-*ALLHANDS* / THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION Keith M. Tracy, HMCS (SS),B.S., M.S., Ph.D., USN I I NOVEMBER 1968 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 622 VICEADMIRAL CHARLES K. DUNCAN, USN TheChief of Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL M. F. WEISNER, USN TheDeputy Chief of Naval Personnel All HANDS TheBureau of Nav- alPersonnel Career CAPTAIN H. W. HALL, JR., USN Publication, is published monthlv bv the AssistantChief for Morale Services Bureauof -Naval Personnel for. the in- formationand interest ofthe naval service asa whole.Issuance ofthis publicationapproved in accordance TABLE OF CONTENTS withDepartment of the Navy Publica- tionsand Printing Regu I ati ons, Features NAVEXOS P-35.Opinions expressed are not necessarilythose of the Navy De- USS FriendshipUnderway in Vietnam: OperationPositive Approach partment. 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Tracy, USN, receives his PhD degree during ceremonies at the University of Utah. See story on page 46. CREDIT: All photographspublished in ALL HANDS Magazineare official Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated. whennearby CanTho airfield is mortared by VC. Thispeople - to - peopleproject didn’t end with the completion of the rebuilthouse. The sailors con- tinue to visit their adopted Vietnam- ese family tobring them items of clothing and gifts sent by relatives and friends of the Navymen in the States. Rebuilding With Self-Help MANY VIETNAMESENavy and ci- vilian families who lost their homes during the Viet Cong attacks on Saigon andurban areas are re- building themat littleor no cost, thanks to aSelf-Help program in- itiated by a Navy chief storekeeper. John E. Rominger, an advisor at the Vietnamese Naval Supply Center in Saigon, started the program when fiveVietnamese sailors stationed there lost their homes duringthe Viet Cong Tet offensive. He decided to check around and see what, if anything, he could do to help. CHECKUP-Navydoctor and hospitalman examine a young Vietnamese girl. From atransportation command which unloads MSTS ships, he made arrangementsto draw excess dun- nage-planking and heavy timber used to keep cargo from shifting on board during ocean crossings. Be- cause it is cut to size for individual cargoes, it has little value as shoring for subsequent shiploads. This, then, he gave tothe Vietnamese sailors who gratefully accepted it, odd sizes and all. Once the wordgot around about his helping the sailors, other Viet- namese sought his assistance and by mid-July, his organization had given out more than 100,000 board feet of lumber to about 114 families. Eventually,to make their need A LONG ONE-Seabees build2040-foot bridge southwest of Do Nang. known, homeless people simply con- BELOW: Members of MedicalCivil Action Program hand out gifts to villagers. tacted the commanding officer of the Vietnamese Naval Supply Center who sent a staff member out to the individual’s hometoevaluate the need for the wood. Now, as each request is approved, Chief Rominger swings intoaction, contacts the transportation command and lets them know how much lum- ber is needed. “The extent of damage done to the house governs how much wood we give them,” he said. “We usually give them 50 planks, 25 long ones and 25 shorter ones. If theyneed more, they may return.” The chief,together with several Vietnamese sailors, trucks the wood from the Saigon port to the supply NOVEMBER 1968 To Build aSchool LIEUTENANT Joseph A. Raibert had a goal-build a school. It was a goal he established soon after becoming the U. S. advisorto the Vietnamese Navy’s Training Command at Cam Ranh Bay. The school he wished to build was not to be used by recruits, but by the children of the RTC staff. Sinceno funds were availableat the outset, LT Raibertbegan a no- cost recruitingprogram of his own, both for men and material. His call- ing card was simply a description of the schoolfacilities then in use- poorly equipped, inadequately light- ed, overcrowded and understaffed. At a nearby Army base, the naval officeremployed the services of :hiefRominger, USN, howhe is using lded for delivery to a homerebuilder. draftsmen who drew up plans €or the newbuilding. Oncehe knew what center for distribution.Occasionally, mortars. The roof andwindow materialswere needed, heset his the sailorsdeliver thelumber right screens had numerousholes. three enlisted advisors to the task of to the recipients if the load is large, Afterrepairing the wardamage, procurement.This they did admir- and even help with the rebuilding. the Seabees wentto work improv- ably. Soon, construction materials of A 13-yearveteran, Chief Romin- ingsanitary conditions. They in- varieddescriptions, marked ATTN: ger is no stranger to Vietnam or its stalled sealed privies and filled near- BMC CharlesW. Atwood, or BM1 people. He firstarrived there in by mosquito-breeding canals. On the Robert J. Matonte, or YN3 Quinton March 19G4 and was stationed at the lighter side, a new screen was tacked N. Pierce, began to arrive. Supply Center a year. After a state- around the nursery, then swings and In the meantime,other Navymen side tour, he returned to Vietnam in seesawswere erected on the play- assigned to the Market Time base at August 1966 and served on the staff ground. Cam Ranh Bay heard of the lieuten- of Task Force 115 in Saigon. When Suppliestaken to the children ant’s project and volunteered to help CTF 115 moved to Cam Ranh Bay in during the Navymen’s five-hour Sun- work alongside the Vietnamese July 1967, the chief transferred once day visits include a variety of foods