- THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

JANUARY 1967 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 600

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VICE BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN TheChief of Naval Personnel REARADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN TheDeputy CAPTAINJAMES G. ANDREWS, USN AssistantChief for Morale Services

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features Ivy League On and Under the Sea: The Story of PACE and PolarisUniversity ...... 2 Torfuga:Home Base at Sea ...... 8 Up-Side Down Duty-At the SouthPole ...... 10 Rocket Rainmaker ...... 13 Corpsmen on Call:Heroes on the Spot ...... 14 First Ladies of the Fleet ...... 18 HeloPipeline ...... 23

Departments Four Star Forum: Suppose You Were CNO for Sixty Minutes ...... 24 Today’sNavy ...... 28 Servicescope: Newsof Other Services ...... 36 TheWord ...... 38 Decorationsand Citations ...... 52 Lettersto the Editor ...... 59

BulletinBoard : A Great Navy Town and One of the Busiest ...... 40 TheSan Diego Naval Complex ...... 42 Seavey Segment A-67: Pointersand Cut-Off Dates ...... 46 All AboutOfficer Assignment: Who GoesWhere, Why andHow .... 48

SpecialRoundup (In Verse Yet!) NavyNew Year’s Log ...... 54

TaffrailTalk ...... 64

John A. Oudine, Editor Associate Editors G. VernBlasdell, News Don Addor, Layout & Art Ann Hanabury, Research Gerald Wolff, Reserve

0 FRONTCOVER: VIEW FROM THEBRIDGE4bservers onbridge ofaircraft carrier watch NavyA-4 Skyhawk make arrestedlanding after mission over North Vietnam.-Photo by J. D. Goss, PH2, USN.

0 ATLEFT: UP, UPAND AWAY-Carrier sailorhoistedis tohelicopter from deck of USS Bradley(DE 1041) for return to parent ship after ExerciseSilverskate inSouth China Sea.-Photo by William H. Powers, PHl, USN.

0 CREDIT:All photographs published inALL HANDS Magazineare official Department of Defensephotos unless otherwise designated. ports) as it had worked with Polaris . It also sought to iron out other problems arising in an ex- pansion program in the surface Navy. This fall five more surface ships joined the afloat college program. Four of them, operating out of the San Diego area, are the guided mis- sile uss Galveston (CLG 3) and Canberra (CAG 2), the guided missile Mahan (DLG 11) andthe tender Piedmont (AD 17). Another tender, Cascade (AD 16) hasinaugurated a PACE program with Newport, R. I., as its headquarters for the shore phase of the college curriculum.

HARVARD professors are not the only ones in the area involved in this seagoing educational effort. Some of the instructors con- ducting in-port classes, or appearing in kinescope lectures at sea, are drawn from the faculties of the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston College, Boston University, Tufts University and SimmonsCol- lege, institutions which, like Har- vard, are members of the Commis- sion on Extension Studies. For submarines operating out of Charleston, S. C., the academic func- tions are being carried outby the University of South Carolina, while personnel operating out of the ports of New London, Conn., Boston, and now Newport come under the juris- diction of Harvard. Out on the West Coast, the initial instruction for Constellation’s col- legemen hasbeen under the direc- tion of eight professors from San Diego State College. Other univer-

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DOWN SOUTH-Submen at Charleston study math under FBM college program. Rt: Polaris sub USS Sam Rayburn.

WithoutDean Phelps’ perceptive of regular college courses, the basic The development of the courses vision of the program’s educational difference being that they are offered now being offered came about potential, a Navy status report says, outside the campus. The Polaris or through the combined efforts of Har- “PO~UT~SUniversity would never have PACE instruction, of course, is spe- vard University personnel, the Com- progressed from experiment and trial cially tailored, adapted for such con- mission on Extension Studies, experts to its present status of the most ditions as would be met by a Navy- from Boston’s educational TV sta- imaginative general education pro- man at sea. The filmed lectures re- tion, WGBH, and the Navy. gram in the Department of Defense.” place in part, and in concentrated On the Navy side, the Personnel “Extension students, whether they form, the usual lectures in a course. Research Laboratory, Flo- are enrolled in night classes inthe They are supplemented, when the tilla Two, andthe Special Projects city, or studentsfar out at sea, are ship gets back to home port, by live Office had a dominant part in the an interesting, varied group,” says classroom instruction andthe in- early success of the program. Bu- Dean Phelps. structor on shore duty also grades Pers’Assistant Chief for Education And he should know-he is chair- the students’ final examinations. and Training now has responsibility man of the Commissionon Extension There is the same amount of read- for the expanded PACE effort. Courses, an organization made up ing to bedone by thestudents as in of anumber of universities, colleges the comparable Extension course HOW DOES the Navyman who par- and educational institutions inthe given at Cambridge and Boston. ticipates in this program make Boston area. Incidentally, itwas from partici- pating colleges of this organization Eligibility Requirements that Polaris University drew many topnotch instructors. The PACE program is now open After satisfactory completion of to members of the crews of Polaris all the courses, the PACE Navy- submarines and certain surface man will have the equivalent of HAT IS an extension course? Is it an easy course with the edu- ships listed in the article on thesea two-year college extension edu- cational values diluted? pages. Plans call for its expansion cation. Dean Phelps’ answer points up the to additional ships and also major Individual courses also carry value of this education opportunity naval shore stations. college credits which maytrans- be being offered the Navyman. At present courses are available ferredto other colleges. (Final “These courses are the equivalent to personnel of submarines oper- acceptance, of course, remains with ating out of New London, Charles- the institution to which you apply Actingadministrative assistant shows pro- ton, S. C., and , and to the ’for transfer.) spective student books and films usedat crews of larger surface ships op- Completion of certain courses is Polaris U. inCharleston. erating out of Boston, Newport, a prerequisite for other, more ad- and San Diego. vanced courses in the same field. Academic eligibility require- Your education officerwill have the ments vary with the participating details. colleges, but are minimal. The in- Participation in this program will dividual Navyman can limit himself not mean the loss of any benefits to a few courses, or he can take due you under the G. I. Bill. On them all. It is suggested thatthe thecontrary, the Navyman expect- student limit himself to one course ing to go to college after retirement at a time, and recommended that or release willfind that completion no more than two courses be taken of these courses will put him steps simultaneously. acloser to college degree.

5 survey of close to a thousand FBM PACE Navymen SeFect from This College Curriculum sailors who were enrolled in 66 Polaris University courses during Here’s a list of the courses in the at each location where the PACE- 1965. The dropout rate for the year PACE Navy College program. Polaris University program is now was 19 per cent, comparing favorably Completion of some of the courses underway. A few of the courses with the national dropout rate of 25 is a requirement before astudent are still in the production stages per cent for first year college stu- can qualify to take the next course. and not yet available. They are dents. Not all of the courses are available marked with an asterisk. How does the Navy benefit from MATHEMATICS CHEMISTRY these courses? DeanPhelps was College Algebra BasicPrinsciples of Chemistry asked. Coordinate Geometria (Analytic Geometry) Chemical Equilibrium “In many ways. As one example, Introduction to Calculus, Part I Covalent Bonds it has had the effect of encouraging Introduction to blculus, Part II (The Power Elements and Their Compounds men to enterNESEP (NavyEn- Functions) ENGLISH listed Scientific Education Pro- Trigonometric Functions *ExpositoryEnglish, Part I gram) .” Elements of Statistics *ExpositoryEnglirh, Part II Let’slist here some of the more Introduction to Mndern Algebra American Literature Probability obvious points which have encour- EnglishLiterature aged the Navy to sponsor Polaris PHYSICS SOCIALSCIENCES University and its successor PACE: Introduction to Mechanics WorldHistory, Part I 0 A method hasbeen developed Introduction to Electricity WorldHistory. Part II Introduction toWave Motion. Light and for providing firstclass instruction Ideologies in WorldAffairs at sea”-on a college level. Sound AStudy in Revolutions ‘Quantum Physics American History,Part I 0 The knowledge gained by a stu- Mechanics andHeat “American History,Part II dent is useful inhis Navy assign- *Electricity andMagnetism American National Government ment, and both directly and indi- Electronics Introductory Psychology rectly it helps him toadvance in ENGINEERING AD’DlTlONAL ELECTIVES rate. The bettertrained a man is, Introductionto Computer Science, Part I ‘Introduction to Sociology the more value he is to the Navy. *Introduction to Computer Science, Part II *Principles of Emnomics 0 The program affords a Navy- Introduction to Metallurgy *Introduction to Geography man an opportunityto put his off Electrical Engineering Slide Rule (non-credit) hours toa use which would not ordinarily be available within the confines of a ship at sea. out, Dean Phelps was asked. “Personal commitments and such 0 The stimulation of class par- “His grades are normal, and his factors as job demandshave their ticipation and group discussion on participation is typical of extension effect on a student-whether that interesting subject matter is, in itself, courses generally. Our experience student is a person taking a course a boost to morale. has been that the average Navy stu- at sea, near the campus, or in the dent is attentive, and he does well, city. Rotation of personnel is an- OME CRITICISM has been directed considering the heavy calls of reg- other factor that has to be considered at the Polaris U.and PACE pro- ular duty, and considering that he where the Navy is concerned. gram as encouraging Navymen to is carrying onhis instruction in the . “However, most of the Navy stu- leave the service at the end of their most incredible places-under the dents, we find, have as much motiva- current enlistments to attend college sea, or way out at sea.” tion and perseverance as Extension on a full-time basis. What about Navy dropouts? Dean students on shore.” It is certainly true that PACE will Phelps was asked. This was borne outin an official pay off, asfar as the Navyis con-

LEARNING TIME-Cruisermen go collegiate aboard CAG 1. Ship experimented in use of proctors during afloat phase.

6 ALL HANDS COLLEGE AT SEA-Professor R. Albionand students discuss worldhistory. Rt: Plansare discussed by Professor Brinton and Dr. Phelps with Chiefs of the Boat, Blue and Gold crews, T. G. Smith TMC(SS), and L. Berkey, EMC(SS). cerned, only if men are retained chas, USNR, proctoreda course in classes in the ships’ limited spaces for a reasonable period of time. But history as part of the ’s at-sea was also an important factor. Un- it has also beenpointed outthat experiment in PACE. doubtedly the success of PACE in many Navymen leave the service “The course was very beneficial,” the surface forces will be measured with unrealistic plans for a college he said. “Although it entailed a lot in no small degree not only by the career. They find out,after leaving of reading, there was good work on interest of the crew, but also by the the service, that they are not geared thepart of the men. There wasa cooperation of the division officers to a full-time academic life, or that lot of class participation.” andthe sponsorship of the ship’s they cannot afford to go to college In the same ship, Lieutenant (jg) commanding officer and his XO. unless they work, and theycannot Laurence Mueller had a somewhat Does Navy’sAfloat College have do both. different reaction. He found the en- anyesprit de corps, such as you’d Enrollment in college level courses thusiasm was sporadic, that class find on a college campus? while still in the service will enable time conflicted with working hours. The following incident, related by the serviceman to find outwhether Enrollment of a number of men from Asst. Professor Brady Williamson, of he is temperamentally or education- the same duty section was also a Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ally geared to college on a full-time factor that could disruptship oper- ogy, demonstrates thatit has. The basis. He canseparate thehard ations. professor conducteda course in facts of serious study from the pipe Still another problem was the con- metallurgy, meeting withhis stu- dreams of campus life. flict with liberty. “It takes a highly dents in a basement office at Naval The student finds out whether he motivated man to give up his liberty Station, New London, during the really is interestedin getting out for a course. During the period that shore phase of the training. and going back to college, and the a ship is inport, chances arethat Professor Williamson was discuss- Navy keeps those students who rec- if the time of the course conflicts ing the enthusiastic sponsorship of ognize that they prefer in-service too much with liberty, he will miss Missile Technician John William training. In both cases it’s a boost his class-r dropthe course.” Hospidor, now with the Polaris Mis- to morale. Either way, the Navy The foregoing illustrates the fact sile Facility, Atlantic, in Charleston, stands to gain. thatan education, particularly at S. C. At the time Hospidor was one the college level, is not to be gained of the Blue-Gold crews back in New ET’S HEAR what some of the men without hard work and some hard- London from a tour under the sea.

who have actually participated in ship. And there still are problems~ “Hospidor took it upon himself to Afloat-College-Education haveto to be solved, not only for the Navy become our volunteer promoter. He say. students butthe ships themselves. rounded up recruits for the college Out inSan Diego, Data Systems program, registered as many stu- Technician Second Class Gary Blank- THE BIGGEST PROBLEM, according to dents as he could for the course, enship was one of the first Navymen Dean Phelps, is the matter of even set up a coffee club. Hehad to enroll in afloat-education aboard scheduling classes and providing a notices publicizing the courses the carrier Constellation, popularly time for instruction that does not posted on bulletin boards, andhe known as Pacific Fleet University. conflict too much with the operation talked up the program at every op- “The courses should help us a of the ship and the time and energy portunity. lot,” he commented ina shipboard of the crew, then coordinating the “Best of all,” the M.I.T. professor interview. ,“We know what the score whole course so that participation said, “Hospidor enrolled in as many is and are that much more anxious will not be affected too greatly by courses as he could, and took an to get an education.” normal rotation and turnover of per- active part in classroom discussions. Back in Boston, aboard Boston sonnel. “He was a booster. Hehad the (which was in drydock for over- An executive officer in one ship real PACE college spirit.” haul) Lieutenant (jg) Hercule Mi- commented that accommodations for -John A. Oudine

JANUARY 19687 salvage and cargo offloading oper- ations of an enemy steel-hulled trawler that had been forced aground and damaged in a heavy fire fight.

TORTUGA was also the base for UH-1B Huey helicopters from Detachment29 of Helicopter Com- batSupport Squadron 1, home- ported at Ream Field, Imperial Beach, Calif. Detachment 29 in turn supported the PBRs with close-fire support and reconnaissance and surveillance flights. The PBRs and Hueys worked to- gether as a close-knit team in their joint efforts to clear the Viet Cong off the rivers of the Delta. In addition to her chiefmission as an Operation Game Warden sup- port ship, Tortuga supportedcraft engagedin OperationMarket Time patrols off the coast of Vietnam.

Market Time is the Navy oper- ation designed toprevent the infil- tration of Viet Cong personnel and supplies into Vietnam from the sea. As the around-the-clock activity aboard Tortuga went on in support of Game Warden and Market Time operations, the majority of the ship’s company wentabout their routine, at-sea chores. The hull had betopainted, watches stood, brightwork polished. Tortuga men also battled the ancient enemy of the sailor, boredom. Because of her mission Tortuga could sail intono exotic ports, nor didher crew have even a normal amount of liberty. But morale was high. The men kept busy. During off hours, there were regular volleyball sessions in the well deck, small arms firing prac- tice off the stern and occasional liberty parties to Vung Tau, the rest and recreation center 75 miles up coast. Onher way home, Tortuga and her crew made up for being at sea or anchored offshoremost of the time. The veteran LSD visited in the , and the lib- erty ports of and Yokosuka. -Ted Jorgenson,JOC, USN

JANUARY 1967 DOWNAT MCMURDO, one sure sign (WAGB 279)and Staten Island tion. McMurdo is located at the edge of summer is not necessarily the ( WAGB 278). of the Ross Ice Shelf and is the prin- buzz of mosquitoes or the cheefful Few men in the wintering-over cipal sea and aerial staging base as call of the red-eyed vireo. It is the partyare on hand togreet them. well as the major scientific station for tooth-rattling roar of icebreaking Most were relieved in October, the U. S. exploration in Antarctica. operations. earliest date on which the firstski- During last ybhr’s operation a new This month is high summer on the equipped aircraft were able to land. six-bed dispensary was completed south polar cap. The temperature is By now, they are in CONUS, enjoy- at Mchlurdo and construction was well-nigh balmy and the sun shines ing a well-earned leave and liberty begun on a new public works and all day and most of the night, too. before reportingto the next duty transportation center. For Operation Deep Freeze 67, it is station or, perhaps, back to the ice. Also last year groundwork was the season of the icebreakers USCGC Headquarters for Deep Freeze 67 laid for a large two-story personnel Glacier (WAGB 4), Eastwincl will be, as usual, at McMurdo Sta- center. This season, the construction of the building shell and installation WAY DOWN SOUTH-Navy airmenrefuel a Navy Hercules aircrafton of utilities for the subsistence, me- the snowy runways of William’sfield near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. chanical and lamdry sections is ex- vected to be conmleted. The finished distillation plant will be activated. The McMurdo projects-and those scheduled for other stations-."I1 be carried out by Mobile Construction Battalion Unit 201 out of Davisville, R. I. This year the Amundsoen-Scott South Pole Station will again serve as a refueling stop for aircraft en route to the new Plateau Station. Last year the fuel storage capacity at Pole Sta- tion was increased and early this sea- son a 10,000-foot skiway will be pre- pared for air traffic. The new Plateau Station was con- structed last year. The station, designed to support eight men in one of the coldest areas on earth, was built with five air-transported modu- lar vans which were connected at the site to provide living and work- ing spaces. Three additional vans were flownin to provide an emer- gency shelter and a scientific sub- station. Vans and construction material were airlifted to Plateau from Mc- DUTY Murdo aboard ski-equipped C-130 aircraft.

AST WINTER the scientific staff at 1Plateau was forced to move into the emergency shelter for a short period when the generators atthe main camp failed. This season the troublesome generators will be re-

paired or replaced. In ~ addition a micromet tower (used to study meteorological characteristics of small and confined layers of air near the ground) will be built and a 14,000-foot skiway constructed. Plateau Station will bemanned for two years, then disassembled and moved to a new location. Already this season at Uyrd Station a 14,000-foot skiway has been built. Byrd Station,.located in the heart of Marie Byrd Land, is more than 5000 feet above sea level. Scheduled activities at Byrd this year include installation of a thermal deep-drill facility and the reinforce- ment of the roof trusses above the hydrogen generator building and radio noise vault. This year's plans also call for Brockton Station, a seasonally manned weather facility, to be relo-

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TWIN TOWERS of St Francis River and Clarion River shc Rocket R uss ST FRANCIS RIVER (LSMR 525) The RocketRainmaker’s weapons forces ashore indicating that a com- belongs to one of the smallest include eight twin rocket launchers, pany of Viet Cong was retreating classes of ships in the Navy, the abrace of twin 40mm guns and a toward the coastline. StFrancis landing ship, medium, rocket. But, five-inch/38-caliber single mount. River offered to block the escape, thoughshe is one of only three of She can poursupport fire ashore and was welcomed into the melee. her kind incommission, the ship is with the strength ofsix . The Rocket Rainmaker closed to- doing a bang-up job in the Vietnam Twice StFrancis River has walked ward the beach at flank speed and conflict-and thepun is intended. mass rocket salvos to within 500 rained 426 rockets and 928 rounds For example, on one of her mis- yards of friendly forces to dislodge of 40mm gunfire into the fleeing VC sions, barrages touched off secondary Viet Cong from their strongholds. force. The escape was stopped cold. explosions in 53 Viet Cong ammuni- On one occasion, the ship inter- The Rocket Rainmaker is still tion dumps. cepteda radio transmission between earning her nickname. The 207-foot ship, nicknamed “The Rocket Rainmaker,” is not a DAWN FIRING lights up LSMR assparks from another rocket firing fill air. new breed.Her predecessors were the medium landing ships, deck- loaded with rockets, that led the and Kwajalein amphibious assaults in World War 11. LSMR 525, then unnamed, was commissionedin August 1945. The ship, along with 35 others of her class, was en routeto Pacific Fleet duty when the war ended. After a period in mothballs, the nameless LSMR 525 was reactivated and sent to . Her battlerib- bons tell tales of raids on Wonsan Harbor, Suwon Dan and Hod0 Pando, and a commendation for the Tachen Island evacuation in 1955. Near the end of 1955, LSMR 525 and her sister ships were named for rivers in the and sent again to the mothball fleet. A second tour of hibernation now over, St Francis River is part of In- shore Fire Support Division 93 with sister ships uss Clarion River (LSMR 409)and uss White River (LSMR 536), and uss Carronade (IFS 1 j .

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Londonderry, N. Ireland. Mount Once shemade a round trip alone Baker now operates with the Seventh Over 25, Without a to Iceland, dependent solely on her Fleet. high speed and small guns for safety. in Service 0 uss Guadalupe (A0 32) was Break She is now operatingwith First commissioned 19 Jun 1941. She Since the establishment of the Fleet. earned 12 battle stars for her part in Over-25 Club, the requirement that 0 uss Fulton (AS 11) was com- World War I1 operations in the the ship's active commissioned life missioned 12 Sep 1941. She roamed Pacific. She is still active with the be continuous fromcommissioning all over the Pacific during World Seventh Fleet. date has managed to keep the club War II, setting up seaplane bases, 0 uss Vulcan (AR 5) wascom- small and select. repairing submarines and other ships, missioned 16 Jun 1941. From 1941 To the best of our present knowl- and found time to build a rest camp to 1944, she operated in the Atlantic edge, only eight ships qualify as for submariners in New Guinea. and Mediterranean areas, basing at members. Theyare: On 1 Apr 1958, the submarines Argentia, Newfoundland; Hvalfjor- uss Nautilus (SSN 571), Skate dur, Iceland; Algiers and Mers- Date (SSN 578), and Seawolf (SSN El-Kebir, Algeria; before transfer- Cimarron (A0 22) 20 Mar 1939 575) were assigned to Submarine Platte (A0 24) 1 Dec 1939 Squadron 10, and Fulton became ring to the Pacific. Vulcan received 25 Apr 1940 a battle star for participating in the Dixie(AD 14) the' first ship assigned tosupport Prairie(AD 15) 5 Aug 1940 nuclear-powered ships. Fulton is an invasion of Normandy, including Aldebaran (AF 10) 14Jan 1941 bombardment of Cherbourg. She Salamonie (A0 26) 28 Apr1941 Atlantic Fleet tender. now repairs ships of the Atlantic Guadalupe (A0 32) 19 Jun 1941 0 uss Rainier (AE 5) was com- Fleet. Vulean (AR5) 16 Jun 1941 missioned 21 Dec 1941. During 0 uss Delta (AR 9) was combis- World War IT she delivered ammuni- There may be others. uss Consti- tion used by our ships in the Battle sioned in June 1941. She was first tution (IX 21) has not been for- commissioned as a cargo ship ( AK of Midway and later operations at gotten, but she really belongs ina Tarawa, Kwajalein, and , in 29), then became a on class all by herself. 3 Mar 1943. Her repair beat was the the Marshalls. She is now part of the Atlantic during World War 11. In Pacific Fleet. the month of August 1943, she She was placed in mothballs in Well, there you have it. Thelist of managed to work on 248 ships and 1947, came back to active dutyin Grand Old Ladies of the Fleet. Is amphibious craft, then shot down 1952, and was again decommissioned your ship among them? If so, you a couple of attacking planes of the in 1956. In 1960 Markab was again can be mighty proud of her. She has Luftwaffe. Delta isnow in the Pa- commissioned, this time as a repair done her full tour of duty. And then cific Fleet. ship. She is presently operating with some. 0 uss Markab (AR 23) was com- the First Fleet off the West Coast. It is possible, of course, that we missioned 15 Jun 1941. She began 0 uss Chemung (A0 30) was inadvertently left your ship off the life as an attack cargo ship (AK 31), commissioned 3 Jul 1941. She op- list, even though she qualifies asa but became a destroyer tender (AD eratedin the Atlantic during most very salty lady. If so, tell us about 21) in September 1942, and sup- of World War 11, crossed the sub- her. ported many invasions in the Pacific. infested North Atlantic 28 times. -Jim Teague, JOT, USN

USS Rainier(AE 5) commissioned 21 Dee 41 USS Aldebaran (AF 10) commissioned 26 Dee 40

USS Mount Baker (AE 4) Commissioned 16 May 41

USS Markab (AR 23) commissioned 15 Jun 41

USS Delta (AR 9) commissioned Jun 41

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man,-withskill,his experience bers in the system and be lost for- and efficiency-still connected with ever. the Navy after he reaches retirement My suggestion is to revise (and status, everyone would benefit. cut down) the system so it will leave A man who likes to teach and who no doubt as to subject, and thus pre- is trulydedicated to this type of vent duplication. This will not re- work is difficult to replace. When duce the amount of filing, but it will this man is ready to retire, why not eliminate some of the folders that offer him a contract for three to four, are now required, and make cor- orfive to 10 years to stay on and respondence easier to find. continue to teach the younger men 1 fully realize that this would be a in, perhaps,a quasi-military ca- drastic change to the administrative pacity? system of the Navy, butit would I’d jump atthe chance, and SO help those who try to find a specific would others. piece of correspondence which could Richard L. Bronson, ATC, USN be under any one of several subjects. San Diego,Calif. P. 1. C. YN3

Enlisted Pilots Driver Education Program I would like to make a suggestion tually requires filing. I have noticed As CNO, I’d start an accredited concerning what I believe to be an on several occasions that two pieces Driver Education Program-on a injustice to enlisted aviation pilots. of correspondence which areiden- Navy-wide basis at all shore installa- They are doing an officer’s work on tical in subject will have two differ- tions. It would be available to all an enlisted man’s pay. ent classification numbers. What naval personnel and compulsory he- As everyone knows, there is no shakes me is that both numbers fore advancement toPO. It would rate for an AP as such; it is a spe- apply, one as well as the other. reduce’ accidents involving Navy cialty rating tacked on to a conven- It is quite evident that something people and would lower the cost of tional rating such as AD,AM, AT, could be filed under one of the num- insurance for service personnel. I or the lilfe.At the moment, I be- lieve, there are 37 enlisted pilots and of these, 24 are E-7s. Ask any one of them why he has An Invitation from Topside never made E-8 or E-9 and you’ll be told that he has never had the op- Doyou have a pet project you want to get off theground? Do portunity to attend “B” school (what you have the solution to a problem that has been bothering you? The good would it do him inflying?), Navy is interested in hearing about it. does not work in his conventional Now is your chance. The invitation comes directly from the Secretary rating and, because of the amount of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations. The ideas of enlisted and of study and training requiredto oficer personnel alike are solicited with the aim of improving eficiency, keep him abreast of modern day fly- organization, operations, morale and esprit de corps. ing conditions, he is unable to pass What would happen, for instance, if through some small miracle, you the exam for his rating in the higher were suddenly appointed CNO for an hour? What would you do? What brackets. stepswould you take to make the Navy more effective? What policies If I were CNO for an hour, I would you initiate? What problems do you think are the most pressing? would take steps to recognize the How would you, as a four-star admiral, solve them? real talents of our enlisted aviation With the blessings of the Chief of Naval Personnel, CNO and SecNav, pilots and have them appointed per- ALL HANDSis making available a portion of its space to a discussion of manent E-9. the problems-big and little-of the Navy today. Whatare they, and what This would enhance the position would you do about them if you had the authority to act? of these truly dedicated men. The rules are simple: Oficers and enlisted, men and women, are in- J. Harry Skinner, PHCM vited to contribute. Your suggestions need not be sent through the chain of command; they may be forwarded directly to ALL HANDSMagazine, Square Away the Filing System Room 1809 Navy Annex, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C. I’m sure every , like my- 20370. The best letters will be published and forwarded to the cognizant self, is familiar with the Navy-Marine activity in the Naval Establishment for consideration and action. Sorry we Corps Standard Subject Classification cannot reply directly to your letters. (If you prefer that you be identified System. However, how many are by initials only, pleaseso indicate.) using it correctly? This is agolden opportunity to provide a forum for your ideas. My problem is this: My ship, like The prize is substantial-the knowledge that you have made a contri- every other ship in the Fleet,re- butionto the betterment of theNavy and the nationaldefense effort. ceives a never-ending flow of cor- Here is another installment. Keep your ideas and suggestions coming. respondence. Much of this even- available to those in the service. Aschedule should be set up so every man would periodically receive a career counseling presentation, and each man nearing completion of his enlistment should be interviewed personally by a member of the career counseling team. The team should be available for wives’ clubs and luncheons, andit should encourage special sessions with both husband and wife present. Sometimes a husband needs a few facts and figures to reinforce his dedication to the service. 1. W. Clark, CW03, USN

4 NAAS Meridian, Miss. Technician Class I suggest the introduction of a new class, or category, of serviceman- the technician. This category already exists, if not in name. In practice, the Navy has already recognized this class by the intro- duction of pro-pay, by making re- know that this is done at many activi- to show that he has taken an active enlistment bonuses variable, and by ties, butthe program is not uni- part in the purpose of the Navy. making six-year service obligatory formly available. The men who have served in Viet- for certain schools. But it hasn’t Statistics to support such a pro- nam deserve any honor we can be- recognized this fact administratively. gram are available. stow on them. The proposed technician category Warner D. Young, QMC(SS) F. E. Smith, LT, MSC, USN should be technician from the ground Newport, R. 1. USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) up, and distinction should be made between men in this category and CareerCounselor Rate Ribbons for Vietnam those in line rates. I would like to see the Navy create At present, the actual technicians I feel that men who served in a career counseling rate and assign are, as a rule, receiving pro-pay but the Vietnam theater before and these men to ships, stations .and .this can be lost at almost any moment afterJune 1965 should receive cer- squadrons: The career counselor because of a change in pro-pay regu- tain recognition, that is, they could be prorated out with one man lations, or by receipt of orders to a should be entitled to wear both the for every so many men in a unit, and billet which does not carry the Armed Forces Expeditionary Ribbon hisonly job, outside of military proper job code, or by a change of (Medal)and the Vietnam Service duties, would be in the career coun- occupation at a man’s present duty Ribbon (Medal). Some servicemen seling field. station. who have served in different the- The Navy has themeans available, The pay scale for the proposed aters-andin many cases seen less if -used properly, to retain many of technician rate should be roughly action-are eligible to wearboth. its people, both enlisted and ofEcer, equivalent to the present enlisted Why not the Vietnam veterans? who are returningto civilian life pay, plus pro-pay and VRB. This Although no monetary benefit is when their enlistment or obligated would give the technician a basic derived from the ribbons themselves, service has been completed. pay near his present pay, and would it would help give the man who The Navy has some very good insure that his retirement would be wears them a greater sense of pride career appraisal schools which put based ,on his active service worth. in himself and our Navy. out excellent information. However, (After establishment of this new I am a career man myself, but I aftera man graduates from one of category and pay scale, the variable know how men will feel when they these schools he is rarely used to reenlistment bonuses and pro-pay get back home to a shore station and pass on this information to those would be abolished.) wear their uniforms on liberty or at who need it. The input to the technical classi- personnel inspection. These ribbons Many men may want to stay in the fication might be set up, in the be- or medals worn on the chest, espe- service but their wives don’t want ginning, through change of rate from cially in the case of a man who them to stay in. Frequently,this is job codes eligible for pro-pay and, hasn’t been in long enough to earn a because the wives simply don’t know later, from the lower enlisted pay Good Conduct Medal, would serve of the many benefits and programs grades (E-2 through E-4) of certain selected rates of a technical nature. anticipating discharge or retirement. ing a program in which all credits In respect to duties, the technician This situation is not peculiar to en- earned from accredited institutions should know as much of military listed men; it also applies to officers be granted Tor purposes of earning a matters as his line rate counterpart, in all ranks. I degree through the Naval Academy and should have similar military On one such cruise we transferred or the Postgraduate School. To earn duties. However, his specialty knowl- more than 40 people at our first stop, this degree, a student would be re- edge should be of much greater , to be returned to the quiredto complete successfully all depth,and he should be given States. In the middle of the cruise, the necessary subjects applicable to greater authority and responsibility some high-ranking officers were re- the relevant course of study. in the operation and maintenance of lieved to return to CONUS. Through- W.W. Horngrqg his equipment. out the cruise, men werebeing Bremerton, Wash. I can't help but feel that it is to transferred at almost every port for the Navy's best interest toenhance return to the States. All this involves Sea Dutyfor Staff Officers opportunities in the Navy for those certain financial expense not only for As a USNA graduate who served who plan to make a career of naval the individual, but primarily for the 20 months aboard uss Lexington service, instead of reserving its bene- Navy. It also has an effect on the (CVA .16) before transferring to the fits primarily for the newly enlisted efficiency of the command. Civil Engineers Corps, I most whole- high school graduate. Career op- Before departure, I would review heartedly concur with CDR P. A. portunities should be earned;they the records of men of each ship leav- Phelps ina recent FOUR-STAR should not be granted indiscrim- ing for WestPac (or any other area) FORUM. inately. deployment and, as much as possible, I wouldn't trade those 20 months eliminate the short-timers. The bal- Howard E. Terrebonne, of line experience for any CEC duty ance of the crew could then complete EMl, (SS) USN to which I could have been assigned Idaho Falls, Idaho. an overseas tour as a unit. This upon graduation. That tour has would increase their effectiveness as given me an understanding and ap- "Acting" Advancement a team. preciation of the problems of the V. R. F., RMCS, USN As CNO for an hour, I would pro- seagoing Navy which many CEC officers do not experience. I believe vide for acting promotion of men CombineEducation Credits who have been quotaed for advance- that all officers who have transferred ment in rating, but who are serving The present emphasis placed on from line to staff share the same in ships below allowance in their college level educationhas caused opinion of line experience. rate and rating. many Navymen totry to earn a As for theargument that poor eyesight may disqualify some officers One of the many genuine annoy- bachelor's or master's degree. There are often complications cre- from line duty, wearing glasses did ances to a man is to be filling a PO2 not prevent ?e from becoming allowance billet as a to pass the ated by change of station orders, P03, qualified as an underway OOD for advancementin rating exam, and which may mean transfer to another college. Each transfer usually means CVA type vessels, right along with then bequotaed because thereare those with 20/20 vision. too many P02s of his rating in the that no more than sixof the previ- D. E. Jones,LCDR, CEC, USN Navy, although not enough on his ously earned credits can be used. ship. I would suggest that BuPers in- Barstow, Calif. vestigate the possibility of establish- The proposed step would be a AvailableBillets definite incentive to the closed rates and should reduce the number of re- Would it be feasible to furnish a quests for transfer from men serving man, say 60 to 90 days before his in billets requiring more responsibil- enlistment expired, with a list of ity than they are being paid for. available billets (or geographical areas) for which to apply? What The appointments could be made about six months or a year prior to by the commanding officer at his expiration of enlistment? discretion, and reported in the per- If such a procedure were possible, sonnel diary without previous refer- a man could select the one he pre- ence to higher authority. ferred, notify the Bureau, the Bu- A. B. Cheatham, LCDR, USN reau could issue orders for this billet, ' USNA, Annapolis, Md. andhe could make an earlier re- enlistment. Overseas Tour as a Unit It would be much better for mo- If I were CNO for 60 minutes, I rale than waiting around a receiving would tackle the field of personnel station, wondering where you were effectiveness. going next.' A person could make Many ships leave the States for more definite plans. WestPac with a number of men who B. L. Maxham, SK1, USN are either in receipt of orders, or are USS Profeus(AS 19) band, a rock ’n’ roll group composed of three guitars, drums, and a vocal- ist, which gave performances for foreign groups, servicemen and their dependents, and hospital patients. In Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, the band took the lead in the goodwill effort when they presented a program of rock ’n’ roll music to some 900 patients of the Central Sanitarium. Klondike’s civic action accom- plishments also extended into the area of the Operation Handclasp pro- gram. In , the shipmade three major distributions of Hand- clasp materials. The St Joseph‘s Hospital in Kaohsiung was presented with atotal of 66 cartons of gifts, ranging from soap powder tobaby FIRST CLASS SPEAKER-E. A. Bonheur, HM1, who represented whitehats, was food to vitamins. The Kaohsiung featured speaker at opening of new barracks and mess hallat Long Beach. Medical College was given 148 car- tons of medical books and journals, Klondike Is Good Neighbor mess. In return,about 20 Klondike a fluoroscope, two cartons of dental During the course of her deploy- men were invited into Japanese supplies, and two encyclopedia sets. ment with the Seventh Fleet, uss homes as guests for a day. The Ping-T’ungChildren’s Polio Klondike (AR 22) has managedto In Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the ship Hospital was presented with 37 car- find enough time and energyto arranged for the on-board presenta- tons of gifts. In Subic Bay, Philip- satisfy the Fleet’s repair needs and tion of a program of Chinese folk pines, the Columban College and -in addition-to-in spread some grammar school of Olongapo re- old-fashioned American goodwill. SHOOT ‘EM DOWN-Cub Scouts vis- ceived packages of toothbrushes and Wherever Klondike has been sent to iting USS Compton (DD 705) take aim dental supplies. carry out her mission as a repair ship, onship’s gun to crush enemy attack. Incidentally, Klondike’s motto is she has worked to make herself wel- “Willing and Able.” come in the host country. The crew of Klondike, through the people - to - people program, have Prep for Sealab Ill played a part in passing on to others Navy divers havebegun prelim- a better understanding of the Amer- inary experiments in preparation for ican way of life. At the same time this summer’s Sealab 111. The men they have generated within them- are using a water-filled pressure selves a better understanding of the chamber atthe Washington Navy way of life of the peoples with whom Yard in the District of Columbia to they’ve come into contact. simulate deep ocean conditions. Although informal, day-to-day Sealab I11 is the third of a con- contacts with foreign nationals com- tinuing series of ocean experiments. prise the majorgoodwill effort, Its purpose is to develop methods Klondike has taken on an active role. of sending men to live in the ocean For example, in Yokosuka, , for extended periods of time. Suc- college students from St Paul’s Uni- cessof the Sealab projects will versity inTokyo visited the ship, hasten the eventuality of major en- were invited to take part in morning gineering activities on the conti- worship services, and remained as nental shelves. the luncheon guests of the crew’s Sealab I11 aquanauts will spend

28 ALL HANDS nearly nine months of preparatory training before embarking on the venture. Most of the training will’ consist of preliminary dives and ex- periments atthe pressure chamber facility in Washington. Two modified pressure chambers will be used. Each consists of a wet diving tank 10 feet high and aboutnine feet in diameter. The tank is connected to an igloo-shaped structure which is, in turn, con- nected to a recompression chamber. Pressures equal to those encoun- tered at 1000 feet below the surface can be achieved. The training will begin with short duration simulated dives to the 450- foot level. Later there will be satu- ration dives of threeto four days in duration. During the saturation dives the aquanauts will be pressurized in the inner lock toa depth of 450 feet. From there they will make excursion dives to the igloo and wettank at TRAINING TALK-Midshipmen from U. S. and Spanish Navies discuss phases pressures of 600 feet. of training aboard training frigate Jupiter during training exchange program.

Another Record for McMurdo purchase to maintain peace and other to help stock shelves. On busy The Navy’s nuclear power plant tranquillity. days, a third man acts as traffic at McMurdo Station in the Antarctic Navymen aboard uss Bennington coordinator. Bennington Navymen, no has broken the record for the longest (CVS 20) remember when their For continuous run for a military nuclear . shopping was like that. Now, it’s more hasty selections. power plant. different. The plant, which is manned by a The ship’s new retail store is the Amphibs Storm Ashore crew of 24, captured the record by last word in convenience, modernity, A Navy and Marine Corps am- operating nonstop for 3356 hours. and choosability. phibious team really had to be on Since its construction in 1962, it Wide, well-lighted aisles; broad, their toes recently. has produced more than 24 million fully stocked and easily accessible When they stormed the shores of kilowatt hours of electricity. The shelves; and courteous storekeepers Onslow Beach, N. C., therewere plant also is used to provide steam greet Bennington sailors when they enter the recently opened walk-in, for the station’s nuclear desaliniza- SCREW LOOSE-USS Coral Sea‘s CO tion unit. self-service store. Because of the station’s inaccessi- The new store replaces two ship’s and Exec survey damage to broken bility, the plant was built to reduce stores and makes use of every foot bladeon one of ship‘s propellers. the large amount of fuel oil which of space. would otherwise be required. The store’sfloor space contains The record-breaking power plant’s 550 feet of shelves and 224 square crew consists of and hospi- feet of display area. This doubles tal corpsmen, who serve 13 months the floor area, and triples the display at McMurdo, which is shut off from space previously available inthe the outside world by the Antarctic two smaller, countertype stores re- winter from March through Septem- placed by the new installation. ber. These modifications result ina wider variety of merchandise which is easily accessible. Patrons can Big Ben’s Ship’s Store view every item before making a Possibly you know how it feels to purchase. stand in front of the ship’s store The easy-to-get-at merchandise counter when you’re trying to has paid off in a 20 per cent in- choose between several items. As crease in the volume of business. the line grows longer you hear the During an 18-day period the store impatient shifting of feetbehind did nearly a thousand dollars worth you, and various mutterings, and, of business a day. more often thannot, you cut short Two men are assigned to the store your deliberation and make a hasty full-time, one as a cashier andthe

JANUARY 1967 machinist’s mate first class, has flown small planes for 10 years. He is a check pilot in the T-34 trainer, and needs only his check flight fora commercial license. More and more men from Patron 17 are taking to the air in their spare time. Some attendnight school for theirprivate license, and lack only the flighttime. The squadronnow has over 50 people satisfying their aeronautical impulse, sometimes as aircrewmen, other times as pilots.

Hasta la Vista, Amigos UNITAS VI1 cameto a close in December. As inpast years, it has been both an exercise in naval tac- tics and antisubmarinemaneuvers as well as a demonstration of good- will andfriendship among nations of thewestern hemisphere. GUIDED MISSILES on fantail of USS leohy (DLG 16) stand guard over Unitas This year’s operation‘involved over 55 ships, 14 aircraft units and VI1 units during recent joint-nation exercise in . Ships in background, 15,000 men. As the U. S. task force from U. S. and Colombia, are: ARC 7 de Agosto (DD 06); ARC 20 de Julio circumnavigatedSouth America, it (DD 05); USS Hammerberg (DE 1015); and ARC AlmirantePadilla (DT 03). was joined by the naval and air forces of Colombia, Ecuador,Peru, unitsof the and Canalwith the U. S. shipsto join- ,, and Vene- Air Force. The UnitedStates task Ecuadorianunits at Rodman Naval zuela. force was composed of uss Leahy Stationin the Canal Zone. The exercises weredivided into (DLG16), uss Hammerberg (DE The United States and Colombian Caribbean, Pacific andAtlantic 1015), uss Van Voorhis (DE 1028), shipsthen spent three days in the phases. Tactical command of the uss Chopper (SS 342), uss Requin Pacific in exercises with the Ecua- combined task forces was shared (SS 481) a C-131, and an air ASW dorian Navy units. The Colombian equally among participating national unit consisting of two P-2Vs. forces thendetached themselves commandersduring each phase of The Caribbeanphase of Unitas leaving the United States and Ecua- the operations. VI1 includeda visit toCartagena, dorianships steaming toward Sa- The exercise began 1 September Colombia, after which Colombian linas, Ecuador. After several exer- when UnitedStates forces joined forces passed throughthe Panama cises inthe Salinas area, the task

South American Navies Train with U.S. Task force in Unitas VI1 Here is a list of shipsand air- BAP Villar (DD71), Rodriguez Antisubmarine Warfare. crafttaking part in Unitas VI1 and (DE63), Castilla (DE61), Brazil-Rear Admiral L. G. Dor- thecommanding officer of each Aguirre (DE62), PTs 21 throughing: NAeZ MinasGerais (A ll), country’s forces: 26, 2 de Mayo (SS 41), Angamos CT Para (D 27), CT Paraiba (D United StateeRear Admiral C. (SS 43), Abtao (SS42), In&- 28), CT Paranu (D29), CT J. VanArsdall, Jr.: uss Leahy pendencia (AKA 21), Sechura Pernumbuco ‘(D30), S Rio Grande (DLG16), Hammerberg (DE (A0 154), Guardian Rios ( ATA do suZ (S 11 ) , NTr Soares .Dutra 1015), Van Voorhis (DE1028), 123) ; air ASWunit-two HU- (C22), Belmonte (C24), CV Chopper (SS 342), Requin (SS 16Bs; air rescue unit-two helos; ImperialMarinheiro (V 15); car- 481); air ASWunit-two P2Vs air support unit-ne B-24. rier air ASWunit-two S-55s, and one C-131. Chile-Captain 0. Buxetashore-based and air unit-four SPSs; Colombia-Captain E. Wills 0.: Rear Admiral R. DelSolar: Pratt air attack element-four T-28s; air ARC 20 de Julio (DD05), 7 de (CL03), O’Higgins (CL02), support element-one C-47, one Agosto (DD06), Antioquia (DD Williams (DD19), Blanco (DD C-41, one B-25, one RB-25, one Ol), AlmirantePadilla (FG ll), 14), Riveros (DD18), Cochrane SA-16 and one C-130 or two C-82s Pedro de Heredia (RM 72); air (DD15), Simpson (SS 21), or two C-119s. ASW unit-threeB-26s and one Montt (A0 52) ; air ASW unit- Venezuela-Rear Admiral P. c-47. two SH 34s, two TC 45s,Cohen: two ARV Austria32), (D Ecuador-Captain F. Espinoza: HU-16s;.airattack unit-four Zulia (D21), Garcia (D 33), Brion (DD 23),Nueva Esparta (D BAE Guayas (E21), VeZusco (D T-34s; air rescue unit-one UH-13. 12), Manabi (E23), Cayambe UruguayXaptain H.Murdoch: ll),Curite (S ll),F. Larrazabal R 51); air ASWunit-two C-47s. ROU Uruguay (DE l), Artigas (R 11); air ASW unit-B-25 Peru-Captain J. Bonuccelli B.: (DE 2); anair unit-twoS-2As forSquadron, air support unit-C-47s.

JANUARY 1967 31 TODAY’S NAVY gunen route to Recife where the Brazilians left the task force after two days in port. Venezuelan forces met the United States forces in Belen, Brazil, for four days in the final series of exer- cises while en route to Trinidad where the exercises officially ended. In addition to the operational aspects of the cruise, the crews of U. S. ships engagedin goodwill programs in 14 ports duringthe four-month exercise. There were 200 concerts by the U. S. Navy/Unitas Show Band from Little Creek, Va., and Operation Handclasp productsdonated by American manufacturers were dis- tributed along the way. There were also a number of athletic programs.

Trophy for York County PRACTICE-Gun crew aboard USS Randolph (CVS 15) tracks target in exercise USS York County (LST 1175) has force visited Guayaquil wherea visiting Talcahuano and Punta been awarded the Admiral Arleigh critique and pre-sail conference was Arenas. The United States ships Burke Trophy for the Atlantic Fleet. held. then rounded the Horn to begin the The trophy goes each year to the During the latter part of Septem- Atlantic phase. one ship in the Atlantic and one ship ber, the United States task force Early in November, Uruguayan in the Pacific which has shown the rendezvoused with Peru’s antisub- forces met the U. S. task force south most improvement in battle readi- marine contingent and sailed south- of Montevideo and spent several ness.After last year’s battle effi- ward. A visit to Callao, Peru, was days in exercises before they joined ciency contest, York County was in madeduring the last two days of Brazilian forces and continued the eighth place. This year she took top operations. exercise off the coasts of both place and won the battle “E.” Chilean forces joined the U. S. Uruguay and Brazil. ships near Mejillones, Chile. The After a five-day port call at Rio Straiaht Laced Good Will exercise recessed several days for de Janeiro, the Uruguayan ships de- The NATO Striking Fleet exer- a visit to Valparaiso, after which the tached themselves and U. S. and cise called Straight Laced had just two-nation force worked southward Brazilian ASW operations were be- been completed. It had involved A-WAYS WE GO-Nuclear Pargo takes initial plunge. 31 ships and more than 15,000 men from , Norway, the Nether- lands, the and the United States. After completing her part in the exercises, uss NewportNews (CA 148) remained for a while in north- ernEuropean waters to give the crew some shore liberty andto spread a little Navy goodwill. While visiting Oslo, Norway; Hamburg, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Portsmouth, England, Newport News played host to more than 30,- 000 people in nine days. Ashore, the ship’s Mariqe Detach- ment Drill Team andthe Second Fleet Band gave exhibitions and concerts for 75,000 more people at Braunschweig and Helmstedt, Ger- many and Copenhagen. At Ports- mouth, Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory, was scene of dinner for U. S. naval personnel. The band concerts and drill team exhibitions drewlarge audiences in every city visited. The band gave

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TURN-OVER TEST-Sailors from U.S. and Philippine navies check Swift Boat machine gun. Right: New crew of Swift Boat stands in dress uniformduring turn-over ceremonies. U. S. gave six craftto Philippine antismuggling force. one private concert for a small audi- Cora/ sea Repairs Facility, everyone there knew they ence, however. It was for about 175 When uss Coral Sea (CVA 43) had abig job to do, but possibly not senior citizens at Copenhagen’s Old arrived at Yokosuka’s Ship Repair even Yokosuka’s planners knew how People’s Town. The oldsters thought - it was great. The visits provided plenty of op- portunity for sightseeing, too. While An Island Is Born their ship was in Portsmouth, New- A funny thing happened to Pa- a mile from the volcano Surtsey port News Navymen also had a rol Squadron26 on its way to which rumbled into activity in No- chance to visit the Isle of Wight Ceflavik, Iceland, one day. Its vember 1963 and continued erupt- and London. )ilots looked down and there was a ing for almost two years. U. S. Navymen made friends with lew island. If Syrtlindur follows the example the small fry wherever they stopped lr The island, which is called Syrt- of its first cousin, Surtsey, there is by passing out hats, balloons and indur, made its fiery entrance into no way of foretelling how much toyairplanes-much to the delight he world last July and has since new real estate will be provided for of the kids. Ieen growing under the watchful the world. Tons of molten rock, :ye of PatRon 26. with promise of more to come, have Swifts to Philippine Navy Syrtlindur is located 60 miles poured from the earth‘s core since The U. S. has helped to bolster ioutheast of Keflavik and less than the island’s recent birth. the Philippine Navy’s antismuggling force by giving that island republic six Swift patrol boats. These high-speed craft, which register top speedsin excess of 30 miles per hour, are of the same type presently being used tohalt Viet Cong contraband movements. Swifts are equipped with radar and two-way radio andare armed with twin 50-caliber machine guns. With these characteristics, the boats should prove effective against smugglers attempting to land mate- rial in the Philippines by small craft. Filipino crews for the Swift boats are being trained by a special five- man U. S. team from the amphibious base at Coronado, Calif. Upon com- pletion of thistraining, some of these instructors were scheduled to go on to Vietnam Swift duty.

JANUARY I967 33 creating a limited quantity of 10- second straight year at the National cators, the concept won the approval Pistol Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. of the Navy’s test and evaluation unit The trophy is awarded annually in Vietnam. to the high Reserve team of all serv- Before the device was sent to Viet- ices Ih the National Pistol Trophy nam visual searches involved probing Team match. into cargoes such asboxes, baskets, Each man will receive a gold fish, rice, sand and cabbages. In the medal and an engraved plaque. intense heat and humidity of the Far Conyngham in Spain East these inspections were uncom- It was an unusual occasion both fortably slow for both the Vietnam- for uss Conyngham (DDG 17) and ese fishermen andthe searchers. the Spanish city of Marin. Conyng- Now rapid probes with the Mark 15 ham was visiting Marin atthe in- detect rifles, automatic weapons, vitation of the Commandant of grenades and munitions in the varied Spain’s Naval Academy. It may have cargoes without antagonizing inno- been the first time a United States cent Vietnamese. had ever entered that har- bor. New Construction The purpose of the visit was to Both east and west coast shipyard familiarize Spanish midshipmen and facilities have been busily preparing the academy’s faculty with the mod- MOVING OUT-USS E. A. Greene newcomers for their introduction to ern missile systems they would soon (DD 71 1) steams inTonkin Gulf. the Fleet. see in their own ships. In Quincy, Mass., the nuclear During four days of Conyngham’s making points with the man in the powered attack submarines Whale visit, 500 students not only had an street in both Marin and Pontevedra. (SSN 638) and Sunfish (SSN 649) opportunity to see the ship but also The visiting Spanish midshipmen were launched while another sub, to observe it in operation. The tour were impressed with Conyngham, Pargo (SSN 650), slid down the began with a general presentation and her commissary department ways at Groton, Conn. of the mission and capabilities of a came in for a special word of praise. Another launching took place at guided missile destroyer. The Span- Conyngham served refreshments Bremerton, Wash., where the de- ish students were then led through to each group of visiting students stroyer tender Puget Sound (AD 38) special phases of indoctrination on and gave two full-course dinners to was christened. the weapons systems, engineering, two separate groups plus a formal Meanwhile, five Reserve Fleet supply and general operations. dinner for local VIPs in the ward- ships havebeen recommissioned, While thefuture Spanish naval room. The Spanish, consensus: joining theFleet in preparation for officers were touring the ship, the Conyngham is a good feeder, as well deployment. They are the tank land- COMCRUDESFLOT Eight band was as a first-class fighting ship. ing ships uss Jennings County (LST 846), Harnett County (LST 821), Hunterdon County (LST 838) and LfJG Black Has a Family Interest in His Ship Garrett County (LST 786), together Go aboard almost any Navy ship “When I was a small boy,” LTJG with the landingcraft repair ship today and you’ll see brothers serv- Black recalls, “friends of my father Askari ( ARL 30). ing with brothers and, occasionally, came to visitmy mother and me, All three of the nuclear submarines fathers serving with sons. But and they would often take me are named after World War I1 pred- rarely will you find a son assigned aboard their ships. I knew that one ecessors. Sunfish and Pargo were to a ship named for his father. day I would put on a naval uni- stricken from the Navy Register in Just such an instance does exist, form.” 1960. Whale wassold for scrapin however, in the case of Lieutenant In 1.964, after graduating from the same year. (jg) J. Dennis Black of Poulsbo, the University’ of Wisconsin, J. Pargo is scheduled tobe com- Wash. Dennis Black donnedthe Navy missioned in July. Whale‘s com- He is serving on board uss Black uniform. That decision ultimately missioning has been slated for Aug- (DD 666), a destroyer named for resulted in assignment to his ust while Sunfish expects to join the his late fatherLieutenant Com- father’s namesake as ASWO. commissioned ranks three months mander Hugh D. Black, USN. In this capacity he oversees the later. The senior Black was lost at sea maintenance and operation of tor- Commissioning of Puget Sound is in February 1942 when thede- pedoes, hedgehogs and other anti- scheduled for early 1968. This stroyer he was commanding, uss submarine warfare weapons. Up- latest of destroyer tenders measures JacobJones (DD 130), was tor- keep of the ship’s guns and fire 644 feet long and has a full-load dis- pedoed and sunk by an enemy sub- control equipment is another of placement of 20,500 tons. She will marine in the North Atlantic. his responsibilities. carry an 1800-man crew. A little more than a year later, Black recently returned from the when J. Dennis Blackwas four Vietnam area where she supported Naval Reservists Win Trophy years old, his mother christened a U. S. and allied troops ashore with A six-man Naval Reserve team new 2000-ton destroyer named in naval gunfire, and performed plane scored a total of 1126 points to win honor of her husband. guard duty. the U.S. Coast Guard Trophy for the

JANUARY 1967 35 Brief news items about other branches of the armed services. and as a means of obtaining weather data from other- wise inaccessible, remote ocean areas for analysis of weather on a global scale. 0 Detecting the locations of oceanographic condi- tions which are known to be conducive to the schooling of fish. Forecasting conditions of underseas sound propa- gation for antisubmarine warfare. 0 Monitoring coastal waters for the presence of chemical, radioactive, or biological pollutants. 0 Recording changes in the earth's magnetic and gravity fields and detecting potentially destructive tsunamis (freakwaves) before theyreach populated coastal areas. 0 Improving the general understanding of the marine environment and increasing our knowledge of air-sea interaction. *** A MACHINE that theoretically could store a feature length movie on a crystal the size of a sugar cube has been developed by Air Force Systems Command bionics scientists. The device uses a helium neon laser to bleach a photographic slide onto a potassium bromide crystal. MOBILE switchboard is used by Army during operations. By turning the crystal slightly, another image can be recorded. The crystal keeps turning until several hundred thousand items have been stored on its many USINGTWO ORBITING 9-inch octahedral satellites, the faces. Air Force is investigating the phenomenon of cold weld- At present, 35-millimeter slides stored in the crystal ing in space. can be displayed rather crudely on a projection screen Cold welding is the phenomenon of surface adhesion, by removing the eyepiece froma microscope focused or welding, of two materials brought into contact under on the crystal. To simulate a movie, the slides are re- high vacuum conditions. The Air Force is interested in trieved in sequence by rotating the crystal. determining what effect cold welding will have on The machine is basically one of several bionics-type switches and other devices employing frequent metal- atteypts to duplicate the high-density packaging of to-metal surface contacts during space operations. nature.A good example is the human brain, which Each satellite carries four solenoid valves and a has about ten billion neurons, or nerve cells. solenoid actuator, powered by batteries and solar cells. Thusfar, only two-dimensional slides of writing or The valves and actuator have metal-to-metal mating surfaces that will be brought together thousands of COAST GUARD SEARCH-Cutter Point Comfort inspects times while the vehicles are in orbit. The mating sur- Vietnamese junk forhidden contraband slated for VC. faces, constructed of different combinations of mate- rials, are constantly exposed to the space environment. Data collected will be used to assess the probability of cold welding occurring between typical space pro- pulsion system materials, and to furnish a correlation between ground testing in a simulated environment and extended operation in space. *** SIX FEDERAL AGENCIES, led by the U. S. Coast Guard, have begun an intensive study of ocean buoys, in order to determine national needs for oceanographic and marine weather information which can best be acquired by buoys systems, and to formulate plans for meeting these needs. Collection of ocean and meteorological data through the use of buoys has been of great interest to scientists in recent years. Buoys have been developed and tested on a limited scale for such purposes as: Automatic marine weather stations bothto im- prove the quality and quantity of data available for local weather forecasting in coastal areas andat sea;

36 ALLHANDS dipped, then recovered, and by the third undulation, the fuselage steadied andthe gear absorbed mostof the impact. After that,the OV-1OA took the rugged strip in stride, bouncing and skipping across the bumpy surface with ease. Subsequent taxi tests and takeoffs have demonstrated, according to the plane’s designers, that the pilot reaches the limit of his endurance before the aircraft approaches its design limitations. As the tests continue, concrete inserts are being im- bedded in the runways to simulate rocks, holes, mounds of earth and other obstacles that might affect a landing in primitive areas. These tests also check the landing gear shock struts andthe low-pressure tires designed especially for the OV-1OA. *** A NEW NIGHT lighting system that could make all of GETTING READY-Air Force pilotsmake final adjustments lower Manhattan, or a two-mile square area, SO times on Bird Dog spotter plane’smachine gun beforeflight. brighter than full moonlight is being developed for the Air Force. Called the LUME (Light Utilization, More Effi- objects have been bleached onto the crystal. Further cient),the preliminary model is a lightweight, com- experimentation will concentrate on storing three- pact, self-contained unit which can be installed in air- dimensional, or hologram-type slides and improving the craft for nighttime battlefield illumination. method of removing incorrect slides. The Air Force refers to the system as the Advanced Currently, the entire crystal must be erased with Illumination Source and will further test its usefulness ultraviolet light. Laboratory scientists hope to find a at the Eglin Air Force Base in . technique whereby any one or several of the many The system also has a potential civilian use as well thousands of stored pictures can be taken off and re- as military. It could help in searches for lost persons, placed with new information. or aid law enforcement agencies in area searches at *** night. Two 500-FOOTaircraft landing strips’ built recently by the Navy are about as smooth as the Sawtooth HIGH SPEED COMPOSITE-Fixed-wing aircraftbeing Range of the Rocky Mountains. tested by Army can take off and hover like copter, then They were so constructed to simulate unprepared do a quick change by folding rotor away in fuselage for fieldsfor testing theendurance of the new OV-1OA speeds up to 450 mph, change back for vertical landing. light armed reconnaissance aircraft. The OV-lOA, to be used by the U. S. Marine Corps for close air support, and for the Forward Air Control missionby the U. S. Air Force, is designed to operate with troops under rugged conditions in forward areas. Scene of the torture testing is the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Md. The grueling courses have continuing undulations (wave-like ridges) 200 and 600 inches long with six- and 12-inch peaks on both strips. They were designed to critical wave lengths to demonstrate the durability of the airframe and rugged landing gear design of the OV-1OA. These conditions are considered byNavy engineers to be far more extreme than any the aircraft will experi- ence in actual operation. Specifications require the aircraft to take off and land within 8OO-foot strips and then to passover a SO-foot obstacle while in flight. It must also withstand the im- pact of four-inch obstacles. Testing began when pilots taxied the aircraft across the special strips, gradually increasing speeds until takeoff. This was often done at speeds greater than 100 miles per hour. Early testing dramitically demonstrated the apparent efficiency of the plane’s landing gear. As the aircraft entered the first undulation, the nose

JANUARY I967 37 status of the officers so appointed. It is anticipatedthat temporary THE WORD appointments such as these will con- tinueto be made in the years to Frank, AuthenticCareer Information come, althoughthe number ofoffi- cers needed will gradually decrease. Of Special Inteiest-Straight fromHeadquarters When the requirements are met, the emergency provisions of the law will

0 SHIP AIR-CONDITIONING chineaccountants from qualified be phased out. The Navy is sp&ding the shipment civilian applicants. A quota of 200 0 YN SHORETOURS-A six- of thousands of air-conditioning sets MAS in pay grades E-6 and E-7, and month increase inthe shore tour to ships in Vietnam waters. The in- 150 DS technicians in pay grade E 5 lengths of yeoman second class tense heat and humidity inthe region has been assigned. through yeoman chief hasrecently have affected performance of both A two-, three- or four-year enlist- gone into effect. Normal tours ashore shipboard equipment and personnel. ment will be offered toindividuals have previously been for 42 months. To relieve these conditions, the who wish to enlist in the program. They are now 48. Systems Command is The Navy has now ended the Sea- The change resulted from the re- attemptingto provide on an emer- bee DirectPetty Officer program. cent redesignation of certain sea bil- gency basismaximum cooling ca- The last500 Seabees in the group lets as neutraltime or shore duty. pacity for these ships in the shortest were enlisted by mid-September. Forpurposes of enlistedrotation, possible time. Over 5300 self-con- The direct-procurement Seabees such sea billets as those aboard non- tained air-conditioning units are be- attended a four-week indoctrination deployingtenders are now neutral ingsent to the Forces Afloat for course atthe Naval Construction time andpreferred Overseas shore installation as rapidly as possible. Battalion Center, Davisville, R. I. billets, once counted as seaduty, Sixteen hundred units have already 0 CEC PROMOTION-Because of have become shore duty. beendelivered. Another 2600units the growing need for officers in the The consequentimprovement in were scheduled to be sent to ships in , the Navy the sea/shore rotation ratio for yeo- Southeast Asia beginninglate in plans to invoke an emergency section man second through yeoman chief 1966 and thirteen hundred units in of current law (IO USC, Section made it necessary to increase shore early spring 1967. 5787) which permits promotion of tours if sea time was to be held to an A sizable number of new Navy officers to a higher grade to meet the average of 30 to 36 months (a length ships have centralair-conditioning needs of the service. which has beendetermined neces- plants. All shipsunder construction The problem of shortages in the sary to Fleet stability). now,as well as those slated for fu- ranks of commander and below has Yeomen who reported ashore since tureconstruction, will be air-condi- beenaggravated by therecent 1 Jul1966 received automatic tour tioned throughout living and working buildup in Southeast Asia. extensions if they had sufficient obli- areas. The Civil Engineer Corps is un- gated service. Those who reported 0 DS AND MA RATINGS-To re- able to meet the increased demands earlier but whose tour completion lieve a shortage of data systems tech- through normal procurement proce- dateswere later than 1 Jan1967 nicians and machine accountants, the dures.Consequently, CEC officers 'were also eligible. Navy has instituteda program of will beconsidered for temporary Foradditional information con- enlistingpetty officers inthese rat- promotion approximately one and cerningthetour extensions, see ings by directprocurement. This one-half years early, by the regular BuPers Notice 1306 of 12 Oct 1966. approach was used successfully to selection boards in 1967. The tem- obtain5000 Seabees since January porary promotions will be made by 0 FEBRUARY EXAMS-Detailsof 1966. board action in a manner similar to the upcoming Navy-wide examina- The current program will recruit the normal selection process and will tions for advancement in rating have data systems techniciansand ma- not change the permanent or acting been released. The pertinentdirec-

DON'T STRETCH a good thing too far. It's much better to pass ALL HANDS Magazine along to nine other shipmates.

38 All HANDS tive is BuPers Notice 1418 of 26 Sep That deal has become bigger and In general, the policy now pro- 1966. better for individuals inpay grade vides that captains and commanders The schedule isas follows: for E-4. This is because of a recent will no longer be involuntarily re- advancement topetty officer third changeto BuPers Inst 1133.13C tained on active duty. Most eligible class, Tuesday, 7 Feb 1967; to petty (change 1) which lists more than officers of all grades (with excep- officer second class, Thursday, 9 Feb 70 courses as “equivalent ‘B’ School” tions asindicated below) will now 1967; to petty officer first class, Tues- training for automatic advancement receive approval for retirement or day, 14 Feb 1967; to chief petty offi- to paygrade E-5. Someof these transfer to the Fleet Reserve. cer, Thursday, 16 Feb 1967. courses include nuclear power train- The original selective retention With this advancement cycle, the ing. policy was explained by AlNav 45- new length of service requirement Those rates affected by the new 65 and NavOp 10-65, both of which for prospective CPOs willgo into deal are: FT, FTG, FTM, DS, TM, were published on 13 Aug 1965. effect. First class petty officers must ET, MT, RM, MM, EN, QM, GMG, Approval of voluntary retirements, now have a minimum of eight years’ GMM, STG, and STS. resignations and reversions of per- manent and temporary Regular service (computed to the date of the Ask your career counselor to check first advancement increment follow- Navy Officers were to be selectively your eligibility under this new deferred for periods up to one year. ing the examination) before being change, because ifyou doqualify, eligible for appointment to CPO. Exceptions were to be made in case your commanding officeris author- of personal hardship or when the This February will be the last time ized to advance you to petty officer that military and leadership items extension would force the officer second class under the STAR pro- over the 29-and-one-half-year mark.. will be included in the Navy-wide gram. examinations for PO3 ‘and P02. As Reservists were not subject to de- of next August, advancement candi- 0 OFFICEREXTENSIONS CUT ferral. dates for the two pay grades will be BACK-The majority of eligible Since then the Navy has con- required to complete satisfactorily a Regular Navyofficers who wish to tinued to make every effort to obtain separate military and leadership quiz retire or terminatetheir temporary enough officers with the required before becoming eligible to take the appointments and transfer tothe qualifications to permit theend of advancement test. The first military Fleet Reserve will now be allowed all involuntary retentions. Ithas and leadership exam is scheduled for todo so. Also, more resignations recently become possible, as a result, January and in thefuture will be will be accepted, particularly from to ease the retention policy some- given quarterly. those not in aviation fields. The what. Examinations for the new aviation Navy’s policy of selective involun- Requests for which approval had support equipment technician ( AS ) tary extension, which appliesto been deferreduntil April 1967 or rating will be available for advance- USNofficers, hasbeen eased. Nav- later have been reconsidered. Many ment to pay grade E-4 only during Op 26, issued late in 1966, made the of these extensions have been the upcoming examination. official announcement. shortened. Each officer has been individually notified as to the out- Candidates should make certain ~~ come of the reconsideration. their exam requests specify which MEDICARESERVICES-Family The Navywill continue to need service rating is desired: ASM (me- planning services may now be ob- the services of some officers in spe- chanical), ASE (electrical) or ASH’ tainedthrough civilian physicians cial categories. Most of those who (hydraulics andstructures). Men on an outpatient basis under the will be retainedin the near future presently serving in the AS rating in same conditions prescribed for will be in the aviation field, pri- pay grades E-4 through E-6 will be other outpatient care from civilian marily due to the currentneed for authorized to compete for advance- sources. aviators, the importance of main- ment in their previously held rating, The 1966 amendments to the taining a proper rotation policy and providing they are otherwise eligible Dependents’ Medical Care Act re- because of the long leadtime re- for promotion, butthe successful move the restrictive wording found quiredto train replacements. In competitors will be advanced within in the old law which, €or many, addition, a limited number ofoffi- the AS rating or appropriate service made it impossible to obtain med- cers with other special qualifications rating. ical guidance, counseling and sup- will be affected. In accordance with Navymen serving in pay grades plies for family planning. longstanding Navy policy, every E-3and E-4, if they are especially Naval medical facilities will have effortwill be made to consider the well qualified and deserving, may family planning services as of the personal problems of the individuals receive partial waivers of the time in first of January. Eligible Navy concerned. grade requirement for advancement. wives will be able to obtain family Some officers may be retained for Such men may be allowed toad- planning guidance, counseling and short periods while BuPers arranges vance to pay gradeE-5 after only supplies (including drugs). for adequate reliefs. six months’ service as E-4 (service The extent to which they are Infuture cases of involuntary computed to 16 May 1967) or to pay provided, however, will depend retention, the officer concerned will grade E-4 if serving as E-3 on 7 Feb upon the capabilities of the staff to be advised of the approximate date 1.967. render such services and whether on which his resignation will be ac- STAR CHANGE-In the Sep- or not space is available. cepted. He will not be required to tember issue of ALL HANDSthere Ahav66and SecNav Inst resubmit. Future correspondence appeared on page 40 a. deal which 6320.14 provide the authorization. will be necessary only if he desires could make you a STAR Navyman. to withdraw his resignation.

JANUARY 1967 39 SanDiego: It's a Great Navy Town and One of the Busiest

AS JUST ABOUT everyone in the THEFIRST HINT that San Diego 1917 the Navy was granted permis- Navy knows, San Diego is the might become an important naval sion to build permanent installations center of one of the largest naval center came in September 1901, on North Island and promptly took establishments in the United States when the Navy acquiredland on over two old buildings and the struc- and, for that matter, in the world. Point Loma for a naval coaling sta- tures once used by Curtiss to house If you have duty with the First or tion. Many ships began to make it a his early-day seaplanes. Seventh Fleets, you can be reason- regular stopping-off place on the The end of was not ably sure that, sooner or later, you'll West Coast. the end of naval expansion in the pull a tour of duty in or near this The Naval Radio Station was com- area. By 1923, several installations metropolis. missioned at the southwestern end of had been commissioned.Among It would be somewhat difficult to the Point Loma peninsula in1906. these were the Naval Hospital, the avoid such a tour even if you wanted This station participated in the evo- Naval Training Station (nowthe to, for San Diego is the heart of area lution of our modern broadcasting Naval Training Center),the Naval commands which embrace almost equipment and procedures. It Base, the Destroyer Base andthe every variety of naval activity. In started off with the famous call let- Naval Supply Depot. the immediate vicinity will be found ters NPL for Navy Point Loma. (In In addition, 1921 saw the estab- headquarters of the First Fleet, the June 1949 the pioneer radio station lishment of the 11th Naval District 11th Naval District, Naval Station, was decommissioned and absorbed in with headquarters in San Diego. An- Training Command, Supply Center, the Navy Electronics Laboratory, other addition in 1921 was the Ma- and AirPac. These are supplemented which had grown up around it.) rine Corps Recruit Depot. by a multitude of support commands. In spite of the coaling station and (See box for a complete list of com- the radio station, Navy growth in the ASWORLD WAR 11 approached, naval mands of the San Diego area.) area was still limited until 1914. activity picked up again in San This ubiquity is no accident. The In 1911 and 1912, North Island Diego after a lull through the 30s. Navy and San Diego have been became active in as The Navy Electronics Laboratory friends ever since uss Alert appeared Glenn Curtiss operatedatraining was established in 1940. Shortly in the harbor wellover 100 years school for naval airmen on leased thereafterthere followed in quick ago. land there. Curtiss also took off and succession: improvement of the air In 1842, Alert, commanded by landedthe world'sfirst hydroplane station at North Island, building of Captain Phelps, sailed into San on the waters of San Diego Bay dur- the Naval Amphibious Base, auxiliary Diego harbor and.came to the aid of ing this period. airfields sprouting up throughout Americans who sought protection After the entry of the United the county, and an ammunition de- during the troubled period preceding States into World War I, naval ac- pot in Fallbrook. the conflict with . tivity in San Diego stepped up. In Throughout this development, Captain Phelps sent landinga community cooperation played a party ashore. Meeting no opposi- All-NavyCartoon Contest large part. The development was tion, he withdrew three days later. 11 Melville C. Murray, SC, USNR due to several factors. Among them That was the Navy's initial associa- were the advantages of climate and tion with the little town of San location, making the area an ideal Diego, which stood on the site of a training site. Second was theland- Spanish mission and an Indian locked harbor, considered by some to pueblo. be the world's finest naval anchorage. Four years later USS Cyme, a Most important of all was the all-out sloop-of-war, arrived in San Diego community support the Navy re- under the command of Captain ceived. This included, but was not Samuel F. DuPont. War had offi- limited to, purchases for and gifts of cially been declared. The Americans landto the Navyfor the hospital, landed unopposed and raised the training center, amphibious base and U. S. flag over the Presidio in Old other facilities. Town. Naval aviation has an important During the remainder of the cen- part in the community. It grew from tury, naval vessels were to stop there the days of Glenn Curtiss and his frequently, during which time San "Frankly,Bert, I feelthere's a great deal. hydroplane. In 1927 the Navy ac- Diego had an opportunityto show moresubstance toan early Renoir, but quired North Island and stepped up off its excellent harbor facilities. when it comes to abstract expressionism.. ." a development program.

40 ALL HANDS Inthe ensuing years Spanish clude up to 35 per cent Navymen Family ServicesCenters Bight, an inlet separating North Is- and their families. Over 1000 of the When you receive your orders for land from Coronado, wasfilled in, 7000 Boy Scout leaders in the county San Diego (or, for that matter, al- andthe shoreline adjacent to the are servicemen. Other Navymen most anywhere within CONUS), you island has beendredged to accom- take active part in community func- wotdd do well td contact the Family modate the Navy’s largest aircraft tions and services of all kinds. Services Center located nearest your carriers. North Island is no longer Operation Handclasp is the result ultimate destination. It has been an island, nor can any indication be of a humanitarian plan fostered by a created for the sole purpose of an- seen that there was a gap between San Diego-based Navy officer which swering questions and solving per- Coronado and North Island. Quay pfovides food and clothing for needy sonal problems of Navymen and walls have beenbuilt to accommo- people in the . their families. date the carriers berthed there, and Youth groups of all kinds, includ- Highon the list of any man’s hundreds of acres of tidelands have ing children from orphanages in Cali- problems is his change of duty sta- been reclaimed to add to the airfield. fornia and Mexico arefrequent tion. Family Services Centers in the guests of Navymen at ships and sta- San Diego area are located atthe naval station, NAS North Island and HE NAVY is an important part of tions in the area. rthe San Diego community eco- Since its arrival in San Diego NAS Miramar. Each is equipped to nomic and social structure. harbor in 1842, the Navy has been a answer most of your questions. And Each year, about a million people partner in the growth of the nation’s if they can’t answer them,they visit ships or tour shore installations southwestern-most metropolis. probably know someone who can. of the Navy in the Sdn Diego area. People from all of the 50 states, U.S. territories and dozens of foreign countries have visited units of the Fleet which are open for general PaddleLandings Took Skill visiting each weekend at the foot of For nearlysix decades, Navypilots have During Ionding operations, other aircraft Broadway and Harbor Drive. progressed throughvarious stages ofwrrier were parked on the forward end of the flight Several major air shows have been landings ranging from theseat-of-the-pants deck. The two areas wete separated by bar- held by the Navy at its Miramar methods io the fully automatic landings now riers of large steelcables, hopefullystrong Naval Air Station and North Island becoming operational. enough to catch any aircraftnot stopped by Naval Air Station. These shows have Antisubmarine Squadron 22 claims for herself the arrestingwires. Should a plane hit the (and other units of her air group) the distinc- barrier, it sometimesmeant minor damage to drawn as many as 300,000 persons to tion of being the lastgroup of Navyfliers to the plane, butthis was, at least, the lesser of see demonstrations of the latest Navy makepaddle landings-a skill which became twoevils. aircraft and missiles. archaic when USS Lake Champlain (CVS 39), Sincethe deckspace forwardof the landing The Navy’s bakery bill is about the lastof thestraight-deck carriers, was area was occupied with parked aircraft,pilots $2 million a year; the electric bill decommissioned. were committed to a full-stoplanding eorlirr amounts to $3 million.Navy ships The paddlemethod of Ionding has played an in theapproach. There was no opportunity for docking in San Diego’s harbor bu)r important roleaviationin history, andthe a touch-and-go. No margin for error of any over $3 million worth of dairy prod- squadron’s pridein the skillit required is kind. Precision flying, honed by constantprac- indeed iustified. tice, was 6ssential. ucts annually. Paddle landings under theguidance of the The landing signal officer with hls paddles Statisticians can add $800 million Landing Signol Officer-patron saint of all naval aignoled an incoming aircraft whether it was a year to San Diego’s economy be- aviators-werecharacteristic of straight-deck too high, too low, or iustright. Some LSOs cause of the Navy. There are nor- carriers. Aircraftlanding aboardthem touched couldjudge within a knot or so thespeed of mally 140,000 Navymen serving in down onthe aftermost part of the flight deck theapproaching plane. ships and at stations in the San andheaded straightdown theship’s centerline. To present-day viewdrs ofWorld War II Diego area. There are another movies,the LSOwith his paddles held in out- 19,000 civilian employees of the stretched hands, oppeorrto be merelypic- turesque. Quaint. To present-day aviators, it Navy here. If retired Navy person- seems almost incrediblb that a11 our carrier- nel and Navy dependents are in- basrdaircraft were recovered inthis manner cluded, more than a quarter of San during World War II. Diego County’s population is Navy. Now,of course, newer angled-deck carriers The Navy’s role in San Diego is of usemechanical/opticol sysths togive their social significance, too. The Navy is pilets neededassistance. The LSO isstill there part and parcel of the community. to theapproach. butrarely usespad- It is deeply involved in every prob- dles togive signals. Although carrier hyingstill requires an im-

~~~ of ~~~ ~ lem the communitv. menseamount of skill and still has itsthrills, The’Navy built the first aqueduct moderntechniques have largely eliminated the from the Colorado River and turned type ai cliff-hanging carrier landings fhvored it over to the citv in 1946. The by scendrio writersbut which were by no Navy financed the‘second aqueduct means fictitious. also, which it turned over to the city

JANUARY 1967 41 The purpose of the Center is to All-Navy Cartoon Contest assigned toFleet and shore-based help newly-arrived Navy people to Peter A. Hanmn, EN1, USN personnel who are on active duty and become settled in the area, offer as- - permanently attachedto San Diego sistance to families with specific shore activities or Fleet units based problems and to provide large quan- or homeported in San Diego. tities of miscellaneous information. Applications become effective and It provides a hospitality kit to help are placed on the waiting list the day tide you over until your own gear they are received. Normally there is arrives. It can give you the details a considerable waiting period before of numerous government programs assignment. A list of off-base hous- such as the GI Bill, Survivors’ Bene- ing is available, but good multi-bed- fits, and other benefits to Navymen room homes are hard to find and you and their families. are advised to start house-hunting as To help youask intelligent ques- “Quite the liberty hound, that Fenmore!” soon as possible if this is what you tions before, or when you do arrive, have in mind. here is a condensation of the general Applications (,llND-Gen-l11I)1/8 information the Center has 0: hand lation todemand, and it is likely to Rev 5-62) should besubmitted in for the use of new arrivals. remain so. There are six off-station duplicate to: Housing Assignment public quarters projects, totaling Office, Public Works Center, Bldg Housing 3291 units, located in the San Diego 225, PO Box 114, Naval Station, San There’s little question about it- area. Diego, Calif. 92136. government housing is limited in re- When available, these units are There is no Navy temporary hous-

The Sun Diego Naval Complex: Here is a list of the reasons why naval aviation for the entire Pacific. Fleet Gunnery School San Diego is considered to be one a NAVAL AIR STATION, NORTH Pacific Fleet Photo-Triangula- of the largest naval commands in ISLAND: largest aviation center on tion Group the world: the Pacific Coast. a COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS UNITED STATES FIRST FLEET: a NAVAL AIR STATION, MIRA- FORCE, u. s. PACIFIC FLEET: pro- one of fournumbered fleets in MAR: home port of all Pacific Fleet vides the basic amphibious capa- U. S. Navy. Charged with defend- fighter squadrons. bility of the Pacific Fleet. ing the western shores of the 0 U. S. NAVAL AUXILIARY AIR Amphibious Training Command United States. STATION, REAM FIELD: home port LandingForce Training Unit, a HEADQUARTERS, ELEVENTH ofsix helicopter squadrons. U. S. Pacific Fleet NAVAL DISTRICT: coordinates all a SOUTHWEST DIVISION, NAVAL Naval Amphibious School shore stations in nine FACILITIES , ENGINEERING COM- Amphibious Operational Train- counties; Clark County, Nev.; and MAND: plans, designs, and con- ing Unit the state of Arizona. structs naval and federal facilities. Underwater Demolition Unit a u. s. NAVAL STATION: com- a u. s. NAVAL PERSONNEL RE- One prised of three commands, Marine SEARCH ACTIVITY: conducts in- Landing Ship Squadron One Barracks, Service Schools, and service research in naval personnel LandingShip Squadron Three commissary store. Eleven tenant administration and management. Naval Beach GroupOne commands and activities. a NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER,SAN Beachmaster Unit One NAVAL TRAINING COMMAND: DIEGO: provides general stores Assault Craft Unit One the “Cradle of the Navy,” has support for Fleet units and as- Amphibious Construction Bat- trained over 1,500,000 Navymen. signed continental and overseas talion One It includes: activities. Utility LandingCraft Squadron -Recruit Training Command 0 COMMANDER TRAINING COM- One Service School Command MAND, PACIFIC FLEET: governs Amphibious Group Three Naval Administrative Command operational training of Pacific a COMMANDER CRUISER-DE- a u. s. NAVAL HOSPITAL: largest Fleet ships. It includes: STROYER FORCE, U. S. PACIFIC military hospital irt the world. Fleet Training Group, San Diego FLEET: furnishes trained, combat- a NAVY ELECTRONICS LABORA- Fleet Training Center ready ships to the U. S. Seventh TORY: engaged in radio, radar and Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Fleet. sonar research projects. Center a COMMANDER SERVICE .SQUAD- a COMMANDER PLEET AIR, SAN U. S. Fleet Antisubmarine War- RON ONE: Pacific Coast headquar- DIEGO: type commander for -air fare Training Center ters for Pacific Fleet Service Force. units assigned to the Southern Sec- FleetComputer Programing a SAN DIEGO GROUP, PACIFIC RE- tion of, Western Sea Frontier. Center, Pacific SERVE FLEET: has the responsibility a COMMANDER NAVAL AIR Nuclear Weapons Training Cen- of 219 reserve ships. FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET: provides ter, Pacific 0 COMMANDER SUBMARINE FLO-

42 ALL HANDS ing in the area. When reporting for All-NavyCartoon Contest Quarters for captainsare single duty, it is best to plan on local motel William R. Maul, CTC, USN units,Those’ for commanders and or hotel accommodations until you lieutenant commanders areeither become settled. Manyoffer special single or duplex-type. Junior officer servicemen’s rates and, before regis- and enlisted quarters consist of du- tering,it is suggested that you in- plex units. quire as to theiravailability before All units have two bathrooms and you commit yourself. includebuilt-in gas rangewith ex- All six housing projects are desig- haust fan, 12-cubic foot refrigerator, nated as adequate government quar- garbage disposal,. garage,laundry tersand thus require full forfeiture room for your washer and drier, slid- of BAQ. ing glass doors to patio slab. Floor- Admird Hartman Quarters (Cape- ing is vinyl asbestos except for bath- hart)-This project is locatedap- rooms which have ceramic tile floors. proximately one mile east of the busi- Pets are permitted. Houses are either ness district of Pacific Beach. Each three- or four-bedroom. home has twobathrooms, anat- Waiting time is similar to that of tached single garagewith storage the Admiral Hartman project. space, back yardsare fenced and ”Hash” BayviewHill-Located in the lawns are equipped with sprinklers. vicinity of Paradise Hills, this proj- Pets are permitted. ect has a totalof 812 units. Ten two- It consists of 438 individualun- furnished officer and enlisted homes, bedroom, 60 three-bedroom and 20 allocated as follows: four-bedroom units are available for Captains: five three - bedroom officers andtheir families. The dis- homes; three four-bedroom. tribution for enlisted menis like this: Commanders and lieutenant com- 324 two-bedroom units, 308 three- the Sea Service manders: 43 three-bedroom; seven bedroom and 90 four-bedroom. TILLA ONE: controls all*Eastern four-bedroom. Enlisted units consist of two-story, Pacific submarines. Junior officers : 118 three-bedroom, multi-unit structures. Officers live in 0 NAVAL REPAIR FACILITY: en- 25 four-bedroom. duplex, triplex and fourplex (if there gagedinrepair, alteration, and Enlisted: 195 three-bedroom, 42 is such a word) units. Dogs are per- overhaul of Fleet vessels. four-bedroom. mitted if you are willing to build a e And hereare some of the At last report, the waiting period fencearound your establishment manyother units which give an for enlisted families forthree-bed- whichmeets with the approval of idea of the scope of thetremen- room houses was six to 12 months; local authorities. dousnaval complex in the San for four-bedroom, 12 to 18 months. Waiting timefor Bayview goes like Diegoarea: For junior officers, three-bedroom, this:Enlisted two- and three-bed- nine to 12 months; four-bedroom, 12 room units, one week to two months; Naval Training Aids Facility to 18 months. For commanders and four-bedroom, three to six months. Naval Medical Neurological Re- lieutenant commanders, three-bed- For officers, two- and three-bedroom, searchUnit room, 12 to 18 months,four-bed- one to three months; four-bedroom, Naval Accounts Disbursing Of- room, 18 to 24 months. For captains, six to 12 months. fice undeterminable. Cabrillo Heights-This is ldcated Naval Publications and Printing Chesterton Quarters (Capehart)- on Kearney Mesa, approximately one Office This is locatedin the Linda Vista mile east of U.S. 395, between Linda Naval Area Audit Office area, approximately one-halfmile Vista and Miramar. Thereare 812 Board of Inspection and Survey west of U. S. Highway 395. Each units, divided as follows: Fleet Weather Facilities home hastwo bathrooms{ anat- For officers: 16 two-bedroom units, Naval Training Device Center tached single garagewith storage 77 three-bedroom,four four-bed- Personnel Accounting Machine space, back yardsare fenced ancl room. Forenlisted: 277 two-bed- Installation lawns are equipped with sprinklers. room, 361 three-bedroomand 77 CommanderNaval Air Bases, Pets are allowed. four-bedroom units. 11th Naval District The projectcontains 375 three- Most enlisted units are located in Enlisted Personnel Distribution bedroom houses, and 59 four-bed- two-story, multi-unit structures. Some Office,Pacific Fleet room. Enlistedpersonnel only are four-and five-plex unitsare avail- Pacific Fleet Mobile Photo- eligible. The waitingtime is ap- able. Officers live *in duplexand graphicUnit proximately the same as for the single units. Restrictions concerning Fleet Airborne Electronics Train- Admiral Hartman quarters. dogs are comparable to those at Bay- ingUnit, Pacific Silver Strand, AmphibiousBase, view.Waiting time isalso sjmilar. Fleet Aviation Accounting Office CoronadLThis project consists of Gateway Village-This consists of Pacific Naval Research Resident Repre- 250 units, 14 of which are available enlisted quarters located next to the sentative tocaptains, 10 to commanders and Marine Corps RecruitDepot and Fleet Work Study Group, Pacific lieutenant commanders, 16 to junior Naval Training Center in the Loma officers, and 210 to enlisted men. Portal area.

JANUARY 1967 43 There are 70 one-bedroom apart- a dealer, or on estimated value by cense fee is $3. Vision, written and ments, 349 two-bedroom, 72 three- the Department of Motor Vehicles if driving tests are required. bedroom and 54 four-bedroom units. bought from a privateparty. How- California does not require com- “Units” in this case consist of two- ever, you are exempt from this tax if pulsory auto insurance, but if you are story, multi-units structures of split- the auto is “substantially” used by uninsured and become involved in an level typeapartments; living room you 90 days before you enter the accident, you must post bond with and kitchen are on the ground floor, state. The burden of proof is on you. the Department of Motor Vehicles. bedrooms and bathrooms are on the When buying a used car, fill out an A smog control device is required upper floor. The same restriction ownership certificate and turn it in on some California registered ve- concerning dogs as those cited for to the Department of Motor Vehicles hicles. If you are going to apply for Bayview apply here. with registration card for transfer of California registration on an out-of- Waiting time: one bedroom, four ownership. The fee for this is $2. state vehicle or a newly purchased to six weeks; two bedrooms, one A new resident may operate his vehicle, contact the Department of week to two months; three bedrooms, passenger auto without registering it MotorVehicles. In San Diego, the one to three months; four bedrooms, until his home state registration ex- address is 3960 Normal St., tde- three to six months. pires. Military personnel may carry phone is 297-3511. Although married men are unable license plates from their home states NavalStation Registration-The to live on station at North Island or places where they served under Naval Station Vehicle Registration because of limited housing, clean military orders. Officeissues permanent decals 1-0 economical housing is offered through However, you are advised to check personnel whose ships are normally the11th Naval District Housing with the Department of MotorVe- berthed at the station or are assigned Office at the naval station. Rents in hicles within 30 days as to valid to the naval station for duty. De- neighboring Coronado or Imperial period of plates. New plates are ex- pendents may be issued decals when Beach are usually higher than in pectedto serve for the life of the their sponsors are absent from the San Diego but the convenience often vehicle. An identifying sticker is area. offsets this. The commissary and de- added to the plateeach year for To apply, you must bring: Evi- pendents’ clinic, both located just renewal. dence of ownership or certificate of inside the main gate at North Island, The registration (or license) fee registration; a valid state driver’sli- help to lick the problem. amounts to $9 plus a vehicle tax of cense; and evidence of required min- Living conditions for unmarried $2 for each$100 value, based on imum insurance, which is$lO,OOO/ menat North Island havebeen value estimated by the Department $20,000 public liability and $5000 noted as exceptionally good. Clean of MotorVehicles. Registration ex- property damage. barracks, a good mess hall and out- pires on 31 December; renewal A permanent decal will be issued standing recreation facilities contrib- deadline is midnight 4 February. De- according to rank or rating and will uteto make dutyhere a pleasant linquency penalties are severe. normally expire on the current insur- assignment. In addition to the cus- Visitors over 21 may use a valid ance policy expiration date. tomary recreation facilities, North home state driver’s license until it The decal denotes that a privately Island has an 18-hole golf course, an expires, or until they make California owned vehicle is authorized tobe excellent bowling alley, and a rare their legal residence. Nonresident operated and parkedon the naval opportunity in its sports fishing pro- minor members of the armed forces station. It serves only to identify the gram. may drive for60 days on a valid vehicle. The driver and other occu- Officer housing at Miramar con- license from their home state. Li- pants must be identified by means sists of 30 new Capehart units, seven of a card, pass or badge. units of public quarters and a large All-Navy Cartoon Contest Parking spaces are extremely lim- James R. Metcalf, SN, USN BOQ. ited and most areas are reserved for Enlisted family housing has 42 specific individuals. P03s and below Capeharts and nine sets of public are not allowed on the station until quarters for chiefs and below, plus a after 0800 on working days, large number of trailers for married Pass and ID Cards enlisted men. There are 20 barracks An Armed Services Identification for EMS. and Privilege Card is required before At Ream Field, some housing is commissary and exchange privileges available on station to enlisted per- and medical care can be authorized. sonnel in the lower pay grades. Most, Any dependent over 10 years of however, livein the civilian com- age is eligible toapply for anID munities of Imperial Beach and card. The applicant must fill out and Chula Vista. have verifiedby the sponsor’scom- mand DD Form 1172(Uniformed Automobiles Services Identification and Privilege If you hyan automobile outside Card). After the application has the state with the intention of using been verified by the command, it will it in California, you will be .charged bereturned. The applicantthen a state use tax equal to four per cent - takes it to the ID Card Photo Lab of the purchase price, if bought from ”You busy?“ for further processing.

44 ALL HANDS Taxes All-NavyCartoon Contest Information on Advanced Adult State-Incomes of residents of the LT Melville C. Murray, SC, USNR High School education in the area state, and incomes derived from is available through the Board of California by nonresidents are sub- Education Information Center. ject to a state personal income tax. The county is also the home of The form is modeled in a general four major colleges, a city college way after federal income taxes. and four junior colleges. The tax rate for a single person: Detailed information concerning First $2500, one per cent scaled up medical anddental care, religious in $2500 increments to seven per services, commissaries and ex- cent on amounts over $15,000. For changes may be obtained from the joint returns the first $5000 is at one Family Services Centers upon your percent scaled up in $5000 incre- arrival. ments to seven per cent on amounts over $30,000. Exemptions: Single List of New Motion Pictures person, $1500; married or head of Available to Ships and household, $3000; eachdependent, $600. ”Is that your final word in the matter, Sir?” Overseas Bases Forfurther information, contact The list of recently released the California Franchise Tax Board, Federal gasoline tax is $.04; state 16mm feature movies available from State Building, 1350 FrontSt., San gasoline tax, $.07. the Navy Motion Picture Service is Diego. publishedhere for the convenience With the exception of food and Schools of ships and overseas bases. fuels, there is a state sales and use California law establishes the fol- Movies in color are designated by tax of threeper cent on all retail lowing minimum entrance ages for (C) and those in wide-screen proc- purchases. the public schools: to be enrolled in esses by (WS). City and County-The combined kindergarten, a child must be five Battle of the Bulge (C) (WS) : rate for real and personal property years old on or before 2 December; Drama; Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw. located within the city of San Diego to be enrolled in the first grade, a The Chase (C)(WS) : Drama; is determined annually by the child must be six years oldon or Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda. County of San Diego, City of San before 2 December, or have com- Lady L (C) (WS) : Comedy; Diego, UnifiedSchool District, Uni- pleted one year ina public school Sophia Loren, Paul Newman. fied Port District andthe County kindergarten in California or any An Eye for an Eye (C) : Western; Water Authority. Residents in the other state. Pat Wayne, Slim Pickens. major portion of the city pay a tax of Promotion from grade to grade is Nevada Smith (C) (WS) : West- $8.09 per $100 of assessed valu- based on achievement and accom- ern; Steve McQueen, Brian Keith. ation. plishment and is not automatic. Walk, Don’t Run (C)(WS) : Rates vary in certain sections of All children enrolling in the Comedy; Cary Grant, Samantha the city (generally newly annexed public schools for the first time are Eggars. areas) depending on minor assess. requiredtopresent birtha cer- Mary Poppins (C): Musical Com- ments. The location of the property tificate or other proof of date of edy; Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke. determines the amount of taxes, as birth. Also, all children must pre- TheReptile (C): Melodrama; each of the several taxing jurisdic- sent evidence of completed immuni- Noel Willman, Ray Barrett. tions is responsible for its own zation against polio; lacking this, a Rasputin, the Mad Monk (C) budget and fixing the tax rate. All program of immunization is begun. (WS) : Drama; Christopher Lee, counties in the state must maintain Schools operate on a year session, Barbara Shelley. a ratio of assessment in keeping with ratherthan a semester basis, so Upto His Ears (C) : Comedy; the state-wide average. For more children from most school systems Ursula Andress, Jean Paul Bel- information, contact the County may enter without loss of standing mondo. Assessor, County Administration at any time, as transfers. Ambush Bay (C) : Melodrama; Center, San Diego. San Diego high schools have Hugh O’Brien, Mickey Rooney. The city of San Diego also im- annual graduation, once a year, in Underworld Informers: Mystery poses a one per cent retail sales tax June. Forty credits are required. Drama; Nigel Patrick, Margaret in addition tothe state sales tax, The Family Services Center has Whiting. making a total of four per cent re- a map indicating the location and The Agony and the Ecstasy (C) tail sales tax. Other municipalities boundaries of San Diego County’s (WS) : Drama; Charlton Hest&, in the county likewise impose this 51 school districts. Information on Rex Harrison. one per cent sales tax. the specific facilities in your district Beau Geste (C) (WS) : Melo- Resident veterans are allowed to may behad by calling your local drama; Guy Stockwell. apply for an exemption of $1000 district office as listed in the tele- Out of Sight (C) (WS) : Musical assessed valuation, provided they do phone directory under the heading Comedy; Jonathan Daly, Daren not possess assets exceeding $5000 “Schools.” Additional help may be Jensen. inassessed value for single persons, obtained through the County Edu- Traitor’s Gate: Melodrama; Gary $10,000 for married persons. cational Office. Raymond, Albert Lievin.

JANUARY 1967 45 - - TU€ 8UtC€TIN 804ffV Seavey Segment A-67: Here Are Pointers and Cut-Off Dates

EA DUTY commencement dates are east Asia, it has been necessary to The other requirements are: set for Seavey A-67.As was the short-tour some men who were serv- 0 You must be in an “on board case in the preceding Seavey, all inga tour of shore dutyearned for duty” status at your present com- preferred overseas billets in certain through Seavey procedures. So that mand. areas will be filled by Navymen eli- such men will not be penalized with 0 You must have an active duty gible for shore duty orders. respect tosubsequent eligibility for obligation extending to May 1969 or Navymen assigned to such areas shore duty, procedures have been beyond. will find their overseas tours in pre- established for the computation of 0 Navymen on overseas shore ferred areas to be longer than nor- sea duty commencement dates. duty or toured sea duty(sea duty mal shore tours in continental U. S. Ifyou served 18 months or more for rotation) also must have a tour Seavey-eligible Navymen will not be of your shore duty tour, there will be completion date which falls within assigned to overseas activities where no change in your current sea duty the transfer months of that Seavey dependentsare not authorized or commencement date.It will be (that is, Juneto September 1967). where adequate family facilities counted as a full tour ashore. Navymen on a sea tour exten- (such as housing, schools,commis- If you served less than 18 months sion are ineligible unless the exten- saries) are not available. on such a tour of shore duty, a con- sion expires during the transfer Navymen who do not wish pre- structive sea duty commencement months of that Seavey. ferred overseas shore duty must in- date will be established by the Chief 0 A change in rate or rating after dicate so in block 11 of the rotation of Naval Personnel, by adding the the list of commencement dates has data cards. Normally, such men will months served ashore to the original been promulgated does not change not be sent overseas. However, after sea duty commencement date under eligibility, since the effective date every effort has been made to assign which you had been previously or- of BuPers Notice 1306 is the deter- them to CONUS, they may receive a dered to shore duty. mining factor. (In this case, 1 Nov 14-month sea extension when suffi- If you fit into the latter category, 1966). However, personnel reduced cient CONUS billets are not avail- your personnel officerwill submit a in rate to a pay grade which is in- able. request for the sea duty commence- eligible for Seavey will be considered Navymen who are converting to ment date adjustment to the Chief ineligible as of the date of reduction. another rating, and who hold a con- of Naval Personnel. No adjustment 0 Personnel assigned to preferred version NEC (XX99) will be con- request can be submitted, however, overseas shore activities who meet sidered as serving in the rating to until you have served 12 months at the sea duty cutoff dates of Seavey which they are converting for pur- your present duty station. A-66 and whose tour completion date poses of determining eligibility for As in past Seaveys, if your con- falls within the transfer months of orders under Seavey. tinuous tour of sea duty commenced Seavey A-67 will have a Rotation Starting with this Seavey, all ex- in or before the month and year Data Card prepared and forwarded ulosive ordnance disposal technicians specified for your rate and rating by the PAM1 if they are not cur- kill be ordered aIS€ lore according to on the accompanying list, and if you rently recorded in Seavey. their NEC, instea d of by rates. ,satisfy theother requirements, you See your personnel man ifyou Because of the 1:mildup in South- are eligible for shore duty. have any pertinent questions.

BMC MAR 63 ST1 JUN 62 GMGC FEB 62 NEC 1144 MAY 64 DS2 JUNJUN 65 YN3 65 BMl SEP BMl 60 ST02 JUN 62 GMGl MAR 59 DS3 OCT 64JUN YNSN 65 BM2 JAN 60 ST63 JUN 62 GMG2 MAR 59 MTC OCT 64 DSSN 64 OCT BM3 FEB 61 FEB BM3 STGSN JUN 62 GMG3 DEC 59 MT I OCT 64 CYN3 NOV 64 BMSN FEB BMSN 61 ST52 JUN 62 GMGSN DEC 59 MT2 SEP 63 IMC 62 JUL CYNSN NOV 64 I STS3 JUN 62 MT3 MAYJUL 63 IM1 62 QMC SEP 61 STSSN JUN 62 FTGC AUG 62 MTSN JUL 64 IM2 62 APRFEB PNC 65 QM1 JUL 60 FTGl MAR 62 IM3 AUG 61 PNl FEB 65 OM2 FEB61 rMC DEC62 FTG2 MAR62 MNC JAN 65 IMSN AUGFEB 61 PN2 65 QM3 APR 63 rM1 MAR 62 FTG3 JAN 61 MN 1 JAN 65 JUN PN3 65 QMSN APR 63 lM2 MAR 62 FTGSN JAN61 MN2 JAN 65 OMC FEB 63JUN PNSN 65 1M3 JUN 63 MN3 NOV 64 OM1 FEB 63 SMC 62 APR rMSN JUN 63 FTMC AUG 62 MNSN NOV 64 OM2 FER 63 SKC FEE 63 SM1 JAN SM1 60 FTMl MAR 62 OM3 JANSEP 63 SK1 62 SM2 JAN 60 GMMC AUG 62 FTM2 MAR 62 ETC JUN 65 OMSN 62 JANSEP 63 SK2 sM3 JAN 60 GMMl NOV61 FTM3 DEC 61 ET1 JUN 65 SK3 FEB 65 SMSN JANSMSN 60 GMM2 JUN 60 FTMSN DEC 61 ETN2 AUG 64 RMC MAR 64FEB SKSN 65 GMM3 JUN 60 ETN3 DEC 64 RMl DEC 63 RDC MC 62 GMMSN JUN 60 FTBC AUG62 ETNSN DEC 64 RM2 FEB 64 DKC MAR 63 RDl SEP RDl 60 FTBl MAR 62 ETR2 AUG 63 RM3 JULJUN 64 DKl bl RD2 APR 61 APR RD2 6MTC JUN 66 FTB2 JAN62 ETR3 JUN 64JUL RMSN 64 DK2 FEB 64 RD3 JUL 63 GMTl JUN 65 FTB3 DEC 61 ETRSN JUN 64 DK3 JUN 65 RDSN JUL RDSN 63 GMT2 JUN 65 FTBSN DEC61 YNC JUN 65JUN DKSN 65 GMT3 JUN 65 DSC JUNJUN 65 YNl 65 SIC JUN 62 GMTSN JUN 65 NEC 1143 MAY 64 DS1 JUN 65 YN2 JUN 65 csc NN63

46 ALL HANDS cs1 JUN 63 MRFN JUL 62EAC SEP 64 swc NOV 60 A02 JAN 64 AME2 JUN 65 cs2 JUN63 EA1 SEP 64 sw1 MAR 60 A03 FEB 65 AME3 JUN 65 cs3 FEB 65 BTC DEC 60 EAD3 SEP 64 SWE2 MAR 60 AOAN FEB 65 AMEAN JUN 65 CSSN FEB 65 BT1 JAN 60 EADCN SEP 64 SWE3 NOV 62 BT2 JAN 60 EAS2 SEP 64 SWECN NOV 62 AQC APR 65 PRC MAR65 SHC DEC64 BT3 NOV 60 EAS3 SEP 64 SWF2 MAR 60 AQl APR 65 PRl FEB 66 SH1 SEP 60 BTFN NOV 60 EASCN SEP 64 SWF3 NOV 62 AQB2 FEB 65 PR2 FEB 65 SH2 SEP 59 SWFCN NOV 62 AQB3 FEB 65 PR3 OCT 64 JUL 64 SH3 SEP59 BRC JAN 60 AQBAN FEB 65 PRAN OCT 64 APR 64 UTC JAN 63 SHSN SEP 59 BR1 MAY 59 AQF2 FEB 65 1 CEP2 OCT 63 UT1 JAN 63 AQF3 FEB 65 AKC JUN 65 CEP3 SEP 63 UTA2 OCT 62 AKl JUN 65 JOC JUN65 EMC OCT 61 AQFAN FEB 65 CEPCN SEP 63 UTA3 JUN62 JUN 65 JO1 JUN 65 EM1 JuL 60 AK2 CES2 OCT 63 UTACN JUN 62 JUN 65 502 JUN 65 EM2 JAN 61 ABEC OCT 63 AK3 CES3 JAN 64 UT62 OCT 62 JW 65 J03 JUN 65 EM3 FEB 63 ABEl AUG62 AKAN CESCN SEP63 UTB3 OCT62 JOSN JUN 65 EMFN FEB 63 ABE2 OCT 62 CEW2 FEB 64 UTBCN OCT 62' ABE3 MAR 63 AZC JUN 65 CEW3 NOV 63 UTP2 OCT62 PCC JAN 64 ABEAN MAR 63 AZ1 JUN 65 ICC 62 CEWCN NOV 63 UTP3 JUN62 PC1 SEP 63 A112 JUN65 IC1 60 CET2 OCT 63 UTPCN JUN62 PC2 SEP 63 ABFC MAY 64 A23 FEB 65 IC2 JuL 'O CET3 SEP 63 UTW2 OCT 62 PC3 OCT 64 ABFl MAY 64 AZAN FEB 65 IC3 OCT 62 CETCN SEP 63 UTW3 MAR63 PCSN OCT 64 ABF2 JUL 63 ICFN OCT 62 UTWCN MAR63 ABF3 JAN 64 PHC MAR 65 EOC JAN 64 LIC NOV63 ABFAN JAN 64 PHI FEB 65 SFC APR 60 E01 JAN 64 ADRC FEB 65 111 NOV 63 PH2 NOV 64 SF1 JAN 60 EOH2 OCT 63 ADRl FEB 65 112 NOV 63 ABHC AUG 64 PH3 NOV 64 SFM2 JAN 60 EOH3 JUN 64 ADR2 FEB 65 113 FEB 65 ABHl DEC 63 PHAN NOV 64 SFM3 MAR62 EOHCN JUN 64 ADR3 FEB 65 LEN FEB 65 ABH2 DEC 63 SFMFN MAR62 EON2 MAR 64 ADRAN FEB65 ABH3 OCT 64 PTC JUN 65 EON3 MAR 64 DMC FEB 65 ADJC OCT 64 ABHAN OCT 64 PTl JUN 65 SFP2 JAN 60 EONCN MAR 64 DM1 FEB 65 ADJl OCT 64 PT2 JUN65 SFP3 AUG61 DM2 FEB 65 OCT 63 ADJ2 OCT 64 AEC JUN 64 PT3 JUN 65 SFPFN AUG61 CMC DM3 FEB 65 I CMl OCT 63 ADJ3 OCT 64 AEl DEC 64 PTAN JUN 65 DMSN FEB 65 CMA2 AUG 63 ADJ,AN OCT 64 AE2 FEB 65 DCC 62 CMA3 MAR 64 AE3 FEB 65 HMC OCT 64 DCl 61 ATC MAR65 UMC MAR 60 CMACN MAR 64 AEAN FEB 65 HMl OCT 64 DC2 61 AT1 MAR65 MMl JAN 60 CMHP AUG 63 HM2 OCT 64 DC3 JUN 63 ATR2 MAR65 MM2 JAN 60 CMH3 APR 64 AMSC JUN65 HM3 OCT 64 DCFN JUN 63 ATR3 NOV 64 "3 DEC 61 CMHCN OCT 63 AMSl JUN 65 HN OCT 64 ATRAN NOV 64 MMFN DEC 61 AMS2 FEB 65 ATN2 JAN 65 PMC AUG 61 BUC JAN 64 AMs3 FEB 65 DTC JUN 65 ATN3 NOV 64 ENC OCT61 PMl FEB 61 But JAN 64 AMSAN FEB 65 DT1 JuN 65 ATNAN NOV 64 EN1 OCT 60 PM2 FEB 61 ~u12 JUN 63 DT2 JUN 65 EN2 PM3 FEB 61 AMHC JUN65 OCT 60 BULS FEB 63 AXC JUN 64 APR 63 DT3 EN3 PMFN FEE 61BULCN AUHl JUL 64 DN JUN 65 JUL 63 FEB 63 AX1 FEB 64 ENFN BUH2 AMH2 OCT 64 JUL 63 JUN 63 AX2 MAR 64 MLC SEP61 AMH3 OCT 64 SDC SEP 64 BUH3 FEB 64 AX3 MAR 64 MRC MLl AMHAN OCT 64 5d1 JUN62 JUN 62 NOV 60 BUHCN FEB 64 AXAN MAR 64 MRl JUN 62 ML2 JAN 60 BUR2 JUN 63 5d2 JUN 62 MR2 MAY 62 ML3 APR61 BUR3 JAN 63 AOC APR 64 AMEC JUN 65 5d3 AUG 60 MR3 JUL 62 MLFN APR61 BURCN JAN 63 A01 JAN 64 AMEl JUN65 TN JUL 62

Presidential Appointments to action or died of wounds or injuries Are, or whodied while they were, retiredwith pay, or granted Naval Academy Increased received or diseases contracted in Recent legislation has approved an World War I, World War 11, or the retired or retainer pay, (except those increase in the number of service- Korean conflict. retired under Section 1331 of Title men's sons who may be appointed to PublicLaw 89-650, passed re- 10). the Naval Academy by the President. cently, has extended eligibility. Also, 40 midshipmen may be se- In thepast, the President has been Now, the President may appoint lected each year from sons of service- authorized each year to appoint 75 100 midshipmen each year, selected men who were killed or completely sonsof Regular members of the from sons of members of the services disabled while on active duty. armed services to the Academy. who : Details may be found in BuPers In addition, applicable laws have Are on active duty (other than Notice 1531 of 3 November. provided that there may beat the for training) and who have served For additional information con- Naval Academy at any one time 40 continuously on active duty for at cerning admission to the Naval midshipmen selected in order of least eight years. This section of the Academy, write to the Chief of Naval merit fromsons of members of the law now includes Reservists on ac- Personnel (Pers-B66), Navy Depart- Armed Forces who were killed in tive duty for eight or more years. ment, Washington, D. C. 20370.

JANUARY 1967 47 All About Officer Assignment: Who Goes Where, Why and How IN THIS ERA OF TECHNICAL sophis- The system is broken downinto tools the detailer uses to begin his tication, it’s not always easy to find Officer Designator Codes, Officer search for the right man for the right the right manfor the right job. Subspecialty Codes, Naval Officer job. In no other occupation could this Billet Codes, and Billet Identifi- be more truethan in the Navy. cation Codes. HE OFFICER DESIGNATOR CODE is a That’s why the naval officer, in par- The formula that combines these series of four digits which identify ticular, is hand-picked for his assign- codes into the pattern of the officer an officer with his primary job and ments. distribution system is somewhat com- statusin the Navy. It’slike having The process of assigning an officer plex. Nevertheless, it’s important a second ID number, but this num- to duty is far more complicated than that every officer be familiar with the ber is not exclusive with any one throwingdarts at an assignment code system, understand its formula, individual. board. and recognize how his personal qual- The first three digits of the desig- To begin with, every assignment ifications may have an effect on the nator indicate to the detailer in what must, to varying degrees, meet: (1) placement process-especially when general area an individual is special- the needs of the services; (2) the he applies for a specific assignment. ized. professional development needs of Step by step, here’s how the sys- For example, adesignator coded the individual, and (3) the personal tem works. 1450 identifies a Regular Navy re- preferences of the individual. First of all, to be effective, a de- stricted line engineering duty officer Each of these military require- tailer becomes acquaintedwith all whose specialty is ordnance. ments and preferences is the respon- the officers within the groupunder Before thefourth digit of the sibility of three groups of individuals his charge. He may meet only a officer designator is explainedhere, -assignmentofficers (ordetailers), handful of them personally, buthe the structure of the first three digits placement officers, andthe officer should know each of them by his should be understood. being assigned. recorded background. Basically, there are 67 designators The first of these, the detailers, From these records the detailer is (areas of specialization) with which arelocated in the Bureau of Naval ableto develop a profile of an in- officers in the Navy are identified. Personnel representand naval dividual-his education level, mar- In some ways these areas can be officers with certain grades and areas italand dependent status, previous compared in structurewith the 66 of specialty. duty assignments, and professional different rates of Navy enlisted men, For instance, one detailer may be qualifications. exceptthat officer designatorsare responsible for the assignments of Other military notations on record classified by code numbers. restricted line engineerlieutenants may includedata on an officer’s For instance,an enlisted man in while anotherdetailer represents special military trainingand edu- the supply field might be known as a Supply Corpsofficers. cation, his fields of interest, what he storekeeper while an officerin the 0 The placement officers, who are feels his career needs are,and his same field, theSupply Corps, is also locatedin the Bureau, concern personal preferences as tofuture identified numerically by his desig- themselves more withthe officer duty assignments. nator code, such as the general area qualification needs of eachnaval One of the most fundamental codes 3100, 3700 or 7980. command ratherthan the personal items of an individual’s record is his As thesesample designators indi- preferences of the individual. Officer DesignatorCode. This code cate, an officer’s designator also Essentially, they represent all the is an important factor in relation to identifies him with a specificofficer various naval commands, from the assignments. It is one of the basic category. In this case it’s the Supply Systems Command and. major naval Corps which is listed as part of the activities on downthe line tothe Staff Corps category. ships in the Fleet. All-NavyCartoon Contest It’s the placement officers who see Michael 1. Shone, FTGI, USN to it that qualified officers are made LTOGETHERTHERE ARE FIVE available to fill specific billets at any A officer categories:Unrestricted activity at any given time. Line, Restricted Line, Limited Duty, 0 The third leg of the triangle is Staff Corps, and Warrant. theindividual officer who is re- UnrestrictedLine and Restricted sponsible for informing the Bureau Line officers carry designators whose of his duty preferences and how he first digit begins with “1”. feels he can best serve the Navy. Designators for LimitedDuty It is necessary that all three work officersalways begin with the num- closely together for the officer dis- ber “6, while the first digit for Staff tribution program function to Corps designators ranges from “2” smoothly and effectively. through “5”. , Warrant officer designators can be o ACHIEVE THIS UNITY, BuPers em- identified by either digit “7” or “8’’ ploys afour-code system when ~~ ~ as the first number. assigning officers toduty stations. ”Sir . . . would you believe . . . ?” Additional examples of how offi-

48 ALL HANDS cers are identified within each cate- particulargrade. This enables him volleyball game between the detailer gory by the first digit of their desig- to evaluatecertain qualifications of and placement officer, and it usually nator codes are as follows: anindividual as comparedto those takes at least four volleys to make a 1lGUnrestricted Line-Anoffi- of his contemporaries. score. cer whose primary fieldis naval The detailer generally obtains all The delivery comes from the place- warfare, either surface or subsurface the information heneeds to know ment officer after he determines two or both. from service record files, fitness re- things: which billets will require re- 145-Restricted Line-An engi- ports, officer datacards, and per- placement officers in approximately neering duty officer whose specialty sonal preference cards. six months; and what specific officer is ordnance. From the preference cards, which talentsare required to meet the 620-LimitedDuty-An officer he receives periodically from all qualifications of the billets being whose principal field of interest is officers under his charge, the detailer vacated. limited to administration. usually is able to learn three things: He follows through by informing 220”Staf Corps-A Dental an individual’s personal estimate of thedetailer how many officers are Corps officer. his own professional capabilities, needed, the grade and special quali- 849-Warrant-A warrant officer whatthe officer believes his career fication requirements, and the month of the Civil Engineer Corps. needs are in relation to his particular the transfers are expected to occur- Now then, the fourthnumber of field of endeavor (such as engineer- volley number one. the officer designator indicates to the ing),and where the individual Now thedetailer reviews the detailer the individual’sstatus-if would like to spend his next tour of career needs, qualifications and pref- he’s Regular Navy, Naval Reserve, sea or shore duty. erences of all officers under his re- Warrant, of a temporary officer. All of these factors are tools which sponsibility who will be available for If thefourth digit of thedesig- thedetailer uses whentrying to assignment during the specified time natorcode of an UnrestrictedLine satisfy the career needs and desires frames. officer above were to be a “0”, thus of the individual, while the place- When he completes his screening, 1100,it would identify himas an ment officer tries to satisfy the needs he nominates to the placement officer officerin the Regular Navy whose of a specific activity. those officerswhom he considers permanent grade is ensign or above. most suitable for the specific billets Other final digits used for status HE OFFICER PLACEMENT Branch in in question. Keep in mind thatthe identification and translation are: BuPers is actually where the as- detailer’s primary responsibility is the 1-An officer of the Regular Navy signment kickoff gets underway. As career development of the individual whose permanentstatus is warrant amatter of fact, it’s more like a officer)-volley number two. officer. 2-A temporary officer of the Regular Navy whose permanent ACK TO THEPLACEMENT DESK- status is enlisted. the placement officer checks the 3-An officer of the Regular Navy qualifications of the officers nomin- who is on the retired list. atedagainst the billet requirements No Brown-Baggers of the activities for which he is re- 4-Not used. 5-An officer of the Naval Reserve Aboard Archerfish sponsible andeither accepts or re- (except for thosewith digits “6” jects the nominations-volley num- An insurance agent s(rlling family group plans ber three. and “7” below). wouldgo broke on USS Archerfish (AGSS 311). &An bfficer of the Naval Reserve It has an all-bachelorcrew. If the proposals are accepted, the who was appointed in the Naval Re- An oceanographicaurvey ship, Archerfish was recommendations arereturned to serveIntegration Program from en- originally a fighting Submarine. Now her tor- thedetailer who writes upthe as- listed ranks. I. pedo tubes have beenremoved and she is signment orders and sends them on 7-An officer of the Naval Reserve refitted to carry sensitive electronicequipment the way to the officers awaiting ro- on active duty in the TAR program for hydrographic and oceanographic work.Her tation-volley numberfour, end of mission keeps her at sea for long periods and game. (Training and Administration of Re- she seldom virita her home port of Pearl Harbor. serves).This digit isalso used for Remember that all assignments are Hence the total lack of brown-baggers aboard based on the needs of the service, officers of the TAR program who are Archerfish. rotated to other than TAR billets. She has been staffed with a bachelorcrew the professional development of the 8-Not used. since 1960, and apparently the crew likes it that officerand the individual’s duty 9-An officer of the Naval Reserve way. There is reportedly a waitinglist of preferences-$ that order of pre- who is on the retired list. bachelors who want to ioin the crew. cedence. That, in nutshell,a covers the Besides the novelty of being in a ship which In other words, requirementsare structure of the Officer Designator hasnary a single un-singleman aboard, not developed for the officers. Offi- Code. Now for a look at role of Archerfish has more to offer a young Navyman. cers aredeveloped and assigned to Liketravel. Since trading her torpedoes for designator in distribution plan. fill requirements.This sounds as scientific gear,she has steamed over 369,000 though the individual officer has little miles, and visited ports all aver the world. IN HIS CAPACITY as detailer, the as- chance of getting his choice of duty signment officer measures anin- since the needs of the Navy take dividual’s designatorspecialty in precedence, but the fact is that in- relation to all other officers within a dividuals receive theirduty prefer-

JANUARY 1967 49 ences about 80 per cent of the time. So when an officer’s designator is tempt to align these billet sub- However, circumstances do arise once established, it then denotes the specialty codes with comparable, cor- occasionally when an officer’s request type of billet to which he is most responding subspecialty codes carried for a specific assignment cannot be often assigned. This is true primarily by qualified officers. authorized. Several factors may con- of sea duty billets; it may, but does Officers may become qualified for tribute to this. not necessarily always, pertainto a subspecialty either through experi- For one, the billet may be already shore duty assignments. ence in the field, special education filled. Orperhaps the individual Shore duty billets for unrestricted (such as postgraduate school), or seeking the assignment maylack line officers (and sometimes re- both. certain experience or the necessary stricted and Staff Corps officers) are If the detailer sees on an officer’s qualifications required of him in his filled on the basis of Officer Sub- personal preference card that he chosen billet. This is generally the specialty Codes when the need arises. wishes to attend postgraduate school case. This facet of the four-code system to advance his proficiency toward a On the other hand, the officer may “officer subspecialty-identifies that subspecialty, he makes the candidate be needed inanother billet which area of activity in which an unre- available to the selection board which calls for his specific talents. stricted line officeris qualified in determines those officers eligible for Then thereare those individuals addition to his specific category as the special instruction. who request billets that are non- indicated by his designator. However, the timing should be existent, such as destroyer duty in There are cases when restricted right in respect to the officer’s career Boston,Mass., where no DDs are line and staff corps officers may carry pattern so that he may gain the most homeported. subspecialty codes but these codes from the schooling. relate directly to their specialties, Once an officer has acquired a sub- HEN PROPOSALA 1s REJECTED, whereas unrestricted line officers’ specialty, he can anticipate repeated because another nomination subspecialty codes represent areas assignments ashore in subspecialty was more suitable for the job, the other thanthat of their specialty, billets corresponding to his qualifi- detailerstudies the officer’s career naval warfare. cation. needs and qualifications further and One subspecialty of an unrestricted As a rule, this certainty is well- suggests to the placement officer a line officer,for example, would be founded, provided the individual’s secondary billet proposal. This pro- Personnel Management, involving subspecialty code is followed by the posal is as closely related as possible planning, research and administra- letter “P. This denotes thatthe to the first request. tion of naval personnel matters. officer has gained his subspecialty As may be seen, every effort is qualifications throughpostgraduate made by the BuPers team to ensure LTOGETHER THERE ARE 14 basic instruction. that every assignment is compatible A subspecialties, some of which If the code is followed by the letter with the individual’s career pattern. have additional sub-areas of special- “S” it means that heobtained his This career pattern of naval offi- ization. Theyare: Politico-Military subspecialty through experience in cers is perhaps the most significant, Strategic Planning; Material Support the field. These letters inform the long-range consideration detailers Management; Public Affairs; Per- Bureau, or other interested persons, must take into account when select- sonnel Management; Intelligence; Fi- of an individual’s level of qualifica- ing someone for an assignment. nancial Management; Cryptology; tion within his subspecialty field. Misassignment of an individual Communications; Environmental Sci- could mean a loss of talentto the ence;Computer Systems Manage- LSO USED FOR ASSIGNMENT pur- Navy and could seriously hinder a ment; Operations Analysis; Science; A poses is still another unit of the man’s career, especially if he lacks Weapons Engineering; and Ship %n- four-code system. This code, the proper experience. gineering. Naval OfficerBillet Code, helps the To guard against misassignments, Along the same line as designator detailer and placement officer to and otherwise to simplify matters for codes, certain billets have been iden- identify an officer by his experience detailers and placement officers, the tified with subspecialty code num- and qualifications related to his desig- Bureau employs another of its ele- bers. Therefore, to find the right nator. As a general rule, these codes ments in the four-code system-the man for theright job, detailers at- are used primarily for sea duty. Billet Identification Codes. It’s nearly impossible to focus on All-NavyCartoon Contest all aspects of the entire officer dis- HE BILLETIDENTIFICATION CODES Michael 1. Shane, FTGI, USN tribution picture. This article covers are used in connec$on with every only the surface. Complete technical officer billet throughout the Navy. knowledge of the system would re- Their numbers parallel those of the quire a comprehensive study, funda- individual’s officer’s designator and, mentally on the job. like the designator, has four digits. The main thing to remember is the Say an officer with a designator four-code system: of 5100 (Civil Engineer Corps) is up Officer Designator Codes-the for reassignment. Somewhere, either four-digit code which identifies the stateside or overseas, or maybe at the individual with his chosen field of South Pole, there’s a billet bearing endeavor. number 5100. ”Once, upon atime . . .” Subspecialty Codes-a series of

50 ALL HANDS numbers which denote an officer's and the qualifications needed by an Most of the inquiries can be secondary qualification, usually ap- officer to fill the billet. answered simply by means of the plied to shore duty assignments. All these codes, in some way or individual preference card if an 0 Naval Officer BilletCodes- another, have a bearing on an officer's officeris careful to ask for billets codes used to indicate that an officer career pattern, which is formed by consistent with his seniority and ex- has qualified in certain specific areas thehelp of the detailer and place- perience. aside from that of his subspecialty. ment officer. In this way, the detailers have a 0 Billet Identification Codes-the Almost daily the detailers receive much better chance of satisfying an code which parallels the digits of telephone calls, letters or visits from individual's assignment wishes and, officer designators, subspecialty officers inquiring as towhat billets at the same time, finding the right codes and naval officer billet codes, to ask for in relation to their career man for the right job. thusindicating thetype of billet patterns. "Marc Whetstone, JOC, USN.

~~ ~ Who's Who and What's What on the Designator Numbers List There are 17 Navy Department System Com- the Chief of Naval Operations andthe Bureau of mands and naval activities which act as sponsors for Naval Personnel of the officer requirements within the 69 Regular Navy designators carried by naval each of their commands. officers. The list below shows a breakdown of the various It is the responsibility of these sponsors to inform designators together with their sponsoring activities.

DeputyChief of Naval Operations for Manpower and 7600 (WO) AviationBoatswain NavalReserve 7610 (WO) Aviotion Electronics Technician 1100 UnrestrictedLine Officers (Surface) Commander,Ordnance Systems Command 6000 (LDO) Deck 1520(when Ordnance EngineeringDuty Officers 6010 (LDO)Operations established) 62 W (LDO)Administration 61 50 (LDO) Ordnance 6260 (LDO) Bandmaster 7230 (WO) Surface OrdnanceTechnician 7130 (WO) Boatswain 7240 (WO) Ordnance Control Technician 7140 (WO) Operations Technician 7330 (WO) Underwater OrdnanceTechnician 7820 (WO) Ship's Clerk 7340 (WO) Mine Warfare Technician 7850 (WO) Bandmaster Director,Naval Weather Service 1530 Meteorologists DeputyChief of Naval Operations for Air 6650 (LDO) Meteorology 1310 UnrestrictedLine Officers (Aviotor) 8210 (WO) Aerographer 1320 UnrestrictedLine Officers (Naval Flight Officers) 1380 UnrestrictedLine Officers (Aviator-lighterThan Air) Director ofNaval Communications 1610 Special DutyORicen (Cryptology) 6600 (LDO)Aviation Operations 6460 (LDO) Cryptalogy 6610 (LDO)Aviation Control 7640 (WO) CommunicationsTechnician 71 10 (WO) AviationOperotions Technician 7450 (WO) AviationControl Technician JudgeAdvocate General 1620 Special Duty Officers (Law) Director of Naval Intelligence DeputyChief ofNaval Operations for 1350 Air Intelligence Officers Fleet Operationsand Readiness 1630 Special Duty Officers-Intelligence 1640 Special D'uty Officers (Photography) 6620 (LDO)Air Intelligence 6630 (LDO) Photography 7620 (WO)Air Intelligence Technician 8310 (WO) Photographer Commander, Ship Systems Command Chief of Information 1400 EnginaeringDuty Officers 1650 Special Duty Officers (Public Affairs) 1450 EngineeringDuty Officers (Ordnance) Oceanogropher ofthe Novy 6300 (LDO)Engineering 1670 Special DutyOfficen (Hydrography) 6350 (LDO)Hull Chief,Bureau of Medicine andSurgery 6370 (LDO) Electrician 2100 Medical Corps 7430 (WO) Machinist 2200 Dental Corps 7540 (WO) Electrician 2300 MedicalService Corps 7740 (WO) ShipRepair Technician 2900 Nurse Corps 81 70 (WO) MedicalService Commander, Electronic Systems Command 8180 (WO) Dental Service 1400 Electronics 6400 (LDO) Electronics Commander,Supply Systems Command 3100 Supply Corps 7660 (WO) Electronks Technician 3700 (LDO) Supply Carps Commander, Air Systems Command 7980 (WO) Supply Clerk 1510 WeoponsEngineering Duty Officer Chief of Chaplains 6700 (LDO)Aviation Ordnance 4100 Chaplain Corps (LDO)Avionics 6800 Commander,Facilities Engineering Command 6850 (LDO)Aviation Maintenance 5100 CivilEngineer Corps 7210 (WO) Aviation OrdnanceTechnician 5700 (LDO) Civil Engineer Corps 7410 (WO) Aviation MaintenanceTechnician 8490 (WO) Civil Engineer Corps

JANUARY 1967 51 * BRYAN,Louis A., Rear Admiral, USN, nical Director, Special Projects Office posthumously, from June1964 to Feb- from June 1959 to May 1966, for his ruary1966 as Commander, U. S. Navalcontributions to innovations andnew ForcesSouthern Command and Com- conceptswhich contributed tothe mandant,15th Naval District,for his highly successful logistic supportwithin part infurthering themutual security the vital Fleet ballistic missile program "For extraordinaryheroism . . ." of the UnitedStates and Latin America and to improvements in the project throughthe Military Assistance Pro- managementwithin the Navy. * GILLESPIE,Martin L., Jr., Hospital gram. Corpsman 2nd Class, USN, posthu- * LOUGHLIN, CharlesE., Rear Admiral, mously, as platoon corpsman, 2nd * CRAWFORD,Earl R., Rear Admiral, USN,as CommanderSubmarine Flotilla Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th USN,as Commander Amphibious Group Six from 24 AUg 1964 to 24 Sep1966, Marines, during Operation in the Two from 5 May 1965 to 18 May 1966,for supervision of the post-construction Republic of Vietnam against communist for his work in the successful testing and post-overhaul predeploymenttrain- insurgentguerrilla forces on 21 Mar and evaluation of innovations in the ing of a major portion of the Submarine 1966. Whileengaged in a search and areas of command, control and coordi- Force, u. S. Atlantic Fleet during a destroy mission, the 2nd Platoon came nation of multi-deck LPH assault land-period of unprecedented growth. under devastating fire from concealed, ingoperations, and communications fortified enemy positions about 75 reliability in nomdy difficult reception * LYON,H~~~~~ E., Commander, USN, meters to their front. Observing a Ma- areas. during a period in 1965 while assigned rine wounded as he tried to knock out as Commanding Officer, uss Pollack the enemy emplacements with a rocket * CROmER, Robert we, ~OmmandeI(SSN 603), for planning and executing launcher, Petty Officer Gillespie dashed USN, as Head, Undersea Warfare See- a complex independentsubmarine op- across 30 meters of exposed ground, tion, Office of Naval Intelligence, from eration, the results of which were of the completely disregarding the intense vol- 8 Feb 1964 to 26 APr 1966, for his work utmost importance to the national de- ume of fire. Uponreaching the in the implementation of a highly suc- fense of theUnited States. critically wounded Marine, Petty Officer cessful underseawarfare intelligence Gillespie began administering lifesaving program of extreme sensitivity. MCCUDDIN,Leo Bob, Captain, USN, aid with calm professionalism. Although * as Commander Task Unit 77.4.1 and as the surroundingarea was raked con- * FLUCKEY, Eugene B., Rear Admiral, Commanding Officer, uss Ranger (CVA tinually with enemy fire, Petty Officer USN, as (hmmnder SubmarineForce, GI), from 10 Jan 1966 to 7 JUn 1966, Gillespie continued to work, remaining u. s. Pacific Commander Anti- for the planning and execution of aerial in the exposed position for several min- submarine Warfare SubmarinePatrol armed reconnaissance and interdiction utes until he had stopped the bleeding. (CTG37.0), CommanderSubmarine air strikes inNorth Vietnam. Then, as he began to move the wounded Patrol Grow(CTG 57.0) and Com- Marine to cover, Petty Officer Gillespie mander Missile Attack Group (CTG was mortally wounded by enemy fire. 57.9), from 1 Jun 1964 to 11 Jun 1966, * REES, Joseph R., Captain, USN, from June 1963 to August 1966 while serving As a result of his skill and his daring for his workin the implementation of as Fighter Design Officer actions, the life of the Marine was computerprograms which havemate- successively of the Bureau of Naval Weanons: Proi- saved. Petty Officer Gillespie gallantly rially assisted submarineplanners in ectManager, F-lllBIPh , gave his life in the service of his improving submarine readiness. country. the Chief of Naval Material; and Dep- uty Project Manager, F-lllB/Phoenix * HYDE, Robert A., Lieutenant Com- Naval Material Command, for his ex- mander, USN, as Commanding Officer of ceptionally significant contributions to uss Caiman (SS 323)during the fall the development of the F-111BIPhoe- of 1965, for the success of his ship in nix Weapon System. accomplishing a mission of great value to the Government of the United States. * TREADWELL,Archie B., Commander, USN, while serving as Head, Attack "Forexceptionally meritorious conduct in * KALEN,Robert L., Captain, USN,as theperformance of outstandingservice to Weapons Systems Section, Air Warfare Executive Assistant and Naval Aide to Division, Staff, Commander Operational thegovernment of theUnited States . . ." the Secretary of the Navy, from 22 Jun Testand Evaluation Force, from Oc- 1965 to 1 Nov 1966, for his careful di- tober 1965 to June 1966, for his help in * BAER, Donald G., Rear Admiral, USN, rection of staff work on important issues the development of plans to investigate as .Commander U. S. Naval Base, Subic whichpromoted the decision-making tactics andequipment to reduce the Bay, Philippines, from August 1964 process in the Secretariat and paved the effectiveness of the enemyantiaircraft to August 1966, for his part in support- way for acceptance of important Navy system existing in Southeast Asia. ing the entireSeventh Fleet with fa- positions and concepts in the Officeof cilities, money and personnel allowances the Secretary of Defense. * WATKINS,James D., Commander, designed to support only a small part of USN,as Commanding Officer, uss Snook that Fleet; that is, for transforming the * LABARRE, CarlA., Captain, SC, USN, (SSN 592) during the spring of 1965, base into an effective Fleet operating as Officer in Charge of the Atlantic for his work in proving the operational base, and for his advancement of Fleet Polaris Material Office and As- value of a unique equipment system of Filipino-American relations. sistant for Material Support to the Tech- great value to the U.S. Government.

52 ALL HANDS GoldStar in Lieu of Second Award heavy enemy opposition. His expert air- hours of darkness, Petty Officer Arb0 manship, courage and devotion to duty was accompanying apatrol toan am- * BLOUIN, Francis J., Rear Admiral, bush position beyond the company USN,as Director of the Far East Region were in keeping with the highest tradi- tions of the U. S. Naval Service. perimeterwhere a Marine required in the Office of the Assistant Secretary medical assistance. While proceeding to of Defense (International Security the position, anenemy grenade ex- Affairs), from October1963 to July ploded, seriously wounding Petty Offi- 1966,for developing recommendations cer Arb0 and fourmembers of the on politico-military matters involving patrol.Unable to walk dueto his the many widely-differing countries of wounds, Arb0 ignored his own suffer- an area in which the U. S. has concur- ing and crawled to the side of a Marine rentlybeen confronted with some of "Forheroic conduct notinvolving actual who had been wounded in the face and its most crucial and complex problems conflict with anenemy . . ." was bleeding profusely. He admin- with respect toboth military strategy isteredtreatment which stopped the and foreign policy. RAMSEY,Fred E., Aviation Elec- bleeding, then painfully moved among * the other casualties to treat them. Only GoldStor in lieu of Second Award trician's Mate 2nd Class, USN, forrescu- ing an 11-year-old girl from drowning after ensuring that all others had been JAAP, Joseph A., Rear Admiral, USN, * at Padre Island Beach, Texas, on 5 Jun cared fordid he turn his attention to as Commander in Chief Pacific Repre- his own wounds. Arbo's exceptional sentative tothe JointStrategic Target 1966. Answering a cry for someone to help a child being carried out to sea by concern for others despite his own suf- Planning Staff and to the Strategic Air fering, his professional skill and his Command, from 4 May 1964 to 27 May a strong undertow, Petty Officer Ramsey began to swim in the indicated direc- dedication to duty were in keeping with 1966,for his significant contributions the highesttraditions of the U. S. toward the refinement of the national tion, battledhigh waves and strong currents for approximately 50 yards, 10- Naval Service. The Combat Distinguish- strategic targeting and attack policy and ing Device is authorized. the improvement of operationalplan- cated the girl beneath the surface of the ning at the JSTPS. water, and swam slowly withher toward shore. Another swimmer came * GLUECKSTEIN,William R., Hospital- to his aid,and together theybrought man, USN, posthumously, in connection GoldStar in lieu of Second Award the girl tothe beach. Ramsey then withoperations against the Viet Cong * OSBORN,James B., Captain,USN, as began treatment for shock while others forces while servin withCompany H, Prospective Commanding Officer and began successful mouth-to-mouth resus- Second Battalion, prourth Marine Regi- Commanding Officer of uss Simon Lake citation. Through his prompt and ment, Third Marine Division, in the (AS 33) from 2 Jul 1965 to 15 Jun courageous actions in the face of grave vicinity of Tam Ky, Republic of Viet- 1966, for working to develop the ship personal risk, he was directly responsi- nam, on 13 Dec 1965. When a Marine intoa highly effective repaircraft and ble for saving the girl's life. fell wounded while Glueckstein's pla- for the development and implementa- toon was receiving intense enemy sniper tion of the Polaris Tender Management * SOUTER,Robert T., Seaman, USNR, and machine gun fire, Glueckstein Concept, now the accepted management while serving with the U. S. Naval Sup- sprinted across anopen paddyand standard for Atlantic Fleet Polaris sub- port Activity, DaNang,Republic of treated the man despite the continuing marine tenders. Vietnam, on 21 May 1966. While heavy fire. After the arrival of an handling lines during a shifting ofYC evacuationhelicopter, he onceagain Gold Star in lieu of Third Award barges bythe tug YTL 428, Seaman made the perilous journey across the * BOND,George E., Captain, MC, USN, Souter saw a fellow linehandler lose paddy, to help thewounded Marine into as Senior Medical Investigator during his balance and fall into the water be- the aircraft. In risking his life to render Project Sealab 11, from 1 Feb1965 to tweena pontoon causeway and an in- assistance to a fellow serviceman, 31 Oct 1965, for his contributions to the board barge. Noting that the causeway Glueckstein displayed outstanding cour- medical investigations that gave the andthe bargewere rapidly closing in age and devotion toduty, reflecting

United States the ~ first definitive infor- on the struggling victim, Souter plunged great credit upon himself and the U. S. mation on long endurance operations at into the water, swam tothe victim's Naval Service. The Combat Dis- depths below 200 feet in the ocean with side and succeeded in towing him to the tinguishing Device is authorized. divers saturated to the pressure of the causeway, where both men were lifted depth at which they resided. to safety. By his prompt and courageous GoldStar in lieu of Second Award action in the face of great personal risk, * GLUECKSTEIN,William R., Hospital- Souter undoubtedly saved ashipmate man,USN, posthumously, in connection from beingcrushed or drowned. His withoperations against the Viet Cong heroic efforts were in keeping with the guerrilla forces while serving with highest traditions of the naval service. Company H, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, Third Marine Divi- sion, in the Republic of Vietnam on "Forheroism orextraordinary achievement 28 Jan 1966. When a Marine in the inaerial flight ." . . point squad was hitby enemy sniper fire and laywounded in an exposed * COMPTON, Frank R., Lieutenant, area, Glueckstein unhesitatingly dashed USN,posthumously, as pilot of an A4C through the intense hostile sniper fire to Skyhawk in Attack Squadron94, em- "Forheroic ormeritorious achievement or the side of the victim. Whileadmin- barked in uss Enterprise (CVAN 65), service duringmilitary Operations . . ." istering first aid, Glueckstein was struck during operations against enemy aggres- by enemy fire. He sacrificed his own sor forces in Vietnam, on 18 Feb 1966. * ARBO,Ervin Adrian, Hospital Corps- life in a valiant attempt to save the life LT Compton planned and led a three- man 3rd Class, UYN,in connection with of another. His courageous and inspir- plane strike mission against stra-a operations against Viet Cong forces in ing efforts were in keeping withthe tegically locatedbridge in enemy-held the Republic of Vietnam while serving highesttraditions of the U. S. Naval territory. He personally destroyed the with Headquarters Company, Fifth Service. The Combat Distinguishing 80-foot camouflaged span in the face of Marines, on 11 Ju1 1966. Duringthe Device is authorized.

JANUARY 1967 ow MAY HAVE WONDERED how the midwatch for New early in December, and he overhears the young officer YYear’s Eve is selected. Of course, if you happen to of the deck give a rather unusual course change. be the junior man on the watch list, you alreadyhave a Instead of “Come rightto zero nine zero,” hehears sneaking suspicion it isn’t done by drawing lots. “Avastye lads, here’s a riddle;Two 0’s on the ends, But lack of seniority is not thetrue criterion for and nine in the middle.” selection of the men whowill usher in the New Year.He’s got his man. After all, there’s the New Year’s deck log tothink If you were one of the fortunate ones to have the about. According to a tradition which goes back several deck during the first few hours of 1966, you can be decades, the Deck Log for New Year’s Eve is written right proud to have been in the group. This year’s crop in rhyming verse, and according to a traditionstarted of New Year’s logs was especially good. some years back, it is sent to ALL HANDSfor possible You may note thatthe first and second place winners publication. to happened be moored in Mediterranean ports, which With this in mind, perhaps you can figure out how mayor may not indicate that the romantic Latin en- the senior watch officer decides who will wield a long- vironment evoked an unusually powerful muse in bards glass on New Year’s Eve, instead of a long-stemmed one. LTJG F. A. Bierig, of uss Lufayette (SSBN 615), and Let’ssay he happens to be on the bridge one day, Ensigns G. Clarke, A. L. Sneed, andD. E. Gilchrist, of

USSLAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) Though Holland may rhymeeasily, If you‘ll pause awhileto ponder, Theerstwhile bard pens queasily; You,like us, may start to wonder He knows the heights from whence may come WhyNew Year’slogs are often couched in his censures. rhyme. For COMSUBRON Sixteen Aroundthe harbor in various places Makingnumbers fall inmeters (he’s SOPA on the scene) Are merchantships of many races, While the crew’s out chugging liters Employsthat very ship to base hisventures. Just ain‘t theway most liketo spend their And-mrades inarms in war and pew- Other U. S. ships Atlantie time. Ships of the of Greece. Somesmall, and some giganti- From his cabin in Boston onchorednearby Why, takethe Lafayette RotaHarbor‘s ringed with sparkling lights Andtell me how you’d get fromall. Replacing oldZeus on Olympus so high, Is SOPA, so called, not ruler of men, A“six-sixteen” enclosed within a verse. While we who drew this night’sassignment Com-Cruiser-DestroyerFlotilla And if ”submarine Polaris” Wouldprefer moreswinging entertainment, 10. Still we wish you all a happy New Year’s ball. 1s needed to declare us, Like Vulcan’s forgealive with sparks F. A. Bierig, LTJG,USN Thesituation goes from bad to worse. Fillingthe sky withradiant arcs, USSJOHN KING (DDG 3) Thegenerators aft supply our light But save a littlepity AtPiraeus, Greece,anchored are we So we (mere mortals) can see in the night. For theman who writes the ditty (where the old Greek gods command the sea). On the submarine that’s tied up to our right. Atberth D-7 sits our ship In hope that great Ares will not declare war, Pulaski‘s hard to spell, Halfwaythrough our foreigntrip. We’veset condition of readiness four. To rhymeit? Truthto tell And if through our sideswater should soak, Fifteenfathoms of water so fair It’senough to make you keep awake all We‘vealso set conditionYoke. night. Down to the mud of Poseidon’s lair. Our port anchor is out with a linkof chain, To our friendsand families, to men ofgood Even AS Thirty-two Ninety fathoms-to holdthe strain. cheer (she’s known asHolland, too) Withoutthe help ofApollo‘s warm glow Here‘shopes for a successful andHappy Will age her OOD (I fewmore years. We takethe bearings our place toknow. NewYear. Of our threeships in the nest, Three-five-zerodegrees stands o breakwater Her name will rhyme the best, light G. Clarke, ENS, USN Buther quarterdeck will run withblood Followed(two-nine-nine) by a ‘lightto the A. 1. Sneed, ENS, USN andtears. right. D. E. Gilchrirt, ENS,USN

54 ALL HANDS "We're getting steam and electrical power l engaged in battle from my poop. Straight from Vermilion at this late midwatch Andthrough thesmoke-filled, tearinghours hour. 'We . . . met the enemy and they are ours.' Our security watch ismaking his sounds, On o'ne of his nightly fire watch rounds." " 'Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead,' An' onthrough the minefields a braveship "I believeby thatport you're inmodified sped. Yoke," The enemy wasthere an' solidlydug in, He queried of me. "Affirmative," l spoke. But we fought him out to the cannons' din. "Aye,these days you receive fromthe pier Unlimited services (otherthan beer)." "I heartilyshouted, 'You may firewhen ready,' He stood on the fantail and pondered aloud, In a Philippineport and our gunsheld Thenasked about SOPAwith head slightly steady. bowed. And out 0' that cauldron of fire an' flame, I mentioned COMSECONDFLEET once, and We brought to our flag a newfoundfame. once more. "I knowhim well-and thoseleaders before. "'Son, my fighting past is full of glory And I've spun you a yarn of its fine story. "I remember Serapisand Richard, those Nowyour ship is involved fromstern to ancienthulks, hawse, Thatlay fast together"two blazing bulks. Foreverto fight in this mighty cause. Strike never, 'I have just begun to fight!' As I laidthe enemy into my sight. "Recall to mind that many are bankin' With just cause on the ready-now Rankin. "Theystood and they died in a hail of Smart ye must be in every way, langridge For a timeof reckoning will come some day. While officers an' men foughton from the bridge. "Aye,'tis past the time-that we parted, 'Forethe next watch isalso martyred." 'Don'tgive up the ship! Blow 'er up!' said I, Thenhe swung from chain toratlin' an' In a dirge-liketone that's my bottlecry. shroud, "Twoships, two brigs, a schooner andsloop To mast, to Crow's nest,into a cloud. Nowwho shall I write,in our visitors'fog, Nestedalongside is ComFleet AirWing To meet the demands of our country's needs. Boardedthis ship from the hazy fog? Three "Anapparition you cannot see?" With squadronsready to launch if need be. As the old year goes and the new one is here, Inquired my tired watch of me. We extendto all, both far and near, Yokeisn't set since we're not in thedrink Health, goad fortune, peace andgood cheer Havingweighed this question, in mind did I (Thereis really no dangerthe station might And a heartywish for a HappyNew Year. Slowly answer the challenge with deep-drawn sink). Gordon R. Braver, 11, USN sigh: Our mooringlines out are different we'll "Privileged we've been for once andlast, grant, USSALDEBARAN (AF 10) To view the spirit of all captainspast." As they go toFAirQuonset, COMONE and listen, me hearties,and you shall hear W. Lawrence, ENS,USNR AIRLANT. k. Of howwe start this brand-new year. USS ZELLARS (DD 'Tis moored we are on this fine day 777) Therunway is clear, braking action isfine; At U. S. NavSta, Norfolk, VA. Home this yeat is the "ZIPPING ZEE," Thetraffic is using the lefthand onenine. Moored at berthone-forty-three GCA is ready for what needs to be done; With mooringlines doubled, and wires out At the Newport Naval Sta, They'relooking for trafficand the New too, A cold buthappy New Year'sday. Year'sfirst run. Nextto Hyades, at berth thirty-two. Anest of three, all in a row, Boiler one brings heat, Three generator light, Nowthe ordel-here we go: For lights we've gotrunway, VAS1 and To keep us alive inthe chill of the night. C.P. Cecil, atthe pier, Strobesin a group HerChristmas lights are bright and clear. To helpguide our pilotsdown through the Miscellaneous services come fromthe pier, To starboard good old Norris sits soup. Telephone,woter, and others I hear. And an our port side, tothe bitts In theTower and Approach Control we've Of theships that are present, some packets Run springlays to her, fore and aft, gotthe first team quiteneat, Thenfrom the bullnose to the shaft. And they'rekeeping allaircraft right on the Assortedyard craft, and our ownLant Fleet. Our standardmooring lines are doubled, beam. Justin case the weather's troubled. SOPAis ComASWForlant, so I have been Sa, as you see, we're moored up tight. Our maintenance crew stands by in the shops, told, (And tight we wish we were tonight/) And the condition of all aircraft is really the VADM C. E. Weakley, a gentlemanbold. The pier's supplying steam and power, tops. Whilst the rest of our crew in town docavort Water for that "Navy shower," Theline crew stands by toget its job done, We ofthe duty section holddown the fort. Saltwater for both fire and head; In know-how and service they're second to Our engineeringplant is dead. none. Now thehours have passed, my reliefhas Variousships, Atlantic Fleet, appeared, Yardand district craft, all greet The Red Trucks are manned and ready to roll I bid you goodnight, atid a Happy New Year. This I Jan somewhatsleepily If, for some reason,should the fire bell toll. (Choice of coffee, milk or tea). In Electronics,technicians stand by torepair LawrenceG. Collins, QMl,USN Yosemitecarries every day Any equipment or Navaids that go off the air. COMCRUDESLANT-S-0-P-A. USS THOMAS J. GARY (DER 326) The ships, their crews, men like me Meteorology'sbusy, things really hum, We rail all alone on this great southern sea; (Cussing some atpoetry) To keep us advised of theweather to come. TheIsle of Campbell lies just in our lee. Join in chorus loud and clear Thephoto lab's readywith cameras and Oneshort dayahead is our cold ocean From us toyou, have a HappyNew Yeorl crews station; JamesG. Gillivon, LTJG, USNR To shoot needed pictures and cover the news. (Toturn back toDunedin is still' a tempta- tion). NAS, BRUNSWIGK, MAINE The skipper on board is Captain D. C. Rains Our course TwoTwo Zero, our speed is 'Tismidnight in Brunswick, and the wotch is And he's plotting our course towardhigher eighteen, set, domains. Andonly a half-moon tobrighten the scene. To welcome a new year, the best one yet. The course wehave set isstraight ahead Our boss, ComNavSuppFor, Bakutis by name, We're moored all sides fo the Pine Tree State Toward peace in the world and freedom from Is now back inChristchurch (from McMurdo The living is.fine, and the duty is great. dread. he came). All hands have turned in, a night's rest to get Thebailers are humming, thesteam isreal Thefuture we face withdetermination Aftermaking quite certain thatYoke has hot, As part of the team from the world's greatest been set. Thoughthe weather is gloomy, our outlook nation. Thecondition is four and the night is quite isnot. We dedicate both our thoughts and our deeds dark; From a frostbiffenlookout comes anxiously, Matthews, as mate, worksunder his sway. “Hark,“ Theweather is cool, withthe absence of The tide‘s running smooth, the seawall’s And out of the night a weird sight greets our clouds, intact, eyes, Andthe wind whispers gently and pullsat Thepalm fronds are swaying, as a matter A miniaturepenguin on a berg half our sire. theshrouds. of fact. ’Tis a tiny young birdthat has met with our It’s a dullNew Year’sEve for my section Everything’s quiet, in brief, all‘s secure, gaze and me A routine watch, fp be sure. Asthe prow of the Gary knifes through the But we’llsing ”Auld Long Syne” anddrink And now we list the census data, haze, ourhot tea. At best a purely routine matter: And we hear it exclaim in a voice very plain, Patients remaining from the previous day ....95 ”HappyNew Year to all, may youpass by Outin Olangapo, bright lights are burn- Potients admitted, so the records say ..,... 4 again.“ ing, Patients discharged to duty or home ...... 8 WesleyF. Patience, LTJG, USN The money flowsfreely, ond dust is a- Patients remaining as I enter this poem..91 churning. The sky is clear, the stars arebright Beyond the gate, its “whoop-whoopee-and- On this beautiful balmy New Year’s night. USSFECHTELER (DD 870) whee!! With everygood wish in the year ‘66 Fechteler is moored on thisNew Year’s Day, It’s great to be steaming and I don‘t mean Respedfully my signature I heretoaffix. at sea!” Standardlines doubled in old Subic Bay. H. P. Miller, LCDR, MSC, USN We’reportside to Piedmont, (AD Seventeen), It’s drink to the bottom and chug-a-lug-lug, She’s giving us water, electrons, and steam. Come closer,young ladies, and give us a USS COWELL (DD 547) Andoutboard to starboard is our holiday hug! The New Year‘s arrived, mate, The city’s aglow with song and good cheer Coldand clear, The Harry E. Hubbard (DD Seven Four Eight). And peopleenjoying the end of the year. And we’re tied up starboard side to the pier.

But what’s been saidbefore I’ll say again Our berth is a bulkhead, Cubi by name, Oneis the number, now: Of bothersome,wearisome, limited fame. The berth’stwenty-eight, It’s a dullNew Year’s Eve forguarding the It’s forfrom the buses, the jeepneys, and AtHunters Point Shipyard, by theGolden brow. cars, Gate. The couse of our calluses covered with It’s a lonely New Year for my sedion and me, Yetwe‘ll sing ”Auld Long Syne“ and finish scars. Sixnylon lines doubled our tea. The jeepneyswon’t come here,they say For a standardmoor, GlenE. Johnston, LTJG, USNR it’s toofar; And the ship’s incondition of readiness four. The cabbies don’t like it, their cabs to mar. NAVHOSP , FLA. So we walk or wewait as thehour grows Thematerial condition With a glance atthe clock I do perceive late, CalledYoke is set, That it’s 2400 on NewYear’s Eve, Andthe music blares on atthat distant To exclude the cold and keep outthe wet. Thebeginning, now, of another year maingate. At theNaval Hospital in Key West, here. John M. Taylor, Schefstad’s listed as CDO, RearAdmiral, he, Yet we‘re herenonetheless, with condition Areassuring thing to know. Yokeset, Ferrisis the OOD, Is SOPA-Commander, Frontier, Western Sea. All hatches aredogged to keep outthe wet, Working now in Emergency, NavStaTreasure Island Andcondition of readiness IV ismaintained WithTermin assisting throughout the night In ‘FriscoBay Asprecaution against a quick call tothe On this watch whichcontinues till morn- Is where SOPA’s located this New Year’s Day. Main. ing’s light. Ferrisis doubling with medical call, Thereare various yard The ships that are present are really quite Thepotential’s there to require his all; And district craft too, few, Beaudry,too, is on call thisnight Hereto ring out the old year andbring in Some unitsof PacFleet and a yardcraft or With thesurgical watch which isquite all the new. two. right. Submittedby SOPA’s a man with an unlikelyname, Ronald Cudek’s the anesthesia giver Commanding Otiicsr, USS Cowell He’s ComPhibForSeventhFlt, that‘s his claim While Jackson Thomasis on boardto USS ENERGY (MSO 436) to fame. deliver. In Eldorado, his staff and he ride, Theadmin watch which is so essential As we ringout the old and ring in the new WithAGC €/even paintedbright on her Isn’tlisted ‘cause it’s inconsequential; We’re at NavSta’s Pier Nine, Starboard ride side. ChiefChampion is the Chief of the Day, to.

School for Boatswain’sMates ShippingOver This section is open to unofficial com- SIR: Since Ihave been in the Navy, munications fromwithin the naval serv- SIR: I enlisted in the Navy in 1959 I have wondered why it doesn’t estab- Ice on matters of general interest.How- ever isit not intended to conflict in and remained on active duty for four lish an A school for the boatswain’s mate any ‘waywith Navy Regulations regard- years. After I was released Iremained rating. It seems there is no way of ingthe forwarding of officialmail throu h channels noris it to substitute fortxe a civilian for oneand one-half years learning a boatswain’s mate’s duties policy oi obtaininginformation from local andthen, in January1965, reenlisted except by reading a book. commands inall possible instances. Do not sendpostage orreturn envelopes. Sign fortwo years. Soon after I agreed to A school could teach a man how to full name and address.Address letter extend my enlistmentfor 12 more replenish at sea, the correct way to toEditor ALL HANDS Room 1809 Bu- reau of ‘Naval PersonLel,Navy dept.. months to incur the obligated service handle cargo without endangering lives, Washington,D.C. 20370. for my present new construction assign- how to splice wire rope and the thon- ment. sandother things a boatswain’s mate I now plan to ship over. Am I eligi- must know.-R. L. V., SN, USN. AnET1 serving in an ET2 billet, for ble for the Variable Reenlistment Bonus, example,could qualify for specialty STAR program or Reenlistment Incen- 0 Youridea shows a greatdeal of tive program?-M. G. B., RM2, thought onyour part but, without in- pay.However, to receive it hemust USN. tending to do so, you’re selling the rat- have the recommendation of his com- 0 You arenot eligible for STAR or ing short. A boatswain’smate not only manding oficer.“ED. the Reenlistment Incentive program, receives his education as a result of but you’llif settle forcash instead readingbooks, buthe alsoacquires it ASW Operator you’re sitting pretty. According to your through experience provided by on-the- SIR: Ihave heard recently thatthe letter you are eligible for VRB. job training. Navy is coming out with an aircrewman STAR andReenlistment Incentive Boatswain’smates hace swung a lot rating, in place of the specialty now eligibility exists only on a first reenlist- of weight in the IT. S. Navy throughout tacked ontoprimary ratings. Isthere ment. Your two-yearenlistment is ofi- its historyand they stillcarry a lot of any truth to it?-L. R. T., ADR2 ( AC), cially a reenlistment, eventhough you authority. They deserue it because, USN. didnot receive a bonus. Consequently, whenthey talk aboutseamanship, it’s 0 Over-all,no. In theASW field, youmay no longer take advantage of a safe bet that they know what they are some. A new rating, AW (for ASW either program. talking about. They have acquired that operator} is being considered. It is still VRB, on the other hand, is given for knowledge-notthrough books or in the planningstage, and studies are the first reenlistment for which you are schools-but by experience. being conducted by OpNau. eligible for a bonus. Your next reenlist- Experience and maturity, in fact, are It isanticipated that the rating will ment willnet you your first bonus, so the hallmark of a good boatswain’s mate havethree service ratings extending VRB applies-providingyou complete andno amount of schooling will give through paygrade E-5 or E-6,and 21months’ continuous active, duty on these qualities to him. For that reason, combining at the next level as a general yourpresent enlistment and alsopro- the Navy, although it has considered an .rating through E-9. viding you reenlist for a suficient period A school, sticks to on-the-jobtraining The AW’s job is expected to include to fulfillthe total servicerequirement for its boatswain’smates. It believes organizationalmaintenance of ASW (served time plus obligated time) of 69 that is the onlyway to prouide&ern sensor equipment, as well as in-flight months.-ED. with the experience and the maturit4the operator duties. The personnelsource ratingrequires.-ED. for the ratingwill be designated ASW Boats Did indeed Carry Boats aircrewman,at least during the initial SpecialtyPay stages.-ED. SIR: I amwriting in the hope that Sm: My ship has a billet for one first you canclear up a four-year-old dis- class electronics technician. As a result cuss!on I’m having with a fellow World of recent transfers and advancements We Warrant You‘ll HearMore War I1 Navyman. I was on active duty from 1941to 1946, and I claim that three ETls, including myself, are pres- SIR: Who was the youngest man ently serving aboard. some submarines carried a small boat. to make warrantinrecent naval During the war, my ship escorted the We have specialty pay problems. history? I was recently selected and Our personnel office hasruled that submarine uss Narwhal ( SS 167), would like to know howI stand. which at that time carried the Carlson only the electronics technician filling When I am promoted I will be 26 the firstclass billet is eligiblefor the Raiders. For about two weeks she made years and nine months old and will practicelandings on several of the special pay. The remainingtwo ETls have less than nine years of service. are filling second class billets and con- Hawaiian Islands. The Raiders used -J. S. Turner, ABF1, USN. rubber rafts, but I remember that Nar- sequently (according to the local inter- We can’t answer your question pretation) are not eligible for specialty whal carried its own boat. directly, so the next best solution is When I told my former Navyman Pay. to let the Fleet have its say. We believe this is a misinterpretation friend about this, he said it was an Regardless of the outcome,you impossibility for a sub to carry a boat. of the instruction. Is it?-L. J. P., ET1, should be quitepleased with your USN and D. V. C., ET1, USN. Then, when I state that many Japa- accomplishment. An appoiQtment to nese submarinescarried airplanes, he A careerelectronics technician warrantafter such a short timein doesn’t believe that, either. petty oficer is eligible for specialty pay servicenosmallis achievement, I have checked with various Navy if he is fillingan authorized billet, re- “ED. publications, but I have been unable to gardless of the rate the billet calls for. find any proof to back me up. I have

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SAN FRANCISCO SKYLINE provides beautiful backdrop for carrier USS Hancock (CVA 19) on return from Vietnam. talked to many sailors that had duty on toWorld War Il. A pressure-proof has affected the TAR’S eligibility in this submarines thathad a small boat,but cover over the boat’s engine prevented matter. this is not proof enough for my friend. it from flooding (usually). This new Instruction authorizes TARS He also claims he was on an LSD The Division verifies your other state- to becredited with constructiue time during the war thathad a ship’scorn- ments, also.Some Japanese submarines provided they sign a48-month Active panyof about 130 men. He says they didcarry aircraft, and the wartime Duty Agreement. When this agreement had only one officer, the captain, and complement ofan LSD was 15 to 20 has been executed, a TAR may be dis- that he, a shipfitter first class, was set- oficers and280 to 305enlisted men. charged three months early and imme- ondin command to the CO. Surely -ED. diatelyreenlisted underthe proui.sions this is not true. TAR Constructive Time of Article GI0317of the “BuPers Can YOU back 11P?-R. L. s., SIR: Aftercarefully studying the con- BMCS, USNR. structive time rulings contained in Arti- be credited ‘On- structive time if theyfail to obligate @ It looks as though you’ll have the cle C-10317 of BuPersManual, I have last laugh last after all. drawn this conclusion: themselves for less than the 48 months After considerableresearch into the TAR (stationkeeper) personnel can- In the Active D‘’ty Agreement. subject, the Division of NavalHistory not be credited with constructive time -ED. assures usthat uss Narwhal (SS 167) even thoughthey elect to reenlist did indeedcarry boats. Inthe War within three months of theirnormal AUTEC Truly Dedicated Diary of Narwhal’s fourth war patrol, dischargedate. there appears thestatement: “Two sec- Right or wrong? What’s the straight In the September issue Of ALL HANDS, you tions of the new steel deck grating over skinny?-J. F. K., PN2, USNR-R (TAR), carried an which the starboardwhaleboat were carried Before April 1966 you mould have stated that construction Of the adrift by seasand lost.” heen correct, H~~~~~~,sincethen a Undersea Test and Evaluation Center Allfleet submarines carried boats up policychange-BuPers Inst. 1130.4I- began in The center was dedicated in April. We thought yon might be interested in HAND SALUTE-Vice Admiral F. A, Ashworth, ComSixthFlt, delivers salute at rorrecting this.-Traynor ill^. an Istanbul memorial afterhonoring Turkish WW II dead in ceremony. We are. AUTEC was indeed - dependents may write or telephone You have a good moral point, per- (421-3228) uponarrival in the Rhode VA HomeLoans haps, but from the legal angle you are Island area to US0 Area Office, 141 SIR: WhenretireI (in a few mostcertainly not correct. FountainStreet, Providence, R. I., months) I am planningtentatively You’llfind theoficial word in a 02903.-Ann Flynn, Executive Director. to make my home in Europe. If I declaration issued By the Mobile Hous- Thankyou. The idea of Vietnam buya house there, could I use the ing Carriers Conference: “All claims for Wives Clubs sounds like a goodone. home Ioan provisions of Public Law loss or damageshall he submitted -to We suggest that you pass this informa- 89-358 (the C;: I.Bill ) for a direct the carrier’s home ofice in writing, cit- tion on also to the Navy Family Services government loan?-R. A. J., YNC, ing the Government hill of lading num- Center in your area.-ED. USN. ber, and in support of claim,furnish No. The homeloan provisions TAR Warrant Officer Appointments evidence of replacementcost of lost SIR: Since there is no path toward of the bill pertain only to the U. S., orticles and/or repair costs of damaged warrant officer promotion for USNR-R its territories unci its possessions. It articles lwior to replacement or repair.” (TAR) individuals, why doesn’t the maynot he used either in foreign In short, you must handle the paper- Navy initiate one? countries or in U. S. trusts or pro- workyourself-the “guarantee” of the If such a programwere launched, tectorates. Trusts include the Mar- drivernotwithstanding. Assurances of TAR selectees might be required to shalls, Marianasand the Carolines. that nature are useless unless they are in transferinto the Regular Navy as a Protectorates include the Canton and writing.“ED. condition of acceptance. Enderbury Islands, the Canal Zone, , the Virgin Islands, Wake and RatingsOpen to Foreign Nationals I feel thatthere are some very well SIR: I understandcertain ratings are qualified TARS who would be well MidwayIslands Americanand Samoa. closed to foreign nationals. Can you placed in thewarrant officer ranks if tell me where I can find the list of those given the opportunity.-L. C. L., AE1, For further specifics on the prooi- specialties which are open to foreigners? sions of thenew G. 1. Bill,contact USNR-R ( TAR ) . -J. D. F., QM2, USN. 0 Your suggestion was forwarded to yourlocal VA or write: Veteran Navymen in certainratings, he- the Bureau’s In-ServiceProcurement Benefits Ofice, 2033 M St., N.W., cause of the nature of the skills in- Sectionfor comment. They informus Washington, D. C. 20421. If you’re volved, are often required to holdse- that atpresent there is noprogram inthe Washington area, the VA curityclearances. Foreign nationals whereby TAR enlistedpersonnel may phonenumber is DU 9-2764 or (with the exception of immigrant aliens) be consideredfor appointment to war- DU 9-2422.-E1>. are not eligible for securityclearances rant in the Regular Navy. and consequently may not be advanced However,such a program is under “takencare of” by his company and to such ratings. study and, if established, ALL HANDS that someone would beout to make The skills for which foreign nationals will report on it in full.-ED. repairs. may qualify are listed in “Advancement Trailer Damage Later,the company informed me I in Rating of Personnel on Active Duty” SIR: While en route from my old duty would have to obtainan estimate and (BuPers Inst. P1430.7D), page 11. station to my presentcommand, the submit a claim to them. The ratings for whichforeign na- Navy-appointed carrier responsible for Considering the statementmade by tionalsmay qualify are: AB,AD, AK, my mobile home sideswiped a curb with the driver,I feel the moving company AM, BM, BR,BT, BU, CE,CM, CS, consequent damage to the trailer. should bethe party to have an esti- DK, DT, EA, EM, EN, EO, HM, ML, When I accepted the trailer the driver matemade and fight through the red MM, MR, MU, PM, PR,SD, SF, SH, assured me the damagewould be tape. Am I correct?-B. M., TDl, USNR. SK, SW, UT and PN.-ED. ‘READY TO REMEMBER-Bow hook on Navy boat prepares to unload passengers for look at USS Arizona memorial.

We Flipped Over Alvin Sm: I would like to point out that I have found a mistake in your magazine. I refer to the picture of Alvin on page 52 of the September 1966 issue. The picture was putin backwards;all the letters and numbers are in reverse. I must admit, however, that both in the past, the present, and assuredlyin the future, your staff has given both the fleet and us landlubbers the best cover- age of anyand allstones possible.- D. E. Harms, RD3, USN. Thank youforreopening the wound. The errorwas noticed when the first copies of the issue arrived; by then, of course, it wastoo late to do anything about it. However, we havefound that Alvin looks just as good from the wrong side. And the do-it-yourselfers inthe Fleet can right the situation with the help of a smallhand mirror.-ED.

80 Miles Is Far Enough SIR:I have received orders from NAS New Orleans, La. to Construction Bat- talion Center, Gulfport, Miss. The dis- tance is 80 miles. According to Article C-5317 of the BuPers Manual, men who travel by pri- vatelyowned vehicle rate traveltime basedon one day foreach 300 miles SALTY DETECTIVE-ASW carrier USS Randolph (CVS 15) cruises in search of plus an additional day for any remain- submarines during antisubmarine warfare exercises in North Atlantic waters. ing distance of more than 150 miles. Is 80 miles enough to entitle me to a A Ship CanIssue ID Cards It is understood, of course,that who- day’s travel time?-W. H. PN1, H., SIR: Is my ship (an AR), authorized everissues the card must beable to USN. to issue dependents’ ID cards? BuPers verify the dependents’ eligibility from Yes. The “Manual” is quite specific Inst 1750.5C, the pertinentdirective, the sponsor’s service record. on thCpoint: “One dayi travel time does not, in my opinion, give a clear If your ship’s ofice keeps the crew’s will be allowed whenthe oficial dis- answer to this question.-J. E. R., PN2, servicerecords (most do), andyou are tance betweenthe oldand newduty USN. equipped withthe cards,laminating stations is less than 450 miles, if travel Undernormal circumstances, your materialand other necessary mechan- is uia privately owned uehide.”-ED. shipcan issue ID cards to dependents. ical gadgets, you’re in business-ED.

JANUARY 7 967 63 The Guardian of our Country The‘United States Navy is responriblefor maintaining control of the sea and is a ready force on watch at home and over- seas,capable of strang action to preserve the peace or of instant offensive action to win In war. Itis uponthe maintenance ofthis control thatour country’s gloriousfuture depends. WHEX OFFICER graduates from theNavd Justice School at The United States Navy exists to make it SO. We Serve with Honor Newport, R. I., he is given a certificate. And his wife is Tradition,valor and victory are the Navy‘s heritage from the past. To thesema be given a certificate, too, which states that shehas attained a addeddedication, discipline and vigi&nce certain stature among her peers. as the watchwords of the present andfu- ture. At home or on distantstations, we SOit was when the 127th class graduated from the school. On serve with pride, confident in therespect of our country our shipmates, and ourfami- the day before the graduation, the “Justice School Widows” were lies. Our rLsponsibilities sober us;our ad- given the following citations: versities strengthen us. Service to God and Country isour special “This certifies that Mrs. -, while attached to and privilege. We serve with honor. serving as the neglected wife of an officer student at the Justice The Future of the Navy TheNavy willalways employ new weap- School, having then and there served with devotion, solicitude ons newtechniques and greater power to proiect and defend the United States onthe and compassion above and beyond the call of duty, and having sea, under the sea, and in the air. exhibited great physical, mental and emotional stamina in sur- Now and in the future, control of the sea gives the UnitedStates her greatest advan- viving endless and incomprehensible discourses on the Manual tage for themaintenance of peace and for victory inwar. Mobility sur rise, dispersal for the Courts-Martial, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and offensive power are‘the [eynotes of the and the Decisions of the Court of Military Appeals, is hereby new Navy.The roots of the Navylie in a strongbelief in the future, in continued awarded this certificate with gold clasp, together with all the dedication to our tasks, and in reflection on our heritage from the past.. . rights, privileges and immunities there unto and appertaining of Never have ouropportunltles and our re- the Society of Suppressed Spouses of Scintillating Sea Lawyers.” sponsibilities been greater. Rear Admiral Leslie J. O’Brien, Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 10, made the presentations, and explained what the ALL HANDS The Bureau of Naval Per- certificates meant. “Since your certificates are dated one day be- ronnel Career Publication, fore your husbands’ graduation certificates,” he said, “you thereby solicits interesting story material and photo- graphsfrom individuals, shi s, stations, squad- outrank him by one day. You don’t have to salute him. He has to rons and other sources. AIP material received salute you.” is carefully considered for publication. Hereare a few suggestions for preparing One of the graduates, an LDO with 24 years in the Navy, and submitting material: isn’t afraid that his wife will pull her new rank. There’s a good story in every iob that’s be- ing performed, whetherit’s on a nuclearcar- “I just haven’t read the fine print on the certificate to her yet,” rier a tugboat, in the submarine service orin he said. the’ Seobees. The man on the scene is besf qualifiedto tell what‘s going on inhis outfit. *** Stories about routine day-to-day iobs are prob- ably most interestingto the rest of the Fleet. Thisis the only way everyone can get a look There’sjust something about penguins. There’ssmall point ot all the different parts of the Navy. to getting into a discussion as to just wherein lies their appeal, Research helps make a good story better. By talking with people who are close1 related to bat most of us find them fascinating. thesubiect rnoterial a writeris abre to collect many additionaldetails which add interest and However, the men of VR-7, Naval Air Transport Wing, Pacific, understanding to a story. would be justified if their enthusiasm for the little creatures in Articles about new types of unclassified equip- formal attire had somewhat waned. ment,research projects, all types of Navy as- signments and dutles, academic and historical Why? Because they were responsible for the shepherding- subjects, personnel on libertyor during leisure byan airlift, yet-of 47 exceedingly healthy and lively pen- hours, and humorous and interestingfeature guins from McMurdo Sound to the NewYork Zoo. Only to the subiects are all of interest. uninitiated does this sound like a so-what deal. Photographs arevery important, andshould accompanythe articles if possible. However, a The plane made the 12,000-mile trip in 42 hours, stopping good story should never be held back for lack of photographs. ALL HANDS prefers clear, well- only for refueling and crew change. The same plane-a C-130E identified 8-by-10 glossyprints, but is not re- stricted th use of this type. All persons in the Hercules-was used for the entire trip, but new crews took over photographs should bedressed smartlyand nt Christchurch, Hawaii and Moffett Field. A one-hour service correctly when in uniform,and be identified by full name and rate or rank when possible. Lo- stop was made at . cotion and eneral descriptive information and the name o? the photographer shouldalso be Temperature control presented problems. Penguins justcan’t given. Photographers shouldstrive for original- take it if the temperature goes above FjO degrees F., and the ity, and takeaction pictures ratherthan group shots. seasons arequite balmy this time of year in such places as ALL HANDS does not usepoems (except New Christchurch, Pago and, so they say, in California. Year’s day logs), songs, stories on changeof This meant that the cargo portion of the Hercules had to be command, or editaria1 type articles: The writer‘s name and rate or rank should beincluded on kept below 50 degrees F. This meant installing air conditioning an article. Moterial timed for a certain date or event must bereceived before the first day of units at every stop. the month preceding the month of intended Thepenguins-44 Adelies and three Emperors-are tobe publication. the subjects of a study which concerns the ability of penguins, Address material to Editor, ALL HANDS, 1809 Arlington Annex, Navy Department, Washing- especially Adelies, to find their homes over long distances. It is ton, D,C. 20370. believed that notonly do they possess a built-in sun compass, but are able to employ other biologic navigational mechanjsms. 0 AT RIGHT:OVER SHE GOES- Rough seas make a ton of cargo swingon highline a5 Fleetstores ship USS Pollux (AKS 4) replenishesSeventh Fleet carriernear Vietnam.

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