North tialtrouble spots arechecked out. quired, however, Oceana crews turn Vietnam. According to local statistics, the qual- out a steady flow of jet engines ready Tico has been awarded the NUC ity andquantity of work doneby for whatever use the Navy requires once before as a unit of Task Group Oceana’s Power Plant Division are of them, including Vietnam combat. 77.5.

NOVEMBER 1967 41 Brief news items about other branchesof thearmed services. The power unit consists of two gas turbine genera- tors. Thethird unitholds theantenna, antenna ped- estal,collapsible tower support stand and stabilization equipment. *** AN AIRCRAFT PROTOTYPE manufactured for the Army \vas rmveiletl recently. It is the AH-5GAClzeyenne-a winged,rotor-bladed, armed combat plane which can take off andland vertically,yet fly forward.with the speed, ease and manenverability of a fixed-wing plane. TheCheyenne has acruising speed of 240 miles perhour. An XH51A (an earlier development)has been flown at 272 mph-dpproximately twice as fast as combat heli,copters now in Vietnam. The AH-56A was conceived and designed exclusively as a weapons system. It will escort troop-carrying helicopters in air mobile operations and provide suppressive fire in combat landing Zones. HELPING OUT-Army CH-47 Chinookhelicopter puts power to use by unloading heavy equipment from a truck. The aircraft’s armament is formidable. It can carry A NEW PORTABLE RADAR hasbeen developed by the wire-guided antitank missiles, rockets,a grenade Air Force. Designed for use at forward air control launcher and a belly machine gunwhich affords the posts, the equipment can be set up or packed away in gunner a 360-degree field of fire. less than 20 minutes. The aircraft is capable of operating close to the The TPS-44, BS it is called, will be used during tac- ground-hugging gullies and canyons to avoid visual ticalaerospace operations. It can becarried aboard a or radar detectidn. It is designed to climb 3420 feet per truck, a helicopter, a cargo plane, or pulled on wheeled minute and make a complete turn ina radius far less trailers. than Army combat helicopters now in use. The Chey- It was developed by the Air Force Systems Com- mne can also tdke off and land from small and unim- mand. Unlike othertypes of transportableradar in- proved sites in the forward battle area. It is designed stallations, the TPS-44 does not need to be dismantled for a 2900-mile range. during severe weather conditions-it cansimply be The Cheymne’s stability is achieved through a sys- folded.This will increaseits value in fast-changing tem in which the rotor blades are fixed rigidly to the weather areas such as Southeast Asia. mast instead of beinghinged or teetered as theyare The Air Force plans to order 26 sets. on most helicopters. Its main rotorblades have a Each complete set comes in three main packages: an diameter of 50 feet andthe fixed winghas a 27-foot equipmentshelter, powera pallet and an antenna span. pallet. Theequipment sheltercontains radar display Acombination of a thrusting propeller on thetail scopes, transmitter, receiver and other electronic equip- and atail rotor gives the AH-56A itscontinuous for- ment.It is air-conditioned, so mayoperate efficiently ward propulsion and directionalcontrol. An auxiliary regardless of outsidetemperature. jet engine gives theplane its speed.

PART OF ARMY‘S NAVY-Pushed by smallpower boat, raft made fromArmy bridge floats carries 50-caliber machine gunners on patrol in Iron Triangle. Rt: A landing craft was converted by the Army to a floating artillery base.

42 ALL HANDS WELCOME SIGHT-An Air Forcehelicopter kicks up water as it hovers to rescue downed pilot near Vietnam.

FIVEMORE Coast Guard Cutters are on duty in Viet- nam. Until recently they were performing weather and search and rescuepatrols on the east and west coasts, RADAR CONTROL of 8-66 Destroyer (center) is used by but were called to the South Pacific to make up Coast Guard Squadron Three. Air ForceThunderchiefs for bombing through clouds. All five of the ships are former Navy seaplane tenders. Threeare homeported on the East Coast, one on the ARMYHISTORIANS are collecting material for an official West Coast, and one in Hawaii. Army history of the Vietnam conflict. When published, The ships are CGC Burataria (WHEC 381), CGC Hdf the documents and commentary are expected to run to Moon (WHEC 378), CGC Yakutat (WHEC 380), CGC at least 10 volumes. Gresham (WHEC 387) and CGC Bering Strait (WHEC The series of books will tell the story of the war as 382). officially recorded by the Department of the Army. It *** will includedetails of combatand advisory activities as well as administration, logistics, engineeringand FIFTEEXCAMPAIGN streamers and seven unit citations medical roles. flutter from the pennant of the Third Aerospace Rescue At present 19 militaryhistory detachments,each and Recovery Group at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in South composed of one officer and one enlisted man, are al- Vietnam. The latestaddition was a Presidential Unit ready in the field. Theteams serve at Army head- Citationwhich was awardedat the White Houselast quarters in Saigon andwith each field force,division, March. separate brigade and support command. During the Korean conflict, the group received three Distinguished Unit Citations, the Philippine Presidential UnitCitation andtwo Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. It was credited with rescuing 996 United Nations men from behind enemy lines. In Southeast Asia, the group was credited with 651 combat rescues between 1 Dec 1964 and 25 Apr 1967. Threehundred and eighteen of these were aircrew members. Individually, the men of the Third have won more than 1800 awards. Three have won the Air Force Cross. One of these was awarded posthumously. Other awards and decorations won by members of the unit include 64 Silver Stars, three Legions of Merit, 251 DistinguishedFlying Crosses, 18 Airman’s Medals, 24 Bronze Stars, 1330 Air Medals, 25 PurpleHearts and 117 Air Force Commendation Medals. TheThird Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group is composed of three squadrons. Its men fly HC-130H ATTLEBORO AIRLIFT-Dust neversettled on DauTieng Hercules andHU-16 Albatross fixed wingaircraft as well as HH-43F and HH-3Ehelicopters. The group was airstripas C-123 Provider crews airliftedtroops and first activated during World War 11. supplies into Tay Ninh Province for Operation Attleboro.

NOVEMBER 7967 43 Age Categories Listed for Retention of Enlisted Personnel No matter how long you may like serveuntil after that date. Manual (choice of duty for the last the Navy way of life, there comes a If this be the case, then the indi- two years of a 30-year career), and timeat which it mustcome toan vidual’s command should limit the must submit their requests for retire- end. terms of obligated service so that ment inaccordance with the proce- The maximum age limit at which they expire upon completion of suf- dures outlined in Category B above. enlistedpersonnel may reenlist, ex- ficient service for transfer to the Fleet Requests for continuation on ac- tend theirenlistment or agreeto Reserve. addition,In individuals tive dutybeyond that necessary to remain on active duty is the subject who fall into this latter category complete 30 years’ service will not of BuPers Inst 1133.20. shouldsubmit to BuPers NavPers beapproved. Theage limitations affect both Form 630 requesting theearliest date Requests for continuation onac- active dutyand inactive dutyen- eligible for transfer to the Fleet Re- tive duty of individuals falling within listed men, including those Reservists serve, in accordance with RuPers Categories A and C mustbe sub- being considered for recall on a tem- Manual, Article (2-13402. mittedto the Chief of Naval Per- porary active duty basis. Category C: Individualsnot yet sonnel on Enlisted Transfer and Spe- In other words, you will need the 62 years of age whorequire active cial Duty RequestForm NavPers specific approval of the Chief of obligated service beyond that age to 1306/7(3-67) (old NavPers 1339) Naval Personnel to remain on active qualify for retirement at 30 years’ and shouldspecify thelength of duty if you will not have completed service: additional obligatedservice being sufficient service creditable for trans- May not reenlist, extend or sought. fer to the Fleet Reserve before your agree to remain on active duty with- Before submitting suchrequests, 52nd birthday, or enough service for outprior approval of the Chief of however,individuals must complete .?@year retirement before your 63rd Naval Personnel (except as provided a physical examination to determine birthday. inCategory D). their fitness for assignment to sea duty,and have their commanding Four age categories are defined by Category D: Individuals approach- officer’s comment and recommenda- the Instruction,with action tobe ing, attaining or exceeding 62 years tionsconcerning the reenlistment taken in regard to each: of age who have28 years’ service attached to the request. Category A: Individuals who will for retirement upon the expiration of A special Bureau board will veview notcomplete sufficient service cred- their present enlistment, extension or itable for transfer tothe Fleet Re- enlistment or active duty agreement: all requests andmake decisions dependent upon each individual’s per- servebefore reachingtheir 52nd 0 May reenlist, extend or agree to birthday: formance, qualifications andthe remain on active duty for the period needs and best interest of the Navy. 0 May not be enlisted, reenlisted, of time necessary to complete 30 extended or agree toremain on active All individuals will he notified of the ~7ears’service. outcome. duty without the specific approval of Here, again. individuals should be the Chief of NavalPersonnel. The The age limit ruling will not apply familiar with the provisions of Chap- duringthe span of anyinvoluntary only exception to this ruling is found ter 19 of the Enlisted Transfer in Category B. recall as aresult of either full or partial mobilization. Category B: Individuals approach- All-NavyCartoon Contest ing, attaining, or who have exceeded Joseph P. Fitrgerald, RMl, USN 52 years of age andwho have 16 WatchThat Deadline On years or more years of service toward Last-Minute Reenlistment transfer tothe Fket Reserve upon A recent change to the Recruiting expiration of their current enlistment, Manual carries withit an implied extension or enlistment of active duty warningto thosetaking advantage agreement: of the three-month “period of grace” May reenlist, extend or agree to between separation and reenlistment remain on active duty in accordance “don’t wait until the last minute to with present reenlistment provisions. drop in on your friendly recruiter. Those provisions arecontained in As you know, it is legal for you to HuPers Mnnd under Articles beseparated when your obligated (7-1403, C-1407 andC-l407A, ;IS active service has expired, thenre- appropriate. enlist up to 3 calendar months later However, an individual may not and still be considered to have con- ;quire active service beyond his tinuous service. However, one point 63rd 1)irthday unless he will not be ”OK, now step up to the window and state thatmust not be overlooked is the eligible for transfer to the Fleet Re- your size . . . large,extra large, or huge.” fact that each reenlistee must under-

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New Pro Pay Eligibility All-NavyCartoon Contest payhas been canceled, effective 30 CharleyWise, HMCS, USN List Means Good News For June. Many Men in Many Ratings Details on propay are contained in thebasic directive,BuPers Inst. Goodfinancial news for many 1430.12F.Periodic change trans- Navymen in technicalratings has mittals which revise eligibility listings beenissued in the form of revised include Change 9, d.ated 19 Jul 1967, listingsto basic proficiency paydi- and BuPers Notice 1430 .(AlNav 47) rectives. of 15 Aug 1967. AdditionalNavy Enlisted Classi-

fication rating codes are now eligible 0 E-8 AND E-9SELECTEES-Chief for the special pay, and several NEC petty officers selected for appoint- codesalready on specialty pay list- mentto pay grade E-8 or E-9 as a ings havemoved to higher award result of the May 1967 examinations, levels. must declare their intentof accepting Twenty-sixgeneral and service or decliningthe advancement no ratingsare involved. All personnel later than 15 Jan 1968. in 10 of the ratings are generally eli- “He wantsto know our area code.” Thisrequirement was specified giblefor the extra money. One of earlier this summer in BuPers Notice the ratings in this category-avionics Superior Performance-Awardsof 1418 of 7 Ju1 1967. According to the technician(AV)-is listed for both $30per month are authorized for directive senior and master selectees P-1$50 and P-2 $75. The lesser individuals filling designatedbillets arerequired henceforth to inform awardapplies to the AV rating in as recruitcanvassers in the Navy theircommands of their intentto general,while P-2 money goes to Recruiting Service and Recruit Com- acceptsuch appointments no later former AX personnel (aviation ASW panyCommanders filling BuPers than January of the advancement technician) who advanced to AV. 15 controlled “I”billets at Recruit Train- cycle in whichthey are selected. Otherswith “rating-wide” awards ingCommands, San Diego,Great are:P-1 $50”AQ, AT, FT,GMT, Commands, in turn, will notify Lakes,and Bainbridge, who are di- MT andST. P-2 $75--AX, DS and BuPers of all declinations. This will rectlyconnected with instructing or enable the Bureau to consider alter- ET. supervisingrecruits. In addition, in- Other Navymen are eligiblefor the nateselectees for advancementto structorsserving in 9505 billetsare fill vacancies. special pay in varying amounts based eligible for P-1(SP $30). on NEC codes. Effective 1 Jul 1967, Normallyan advancement cycle those qualified with the classification NESEP, Integration-Authority for covers a 10-monthperiod during codesandcorresponding ratings personnel in the NESEP or Integra- which appointments are made at six listed below may draw pro pay: tion programs to receive proficiency P-3 $100 NEC Code Eligible Ratings P-1 $50 NEC Code Eligible Ratings 0417 ST NEC Code Eligible Ratings 1126 FT 0418 ST 0418 031X (less 0312) RD 1128 FT 0419 ST 0333 RD 1135 FT 0427 ST 0718 TM 1137 FT 048X(less0484, ST 2314 RM, 2314 CT 1139 FT 0487, 0488 233X RM 233X 1143 FT and 0489) 234X CT, RM 1144 FT 049X(less0494, ST 239X(less2395) RM 116X FT 0495, 0496 4722 IC, EM 117X FT and 0497) 4724 IC 118X FT 0719 TM, MT 119X FT P-2 $75 115X FT 0319 RD 1539 ET, RM, CT 1173 FT 0423 ST 154X ET, RM, CT, AT 1193 FT 0426 ST 0426 2315 RM, CT 1317 MT, ET, FT. IC 047X ST 2401 CT 16XX DS 048X ST 2403 CT 330X FT 049X ST 2405 CT 331X MT 0721 TM 2406 CT 332X ET 0745 TM 272X DP 333x ET 0746 TM 0746 2nx DP 335x (less 3359) EN, EM, ET, IC, MM 0747 TM 334x TM 338~(less 3389) 81. EM. EN, ET, 0748 TM 0748 3371 /3391* CE, EM, EO, HM. IC, MM 0749 TM 0749 sw, UT 7961 AQ 7961 0873 OM 4356 EN, MM 0891 OM 4737 IC * Effective1 July, NEC3371 has been redesig- 098X OM 794x AQ nated 3391.NEC 3371 billets will also be 099X GM 796X AQ, AT redesignaled. Duringinterim, NEC 3391 per- lllX1114 (less FT 7971 AQ, AT sonnel filling3371billets are authorized and 1117) 7972 AQ, AT awards.

46 ALLHANDS incrementintervals. Dates for ad- completed at least 18 years’ total ac- of selection for promotion, and face vancementsfor each increment and tiveservice, will be releasedto in- mandatoryretirement as of 30 Jim limiting dates for effecting advance- active duty unless recommended by 1968, will he offered the opportunity ments are: the Chief of Chaplains and approved to remain on active duty in a retired by CNP for retention on active duty statusuntil 30 Jun1970. Those Advancementlimiting on ayear-to-year basis. selected to remain will be notified no IncrementDate Date laterthan four months before their 1 st 16 st 1 JanuaryNovember 15 TARS 2ndFebruary 15 January 16 scheduled retirement date. 3rd 16 3rd March 15 April Continuation of activeduty be- RegularNavy lieutenants except 4th 16 4th May 15 June yond retirementeligibility for TAR LDO (T), twicefailed of selection 5th 16 July 15 August officers is determined by CNP upon 6th 16 6th August September 15 forpromotion, who aresubject to recommendationsreceived from the mandatoryhonorable discharge as annnal TAR ContinuationBoard. of 30Jun 1968, will beselectively Retention Opportunities Thisboard recommends those TAR offered commissions in the Naval Re- Offered Certain Oficers officers in all gradesqualified for serve and retained on active duty as In Grade of LT thru CDR furtheractive duty. TAR officers Reserve officers. who do not receive extension recom- Reservelieutenants scheduled for CertainNavy officers, scheduletl mendations from theboard will he involuntary release from active duty for release,reversion, retirement or consideredfor extension of active as 30 Jun 1968, pursuant to hav- dischargefrom the Navy in fiscal of dutyunder the provisions listed ing twicefailed of selectionto the year 1968 mayhave opportunities above for ReserveCDRs and LCDRs. grade of LCDR, will be selectively forretention on active duty. offered retention on active duty. Theyare outlined in BuPers No- TemporaryOfficers Temporary lieutenants twice failed tice 1920 of 24 Aug 67 and pertain Temporary officers in the grade of in their selection for promotion, whG toRegular, Reserve and temporary CDR or LCDR who, as of 30 Jnn 68 havefailed two or more times for are schedded for reversion ;IS of 30 officersranging in gradefrom lieu- Jun 1968, will he selectively offered tenantthrough commander. (This promotion will be retained on active retention on activeduty. directive applies to male officer per- duty until 30 Jun 1969 unless they: sonnel only. ) Request voluntary retirement. All lieutenants will be notified Certain requirements must be met Arenotified byCNP that ter- whether or not thev are selected for retention as soon as possible, but not hy those officers wishingto extend mination of theiractive duty is re- mder provisions of the notice. Here quired by law. later than fonr months in advance of they are: Are notified by CNP that thev theirscheduled separation date. arenearing the completion of 30 RuFersNotice 1920 doesnot ap- Reserves years’ activenaval service. ply to LDO (T) lientenants who are Reserve CDRsand LCDRs, in- twicefailed of selection.RnPers Regular Officers cludingTARS, who as of 30 Jun Notice 1800 of 1 May 1967 contains 1968,are eligiblefor retirement, LieutenantCommanders of the information of interestto these of- may be retained on active duty until Regdar Navy, who are twice failed ficers. 30Jun 1969 unless they: All-NavyCartoon Contest Requestvoluntary release from William R. Maul, CTC, USN duty or request retirement. Are notified bythe Chief of Naval Personnel that either the ter- mination of theiractive duty is required by law or that their services on activeduty are nolonger required. Notification by CNP will be made not later than four months in advance of the officers’ scheduled release or retirement. Reserve CDRs and LCDRs in a11 categories (exceptLCDR, Chaplain Corps) not eligible for retirement as of 30 Jun 1968, but who have been twice failed of selection, may expect toremain on activeduty, providing they maintain high standards of performance and do not receivenotice from CNPthat their active dllty is to be terminated. ChaplainCorps IXDRs whoare twicefailed of selectionfor promo- “Home!Back tocivilization after three years an a raft . . . andthey act likethey tion to CDR, andwho have not don’teven see us!”

NOVEMBER 1967 47 DIRECTIVES IN BRIEF werelifted. Travel restrictionsre- concerning 96-hour libetty. Thislisting is intended to serve only for main in connectionwith United No. 1133.20 - Announcesthe generalinformation and as an index of Arab Republic, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, maximum age limitations for the re- currentAlnavs, BuPers Instructions and AdenProtectorate andIraq. In enlistment,extension of enlistment BuPersNotices that apply tomost ships ondstations. Many instructions and notices theseinstances, military travel is or agreementto remain on active arenot of general interest and hence will limitedto essential personnel and duty for enlisted personnel. not be carriedin this section. Since BuPers dependent travel is not authorized. No. 1300.39-Establishesproce- Noticesai&*. arranged according totheir No. 44-Announced approval of dures regarding the reassignment of groupnumber and have noconsecutive navalpersonnel who have been numberwithin the group, their date of theSecretary of the Navyfor the issueincludedis also foridentification President of the report of the selec- twice or threetimes wounded in purposes.Personnel interested specificin tion board which recommended U. S. Vietnam or adjacent waters. directivesshould consult Alnavs, Instruc- MarineCorps officers for temporary No. 1301.34C-Defines theitems tionsand Notices forcomplete details promotion to the grade of captain. on the Officer DataCard (NavPers beforetaking action. Alnaysapply to all Navy and Marine No. 45-Announced approval bk 1301/6)and provides instructions Corps .commands;BuPers Instructions and thePresident of Marine,Corps offi- for verification.of the card. Notices apply to all ships and stations. cers for temporary pi-omotion to the No. 1750.5D-Discussesregu- Note:This listing covers a period of two grade of brigadier general. lations governing the issuance of the and one-half months. No. 46-Required thesuspension UniformedServices Identification Alnavs from issue and use of certainanes- and Privilege Card, DD form 1173. No. 35-Discussed steps expected thesia apparatus. No. 2340.1B-Provides a list of tobe taken by the Post Office De- No. 47-Revised the list of rat- authorizedabbreviations for use in partment in regard to the transpor- ingsand service rating NEC codes naval messages. eligible for proficiency pay. tation of mail in connection with the Notices July railroad strike. No. 48-Required that allnaval * No. 1306 (18 July)-Solicited en- No. 36"Ahnounced the death of and Marine Corps activities forward eachmonth to the National Urban listed volunteers for general duty in Secretary of theNavy designate, Vietriam or onnon-rotated ships in John T. McNaughton. League certain information concerning members about to be separated. the vicinity of Vietnam. No. 37-Discussed budget activ- No.5512 (31 July)-Amended ity and details of the subhead struc- No. 49-Announced thattravel restrictions;.previously imposed on instructionsthe governing tKe ture in connectionwith the 1968 issuance of DD Form 2N (Retired) appropriation. Jordan are lifted. Travel restrictions remain in;.effect forUnited Arab to memberswho are entitled to re- No. 38"Announcedapproval by tired pay, and announced the avail- theSecretary of the Navyfor the Republic,Syria, Yemen, Aden Pro- tectorate and Iraq. ability of the revised Application for President of a report of a promotion ArmedForces Identification Card boardwhich recommended women No.50-Announced approval by thk President of MarineCorps offi- (NavPers5512/1 (7-67), formerly officers of the U. S. Marine Corps for NavPers 2721. temporary promotion to the grade of cers for temporary promotion to the grade of colonel. No. 1418 (15 August)-An- captain. nouncedchanges in theadministra- No. 40-Announced thatthe Instructions tion of Navy-wide advancement and HonorableCharles F. Bairdhad No.1050.10-Announces policy E-4,'E-S military/leadershipexami- assumed the duties of Under Secre- nations. tary of the Navy and that he would No. 1571 (17 August)-Required also act as Secretary of the Navy All-NavyCartoon Contest Joseph P. Fitzgerald, RMl,. USN that all riaval personnel returning to until a successor toSecretary Nitze civilian life executethe Reemploy- was appointed and took office. mentRights Data Form (OVRRB) No. 39"Announcedapproval by whether or not he left civilian em- thePresident of MarineCorps offi- ployment at the time he entered the cers for temporary promotion to the service. grade of major general. No. 1560 (18 August)-An- No. 41-Announced approvalby nounced details of the White House theSecretary of the Navyfor the Fellows program. Presidentthe report of aselection No. 1920 (24 August)-Provided board which recommended line offi- opportunity for furthervoluntary cers for temporary promotion to the duty for officers in certaincate- grade of captain. gories. No. 42-Directed actiontobe No.1560 (22 August)-Empha- takenregarding the use of naval sized that the purpose of the Volun- personnel,equipment and facilities taryEducational Services program in connection with civil disorders or is toraise theeducational level of related disturbances. all active duty personnel. No. 43-Announced thatprevi- No. 1531(22 August)-An- ously imposedtravel restrictions to nounced the names of those enlisted Algeria, Libya,Palestine and Sudan "Here,Boats. You spilled your coffee." personnelselected bythe Naval

48 ALL HANDS All Hands Would Like to Tell Your Story From timeto time ALL HANDS assignments andduties, academic rareexceptions), songs, stories on receives lettersto say thatit is and historical subjects, personnel on change of command, or theedi- covering sowe ships, or activities or liberty or during leisure hours-in torial-type of articles. areas more than others-which are hobby shops,daily shipboard ac- Writtenmaterial should be doing just as fine a job in the Fleet. tivities, sports and recreation, train- typed,double-spaced on one side “Whatabout us-ourship-our ing-and humorous and interesting of the paper, with the writer’s name unit?” the letters say. feature subjects-are all of interest and rate or rank shown some place The publication of articles about to our readers. on the copy. If the materialis being ships or stations or personnel other Photographs which illustrate the sent exclusively to ALL HANDS than your own is for onebasic abovesubjects are very important h4agazine, please say so. reason: Theysubmitted an inter- tothe articles-and desirable, if Photographs should be mailed esting article-and you did not. you havethem. (However, don’t flat with stiff cardboard reinforce- ALL HANDSMagazine wantsto hold back a good story because ygu ment. Do not write on the back of know about your ship, your com- don’t have photographs. ) the photoswith a sharp pencil or mand, and about you, if you have Clear, well-identified,8-by-10 pen, and do not staple or pin mate- an interesting story to tell. (if possible) glossy prints, properly rial tothe photos. Do not send All Navymen-not only jonrnal- released by cognizant activities, add negatives. ists, photographersand public in- immeasurably to the value of your Photographs should be officially formation officers-are encouraged written material. All persons in the releasedphotos and should be tosubmit to ALL HANDSmaterial photographs should be identified by stamped “released” on theback. which they considerinteresting to full name and rate or rank (when- The captionidentifying thephoto the rest of theFleet. All material ever possible). Location and gen- should include the name and loca- is carefully considered for publica- eral descriptive information should tion of the activity sending the pic- tion. also be included in the cutlinealong tures. Hereare a fewsuggestions and with the name of the photographer. If your article is timed for a cer- pointers thatmay help you get Don’t send picturesof teams or tain date or event, it must be in the started in the right direction: large groups who are mugging the hands of theeditor at least six What you consider a routine day- camera-action picturesare pre- weeks and preferablynine weeks to-day job of the men in your ship ferred. Also makesure all person- ahead of publication. Thus, 15 or unit is probablythe story that nel are in proper uniform and not January is our final deadline for the others in theFleet will find most in slovenly poses. Hats should be March issue, and yourmaterial interesting. Remember, it’s only the squared, pockets empty(no ciga- should arrive at least two or three man on the scene-in a fast carrier rettesor pencils), sleeves rolled weeks before that, if at 311 possible. -on a tugboat-or in the amphibi- down, andmen not obviously in Sometimes extensive r’eseaf& is ous forces-or the Seabees-who need of haircuts. necessary, or rewriting or clearance knows well what’s going on in his Photographs of suchroutine may hold up material for some time outfit. Toother Navymenthis is ceremonies as anew CPOeating after it reaches ALL HANDS; there- news, and this is the only way the his first meal in the CPO mess, or fore, submit your mateyial early. rest of us can get to see how all the a blood donor lying on a cot are of Address material as follows: different parts go to makeup the little value to us. Here again, ALL Editor, ALL HANDS,Pers G15, world’s greatest Navy. There’s a HAKDSreceives hundreds of photos Bureau of Naval Personhpl, Navy good story in the job you do. like these, and they all show almost Department,Washington, D.C. Articles about new types of un- the same thing. 20370. Put your factson paper. classified equipment, unclassified ALL HANDSdoes not use poems Remember, every Navyrnal? can be research projects, all types of Navy (except New Year’s logs and a few a newsman-so let’s hear from you.

Preparatory School selection board action to be taken on this subject. No. 1530 (18 September)-An- for entrancetothe U. S. Naval No. 1531 (13 September)-An- nounced the annual nationwide com- Preparatory School. nounced opportunities available to petition for appointment as cadet, No. 1320(22 August)-An- sons of members of the Armed U. S. Coast Guard. nounced theadoption of a new Forces,including Reserves, for No. 1430 (22 September)-An- letter-typetransfer directive foren- nomination to the U. S. Naval nouncedthe availability of new listed personnel. Academy. petty officer certificates of appoint- No. 5400 (22 August)-Provided No. 4630 (15 September)-Em- ment. a listing of rating control desks. phasized theneed for promptsub- No. 1740(22 September)-Pro- No. 1620 (1 September)-Re- mission of correctand complete vided informationconcerning the iterated policy concerning the MATS Transportation Authorization College PlacementAnnual for 1968 issuance of worthless checks by (DD Form 1482) to avoid rejection and civilian employment assistance members of the Navy, and discussed of Navy-sponsored transportation. available for college graduates.

NOVEMBER 1967 49 THE DEPENDENTS’ I.D.CARD: A GUIDE TO ENTITLEMENT ANUP-TO-DATE listing of the bene- The dependent’s ID. and authori- Enters active duty for more fits your dependents may receive zation card is just that-it identifies than 30 days. ;IS holders of DD Form 1173,the those who may be authorized certain Reenlists for continuousactive Uniformed Services Identification privileges and access to certain fa- duty. and Privilege Card (often referred to cilities. It does not in itself authorize Retires,transfers tothe Fleet as the dependent’s IDcard), spells entry into classified security areas. Reserve or dies. out exactly who is eligible to use Thecard is printed in black se- Also, applicationfor a newde- various commissary, exchange and curity-type ink, and is laminated be- pendent’s ID should be made: medical facilities. tween two sheets of thermo-plastic Whenthere is a change in de- The listing accompanies revised with an identification or passport- pendencystatus stated on the cur- regulations onthe issue and use of typephotograph of thedependent. rent card. the dependent’s ID card, as outlined The card is recognizedby all ac- Upon cardexpiption. in RuPers Inst.1750.5D. tivities of the uniformedservices. When the current card is lost or The directiveprovides informa- However,basic privileges may be tion interest to all Navy families. stolen. of modified bycommanders in areas It covers a number of common If you’re on active duty, you apply withlimited facilities. In general, on behalf of your dependents by sub- and not-so-common questions and authorized patronage depends on the touches on such fine points as divorce mitting DD Form 1172 to the com- availability andadequacy of the mand withcustody of your service decrees acquired outside the United facility concerned. States. record. Thecompleted application The newinstruction contains an In certain overseas areas, treaties, is filed in your record after the card expandedGuide Entitlement to status of forces agreements, or mili- has been issued. which lists all categories of personnel tary baseagreements mightplace If you’re an enlisted man(or eligible for the ID andprivilege card, limitations on who can use the com- wornan), your application is made in and specifies exactly who may verify missary and exchange. (Ordinarily, duplicate.The secondcopy is for- cardholder eligibility. status of forces agreements with forwardedto the U. S. NavyFamily eigncountries iljclude a provision Here’s a roundup : Allowance Activity for areview of that only the dependents of service- your dependent’s eligibility. Authorized Dependents men who are “members of the force” You apply fornew dependents’ are eligiblefor commissary and ex- ID cards before you retire or transfer In general, DD Form 1173 is the change privileges. Inother words, standardID and authorization card to the Fleet Reserve. Your command if you are in Vietnam and your family will make every effort to issue the issued to dependents of active duty, moves to Japan or the Philippines to retired with pay(including Fleet newcards before you leaveactive be near you, they may not be eligible Reservists),and deceasedmembers duty,but if newcards cannotbe for commissary or exchangeprivi- issued in time, you will be provided of the armed services. leges, simply because you are not a As defined in BuPers Inst. with verified DD Forms 1172 (appli- “member of the force” in Japan or l750.5D, authorized dependentsmay cation) which your dependents may include: the Philippines. take to any major militaryinstalla- tion for issuance of cards. Wives (orhusbands if married How and When to Apply to active duty or retired Waves). Once you’re in a retired or retainer Applications for theDD 1173 paystatus, your application for re- Unremarried widows (or wid- should bemade when the Navy newal of the ID card should be sub- owers). sponsor: mittedto the Commanding Officer, Unmarriedchildren under age Naval Reserve Manpower Center. 21 (inclucling adopted or stepchil- All-NavyCartoon Contest Eligible dependents of deceased dren). J. Paoli, IC1, USN Navymen and women apply for cards Unmarriedchildren over 21 if directly tothe Chief of Naval Per- incapaMe ofself support. sonnel (PersG-2). Survivors of Unmarried children 1)etween 21 those whodie while on active duty and 23 who areattending college. automatically have their applications Parents (or parents-in-law) who verified by the commanding officer 01‘ are dependent for more than one- Casualty Assistance Calls Officer. Ildf support. It may not always be possible for The card may be issued to other your command to issue dependents’ civilians when specifically authorized IDS. Thiswould bethe case,for 1)y the Secretary of the Navy (or example, if you are not in the same Army or Air Force), or when cogni- locality as your dependents. In such zant commanders deem it necessary. circumstances, you should submit an Guides to individual entitlement application tothe command main- are specified in the charts beginning “Somebody want to helpthe new boot taining your service record tohave on page 51. check in?” your dependent’s eligibility deter-

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Medical Core Category of Personnel CommissaryExchangeTheater Expiration Date See Notes C ivilian ServiceCivilian Below Fa cility FacilityFacility

3. SURVIVINGDEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OFTHE USN AND USNR WHO DlEb while on active duty for more than thirty days, or while retired with pay.

a. Unremarried widow under age 65... , Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Day before 65th birthdayor 4 (32) years from issue date, whichever is earlier b. Unremarried widow over age 65. , (20) Yes Yes Yes Yes 4 years From issue date (32) C. Unremarried widower under age 65 (6)Day No No No (6) before 65th birthday or 4 years from issue date, whichever is earlier d. Unremarried widower aver age 65 (6) NoNo No 4 yearsissuefrom date

e. Unmarried legitimate children, including adopted and stepchildren: (1) Under age 21 (29) ...... Yes (2) (7) Yes Day before 21st birthday or 4 (32) years from issue date, whichever is earlier (2) Over age 21...... , . . . . (8) (8) (3) (8) (32) (25)(26) f. Parents or parents-in-law.. . , , ...... (10) (3) No 6 yearsfrom issue date 4. UNREMARRIEDWIDOW OF A MEMBER OF THE NAVAL RESERVE WHO DIED in the line of duty while in an active status (includes weekend drill and

active duty fortraining)...... , , .. Yes No Yes Yes 4 yearsissue from date (32) a. Unmarried legitimate children, including adopted and stepchildren: (1) Under 21 years of age (291...... No (2) (7) DayYes before 21st birthdayor 4 (32) years from issue date, whichever is earlier (2) Over 21 years of age...... No (3) (8) (8) (32) (25)(26)

EXPLANATORYNOTES

(1) Yes. if dependent upon service member or retired member for shouldexpire in threeyears. Each eligibleveteran may designate more than one-half support. one odult member ofhis family who residesin his householdas (2) Yes, if actuallyresiding in the household of the service mem- agent formaking commissary and exchange purchases on his behalf. ber,retired member, orwidow. Spouse isnot eligiblefor com- DD Farm 1173 is verifiedonly by the Chief of Naval Personnel missaryprivileges if notresiding with member due to legal(Pers G-2). separation or interlocutory divorce. Children are noteligible for (10) If the parent or parent-in-law is,orwas at the time of the commissary privilegeswhen they do notreside in the member's or member's death, dependent forover one-half support and residing widow's household. maintainedby or provideddwelling a in the member. (3) If designated by the service member, retired member, or un- (11) Medical care authorizedonly to the extent of restrictions and remarried widowas the one adult member of the family,residing limitations prescribed in BuMed Inst. 6320.31 series. If eligible, inhis or herhousehold, to act as agent for the purpose of making cognizant USN commander shouldauthorize medical care by sepa- purchases. Unless incapacitated, the wifeof an active duty service rate document. Civilian or uniformed services medical care not member ishis adult agent. Cardsauthorizing commissary agent authorized on OD Forms 1172 or 1173. privilegesto persons nototherwise eligible for a card will indicate (12) Employee only, if residing on board and if installation com- anexpiration date of one year fromissue date. Childrennot mander deems it impracticable to procure storesfrom civilian authorized if widow is remarried. agencies withoutimpairing the efficient operation of the installa- (4) If the child is incapable of self-support because of amental or tion.Authorized employee may designate one odult member of physical incapacity thatexisted before age 21, and is dependent hisfamily, who resides in his household, to make purchases onhis on service member or retired member forover one-half support, behalf (also see note 3). orhas not passed 23rdbirthday and is enrolled in afull-time (13) limited exchange privilegesto the employee only. Dependents course of study in an approved institutionof higher learning and is not authorized. dependent on service member forover one-half support. (14) The employee only,when authorized by the overseas USN (5) If dependent on service member for over one-half support and commander. Authorized employee may designate one adult member reside in adwelling provided or maintained by him. ofhis family who resides in his household to make purchases on (6) If dependent an the member at thetime of herdeath for over his behalf (also see note 3). one-half ofhis support because of mental or physical incapacity. (15) Yes,when authorized by overseas commander. Eligible de- (7) If designated by widow and approved byinstallation com- pendents must be members of employee's family,residing in his mander. Childrennot authorized if widowhas remarried. household, and dependent on him for more than one-half support. (8) If unmarried child is incapable of self-support because of (16) Yes, employee only, if installation commanderdeems it im- mental or physical incapacity thatexisted before age 21, or has practicable to procure storesfrom civilian agencies without impair- not possed 23rdbirthday and is enrolled in full-time course of ing the efficient operation of the installation.Authorized employee study in aninstitution of higherlearning as approved by the Secre- may designate one adult member of hisfamily, who resides inhis toryof Defense or Secretary ofHealth, Education and Welfare. household, to make purchases on his behalf(also see note 3). In either case, dependent must have been dependent on service (17) Yes, if assigned full timeduties on board navalinstallotion. member for more than one-half support, at time of member's death. (18) Yes, if employee resides on board the navalinstallation and (9) Authorized commissary and limited exchange privilegesonly. the eligible dependent is a member ofhis family, residesin his However,veterans are required to furnish VeteransAdministration household, and is dependent on him for more than one-half support. certification every threeyears, stating they have 100 per cent (19) Onlywhen service member occupies government quartersand service-connected physical disability. OD Form 1173, whenissued, dependent resides with him.

52 ALL HANDS Medico1 Core Category of Personnel CommissaryExchangeTheoter ExpirationSee Date Notes C ivilion ServiceCivilion Below Fa cility FacilityFacility

5. FORMER MEMBER5 OF THE NAVAL RESERVERECEIVING RETIRED PAY under 10 USC 1331-1337 but who were discharged from the Navy prior to reaching age 60 and are not carried on Navy retired rolls, and their dependents. a. Former member under age 65...... Yes Yes No NoNoDay before 65th birthdayor 6 years from issue date, whichever is earlier b. Former member over age 65 ... (20) Yes No No No 6 years from issue date C. lawful wife under age 65.. ... Yes Yes No No No Day before 65th birthdayor 6 (32)(33) years from issue date, whichever is earlier (23) d. lawful wife over age 65 (20) Yes No No No 6 yearsfrom issue date (23)(32)(33) e. Lawful husband underNo age 65 (1) (1) No NoDay before 65th birthdayor 6 (32)(33) years from issue date, whichever is earlier (23) f. lawful husbandover age 65 ... (20)and(1) No NoNo 6 yearsfromissue date (23)(32)(33) (1) g. Unmarried legitimate children, including adopted and stepchildren; (1) Under (29)age 21 ... Yes Yes No DayNo before 21stbirthday or 6 (32)(33) years from issue date, whichever is earlier (2) Over age 21...... (32)(33) (25)(26)(8) (8) No No No P a rents or parents-in-law.h. orParents ..... No No (10) No 6 yearsfrom issue dote 6. UNREMARRIED WIDOW OR WIDOWER ANDSURVIVING DEPENDENT5 OF FORMERMEMBERS OF THE NAVAL RESERVE...... (31 (31) ) No NoNo inAs Para.5 above, but (32) maximum of 4 years from issue date

TO ENTITLEMENT GUIDE (20) Eligibilityfor civilian medicare normallyterminates at age 65. (see OPNAVInst. 4956.1series) if assigned U. S.-sponsored training However,eligible personnel over 65 who are not entitledto hospital duty.Questions involving dependents' eligibilitycriteria should be insurance under Social Security may obtaina statement tothis forwardedto the Chief of Naval Personnel(Pers 0-2). effect from the Social SecurityAdministration. The statement and (28) Civilianswho may be eligiblefor DD Form 1173 owing to completed DDForm 1172,submitted to verifying activity, will au- overseas employment may not be issueda card untilarrival in thorizecivilian medical care to those over 65who areeligible. overseas area. Issuingactivity will stamp "OVERSEASONLY" in Statementfrom Social SecurityAdministration is maintainedby bold print on bothsides of the card. verifyingactivity orin sponsor's service record. (29) Dependent lessthan 10 years of age may be issued DDForm (21)Expiration date for dependents will normally be fiveyears 1173 if notresiding with father or mother whowould normally from date member is placed on Temporary DisabilityRetired list. use his or her card to verify child's eligibility for medical care. If dependent reaches 65,or if child reaches 21during the fiveyear (30) If medicare is authorized,expiration should be age 65 orsix period, the day before the dependent's birthday will be the date yearsfrom date of issue, whichever is earlier. of expiration. (31) Medical care authorizationremains the same as beforethe (22) All privileges are to be completely blocked outon DD Form death of former member (paragraph 5, Entitlement Guide), except 1173. thatunremarried widower must have been dependent on farmer (23)When legal separation or interlocutory divorce decree is in- member at time of death for aver one-half supportas a result of volved, spouse's DDForm 1173should be issued with one year ex- physical or mental incapacity. piration date or date on which divorce becomes final, whichever (32) Noteregarding wives and unmarried children under age 21. is earlier. If the wife and children, including stepchildren and adopted (24) Expiration Date. On cards issued to: children, listed on theapplication are the same as those listedin a. Dependents of enlisted men, dote of sponsor's expirationof sponsor's service record on NavPers 601-2 (Record of Emergency active obligated service (EAOS). Data),DD Form1173 may be issued. In the event childa is b. Dependents ofNaval Reserve officers, expiration date of claimed whowas born after the execution of the most recent Nav- active duty service commitment, orsix yearsfrom date of issue Pers 601-2. orthere is a discrepancy of more than one day in the if on continuous active duty. date ofbirth, the birth certificate of such child should be requested c. Dependents of RegularNavy officers, six years from date of from the applicant, and anew NavPers 601-2 executed. Illegiti- issue. mate childrenare not eligible, even though service member should (25)On cards issued to children between 21 and 23who are list such children on NavPers 601-2. attending school, enter date that is one yearfrom date of issue, (33) The wife and children (including adopted and stepchildren) date of sponsor'sexpiration asoutlined in note 24, prospective of service member are eligible for medical care by virtueof rela- date of graduation, or day before child's 23rdbirthday, whichever tionship alone. Whena decree of divorce becomes final, the is earlier. formerwife is not eligiblefor DDForm 1173, norany attendant (26)On cards issued to children over 21who are incompetent or privileges.Children, including adopted childrenbut not stepchil- incapacitated, enter date of sponsor'sexpiration asoutlined in dren, continue to be eligible for medical care after the final divorce note 24, the day before the 65thbirthday, or six years from date decree. However, if the children do notreside with the service of issue, whichever is earliest. member, they arenot eligible for commissary privileges. In cases (27)Active duty officers and enlisted men of foreignArmed Forces of legal separation or interlocutory divorce, the spouse and chil- and their dependents applytothe Chief ofNaval Operations dren continue to be eligible for medical care and exchange privi- (OP-92) if assigned todiplomatic billets (attache), orto the ap- leges. Thewife is not eligible for commissary privileges,nor are propriate Chief, Navy Section, Military AssistanceAdvisory Group children who do notreside with the service member.

NOVEMBER 1967 53 - DEPENDENTS' I.D. CARD

Medico1 Care Category of Personnel CommissaryExchangeTheater Expirotion Dote See Notes C ivilian ServiceCivilian Below Fa cility FacilityFacility

7.OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD OFACTIVE DUTY OR RETIRED MEMBERS, such os wards, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, ounts, uncles, grondparants, "loco porentis". illegitimate children, illegitimote stepchildren, etc., regardless of support g ive n by given sarvicemon. 1No dutyor oftour ofEnd(19) No (3) No year, whichever is eorlier 8. HONORABLYDISCHARGED NAVY VETERANSWHO ARE TOTALLY DIS- ABLED os o result of a service-incurred or oggrovated disability or a hospitol- ized veteran regardless of percent disability. . . . , .. . (9)No No 3 No (9) years 9. DIVORCED WIFE (final divorce decree gronted) of octiva duty, retired, former member, or deceased member,. . , . NoNo No No No NOT ELIGIBLE FORFORMDD 1173 10. 3RD AND 4TH CLASS NROTC contract students , ...... , NoNo No ExpirationNoNo statusof as 3rd class Midshipman 11. ACTIVEDUTY OFFICERS AND EN- LISTEDMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF FOREIGN NATIONS end their dependents when serving in the United States under the sponsorship or invitation of the Navy Deportment ...... , , Yes Yes Yes Endof tour of duty commit- (32)(33) ment or 2 years from dote of issuance, whichever is eorlier 12. MEMBERSOF THE NAVAL RESERVE (including Ready, Stand-by, or Retired without pay Reserve) and their dependents...... , , No No No NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DD FORM 1173 13. USN CIVILIAN employees and civilians afflliated with the USN; a. USN employees and their dependents who ore residing together on o novo1 installation within the United States Expiration of duty commitment or 2 yeors from issue date, whichever is earlier b. US. citizen employees of the USN and their dependents stationed outside the United States. Expiration of duty commitment or 2 yeors from issue date, whichever is earlier c. US. citizen employees under private or Government contract with the USN, and their dependents. (1) The United Stotes Expiration of duty commitment or 2 yeors from issue date, whichever is earlier (2) Outside the United States . , Expiration of duty commitment or 2 yeors from issue date, whichever is earlier d. U.S. citizen employees of other US. Government departments or agencies and their dependents. (1) The United States Expiration of duty commitment or 2 years from issue date, whichever is earlier (2) Outside the United Stotes Expiration of duty commitment or 2 years from issue date, whichever is eorlier e. Uniformed,full-time, paid personnel of American Red Cross assigned to duty within an oclivity of the Armed Forces (See SECNAVINST 5760.1 series) (1) The United Stoles (17)(18)Expiration dutyof commitment or 2 years from issue date, whichever is earlier (2) Outside the United States (14) (11) No (15)(15)Expiration of duty commitment or 2 years from issue date, whichever is earlier

54 ALL HANDS Medical Care Category of Personnel CommissarySeeExchongeExpirotion DaleTheater Notes Civilian ServiceCivilian Below Facility FacilityFacility

f.Area executives,club directors and associate club directors of US0 facilities outside the United States recognized by the Department of Defense. , . No No (14) (15) (15) Expirotion of duty commitmenl or 2 years from issue dote, whichever is earlier g. Contractor Technical Services Personnel (For identification purposes only if not eligible for privileges under paragraphs a., b., c., or d., above) ...... No No No No No Expiration of duty commitment or 2 years from issue dote, whichever is earlier

List of New Motion Pictures RingsAround the World (C): Banning (WS) (C) : Drama; Rob- Novelty; Don Ameche. Available to Ships and ert Wagner, Anjanette Comer. FollowMe Boys (C); Comedy Tummy and the Millionaire (C): Overseas Bases Drama;Fred hlachlurray, Vera Comedy;Debbie Watson, Frank The list of recently released 16-mm Miles. McGrath. feature movies available from tlle TheReluctant Astronaut (C) : Johnny Yumn (C): Drama; Mark Navy Motion Picture Service is pull- Comedy; Don Knotts, Leslie Nielson. Damon, LawrenceDobkin. lished here for ships and overseas Crimeon a SummerMorning: TheCorrupt Ones (WS) (C): llases. Mystery Drama;Jean Paul Bel- Melodrama; Robert Stack, Elke Som- Movies in color are designated by monde, Sophie Daumier. mer. (C) and those in wide-screenproc- The Great Train Robbery: Drama; Triple C,!ross (C): hfelodrama; esses by (WS). Michael Donegan, Horst Tappert. ChristopherPlummer, Romy Tobrulc (WS)(C) : Melodrama; How to Succeed in Business With- Schneider. Rock IIudson, George Peppard. out Really Trying (WS) (C) : hlusi- TheProic~tcrl &/ran (WS) (C): ThunderAlley (WS) (C): Melo- cal Comedy; Roberthlorse, Michele Drama; Mary Peach, Bryant Haliday. drama;Annette Funicello, Fabian. Lee. Valley of Mystery (C): Melo- The Adventures of Bullwhip Grif- Rampage at Apache Web (WS) tlrama; Richard Egan, Peter Graves. fin (C): Comedy;Suzanne Plesh- (C): Western;Stewart Granger, FrontierHellcat (WS)(C) : ette, Karl hlalden. Pierre Brice. Drama; ElkeSommer, Gotz George. We Joinedthe Nacy (C): Com- DesperadoTrail (WS)(C) : Ac- A'an~u, the Killer Whale (C): edy; Kenneth More, LloydNolan. tion Drama; Lex Barker, Pierre Drama; RobertLansing, John An- The Professionals (WS)(C): Brice. derson. Melodrama;Burt Lancaster,Lee Eighton the Lam (C): Comedy; The War W'agon (WS)(C): Marvin. 13011 Hope, Phyllis Diller. Drama; John Wayne, Kirk Douglas. Fistful of Dollars (WS)(C) : Espionage in Lishon (C) : Drama; You're a BigBoy, Noto (C): Western; Cliut Eastwood, Marianne Brett ITalsev. Marilu Tolo. Comedy;Elizabeth Hartman, Ger- Koch. BlackE& of SuntuFe (C): aldinePage. A Funny Thing Happened on the Western; Brad Harris,Horst Frank. Wa!/ to the Forum (C): Comedy; Tile 2Sth HOW (\lis) (C): All-NavyCartoon Contest Drama: AnthonvOuinn. Virna Lisi. CharleyWise, HMCS, USN Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers. WlIal- D~C/ YOU

NOVEMBER 1967 55 Poor Arithmetic Plus Weak hackthem. What's more, a few (This is considereda form of un- Bank Account Can Lead to have been outrightfraudulent by authorized credit.) writingchecks on nonexistent ac- 0 Checks writtenon accounts PainfulInterview with CO counts, or accounts theyknew did that do not exist (including closed The convenience of personala not have sufficient funds. accounts), or whenit is known by checking account is well known in On 1 September,the Navyin the drawer that the account will not today's business world of easy WuPers Notice 1620 passed the word have sufficient fundstopay the credit, monthly statements and pay- on what it thinks of worthless checks check at the time it is presented to by-mail. Having your moneyin the and thosewho writethem. Not the bank. bank,and a checkbook handyto much! Suchchecks may be dis- This is fraud, and the most serious draw on your account whenever you honest, and certainly are harmful to of rubber check violations. It could, wish,can bean efficient way to the Navy's reputation.They could under UCMJ, lead the habitual bad manage your financial affairs. result in disciplinary action; COS are check artist into adishonorable dis- However, if you aren't careful,a instructed to take stern measures to charge and five-year prison term. checking account can also bethe discourage them. Commissioned andwarrant offi- source of considerable trouble. It's It is conceded that bad check vio- cersresponsible for passing two or possible thateven the mosthonest lations takeseveral forms which more worthless checks now will have Navyman could writeworthlessa vary in seriousness. However, their names brought to the attention check, not knowing his accountdid whetherthe rubber check is an of the Chief of Naval Personnel, and not havethe balance he thought it honestmistake or outrightfraud, it the story told in their official records. did. Honest, maybe,but also negli- is considereddiscreditable behavior. Reports of bad checks written by gent, careless and downright poorly enlisted menand women, andde- managed. The morecommon bad check violations are: pendents, will be screenedby local The incidence of worthless checks commanding officers, who will 0 Where,through negligence, ac- continues to rise inside and outside initiateaction appropriatetothe the military.Many Navy menand count balances are too low to cover the checks issued. seriousness of the offenses. This women, and dependents, have fallen could include disciplinaryaction victim to poor management (or poor 0 Checks issued whenit is under UCMJ, or administrative dis- arithmetic) of their checking ac- known that sufficient fundsare not charge from the Navy. counts, andhave carelessly written on deposit, but that funds will be de- At the same time it condemned checkswith insufficient fundsto posited in time to cover the checks. rubber checks and called for swift action against those who write them, BuPers Notice 1620 of 1 September called for more reasonable practices in the identification procedures most Cat Man facilities require beforecashing checks. A man in a brightyellow jersey stands face signalto the deck-edge catapult operator who to face with the menacing nose of a jet fighter punches the launch buttonsetting the cat in As mostcheck-writing Navymen on the flight deck of a Seventh Fleetaircraft motion. Within a split second, the iet ishurled know, some on-base facilities have carrier. Heis one of the flottop's "cat" men- into the airin slingshot fashion at nearly 200 resorted todemeaning and time- or catapult officers. milesper hour-on itsway toanother strike consumingcheck verification proce- Behind the cat man, a narrow 250-footlength missionover North Vietnam. of steel track stretches toward the brink of the Back an deck, througha swirl of steam and dures while attemptingto protect ship's bow.Before him, in the iet's cockpit, a exhaustblasts, the cat man reappears to launch themselves from theerrant few. A pilot staresintently at the steel ribbon and the the next plane. greatnumber of honest folks- TonkinGulf beyond. -Jack Reeves, SN, USN. powerless to improve the situation- Meanwhile, green-shirted catapult crewmen, wereinconvenienced if nothighly moving like a flurry of grasshoppers, make last minute checks on the bridle and holdback cou- irritated. pling which connect the metallic birdto a Now, however, COS areurged to shuttlethat rides along the catapult track. rely more on swiftprocedures for When all adiustments are made, the cat man reporting bad checks,followed by steps up near the jet's nose and flashes the pilot a two-fingered "V," the signalto turn positive commandaction. Inother the iet's twin engines up to fullpower. words, do away with themore irritat- Theresult appears ta be y showdown being forms of check verification prac- tween man and machine. Theiet rises up an tices. Limit the preliminaries to a its haunches, strainsat the bridle, and roars show of ID, and notation of parent as if in defiance of the launching officer, the last man between it and the end of the ship's command or home address. flight deck. Then, if the check bounces, the After a salute from the pilot,indicating he cashing facility will report the name and the jetare ready to be launched, the cat man, in one fluid movement, dropsto oneknee of the offender tothe appropriate and pointstoward the bow.This is the "GO" CO for speedy action.

56 ALL HANDS publicattitude is developingan in- tolerance toward the bad check indi- Here’s a Great Way to Save vidual. Frequent civil convictions, I I now a rising rend for worthless SAVINGS DEPOSIT-By re- for morethan 90 days maydeposit checkmakers, &befully will stem movinglimitations on where you unallottedpay and allowances and this type of fraud or deceit. may be before you apply, the Navy receivethe whopping 10 per cent hasmade it easierfor you to say interest. (For purposes of the sav- NavSta Sails from Trinidad money underthe Savings Deposit ings program, ‘U. S.’ includesthe Overa quarter-century of U. S. Programwhich pays a profitable10 Virgin Islands, theCanal Zone, naval activity in Trinidad ended re- interestcentper compounded Guam,American Samoa andPuerto cently when a U. S. Marine lowered quarterly. Rico. ) Old Glory for the last time from the As before,active participation in If deposits are made on or before flag staff of the Chaguaramas Naval theprogram is limitedto personnel the 10th of any given month,inter- Station. servingoutside continentalthe est is computed from the first of the In its26-year history, Chaguara- UnitedStates. However, as of 15 month.Deposits made after the mas hadbeen the home of various Aug 1967,you may apply for the 10th do not draw interest untilthe militaryinstallations, occupying savingsplan before you depart first of the following month. 34,000acres of theCaribbean CONUS. Interest is computed on the basis island’s land. You mayregister a “J” allotment of average quarterly balance, and is Thenaval base began life as (NavCompt545) at your CONUS compoundedquarterly. The limit Naval Operating Base Trinidad.It duty station, thereby eliminating the on which interest is paid is $10,000. was acquired fromGreat Britain in paperworkwhen you arrive over- Money you deposit in savings may the“Destroyers for Bases” deal of seas. The form is attachedto your bewithdrawn only under bona fide 1.940, when 50 U. S. destroyers were payrecord, and the allotment is emergencyconditions certified by turned over tothe British in ex- automaticallyregistered yourby your commanding officer. change for99-year leases onbases overseas disbursing officer. Your savingsaccount is closed in theBahamas, Antigua, St. Lucia, The Savings Deposit Program was whenyou return to the U. S. on Trinidad,Jamaica, and British enactedby Public Law 89-538 of permanentchange of station. Your Guiana. 14 Aug 1966.Under theplan, interest is computed, you’re paid Fiveyears ago, Trinidad-Tobago, active-dutyNavy and Marine Corps off, andchances are you returnto aboutthe size of Delawareand in- personnel stationed outside the U. S. CONUS relatively wealthy. habited bynearly a million people, gained its independence, spokeEnglish, their smiles made it Many U. S. Navymenformerly partiesaboard ship, and sports eventsashore. plainthey enjoyed themselves. basedChaguaramasat will miss The nexttide of guestswere At a party given by Abadan’s shore duty in the land that gave the youngadults, most whomwere foreigncolony, crewmen were of worldcalypso music andsteel studentsat the Abadan Institute of treated to both European and Iran- bands. Technology.They were entertained iandishes and entertained by a lo- aboard and also given a tour of the cal bandand dancer as well as a ship. Waller at Abadan Walbr combo. The sightseeing department came NAVYMEN aboard uss Wuller (DD Thecrew gave a party formore 466) consideredtheir stop at thanunderprivileged60 Iranian in for a full schedule, too.More than 50 crewmen made the journey Abadan, Iran, a high point in their children who explored the ship and to Susa, one of the oldest currently cruise of Middle Eastern waters.. had icecream, cake and lemonade occupied communities in the world. Thethree-day visitwas repkte on the mess decks. Thetrip included a look at a local with dinner invitations to European Afterviewinq several cartoons, andAmerican homes inAbadan, they returned ashore. Although none mosque,castle and hydroelectric dam.

”It’s a badreflection on yourcharacter if you don’t pass ALL HANDS Magazinealong to nineother shipmates.”

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* GOLDBERG, Herschel J., Rear Admiral, Sup- * BIRDWELL, Carl. Jr., Commander, USN, an ply Corps, USN,as Commander, Naval Supply 7 Jul 1966 whileleading an element of 10 Systems Command, andChief of Supply Corps aircraftin a strike against the Haiphang pe- fromMay 1965 toJuly 1967. He served with troleum storage andtransfer facility in North greatdistinction as administrator of the warld- Vietnam. ”For extraordinary heroism . . .“ wideNavy Supply System. * COOPER, David 1.. Hospitalman. USN, an * BURNAND, Robert W.,Jr., Lieutenant, USNR, * HOLMES, Ephraim P., Vice Admiral, USN, as 25 Sep 1966 while on a combat patrolwith a from 12 to 16 Oct 1966, flying os plane com- Director, Navy ProgramPlanning and Scientific Marineunit south of Do Nang.Hospitalman mander of an armored search and rescue heli- Officer to the Center for Naval Analyses in the Cooper advanced through intense firewhen copter duringa series of rescue missions in Office of the Chief ofNaval operations from the unitwas ambushed to administerfirst aid support of combat operations in Southeast Asia. 5 Aug 1964 to 3 Jun 1967. towounded men. IRVIN, William D., Rear Admiral, USN,as DINSMORE, Harry H., Captain,Medical * * ELROD, James T., Hospital Corpsman Third * Commander Service Force, United States Pacific Corps, USN, forextraordinary heroism an 1 Class, USN, posthumously, while serving as o Fleet, from 2 Apr 1963 to 20 Jul 1965. RADM Oct 1966 while serving as chief of surgery at corpsman with Marinea unit which came lrvininitiated an automaticdata processing U. S. Naval Support Activity at Da Nang. under heavyViet Cong fire an 10 Aug 1966. system capabilitywithin the service which has CAPT Dinsmore performed surgery to remove Petty officerElrod ran through withering fire been of vast assistance in thecontrol and dis- a live 60-mm mortarshell fromthe chest wall to aid wounded men until hewos mortally tributionof ammunition throughout the Pacific ofa Vietnamese Armyprivate. The impact wounded. Fleet. fuse of themortor shell was partially acti- FURMAN, Richard 1.. Hospital Corpsman vatedand could easily have detonated at any * McDONALD, David L., Admiral, USN, as the * Third Class,USN, as a platoon corpsman with timeduring the operation. Chief of Novo1Operations from 1 Aug 1963 to o Marineunit on 4 Jul 1966, during a search 1 Aug 1967. ADM McDonald’s leadership, ond destroy operation southwest of Do Nang. MACK, Francis W., Hospital Corpsman Third judgmentond professional skill have guided * When his unit became involvedactionin Class, USN, posthumously, while serving with theoperating farces of the Navyto ever- againstseveral hundred Viet Cong. he ad- a Marine unit as o corpsman when the unit was increasing standardsofoperational readiness ministeredfirst aidto the woundedMarines, token under fireby automatic weopons and and combat effectiveness. snipers from concealed positions in the Cam shielding them with his own bodyand even- tuallycarrying the wounded to a sofer area. La River Valley, Quang Tri Province, on 17 Aug 1966. He continually exposed himself to enemy GIBSON, James R., Jr., Hospitalman, USN, fire in order totreat wounded men until he * on 25 Dec 1965 whenthe Marine unit with wos mortallywounded while rendering first which he was serving came under extremely oidto aMarine in an advanced element. heavyand accurate machine gun fire. Upon thecall for a corpsman, he wentto VAMPATELLA, Philip V., Lieutenant (is), hearing * the aid of several fallenMarines and odmin- USNR, on 21 Jun 1966. Althoughhis aircraft “For conspicuous gallantry and in- istered firstaid. He continued to expose him- wos low on fueland had been severely dam- trepidity in action.. . ” self tofire ashe movedamong the wounded agedby antiaircraft fire, he returned deep in toadminister first aidand to evacuate them enemy territoryto ossist two squadron motes * BENSON, Richard E., Lieutenant (is), USNR. on 2 May 1966 whileparticipating in the res- to better cover. beingattocked by MIG fighters. He engaged cue of adawned airman in North Vietnam. twoMIG fighters and shot one downwith a GOLDSTEIN, Paul A,, Hospitalman, USN, missilebefore disengaging from the aerial LTJG Benson hoveredhis helicopter and suc- * while serving with aMarine unit in the Re- battle. He then executed on in-flightrefueling ceeded in rescuing theairmon while under publicofVietnom on 21 Mor 1966. Haspi- froma waiting tanker and successfully re- attack from intense enemy fire at very close talmanGoldstein successfully rescued the pilot turnedhis crippled fighter to his carrier. range. of o helicopterwhich crashed in flames in a rice paddy. Despite exploding grenades and intense heat, he pulled the pilot from the helo, sustaining painful burns andbeing tempo- rarilyblinded when the rotor blades exploded.

* JOHNSON, Charles E., Hospital Corpsman Third Class, USN, while serving with o Marine “For exceptionallymeritorious service to unitduring an engagement withViet Cong the Government of the United States in a forces on 23 Aug 1966. Whiletreating a duty of greatresponsibility . .” woundedMarine, he protectedhim against . further attack. Gold Star inlieu of second award * CLAREY, Bernard A., ViceAdmiral, USN,as * KRIST, Matthew J., Hospital Corpsman Third Commander Second Fleet from 22 Aug 1966 to Class, USN, posthumously, while serving with 19 May 1967. VADMClarey demonstrated out- o Marineunit which came underattack near standing leodership, operationaland planning acaptured Viet Cong camp in the mountains abilityand sound judgment in achievingan southwest of Do Nons on 21 Aug 1966. Petty effectivebalance between requirements of exer- OfficerKrist went to the aidof afire team cisingthe fleet at sea foroperational training whichwas engoged atpoint-blank range, and and scheduling time in port for maintenance and continued to administer tothe wounded until morale purposes. mortallywounded.

* GENTNER, William E., Jr., Vice Admiral, FORVIETNAMACTION-BMl Claude * LEITNER, Terry L., Hospitalman, USN, while USN, as Commander of the United States Taiwan 0. Peverill, USN, Ret., is presented serving with a Marineunit subiected to intense Defense Command from 6 Jul 1964 to 17 Jul mortorfire byViet Cang farces.He ranto 1967. VADM Gentner, throughhis outstanding Silver Star and Navy Commendation the aidof wounded men even though he also leadership, professionalskill and diplomacy, byCDR J. Hayes, USCG,for action sustained o serious wound. At one point he was primarily responsible forimproved reodi- insistedthat he becarried to a fallenMarine ness and defense pasture in Taiwan. withSouth Vietnamese junk force. so that he could render first aid.

NOVEMBER 1967 59 * LEWANDOWSKI, Michael J.,Hospital Corps- 1967 as fleet and force supply officer on the man Second Class, USN,while serving as staffof Commander Service Force, U. S. Pacific senior corpsman with Marinea unit on 18 Fleet, and whileserving on the staff ofthe Mar 1966. On more than 17 separate occa- Commander in Chief, U. 5. Pacific Fleet. sions, he exposed himselfto heavy enemy fire toadminister aidto fallen men when the unit * BURKHARDT, John, Jr., Captain, Supply was attacked by Viet Cang forces. Corps, USN,as Chief, Otiice of Logistics, Na- tionalSecurity Agency, during the period * MARR,Horold 1.. Commander, USN,on 12 October 1962 toJuly 1966. Jun 1966 when hisflight of four F8 CRUSADER * CHRISTENSEN, DonC.,Captain, Supply ietswas attacked by fourNorth Vietnamese Corps, USN, fromAugust 1964 toFebruary 1967 MIG 17 fighters. He shotdown one of the as force supplyofficer for Commander Cruiser- enemy aircroft and damaged another in leading Destroyer Force, U. 5. Pacific Fleet. hisunit in the low-levelensuing engagement. Gold star in lieu of second award j, MATTICKS,Robert W.. Hospital Corpsman * CONNOLLY, Thomas F., Vice Admiral, USN, Third Class, USN,while serving with aMarine from 31 Oct 1965 to 1 Nov 1966 as Commander unit which made contact with largea Viet NavalAir Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet. Cong force on 4 Mar 1966. Petty Officer Mat- ticks exposed himselftofire totreat fallen * COSTAGLIOLA, Francesco, Captain, USN, as Marines, and on two occasions treated men PrincipalMilitary Assistant to the Assistant to who were lyingwithin six feet of an enemy the Secretary of Defense (AtomicEnergy) from machine gun emplacement. 20 May 1964 to 13 Mar 1967, and asDeputy Assistantto the Secretary of Defense (Atomic * MULLEN, ThomasA., Hospitalman, USN,as Energy) from the inception ofthis position on a corpsman with Marinea Unit on 14 Feb 14 Mar 1967 to 31 Jul 1967. 1966. HospitalmanMullen treated wounded BRONZE STAR with combat V is pre- men blownoff an amphibiantractor which * DAVIDSON,William E., Captain, Civil Engi- detonated aland mine, and then entered the sentedto CDR Robert J. Brabant neer Corps, USN, from March 1963 through June tractorto pull othersto safety, shielding them by CAPT EdwinRosenberg during 1966 as Deputy Commander of the Pacific Di- withhis body as the tractor exploded. vision,Naval Facilities Engineering Command, ceremonies aboard USS Canberra. and as Chief ofStaff to the Commander, Naval * PORTERFIELD,David E., Hospitalman, USN, ConstructionBattalions, Pacific. posthumously, in action on 18 Jul 1966 while TOLBERT, Clarence 0.. lieutenant, USN, * Goldstar in lieu of second award servingas a corpsman with aMarine unit in whileserving as a pilot on 1 May 1966, during DORNIN,Marshall E., Rear Admiral, USN, Vietnam.Hospitalman Porterfield left his posi- astrike against an enemy surface-to-air mis- * from 18 Jun 1965 to 9 Aug 1967 OS Com- tion of relativesafety toadminister aid to silesite in North Vietnam. He exposed himself mander Operational Test and Evaluation Force. fallen members of the unit and washimself toa missile firing in order to locate thesite mortally wounded. He continued to render and then made several attacks. He SUCCBSS- DUNCAN, George C., Captain, USN,from medical assistonce toothers until hesuccumbed * fully brought hisaircraft back aboard ship 3 Aug 1964 to 12 Sep 1966 as Chief of Staff and fromhis own wounds. using emergency manualflight controls after Aide, Commander NavalAir Force, U. 5. sustaining severe antiaircraftbursts. Pacific Fleet. * POWELL, James R.,Jr., Commander, USN, os strike leader ofa flight of 20 strikeair- * WILEEN, Gordon C., Lieutenant, USNR, dur- * FERRITER, John 8.. Captoin, USN,from June craft and 18 support aircraft against the thermal ing an air rescue mission deep in enemy terri- 1966 through June 1967 as commanding officer, powerplant in Haiphong, North Vietnam, on toryin North Vietnam on 7 Nov 1965. He U. S. NavalAmphibious Base Little Creek, 20 Apr 1967. persisted in searching even though sustaining Norfolk, Va. damage tohis aircraftfrom heavy antiaircraft * SCEARSE,Roger Hospitalman,D., USN, fire. LT Wileen then minimized further damage * GRANT,Sybil A,, Commander, USN.from whileserving with aMarine unit on 11 Jun to his aircraftwhen he was forced to crash- July 1962 through April 1967 whileserving on 1966. Whenhis platoon detonated ananti- land at afriendly airfield. the staff of the Commandant, FifthNaval Dis- personnel mine, he treated severalwounded trict/Commander, Naval Base, Norfolk. althoughhimself iniured bothin arms and * WILLIAMSON, Michael L., Hospitalman, legs. He realized the platoon wasin the mid- USN,while serving with aMarine unit which * HUMES, James 1.. Captain, Medical Corps, dle of a mine field and shouted instructions was broughtunder attack atnight near the USN, from 24 Aug 1960 to 30 Jun 1967 as to clear the area. village of Dong Phuoc on 3 Apr 1966. Al- Directorof Laboratories, Naval Medical School, though he was wounded in the arm, neck and NationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., * SCHULTZ, Steven 0.. Hospital Corpsman legs by an exploding grenade, Hospitalman and as consultant to the Surgeon General of Third Class, USN, posthumously, whileserving Williamson continued treatto the wounded the Navy on laboratory medicine and Glaod with aMarine unit in Quang Tri Province on Marinesuntil their evacuation, programs. 23 Jul 1966. Whenhis unit was ambushed by IIAMS,Meryl Captain,A., USN, from o North Vietnamese company, Petty Officer * August 1964 through June 1967 os a staff opera- Schultz exposed himselfto intense fireto give tionsofficer in the OperationsDirectorate, Joint medical aidto the wounded until he sustained Staff,Organization of theJoint Chiefs of Staff. amortal wound from an explodingshell. * JAMES, David R., Sr., Lieutenant Commander, * SOUTHERN, Joe HospitalF., Corpsman Medical Corps, USN,from November 1965 to Third Class, USN,while serving with o Marine February 1967 asChief of Surgery, U. S. Naval "Forexceptionally meritorious conduct in unit which was attacked by Viet Cong on 26 Hospitol, Subic Bay,Republic of the Philippines. Aug 1966. Petty Officer Southern moved to the theperformance of outstandingservice to wounded and began administering medical aid thegovernment of theUnited States . . ." Goldstar in lieu of third oword althoughhimself seriously wounded in the Gold star inlieu of second oword * JAAP, Joseph A.,Rear Admiral, USN, from face by enemy fire. * BARDSHAR, Frederic A,, RearAdmiral, USN, June 1966 through June 1967 as Commander fromJanuary 1965 through June 1967 as Chief, Fleet AirWhidbey and Commander Fleet Air * STEWARD,Lorry 1..Hospital Corpsman Third Requirements and Development Division,Plans WingFour. Class, USN,while serving with aMarine unit and Policy Directorote,Organization of the KAUFMAN, Robert K., Captoin, USN.from in combat againsta Viet Cong force on 5 Jan JointChiefs of Staff. * 1966. Corpsman Stewardadministered first aid October 1964 through May 1967 as a member of to the wounded men in hisunit, and after Gold star in lieu of second oword the requirements and development division, beingseriously wounded himself, directed the * BIERI,Bernhard H., Jr.,Rear Admiral, SUP- plans and policy directorate,Organization of treatmentof several others. ply Corps, USN,from 2 Apr 1965 to 12 Jun the JointChiefs ofStaff.

60 ALL HANDS Goldstor in lieu of second oword in the area until forced toretire due to dam- * KELLEY, John L., Jr., Captain, USN, from age to his aircraft. August 1964 to February 1967 as Assistant Chief ofStaff for Communications and Electronics,Al- * HARRINGTON, Frank H., lieutenant,USNR, lied Forces SouthernEurope. posthumously, on 14 Dec 1966, as flight leader ofa flak suppression element duringa group KIMBALL, Leland P., Jr.,Rear Admiral, * strike on the VanDien vehicle support depot Supply Corps, USN. from 17 Sep 1962 to 31 Mar at Hanoi. 1967as Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Supply Center, Son Diego, Calif. * JONES, James G.,Lieutenant (is),USN, * KING,David A., Jr., Captain, USN,from posthumously, on 11 Nov 1966,as flak SUP- August1964 to May 1967as a member of the pressor in two-carriera strike effort against Strategic Plans and PolicyDivision, J-5 (Plans the NinhBinh railroad yards whichwere for- and Policy)Directorate, Organization of the midably defended byantiaircraft batteries. JointChiefs ofStaff. * KEESEY,Ivan 1.. Lieutenant, USNR,on 25 Goldstor in lieu of second award Jun1966, as section leader ina flight offour KIRN,Louis J., RearAdmiral, USN,as * aircraftin a successful attack against the Phuc DeputyDirector, Joint Staff, fromJanuary 1965 Throerailroad bridge along Route 15 in North toJanuary 1966, and as Vice Director,Joint Vietnam. Staff,Organization of the JointChiefs of Staff, SILVER STAR WINNER-RMC Frank from Januarythrough December 1966. R. Spatt receives Silver Star from * KRAUS,William L., lieutenant,USNR, as a * KREAMER, Walter H., Captain, USN, as Chief CAPT 8. C. Spell for performance wingmanina division of four A4C aircraft of the Office of Telecommunications Services, assigned tostrike the heavily defended Phuong NationalSecurity Agency from December 1962 in Vietnam river patrol force. Dinhrailroad/highway bridge north of Thanh toJuly 1966. Moa on 24 Sep 1966.

four A4C aircraftin an attack on the Dan *LEYDON, JohnK., Rear Admiral, USN, from LOVELL, James A,, Jr., Captain, USN,as an PhongThuong railroad bypass bridge in North * June 1964to June 1967asChief ofNaval astronaut withNASA from4to 18 Dee 1965 Vietnam. Research. RADM Leydon has made maior con- aboard GEMINIVI. Pilot Lovell completed a tributionstheto scientific and engineering space flightof 330 hours and 35 minutes for * CARPENTER, Malcolm S., Commander, USN, achievements of the Office ofNaval Research. o totalof 206 orbits. whileParticipating aerialin flight an as * LILLY, Percy A., Jr., Captain, USN,from astronaut withNASA an 24 May 1962aboard September 1965to June 1967 as Assistant Chief AURORA7. CDR Carpenter wasin flight 4.9 Goldstar in lieu of second oward. ofStaff far Operationsto the Commander in hoursfor a total of three orbits. * LOVELL. James A., Jr.. Captain, USN. as an Chief, U. 5. Pacific Fleet. astronaut withNASA from 11 to 15 Nov1966 * CERNAN, Eugene A,, Commander, USN. aboard GEMINI XI1. Command pilotLovell * LITTLE, Ashley J., Captain, USN, fromJuly while participatingin aerialflight as an astro- completed a space flightof 94 hours and 34 1965through May 1967as Plans, Policy and naut withNASA from 3to 6 Jun1966, aboard minutes for atotal of63 orbits. Curriculum Officer of Academic Plans and Re- GEMINIIX-A. Pilot Cernan completed a flight search of the Industrial College of the Armed of72 hours and 21 minutes for atotal of47 * McKEOWN, Ronald E., Lieutenant, USN,on Forces. orbits. 1 Oct 1966while flying an F4B asfighter escort for a photographic reconnaissance air- LUKER, George R., RearAdmiral, USN,from * Gold star in lieu of second oword croftduring amission over Haiphong, North 28Apr 1964to 30 Jun1966 as Chief, Military * CONRAD, Charles,Jr., Commander, USN,as Vietnam. Assistance AdvisoryGroup, Japan. an astronautwith NASA from 12 to 15 Sep 1966aboard GEMINI XI. Pilot Conrad com- Goldstor in lieu of second oword MONGILARDI. Peter, Jr., Commander, USN, pleted a flight of 71 hours and 17minutes for * LUKER, George R., RearAdmiral, USN,from posthumously, while leader ofstrike groups * atotal of47 orbits. August1966 to June 1967as Commandant duringretaliatory air strikes against targets in Dong Hoi,North Vietnam, on 7 and 11 Feb ThirdNaval District. CRAWFORD, Bennett P., Lieutenant, USNR, * 1965. on 19Jon 1967. as radar intercept officer in Gold star in lieu of second award the strike leader’s aircraft duringa 22-plane LYNCH, John J., RearAdmiral, USN, from * attack on the Dong PhongThuong highway Gold stor in lieu of second oword September 1965 to March 1967 as Chief of Naval bridge and railroadmarshalling yard in North * MONGILARDI, Peter, Jr., Commander, USN, Air Basic Training,Naval Air Station Pensacala, Vietnam. LT Crawford employed navigational posthumously,while assigned as astrike ele- Fla. aidsto lead the groupto the target area. ment leader participatinganin airstrike against Each longVi Island in North Vietnam Goldstar in lieu of second aword DARRAN,Walter W., Jr., Lieutenant, USN, on 29 Mar 1965. * LYNCH, Richard 6.. RearAdmiral, USN, * asa wingman on a rescuecombat airpatrol from June 1965through June 1967as Chief, EuropeanDivision, Plans and PolicyDirectorate, on 10 Sep 1965. conducting a search at ex- Gold star in lieu of third aword tremely lowaltitudes inthe face of intense Organization of the JointChiefs of Staff. * MONGILARDI, Peter,Jr., Commander, USN, fire. posthumously,during operations against mili- toryinstallations and supplylines inNorth * GINN, James T., Lieutenant Commander, Vietnamas strike leader from20 April to 20 USN, on 21Nov 1966,as aflak suppressor May 1965. duringa strike against the surface-to-air mis- silesupport facility at Haiphong, North Viet- POWELL, James R.,Jr., Commander, USN, nam. * as thedivision leader offour A4 aircraftat- ”Forheroism or extraordinaryachievement tacking the portfacility of Vinh,North Viet- in aerial flight . . .” Gold stor in lieu of second oword * GORDON, Richard F.,Jr., Commander, USN, nam, on 24 Dec 1965. * BARBER,Robert F., lieutenant,USN, post- asan astronaut withNASA from12to 15 humously,from 1July to 18 Sep 1965, while Sep 1966, aboard GEMINIXI. Pilot Gordon Gold stor in lieu of second aword servingas bombardier/navigator of an A6A completed a space flight of71 hours and 16 * POWELL, James R.,Jr., Commander, USN. aircroft.On the nightof18 September, he minutes accomplishing many firsts in space on 12 Apr1966 while assigned as strike leader located enemy patrolvessels in the Gulfof flight. of agroup of16 A4 andF8 aircraft, whose Tonkin and illuminated them withflares al- missionwas to destroy the TamYuan Thong though under heavy enemy fire. * HAINES, DouglasM.. Lieutenant (is),on highwaybridges and theGia Moa tmnsship- 10 Sep 1965as a wingman on a rescuecombat ment and supply depot located in the heavily *BENNETT, Andrew J., Lieutenant, USN,for airpatrol searching for a downed pilotin an defended Vinh/Ben Thuy complex ofNorth heroism on 25 Sep 1966,as flight leader of area of heavy antiaircraftfire. He remained Vietnam.

NOVEMBER 1967 61 * REYES,Paul R., Lieutenant, USNR, on 30 * BROOKS,Henry K.,Aviation Boatswain’s * GIVENS, Michael J., Seaman, USN, for hero- Aug1966 as flight leader of a section ofA4 Mate Second Class, USN, for heroism while ism on 11Mar 1967 whileserving aboard USS aircraftparticipating in a night reconnaissance fightingamaior fire aboard USSORISKANY CHASE COUNTY (LST532) in assisting in res- missionover Route 18, northof Cam ?ha, during combat operations in Southeast Asia cuing 29survivors of the wrecks oftwo Japa- North Vietnam. on 26 Oct 1966. nese fishingboats at Bombay Reef in the China Sea. Gold star in lieu of second award * BROWN, Francis T., Commander, USN, far * SCHIRRA,Walter M., Jr., Captain, USN.as heroism on 26 Oct 1966,while fighting a maior * HECKERT,Paul J., Jr.,Chief Hospital Corps- anastronaut with NASA an 3 Oct 1962 aboard fire aboard USSORISKANY during combat op- man, USN,for heroism on 6 Oct 1966, while SIGMA 7. CAPT.Schirra was in flight for 9.9 erations in Southeast Asia. serving aboard USSESCAPE (ARS 6) berthed hoursfor a total of six orbits. atSon Juan, PuertoRico. Pelty Officer Heckert * DAVIS, Fred N., Shipfitter First Class, USN, entered on unventilated space toassist in the Gold star in lieu of thirdaward for heroism on 6 Oct 1966, whileserving in recovery of avictim overcome by lethal fumes. * SCHIRRA.Walter M., Jr., Captain, USN,as USSESCAPE (ARS 6) berthed atSon Jucn, an astronaut with NASA on 15 Dec 1965 aboard Puerto Rico. Petty Officer Davis attempted the * JEBB,William T., Jr., Lieutenant (is),USNR, GEMINIVI. Command pilot Schirra was in rescue ofcivilian workmen who were overcome forheroism on 28 Sep 1966, in rescuing a flightfor 25 hours and 51minutes for a total bylethal fumes. Vietnamese child fromdrowning in the CUa of 15 orbits. VietRiver. * FARTHING, Charles W., ChiefDental Tech- * SHEPARD,Alan B., Jr., Captain, USN, asan nician, USN, forheroism an 17Aug 1966, * JOHNSON, John B.,Chief Aviation Elec- astronaut withNASA on 5 May 1961. As while serving with aMarine division in Viet- trician’s Mate, USN. forheroism in connection America‘s first man in space, CAPT Shepard. nam. ChiefFarthing helped rescue victims of with amajor shipboard fire while embarked aboard FREEDOM 7, was in flight 15 minutes aburning Vietnamese village, in USSORISKANY (CVA 34)during combat and 22 seconds and wasweightless athird operationsin Southeast Asia on 26 Oct 1966. of that time. * FENNER,Neal A,, Seaman Apprentice. USNR,for heroism while serving on temporary * KEHOE, Richard J., Chief Commissaryman. * SMITH, Ralph F., Commander, USN, on 20 additionalduty to the Port Commander, Vung USN,for heroism on 11Mar 1967, while serv- May 1965 in planning and execution of a RoBay, on 5 Apr 1967, as operator of a small, ing on board USSCHASE COUNTY (LST 532) critical strikeagainst a major port and repair Class TwoPatrol Boat. Fenner rescued Army inassisting in the rescue of29 Japanese sur- facilityfor enemy torpedo patrolboats lo- personnelwho jumped into flaming waterafter vivors of the wrecks oftwo fishingboats at cated near Vinh,North Vietnam. theirLARC-V was sunk due to anexplosion Bombay Reefin the China Sea. of a MOGAS pipeline. SULLIVAN, Martin J., Lieutenant Commander, * KING,Orville C., Jr.,Chief Warrant Officer, while leading a flight of USN, posthumously, * FLETCHER,Walter 5.. AviationBootswain‘s USN,for heroism on 26 Oct 1966, while fight- four flak-suppressor aircraft to the Tam Do Mate Third Class, USN,far heroism in connec- inga major fire aboard USSORISKANY (CVA highway and railroadbridge, animportant tionwith amaior shipboard fire whileserving 34) during combat operationsSoutheastin linkin the transportation of supplies and in USS ORISKANY on 26 Oct 1966,during com- Asia. armament between the northernsupply depots batoperations in Southeast Asia. and Vinh,North Vietnam, on Feb 1967. 5 j, LOUPE,Alvin P., Chief Electrician’s Mate, GANUN,Gilbert A,, Lieutenant (ig),USNR, USN,for heroism on 6 Oct 1966, whileserving Gold star in lieu of second award * for heroism on 1 Nov 1966, whileserving as aboard USSESCAPE (ARS 6) at Son Juan, * YOUNG, John W., Commander, USN,as an officer in charge ofthe forward cargo station, Puerto Rico. Chief Loupe aided in the rescue astronautwith NASA on 23Mar 1965 aboard USSVALLEY FORGE (LPH E), duringoffloading of two civilianworkers who were trapped in GEMINI Aspilot in thisfirst manned 111. of landing force personnel and equipment at a gasoline void. orbital maneuvers mission,CDR Young wasin DaNang. South Vietnam. flightfor four hours and 53 minutes for a * MacDONALD,Peter 5.. Personnelmon First total of three orbits. * GILA, Richard A,,Aviation Electronics Tech- Class, USN, for heroism on 28 Sep 1966,in nician Third Class, USN,for heroism an 15 rescuing two Vietnamese fishermen fromdrawn- Gold star in lieu of third award Apr1964, while stationed at the Naval Air ingin the Cua VietRiver. * YOUNG, John W., Commander, USN,as an StationatMoffett Field, Calif. Gila rescued astronautwith NASA from 18to 21 Jul 1966 a young girlwho was caught in heavy surf * McCLASKEY,William J., Seaman, USN. far aboard GEMINI X. As command pilot, he was off Lighthouse Point, SantaCruz. heroism on 15Aug 1966, while serving aboard inflight for 70 hours and 47 minutes for a USSBERKELEY (DDG15). Seaman McClaskey total of 46 orbits. effected the rescue of shipmatea whowas knocked unconscious on a piling andlog fender afterfalling from the main deck.

* McCLEARY,Jerry E., Boatswain’s Mate Third Class, USN,for heroism on 16 Dec 1966, when herescued a fellowsailor who had fallenoverboard between twoships at the DoNang Naval Base. ”For heroic conduct not involving actual conflict with an enemy . . .” * PARDI, Michael T., Airman,USN, for hera- ism in connection with amaior shipboard fire * BAKER,Willy S., Chief Machinery Repair- whileserving aboard USSORISKANY (CVA man, USN, posthumously, while helping his 34) on 26 Oct 1966. shipmates escape from capsized PCF 77at the entrance ofThuan AnRiver at Hue, Republic * PETTY,Howard C., Lieutenant, USNR,while of Vietnam, on 15 Nov 1966. serving aboard USSORISKANY (CVA 34) an 26 Oct 1966,during majora shipboard fire * BENNETT,Tillimon R., Airman, USN, while which occurred while the shipwas operating fightingamajor shipboard fire on USSORIS- off Southeast Asia. KANY (CVA34) on 26 Oct 1966,during cam- batoperations in Southeast Asia. * ROSE, Romey A. 1.. Storekeeper Third Class, USN,for heroism in connection with amajor Sr BLAKELY, Josslyn F.,Jr., Lieutenant, USNR, BRONZE STAR-BM1 Raymond R. shipboardfire on USSORISKANY (CVA34) on posthumously, for heroism and meritorious 26 Oct 1966, while the shipwas operating off achievement inaerial flight as pilot of aheli- Carter is awarded the Bronze Star the coast of Vietnam. copter embarked USSin ORISKANY during with Combat V for his part in capture rescue operationsto save personnelaboard a * SOAVE, FrancisJ., Jr.,Airman, USN, for grounded British ore carrier on 16 Sep 1966. of VietCong craft on Bassac River. heroismin connecfian with amajor shipboard

62 ALL HANDS fire on 26 Oct 1966, whileserving aboard USS ORISKANY(CVA 34) which was operating off the coast of Southeast Asia * WILBOURNE,David G.,lieutenant (is), USN,for heroism on 15 Nov 1966, whilesew- ing aboard PCF77 at Hue,Vietnam. LTJG Wilbourne attempted the rescue of severol shipmates who weretrapped in the after cabin of the sinkingcraft. * WILLIAMSON,Robert R., Jr., Lieutenant (is),USN, for heroism on 26 Oct 1966in connection with o majorshipboard fire while serving as FireMarshall oboard USSORISKANY (CVA 34) while the shipwas launching combat strikesagoinst communist forces inSoutheast Asia.

which was subjected tomortar and small arms stroyer bombardment ofNorth Vietnam.The fire near Ba-To, Vietnam. The Combat Dis- Combat Distinguishing Device isAuthorized. tinguishing Device isAuthorized. * NELSON, Dennis R., Hospitalman, USN,for * JACKSON,John P., Lieutenant, USN,while heroic achievement on 10 Aug1966 while serving as senioradvisor to the Vietnomese serving os a corpsman with Marinea unit “Far heroic or meritorious achievement or 26thRiver Assault Group from 16Aug 1965 which was ambushed byViet Cong forces in to25 Jul 1966. The Combat Distinguishing De- the vicinity of TomKy, Vietnam.The Combot service during militaryoperations . . .’I vice isAuthorized. Distinguishing Device isAuthorized. * ALVIS, John H., Commander, USN, as com- KEOUGH, Raymond F., Commander, USN, as SMITH,Dovid R., Lieutenont Commander, manding officer, Attack Squadron112 from 7 * * comtnanding officer ofUSS PICKING (DD 685) USN,while serving as advisor io Vietnamese Julyto 31 Dec 1966, in connection with opera- which wos assigned toOperation Sea Dragon NavyCoastal Group 31 and participatingin tionsogainst enemy forces Vietnam.in The in the Gulfof Tonkin and. as a member of 11 combot omerations from 8 Mov 1965 io 2 Combat Distinguishing Device is Authorized. Task Unit 77.1.1,participated in the initial de- May 1966. * ASHERMAN,Aldon M., Jr.,Hospitol Corps- man Third Class, USN, posthumously,for heroic achievement on 29 May 1966in connectionwith operationsagainst the enemy while Navymen of the Month, the Quarter, and Year serving with o Marineunit in the vicinity of Co 8i ThanhTan, Vietnam. The Combot Dis- Thereward for a thing well Pa., while Carlson was named Blue- tinguishing Device isAuthorized. done, according topoet Ralph jacket of theQuarter aboard the Goldstar in lieu of second award Waldo Emerson, is simply to have carrier uss Kear.sarge (CVS 33), * CANBY, Edmund 6.. Chief Gunner‘s Mote, done whatever needed doing. homeported at Long Beach,Calif. USN,while serving withfriendly foreign forces Doney’s selection was basedon engaged in armed conflict against communist That bit of philosophy, however, insurgent forces in the Republic of Vietnam on just isn’t good enough for 20th a nomination submittedtheto 29Nov 1966.The Combat Distinguishing De- century naval standards. Many Willow Grove commanding officer vice isAuthorized. commanding officers promotethe by his administrative officer. It * GRACHTRUP, John N., Hospital Corpsman principle that individualachieve- reads, in part:“Petty Officer Third Class, USN, posthumously,for heroic mentwarrants public recognition Doney’s performancein all cate- achievement on 9 Dec 1966in connection with gories can be termed nothing other operationsagoinst hostile forces whileserving and therefore foster such programs with a Marineunit in the Republic of Vietnam. as Bluejacket of the Month, Sailor thanoutstanding.” The Combat Distinguishing Device isAuthor- of theQuarter, and Navyman of Carlson, who works in the air- ized. the Year. craft maintenance division of Kear- * HASTON, Richard L., Hospitalman, USN,for Individuals so honoredare ex- sarge, was recognized for his “con- heroic achievement on 16 Dee 1965 while serv- tinualdistinguished performance ing as a corpsman with a Morineplatoon amples of what constitutesa good teammate,whether he be aboard in his work as a first rate structural ship, withan air squadron or sta- mechanic.” He was also selected tioned ashore, at home or abroad. as the ship’s candidate for the Long Beach City Bluejacket of the Year. Among the vast numbers of Meanwhile, another “first rate” Navymen to receive theawards Navyman of the Quarter, McNew, this year,selecting a few atran- was being selecteda third of the dom,are: HM1 Paul M. Wilde, way around the world in Sigonella, YN1 Richard A. Doney, AM1 Sicily. Inaddition to his title, Morris E. Carlson, and PC1 Harry McNew was awarded a three-day W. McNew. pass, $50 incash, and steaka Wilde was selected as Helicopter dinneratthe EM Club as the Training Squadron Eight’s Man of guest of honor. the Year at i’ensacola, Fla., on the Rewards such as theseare typi- basis of his performancein the cal of those received by recognized MEDAL WINNER-LT Samuel D‘Amato pharmaceuticalsection of Ellyson outstanding individuals. Of course, receives the Bronze Star from Field’s medical department. the measure of recognition given CAPT Carl Cruse, commanding of- Doney was acclaimed Sailor of any oneperson is upto the com- the Month at NAS Willow Grove, mand. ficer of USS Vancouver (LPD 2).

NOVEMBER 1967 63 The United States Navy Guardian of our Country IheUnited States Navyis responsiblefor maintainingcontrol of the sea and is a reody force on watch at home andover- seas,capable of strong action to preserve thepeace orof instant offensive action to T’S ABOUT TIIOSE titlecontractions. Navalese, some folks call win in war. It is upon the maintenonce ofthis control I them. By and large, they’re nothard to get along with. that our country‘s gloriousfuture depends. BuPers,for example. Nothing difficult aboutthat. CincPacFlt, The United States Novy exists to make it SO. We Serve with Honor NavStaCom. And then there was BuSandA, which was also the Traditionvalor and victoryare the Navy‘s heritage‘from the past. To these mv be name of a racehorse. Now it’s NavSupCom. The command, that added dedicotion, discipline and viglrance is. One gets used to, and learns to accept, such matters. All in OS the watchwords of the presentand future. At home or on distantstations, we a day’s work. serve with pride, confident in the respect of But there comes a time ourcountry, our shipmates, and ourfomi- . . . lies. Ourresponsibilities sober US; our ad- Supposeyou meet a girl for the first time. You’re hittingit versities strengthen us. Service to God and Country isour special off well, the conversation flows easily. Things are groovy. Then privilege. We serve with honor. she does it. She asks the inevitable question. The Future of the Navy The Navywill olwoys employ new weap- “Where do you work?” ons,new techniques and greaterpower to protect ond defend theUnited States on the “FicPacFacFapl,” yo^ answer proudly. seo, under the sea, and in the air. “I said, where do you work?” Now and in the future, control of the sea gives the UnitedStates her greatest advan- “FicPacFacFapl,” once more, withfeeling. toge for the maintenance of peace and for victory inwor. Mobility, sur rise,dispersal So shelaughs. Or gets mad. In eithercase, it’s theend of and offensive power are the eeynotes of the whatcould have been a meaningful relationship. Navalese has new Navy. Theroots of the Navylie in a strongbelief in the future, in continued done it again. dedicotlon toour tasks, and in reflection on our heritage from the past. Or you’re latefor work one morning, and youhail acab. Never hove ouropportunities and our re- “FicPacFacFapl-and-hurry.” It’s better you should walk. sponsibilities been greater. Or a police officer stops you and asks you where you’re going, ALL HANDS TheBureau of Naval Per- or comingfrom, as thecase may be. Either way, you end up sonnel Career Publication, with a fat lip. solicitsinteresting story material and photographs fromindividuols, ships, stations, squad- Theseare just some of theproblems faced by the men sta- rons and other sources. All material received is carefully considered for publication. tionedat Fleet Intelligence Center Pacific Facility, Fleet Air Hereare o few suggestions for preparing PhotoLab, an around-the-clock operation specializing in aerial and submittingmaterial: There’sa good story in every iob that’s be- reconnaissancephotography. i?gperformed, whether it’s on a nuclear car- rler, o tugboat, in the submarine service orin There is a way around using . . . er, that abbreviation, accord- the Seabees. The man on the scene is best qualifiedto tell whot’s going on inhis outfit. ing to Ensign Bill Dutcher, who told us about . . . the photo lab. Stories about routine day-to-day jobs ore prob- Whenever he wants to take a cab to that place, he says “Just ably most interestingto the rest of the Fleet. This is the only way everyone con get o look go straight ahead. I’ll tell you where to make the turns.” at 011 the different ports of the Novy. Reseorch helps moke a good storybetter. By Now that’s good thinking if we ever saw it. talkingwith people who are close1 related to the subject materiala writer is abre to collect *** many additionaldetoils which add interestand underBE8nding to o story. As a youngster, you probably wondered what you would do Articles about new types of unclassified equipment, research projects, all types ofNavy as- if confrontedwith a mountain of gumdrops.Or maybe you signments and duties, acodemic and historical thought about a chocolate sundae 10 feet high. But you knew subjects, personnel on libertyor during leisure hours, and humorousand interesting feature it would never happen, right? subjetts are all of interest. Four Seabees who work in Mobile Construction Battalion 74‘s Photographs arevery important, and should accompany the articles if possible. However,a ice plant must have had the same kind of daydreams, only they good storyshould never be held back for lack of photographs. ALL HANDS prefers clear, well- decidedto see whathappens when that kind of dreamcomes identified, 8-by-10 glossy prints,but is not re- strictedto use ofthis type. All persons in the true. photographsshould be dressed smartlyand Themen had noticed howmuch the Vietnamese children correctly when inuniform, and be identifiedby full name and rate orrank when possible. Lo- seemed to like popsicles, and they wondered what would be the cotion and general descriptive information and the name of the photogrophershould also be reactionto a giant one. Using a five-foot-long two-by-four for given.Photographers should strive fororiginal- the stick, thefour Seabees manufactured a lOO-pound, cherry ity, and toke action picturesrather than group shots. flavored popsicle. When the popsicle was frozen, it was loaded ALL HANDS does not use poems (except New Year‘s day logs), songs, stories on change of onto a truck and taken out to the hamlet of Trung Nghia. command, or editorial type articles. The writer’s Whenthe children of thehamlet found dut what the truck name and rote or rankshould be included on onarticle. Material timed for acertain dote or was carrying, the word was spread quickly, and within minutes event must be received before the first day of the month preceding the month of intended thetruck was surrounded bypushing, jostling, delighted chil- publicotion. Addressmoteriol to Editor, ALL HANDS, 1809 dren. The maxi-sicle lasteda mere 20 minuted. Eventhe stick Arlington Annex, Navy Department, Washing- was carried off. ton. D.C. 20370. Members of MCB-74’s popsicleconstruction team include: UtilitiesmanSecond Class Donnie G. Doublas,Utilitiesman AT RIGHT -WheelsDown -An ThirdClass Charles R. Matthis,and Utilitiesman Construction- RA5C Vigilante casts shadowa on men Jerald E. Hirchman, and thewake of USS Independence (CVA 62) os theaircraft nears a landing aboard the ship sw*+ during a Mediterranean deployment.-Photo by Wilfred 1. love, LT, USN.

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