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October 1967 ~~ - OCTOBER 1967 OCTOBER 1967 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 609 VICE ADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN TheChief of NavalPersonnel TheBureau ofNov- REAR ADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN All 'AN'S oI PersonnelCareer TheDeputy Chief ofNaval Personnel Publication, is publishedmonthly by the CAPTAIN JAMES G. ANDREWS, USN Bureau of Naval Personnel for the infor- AssistantChief for Morale Services motion and interest of thenovo1 service as o whole.Issuance of this publication approved in accordance with Deportment o f theof Navy Publications and Printing Regulations, NAVEXOS P-35. Opinions ex- TABLE OF CONTENTS pressedare not necessarily those of the Navy Department.Reference regula-to Features tions, orders and directives isfor infor- OurNumber One Mover: The MSTS Story ...................... 2 mationonly anddoes notby publication Here's MTMTS-ManagingTraffic from Coastto Coast ............ 4 hereinconstitute authority foraction. All originol material may be reprinted as de- A Historic Ceremony:Shipping Over .......................... 8 sired if proper credit is given ALL HANDS. BattleWagon: A new Chapter ................................ 10 Original articles and information of gen- eral interest maybe forwarded addressed UDT Meets UOU ........................................... 13 to theto Editor,ALL HANDS, PersG15, SmallShips, Big Men ...Reservists on Minesweepers ............. 14 BuPers, Navy Deportment, Washington, You Don't SeeMany Like the AHLC Twins ...................... 16 D.C. 20370 (see page 04). DISTRIBU- TION: By Section 8.3203 of the Bureau of 'Intercept HotCargo Below ChuLai' .......................... 18 Naval Personnel tmnual, theBureau di- Ridinga Dragon is Never Dull ................................ 20 rects that oppropriatesteps be taken to insure distributionon the basis of one GaetaWelcomes Sixth Fleet ................................. 22 copy for each 10 officersand enlisted All-NavyCartoon Kings ..................................... 24 personnel. The Bureou invites requests for oddi- Topsin Navy Sports-All-Navy and Regional Champs ............ 26 tionol copiesas necessary to comply with Buildinga Church .......................................... 34 the basic directives. Award to Chaplains ........................................ 35 TheBureau should bekept informed of chonges in thenumber of copies required. Centerspread The Bureau should olso be odvised if FederalBenefits Based on Typeof Discharge .................... 32 the full number of copies is notreceived regularly. Bulletin Board Normally copies for Navy activitiesare Here's Opportunity for Officers Who Want to Specialize ...........36 distributedonly tothose on the Standard Navy DistributionList in theexpectation Onthe Subject of Junior Officer Retention ...................... 37 thot such activities will make furtherdis- A Visit toGreat Lakes-The Second TimeAround ................ 39 tribution os necessary;where speciol cir- A Look at an In-PortLiberty Program, Columbus Style ............. 43 cumstances warrant sendingdirect to sub- - octivities theBureau should be informed. Special Report: Publications Available at GPO Distribution toMarine Corpspersonnel Wantto Know Something About Anything? Try Here ............. 44 is effectedby the Commandant US. Ma- k,: 4 Departments rine Corps.Requests from Marine Activi- &;i ........................... .................. 52 ties should beaddressed to theCom- [: '"j Today's Navy mandant. PERSONALCOPIES: This L, .# Lettersto the Editor ....................... ..................58 magazine isfor saleby Superintendent i: Taffrail Talk. .............................. ................. 64 ofDocuments, US. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.' Therote farALL HANDS is 25 centsper COPY; subscription price 52.50 o yew, domestic John A. Oudine, Editor (including FPO and APO address for overseas moil); 53.50 foreign. Remittances Associate Editors should bemade to theSuperintendent of Documents.Subscriptions ore accepted for G. VernBlasdell, News one, twoor threeyears. DonAddor, layout 8 Art Ann Hanabury, Research GeraldWolff, Reserve 0 FRONT COVER: BIRDMAN-A covey of F-8 Crusaderslines the flight deck of uss Eon Homme Richard(CVA 31) as acrewman fuels one of theaircraft before an airstrike when thecarrier was onstation in the SouthChino Sea.-Photo byRobert D. Moeser, JOC, USN. 0 AT LEFT: THROUGH THE SURF-Navy Boatswain'sMate Third Class Richard A. Williams, amember of UDT wades throughthe surf while making beach reconnaissance of enemy areain Vietnam.-Photo by J. Means, PHI, USN. CREDIT: All photographspublished in ALL HANbS Magazineare official Department of Defense photosunless otherwise designated. DELIVERY TO VIETNAM- The MSTS ship USNS Core takes a load of aircraft up the Saigon River to nearby air base ur Number INCE ITS INCEPTION a shorttime Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1946. It was Navy, three features of its operation s before the Korean conflict, the to operatewithin the framework of distinguish it fromany other oper- Navy’s Military Sea Transportation the Navy and have a status com- ational Navy force. Service (MSTS) supportedhas parable to that of a Fleet operating The first, of course, is that MSTS United States armed forces in many directly underthe Chief of Naval provides ocean transportation for all a crisis and performed unusual tasks Operations.Each of the services DOD agencies-not just the Navy. almost too numerous to mention. concerned was to pay for its respec- In this respect, MSTS can be con- Itsships are, in fact,such a tive seatransportation requirements sidered the seagoingcounterpart of familiar sight on thearmed forces on the basis of the shipping ordered the Military Air Command (MAC) scene that it is difficult toimagine and rendered. which is run by the Air Force. militaryoperations without them. It also is a link in the transporta- MSTS has, nevertheless,been in o PUT IT BRIEFLY, the Military Sea tion chainwhich in additionto operation only 18 years. TTransportation Service exists for MAC, includes the MilitaryTraffic The evolution of the Military Sea the following reasons: Management and TerminalService Transportation Service began during 0 To provide a sealift capability (MTMTS), a joint service agency the Mexican War (1846-1848) when in support of contingency or general liberally staffed by Navymen as well the idea of combining Army and war plans or other emergencies. as those from other armed services. Navysea transportation under a 0 To plan for and be capable of The Military Traffic Management single command was discussed but expansion in time of emergency or and Terminal Service provides trans- not adopted. war as necessary. portation for the armed forces within The goal of a single sea transport, 0 To provideocean transporta- the United States and also manages however,came a little closer after tion and related services for person- military terminals. WorldWars I and I1 demonstrated nel and cargoes of the military serv- the difficulties inherent in each serv- ices and other agencies of or desig- MSTS OPERATIONS are both military ice having its owntransportation nated by the Department of Defense. and industrial. Both marine facilities. Meet all requirements of the civil service and militarypersonnel Shortlyafter World War 11, the Department of Defense(except operatethe ships . sometimes evolutionarywheels began turning thosemet by Fleet ships) for ships bothare aboard the same vessel. againand the highlysuccessful andcraft for purposesother than Although it is a Navy operation, MSTS organization was established. transportation.(This includesocean MSTS cooperates closely with the The MilitarySea Transportation sciences, missile-tracking andspace MaritimeAdministration. Service was activated on 1 Oct 1949 research.) MSTSalso relies heavilyon the as the result of a study made for the Although MSTSis run by the commercialshipping industry to 2 ALL HANDS heels of the Korean conflict when IN THE YEARS since its organization, deck of USNS Kingsport (T-AG 164) 223,000Vietnamese chose to avoid the MilitarySea Transportation for example, atone timecarried a life under communism and leave Servicehas been called upon to hugebubble which protected her their homeland by a sealift exodus. carrysome extraordinary items. To radar equipment. Since that time, of course, events mention a few, there were: Although MSTS coverswidea in Vietnamhave become! consider- Exotic cargoes-1500 live mos- spectrum of activities, it may be best ablyhotter and, MSTS; activity, quito fish tocombat a mosquito remembered by Navymen and, par- rather like a thermometer, registered problem in Guam. ticularly theirdependents, as the thechange in temperatureuntil a 0 Inspiring cargoes-A 20-ton means by which they traveled to an saturationpoint was reached early Freedom Bell to Germany. overseas station. However, de- this year. /a Potable cargoes-About 500,- pendent transportationin MSTS Unit moves amountingto more OOO’gallons of fresh water to relieve transports was discontinuedover a than a quarter of a milliontroops a dSought in the L‘irgin islands. year ago. Alimited number have havebeen transported to Vietnam “‘0 Valuable cargoes-Six anda been carried by commercial passen- in MSTS ships and about six million halfmillion dollars fromNew gerships in spaceprocured by gallons of bulkpetroleum products Orleans, La., to SanJuan, Puerto MSTS. were shipped last March alone. Rico. On 1 October, MSTS celebrated In 1965,only 18 MSTS ships 8. its 18th anniversary.Throughout called regularlyat Vietnam. Now, o DISCUSSION of the
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