* Reserve Seabees Drill* Most Like Training Here
* Reserve Seabees drill* most like training here Story and photos Gitmo. "Everyone is getting a chance to work in his rate, especially the by JOl Merle Jacobsen equipment operators and construction Reserve Seabees here for their mechanics who don't normally get a annual two weeks of active duty chance to work in their rates during training express satisfaction (for drills," according to Lt. Charles the most part) with assignment to L. Dalton, Greenville, S.C., officer in charge of RMCB-24's Detachment Gitmo. He said, "The people (in Gitmo) are very helpful and have given us all the support they could." The lieutenant also said that "the troops seem to be more satisfied with their duty, especially living conditions" than with previous two-week "cruises.' Chief Builder Bert H. Reece, assis- tant OIC and also a Greenville resi- dent, was concerned about the dis- regard of safety precautions by many of the local construction workers. SWC FLOYD SMITH, Gallant, Ala., a people He said, "How come so many welder and steelworker in civilian neglect to wear helmets on this base life, prepares wire mesh used in re- This is a on construction projects? inforcing concrete for the floor of requirement." a cabana under construction at Vic- tory Hill. The main problem facing the 39- man detachment is "getting material" tion of two cabanas at Chapman Beach to accomplish its tasks, according and completed the paving of a park- to one chief. His comment was the ing lot just off the runway near the most common of those made about the galley.
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