The Heat Balanced Engine

The Heat Balanced Engine

MAY 0 D You pushed WHICH button!!! (For more on refresher training at Guan- tanarno Bay, Cuba, see page 4. Photo by PHI Terry Mitchell.) MAGAZINE OF THE U.S. NAVY - 54th YEAR OF PUBLICATION 19 7 7 NUMBER MAY 1977 724 Features 4 NO PLACE FOR THIN SKINS A fresh look at Gitmorefresher training 14 SEARCHING FORNEW RED SEAS An interview with RADMHarvey, Dir. of Naval Intelligence Page 14 22 LIFE IN THESOVIET NAVY . And we thought WE had it rough 26RUBE GOLDBERG WOULD BEPROUD The Naval Academy develops a heat balanced engine 32THERE AREN'T ANY STOPSIGNS IN THE AIR The demanding job ofNavy air controllers 40 BEST IN THE NAVY SecNav awards for messes and clubs 43 FROM KATHMANDU TOEVEREST Two Navymen trek through Nepal 46 HELPING NAVY FAMILIES IN NEED The Navy Relief Society in action Page 26 Departments 2 Currents 13 Grains of Salt 30 Rights and Benefits 38 Bearings covers: Front Cover: A Tartar missile is find from the Tartar-Dsurface-to-air launcher on the forwara deck of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS California (CGN 36). Photo by PH 1 William J. Pointer. rage 52 Currents Arlington Interment Criteria Expanded 0 The Department of Defense recently announcedrevised criteria for interment in Arlington National Cemetery, effective Apr. 15, 1977. The ac- quisition of additional land by the cemetery has provided room for approxi- mately 100,000 more graves and will extend the life of Arlington as an active cemetery through the year 2000. Under the expanded criteria, veterans who have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Air Force Cross, the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star or thePurple Heart and were honorably discharged, now will be eligible for burial in Arlington. Veterans who were separated from active duty with a physical disability of30 per cent or greateralso will be eligible. Since 1976, eligibility has been limited to persons who died while on active duty, those eligible for retirement compen- sation, Medal of Honor recipients,high government officials who were veterans and the dependentsof those eligible or already buried at Arlington. Uniform and Grooming Regulations Revised May 1, 1977 0 A forthcoming “Change Two” to Navy Uniform Regulations contains several changes whichwill further standardize Navy uni- form and grooming regulations. Thechanges, which go into effect onMay 1, include specific grooming standards on beards and moustaches, provide guid- ance on regulation uniform items obtained from non-Navy sources and set uni- form requirements for travel on government aircraft. The regulations specify length and bulk guidelines for beards similarto those already in effect for hair. The bulk of a beard (distancethat the mass of facial hair protrudes from the skin on theface) shall not exceed one-half inch. The length of individual facial hair shall be limited to three-quarters ofan inch. Additionally, when a mous- tache is worn with a beard, it must blend smoothly into the beard. Anew arti- cle in the revised uniform regulations also provides guidelinesfor personnel in- terested in suggesting changes to Navy uniforms. Full details on changes and ad- ditions to uniform and grooming standards are contained in BuPers Notice 1020 of 2 Mar 1977. 1977 Navy League Award Winners Announced 0 The Navy League of the United States has announced this year’s winners of its national awards. The awards recognize outstanding in- dividual achievements in leadership, maritime affairs, science, serviceto com- munity and literature. The winners are: Rear Admiral KentJ. Carroll, Com- mander, Naval Forces, Marianas; Air Controlman 1st Class Joe D. Huey, USS John F. Kennedy; Senior Chief Air Controlman Bonnie Sue Creamer, Recruit Training Command, Orlando, Fla.; CommanderAllison J. Holifield, Officer in Charge, Nuclear Powered Research Submarine NR-1; and E. B. Potter, Pro- fessor of Naval History, U.S. Naval Academy. ALL HANDS Junior Officers Needed for Nuclear-Power Training 0 The rapid expansion of the Navy’s nuclear- powered force has created a demand for qualified unrestrictedline junior of- ficers (0-3 and below). The Navy currently has 29 Los Angeles class submarines, five Trident submarines, threeVirginia class cruisers and two Nimitz class air- craft carriers authorized or under construction in addition to the1 15 nuclear- powered ships currently in operation.Nuclear-trained officers are needed to fill billets in these ships and those scheduled to be built in the future.Eligible of- ficers are encouraged to apply for nuclear-power trainingin accordance with BuPers Manual,66 10300.Details are in NavOp 038/77 of March 1977. Yeoman, Personnelman Volunteers Sought for Submarine Duty0 An increase in requirements for Yeomen and Personnelmen on submarines has createdpressing a need for volunteers from the YN and PN ratings. Currently, there are 24 billets in Pacific Fleet subma- rines and 67 billets in Atlantic Fleet submarines open for Yeomen andPerson- nelmen in pay grades E-4 and below. Specific homeport requestswill be guar- anteed. Requests may be submitted on NavPers 1307/6 in accordance with Chapter Five of the Enlisted Transfer Manual. For further information, inter- ested personnel may contact their detaileror Enlisted Rating Coordinator for Submarines (Autovon 224-1014). Self-Help Bronze Hammer , AwardsProgram Winners Announced 0 TheChief of Naval Operations has announced the winners of theNavy Self- Help Bronze Hammer Awards Program. The pro- gram recognizes those naval activities which have made the most progress in improving the quality ofNavy life by using self-help for the enhancement of living quarters and personnel support,welfare and recreational facilities. The winners and runners-up in each category are: Category Winner Runner-up ConstructionBattalion NAS,Alameda NTC, San Diego in the area, enlisted al- lowance greater than 1,000 ConstructionBattalion PearlNS, Harbor NSA, Treasure area, enlistedin the area, al- Island lowance less than 1,000 ConstructionBattalion NSA, NAS, nottheinarea, enlisted Philadelphia Chase Field allowance more than 1,000 ConstructionBattalion NSG, NWC, not in the area,enlisted Winter Harbor China Lake allowance less than 1,000 In addition, special awards were made to the Pinehurst Community Center at NAS Lakehurst, and to Helicopter Anti-Submarine SquadronLight Thirty- five at San Diego. May 1977 3 Gitmo Refresher Training BY 502 DAN WHEELER Officersand men in a ship under- “Thetraining here pays off,” said PHOTOS BY goinginstruction can expectt’o work a 30-year senior chief, one of Gitmo’s PHI TERRY MITCHELL halfdays-that’s 12 hours under the I/Os. “Whatthey learn here may gun, sixdays a week.Underway at somedaysave their lives or possibly A sailorfumbles with his OBA. 0600, sometimes earlier; tied up again theirship. Down here a green crew An instructorthrows out aquestion at 1800, sometimeslater-and that’s becomes a team in short order.” about damagecontrol. The answer the easy part. Timein-between is Ships come to FTG for shakedown catches in a fireman’s throat. A flame- spentdrilling, practicing, learning. cruisesmanned by menwho never safety lamp malfunctionsand a petty General Quarters quicklybecomes servedtogether before. They come officer’seyes close in despair-what the standard steamingcondition. En- from extended stand down periods and else can gowrong? Even the engines gineeringand damage control drills, from theyards. Most ships have ex- seem to cough and stutter in embarrass- warfare exercises and maneuvering op- perienced a high rate of crew turnover ment while a divisi,on officer and CPO erations are the Plan Of The Day, not sincetheir last trip to Guantanamo. commiserate in silence. just one day, but every day. For four Some are sharper than others, but they They thought their men were ready weeks there is no stand down. allneed one thing-intensified7 unin- for Gitmo. They weren’t. Gitm,ois the toughest, most thor- terrupted training. That’swhat refresher training at oughshipboard training the Atlantic Gitmoisn’t a place f,or thin skins. the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base can Fleet has tooffer. It makesaship Saidone CO aftera particularly try- do to acrew. It usuallydoes. No combat-readyand molds her crew ing day, “Sure I’m concerned about one claimed training would be easy and into an efficientfighting team. After thediscrepancies, but youcan’t let it isn’t. a few days under the scrutiny of Fleet yourselfget upset. Each commanding Training Group (FTG) instructor/ officerhas to realize that if hiscrew observers (I/O), seasonedNavy men were atthe level of trainingthey sharpen their skills, recruits get a taste should be, his ship wouldn’t be here. of “salt” and a large helping of con- fidence.Gitmo demands even more. No operational procedure,fleet doc- trine or piece of gear escapes untested. 4 ALL HANDS Firefighting teams don’t waste timP when there is a drill. Each group of I/Os gives the captain a report on the day’s drill results. This captain has been to Gitmo several times and is not upset by his crew’s initial failure to score highly. The onlything that concerns meis, ‘are my men trainable?’ ” The answer to that question begins to unfold on a ship’s first day in Gitmo. TheFTG I/Os explain to each division what will be expected of them. Informative handouts are distributed to everysailor. Each isgiven a list of questions and answers about his job which he is expected to learn and learn well. Quizzingindividuals, however, is only a small part of the overall train- ingprocedure. The primaryobjective istwo-fold. First, ea&division and department must be taught to operate as a team.Weak links have to be identified and given extra instruction. Each individual must understand what role he plays in the team operation. Next, each division has to be taught how to operate as a part of the ship’s overallteam, a unifiedcrew. No longer is the weapons department, for instance, unconcerned about the en- gineering department-now each learns 5 When a personnel casualty strikes, sometimes it’s necessary to give some on- thmcene instruction.

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