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/ALL HANDSTHE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

JANUARY 1970 Nav -Pers-O NUMBER 636VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES K DUNCAN, USN

The Chief of Naval PersonnelREAR ADMIRAL D. H. GUINN, USN

The Deputy Chi e f of Naval PersonnelCAPTAIN H. W. HALL, JR ., USN

Assistant Chief for Morale Serv ices

TABLE OF CONTENTSFeatures

Naval Ordnance la b Soars Into the Future .. ...... 2Floating Foundry: USS Samuel Gompers ..... .... ... 7UNITAS: Ten Years of Cooperation .... ... ...... ...... . 8Inside look at the Naval War College .. ..... ......... 12NATTU Photo School ..... .............. ... .......... ....... ..... 14RVN Takes Over MRF : Vietnamization Step ........ 16Concrete Junk? Why Not? ...... .... .. .. .... .......... ... ..... 19USS Newport Sports the New look ...... .... .. ...... .. 20Two Views : By an d For Wa r ran t Officers ............ 23Navy Wives lend a Hand Overseas ... .... ..... ... ..... 32Navy New Year's log ... ........ .. ..... ..... .... ... .. .. .. .... 34

Special ReportFamily Services Center .. ............ ................ .... ........ 24For Your Information : FSC Directory ............ .... .... 28Your Next Duty Station: Living ConditionsPamphlets .................... .............. ............................ 30

DepartmentsToday's Navy .. .................. . .. .. .. .. .. ........... .... .... ..... 38letters to the Editor .. .. .. .... ...... ...... ..... .. ............... . 56Navy Humor ............................ .......... .. ..... .... ....... 63

Bulletin BoardBuPers Revises Rules on Separation Procedures .. 44Preview of the New Working Uniform .. .............. 45Four-Pronged Opportunity: NPS and USNA ........ 47Updated Instruc;tions on Vietnam leave .... ........ .. .. 48Seavey Segment A-70 .......... ................................. 52Roundup on Revised Officer Designators .. .. .... .. .. 54

Taffrail Talk .... .. .......... ...... .................. ........ .. .. .. .. 64John A. Oudine, Editor

Associate EditorsG. Vern Blasdell, NewsDon Addor, Layout & ArtAnn Hanabury, Research

Gerald Wolff, Reserve FRONT COVER: TOP SIDE-Nuclear-powered attack submarineUSS Sunfish (SSN 649) cruises surface of Atlantic . This Sturgeonclass sub is especially designed as an antisubmarine weapon AT LEFT : GROWING UP-Taking her bow, one weighing 67 tons,is the U. S. Navy dock landing ship Portland (LSD 37), under con struction at Quincy, Mass. Portland is named in honor of the citiesof th e sam e name in Maine and Oregon . The 555-foot vessel is thefirst of four sister ships, des igned to support amphibious assaults ,to be built at Quincy .


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THE always forward looking Naval Ordnance Laboratory indulged itself in a little nostalgia last year- it looked backward to its founding half a centuryago, in 1919.

NOL, as it is usually called, started out as the l i n eUnit under the technical direction of the Bureau ofOrdnance (now the Naval Ordnance Systems Command) . Like many other naval activities it was bornin the Washington Navy Yard, then the location ofthe Naval Gun Factory.In those early days there were growing pains andother problems. For example, thele are recollectionsof a budget for depth-charge research, back in the20s, which was limited to $25 a month.But, despite financial difficulties and a shortage ofpersonnel, the unit carried on. In one field alone ofvital impoitance the lab managed to retain a cadre ofmine and fuse experts who were to find ways to coun-

NOL hypersonic wind tunnel attains speeds up to Mach 10. Lab Reps developed minipad for ATe .

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teract Germany's new magnetic mines and blockadeJapanese shipping in the second World War.But that's getting ahead of the story.A building, dubbed appropriately enough the MineBuilding, was constructed to house the newly bornMine Unit (in 1919), and later a sister group, the Experimental Ammunition Unit. Although they occupiedthe same building, the two units operated on a moreor less independent basis. Both were under the administrative control of the Gun Factory and their workwas perfonned under the technical direction of theBureau of Ordnance.A closer union came about in 1929, when the Bu- .reau of Ordnance decided to consolidate the units,and to broaden the scope of their work.

To reflect the new mission, the organization wasnamed the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, and that's thebeginning of NOL as we know it.

o JRING TH E EARLY YEARS the Laboratory had beenheaded by a naval Officer in Charge, who was

advised on technical matters by a chief physicist. Th epattern was set for the system of dual managershipthat has continued to this day .

Th e late 20s and early 30s were lean years financially, but the corps of scientists was hard at work. Developing mines to protect our coasts and shippingwas one of its big missions.In 1938 the Laboratory was big enough to be separated from Naval Gun Factory control, although it remained a tenant activity at the Navy Yard.With the approach of World Wa r II , the work ofthe Laboratory was accelerated, and turned from developing mines to countering the new magnetic minesbeing used by the Gelmans. This was a deadly new

naval weapon against which the United States Navyhad no defense.

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Steel vacuum sphe,e, dedicated in 1949, set former speed recordfor wind tunnel research. Below: Explosive developed by HO lallowed lunar module to descend to and ascend from the moon,

thereby aiding in the success of Apollo 11 .


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The Laboratory first concentrated on the study ofships' magnetic fields. and built its first magnetic fieldfacility to permit the study of degaussing techniquesby using scale models of real ships . In this mannermore refined degaussing techniques were developed.Degaussing consists of winding certain parts of a

ship with coils of wire through which electric currentis passed. This current is controlled and adjusted sothat the magnetic field set up is opposite to the ship's1I0rmal field. and partially cancels it. This reduces therange at which a magnetic mine can detect a ship .In addition to the completion of the degaussing program for both the Navy and ;'v\erchant Marine, NOLdesigned approximately half a hundred different typesof mines.

The development of magnetic, acoustic, and pressure-firing mechanisms for mines was to make possible the eHective blockade of Japanese waters in thespring and summer of 1945.

played an important role in destruction of the Japnnese air arm . )At the height of World Wnr II, NO L was burstingits seams at the Navy Yard. In 1944 land was pur

chased for the Laboratory at White Oak, in the suburb of Silver Spring, Md.

The cornerstone of the main Laboratory and Administration Building was laid by Secretary of theNavy James Forrestal in 194.5. During the nextthree years the major part of the Laboratory was constructed.

When 'World \Var II ended, two German wind tunnels were sent to NOL's \Vhite Oak home for researchstudy. They were rebuilt and modernized. The "recommissioned" tunnels were dedicated in 1949.The wind tunnels were able to simulate air speeds

of iVlach five and were regarded as being amongmore advanced aeroba I is tics research tools of theirkind in the world.

The Mine Building at th e Washington Navy Yard wa s NOl's first home. Rt: NOl today.

1:-; THIS BLOCK ,\DE CAMPAIGN, U. S. planes laid over13,000 mines which sank or seriollsly damaged twomillion tOilS of Japanese shipping, throttling almostcompletely seaborne commerce in Japanese homewaters.Another outstanding achievement of the Laboratory was in the field of fuzes . The fuze then beingused presented production difficulties because it wascomplieated and expensive. The answer was a Simplerfuze, bu t there was little time to work on a designthe deadline was a matter of days, not weeks ormonths.At this point, an NO L scientist presented a sketchof a new fuze. Simple in design and ideally suited tomass production, it appeared to fulfill all functionalrequirements. It proved to be 99.9 pe r cent efficient,and it is estimated that the savings effected by theadoption of this fuze totaled approXimately 250 million dollars. (I t was used against the kamikazes and

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NOL ' S SCORE in the field of ordnance devices andequipment is indeed impressive. Included amongits developments are 22 mines for which NO L is theNavy's sole developing agency. It did pioneering work

in the field of antisubmarine depth charges and produced numerous types of fuzes for rockets and a variety of ordnance equipment. It supplied w ~ r h e a d s formissiles. I ts range of work extended to pyrotechnicdevices, and the arming and fUZing mechanisms forPolaris.

NO L was responsible for the concept of Slibroc,a submarine-launched, rocket-propelled, intertiallyguided, depth charge for long-range destruction ofhostile submarines. NOL conducted feasihility studies,and provided technical direction during its development under contract.

Over the years NO L has found it necessary to expand its facilities and add new ones.

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A parachute-laid mine is tesfed. Rt: Supersonic wind tunnel, dedicated in 1949, shows behavior of projectiles fired into it.

A larger magnetic field facility has been constructed, this time entirely of nonmagnetic materials, evento the nails that hold the building together. Used primarily to design degaussing coils for Navy ships, thefacility is capable of simulating the magnetic conditions peculiar to any part of the earth or moon. It isfreq uently used to make prelaunch magnetic measurement tests of space satellites.WH E N THE NASA astronauts made the Apollo 11moon landing, an explosive developed by NOL wasused to permit the descent and aseent of the astronauts in the (lunar module). This was done bythree cutting operations which: first, released the landing gear uplock; next, severed the umbilical bundle.thus separating the ascent and descent stage of theL1'vl to pemlit the ascent stage to return to the command module; and finally, after the astronauts wereback aboard the command module, set the LNI and

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the aseent stage adrift in space after separating themfrom the eommand module .NOL has aerobalhsties facilities which make it a

modern eenter for research and development in thesciences of aerodynamics, hydrodynamics and ballistics. The wind tunnels and ranges are capable ofmeaslIl'ing aerodynamic drag, stability and heatingeffects at speeds up to and beyond Nlach 10.A hypervelocity tunnel, clue for completion in 1971,is expected to be able to reach speeds of Mach 20.

\\'ith its 1,750,OOO-gallon hydroballistics tank, studies can be made of powered, scale models of submarines and torpedoes.In its program to develop improved materials forordnance applications, NOL has created several newmagnetic materials that have been made available toindustry for both civilian and military applications.Use of these materials has greatly improved the characteristics of such devices as magnetic amplifiers.

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NOL supplied arming and fuzing mechanisms fo r Polaris.

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Th e 100-foot underwater weapons test tank at NOL holdssome 1V2 million gallons of water.

magnetometers and electromagnetic transducers . 'A new metal with a memory which returns it to itsoriginal shape after being heated also came from theNaval Ordnance Laboratory. If distorted, it "remembers" its shape, and returns to it when heated. This alloy has potential for use in erectable structures for outer space and hydrospace . Another form, which hashardening qualities comparable to steel, is being Llsedto make nonmagnetic hand tools and related items forunderwater ordnance applications.NOL HAS PIONEHD in the use of "massive glass" for

deep suhmergence vehicles. (See ALL HANDS,February 1965.) It is continuing to research and testglass materials for underwater applications.

In NOL's glasshlowing lab, glass tubing is fashiolledinto one-of-a-kind scientific devices. The result maybe a very simple chemical apparatus, or an intricategas laser, or diffusion pump for producing highvacuum .

NOL is the East Coast Coordinator for Naval Laboratories in the Vietnam Laboratory Assistance Program, and has sent many of its personnel to Vietnamas Laboratory Representatives-better known as LahReps-to provide liaison and aet as technical experts.

Lab Reps have even come up with solutions to prohlems with a twist of the wrist and a hit of baling wire.One example is the development of a minipad fora medevac helicopter.Alerted to the desire for a way to land a copter' onan armored troop carrier, NOL's La b Rep came upwith the makings of pipe and steel mat, (which wereat hand) and within two weeks had a trial pad.On the next mission, after debarkation of troops, the

helo pad was readied for the copter. The woundedwere ferried from the hattIe zone to the hoat. Afterunloading, the copter took off, and the boat rushedthe troops to the base hospital. Th e minipad was animmediate su('(:ess, and has served as a model for theconstruction of others .

Stemming from its early days as the "Mine Unit,"NOL today is headed by a naval officer, entitled Commander, and a civilian Technical Direetor.

For the most part a civilian-staffed organization,NOL has a working corps of scientists and engineerscarrying out basic research and engineering supportmissions for the Fleet.

Ordnance Application Officers are assigned in astaff capacity to the offices of the appropriate technical directorate. Tnese naval officers, haVing considerable Fleet experience and being specialists in thefield of ordnance engineering, advise and assist in thepractical applications of ordnance umler laboratory development to meet the needs of the Fleet.

In addition to the 730-acre reservation at 'WhiteOak which the laboratory occupies, it operates anacoustics research facility at Triadelphia Lake, Md.,and three subSidiary "test and evaluation" facilities.

This-in a nutshell-sums up half a century of NOL.Th e past 50 years have set the pace, and the Laboratory expects to make even more progress in its nexthalf-century.

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USS Somuel Gompers (AD 37 ) tends brood in Southeost Asio.

FloatingFoundry

Molten bronze is poured f..-om furnace.

Induction furnace is readiedfor activation

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1:-; A BRIGHTLY GLOW ING stream, molten bronze poursfrom the furnace into a ladle. Two sweat-drippingmen carry the ladle to a mold. They tip it, abel theumber li'luid sp lashes into the crevices of the mold ,then settles to cool.

The scene is the foundry on board the destroyertend er l'SS Samuel Compers (AD 37), where the ,1I1-cient art of casting metals is used to make repair partsfor ships of the modem Navy.The foulldry, one of 55 specialized shops 011 thesh ip, is capable of producing parts of steel, aluminum,bronze, monel alloy, or virtually any other metal.\Iet


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Ten YearsofCooperation

U. S. Navy Signalman lrd Class Allen Hovik checks his Spanishlanguage guide during UNITAS X during lull in communications.Below: A U. S. and Colombian deshoyerman apply destroyermanlstalent during a civic action project. Right: Members of UNITAS Xget underway from San Juan, Puerto Rico, For right: Colombian

sailor sends message to USS Leahy.

F OR THE 10TH STRAIGHT YEAR, U. S. and SouthAmerican navies cooperated in the recen tly completed UNITAS.All of the participants engaged in learning and refining tactics of ocean control and antisubmarine warfare. And meanwhile, the United States gained goodwill with the people-sailors and civilians-of the Latinnations invo'lved.While the U. S. ships maneuvered with their SouthAmerican counterparts off the coast, a Navy handtoured the interior of various countries. And whenthe ships pulled into port, North and South Americanscontinued to combine their efforts in civic action projeds, sports and recreation.Last year's exercise, UN ITAS X, began in July whenfour U. S. ships left San Juan to hegin a 19,OOO-milecoun terelockwise cruise around South America . Shipsof eight South American countries joined them for various parts of the cruise, scheduled to end in December.

Th e U. S. ships are uss Leahy (DLG 16), uss S a r s ~field (DD 837), uss ]. K. Taussig (DF 10.30) anduss Grampus (SS 523) .The combined task force was directed by Rear Admiral James A. Dare, Commander South AtlanticForce, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. Operational command of

exercises was rotated among senior officers of the participating navies.A LTOGETHER, some 50 ships, 70 aircraft and 1.5,000men of the nin e navies of North and South America took part in various UNITAS exercises . In somephases, 20 ships from four countr ies have operatedtogether at the same time.Typically, an American destroyer may have detected a suhmarine (Gramp us or a sub from one of theother navies), reported to a Uruguayan captain, andthen jOined Brazilian and Argentine destroyers intracking it down. Men speaking three languages were

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involved; but th e exercise went smoothly an d effi-ciently.Sometimes suhmarines .joined th c surface ships in

hunting their own kind with simulated rocket, depthcharge and torpedo attacks.In other traillillg evo lutions some of th e Ur>:ITASships played the role of ,I merchant cO llvoy whileothers protected them-by avoiding sllbmarines if pos-sible, or by keeping them at hay or attacking if theyappe'lred.

Oceall control was another facet of AS\V practice.Th e task force patrolled all ocean area so that friendlyships eou ld pass hu t hostile vesse ls cou ld not.COllvoy defense and ocean control often includedalltiaircraft warfare . U r>:ITAS ships practice COllfron ta-tions with airplanes, and had to ;'down" the attackerswithout help from frielldly aircraft.FOR SOXI E OF THE COU:-:TIIlE:S, partiCipation ill UNITASis the high point of their annual trainillg sdwdnles.U. S. know-how an d their own practice combine toprovide the best in-depth training in AS\V and oceancontrol available.

And sometimes th e trainin g is pu t to IISC in unex-pected ways. In 1962, whell President Kennedy im-posed a quarantine Oil communist Cuba against theimportation of offensive weapons, some natiollS participating ill U:-:ITAS offered ships to help the U. S.blockaders in a demonstration of inter-American soli-darity.

However, no trellties or alliances affect the ope ra-tions. Each year's program is decided at a conferenceamong the participatillg navies according to their ownconvenience. All friend Iv nations are free to participate or not, as it suits them.THESOUTII , AXIERICA:>: COU:>:TRIES. particip:lting. inU:-:ITAS X last year were Argentlna, Bra7.l1, Chile,Co lomhia , Ecuador, Peru , Uruguay and Venezucla.

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the basketball and basebal'l teams did well-and thesoccer teams were overwhelmingly defeated. nu t theyall added to the developing friendship between neighbors from north and south.Project Handclasp helped too. Navymen distributedeverything from candy to vitamins to school suppliesfor the benefit of children of the South Americancoun tries.

And Navymen with .experience as carpenters,plumbers, or painters helped build or refurbishschools, clinics, and other badly needed service institu-tions.

W 'HY IS UNITAS necessary?All the nntions of the 'Americas except two border011 the sea, They all need to keep the sea lanes freeand to defend their coastlines.

Th e prime purpose of all navies was defined bv aformer South American naval minister: "The defe'nseof maritime traffic is our greatest concenl."~ 1 a i n t a i n i n g a high standard of livillg requires any

nation to import products it needs and to export thosewhich are in demand elsewhere-which means freepassage of merchant ships.I t is in all countries' interests for the sea lanes to bekept open. Th e vast areas of sea and the long coastlim'

-12,000 miles-of the eight South American countriesparticipating in UNITAS make combined defense es-sential.

Antisubmarine warfare training is part of this defellSe-but not only because submarines can threatenshipping. Equipped with missiles, modern submarinescan also imperil cities from hundreds of miles at sea.It is of common interest to the U. S. and its southernneighbors to defend this hemisphere against threats toshipping, which unites the hemisphere by trade, andagainst threats to the land and people.Th e forces of the Americas must be coordinatedand integrated to guarantee free trade and sovereiglltythroughout both continents. UNITAS helps to do so.And beyond tbe military advantages, UNITAS alsohelps people of the two continents to get to know andlike each other.

For ten years, it has been discouraging enemiesand at the same time winning friends.UNITAS TOOK A; \IEHICAN NAVYMEl\: to more than a

dozen ports, from the swinging metropolis of Riode Janeiro to the remote Galapagos Islands.As an example of the friendly reception U:-'-ITASmen received the Galapagos are typical.Very few people ever visit the islands, 500 to 700

Photos clockwise from above left: (1 ) A Galapagos seal is amused by . U, S. Navymen inwhaleboat during UNITAS X off coast of Ecuador. (2) ASW officer of th e destroyer ARCAlmirante Tono discusses UNITAS X operations with USS Leahy ASW officer. (3) USS J.K.Taussig is seen going through Panama Canal; smiling Colombian sailor is Federico Imi-lola. (4) USS Grampus surfaces during UNITAS X, (5) FTI Robert Selfridge, of USS Leahy,

entertains two girls from Cartagena, Colombia, orphanage.

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miles from the coast of South America an d just northuf the equator. Twice a month a ship brings suppliesand a few tourists from Ecuador, and takes away theproduce the islanders have to sell.

Th e islands came to worldwide notice only onceafter a young naturalist named Charles Darwin landedthere in 1835 and made studies of their wildlife whichled him to consider the possibility of organic evolution.

So the arrival of four U. S. Navy ships, an Ecuadorian destroyer and a Chilean fleet uiler was anevent of note.- The men of the six ships far outnumbered the 800 inhabitants of San Cristohal Island .

Task force sailors went ashore and invited boatloads uf people to cume uut to the anchorage andtour Leahy, the UNITAS flagship. Th e people returnedthe Navymen 's hospitality.Th e sailors enjoyed the island's seafood, the hroad,clean beaches-and the friendly people.

They delivered donations of medical supplies fromU. S. industry to an island hospital, held a party forall 300 children of the island, and presented two bandperformances-the first concerts the people of SanCristobal had ever had.

Th e penguins, seals, giant turtles, and iguanas ofthe Galapagos were memurable. Hut the men ofUNITAS will remember the islands for their hospitable

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people. And the people will long rememher them.INTER-A:VIERICA;'; FRIE;';DSHIP means more than justmilitary cooperation; it means people liking people.UNITAS is both.RADM Dare put it this way in a letter to visitorsaboard United States ships during U!,\ITAS X exercises:

"I t is with a great pride that we observe this anniversary. I t has been a decade noted for substantialprogress and cooperation he tween all the navies uf theAmericas. Ou r Navy has been proud to participate inthe annual UNIT r\S exercises and looks forward to another decade of continued cooperation.

"During these uperations which began in 1960,your navy has worked with ours and the other naviesof South America for the perfection of technical andprofessional capabilities so necessary fur protection ofour vast coastlines and defense of maritime routes onthe high seas."At the same time the great variety of social activities and goodwill which result from the purt visits ofUNITAS, uffer us the upportunity to make new friends,to renew old acquaintances, and better understand themany bunds of friendship which unite our countries."In a nutshell, that's what UNITAS is all ahout.

- J02 Frank Silvey, USN

Photo above left: Ships maneuver in th e Caribbean during UNITASVII. Above: Venez.uelan ships in foreground participating inUNITAS VI maneuver into position. USS Norfolk (DL 1) followsu. S. ship into harbor during UNITAS VIII exercises, at left. Be-low: U. S. and Ecuadorian sailors ge t acquainted.


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An Inside Look. af

THE NAVALWAR COLLEGEN \vY FLEET AD'!IRAL Chester \N. Nimitz once said

that none of the naval hattles fought against theJapanese in \\Iorld \Var II were unforeseen becausethey had all been fought in theory with war games atthe Naval War College at Newport.He spoke from experience, for he was hoth thecommander in chief of the U. S. Pacific naval forcesduring that war alld was also one of the more distinguished graduates of the college.

Luce Hall, th e main building of th e U. S. Naval War College.Below: A portion of th e Mahan Hall Library.

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TheNaval War College from which Admiral Nimitz graduated is, perhaps, the oldest institution of itskind in the world, and is still going strong. Establishedin 1884, with eight officers in its first class, the collegebegan operations in an old house on Coasters HarborIsland in Newport, R. I.

Today, more than 350 senior officers, with representation from all services besides the Navy, attend alO-month resident course doing graduate level workin several academic areas.

~ a v y captains and colonels of other services attendthe School of l \ aVl11 Warfare, doing work that willbetter qualify them to make high-level decisions. Lieutenant commanders and majors attend the School ofNaval Command and Staff, tailored to help them perform as staff officers.Senior naval officers from 30 foreign countries alsoattend a special Naval Command Course.Until the eu d of World War II , courses at the college were oriented primarily toward naval strategy.tactics and doctrine. Now, such nonmilitary subjectsas geopolitics, phYSical sciences, economics, management and industrial relations are equally stressed.WH I LE TH E WAR COLLEGE is a military school, there

are no by-the-numbers teaching methods used.Students are encouraged to foster original thought inany area they are studying; the use of reasoning powers is considered to be an important by-product ofthe student's year at Newport.

In addition to a heavy load of regular college work,mallY students also participate in a cooperative progrmn with one of several universities to earn advanceddegrees.

Th e majority of these officers elect to work towarda master of science degree in international affairsfrom George vVashington University, which maintainsa center with a small staff at the \Var College.vVar gaming is still an important study method.Th e early war games conducted at the turn of thecelltury used small models moved about on a checkerhoard-like playing area.vVith warfare becoming ever more complicated and

mnging over vast areas of the world, this comparatively crude method hecame obsolete some years ago.

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In 1959, the War College installed a multimilliondollar Naval Electronics Warfare Simulator (NEWS)which allows wartime strategy to be simulated withwar games.

Students are assigned to opposing sides and givena description of a realistic military situation. They develop plans, write an operational directive for theplans and then test out their work in a wa r game.A N IMPORTANT E L E ~ l E N T of any battle is, of course,

the exercise of command decision . The NEWS isset up so that spot decisions, such as those that mightbe required in actual combat, can be introduced intothe game.

Th e games may be played to duplicate tactical situations covering small areas or a strategic action involving an area of several thousand square miles.Th e NEWS is considered so effective in testing th evalidity of operational plans that the Chief of Naval

Operations uses the facility each year to evaluate oneof the major studies under consideration .The highlight of the academic ,Year is the five-dayGlobal Strategy Discussions conducted in June.A cross section of U. S. military and civilian executives, about 30 regular flag an d general officers, plusthe U. S. student body, attend the discussions.

Th e purpose of the discussions is to deepen theunderstanding of the participants with regard to th eproblems facing the United States in the formulationof policies affecting national objectives.

As time passes and the need for officers with highereducation in the Navy increases, the Naval 'War College is expanding.

The present development plan calls for five newbuildings which will be needed to accommodate a stud"nt body expected to total 70 0 by 1980.In addition to the regular officers of the armedforces, there are also two women officers and a Navy

chaplain attending the College. This is the first yearthat women have studied at the College, and the second that a chaplain has attended .A small group of career civilians from the State,Commerce and other departments of government arealso attending the College, and receive the same typeof education as do the military officers.

-PHC William M. Powers.

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During th e Novol War College "Global Strategy Discussions,"CNO ADM Moorer speaks before the 700 participants.

Discussing Armv operations in Vietnam, Chief of Staff Gen.Westmoreland speaks to the students of th e Naval Command

Course.

Below : A staff officer at th e War College does researchin th e Mahan Library.

Below left: Navymen hold wa r games on th e Navy Electronic Warfare Simulator.

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Film from an RF-8 is rushed to lab for processing. Chief Richard Smith waits to move over the target area in order to complete mission.

NATTU PhotoI N TH E HANDS of a skilled photographer, the camerabecomes an instrument of unparalleled value. It isa recorder of history, capturing moments no artist'sbrush could register. With good photographs the reconnaissance pilot will have flown a successful mission,cause of a flight deck accident can be determined , andthe accomplishments of the day may be recorded.

The rea lization of the camera's importance to theNaval Service came in 1915 when W. L. Ri chardsontook pictures of the various activities connected withthe Flight School located in Pensacola.The pictures proved to be so useful that a school to~ e a c h photographers was established in 1918 in Miami. The school later moved to Washington, D.C.,then in 1923 moved to Pensacola where it is currentlylocated. Today, the Naval Air Technical Training Unit,under the command of Captain John P. Cullen, turnsout some of the best-trained photographers in theworld.Training begins in Photographer 's Mate School,Class A. There, Sailors, Marines and Waves, for themost part inexperienced in the field of photography,receive 15.6 weeks of basic instruction, encompassing

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aviation fundamentals, basic photography and special-ized photography (which includes photojournalism,aerial and motion picture photography). Conveningevery four weeks, the classes consist of approximately50 students with an average ratio of one instructor forevery six students .During the first eight weeks, instruction is given in

photographic theory, training with various types ofcameras and equipment, and indoctrination in laboratory procedures . The photojournalism phase of PH (A)School is a three-week block of instruction that introduces the student to the basic techniqu es of photojournalism and public information photography.Aerial and motion picture phases, each eight dayslong, deal with fundamentals of aerial photographicreconnaissance and mapping, and with the techniquesof motion picture photography.F R TH E NA V Y MA N or Marine, already experiencedin naval photography, there is Photographer 's MateSchool, Class B, a 23.4-week course of advanced study.While in PH (B) School, the student learns about still,co lor, motion picture, public information, and aerial

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Above : "A" School students use the Naval Schoolsof Photography building for a subled . Below:"Llghts, camera, action," and a story unfolds.

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liThe Mobile Riverine Forcesaved the Delta . . ."

U. S. crewmen remove their flag from a riverine croft duringthe ceremony in which the era ft was turned over to the

Republic of Vietnam .

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kesOveTHE 11 HUGE, DARK GREEN mother ships and theirbrood of 180 river assau lt gunboa ts which churnedthe rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta. becamefamiliar Sights to the area's inhabitants. They were theships of the Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force.Now, only one of the ships remains-the barracksship uss Benewah (APB 35) which served as theMRF flagship. Nestled nearby are a number of smallcraft representing the Navy's Riverine Strike Forcewhile numerous others, since turned over to the Republic of Vietnam Navy, are scattered throughout theHI and IV Corps Tactical Zones.The MRF, as many U.S. soldiers and sailors reomember it, no longer ex ists . It has been disbanded.

The staff of the M RF, part of 1200 Navymen included in the President's decision to redeploy 25,000troops from the Republic, flew to the United Stateslate in August. The First and Second Brigades of the9th Infantry Division were also airlif ted to the Statesand to other duty stations.The RVN takeover of MRF hardware began in

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\..u. S. gunboats are turned over to the Vie tnamese Navy during ceremo-nies aboard MRF flagship USS Benewah.

earnest in February when -the first group of 25 assaultcraft was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy. Thiswas followed in June by an additional turnover of 64gunboats.It was in 1967 when the ships and boats begancarrymg U.S. 9th Infantry Division and Republic of'Vietnam soldiers to and from battles to engage enemyunits and wrench them from their stronghold in theDelta.During its 30 months in the Republic of Vietnam,the MRF set impressive records. In the afterma th ofthe 1968 Tet offensive, General Westmoreland, thenCinC, Allied Forces, Vietnam, credi ted the M RFwith having "saved the Delta." This year the jointforce received the Presidential Unit Citation and the

Navy Unit Commendation for 'its heroism and remarkab le achievement during that campaign .. On typical operations, the Army troops were carriedmto comba t aboard 56-foot armored troop carriers(ATCs), the mainstay of the force. Each cou ld landa fully equipped platoon of infantrymen almost any -

Top r ight : Vietnamese crewmen man a River Assoutt Boatand an A.rmored Troop Carrier en route to Nha Be. Below,right : U. S. men salute as the Republic of Vietnam flag Is

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STEPS TOWARD VIETNAMIZATIONBarracks Ships Are Back

Painted olive drab instead of the traditionalbattleship gray, two ships stood out among thenumerous Seventh Fleet ships in port at the U. S.Naval Base, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines.

The self-propelled barracks ships uss Nucces(AP13 40) and Mercer (APB .39) had completedthe first leg of their journey back to the UnitedStates for decommissioning.These two ships, which supported the ArmyNavy Mobile Riverine Force in the iVlekong Delta,

were named among the ships to be decommissionedin connection with the recent budget cut of theDefense Department.

The Mobile Riverine Force was one of the unitsincluded in the announcement that 2.5,000 troopswould be redeployed from Vietnam by the elld ofAugust.

Five mother ships and their broods of gunboats anchor in theMy Th o River waiting for nightfall.

Modernizing the RVN NavySince 1 Jan 1968 (through 31 Jul 1969) thefollowing ships, boats and craft have been turnedover to the Vietnamese Navy as part of the U. S.effort to improve and modernize the RVN seaservice:1 LST3 82-foot Coast Guard cutters109 River Assault Craft.33 Fast Patrol Craft (Swifts)80 River Patrol Boats4 lOO-foot utility boats1 floating workshop bargeThese figures constitute about 26 per cent ofthe planned modernization program for the Vietnamese Navy.

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Republic of Vietnam Navymen move out after taking ove,th e river assault craft from th e U. S. Navy.

where in the Delta and assist accompanying monitorsand assault patrol boats (APBs) in proViding gunfiresupport for the ground troops.

The large ships were divided into two groups,which gave the gunboats and their infantrymen extended staying power in areas where continuing operations would have been otherwise impossible.

The mobile riverine bases not only carried suppliesand ammunition for their small craft, but providedair-conditioned berthing and messing, as well as laundry and health services for the soldier and sailor.In addition to carrying their own weapons, thesesupport craft were equipped with helicopter landingpads which permitted command and control, medevacand gunship helos to land, refuel and rearm whennecessary

When the MRF first moved into the Delta, Armyand Navy commanders studied the riverine operationsof the American Civil 'Var. In the future, if riverineforces are again needed, perhaps the history of theMobile Riverine Force operations in the MekongDelta will provide the textbook for a new generationof military leaders.

U. S. and Vietnamese Crewmen stand in formation duringthe ceremony in which riverine croft were turned over to the

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EIGHTY U. S. "AVY river patrol boats (PBRs) weretransferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy lastOctober. It was the largest single turnover of navalmaterial thus far, bringing to 242 the number of U. S.l'\avy craft transferred since June 1968, approximating 40 pe r cent of the original force of some 550 V. S.Navy craft in-country.

Th e 80 pnRs were equally divided into four RiverPatrol Groups (RPGs) which are part of Task Force212. This task force, commissioned at the time of theturnover, is the Vietnamese Navy equivalent to theUSN River Patrol Force (CTF 116) which has themission of conducting patrols, visits, searches andinshore surveillance on the rivers and waterways ofthe Delta and in other waterways of the Repubiic ofVietnam deSignated hy COMNAVFOHV.Th e PBRs are operating in generally the same areas,using the same t,.ctics, formerly assigned to V. S. Navycraft.Most of the Vietnamese Navy sailors manning thePURs received a 12-week course of instruction at theU. S. Navy Small Boat School in Saigon. There theywere taught elements of gunnery, engines, first aid,marlinspike seamanship, map and chart readillg, tac-

tics and boat-oriented items. They also received ashort course in basic conversational English.After this basic training, each Vietnamese sailor reported aboard a PBR in the field as a relief for a V. S.Navyman and subsequently received more trainingunder actual combat conditions.By next summer, many of the remaining craft incountry will have been transferred to the VietnameseNavy under the program called Accelerated TUl110verto the Vietnamese (ACTOV). Each turnover results inthe release of V. S. Navymen for other assignments inVietnam and in some instances early rotation, especially for personnel nearing completion of their tours.Since June 1968, the U. S. Navy has turned over tothe Vietnamese Navy the folloWing classes of boats,craft and ships: armored troop carriers (ATC), assault support patrol boats (ASPH), monitors (MON),command and communications boats (CCB), riverpatrol boats (POR), Swift boats (PCF), minesweepers (MS:vl), fuel carriers (REF), Coast Guardpatrol boats (WPH), mechanized landing craft(LCM8), tugboats (YTL), tank landing ship (LST).utility landing craft (LCV) and oilers (YOG).

The Navy has plans to turn over additional craft.

Concrete Junk? Why Not?Th e idea of making boats out of

concrete isn't as farfetched as voumight imagine. In fact, the idea issaid to go back some time to themid-19th century in Europe alldever since has grown in popularityaround the world.Th e idea has even reached Vietnam where the Republic's Navy

introduced its 1970 model-a 50-foot patrol craft in the formof a Yahuta junk.It took onlv three months to construct the n'ew junk, stronger incomparison to the standard Sauwood type junk, and cost only onethird as much-$17,000 as pposedto about $51,000. \Vhat is more,the builders claim their concretecraft is designed for easier handling, will produce less engine vibration and, if damaged, will heless of a problem to repair.Furthermore, its life expectancyis greater than junks made of Sauwood which is subject to warping,rotting and insect deterioration,elements that do not affect theconcrete craft, they say.Construction was relatively simple.

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poz7.olan (a suhstance of siliceous(quartz) and aluminum particles),sand, and water through a meshof interwoven chicken-wire anchored to a water-pipe framework. Th ecement was then smoothed overthe inside and outside of the hulland damp cured for three weeks.Afterward, the hull was finishedwith two coats of epoxy resin , the

SEEING IS BELIEVING-Concrete iunks beingbuilt by th e Republic ofVietnam's navy arecheaper and strongerthan th e standard Sau

wood type.

interior was outfitted, and the entire craft painted complete with facial feature in preparation for itslaunchillg ceremony.Now, in addition to the junk, aferro-cement Slvift hoat (rCF) is

being constructed in the Saigonshipyard, hu t there appears to beno truth in the rumor that plansfor a submarine. . . .

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T E IMAGE of the LST has remained much the sameover the years. That is until uss Newport (LST1179) slid down the ways.Product of a revolutionary idea in tank landingships, she looks anything but an LST. She's longerby nearly 200 feet, wider by about 10 feet, and displaces 500 more square feet than any of her predecessors. However, the most conspicU()Us innovations are

her clipper bow and unique 112-foot, over-the-bowramp.The elongated bow enables her to slice throughseas at about 20 knots, or speeds relative to those oftroop transports and task force command ships. Earli

er "Ts" were restricted to little more than eight to 14knots speed, (depending on type of LST) mainly because of their blunt bows.The newly designed ramp, constructed of 35 tons ofaluminum, replaces the gate-type bow doors familiarto LST sailors since the North Africa landings in 1942.It was then that the Landing Ship, Tank, actually

came into being, brought about by a wartime logisticsproblem: French harbors were in the hands of theUPHILL CLIMB-Truck tests traction of bow ramp of new LST. Below: Tank landing ship USS Newport (LST 1179) lies at anchor

off coast of Virginia. Rt: Landing craft emerges from stern during evaluation tests on underway launching.

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Axis. Therefore, a ship was needed to land tanks, vehicles and troops on coastal beaches, not just inFrance, but wherever the Germans happened to havecontrol.CREDIT FOR solving the problem initially goes to the, British. They came up with the idea of convertingshallow draft shoal tankers, of the type then in use onLake Maracaibo, Venezuela, into the tank deliverybusiness. These "Maracaibos" (six altogether) rangedin length from 365 to 385 feet with beams of about60 feet. They could carry either 22 25-ton tanks or40 five-ton vehicles, trucks and the like, and stilldraw a reasonably shallow draft.Baptism of the LST into combat came in November1942 when HMS Miosa and Tasajera (Britain namedher first LSTs) worked their way ashore during theArzeu landings in Algeria. Their performance was recorded as "highly satisfactory," thus leading the wayfor almost 1000 U. S.-built LSTs that saw service during World War II.

During and afte( the war , LSTs performed vari-OVER THE BOW-Tank leaves the bow ramp of USS Newport during amphibious operations . Newport waits with lowered bow

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TEST RUN-USS Newport prepares to make marriage with Q causeway assisted by members of Beachmaster Unit Two.

STERN LOOK-An amphibious landing craft prepares to enterwell deck of th e new style LST.

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ously, some as casualty evacuation ships (LST (H ) s) ,some as repair ships or motor torpedo boat tenders,others as service and storage craft, and many otherpeacetime functions.When a ship-to-shore invasion was called for to haltcommunist aggression in Korea, once again the LSTled the way as a frontline combat ship, landing troopsand equipment at Inchon, Wonsan and other Koreanwaterwavs.IA DECADE LATER, the U. S. became involved in theVietnam hostilities and the LST assumed a roleas mothership to rivercraft and gunship helicopters,operating as part of the joint Army-Navy RiverineForce. It has played and is playing a major role insupplying Marine and Army personnel because ofthe lack or inadequacy of Vietnamese ports. The LSThas heen the only ship capahle of entering many ofthe ports, because of shallow draft and beaching capability, to deliver much needed ammunition and other logistical items.

As of this writing, Newport was operating out ofher home port at Little Creek. This past summer, hercrew of 10 officers and 160 enlisted men movedfrom Philadelphia where they helped to complete herconstruction in the Naval Shipyard in time to haul upher c o m m i s . ~ i o n i n g pennant on 7 June.

It was the first such ceremony scheduled for 20new-image LSTs planned for delivery to the Fleet'samphibious forces within the next few years.

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TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.

By and For Warrant Officers"In your article on warrant officer pay in the September 1969 issue, ALL HASDS said:"'Based on the 1 lui 1969 pay scale, an individual

can expect to receive approximately $38,000 more income from the time of his aplwintment as aWOluntil retirement as a CW04 with 30 years of sercice,than he would if he were to remain in the enlistedranh and advance to E-9 in due course.'"/ haven't been able to determine your criteria forthis statement. Using my olCn career as an example,I'ee figured that the difference in pay between WOsand senior enlisted men is closer to $13,000 andthe gap closes to a mere $1200 when lost pro payis figured in."It is obvious that the ALL HAsos figure of $38,000is a bit infwted and misleading, at least in my case.

Furthermore, the figures readily expwin u;hy there isa reluctance for senior personnel to enter the WOprogram."So writes a Chief Warrant Officer (W-2) concerning the ALL HANDS recent roundup on WOs. Here'sour reply, authenticated by our BuPers eX1Jert.YOUR FIGURES aren't far off, conSidering the limitedpremises you used. But we believe ours gave abetter picture of the benefits a chief can expect whenhe goes warrant.

ALL HASDS' example was based on the careers oftwo hypothetical E-7s, each with 10 years' service.One remains in the enlisted ranks, 'advancing to SCPOat 17 years and MCPO at 20. The other goes warrantat 10 and makes CW02 at 12, CW03 at 16 andCW04 at 20. Both men complete 30 years of service,drawing normal pays and allowances, each has a wifeand two children.According to our source in the Policy Division ofBuPers, these rates of advancement are close to theaverage for each career path.However, your example made enlisted advancementfaster, and warrant promotion slower, than the average. (The CWO's letter included a year-by-yearcomputation of pay earned by an enlisted man anda warrant officer, which we won't print for spacereasons. Our references to his example are takenfrom this table.)

You started with two E-7s but the second mandidn't enter the WO program until the I3-year mark,and then advanced to CW02 at 15 years, CW03 at20 and CW04 at 24. The chief who remained in theenlisted path, on the other hand, advanced ratherquickly: to SCPO at the I5-year pOint and to MCPOa short two years later.The difference between the advancement rates inthe two examples along with our WO's three-yearhead start on yours caused some of the dispari tybetween our career totals.Additionally, your example left out a couple of

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important items - allowances and tax advantages.You figured only basic pay. We included subsistenceand quarters allowances, and the tax advantages thatcome'to a Navyman because these allowances arenontaxable.Unless rations in kind are not available at all, anenlisted man's Basic Allowance for Subsistence is lessthan an officer's; and the Basic Allowance for Quartersfor the two top warrant grades is higher than theBAQ for any enlisted man.And, since an officer receives more in these allowances, he receives an added bonus in higher tax advantages. It all adds up. To $38,638 more pay in a30-year career, to be exact.We didn't include pro pay because it applies torelatively few Navymen, and we were trying to depictthe average situation. The. man in your example, whois eligible for' $75 pro pay a month, would certainlyconsider his career decision carefully.I f there's a moral to be dra'll'lIl from the differencebetween your figures and ours, it is that a Navymanshould decide on his career early - and then workhard at it. The warrant officer in 'our example startedearlier and advanced faster than the one in yours,and therefore he made more monev. .Lest we forget the real point of chOOSing a careerpath, note the attitude of the following writer."I read your article on warrant officer pay withgreat interest. I was very pleased with it except where

you called the situation of the E-9 over 14 who g o e , ~warrant a 'total disaster.' I disagree."I went warrant about 14 months ago with morethan 20 years in - and I still don't regret it, eventhough I've lost $105 sub pay, $42 difference betweenCW02 and MCPO pay, and about $30 mess billa month about $2100 a year."Of course, some people only stay in the Naey forearly retirement and because they aren't able to makeit on the outside."I happen to'lot;e it."My only problem is the fact that I'm really goingto miss it when I retire."Since making warrant I've had two really goodbillets: MPA of uss San Pablo (AGS aO) and engineering officer of uss Cohoes (ANL 78). Both billets were"cut-and-dried;" no E-8 or E-9 can say this."My rotation is three years at sea for two ashore.

As an MMCM I would hat;e six years at sea for twoashore - another reason for my going warrant.'Tve received other benefits: the prestige of beinga naval officer, and the experience of working inother fields (such as lOOD) on the ship."All this adds up to almost a new career. I'm a verysatisfied warrant."There's not much that can be added, or is needed,to the comments of the Chief Warrant Officer.

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Family services center personnel Q.le shown on these two pagesgiving advice, counsel and general help to new arrivals in their

respective Navy communities.

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FamilyA LITTLE MORE THAN THREE years ago, the Bureauof Naval Personnel opened 15 Family ServicesCenters at various locations to serve the Fleet.So successful were they in providing informationand aid related to relocating Navy families that theBureau has since expanded the program. Today, 50FSCs have been established on bases in the UnitedStates and overseas . Others are being planned.Family Service Centers here and abroad are fashioned after a standard format. They provide essentially the same general services, furnishing any numberof solutions to problems or answers to questions regarding nearly any subject.Therefore, the Family Services Center would bethe most logical place to visit after receiving noticeof your next assignment.At NAS Corpus Christi, Tex., for example, in a onemonth p ~ r i o d , more than 160 Navymen enroute tonew duty visited the Center there to obtain information on other activities.Like all Navy-operated FSCs, Corpus Christi'smaintains a library of Welcome Aboard kits whichdescribe more than 250 Navy and Marine Corpsstations and bases located worldwide. Some Centershave similar information on Army and Air Force activities. Each activity kit contains brochures , mapsand other information about the command and itssurroundings. This usuaIly includes information onhousing, commisssary and exchange service, schools,recreation facilities and civic activities (for a more

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Services Centercomplete account of what may be included in aWelcome Aboard kit, see page 31, this issue).TH E DATA on housing usually consists of how to ob-tain information on base housing in advance ofyour arrival at a new dut y station, or how to be placedon a waiting list. Temporary lodgings and guesthouses, motels and hotels with special rates, and mobile home parks are among other housing referralscontained in the kit.Many of the Family Services Centers have a checkout systemsimilar to tha t of a library. That is, you cancheck out a command Welcome Aboard kit, take ithome and take your time to read the material thoroughly.Meanwhile, you may send a request for a personalWelcome Aboard kit from your new command, eitherby letter, postcard or through use of a governmentprepared and postage free paid request card availableat any Family Services Center or, where no FSCexists, at your personnel office. Ask for an ActivityInformation Card (NavPers 1740/2 (Rev. 5-69)).Activities may obtain them through official supplychannels, citing Stock Number 0106-095-4021.

It is better to submit a request directly to your newcommanding officer for a Welcome Aboard kit. Don'tassume that one will be forwarded to you automatically, except when you have been ordered overseas. Insuch cases, welcome aboard information is generallyfurnished at the same time you receive your entry

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authorization into the overseas area.In any event, requests for activity kits should notbe submitted to the Bureau of Naval Personnel sincethe Bureau serves only as a clearing house and pointfor central coordination and does not maintain welcome aboard kits on the grand scale.D E P E N D E N T S of Navymen assigned unaccompaniedtours overseas will find FSC housing referralservice especially helpful. Each Center maintains anup-to-date list of military public hOUSing located inthe United States that may be occupied by the man'sfamily during his absence. The list is contained inNavFac Notice 11101.

To provide you with information on where you aregoing and, perhaps, how best to get there touchesonly the surface of the FSC service. The in-depthservice stems from personal visits to the Centers.Here, again, NAS Corpus Christi is Singled out asan example. More than 300 persons visited the centerduring one month to receive either brochures or in formation on local activities. Among this number were103 individuals who received hospitality kits to aidthem in getting settled into their new surrou-ndings.

These kits usually consist of bedding - sometimesbeds and cots are available - linens, kitchen equipment, dining items, ironing equipment and baby furniture. They are provided to you on a loan basis, saving considerable wear and tear on your bank balance,particularly if your express shipment is late in arriving.

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New arrival gets directions from FSC officer.

FSC personnel have correct answers to a variety of questions about your newhome. Below right, dependents ge t ID cords.

Family 5ervices assi5tant di5-cusses available 5ervices with

new arrival .

Hospitality items ar e selected fornew arrivals, above.

Many Centers have a policy whereby hospitalitykit items may be checked ou t if available in the eventyou should have a limited need for additional kitchen-ware, linens or bedding, or a baby crib to get youthrough a family reunion, for instance.NEW ARRIVALS at the Great Lakes complex are infor a pleasant treat. At the time they are greetedin their new home by a hostess from the area's FamilyServices Center, they are given a \Velcome 'Wagonbasket containing introductory gifts from merchantsin the North Chicago and Waukegan, Ill., area.Some FSCs are operated by regular salaried staffs.However, many Centers are staffed by an d owe theirsuccess to volunteer Navy and Marine Corps wives.Where commands seek volunteer help, Navy wives

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Nicknamed "survival kit", these items supplied by FSC will helpthe new arrivals start housekeeping.

Below, hospitality ki t headquarters. Below right,well-stocked shelves provide wide variety of item,

to r hospitollty kits .

and dependents are encouraged to participate. Whoknows better the problems of a Navy wife than aNavy wife who knows how to solve them?

Th e Family Services Centers are not meant for useonly by newcomers. In fact, once you have becomeacquainted with the FSC serving your specific command, you'll no doubt use its reference guides severaltimes during your tour ashore.

One of the major objectives of the Family Servicesprogram is to provide current information to dependents. Periodically, the Centers conduct orientationcourses for wives. These lectures help explain therights and benefits of which Navy dependents shouldbe aware.Topics may include survivors' benefits, emergencyaid, educational opportunities. A medical officer, for

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An efficient Family Services Center is a big help to incomingNavymen an d their dependents.

example, might speak on CHAMPUS , a medical assistance program provided to dependents. Or, a chaplainmight discuss various children's activities in the area.On the other hand, a legal officer's talk on preparinglegal documents, such as wills, may be another example of the type information that is made availableto the Navy wife through orientation courses.I N THE THREE YEARS that the Centers have been oper-ating, they have proven to be reliable sources forobtaining information and extra services. Th e extraservices available at any given Center, however, depend primarily on the enthusiasm and support between the local command and the Navy family . Cooperation on the part of both leads to success, and amore pleasing Navy life. - JOe Mark Whetstone

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Family Services Center DirectoryHere's a directory 01 installationswhich have established Family Services Centers, complete with te/ephone and building numbers, andhours 01 operations. Note that theletters AC indicate Area Code, andAV stands lor Autovon.

NAS Alameda, Calif. 94501AC 415-8692065/AV 686-2065Bldg 137/0800.1630 Mon-Fri.MAS Albany, Ga. 31703AC 912-432-4S83/AV 860-4583 or 860-

4581Bldg 7001/0800-1630 Man-Fri.HTC Bainbridge, Md. 21905AC 3013782121 Ext 400/AV 578-3450Bldg 710/0800-1630 Mon-Fri. Eves. by

appt.HAS Barber's Point (Hawaii), FPO San

Froncisco, Calif. 96611AC 80866166Bldg 1/0730-1600 MonFrl.NavSta, 49 5 Summer St., Boston, Mass.

02210AC 617L1251oo Ext 289/AV 7451289Fargo Bldg/08oo-1630 Mon-Fri.NavSta, 136 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

11251AC 212-62S-4SOO Ext 537/AV 552.1104Station Bldg/08oo1630 Mon-Fri.NAS Brunswick, Moine 04011AC 207-921-2231/AV 476-2231Bldg 585/0800-1200 ond 1300-1630 Mon

Fri.MAS Cecil Field, Fla. 32215AC 904-771-3211 Ext 8155 an d 340/AV

434-1730Bldg 24/0730-1600 MonFri.

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NavSta (NavBase) Charleston, S. C. 2940BAC 803.743.5425/AV 4665425Bldg 180/08001630 MonFri.NAS Chase Field, Beeville, Tex. 78102AC 713-FU-1120 Ext 251/AV 7331750Bldg 1037/0800-1630 MonFri.NavWeap5ta Concord, Calif. 94520AC 415-671-2753 Ext 2297/AV 730-15S0

Ext 2297Bldg E98/08oo-1645 Mon-Fri.HAS Corpus Christi, Tex. 78419AC 512-WE7-2Bll Ext 2134 an d 2135/AV

8612134Bldg 142/07301600 MonFri.MAS Cubi Point (R. P.), FPO San Francisco,

Calif. 9665455-3961 Ext 3713Ree Bldg/0800-17oo MonFri an d 0800-

1300 Sat.NavConstBattCtr Davisvile, R. I. 02854AC 401-294-3311 Ext 64 6 an d 565/AV881-3370Bldg 108/0730-1600 Man-Fri.NAS Glynco, Ga. 31520AC 912-265-6610 Ext 67 0 and 661/AV 434

3721Bldg 14/0800-1630 Man-Fri.AdminCom, NTC Great Lakes, III. 60088AC 312688-2181 and 3327/AV 5511500Bldg 43/0745-1615 ManFrI.

NavConstBattCtr Code 350, Gulfport, Miss.39501

AC 601.864-6220 Ext 481 and 482/AV 8991630

Bldg 54/0700-1530 Mon-Fri.HAS Jacksonville, Flo. 32212AC 904-772-284S/AV 942284SBldg 955/0800-1630 MonFri.

NovSta Key West, Fla. 33040AC 305.2963511 Ext 207 ond 530/AV899-3400

Bldg 135/0800.1630 MonFri.NAS Lokehurst, N. J. 08733AC 201.3232570 Ext 2570 and 2680/AV

624-2570Bldg 4/08001700 Mon-Fr; an d 0900-1200

Sot.NAS Lemoore, Cellf, 93245AC 209-9983039 an d 3225/AV 9493039

an d 3225Bldg 944/08001630 MonFri.HavPhlbBose Little Creek, Norfolk, Va.

23521AC 703-464-1091 Ext 7537 or 4647459/AV

236-464-7459Bldg 3151/24 h. . 7 days a weekHavSta Lang Beach, Collf. 90801AC 213-5476805/AV 360-6805Bldg 44/07301600 Mon-Fri.NAS Las Alamitos, Calif. 90721AC 213-4311331 Ext 481/AV 898-3470Bldg 3/08001630 Wed-54In.NavSta Mayport, Fla. 32228AC 9042465344 ond 246-5570/AV 677-

5344Bldg 210/0800-1530 Man-Fri.

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NAS Memphis, Millington, Tenn. 38054AC 901-872-1711 Ext 467 and 468/AV

882-1480Bldg NOf1h 24/0800-1630 Mon-Fr!.NAS Miromor, Calif. 92145AC 714-271-3614/AV 959-3614Bldg 254/0730-1600 Mon-Fri.

NAS MafteH Field, Calif. 94035AC 415-966-5334/AV 8385l l4Bldg 25/08001630 Man-Fri.U. S. NaySupAct (Naples). FPO New York,

N. Y. 09521302047 Ext. 553Agnono Admin Bldg Rm."G.22/0800-1630

Mon.Fri.NoY5ubBo .. . New London, Box 3 . Groton,

Conn. 06340AC 203-449-1874/AV 7463874Bldg 137/0.00-1630 Man-Fr!.NoySta (NayBo .. Newport, R. I. 02840AC 401-841"'285/AV 94 8 ..285Bldg 85/0800-1630 Man-Fr!.NaySto. 8903 Hampton Blyd., Norfolk, Va.

23505AC 703.-444.3182 Ext 2479/AV 244-2479Bldg CEP-26/0745-1615 ManFri.NAS North Island, Son Diego, Calif. 92135AC 71 4 ..37-6693 Ext 5940/AV 951-5940Bldg 650/0800.1630 MonFri.NAS Oceano, Virginia Beach, Va. 23460AC 703"'28-2222 Ext 925/AV 555-1650Bldg 420/0730-1600 Man-Fri.NTC OrlandO, Flo. 32813AC 305-141-5611 Ext 2163 an d 2203/AV

431-3470Bldg 2046/0745-1615 Mon-Fr!.

NAS Patuxent Ri...,r, Md. 20670AC 301-8633260/AV 961-3260Bldg 409/0.00-1630 Man-Fri.NoySto (Pearl Harbor) Box 9, FPO San

Francisco Calif. 9661 0AC .08"'32-8240 an d 432-6193Bldg 93/0800-1600 Man-Fri.

NAS Pensacola, Fla. 32508AC 904"'52-2311/AV 899-3350Bldg 635/0730-1600 Man-Fri.NoySto Philodelphla, Po. 19112AC 215755"'125 an d 3095/AV 2433050Bldg 500/0800-1600 Man-Fri.NAS (Code 660-1) Point Mugu, Calif. 93041AC .05-982-7898/ AV 8981750 Ext 7898Bldg 1/0800-1630 MonFri.NoyConstBoHCtr Port Hueneme, Calif.

93041AC 805-9.2 ..451 an d 4 5/AV .98-3300Bldg 90/0.00-1630 Man-Fri.Noyol Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. 2370.AC 703-397-6581 ht 607Bldg 206/08001630 Mon-Fri (telephone

.. . vice anytime).NAS Quonset Point, R. I. 02.19AC 401-267-3647/AV 795-3647Bldg 523/0800-1630 Man-Fri.U. S. NaySta (Rota, Spain), FPO New York,

N. Y. 09540NoySto, Ball 105, San Diego, Calif. 92136AC 714-2351358 and 1359/AV 958-1358Bldg 225/0800-1630 Man-Fri.NaySto, Treasure Island, San Francisco,

Calif. 94130AC 41S-765-5130/AV 869-5130Bldg 217/0745-1615 MDft-Fri.NovSto Washington, D. C. 20390AC 202-0X3-2028 and 2029/AV 22-3202881dg 150/0800-1630 Mon-Fr;'

NAS Whidbey Island, Oa k Harbor, Wash.98277

AC 206-257 .. 350/AV 36 . . .350 and 2388Bldg 10 Main Gate Seaplane Bose/0800-

1630 Man-Fri.NA5 Whiting Field. Milton, Flo. 32570AC 904-623-3643 Ext 538/AV 899-1850Btdg 1415/0730-1600 Man-Fri.U. S. FltAct Code 52 0 (Yokosuka, Japan),

FPO Seattle, Wash. 98762234-7394 thru 7398 or 7688 or 7392Bldg J200/0800-1200 and 13001630

Mon-Fr;'All corrftpondence regarding Family Services Programs which should be brought toth e oHention of BuPers may be addressedto: Bureau of Naval Personnel (Pers-G2d),Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 20 370; phone: AC 202-0X4-2672/AV 2242672. Th e FSC office is located in th eNavy Annex, Room 2811. ond is open 0800-1630 Man-Fri. Personnel visiting th e Washington, D. C., area are inyited to includeth e BuPers FSC office in their visit.

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