THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLI%ATION DECEMBER 1970 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 647 VICEADMIRAL D. H. GUINN, USN TheChief of Naval Personnel REARADMIRAL SHELDON H. KINNEY, USN TheDeputy Chief of Naval Personnel REARADMIRAL DAVID H. BAGLEY, USN AssistantChief for Personal Affairs CAPTAIN W. S. BUSIK,USN Dir. CareerInformation & Publications TABLE OF CONTENTS Features Help Wanted: AnOpportunity to Help Shape Tomorrow's Navy .............................................. 2 Kickapoo - "HeStands Here and There" ............ 8 Exploring the North (ViaSubmarine) .................. 12 An Interview With the Chief of Naval Operations 14 Odysseyof an Oiler ............................................ 18 To the Rescue: Roundup of Heroes and HelpingHands .................................................. 20 The SeabeesLive Up to Their Reputation ............ 24 NavyNews Briefs ............................................... 28 Communications,Guide to Jobs, High Schoolers Prefer Navy, CashAwards, Scholarships and College Loans, lnsignia 8 Awards,Swaps for Officers, Reenlistment Eligibility, Depend- entsOverseas, Extending for VRB, USNA Appointments, Leave andliberty, News for Junior Officers, Alien Registra- tion, New Wave Director Departments From the Desk of MCPON .................................... 34 Lettersto the Editor ............................................ 62 NavyHumor ........................................................ 63 TaffrailTalk ........................................................ 64 BulletinBoard A More Rewarding Career for Junior Officers .... 35 ShiphandlingSweepstakes .................................. 37 BelowZone Promotions ........................................ 37 SurfaceWarfare Officer School .......................... 38 The Winner: A New MCPON Selected ................ 39 Seavey A-71: Heading for Shore Duty ................ 40 SpecialRoundup NavySports: 1970 .............................................. 50 JohnA. Oudine, Editor AssociateEditors JOCS DanKasperick, USN News(Acting) AnnHanabury, Research Michael Tuffli, Art 1 E. L. Fast, Layout GeraldWolff, Reserve 0 FRONT COVER-The Chief ofNaval Operations,Admiral Elmo Zumwalt,Jr., USN, is featured inthis issue in an interviewin which he discussesregulations affecting all Navymen. 0 ATLEFT: "VETERAN 66"-A pen-and-ink drawing by DMSN JosephCochran, Tacron Eleven,shows HS-4's he1;copter 66 on the deck of USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2) duringan earlier Apollo spaceship recovery. Havea clear recordand evidence of financial thearea that hasthe best record for openrate and stability. SCORE reenlistments. (The accompanyingmap will Have no speech defect or marked foreign accent. show you wherethe recruiting districts are.) Be recommended by your commanding officer. Winnersare selected by aboard of officers con- However, before your CO recommends you, he will vened by the Director of the Navy Recruiting Service. evaluate your suitability for highly demanding, inde- The winning districts for Fiscal Year 1970 were an- endentduty. A negativeanswer to any of the fol- nounced late this summer. District Three (the South) iwing questions may disqualify youfor further con- washonored for the secondyear in a row for out- sideration. Do you measureup? Do you have: standing efficiency; District Two (the Middle Atlantic Above-averagecharacter traits, sense of humor states) made the greatest progress; and District Eight andforcefulness? (the Far West) took the Reenlistment Trophy for the The ability to present ideas to others persuasively, thirdyear insuccession. (See box for the lastfive whether through personal contact or in writing? years’ winners.) The initiative to meet the public and work inde- pendently? HAT DID IT TAKE to win these awards? The backgroundto converse intelligently about The official record showsonly the statistics: the Navy, general topics andcurrent events? number of reenlistments, percentage of quota, and so The ability to deal successfully with problems in- on. It’sin the field-atrecruiting stations largeand volving ideas and people? small all over the United States-that one can observe If you can answer “Yes” to all these questions (and the creative efforts of numerous dedicated Navymen. your CO a rees with you), then you’re the man the Among recent special projects and better ideas are: Navy is looi ing for. A group of Navy recruiters from the Los Angeles You may apply for recruit,er duty when you submit area visited NTC San Diego to see how the recruits yourSeavey rotation datacard. (Indicate “Recruiter they had signed up were doing. Duty” as your broad duty preference; if you’re sold on The five 1st class petty officers-RonMiller of the a job in Navy recruiting, you’ll increase your chances Alhambra branch office, Bob Boden of the El Monte of selection by indicating “Anywhere” under the area station, Louie Washington from Pasadena, Skip Webb preference.) of Azusa and Tyrone Carson of the La Puente office- arrived just in time for the recruits’ sports weekend. TROPHIES HAVE BEEN AWARDED annually since 1964 The San Gabriel Valley recruit company they visited by the Chief of Naval Personnel to outstanding re- was composed mainly of men the five POs were per- cruiting districts. Thethree awards are: sonally responsible for enlisting. Outstanding Efficiency Trophy. The recruiters cheered on “their” company in the Progress Trophy. tug-of-war, rope climb and track and field events. To Reenlistment Trophy. top off the day, they challenged the recruits to a game The first goes to the area which excels most in the of basketball. (The recruits trounced them 70-50.) over-all recruitment of candidates for all programs; the Then they had time to listen to problems from re- second to the region that has made the greatest im- cruits and the companycommander. provementduring the year. Thethird is awarded to When the five recruiters returned to their com- munities,they could report to the recruits’ parents the use of newspaperfeature articles, TV andradio first-hand on their sons’ progress. spotannouncements, talks with localunion officials Effective recruiting is oftena matter of making andadvertising on one of Dallas’ tallest skyscrapers, arrangements to take advantage of local opportunities. the36-story LTV Tower. At the station in Little Rock, for instance, Lieutenant Even model-building canbe used to promote Navy (jg) Jack S’ands and MMC (SS) DonaldMcClane recruiting programs.In Omaha, Neb., for instance. helped set up a Nurse Corps counseling program. EN1 John Kraft built a large model of the submarine Th,ey contacted Lieutenant CommanderLouise Gray, uss Will Rogers (SSBN 659). Navy Nurse Programs Officer for the Seventh Recruit- He used a wing tank, tin and odd scraps of plywood, ing District, and Lieutenant Jo Ann Hennessy, Navy plastic sheeting and wire. Oncehe had finishedthe Nurse Programs Officer in Houston, and invited them model, two recruiters from Nebraska City immediately to visit Arkansas during a student nurses’ convention borrowed it for a local centennialday celebration. at the state college. Theirdaughters rode the float during ‘the town’s parade. RRANGEMENTS WERE MADE for LT Hennessy to be Navymen at NRS Los Angeles constructed an even A interviewed on a noon TV program that was seen more elaborate float: a 1/16 scale model of the cruiser throughout the state. LCDRGray was afeatured uss Los Angeles. Over 5000 manhours went into the speaker at the nursing convention, speaking on battle finishedproduct, featuring main turretswhich train casualties and her experiences in the Republic of Viet- and fire blank 12-gauge shotgun shells, rotating radar, nam. BothNavy Nurses met withprospective appli- and signal and dress ship’s flags. cantsduring the convention and invited them to further informal discussions. AVYMEN WHO WORKED on themodel were Chief In FY 1969 NRS Little Rock enlisted three nurses James Berry, MM1 (SS) Paul Ogas, PR1 JohnMul- into the Navy Nurse Corps. Since then (and because lin, EN1 (SS) William Bevis, SF1 William Turner, BM1 of programs like the above) they’ve signed up seven Jim Burgess, TylerClark and DM2 Richard Poole. candidates and applications from eight more are being processed at BuPers. Parma, Ohio, celebrated “Chief PriceDay” last March, honoring an outstanding Navy recruiter for his service to the local comm,unity. Ship’s Serviceman Chief Edward P. Price is an ac- tive member of a Parma church and on the Council for local Cub ScoutPack #365. He hastaken an active part in educating Parma youth about the dangers of drug abuse, showing films and leading discussions at local high schools. CHIEF PRICE received a Mayor’s Proclamation of his Day, a City Council Resolution commending him for community service, and the Recruiter of the Year Award for Northern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsyl- vania. The honors capped a 22-year careerof operating and managing commissary and retail stores in Morocco, Cuba and Sicily, as well as aboard several Navy ships. Public affairs is an important part of recruiting. In Dallas, for instance, two recruiters, one experi- enced in mass communications and the other in elec- tronics, madea concerted publicity drive for Navy officer, WAVE and enlisted programs.. The results were about $13,000 worth of free tele- vision time, one taped and one live radio show, major newspapercoverage and numerousspeaking engage- ments in high schools, colleges and before professional groups. Here are the recruiting districts honored during u NDER A RECENT special program to obtain qualified construction workers for