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Prepared By C O M M A N D A N T ' S D E P A R T M E N T DATE: May 1, 2016 SUBMITTED BY: NATHAN GANDY, CAPTAIN, USMS COMMANDANT OF MIDSHIPMEN LESLIE B. EADIE, CAPTAIN, USMS MASTER, TS STATE OF MAINE APPROVED: WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, ADMIRAL, USMS PRESIDENT, MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY NOTE: This manual contains general and basic information relating to the cruise. Annexes to this manual will be published prior to the cruise, containing alphabetical, company, and cleaning station lists, etc. TRAINING CRUISE MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I GENERAL INFORMATION PAGE A. Mission of Maine Maritime Academy Training Cruise & Cruise Policy… I-1 B. Communications with Training Ship During Cruise……………………… I-2 C. Smoking Policy……………………………………………………………… I-4 D. Officer/Crew/Midshipmen Relationships…………………………………. I-4 E. Hazing……………………………………………………………………….. I-5 F. Harassment……….…………………………………………………………. I-6 G. Accident and Injuries……………………………………………………….. I-6 H. Community Honor System…………………………………………………. I-7 SECTION II GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS A. Command Relationships…………………………………………………… II-1 B. Port Security ………………………………………………………………… II-1 C. Regimental Staff Watch Officer Responsibilities…………………………. II-1 D. Deck Watch Officer Responsibilities………………………………………. II-2 E. Midshipman Watch Duties (Deck)…………………………………………… II-3 Midshipman Grading Procedures/Watch Duties (Engine) ……….……… II-20 F. Company/Platoon Rotation Procedures……………………………………. II-34 G. Standard Daily Routine at Sea ……………………………………………… II-37 H. Standard Daily Routine In Port ……………………………………………… II-38 I. Standard Holiday Routine …………………………………………………… II-40 J. Pipes – Ship’s Public Address Announcing System ……………………… II-42 K. Utility Company Instructions/Field Day Procedures ……………………… II-44 L. Midshipmen Formations…………………………………………………….. II-45 M. Arrival/Departure - Deck Parade …………………………………………… II-46 N. General Info for All Midshipmen Working in Ship’s Dining Room ……… II-46 O. Shipboard Laundry Instructions……………………………………………. II-47 P. Special Instructions for AMOOD/MCDO…………………………………. II-48 Q. Postal Regulations…………………………………………………………… II-49 R. Flag Procedures and Courtesies…………………………………………... II-50 SECTION III MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION FOR ALL MIDSHIPMEN A. Bicycles………………………………………………………………………… III-1 B. Bridge Area……………………………………………………………………. III-1 C. Ceremonial Receptions..……………………………………………………… III-1 D. Discipline System……………………………………………………………….. III-2 E. Gambling……………………………………………………………………….. III-4 TABLE OF CONTENTS cont. PAGE F. Liberty ………………………..……………………………………….…..…… III-4 G. Lounges………………………………………………………………..……….. III-5 H. Medical Department ………………………………………………….………. III-5 I. Mess Deck…………….………………………………………………………… III-6 J. Movies………..…………………………………………………………………. III-7 K. Physical Security………………………………………………………………. III-7 L. Restricted Areas………………………………………………………………… III-7 M. Sanitation Inspection/Electrical Appliances…………………………………. III-8 N. Ship’s Office……………………………………………………………………… III-13 O. Sunning………………………………………………………………………….. III-13 P. Time Changes…….……………………………………………………………. III-13 Q. Uniforms……………….………………………………………………………… III-14 R. Vehicles…………………………………………………………………………. III-17 S. Wages……………….………………………………………………………….. III-17 SECTION IV GENERAL INFORMATION…………………………………………..………………… IV-1 SECTION V INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING GENERAL VISITING ON BOARD THE TRAINING SHIP STATE OF MAINE A. Individual Guests in Port………………………………………………………… V-1 B. Instructions for Handling of General Visiting and…………………………….. V-1 Special Group Visits on Board Ship C. Receptions and Etiquette……………………………………………………….. V-4 APPENDIXES A. Inappropriate Personal Relationships ................................................................. A-1 B. Garbage Management Plan ................................................................................ B-1 C. Alcohol/Chemical Intoxication/Narcotics/Illegal Drugs Policy .............................. C-1 D. TSSOM Emergency Safety Procedures .............................................................. D-1 E. Training Cruise Evaluations ................................................................................ E-1 SECTION I GENERAL INFORMATION A. MISSION & TRAINING CRUISE POLICY OF MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY B. COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE TRAINING SHIP DURING CRUISE C. SMOKING POLICY D. OFFICER/CREW/MIDSHIPMEN RELATIONSHIPS E. HAZING F. HARASSMENT G. ACCIDENT AND INJURIES A. MISSION & TRAINING CRUISE POLICY OF MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY The mission of Maine Maritime Academy training cruise is to foster the professional competence, self-discipline, self-confidence, and leadership needed for a person to be successful in their major area of study. This includes the practical application of learned professional knowledge and skills, experiencing the demands of shipboard life, practicing the teamwork needed for a successful voyage, encountering differing cultures, and working effectively in a shipboard management and organization structure. STCW requirements and assessments are offered for those in licensed programs. 1. The spring/summer training cruise is scheduled portal to portal. Cruise debarkation is scheduled from the Castine pier for Cruise A and Portsmouth State Pier for Cruise B. All Midshipmen on Cruise A will be involved in the Castine on-load and Cruise B will handle the Castine off-load. Both Cruise units will be involved in Portsmouth Cruise A ends upon completion of Portsmouth duties and Cruise B ends when the off-load is complete and the ship has been secured. This is a requirement independent of sea-day counting and the sequence of port visits, and will be waived only in cases where other training conflicts arise. Midshipmen will plan their debarkation arrangements accordingly. 2. The cruise experience consists of classroom instruction, hands-on instruction (watch and maintenance), and personal adaptability to close social living through self-discipline and shared responsibility (shipboard life). All four facets of this experience must be completed to the satisfaction of the respective officers in charge of those areas before cruise credit will be given. Any and/or all STCW cruise requirements and assessments will be satisfied before an academic cruise grade will be given. I-1 B. COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE TRAINING SHIP E-Mail: MMA’s First Class email system will continue while on the Training Ship. Emails need to be kept short and certain restrictions may apply. If emails are not kept at a minimum MMA reserves the right to disconnect an individual’s email, if they abuse the policy. Participants in training cruise will be issued a new email address prior to cruise. MMA IT Department information you will need regarding your email account for this cruise. Your email account on the ship will be the same as your email account at MMA, except your email address will be “@shipmail.mma.edu” instead of “@mma.edu”. While you are on the ship, you can use the same First Class client that you use here at school. In order to access the ship email server, click the “Advanced” button on the client Login Screen. Then click “Setup”. In the server field, type in the IP address of the ship mail server (172.16.0.119) or the name of the server (shipmail.ship.mma). Click the “Save” button. Now your client will connect to the ship email server. Once you are back at school, you will need to change the setting back to access the school email server. While on the ship, if you want to send an email to someone who is also on the ship, you will see their name in the directory (as you do at MMA) and will be able to just select their name in the “To” field. In addition, if you need to send mail to someone at the school who is not cruising, you would address it to their regular school email account. Connectivity while on the ship is provided via satellite connection. This connection is very expensive. In order to control the costs associated with providing email, the size of messages going through the gateway (inbound and outbound) is limited to 15k. While this is not a huge amount, it is large enough to include quite a long text message. Please be mindful of the number and size of messages you send while using the system. Even consider keeping your email signature very short; a several-line-long signature, sent 100 times, can add up to a significant number of bytes. If your message exceeds the 15k limit, it will not be sent, nor will you receive any email sent to you that exceeds this size. This is common practice used by satellite-based email providers. Attachments are not authorized, except for a very select few on the ship for business only. When you receive email from the outside, you may notice that the “From address shows as something like this: [email protected],FirstClass. The system appends the “FirstClass” to the address because the mail is actually coming to you from a gateway in our FirstClass server here on campus. If you want to reply to a message like this, hit the reply button, and in the “To” field, just delete the “FirstClass” portion of the address. Then the email will go out the appropriate gateway and be delivered Ship Mail is only available on the ship. Please continue to use your regular email account until cruise officially begins. Steven Chesley is your IT contact while on cruise, please contact him if you have any questions. I-2 Phones: Outgoing Only Iridium Satellite phone service is available in certain locations of the ship. To use this service phone cards must be purchased in the Ship’s Store or Ship’s Regimental Office and will work similar to standard phone cards. These Iridium Satellite cards