*All HANDS* ~ THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION 1

- 1966 1

JANUARY 1966 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 588

~~ VICE ADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN The Chief of Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel CAPTAIN JOHN W. HIGGINS, Jr., USN Assistant Chief for Morale Services

TABLE OFCONTENTS Features First Combat Mission-AnEyewitness Report ...... 2 How to Build a Fighting Unit in the Air Navy ...... 4 TheCOB: Man with a Big Job ...... 8 USS Intrepid: FRAM for the"Fighting Eye"...... 10 RoundupFrom the Front ...... 12 A Blueprintfor Goodwill ...... 17 SeabeesLearn to Protect What They Build ...... 18 South Pole Sailors Have a Real Cool Sense of Humor ...... : . 20 CravingFun in the Sun? You'll Find It on ...... 24 SpecialFeature SeventhFleet FlagDuty ...... 30 Centerspread: Navy Flagships,Past and Present-ASampling ...... 32 Departments Lettersto the Editor ...... 26 Four Star Forum: Suppose You Were CNO for 60 Minutes ...... 36 Servicescope: Newsof Other Services ...... 44 TheWord ...... : ...... 46 Decorationsand Citations ...... 59 BulletinBoard MaiorRevision of Seavey-Shorvey Will InterestYou ...... 48 tributionas necessary; where specialcir- cumstances warrant sendingdirect to sub- Educational loansfrom Navy Relief Society ...... 53 activities the Bureau should be informed. Check Your Chances of Advancement ...... 54 Distribution to^ Marine Corpspersonnel is effected by theCommandant US. Ma- list of New NavyEnlisted Classifications ...... 55 rine Corps. Requests from Marine Activities EligibilityRules for VietnamService Medal ...... 56 should be addressed to theCommandant. PERSONALCOPIES: This magazine isfor New Regulation Allows Certain Dependent Travel ...... 57 sale by Superintendent of Documents, US. TheBackground Investigation: Its Significance ...... 58 Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The rate for ALL HANDS is 25 NavyNew Year's log cents per copy(except for theDecember 1963 Rights andBenefits issue, which is You or Your Ship May Be One of the Winners ...... 60 50 cents per copy); subscription price $2.50 a year, domestic (including FPO and TaffrailTalk ...... APOaddress for overseas mail); $3.50 64 foreign. Remittances should bemade to theSuperintendent of Documents. Sub- John A. Oudine, Editor scriptions are accepted for one, twoor three years. Associate Editors G. Vern Blasdell,News JerryWolff, Research . Don Addor, Layout & Art French Crawford Smith, Reserve

0 FRONTCOVER: LOW OVERHEAD-Navyjets ofCarrier Air Wing One, U.S. Sixth Fleet, operatingfrom USS Franklin D. Roosevelt(CVA 42) roarthrough Mediterranean skies as they pass in reviewover SixthFleet ships. The review followed a demonstration oftheir striking power,held forfellow teammembers of the Fleet.-Photo by J. H. Perkins, AN, USN. At LEFT: TIME SAILS ON-Comparison ofthe metalsail of a Skipjack class nuclear- powered with the canvas sails of the wind-powered Argentine train'ing ship Libertad pointsout not only the passage oftime but also the advancements that havebeen made in seapower.

0 CREDIT: All photographspublished in ALL HANDS Magazineare official Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated. CARRIER USS Constellation (CVA 64) was operating base for VA-144. Center: Skyhawks prepare for carrier landing. First Combat Mission

NLESS YOU’RE AN AIRDALE, you’ve following day had also been can- first combat mission. They talked probably never heard of light jet celed and the ship was scheduled to about flak and how to avoid it, for- Attack Squadron 144. It consists of put to sea at 1000 on 4 August. The mations, and procedures on the tar- 150 or so Navymen who fly and day of 3 August passed slowly. get.One hour before launch, VA maintain a dozen stubby-winged A4 Constcllntion departed on sched- 144’s primary target was cancelled SkyAatoks. ule and headed into the South by higher authority. In September the squadron wrap- Sea. Eight Skyhawks were launched The squadron was then reassigned ped up its training cycle and headed toward NAS Cubi Point in the Philip- a target south of the original one. for the Western Pacific. Once with pines; four fromAtkron 144 and There were to, be 23 strike aircraft ComSeventh Fleet, it may well be four from its sister squadron Atkron launched: 10 A4 Skyhawks, two F4 called to launch air strikes against 146. Their absence made room for a Phantoms, one RF8 Crusader photo North Vietnam. If so, it won’t be the photodetachment which wassoon plane, and 10 prop-driven Skyraid- first time. flown aboard. em. Many of the Navymen attached to Word came down thatthe de- 144 wear relatively new Navy Unit stroyers uss Tzrrner Joy (DD 951) THE VA-144LAUNCH went perfectly Commendation ribbons. They are and Maddox (DD731) had been at- and the group left Constellation the old hands who were with the tacked by North Vietnamese PT en route to the rendezvous point al- squadron a year ago last August, boats. Throughout the night of the most as a unit. aboard the uss Constellation (CVA 4th, Constellation launched sorties “We were in so close to the clouds 64) in the . Their (including seven aircraft from all the way that instrument flight -story is best told by Lieutenant Atkron 144) in support of the two was necessary,” recalls LCDR Alex- H. W. Alexander,who . ander. “Since there were no naviga- was there. tional aids, it was strictly dead reck- Connie was anchored in Hong HE FOLLOWING MORNING at 0930, oning, complicated by the necessity Kong harbor. Her crew, who had Atkron 144 pilots reported to air of dodging the larger thunderstorms.” been away fromSan Diego since intelligence for briefing and assign- As the Skyhawks neared the target May, were enjoying their first liberty ment of targets: PT boat harbors in they passed the slower Sk!/raidcrs in two months. The men planned on North Vietnam. Atkron 144 pilots with their heavy load of ordnance. being home for Christmas. were briefed for a target near the Their first contact with the ground It wasn’t going to work out that maximum range of the Skyhawks was the planned coastal entry point. way. At midnight, 2 August, the which they flew, and the mission was “We were descending from 20,000 senior shore patrol officer ordered complicated by bad weather. feet when Commander Nottingham everyone to return to the ship. The At lunch the pilots were in a good ( Atkron 144’s executive officer) only information available to the ar- mood and looking forward towhat sighted the target. riving crew was that liberty for the would be, for most of them, their “The weather was good and clear

2 ALL HANDS NAVY Skyhawk fires at NorthVietnamese train. Explosionknocks out boxcars, damaging train and railroad bed. An Eyewitness Report below 12,000 feet. I could see the some rough air or had taken a hit. I feet.There were a millionsmall boats in the harbor and most of them zoomed high, still at full throttle, rocky islands and boats below and were stationary. When the first di- but reduced power as my oil pressure many puffs of flak. visionrolled in, the flak started. It went from high to out. The reduction varied from white puffs to dark grey. of power caused all readings to re- s THE NEEDLE swung again, I It was so heavy I began to wonder if turn to normal and I looked around A came around as the beeper I’d get my run in before I was hit. to find my division leader. All I saw stopped for a few seconds and then “The flak was very close and I was flak and two aircraft off to port. beeped again for a few moments. I could see puffs surrounding Com- “CDR Nottingham called for a knew he was down, but I could not mander Bolstad’s (144‘s command- strafing run, and I rolled over on my see him. The Skyraiders were rolling ing officer) section as he rolled in. back and pulled below the flak. The in and I watched the flak following “I went in as a single and followed skywas becoming overcast at 7000 them down. I moved eastward out of the section. The flak wasfollowing feet with flak busts. We had been the flak area and scanned the sur- untilabout 5000 feet,but getting in the area now about four minutes. face for Alvarez. It was like watch- thinner. I watched the first section I drove in until I saw men on the ing a movie except the sound of Al- fire, and realized I was in the wrong pier firing and the lighter guns of the varez’voice put a knot in my attitude for a hit. I made a violent PT boats were flashing. My guns hit stomach. correction as their rockets tore into in the water aft of the boat and up “All the jets had left except CDR one of the boats. into the gun mount. Nottingham and as he called that he “The firstdivision went infrom “My speed was above 500 knots as was leaving, I noticed my fuel gauge two directions for their reattack.I I flew low past the pier. I stayed low and decided I had better get out of aimed my rockets a little high to and rolled into a high G right turn there, too. I was still at high speed compensate for my attitude which .as Lieutenant (junior grade) Alvarez and remembered my rocket pod. was still not right. As I fired, I turned called: ‘I’ve been hit. I can’t control From habit I started lower to drop the guns on and strafed untilthe it. I’ll have to bail out. I’m going. it and noticed a PT boat leaving the rockets hitthe boats. There were I’ll see you guys later.’ harbor at high speed. I dropped my four boats around some type of “I switched to ADF andtdrned pack and rolled in on the boat. barge. The first section had hit the on the needle. Other transmissions “A Skyrnidcr had the same target corner boat and my rocket pattern caused it to vary until I heard the and his guns pounded the decks. I covered allfive vessels. My guns emergency beeper on his parachute. pulled the trigger and fired upthe were hitting on the starboard side. Switching to another channel I got decks. The A1 had stopped the boat. a good fix. He was east of the target “I zoamed for the sky and turned HERE DIDN’T SEEM to be an ex- as I dove in at 3000 feet. Flak was toward the ship. I pulled out my plosion, but as I passed low heavy as I got a needle survey and chart and took a good estimate of over the target it felt as if I had hit turned south, descending below 2000 the heading, hoping I’d get the ship

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arrested landings of gradually more difficult varieties. First, they do MLPs-mirror land- ing practice-at Lemoore. An MLP is a “touch and go” under supervision of a Landing Signal Officer in prac- tice for actual carrier landings. In the meantime, as the training goes on, the maintenance crews have progressed from a loose group of in- dividuals to a tight, well-integrated professional team. Engine changes and periodic maintenance checks, which took much time at the begin- ning of the cycle, have now been refined to perfection and go like clockwork. It isnow time to go aboard the carrier. During the final phases of the cycle, the squadron-as a part of the air wing-makes several short one- and two-week deployments aboard ship. The major purpose of these first at-sea periods is carrier landing qualifications. Each pilot is required to make a minimum ofsix to ten daytime arrested landings and, finally, six nighttime arrested land- ings. The entire air group isex- pected to be qualified before deploy- ment. During these first deployments the maintenance teams adapt their pro- cedures to shipboard life. If possible, theysettle into the shops, living spaces and ready rooms they will occupy when the ship deploys. Those problems which may hinder a suc- cessful operation are ironed out. Plane captains who have not made a cruise learn the tricky techniques

JANUARY I966 The COB: Man wifh a NY SUBMARINER will tell you that leader of men. Through skillful served on COMSUBPAC staff for two A thethree most powerful men diplomacy he maintains the dignity years. on his boat are the commanding , required of his position with the air officer, the exec and the COB. of informality necessary for men liv- HUNT REPORTED to Blackfin in Every Navy ship has .its skipper ingand working in extremely close August 1963. Five months later and exec, butwhat is the COB? quarters. the boat’sCOB was transferred and He’s the Chief of the Boat, the To keep upthe morale of his Hunt started hisfirst tour asChief senior enlisted man on board every shipmates and sense small problems of the Boat. submarine. (Everyone knows that while they are still small, he also According to Blackfin’s executive “ship” is the proper designation for must be a psychologist. officer, Lieutenant Commander Don- a sub, but the term “COB” seems to In short, he must bealeader, ald J. Killian, chiefs of the boat are be well entrenched.) teacher, social worker, administrator, not appointed by virtue of seniority. From the diesel-electric boats of seaman, psychologist, diplomat and They are picked for their qualifica- World War I1 to the modemnu- friend to the sub‘s officers and men. tions to fit the COB criteria. clear-powered subs of today, the “Submarine skippers and execs are COB is as much a part of the sub- NE OF THESE one-in-a-thousand always lookingfor prospective marine Navy as periscopes and bal- men is 35-year-old Chief Tor- COBs,” said LCDR Killian. “When last tanks. Onno other Navy craft pedoman’s Mate (SS) John G. Hunt. we see a young fellow whoshows will one find an enlisted man with He is Chief of the Boat on the con- unusual initiative and has an extra more authority or responsibility. ventionally-powered submarine uss amount of common sense, we make The Chief of the Boat’s primary Blackfin (SS 322). a note in his record. This maygo duty is administrative assistant to Hunt joined the Navy inJune on for several boats and if the fellow the executive officer. This issimilar 1948 after graduating from high keeps showing the proper traits, he’ll to the tasks of Chief Masters-At-Arms school. “As long as I can remember be picked for Chief of the Boat some on other ships who are charged with wantedI to join the Navy,” he day. I’ve got my eye on a couple ensuring that their ship’s spaces are says. “My grandfather served for 20 now.” clean and the crew is squared away. years and retired as a warrant officer Speaking from experience gained But here the similarity stops. and my father was in the Navy dur- onfive , LCDR Killian The COB must know every sys- ing World War I1 asa chiefyeo- said that COBs are a special breed tem, every valve and every circuit man.” of person. They seem to have some- of his boat. He must know the After recruit training, Hunt was thing built in.“They also havea qualifications of the entire crew in sent to submarine school in New keen sense of timing, a special feel order to assign them to the watch, London, Conn. He qualified in the of the boat,” he said. He stated he quarterand station bills. submarine uss Redfish (SS 395), has never known, or even heard of, He must be an expert in seaman- homeported in , in 1949 a bad COB, and Hunt is no excep- ship, for he is in charge of mooring and has served on six other subs in tion. or anchoring the boat in portand the Pacific since then. Hunt lives in close quarters with rigging for highline transfers at sea. All but four of Hunt’s 17 years the men he supervises. His roomis To train new men for submarine in the Navy have been spent on sharedwith four other chief petty duty, he must be proficient in every subs and he estimates half his time officers. Heand the other chiefs other man’s job, even the corpsman’s. has been spent submerged. He was eat in the general mess with the rest And most important, yet the most on shore duty at the of the submarine’s 72-man crew. Yet difficult, the COB must be a master Submarine Base for two years and his word is law to them. CHIEF OF BOAT Huntholds undersea ship session, keeps up to datein room, instructsin seamanship. USS Blackfin's crew is presented to captain by COBat inspections. Below: COB checks off qualifications for man working for submariner's dolphins.

,rms inspections. Rt: Sub's exec briefsChief Hunt on new instructions. m

gear). All eight boiler plantswere rebricked and retubed.

ATBAYONNE, exceptfor painting and resurfacing the hangar and flight decks with non-skid, restep- ping the mast and running the thou- sands of feet of cablethrough it, most of the work consisted of clean- ing up the odds and ends. Builder's sea trials took place dur- ing the middle of Septemberand the Board of Inspection and Survey Trials two weeks later. Fitted out for sea at Norfolk, she took aboardan air group, then headed for a stand- ard shakedown cruise at Guantanamo Bay. It was a training cruise for the 600 to 700 new men aboard, as well as a refresher cruise for the entire ship's company-which had not beea to sea since April. During the six months that Intrepid had been in the yards, she experienced a 50 per cent turn- over in personnel. Intrepid is now with the Atlantic Fleet. Clockwise from Top Left: (1) At seaagain uss Intrepid (CVS 11) holds her first Pght operation after FRAMjob. (2) Naval Shipyard goes to work to modernize veteran carrier Fighting I. (3) New bow sonar assembly, thelast one made by Navy Yard, stands by readyfor installation. (4) Scaf- folding risesin drydock as changes in carrier'sbow takeplace. (5) Flight deck is cluttered with gear as work proceeds. Long tubes on each sideare steam catapult tracks that havebeen raised for overhaul. (6) With a mighty swish dead load flies off Intrepid's 'steam cat during tests in New York's East River.

crew to their seats and the plane is you get closer, you hear the thump airborne. of engines and the sucking noises of a mud pump. The small camp area is A SECOND Skywarrior follows, and dominated by the large well-drilling joins its squadron mate upstairs. rig. Cruising at 400 knots above the A chief petty officer greets you. clouds, the navigators pick out refer- He’s muddy and has grease streaks ences-usually barren islands-as on his hands and arms. navigational check points. Soon the Cocking his steel safety hat back, shore is in sight, and next to it the Chief Utilitiesman Charles Farmer jungle. of Mobile Construction Battalion Ten As the planes swing north toward explains a few of his problems. His NhaTrang, radio contact is made 12-man drilling crew digs fresh water with the forward air controller. The wells to supply the Chu Lai area of pilots are advised not to strike the with the precious primary targettoday because of Stuff. cloud cover, which presents a dan- “We hit granite at about 20 feet ger of dropping bombs on friendly on the first well, and got only five troops. The flight is vectored to a feetdeeper before we had toquit. secondary target. We moved the rig and ran into the Forward air controllers (FACs) same problem again. Finally we got a are well respected by American pilots steelbit that would borethrough FLYING HOME-TWO Skyhawks clear andfeared by the Viet Cong. Fly- the rock,” he reports. coast line and head for carrier after ing light, unarmed spotter planes at “Now we’re at 95 feet, and as tree-top altitudes, within range of soon as more supplies arrive, we’ll bombingViet Cong militarytargets. rifle and fire, the FACs start pumping good waterto the wind. Word is passed to start jet manage to locate Charlie and mark units at this end of the peninsula.” engines. The piercing screams of his position with smoke bombs. Chief Farmer’s crew is composed jets and roar of propeller-driven of one builder, three equipment oper- A-1H Skyraiders disturb the morn- HE SECONDARY target turns Out to ators, one mechanic, two utilities- ing quiet. In the A3B cockpit, CDR be a Viet Cong encampment men, three steelworkers and a ship- de Lorenzi and his crew complete a about 35 miles southwest of Saigon. fitter. standard pre-flight check-“DC gen- Smoke bombs already pinpoint the The men live away from the main erators; On. Fuel dump; Off. Clock; spot as the A3Bs approach. At this body of the battalion, wherever their Set. Gear handle; Down. Bomb arm- point the bombardiers open the bomb drilling takes them. Theyeat with ing switch; Safe. Radios; On, Bomb bay doors and arm their bombs. the nearest Marine unit; they rely on bay doors; Closed. Flaps; Down. CDR de Lorenzi noseshis plane the Marines to protecttheir small Escape doors; Closed. Tail hook; downward to begin the bombing run. camp from Viet Congattack. Four Up.” Precisely atthe correct second, three-man crews operate the drill Thumbs up-allsystems are go. bombs are released andthe heavy around the clock. The pilot contacts PriFly: “Ready bomber climbs and banks to the left. Because of the difficulty getting for takeoff .” A few seconds later the concus- parts and supplies, the must Forward on the ship’s flight deck sion from two 500-pounders jolts the often improvise to get a job done. On the lighter jet and prop planes streak plane as it enters a horseshoe pat- such an assignment, a man’s specialty skyward in turn, at 30-second inter- tern inpreparation for a second pass. is only part of his work. He must vals. Then it’s timeto launch the Smokerises above the trees. know a little of everything. heavies. FAC radios a slight correction to -Gary Roth, SWI, USN A yellow-shirted plane director the bombardier and, on the second Blue Hawks Mighty Busy signals for CDR de Lorenzi to taxi pass he scores a direct hit. Two more The Blue Hawks of Attack Squad- toward the carrier’sbow. The Sky- passes are made. ron 72 flew 565 combat sorties for warrior finally stops behind a jet During the five minutes over the a total of 1188.6 flight hours during blast deflector near the catapult. An target, the A3B crew did not see any July * F8D Crusader, cocked for takeoff, Viet Cong, any buildings or even VA-72,flying the A4E Skyhawk strains against the taut steel cables a sign that Charlie was camped in from the uss Independence (CVA which marry it to the catapult. The the grove of trees. 62), logged this mark while engaged full-power blast of its jet engine But Charlie was there. FAC saw in operations off the Vietnam coast. shakes even CDR de Lorenzi’s 35- him, andthe bombs found their During the month, the Hawks de- ton bomber, when suddenly the mark. In that area Charlie was wiped livered more than 250 tons of ord- fighter shoots down the cat. out, for the time being at least. nance on various targets in North Complying with the signals of The A3Bs head back to sea, per- and South Vietnam, including highly another plane director, the heavy haps finished for the day. successful strikes against theTri bomber pilot inches forward, care- ”Bob Scott, J02, USNR. Dong bridge, the petroleum storage fully positioning his plane on the cat. Dig Those Seabees Dig facilities at Nam Dinh and the army A few last-minute check-offs, full The yellow and black striped barracks at Bai Thoung and Quang power, the traditional salnteto the boom of a well-drilling rig is visible Soui. cat officer and wham. Six Gs nail the long before you reach the camp. As This endurance mark would not

14 ALL HANDS GETTING READY-Pilot dumps fuel,lowers landing gear and speed brakesto slow plane for emergency landing. have been possible without the team- aircraft in anup status. A careful touredaircraft camers off Vietnam work and effort shown by each maintenance program precluded any from April to June this year, showing member of the squadron. major breakdowns during July, and crews how to mount and operate With the knowledge that they are speedy repairs of any downed air- cameras aboard attack aircraft. engaged in an important task, VA-72 craft resulted inan 82.4 per cent This development enables aircraft maintains high morale and an effec- over-all availability. to film their own maneuvers during tive, efficient fighting machine. The an air strike and thus return from a men often work 18 to 20 hours a day Photo OfficerCommended mission with an on-the-spot view. to keep pace with the tempo of day Thanks toan imaginative naval The Commander, U. S. Seventh and night flight operations. photographic officer, many of our Fleet commended Lieutenant Kirk- One of the most important factors fighter aircraft operating in South- man as being responsible for the first in the squadron’s success is the out- east Asia have their own strike pho- Navy air-strike motion picture pho- standing job done by maintenance tographic capability. tography in Vietnam. personnel. The men in the mainte- LieutenantClyde T. Kirkman, nancedepartment continually dis- USN, while assigned to the Pacific Dentists in theJungle tinguish themselves by keeping the Fleet Mobile Photographic Unit, Every Saturday morning a small

RETURNING from North Vietnam raid Crusader‘s engine flames out 20 miles from carrier and LT Terhune ejects. He was picked up by ‘copter 80 seconds afterhitting water and returned to USS CoralSea (CVA 43) unhurt.

JANUARY I966 I5 They have never leftahamlet withouta loud cheer and applause from their patients. -Bob Dietrich, JOCS, USN

MCB-3 Builds On Seabees of Naval Mobile Construc- tion Battalion Three are engaged in numerous construction projects in the area in South Vietnam. One of the important projects is the construction of an enlisted men’s mess hall, NCO mess and a galley for Marine Air Group 11.

Replenishment Off Vietnam It’sa three-ringproduction of precision teamwork when two fight- ing ships and an oiler meet on the high seas to exchange the necessities of warfare. The uss Midway band of U. S. Navymen in jungle- (CVA 41)andthe green combat uniforms board armed Southerland (DD743) make their convoy vehicles destined for a steam- approaches alongside the fleet oiler ing Vietnamese jungle, rice paddy Platte (A0 24). Linked by anet- hamlet or out-of-the-way village. work of lines, they cruise off Viet- The mission: Help Vietnamese namin the South China Sea. civilians and military dependents Seamen on the Midway rig their with dental care. stations to receive 775,000 gallons The Navymen aredental officers of fuel to keep the ship cruising and and enlisted dental technicians as- her aircraft flying. signed to Navy Headquarters Sup- Southerland prepares to receive port Activity, Saigon. her share of fuel to keep her at sea. For the past year, teams of from Shrill whistles pierce the din of two to four Navy dentalmen have men and machinery, warning “heads been pursuing a week-end program up!” Platte sailors duck for cover as for Vietnamese who have little or no weight-tipped messenger lines shoot access to professional dental care. across the oiler’s deck. The dental department inSaigon ters. The selections are based 0; re- Then come the cables over which has the primary responsibility for quests for dental teams from U. S. the giant hoses ride to the ships’ serving some 10,000 American troops advisers in the field. The advisers fuel trunks. and government employees-plus normally provide armed guards and Almostin unison, Platte’s port Australian, New Zealand and Re- an interpreter. and starboard hoses snake across the public of military elements- When one of the teams arrive in a Midway and Southerland. Connect- in the area. They see an average of village, people are waiting for them. ed,the limp hoses swell from the 4000 office patients monthly. Many have been living withtheir rapid flow of black oil, aviation During off-duty time, they have toothaches and pains for a long gasoline and jet aircraft fuel. treated more than 2000 Vietnamese time. While Platte pumps, other ac- in locations ranging from just off the The patients’ ages range from in- tions begin. Cargo is transferred from Cambodian border to hamlets in the fancyto very old. Inthe bulk of the oiler’s decks to the men-of-war. countryside outside theSaigon perim- cases, the only remedy is extraction. Men under orders are highlined to eter. Although they wish they could Many teeth are decayed too badly to and fro. Mail from home, flown do more, treatment for these people be saved. daily to Midway, is passed to Plutte consists of very elementary proce- Starting the treatment involves a for delivery to other ships. dures aimed at relieving pain and kind of ritual. The interpreter ex- Hours later Midway’s tanks are stopping infection. plains that if the dentist feels an filled. Southerland, having completed The teams have traveled in jeeps, extraction is necessary, he willfirst replenishment earlier, resumed her armored personnel carriers and heli- give an injection which makes the duties as screen and plane guard for coptel;s, and on two occasions even extraction painless. Then the most the carrier striking force. hoofed it through the jungle. heroic volunteer-usually a child- Hoses and lines on Midway are All five dental officers and 13 den- goes first to show how easy and pain- disconnected and retrieved. The tal technicians assigned to the Sai- less it is. carrier speeds away to resume air gon department have volunteered On a typical “day off,” two dental strikes on North Vietnamese mili- for field operations. Their week-end teams may spend nine or 10 hours on tary installations. Platte steams trips often take them through Viet their feet working on more than 200 ahead 1 to refuel other ships of Task Cong territory to their patients. patients in a small village. Force 77 in the South China Sea.

16 ALL HANDS BLUEPRINTS of housing project are checked. Rt. Navymen and Vietnamese soldiers work on buildings in spare time. A Blueprinf for Good Will MERICANS are notorious do-it- civilian and M$T$:ships in the har- by the middle of May the flooring

A yourselfers. Given an empty bor. And it was simple to enlist vol- had been poured. .I bleach bottle they’ll revolutionize the unteers from among the sailors of While the fohwork was going on piggy bank industry. Consider what the HeadquartersSupport Activity and the concrete poured, the women they might do with a pile of packing andthe Vietnamese soldiers in the and children sorted the lumber into crates. area. They were more than happy to piles by size and grade of wood. The Item: 159 women and children help the cause. nails were removed and saved. lived in thatch-roofed houses at the LCDR Tesch and his volunteers Men from the Public Works de- Chanh Hung Army Compound on gathered the dunnage and other sur- partment cut the dunnage to usable the outskirts of gaigon. They were plus building materials, borrowed dimensions. All went smoothly and dependents of Republic of Vietnam tools, and recruited local Seabees. by the end of June the framework Armymen whoguarded U. S. mili- The South Vietnamese Army sup- had been raised and roofing was tary billets and compounds located in plied a grader and leveled the area being nailed to the rafters. the Saigon-Cholon capital district where construction would take place. area. Although July, August and Sep- temberwere wet months in Saigon Item: On the first Friday in April H$ VOLUNTEERS borrowed a ce- 1965, a fire began in one of these Tment, mixer from a U.S. civilian (andwet months here are really dwellings and spread rapidly to the contracting company working on U.S. wet), construction continued. When surrounding houses. The Saigon Fire military installations in the area, and the first of October arrived the roof- Department was located just adross ing was on, the sides complete. the Ben.Nghe Canal, but by the time they reached the scenethere was nothing but ashes and glowing coals. Item: After the disaster the home- shutters were needed. They cost less families werequartered in an money. So far, the project had cost abandoned warehouse not far from nothing. All materials had been dun- the burned area. nage or donated surplus building ma- Enter the packing crate king and terials. his band of builders. Enter, that is, Fortunately, the crisiswas short- Lieutenant Commander Donald A. lived. When Commander Robert E. Tesch and his group of volunteers Osman, the support activity’s senior from the Saigon support activity. chaplain, heard of the trouble he LCDR Tesch is the Supply Corps suggested the volunteers try arrang- officer in charge of the local refriger- ing for the necessary materials ation compound. He learned of the through Project Handclasp. Hand- accident from.one of the Vietnamese clasp, as usual, came through. soldiers who guarded his installation. The Navymen putthe finishing LCDR Tesch wondered what he touches on the 34 new family quar- could do to help, and came up with ters. About six months after the proj- the answer. Dunnage! Of course. ect began, the South Vietnamese Dunnage‘is old crating lumber. It families moved into their new homes. was available, in quantity, from the “Thomas A. Johnston, JO1, USN.

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WHERE IS HE? There’s a in the above picture. See if you can find him. Left: Woods camouflage includes branches andtwigs on helmet. The units then dug foxholes in The Seabees demonstrated they preparation for an impending attack. had learned their lessonswell. In Again patrols went out, this time the exercise theyturned back the engaging aggressor forces. In nddi- aggressors. tion, the men had to wade through Combat is nothing new to MCB mud and water, sometimes waist Six. While serving with the First deep, to get to their objectives. They Marine Divisionon Guadnlcanal in killed several copperhead snakes World War 11, the battalion earned while on the patrols. the Presidential Unit Cit‘1 t’1011. Near the end of the training, a And during the month-long train- final exercise was held. The Seabees’ ing, the Seabees proved once again job was to attackand destroy an that they are ready, willing and able enemy position several miles away, to build and defend what they build then withdraw to their defensive -and help defend their country, as lines. Battle conditions were real, ex- well-whenever the need arises. cept for the ammunition used. -W. Stephen, J02, USN taword mock targets. Rtr Seabees train on MdO machine guns ai firing range. SWIMMERS,enjoy a refreihing dip. Below: Kickoff in annual Ice Bowl game. South Pole D ID YOU mow that leis are present- ed to visitorsin Antarctica? Or that golfis played on the ice? Or that it’s 9942 miles from McMurdo Station to Seattle? These are just a few of the unusual tidbits of information found on the world’s southernmost continent by Navymen who serve with Task Force 43, the Antarctic Support Force, in- habiting the glacier ice as part of the scientific explora- tion program. First in importance on the ice is the Navy’s job of logistic support for U. S. scientists at the permanent bases in Antarctica. The Navymen work 12 to 18 hours a day, in weath- er which averages 0 degrees Fahren- heit or below, depending on the location. Weather is completely turned around in Antarctica, as compared to the seasons most of us are used to. For example, while Navymen in the NOTHING like pushups in the snow. Below: Chip shot is made from snow trap. northern half of the globe were get- ting their whites out of closets and seabags for the summer season, this was the weather situation atthe

NAVY UNIT advertises its skills. South Pole, where autumn was be- Bowling is a popular sport at Mc- One group of two Navy chiefs and a ginning: Murdo Station. The duckpin bowling scientist baited hooks with shrimp “Weather conditions were quite lanes were opened there in 1961, and went fishing-through a hole in variable during April.Mostly clear with a touch of local color added for the ice, of course. They caught a skies prevailed, with good visibility, the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The total of 15 fish in three hours, enough moderate winds, some blowing snow duckpins were removed. and the first for a good-sized feast for the person- and ice fog. During the first week of balls were rolled at penguin pins. nel at the laboratory where they were the month, the temperature rose Avid golfers have little fear of taken to be cooked. slightly, then plungedto the low crowded courseson the cold con- One popular pastime is sign paint- minus 90s.” tinent, even on weekends. Though ing. Signs advertising everything On 14 Apr 1965 a new record high relatively rare, golf is played in Ant- frommileages to home towns, the for that month was reached at arctica by the more enthusiastic fol- local chapter of the Playboy Club Amundsen-Scott South Pole Sta t’ion. lowers of the game-generally one and various topics of local humor The temperature was recorded at hole to a round. can be found on or near the U. S. -25 degrees, outdoing the previous There is one major drawback, bases. high, set in 1957, by one degree. though. Caddies are rare-and it One of the most recent signs was sometimes takes a good one tofind put up atthe nuclear power plant ESPITE THE WEATHER,off-time awhite ball on the shiny ice and supplying McMurdo Station’s electri- D activities include a fairly well- snow. cal power. The four- by 16-foot sign, rounded athletic program. Football is Water sports are a bit limited at containing 40 red light bulbs, flashes a good example. Each year there is the southern bases, butthere are the name of the plant whenever it is an Ice Bowl game between the Navy scientists and Navymen who Scuba producing power. and USARP (U. S. Antarctic Re- dive andthere are somewho fish. Since the sign is visible to the search Program) personnel. In the latest rridircm match. the scientists ADELIE penguins coyly avoid nets of Navy scientists working on an experiment.

No Reveille Underway roused to prepare breakfast and begin This section is opento unofficial com- Sm: While reading the Watch OB- munications fromwithin the naval sew- the dailyroutine of cleaning ship. At cer’s Guide, cameacross the part Iceon.rnatters of general interest. How- some time before “Beating to quaflers” I ever kt is notintended conflictto in which says that reveille is not sounded any‘way with Navy Regulations regard- late hammocks were lashed up. This can underway. And the Bluqacket’s Manual ingthe forwardinq of officialmail throu h be seen today when the word is passed channels nor is It to substitute fortxe does not include reveille in the sample policy oi obtaininginformation from local “Up late bunks” which evolved from daily routineunderway. What is the commands in all possibleinstances. Donot “Up late hammocks.’ send postageorreturn envelopes. Sign reason or tradition behind this?- fullname and address. Address letter With the evolution of steam and I. USN. toEditor, ALL HANDS, Room 1809, Bu- watches in three or more sections, cus- c. s., reau of Naval Personnel, NavyDept.. 0 At first glance this looked like a Washington,D.C. 20370. tom now dejines “idlers” as those stand- simple enough question, but we rapidly ing the midwatch, and only they and discovered it wasn’t. However, we’ll L otherspecially authorized late sleepers give you the information supplied us by tions customarily list the getting-up are allowed to sleep late. one of ourgood friends in Education evolution as “Reveille.” However, the By current custom this also applies and Training towhom we turned for word which is passed while underway to the in-portsituation; eventhough help. Says he: is “Up all idlers.” “Reveille” is customarily sounded, the “Webster’s” definesreveille as a There’s a big difference. One is the idlers are allowed to sleep late. signal usuallysounded by bugle at signal for the evolution; the other, the aboutsunrise summoning soldiers and evolution itself. Thus the signal “Up all The explanation is interesting and sailors to the day’s duties. idlers” is made urtderway and reveille plausible. We can’t help but wonder And, according ,,to Noel‘s “Navy is held. what Cap’n Mossbottomwill make of Terms Dictionary,reveille means From this, our learned friend goes on all this. We’ll bet he knows the answers arousing the ships company in port for to do a little speculation of his own. We because he was probably there.-ED. workand breakfast. At sea, however, quote him directly: idlers are called, and the expression Reveille, as can be inferred from the Confficting Secbrity Instructions reoeille is not properly used. “Blueiackets’ Manual“ and the ‘Watch Sm: I would like to know the proper He reminds us that anidler in this Oficers Guide,” is an all hands evolu- disposition ofan Emergency Destruc- case does not refer to one who is sloth- tion, i. e., “Reveille, Upall hands. Trice tion Bill preparedin accordance with ful and lazy; the term refers to those up all bunks.” OpNav Inst. 5510.1B, Article 0625. members of the ship’s company who did Inthe days of sail, watches were The articlespecifiies that lists shall be not stand a night watch. “starboard n’ lnrboarb‘and watch- prepared which show the locations of As you say, “Watch Officer’s Guide” standerswere hardpressed to get classified material,the personnel respon- states ‘Reveille is notsounded under- enough sleep underway. It is obvious sible fordestruction and the recom- way,”and “Blueiackets’s Manuar‘ lists that a large number of mnwerc in- mended place and method of destruc- the underway call as “Up all idlers,” in- volved in the underway situation. tion. stead of reveille. For these reasons, it is believed that Article 212 of ACP (Allied Communi- Anothernaval custom and tradition in order to permit watchstandem to get cations Publication) 122B directsthat which may be relevant is the listing of enough rest they were allowed to sleep a list showing the names of persons daily evolutions both underway and in in the morning while breakfast was be- having the safe’scombination is to be port. Plans of the day for both sit“ ingprepared and all“‘idlers” were placed inside the safe. Since the ACP article directs that the names ofpersons having the safe’s combination be locked up, it would appearthat the OpNav Instruction would either nullify the effects of the ACP article or imply that those charged with the destruction of classified mate- rial would not have the combination to the safe in which thatmaterial was stored. Can ALL HANDSgive an interpreta- tion of these seemingly conflicting poli- cies?-A. K. M., YN2, USN. 0 It might be well to mention before proceeding that ACP122B applies to communication securityprocedures while OpNav Instruction 5510.1B is concerned with all other security pro- cedures.Also that the OpNao instruc- tion applies to the destruction of chsi- fied material. Persons charged with the destruction of classified material do not necessarily have everyday access to thesafe in which the material is stored. The safes LOOK AT THAT-Net layer USS Butternut (AN 9) claims to be third oldest ship might well be (andprobably are) in Navy oncontinuous activeduty. Butternut was completed in September 1941. opened and closed daily by others.

26 ALLHANDS Combinations to ‘all safes in a given areaare kept in a centralrepository. Second Fleet Blue/Gold Operations If an mrgency destruction of classified muterial is necessary,those charged SIR: I would like to clarify the distinction between the Second Fleet Blue/ with destroying the material in certain GoldOperations and the Polaris Blue/Goldcrews concept. safes can obtain the combinations to the In the Second Fleet Blue/Gold Operations, the ships, rather than individual safes from ,the centralrepository.-ED. crews, are two-platooned. The ships of the Fleet are divided into two groups- a “duty group” and a “non-duty group.” The portion of the fleet scheduled Motor Vehicle laws as the dutygroup performs all sea assignments and away from home port SIR: Eachtime I arrive at anew visits. The ships in tliis.group are scheduled as a single task group, though they duty station I begin the same old con- may be widely dispersed. fusinginvestigation of thelocal auto- The ships in the non-duty group remain in their home ports. mobile registration, driver’s license and Normally, the non-dutygroup relieves the duty group every three weeks. tag laws. Perhaps ALL HANDSwill help There are many advantages to this system, but the most important ones are in clarify thesituation. the area of individual sailor benefits affecting some 81,000 Navy families along In the first place, are the tags a serv- the East Coast. iceman keeps on his auto legal in any The Second Fleet sailor can now better predict time in home port and there- state? Secondly, is a Navyman’s driver’s by plan his leave in advance. This predictability of his ship being in home port licensegood in any state?-0. E. B., also increases his opportunity to attend service schools, and a myriad of other GMCC, USN. personal planning matters. e It just depends. In yourcase (we I hope this clarifies the Fleet Blue/Gold concept.-Dale K. Patterson, LT, noteyour return address is Oklahoma) USN, Public Information Officer. youmay legally register yoq auto in e Second Fleet’s BluelGold Operations have been watched with interest by your home of record, and legally drive the rest of the Fleet. The success of this program to date deserves the praise it in Oklahoma with a driver’s license hasalready received-ED. from your home of record. That word applies to most-but not all-states in Theflight was made in an RF-8A servicewith the Fleet.The venerable which you mybe stationed. photo-Crusader from the west coast of machineflies regularly from the deck As forexplaining the motor vehicle the UnitedStates to the east coast, of uss Franklin D.Roosevelt (CVA 42) laws which are likely to affect thesere- which, as of this writing, is deployed to icemun“in the future ALL HANDS hopes and we believe Colonel Glenn was at- tachedto the NavalAir Test Center, theMediterranean.”. L. H., USN. to print an articlelisting the motor Patuxent River, Md. at that time. vehicle laws of each state as they apply Detachment42 of LightPhoto e We don’t like the role of bearer under the Soldiers’and Sailors’ Civil Squadron 62 is the present custodian of of bad tidings; however, VFP-62 Relief Act.-ED. RF-8A bureau number 141363, which is doesn’t have a valuable antique in its said to be the record setter, but we have possession-ut leastnot that particuhr Anyone Want to Dispute This Claim? noactual evidence tosupport this valuuble antique. SIR: In yourSeptember issue, you claim. The planeflown by John Glenn on said that the oilers uss Platte (A0 24) BuNo141363 was thefirst photo- his record trans-continental flight on 16 and Cimurron (A0 22) werein the Crusader manufactured and consequent- Jul 1957, was an F8U-lP, serial num- Over-25-Year Club. My hearty congratu- ly is the most ancient Crusader still in ber 144608.”3~,. lationsto those two ships, forthat is quite a distinction. But I feel myship is better qualifiedfor the number one SIDE BY SIDE-Guided missilecruiser USS (CAG 1) moors alongside position. Albany (CG 10) in Augusta Bay. Boston relieved Albany as flotilla flagship. Recentlyweobserved her 168th birthday. I am, of course,referring to Old Ironsides herself, the frigate uss Constitution (IX 21). As you probably know, she is still in commission. She is a separate command, and is the flagship of theCommandant First Naval Dis- trict. Surely25 years incommission is worthy of note, but I’m sure you under- stand that to us any ship with less than 100years commissioned service must stillbeconsidered a boot.-A. J. Leblanc,Executive Officer, uss Con- stitution (IX 21 ). e Weappreciate your feelings. And wedidn’t completely forget aboutyour ship, but thanks for men- tioningher anyway. Constitution, of course, is in a class by herself. In a forthcomingissue we will include a more complete report.-ED.

Sorry, WrongNumber Sm: I wouldlike to know if ALL HANDS can provide the bureau number of the aircraft Colonel John Glenn used when he seta transcontinental speed record. I think it was about 1957.

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$11.45 percase (cheap when thelife ofthe G. I. canis extended). Consult your GSAcatalog for correct ordering procedures.” That’s the story.-Frederick P. Schmitt, LTJG, SC, USNR-x. It aU sounds very practicaland sensible tous and we thank you for passing onthe infomution. We expect it will be used by many ships of the Fleet. A check withthe CRUDESLANT Supply Department con- firms that many ships are, in fact, using these liners ED.

Great Guns! SIR: I have been asked to obtain in- formation on a short-lived USN shooting medal, which I believe wasknown as the “great guns,” “great guns efficiency” or “great guns expert medal.” I have been unsuccessful in uncovering any information on this subject. Do youknow thecorrect title of this award; when it was authorized and thecriteria for receiving it?- R. A. W. “SWIFT BOAT” is name givento the new PCF (patrolcraft, fast)50-footers We imagine that you’re referring to the short-range battle practice award which arrived in Vietnam recently as part of the Coastal Surveillance Force. -a badge given to midshipmen for exceptionalmerit in short-rangebattle exercisesfor midshipmen without the personnel in pay grade E-4 (with under practice. The award was authorized by practice squadron. four years’ service) and below could the Secretary of the Navy on 11 Jan On 21 Apr 1958 the AssistantSec- ~~ ship their cars to ona space 1934, and subsequently a medalwit% retay of the Navy for Personneland i available basis. ribbon was approved. Reserve Forces approved theUniform ’ That is no longer true. This policy The award was discontinuedduring Board recommendation,abolishing fut- was discontinued some time ago, due to World War 11, but during the latter ther wearing of the medal or ribbon.- operational commitments which made it part of 1957 a recommendationwas ED. impossible to ship automobiles on Fleet made to reinstate it.In March 1958 vessels for these members. the PermanentNaval Uniform Board On Shipping Cars to Hawaii Therefore,if an E-4 with less than recommended against the issue or wear- Sm: As I was reading your Octobei four years’ service, or a lower rated man ing of the short-range battle practice issue, 1 came across a statement which wants totake his carto Hawaii, he’ll medal or ribbon because there was 1~) was incorrect. have to foot the bill.-W. C. Salembier, longer a midshipman practice squadron. In your article entitled “It’s Aloha LTTG. SC. USN. The Board felt it would be impractic- able to conduct competitive firing

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AT WORK-Aerialphotos are studied in intelligencedivision. Rt: Radarmenin war room drawplot for a briefing. knit staff provides COMSEVENTHFLT keeping the Seventh Fleet keyed to which assist him indirecting the withtalent in all aspects of naval the tension spots of the and fleet inits challenging assignments. warfare needed to keep the fleet on whereveraneed for assistance is The staffsoperation is directedby the line. evident. The range of responsibili- a captainwho isChief of Staff to The aggregatenaval experience ties is varied, from action in Vietnam ComSeventhFlt. He coordinates the recorded bystaff officers and men to rescuing a ship in distress. activity of six majorstaff divisions: would be more than 2000 years. To do the job, the radio and tele- Operations, Plans, Intelligence, Com- With such a background, the staff is types in the fleet flagship’s main com- munications, Logistics and Admin- geared to handle the various prob- munications centerchatter day and istration. lems constantly arising rapidlyand night. Officers and men staff the The Operations Division, also efficiently. Seventh Fleet war room at all hours. headed by acaptain. directs strike Regardless of the time, work must be operations, reconnaissance, ship s OLVING PROBLEMS and “‘running” handled as the necessity arises. movements, training and fleet readi- the fleet require round-the-clock Withincreasing Seventh Fleet nes.All areimportant jobs andit attention because-with the operating participationSoutheastin Asian takes the largest portion of the staff ships of the fleet-there is no quitting action, the role of the staff takes on tokeep these areas squared away. time.Consequently, the admiral’s even greater significance. The staff With the increased tempoof Seventh staffworks 24 hoursa day, seven provides Admiral Hylandwith ad- Fleetoperations in Southeast Asia, days a week (holidaysincluded), vice, research and recommendations (Continued on page 34)

SEAGOING HQ-VADM JohnJ. Hyland, CommanderSeventh Fleet, directs operations from USS Oklahoma City.

BUSY GROUP-Men of operations division have a lot to do. Rt: Administrative officer takes problem to chief of staff, involving frequent air strikes in the admiral, other members of his the fleetaswell as with other North Vietnam, the Operations Divi- staff and the fleet with a multitude government and civilian agencies. sion plays an important role in activi- of information. Under a commander, Thus the flagship fulfills its function ties that make tomorrow’s headlines. the division provides up-to-the-min- as the nerve center for Seventh Fleet ute enemy threat analyses that serve operations. The staff communications EQUALLY VITAL is the Plans Division, as a basis for execution of many plans officer also plans and coordinates the headed by a thirdcaptain. The and operations. The division consists communications effort for the entire Plans officers prepare estimates on of both line officers (including a fleet. operations, study future activities, naval aviator) and intelligence spe- work out war plans, and provide ad- cialists, to provide the experience re- NOUGH MESSAGE trafficcomes ditional brainpower to the paper- quired in assessing the full range of E through the Seventh Fleet flag- work side of the Fleet’s operations. the intelligence spectrum-from poli- ship’s “comm” center in one day to Since Seventh ‘Fleet operations tico-military aspects of insurgencies fill a six-by-eight-foot room from floor often involve other branches of the to the foreign application of modern to ceiling. The words involved would Armed Forces, there are representa- naval warfare. fill six standard dictionaries in the tives of. the Army, Air Force and The Communications Division, same 24-hour period. Marine Corps assigned to the Plans with a commander in charge, pro- Next comes the Logistics Division. Division in a liaison capacity: vides Admiral Hyland with instan- Its boss is a captain, who coordinates The Intelligence Division provides taneous communications to and from the logistic planning for support FIRE POWER-Flagship USS Oklahoma City tests herTalos missile system. of the approximately 170 ships and 70,000 men of Seventh Fleet. Working with personnel andad- ministrative needs and problems generated by some 70,000 men is the job of the Administrative Division, headed by a lieutenant commander. He and his staff plan, coordinate and supervise the activities of the fleet which include personnel, legal, medi- cal and dental matters, welfare, rec- reation, medals and awards. Ad- ministration provides valuable sup- port to the needs of 70,000 men. Together with other staffofficers and enlisted men, these division heads, through the Chief of Staff, provide COMSEVENTHFLT with the support he requires to administer the daily activities of the world’s largest fleet. Dayafter day, the officers and men who serve on staff duty conduct their myriad responsibilities with skill and precision. This is what puts the Seventh Fleet on the front line of defense in the Western Pacific.

34 ALL HANDS

Suppose You Were CNO for Sixty Minutes

Bachelor Navymen something along these lines, if he them put to use the practical know- As training PO for my department, goes ashore. ledge gained in boot training, and it is part of my job to act as career He is doing the same jobas the continue their basic training in sea- counselor and interviewer. I believe married man; therefore he should manship at sea. Then they can go on I can present Navy life in a favorable have the same comforts. Also, it is to specialized training at a shore manner to the potential reenlistee, very demoralizing for the PO1 or school. but it is my opinion that there is an PO2 who is single to have fewer C. E. Giere, Jr., LT, USN inequity in the case of single men. benefits and less take-home pay than CO, USS Marysville(EPCER 857) At the shore station where I am, the married menwho work under him. But Don’t They Always? the enlisted married men are more or If I were CNO for 60 minutes I less making the same amount of R. E. H., TMl, USN New London,Conn. would try to eliminate the minor money as their civilian counterparts. gripes of the Navyman by having the Such is not the case with the single Sea Dutyafter Boot Camp leading chiefs of ships and stations Navyman. For example, a single man I strongly concur with Lieutenant hold meetings with these menby is not allowed to draw ComRats un- Pfister in his statement in the August rate. Have them air these views and less he is an E7. issue that sending new recruits to take action on their views. This The argument is always brought rather bland shore billets before would get ideas out in the open and up that a single man does not have school or their initial sea tour is not make the enlisted man feel that some- topay rent or buy groceries. This the way to start them off. thing is ,done. does not mean that the single man If an opportunity exists to ac- I would also take advantage of would not prefer to liveon the quainta sailorwl,h ships and the the draft, and I would use these men beach, even though he prefers to re- sea, then that opportunity should who are draftedinto the Navyin main single. be sought out and used. Midshipmen non-technical billets, such as mess- It is my opinion that a single man cruises are short, but in two months cooking,first lieutenant and deck on shore duty (especially in higher at sea a midshipman can put to use force divisions aboard ship. This pay grades) should be. allowed to what he has learned in a year at would leave the enlistee, who has choose between living ashore oron school. Could not a recruit do the usually gone to a Navy school, avail- the base, and he should be allowed same in four orfive ponths at sea able for the skilled job he enlisted to draw ComRats and BAQ,or after completing boof camp? Let for. G. W. McPike,ADRP, USN Utility Squadron Eight.

Reduce Shore Duty Billets After a relatively short time on my present tour of sea duty I feel that the U. S. Navy should keep ships staffed to full allowance. I suggest this be done by cutting down on the number of shore billets or reducing the number of active ships. On the surface it apears that shore stations could perform missions with less personnel. I would assume that, in the past, to improve retention, the Navy created billets ashore to in- crease the opportunities of shore ro- tation. The Navy’s intention was laudable, but it hasn’t met expecta- tions. The Navy felt that, given more shore duty, a sailor would ship over. There is, of course, no magic answer to the question of shipping over. Navy life is basically a life at sea. Therefore, we should make life at sea as appealing as possible. Sea duty isn’t bad; what is bad is that the job never gets done. This is because of to go in port. A place of their own the shortage of personnel afloat. It is choice away from the constant activ- hardto keep up with the daily ity of a naval command. routine; it is impossible to get ahead. Bachelors are expected to endure Navymen wantto work. They all manner of inconvenience under want to do the job .right. They want the old adage, “On board-On Duty.” to have training programs andac- I suggest thatthe Navy insure complish projects which, when given bachelor personnel, officers anden- the time, may prove beneficial to the listed, betterthan second-rate lives. Navy. And most of us in the sea serv- John W. Blatt, LT, USN ice reallylike our fair share of sea USS Skate (SSN 578) duty. Sea Duty for Academy Grads Richard A. Ruth, IV, LCDR, USN USS Cambria (APA 36) In the July “Four-Star Forum,” the suggestion was made that special- less,but Better, Paperwork ists and staffofficers acquire some If, through some great miracle line time. As a staff officer, I strongly (possibly made even moreunlikely concur with this view and would go by this letter), I wereappointed a step further by attempting to start CNO for an hour, I would be too as many officers as possible with 1100 excited to accomplish anything. But, closely the actual items requisitioned designators. I can’t pass up this opportunity to ex- on high priorities. Priority 01 cannot Specifically, I think that, upon press my views. be justifiedfor such items as tran- graduation, all USNA officers should I am a line lieutenant filling the sistorradios, ship’s letterhead and go to sea. Argumentswhich are billet of supply officer on a sub- rubberstamps regardless of sched- usually raised against this scheme are marine. I recognize that the tre- uled deployment dates or the mission based on the need to begin special- mendous problem of supporting our of the unit involved. ized training early, and the assump- ships and stations isextremely well One further thought- the structure tion that we can’tlive with a tem- managed and well organized, as evi- of fringe benefitsgives the married porary delay in the input to yarious denced by the outstanding reputation Navyman an advantage overhis specialties. A third argument’issome- of our afloat units. However, the fol- bachelor shipmates. Married men are timesraised that those officers with lowing problems do bother me. provided by the Navy with a place visual defects may not qualify for Each new supplydepartment re- quirement increases the workload on An Invitation from Topside theoperating forces.More records. Do you have a pet project yorr wantto get oif thc grorrnd? Do More reports. More time-consuming !/or1 have the solrrtion to a problemthat has bcol llothcring yorr? The requirements. Navy is interested in hearing about it. I suggest that we fully investigate Now is your chance. The invitation comcs directly from thc Sccrctar!y the necessityfor increasing the of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations. Thc ideas of enlisted and amount of work required by the ship- officer personnel alike are solicited tcith the (rim of itn/)roving c$icicwcy, boardsupply team. Make every organization, operations, morale and esprit cle corps. effortto putthe added paperwork What would happen, for instance, if throrrgh somc small miraclc, yorr ashore. I seriously doubt that mu:h were sttddenly appointed CNO for an hour? What tcorrlrl you do? What of it would seem so necessary if those steps worrlrl yo11 take to make the Navy more cifectivc? What policies who requireit had to maintain it. wodd you initiate? What problems do yo11 tllink are the most pressing? The new workloadis too great for How would you, as a four-star admiral, solve thon? one storekeeper and a part-time sup- With the blessings of the Chief of Naval Personncl, CNO urdSecNao, ply officer. ALL HANDSis making available a portion of its s/)ace to a tliscrrssion of Requisition processingtimes, re- the problems-big and little-of the Navy today. Whatarc they, and tchat ceipt of status, and resultant material w011ld yorr do about them if yorr had the arrthority to act? arrival on board my ship have not The rrlles are sitnple: Oficers and enlisted, men and women, arc in- been in accordance with stated pro- vited to contribrrte. Your srrggestions need not be scnt tltrorcgl~the chain cedures on priority time frames. of comnulnd; they may be forwarded directly to ALL HANDS Afagazine, The supply systemis overwhelmed Room 1809 Navy Annex, Burearr of Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C. with so many high priority requests 20370. The best letters will be prrblished and forwarded to the cognixmt that the control points and supply activity in the Naval Estaldishtnent for consideration and action. Sorry tcc centerscannot process routine re- cannot reply directly to yorw letters. (If yorr prefer that yo11 be idcntifcd quirements within thestated time. by initials only, please so indicate.) Therefore, we are forced to use This is a golden opportrrnity to provide a forrrm for yortr ideas. higher priorities than normally justi- The prize is substantial-the knotdcdge that you haoc made a contri- fied to ensure material receipt within bution to the betterment of the Navy. a reasonable time. Here is another installment. Kecp your idcm coming. I suggest that wemonitor more

nor. At the time, Vallejo was Deputy to the Territorial Congress. Later he was elected as a state senator to the first Legislature. With Valleio launched, the Polaris submarine count comes to 30 com- missioned, eight launched but not commissioned, and three in various stages of construction. The guided missile frigate Biddle (DLG34) was launched at Bath, Maine. The 7900-ton frigate is the fourth ship to be named in honor of Cap- tain Nicholas Biddle ( 1750-1778), a hero in the Continental Navy dur- ing the American Revolutionary War. The first two Biddles, torpedo boat 56 and destroyer 151, have been stricken from Navy records. The third ship to be named Biddle, a guided missile destroyer, was desig- nated the mixed-manned demonstra- tion ship for the NATO Multilateral Force concept. Her name was later changed to Claude V. Ricketts as a tribup to Admiral Ricketts’ efforts in behalf of this concept. Biddle is a Belknap-class frigate with a length of 547 feet and a beam of nearly 55 feet.When completed she will carry a dual Terrier-Asroc missile launcher, 3-inchl50and 5 inch/54 caliber guns, torpedo tubes and the Drone Antisubmarine Heli- copter (Dash). The OCallahan (DE 1051) was launched at Bay City, Mich. The ship was named for Captain Joseph T. O’Callahan, the only NavP chaplain to be awarded the . He received the award for his TODAY'S NAVY rine Division 122 award for excel- seen quite a lot of history. She was lence in fire control and torpedo fir- originally commissioned back in ing two consecutive years in 1963 October 1942, and it wasn't long be- and 1964. fore she was in combat in the Pacific. No birthday reminiscences are She earned 11 battle stars for her complete without some statistics, so World War I1 campaigns, which in- compare this one to the records of cluded , , other young ladies in the Silent Serv- Bougainville and Lingayen Gulf. ice: In 1950, after more than four years During SeaPoacher's career she of retirement, she came back on has averaged almost one dive every active duty with Escort Destroyer 30 hours, having completed dive Squadron 21and operated off the number 5901 two days before her coast of Korea from June to Novem- 21st birthday: ber 1951. Any congratulatory messages on Ten years later, Conway was one this outstanding mark-should other of the ships in the ProjectMercury subs care to communicate-will space shots. She stood by to assist eventually catch up with Sea in the recovery of astronaut Major Poacher, although she is still a very Gus Grissomin case the helicopter busy girl. WEDDING MARCH-LTJG H.Ford failed. and his bride cross quarterdeck of While on an ASW training cruise DD Rescues Helo Crew USS Guadalcanalafter wedding. in the in October 1962, It was to be a routine day at sea Conway found herself as one of the in antisubmarine warfare training rafts bobbing in the water (the heli- ships in the Cuban quarantine. Like for the destroyer uss Sarsfield (DD copter had disappeared by this the other ships, she maintained sur- 837). But the day didn't quite wind time), Within seven minutes, the veillance on merchant shipping to up that way. helo crew was aboard the boat. And the Caribbean waters, and intercept- After conducting part of the exer- 12 minutes after the pilot had given ed vessels which looked suspicious. cise with the submarine uss Thread- the Mayday, the four helo crew- Primarily an antisubmarine war- fin (SS 410),the destroyer was members were aboard the destroyer. fare ship, Contcay is equipped with joined by two helicopters to prac- Once aboard the destroyer, the rocket launcher, mounts, tice coordinated ASW exercises. helo crew was found tobe in good torpedoes anddepth charges. In Sarsfield's air controller wasposi- shape. They were returned to their addition shehas 5-inch/28 and 3- tioning one of the helos near the sub- squadron a few hours later. inch/50 caliber guns for antiaircraft merged Threadfin, when it was defense. andfor surface-to-surface noticed that the chopper was settling Conway Carries On and shore bombardment. toward the water. At the same time, No matter how youlook at it, a Although 70 percent of her crew is the pilot gave a Mayday, andthe 23-year-old ship is up in years. But yotmger than she is, Contcay keeps destroyer changed course for the you may have a difficult time proving up with the best. At present, she is scene. that such a ship is no longer useful. part of Task Group Alfa, an antisub- A few minutes later, Sarsfield's For instance, take the destroyer marine warfare group which de- rescue crew was in a motor whale- uss Conway (DD 507). During her velops antisubmarine techniques and boat and headed for the four life years of active service, Contcay has equipment. Conway is the second ship to bear that name. The first was a four-stack DD built in 1918.

Medals for Midway Having been where the action is since April, the men of uss Midway (CVA 41) have had ample oppor- tunity to cover themselves with glory which was later reflected in medals and other decorations. In ceremonies aboard the carrier at sea, Midway's aviators received five Distinguished Flying Crosses, one Bronze Star Medal, 271 Air Medals, 11 Commendation Medals; INSPIRATION FOR A POWERHOUSE-Wives of four top Defense Five Secretary of the Navy Com- officials are seen together inone photo. They are (1-r): Mrs. Robert S. mendation for Achievement Ribbons LMcNamara, wife of Secretary of Defense;Mrs. Paul H. Nitze, wife of and one . Secretary of Navy; Mrs. Horacio Rivero,wife of Vice Chief of Naval The pilots, flight officers and crew- Operations; and Mrs. David L. McDonald, wife of Chief of Naval Opera- menfrom the eight squadrons and tions. Occasion was a benefit for Navy-Marine Residence Foundation, of detachments of Attack Carrier Air which RADM John Crumpacker, USN (Ret), is Administrative Director. Wing Two also received medals for

42 ALL HANDS meritorious achievement in aerial combat while conducting air strikes against communist military targets in North Vietnam and Viet Cong strongholds in South Vietnam.

All-Navy Talent Contest T WENTY-ONE Navymen, two Waves, two Marines and over 3000 spec- tatorsgathered at NAS Patuxent River,Md., for the1965 All-Navy Talent Contest. . It was the firstAll-Navy level ,eventheld in seven years, but the winner was the same asin the last co’ntest-ENS Richard L.. McMeekin. (The uniform was different, how- ever.) He played piano and imper- sonated such famous performers as A1 Jolson, Dean Martin and a popu- lar singing group. (When he last won the contest in 1958, he was a yeoman first class.) McMeekin, who represented the STAR-Diana K. Albro, YN3, isfirst Sixth ,Naval District, is stationed Wave to re-up under STAR at Schools aboard uss Yellmostone (AD 27). Command, Treasure Island,Calif. Second placein the contest was awarded to Louis Garcia, SN, of U. S. the combination of launches and Naval Station, San JLKUI,Puerto Rico. landings of her embarked aircraft Garcia sang a medley of Broadway had passed the 10,000 mark for this show tunes. cruise. Harold B. Dial, RM1, placed third. About that same time, Coral Sea Dial, representing the 14th Naval completed her100th underway re- District, sang “My Funny Valentine” plenishment in eight months. Lest and “Goodbye, Charlie.” anyone miss the significance, that 4 A unanimous honorable mention n-reans v~ucl~osea time, partner. wentto Valentin S. Sapo, TN, of $ On the occasion, uss Vega (AF U. S. Naval Station, Annapolis, Md. 59) edged alongside the carrier in He played electric guitar renditions the South China Sea. After the first of “Theme from Exodus” nnd “Lady shot lines found their mark, a can- of Spain.” vas with large numerals “100” was Other acts included a pantomime, stretched between the two ships, and interpretive dancer, comedians, vo- a plaque commemorating the accom- calists and a juggler. plishment was presented to Vega. Participants in the contest were winners and runners-up in district Football, LantFltStyle events. The districts hold yearly COMPHIBLANT’S touch football contests to encourage and develop team unleashed a powerful attack the talents of Navy personnel, re- in both offense and defense against gardless of professional or amateur COMNAVAIRLANT, and won the standing. Atlantic Fleet Touch Football Judges for the contest were Frank Championship, by a score of 47-7. J. Scimonelli, MUCM, soloist with Quarterback LTJG BobGormley the U. S. Navy Band, Washington, led his team to a 14-0 first quarter, D. C.; Mrs.Eloise Spencer, of the then pushed them downfield for two Catholic University dramadepart- more touchdowns in the second. ment; and James Ueberhorst, director COMNAYAIRLANT, outplayed con- of the American Light Opera Com- sistently through the game, scored pany, of Washington, D. C. their only touchdown in the second quarter, after n pass interference call against the ’Gators on the PhibLant Unrep Centurion 15-yard line. The recent WestPac Cruise of The firsthalf ended with COM- uss CoralSea (CVA 43) has been PHIBLANT leading, 27-7. something of a record breaker, the In the penalty-filled second half, carriermen report. Gormley scored ona 10-yard run At last report before her return, in the third quarter and passed for

JANUARY 1966 Brief news items obout other branchesof theormed services. rescue and recovery operations in hostile areas, ARS air- craft are protected by U. S. Air Force, Navy and Marine fighters. At the present time, thereare about 300 menin Southeast Asia rescue units. They are from U. S. base detachments and serve on a120-day temporary duty basis. Since August 1964, rescue forces in Southeast Asia have flown more than 6700 missions, totaling more than 12,000 hours. *** SEISMOLOGISTSare analyzing the results of a recent U. S. underground nuclear test, to learn more about detecting nuclear explosions. The experiment-dubbed Project Long Shot-was con- ducted by the Department of Defense at Amchitka Is- land, , near thg western end of the Aleutian Chain. OV2-1 SATELLITE launched by Air Force is designed to * This location was chosen because of its geology and its position in the seismically active areas which ex- explore solar flares and earth’s radiation belts in space. tend from the Aleutian Islands to . Thedeep underground explosion provided data on THE u. s. AIR FORCE Air Rescue Service (MATS) has amply proved its worth during its first 19 years by both thenature of seismic signals from underground rescuing 12,233 people and saving 88 aircraft, As if nuclear tests and their long-distance travel times. The this weren’t enough, it has also aided an additional experiment was aimed at helping scientists learn to dis- 54,000 people and nearly 60,000 aircraft. criminate between earthquakes and man-made seismic The Air Rescue Service is organized for world-wide disturbances. Such a capability has been a major goal ,’ search, rescue and recovery missions. It has apre- of the U. S. for some time. cautionary or escort service which flies missions (usually Information on the experiment was provided to world- over the ocean) tobe on the scene in case serious wide seismological stations, including an alert previous trouble develops in other aircraft. to the blast. All available information will be collated It also has an emergency service using pararescuemen to aid in the analysis. who work from both fixed and rotary wing aircraft, as well as a program for retrieving spacehardware; as- *** sisting astronauts and recovering personnel from hostile LANCEWILL GO anywhere-can even be parachuted areas . to acombat zone-which makes it a highly mobile missile In combat rescue operations in Southeast Asia, ARS system for the field Army. forces recovered 39 combat aircrews in the year ending In recent tests at the Yuma, Ariz., proving grounds, last August. Fifteen of the rescues were made in the the 10-ton system-which comes complete with its own open sea while 23 were made under enemy fire. During self-propelled, tracked vehicle-was dropped from a

TECHNICIANS CHECK interior of supersonic windtunnel at develcrpmentcenter in Tennessee. Circuit is lined with stainless steelpanels, simulates flightsup to Mach 4 (2800 mph). Rt: Scavenging scoop for propulsiontunnel.

44 AIL HANDS transport plane. A cluster of six cargo parachutes carried it down to a soft landing. Minutes after it hit the designated drop area, Army troops were upon it. They unrigged the parachutes and deployed on a simulated tactical situation. This marked the first time a ballistic missile system had been dropped in this manner. But it won't be the last-Lance is being developed with just such mobility in mind. It is an artillery missile, which can fire nuclear or conventional warheads. Unlike most of today's mobile missiles, it uses prepackaged storable liquid propellants. Lance has been undergoing development flight testing since March 1965. L *** A RESERVATION AGENCY to handle air transportation reservations for all military services has been approved by the Department of Defense. The worldwide agency is operated by the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and began operation in LIGHTWEIGHT"XM656 truck istwo tons lighter than November for passengers traveling, from CONUS to present Army five-ton truck, canbe transported by air. overseas points. Passengers inbound to CONUS were to be brought into the central reservation system at a furnish detailed ground conditions, such as haze, rela- later date. tive humidity and temperature. This information will be Passenger reservation centers for traffic leaving used to interpret how well it performed. CONUS have been set up at McGuire Air Force Base, N. J., andat Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Centers *** spotted at key bases in and the pacific area will A LARGE APERTURE SEISMIC ARRAY (LASA)in Bill- handle inbound and intra-theater reservations. ings, Mont., has been designed to study the difference Overseas bases under consideration as reservation between underground nuclear explosion and earth- centers are Rhein-Main Air Base, ; Hickam quakes. AFB, Hawaii; Clark Air Base, ; and Tachi- Through detecting, locating and identifying seismic kawa Air Base, Japan. disturbances, this facility should boost our capability in The separate passenger reservation systems which earthquake identification. Thus, the number of remain- have been used in the past for making military air ing seismic events could be nuclear detonations. This reservations will be eliminated when both inbound and may also help reduce on-site inspection requirements in outbound reservation systems are in operation. the verifying of a comprehensive test ban. The new system is expected to make fuller official The installation itself spans a distance of 150 miles. use of available aircraft, thereby reducing space avail- Clusters of 25 seismometers are placed 200 feet under- able travel. Otherwise, most. servicemen probably will ground and send data toa central analysis centerin notice little change in air travel procedures. Billings. There are 21 such clusters, each four and one- Home stations will continue to request reservations, half miles in diameter. issue orders, arrange domestic travel tothe terminal The data will be made available to all countries. and provide other services such as base clearance, pass- ports and hold baggage shipment. Terminals-both TV TRAINING-Television camera shows giant relief map MATS and commercial-will accept and process passen- to radar intelligence traineesat Nellis AFB, Nevada. gers as usual. *** THEREIS A NEW electronic shooting gallery at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It is not, however, designed for entertainment. This new test range provides all the military services with what is perhaps one of the most versatile test grounds for airborne reconnaissance. It is capable of telling just how well the photographic, electro-optical, infrared andradar detection instruments aboard the reconnaissance aircraft are performing. Generally speaking, here's how the test range will work: A plane will fly over at an altitude between 2000 and 10,000 feet asif on a reconnaissance mission. It will test all its special detection instruments against the equipment on the ground. Since the latter will be con- trolled, the reconnaissance plane will have a good idea just how well its equipment is working. The new field also contains other instruments which

JANUARY 1966 45 ogy; pathology; radiology; and gen- eral medicine. THE WORD Supply Corps-Lieutenant and lieutenant commander. Frank,Authentic Career Information ChaplainCorps-Lieutenant Of Special Interest-Straightfrom Headquarters commander and below. Civil Engineer Corps-Com- mander and below. NEW RATING-A new genekal however-Restricted Line, Medical Unrestricted Line-Lieutenant rating, Aviation Support Equipment Service Corps and Nurse Corps-re- and below. Technician (AS), is being added to main unchanged. Restricted Line-Lieutenant and the enlisted ratingstructure. AS a BuPers has sent a message to Re- below. part of this change,three service serve commands explaining the new Medical Service Corps-Lieu- ratings are to be established at the policy. The revised regulations: tenant and below. E-4 and E-5 level: Electrical (ASE), Ease the eligibility require- Nurse Corps-Lieutenant com- Mechanical ( ASM) and Hydraulics ments for Supply Corps, Chaplain mander and below. and Structures (ASH). Corps and Unrestricted Line officers Restricted Line and Medical Serv- Advancement in this rating extends who wish tobe recalled to active ice Corps officers-still bound by pre- tQ E-9. The normal advancement duty; viousregulations-must have a date path to commissioned status leads to List specific specialties inthe of rank such that they will be able Warrant Aviation Maintenance Tech- Medical Corps which are particularlj, to complete at least two years of nician, or theLDO category of needed; and active duty before being considered Aviation Maintenance. Reduce the mlnimum recall for selection to lieutenant command- For some time now, it has been period from two years to one. er. felt that there was a need for spe- In addition, the message repeats Nurse Corps officers must be of cialized training in the maintenance a call for more Civil Engineer Corps such age that they can complete 20 of aviation supportequipment (jet volunteers. years total active service before engine starters, tractors, cranes and The procedure for volunteering is reaching age 55. mobile power units.) Previously, this to apply directly to BuPers (Pers- When applying, use Applicaion equipment was maintained by ADS, B151), with a copy to the command for Recall ,to Extended Active Duty, AEs, AMs, EMS, ENS and MMs. holding your record. Indicate the NavPers 2929, if forms are avail- The details, which have yet to be minimum and maximum period on able. All provisions of BuPers Inst. fully worked out, will be promul- active duty acceptable if you should 1141.1B (Voluntary Recall) which gated by instruction as soon as pos- be recalled. (The minimum time are in conflict with the above in- sible. cannot be less than one year.) formation are temporarily held in 'Applications will be considered abeyance. VOLUNTARYRECALL-Is there and approved on an individual basis. a doctor in the house? The Navy is Not eligible are retired officers and EXAMSCHEDULE-Here is the calling. officers subject to mandatory attrition schedule for the Navy-wide advance- It isalso calling for more chap- in fiscal year 1966. ment in rating examinations to be lains, civil engineers, unrestricted The following Reserve officers are held in February: line officers and Supply Corps offi- eligible to apply: Pay grade E-4 (P03), Tuesday, 1 cers. Medical Corps-Lieutenant Feb 1966. Due to increashg demands placed and above in the follow- Pay grade E-5 (P02), Thursday, on the Navy in Southeast Asia, Naval ing specialties: surgery; orthopedic 3 Feb 1966. Reserve officers-especially those in surgery. Pay gradeE-6 (Pol),Tuesday, the above categories-are urgedto Lieutenants and above in the fol- 8 Feb 1966. volunteer for recall duty. lowing specialties: anesthesiology; Pay grade E-7 (CPO), Thursday, In critically short officer categories, internal medicine; ophthalmology; 10 Feb 1966. regulations concerning voluntary re- phychiatry; preventive medicine, There have been some changes call have been liberalized. Eligibility neurosurgery; plastic surgery; oto- made to the procedure outlined in requirements threein categories, laryngology; thoracic surgery, urol- BuPers Ihst. P1430.7D concerning advancement inrating of enlisted 2.00 creditin the awards multiple. Navymen and civilian employees of personnel on active duty. The joint Service Commendation the Navy but apparently 10 per cent changes cover the following points. Medal: Rates 3.00 points inthe didn’t get the word or, having got it, Performance Marks: The aver- awards multiple. ignored it. age of the enlisted performance eval- When examinations containing It has come to the attention of the uation marks should be computed classified information are requested Secretary of the Navy that some according to Part V, page 75 of Bu- for Navymen on leave or in transit, active duty Navymen have been Pers Inst 1430.7D, but do not con- the request must contain a certifica- using their military titles in con- vert the performance mark. The re- tion that those to whom the exam nection with after-hours employ- sult should be entered in block eight. will be administered possess the re- ment which involves business solici- Series Number:Write “39” in quired security clearance. tation. Such conduct is explicitly pro- the upper left hand of the NavPers Complete information concerning 624card with grease pencil or a hibited by Paragraph IXAof DOD advancement inrating of enlisted Directive 5500.7 of 17 May 1963 stamp-anything that makes a dark personnel on active duty may be impression. which states in part, “All civilian per- found in BuPers Notice 1418 of 23 sonnel and military personnel on 0 Errors in NavPers 624 cards: Oct 1965. Submit corrections to the Command- active duty are prohibited from using ing Officer of the U. S. Naval Ex- their civilian or military titles or ILLINOISSTATE BONUS-Serv- positions in connection with any amining Center on a regular NavPers iceman and veterans with Vietnam commercial enterprise or in endorsing 624 card. All you have to do is fill in service who are residents of Illinois any commercial product.” the io-digit activity code, the man’s are eligible for a recently-announced name, service number,present rate state bonus of $100 if they meet BEWARE THE BEAN-Navymen visiting the Caribbean area and parts and the corfected information. Then three conditions. mark the cardin big red letters of Africa are cautioned against buy- SERIES 39 CHANGE. To be eligible, first you must have ing souvenirs made of (or ornament- Corrections, except in performance been a resident of the state for one ed with) the deadly jequirity bean. mark, may be submitted any time. year prior toentering the military. Jequirity beans are ,shiny, hard- 0 Service School Graduates and Next, you must have served in the shelled and either solid black or Enrollees: Graduates or current en- Armed Forces on or after 1 Jan 1961. black with red markings. They are rollees who expect to graduate from Third, you must have received about the size of Navy beans, but a a Class A, B or C School in the rating either the Vietnam Service Medal or bitplumper. When swallowed or for which they are being examined the Armed Forces Expeditionary broughtinto contact with an open should be certain their schooling is Medal (Vietnam area). wound-or even a scratch-they can shown in block seven of NavPers If an eligible member is killed in be fatal, particularly if the seeds are 624. action or dies as a result of Vietnam broken. 0 Temporary Active Duty Person- service, his next of kinwill receive Young children are exceptionally nel: Those on duty for 150 days or $1000 from the state of Illinois in- vulnerable. lessmay not take the examination. stead of $100. The Bureau of Customs recently They follow the same procedures as discovered jequirity beans were be- Further information and applica- ing bough: by tourists to the Carib- those outlined for inactive duty tion forms are available from the Navymen. beanarea. The beans had been Illinois Veterans Commission, 221 pierced and strung as beads for neck- AC Rating: Before taking the W.Jefferson St., Springfield, 111. exam, air controlmen must have FAA laces and rosaries, used for eyes on dolls and toy animals and in the Form ACA878A or ACA 1710 and COMMERCIALSOLICITATION- a Class I1 Medical Certificate. This manufacture of purses and table There are several directives which doilies. does not necessarily apply to over- clearly prescribe properconduct of seas stations or naval vessels where Customs officials have warned commanding officersmay request travelers returningto the United waivers of these forms if examination All-NavyCartoon Contest States. Many articles containing the facilities are not available. William R. Maul, CTC, USN bean wereabandoned by tourists 0 Waves: May not be advanced after they were advised of the to or within the IM, OM, LI or CT hazard. ratings. This is not the first time the Some Navymen are entitled to ad- bean has been in the news. In 1962 ditional multiple credits and the fol- it was discovered by the Food and lowing factors may be included in Drug Admifiistration that they were multiple credit computations begin- beingbrought intothe country as ning with the February 1966 exami- decoration on “voodoo swizzle sticks” nation cycle: from Haiti. I 0 Fleet Reservists Recalled to Many of the articles are bought by Active Duty: May credit time in rate tourists visiting Jamaica, Antigua, (TIR) served in theirpresent rate ’ and nearby Caribbean islands. Some before transfer to the Fleet Reserve necklaces imported from Northern in their TIR multiple computation. Rhodesia and retailed through U. S. 0 Good Conduct Award Earned ”How do you spell HELLLLP! with three 1’s novelty stories have been identified in Other Military Services: Rates a or four . . .? as made of the jequirity bean.

JANUARY I966 47 T HE NAVY’S SEAVEY/SHORVEY rotagon system is under- improvements for the sea-to-shore time ratio in many going a major revision, which is aimed at improving ratings-particularly those in the engineering and hull the ratio of sea time to shore time for men in many category. ratings. Overseas Shore Duty-This duty, too, has always The changes (announced in BuPers Notice 1306, of 2 counted as sea duty for rotation purposes. But there are Dec 1965,) primarily serve to narrow the types of duty several overseas areas which provide individuals with which qualify as sea duty for rotation purposes, while a three- or four-year accompanied tour ashore. Particu- redesignating many choice assignments both in CONUS larly desirable are the shore-based activities in the and overseas as “shore duty,” thoughthey have pre- Hawaiian area and those .in certain foreign countries viously been labelea sea duty billets. where adequate family accommodations are available. In effect, BuPers intends to call sea dujsea duty;and The Bureau felt that a large volume of requests for shore duty shore duty, provided a location ashore meets one-year extensions from personnel serving in certain certain standards to allow for accompanied tours. overseas locations was indicative of the desirabib Q€. Also new is the introduction of “neutral time” billets. this duty. Consequently, it was decided that such duty Theseare billets heretofore known as “preferred sea would satisky the Seavey shore duty preferences of many duty,” but they will no longer count toward sea time for individuals. This has the effect of opening more oppor- rotation purposes. tunities for slow-rotating ratings. Virtually everyone whose rotation is controlled under This also precludes many individuals’ chances of the Seavey/Shorvey systemwill eventually feel some transferring from CONUS to overseas shore duty and effects from the revisionsnow in force. The changes back to CONUS, thus giving more people an oppor- were inevitable, considering the fact th.at sea .duty billets tunity for certain billets. are on the increase in an expanding Nae;:,while at the Increased “G Billets-Redesignation of certain same time many CONUS shore billets have not cor- overseas shore billets-while providing for more equi- respondingly increased. table rotation-does ngt create additional Navy billets. The benefits of the new system are many and varied. Further improvement of sea to shore rotation of enlisted Family separation is an accepted fact of life in the Navy, men with poor shore duty opportunities will be attempt- but the Bureau is constantly concerned that separations ed by establishing additional “G billets ashore includ- be no longer than necessary-that every measure pos- ing the preferred overseas areas. sible be taken to avert prolonged absences of Navymen A “Gbillet, which includes such duty as brig guard, from their normal family life. An important change dispatcher, driver and police petty officer,is one of a along this line is the lessening of restrictions on the num- general administrative nature in a shore activity that ber of dependents a Navyman can have with him over- does not require the skills of a particular rating. Com- seas. manding officers of all shore activities have been urged Improvements in the rotation system over the past 10 to review theirpresent command structure and to years have been aimed at affording Navymen their fair recommend, where appropriate, redesignation of se- share of what each one considers desirable duty. While the actual bookkeeping (personnel accounting The revised Seavey/ Shorvey program will include the and control) has improved immensely, it has not been following types of duty: possible to resolve many unsatisfactory sea to shore Type 1-Shore duty. (Includes CONUS shore time ratios which historically exist for personnel serving duty, Fleet shore duty and certain Fleet in certain ratings. Recent studies revealed that about activities considered shore duty for rota- one-half of the rates in the Navy do not afford at least tion.) a four-years-at-sea to two-years-ashore ratio. Type 2-Arduous sea duty. In reviewing the situation, many factors were con- Type 3-Overseas shore duty (Less preferred sidered, such as: overseas shore duty). (,Sea duty for Sea- Preferred Sea Duty Billets-TheNaQy has some vey rotation), ships, squadrons and .staffs homeported in the U.,S. Type 4-Toured (non-rotated) arduous sea duty. which normally ,redain in .the assigned home port, or (Sea duty for Seavey rotation). operate locally for-(onlybrief periods. Fdr those activities, liberal liberty hours permit assigned personnel to enjoy a Type 5-Preferred sea duty. (Neutral time for reasonable family or community life thgt is nearly com- Seavey rotation). parable to that enjoyed on shore duty. Type 6-Preferred overseas shore duty.(Shore Because duty in these billets has counted as sea time duty for Seavey rotation). for rotation purposes, it has been possible for many men Preferred Overseas Shore Duty (Shore Duty for Rotation) to satisfy their required sea time in a preferred sea duty Effective 1 Jan 1966, activities listed in Table I were billet, then betransferred to normal shore duty. changed from overseas shore dutyto preferred over- By classifying duty in preferred sea activities as neu- seas shore duty (shore duty for rotation). tral time for rotation, and assigning two-year tours in Personnel reporting on or after 1 Jan1966 will be these billets, the Bureau expects to achieve substantial assigned a shore tour completion date in accordance with

48 ALL HANDS current Navy Manpower Information System instruc- Distribution and Verification Report (BuPers Report tions and paragraph 7.4 of the Enlisted Transfer Man- 1080-14). Also, a special Vey code will be developed ual. Upon completion of tour, these personnel will be and indicated in column “.W” of the above report. reassigned to activities considered sea duty for Seavey Personnel who, prior to Jan 1966, were assigned to rotation in accordance with normal Shorvey procedures. thepreferred overseas shore activities other than through With this redesignation, it is recognized personnel cur- Seavey procedures and who do not meet the Seavey rently assigned to overseas shore activities may have A-66 eligibility, will be reassigned through the overseas volunteered for such duty, assuming that they would survey procedures, upon completion of tour. Assign- earn sea duty credit toward Seavey rotation ashore in ments will be to activities considered sea duty for Seavey CONUS. Therefore, the following special procedures rotation and they will, resume accumulating sea duty will apply: credit. The original sea duty commencement date Personnel on duty in the redesignated preferred (SDCD) will be adjusted (subtracting all neutral time) overseas shore activities on 31 Dec 1965 will be placed for Seavey rotation. The adjusted SDCD will be re- in neutral time status. Sea duty credit earned for Seavey ported by journal entry to PAM1 by the appropriate rotation before 1 Jan 1966 is retained under prior des. EPDOand willalso be indicatedin the transfer di- Extension requests from personnel in neutral time status rective. normally will not be approved. Tourlengths (Preferred Overseas Shore Duty) Personnel who were assigned to the preferred over- Tour lengths will be for 36 months, or 24 months from seas shore activities through Seavey procedures prior to the date of arrival of dependents in the area, whichever 31 December 1965, and those who meet the sea duty is greater, up to 48 months. cut-off dates of Seavey A-66, will be considered for Sea- Personnel assigned to preferred overseas activities vey assignment to shore duty upon ,completion of tour through the Seavey program may anticipate receiving in accordance with paragraph 3.32 of the Enlisted Trans- favorable consideration on requests for extension of pre- fer Manual. These personnel may be identified by their ferred overseas tours, service requirements permitting, sea duty commencement date in the activity Enlisted and provided they are recommended by their command-

Table I Overseas Activities toBe Considered Shore Duty for Rotation of EnlistedPersonnel HAWAII United StatesArmed Forces Institute NavalStation, Pearl Harbor District Intelligence Ofice,Pearl Harbor Navy Supply Center, PearlHarbor Tmk Unit 8.3.9 Regional FinanceCenter, PearlHarbor Military Sea Transportation Service Ofice, Medical AdministrationUnit, Tripler Army Hospital Commissary Store, PearlHarbor Commander in Chief, Pacific Airborne Command Branch Commissary Store, NAS Barbers Point Commander in Chief, Pacific Degaussing Station,Pearl Harbor Naval Manpower Validation ShoreSurvey Team, 14thNaval District Dental Clinic, PearlHarbor Naval Researchand Development Satellite Commission Reserve Training Center, 14thNaval District AuxiliaryRepoir Dock 30 (PearlHarbor) ReserveSupplement Headquarters, 14thNaval District CommanderService Force, U. 5. Pacific Fleet Training DeviceCenter Regional Ofice,HarborPearl Commander Construction Battalions, Pocific Navy Exchange, Naval Station, Pearl Harbor Mobile Technical Unit ONE Location Navy Exchange NavalRadio Station, Lualualei Security Group Detachment,Commander in Chief, U. 5. Pacific Fleet Branch Navy Exchange, Naval Communication Station,Wahiawa U. S. Intelligence SupportGroup, Pacific SpecialCommunication Division,Naval Communication Station,Honolulu Fleet Aviation Electronics TrainingUnit, Barbers Point Naval AstropauticsGroup Detachment Charlie Navy Exchange, NavalAir Station, Barbers Point FlagAdministrarive Unit, Commander Fleet Air,Hawaii Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneoche Fleet Composite Squadron ONE DefenseCommunication Agency, Pacific Area Fleet Weather Center, PearlHarbor CommonderService Squodron FIVE I Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor Commander Destroyer FlotillaFIVE FleetSubmarine TrainingFacility, Pearl Harbor NavalAir Station, Barbers Point CommanderAnti-Submarine Warfare Force, U. 5. Pacific Fleet All naval shore-based activities in the following overseasareas: Fleet IntelligenceCenter, U. 5. Pacific Fleet Argentina “Japan PacificCommand Administrative Detachment *Australia Mexico Commander in Chief, U. 5. Pacific NetherlandsFleet Austria PacificCommand Military Assistance ProgramData Center Belgium New Zealand Headquarters, 14thNaval District, Pearl Harbor Norway Preventive Medicine Unit SIX, PearlHarbor * Zone) Conal(including Panama Inactive Service Craft Facility, PearlHarbor * Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier Portugal Pacific Liaison Oece, Hawaiian Sea Frontier Puerto Rico PearlHarbor Naval Shipyard *Spain Fleet Operations Control Center,Pacific Germany *United Kingdom NavalAmmunition Depot, Oahu, UruguayHawaii #Hawaii Branch Navy Exchange, NavalAmmunition Depot, Oahu,Islands Hawoii Virgin Kong Hong Security GroupDepartment, Communication Station,Honolulu ‘ Headquarters,Fleet Marine Force,Pocific *Except for specificareas excluded by BuPersInstruction 1300.26 series. Navy Branch Oceanographic Ofice,Honolulu #Hawaiian activities considered shore duty or neutrol time duly Communication Station,Honolulu arelisted separately.

JANUARY I966 49 ing officers. Tour lengths, as extended, may not exceed best interest of the Navy to do so. the Department of Defense 48-months limitation except Normally, a request will not be approved where you on rare occasions. have already been furnished transportation for the re- When considering duty. preferences under Seavey, location of your dbpendents ind household effects as a you might bear in mind the tdb length advantages that charge against the permaneqt change of station orders are available if you volunteer for preferred overseas under yhich you are currently serving. The forwarding shore duty; that is, a 36- to 48-month tour as compared endorsemeht by. your commanding officerWill state to the 24-month tour for most personnel assigned shore whether or not you have already been furnished, against duty in the continental United States. last PCS orders, transportation of dependents and ship- You will be given the opportunity to indicate whether ment of household effects. you wish to serve the “accompanied by dependents’’ or Eligibility Requirements(Preferred Overseas Shore Duty) the “all others” tour. This decision must be made- no The eligibility requirements stated in paragraphs 3.22 later than 30 days after date of reporting: and 6.21 of the Enlistcd ?’ruwfcr Aiunitul and paragraph If,after choosing an “all others” tour, you change 7.c of BuPers Inst. 1300.26D will be strictly adhered your mind and desire the “accompanied by dependents” to in selecting person~~el.for preferred overseas shore tour, you may submit a request to the Chief of Naval duty. .. Personnel via your commanding officer and ippropriate Personnel assigned to preferred ovel.seas shore duty EPDO. shall not be assigned a second tour of preferred over- This request must be submitted in time to reach Bu- seas shore duty when again Seavey eligible without an Pers at least ‘six months before the month in which tour intervening tour of continental United States shore expires. The request will be approved dn?y if it is in the duty, unless ut his own request and if such assignment

Table II I heforred Sea Activities to Be Considered NeutralTime for Rotation of EnlistedPersonnel ‘%WAC USS Walton(DE 361) Cemmmndw, Smbmrim Free, U. S. Pmciae Fleet USS Cockrell (DE 366) Commmder, Svbwrine FI.(illm 1 USS Morsch (DE 699) C0nnnmd.r. Submrrk Flotilla 1 USS Vmmmen (DE 644) Cmmmuder, Lukm*lw Division 11 USS Whitehurst(DE 634) Canmador, Submarine Division 12 USS CharlesDrannon (BE 446) Comnrcladar, Subntorine Division 1S USS Cormorant (MSC 122) Co-der, Submarine Sqdron 3 USS Throsher (MSC 203) Commander, Submarine Division SI USS Ruff (MSC 54) Commander,Submmrine Division 3Z SUBLANT Commander, Submarine Division 33 Commander, Submarine Force, U. 5. Atlantic fleetDeputy Commander, Commmnder, Submmrim Squadru 5 Submarine Force, U. S. Atlantic FIeet/Cornmander, Submarine Flotilla Commander, Submarine Division 51 Two Commmnder, Submarine Division 52 Commander, Submarino Flotilla SIX Commander,Submmrino Division 63 Commander, Submarine Development Group TWO Cornmmmler, bbmarine Squadron- 7 Commander, SubmarineSquadron 2 Commander, Submarine Division 71 Commander, SubmarineSquadrod 8 Commmnder, Submarine Division 72 Commander, SubmarineSquadron 10 Commmder,Submarine Division 73 Commander, Submarine Division 21 Commander,Submmrine Squadron IS Representative Commander, Submarino Division 22 USS Sperry (AS 12) Commander, Submarine Division 81 USS Naeus (AS 17) Commander, Submarine Division 82 CRUMIAC CoTmander. Submarine Division 101 US, Norton Sound (AVM 1) Commander, Submmriam Division 102 WAC Commander. SubmarineSquadron 6 NavmlBeach Group ONE Commander, Submarino Division 61 Commmnder,Tactical Air ControlGroup ONE Commander, Submarine Division 62 MlNPhC Commander, Submarine Division 63 Commander, Mine Squadron 7 Commandor, SubmorineSquodron 4 C-nder, Mtne Squadron 9 Commander, Submarine Division 41 USS Cape (MP.1 2) Commander,Submarine Division 42 UM Cove (MSI 1) Commandor, SubmarineSquadron 12 MISCELLANEOUS-PACtFIC Commander,Submarine Division 121 Commander FIRST FLEET Commander, Submarine Division 122 Fleet Trrining Group, Ian Diego USS Fulton(AS 11) Flat Trmining Group, PearlHarbor USS Orion(AS 18) MissileTraining Unit, Pacific USS Gitmore (AS 16) U. 5. NavalAirborno Project PRESS OperationGroup, PearlHarbor USS Simon Lake (AS 33) Pmciflc Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian Area USS Canspus (AS 34) USS George Eastman (YAG 39) ’ USS Bushnell(AS IS) USS Granville 5. Hmll (YAG 40) ARD 5 USS %ark County (LST 1134) ARD 7 USS’Trngeteer(YV 3) . . CRUDESLANT USS Sunnadin (AM 197) Commander, Destroyer Division 601 Ug McGinl). (DE 365) Commander, Reserve Dutroyer.. Squadron 30 50 ALL HANDS is consistent with the needs of the service. Preferred Sea Duty(Neutral Time for Rotation) In the absence of sufficient Seavey personnel for as- The following procedural changes to the Career En- signment to preferred overseas shore duty, vacant billets listed Rotation Program to include preferred sea duty may be filled from general detail sources, and Shorvey are effective 1 Jan 1966. Sea dutycredit earned for availabilities, excluding those personnel on , Shorvey Seavey rotation before 1 Jan 1966 is retained. completing a normal tour of preferred overseas shore “For duty” assignments inpreferred sea activities duty. listed in Table I1 are to be considered as “neutral time” Personnel serving on arduous sea duty who are Sea- and, beginning 1 Jan 1966, will not be credited for vey eligible and who would rather remain on arduous eligibility for rotation to shore duty. Personnel rotating sea duty when CONUS shore duty is unavailable may from preferred sea duty will be transferred in accordance request a sea extension in lieu of assignment to prefer- with procedures similar to the current overseas survey red overseas shore duty. They may indicate the follow- established by the Fleet Commanders. 1 ing on their Seavey rotation data card (block 11): “DO Except where otherwise specified below, a &month not desire overseas assignment.” tour is established for personnel permanently assigned I Those indicating that they do not desire assign- to any preferred sea activity listed in Table 11. A tour ment to preferred overseas shore duty will not be ex- completion date (TCD) will be established on an ip-

~ tended off Seavey until every effort has been madeto dividual basis for personnel whowill be “on board in assign them to one of their CONUS duty preferences. excess of 20 months as of 1 Jan 1966 to provide for an The dependency limitation in paragraph 6.22 of the orderry rotation. This TCD will not be later than July EnlistedTransfer Manual is cancelled. A forthcoming 1966. All other personnel will’ have a 24-month TCD change will delete paragraph 6.22. established, based on date received for duty, or EAOS .. Table II Preferred Sea Activities to Be Considered Neutral Time for Rotation of Enlisted Personnel

Commander, Reserve Destroyer Squadron 34 NAVAIRLANT Commander, -DestroyerFlotilla 4 AircraftFerry Squadron THIRTY-ONEFerry Support USS Arcadia (AD 23) Utility Squadron SIX (Detachment TWO) USSEverglades (AD 24) Utility Squadron FOUR (Detachment ALPHA) USSYellowstone (AD 27) FlagAdministrative Unit, Naval Air Force, U. 5. AtlanticFleet (TEAM USS Yosemite (AD19) ONE) USSSierra (AD 18) FlagAdministrative hit, NavalAir Farco, U. 5. Atlantic FIert(TEAM USS Tweedy(DE 532) TWO) USS H. D.Crow (DE 252) MISCELLANEOUS-ATLANTIC FLEET USS Parle (DE 708) Mobile Photographic Group, Newport USS Greenwood(DE 679) Underway Training Unit, Norfolk USS Coates (DE 685) MRC 40, Newport USS Tills (DE 748) Test and Evaluation Detachment, Norfolk USS DeLorrg (DE 684) Inspection Division, Nuclear WeaponsTraining Center, Norfolk USSAlbert 1. Harris(DE 447) Navy Oceanographic Oilice, Suitland,Maryland USS Thaddeus Parker (DE 369) Fleet Training Group, Charleston USS Snowden(DE 246) MissileTraining Unit, Atlantic USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE 219) Preferred Sea Activities ToBe Conridered NeutralTime USSDarby (DE 218) For Rotation Of Enlisted Personnel USSRoberts (DE 749) (EPDOLANT Distribution Control) USS Loeser (DE680) 280 Prowess (Buffalo, N. Y.)-Com 3 PHIBLANT MSG PCER856 Whitehall (Cleveland, 0hio)“Com4 Commander, Amphibious Force, U. 5. AtlanticFleet PCER853 Amherst (Detroit, Mich.) Com 9 MINLANT PCE877 Havre (Michigan City, Ind.)-Com 9 USS Reedbird(MSCO 51) PCE880 Ely (Sheboygan, Wis.)-Com 9 USSSuskin (MSCO 58) PCE 902 Portage (Milwaukee, Wis.)-Corn 9 USSTurkey (MSCO 56) US9 Falcon (MSC 190) Preferred Sea Activities To Be Considered NeutralTime USSFulmar (MSCO 47) For Rotation of EnlistedPersonnel USS Lorikeet.(MSCO 49) (BuPers ,pistribution Control) USSPlover (MSCO 33) FleetWork Study Group, Ationtic USSLinnet (MSCO 24) FleetWork Study Group, Atlantic,Newport Detachment Inshore Underseas Warfare Group TWO Flret Work Study Group, Paefic CommanderMine Squadron FOUR Manpower Validation OWce, Atlantic CommanderMine Squadron EIGHT ManpowerValidation Oilice,Pacific Commander MineSquadron TEN (less detachment) Field FoodService Team, Newport Explosive Ordnance DisposalUnit TWO Field FoodService Team, Norfolk SERVLANT Field FoodService Team, Charleston CommanderService Squadron TWO Field FoodService Team, SonDiego CommanderService Squadron FOUR DavidTaylor Model BasinProiect USS Cadmus (AR 14) Meat Produce Field Team, Brooklyn USSAmphion (AR 13) Ship’s Store OWce, West CoastBranch USS Tutilla (ARG 4), Fleet Assistance Group, Atlantic USS Vulcan (AR 5) Antarctic SupportActivities, Detachment BRAVO

JANUARY 1966 51 whichever is earlier. procedures. Sea duty time earned prior to assignment It is recognized that some activities will require that to a neutral time activity shall be credited. tours be extended beyond 24 months to ensure accom- The following rateshatings and NEC’s are excepted plishment of missions, specificfunctions and stability. from the “neutral time” concept inasmuch as there are Accordingly, for those specific billets for which Type insufficient billets to provide adequate rotation: Optical- Commanders consider the 24-month tour tobe too short, man, Instrumentman, Molder, Patternmaker, ET 1591, requests with briefjustification for a longer tour may SF-4915, SF-4916, SF-4917 and certain other ratings/ be made tothe Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers-B2) NEC‘s which may be recommended by the Fleet Com- via the cognizant Fleet Commander. manders to the Chief of Naval Personnel. For control Personnel currently on board who are in activeSeavey purposes only, atour completion date of 4 years or as of 31 Dec 1965 will remain in Seavey and be con- EAOS, whichever occurs first, will be established. sidered for assignment to shore duty. FleetCommanders will establish, maintainand ad- Upon completion of prescribed tour in preferred sea minister, through the FleetEPDOs, a waitinglist of men activities (neutral time for rotation), personnel will be desiring transfer to preferred sea duty (neutral time for reassigned by the cognizant EPDO to one of the activi- rotation). It is desired that all men in each Fleet, regard- ties considered sea duty for Seavey rotation. Upon re- less of type command in which serving, be eligible on porting to the new activity, personnel will resume accu- an equitable basis for assignment to preferred sea duty. mulating sea duty credit for shore rotation underSeavey In general,priority of assignment topreferred sea duty will be asfollows, bona fide humanitarian cases excepted: Table 111 Sea Activities Redesignated Fleet Shore Duty for Rotation Personnel on arduous sea duty and those men com- of EnlistedPersonnel (Pacific Fleet) pleting tours in Vietnam and on 12-months unac- Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet companied tour ships and staffs. Commander Service Group/Squadron ONE Commander Service Squadron SEVEN Personnel completing tours in overseas areas (not Commander Reserve DestroyerSquadron TWENTY-SEVEN designated preferred overseas shore duty) request- Pacific Fleet SOAP Team, ing preferred sea duty. Pacific Fleet SOAP Team, Long Beach *Air Transport Squadron SEVEN Precedence on the waiting list will be determined by “Air Transport Squadron TWENTY-TWO date of receipt of your request in the appropriate EPDO ‘Fleet Tactical Support Squadron TWENTY-ONE and the above assignment priority category. *Fleet Tactical Support Squadron TWENTY-ONETACAMO Component Sea duty commencement dates will be determined by *Less Flight Crews which remain arduous sea duty the appropriate EPDO and reported to the cognizant Sea Activities Redesignated Shore Duty for Rotation PAMI as follows: of EnlistedPersonnel (Atlantic Fleet) . Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U. S. AtlanticFleet Personnel ordered to preferred sea activities from Commander Service Squadron EIGHT shore duty will be given a normal SDCD. For these in- Commander Naval Beach Group TWO dividuals, thisSDCD is establishedfor control only. Commander NavalOperational Support Group, Atlantic, StaffAFDL 6, Upon transfer to an activityconsidered sea duty for Little Creek, Seavey rotation, SDCD will be adjusted by journal entry Laundry Team, Newport to PAMI by theappropriate EPDO and will also be Laundry Team, Norfolk, indicated in the transfer directive. Sea Activities Redesignated Fleet Shore Duty for Rotation Personnel transferred from preferredsea activities of EnlistedPersonnel (EPDOCONUS Distribution Control) who previously servedin arduous sea duty will have Service Craft,Underwater Ordnance Station, Newport-COM 1 Service Craft,Naval Shipyard, Boston-COM 1 their SDCD advanced by the number of months served Service Craft,Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N. H.-COM 1 in preferred sea duty. Service Craft,Naval Station, Newport-COM 1 Service Craft,Naval Shipyard, New York-COM 3 Sea Activities Redesignated Shore Duty (Shore Dutyfor Service Craft,Naval Shipyard, -COM 4 Seavey Rotation) Service Craft, YTM 380 (Little Creek)-COM 5 Service Craft,Naval Weapons Station,Yorktown, Virginia-COM 5 Effective 1Jan 1966, the preferred sea activities listed Service Craft,Naval Station, Norfolk-COM 5 in Table I11 will be redesignated shore duty (Category Service Croft,-COM 5 for Seavey rotation. Personnel on board for duty as Service Craft, TYL 439 (Little Creek)-COM 5 1) Service Craft,Naval Station, Charleston-COM 6 an 1966 will be assigned a tour completion date. Service Craft,Naval Station, -COM 6 dlJersonnel eligible for Seavey as of 31 Dec 1965 have Service Craft,Naval Station, Mayport-COM 6 the option of accepting the redesignated activity as their Service Craft,Naval Ordnance Unit, Key West-COM 6 Seavey assignment, or requestinganother shore duty Service Craft,Naval Station, Long Beach,Calif.-COM 11 assignment under Seavey procedures. Requests for an- Service Craft,Naval Ordnance TestStation, Pasadena Annex, Calif.- other Seavey assignment areto be submitted to the COM 11 Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers-B2141), via command- SeniceCraft, Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, Calif.-COM 11 ing officer, by 31 Jan 1966. Service Craft, Mare Island Shipyard-COM 12 Tourlengths will be as prescribedfor the various Service Craft,San Francisco NavalShipyard-COM 12 Service Craft,Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.-COM 12 rateshatings in Chapter 7 of the Enlisted Transfer Man- Service Craft,Naval Ammunition Depot, Bangor, Washington-COM 13 ual. Commencement of tours will be 1 Jan 1966. For Service Craft,Puget Sound, Bremerton, Washington-COM 13 personnel assigned to the Flag Allowance of the Fleet Service Craft,Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington-COM 13 or Type Commanderthe tour lengths will be as indicated

52 ALLHANDS above or 36 months, whichever is greater. Fleet and serving in the activities redesignated as shore duty, re- Type Commanders previously designated shore duty are quests for extension of tour from one to 12 months will authorized to adjust tour lengths from 24 months to 36 normally be approved by the Chief of Naval Personnel. months for those Flag Allowance personnel for whom a Extension requests must be submitted to the Chief of longer tour is desired. Naval Personnel, via commanding officer at least six To provide for an orderly rotation of key personnel months before the normal tour completion date.

~~ Educational Funds Available The rescue plane was a Navy S2F, tion board that recommended war- From Navy Relief Society specially rigged with a “Y” shaped rant officers for promotion to the steel skyhook. The aircraft made a grades of CWO-4, CWO-3 and Interest-free loans to students who preliminary pass over the baseball CWO-2. hopeto attend college or other in- field (where the frogmen waited) No.82-Announced approval by stitutions of learning during the and dropped the necessary equip- the Secretary of the Navy, for the 1966-67 school yearare available ment. This consisted, among other President, of the report of a selection from the Navy ReliefSociety. The things, of a long length of nylon line, board which recommended active size of the loan will depend upon a balloon, and bottled helium. duty officers for promotion to the need, and will vary with family cir- The men inflated the balloon, at- grade of lieutenant. cumstances, its size, assets and in- tached it to the line, attached the line No. 83-Announced a Thanks- come. to themselves and sat down to wait. giving proclamation by the President. Deadline for application is 15 Presently the S2F approached on its No.84-Announced a Thanksgiv- March. Types of schools to be attend- second pass. The line, just beneath ing message by the Secretary of the ed may include accredited colleges, the balloon, caught in the fork of the Navy. vocational schools or prep schools for S2F’s skyhook. Exit frogmen. Instructions service academies. The line, caught in the skyhook, No. 1520.98-Provides an oppor- Those eligible aredependents, was fed into a winch in the aircraft. tunity for naval officers (except under 23 years of age, of Regular At this point the two men were trail- Navy and Marine Corps personnel, Medical Service Corps and Nurse ing the plane, one a few feet behind Corps) to earn a baccalaureate active duty or retired. Also eligible the other. It took about 25 minutes are dependents of Reserve personnel through full-time study at a civilian to pull them inside. educational institution. on continuous activeduty, retired It was an interesting 25 minutes. for physical disability, or retired with No.46EO.14A-Establishes proce- 20 years of active duty. duresfor obtaining reservations for Loans are made directly to the DIRECTIVES IN BRIEF Navy-sponsored military personnel, I I civilian personnel, and their depen- depender,ts with the stipulation that Thislisting is intended to serve only for repayment begin six months after general information and asan index of cur- dents, traveling overseas under Navy graduation. rentAlnavs as well as current BuPers Instruc- authorization from the continental During 1965, more than 140 stu- tions and BuPers Notices thatapply to most United States to an overseas destina- dents received assistance from the ships andstations. Many instructions and tion. notices arenot of generalinterest and hence Society. Ten of these attended voca- Notices willnot be carried thisin section.Since No. 1070 (20 October)-An- tional schools, 60 went to state uni- BuPers Notices ere arranged according to versities, andthe remainder to theirgroup number and have no consecutive nounced the change in service num- private universities. Ninty-three were number within the group, their date of issue bers to be assigned to individuals freshmen. is included also for identificationpurposes. first enlisted or inducted in the U.S. For complete information, write to Personnelinterested in specific directives Navy or Naval Reserve on and after the NavyRelief Society, 1030 Mu- shouldconsult Alnavs, Instructions and No- 1 December. nitions Building, Washington, D. C. tices for complete details before taking action. No. 1306(16 November)-An- 20360. However, note that the dead- Alnavs nounced the sea duty commence- line is 15 March. No. 77-Required the suspension ment cutoff dates which established from issue and use of certain defec- the eligibility of enlisted personnel tive medical supplies. for Seavey A-66. What a Way to Go! No. 78-Discusses revision of zone No. 1531 (16 November) -Dis- There are many ways to go, but rates for air parcel post addresses to cussed the opportunities available youhaven’t really traveled until and from Army, Air Force and Navy to sons of regular members of the you’ve gone by skyhook. Though not post offices. Navy and Marine Corps for nomi- exactly adaptedto the champagne No. 79-Discussed procedures con- nation to the Naval Academy. flight, it’s the greatest if youlike cerning payments to Marine Corps No. 1560 (16 November) -Invited fresh air. members without pay records. attention of all officers to the active Skyhook is the Navy’s new fixed- No. 80-Announced approval by duty obligation incurred by partici- wing rescue system, designed to pick the Secretary of the Navy, for the pation in the Navy’s tuition aid pro- up men who are stranded in situa- President, of the report of a selection gram. tions which do not lend themselves board which recommended women No. 1611(23 November)-Pro- to helicopter rescue. The procedure line officers for permanent promotion vided further clarification of the pro- was recently demonstrated by two to the grade of lieutenant. visions of BuPers Inst. 1611.12 as it Navy frogmen atthe Amphibious No.81-Announced approval by pertainsto the reportssubmitted Base in Coronado, Calif. the Secretary of the Navy of a selec- on officer students.

JANUARY 1966 53 If You‘re Taking the Exam AkNavyCartoon Cenktt CollegeDegree Program CharleyWise, HMCS, USN For Advancement, This GivesOfFicers Chance r i Listing May Give You the Odds For Four-Year Study Should you be taking theadvance- Many an officer who does not ment exam next month, you undoubt- possess a bachelor’s degree has con- edly would like to know what your tinued his education during his off- chances are of making it. Therefore, duty time; This is a rewarding, in- here are the latest estimates of ad- teresting and sometimes arduous vancementopportunities for pay effort, not without problems. For ex- grades E-4 through E-7. ample, a studentapproaching his The following table is based on fourthyear of studymust hurdle available statistics, a study of past the obstacle labeled ’ “residency re- performances and consideration of quirement.” the variables whichmight have an Most colleges and universities re- effect on thenumber of Navymen quire that the last 30 semester hours who may be included in the advance- (about one academic year) be Com- ment quotas. pleted in residence, either by full- The code numbers in the table are, I time or part-time study. Because of of course, clues to your chances. Here .‘Theyreally emphasize name tags on this this, many officersin the past have is what they mean: bare, don’t they?” found that .they could not complete Code 1: Excellent Betweeq ‘70 and the requirements for a degree, since 100 per cent of those passing the,ex- vanced. theywere not in oneplace long amination will be advanced because . Code 4: Poor Less than 15 per cent enough. the greatest shortages exist in these of those passing will beadvanced. Therefore,the College Degree rates. The number of rates in this category Program was recently established. Code 2: Good From 40 to 70 per cent issmall, amountingto about five Through this program, an officer with of those passing will be advanced. per cent of the total group. three or more years of undergradu- Code 3: Fair Betwqep 15 and 40 per Forother information, see ALL ate education may attend school full- cent of those paiiing will be ad- HANDS,July 1965, page 28. timeto complete. requirements. for

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54 ALL HANDS \ his baccalaureate. required to incur additional obligated More New Navy Enlisted If you have been looking for a way service. Underthis program, you Classifications to finish your education, this may be must serve one year of active duty Will Help just what you want. There are only foreach six months (or fraction To Shape Future Careers two requirements which you must thereof) of schooling which you A number of new Navy Enlisted meet to be eligible: will re&ive. Classifications ( NECs) have recently 0 You must be a warrant or com- You will continue to receive your been established. They becameeffec- missionedofficer, eithertemporary regular pay andallowances while you tive as of 1 November and, like all or permanentappointment. (Medi- are attending school. However, you NECs, they will be a factor in the cal Service Corpsand Nurse Corps will berequired to pay your own future assignments of the Navymen officers, however, are not eligible.) tuition and other school expenses. who hold them. Andyou must haveenough At the end of the 12 months (or The following table shows the new undergraduate education to meetthe less), you shouldhave your bac- NECs, along with the ratings eligi- requirements of a baccalaureate with- calaureatedegree. Your college or ble.Those without rating prefixes in 12 months or less. university must submit a transcriptof are special series NECs which may Before you submit your applica- your work to the Chief of Naval Per- be held by Navymen in any rating. tion for this program, you will need sonnel (AttentionPers C-312) so In addition tothe above categories, a certification from the college or thatit canbe entered into your five Data System Technician NECs university which youchoose to at- rec0r.d. havebeen disestablished, and the tend. This certification should say, in BuPers Inst. 1520.98 hasthe de- codes converted. effect, that you are able to meet the tails concerning the program: DS-1632, 1633,1634 and 1635 requirements of baccalaureate a withina 12-month period. The certification from the college Check These New NECs should accompany your application, which you submit to the Bureau of SOUW Naval Personnel( Pers C-312). Your NEC Function Ratings applica,tion should include your date BOATSWAIN'S MATE BM-0166 Boat Captain, High Spood Small Craft BM, QM, SM of birth, date of rank, the date when RADARMAN you wish to begin your studies, your RD-0312 Radar Tochnician RD field of study, and a statementwhich RD-0333 IDS Oporator/EloctroniaEvalmtar ID, AT says that all transcripts of college SONAR TECHNICIAN work which you have completed are ST-0427Gonoral Submarino Sanar MainhnancoTodmiokn STS filed in your service record at BuPers. ST-0496UWFCS Mk 105 Mod 11-27 (AN/SQS23) ST0 (When deciding wh3t date you ST-0497 UWFSC Mk 105 hbd 11-27 (AN/SQS2951) st0 wantto start your schooling, you DATA SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN would do well to keep in mind that DS-1621 NTDSCompuhr Tochnician (with WDS Mk 11) DS DS-1622 NTDS Computor Tochnician (withVIDEO/IDAC) DS your tour of shore duty may not be DS-1636 SOCCS/FFDS/NECPA Systoms Tochnicion DS interruptedto allow youto attend DS-1651 EDPlOlC Systoms Tochnician DS school under this program.This DS-1652 lOlC Inolligonco andData Starago Rotrioval DS means that normally youwill be Systoms Tochnician ordered to the school of your choice DS-1666 3M Syshm Tochnician DS during the first or last year of your RADIOMAN regulartour of shoreduty.) RadioRM-2312 Tochnician RM A selection panel will be convened MACHINE ACCOUNTANT at BuPers to consider all those officers MA-2733 lOlC Storpgo Rotrkval/EDPand Oporakr MA who have applied for the program. MA-2734 lOlCStoragi and Rotrkvd Oporatar MA, PT MA-2766 3M Syntom Oporatar MA The panel will consider your avail- BOILERMAN ability, your careerpotential, your ST4521BAILEY Automatic-Combustian Control Oporatar ET, BR pastperformance of duty, your 814522HAGEN Automatic-Combustion Control Oporator El, BR academic record and, of course, the 81-4523 REGULATORGENERAL Automatic-Combustian ET, BR recommendation of your endorsing ControlOporator command. SHIPFITTER Should you beselected for lhis SF-4919 NondostruetiveTostingOporator SF, ML, MU, BR program, youwill then be required PHOTOINTELLIGENCEMAN to make the final arrangements for P1-673p lOlC IDS Oporatar/PhotaIntorprator PT PHOTOGRAPHER'S MATE gaining admission to the college or PH-8133 lOlCPhota Procossing Maintonancornan PH university. Once you have done this, SPECIALSERIES you should notify the Chief of Naval Radio/TV 9571 Announcor Personnel, and youwill receive or- 9572 Radio/N Pragram Dimtar ders to report to the naval activity 9574 Monachromo TV Tochnician nearest your school for a period of 9575 Educational TV ProductionDinctar not more than 12 months. 9903 Nucloar PoworPlant Oporatar Trainoo (Spocial Sometime while you are involved Pilot Surfaco Program) with these preparations, you will be JANUARY I966 55

All-NavyCartoon Contest Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson (Re- All-NavyCartoon Contest William R. Maul,CTC, USN issue). Charley Wise, HMCS, USN The Ammous Adverttures of Moll Flanders (3068)(C) (WS) : Comedy; Kim Novak, Richard John- son. ApacheGold (3069) (C) (WS) : Western; Walter Barnes, Lex Barker. Phantom of the Rue Morgue (3070) : HorrorDrama; Karl Mal- den, Particia Medina (Re-issue) . The Man with the Gun' (3071).: Mystery Drama; Lee Patterson,Rona Anderson (Re-issue) . Young at Heart (3072) : Musical Drama; Doris Day, FrankSinatra (Re-issue) . A Bullet for Joey (3073) : Mystery "Gota match, lieutenant?" Drama;Edward G. Robinson. "I'mgetting sick andtired of theseletters Break to Freedom (3074) : Ad- aboutpayments overdue." should say so in your application. The application should, also refer venture Drama; Anthony Steel, Jack to any previous claim you have made *' DEPENDENTS'TRAVEL-A new Warner (Re-issue) . against the governmentfor cover- regulation permits Navymen to move The Diamond Wizard (3075) : age of your loss. their families at government expense Mystery Drama;Dennis O'Keefe, Complete information concerning in cases where some ships and staffs Margaret Sheridan (Re-issue) . the increase in the maximum amount -as a result of the Navy's increased Sons of Katie Elder (3076) (C) payable for personal property loss or activities in SoutheastAsia-are faced (WS) : Western; John Wayne, Dean damagemay be foundin BuPers with exceptionally long deployments. Martin. Notice 5890 of 8 Oct1965 or in The recent change to Joint Travel How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (3077) PublicLaw 89-185 (78 Stat. 789). Reguhtions allows for a government- (C) (WS) : Comedy; Annette Funi- paid household move whencertain cello, Dwayne Hicknian. deployments exceed 12 months. Son of a Gunfighter (3078) (C) List of New MotionPictures In cases where the Chief of Naval (WS): Western; Russ Tamblyn, Available to Ships and Operations designates a ship or staff James Philbrook. to an overseas tour of more than 12 Dark Intruder (3079) : Melo- OverseasBases months,all personnel assigned to drama; Leslie Nielsen, Judi Meredith. The latestlist of 16-mm feature such a unit (who are otherwise eli- Kiss Me Deadly (3080) : Mystery movies available from the Navy Mo- gible for dependents' travel and ihip- Drama;Ralph Meeker, PaulStew- tion Picture Service is dublished here ment of household goods at govern- (Re-issue).art , for the convenience of shipsand ment expense) are entitled to move The Good Die Young (3081): overseas bases. their families toany location , in Mystery Drama;Richard Basehart, Movies in color are designated by CONUS, or the .Zone, Gloria Grahame ( Re7issue). (C) andthose in wide-screen pro- Puerto Rico,Alaska or Hawaii and Twist of Pate (3082): Mystery cesses by (WS) . other U. S. territories and possessions Drama; Ginger , Rogers, Jacques Ski Party (3060)(C) (WS) : if approved by the Secretary of the Bergerac(Re-issue) . Musical Comedy; Frankie Avalon, Navy or his representative. Witness tq Murder (3083) : Mys-

Deborah Walley. Previously, if a Navyman, wished tery , Draina;Barbara Stanwyck, Fort Courageous (3061) : West- to move his family away from his George Sanders (Re-issue) . ern;Fred Bier, Donald Barry. , home port while he was away on an Coast of Skeletons (3084)(C) MissSusie Slagle's (3062) : extended deployment, he had to do (WS) : AdventureDrama; Dale Comedy 'Drama; Veronica Lake, so at his own expense. Manymen Robertson; Richard Todd. Sonny Tufts. preferthat their dependents move WarGods of theDeep (3085) The NightHolds Terror (3063): nearer to relatives at such times. (C) (WS): Melodrama; David Tom- Mystery Drama; Jack Kelly, Hildy The new regulations will ease the linson, Susan Hart. Parks. difficulties of family separationand The Family Jewels (3086) (C) : So Big (3064) ; Drama; Jane Wy- the concern each husband and father Comedy; Jerry Lewis. man, Sterling Hayden (Re-issue) . has for the wellbeing of his family Love and Kisses (3087)(C) : Johnny Dark (3065) : Drama; during his absence. Although long Comedy Musical; Rick Nelson, Jack TonyCurtis, Piper Laurie (Re- separationsare necessary to enable Kelly. issue). the Navy better to fulfill its increas- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (3088) : The Return of Frank James ing commitments, this newentitle- Drama; Raymond Massey, Ruth Gor- (3066) : AdventureDrama; Henry ment will do much to insurethat don (Re-issue) . Fonda, Gene Tierney (Re-issue). the Navyman's dependents are cared The Command (3089) : Adven- CkmeWave (3067) : Drama; for during long deployments. ture Drama; Joan Weldon.

JANUARY I966 57 - TU€ 8UllIFTIN 80rlR0 The Background investigation: Its Significanceand Purpose What is the purpose of the back- atomic bomb. The defections of Mar- purpose of determining whether the ground investigation? Howdoes it tin andMitchell from the National rights of the public are insafe hands. afect you and theNavy? Here’s a Security Agency to the Soviet Union brief report, written by a Navy cap also had an important impact upon p ROCEDURES and policies for a back- tain who is anassistant director of the growing need toprotect our ground investigation are spelled Naval Intelligence for counterintelli- military secrets. out by the Secretaryof Defense. The gence. Suchincidents point up the im- threemilitaiy departments select portance of the securityinvestiga- highquality talent as investigators, HIS DISCUSSION dealswith the tion program. and then give them thorough train- “background investigation” inthe The armed forces cannot afford to ing;these personnel are held to a Navy and presents a point of view have questionable or vulnerable per- strict accountability for “moral recti- which is not often considered by the sonnel placed in positions of great tude,”they are carefully instructed average individual. responsibility. The eyes andears to sift outfact from rumor, to be In addition to physical fitness, a that are entrusted with the nation’s discreet in their discussions of cases, good mind and ratherextensive train- expanding military secrets obviously and to be fair and objective in their ing; what is required of a Navyman needto belong toindividuals of completeapproach to all investiga- to make a successful career inthe sea loyalty, integrity and trustworthiness tions. A separategroup of persons, service? -of high character andof such habits usually commanding officers, then Inthe earlydays of ournation, pnd associations as to cast no doubt utilize the facts as developed in the fighting forces were characterized by upon their discretion .or good judg- investigative report to decide physicalstrength and stamina-two ment. whether or not the subject of a case requirementswhich were indispen- Toinsure the right persons in is eligible for a security clearance. ableunder combat conditions in sensitive positions, the armed forces What are the negative factors with those times. These elements, of conductpersonnel security investi- which a background investigation is course, are important now, but less gations. To some this may occasion- concerned? so th~during the ages when hand- ally appear as an unwarranted inter- Sexual aberrations obviously re- to-hand fighting was the order of the ference in a person’s private life. As quire close scrutiny. Excessive we of day. With the advance of science and explained in the case of Pavesich v. intoxicants, use of narcotics, black- technology, effective power in war- New Mutual Life Insurance marketing,thefts, a close and con- fare is being transmitted to a large Co., 122 Ga. 190, 50 S.E. 68, a tinuing association with anti-Ameri- extentthrough weapons andhard- candidate for public office is said to can elements all merit analysis and ware rather than muscle. waive his right to privacy to such ex- evaluation and may compromise an Science and technology have had tent as to permit any proper investi- individual’s future. their effect on the fighting forces in gation of the conduct of his private The purpose of the personnel swu- more ways than one. For example, life which may throw light upon his rityinvestigation is toprotect the although we have always had mili- qualifications for the office, and one security of the nation. The investiga- tarysecrets which requiredpro- who holds public office subjects his tion itself enables the Navy to certi- tection, it was not until the beginning life tothe closest scrutinyfor the fyan individual as “clearablefor of this centurythat scientists and security.” Clearables are indispen- engineers began ,to produce military All-Navy Carfoon Contest sablefor the U. S. Navy of today weapons and techniques which came D. S. Kina, ON, USN and tomorrow. to be quitedecisive in combat. One further’ point-gamered from This development, in World War 20 years in the field of intelligence 11, had as one of its by-products, an and counterintelligence. The back- enlarged program-that of the “per- groundinvestigation in itself does sonnel securityinvestigation.” It notdetermine whether a person is affected primarily the then relatively clearable. That is determined by the few persons selectedfor especially individual himself through hisway sensitive assignments. This was still of life. acomparatively small investigative program, and adverse findin& were Lincoln Visits New London not necessarily fatal to a Navyman’s uss Abraham Lincoln (SSBN 602) career, since there were many billets eased herself against a pier at New which required no security clearance. London, Conn., recently for an im- portant face-lifting. She was there, HOWEVER, the number of sensitive not only for her regular overhaul, but positions hasincreased many also for conversion from the A-1 to times; in fact, by the thousands. the A3 Polaris missile. One of the turning points of his- Lincoln, aveteran of 18 patrols, tory came with the discovery that hasbeen operating as a unit of the Soviets hadprocured, through Squadron Fourteen advance based in intelligence sources; the secret of the “All right, who‘s the wise guy?” Holy Loch, .

58 ALL HANDS enemy ambush and gaining a major ocean transportation service and the im- victory. proved sealift readiness position of the Department of Defense.

Gold Star in lieu of Second Award * STEVER, ELBERT M., Captain,USN, while serving in the Office of the Chief "For exceptionallymeritorious service to of Naval Operations, as Assistant for theGovernment ofthe United States in a Aviation Maintenance tothe Director, dutyof great responsibility . . ." "For exceptionallymeritorious conduct in Ships Material Readiness Division, from * GOLDTHWAITE, ROBERT, Rear Ad- theperformance of outstanding service to August 1963 to June 1965, for his con- miral, USN, as Commander Fleet Air thegovernment of theUnited States . . ." tributions in the development of athe Standard Navy Maintenance and Ma- Jacksonville from July 1963 to Septem: * FOOTE,HORACE s., JR., Captain, USNR, ber 1965. RADM Goldthwaite was re- as Commanding Officer, Naval Com- terial Managemeht System for Aviation. sponsible for maintaining a high state mand Systems Support Activity, from ofcombat readiness ofaircraft camers December 1961 toJune 1965, for his and aviation units. Particularly note- contribution to the establishment of the worthy were his efforts to increase the Department ofDefense Computer In- effectiveness of antisubmarine forces stitute. assigned, which resulted inthe im- proved capability of these forces to Gold Star Jn lieu of Second Award * HATHAWAY,AMOS T., Captain, USN, counter any submarine threat. He was "For heroismor extraodinary achievement also responsible for a quantitative in- as Director,Logistic Plans Division, in aerial night . . ." crease in the airborne reconnaissance Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, from June toJune forhis capabilities ofthe Navy through his 1963 1965, * HUME, KENNETH E., Lieutenant Com- contributions to the successful introduc- contributions in logistics serving to in- mander USN,posthumously, while serv- tion ofthe Integrated Operational In- crease operational readiness. ing with Fighter Squadron 154 in telligence System into reconnaissance Gold Star In lieu of Second Award Vietnam on 29 Mar 1965. As an aircraft squadrons and aircraft carriers. * POST,WILLLAM s., JR., Rear Admiral, section leader, LCDR Hume led his unit USN, as Deputy Commander and Chief in a rocketattack against an enemy 0f Staff, Military Sea Transportation military installation of prime impor- S:ervice, for his contributions to the tance. The unit made a diving attack in the face of heavy hostile ground fire, scoring direct hits and inflicting severe Named for Vietnam Hero damage to the objective. After complet- ing his attack, LCDR Hume reported a "For conspicuousgallantry and in- The first U. S. Navy &&to firein theafter section of,his aircraft trepidity in action . . . " bear the name of anAddijhan and attempted to. save the plane by fly- killedin Vietnam action ibill. be ing at reduced &ker to his carrier base. * BARSCHOW,WILLIAM M., Lieutenant, the newescort ship Rmrk (DE However, control was subsequently lost USNR,posthumously, for service with the 1053). and his aircraft crashed into the sea. Naval Advisory Group, U. S. Military LieutenantWilliam M. Roark, Assistance Command, Vietnam, assisting for whom the ship is named, was friendly foreign forces engaged in armed killedwhile flying an armed re- conflict with Viet Cong guerrilla forces, connaissancemission over North from May to April During 1964 1965. Vietnamon Apr was this period, LT Barschow wasin more 7 1965. He than 50 combat operations in Viet Cong- posthumouslyawarded the Dis- controlled territory. On 5 Apr 1965, the tinguishedFlying Cross for his "For heroic or meritorious achiovoment or ship convoy in which he 'vas participat- heroism during the mission. serviceduring mllitary operations . . ." ing came under sudden heavy enemy Roark was also awarded the Air gunfire from both banks ofthe river. Medalfor his performance in a * LANCFORD,RICHARD H., Engineman Maintaining his position atthe side of strikeagainst the DongHoi 2nd Class, USN,posthumously, for serv- his counterpart aboard the command supplyarea and Army barracks ice aboard uss Cook (APD 130) on 23 craft, LT Barschow performed his ad- in North Vietnam on 7 Feb 1965. Apr 1965. As a member of a boat crew visory duties with exceptional bravery In announcing the name select- exposed to heavy enemy fire while land- and effectiveness whiie subjected to the ing a reconnaissance team,Langford for ship,Secretary enemy fire, which wounded many men ed the of the returned the fire until he was fatally on thecraft and temporarily silenced NavyPaul H. Nitzesaid, "Lieu- wounded. His accurate and effective most of, the ship's guns. While momen- tenantRoark exemplified the support firewas instrumental in divert- tarily standing alone and firing at a valor,integrity and dedicated ing enemy fire from the beach. Lang- machine gun emplacement on the bank, service that our nation has always ford's courageous devotion toduty at Barschow was fatally wounded by honored." the cost of his life was in keeping with enemy fire.His courage and leadership The ship is scheduledto be the highest traditions of the U. S. Naval contributed greatly to the eventual suc- launched late in 1966. Service. The Combat Distinguishing De- cess ofthe convoy in breaking the vice is authorized.

JANUARY I966 59 T HOSE OF YOU who care about such things may re- You too, can s;wor the heady delights of victory call that, about this time last year ALL HANDS such as that experienced by Lieutenant (juniol ',&f' announced the result of a contest-and, as such, a grade) M. R. Naess, usm of Bctr,tt!/; Boats\vain's Navy first. Contests are the going thing these days, Mate1st Class A. AI. Henry, USN, of Rccrrrit; and TTW Lieutenant~~ ~ """ lillninr nl:lde\ W FPltnn "I. nf but this one wasdifferent-it called for a combina- .~~. ,,------o""", -..R . . . - """., , -- tion of talent, tradition and know-how, temperedby Salmon. the rules as laid down in Navy Regs. Here'showyou can do it. Theend product was the selection of those New First, maneuver adroitlv andsubtlv so that vou i -~ Year's deck logs which, in the opinion of the admit- will be'designated to the mid-watch ckne next New tedly unqualified judges, were most worthy of pub- Year's Eve. Next,choose ;I momentwhen the spirit lication for the Navy audience. of the,muse is at its highest. Thenwhip out your

The response savs muchfor the comDetitivesDirit I eDic. -c of the U.S. Navyman. At the moment:we're up to herein New Year'slogs and those which, in more OWEVER,such a project is not tobe undertaken

routine years,would have been snatched eagerly for H liahtlv.There are rules to be~ ~ followed.~ ~ ~~..~. Ynu- - .. are"" publication must now be passed by with regrkts.' bouni'b; Nauy Rcgrhtiorls (Art.. . -1037 .. - . ,\ to_.. enter. in -.. This speaks highly of the pencil-chewing efforts of the log all the information thnt _..ic r>lr

573) who were named first, second and third place officer present. sources of electric *Dower. ~ I ~steam ~.~~. and winners in that order. water, bust be included whether or not in verse.

USS BEATTY(DD 756) If wine I had, I'd toast long,herRecruits don't believe(they writeit to Ann ThisNew Year'smorn, still going strong. landers)- Thelights of Cannes,not for away, M. R. NAESS,LTJG, USNR We nurse 'em, and march 'em, teach 'em ond W ink playfully, Wink feed as if to say, 'em, Whatfool wouldkindof takenot leave USS RECRUIT(TDE 1) So our Navy fightinghas men whenever we When faced withduty New Year's Eve. I heresit alone, and hail the New Year, need them. So fool I am; thelights are right. On a shipwith no engines, at o make-believe There'll be no cheer for me pier;tonight. Wedifferencerapebetween taught the you The man whowrites those travelogues A hull made plywood,of she sometimes andline; Should be here now-withouttogs! his shakes- You took a turr: helm:at the she handled He'd learnthetruth, that liar bold, Only ship thein Navy ofraid earthquakes,of just fine. D'A zur is freezingThe Cote is D'Azur cold! You gat acquainted with hatches,shrouds with But let But thisus quit tone of woe; We're receivingwafer, fresh electricity,steam, stays,. and I It's not thatbad: there could be snow. lust likeNorth Island or, betteryet, Ream. with traditionsand customs, andold Navy The weather'sclear, the seas aresweet. We're getting all services direct fromthe pier. ways. Beneathkeelthefortyliesfeet. Pleose, But no emergenciesll The boss may The portThe hook feastshear.slime; onand mud pleaseships, Allin sailors you remember us Amount of chain I just can't rhyme. here- I WhileNumber Four produces heat, For manylong years, tied up taut andsnappy, We're "Cradle of the Navy"with "let's The juice fromforward lights my beat.We're sailing nowhere, butthe termites arepretend" gear; rea diness, Condition Six happy. Keep sailing with pride withsailing Keep happy. For SixConditionreadiness, as this isnew year Is set in case worlikeof tricks; We never need rat guards, there'snary a rot, begun; Andthough if's said we maintainYoke, lhose guys pushing companies won'tallow Best wishes to allfrom old TDE One! ships like this if's just if's this like In ships a joke. that. A. M. Henry, BM1, USN Four otherships ride near us here WithGearing closest to the rear;We're mooredthe in blacktop,we never USS SALMON (55 573) Yarne ll, the King, and Forrestaland King, Yarnell, the loot. sloppy- Createwithlights a brilliantwall. And everyoneknows, concrete can't get I'm "BIGSAL". I'm moored, Fa rrestal COMCARDIVOn Farrestal Four choppy. And I cannot be lured Presides as SQPA-what a chore! storboardTo North Island shining is so From my berth at PierFifty-Eighf- Well, that concludesstandard the stuff; bright; belowSincepower share A final note will be enough. port,Torecruits all are tucked thefar in Keeps me aglow,all Beatty's seen theworld, cruised every sea, night. While theshipyord determines my fate. Since '44 steamed foifhfully. We'refond ofher; this old gray mare; They're really a finebreed, those Company I believe I will be We caox andprod, she gets us there. Cammanders- A new GUDDVThree. . . ~~-.. .~~~~ ..~. ,- ~ ~ named as best of the lotwere from ships moored bekdless poet? comfortably-to use the term loosely-in port while All this is hardto believe but, if true, the literary written. The same coincidence holds true this year, world wiIl be shaken to its very foundations. but we invite your attention to uss Robison (DDG Further research on this point is necessary. You ~ 12), who leads the list of honorable mentions. can help by asking your senior bos'n or OOD if he , She was steaming in the South China Sea off the has the heart of a poet. Let us know what he says. coast of Vietnam whenher New Year's logwas We'll give you the results of our investigation next written (very well, indeed, by LTJG M. A.Rose, year. USNR.) Come to think, a surprising number of de- Meanwhile., hereare this year's Navy winners.

Once this Frisco Shipyard is through. For-sinceI've been in commission- "Forty's"our "form" with jusf one CVA; But you must surmise I'venever failed; HANCOCK is our guide, by night and by day. I've begunto despise It seems I'm detailed TwoDDs are screening in aThree-Charlie- All thechipping and hammering they do. To win"Battle E" competition. Two, Edwards is in One and Robison in Two. I'm sure ail the ships Bock insixty-two Screenaxis and course have been signaled of PacFlt in their slips I didsomething new by name Round this Son Francisco Bay- When I won the "Gol(erl E." One-eight-zero will do, for bothare the With theNavy yard rafts, Again, sixty-three, same. Andthe district crafts- And finally Twelveis our speed; guide'srange isfour For their ears'sake, wishI'd go away. 'Twas seven ina row-that's me/ thou; Three-one-fivetheguide bears; we're in I'm sure the past year stationnow. But I cannot run, Maywell disappear; In USS Edwards (she's DDNine-fifty) For I am notdone, It'll fade, be forgotten by some. Rides COMDESRON One-Seven, whose screens And this causes much concern. But 1'11 notforget arenifty. I mustsomehow CINCPACFLEET'Sepithet: Theboilers and generotors ore One and Completeright now, To the Salmon he cabled "Well Done." Two 'l~:t Or I'll delay my WestPac sojourn. R. W. Felton, LTJG, USN We sailwith Yoke set andplant split, you see. SOPA(COMCARDIV Seven), USS ROBISON (DDG 12) "Fifty-two" mount is manned; Condition Three At hisAlameda haven, watches yet. Is waitingfor me to leave- 0000-0400 "Darken ship's" in effect,navigation lights For my status report Here we aresteaming on theSouth China set. Would be oneless to sort, Sea Atmidnight plus twenty we re-orientedthe A task if he lost he'd not grieve. While serving to help keep SouthVietnam screen

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And compete with my sister subs. ..I..-... Andflount my "Es" The SOPA andtactical commander are one; One-nine-fivebears the guide, with a range On theSeven Seas The Hancock'r his home-he's COMCARDIV Of miles. Andtherein lies the rub. One. To keep us awakeand our adions alive This same man issaddled with more than We started to zigzog at Oh-oh-four-five. Other subs of the fleet onechore; QuicklyPlan Twenty was put on theline, Arenot quite so elite He is also in charae of the group in line four. Theentire formation began weaving in time. ' I won't fell you courses (for reason of security) freshmountainPlus RearAdmiral water,isBringlefindSOPA we But l willtell you this: we blew tubes at Sparkling and clear. COMCARDIV Seven by fhe sea. two-thirty. Two stars go further than a single, The wdtch is completed; there's no more to To port and starboard, Anyone for three? write- And moored inthe stream, HappyNew Year to all and to all a good lie SeventhFleet ships In our midst we find this night night. alllightsWith agleam. the ofShips Fleet;Pocific LT JG , USNR The Hornet, laraest in her in laraest Hornet, M.The A. Rose, USNR LTJG, mia

Temple bells chime arefleet Greyhounds the of homethe from M oo red in the poif ofpoif the Moored in ,start we lapan, As a new year. main of five, the outboard theIn a five, nest of can. footnote) (Seenest:* their And in slumber Standardmooring doubled,linesShipspresent aft both tonightStoddard, The Mullany, MonsfieldBraine,and a nd fore, Are varied and many: With Garcia ondGarcia With many: andvaried Are fore, and Haven De rest. at Captain, XO, andliberty party ashore. Seventh Fleet units Andyardcraft a-plenty. Atlanta,The is back fromtimeher sea, at C ond ition of readiness Four is set, Her trials oll trials Her set, is Fourreadiness of Condition over for now. PlusCondition Yoke, on that you bet1can SOPA(our boss) liesThe escort Edmondsherin is lee lnboardstarboard toErnest is 0. Small, portTo on our beam, Withyard bow.her craft at Most everyone's over,having a ball.Okayin City-. The SeventhTheQueen. FleetScabbardfish, SalmonSpinax,andthree, subs lnbo ard of her, of lnboard Moron, andif's Higbee lay. water the Low in AndOrleck thealso is mooredFromthis to USS MARS Their men atare home, their lovedones to An d her Martioncaisson. her And crew see Thefive of us neied, us secure as could be, "HappyNew Year, shipmates, Tomorrow it's back thetobay. Toport of the Markob, AR Twenty-three. To all of you." C. E. Johnson,BMCS, USN Neches, Kennebec andMattoponi, each m oo red over there, Usually pumping oil; pumping is Usually City Oklahomathere, over moored He r CO is SOPA;HerCO isThe weather fair. is USS MIDWAY (CVA 41) Though jar across the seas they reach The usual yard craft are scattered about, they're nowthey're about, scattered are craft yard usual The soil.on native AndNew Year has come, there's no room 'Tishard enough these wordsto weave for doubt. night. dutyOn every Aircraftfuel is kept on board, Butwhen we come toNew Year's Eve And the fly-boys want ifknown Variousfleet units, like us, lieat rest. This log in write.verseConditionswe normalare stored,where it's Hopingthis season will yet be the best. Thoughthe tanks are dry os a bone. The world, as usual, is far from steady, We'rebound by duty, per Navy Regs, Butihe Seventh Fleet, always, is Razor. To give hard-earnedour time; If the occasion oriseswhen we must duck sharp Ready. Yet this questionthis Ready.Yet sharp an answerbegs: Or isstrike irdn the when hot- C. R. Murphy,Jr., ENS, USN Why must the ------thing rhyme? We'll do our best andpray for luck, For hot our iron is not. USS MARS(AFS 1) In Hunter's Point Shipyard for major repair- J. N. lorton, LTJG, JOOW San Francisco seems colderthan "Heaven"- 0. W. lewis, ENS, 000 Mooredstarboard Tiedsidestarboardto, allsideto, snug in our lair, In a foreigh land- Midway eleven.coversand ten berths Footnote Bertheight, S. R. F., *This mixed metaphor Yokosuka,Japan. In case rough seas might soon appear, my sugar walks dc As witches' cauldrons bubble, canines go tweet, hh Six nylon hawsersSitnylon Six back,and relax, have no; fear- Doubled up tight; double. are Our lines standard USS McCAFFERY (DD 860) Threewire preventers Addingmight;O'ertheir each vessel nestledthat'snear keel of rows Astride the blocks stark The shipyardThe makes a fuss. In CharlestonNavalShipyard. dark, Condition yoke set- Serviceall to comes thefrom pier- alive,quiteandfreshYear, New The A// is sublime; Of types miscellaneous. in Arrjved DrydockFive. Number Boiler two, generator one, Beneath the glare of floodlights bright,floodlights of glare the Beneath one, generator two, Boiler Are both on the line. Conditionline.the readinessbothon Are of continuesThreeSix, at vessels blushed in naked plight: Five echo our EmCom DestroyersCon. "Mightythere, the Mac" Receivingphone services her SumneratAllen With Material fixCondition we Yoke back, Direif from the Dier; As this nightthis AsDier; \ the fromDireif goesand on on. YCtiny And sev'n-five-four Suspended o'er thedrydock floor. But from the shore-based Navymen All services are from the pier Stationed at NAVBASE Charleston. AndCOMlNLANi is SOPA here. Ships present on thelocal beat Attwenty-four hundred the whistles did toot Are units of the Second Fleet; Fromships at the pier (Sierra and Solute). And readinessCondition Six COMlNLANT'sSOPA both dayond night, Is sureto stifle any tricks. LANTFLEETunits show hismight; Thisquiet vigil in the night Yardand districtcraft are his charge, Awaitsthe dawning of first light Readiness condition six (we believe too large); To shout oloud the news of cheer But Yoke is set, SO havegood cheer, And celebrate a brighf New Year. Salute is ready for the New Year. D. A. Otto,LTJG, USN M. C. Gibbons-Neff, ENS, USNR

USSWALDRON (DD 699) USSNORRlS (DD 859)

Tiedstarboard side to Willard Keith, In a city here in Italy, DD seven-seven-five; We start this New Year% Day, At Pier two-one, berth iwo-one-three, And according totraditions It'snineteen sixty-five. 1/11write the log this way:

lnbaard of Keith, USS Eaton, Our ship, USSNorrir, DD five-one-zero atrest: DD eight-fifty-nine, These threeships, with us outboard, Is berthed here near Genoa Makeup fhe entire nest. With standard mooring line.

Spring-layand hawser aft to Keith, Sternto fhe pier, in Med moor style- Keep our fantail tight; Port anchorlays away, A wire forward to the pie?, With sixtyfathoms of its chain Keeps our bow in sight. In themuddy bottom bay.

Our left-handbower underfoot, Thepier's Andrea Doria; Andstandard lines all double, We arrivedjust yesterday, Give us complete protedionhere, With theJ. R. Pierce tostarboard And keep us out of trouble. Andher brow across our way.

Steam and water-voltage, too, Porto Vecchio, the harbor- Are coming from the pier, For this I surely know-, To maintain health, ,and warmth, and ease, With four and one-half fathoms For all on dutyhere. Of water just below.

Condition of Readiness Six is set, Gatheredall around us Alongwith Yoke (Modified); The Sixth Fleet ships look fierce- Near us areharbor and merchant craft, An ammo ship named Shasta; Some anchored and some tied. Destroyers Cecil dnd Pierce.

To allthe other United States COMCRUDESFLOTTwelve is SOPA: Atlantic Fleet ships here, AdmiralHeinz, sa weall know; AndSOPA too,COMNAVAIRLANT, He's aboardthe Saratoga .We wish a Happy New Year. NumberedCVA Six-Oh. -Forwarded by James A. Baxter, CommandingOfficer Our ship is brightly jighied, With Med lights for all to see; USSSALUTE (MSO 470) Powerfrom number two Turbo, Andboiler numberthree. Herewe are at Minecraft Base, Doubledup with four in place; Yoke's set throughoutthe ship now, Notable's on our starboard side Of thisthe watch did say; The sea is slack, itis high tide. And I make thisfinal entry Electricity, water and shore steam On a HappyNew Year's Day. Come notfrom our Engineering team, F. V. McAloon, BTC,USN The Guardian of our Country TheUnited States Navyis responsible for maintaining control of the sea and is a readyfarce an watch at home and aver- seas,capable of strong action to preserve the peace orof instant offensive action to WE’RE NOT QUITE SURE how it came about, but it seems that win In war. one of the stock comedy situations in the Navy centers Itis uponthe maintenance ofthis control thatour country‘s gloriousfuture depends. about the boot with an undying hatred of the wise-guy, city- The United States Navy exists to make it sa. slicker type (usuallya chiefboatswain’s mate) recruiter who We Setve with Honor Tradition,valor and victoryare the Navy‘s fast-talked him into enlisting in the Navy. heritage from the past. To these ma be addeddedication, disciplineand vigirance We can’t be sure, of course, but we suspect that, if most re- as the watchwords of thepresent and fu- cruits were inclined to verbalize their feelings on the matter, the ture. At home or on distant stations, we serve with pride, confident in therespect of sentiments of a healthy percentage would closely parallel those our country, our shipmates,and ourfami- lies. Ourresponsibilities soberus; our ad- of the young man who wrote the following letter to Chief B. B. versities strengthen us. Herdman, USN, a recruiter stationed at Winchester, Va. Service to God andCountry isour special privilege. We serve with honor. Dear Chief: The Future of the Navy On 9 Jan 1964, I came into your office and told you I wanted to The Navywill always employ new weap- ons new techniques and greatec.polwer to join the Navy. proiect and defendthe United States on the One week later I was in Washington, C. holding up my right sea, under the sea, and in the air. D. Now and in the future, control of the sea hand, saying those meaningful words. gives the UnitedStates hergreatest advan- tage for themaintenonce of peace and far From there I took a jet to OHare Airport and then a Navy bus victory in war.Mobility sur rise, dispersal to Great Lakes. At Camp Berry took tests, got shots, and a and offensive power ore‘the eeynotes of the I new Navy. The roots of the Navylie in a haircut, and really learned the fundamentals of what the Navy strongbelief in the future, in continued dedication to our tosks, and in reflectionan was all about. And on top of that, it was blasted cold! our heritage from the past.. . From this preliminary indoctrination I graddatedto Cam Never hove ouropportunltles and our re- Moffett, where we learned about discipline, neatness and the sponsibilities been greater. strength of togetherness. 411 HANDS The Bureau ofNaval Per Then there was Service Week. Really the hardest week in boot sonnelCareer Publication, camp. But each one ofus struggled through and went on to solicitsinteresting story materialand phota- graphs fromindividuals, shi s, stations, squad- Camp Porter. The last leg of our instruction. Here we learned rons ondother sources. AI? material received about guns, rockets, ships, the 96 count manual-and how to is carefully considered for publication. Hereare a few suggestions for preparing shovel snow. and submittingmaterial: But the real reward came the last night before we left for a There’s a good story in every iobthat’s be- ing performed,whether it‘s on a nuclear.car- different duty station. I don’t think anyone slept that night. We rler, a tugboat, in the submarine service orin had a ball. Then there were the graduation exercises that we had theSeabees. The man on the scene is best qualifiedto tell what‘s going on inhis outfit. practiced for so long. We were all proud of ourselves. Stories aboutroutine day-to-day iobsare prob- obly most interesting to the rest of the Fleet. After the usual 14 days leave, I flewto Charleston Naval Base Thisis the only way everyone can get a look to report aboard uss Cone (DD 866). On board, I spent some et all the different ports of the Navy. Researchhelps make a good story better. By wonderful days, the best of my Navy career. talkingwith people who are closelyrelated to While in Cone I went to the Med. We stopped at such ports as thesubiect moteriala writeris ableto collect many additional details which odd interest and Madrid, , Marseille, Palma, Valencia, Gibraltar, Cannes understandingto a story. and the beautiful French Riviera. Articles about new types of unclassified equip- ment,research projects, all types ofNavy OS- While on board, I started working in sick bay. The chief hospital signmentsand duties, academicand historical subjects,personnel on liberty or during leisure corpsman helped me get into the Hospital Corps School at Grent hours, and humorousand interesting feature Lakes. At Corps School, I ,was taught patient care, first aid and sublects are all of interest. Photographsare very important,and should the administration of medicine. The course I’d say was sort of accompanythe articles if possible.However, a cut and dried, but I learned a lot. The graduating services were goad story should never be held back for lack of photographs. ALL HANDS prefers clear, well- just as impressive as they were at boot camp. It really made me identified 8-by-10 glossyprints,. bet is not re- itricted t;use ofthis type. All persons in the proud to be in the Hospital Corps. From there, I was sent to photographsshould be dressed smortly and Bethesda where I was to take instruction in operating room correctly when inuniform, and be identifiedby full name and rate orrank whenpossible. Lo- technique, which I have been studying for two months now. cation and generaldescriptive information and the name oi the photographershould also be It is a very interesting profession and it has set me up for my given.Photographers should strivefor original- life’swork when I leave the Navy. But now, I’m not so sure I ity, andtoke action picturesrather thon group want to-leave. Besides all this, I also got fi-ee food, clothes, shelter shots. ALL HANDS does not usepoems (except New and much fun in recreation. And I’ve done a lot of traveling. Year’s daylogs), songs, storles onchange of command, or editorial type articles. The writer’s In less than two years I have risen two ranks and almost com- name and rate or rankshould be includedon pleted two schools and willgo up one rate in August. I think an article. Material timed for a certaindote or event must be received before the first dayof only in the Navy could one do all this in such a short time. the month precedingthe month of intended That’s about all I can think of for now. publication. Addressmaterial to Editor, ALL HANDS, le09 Most respectfully, Arlington Annex, Navy Department, Washing- Loring W.Carper, Jr. ton, D.C. 20370. So who’s laughing now?

0 AT RIGHT: OFF GOES WILY- Catapultoperator aboard the attack aircraftcarrier USS Constellation(CVA 64) gives ’Go’ signalfor launching of an E1B Tracer,known in the Fleet as a Willy Fudd.

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