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SEPTEMBER 1969 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 632 VICEADMIRAL CHARLES K. DUNCAN, USN TheChief of NavalPersonnel REARADMIRAL D. H. GUINN, USN The DeputyChief of NavalPersonnel CAPTAIN H. .W. HALL, JR., USN AssistantChief for Morale Services TABLE OF CONTENTS Features YTBSpells Yard Tug, BIG ...... 2 Salvage Teams at Work-On Both Sides of the Water ...... 4 D and S School: Let’s Takea Dive ...... 7 Bell Bottom LifeRaft ...... 8 Something New for Navy Juniors: High School NJROTC ...... 10 Navy‘s Own Combat Artist ...... 16 He Drives a DDS, Mark 1 ...... 27 Frieqdly Sea life: There‘s MoreOut There ThanWater ...... 28 Wildlife Under the High Seas ...... 32 SpecialReport The History of Recruiting ...... 18 Departments Today’s Navy ...... 38 Letters to the Editor ...... 58 Navy Humor ...... 63 BulletinBoard Will You Be Eligible for Reenlistment? ...... 44 Advance Pay for Men Moving to New Duty ...... 44 Postgraduate Education Program for Officers .... 45 A Report on Pay for the Warrant Officer ...... 46 For the College-Bound: Check on What NROTC Offers ...... 49 V-Neck Shirt RulingModified ...... 50 AnOpportunity for Recruiting Duty ...... 51 Cutoff Dates for Seavey Segment C-69 ...... 52 A Roundupon CPO Assignment ...... 54 Sea and Shore Duty Tour Lengths for CPOs ...... 56 Taffrail Talk ...... 64 John A. Oudine, Editor Associate Editors G. VernBlasdell, News Don Addor, Layout & Art AnnHanabury, Research GeraldWolff, Reserve FRONTCOVER: APOLLO RECOVERY HELICOPTER - “Block Knight” greets o new morning,silhouetted ogoinst arising sun inthe mid-Pocific. The copter iron SH-3D of HS 4, based out of Imperio1 Beach’s Novo1 Air Station,Calif. The Block Knight Squadron was involved inthe recovery of ApolloMissions 8, 10 and 11. This cover is on illustrationof o striking photo token by Photographer’s Mote2nd Closs Milt Putnom,USN. The linework drowing ison adaptation by ALL HANDSillustrotor DMSN Ron Groff, USN. AT LEFT: COMBAT ART-George Gray’s watercolor depicts USS Proteus (AS 19) overhading o Polarissubmorine ot Holy Loch, Scotlond.Photo courtesy the U. S. Navy Combat Art Center.

Salvage Team at Work-On BOTH SIDES OF THE

SWELLS GENTLY rocked the Navy salvageship uss of Bolster, and his 80-man crew keep busy with a va- Bolster (ARS 38), then glided the remaining quar- riety of offshore and underwater tasks. McCoy heads ter-mile to shore and broke listlessly on the low stretch theseven-man salvage diving team. of yellow sand leading to a village on the Republic of McCoy and his partnerin this dive, Engineman Vietnam coast. 2nd Class Kenneth Wainscott, had just surfaced in a * In a workboat 50 yardsaft of Bolster, Lieutenant shimmering hiss of bubbles from their third and final Edward C. McCoy loosened the straps of his air tanks dive of the day. In pairs, the team had been working and let them slip to the deck. McCoy and his team of alternately underwatersince dawn. Now, ahot mid- Navy divershad just completedan underwater sal- day sun glared off the water. vage job. “It looks calm, doesn’tit?“ said McCoy, gesturing Stripped of its adventure-yarn glamor, salvage div- toward the flat surface of the sea. “Like a lot of things ing is hard,exacting work.But for Bokter and her in this part of the world, looks are deceiving. On the crew, the lack of glamor is replaced with a sense of bottom this late in theday, the currents and surges need-and sometimes urgency. are sheer murder.” Bolster’s mission is “standby salvage.” She is a sea- going rescue vessel primed and ready to aid any ship ASTHE WORKBOAT headed back to Bolster, Hospital in trouble along the shallow coast of the South China Corpsman 1st Class Jerry Thomas pickedup a log- Sea. Often battles are going on within earshot of the book and began totaling the number of minutes each ship. Lieutenant Commander Calvin C. Reed, captain man had spent underwater that morning.

DIVE JIVE: FiremanJim Leggett (top) and Engineman 3rd ON DECK-Engineman 2nd Class K. L. Wainscott readies airtanks Class RichardsonDale have a word before dive. aboardsalvage ship USS Bolster.

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“At this depth-40 feet-we can work 120 minutes out of every eight hours,” he explained. “Any lcnger and a diver runs the risk of getting the bends-nitro- gen bubbles in the bloodstream that can stop circula- tion. We’ve just about used up our time today.” Thomas has a variety of jobs on Bolster. Besides be- ing the senior enlisted diver and a specialist in diving medicine, he also cares for the crew’s minor ailments and bumps and bruises. Other men making up the team include Lieutenant (jg) GregC. Gillette, Boatswain’s Mate3rd Class Donald R. Dunn, Engineman 3rd Class Dale E. Rich- ardson, and Fireman James L. Leggett. In addition, LieutenantRichard W. Rosenbach, Bolster’s executive officer anda Navy diver since 1959,takes his turn in thewater when time and duties permit. Later in the day, LT McCoy and his crew sat in the ship’s lounge and discussed their jobs (continued). WORK BELOW-Bolster’s divers work on fuel hoseconnection 40 feet below the surface. Below: Boatswain‘s Mate 3rd Class WHAT TO DO-LT Edward McCoy explains a problem on the Donald R. Dunn makes a careful check of scuba diving job before diving team descends. equipment.

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LET'S TAKE A DIVE Student prepares to dive to sunken main deck. YOU CAN RAISE A LOT of things in this world, but Students must be highly qualified physically and be raising sunken ships out of the mud is the unusual volunteers. Most Navy students come from the Fleet. specialty of the U. S. Navy Diving and Salvage School. Presently the Navy has 67 per cent of its authorized The students perform this feat about 16 times a year strength of divers. as a part of their instruction in diving and salvaging. Navymen whoare interested in becoming divers The school, located at the Washington Navy Yard, should check theappropriate BuPers Instruction in Washington, D. C., trains all of the Navy's first class the 1500 series.Novice divers aretrained assecond divers, master divers, diving officers, diving medical class divers at one of the four schools located at Nor- technicians, and diving medical officers. Its staff of 10 folk,San Diego, Pearl Hafibor, and Subic Ray, R. P. officers and 23 enlisted instructors, mostly chief petty "J01 Norman K. Johnson, USNR officers, are experienced, trained men in their special- ties. Highlightingtheir schooling, the ship-salvaging project putsthe student's trainingand individual in- itiative to a realistic test.Normally conducteddown- river at Oxon Hill Run Cove, the salvaging operation was recently moved to a pier adjacentto the diving school in the Navy Yard on a trial basis. At the same time, a larger ship replaced the old LCU which had been in use for many years. The new ship is the former uss Strength (MSF309), which had been mothballed at Orange, Tex. She stillshows signs of her World War I1 camouflage paint. She was a good subject for this first salvage project at the Navy Yard. Overboard discharge hose is tied down.

THEPROCEDURE FOR TRAINING studentson salvag- ingthe ship follows this pattern: Staff instructors sink the ship at the pier by means of both the scuttling cocks and by making new holes in her hull. The stu- dents, under instructor guidance, must locate the holes, plug them, and isolate the ship into sections for pump- ing. Then pumping equipment is rigged and the water pumpedout. If thestudents are doing it right, the ship will rise from the mud and float once again. Commenting on the project, Lieutenant Command- er J. F. Newell, Jr., USN, the school's commanding of- ficer, observed, "you could look at it as a graduation project. If the ship floats, they graduate. If it doesn't, Adjustments are made to large pump. they don't.'' The school is the only one in the Navy to teach deep The training ship slowly comes up from the mud diving and salvage. Instruction in salvage techniques was added in 1957. New methods of salvaging have been learned from the Vietnam conflict and are being made a part of the various diving courses taught. The averagenumber of students on board at any time is about 90. These include, in addition to Navy personnel, members of the Air Force, Army,Coast Guard and Marine Corps. The school also trains divers from all the allied nations.

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high school

SOME DAY anadmiral may creditthe foundation of his career to those years he spent as a midshipman inhis high school's NavalJunior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. It willbe a few years, however, since the NJROTC program was instituted only three years ago. Progressively, the programhas grown to 78 units, established across thenation in privateand public high schools, including military institutes. Likeevery education program sponsored by the Navy, NJROTC has a mission: to develop and motivate youngmen toward careers in the Navy. It does this through planned training, emphasizing orderly appear- ance, individual responsibility and character develop- ment, all with the aim of creating'within the young man a high degree of personal honor, self-reliance and leadership. The potential junior midshipman, or cadet as he is more generally referred to, must meet certain NJROTC enrollment requirements. Aside from being enrolled in a school sponsoring a unit (see list below), he must be a citizen of the U. S., and be at least 14 years old.

10 Studentscompleting thetechnical track and from twohigh schoolsin LongBeach, Calif., when N JROTC requirements offered at the military juniorcol- they spent a day aboard the battleship uss New Jrr- leges and military institutes are given special consider- sey (BB 62) which had just returned from waters off ation upon their decision to enlist in the Navy or Naval the coast of Vietnam. The two units, sponsored by the Reserve, or in an active or Reserve unit of one of the Woodrow Wilson and Lakewood Senior High Schools, other services, instead of going on to a senior ROTC are located in a region where visits to ships and naval program. activities are readily available. Additional training fa- These may includeenlistment at an advanced pay cilities for the cadets are offered at the Recruit Train- grade, waivers of basic technical training and, in some ing Command in San Diego. instances, waivers of advanced technical training, pro- At the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard another group vided the enlistee can pass examinations that substan- of NJROTC cadets from theWoodrow Wilson Senior tiate his level of technical proficiency. High School at Bristol, Pa., also paida visit to a

Photos clockwise from above: (1) RearAdmiral Joseph Wylie, Jr.,renders a saluteduring inspection ofNaval Junior Reserve OfficersTraining Corps cadets fromTiverton, R. 1. (2) NJROTC cadets fromSaint Joseph Regional High School, Mantvale, N. J., on parade. (3) NJROTC cadets from Woodrow Wilson High School, Bristol, Pa., manthe rail of USS Angler. (4) Flag bearers from FranklinHeights High Schol, Columbus,Ohio. (5) Woodrow WilsonHigh School cadets enjoy Navy meal duringtour of PhiladelphiaNaval Base.

battleship, the mothballed Iowa. Duringthe same trip,the cadets toured the submarine uss Anglrr (AGSS 240), giving them a comparison between two completely different ways of Navy life.

MANY OF THE N JROTC units participate in civil events and ceremonies, Here are some of their activities during the past year: A contingent of 20 cadetsfrom the Columbus, Ohio, Franklin Heights High School unit participated in military decorationceremonies held in theState Houserotunda. As part of theevent, they were in- spected by Captain Richard G. Zimermann, USN, Di- march in the annual Chillicothe Veterans Hospital pa- radetogether with the school's 75-piecemarching band. Still another color guard detail and rifle escort and drill team from the same unit paraded at a civic shop- ping center during a week-long salute to the Armed Forces.

NJROTCcadet platoon from WashingtonHigh School, Pensocola, Fla., passer in review, above. Right:Third platoon from Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, N. M.

I An Opportunity for Retired Navymen in NJROTC Program I RETIRED NAVYMEN,and those anticipating retire- Regarding pay, instructors will continue to receive ment,have an opportunity to maintainan active their retired or retainer pay,plus anadditional association with naval affairs by becoming instructors amount equal to at least the difference between their in the Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps retired pay and the pay and allowances they wouldre- Program offered in 77 high schools across the nation. ceive if ordered to activeduty, excluding hazardous Duties of the instructors include classroom presen- duty pay and proficiency pay. tation of materials especially prepared for the NJROTC The NJROTC Program expects to offer considerably Program, and conduct of the Leadership Laboratory more employment opportunities in the future as it con- Program. tinues to expand from coast to coast. When fully im- The retired officer instructor supervises the school plemented,the program will include275 units, of program and teaches the academic portion of the cur- which 245 of the units will be Navy and 30 will be riculum. The enlisted instructor conductsleadership Marine Corps. laboratory exercises and instructs inareas where he Tothe seniorhigh school man, NJROTC offers a possesses particular competence. path leading to an interesting and rewarding experi- Officers are generally required to have college de- ence as aNaval Cadet. It seeks todevelop future grees, while enlisted men should possess a high school leaders with a strong sense of self-reliance, a personal diplomaor a General Education Development cer- knowledge of the responsibilities of citizenshipin a tificate issued by the government. democratic society, and an appreciation of the Navy's Degrees and diplomas are not necessarily prerequi- role in national defense. sites inall cases, however, as employment by the Individuals interested in instructing in the program schoolsis based on an individual's qualifications ap- areinvited to contact the school of theirchoice di- proved by the Secretary of the Navy. The only stipu- rectly, by referring to the following list, or write to the lation to hiring is that instructors so employed must be Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers-C33a), Navy Depart- retired Navy officers and enlisted men,according to ment,Washington, D. C.20370, for additional in- the law establishing the NJROTC units. formation.

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Journalist3rd Class John C. Roach works on pencilsketch while with theSeventh Fleet.

SEPTEMBER 1969 The history of recruiting in the U.S. Navy is a fas- deckbelow our editorial office in the eighth wing of cinating one.” It dates back to the earliest days of ’the the Navy Annex. There was a good deal of swapping, sea service of the youthful United States, and is full of notonly of sea stories, but also of photographs and thetradition-and challenge-that have always been editorial news between our offices. part of the seafaring life. Most of all it has been an ac- The account is presented as recorded by Chief Rol- curatebarometer of the growingpains of the U. S. off with the exception that the statistics whichwere Navy. current at the time of thepublication of his article haue The account is presented here as written by Chief been brought up to date. In each case, the revision is Journalist Oscar C. Roloff, through the courtesy of the indicated as such in the article. U. S. NavalInstitute Proceedings, whichpublished The recruiting.posters presented here have been se- the account back in December 1956. lectedfrom the files of ALL HANDSwith additional Chief Roloff was well qualified to report the story of contributionsprovided bythe RecruitingDivision. Navy recruiting, following a lengthy career which saw him perform in billets in many parts of the world, cul- Editor‘sNote: The asterisks on this andthe followingPages in- minuting withduty in Washington, D. C.,where he dicate thatthe statistics provided by theauthor some 13 Years was the editor of The Naval Recruiter. Chief Roloff, ago have been revised to make them more current. The new who hassince retired, was a good friend of ALL Statistics were supplied by theRecruiting Division of the Bureau HANDSstaffers and madehis headquarters on the ofNaval Personnel.

OCTOBER13, 1775, might well be considered as the addition to other duties, with procuring men for the birthday of recruiting in the Navy, for it was on Navy. The term of enlistment was limited to one year thatdate that the ContinentalCongress set upthe only, a system whichquickly broke down under the MarineCommittee and instructed it to recruit men strain of war. In 1801 PresidentJefferson sent a for the ships of theContinental Navy. Thus, two squadron to the Mediterranean to put an end to the years later in early November of 1777, when Captain depredations of the Barbary corsairs, butthe recur- John Paul Jones took the sloop-of-war Ranger out of ring need to send each ship home at the end of a year Portsmouth, N. H., to harry English shipping, we can to discharge the crew caused the operations to drag on speculatethat perchance her crew joined uppartly through four summers. They were finally brought to a because of therecruiting efforts of that committee. successfulconclusion after Congress authorized two- The records show that they had prepared an attrac- year enlistments. tive posterenjoining gentlemen seamen and able- bodiedlandsmen to presentthemselves on board THE HISTORY OF NAVAL RECRUITING reflects the many Ranger, in Portsmouth, or at the “Sign of Commodore ups anddowns which the Navyas awhole has Manley,” inSalem. Furtherinducement was offered known. One manner in which this is manifested is by shrewdly mentioning that an advance in pay would through recruiting quotas. In an expanding Navy quo- be made. tas are high and recruiters do a brisk trade. At present From theend of theRevolutionary War until 30 recruiting goes on at a fairly good rate-not that the Apr 1798,when the Navy Departmentwas created, Navy hassuch ahuge enlisted population (about the recruitingrecord is quite blank.On thatdate, 673,610 in1968’ as comparedwith 3,500,000 at its however, the Secretary of the Navy was charged, in World War I1 peak)-but the reenlistment rate indi-

Reprintedfrom Proceedings bypermission; Copyright 0 1956, U. S. NavalInstitute

18 ALL HANDS SEPTEMBER I969 19 were taken over by the Bureau of Navigation, one of the three bureaus which had been created in 1862. It remained under BuNav for 80 years, continuing to reflect the fat and lean years of the Navy, and in 1942,when BuNav's title waschanged to BuPers, it ,-E remained with that bureau. Today recruiting, or pro- curement, is one of the major functions of the Bureau of Personnel. One of the first changes after this trans- fer was the changing of enlistment periods from three to four years. Seventy-five years later this is still the standardterm of enlistment,although shortly after WorldWar I a two- to three-year enlistment period was brought into use.

RECRUITING HAD not long been under BuNav before the Chief of theBureau, Captain J. G. Walker,

Broadside atleft is theearliest American Navy recruiting poster known to exist. Be- low, a Civil War poster.

GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SEAMEN.

Recruiting poster (top) was printed in 1842. Photo above shows testto distinguish sea- menfrom landsmen. l, -.Is ......

L cates thatout ofsix first-cruise sailors: mlyone USN, noted on 7 Oct 1889, that there was a "strong shipped over in 1968." As a result, the rar must be need for an overhaul and reorganization of the enlist- filled bv recruits. ed recruiting, trainingand retirement situation." He The (bird significant event in the history of naval recommended several changes. Among the more prom- recruitingoccurred in the 1840s when, on 13 Aug inent were the following: ( 1) that an enlisted man be 1842,Congress created the first five bureaus of the allowed to retire at half pay upon completion of 30 Navy.One of these, theBureau of Construction, years' service; (2) that the enlistment of aliens be cur- Equipmentand Repair, jointly sharedrecruiting re- tailed, witha view to its final discontinuance; (3) sponsibilities with the Secretary of the Navy's office. that something bedone about the large numbers of In the decade before the Civil War a momentous step trained men leaving the Navy at the end of the first forward was taken when Congress authorized the con- enlistment; (4) that the total naval strength be raised tinuous service system based on reenlistment. In thus to9000 men; (5) thatan apprentice be provided making it possible for aseaman to extend his serv- with a gratuitous uniform not to exceed $45 in value; ice through20 or moreconsecutive years, the Navy and (6) thatthe pay spread between the nonrated for the first time created the same career opportuni- and the rated enlisted men be widened and the pay ties for noncommissionedpersonnel thathad previ- spread between rated men and commissioned officers ously been available only to officers. be lessened. Three more bureaus were established in 1862, one His reportconcluded with thestatement that the of which was the Bureau of Equipment and Recruit- cost of training recruits amounted to an alarming sum. ing. Foralmost 27 years recruiting came under this Oursystem contrasted strongly with that of Great bureau.On 25 Jun 1889-and in accordancewith Britain where a man who joined as a teenager remain- GeneralOrder No. 372 - recruiting responsibilities ed in service until he was 28 or 30 years of age. This

20 ALL HANDS long-term system completelyrevolutionized the char- men-of-war for “training as seaman” until they reached acter of British enlisted personnel. In brief, the U. s. their 21st birthday. Navy had a training system, but an untrained Navy. This effort resulted in failure. The law provided for “Thetraining should be for the good of the Navy; the recruitment of only a limited number of boys for not forthe good of theman,” Captain Walker suc- eachcruising ship. Thenumber of recruits on any cinctly stated. given ship was too small to insure results that would be felt throughout the Navy. In 1843, after a six-year OR 127 YEARS THERE EXISTED arecruiting term trial, therecruitment of boys under this planwas whichpassed away but 60’ yearsago. This was dropped. “rendezvous center.” The term goes back to the early In 1855 Congress again authorized the recruitment days of theRepublic when naval officers made ar- of boys-this time between the ages of 14 and 18-and rangements with proprietors of public houses or inns again under a Naval Apprentice System. At the end of to rent or use them for a short period as headquarters the year, Secretary of the Navy J. C. Dobbin passed for recruiting purposes. on to President Franklin Pierce comments from the of- A record of this practice is given by the 19 Mar ficers in the Fleet about the progress of the system. 1798 edition of Columbian Centinel, a Boston news- Commodore Hiram Padding of the Home Squadron paper. In part it read, “. . . a House of Rendezvous is wrote: “In reply to your verbal inquiries in respect to opened at the sign of the ‘Federal Eagle,’ keptby Mls. theapprentice and other boys servingon board the Broaden, in Fore-street, whereOne Hundred and flagship Potomac, it affordsme more than ordinary

dd Three Obove Ore from wO’ Fiftyable Seamen, and Ninety-Five ordinary Seamen, War I and II eras. will have an opportunity of entering: into the service of their country^for One Year . . . ‘fhese brave Lads, are now invited to repair to the Flagg of the Constitu- satisfaction to beartestimony to their excellent con- tion now flying at the above rendezvous.” duct. In 1903 this term was replaced by “recruiting sta- “I trust it may be but a beginning of a new order of tion,” its presentdesignation. Through the yearsre- things in the Navy andthat the systemwill be ex- cruiting became more settled.Personnel on Vhat tended until our ships-of-war are manned with a class would now be a tour of shore duty had begun operat- of seamen that shall be conspicuous for their energy ing out of offices in government buildings or commer- andcheerful subordination.” cial buildings. By 1903there were seven permanent Lieutenant(commanding) W. D.Porter of’the recruiting offices in major cities. These stations were Mediterranean-based Supply reported,“The appren- located in the following cities: Boston, Buffalo, New tice boys you allowed me are doing well. In one year York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and San Fran- they will make good ordinaryseamen. At that time cisco. Today every large city and community has a re- about one man in 12 of the crew of a seagoing Navy cruiting station. ship was an apprentice boy.

WHEN IN 1863 CONGRESS PASSED the Army draft A provedPROPOSED by CongressNAVAL APPRENTICE in 1837. Behind SYSTEM this waswas theap- law, the Navy found itself with a touchy situation attempt to provide a continuing source of young, new on its hands. Men already in the Navy were not ex- crewmen for Navy ships. Canvassers began signing up empt from Army service. Sailors serving in ships of the boys between the ages of 16 and 18 to serve on certain home squadrons, aswell as in ships overseas,often

SEPTEMBER 1969 21 learned that they hadbeen drafted into the Army. Forthat reason,men preferred not to enlist in the Navy at the risk of later being drafted for Army serv- ice. Furthermore,the draft law offered substantial bounties to men volunteering for Army service, but no bounties were offered to Navy volunteers. As a result, many men left the Navy and enlisted in the Army. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, wrote Presi- dent Lincolnin 1863: “It certainly couldnot have beenintended by Congress that persons in actual service afloat shouldbe withdrawn from the Navy and be compelled under penalties of law to go into the Army.” The following year Congress rectified the error. Whenthe war ended more than 50,000 men were in Navy uniform. In 1893 thecommandant of theNewport, R. I., Naval Training Station requested BuNav that recruit- ersnot bepermitted to enlist 14-year-oldyouths. These lads were too immature both in mind and body for training, he said. He urged that “recruiters make a concentrated effort to enlist men of good character who were between the ages of 15 and 30.” Shortlybefore this, Captain F. M. Ramsey, Chief of BuNav, had complained-apparently to the recruit- ers inthe field-that“Many boys arerecruited into the Navy who soon tire of thenovelty of the life- many others are urged to enlist by their parents who apparentlywant their sons educatedand disciplined before putting them at other work.”

NLISTMENT REQUIREMENTS werenot easy in those days. In 1894, out of 16,000 applicants, only 5000 were accepted. Life in the Navy must not have been easy, either,since about 50 of thoseaccepted later purchasedtheir discharges. Thepractice of “buying out of the Navy” was discontinued soon after World War I. Rigid requirementscontinued. In1895 only6000 men out of 32,000 candidates for enlistmentwere shipped in. Physical disqualifications took the greatest toll. Reportsindicate that recruiting was especially goodin the South,Midwest, and the West. Unhappy news continued to come in from Newport. CommanderJohn M. McGowan,USN, Commandant of theTraining Station there, said in 1898 thatthe great number of apprentices recruited and sent there were entirely unacquaintedwith methods of taking care of their persons or clothing and that “sanitation js ta thema problem far in advance of anythingthey ever thought of.” A newrecruiting idea was temporarilyadopted in 1899. Men offoreign birth and foreign service-men whowere ignorant of man-of-war discipline andthe use of shipboard arms-were formingasubstantial part of the Navy’s enlisted strength.To offset this a number of youthfulAmerican citizens were enlisted andput directly aboard cruiser trainingships as “landsmen.” This plan, in which men learned as they

22 the century, however, laws went into effect curtailing operatingsystem for all recruiting stations. A more therecruitment of foreigners. Prior to 1907an alien careful selectivity of enlisted recruiters was started, could enlist in the Navy-all otherconditions having with special attention being given to habit and bear- been met-merely by declaring his intention to become ing. Those whose behavior warranted it were given a a citizen of the United States. Beginningwith that two-yeartour of such duty. Fiveyears later reports year only full-fledged citizens were permitted to en- werecoming in to BuNav from various stations that list. Thosealready in the Navy had to takeout full parental objection to the enlistment of sons was steadily citizenship papers before being allowed to reenlist. decreasing. In fact, parents often brought their sons directly to MEN SHIPPED IN THE NAVY as coal-passers were also the recruiting stations and encouraged them to join up. the cause of anunproportionate amount of “All enlistments are voluntaryand all enlistments trouble in the old days. An analysis of desertions in are for four years.” The Navywas able to, and did, the Navy showed that 35 per cent were made by coal- make that boast in 1917. However, with a war to con- passers. These men were “usually from an undesirable tendwith thepicture changed the next year. Under element,predisposed to disaffection, andwith no knowledge of the requirements of the service, or of discipline, thelatter brought about mainly because they were permitted to enlist, bypass training stations and go directly aboard ship.” In fairness to these men, though, it must be remembered that they were shipped in underone title-coal-passer, and for onetype of work-passing coal and feeding fires. Recruiting in 1906 was hampered by a shortage of officers on full-time recruiting duty.In addition, the enlisted pay situation at that time was rather meager when compared to civilian scales. This is highlighted by five commercial advertise- ments which appeared in a prominent newspaper of Chicago on the same page as the local naval recruit- er’s advertisement.. The five advertisements told of various railroad companieswith lines eitherentering or passing near that city. They offered high inducements in positions of brakemanor conductor. Wages offered started at $65 a month and ranged up to $200 a month. The re- cruiting advertisement offered a miserable $15 to $27 a month to future sailormen.

IN 1910 STEPS WERE TAKEN to improve the efficiency of the recruiting servi,ce and to establish a uniform Recentposter, above, uses oldest commir- sioned ship, USS Constitution as backdrop. Below, Recruiting broadside dated 2 Nov REJEEMRER JAWRENCE!!! 1863. MEN WANTED FOR THE WANTED FOR THE NAVY!

ORDINARY SEAMEN, AND GREEN BANDS, For seagoin ShipPennsylvnnia and all others, smf as 74’s, frigates and Sloops of wnr. All able-bodied nwn notin &e em- rloyment of tlw Arnny, will be enlleted nto the XavF uponapplication at the Naval Reodezvonu,on Craven Street, next door to the Printing Olliee. Early broadside, farleft, utilizes famous H. K. IBAVEiW’ORT, APPLY TO quotation. (hnl’r. L Senior Xavd Ollicer. JOHN C. RIGHTER, New Beme, X. C, Sblpping master or the U. S. NSV, No. 18% Svvlh Roo( 81r. Nov. Sd, I R68.

FRIENDLY SEA LIFE

28 ALL HANDS A NOVICE SEAMAN looking out over the ship’srail abreast of our fastest shipsand also what, if any- may very’ well feel lonely and insignificant. It’s thing, they are saying to each other. understandable. To his uneducated eye there’s noth- ing out there but a lot of bumpy water. POSSIBLY most people,seagoing or otherwise, do But as every real salt knows, there’s a lot more to not readily consider a porpoise (or dolphin) as a theocean than just water. There are nymphsand whale. The term “whale” is usually reserved for their naiads riding sea horses on the crest of waves; if he larger relatives whichsometimes reach a length of listens long enough he can hear sirens singing their 100 feet and a weight of 150 or more tons. seductive songs while Neptune blows up a storm on Both porpoisesand whales are warm-blooded, his conch. lung-breathingmammals. The whale has been the A man has to be at sea for a considerable time be- subject of numerouslegends, some of whichhave fore he becomes aware of these-and other-fascinat- cast them in the role of islands upon which sailors THERE’S MORE OUT THERE ‘THAN WATER ing creatures. The realization thatthey really do mistakenly land, or as swallowers of ships. exist, despite scholarly research to the contrary, usu- For centuries, whales have been. a veritable lode ally comes upon him by degrees. of raw materials from which man has reaped a rich harvest. Whaling today isn’t what it used to be, how- The few words which follow might be considered ever. Because of their value,whales have been merely as a guide to the more prevalent friendly in- huntedfrom ocean to oceanuntil today, many habitants of the sea you might notice while standing species are facing possible extinction. watch,or just looking. Onlymany years after you haveserved your apprenticeship mayyou hopeto IF YOU ARE inthe right latitudes, you’re much see those tenuous creatures mentioned above. more likely to see a flying fish than a whale, even Nevertheless, there are multitudes of creatures in thoughthey are considerably smaller. If, fromthe the sea or on its borders. Some are more attractive than others. If a new man is lucky, his introduction to sea life mightbe the sight of a school of porpoises easily keeping pace with his ship. Despitetheir aquatic habits, theyare not fish. They are air-breathing mammals. In fact, a porpoise isn’t really a porpoise-it’s a small, round-muzzled, toothed whale. Just toconfuse the recordmore thoroughly, the animal known as a porpoise bymost North Ameri- cans isalso calleda bottle-nosed dolphin (For a moredetailed report on the porpoise, see ALL HANDS,February 1968, page 8.) Confusionnotwithstanding, porpoises have at- tractedthe interest of Navy scientists whowould deck or bridge of a destroyer, you should happen to like to know how these aquabats can so easily keep notice what appear to be small birds skimming the

SEPTEMBER 1969 29 Possibly the most attractive is thepinkish-white Ross’s gull which ranges over the Arctic Circle and Siberia. Most of the gulls seenalong the coasts of North America are, of course, mostly white and, as such birds go, relatively small. surface of the water and then abruptly disappearing, you are watching. flying fish. ANOTHERTYPE of sea life which Navymen are like- It’s quite possible that they were being pursued by ly to see-especially thosestationed or passing another, larger fish. When a flying fish reaches the through Midway-is the albatross, less affectionately surface of ‘the water, it simply spreads its fins and known on Midway as the gooney bird. takes to the air ata speed of about 10 miles per The sky is its proper environment. When airborne, hour. it is the epitome of grace as it soars for hours and They don’t really fly, of course, but they are ex- days on end without effort as it takes advantage of ceedingly good at gliding; sometimesmaking as the slightest air currents. The stronger the winds, much as 200 yards in a single swoop.When they the better the albatross likes it. make compound glides, they can travel as much as It’s sadly different however,when it doescome a quarter of a mile in this fashion. down to earth. Its landing speed is much too great That’s fairly difficult for apredator to match in for its undercarriage.Which means that its tail as- thewater, especially when it doesn’t havethe re- sembly more often than not overtakes its nose cone. motestidea where its prey is about to land. Un- Every landing and takeoff is a disaster. When it tries fortunately, the end of the glide path is sometimes to taxi, it waddles. No dignity; no grace. On land, on the deck of a ship which, to batter a tired meta- the albatross is truly a gooney bird. phoreven further, might be said to hop from the Whenthe Navy built runways for its planes on water to the frying pan. Midway, the gooney birdsappreciated the effort

F COURSE, all sailorslike to stand on the fantail and watch the gulls go by. (You have probably heardthese feathered creatures referred to as “sea gulls,” but we have been informed by a prominent ornithologist that the proper mode of address is just “gulls.”) Gulls have for centuriesbeen following ships waiting for a free meal, but not all gulls limit themselves to salt water. In addition to depending upon the sea for a liveli- hood, at times gulls range inland to feed in freshly plowed fields and other likely spots. Some time ago, / settlers in Salt Lake City, for example, had reason to .. be grateful to gulls whichflew in and reaped a harvest of succulent grasshoppers which threatened to consume the pioneers’ crops. Ingratitude, the people of Salt LakeCity erected a monument to their seafaring visitors. Suchexceptions notwithstanding, most of the 40 ‘.

or more species of gulls do frequent the waterfront. \ To makea general statement regarding their ap- \ pearancewould be an exercise in futility, although it can be said that they don’t always come in white with black trimmings.

30 Most plankton is microscopic in size, although the term does include larger life forms such as jellyfish and sargassum weed. In one form or another it is eaten by almost every- thing that lives in the sea and is so plentiful that it sometimes colors thewater. It may beharvested for human consumption some day. Those who have tried it swear that it really isn’t too bad-tasting.

As any old salt knows,and as evena seaman apprentice should know, there are volumes of other life forms inand around the sea. Thereare so many that it wouldbe futile to describeor even mentionthem. This is just by way of reminder that there really verymuch. Normally hazardouslandings became ismore out there than only water. somewhat safer. Not so much grass to trip over. The runways became highly popular. This created a certain conflict between the birds andthe planes. A direct confrontation usually re- sulted in a tie score: onegooney bird; oneplane. But there were many, many more birds than planes. The Navy was on the losing end of this battle. The Navy tried transportinglarge numbers of the birds to other islands in, the Pacific where their presence wouldn’t be quite as disastrous to its planes. The idea didn’t work. Guided by their remarkable homing instinct, the birds promptly returned to Mid- wayto resume housekeeping. They’re still there. Somewhat resigned to the situation, so is the Navy.

ONTHE OTHER HAND, penguins don’t fly at all. Theirwings lack quills and can’t be flexed. Not muchmore graceful than the gooney bird on land, they are magnificent swimmers. Although by this time almost the trademark of the Antarctic, their rookeries may be found as far north as the Gallapagos Islands. The cold Humboldt Cur- rentwhich flows along the westcoast of South Americaprovides ideal living conditions. Whythe 8 penguinshave chosen to raise their families in the most inhospitableareas in the worldat the worst possible time of the year has been the basis of much I speculation. Possibly it’s because of the plankton, most of which thrives in cold water. Plankton, or krill, is the nameapplied to exceedinglysmall marine animal and plant life which drifts with the ocean currents.

SEPTEMBER 1969 31 WILDLIFE UNDER the HIGH SEAS

SINCETHE EARLIEST times, seafaring men have taken cal waters,although they also travel elsewhere in a great interest in the inhabitants of the deep. On search of food. thepreceding pages you haveseen the family of The most dangerousshark-infested waters are friendly sea animals and sea life that perform a bene- around Australia, South Africa and the Pacific coast of ficial role to man. Now we turn to the wildlife of the Panama. Most attacks occur in water where the tem- high seas, the denizens of the deep which it is well to perature is greater than 70 degrees and most recorded recognize and to avoid. Here are drawings of some of attacks occurred between three and four in the after- the moredangerous sea animals together with in- noon. formation on their habits, how to identify them, and Of the 20species which are willing to attack a tips on how to treat injuries which they might inflict. swimmer, here are the most dangerous: The information was compiledwith the aid of the White Shark: A savage, aggressive fish and a fast MaritimeSafety Division of the U. S. NavalOcean- swimmer which has been knownto attack boats. ographic Office.

Shatks: There are about 20 species of shark which will attack a man. They are found mostly in subtropi-

Great White Shark

32 ALL HANDS Tiger Shark: A sluggish creature except when it To avoid sharks, don’t danglearms or legs in the pursues food. It is normally a scavenger-however,it water when you’re in a boat. Injured swimmers should will attack humans. be removed from the water assoon as possible. If it isnecessary to remain in thewater, dark clothing is the safest. All movement should be slow and purpose- ful. If sharks approach, remain quiet, for curious sharks havebeen known to leave. Othershave been thrustaway by striking them on thesnout, eyes or Tiger Shark gills with a large stick. An attempt to injure a shark, however, mayonly aggravate a bad situation. Also, Sand Shark: A shore-hugging species which lives severe skin abrasions may be suffered simplyfrom in East Indian waters onor close tothe bottom. It brushing against a shark’s skin. may reach a total length of 10 feet and has a voracious First aid requires prompt action to control bleeding annetite desnite its slowness. and shock. The patient must be kept warm and large gauze pressure bandages heldin place with elastic should be applied to the wound to control bleeding.

Barracuda: Are pugnacious, dangerousand fast- B! Sond Shark swimming fish which may grow from six to eight feet long. They have a large mouth equipped with knife- HammerheadShark: A powerful swimmer which like canine teeth and strike ferociously. may frequently be seen at the surface, inshore or far The great barracuda is found off Brazil, in the West Indies and northward up to Florida. It is also known in the Indo-Pacific area from theRed Sea tothe Hawaiian Islands. Other species. aredistributed

\ GreatHammerhead

outto sea. It isreadily distinguished by the widely expanded head with eyes at the outer edge. It grows 15 feet in length or more and closely related species are found throughout tropical, warm temperate zones of all oceans and the Mediterranean. throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the S-CESHARK BITES are almost always severe, and fre- world. quently fatal, the best precaution would be to stay Barracudas areattracted by almostany bright or clear of areaswhere they congregate. Fortunately, colored object in the water and may attack indiscrim- shark attacks are relatively rare-so much so that each inately, especially in murky water. known incident makes news. Comparedto the auto- Barracuda bites should be treated in the same way mobile, for example, the shark is responsible for an as shark bites. Attacks may be prevented by avoiding infinitesimal number of accidents. Two points to re- wearing shiny objects such as belt bucklesin the member: the shark is unpredictable and the swimmer water. who finds himself in waters where there may be sharks should remember to keep his cool. Killer Whale or Grampus: Measures from 15 to 30 feet Justremember that the nation’s highways account in length and usually hunts in packs. This animal has for a far greater number of accidents to man in a sin- intelligence equal to that of a domesticated dog and gle day than all the sharks in the world during a pe- is found in all oceans and seas from the Barents Sea to riod of many, many decades. beyond the Arctic Circle. The only defense is a hasty

SEPTEMBER 1969 33 Killer Whale

e between the valves and severing the twolarge transverse adductor muscles retreat.Divers should leave thewater whenever killer which *e two together* whales are observed. Moray Eels: Have powerful, muscular bodies which Tridacna Clams: Thesegiant clams measure up to frequently are 10 feet long. Their narrow jaws have four feet in length and weigh several hundred pounds. If prodded while open, they will close with a vise-like grip.Divers caught in the clam's gripcan release

knife-like canine teeth which will hold until the eel is dead. Tridacna Clam Morays areslippery anddifficult to handle. They

FIRST AID POINTERS 1 HE PLACES AND CONDITIONS under which a sea should never be so tight that circulation is com- creature may inflict a wound or sting are nu- pletely cut off from the affected part. merous butone circumstance remains constant: Epsom salts in hot water, applied externally, The victimwill sufferconsiderable discomfort will relieve most venomous stings but more radical and may even be in danger of death.He will, treatment may be necessary if the victim is bitten therefore, need prompt medical help. by a sea snake or wounded by a particularly ven- Here are several first-aid measures any layman omous fish. can take in the absence of a physician. They will In such cases, makea cut across thefang or make the victim morecomfortable and reduce sting marks and draw out the venom with a suc- the hazard to his life: tion device. If one is not available, use your mouth Safeguard against shock by slightly elevating andimmediately spit outany liquid which is the victim's feet and keeping him warm. drawn out of the wound. Administer artificial respiration, if necessary. Mouthsuction is hazardousbecause venom Wash outthe wound with cold ,salt water. from the victim's woundcan enterthe blood Seawater may be used. stream through mouth abrasions of the person ad- If anopen wound has been inflicted, clean ministering the first aid. it thoroughly. Use adhesive tape or a rough towel, 0 Do not administer whiskey or other alcoholic if necessary, to remove tentacles, spines or stingers drinks. Cowboy pictures notwithstanding, alcohol which may be imbedded in the wound. taken internally isn't good for snake bites although If thewound was inflicted bya venomous alcohol (or ammonia) applied externally is a good fish or sea snake, loosely apply a tourniquet above cleansing and antiseptic agent. the wound to retard the flow of blood from the *Don't depend upon your own first-aid meas- heart. The tourniquet should be released every 15 ures. See that the victim is treated by a physician minutes to restore the full flow of blood and assoon as possible.

34 ALL HANDS inflict stings-the coelenterates, the hydroids, the mol- luscs and the echinoderms. These groups include such rather well known ani- mals as red coral, Portugueseman-of-war, jellyfish, sea wasp, sea nettle and sea blubber. Most of these animals live in tropical seas although some, like the sea nettle, arefound as far north as New England coastal waters. Stings can be avoided by avoiding contact, includ- ing even contact with dead animals. If stung, relief can be obtained by washing the poisoned skin with a dilute ammonia or alcohol solution as soon as possible. Min- eral orbaby oilalso helps relieve the stinging sen- sation. Coral cuts aren't serious but they are annoying and sometimes become ulcerous. Wounds should be thor- dwell mostly on the bottom in crevices and holes under oughlycleaned and antiseptic agentsapplied. Severe rock or in coral. cases requirebed rest andelevation of theaffected A moray bite is similar to that of a barracuda and limb. should be treated in the same way as a barracuda or Gastropodshaving a spirally twisted shell account shark bite. You can avoid morays by exercising caution for anumber of stings each year. Their shells are when exploring areas which they inhabit. They seldom prized by shell hunters who frequently pick them up attack unless provoked. before the venomous animal inside vacates. The more dangerousspecies are found from Polynesia to East Giant Devil Ray or Manta: May reach a spread of 20 Africa and the Red Sea area. feet and weigh 3500 pounds.Their coarse skin can Gastropod stings shouldbe irrigated andwashed produce severe abrasions and they are curious enough clean with sterile saline solution, if available. Suction to investigatea diver's air bubbles,sometimes en- should be applied by making a small incision and soak- tangling themselves in the air hose, and their lashing ing for 30 minutes in hotwater or withhot com- tails contain stingers whichcan inflict adirty stab presses. Patients should be kept warm and gtven stim- wound. ulants. Hospitalizationand antibiotics may later be Mantas bask and swimon or near the surface and necessary. feed on plankton, small fish and crustaceans. They in- Cephalopods are molluscs whichhave no shell, habit tropical seas. such as thesquid and octopus. Both have tentacles around a muscular central body mass and a powerful SeaLions: Notusually ferocious, but bulls become parrot-like beak concealed in the mouth. sufficiently irritable during breeding season to nip at These creatures are found in intertidal zones (that a diveror swimmer. Ordinarily, however, they are is, above the low tide mark) and live at depths of less merelv curious.

Portuguese Mon-of-War

Jellyfish of the North Seo

SeaBass or Grouper: May reacha length of from eight to 10 feet and weigh around 800 pounds. They are not aggressive, but their boldness makes them po- tential hazards to swimmers and divers. They inhabit caverns and old wrecks and lurk around rocks.

MarineAnimals that Sting There are four main groups of animalswhich can

SEPTEMBER 1969 i' 35 than 100 fathoms. They are curious but cautious, and use of gloves and shoes. Marineworkers should use the danger to humans lies mostly in their stinq. Their adequate light at night to avoid them. bitesometimes causes bleeding which is difficult to stop because clotting is retarded by the poison. Poisonous fish Cephalopod bites and stings should betreated by DogfishSharks: Depend upon their speed and their alleviating the pain,and irrigating the woundand teeth for defense and offense. Small dogfish are found washing it with cold salt water or saline solution. A alongboth the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North small incision should be made over the wound or sting

\I Smooth DogfishShark

America. They grow to three and a half feet in length. The spiny dogfish is somewhat sluggish, which may explain why he is frequently caught by fishermen. You should be cautious when removing him from your net, Squid hook or spear. A sudden jerk from the fish and you may have had it. His venomous fins are more damag- andsuction begun. The woundshould be soaked in ing than his teeth. hot water for half an hour. If immersion is impossible, hot compresses are next best. Sterile dressings should Stingrays: Theseare abundantand a menace to be applied and steps should be taken to avoid shock. waders because they strike from a concealed position Annelidworms can sting, but not seriously. Some on the bottom in shoalwater. Most inflict adirty have bristles which prick the skin like the spines of a wound with their whiplike tail but some stings can be prickly pear. Bristles imbedded in the skin may be re- fatal. moved with forceps, if available, or, more simply, with They inhabit shallow water in the tropics and even adhesive tape which pulls them out whenremoved in temperatezones. Stingrays may lie on top of the from the skin. The area should then be treated with alcohol or ammonia to relieve the irritation. Rwnd Stingray Starfish Echinoderm is the familyname for suchcommon animals as starfish, sea cucumbers and sea urchins, all

Diamond Stingray

sand or partially bury themselves in it with only their Starfish GiantStarfish Red Urchin eyes, spinacles and tail showing. They are particularly fond of sheltered, sandybays, lagoons and river of whichuse poisonous spines to inflict painful mouths.Since stingrays are scavengers, they often wounds. take baited hooks. Usually, the sting of an echinoderm is only annoy- ingand disappears completely within an hour. It Catfish: There are about 1000 species and, although should be treated the same as other venomous stings. the freshwater variety is used for food, marine (or salt- The best protection against echinoderm stings is the water) catfish are rarely eaten.

36 ALLHANDS The spiny variety is abundant in estuaries, open reef scorpion fish. They inhabit shallow water bays, crev- areas and some large sandy bays. The fish’s fin spines ices and holes in rocks. are full of venom for the unwary, so don’t treat it like its fresh water brother. The treatment of all venomous fish stings consists of alleviating pain, andwashing and irrigating the woundwith salt water or sterile saline solution, if it is available. A small incision across the sting should be made and suction begun to remove the poison, although this isn’t invariably effective. Apply suction with the mouth or, preferably, by means of a suction cup to extract the poison. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the \ CatfishSpines and poison, if swallowed, is not harmful. Suction by mouth should not be used if there is anopen cut or ulcer present. To keep the venom of a poisonous sting from Weeverfish: A veryaggressive and venomous fish entering the bloodstream, if the wound is on the ex- that is less than 18 inches long and lives in the temper- tremities, a tourniquet can be applied somewhat above ate zone. the wound-that is, between the wound and the rest Weevers are usually encountered at wading depths. of the body, immediately after the wound is received. Theycan be avoided by wearing adequate footwear The band should be tight enough to stop the flow of in areaswhere weevers are known to exist. They bloodin veins but not in arteries. Shock shouldbe treated and the victim transported to medical care. Al- coholic drinks have no value in the treatment of fish stings. Soaking the wound in hot water or the application of hot compresses for about 30 minutes is also effec- tive. The wound should be covered with an antiseptic Great Weever and Spine sterile dressing. Measuresdescribed in The Ship’s Medicine Chest and First Aid at Sea should be taken to avoid shock. should never be antagonized or handled in a careless manner.Like the catfish, their spinesare venomous Marine Snakes: Althoughthese serpents are closely and a sting is extremely painful. It may even result in allied to the cobra and their poison is equally as dead- death. ly, sea snakes pose little threat to Navymen inasmuch

Scorpion Fish: This variety is one of the most virulent of all venomous fish and is ranked with the cobra in the deadliness of the poison secreted. One type is the zebrafish which inhabits tropical waters. Another kind is the stonefish, which are very difficult to detect be-

Sea Snake as they are docile and generally won’t attack without Stonefish and Sting provocation. Most fatalities occur among fishermen in the Gulf of Siam and the Philippine area. cause of theirperfect protective coloring. They lie Marinesnakes inhabit sheltered coastal waters, motionless in tidal pools and shoal areas and will at- especially the areas near river mouths, and they pene- tack if provoked. A third variety is known simply as trate upstream to the limits of brackish water.

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Toplace the work under local authority, a Vietnamesesupervisor was employed and given the power to hire and fire employees. Craftsmen and artisans who had beenout of work because of the tactical situation aroundQuang Tri went back to work using their skills at civic action job sites. The increased work demanded increasedconstruction materials and new furnishings for the newly constructedbuildings. To accom- modatethedemand, two new furniture factories anda brick- .makingindustry were established andwere staffed by local people, Before theSeabees’ deployment hadended, the area had anew school at Vinh Daiwhich would accommodate240 pupils and an- otherat Dong Ha. Bothschools were built with an eyetoward theVietnamese concept of beauty as well as for functional practi- cality. Vietnameseworking with their Seabee advisors also renovated two buildings at the Dong Ha Hospital complex andcompletely built oth- ers. Meanwhile,the Battalion’s MedicalCivic Action Program (MEDCAP) held sick call ona bi- weeklybasis andtreated more than 1000 people. In the village of Trung Giang,the visiting doctor worked in a civic actionconstruc- tion dispensary. Duringthe latter part of the battalion’s deployment, the civic Quick and courteous service is the motto of USS Yo’rktown’r copter crew. action team was involved in the ex- tensive Cam Vu Resettlement Proj- New Housing at Great Lakes Five pastel color schemes bright- ectwhich called for technicalad- Twohundred families atGreat enthe hardboard siding exteriors. vice and help to resettle 6000 peo- Lakes Naval TrainingCenter are Seeded lawns, newly planted trees, ple. moving-but notvery far. They’re and curbs and gutters on all streets The job called for the repair of going to the new $4 million housing areincluded in thehousing areas. an existing irrigation systemcon- projectscheduled to beready for Flooring in mainareas isvinyl sisting of six high-volumepumps occupancy in late October. asbestos, with ceramic tile in bath- whichwere no longer operable. The 140 enlisted men’s quarters rooms. Wallsare finished in off- Whenthe civic actiongroup had in the Farnsworth area and 60 of- white. A gas stove, refrigerator and finished, the irrigation project was ficers’ units at the old Camp McIn- TV antenna are furnished in every againready supportto 10,000 tyrearea range from two to four unit. farmers forced by the war to leave bedrooms.They are of framecon- The 200new dwellings will al- theirhomes and fields. struction andare of contemporary leviate theGreat Lakes housing The Seabees’ civic action-team design. shortage.However, according to also undertooktoteach English Officers’ split-level housesare the NinthNaval District, there is part-time to 30 children at the Cam arranged in single, double and still a deficit of 101 officer quar- LoRefugee VillageC,omplex and quad units. The enlisted quarters ters and 838 enlisted units. Two also startedseveral social welfare arearranged in fours and sixes more 200-unit projects are planned programs. aroundcourtyards. for fiscal years 1971 and 1973.

SEPTEMBER I969 39 who may be there; I guess this in- cludes chaplains.” Commissioned inthe first class of Negro staff officers in 1944, Par- hamwas the first Negro to attain the rank of Navy captain since the Civil War. He was advanced to his present rank in March 1966. As a representative for the Chief of Chaplains,Parham visitedsev- visit to the eral countries in the Pacific, includ- ingJapan, Korea, Guam,Taiwan, the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Vietnam. “J02 Milton Harris, USN

Building Test “We’re waiting for a real torna- do,” said one Seabee. Actually, the normal cycle of wind, rain and heat of the mid-Pacific will do. Thebad weather, if it comes, will put to afurther test the two prefabricatedaluminum buildings whichhave been erected at Pearl Harbor. Theoretically,eh t buildings’ card’board-honeycomb insulation in wallsand floors shouldkeep them comfortable, in heat or cold. If the test is successful, they may serve manyNavy purposes around the world. The two test buildings were put up by a five-man Seabee team in 19 eight-hour days-but the project in- cludedsuch extras as permanent foundation,fluorescent lights in- stead of the standard incandescents, a tile floor and270 feet of side- walk. Builder 1st Class CharlesGard- ner, whoheaded the construction, was of the opinion that an experi- enced five-man team could put up a building in24 working hours. One building comes in five crates and weighs 13,000 pounds. Walland floor sections, each four by 20 feet, can easily be han- dled by two people. Panels contain- ingdoors and windows can be placed as desired. Twoquestions had to bean- swered in thetest: How difficult would it be to erect the buildings? How would t€$y stand up? The Seabeesanswered the first I WHICH WAY-Looks as‘if guid’ed missilefrigates USS Halrey(DLG 23) and USS Worden question: It was little trouble. Now (DLG 18) have chasen different courses. Actually,they are tied UD at Son Dieao. nature will answer the second one.

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NCE AGAIN it’s been shown that and Naval TrainingCenter, Great officers in charge of the Navy’s an experience in fine dining Lakes. FoodManagement Teams which may be only as far away as the Small ashore- Naval Administra- represent the Ney Awards commit- chow hall or mess decks. tive Unit, Clarksville, Tenn., and tee. The officers taste, talk and in- And it’s a surebet if you serve N a v a 1 Communications Station, spect.One day is spent with each on board uss Wright (CC2) or Balboa, Canal Zone. nominee. Peacock (MSC198), orat Naval The Ney Awards program was After these evaluations, the Ney Station Long Beach orthe Naval established in 1958 by the Secre- Awards committee selects three Radio Station, Fort Allen, Puerto tary of the Navy as a means of giv- finalists in each of the four cate- Rico. ing recognition and encouragement gories. Here the committee mem- These ships and stations are the to messes considered outstanding in bers include officer representatives winners of the fiscal 1969 Ney food preparation and service. of the Navy Subsistence Office, the Memorial Awards which honor the .The competition commemorates Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy’s outstanding general messes. thelate Captain Edward F. Ney, andthe Food Service Executives The command ship Wright and World War I1 director of the Sub- Association, a private organization the Naval Radio Station atFort sistence Division, Bureau of Sup- devotedto excellence in food Allen are unusually consistent in plies and Accounts. CAPT Ney was service. producing goodfood. They also responsible for many improvements Next, a five-man NeyAwards won their respective categories- tothe Navy’s food service organi- traveling committee visits each of large mess afloat and smallmess zation. the 12 finalists. This team iscom- ashore-inlast year’s Ney Awards Picking four messesas “best” is prised of representatives from the competition. no easy matter, considering there Subsistence Office, Bureau of Med- The coastal minesweeper Pea- are some 1200 generalmesses which icine and Surgery, and Food Serv- cock this year was considered to daily feed approximately 384,000 ice Executives Association. have the best small mess afloat, and Navy men and women. To find Each finalistis provided with a Naval Station Long Beach, a final- the best of the best, so to speak, choice of menus, one of which is ist in the1968 competition, went forceand area commanders, and served tothe committee members all the way this year and is cham- district commandants,each year duringthe evaluation. pion feeder in the large mess ashore nominate thegeneral messescon- Judging is based alsoon the category. sidered best Navywide. mess’s entire food operation, from Runners-up this year were: Those with an allowance of 300 command interest to general mess Large afloat-uss Sterett (DLG or fewer rations compete for small management. 31 ) and Enterprise (CVAN 65). ashore and small afloat honors; Winners are singled out, and the Small afloat-uss Buck (DD 761) those which serve more than 300 prestige enjoyed by the Navy’s best and Alstede (AF 48). rations compete in the large afloat feeders has some tangible benefits Largeoshore-Naval Communica- and large ashore categories. for dessert. tions TrainingCenter, Pensacola, The nominees are visited by the This year, for example the food

SEPTEMBER I969 41 product but it, as well as the JP-5 uss Quincy (CA 39) sunk during deployment, Samuel N. Moore had jetfuel and aviationgas carried the first battle of Savo Island in begun duty as a naval gunfire sup- bymost oilers, mustmeet a wide World War 11. port ship and later served as plane range of specifications. Quality The destroyersaw actionin the guard for Kitty Hawk. surveillance continuesuntil the later phases of the Pacific Theater After herJuly 1966 overhaul in product is finally used.Therefore, as amember of AdmiralHalsey’s Long Beach, DD 747 returned to testing for water and sediment con- ThirdFleet. She participated in Vietnam where she supported oper- tamination,specific gravity, flash strikes against Luzon, Mindoro, ations in the Mekong Delta, helped point,and viscosity mustbe done Formosa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa bombard coastal batteries in North aboard ship. before shewas battered by aty- Vietnam and assisted in the surveil- The lab on the oiler is normally phoon in June 1945. Repaired, she lance of small craft. small, witha distressing tendency returned to WestPac to join in the She became Tacoma’sreserve to roll and pitch in rough weather, raids againstTokyo untilthe sur- training ship on 28 June, with Com- making precise measurementand render. manderJohn Doroshuk, Jr., com- calculations difficult. Five years later, Samuel N. manding. The over-all aims of the Quality Moore’s guns were blasting the east Surveillance Program are to stand- and west coasts of Korea. She also LST to Vietnam ardize procedures and improve in- bomlbarded WonsanHarbor and The Republic of VietnamNavy terpretations of the results. assisted in evacuating U. N. troops continues to expand with U. S. as- ”JOC C. K. Ferguson, USN cut off by the rapid enemy advance sistance. southward. Last July,, the tank landing ship Moore Relieves Marshall For 10 years, beginning in 1953,. uss CoconinoCounty (LST 603) The destroyer uss Samuel N. DD 747 performedroutine exer- was transferredto the Vietnamese Moore (DD 747), 25-year-old vet- cisesinvolving thetraining of Re- during ceremonies at Guam. eran of the Pacific Fleet, has been servists and midshipmen. Renamed VNS Vung Tau (HQ assigned duty as the Naval Reserve In May 1964, however, she join- 503), theLST joins growinga shipstationed at theTacoma, edthe carrier uss Kitty Hawk Vietnamese Fleet. Wash.,Naval andMarine Corps (CVA 63) as a unit of Task Group Commissioned in 1944, Coco- Reserve TrainingCenter. 77.4 for her first assignment in the ninoCounty participated in World Samuel N. Moore assumed the Vietnam combat zone. She spent 32 War I1 landings in Italy and South- job once held by the destroyer uss days off the coast of the Republic ern France. She later operated with Marshall (DD 676) which will be of Vietnam performingscreening the Amphibious Force,Atlantic, deactivated. Marshall had been op- duties and ASW operations. In ear- and in 1955 wasdecommissioned erating out of Bremerton as a unit ly August, she assisted the destroy- and placed in reserve. of Reserve Division 273. ers Maddox (DD 731) and Turner Reactivated in 1966 for the Viet- Commissionedin 1944, Samuel Joy (DD 951) duringtheir attack nam conflict, Coconino County and N. Moore was namedafter the Vietnameseby communist PT other LSTs haveproved ideal for commandingofficer of the cruiser boats. By late 1965, on her next combatsupport operations in the shallow rivers and coastal waters RESERVE DUTY-Twenty-five-year veteran USS Samuel N. Moore (DD 747) of Southeast Asia. Coconino County herself was said tohave participated in the first amphibious assault in the Mekong Delta, and has since been in many combatsupport operations in the Deltaand I Corp regions. Transfer of theship followed months of preparation. On 1 June, Vietnameseofficers andcrewmem- bersmoved on board to work and train with the American LST crew. On 1 July, abugle sounded re- treat and the jack, national ensign, and commissioning pennantwere lowered and the U. S. crew marched off. Vietnamese Navymen then raised the yellow andred flag of their countryand tookcommand of Vung Tau.

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edness, or cannot reasonably be expected to repay the government before his separation, the CO concerned should think hard about how much advance, if any, would be appropriate. Payback of such advances should follow the usual procedures outlined in article A-4104, BuPers Manual.

Academic Credits Offered Active Duty Navymen Through Tuition Aid Program Want to pick up a few high school or college credits in your spare time? Under the Tuition Assistance Program, the Navy will pay, as the availability of funds permits, 75 per cent of tuition for qualified Navymen, for up to seven se- mester hours or quarter-hours in any one semester or quarter, at any accredited institution. All active-duty Navymen and women are eligible to apply-enlistedor commissioned, Regular or Reserve. Officers must agree to remain on active duty for two yearsafter completing the courses for which aid is given. If you have not finished two years of active duty, you will be given priority for tuition aid, since you are not eligible for GI Bill assistance. If you have completed two years of active service, you may apply for either GI Bill or tuition aid funds. However, you must choose between VA and Navy tui- tion aid; youmay not receive funds from more than one government program for the same courses. Tuition aid is given for courses which earn credits at any institution approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency. However, institutions which prac- Now Is the Time for Officers to Plan tice racial discriminationare not eligible. Under cer- For Their PostgraduateEducation tain circumstances, aid is available for study at foreign IF YOU ARE a qualified officer, now’s the time to start colleges and universities, with approval by the Chief planning for the Navy’s postgraduate education pro- of Naval Personnel. gram for academic year 1971-72 (FY 72). You may apply for tuition aidthrough your com- The service wants its officers to continue their edu- manding officer. Your application must includethe cation-to the master’s or doctor’s level, if possible. following information: whether you are eligible for VA And it’s willing to help. assistance, whether you are career-designated, your So- The program is designed to capitalize on the offi- cial Security number, and a statement that you will not cer’s abilities by extending his studies to include spe- apply to the VA for assistance for the same courses. cialized areas,and to equip him withpostgraduate A word of caution: You will have no assurance that education in either technical or nontechnical fields. your application has been approved until you receive For officers selected, the Navy will sponsor studies a Tuition Assistance Authorization Contract ( NavPers -in some cases, for three or four years-at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPGS) in Monterey,Calif., or at other DOD or private schools. Travel Restrictions Removed Officers with a master’s degree may be eligible to I I apply for the Doctoral Study Program. Those with a The restrictions are off.Active dutyand retired Navymenand their dependentscan again travel on BA or BS may seek assignment to graduatestudy military aircraft from the United States, its territories, leading to a master’s. possessions, Puerto Rico andGuantanamo Bay ona . At NPGS,students may take one-, two-or three- spaceavailable basis. The traveler’s destinationno year courses in specialized technical subjects, such as longer need be in the western hemisphere, aeronautics, communications, electronics, environmen- Travel for emergencies,dependents’ education or tal sciences, naval engineering, computer science, and medical purposes was unaffected by the ban and will ordnance. These courses are given to provide special- remain the same. ists for P-coded billets. Travel restrictions were imposed more than a year Other offerings at NPGS are technical engineering ago to alleviate the balance of payment problem. They science curricula, designed to better prepare students were lifted in March. for moreadvanced technical work; amanagement

SEPTEMBER 1969 45 course of study,to improve officers’ capabilities for Restricted line and LDOs. organizing activities; anda computer systems man- Officers of the Supply, Chaplain, Civil Engineer, agementcourse, to give line andsupply officers un- and Medical Service Corps. derstanding of the capabilities and limitations of com- In all the abovecases except LDOs, eligibility is puter technology. limited to certain ranks or year groups. Medical Serv- Schools sponsored by the Department of Defense, ice Corps should refer to BuMedInst 1520.12 series to available to selected naval officers for advanced study, determine their eligibility. include: Lieutenants and lieutenant commandersof all desig- The nine-month Defense Intelligence School, pro- nators who have a master’s degree and will have be- viding instruction in the basicprinciples and tech- tween six and 14 years of active commissioned service niques of intelligence. On graduation,qualified offi- on 1 Jul1970 are eligible tosubmit formalapplica- cers may be allowed to continue their instruction in tion for consideration by the Doctoral Study Program foreign language and area studies at the Defense Lan- Selection Board in October of this year. guage Institute. Details of the1970-71 postgraduate program may The DefenseSystems Analysis Program,a 15- be found in BuPersNote 1520 of 30 Apr 1969. While month course designed to educate officers in manage- selections for this year’s program, except those for doc- ment and systems analysis, with a view toward assign- toral studies, havealready been made, the notice ment to staffs involved in systems analysis and force should provide a useful indication of what courses are leveling planning. The course leads to a master’s de- available, who can expect to be eligible for the next gree for those who qualify. round of selections in July 1970, and how interested *The Defense Atomic Support Agency 21-month officers can indicate their preferences for postgraduate course in nuclear engineering for officers of all serv- education. ices at NPGS. Thiscourse gives studentsadvanced understanding of the uses and effects of nuclear weapons. In addition, technical and nontechnicalcurricula A Report on Pay for areavailable in many civilian schools known for ex- cellence in those areas. BUREAU POLICY-MAKERS responsible forshaping the HOW w YOU qualify?First, you mustbe on active warrant officer program are facedwith a dilem- duty, and must be willing to obligate yourself for ma. So arewarrant officers. Bothwish it would go an additional year of active service for each six months away. It’s costing the Navy good men, and it’s costing (or portionthereof) of postgraduateeducation you some warrants good money. receive. It will go away, in time. But meanwhile . . . Generally speaking, all programs - whether at the Here’s the situation: NPGS, Monterey, in DOD or civilian schools-require a bachelor’s degreeor the equivalent (that is, 120 The Navy’s warrant officer program differs mark- hours from an accredited school). To qualify for some edlyfrom that of theother services, yet the same curricula, you must have a record of good grades in basiclaws-including those regarding pay-apply certain areas. For civilian schools, you must meet the equally to each. usualentrance standards, which may includeunder- For example, the Army’s program offers direct ap taking certain admission or aptitude tests and receiv- ing scores acceptable to the school concerned. Since the Navy considers advanced education to be most valuable early in a career, the selection board will first considerunrestricted line officers who will complete their first sea tour during the year after the board meets. For instance, under the present ground rules the board convening in July 1970 will consider officers whose first sea tours will end in 1971. However, other officers are eligible. The July 1970 selection board will consider llxx and 13xx officers WO devices lefttoright: Medical Service or Dental Service; in the followingyear groups: llxx (non-nuclear Supply Clerk; Civil Engineer Corps; Bandmaster. trained), YGs 65, 62, 59, 56and 53; llxx (nuclear trained)and 13xx, YGs 64, 61, 58, 55 and 52. pointmentsto both civilian and enlisted applicants. In addition, some officers from the following groups The Navy makes its appointments exclusively from the are eligible for certain courses: ranks of the senior petty officers. Unrestricted line officers desiring change of desig- Thismeans thatthe newlyappointed Army war- nators to Civil Engineer Corps (5100) or engineering rant usually begins his WO career on a pay scale level duty ( 1400). relative to that of the junior commissioned officer,

46 ALLHANDS andcan with little difficulty adjust his needs tohis nent gralde at Ithe time oIf initiz11 appointment to the military pay. temporary grade W-1. It remains stationary until, be- But by the time the Navyman makes warranthe cause of longevity or promotions, the man’s pay be- has behind him at least six years of military service. comes equal to or greater than the amount he received He hasalready established a better-than-average in- in his enlisted status. comeand has established certain patterns of living One possibleanswer to theseproblems is aread- which, in most cases, are somewhat richer than a jun- justment of pay. ior officer can afford at his pay level. The DOD pay scale shows there is no direct corre- An attempt to close this financial gap is saved pay, which is a means of protecting a Navy warrant’s in- come so that he will suffer no reduction in pay as a re- sult of promotionfrom enlisted status. The intent of the saved pay provisions is clearly de- fined in Title10, United States Code, and in Para 10222 of the DOD Military Pay and Allowances En- titlementManual. (MPAEManual). Title 10, section 5596, states: “A person receiving a temporary appointment underthis section may not suf-

fer any reduction in the pay and allowances to which WO devices left to right; ElectronicsTechnician or Naval he was entitled because of his permanent status at the Communicator; Machinist;Ship Repair Technician; Electrician. time of his temporary appointment.” The MPAE Manual further defines the specific pay lation between the warrant grades and the senior en- listed grades, E-7 through E-9. In fact, there are ap- parent inversions, such as the cases whera pay grade E-8 is authorized more basic pay than W-1, and E-9 the Warrant Officer more than W-2. This occurs because the warrant program is consid- ered by DOD as a separate career path with no direct and allowances protected by saved pay, and clarifies relationship to the enlisted careerpath. the intent of Title 10, stating that all pays and allow- This is not the case in the Navy. As far as the Navy ances,except clothing allowances, may be protected is concerned,there are three distinct, but related, by saved pay. career paths open to the Navyman-enlisted, warrant, The object of these saved pay regulations is to pre- and commissioned officer. vent, if possible, a reduction in pay received by a man Navy enlisted men are given a choice: Either con- because of his change of status.However, there are tinue in the enlisted program for a full career and ad- cases in which saved pay fails to do this, and it is in vance to pay grades E-8 and E-9; or, leave the enlist- these areas that the Bureau is looking beyond the reg- edranks and commencea totally newcareer in the ulations for answers. warrant officer program. One difficulty liesin thefact that, to qualify for One important point to bear in mind: Time served saved pay, a man must continue to perform those spe- as an enlisted member merely provides the basic qual- cific duties, or serve under those conditions, for which ifications necessary for entrance into the warrant com- he received special pay while serving in his permanent munity.After that, he must reorient himself toward grade. Flight pay, submarine pay and hazardous duty pay, for example, are considered to be special pay and thus are included in the saved pay provisions if the newwarrant continues to performthose duties. On the other hand, as it is assumed that a warrant will not be performing the same duties as he did while an enlisted man whichentitled him toproficiency pay, pro pay is not included. In short, if you make warrant, you lose any pro pay you may have been receiving.

That’s one problem. Here’s another: WO devices lefttoright: CommunicationsTechnician; Pho- The MPAE Manual also states that a man may not tographer; Aerographer; Data Processing Technician. receive an increase in his saved pay as a result of a change in his permanent status brought about by an achieving new goals-either CW04 or the LDO pro- increase in years in service or promotion to a higher gram. permanent grade. In other words, saved pay iscom- Although the warrant officer maintains his perma- puted on the basis of the pay he receivedin the perma- nent enlisted status for at least three years, he is,in

SEPTEMBER 1969 47 reality, nolonger amember of thatcommunity. He pay. The E-7 with 10 years also realizes a slight pay has, in amanner of speaking, movedfrom the blue raise, from $8079 to $8726. collar laboreror foreman class to that of thewhite Now we come to pay grades E-8 and E-9. Person- collar supervisor and junior member of the manage- he1 in both of these pay grades are still authorized to ment team. spply for the warrant program if tkey meet the maxi- As in civilian industiy, he may begin his new posi- mum limitations of age (31) and years in service ( 14). tion by taking less money home than some of the sen- ior members of the lagor force he supervises. But his potential future position in the organization and his fi- nancialprospects are much greater. In short, his monthly or annual salary will soon exceed that of the manwho continues in. the labor force (or enlisted ranks), and his total lifetime earnings will be consid- erably greater. Based on the 1 Jul,is69 pay scale, anindividual can expect to receive approximately $38,000 more in- WO devices left to right:Boatswain; Underwater Ordnance come from the time of his appointment as a WO1 un- Technician; Ship‘s Clerk;Surface Ordnance Technician or Ord- til retirement as a CW04 with 30 years of service, nance Control Technician. thanhe would if he yere to remainin the enlisted ranks and advance to E-9 in due course. More often than not, such a moveis economically This does not take into account any proficiency pay unsound. For instance, an E-8 with 12 years’ service drops in annual salary from $9255 to $8995. For the E-9 with 14 years’ service: total disaster. He takes a salary cut of $1274, from $10,531 to, $9257. The pay scale from theenlisted program to the warrant officer program simplyis notfavorable for senior andmaster chief pettyofficer applicants. It is somethingthey should fully consider and understand. It’s a different story, however, if their goal is set for the Limited Duty Officer program. Then, the mone- tary sacrifices while a warrant will no doubt be worth the price considering the ultimate sum realized after retiring from a commissioned status. The central point in the entire enlisted-to-warrant- to-LDO pay problem is the fact that the individual is WO devices left to right, top row: Air IntelligenceTechnician; makinga personal decision toenter a new career AviationControl Technician; Middle row: Aviation Maintenance program. Technicion; Aviation Ordnance Technician; Bottom raw: Aviation In making this decision, he must carefully weigh ElectronicsTechnician; Aviation Boatswain. the opportunities resulting from increased responsibili- ty and greater chance to help shape the future course he might have received as an enlisted member; how- of the Navy against the special pays he formerly re- ever, even if he were to draw pro pay at the P-2 level ceived or was eligible to receive asa middle grade ($75 per month) continuously for 20 years, an enlist- member of the enlisted force. ed member would still fall about $20,000 short of that salary received by the WO. Furthermore,beyond the financial advantage that will accrue for many WOs while on active duty, they will continueto gainon theirenlisted counterparts after retirement since their terminal basic pay will be higherthan the 30-year E-9. The average entrant into the warrant program is an E-7 with just over 10 years’ service. But the ideal time to make the move is as an E-6 with between six and 10 years’ service.

Here’s why: On a regular annual salary basis, an E-6 with more than 10 years’ service jumps from $7380 to $8726, OperationsTechnician device isthe newest which representsa significant increase in take-home addition to warrant officer insignia.

48 ALLHANDS Permanent Status forWOs the exam administered. Should he qualify on the Temporary warrant officers have received the green test, he then becomes a candidate and will be sched- light to apply for permanent status after serving three uled for a medicalexamination and interviewssome- or more years in a temporary status. time during the months of January or February 1970. Applicationsshould besubmitted to the Chief of If found qualified, selected and found acceptable by Naval Personnel (Pers-B643) via commanding officers an NROTC college under its NROTC quota,he willbe between 1 September and 10 October, annually, using amongthe 1700 candidates slated to become mid- Article B-1302, BuPers Manual as reference. shipmen next fall and to commence preparation for a ,A selection board will convene in the bureau to con- naval career. sider applicants. Those temporary warrant officers who received theirappointments with a date of rank 10 HAT’S GENERALLY the procedure one follows to gain Oct 1966, or earlier, are eligible for consideration by Tadmission to the Regular NROTC Program. There is the board meeting this November. another program called the Contract NROTC Program, available to college students who wish to be available to serve their country as Reserve officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. Do YouHave a Sonor Relative Who Is Contract NROTC students are not selected for enroll- ment by anational competitive procedure; ’ instead College-Bound? Check What NROTC Offers they are selected by the commanding officers of the NAVAL CAREERS quite often are family affairs, grow- NROTC unit from amongstudents already in attend- ing out of traditionor developing into one-like anceat, or selected for admissionby, the collegeor father, like son, so to speak. university. If you have a son or other young relative planning If an applicant is unsuccessful in his attempt to be- to attend college next year with the hope of making come a Regular NROTC candidate, he should give con- the Navy his career, it would certainly be worthwhile sideration to the prospect of becoming a Contract stu- to pass on the following information. If he is interested dent and channel his efforts in that direction. in a career, an education and a way of meeting the ex- penses of same, he would do well to consider attend- ing one of 50-plus educational institutions offering na- val science studies through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps ( NROTC) Program. Here’s an opportunity for a young man to gain four years’ experience as amidshipman while pursuinga baccalaureatedegree or higher education which the Navy will subsidize, including tuition, textbooks,uni- forms, and $50-a-montha subsistenceallowance. Furthermore, upon graduation, he will receive a com- mission as an ensign either in the line of the Navy or in a staff corps, or as a second lieutenant in the Ma- rine Corps. The choice isusually his. Nowis not toosoon tocommence firming plans, since NROTC application for the 1970-71 schoolyear must be made before 14 November this year to par- NROTC midshipmen. ticipate in the competitiveNavy College Aptitude Test (NCAT). Application forms are available at most The physical standards are the same as for the Reg- high schools, colleges and universities; all NROTC units; ular NROTC Program, except that waivers are granted Navy recruiting stations; or from the Chief ofNaval for certain correctable eye defects. And, although the Personnel (Pers-B6411),Department of the Navy, Contract NROTC student receives no compensation Washington, D. C. 20370. from the government until his junior and senior years, Theapplication must reach the Naval Examining at whichtime he isallowed a$50-a-month subsist- Section,Science Research Associates, Incorporated, ence, he receives the samenaval science instruction Chicago, Ill. 60680, by the 14 Novemberdeadline. as the Regular NnoTc student,wears the same type Basically, an applicant is eligible to compete in the uniform, gains draft deferment, and stands to receive a NCAT qualifying examination if he is ahigh school Reservecommission in the Navy or Marine Corps senior orrecent graduate, orexpects tograduate at upon graduation. theend of thecurrent academic year. A contract NROTC student may, at any time, apply Examination centers, where the exams will be held forthe Regular NROTC Program. If selected, the re- on 13 December, are established in cities throughout mainder of his four-year education will be subsidized thecontinental United States, and at certain desig- by the Navy. nated overseas activities. The applicantindicates on The NROTC 1970 Bulletin, availableat high his application at which center he would like to have schools, Navy recruiting stations, and NROTC colleges

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The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (C): Comedy; Gone With the Wind (C): Romantic Drama; Clark Dean Jones, Diane Baker. Gable, Vivien Leigh. TheViolent Four (WS) (C): CrimeDrama; Gian TwistedNerve (C): Psychological Drama;Hayley Maria Volonte, Thomas Millan. Mills, Hywel Bennett. The LongDay's Dying (WS)(C); WarDrama; David Hemmings, Tony Beckley. Submarine X-l (C): War Drama; James Caan, Dav- Revised Dutton's TellsAll id Sumner. The 12th edition of Dutton's Navigation and Pilot- Something for a Lonely Man (C): Western Drama; ing, thestandard NavalAcademy text on navigation Dan Blocker, Susan Clark. for 43 years, has been published by the United States P2ay Dirty (WS) (C) : War Drama; Michael Caine, Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md. Nigel Davenport. The new edition has been rewritten, expanded and Hello Down There (C) : Comedy;Tony Randall, updated by G. D. Dunlap and Captain Henry H. Shu- Janet Leigh. feldt, USNR (Ret). It covers the whole range of navi- The Bruteand the Beast (C): Western;Franco gational instruction from elementary concepts to com- Nero, George Hilton. plex electronic systems. Istanbul Express (C): AdventureDrama; Gene More than 500 new illustrations are included in the Barry, John Saxon. redesignedformat. The text is outlined, with notes, Death Rides a Horse (WS) (C): Western; Lee Van definitions and paragraph headings in the margins. Cleff, John Phillip Law.

An Opportunity ForRecruiting Duty

Do you remember the back cover of the issue of ALL HANDS MagazineforMarch 1969? It pointedupan opportunity for shore duty for qualified personnel in certain ratings as Navy recruit- ers.There's still an opportunity.

Are youinterested? For further information, check thefollowing directives:

Recruiters must be qualifiedin accordance withthe provisions set outin Chapter 4 ofthe "En- listed Transfer Manual," NavPers 15909 series. You must also be eligible in accordance with BuPers Notice 1306 (whichlists the Sea- vey segment cutoffdates).

Volunteersare needed and, at this time, there is a particularneed in the First, Third, Fourthand Ninth Naval Districts.

SEPTEMBER I969 If YourCutoff Date Is Listed Here extendto acquire the necessaryobligated service, or You’ll Be Eligiblefor Shore Duty youwill notbe eligible for transfer ashoreunder Seavey segment C-69. CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS make their last appearance on the Seavey list in segment C-69. If you are on toured sea duty or have a sea exten- Effective as of 1 Ju1 1969, chief petty officers (E-7) sion in effect, your TCD (or the expiration of your sea joinedmaster and senior chiefs in beingtransferred extension).must fall within the normal transfer months under direct control of the Bureau of Naval Personnel of this segment-February through May 1970. to CONUS shore duty. However, as a backup procedure If you were advanced in rate after 1 Ju1 1969, the duringchangeover to the new distribution system, cutoff date listed for the rate you held on 1 July deter- chief petty officers (E-7) who are eligible for Seavey mines your eligibility. If you were reduced in rate will fill out rotation data cards and be processed ac- after 1 July, your cutoff date is the one for the rate to cording to Seavey procedures. which you were reduced. If you’re changing your rat- Seavey segment A-70, to be published in November ing, the rate to which you are converting is the one 1969, will not publish SDCD forchief petty officers that determines your Seavey eligibility. (E-7). If you meet the requirements, your personnel office The PM and ML ratings are now under centralized will set up an interview in which you may extend or BuPers control for all grades, and have been dropped reenlist, if necessary, and giveyour preferences for from the Seavey list. Men in these ratings, as in other shore duty. Bureau-controlled ratings, will be notified of their After you’ve completed the required action, orders transfer-‘status by individual letter. will usually arrive sometimebetween October and If your rate is listed below, check your cutoff date. January, and you will normally be transferred between You are eligible for transfer to shore duty if your pres- February and May 1970. ent continuous sea duty began in or before the cutoff Volunteers for duty as recruit company commanders month listed-and if you meet the following additional arein short supply. Seavey-eligible petty officers in- requirements: terested in this duty should check Chapter 4 and Arti- You must havebeen on board for dutyat your cle 5.9 of the Transfer Manual to learn whether they present command on 1 Ju1 1969. meet the qualifications. Most billets for this duty are Your obligated active service must extend to Jan- in the 11th and Ninth Naval Districts. uary 1972 or later. If it does not, you must reenlist or Here are the cutoff dates for Seavey Segment C-69:

Rate Date Rate Date Rate Date Rate Date Rate RateDate Date

BMC Jan 65 STS3 Jan 65 FTGl Jan 65 ETN2 Sep 66 PN2 Nov 67 J03 Nov 67 BM1 Jan 63 STSSN Jan 65 FTG2 Jan 65 ETN3 Oct 66 PN3 Nov 67 JOSN Nov 67 BM2 Nov 62 FTG3 Jul64 ETNSN Oct 66 PNSN Nov 67 BM3 May 64 TMC Jul66 FTGSN Jul64 ETR2 Sep 66 PCC Nov 66 BMSN Moy 64 TMl Oct 64 ETR3 Jul 66 SKC Feb 65 PC1 Jun 65 TM2 Jan 64 FTMC Mar 67 ETRSN Jul66 SK1 Feb 64 PC2 Jun 65 Jul63 TM3 Jan 66 FTMl May 65 SK2 Oct 66 PC3 May 66 Feb 62 TMSN Jan 66 FTM2 Nov 64 DSC Nov 67 SK3 Oct 66 PCSN May 66 QM2 Nov 64 FTM3 Nov 64 DS1 Dec 66 SKSN Oct 66 GMMC Jun 66 QM3 Apr 65 FTMSN Nov 64 DS2 Aug 66 LIC Mar 67 GMM 1 Oct 65 DKC May 67 QMSN Apr 65 053 Jul66 111 Aug 66 GMM2 Oct 65 Oct 66 DKl Mar 64 FTBC DSSN Jul66 112 Jun 67 GMM3 Oct 65 FTBl Oct 66 DK2 Oct 66 SMC Jan 66 113 Jun 67 GMMSN Oct 65 FTB2 Feb 65 DK3 Oct 67 SM1 Sep 61 RMC Sep 66 LlSN Jun 67 FTB3 Feb 65 DKSN Oct 67 SM2 Dec 61 RMl Sep 66 GMTC Oct 67 FTBSN Feb 65 SM3 Dec 61 RM2 Sep 66 MMC May 63 GMTl Oct 67 csc Oct 64 SMSN Dec 61 RM3 Sep 66 MMl Oct 61 GMT2 Oct 67 MTC Feb 66 cs1 Nov 64 RMSN Sep 66 MM2 May 65 GMT3 Oct 67 MTl Feb 66 cs2 May 66 RDC Dec 64 MM3 Dee 61 GMTSN Oct 67 MT2 Feb 66 cs3 Feb 68 RDl Jun 64 Y NC Aug 67 MMFN Des 61 MT3 Mar 64 CSSN Feb 68 RD2 Jun 64 YNl Aug 67 GMGC May 65 MTSN Sep 64 RD3 Nov 64 Y N2 Feb 60 ENC Aug 63 GMGl Sep 63 SHC ju167 RDSN Nov 64 YN3 Feb 68 EN1 Feb 63 GMG2 Apr 63 MNC Feb 67 SH1 Oct 62 YNSN Feb 68 EN2 Apr 66 GMG3 Apr 63 MNl Feb 67 SH2 Apr 63 STC May 65 EN3 Sep 66 GMGSN Apr 63 MN2 May 67 SH3 ju162 ST1 May 65 MN3 May 67 CY N3 Sep 66 SHSN ju162 ENFN Sep 66 STG2 Jul65 (NEC) MNSN May 67 CYNSN Sep 66 STG3 Jan 65 JOC Nov 67 MRC May 65 5332 Dec 65 STGSN Jan 65 ETC Sep 67 PNC Nov 67 101 Nov 67 MRl May 65 STS2 Jul65 FTGC Sep 65 ET1 Mar 67 PNl Nov 67 J02 Aug 67 MR2 May 65

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M R3 Nov 65 DC2 Mar 66 sw 1 May 65 AX3 Jun 66 AEC Jul 67 AZC Jut 67 MRFN Nov 65 DC3 May 66 sw2 May 61 AXAN Jun 66 AEl May 67 AZ1 ju167 DCFN May 66 sw3 May 65 AE2 May 67 AZ2 ju167 BTC Nov 63 SWCN May 65 AOC Nov 66 AE3 May 67 AZ3 ju167 AEAN BT1 May 62 EAC May 67 A01 Dec 66 May 67 AZAN h167 BT2 Jan 65 EA1 May 67 UTC Nov 65 A02 Sep 66 BT3 Sep 61 EA2 May 67 UT1 Nov 65 A03 Sep 66 AMSC Feb 67 ASC May 67 BTFN Sep 61 EA3 May 67 UT2 Nov 65 AOAN Sep 66 AMSl Feb 67 AS1 May 67 EACN May 67 UT3 Nov 65 AMs2 Feb 67 ASE2 May 67 ASE3 BRC Jan 66 UTCN Nov 65 AQC Feb 67 AMs3 Feb 67 May 67 BR1 Jan 64 CEC Sep 66 AQ1 Dec 65 AMSAN Feb 67 ASEAN May 67 CEl Sep 66 ADRC Sep 67 AQB2 Sep 66 EMC Nov 62 CE2 Sep 66 ADRl Sep 67 AQB3 Oct 66 AMHC Aug 67 ASH2 May 67 EM 1 Nov 61 CE3 Sep 66 ADR2 Sep 67 AQBAN Oct 66 AMHl May 67 ASH3 May 67 EM2 May 65 CECN Sep 66 ADR3 Sep 67 AQF2 Dec 66 AMH2 Jun 67 ASHAN May 67 EM3 May 6S ADRAN Sep 67 AQF3 Oct 66 AMH3 May 67 ASM2 May 67 EMFN May 65 EOC Jan 66 AQFAN Oct 66 AMHAN May 67 ASM3 May 67 EO 1 Jan 66 ADJC Oct 65 ASMAN May 67 ICC Oct 66 E02 Jan 66 ADJl May 66 ABEC Jun 66 AMEC May 67 IC1 Jan 62 E03 Jan 66 ADJ2 May 67 ABEl Jul66 AMEl May 67 HMC May 67 IC2 Sep 64 EOCN Jon 66 ADJ3 May 67 ABE2 May 66 AME2 May 67 HMl Jun 67 IC3 Oct 64 ADJAN May 67 ABE3 Jun 66 AME3 May 67 HM2 Jun 67 ICFN Oct 64 CMC Jan 66 ABEAN Jun 66 AMEAN May 67 HM3 Oct 67 CMl Jan 66 ATC Jan 67 HN Oct 67 SFC Nov 63 CM2 Jan 66 AT1 May 67 ABFC Jan 67 PRC May 67 DTC Nov 67 SF1 Nov 62 CM3 Jan 66 ATR2 May 67 ABFl Jan 67 PRl May 67 DTl Nov 67 SFM2 Oct is CMCN Jan 66 ATR3 May 67 ABF2 Aug 66 PR2 May 67 DT2 Feb 68 SFM3 Oct 65 ATRAN May 67 ABF3 Dec 66 PR3 May 67 DT3 Feb 60 SFMFN Oct 65 BUC May 66 ATN2 May 67 ABFAN Dec 66 PRAN May 67 DN Febt6B SFP2 Oct 65 BU1 May 66 ATN3 May 67 SFP3 Oct 65 BU2 May 66 ATNAN May 67 ABHC Dec 67 AKC Nov 67 SDC May 66 SFPFN Oct 65 BU3 May 66 ABHl Feb 67 AKl Nov 67 SD1 Jan 64 BUCN May 66 AXC Mar 67 ABH2 Feb 67 AK2 Nov 67 S D2 Oct 63 DCC Oct 66 AX1 Dec 66 ABH3 Feb 67 AK3 Nov 67 SD3 Jan 65 DC 1 Nov 63 swc May 65 AX2 Jun 66 ABHAN Feb 67 AKAN Nov 67 TN Aug 69

Diver, NAO InsigniaIncluded gold in color; the Master Diver in- In Revised Uniform Regulations signia is silver in color. Specific ap- Recent changes to Uniform Reg- proval to wear the insignia is re- u2ations are summarized in BuPers quired for officers afterone year Notice 1020 (16 Jun 1969). of operational diving. Abreast insignia is approved A Navymanwho qualifies as a for wear by Master Divers and Div- MasterDiver and later advances Aviation Observer Insignia ing Officers. The insignia is a metal to officer statusmay continue to pinconsisting of twoseahorses in wear the silver insignia until qual- ‘0 andthe anchor inbold relief, an upright position facing a diving ified as a Diving Officer, at which the center of the ‘0’filled with the helmet,with two tridents project- time the gold insignia shouldbe color gold.” ingupward and canted outward worn. The insignia was to be avail- The embroidereddevice should from the helmet cover. ablethrough commercial supply be on a background which matches The DivingOfficer insignia is outlets beginning in August 1969. the color of the uniform on which Diving Officer Breast Insignia (Gold) A Naval Aviation Observer in- worn. Master Diver Breast Insignia (Silver) signia may be worn by designated Regulations identical to those FlightMeteorologists and Naval of the Marine Corps areadopted AviationObservers not designated for wear of theVietnamese Cross as Flight Officers. of Gallantry. A Navyman whore- The insignia is described as fol- ceives this awardshould refer to lows: “A gold embroidered or gold article 1043, paragraph 8, of U,d- color metal pin; winged,with a form Regulations. centraldevice consisting of an ‘0’ Naval Aides to the Vice Presi- circumscribing anerect, plain an- dent may now wear aiguillettes on chor, both in the color silver; the the right shoulder.

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But if you don’t reenlist on schedule, you risk fouling scheduleddeployment and his loss would“severely up the planned rotation patterns of yourself and other affect a command’s ability to perform its mission.” This chiefs with your rating. is determined by theCO and the cognizant EPDO, In other words, if the Navy counts on you to reenlist and any request for TCD adjustment is forwarded to on boardand keep your CPO billet filled, but you CNP for a decision. decide to get out when you reach your EAOS, BuPers ExtensionsAshore & Overseas most likely will be unable to provide a timely relief for Requests for extensions of CONUS or Fleet shore duty you. tours normally will not be approved. Also, requests for But in an effort to do so, sea tours might be readjust- extensions of overseasshore duty(type 3) normally ed and the resultant planning for assignments becomes will not be approved-except for programs in certain limited, particularly, in the words of Chapter 28, “with overseas areas (such as Vietnam). regard to full consideration to the impact on personal On the other hand, requests for extensions of pre- life and duty preferences of the CPO whois unable ferred overseasshore duty(type 6) areencouraged to plan ahead.” and usually will be approved for those in ratings for Therefore, as a safetyvalve, it isnecessary for a whichthe CONUS tour is 48 monthsor more.But it chief to indicate his reenlistment intentions six months should be noted that such extensions may not exceed the 48-month overseas tour limitation. Those with 36-month CONUS tours may request one- yearextensions of their 24-month tours of preferred overseas shore duty. Those with ratings for which the CONUS tour is less than 36 months normally may not .extend on the type 6 overseasshore duty,but exceptions are considered in special circumstances, such as in humanitarian cases or, in the words of Article 28.44 of the Transfer Man- ual, “unique and exceptional contributions to the com- mand which suggest a rare degree of indispensability.” Any request for extensionshould besubmitted to CNP in letter form, via the CO with a copy to the cog- nizant EPDO.The request should reach BuPers no

before his EAOS (inchides EAOS as extended and revisions to or cancellations of Fleet Reserve authori- zations). Thus, if a man indicated that he does not intend to reenlist (or otherwise remain on activeduty, his CO will beable to send a speedletter to thecognizant EPDO, with copies to CNP(Pers-B21), using the formatprescribed in Article 28.32 of the Transfer Manual. This, hopefully, will minimize any lack of planning that could be adverse to commands and to individual Navymen. TCDs Tour completion dates established for CPOs are re- flected in EnlistedDistribution and verification Re- ports (1080-14) reviewed monthly at all commands. laterthan six monthsbefore the chief‘s TCD. If ap- However, a chief‘s TCD is tentative and should be proved, the TCD is adjusted by BuPers rate controller, used forplanning only. As alreadynoted, TCDs are andno command personnel diary entry isnecessary. established for CPOs without regard to EAOS. There- Sea Tour Extensions fore, they normally will not coincide with the EAOS, Requests for extensions of sea tours in operating and normally will not be adjusted to coincide with the units (duty types 2 and 4) areconsidered by CNP. EAOS or date of transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Re- A letter request, via the CO and EPDO, should reach tired List. BuPersno laterthan six monthsbefore the chief‘s Under certain circumstances, such as when a chief TCD. lets BuPers know he won’t be shipping over, his TCD Reasons for such requestsbeing turned down in- might be adjusted to coincide with his EAOS. clude: No authorized billet in theactivity assigned; Also, a chief‘s TCD might be adjusted if he’son a the chief concerned is needed elsewhere; an extension

SEPTEMBER I969 55 would violate the 48-month limit on type 4 duty. A new chief shouldsubmit thecard immediately Whatever, no indefinite sea extensions are granted upon notification of his selection for advancement to to CPOs. When an extension is approved, the TCD is grade E-7. Thereafter, he submits a new card four to adjusted by BuPers and no command personnel diary six months after reporting to a new duty station, six entry is necessary. monthsbefore any given tour completion date,and each time there’s a significant change in personal data Hospitalization or duty preference. CognizantEPDOs must be informedwhenever a Thecards need not be typewritten; legible hand- chief is lost to the service because of hospitalization. written or printed submissions are acceptable. Generally, the CO sends a speedletter report to the Thecards are largely self-explanatory, but if you EPDO, with a copy to CNP (Pers-B21), each time a need guidance when filling one out, check into Article chief under his command is transferredto an armed 28.10 of the Transfer Manual (or‘see ALL HANDS, services hospital or medical facility for treatment and August 1969). it appears probable (or is definite) that the hospitali- One final thought: don’t pass up the opportunity to zation will be for more than, 30 days, or it is deter- keep a current data card on file with your detailer in mined that loss of the chief‘s sen@es creates a need the Bureau. If he doesn’t know where you’d like to be for a replacement. stationed, your assignment must be based on needs of Thd-Tormat for such s eedletter feports is contained the service. in Article 28.62 of the ?priinsfer Manual. And, as we’ve said many timesin the past, your If a chief who serves on sea duty is hospitalized, he chances of receiving duty of choice are increased when normally will return to his duty station if the period you request only areas that have billets for your rate, of hospitalization is 30 days or less. rating and NEC. If t p chief checks infor hospitalizationwhile on The next regularly printed .change to the Transfer shore 1, Gty, and the transfer is “incident to TAD under Manual (change 3) will includea new Chapter 28. treatment” and is for 45 days or less, he usually will Meanwhile, the version distributed with BuPers Notice return to his shore duty command. 1306 (10 Jun 1969) should be added to the Manual, When it’s necessary to provide a command with a and the old Chapter 28 discarded. relief, BuPers will notify the hospital to changethe chief‘s status from TAD under treatment to “on board temporary dutyunder treatment,” which amounts Lengthof Sea and Shore Duty Tours Are to his permanent transfer from hisold duty station. Se! for CPOs, Senior and Master Chiefs The hospital then makes the chief available for reas- Here are the normal sea and shore tour lengths for signmentunder procedures contained in Chapter21 chief, senior chief and master chief petty officers. Note of the Transfer ib&tpual. that these tour lengths are subject to change, and also note that: Training Shoretours listed applyto those who report to Most chiefs needno additional training before shore duty on or after 1 Jul 1969. Those who reported checking into new billets. However,those who are to shore duty before thatdate shouldplan on any orderedto billets whichrequire equipment-oriented previoukly established tour length. or other technical or special training should be trans- Sea tours listed are projected sea tours (PST), or ferred via the appropriate training facility. the total.time that those affected can expect to remain If a chief has not received some necessary training, onsea duty. During a projected sea tour, you are and his command is under allowance in that specific assigned an activity touror tour completion date. NEC or requirement, the CO is encouraged to request TCDsapply to thefollowing types of duty:Type 2 theappropriate school or other training quota. Such (arduoussea duty);Type 3 (overseasshore duty); training should be for shortperiods to meet specific Type 4 (toured or nonrotated arduous sea duty) and billet requirements, and should be funded locally. Type 5 (preferred sea duty). COS also are encouraged to consult their type com- If, during a projected sea tour, you are assigned mand representatives and other commanders to deter- atour in dutytype 3 ortype 5, you canexpect to mine any special training needs for prospective reliefs, remain at sea longer than the PST listed. If you are who in turn can receive the proper orientation before assigneda tour in type 2 or type 4, you canexpect arriving on byrd. toremain at sealess thanthe PST listed. Requests f& formal school training of long duration The most favorable tour in operational sea duty and a general nature, such as that offered in most class activities (type 2) is considered to be three years, but “B” schools, normally will not be approved for CPOs. theminimum planned tour is two years. Therefore, variations of activity tours ranging from two years to Duty History and Preference Card four years, as manning circumstances dictate, may be Each chief +auld make sure he has an up-to-date anticipated. In ratings for which the sea tour exceeds Duty History ‘and Preference Card ( NavPers 1306134) 36 ffionths, two consecutive assignments to operational on file with$NP (Pers-B21) or othercognizant de- sea duty activities may be expected unless assigned to tailer (ye,bdx). duty types 3, 4 or 5.

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.,.^. . Preferredsea duty tours' normally are for 24 months.Commands which can justify individual ad- Data card requirements in addition to those dis- justments to this should address their requests to the cussed elsewhere in these pages apply to all Waves, Chief of NavalPersonnel (Pers-Bel), via theFleet plus,Navymen with certain ratings and NECs. EPDO. The ratings are: HM, DT,DP, TD, AC,AG, Tourlengths for instructor andrecruiting duty AW, MU, PH and PT. are prescribed in chapters4 and 5 of the Transfer The NECsare 33XX and 53XX.Also, NECs Manual, except that menin certain ratings assigned 2813 and 3111 which apply to the CS, SH, SK and to instructor duty also should check Chapter 28, Arti- AK ratings. cle 28.36.These ratings are: FT, FTG, FTM, GMM, Thoseconcerned should check Article 28.91 of GMT, BT, MM, RD, RM and ST. the Transfer Manual for referenceor special in- Tour lengths for overseas service are as prescribed structions on data card submissions. in BuPers Inst. 1300.26 series. Obligated service which equals prescribed overseas area tour length is required before assignment is made, unless waived by BuPers. CPOs assigned to service craft units which have separate service craft component allowances normally Planned rotation patterns which identify variances serve 36-month tours. Exceptions to this apply to those from projected sea tours areunder development and who have NEC0161 (Tugmaster) or NEC0162 will be published in the Transfer Manual when com- (Yard Craft Boat Captain), in which case the normal pleted. tour is 48 months. (See Article 28.38, Transfer Manuul, Here,then, are thegeneral tour lengths for chief, for details. ) senior chief and master chief petty officers:

Sea Shore Sea Shore Sea Shore Sea Shore Sea Shore

ABCM 30 24 BMCM 413 24 ENCS 60 24 MLCS 120 30 RDCS 66 24 ABCS 30 24 BMCS 4a 24 ENC 60 24 MLC 120 30 RDC 66 24 ABEC 42 24 BMC 60 24 EOCS 36 24 MMCM 72 24 RMCM 36 24 ABFC 42 24 BRCM 60 24 EOC 4a 24 MMCS 72 24 RMCS 42 24 ABHC 36 24 BRCS 60 24 EQCM 36 24 MMC a4 24 RMC 4a 24 ACCM 30 42 BRC 72 24 ETCM 36 36 MNCM 30 4a SDCM 30 4a ACCS 30 42 BTCM 60 24 ETCS 36 36 4NCS 36 42 SDCS 4a 24 ACC 30 42 BTCS 60 24 ETC 36 36 MNC 36 42 SDC 413 24 ADCS 36 36 BTC 713 24 FTCM 42 36 MRCM 60 24 SFC 72 30 ADRC 36 54 BUCS 36 24 FTCS 54 30 MRCS 60 24 SHCM 30 36 ADJC 36 36 BUC 4a 24 FTGC 54 30 MRC 60 24 SHCS 30 30 AECS 36 36 CECS 36 24 FTBC 54 30 MTC 42 36 SHC 30 24 AEC 36 36 CEC 4a 24 * FTMC 42 30 MUCM 30 24 SKCM 30 24 AFCM 36 36 CMCS 36 24 * FTCS 42 30 MUCS 30 24 SKCS 36 24 AGCM 30 42 CMC 413 24 FTCM 42 30 MUC 30 24 SKC 54 24 AGCS 30 30 CSCM 30 24 GMCM 54 24 OMCS 72 30 SMCM 42 24 AGC 30 30 cscs 60 24 GMCS 60 24 OMC 72 30 SMCS 42 24 AKCM 30 4a csc 60 24 GMGC 60 24 PCCM 30 54 SMC 60 24 AKCS 30 4a CUCM 36 24 * FTMC 42 30 PCCS 30 4a tSTCM 4a 39 AKC 30 54 DCCM 72 30 FTCS 42 30 PCC 42 24 t$tcs 54 24 AMCS 36 36 DCCS 72 30 'FTCM 42 30 PHCM 30 36 tSTC 54 24 AMSC 36 36 DCC 72 30 GMTCM 30 36 PHCS 30 36 ttSTCM 4a 24 AMHC 36 36 DKCM 30 4a GMTCS 30 36 PHC 36 36 ttSTCS 66 24

AMEC ' 36 36 DKCS 30 36 GMTC 30 36 PlCM 72 24 ttSTC 66 24 AOCM 30 30 DKC 36 36 HMCM' 30 4a PMC 120 30 swcs 36 24 AOCS 36 30 DMCM 30 36 HMCS 36 413 PNCM 30 413 swc 60 24 AOC 36 30 DMCS 30 36 HMC 36 24 PNCS 30 4a TDCM 36 4a AQCS 36 36 DMC 30 36 ICCS 42 24 PNC 30 4a TDCS 36 4a AQC 36 36 DPCM 30 4a ICC 54 24 PRCM 36 36 TDC 36 4a ASCM 30 24 DPCS 30 4a IMCS 72 30 PRCS 36 36 TMCM 30 4a ASCS 30 24 DPC 30 42 IMC 72 30 PRC 36 54 TMCS 4a 24 ASC 36 36 DSCM 30 54 JOCM 30 4a PTCM 30 4a TMC 4a 24 ATCS 30 36 DSCS 30 54 JOCS 30 4a PTCs 30 48 UTCM 36 24 ATC 30 36 DSC 30 54 JOC 30 4a PTC 30 4a UTCS 36 24 AVCM 36 36 DTCM 30 4a LlCM 30 48 QMCM 42 24 UTC 54 24 AWCM 30 4a qcs 30 4a LlCS 4a 24 QMCS 42 24 YNCM 30 4a AWCS 36 4a DTC 30 4a LIC 413 24 QMC 713 24 YNCS 30 4a AWC 60 24 EACS 36 24 MLCM 120 30 RDCM 30 24 Y NC 30 40 AXCS 4a 24 EAC 4a 24 AXC 4a EMCM 24 a4 24 * SMS Terrier and Tartar tours and tours for NECs 1135 AZCM 36 36 EMCS 90 24 and 1139. Talos tour is 24 months sea and 36 months shore. AZCS 36 36 EMC a4 24 ** SMS Terrierand Tartar tours. Talostour is 30 months sea AZC 36 ENCM 54 60 24 and 36 months shore. t Surface. tt Submarines. SEPTEMBER I969 57 Pro-Pay and Early Out limitationon retirements and the 10 per centincrease in retired p~yfor SIR: I plan to request an early out This section is open tounofficial com- good conductservice were removed. toattend college, but am concerned munications fromwithin thenaval service However, in all fairness,Coast whether or not I will continue to draw on matters of general interest.However, itis notintended to conflict in any way Guardsmen who retire after 20 proficiencypay in themeantime. My with Navy Regulationsregarding the for- warding of official mail throughchannels, years’ consecutive service which start- enlistmentexpires on 29 Oct 1970, nor isit to substitute for thepolicy of ed before the law waschanged still at which time I will have seven years, pbtaininginformation from localcommands In allIn possibleinstances. Donotsend are entitled to the benefits of the old 13 days of active service, if I remain postage or return envelopes. Sign full name and oddresr. Address letter to Editor,ALL lawregarding retired pay. onduty. Ofcourse, if I receivean HANDS,Perr G15, Bureau of Naval Per- Of course,Coast Guardsmen who earlyout, I willnot fulfill the re- ronnel, Navy Dept., Washington, D.C. 20370. L I are cited for extraordinaryheroism quirement of havingseven years’ ob- may be eligible fm a 10 per centin- ligatedservice necessary toqualify crease in retiredpay-similar to the forproficiency pay. 97%%of the maximum was entitled to Navy policy.-ED. Howwill an earlyseparation re- have his retired pay increased by “an . questaffect the pro pay which I am amoqcnt equal to 10per cent of the receiving?-FTM1, D. R. K., USN. active duty payand permanent addi- Retainer Pay Recomputed As longas youremain in your tions thereto of the grade or rating presentbillet an early out to attend with which retired.” SIR: I referto the “RetainerPay college will have rw bearing on your However, other pre-1963 laws made Recomputed” letter appearing in your proficiency pay. this an iffy proposition,because no March issue, page 61. The guidelinesdealing with this more than one percent of the total Question:How can a man draw a subject, paragraph4e of BuPers Inst. active CoastGuard enlisted force retainerbased on 26 years’ service 1430.12 (dated 10 Jan 1969), state could retire on 20 during a given cal- when he completed only 19 years, six that qualified individuals are eligible endaryear. monthsand 10 days,initially, plus four additional years of recall service? for the award of pro pay if they have This resulted in a retirement wait- eitherserved on active duty forat Mycalculations read 23 years,six ing list, and meant that Coast Guards- months and 10 days. least seveu years, or their active obli- men sometimes had to serve up to 26 gation will total seven or moreyears years before they could retire. Judging from recent Armed Services of active service. Committee statements, a man with 26 On 6 Sep. 1963, the lawwas Therefore, sinceyou are initially years and 364days of activeservice changed and both the oneper cent mayhave his retainer based on 22 obligated to serve until 29 Oct 1970- yearswhen he enters the Fleet Re- 13days more than sevenyears-you servesince he willnot have com- meet the obligatedservice require- NWP: What Does it Mean? ment forpro pay andare eligible to pleteda full year in the current pay receive it until your date of discharge SIR: I’vetried unsuccessfully for scale. or date of transfer for separation, along time to findout what the Pleaseclarify.-D. S. P.,GMCM, whichever is earlier.-ED. lettersNWP stand for, in the pub- USN. lication NWP-5OA. Can you tell me? How aboutNWIP? Where could I A double check of the rules gov- CoastGuard Pay have gone to find the answer?-TMC erning payment of retainersrevealed SIR: I’ve heard that men who make c. s., USN. that the reply in the March issue was acareer of the Coast Guard’ receive incorrect in that the chief petty offi- an additional 10 percent in retired NWP stands for Naval Warfare cer involvedwill be entitled to re- Publication, and NWIP standsfor orretainer pay if theygo outin a tainer pay based on the basic pa!/ “good conduct” standing. Naval Warfare Information Publi- ratefor over 22 rather than mer 26 cation. These are publications Is thereany truth in this?”.M., is- years of service. sued by the Office of the Chief of TMC, USN. At the time of histransfer to the NavalOperations. You couldhave FleetReserve, he had 19 years, two found out what NWP means by months and fourdays of service for Yes nnd no. checking the “TacticalDoctrine pay purposes. After fouryears of Before 1963, lawsprovided that Publication Guide which (U),” is FleetReserve time, he wasrecalled anyCoast Guard enlisted man who also known by the designation NWP- to active duty and became entitled to retired after 20 years’service with OB.-ED. averagemarks in conduct atleast active duty paybased on hisservice

58 ALL HANDS for pay at time of transfer, plushis FleetReserve time. After completing approximately two yearsand 10 months of active duty afterhis recall, the chief became en- titled to basic pay at the over-26-year rate.Before his release from hiscur- rentactive duty tour, hisbasic pay will be at the over-26-year rate which, of course, is based in part on his four years’ Fleet Reserve time. However, when hisretainer pay is recomputed, the rate of basic pay used in that computation cannot include FleetReserve time. Therefore, the chief’sretainer pay will be based on the over-22 rather than the over-26 year pay rate for his grade. This determination is spelled out in the Comptroller General’s decision FIRST OF CLASS-USS Knox (DE 1052), commissioned this spring, is proto- B-164960 of 12Dec 1968. type of 46 destroyer escort ships. PearlHarbor is her home port. Sorry about the misinformation. --ED. Article 0767, which handles the Granted, this is somewhatmislead- samesubject for otherenlisted men, ing, but the spirit of the “Regs” as Insigniaon Undress Uniform is understandably brief. In addition written, says the uniform expert in to the portion you quote, it says little BuPers, is this: SIR:Recently I saw a petty officer more than “worn in the same manner 1stclass wearing a metalsubmarine Sincebreast insignia is worn with breastinsignia on his undress blue as prescribed for chief petty officers.” Working Khaki and TropicalKhaki jumper. Back to 0656, and the relevant shirts,it also may be worn with Un- paragraph (1d): dress blue and Undress white jumpers. I calledhis attention toArticle “Uniform Regs” is being revised to 0767 of Uniform Regulations, which, “Embroidered devices or metal on the subject of breastinsignia for pin-on devices shall be worn on the clear up this and a few otherless- enlistedmen otherthan chiefpetty coats of the Service Dress Blue, Serv- than-specific points.-ED. officers,states that such a deviceis iceDress Khaki, and the Aviation Green Working uniforms. Pin-on de- “. . . wornon Service Dress and Full The Prerogatives of Seniority Dress uniforms and the White Tropi- vices shall be worn on the coats of caluniforms. . . .” It saysnothing ServiceDress White and Working SIR: The service has been stressing about a breastdevice being author- Khaki uniforms. Pin-on devices may retention of ratedpersonnel. Why izedfor wear with the Undressuni- be worn on the khaki shirt when the don’t they do as much for the senior form. coat is not worn and on the blue flan- men who are getting close to 19 and nel shirt and tropical shirts.” or are planningon 30? It seems However,this submariner brought six hisboss in on the question, and the IT’S A PROBLEM-Tactical ASW problem is monitored onContact Evaluator. two concludedthatArticle 0767 meansmore than what it says.They This is part of the training at ASW Tactical School at Norfolk, Virginia. turned to Article 0656 of the Regs, and said the tone of the two articles combinedsuggests thatbreast insig- nia may be worn on undress jumpers -notonly undress blue, butalso un- dress white. I still don’t believe it. Can you cite somethingmore definite on this sub- ject?-P.R. H., YNCS, USN.

We invite your attention to anoth- erlook at thetwo “Uniform Regs” articles you cite-0656 and 0767. The former pertains to the general regulations for wearing breast insignia on enlisted uniforms, even though the article is in the chapter on Male Chi4 Petty Officers.

SEPTEMBER 1969 weight factor which recognizes career service. The longeryou’ve been in, the better yourchances for that new crow. -The Proficiency Pay program is limited to career petty officers-men who have served or are obligated to serve a total of seven years or more. -The ADCOPprogram is an edu- cational opportunities programstrict- ly reserved for career petty officers. -The “schoolguarantee” incentive is available to all rates through chief (although first-termers myapply). -Transportation of dependents and household goods is limited toP03s (with overfour years’ service) and above. -The “Twilight Cruise” policyis designed as anextra recognition of IT’LL NEVER-Unusual photo taken after USS Tortuga (LSD 26) had ballasted the career service of petty officers ap- down to receive patrol craft while moored in Subic Bay makes it appear USS proaching retirement. Hassayampa (A0 145) is about to come aboard the amphibious landing dock. -The RetiredServiceman’s Family Protection Plan is a benefit provided that after a man has reached 19 and Maybe part of the faultlies with only to the career petty officer. six they care less about him and open- those of us who publicize the Navy’s -Of course, there’s the opportunity ly show it. benefits. In our zeal to get first-term- for early retirement, with all that en- In my 22 years I have been pushed, ers to reenlist, we may have used too tails.There’s almost no other occupa- crowded,treated with contempt, and muchtime and column spacetelling tion from which youcan retire with givena care-less attitude by all the about the goodies they can expect, full benefits after only 20 years with people serving over and under me. while neglecting to emphasize the the company. I livedin a littletransit room - much longerlist of benefits available The Navy provides service opportu- about 40 by 15 feet-with seven other to senior career men. nities up to 30 years or even nwre for senior pettyofficers for four months, But we can’t take the whole blame. exceptional petty officers if they want whiletopside nonrated men had 20- Seems to us that sometime in your 22 it. There are now13,300 CPOs and by-40-footrooms with only four to a years you’d have learned the fact that above who are serving beyond the 20- room. most of the Navy’spolicies and pro- year mark-among them 220 who have grams are specificallyoriented to the 30 years or more. Evidently the Navy I havebeen without pay for six careerPO. The examples arealmost needs them andthey’re willing to monthsand no one seemed real con- innumerable. Hereare a few: serve. It’s a careerman’s Navy! cernedabout it. When myback pay -The advancement system has a You say you’ve been “treated with caught up with me, the supply officer told me to submit a request for it. The request was approved and I still wait- ed until the next day. HMs on Deck Watch Allof my personalbelongings and health record have been missing since SIR: Is thereany regulation that essarily mean that hospitalcorpsmeti I wasevacuated from Vietnam. No statesthat hospital corpsmen are not are automatically excused from stand- one seems to really care if I get them requiredto stand deck watches? ingdeck watches. ornot. I havetalked to other senior I don’tsee why a chiefor any In other words, commanding of- petty officers who have had the same otherrate in this rating should not ficers may detail i n d i v i d u a 1 s type of experience. standadeck watch since this is a under their commands to whatever Canthere be someway that ‘we militaryfunction and thereforetakes duties the command mission requires, seniormen can be shown thatour precedenceover non-military func- meaninghospital corpsmen may hz timein the service shows something tions. - TMC C.S., USN. assigned duties as JOOD andshore onour part?--GMGC D. E. H., USN. patrol watches as medical guards. “Navy Regulations,” Article 1355 This HM watchstandingsubject is Frankly, Chief, we’re astonished. (1948) states that “no member of the covered at length in a “JAG Journal” Where didyou get the idea that the HospitalCorps shall be detailed to series that ranin the September, Navy has a “care-less attitude” toward duties contravening the provisions of October and November 1965 issues, the careerman? Certainlynot from the internationalagreements which titled: “Status of Medicaland Re- the Navy we mow. It belongs to the pertain to noncombatantstatus of ligiousPersonnel lnternutional Law.” career men! such persons.” But, this doesn’t nec- -ED.

60 ALLHANDS contempt” by men “over andunder” March1943. I haveno broken serv- you. Article 91 of the “UCM]” says ice, but I do have eight months’ con- it’s a court-martial offense if a war- structive time. rant officer or enlisted man “treats If I usethis constructive time in with contempt M is disrespectful in totalservice for retirement, Ifigure language or deportment toward a war- thatinMarch 1970 canI request rant officer, noncommissioned officer, transferashore to begin a two-year or petty officer while that officeris twilightcruise in July 1970. Ithen in the execution of his office.” would retire in July 1972. So why haven’t you been exercising If I cannotuse constructive time, a little strongerguidance from your my requestfor retirement would be position as a chief petty officer? madein November 1970. I’d begin The Navy, like any other organiza- my twilight cruise in March 1971 and tion of human beings, will always in- retire in March 1973. clude a fewmen who won’treally However, I wonder if Seavey would care, for instance, if you get your be- go along with either date. I have been longingsback or not, and who there- ,ashoreon recruiting duty fornearly fore won’t give you much help to get fouryears, and willtransfer to sea them back. thissummer. With constructive time, The Navy recognizes this problem, I’dhave only oneyear ofsea duty and is taking positive action toim- beforereturning ashore to begin my prove things. A PersonnelManage- twilightcruise. Without it, mysea ment Irpprovement Committee estab- tourwould be 20 months. lished by the Chiq of NavalPerson- Does the Seaveyprocedure permit nel is specifically aimed at improving suchshort-lived sea tours for shipfit- personnel management at the contact ters?-A. D. C., SFC, USN. level to reduce the very occurrences you describe. A special project to im- Assignment to a twilight cruise, prove services to Vietnam returnees is or duty of choice for the last two years underway. Vice AdmiralCharles K. before 30-year retirement, is a special Duncan, Chief of Naval Personnel, has procedure made outside the usual Sea- urged in personalhis newsletter vey rotation system. Therefore, it does “Tides andCurrents” that all Navy- not matter how much or little sea duty men serving their shipmates and fam- you have when you request your twi- ilies provide courteous, timely and ef- light cruise, provided you are eligible. ficient service. The matter of constructive time is You have legitimate gripesabout a little more complicated. Certain losing your belongings and not getting types of constructive time may be help to recoveryour pay. But such countedtoward transfer tothe Fleet experiencesshould become less com- Reserve (20-year retirement), but do mon as Navymen take VADM Dun- not apply to 30-year retirement. can’s advice.-ED. For the latter, youmay count as constructive time only the periods of Twilight Cruise enlistments and extensions you do not serve when youship over early (up SIR: I believe I will be eligible for to three months for each). 30-yearretirement in July 1972, but For transfer to the FleetReserve, I’m notsure of this date because you may also count a minority enlist- thereare two pertinent questions I ment (1s a fullfour years. And, six am not able to answer. months or moremay be counted as Doesconstructive time count as oneyear toward totalservice for serviceperformed for 30-year retire- transfer to the Fleet Reserve, but not ment? for retirement. Thus, youcan eo out Must I be eligible for Seavey trans- on “19 and six” (but you never hear of fer ashore before I can request a two- an enlisted man voluntarilyretiring year twilight cruise before retirement? on “29 and six”). The TransferManual statesthat a In yourcase, it has been deter- request for 30-year retirement should mined that asof now, youcan not be submitted at least 28 months in ad- retire until March 1973. vance.Obviously, this allows four However, yourcurrent enlistment months’lead time for assignment to expires in September 1970, so if you duty of choice for the last two years. reenlist three months early (inJune Ihave been on active duty since 1970), youcan pick up an additional

SEPTEMBER 1969

HMC J, E. McNeely, USN

CTC James R. Branum

"At ease, men! Smoke if you wish."

SN Shirley L. Makowski, USN

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~~ ". . . and the recipe card service is based on time-tested recipes prepared by highly trained experts with long years of experience. Butin spite of this, we still mmdge to put out some decent chow."

JOC Sam E. McCrum, USN

I 1 "Now, Rachael, I promise you no matterwhat port I go to, 1'11 never look at anotherAmeri- can girl."

AC2 Joel B. Little, USN

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"Asstaff psychiatrist, Gleason,I'd say you have a definitepersonality defect. And you need a haircut as well."

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"And theprize for the most original costume goes to Seaman Collins!"

SEPTEMBER t 969 63 ALL HANDS. TheBureau of Nav- al Personnel Career Publlcotion, Is published monthly by the Bureauof Naval Personnel for the in- formation and interestofthe naval service as a whole. Issuance ofthis publication approved in accordance withDepartment of theNavy Publica- tionsPrintingand Regulations, NAVEXOSP-35. Opinions expressed are HAT DOES a U. S. Navy destroyer crew do when the ship’s not necessarily thoseof the Navy De- Wwashing machine breaks down, the ship is on deployment in partment. Reference to regulations, orders and directives is forinformation the Mediterranean and the repair parts have to come from the only and does not by publication here- inconstitute authority for action. All originalmaterial maybe reprinted OS In the case of the crewmen aboard uss Norris (DD 859) oper- desired if propercredit is given ALL HANDS. Originalarticles and informa- ating out of Newport, R. I., some turned to doing their laundryby tion of general interest may be for- hand, while a few fell back on the old Navy standby of dragging wardedaddressed to theEditor, ALL HANDSPers G15 BuPers,Navy De- their clothes in the ship’s wake. partmeit,Washinpion, D.C. 20370 (fee below). DISTRIBUTION:By Sectlon But-reports Journalist 1st Class Tom Walton, USN, two crew- 8-3202 of theBureau of Naval Person- men decided to do more. Machinist’s Mate 1st Class William A. nel Manual,the Bureau directs that appropriate steps be takentoinsure distribution on thebasis of one COPY for each 10 officers and enlisted per- sonnel. , TheBureau invites requests for addi- tional copies as necessary to comply withthe basic directives. Note that dis- tributionis based onthe authorized number of members attached, rather than temporary fluctuatingnumbers. TheBureau should be keptinformed Ship’s servicemen normally operate the laundry, but the two of changes in thenumber of copies engineering petty officers decided it best to run the “oil drum required. TheBureau should also be advised laundry” themselves because af its unusual mechanics. if thefull number is not received Within-three days they had the 2500-pound laundry backlog regularly. all Normally copies forNavy activities caughtup, with no malfunctions of theirmachine. It then oredistributed only to those on the worked most of every day to keep the crew in clean clothes until StandardNavy Distribution List in the expectation that such activitieswill theship hit her next port, where repair parts for the regular make furtherdistribution as necessarY; washer were waiting. where special circumstances warrant sendingdirect to sub-activities the Bureaushould be informed. Distribution to Marine Corps person- *** nel is effected by theCommandant US. Marine Corps. Requestsfrom Ma- rineActivities should be addressed to theCommandant. This magazine is for sale by Superin- tendent of Documents US. Government Printing Office, Washkgton, D.C. 20402

Interestingstory materialand photographs fromindividuals, ships, stations, squadrons and othersources are solicited.All material received is carefullyconsidered for publica- tion. There’sa good story in every job. that’s being performed either afloat or .ashore. Theman on the scene is best qualified to on in hisoutfit. arranged to have armored troop carriers of the Mobile Riverine tellwhat’s going Force deliver lumber to rebuild the village. Photographs are very important,and shouldaccompany thearticles if possible. That left the livestock problem; so LTJG Foster received the Howevera good story shouldnever be held back fot’lack of photographs.ALL HANDS Vietnameseequivalent of $250 from the RiverPatrol Force’s prefers clear,well-identified, 8-by10 glossy civic action fund-and went to market. prints, black-and-white,and also color trans- parencies.All persons inthe photographs Because of their fast rate of reproduction, ducks were chosen shouldbe dressedsmartly and correctly to replace the destroyed livestock. LTJG Foster bought 4000. The when inuniform, and be identified by full name and rate or rank whenpossible. The quacking cargo was loaded onto PBRs and taken to the village. photographer’s nameshould also be given. The villagers met the crewmen with excitement, warm smiles Address material to Editor, ALL HANDS; and deep thanks as they unloaded the ducklings from their boats. Pers G15, NavyDepartment, Washington, It wouldn’t take long for the village to become a going concern D. C. 20370. again-thanks to the men of the U. S. Navy.

AT RIGHT:WHITE WATER-Crewmen of USS Donner (LSD 20) fight heavyseas to clear the falls of a motor whaleboat during operationaltraining off theVirginia coast. ”Photo by PH3 G. M. Hamilton.

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