APRIL 1969 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 627

1/ALL HANDS I THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES K. DUNCAN, USN ALL HANDS TheBureau of Nav- TheChief of Naval Personnel 01 PersonnelCareer REAR ADMIRAL M. F. WEISNER, USN Publication.is published monthly by the Bureauof -Naval Personnel for the in- TheDeputy Chief of Naval Personnel formationand interest ofthe naval CAPTAINH. W. HALL, JR., USN service asa whole. Issuanceofthis AssistantChief for Morale Services publicationapproved in accordance withDepartment of theNavy Publico-. tionsand Printing Regu I ati 0 n s, TABLE OF CONTENTS NAVEXOS P-35.Opinions expressed am' not necessarilythose ofthe Navy De- Features partment.Reference to regulations, ordersond directives is forinformation Today's Navymen: Who They Are and Why TheyJoin ...... 2 onlyand does not by publication here- TrainingPlus Courage Moves Mountains 7 inconstitute authority for action. All ...... originalmaterial may be reprintedas Naval Sea CadetCorps: Teenage Seamen Look to the Future .... 8 desired if propercredit is given ALL HANDS.Original articles and informa- Navy Chapel By the Sea ...... 13 tionofgeneral interest moy be for- wardedaddressed tothe Editor, ALL TheMidnight Ride of Lt Clyde Lassen ...... 14 HANDS,Pers GlS, BuPers,Navy De- Teamwork Ashore and Afloat Keeps TangGoing 18 partment,Washington, D.C. 20370 (see ...... page 64). DISTRIBUTION:By Section Is This Any Way to KeepThem Flying? You Bet It Is ...... 20 8-3202of the Bureau of Naval Person- ne1 Manual,the Bureau directs that TheySail onan Indoor Oceanat NSRDC ...... 24 appropriatesteps be tokentoinsure distribution on thebasis of one copy Norfolk LibertyMakes History Come Alive ...... 26 for each 10 officersand enlisted per- Away All Boats ...... 28 sonnel. The Bureau invitesrequests for oddi- tional copies as necessary to comply Departments withthe basic directives.Note that dis- tributionis based on theauthorized Servicescope: News of Other Agenciesand Services ...... 30 number of membersattached, rather thon temporaryfluctuating numbers. Today's Navy 32 ...... TheBureau should be keptinformed Letters to the Editor ...... 56 of changes inthe number of copies required. Humor ...... 63 TheBureau should olso be advised if thefullnumber is not received Bulletin Board regularly. Normally copies forNavy activities Six StatesAward Military Bonus ...... 40 aredistrlbuted only to those on the StandardNavy Distribution List in the Going Overseas? Check FamilyHousing Available in U.S...... 42 expectotion that suchactivities will make furtherdistribution as necessary; JobProspects: College Placement Annual ...... 43 where special circumstanceswarrant sendingdirect sub-activities to the All About Proficiency Pay ...... 44 Bureaushould be informed. Career News for CPOs: Precedenceand Seniority ...... 48 Distribution to Marine Corps person- ne1 is effected by the Commandant Correspondence Courses: Education byMail ...... 50 US. MarineCorps. Requests from Ma- rineActivities should be addressed to NewBoard Studies Rating Structure ...... 54 the Comrnondant. PERSONALCOPIES: This magazineis for sale by Superin- Combat Action Ribbon Authorized ...... 55 tendentof Documents, US. Government Printing Office, Washington. D.C. 20402. Therote for ALLHANDS is25 cents Taffrail Talk ...... 64 per COPY; subscription price $2.50 o year,domestic (includingFPO and APO addressfor overseas moil); $3.50 for- John A. Oudine, elgn.Remittances should be made to Editor theSuperintendent of Documents. Sub- Associate Editors scriptionsare occepted for one, two or three years. G. VernBlasdell, News Don Addor, Layout & Art Ann Hanabury, Research GeraldWolff, Reserve

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THE HARBOR atChu Lai, Vietnam, edinto theboat. They were ready is in constant use by LSTs riding tostart the detonation fuse. low inthe water with theirheavy Witha “pop” the fuse wasstart- cargo. ed.The boat sped away to a safe Of great danger to these ships are distance of 300 yards. Forty seconds coral reefs, some of which have high later, the explosion senta%-foot peaks hidden just below the water’s geyser into the air. The charges had surface. done their work. Explosive OrdnanceDisposal Goingback for a last look, the Team32 wascalled upon to level diversfound that they had planted one of thesedangerous peaks. the explosives perfectly. Thepoten- The three-man team set out from tial hazard was nothing but flattened theSupport Activity boat ramp, rubble at the bottom of the harbor. makinga last-minute check of their -Ed Warner, Seaman, USN. equipment as theywent. When they arrived on the site, two of the EODmen made a test dive to Photos clockwise from upper right: surveythe job theyhad ahead of (1) PettyOfficer Arnold Feller, a them. data processingtechnician, checks The reef peaked at such a height equipment; (2) Gunner’sMate Ken- that it left only a one-foot clearance neth Cline makes a dive to the reef; for passing LSTs. (3) Charges are placedin a canvas The explosive charges were made bag for descent; (4) Resulting expb- ready. The divers wrapped a quick- sion destroysthe reef, onceapo- burningfuse around 125 pounds of tential hazard to shipping. (5) Divers explosives and took the charge to the make several trips to the reef to de- bottom. They planted the explosives, terminesize of charges needed. (6) and covered them with sandbags. Wrapping charges requkes the skill Withthe charges set, the two of Petty OfficerCline and Warrant men swam to the surface. and climb- Officer R. G. Hammond.

Seamen Look to the Future

regular sailor. Whenhe joins the trainingwith the Canadian Navy Cadet is in his second year of train- Corps,he wears a modified U. S. aboard HMCS Quadra and the training, he is ready to advance to E-3. Navy uniform. He studies and drills ing base at Cornwallis. He may also This is the year when the Cadet is in regular Naval Sea Cadet enlisted bechosen to represent the United given two weeks training aboard a Reserve training programs similar to StatesNavy atan International U. S. Navyor a U. S. Naval Re- those followed by Navymen in the SeaCadet Muster. serve vessel orat anaval installa- first four enlisted pay grades. A Sea Cadet learns many of the tionwhere he cancomplete his At first, theCadet reads the basics ayoung man interested in practical factors. same Navy texts studied by the re- the sea and the Navy would want Normally, during his third year, cruit.But the Sea Cadet is nota to know. the 16- to 17-year-old Cadet studies Navyrecruit. He is still a civilian. He is given a course in naval ori- foradvancement to E-4 (acting) He can still do his own thing. The entationand learns the fundamen- andtakes a training cruise aboard Sea Cadet is merely getting a head tals of navalhistory, customs and aFleet type ship to complete his start by doing before he is 17 what traditions. He is taught the elements practicalfactors. A selectedgroup manybegin after their 18th birth- of goodseamanship such as the of Cadets who have proven quali- day. Rules of the Road which he canuse ties and special interestsin oceanog- if he sails in nothing larger than a raphy,medicine, nuclear power, OT ONLY does a Sea Cadet bene- speedboat. Naval Sea Cadets also etc., may beafforded an oppor- fit himself; he has fun doing it. learnnaval etiquette. tunity to attend a special two-week Inaddition to a taste of the sea- A first-year Cadet is usually14 seminar in their field of interest. going life whichhas appealed to or 15 yearsold, and he concen- The Cadet’s fourth year is taken youth for centuries, outstanding Na- trates on the fundamentals of Navy up with special classroom studies or val Sea Cadets (E-3s and petty of- life such as how and when to salute, correspondence courses. During this ficers, acting) may be selected each military discipline and other aspects year, he takestraininga cruise year to represent the U. S. Navy at of theUniform Code of Military aboardFleet-typea ship to com- .., the U. S. Navy/Allied Navies’ Sen- Justice. As the Cadet climbs the ad- pletethe practical factorsfor his ior Exchange Training Program. In- vancementladder, hetakes the rate. He also takes correspondence vitationsfor Sea Cadetexchanges same tests in which Navymen com- courses and training to prepare him havebeen extended by Australia, pete. During his first year, the Ca- forenrollment in the Naval Acad- Bermuda,Canada, England, India det also goes to GreatLakes, San emy and NROTC. and Sweden. Diego or Orlando for two weeks of Evenmore likely, theoutstand- recruit training, similar to that given TRAINING aboardships not only ing Cadet may be among the U. S. a Naval Reservist. provides an opportunity for a Ca- Naval Sea Cadets given exchange When the 15- to 16-year-old Sea det to complete his practicalfac-

On The Spot Training

An Interest in theSea Although the U. S. Navy would liketo see every qualified Naval Sea Cadetbecome a full-fledged Navyman,not every Cadet finds his way into the Sea Service. Cadets who don’t actually join the Navysometimes become interested in marinesciences in which the Cadet Corpsalso fosters interest. Whenthe Naval Sea Cadet Corpsgathers a few more years around it, who knows-it might find itself responsible for starting a marine biologist, oceanographer or other marine scientist along the path to momentous scientific con- tributionswhich will benefitthe Navy and all mankind. tion when being considered for ap- 4th Birthday,Hampton Roads Council pointment, and a letter is sent to the appointing official attestingto the applicant’s desire to become a naval officer. During a Sea Cadet’s training, he is introduced to the variety of skills represented in the Navy rating sys- temand probably has some idea concerningthe rate he wants to strikefor if andwhen he actually enlists in the Regular Navy or the Naval Reserve. A Sea Cadet is introduced to the variety of opportunities the Depart- Cadet Teamwork ment of Defenseteam (and espe- cially the Navy) offers in obtaining an education through USAFI, corre- VariedTraining for SeaCadets spondenceand other courses. He also learns of the opportunities the NavalSea Cadet training fol- andacademic disciplines in air- Navyoffers to work on acollege lows the same schedule adheredto man, fireman and seaman ratings. degreeor, for thatmatter, a high by the Cadets’ Reservist counter- When instructorsare available, school equivalencycertificate. parts.This usually means two classes are also given in U. S. Although the Sea Cadet Program hours a week or, for naval aviation technologicalbackground a nd has been in existence since 1962, it cadets, one weekend a month. growthas well as oceanography alreadyhas 150 unitswith more Trainingmay be conducted at and electronics. than 5000 members in morethan anynaval activity, civilian school Cadets who pass their E-2 ex- half of the states of the Union. Its or government building by quali- aminations may attend two weeks growth has been largely due to the fied civilian Naval Sea Cadetof- of Summer training at Great Lakes, fact that young Americans know a ficers, or by activeduty, retired San Diego or Orlando. These are good thingwhen they see it and or Reserve naval personnel. Naval Reserve Boot Camps which also because of theenthusiastic Thecurriculum prepares the are work andfun for Cadets. leadership of the civilians who vol- Sea Cadet for the same advance- Cadets who pass their E-3 ex- unteer their services as U. S. Naval ment-in-rating examinations which aminations may completetheir Sea Cadet officers-plus the interest areadministered to Navymen. practicalfactors for advancement and support the Navy Department Trainingincludes personal hy- aboardReserve and Fleet ships is giving to this program. Specifical- giene, moral guidance,American or two weeks of intensive training ly, the Navyauthorizes advanced history,customs and traditions, atNaval Reserve Air Stations. enlistment benefits for those Cadets who qualify.

APRIL 1969

Navy Chapel By The Sea

Once a week, the stacks and radar antennas of a Navy ship moor- ed at Long Beach become a church spire. The drone helicopter landing platform serves as an outdoor chapel andthe hangar bayshades a simple altar. The picture wouldn’t be unusual exceptthat many of thoseattend- ingare civilians fromLong Beach and nearby communities who have cometo join Navymen in divine worship. The joint worship was inaugur- ated Commanderby Cruiser- Members of nearbycommunity board DestroyerGroup Long Beach and Navy ship in Long Beach to share in the project is called “Chapel by the Sunday worship. Sea.” The program has two purposes- ship’s companyescort their guests Formembers of thecrew who to encourage civilian parishes to at- onan informal tour of the ship. aren’t ashoreattending services in tendashipboard church service, Coffeeand doughnuts are served. a civilian parish, the Chapel by the and to encourage servicemen to at- For many of the civilians who at- Sea provides a pleasant variation to tend services in civilian parishes. tend the shipboard services, it is a the regular Sunday worship. Parishionersfrom Wilmington, first-timeaboard a Navy vessel. “William C. Shattuck, ENS, USNR. Calif.,were the first to attend the project’s church services aboard Sunday services, withlocal guests, areheld aboard USS Hollister (DD 788). uss Fechteler (DD 870) on a Sun- dayin Maylast year. Services havecontinued every Sundaysince then on various ves- sels, ranging in size from uss New Jersey to the smallest escort ships. Worship services in theChapel by the Sea areconducted by a Navychaplain in aregular shipboard manner. All the participating chaplains are assigned to ships and staffs of the cruiser-destroyer group. The civilian guestsfind there is a difference a between liturgical formsaboard ship and their home churches. For example, an organ is notincluded in theequipage of a Navydestroyer, so hymnalmusic is frequentlytaped. When ships havean organ, it is portablea type usually notto be compared with more stable shore-based instru- ments. After the service, the Chapel by the Sea againbecomes part of a combatship and members of the

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ASTHE UH-2 Seasprite helicopter hovered over the Flyingthe single-engine UH-2was 27-year-old water, its crew listened intently on their earphones Lieutenant(then LTJG) Clyde E. Lassen,officer for a message from the coastline. in chargeof the helo detachmentaboard the guided Somewhere beyond thepitch-dark horizon were missile frigate uss Preble (DLG IS). To his right twonaval aviators whose planehad been shotdown satLieutenant (jg) Clarence L. Cook, his copilot, deep in North Vietnamese territory. and behindthem, his two crewmen,Aviation Elec- Their exact position was not known. No one knew trician’s Mate 2nd Class Bruce B. Dallas, and Avia- even if they were still alive. They had not yet made tionMachinist’s Mate3rd ClassDonald N. West. contactwith any other rescue aircraftin the area. They waited. Seconds became minutes. There was nothing the helicopter crew could do but

*-I” >./. wait and listen as they had done since leavingtheir FINALLY, VOICE COMMUNICATION was established. The downed aviators reported they were sitting on the side of a steep, heavily wooded hillsurrounded by tall trees, thick undergrowth,and an undeter- mined number of enemy troops. Conditionsclearly called for a helicopter. And fast. By thetime the message was completed, LTJG Cook had located the hillside position on his plotting map. He then gave LT Lassen the course tofollow and,while the pilot pressed the UH-2 overthe coast into the enemy land, kept him informed on the layout of thecountryside below. The overcast sky madethe terrain shadowless. Groundobjects were almost indistinguishable when the copter arrived in the search area. At first there were nosigns of the survivors. But, after circling in darkness a few times, the SAR crew sighted the flash of flarepistols and the beam from a rescue strobelight.

LIEUTENANT LASSEN swung the helo toward the il- luminationand moved into survey a probable landing site. A likelyspot, he judged, was a rice paddy at the bottom of the hill, about 200 feet from the downed airmen. He could hover over the clearing long enough for them to make it to the helo, despite the enemy. That was his plan. And it might have worked- and the whole ordeal would probably have been over in a matter ofseconds. But what looked like a quick andsimple rescue turnedout instead to be a real cliff-hanger, one worthy of an entry in the Medal of Honor ledger. Afterdirecting the airmen to maketheir way downthe hill to the rice paddy, thelieutenant commenced a partialhover just high enoughto keep his helo fromsinking in the mud. Thisdrew the enemy’s attentionand they started pouring in small- armsand automatic weapons fire. Petty Officers Dallasand West sighted onthe muzzle blasts and Fewmen set out to wina junior COllegES in San Diego and Medal of Honor. It’s doubtful Pensacola, he expended both ener- thiswas Lieutenant Lassen’s in- gy andinterest in aviation by ap- tent when, seven years ago, he bid plying for acommission through his parentsfarewell and left his theNaval Aviation Cadet pro- Grove City, Fla.,home to enlist gram. in the Navy as an airman recruit. Subsequently,he was designat- If not heroicallyinspired, he edNaval Aviator No. T-9470 was energetic. on 12 Oct 1965, andassigned Afterattending aviation ma- to helicopterduty at NAS Atsu- chinist’s mate school in Memphis, gi, Japan, where, today, he makes andtaking various courses at his homewith his wife, Linda.

returned the fire with the airship’s two door-mounted butthe UH-2 had suffered seriousdamage. It was “60 machine guns. vibratingalmost uncontrollably. Meanwhile,the downed aviators reported over Things couldn’tbe much worse. His fuelwas their rescue transmittersthat they wereunable to dangerouslylow. Hisaircraft was badlydamaged. make itthrough the undergrowth. LT Lassen de- And,he was drawing fire from everyenemy gun cided topull up out of gunrange to evaluate the within range. On top of this, he and the other rescue situation a little further and study another approach. aircrafthad run out of overheadflares. They were strictly in the dark. A further rescue attempt seemed LIKE MOST HELO PILOTS in the combatzone, he hopeless.

I wasrelying on limited experience. He’d been But as far as LT Lassen was concerned, he hadn’t flying only a littlemore than two years. Nonethe- completedhis mission, and he was determinedto do less, he was nonewcomer to naval aviation. Before so, successfully. he earned his wingsthrough the Naval Aviation Again hesized upthe situation,called formore Cadetprogram, he served withthe Fleet for almost flaresand, for the second time, told thedowned three years, attainingthe rate of aviationelectronics aviators to descend the hill and meet him at the rice technician 3rd class. paddy. He hadmet each challenge with success. Now he As skipper,he wasconfident Dallas and West wasabout to make another decision from which couldsuppress theenemy gunners with their “60s there could be no return. untilthe flares arrived. But hehad no desire to go The lieutenant called for a rescue aircraftnearby anotherround in thedark with those skyscraping tomove into the area and illuminate the survivors’ trees. He hadhad enough of them. location withflares. Then he workedthe UH-2 fartherup the hill toward the airmen and located FOLLOWING THE PILOT’S instructions,the two men a probable landing spot between twolarge trees. on the ground attempted once more to work their There, Dallas and West lowered a rescue hoist which waythrough the underbrush toward their rescuers’ theairmen could reach. appointed position. Just as rescue appeared a sure thing, the last of the The delay, thusfar, hadarlowed more enemyto overheadflares went out. Depth perception was arrive on thehill. The helo, inorder to cover the lost momentarilyand the helo veered slightlyto aviators’ descent, had to stay close by. theright. This need for close-quartermaneuvering ma,de it One of thecrewmen yelled thatthey were going nearly impossible forsupport from the other air to hit one of the trees. rescue units to be effectiveagainst thecommunist A sharp jolt went through the helo and it pitched force. As things stood, the airmen’s safety rested nose downinto a tightturn to the right. primarilyon theaccuracy of LT Lassen’s gunners and his abilityto fly his crippled aircraft, both tal- INSTINCTIVELY, LT Lassen righted theaircraft ents which had proven unequaled. and climbed clear of the foliage. No one was hurt, Beforelong, the additional flares arrived and the

16 ALL HANDS sky was again lighted,aiding the lieutenant’s second rid,dled chopper upwardinto the darkness, out of approach tothe paddy. harm’sway. The enemykept theairmen pinned down-at a A thimble of fuelwas in the helo’s tanksas the spot where LT Lassen could not reach. SAR crew headed towardthe sea. This complicated matters evenmore, because En route, LT Lassen’s evasive abilitywas again timesuddenly became a crucial concern. putto the test when hehad tooutmaneuver a last Only 30 minutes of fuelremained in the helo’s effort by theenemy to knock himout of the sky tanks,and both he and LTJG Cookwere aware withantiaircraft fire. of thenumber of miles of enemy territorythat lay By the time he reached thewater and set down between themand friendly hands. Theremight be on the helo pad of the guided missile frigate uss enoughtime for one more attempt. No more. Jouett (DLG 29), there was scarcely more than five minutes’ flight timeremaining in the helicopter’s THE LIEUTENANT called for anotherflare drop fuel lines. and commenced his final rescue attempt.For a The account of the rescue was logged asa suc- momentthe sky was lighted like high noon. But, cessful, routine SAR mission. Butat NAS Atsugi, justwhen the helo reached analtitude of about 50 home base for HelicopterCombat Squadron Seven, feet overthe rice paddy,the flare went out. There the rescue flight of 19 Jun 1968 will be acclaimed wasnothing but darkness. Luck, never of the best as one of the most daring feats of flying to come out in this episode, had seemed to run out. of theVietnam conflict. With no time towait for another flare drop, the LT Clyde E. Lassen became the first naval aviator young pilot went for broke and turned on his landing andfifth Navyman to be awardedthe Medal of lights so hecould see toset down. Thiswithdrew Honorfor bravery in Vietnam. the enemy’s concentration on thetwo airmen, who His copilot, LTJG Cook,was awarded the Navy unhesitatingly cleared thebrush and dashed toward Crossfor his gallantpart played inthe rescue. The the lights. two crewmen, Petty Officers West and Dallas, were In ahail of lead, the copter crew pulled the two- awarded Silver Stars. some on board as the pilot lifted his vibrating, bullet- “Marc Whetstone, Chief Journalist, USN.

APRIL 1969 17 valves and thousands of switches and wasquickly made by a fast cruise indicator lights. during which the sub remained pier- Nor were the crew’s living spaces side with secured entry and exit. The neglected. The enlisted mess and of- crewmembersconducted drills and ficers’ wardroom were modernized, a maneuverswithin thesubmarine passagewaywas paneled and floors learning Tang’s systems and becom- wereretiled. ing familiar with new nomenclature The crew which will benefit from in the electronics,engineering, com- the face-liftingincludes one plank- munication and navigationalsystems. ownerwho has spent 21 years in Wheneveryone knew his job, submarines, 12 of whichhave been Tang put to sea, her klaxon sounded with Tang. Most of thecrewmem- and her nose sliced the surface near bers,however, were making their theHawaiian Islands. While other firstcruise in asub. In fact, less climes wereenjoying afrosty nip thanone-third of themen aboard in the air,the Pacific, near Hawaii werequalified in subswhile Tang at least, hada Tang in thewater. was in drydock. “c. R. Elliott, Compensationinexperiencefor Chief Journalist, USN.

ATWHIDBEY ISLAND NavalAir Station,Wash., the men who maintain the Intruder for the Pacific Fleet A-6A squadrons receive their traininginAttack Squadron 128 (VA128) and inNaval Mainte- nance Training Detachment 1001. Thereare six major aviation maintenanceratings in the current training program at VA 128 - Avi- ation StructuralMechanic (AM), Aviation Ordnanceman (AO), Avi- SKIN GRAFT - Structural mechanlc (rtruc- ENGINE DOCTOR - An aviationmachinist's ation Electrician's Mate (AE), Avi- tures)trainee learns to replacea section mate(jet) mechanic repairsA-6Aan of A-6A 'kkin." engine. ation Electronics Technician (AT), AviationFire Control Technician (AQ) , andAviation Machinist's Mate Jet Engine Mechanic(AD J). The tools and knowledge of all are necessary to keep the Intruder ready to go. Navymenwho receive theA-6A maintenancetraining atWhidbey eitherstay in VA 128-which also instructs pilots and bombardier-nav- igators to fly and fight the A-6A- or go to one of the four Whidbey- based fleetoperational squadrons, VA 52, VA 145, VA 165,or VA THE EXPERTS - Aircrewmen'slives de- READY - Training of mointenancemen 196. pend on skill of maintenancemen. resultsaninaircraft ready perform.to When an A-6A maintenance-designated trainee arrives at VA 128, hehas from12 to 22 weeksof in- IS!

tensive training ahead of him,de- pending upon his specialty or rating. And he is probably intensely trained already. If, for instance,he is an AQ, he has already had as much as 41 weeks of Navy schooling before he arrives "and he hasas much as 22 weeks of trainingto go. HOWEVER, theactual length of trainingwill be determinedon anindividual basisas indicated by thetrainee's pastexperience and training, his rate,and the require-

APRIL 1969 21 qualified teacher-in the hangar, he automatically. Acting upon informa- weeks. The success of an A-6A mis- is under the careful eyes of men who tion provided in this integrated com- sion depends just as much onthe have been maintaining the A-6A for puter-radar system, thecrew can electrica.1systems, jet engines, ord- quite some time. preselect on DIANEan automatic nance loadingand release mechan- course of action fortheir A-6A isms, andstructural aspects of the N INDUSTRY-TRAINED computer which will take them to the target, aircraft being right as it does on the A technician doesn’t havea thing dischargetheir weapons on it, an’d electronics systems. on the AQ. An AQ’s training usual- permit them to leave the area along LieutenantRobert A. Gammons, ly includes, if he is new to the Navy, apredetermined route-all in the the VA 128 technicaltraining offi- 12 weeks of recruittraining, two dark of night overrugged terrain cerand an LDO with 17 years in

PULLINGENGINE - Traineeswork slowly lowering in on A-6A engine for maintenance work.

CLASSROOMREPAIR - Novymentrain for squadron jobs. MUSCLE and intelligence are necessary ingredients for work on the aircraft. weeks of aviationprep school, 16 without the crew ever looking out- aviationmaintenance pointed out, weeks of avionics fundamentalsat side theaircraft. AQs and ATs “Theseyoung men wetrain here an A school, 11 weeks of Aviation maintainthe complicated system. make the A-6A missionpossible. FireControl Technician A school, That’s why. “Theyarrive here bright and andfrom 18 to 22 weeks of AQ But the other A-&A maintenance ready to go. Since we were commis- training in theA-6A. An AT re- personnel arejust as important to sionedin September 1967, some ceives similartraining. the aircraft as are the AQs andATs 5100 have left here a little brighter, Why? Simply because boththe “and theextent of theirtraining de think, ready to make or break AQs and ATs work with a not-so- shows it. Training in the classroom theirsquadrons. simple arrangementcalled DIANE and on-the-job for AMs is 14 to 16 “A look at theWhidbey A-6A -Digital IntegratedAttack and weeks; AOs, 14 to 16 weeks;AEs, squadrons’ achievements dateto Navigation System. 16to 18 weeks; ADJs, 14 to 16 shows us that they’re making them.” DIANEis designed tofree the A-6Acrew from the consideration ”Story by Lieutenant (is)Joseph W. Burgess, USN. of detailswhich can be performed -Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Tom L. Jones, USN. APRIL 1969 23

Destroyer model undergoing tests.

Model shose is sketched.

Profile of a model is cut.

When the crudeship’s hull comes out of theglue press, it is run through a profiling machine which whittles it down to the point where hand tools such as axes and planes may be used. When shaped according to speci- fications, the testboat is painted andpassed on to the fitting room where it is instrumentedwith test equipment. Theseboats, accurate to within N THE BANKS of thePotomac years. 1/32 of an inch, are subjected to a River nearWashington, D.C., The test boats are made of sugar wide variety of tests in the waters is located an indoor ocean. pineplanks which are glued hori- of the SRDC testbasins. It happens to be thelargest exist- zontally in the general shape of the Wave-makingmachines subject ing laboratory in the U. s. for test- proposedaircraft carrier, cruiser, themto furiously pounding wave ing ship designs with scale models. destroyer or tanker hull-linemodels. action.Tests areconducted as to With the mission of studying the. Submarine models are made of ma- speed,maneuverability, critical shape of ships of tomorrow’s Navy, hogany to givethem more dura- anglebefore capsizing, amount of the facilities now locatedat the bility for the tests. pitch, roll and yaw in heavyseas, Naval Ship Research and Develop- Conventional boats are relatively andit is all fed intocomputers mentCenter (formerly the David thin-skinned in contrast to the rug- where testresults arerecorded. Taylor Model Basin) at Carderock, ged experimental boats fashionedby Models may cost as much as$50,- Md., are the finest of their type in the 35 NSRDCmodelers, because 000 or as little as $1000, Test boats the world. However, the technique the latter must be accurate in every are tried out in the basin before the itself has changedlittle in recentdetail as well as warp-free. big ships are constructed. Working out the problems of a giant ship on w a model before construction is considered to be the best and cheapest way, and results in savings of mil- lions of dollars. It is an inexpensive way to avoid the risk of building a ship that won’t perform as required. Even as the ships, which are the first of their type, are being built, testscontinue on theprototype model to make sure that the basic advantages in structural strength, propellersand ship design are in- corporated.

“Hoyle A. Taylor Chief Journalist, USNR (Ret)

1969 Career Motivation LAST MONTH ALL HANDSmade its first report on The conferees, whowere listed inlast month’s re- the 1969 Career Motivation Conferenceand the port, were divided into three panel groups forintensive workshop study that preceded it. The conference was study into theareas of personal communications, career held in early March at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent considerations and personnel welfare. The specific rec- River, Md., with seniorrepresentatives from major ommendationsdeveloped duringthe conference are sea and shore commands in attendance. being submitted to the Chief of NavalPersonnel for Its mission was to study ways and meansof moti- his consideration andapproval byhigher authority vating Navymen toward a service career. where required. Some of them can be approached at Vice Admiral Charles K. Duncan, USN, Chief of Naval the unitcommand level; still others require extensive Personnel,welcomed the members of the conference, effort and coordination atthe headquarters echelon; which was held under the sponsorship of the Chief of and others require effort at all levels. They focus the Naval Operations, Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN. attention of the fleet on the Navy’s recognition of cer- Mr. James D. Hittle, the newly-appointed Assistant tain problem areas and the sincere efforts being made Secretary of the Navy (Manpowerand Reserve Af- to effect changes and improvements which will moti- fairs),attended the closing session as representative vate the Navyman, enlisted and officer, to a naval ca- of SecNavJohn H.Chafee. reer. Among them are ways to: “Retention is at the core of Navy life, as it reflects Improveinternal communications andbetter in- attitudes, morale and the way we do our job in looking form Navalpersonnel of theircareer opportunities, afterour people,”said Asst. SecNav Hittle.He em- rights, benefits and privileges. phasized the importance of personalizedeffective ca- Establish an organization to assist commandsin reer counseling. stimulating career motivation,including provision for improved career advisory service. ARTICIPATING COMMANDS included Atlantic and Pa- Establish a meaningful sea pay. p cific Fleets; Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, Atlantic and Improve personnel management. Pacific; Submarine Forces, Atlantic and Pacific; Naval Improve administrative practices in family support Air Forces, Atlantic and Pacific; Mine Forces, Atlantic areas, for example-household effects damage claims, and Pacific; Amphibious Forces, Atlantic and Pacific; and so forth. Service Forces,Atlantic and Pacific; andTraining Improveeducation opportunities and align with Commands, Atlantic and Pacific. career patterns. In addition there were senior representatives of the Improveand increasehousing ashore andship Naval Air Training Command; U. S. Naval Academy; habitability. Naval Postgraduate School; Naval TrainingCenter; Improve legal and medical services. Naval Officer Candidate School; First, Fifth and Ninth Improve use of recreational facilities. Naval Districts; the Naval Schools Command; and the Future issues of ALL HANDSwill treat specific rec- Chief of Information. ommendations separately as they are executed.

Career Motivation Conference Below: VADM Charles K. Duncan(left), Chief ofNaval Personnel, served as host. To his left are RADM H. L. Miller,Commander of the NATC, and RADM R. R. Crutchfield,Assist- antChief for Plans and Programs, BuPers. TOP Right:Personnel Welfare Panel. Lower Right: PersonalCommunications Panel.

30 Lonterence Here are excerptsfrom the keynotespeech of the An importantadjunct to the authority, responsi- Chief of Naval Personnel to the 1969 Career Motiva- bility and accountability trinity is the element of pres- tion Conference. tige. Aqrogram restoring the naval officer’s andpetty ADVERSE TRENDS inretention continue to persist in officers self-confidence and image, by a series of ac- spite of the considerable efforts we have made to tionsfiltering down from the top, will convince him dateto reverse them. It is truethat external factors the Navy intends positive support in this direction. over which we have little or no control contribute sig- Prestige is asubtle thing which we substitute for nificantly tothese trends. Nevertheless, a review hs monetaryreward in themilitary service. Itcan only shownthat all possible worthwhileactions may not exist in anenvironment of authority. It is apersonal as yet have been taken. characteristic that derivesfrom the pride of true author- Higher retention will result from better motivation. ity. It would seem that our basic problem is to restore The first task is thereforeto create an environment toNavymen in positions of leadershipa feeling that conducive to motivating our people toward career serv- they have this authority, that it is recognized and that ice. Such an environment must, of course, be credible, theytherefore may enjoythe prestige which accom- and must have the full support of the entire Navy. panies it. The theme of the conference is CareerMotivation: Challenge to Leadership. We in the Navy look with In my view, this prestige will accrue automatically prideupon Navyaccomplishments and victories tothose leaders who are strong enough to delegate broughtabout by superb leadership-and rightly so. theirresponsibility and authority-those men who re- Certainly,the basic principles of goodleadership are tainfor themselves full accountability for the actions immutable. We should not, however, overlook possible of those to whom they delegate. shifts in leadership emphasis that may be essential to One of the most important steps any of us can take keep our leadership techniques current and effective. toward the goals of career motivation is to make every effortto restore the naval officer and petty officer to their proud position, where accountability was expect- edand authority and responsibility recognized. The obstacles are great, and we seem to see the mores of our culture move farther away from the give and take of a responsible society. But we alsosee daily examples where enlightened leadership has produced the results that we seek.

Oneelement we seldommention, but important The commander, officer or petty officerwho ex- tokeep in mind, is thefun we can derive from the pects effectively to motivate his subordinates must re- Navy. If we don’t find some fun in what we’re doing, late to them in terms beyond his formal authority. We we’re not doing it right. mustemphasize a more personalized attention to the individual,and actively enlist the support of our of- Do not letcurrent directives or ways of doing ficers and men in achieving clearly defined goals. thingskeep you fromrelying on your best judgment It is equallyimportant that we understand what and imagination in recommending remedial actions, or hasnot changed in leadershipprinciples, andwhich in proposing new ways to improve motivation. cannot change if we expect to fulfill all of our obliga- tions in the Navy. 0 The main task now is to motivate quality people One leadershipconcept is validtoday as it has toseek acareer in the Navy so that we will havea ahvays been-and that is the relationship between re- truly professional, dedicated career force. Officers and sponsibility,authority, and accountability. These key petty officers must feel this responsibility just as surely elements of leadership form a trinity, no part of which as the commanding officer for the ship at sea. Attesting we can allow to be absent or out of balance. to the fact thatwe have a motivation problem, is a In any leadership situation, the first prerequisite is deluge of correspondence from enlisted men and jun- responsibility.This must befollowed immediately by ior officers: menwho cannot get the answers locally; the authority required to complete the task. whoserequest is arbitrarilyheld up; whohave real Thesetwo concepts are well known-therelation- personal problems no one in the command will listen ship between ‘‘responsibility and commensurate author- to. Whenwe cure thissituation-when we attaina ity of our leaders.” The third element, accountability, really professionalcareer force, the always-present is not nearIy so well known, and is too often misunder- problem of personnel turnover and training new men stood, particularly outside of the Navy. will shrink to its proper size.

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New Type Target May Hit Bullseye

Future missile andgunnery theweighted airscoop to drop, Use of thelarger target offers marksmanship of Fleetaircraft andpull the target out of the otheradvantages. Abarge, for andships may sharpenedbe canister. example,must always be towed throughthe use of a newlyin- Air enteringthe airscoop dur- to thetarget area, therefore pre- ventedsurface target. ingdescent passes up the tube sentingahazard to navigation. Calledthe Self-Inflating Sur- and fills the target like a balloon. The SET is either carried to the face Target (SIST), it was devel- Then,when the target hits the area or dropped into the area. To opedat the Point Mugu Pacific water,the air is trappedand qualify as ananchored vessel, a Missile Range and Center primar- compressed by the water rising in barge mustcomply with marine ily fortesting air-to-surface mis- the tube, thus inflating the target. safety regulations and carry lights, siles. But, because of its low cost Aboard ship smaller targets, six- black sh'ape display, foghorns and production,thetarget appears to 12-foot models, are inflated by the like. Inaddition, a barge is equallyattractive for shipboard directing the airscoop into at least normally under radar surveillance gunnery practice. 10-knota wind. Once inflated, as anadded safety precaution Made of a brightly colored plas- they are simply dropped into the should it slip its mooring. On the ticpolyester material, the target water ready to be shot at. otherhand, the plastic radar re- comes in avariety of sizes in a Tests of the novel target are be- flective coated target need not be pyramidicalshape with edges ing made by Fleet surface and air recovered;therefore, itpresents measuring up to 20 feetlong. units from San Diego and Roose- no hazard to navigation, nor does Self-inflation is achievedthrough velt Roads, P. R. One 20-foot tar- it require attendance. a long,flexible plastic tubethat get,deployed from ahelicopter Inventor Raymond S. Daughen- extendsfrom the center of the at 10,000 feet,was observed clear- baugh, an engineer at the Center, target base. At the end of the tube ly at a slant range of 10 nautical says there are other possible uses is a weighted airscoop. miles. for thetarget. It could, forin- When used as a missile target, Theestimated production cost stance, be adapted for aerial sup- theSIST is packedaccordion of theSIST is under $300 per ply dropseither on land or on fashionand placed in acanister target,including packaging. The sea, or used as anactive or pas- which is attached to the aircraft approximate cost for thefoam- sive positionmarker, or, in an bombrack. Fordeployment, the filled, steel sectional barges pres- emergency, serve as a raft for res- pilot pulls a release pin, allowing ently in use is $8000. cue operations.

ON TARGET - Artist conceptshows new missile and gunnerytarget dropped fromaircraft (left) and float- ingon surface (right). The airscoop inflates targetand seasact as plug, trapping airin thebag.

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SLINGSHOT TEAM - PBR speeds along river in South Vietnam to stop flow of enemy supplies duringOperation Slingshot while helogives air cover.

Operation Slingshot Force and armored assault support other. By the fifth day, the enemy In SouthVietnam, the Vam Co patrol boats patrolled the rivers as was convinced Operation Slingshot Tay and Vam Co Dong Rivers form helicoptersprovided air cover and was in earnest and stepped up his thearms of agiant slingshot and carried out strikes along the rivers. riverambushes to prevent disrup- reachtoward Saigon-within 15 Heavily armored monitors of the tion of his supplysystem. miles at one point. Navy’s River Assault Flotilla One After the shooting was over, the With an open highway like that, took part in theoperations as did men of OperationSlingshot had it is small wonder that communists armoredtroop carriers filled with whatthey had gone after. Ten usedthe rivers toresuppply their U. S. andSouth Vietnamese fight- enemyweapons caches had been battalions in theupper Mekong ing men. uncoveredalong or near the Vam Deltaand the lower I11 Corps The Army providedits Cobra Co Dong River. Sevenof them were Tactical Zone. helicopter gunships, spotter aircraft concentratedwithin 25 miles of UnitedStates and Vietnamese andheavy artillery as well as Saigon. forces, however, moved in to cramp ground troops while the Air Force WithUnited States and South the Viet Cong’s style with what was brought tactical air strikes to bear. Vietnamese forces regularly patrol- appropriately called Operation During the first few days of the ling the Vam CoDong and the Slingshot. operation, both sides skirmished to Vam CoTay Rivers, Charlie was Navy PBRs of the River Eatrol determinethe intentions of the minus one more route to Saigon.

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the following order for death benefits: surviving hus- band or wife; survivingchildren (shareand share alike), surviving parents(in equal shares) or person who stood in loco parentis. Those eligible areauthorized payment of $15for each month (er majorfraction thereof) of service in theUnited States or the District of Columbia. The maximum amount payable is $225. Twenty dollars is paid to eligible applicants for each month of service outside the United States or the Dis- trict of Columbiawith a maximum amount of $300 authorized. If the VeteransAdministration determines avet- eran hasa 60per cent or greater service-connected disability, he is entitled to a maximum of $300 re- gardless of service length. Three hundred dollars is also paid to beneficiaries of veterans who died during their service as a direct result or in the course of duty in Vietnam. Waivers of service timeand timeserved in pay Applications should be sent to the Executive Direc- grade E-3, similar to those authorized participants in tor of the Veterans Payment Commission, 1224 King theFebruary exams, arebeing granted. Candidates, St., Wilmington, Del. 19801. however, must be serving in pay grade E-3 on the day of the exam. Massachusetts' Vietnam Bonus Lawrequires the Furthermore, individuals who do not have pay grade applicantsto have served at least six months after 1 E-3 evaluationsfor the six-month period ending16 Ju1 1958 and to have been domiciled in the state for Mar 1969, may use their E-2 evaluations for the same at least six months immediately before starting military period, or they may have a special evaluation prepared service. Career men still in service must havehad as of 30 Apr1969, atthe discretion of their com- Massachusetts domicile at least six months before 1 Jul manding officer. 1958,and may be requiredto furnish proof of con- All other requirements peculiar to regular examina- tinued residency. tion requirements must bemet at least by 6 May. Those whoserved outside thecontinental United Theyinclude correspondencecourses, performance States in the Vietnam area and those who are other- tests (such as typing), and either the military or lead- wise qualified areentitled to a $300 bonus,while ership exam, as the case may be. thosewho served in theUnited States or elsewhere A reminderto those individuals who wish to be- in the world than inVietnam are entitled to receive comepostal clerks or servein the communications $200. technician and radiomanratings: you must be U.S. There is a similar provision concerning death bene- citizens. fits paidto the survivors of aMassachusetts service- To increase the opportunity for advancement, those man. The next of kin of a serviceman who dies while persons who took the February 1969 exam but have on active dutyare eligi'ble to receive $300. Onthe not yet received the results of that exam,may par- otherhand, the survivors of aserviceman who dies ticipate in the May testing.If, afterward, the candi- afterhe is released from active dutyare entitled to date is authorizedadvancement as aresult of the $200. February examination, then the May exam will be in- Applicationsfor bonus anddeath benefits may validated. be obtained from the Commonwealth of Massachu- The PO3 exam to be administered is Series 50. setts, State Treasurer, Bonus Division, Room 227, State House, Boston, Mass. 02133. Commissioned officers still in service are not eligible for the bonus at the present time, as the DD Form 214 List of New Motion Pictures Currently is required. It is expected that an amendment to cor- Available to Ships and Overseas Bases rect this point will be offered at the next session of Here's a list of recently released 16-mm feature mo- the legislature. tion pictures available to ships and overseas bases from the Navy Motion Picture Service. Movies in color are designated by (C) and those in wide-screen processes by ( WS) . Special PO3 Exam Set for May House of Cards (WS) (C) : Drama; George Pep- Normally, there is a six-month waitbetween ad- pard,Inger Stevens. vancement exams. ADandy in Aspic (WS)(C): Melodrama; Laur- But not this year. Not for seamen, airmen, firemen enceHarvey, Mia Farrow. and qthersserving in paygrade E-3. AnyGun Can Play (WS)(C): Western; Edd Next month, onTuesday, 6May, a special Navy- Byrnes, Gilbert Roland. wide examination foradvancement to petty officer DeadfaZZ (C): Drama; Michael Caine,Giovanna 3rd class will be held for all ratings. Ralli.

APRIL 1969 41 A Flea in Her Ear (WS) (C): Comedy; Rex Har- your family will be assured occupancy until they leave rison, RachelRoberts. to rejoin you whenyou return from overseas. Other- He Who Rides a Tiger: Drama;Tom Bell, Paul wise, they will be informed at the time of assignment Rogers. to quarters how longthey will bepermitted to oc- The Devil in Love: Comedy;Vittorio Gassman, cupy them. Mickey Rooney. If you payrent for excess familyquarters, you A Thousand and One Nights (C): Drama; Luciana areentitled toreceive BAQ andseparation allow- Paluzzi, Jeff Cooper. ance. However, if you do not pay rent (that is, if the Bmdolero (WS)(C): Western;James Stewart, housing is operatedby the military department as Dean Martin. publicquarters) then youshould expect to forfeit The Murder Clinic (WS)(C): Mystery Drama; both. William Berger,Francoise Prevost. The list of quartersbelow represents housing not Treasure of Sun Gennaro (C): Comedy;Harry needed by military personnel assigned to duty in the Guardino, Senta Berger. area of the given activity; therefore, assignments will Ragarr (C): Drama;Ty Hardin, Antonella Lualdi. bemade on a first-come, first-served basis. Fur From the Madding Crowd ( WS) (C) : Roman- To apply, either you or your wife may make appli- ticDrama; Julie Christie, Alan Bates. cationdirectly to thecommanding officer or family Hellfighters (WS)(C): Action Drama;John housingofficer of the activityconcerned. The appli- Wayne, Katherine Ross. cationshould include: Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (WS) Name,rank or grade, service, service number, (C): Musical; Peter Noone, Sarah Caldwell. andlength of militaryservice. The Sand Pebbles (WS) (C) : Action Drama; Steve Name of wife or other adult who will act as head McQueen, Richard Attenborough. of thefamily during the overseas tour. Names, sex and ages of other members of the fam- If You're Headed Overseas, Check ily and the number of bedrooms required. Family Housing Available in US. The date housing is needed and, if known, how WHERE YOU HOUSE yourfamily while serving an longit will beoccupied. unaccompaniedtour overseas is alwaysa major When youreceive permanent change of station concern. It could be less of a problem if you're inter- ordersto overseas duty, you may arrange,according ested in obtainingmilitary public quarters, provided to JointTravel Regulations, tohave your authorized the family is flexible about the region of the country weight in household goods transported at government wherethey are willing to live. expense to any location of your choice in the U. S. The latest list of DODmilitary public quarters Transportation of yourdependents is also author- availabledescribes accommodations atmilitary ac- izedat no cost to you aslong as you qualifyand tivities in Kansas, Maine,New Mexico, Utahand provideda similar expensehas not previously been Washington(see NavFacNote 11101 (CH 1) of 18 allowedunder the same PCS order. If you do not Dec 1968). qualifyfor either government-cost household or de- (A listing of adequatemilitary quarters at various pendent transportation, then the expense of the move locationsavailable to families of Navymenserving is yours. unaccompaniedtours is publishedquarterly and sent toall Navy ships and stations. Acopy is also in- ERE THE LIST by state and activity of the quar- cludedwith orders issued foroverseas assignments.) IS '1 '1 ters available for which you may apply: Normally,once located at one of theselocations, Kansas-SchillingAir Force Base at Salina has 215 family quarters forofficers, including 19 two-bed- Housingfor your family is available in fivestates if you are scheduled foran unoccompanied overseas tour of duty. room, 154 three-bedroom and 42 fourdbedroomunits. Enlistedfamily quarters available include 139, 343 and 38 two-,three- and four-bedroom units, respectively. TheseCapeharts are normally available after a waiting period of from 30 to 45 days but have no restrictivetime limits onoccupancy. Apply to the FamilyHousing Manager, Schilling Manor Sub Post, Salina, Kans. 67401; phone: 913, TA5-1112, Ext. 1113. Maine -The BangorHousing Authority in Bangor has 80 three- and four-bedroom Capehart units available for which forfeiture of BAQ and separation allowance is notrequired. This housing is offeredon a rental basis. Your application will be accepted by the Manager,Bangor Housing Authority, 26 Downeast Circle,Bangor, Maine 04401; phone: 207, 942-0095. New Mexico-The Roswell HousingAuthority in Roswell also hasrental units available which do not

42 All HANDS requirethe forfeiture of BAQ orseparation allow- Lookingfor a Job After Retirement ance.Open toboth officer and enlisted families, Or Release fromActive Duty? theseWherry dwellings, of 101 two-bedroom,204 Officer and enlisted college graduates scheduled for three-bedroom and 14 four-bedroom units, are located separationfrom the Navy-including retirement or six miles north of Roswell. transfer to the Fleet Reserve-are reminded of the job Theyare available until 31 Ju1 1970.Although opportunitieslisted in the CollegePlacement Annual there are no exchange, commissary or medical facili- for 1969. ties at the development, stores, doctors, churches and This annual, distributed to each ship andstation and schools arelocated in nearby Roswell. School buses tomajor libraries throughoutthe Navy, lists alpha- areprovided for children. To apply, contact the betically the names, addresses and employment needs executivedirector, Roswell HousingAuthority, Ros- of 2000 corporate and local, state and federal govern- well, N. Mex. 88201;phone: 505, 347-5461. Utah-At theDefense Depot in Ogden, 100 apart- ment employers. Included are cross-indexed listings of theseemployers occupationand geographic loca- ments are available. Four of the six apartments which by may be assigned to officer families, and twoof the four tion, as well asarticles which should assist the job- enlistedapartments are three-bedroom units. All oth- seeker in pursuit of his career goals in private industry ers aretwo-bedroom units. Application should be or with the government. made to Director, Installation Services, Defense Depot, Civilianemployment assistance is also availableto Ogden,Utah 88401; phone: 399-7011. collegegraduates through the Graduate Resume Ac- Washington ”One two-bedroomunit is listedavail- cumulationand Distri’bution. able to an enlisted family at Indian Island Annex, 30 Participants should, however, use a GRAD resume miles north of the Naval Ammunition Depot, Bangor. form. Brochures containing a reply card for ordering a Situated in an isolated, rural area outside the circle of GRAD resume form and more information about the pulblic transportation, this housing is located 14 miles system may be requested by commands from the Chief fromPort Townsend. Shopping and civilian medical of NavalPersonnel (Pers G224), Navy Department, facilities areavailable in PortTownsend. For emer- Washington,D.C. 20370. Brochures are available in gency medical treatment, a first aid station is operated sufficient quantity fordistribution to college gradu- at the annex. Nearby public schools provide bus serv- atesbeing separated, retired or transferred to the ice for children through the 12th grade. Submit appli- Fleet Reserve. cationto the Housing Officer,Quarters “G”, NAD Additional copies of the College Placement Annual Bangor,Bremerton, Wash. 98314; phone: 206, 478- for 1969, to be used for counseling purposes, may also 5293. berequisitioned in accordancewith NavSup P-2002, Also inWashington State, three miles southeast of Stock List of Forms and Publications. Moses Lake, is a Capehart housing development which offersat no forfeiture of BAQ orseparation allowance 131 three-bedroomrental suites to both officer New JAG Device Is Symbolic and enlisted families. Shoppingfacilities andjunior andsenior high schools areavailable in Moses Lake. It’scalled a Mill Rind-that new Judge Advocate General Akindergarten and elementary school areconducted Corpscenter device worn by navallegal assistance officers. Unless at the Port of Moses Lake Housing Division. The near- you’re a studentof heraldry, you may not have guessed. Lookat each element that makes upthe insignia and you estexchange and commissary facilities are at Fair- should see immediately its significance. childAFB, 110 miles away.Apply to Port of Moses The two gold oakleaves curvingto form asemicircle symbolize Housing Division, Port of Moses Lake, Wash. 98837; two things-the strength ofthe hulls of earlyNavy ships con- phone: 509, RO 2-5541. structedof oak timbers;and acounterbalance, suchas the scales Keep in mind that all excess accommodations listed uponwhich justice is weighed. above are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Surmounted between the oakleaves isthe mill rinde, some- However,through corresponding with the activity in timesreferred to as the link or crampof a millstone.Down which you are interested, they should be able to project throughthe years, this implement, centered inthe lower of tw someidea when accommodations will be available if millstones,has been used to bearand guide the upper millstone all units arecurrently occupied. equallyand directly in its course. In so doing, it keeps thestone trackingproperly, thereby contributing steadiness equally to every part. Useof the mill rindeas a juridicalsymbol was suggested as early as 1572 by authorBossewell, in his Worker of Armorie. He wrote that sucha device ”mightconveniently be assignedand given to judges, justicesand to such otherswho have jurisdiction of thelaw, as a sign, or token for them to bear intheir arms This is to say . . . all judges are ‘bounden’ andtied in conscience togive equally to every manthat which ishis right.”Other heraldryauthorities have supported this concept, which led toits inception into the Navy. Here in theUnited States, the Navy has had legal assista’nce officers on itsrosters since theCivil War, but neveras members of a distinctlegal corps. Now it does, and its newJudge Advocate General Corpsinsignia handsomely reflects their profession.

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nlay be eligible for the award of pro pay if assigned an specialtypay based on your NEC assignment (as re- eligible propay NEC and assignedto an authorized flected in your command’s 1080-14) may begin on the corresponding billet. first day of the accounting month provided, of course, However, if the rating to which you are converting you are otherwise eligible. is eligible for pro pay on a rating-wide basis, you may Exactly how long your Specialty Pay continues de- not draw the extra money until the change in rating pends on how you perform in your specialty, and on is actually effected. yourcontinuing eligibility. Specifically,pro pay is The requirement thatyou be assigned to and serving terminated on the date you: in a billet reflectedon the Manpower Authorization Fail to maintain eligibility or perform at a proper may be waived while you: standard. Attend a formal course of instruction directly re- Are reduced to a pay grade noteligible for pro pay. lated to your pro pay specialty while on duty, tempo- Commenceconfinement. (Notethat loss of pro rary duty, or temporary additional duty under instruc- pay may not in itself be prescribed as a punishment.) tion. Are detached for transfer to the ADCOP program, Attend a formal course of instruction required to or to preparatory school as a candidate for the NESEP qualifyyou for special assignment in yourspecialty program, appointment to the Naval Academy, or some other program leading to a commission. Are assigned a billet or detailed to duties not re- quiring the skills on which your pro pay was based. You may be in a transient or leave status of 90 days or less and not lose your pro pay. Also, if you receive some additional duty assignment which does not inter- ferewith your principal duties, or receive temporaly Pro Pay dutywhich requires the use of skills onwhich your pro pay is based, you may continue to receive awards. If your temporary duty does not require pro pay skills, whileon duty,temporary duty, or temporary addi- the awards will be terminated after 90 days. tional duty under instruction. If you are assigned to duty under instruction, tem- Serve on permanent change of station, temporary poraryor otherwise, andthe courserequires the use duty,or temporary additional duty while assigned to of your pro skills, youmay continue receiving the aprecommissioning or recommissioning detail. awards. If yourtechnical skills are not required,the Commanding officers of service schools and training propay is canceledafter 90 days.However, if the commands may authorize initial awards of pro pay to school is required to qualify you for some special as- men attending coursesor undergoing training which signmentin your pro pay specialty, the awards may requiresthe skills onwhich the awards are based. continue. However, all eligibility requirements must be met be- Also, your pro pay may continue for up to 12 months forethe initial awardsare made. while you are in a patient status. As specified in thenew pro pay instruction, each If you are assigned to duty which results in reclassi- award must be based on authorization for the recipient to be identified with the appropriate NEC or rating, or on certification of eligibility for the applicable NEC. Identification and certification of NEC eligibility must be accomplished in one of the following ways: The Chief of Naval Personnel, by endorsement on commandrecommendations, certifies NECqualifica- tion. Upon receipt of a BuPers endorsement, credits of Specialty Pay may commence as of the date of command recommendation. An authorized training command makes a page 13 entrywhich certifies you havecompleted a course qualifyingyou for the pro pay NEC. (BuPers Inst 1220.24 series containscourse listings.) You arerec- ommendedto BuPersfor the NEC assignment. You then may be awarded pro pay effective the date you begin on-the-job service within the skill for which the award is authorized. The Chief of Naval Personnel records authorized NEC assignments in theenlisted master tape of the NavalManpower Information System. The following accountingmonth, these NECs are reflected in the BuPersReport 1080-14 as primaryor secondary assignments. If you hadnot established NEC award eligibility under one of the other methods, credits of

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E N -4 35 6 EN, EN-4356 MM P-1 $50 IC-4737 IC A Q - 79 4X AQ AQ-794X Rating Award Skill AV Avionics Technician AQ, AQ-796X AT 8 3 94 EN, ET, AT, AD AT, ET, EN, 8394 AQ Aviation Fire Control Technician AT Aviation Electronics Technician P-3 $100 FT Fire Control Technician ST-0423 ST GMT Gunner's Mate Technician ST-0424 ST MT Missile Technician ST-0427 ST * *ST-043X/ST-O47X ST I ST Sonar Technician * * ST-0452/ST-0417 ST **ST-0453/ST-0418 NEC Code EligibleRatings ST RD-O3lX (less 0312) RD +ST-0454/ST-0419 ST TM-0718 TM ST-048X ST RM-234X RM. CT (Less 0487, 0489) IC-4722 IC, EM *ST-O49X ST IC-4724 IC (Less 0494, 0495) TM-0719 TM, MT P-2 $75 TM-0746 TM Rating Award Skill TM-0747 TM AX AviationAntisubmarine Warfare TM-0748 TM Technician TM-0749 TM AV AvionicsTechnician (Former AX GM-0984 GM Personnel Only) FT-1119 FT AW AviationAntisubmarine Warfare FT-1137 FT Operator FT-1139 FT DS Data Systems Technician FT-1144 FT ET Electronics Technician FT-115X FT FT-1164 FT FT-1172 FT NEC Code EligibleRatings FT-1173 FT RD-03 18 RD FT-1175 FT RD-0319 RD FT-1192 FT RD-0333 RD, AT FT-1193 FT RD-0335 RD ST-0426 ST MT-1317 MT, ET, FT, IC ET-1539 ET, RM, CT ST-048X ST ET-1541 ST-049X ST ET, RM. AT ET-1 542 ET, RM, CT TM-0721 TM & ET-1545 ET, RM TM-0745 TM ET-1 548 ET, RM, CT GM-0873 GM *DS-l6XX DS GM-0891 GM DP-2721 DP GM-098X GM DP-2722 DP *GM-O99X GM DP-2725 DP FT-111X FT (less 1114, 1117) DP-2726 DP FT-1126 FT DP-2727 DP FT-1128 FT 330X FT FT-1135 FT 331X MT FT-114X FT 332X ET (less 1146) FT 333x ET FT-116X FT 33SX (less 3359) EN, EM, ET, IC, MM FT-117X FT 338X (less 3389) BT, EM, EN, ET, IC, MM FT-118X AQ-7961 AQ, AT FT-119X FT AQ-7962 M ET-1 54X ET, RM, CT, AT AQ-7963 RM-23 14 RM, CT AQ-7964 RM-2315 RM, CT AQ-7971 RM-2333 RM AQ-7972 RM-2392 RM AQ-7973 RM-2393 RM * Applicable NEC codes. , CT-2401 CT ** NECsST-0417, ST-041 8 and ST-0419 were disestablished ef- CT fective1 Jul 1968.Billets arebeing recoded. In theinterim, CT NECsST-0452. ST-0453 and ST-0454personnel filling NEC ST- CT 0417,ST-0418 ond ST-0419billets respectively, continue pro- DP ficiency pay eligibility. DP *** NECsST-047X were disestablishedeffective 1 Jul 1968.Billets TM are being recoded. Inthe interim, NECs ST-043X personnel fill- CE,EO, CM,SW, UT, HM ingNEC ST-047X billets continue pro pay eligibility. I

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CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM of figuring who’s the senior among enlisted men ip tbe same pay grade have been welcomed by most-and misunderstood by a few. Virtually no one dislikes the changes. This,generally, has been the reaction tothe new directive on enlisted precedence whichreached the Fleetlate last year in the form of change17 to the BuPers Manual (article C-2103). To review: No one Navyman is senior to another by virtue of rating(occupation field) alone. *There no longer is a distinction between “military matters”and “non-military matters”for determininz enlisted precedenceand seniority.

The first point erased from the Manual the “precedence by rating” whichfew Navymen really under- stood. Underthe old system,a boatswain’s mateauto- matically wassenior for military matters to others in his paygrade who had ratings otherthan BM-because Bh4 was at the top of the precedence list. Any quartermaster(number two onthe list) ina given pay grade was senior for military matters to all others in his pay grade except BM. Working downthe list, number three-signalman- was senior to all ratingsexcept BM and QM, and so on. One of the main problems with this was the diffi- culty in decidingwhat was a military matterand what was not, particularly when it wasconsidered thatan active dutyNavyman is responsible tothe military 24 hours a day.The old article on enlisted precedence attemptedto simplify thisby defining ;I military matter as one in which an individual may be requiredto exercise his authority over others. Non- military was defined to include matters which involve privileges or honorary functions in which no responsibility to exercise authorityover others is involved.

IN PRACTICE, it generally was agreed that any duties and responsibilities connected with the official functions of a command, such as calling musterand ap proving (or disapproving) specialrequests by juniors in a division, were military matters,while off-duty, unofficial and social functionswere considered non- military. Here, many chief petty officersparticularly found it hard to rationalize their being junior on the job-but senior in the CPO club, or vice versa. Another complaintabout the old systemwas that with the exception of those in ratings at the top of the precedence list, few Navymen really knew where they stood.A chief opticalman, for example,might have beeninclined to yield military seniority to a chief steelworker-not knowing that OM was 28 ratings higher than SW on the precedence list. However, to most Navymen, the real problem with precedence-by-rating was its disregard for time in

48 He is responsiblefor organizing, directing, and co- ordinating the training program for which his immedi- ate organization is responsible. At activities whereit is required, the master chief is expected tosupplement the officer corps in the over-all supervision and administration of enlisted men and equipment assighed. This applies whether or not the function of the activity is specifically related to his rating. He also can be expected to function effectively outside his specialty as asenior enlisted advisor for his command, inareas of leadership,administration and supervision of enlisted personnel. *The senior chief petty officer is an enlisted technical or specialtysupervisor. He functions as atech- nical expert within his rating. He uses his broad training, knowledge and expeiience to direct and supervise enlisted personnel doing the work of his. rating. He plans and administerson-the-job and othet- training programs for subordinates serving in his specialty. Occasionally, he functionsoutside his rating as a senior enlisted advisor in matters concerningleader- ship,administration and supervision of enlisted personnel.However, his supervisory and leadership ability lies mainly in his broad technical expertise related to his rating. In terms of enlisted military seniority, he is second only tothe master chief petty officer. The formaldefinitions have been promulgated bv BuPers Notice 5400 of 12 Feb 1969, and will be in- corporated in the Manual of Qualificatidns for Ad- vancementin Rating, NavPers18068B.

lights in the Ocedn Bow waves flashingwith blue-green lights have beenseen by mostNavymen. Sometimes, too, theWater seemspaved withluminescent bars orthe ship appears to be centered in onilluminated, rotating pinwheel. Sailors once thoughtthe lights were caused by phosphorous anthe waves but,forabout two centuries, many Navymen haveknown the glow was biologically produced. Countlesstiny plants and animals exist near the surface ofthe oceans. When some arestimulated. they flash light muchlike fireflya does on land. Therhythm of the flashes usually depends onthe stimulation. A shippassing through the water, for example, sometimes produces revolving a pinwheel illusion, or watermovement concentratesthe lightinhorizontal stripes; Theplants and animals produting the glow or luminescence are good examples of marinevariety. Some ofthe organisms are miscroscopic and some, likethe group with the family nameof Dinoflagellato, live on theborderline which separates theplant and animal kingdoms. Theselatter organisms are found in almost infinite numbers nearthe surface of the water and are, therefore, among the betterknown forms ofluminescent life seen fromships. Human reaction to marine luminescence varies.Honeymooners in acruise ship undoubtedly consider it veryromantic. On theother hand, Navymenattempting a covert amphibious lamnding find it dangerous. To prevent bioluminescence fromrevealing thenighttime presence ofships, oceanographers areattempting to establish recurrence patterns so theprobability ofluminous wakes and waves canbe predictedwhen navaloperations take place,

49 A .. . Lontlnulng

Your Education

By Letter

HEN AN ACTIVE DUTY NAVYMAN enrollsin a cor- If you are an officer, or an enlisted man in a com- respondence course (and anyone onactive duty mand where the courses can’t be administered locally, can do so through his local command),he receives sendyour application on NavPers Form 1550/4.In one of the Navy’s blue books (unlesshe is in an this instance,your CO will forward the application aviation rating, in which case the book is green). tothe Correspondence Course Centerwith the re- He also receives an assignment booklet which gives quest that the Center administer and grade the course. him instructions andother information tohelp him If in doubt, your division oreducational services study his book. The questions he is asked are usually officer cantell you which form to use. multiple choice and cover an assignmentin the text. Retirement points for these courses are credited to He is given an answer sheet on which he marks what inactive duty Reservists, butthey do not applyto he believes to be the correct answer. active duty navalpersonnel. Although the answer sheet looks very much like Onefurther point: Whenapplying forcourses, a test, it really isn’t. It is a study aid and you may please refer to the course number, not the text number. complete it with your book open. 2 Joint officer and enlisted courses, which are in- Before you mail or turn in your assignmeLntmake dicated on the list by the symbol # should be request- certain you did your best, because your answer sheet ed on NavPers Form 1550/4 (formerly NavPers 992). will be individuallyscored. Whenit is returned, In accordancewith a SecNav regulation dated 27 any questions you missed will be checked, and a ref- Dec1965, NavalReserve officers on inactive duty erence will be given to help you correctyour error. are no longer requiredto receivepromotion points Your grade on the assignment will also be given. credit for satisfactory completion of officer corre- Usually, correspondence courses forenlisted Navy- spondence courses thatare appropriate to officersof men on active duty, whether Regular or Reserve, are . each gradeand designator.Satisfactory completion given and graded locally. When this is the case, you of officer correspondence courses will becredited to should submit your application on Enlisted Corre- retirementpoints only. spondence Course Application, ( NavPers 1510/3) and As stated before, Naval Reservists on inactive duty, forward it tothe CorrespondenceCourse Center via whether officer or enlisted, may earnretirement your commanding officer. points toward nondisability retirement by the satis-

50 ALLHANDS factorycompletion of correspondence courses. En- listedpersonnel will receivecredit for all RuPers courses. Naval Reserve officersand warrant officers will receivecredit only for courses appropriate to their designator. Here is the list of enlisted and officer correspondence courses available as this issue went to press:

EnlistedCorresp General

Course Navpers Course Title Number Advanced Mathematics, Vol 1 91221-F 10071 6 or 10071-A Basic Electricity, Port I 91224-E 10086-A 6 Basic Electricity, Port I1 91 226 10086-A 5 Basic Hand Tools 91228-1 E 10085-A 5 Basic Machines 91230-F 10624-A 4 BlueprintReading 8 Sketching91223-2 100774 3 C on trol 10440#Disaster Control 10899-A 11 Enlisted TransferManual91423-1 159094 5 #Fluid Power 10439 16193-A 6 #Introduction to NavalElectricity 10444 10084 5 Introduction to Sonar 91258-8 101 30-A 4 #Mathematics,Port I 10448 100694 11 #Mathematics,Part Ill 10450 10073 14 #Naval Electronics, Part IA 10445-A 10087-6 12 #Naval Electronics,10437 IB Part 10087-8 7 #Naval Electronics, Port I1 10446 10787 13 ‘#Naval Electronics, Port 111 10447 10480 7 #PrinciplesNavyDiving of 10429 NavShips 12 250-538 Standard First Aid Training Course7-H 21 91 10081-8 5 U. S. Navy Shore Patrol91468-lF 10059-8 3

BasicCourses

Airm a n 916004 Airman 10307-6 11 Baric Military Requirements 91202-1C 10054-8 5 Co nstructionm an 91 562-2 91Constructionman 10630-D 13 Firem an 91 Fireman 500-2C 10520-C 5 Military Requirements for Petty Officers 3 8 2 91206-F 10056-8 6 *Aviation Electronics Tech- Military Requirements for Petty nician 3 8 2 91613-2 103174 O fficers 1Officers 8 C 91207-E 10057-8 5 ‘Aviation Electronics Tech- Seaman 91240-1F 10120-E 10 nician 1 8 C 91615-D 10318-8 5tewardsman 91691-16 10693-C 3 Aviation Fire Control Tech- nician 3 8 2 91634-3 10387 RatingCourses *Aviation Fire Control Tech- nician 1 8 C 91635-2 10390-A Aerographer‘s Mate3 891664-2A 2 103634 13 Aviation Machinist‘s Mote Aerographer’s Mate 1 891603-1 C 10362 16 J382 91582 10341 8 AirControlman 3 8676-191 2 8 103674 12 10341/43 Air Controlman 191677-8 8 C 10368-8 5 (SUPP) Aircrew Survival Equipment- Aviation Machinist‘s Mote m a n 3 man 8 2 91639-1C 10358-C 9 J18C 91587-8 10343-A & ‘Aviation ASW Technician3 8 2 915774 10353-A 14 10341/43 ‘Aviation ASW Technician1 8 C91697 10354 11 (SUPP) Aviation Bootswain’s Mate Aviation Machinist’s Mote E382 678-A 91 10302-A 9 R382 91 368-A 10342 8 Aviation Boatswain’s Mote 10342 El8C 91672-A 10305-A 7 (SUPP) Aviation Boatswain’s Mote Aviation Machinist’s Mate F382 91679-C 10301-8 8 R1 &C 91608-2 10344-A

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Course Text Number Navperr Navpers Of Number Assign- Course Title Number ments *Photo Intelligenceman 3 & 2 91592-8 1310369-A *Photo Intelligenceman 1 & C 91683-1 1210370-A Postal Clerk 3 8 2 91401-3C 10215-A 6 Postal Clerk 1 & C 91460-14 10216 Quartermaster 3 & 2 91286-28 101494 6 Quartermaster 1 & C 912534 5 10151-8 *Radarman 3 8 2 91269-1 A 1110144-A *Radarman1 8 C 91268-C 10147-C 7 Radioman 3 & 2 91403-2 10228-E 16 Radioman1 & C 91405-38 10229-D 9 Shipfitter 3 & 2 91535-11) 10595-A 8 7 10595/96 (SUPP) Shipfitter 1 & C 91 542-8 10596-A 8 5 10595/96 (SUPP) Ship's Serviceman 3 & 2 91447-1 4 C 10286-E Ship'sServiceman 1 & C 91450-C 10287-D 5 Ship's Serviceman Barber Handbook 91465-12 8 10292 MachineryRepairman 1 & C Ship's Serviceman Cobbler Handbook 91464-D3 10292 Ship's Serviceman Laundry Machinist's Mate 3 & 2 Handbook 91466-E5 10292 Machinist's Mate 1 & C Ship's Serviceman Tailor *Mineman 3 & 2 Handbook 91463-lE3 10292 Signalman 3 & 2 91291-E 35-B101 5 Signalman 1 8 C 91292-1 8 36-8 101 "Mineman 1 & C 'Sonarman G 3 & 2 91261-18 10131-A 7 'Sonarman Technician S 3 & 2 91 2594 10132-A 6 *Sonar Technician 1 & C 91265-8 10140-C 5 *Missile Technician 3 8 2 Steelworker 3 & 2 91589-1 D7 10653-D *M,issile Technician 1 & C Steelworker 1 & C 91591-1C 10654-C 6 Molder 3 & 2 Steward 3 & 2 91693-2E 10694-C & 5 Molder1 & C 10694/95 Opticalman 3 8 2 (SUPP) Opticalman1 & C Steward1 B C 916964 106954 8 3 ParachuteRigger 1 & C 10694/95 (SUPP) Storekeeper 3 & 2 91431-31 10269-E 6 Patternmaker 3 & 2 Storekeeper1 & C 91433-2C4 10270-D Patternmaker 1 8 C *Torpedoman's Mate 3 & 2 91 297-D7 10163-A Personnelman 3 & 2 "Torpedomon's Mate 1 & C 91299-1 4 10164 Personnelman1 8, C Tradevmon 3 & 2 91 698-1 A14 10376-8 Personnelman1 8 C Ttadevman 1 & C 91699-8 10378-8 9 Utilitiesman 3 & 2 91 594-26 18 10656-E Utilitiesman1 & C 91596-2A 106574 6 Photographer's Mate 3 & 2 Yeoman 3 8 2 91414-3E 10240-E 6 Photographer's Mate 1 & C Yeoman1 8 C 91416-38 10241-D 5

lence Courses

NavPers Number Number of Course Title Assign- ments Air Navigation, Part I *Communication Officer, The 1410403-A Air Navigation. Part II Contract Administration and Ct 'actor Airplane Power Plank Labor Relations 3 10742-A Amphibious Operations DieselEngines 11 10938-6 'Antisubmarine Officer #Disaster Control 11 10440-1 **Disbursing, Part I 10976-8 6 Disbursing, Part II t 7 10424-A Economics of Defense 10425-2 6 Education and Training 1110965-8 Electronics Administration and ,Ply 10926-81 6

5; Navpers Number NavpersNumber of Number Of Number Assign- Assign- Course Title ments Course Title ments * *Elements of Naval Machinery ContractLawNavy 10934-415 10988-A2 8 Engineering Administration 10992-A1 8 SystemMissile'Navy 10409-A 9 Engineering Duty Officer (General) PetroleumSupplyNavy 10939-61 7 10904-A 8 Engineering, Operation and Maintenance 109354AffairsPublic Navy 12 10720-A 8 Financial Management in the Navy 10732-A(Int) 5 NavyPublic Works Management 10741 -A2 9 #Fluid Power 10439 6 Navy Regulations 10740-A4 11 *Fundamentals of Naval Intelligence 10728-A 14 *'Navy Supply System, The 10978-AS 3 General Oceanography 1041 7-2 4 *Navy Travel 10977-7 4 History of the Chaplain Corps, Part I 10906-3 8 Nuclear Physics 10901 -61 8 10907 6 History of the Chaplain Corps, Part II 'Oceanography in Antisubmarine Warfare 10418 5 10423 10 History of the Chaplain Corps, Part 111 Office of the Judge Advocate General 10723-1 2 IndustrialManagement 10947-A 11 'Operations Officer, The 10414-1 7 IndustrialRelations 10733-4 11 'Operational Communications 10760-6 7 InternationalLaw 10717-61 15 'Operational Tactics 10761 -5 10 #Introduction to Naval Electronics 10444 5 Organizational Planning for Naval Commands 10427 7 Introduction to Space Technology 10404-A 9 10968-61 12 Investigations 10726-4 4 Personnel Administration Jet Aircraft Engines 10985-C 7 Practical Damage Control 10936-5 7 Leadership 10903-A1 8 **Practical Problems in Marine Navigation 10737-3 4 Maneuvering Board, The 10933-3 6 Principles of Guided Missiles 10924-6 10 '*Marine Navigation, Course I 10921-4 6 Principles of Naval Ordnance and Gunnery 10922-6 8 Marine Navigation, Course I1 10945-3 9 Principles of Naval Engineering, Part I 10507 11 #Mathematics, Part I 10448 11 * * #Principles of Navy Diving 10429 12 #Mathematics, Part Ill 10450 14 Quality/Reliability for Shipyard Application 10426 11 Meteorology 10954-81 7 Radiological Defense 10771-6 12 **Military Justice in the Navy 10993-5 16 Refresher Course for Meteorologists 10953-A 12 Military Sea Transportation Service 10972-81 7 *Registered Publications Custodian 10415-1 2 'Mine Warfare 10428 8 Seamanship 10923-A5 8 Naval Arctic Operations 10946-A 6 Security of Classified Information 10971-61 6 Naval Communications 1041 6-A1 12 Shipboard Electrical Systems 10991 -A1 8 Naval Control of Shipping 10413-2 4 ShipboardElectronic Equipment 10762-6 5 #Naval Electronics, Part IA 10445-A 12 Shiphandling 10738-A 11 #Naval Electronics, Part I6 10437 7 *'Supply Afloat 10980-69 10 *#Naval Electronics, Part I1 10446-1 10 **Supply Ashore 10983-A7 14 *#Naval Electronics, Part 111 10447 7 Supply Duties for General Line Officers 10412-2 S Naval Operations 10515 5 Theoretical Damage Control 10937 6 Naval Orientotion 10900-A 16 **Uniform Code of Military Justice 10971-3 2 Naval Reserve Chaplain 10517 3 Watch O'fficer, The 10719-4 4 **Navy Admiralty Law Practice 10725-1 2 Water Supply and Sanitation 10750-A 14 Navy Chaplain, The 10905-A1 9 Weapons Officer 10722-A 5

The Chief of Naval Personnel has established a 12- man board for the specific purpose of reviewing and makingrecommendations concerning changes to the enlisted rating structure. Officially designated as thePermanent Board for New Board Review of theEnlisted Rating Structure, one of its primary functions will be the review of recommenda- tionsto establish new ratings andapprove modifica- tions toexisting ratings and to warrant officer and Studies limited duty officer categories. Maintaining the stability of the enlisted rating structure is always a major concern of the Chief of Naval Rating Personnel. Therefore, recommended changes to ratings will becarefully studied to determinewhether the problemswhich led to theproposals can be solved administrativelyinstead structure.ratingof revising the Structure Over-all,the Board will beworking toward main- taininga single, integrated rating structure that will W provide fair and equitable career patterns for all rat- - ings.

54 ALLHANDS Combat Action Ribbon A B CDA B C A Combat Action Ribbonwas recently authorized .L by the Secretary of the Navy in recognition of Navy- men who actively participated in ground and surface combat. Both Regular and Reserve enlisted men are eligible as are officers in or below the grade of captain. Those who meet this basic requirement must have been under enemy fire while actively participating in ground or surface combat. They must also have satis- % #h 4Y8+k GhA%“cl factorilyperformed their dutywhile they were as- 1% signed to a unit engaged in combat or assigned to a &UE Thethree narrow vertical. stripes unit for a specific combat operation. -A TheCombat Action Ribbon will notbe awarded B GOLO theincenter areequal widthin c REO andadd up to a combinedtotal for aerial conflict inasmuch as the StrikeIFlight Medal D unlrg of 118 inch. recognizesexposure to aerial fighting. Navymen in the following categories arespecifically The CombatAction Ribbon won’tbe availablethrough eligible for the Combat Action Ribbon: Navysupply channels for severalmonths. If, inthe Those in riverine and coastal units and those tak- meantime,you buy it fromthe local ribbonmaker, be ingpart in assaults,patrols, sweeps, ambushes, con- sure he usesthese cable numbers for theappropriate voys and other such activitieswho have participated colors. The Blue cable numberis 70088; Gold cable num- in fire fights. ber is 61001; Red cable numberis 70081; White cable Navymentaking part in UDT, reconnaissance, number is 65005. SEAL team and other special or clandestine operations when the risk of enemy fire is great and expected. Thoseassigned to areassubjected to sustained One award of the Com’bat Action Ribbon is authorized mortar and artillery attacks and who actively partici- toan individual for each separate war or conflict in pated in retaliatory or offensive actions such as in Khe whichthe prescribed requirements have been met. Sanhduring the 1968 Tet offensive. Subsequentawards will beindicated by the use of Navymenaboard a ship are eligible when the stars on the ribbon as in the case of individual awards. safety of the ship and crew are endangered by enemy The Combat Action Ribbon is one and three-eighths attack,including such situations as beingunder fire inches long with two sections on the left and two on from ashore battery or hitting an enemy mine. theright separated by a red,white and blue stripe Those who took part in qualifying combat between one-eighth of an inch wide. 1 Mar1961 and the present time can establish their Eachsection in theribbon is fiveJsixteenths of an eligibilityby sendinga certification tothe Chief of inchlong. Those onthe left side of the tricolored NavalPersonnel in whichthey give a brief descrip- stripeare blue and gold andthose on the right of tion of the action; the name, rank and service of the the stripe are gold and red which represent the Navy officer in command; period in which service was per- and Marine Corps colors, respectively. formed; and the ship or unit to which assigned. The Combat Action Ribbon may be ready for dis- A format for the certification is included in SecNav trisbution in late summer. Delegated award authorities Notice 1650 of 17 Feb 1969. have been urged to maintain the intended prestige of The Combat Action Ribbon takes precedence after the decoration by awarding it only for active partici- thePurple Heart and both ribbons may beworn. pation in a bona fide combat action.

Sounds Like a GoodIdea Sincethe Beneficial Suggestion Programwas expanded to include theuniformed Kavy, thousands of dollars have been saved through ap- plied ideas submitted by Navymen. In San Diego, for example, a $16,- 000-a-yearsavings is expected to berealized at the Naval AirRe- work Facility on North Island from an idea submitted by E. J. Vinson, Aviation StructuralMechanic (Safety Equipment) 1st Class. Vin- son devised a method for perform- ingpreflight, built-in tests on the internalhydraulic and electrical power systems of F-4 aircraft.

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VRB ) and later that samemonth of your choice. If you wish, you serves in a combat zone. Naval Unit Commendation may ask for a specificcity, ship, In such an instance, the VRB would SIR: Whenlarge medals are locality or type of unit, and every not be subject to income tax.”. W. wornwith an award suchas the effort will bemade togive you W., Lieutenant, USNR. NavalUnit Commendation which what youwant. However, you can Your additionalinformation is hasno large medal, when or how be sure toreceive atleast an as- correct. Disbursing officesdo not is the NUC award worn?”. L. signmentwithin the naval district withhold income tax from any install- R., GMTI, USN. of choice, or thehome port of ments of theVRB if theNavyman choice.Naturally, it is senseless to who receives the bonus serves in a Whenever large medals are askfor a ship or stationthat does combatzone during any part of a prescribed, you should wear the nothave an allowance for your month in which he reenlists. In fact, NUCribbon on your right breast whenthe bonus is paid under such rating. circumstances,it needn’t even he re- inthe same relativeposition as Relevantreferences: Article C- ported as income on the tax return. the holding bar of the lowest row 13404,“BuPers Manual” (FleetRe- The same provisions would apply if of medals. serve);Chapter 19, “Transfer Man- theNaoyman werehospitalized be- The Naval UnitCommendation ual” (TwilightCruises); and SecNav cause of wounds, disease or injury in- and the Presidential UnitCitation Inst.1811.3 series (Retirement).-ED. curred while serving in a combat zone. are the onlyawards with ribbons It would make no difference in ei- which can be wornwith large ther case when or where payments on medals. If you have received both A Star of the First Magnitude the variable reenlistmentbonus were awards, you should wear only the made. PUC ribbon with large medals and SIR: Let me be amongthose to The official word concerning in- neither ribbon should be worn with congratulateuss Procyon (AF61 ) come taxes and the VRB can be found miniature medals. and Zelima (AF 49) wholay claim in ChangeTwo to BuPers Inst. to fame forhaving set replenish- 1133.184 (paragraph 15b).-ED. The official word on the subject is in Article 1030.6 of “US.Navy mentrecords with aircraft carriers Uniform Regulations,” 1959.-E~. (as discussed“Anotherin Claim ComputingConstructive Time Weighed,” ALL HANDS,December 68, p. 40). SIR:May I countmy constructive two years beforeretirement. Con- Sorry, but theymust try again, time whencomputing service for a structivetime reallyhas nothing to since uss Vega (AF 59) set the twilightcruise before retirement?- do with your eligibility for a twi- carrierreplenishment record back W. W., PNC, USN. lightcruise, except that if you have in 1963 with Ranger (CVA el), Itdepends on what you mean constructivetime which countsto- transferring334short tons PER byconstructive time. The laws on ward 30 years of service,you might HOUR.-C. E. S., BMC. retirementafter 30 years of active start the cruisesooner. service are not the same as those Generally, 28 month beforeyou Procyon claimed shereplenish- which governtransfer to the Fleet complete 30 years of activeservice, ed KittyHawk (CVA63) with 381 Reserve, or “20-year retirement.” includingauthorized constructive tons of provisions inthree hours. Because of thedifferences in time, you may request dutyin the Zelima says she transferred 438 law,certain types of constructive naval district or U. S. home port tons of suppliesplus 15 pallets of timewhich may be counted toward cruise hooks intwo hours and 40 one donot apply tothe other. minutes. Specifically, for 30-yearretirement, Now, according’ to your claim, you may include as constructive time Boats, you say Vega transferred 334 only the periods of enlistments and tons“per hour.” If we assume that extensionsyou do notserve when you meanthis amount of cargowas you ship over early (up tothree ’ movedin onehour-or 167 tonsin month for each).These unserved half thattime, or whatever-then periods also maybe counted toward chances areyour claimwill be total service for transfer to the Fleet mightytough to better.”ED. Reserve. However,this is wherethe constructivetime similarities end. Where the Stars Are Aminority enlistment counts as a fullfour years in totalservice for SIR: At a recentpersonnel inspec- transfer tothe Fleet Reserve, but tion, a question arose concerning spec- not for retirement.Also, six month ificationsfor stars on the collar of or more may be counted as one the enlistedservice dress blue uni- year toward totalservice for the form. FleetReserve but, again, not for Researchin Uniform Regulations retirement.Thus the familiar “19 was fruitless so we don’t know where and six,” but no “29 and six.” the starsshould officially be placed, Of course,by twilight cruise you whatsize they are, what type and meanduty of choice for the last size of thread should be used and how

APRIL 1969 57 beused, since yourassignment must of Seavey-Shorvey ure contained in the couverBathtub Race. It was quite a be governed by available vacancies "Transfer Manual" (and ALL HANDS, day. as well as your qualifications. June 1967).-Eo. When we found out we were to be If yourequest locations with size- the escort vessel for the bathtub race, able numbers of DK billets, your it seemedonly fitting that we bring prospects of receiving onemay be Now TheyCall It BathtubBay along an entry. considered good to excellent. Wefound our tub ina San Diego SIR: In referenceto your Taffrail junkyard. It was cast iron, and weigh- Never list the same duty preference Talkin the January1969 issue, we ed some190 Ib. (Incidentally, ours more than once to emphasize your agree that CommissionedOfficer Bill wasone of the fewreal bathtubs in wishes.Remember that, if possible, Bissett and hisfoil-borne bathtub the race. Most werefiber glass rep- you will receive yourfirst choice. If werebeautiful. Maybe that's stretch- licas. ) this is not possible, andyour other ing it a little, but both were, at least, Wethen cumshawed standarda choices are duplicates of the first, the a sight to behold. Navy raft,rigged aflotation collar distributor has nothingmore to work Butwe on board uss Cree (ATF around the outsideof the tub, put with and you couldend up almost 84)thought Shipfitter 1st Class PettyOfficer Gross aboard, and anywhere.However, make sureyour CharlesGross looked pretty good in launched it. It sank. We hauledit secondand other choices arelogical his bathtub, too. out,dried Cross off, added some to yourrating and qualifications. Cree was there as the official escort more buoyancy, and tried again. This Details on these and other aspects vesselfor the GreatNanaimo-Van- time, she floated. We put an outboard

ShipReunions L. Beckius, 7136 Inca Way, Denver, this late summer,time and place to Colo.80221. bedetermined. If interested, and if Newsof reunions of shipsand organl- zationswill be carried inthis column uss Hailey ( DD 556 )-A re- youserved aboard during World fromtime to time. In planning a reunion, union of thosewho served aboard War 11, contactEugene F. Kane, bestresults will be obtained by notifying from1943-45 is being planned for 910Blairs Ferry Road,Marion, theEditor, ALL HANDS Magazine,Pers the latter part of July, to be held Iowa 52302. G 15, ArlingtonAnnex, Bureau ofNaval inSt. Louis, Mo. ContactHenry 29th Seabees-The annualre- Personnel,Navy Department, Washing- Hummert, 4120 Louis St., St. Louis, unionwill be heldinCleveland, ton, D.C. 20370, four months in advance. Mo.63116 for details. Ohio,atthe Hollandia House on 0 CJSS Alkaid ( AK 114 )-The 25th uss Oklahoma ( BB 37 )-A re- 14,15, 16 August. Write to 29th anniversaryreunion will be held at union will be held 2, 3, and 4 May SeabeeBattalion Committee, 1319 theSheraton-Chicago Hotel, Chica- at the ShelbourneHotel, Atlantic N. Randall Road, Aurora, 111. 60506. go, Ill., on2August. For details, City, N. J. Contact Edward H. Lutz, 0 1st Batt. New PorkNaual Mili- contact BillDemarest, 1805 East 673 Lindley Rd., Glenside, Pa. 19038. tia, USNR Veteran Association-The LillianLane, Arlington Heights, Ill. uss Reid ( DD 369 )-The 1969 annual reunion will be held 26 April 60004. reunionwill be held at the Blue at the CPO Club, USCG, Governors 0 uss Callaway ( APA 35 )-A re- GrassMotor Inn, 5500Northfield Island, N. Y. For details,write J. J. unionwill be held August 5, 6, 7 Road,Maple Heights ( Cleveland ) Peck,Cove Road, Oyster Bay Cove, inBuffalo, N. Y. WriteWalldce Ohio,18, 19, 20 July. For details N. Y. 11771. Shipp,5319 Manning Place, NW, write to Robert T. Sneed,1537 ATKRON 115-Allthose who Washington, D. C. 20016 for details. North 59th St.,Milwaukee, Wis. servedwith VA 115 during 1963-67 uss Catskill ( LSV 1)-Will hold 53208. interested in holding a reunion, con- itsreunion in Denver, Colo. during uss Shea ( DM 30 )-A reunion tact B. J. Watkins,900 D. Ave., August. For information,contact R. is beingscheduled for some time Coronado,Calif. 92118.

FIREMAN,FIREMAN SAVE MY DUCKAAPT 5. L. Corner,halts an E-2B Hawkeye to allow VIPs to cross thetaxiway at Norfolk. Mother duck andducklings to be wereadopted by theNaval Air Station's firedepartment when the firemen noticed that the eggs in a nearby nest were beingbroken by otherbirds and turtles. The firemen built a wire cage so thatmother duck could hatchher brood. Nowthe ducksspend theirevenings on the bay, butreturn during the day tovisit their friends, the station firemen.

59 derauthority contained in 10 USC 1293. If you retire as a permanentwar- rant officer, your retired pay will be based uponwhichever will provide the greatest amount of income-your warrantgrade or the highestcom- missioned grade inwhich you satis- factorily served.-ED.

Officer Retirement

SIR: I wasthinking this will be a good yearfor me, but nowI’m not so sure. I’m in linefor promotion to CWO-3. Also, I’ll have completed 20 years for retirement. Fine so far, but a snag hasdevel- oped in my plans to retire six months after I ampromoted. I’mtold I may UP AND-USS Renshaw (DD 499) battles heavy sea while crossing the Pacific. not retire unless I serve two years in grade W-3. What’s the ruleon this?-R. R. J., cw0-2, USN.

Pretty much what you were told. Generally, a warrant or commis sioned warrant officer who has completed 20 years of active service may be transferred tothe retiredlist - subject to policy guidelines. Present policy requires that a W-3 serve two ydars in grade before his request for retirement will be approued. There are other factors - including exceptions to the above - which you probably will want to review. SecNav Inst. 1811.3G is the current directive on Navy retirement policy. Following is a summary of portions which deal with officer retirement;you decide what is relevant to your situation: First, a regular Navy officer ha a guaranteed right to retire after he has completed 40 years of active duty. Any request by anofficer for retirement short of 40 years is considered Reserve status, is eligible for re- ing the final say onthose from offi- on the basis of service needs and in- tirement, and is told by competent cers. dividualmerits, subject to policy authoritythat his continuedactive An effectivedate for retirement guidelines. service is no longer required. later than the date requested may be Retirement normally is approved Previously served in a grade high- specified when a delay is necessay for an officer, other than flag officer, er than the one in which serving. to provide orderly relief, or, in some who has (any one of the following): Officers in grades W-3, W-4, 0-4, cases, completion of a tour or ordered Completed 30 years of active serv- 0.5 and 0-6, whodo not meetany tour of duty. ice. of theabove conditions, usually are Approval of retirement normally is Been passed over twice for pro- permitted to retire after two years’ withhelduntil you have served at motion. active dutyin grade. (Exceptions: least one year at your latest duty sta- Limited assignability because of Captains w ith designators 14XX, tion, or have completed a normal tour over-age in grade, deteriorating health, 151X,153X, 21XX, 31XX, 250X, if serving outside the continental or some other reason beyond his con- 220X and SIOX, mustcomplete four United States. trol. years in grade.) Based on the above, it appears you A hardship of a compassionate OT Otherwise,requests for retirement could retire this year as a CWO-2 unusual financial nature; retirement are considered on an individual basis or, if you accept promotion to CWO- to alleviate serious personal problems. withthe Secretary of theNavy hav- 3, two years kter.-ED.

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Melville C. Murray, LCDR, USN

Walter W. Seppe, LT, DC, USN

"My trunks and other baggage will be arriving by truck sometime later this afternoon."

LTJG P. McVay, USNR Jerry- Paul Barker, SN, USN

B I "Captain, I recommend we come rightabout 20 degrees to keep fromgoing offthe edge ofthe chart."

"Perry, I'm afraid that our understanding of Charley Wise, HMCS, USN m 'anchor's aweigh' is quite different." Jerw Paul Barker. SN. USN

1 1 "That'swhat I likeabout these kits, there's a place for everything and everything in its ploce." Bythe way . . . how didyou want your haircut!

APRIL 1969 63 The United States Navy Guardian of our Country TheUnited States Navy is respon- sibiefor maintaining control of the sea andis aready force on watch at home andoverseas. capable ofstrong action topreserve the peace orofinstant IT ALL STARTED on a rainy afternoon. offensiveaction to win in war. Theresults open vistas whichboggle themind. At least. It is uponthe maintenance of this controlthat our country’s great future Studentsat Ellyson arelearning painlessly, thoroughly, and depends. TheUnited States Navy exists with zest. And everyone knows, says Ellyson’s “Collective Pitch” tomake it so. fromwhich this account is freely adapted,that Ellysonpro- Tradition,valor and victory are the Navy’s heritagefrom the past. To these ducesthe finest helicopter pilots inthe world. may be oddeddedication, discipline andvigilance us thewatchwords of the Since the field wassocked in thatday, the students were presentand future. At homeoron doing the nextbest thing to flying-cracking the books. distantstations, we servewith pride confident in the respect ofour country’ But itwas tough going. LieutenantDave Prespell,who is ourshipmates, and our families. Ou; responsibilities sober us; ouradversities standardizationflight officer, andLieutenant Commander strengthen us.. JamesMiron, aviation safety officer, viewed thescene sympa- Service to Cod andCountry isour thetically.They knew how it was. It’s difficultto relate the specialprivilege. Weserve with honor. printed, officialese wordto meaningful action. TheNavy will always employnew weapons,new techniquesand greater “There ought to be some way . . . ” mused LT Presnell. power to protectand defend the United Stateson th’e sea,under the sea, and “Trouble is,it’s just abunch of wordsto them,” agreed Inthe air. LCDRMiron. “Thereought to be some way of makingthem Nowand in thefuture, control of come to life. The words,I mean.” thesea gives the United States her greatestadvantage forthemainte- “No way of knowing whether you’reright or wrong. No nance of peace andfor victory in war. Mobility,surprise, dispersal and offen- immediatepenalty if you’re wrong.” sivepower are the keynotes of the new “Theelement of competition is lacking.” Navy.The roots of theNavy lie in a strongbelief in the future, in contin- “Hmmmmmm.Maybe you’ve gotsomething there.” uedd,edication toour tasks, and In The grey,dull afternoon grew more interesting as The reflectiononour heritage from the past. GreatIdea was born. It tookmany more afternoons before it Neverhave our opportunitiesand began to take real shape. ourresponsibilities been greater. NotMonopoly exactly, butsomething along the lines. A ALL HANDS TheBureau of Naval Per- bunch of questioncards. Use dice. Land on a square. Answer sonnelCareer Publication solicitsinteresting story.molerial and photo: aquestion like: “What is theproper procedure when radioing graphs fromindividuals, shi a, rtotions, squad- for permission to take off?” You’re right, go ahead five squares. rons and other sources. Alr material received is corefully considered for publicotion. You’re wrong, go back five squares. There’sa good story in everylob that’s be- . And therewould be categories. Youmiss aquestion on ing performed,whether it’s on a nuclearcor. rier, a tugboat, in thesubmarine service or In emergency procedures, it would hurt more than if it were one theSeobees. The man onthe scene is best quolifiedto tell whot’s goin on inhis outfit. concerningroutine stuff. After all, that’s life. Stories oboutroutine day-to-%yjobs ore prob- Butmost such games permit only four players ata time. ably most interesting to the rest of the Fleet. Thisis the onlyway everyone can get a look Presnell and Mironworked out one that would accommodate ut 011 the different parts of the Navy. as many as 15 players. Articles obout new types of unclassified equip. ment,research projects, 011 types of Navy as- The squadron’s skipper liked the idea and gave it his blessing. signmentsand dutles, acodemicand historical So did Wilmer Jones, PA0 staff artist, who not only gave form sublects,personnel on liberty or during leisure hours,ond humorour and interesting feoture tothe originalconcept butadded considerable flourishes of subjects are all of interest. Photographs arevery important,and should accompany the articles if possible.However, a When finally unveiledto thepublic (read Ellyson students good story shouldnever be held bock for lack of photographs ALLHANDS prefrrs clear well- here), the board contained some 75 red, green or white spaces. identified, 8-bi-10 lossy prints, but is Aot re- stricted to use of tais type. All persons in the If a player lands on a red space, he pulls a red card and finds photographs should be dtessed smottly ond that he’s facedwith an emergency. Green space, green card, correctly when inuniform, and be identified by full nome and rote or ronkwhen possible. Lo- normalprocedure. White spaces are free. cationand enerol descriptive informotion ond thename o? the photographershould also be Tokenswere, of course,toy helicopters. Mrs. Presnell had Qiubn. Photographersshould strive for original- haunted toy stores, drugstoresand the like for weeks,trying ity, andtake oction pictures ratherthan group shots. to find just the right thing. She finally found them on the base ALL HANDS does not usepoems (except New Year’sday logs), songs, stories on change of commond, or editorial type articles. The writer’s name ondrote or rank should be includedon on article. Mattriol timed for a certaindate or event should be received preferobly eightweeks before the first doy of themonth preceding the month of intended publication. Addressmaterial to Editor,ALL HANDS, Pers. G15. Navy Deportment, Washington, D.C. 20370.

0 AT RIGHT: WATER BOUND-UDT instructorsignals trainee to roll off rubberraft during high speed cast- off practice. Timingis essential in order to keep evendistribution between swimmers.- Photoby Chief Photographer‘s Mate Ralph C. Payne, USN ALLHANDS u wrnnrnge e combrnarron.e ,e RAINING AND