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DEPLOYMENT COMPLETION
REPORT
SEPTEMBER 1980-MA Y 1981
ROOSEVELT ROADS PUERTO RICO
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OEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY U 5 HldAl MOBILpound CON5TllUCTtOH 84TTALION SIUY TWO
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Commanding Officer Naval Mobile Cotllltruction Battalion SIXTY-TWO commander Naval Constructlon Battalions U s Atlantic Fleet
Deployment Completion Report 1ubllia1ion of
(a) COMCBPACCOMCBLANTINST 31211 (b) OPtAN 2000 (c) COHCBLANT OPORDER J-80
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Executive Sum111ary Unlt Location Summary Historical Summary Administration TrainingCorumunicntionsOrdnance Operatlons Supply and Logistics Equipment Camp Maintenance Special Operations
I Endosures (I) through 10) are forwarded in accordance vi th reference (a)
2 1n accordance with reference (b) U S Naval Mobile Construction Battalion SIXTY-TWO deployed to Camp Moscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico during the period 15 September 1980 co 15 May 1981 with Details deployed to Guantanamo Bay Cuba Vieques Island Puerto 8ico Andros Island Bahamas Argentia tfow Foundland Bridgeport California Diego Carcia Brltish Indian Ocean Territory Fort Allen Puerto Rico and s Civic Action Team deployed to YAP Caroline Islands Trust Territories of the Pacific lslands
J Building on the excellent reputation established for the Seabees by NMCB ONE in the Caribbean NMCB SIXTY-TWO set new bench marks of nccocplishshyment for battalions deployed to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Approximately one week after deployment to Roosevelt Roads NMCB SlXTY-TWO redeployed the majority of 1ts ma1n body to Fort Allen Puerto 11ico to construct e Cuban Haitian Refugee Center At an abandoned naval facility a 2000 person tefugee camp was complered within fifteen calendar clays the camp was eub1equently expended to house 5000 persons within thirty days ln addition 44600 cubic yards of mineral products were produced from the quarries at Roosevelt Roads and Vieques Production on projects tasked by reference (c) was equated or exceeded lith all detaila exceeding tasked requirements Without the superlative effort of every Minuteman and the outstanding aseietance and
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support from COMCBLANT CBC Gulfport CBC Port Hueneme the 20TH NCR 30TH NCR 31st NCR nnd host activities NMC8 SIXTY-TWO s tcemendously ful 198081 Cacibbean deployment rould not hav~-gtJ real~
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NHC8-62e Admlnlstratlve Oepartment was tasked wlth providing suppocc for all Batt11l lqn pecaonnel as well aa general and cxerutlva idmlnistratlon for the Comm~nd and the Seabee Camp ln all the Personnel Olvlsion was required to malntBin over 700 active and rebullerve personnel r ecords The Administrative Otvl11lon wabull the focal point for the aaany support Cunc-tlons required by the cnd and the details Aggreealve DAPA prograa11 tive made several 11an positlve r ontrlbutors to the Battalion In Publlc Affairbull tha VTR equJpaent was ueed extenalvely ln lndoctrlnation prograas and in keeping the faiaiJies intoraed of the Battalionbull accoaiplishmente The Career Counselor was highly succesaful in ecshylng ratention goals and in fart exceeded theee goalbull ln two areas Ptrat terw reenlletmenta were 36 second tetll 8Jl and thlrd term and above were LOO of eliglble personnel The Chaplainbull Office provided a C0111J11and Worship Program rounbulleling the Family Involvement Program Civic A~tlon Program in conjunction wlth Opecatlone end a camp Hbrary The CMAA malntalntd good order and disclpline the Battalion wotrhbill reactionary force aaaignmenta and eamp bull serurity The Batta11on lnveetigator set up random canine inspectlona to control tllirlt druga
TralningCoaaunlcationsOrdnance
Thls deployment provided e variety of trainlng opportunities in Ulltary and technical akil1a The Refugee Center tasking at Fort Allen and the any regular deploymunt projerta at Rooeevolt Roads involved moat of the documented Seobee constcurtlon skills One week of rombat skills treining held at Camp Carcia Vtequea Island and various othec periods of instruction on military topics and weapons f i ctng enhanced the overall Teadineebull of the Bettalion Of particular note the mort ar platoon waa able to train for one weekend at the Puerto Rico National Coard Bese at Salinaa Puerto Rico - a first fo r any Seabee Battalion Throughout the deplo1914nt the Tralning Department pureued an aggreaeive program to identlfy training needbull for the upcoaolng deploy11ent and tooll action to correct projected skill ahort1ge1 Helllbers of the Ar110ry Communicationa Shop and HAJlS Station staff made significant lmprovementa in the functioning of their 1hopa and considerably enhanced their material readinbullbullbull etatua
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The 8attalion deployad LS September L980 to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico and aaven detail sitebull around the world The clllllatea facing the Battalion ranged fcoai cold in Argantil Canada and Brldgeport C811fornia to tropical in Puerto Rico Cuba Diego Carela Bahamas and the Trust Terrltorlebull The aaln body and details acc011pl1abed over 30 Njor construction projert11 and nu~erous 81118ller dlacretlonary projects wbch iaproved facilities at the hoar baaae and civilian eOU1unitiu The project work included all pbaau of construction road building and paving cast ln place concrete conatructioo erection of pr efabricated s t eel buildings plar and causeway constructlon renovation of ai rcraft hangar and barrackbull buildings and erection of a prototype
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Vieques pYoduced 44 600 cubic yardbull of ained materla1 17300 cubir yards or rock were cruehed - the greatest ouot produred ln one deployment bullinr~ tba quarriee ~e opened The CubanRaittan Refugee Center was s 1gt4rtlcuLlr eource of pclde to NMCB SXTY-TIO With only one day notice on September 25 1980 the Battalion 110unted-out to conatruct a S000 pereon errong berk tent ceap at Fort Allen Puorto Rico and completed Lt ln the reeked 30 calendar day1 Seebee battalions have seldom reAlized accooapUshaantbull of thls 111lto1gnltudf The or~nal Battalion ta1klng ga9 cOdlpletecl de1pite the toes of one nnd one-half monthbull of construction time due to the Fort Allen tasking
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AlPA Coarpany bad cognuance over an average oC 368 vehlelee heavy ind light vehicle tnt~nre abops and the Roosevelt Roads rock rrusherquercy operatlOMmiddot A non-avsllabllity average of 2 2 percent wa1 aaintalned durlna most of the deployaenc
Shortly after the Battalion s arioival at Camp Mo1crip it wabull ta1ked wlth the contingenr7 opeYationa at Fort Allen This taaking requlred ceettna of ~he vehicles in Live Storage and the identificacton and correction of defirlenrles found The intensity of operationbull during Fort Allen pla~ed tremendoubull strain on personnel and support ayateaaa The iiain body casking vas accompllehed despite the delay incurred frOdl For~ Allon The combined crubullher outputbull of Roosevelt Roada and Viequee 17300 cubic yardbull of aineral products and the total qUArry production of 44600 cubic yards are the greatebullt -ounce produced bY a Battalion to dace
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The overall raodinua of Stabee C11p Hobullcrip haa been improved by 1007 bullbull a rebullult of the coaprehenslve and thorough turnover cond~ced by NMCB- 62 durlng Sepc ber 1980 Thia turnover uncovered soae $200000 in ahorcages that have existed for at least two years and three Battallon turnovers All aupply outlet8 concrlbuced to these 1hortagea Extre=ely clght control was maintained bY thbull Battalion durlng cha Fore Allen evolution The managcaent aaaiatanre viait and aupply management loapections were extremely helpful and treioendous ~urrebullses In both cases slgnlLicant lmproveente rere recognized bY the lnspertor1 The Part II warehouaea have 111 been placed in auch ampproved acates of readln~ss ~ll wareho~ea have been reinventortad bulltowed and properly tdantlfied and ahortagaff and exceaaebull have been identified These bullccooplislaenca although not qwantlfled herein are 11guificant contributions to the Naval Con1trurtlon Force effort The11e contrlbutioM were made 1th severe 1horcagaa of personnel
Camp Halotenanca Encutive Suauury
The Camp maintenance organizetlon 11as coaiprised of a Kaincenanre Control Divialon Shop Store carpentry electrical plUJDblng AC amp R and steelworker shops v1th a CPO in charge Condition or fa~1lltlea was ln gener4l falr to good Tile berthing butbull had Just been renovbullted by contrirt and the office epacea vere adequate but the plurablng and alactrlcal ayateas need~d major emergency repairbull during the daplo1118nt Kiacellanooul taskbull aurh as landscapi11amp and janitorlal servicebull were performed by contractor The Battnllon undertook th~ repairing of the electrical dl1trlbutlon 1ystem renovatlon or the
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EK Club and lnetallatlon of a force mnln sewer wlth plllDplng atatlon A totsl of 3 300 11111n days ond dlrect labor wae logged for Caiap HaintenaNe and a 900 manday barklog with aterial avattble was eatabllehed for NMCts-74
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The Battalion proved ltse1f ready and abie co accomp1ish the Naval Conscrucshytlon Forre conc_tngenry operations ~laaion On Sepcesaber 24 1980 approximately one week arter dep1oylng co Puerto Rico NMCB-62 wabull taaked with the conetruetlon of a CubanHalttan Refugee Center at fort Allen Puerto Rico On 25 Sepceaiber 1980 the Alr Oec c-nded by LT Hark o Huntampinger waa mounted out co cone truce th ls S 000 person refugee caap Conatruction included 184 strongback tantbull lS sanitary facllitiee three 750 man galley modules 36 000 feet of chain link fenre 6 100 feet or sanlt ary sever llnea v1th 20 manholes 6 100 feet of pceesurized water main and 20000 feet of power lines all coapleted within 30 calendar days The project completed on October 2S 1980
One week prior to deployment to Puerto Rico so addiclonel detail wa1 established co conecrurt a prototype 80dular Fleet Mobile Hospital at t he Marine Corpe Kouncalo Warfare Tr aini ng Center at Bridgeport CA A lllajor lnnovatlon ln advanced baoe component bullyateas the hospital ls technically ~omplex and requires re111Arkable leJdership and highly quali[ied personnel to erect lt Theae personnel who ware to have been at the main body site put their expert lae to good use and completed the conatructloo of the hoapital ahead of schedule And despite the loaa to the main body of these people all the aaaln body casking wbullbull accompli shed to the credit of all the Minutemen of SllCTY- TWO
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Ty~ Unit amp AVG on BRD ArrlvalDc1U1rture Ktbullbulllon o l11n11C ton OlfEhl Datu
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llooaeve lt ROildB PuarlO RifO 18450 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrun ton
Oet Fort Allen Fort Alleo Puerto Rtro 6250 Sept 80llov 80 Conatructlon
Dbullt CuantbullR4 rwantmmo Bav Cuba 158 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrurt Ion
Oet Andros Androbull hund 8lhilm1 118 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatruc t ton
Ott Vlique11 Vteque11 hund Puerto RJro 029 Sopt 80lay 81 Conatcuriton
o t Argent la Argentla Newfoundland 08 Sept 80gtpr 81 laintenance
Dot Brtdgepon arldgeport C411CornlA 127 Sept 80Hay 81 Cona true c ion
Oet Diego Can-ta Dtaao Carrta 8IOT 155 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatcurclon
CAT YAP TTPt 112 Sept 80Hay 81 Conacrurt Ion
Fltet Support Gulfport Mlabulllbulldtppl 07 Sept 80Hay 81 ampxpedlcera
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J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
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2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
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7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
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7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
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Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
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Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
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bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
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Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
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Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
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The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
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Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
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During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
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There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
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OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
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(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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Commanding Officer Naval Mobile Cotllltruction Battalion SIXTY-TWO commander Naval Constructlon Battalions U s Atlantic Fleet
Deployment Completion Report 1ubllia1ion of
(a) COMCBPACCOMCBLANTINST 31211 (b) OPtAN 2000 (c) COHCBLANT OPORDER J-80
(I) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Executive Sum111ary Unlt Location Summary Historical Summary Administration TrainingCorumunicntionsOrdnance Operatlons Supply and Logistics Equipment Camp Maintenance Special Operations
I Endosures (I) through 10) are forwarded in accordance vi th reference (a)
2 1n accordance with reference (b) U S Naval Mobile Construction Battalion SIXTY-TWO deployed to Camp Moscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico during the period 15 September 1980 co 15 May 1981 with Details deployed to Guantanamo Bay Cuba Vieques Island Puerto 8ico Andros Island Bahamas Argentia tfow Foundland Bridgeport California Diego Carcia Brltish Indian Ocean Territory Fort Allen Puerto Rico and s Civic Action Team deployed to YAP Caroline Islands Trust Territories of the Pacific lslands
J Building on the excellent reputation established for the Seabees by NMCB ONE in the Caribbean NMCB SIXTY-TWO set new bench marks of nccocplishshyment for battalions deployed to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Approximately one week after deployment to Roosevelt Roads NMCB SlXTY-TWO redeployed the majority of 1ts ma1n body to Fort Allen Puerto 11ico to construct e Cuban Haitian Refugee Center At an abandoned naval facility a 2000 person tefugee camp was complered within fifteen calendar clays the camp was eub1equently expended to house 5000 persons within thirty days ln addition 44600 cubic yards of mineral products were produced from the quarries at Roosevelt Roads and Vieques Production on projects tasked by reference (c) was equated or exceeded lith all detaila exceeding tasked requirements Without the superlative effort of every Minuteman and the outstanding aseietance and
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support from COMCBLANT CBC Gulfport CBC Port Hueneme the 20TH NCR 30TH NCR 31st NCR nnd host activities NMC8 SIXTY-TWO s tcemendously ful 198081 Cacibbean deployment rould not hav~-gtJ real~
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NHC8-62e Admlnlstratlve Oepartment was tasked wlth providing suppocc for all Batt11l lqn pecaonnel as well aa general and cxerutlva idmlnistratlon for the Comm~nd and the Seabee Camp ln all the Personnel Olvlsion was required to malntBin over 700 active and rebullerve personnel r ecords The Administrative Otvl11lon wabull the focal point for the aaany support Cunc-tlons required by the cnd and the details Aggreealve DAPA prograa11 tive made several 11an positlve r ontrlbutors to the Battalion In Publlc Affairbull tha VTR equJpaent was ueed extenalvely ln lndoctrlnation prograas and in keeping the faiaiJies intoraed of the Battalionbull accoaiplishmente The Career Counselor was highly succesaful in ecshylng ratention goals and in fart exceeded theee goalbull ln two areas Ptrat terw reenlletmenta were 36 second tetll 8Jl and thlrd term and above were LOO of eliglble personnel The Chaplainbull Office provided a C0111J11and Worship Program rounbulleling the Family Involvement Program Civic A~tlon Program in conjunction wlth Opecatlone end a camp Hbrary The CMAA malntalntd good order and disclpline the Battalion wotrhbill reactionary force aaaignmenta and eamp bull serurity The Batta11on lnveetigator set up random canine inspectlona to control tllirlt druga
TralningCoaaunlcationsOrdnance
Thls deployment provided e variety of trainlng opportunities in Ulltary and technical akil1a The Refugee Center tasking at Fort Allen and the any regular deploymunt projerta at Rooeevolt Roads involved moat of the documented Seobee constcurtlon skills One week of rombat skills treining held at Camp Carcia Vtequea Island and various othec periods of instruction on military topics and weapons f i ctng enhanced the overall Teadineebull of the Bettalion Of particular note the mort ar platoon waa able to train for one weekend at the Puerto Rico National Coard Bese at Salinaa Puerto Rico - a first fo r any Seabee Battalion Throughout the deplo1914nt the Tralning Department pureued an aggreaeive program to identlfy training needbull for the upcoaolng deploy11ent and tooll action to correct projected skill ahort1ge1 Helllbers of the Ar110ry Communicationa Shop and HAJlS Station staff made significant lmprovementa in the functioning of their 1hopa and considerably enhanced their material readinbullbullbull etatua
Opar11 t Lons
The 8attalion deployad LS September L980 to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico and aaven detail sitebull around the world The clllllatea facing the Battalion ranged fcoai cold in Argantil Canada and Brldgeport C811fornia to tropical in Puerto Rico Cuba Diego Carela Bahamas and the Trust Terrltorlebull The aaln body and details acc011pl1abed over 30 Njor construction projert11 and nu~erous 81118ller dlacretlonary projects wbch iaproved facilities at the hoar baaae and civilian eOU1unitiu The project work included all pbaau of construction road building and paving cast ln place concrete conatructioo erection of pr efabricated s t eel buildings plar and causeway constructlon renovation of ai rcraft hangar and barrackbull buildings and erection of a prototype
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advanced base fleet hospital The qwirry operatlona at Roosevelt Roadbull ~nd
Vieques pYoduced 44 600 cubic yardbull of ained materla1 17300 cubir yards or rock were cruehed - the greatest ouot produred ln one deployment bullinr~ tba quarriee ~e opened The CubanRaittan Refugee Center was s 1gt4rtlcuLlr eource of pclde to NMCB SXTY-TIO With only one day notice on September 25 1980 the Battalion 110unted-out to conatruct a S000 pereon errong berk tent ceap at Fort Allen Puorto Rico and completed Lt ln the reeked 30 calendar day1 Seebee battalions have seldom reAlized accooapUshaantbull of thls 111lto1gnltudf The or~nal Battalion ta1klng ga9 cOdlpletecl de1pite the toes of one nnd one-half monthbull of construction time due to the Fort Allen tasking
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AlPA Coarpany bad cognuance over an average oC 368 vehlelee heavy ind light vehicle tnt~nre abops and the Roosevelt Roads rock rrusherquercy operatlOMmiddot A non-avsllabllity average of 2 2 percent wa1 aaintalned durlna most of the deployaenc
Shortly after the Battalion s arioival at Camp Mo1crip it wabull ta1ked wlth the contingenr7 opeYationa at Fort Allen This taaking requlred ceettna of ~he vehicles in Live Storage and the identificacton and correction of defirlenrles found The intensity of operationbull during Fort Allen pla~ed tremendoubull strain on personnel and support ayateaaa The iiain body casking vas accompllehed despite the delay incurred frOdl For~ Allon The combined crubullher outputbull of Roosevelt Roada and Viequee 17300 cubic yardbull of aineral products and the total qUArry production of 44600 cubic yards are the greatebullt -ounce produced bY a Battalion to dace
Supply
The overall raodinua of Stabee C11p Hobullcrip haa been improved by 1007 bullbull a rebullult of the coaprehenslve and thorough turnover cond~ced by NMCB- 62 durlng Sepc ber 1980 Thia turnover uncovered soae $200000 in ahorcages that have existed for at least two years and three Battallon turnovers All aupply outlet8 concrlbuced to these 1hortagea Extre=ely clght control was maintained bY thbull Battalion durlng cha Fore Allen evolution The managcaent aaaiatanre viait and aupply management loapections were extremely helpful and treioendous ~urrebullses In both cases slgnlLicant lmproveente rere recognized bY the lnspertor1 The Part II warehouaea have 111 been placed in auch ampproved acates of readln~ss ~ll wareho~ea have been reinventortad bulltowed and properly tdantlfied and ahortagaff and exceaaebull have been identified These bullccooplislaenca although not qwantlfled herein are 11guificant contributions to the Naval Con1trurtlon Force effort The11e contrlbutioM were made 1th severe 1horcagaa of personnel
Camp Halotenanca Encutive Suauury
The Camp maintenance organizetlon 11as coaiprised of a Kaincenanre Control Divialon Shop Store carpentry electrical plUJDblng AC amp R and steelworker shops v1th a CPO in charge Condition or fa~1lltlea was ln gener4l falr to good Tile berthing butbull had Just been renovbullted by contrirt and the office epacea vere adequate but the plurablng and alactrlcal ayateas need~d major emergency repairbull during the daplo1118nt Kiacellanooul taskbull aurh as landscapi11amp and janitorlal servicebull were performed by contractor The Battnllon undertook th~ repairing of the electrical dl1trlbutlon 1ystem renovatlon or the
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EK Club and lnetallatlon of a force mnln sewer wlth plllDplng atatlon A totsl of 3 300 11111n days ond dlrect labor wae logged for Caiap HaintenaNe and a 900 manday barklog with aterial avattble was eatabllehed for NMCts-74
Sperlal Operatlons
The Battalion proved ltse1f ready and abie co accomp1ish the Naval Conscrucshytlon Forre conc_tngenry operations ~laaion On Sepcesaber 24 1980 approximately one week arter dep1oylng co Puerto Rico NMCB-62 wabull taaked with the conetruetlon of a CubanHalttan Refugee Center at fort Allen Puerto Rico On 25 Sepceaiber 1980 the Alr Oec c-nded by LT Hark o Huntampinger waa mounted out co cone truce th ls S 000 person refugee caap Conatruction included 184 strongback tantbull lS sanitary facllitiee three 750 man galley modules 36 000 feet of chain link fenre 6 100 feet or sanlt ary sever llnea v1th 20 manholes 6 100 feet of pceesurized water main and 20000 feet of power lines all coapleted within 30 calendar days The project completed on October 2S 1980
One week prior to deployment to Puerto Rico so addiclonel detail wa1 established co conecrurt a prototype 80dular Fleet Mobile Hospital at t he Marine Corpe Kouncalo Warfare Tr aini ng Center at Bridgeport CA A lllajor lnnovatlon ln advanced baoe component bullyateas the hospital ls technically ~omplex and requires re111Arkable leJdership and highly quali[ied personnel to erect lt Theae personnel who ware to have been at the main body site put their expert lae to good use and completed the conatructloo of the hoapital ahead of schedule And despite the loaa to the main body of these people all the aaaln body casking wbullbull accompli shed to the credit of all the Minutemen of SllCTY- TWO
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NIT UlCAT 10- SIDOUllT
Ty~ Unit amp AVG on BRD ArrlvalDc1U1rture Ktbullbulllon o l11n11C ton OlfEhl Datu
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llooaeve lt ROildB PuarlO RifO 18450 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrun ton
Oet Fort Allen Fort Alleo Puerto Rtro 6250 Sept 80llov 80 Conatructlon
Dbullt CuantbullR4 rwantmmo Bav Cuba 158 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrurt Ion
Oet Andros Androbull hund 8lhilm1 118 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatruc t ton
Ott Vlique11 Vteque11 hund Puerto RJro 029 Sopt 80lay 81 Conatcuriton
o t Argent la Argentla Newfoundland 08 Sept 80gtpr 81 laintenance
Dot Brtdgepon arldgeport C411CornlA 127 Sept 80Hay 81 Cona true c ion
Oet Diego Can-ta Dtaao Carrta 8IOT 155 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatcurclon
CAT YAP TTPt 112 Sept 80Hay 81 Conacrurt Ion
Fltet Support Gulfport Mlabulllbulldtppl 07 Sept 80Hay 81 ampxpedlcera
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Jbullbrauary 1981
J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
March 1981
2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
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7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
lay 1981
7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
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n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
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bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
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Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
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Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
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The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
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Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
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During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
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There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
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OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
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(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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NHC8-62e Admlnlstratlve Oepartment was tasked wlth providing suppocc for all Batt11l lqn pecaonnel as well aa general and cxerutlva idmlnistratlon for the Comm~nd and the Seabee Camp ln all the Personnel Olvlsion was required to malntBin over 700 active and rebullerve personnel r ecords The Administrative Otvl11lon wabull the focal point for the aaany support Cunc-tlons required by the cnd and the details Aggreealve DAPA prograa11 tive made several 11an positlve r ontrlbutors to the Battalion In Publlc Affairbull tha VTR equJpaent was ueed extenalvely ln lndoctrlnation prograas and in keeping the faiaiJies intoraed of the Battalionbull accoaiplishmente The Career Counselor was highly succesaful in ecshylng ratention goals and in fart exceeded theee goalbull ln two areas Ptrat terw reenlletmenta were 36 second tetll 8Jl and thlrd term and above were LOO of eliglble personnel The Chaplainbull Office provided a C0111J11and Worship Program rounbulleling the Family Involvement Program Civic A~tlon Program in conjunction wlth Opecatlone end a camp Hbrary The CMAA malntalntd good order and disclpline the Battalion wotrhbill reactionary force aaaignmenta and eamp bull serurity The Batta11on lnveetigator set up random canine inspectlona to control tllirlt druga
TralningCoaaunlcationsOrdnance
Thls deployment provided e variety of trainlng opportunities in Ulltary and technical akil1a The Refugee Center tasking at Fort Allen and the any regular deploymunt projerta at Rooeevolt Roads involved moat of the documented Seobee constcurtlon skills One week of rombat skills treining held at Camp Carcia Vtequea Island and various othec periods of instruction on military topics and weapons f i ctng enhanced the overall Teadineebull of the Bettalion Of particular note the mort ar platoon waa able to train for one weekend at the Puerto Rico National Coard Bese at Salinaa Puerto Rico - a first fo r any Seabee Battalion Throughout the deplo1914nt the Tralning Department pureued an aggreaeive program to identlfy training needbull for the upcoaolng deploy11ent and tooll action to correct projected skill ahort1ge1 Helllbers of the Ar110ry Communicationa Shop and HAJlS Station staff made significant lmprovementa in the functioning of their 1hopa and considerably enhanced their material readinbullbullbull etatua
Opar11 t Lons
The 8attalion deployad LS September L980 to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico and aaven detail sitebull around the world The clllllatea facing the Battalion ranged fcoai cold in Argantil Canada and Brldgeport C811fornia to tropical in Puerto Rico Cuba Diego Carela Bahamas and the Trust Terrltorlebull The aaln body and details acc011pl1abed over 30 Njor construction projert11 and nu~erous 81118ller dlacretlonary projects wbch iaproved facilities at the hoar baaae and civilian eOU1unitiu The project work included all pbaau of construction road building and paving cast ln place concrete conatructioo erection of pr efabricated s t eel buildings plar and causeway constructlon renovation of ai rcraft hangar and barrackbull buildings and erection of a prototype
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advanced base fleet hospital The qwirry operatlona at Roosevelt Roadbull ~nd
Vieques pYoduced 44 600 cubic yardbull of ained materla1 17300 cubir yards or rock were cruehed - the greatest ouot produred ln one deployment bullinr~ tba quarriee ~e opened The CubanRaittan Refugee Center was s 1gt4rtlcuLlr eource of pclde to NMCB SXTY-TIO With only one day notice on September 25 1980 the Battalion 110unted-out to conatruct a S000 pereon errong berk tent ceap at Fort Allen Puorto Rico and completed Lt ln the reeked 30 calendar day1 Seebee battalions have seldom reAlized accooapUshaantbull of thls 111lto1gnltudf The or~nal Battalion ta1klng ga9 cOdlpletecl de1pite the toes of one nnd one-half monthbull of construction time due to the Fort Allen tasking
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AlPA Coarpany bad cognuance over an average oC 368 vehlelee heavy ind light vehicle tnt~nre abops and the Roosevelt Roads rock rrusherquercy operatlOMmiddot A non-avsllabllity average of 2 2 percent wa1 aaintalned durlna most of the deployaenc
Shortly after the Battalion s arioival at Camp Mo1crip it wabull ta1ked wlth the contingenr7 opeYationa at Fort Allen This taaking requlred ceettna of ~he vehicles in Live Storage and the identificacton and correction of defirlenrles found The intensity of operationbull during Fort Allen pla~ed tremendoubull strain on personnel and support ayateaaa The iiain body casking vas accompllehed despite the delay incurred frOdl For~ Allon The combined crubullher outputbull of Roosevelt Roada and Viequee 17300 cubic yardbull of aineral products and the total qUArry production of 44600 cubic yards are the greatebullt -ounce produced bY a Battalion to dace
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The overall raodinua of Stabee C11p Hobullcrip haa been improved by 1007 bullbull a rebullult of the coaprehenslve and thorough turnover cond~ced by NMCB- 62 durlng Sepc ber 1980 Thia turnover uncovered soae $200000 in ahorcages that have existed for at least two years and three Battallon turnovers All aupply outlet8 concrlbuced to these 1hortagea Extre=ely clght control was maintained bY thbull Battalion durlng cha Fore Allen evolution The managcaent aaaiatanre viait and aupply management loapections were extremely helpful and treioendous ~urrebullses In both cases slgnlLicant lmproveente rere recognized bY the lnspertor1 The Part II warehouaea have 111 been placed in auch ampproved acates of readln~ss ~ll wareho~ea have been reinventortad bulltowed and properly tdantlfied and ahortagaff and exceaaebull have been identified These bullccooplislaenca although not qwantlfled herein are 11guificant contributions to the Naval Con1trurtlon Force effort The11e contrlbutioM were made 1th severe 1horcagaa of personnel
Camp Halotenanca Encutive Suauury
The Camp maintenance organizetlon 11as coaiprised of a Kaincenanre Control Divialon Shop Store carpentry electrical plUJDblng AC amp R and steelworker shops v1th a CPO in charge Condition or fa~1lltlea was ln gener4l falr to good Tile berthing butbull had Just been renovbullted by contrirt and the office epacea vere adequate but the plurablng and alactrlcal ayateas need~d major emergency repairbull during the daplo1118nt Kiacellanooul taskbull aurh as landscapi11amp and janitorlal servicebull were performed by contractor The Battnllon undertook th~ repairing of the electrical dl1trlbutlon 1ystem renovatlon or the
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EK Club and lnetallatlon of a force mnln sewer wlth plllDplng atatlon A totsl of 3 300 11111n days ond dlrect labor wae logged for Caiap HaintenaNe and a 900 manday barklog with aterial avattble was eatabllehed for NMCts-74
Sperlal Operatlons
The Battalion proved ltse1f ready and abie co accomp1ish the Naval Conscrucshytlon Forre conc_tngenry operations ~laaion On Sepcesaber 24 1980 approximately one week arter dep1oylng co Puerto Rico NMCB-62 wabull taaked with the conetruetlon of a CubanHalttan Refugee Center at fort Allen Puerto Rico On 25 Sepceaiber 1980 the Alr Oec c-nded by LT Hark o Huntampinger waa mounted out co cone truce th ls S 000 person refugee caap Conatruction included 184 strongback tantbull lS sanitary facllitiee three 750 man galley modules 36 000 feet of chain link fenre 6 100 feet or sanlt ary sever llnea v1th 20 manholes 6 100 feet of pceesurized water main and 20000 feet of power lines all coapleted within 30 calendar days The project completed on October 2S 1980
One week prior to deployment to Puerto Rico so addiclonel detail wa1 established co conecrurt a prototype 80dular Fleet Mobile Hospital at t he Marine Corpe Kouncalo Warfare Tr aini ng Center at Bridgeport CA A lllajor lnnovatlon ln advanced baoe component bullyateas the hospital ls technically ~omplex and requires re111Arkable leJdership and highly quali[ied personnel to erect lt Theae personnel who ware to have been at the main body site put their expert lae to good use and completed the conatructloo of the hoapital ahead of schedule And despite the loaa to the main body of these people all the aaaln body casking wbullbull accompli shed to the credit of all the Minutemen of SllCTY- TWO
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Ty~ Unit amp AVG on BRD ArrlvalDc1U1rture Ktbullbulllon o l11n11C ton OlfEhl Datu
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llooaeve lt ROildB PuarlO RifO 18450 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrun ton
Oet Fort Allen Fort Alleo Puerto Rtro 6250 Sept 80llov 80 Conatructlon
Dbullt CuantbullR4 rwantmmo Bav Cuba 158 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrurt Ion
Oet Andros Androbull hund 8lhilm1 118 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatruc t ton
Ott Vlique11 Vteque11 hund Puerto RJro 029 Sopt 80lay 81 Conatcuriton
o t Argent la Argentla Newfoundland 08 Sept 80gtpr 81 laintenance
Dot Brtdgepon arldgeport C411CornlA 127 Sept 80Hay 81 Cona true c ion
Oet Diego Can-ta Dtaao Carrta 8IOT 155 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatcurclon
CAT YAP TTPt 112 Sept 80Hay 81 Conacrurt Ion
Fltet Support Gulfport Mlabulllbulldtppl 07 Sept 80Hay 81 ampxpedlcera
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Jbullbrauary 1981
J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
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2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
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7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
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7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
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n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
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bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
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bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
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Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
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The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
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l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
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Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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EXECUTIVE SIJMKARY
Admln l st rat lon
NHC8-62e Admlnlstratlve Oepartment was tasked wlth providing suppocc for all Batt11l lqn pecaonnel as well aa general and cxerutlva idmlnistratlon for the Comm~nd and the Seabee Camp ln all the Personnel Olvlsion was required to malntBin over 700 active and rebullerve personnel r ecords The Administrative Otvl11lon wabull the focal point for the aaany support Cunc-tlons required by the cnd and the details Aggreealve DAPA prograa11 tive made several 11an positlve r ontrlbutors to the Battalion In Publlc Affairbull tha VTR equJpaent was ueed extenalvely ln lndoctrlnation prograas and in keeping the faiaiJies intoraed of the Battalionbull accoaiplishmente The Career Counselor was highly succesaful in ecshylng ratention goals and in fart exceeded theee goalbull ln two areas Ptrat terw reenlletmenta were 36 second tetll 8Jl and thlrd term and above were LOO of eliglble personnel The Chaplainbull Office provided a C0111J11and Worship Program rounbulleling the Family Involvement Program Civic A~tlon Program in conjunction wlth Opecatlone end a camp Hbrary The CMAA malntalntd good order and disclpline the Battalion wotrhbill reactionary force aaaignmenta and eamp bull serurity The Batta11on lnveetigator set up random canine inspectlona to control tllirlt druga
TralningCoaaunlcationsOrdnance
Thls deployment provided e variety of trainlng opportunities in Ulltary and technical akil1a The Refugee Center tasking at Fort Allen and the any regular deploymunt projerta at Rooeevolt Roads involved moat of the documented Seobee constcurtlon skills One week of rombat skills treining held at Camp Carcia Vtequea Island and various othec periods of instruction on military topics and weapons f i ctng enhanced the overall Teadineebull of the Bettalion Of particular note the mort ar platoon waa able to train for one weekend at the Puerto Rico National Coard Bese at Salinaa Puerto Rico - a first fo r any Seabee Battalion Throughout the deplo1914nt the Tralning Department pureued an aggreaeive program to identlfy training needbull for the upcoaolng deploy11ent and tooll action to correct projected skill ahort1ge1 Helllbers of the Ar110ry Communicationa Shop and HAJlS Station staff made significant lmprovementa in the functioning of their 1hopa and considerably enhanced their material readinbullbullbull etatua
Opar11 t Lons
The 8attalion deployad LS September L980 to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico and aaven detail sitebull around the world The clllllatea facing the Battalion ranged fcoai cold in Argantil Canada and Brldgeport C811fornia to tropical in Puerto Rico Cuba Diego Carela Bahamas and the Trust Terrltorlebull The aaln body and details acc011pl1abed over 30 Njor construction projert11 and nu~erous 81118ller dlacretlonary projects wbch iaproved facilities at the hoar baaae and civilian eOU1unitiu The project work included all pbaau of construction road building and paving cast ln place concrete conatructioo erection of pr efabricated s t eel buildings plar and causeway constructlon renovation of ai rcraft hangar and barrackbull buildings and erection of a prototype
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advanced base fleet hospital The qwirry operatlona at Roosevelt Roadbull ~nd
Vieques pYoduced 44 600 cubic yardbull of ained materla1 17300 cubir yards or rock were cruehed - the greatest ouot produred ln one deployment bullinr~ tba quarriee ~e opened The CubanRaittan Refugee Center was s 1gt4rtlcuLlr eource of pclde to NMCB SXTY-TIO With only one day notice on September 25 1980 the Battalion 110unted-out to conatruct a S000 pereon errong berk tent ceap at Fort Allen Puorto Rico and completed Lt ln the reeked 30 calendar day1 Seebee battalions have seldom reAlized accooapUshaantbull of thls 111lto1gnltudf The or~nal Battalion ta1klng ga9 cOdlpletecl de1pite the toes of one nnd one-half monthbull of construction time due to the Fort Allen tasking
8quip11ent
AlPA Coarpany bad cognuance over an average oC 368 vehlelee heavy ind light vehicle tnt~nre abops and the Roosevelt Roads rock rrusherquercy operatlOMmiddot A non-avsllabllity average of 2 2 percent wa1 aaintalned durlna most of the deployaenc
Shortly after the Battalion s arioival at Camp Mo1crip it wabull ta1ked wlth the contingenr7 opeYationa at Fort Allen This taaking requlred ceettna of ~he vehicles in Live Storage and the identificacton and correction of defirlenrles found The intensity of operationbull during Fort Allen pla~ed tremendoubull strain on personnel and support ayateaaa The iiain body casking vas accompllehed despite the delay incurred frOdl For~ Allon The combined crubullher outputbull of Roosevelt Roada and Viequee 17300 cubic yardbull of aineral products and the total qUArry production of 44600 cubic yards are the greatebullt -ounce produced bY a Battalion to dace
Supply
The overall raodinua of Stabee C11p Hobullcrip haa been improved by 1007 bullbull a rebullult of the coaprehenslve and thorough turnover cond~ced by NMCB- 62 durlng Sepc ber 1980 Thia turnover uncovered soae $200000 in ahorcages that have existed for at least two years and three Battallon turnovers All aupply outlet8 concrlbuced to these 1hortagea Extre=ely clght control was maintained bY thbull Battalion durlng cha Fore Allen evolution The managcaent aaaiatanre viait and aupply management loapections were extremely helpful and treioendous ~urrebullses In both cases slgnlLicant lmproveente rere recognized bY the lnspertor1 The Part II warehouaea have 111 been placed in auch ampproved acates of readln~ss ~ll wareho~ea have been reinventortad bulltowed and properly tdantlfied and ahortagaff and exceaaebull have been identified These bullccooplislaenca although not qwantlfled herein are 11guificant contributions to the Naval Con1trurtlon Force effort The11e contrlbutioM were made 1th severe 1horcagaa of personnel
Camp Halotenanca Encutive Suauury
The Camp maintenance organizetlon 11as coaiprised of a Kaincenanre Control Divialon Shop Store carpentry electrical plUJDblng AC amp R and steelworker shops v1th a CPO in charge Condition or fa~1lltlea was ln gener4l falr to good Tile berthing butbull had Just been renovbullted by contrirt and the office epacea vere adequate but the plurablng and alactrlcal ayateas need~d major emergency repairbull during the daplo1118nt Kiacellanooul taskbull aurh as landscapi11amp and janitorlal servicebull were performed by contractor The Battnllon undertook th~ repairing of the electrical dl1trlbutlon 1ystem renovatlon or the
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EK Club and lnetallatlon of a force mnln sewer wlth plllDplng atatlon A totsl of 3 300 11111n days ond dlrect labor wae logged for Caiap HaintenaNe and a 900 manday barklog with aterial avattble was eatabllehed for NMCts-74
Sperlal Operatlons
The Battalion proved ltse1f ready and abie co accomp1ish the Naval Conscrucshytlon Forre conc_tngenry operations ~laaion On Sepcesaber 24 1980 approximately one week arter dep1oylng co Puerto Rico NMCB-62 wabull taaked with the conetruetlon of a CubanHalttan Refugee Center at fort Allen Puerto Rico On 25 Sepceaiber 1980 the Alr Oec c-nded by LT Hark o Huntampinger waa mounted out co cone truce th ls S 000 person refugee caap Conatruction included 184 strongback tantbull lS sanitary facllitiee three 750 man galley modules 36 000 feet of chain link fenre 6 100 feet or sanlt ary sever llnea v1th 20 manholes 6 100 feet of pceesurized water main and 20000 feet of power lines all coapleted within 30 calendar days The project completed on October 2S 1980
One week prior to deployment to Puerto Rico so addiclonel detail wa1 established co conecrurt a prototype 80dular Fleet Mobile Hospital at t he Marine Corpe Kouncalo Warfare Tr aini ng Center at Bridgeport CA A lllajor lnnovatlon ln advanced baoe component bullyateas the hospital ls technically ~omplex and requires re111Arkable leJdership and highly quali[ied personnel to erect lt Theae personnel who ware to have been at the main body site put their expert lae to good use and completed the conatructloo of the hoapital ahead of schedule And despite the loaa to the main body of these people all the aaaln body casking wbullbull accompli shed to the credit of all the Minutemen of SllCTY- TWO
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NIT UlCAT 10- SIDOUllT
Ty~ Unit amp AVG on BRD ArrlvalDc1U1rture Ktbullbulllon o l11n11C ton OlfEhl Datu
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llooaeve lt ROildB PuarlO RifO 18450 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrun ton
Oet Fort Allen Fort Alleo Puerto Rtro 6250 Sept 80llov 80 Conatructlon
Dbullt CuantbullR4 rwantmmo Bav Cuba 158 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrurt Ion
Oet Andros Androbull hund 8lhilm1 118 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatruc t ton
Ott Vlique11 Vteque11 hund Puerto RJro 029 Sopt 80lay 81 Conatcuriton
o t Argent la Argentla Newfoundland 08 Sept 80gtpr 81 laintenance
Dot Brtdgepon arldgeport C411CornlA 127 Sept 80Hay 81 Cona true c ion
Oet Diego Can-ta Dtaao Carrta 8IOT 155 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatcurclon
CAT YAP TTPt 112 Sept 80Hay 81 Conacrurt Ion
Fltet Support Gulfport Mlabulllbulldtppl 07 Sept 80Hay 81 ampxpedlcera
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Jbullbrauary 1981
J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
March 1981
2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
Afril 1981
7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
lay 1981
7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
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I Adlli nlatratlon lrbull11one llarnld
n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
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r 2 Admln Narrative
bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
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bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
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l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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advanced base fleet hospital The qwirry operatlona at Roosevelt Roadbull ~nd
Vieques pYoduced 44 600 cubic yardbull of ained materla1 17300 cubir yards or rock were cruehed - the greatest ouot produred ln one deployment bullinr~ tba quarriee ~e opened The CubanRaittan Refugee Center was s 1gt4rtlcuLlr eource of pclde to NMCB SXTY-TIO With only one day notice on September 25 1980 the Battalion 110unted-out to conatruct a S000 pereon errong berk tent ceap at Fort Allen Puorto Rico and completed Lt ln the reeked 30 calendar day1 Seebee battalions have seldom reAlized accooapUshaantbull of thls 111lto1gnltudf The or~nal Battalion ta1klng ga9 cOdlpletecl de1pite the toes of one nnd one-half monthbull of construction time due to the Fort Allen tasking
8quip11ent
AlPA Coarpany bad cognuance over an average oC 368 vehlelee heavy ind light vehicle tnt~nre abops and the Roosevelt Roads rock rrusherquercy operatlOMmiddot A non-avsllabllity average of 2 2 percent wa1 aaintalned durlna most of the deployaenc
Shortly after the Battalion s arioival at Camp Mo1crip it wabull ta1ked wlth the contingenr7 opeYationa at Fort Allen This taaking requlred ceettna of ~he vehicles in Live Storage and the identificacton and correction of defirlenrles found The intensity of operationbull during Fort Allen pla~ed tremendoubull strain on personnel and support ayateaaa The iiain body casking vas accompllehed despite the delay incurred frOdl For~ Allon The combined crubullher outputbull of Roosevelt Roada and Viequee 17300 cubic yardbull of aineral products and the total qUArry production of 44600 cubic yards are the greatebullt -ounce produced bY a Battalion to dace
Supply
The overall raodinua of Stabee C11p Hobullcrip haa been improved by 1007 bullbull a rebullult of the coaprehenslve and thorough turnover cond~ced by NMCB- 62 durlng Sepc ber 1980 Thia turnover uncovered soae $200000 in ahorcages that have existed for at least two years and three Battallon turnovers All aupply outlet8 concrlbuced to these 1hortagea Extre=ely clght control was maintained bY thbull Battalion durlng cha Fore Allen evolution The managcaent aaaiatanre viait and aupply management loapections were extremely helpful and treioendous ~urrebullses In both cases slgnlLicant lmproveente rere recognized bY the lnspertor1 The Part II warehouaea have 111 been placed in auch ampproved acates of readln~ss ~ll wareho~ea have been reinventortad bulltowed and properly tdantlfied and ahortagaff and exceaaebull have been identified These bullccooplislaenca although not qwantlfled herein are 11guificant contributions to the Naval Con1trurtlon Force effort The11e contrlbutioM were made 1th severe 1horcagaa of personnel
Camp Halotenanca Encutive Suauury
The Camp maintenance organizetlon 11as coaiprised of a Kaincenanre Control Divialon Shop Store carpentry electrical plUJDblng AC amp R and steelworker shops v1th a CPO in charge Condition or fa~1lltlea was ln gener4l falr to good Tile berthing butbull had Just been renovbullted by contrirt and the office epacea vere adequate but the plurablng and alactrlcal ayateas need~d major emergency repairbull during the daplo1118nt Kiacellanooul taskbull aurh as landscapi11amp and janitorlal servicebull were performed by contractor The Battnllon undertook th~ repairing of the electrical dl1trlbutlon 1ystem renovatlon or the
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EK Club and lnetallatlon of a force mnln sewer wlth plllDplng atatlon A totsl of 3 300 11111n days ond dlrect labor wae logged for Caiap HaintenaNe and a 900 manday barklog with aterial avattble was eatabllehed for NMCts-74
Sperlal Operatlons
The Battalion proved ltse1f ready and abie co accomp1ish the Naval Conscrucshytlon Forre conc_tngenry operations ~laaion On Sepcesaber 24 1980 approximately one week arter dep1oylng co Puerto Rico NMCB-62 wabull taaked with the conetruetlon of a CubanHalttan Refugee Center at fort Allen Puerto Rico On 25 Sepceaiber 1980 the Alr Oec c-nded by LT Hark o Huntampinger waa mounted out co cone truce th ls S 000 person refugee caap Conatruction included 184 strongback tantbull lS sanitary facllitiee three 750 man galley modules 36 000 feet of chain link fenre 6 100 feet or sanlt ary sever llnea v1th 20 manholes 6 100 feet of pceesurized water main and 20000 feet of power lines all coapleted within 30 calendar days The project completed on October 2S 1980
One week prior to deployment to Puerto Rico so addiclonel detail wa1 established co conecrurt a prototype 80dular Fleet Mobile Hospital at t he Marine Corpe Kouncalo Warfare Tr aini ng Center at Bridgeport CA A lllajor lnnovatlon ln advanced baoe component bullyateas the hospital ls technically ~omplex and requires re111Arkable leJdership and highly quali[ied personnel to erect lt Theae personnel who ware to have been at the main body site put their expert lae to good use and completed the conatructloo of the hoapital ahead of schedule And despite the loaa to the main body of these people all the aaaln body casking wbullbull accompli shed to the credit of all the Minutemen of SllCTY- TWO
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NIT UlCAT 10- SIDOUllT
Ty~ Unit amp AVG on BRD ArrlvalDc1U1rture Ktbullbulllon o l11n11C ton OlfEhl Datu
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llooaeve lt ROildB PuarlO RifO 18450 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrun ton
Oet Fort Allen Fort Alleo Puerto Rtro 6250 Sept 80llov 80 Conatructlon
Dbullt CuantbullR4 rwantmmo Bav Cuba 158 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrurt Ion
Oet Andros Androbull hund 8lhilm1 118 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatruc t ton
Ott Vlique11 Vteque11 hund Puerto RJro 029 Sopt 80lay 81 Conatcuriton
o t Argent la Argentla Newfoundland 08 Sept 80gtpr 81 laintenance
Dot Brtdgepon arldgeport C411CornlA 127 Sept 80Hay 81 Cona true c ion
Oet Diego Can-ta Dtaao Carrta 8IOT 155 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatcurclon
CAT YAP TTPt 112 Sept 80Hay 81 Conacrurt Ion
Fltet Support Gulfport Mlabulllbulldtppl 07 Sept 80Hay 81 ampxpedlcera
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Jbullbrauary 1981
J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
March 1981
2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
Afril 1981
7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
lay 1981
7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
2 Enclosure (3)
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Jlll NI lTRAT lON
I Adlli nlatratlon lrbull11one llarnld
n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
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r 2 Admln Narrative
bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
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bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
3 Enclosure (4)
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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EK Club and lnetallatlon of a force mnln sewer wlth plllDplng atatlon A totsl of 3 300 11111n days ond dlrect labor wae logged for Caiap HaintenaNe and a 900 manday barklog with aterial avattble was eatabllehed for NMCts-74
Sperlal Operatlons
The Battalion proved ltse1f ready and abie co accomp1ish the Naval Conscrucshytlon Forre conc_tngenry operations ~laaion On Sepcesaber 24 1980 approximately one week arter dep1oylng co Puerto Rico NMCB-62 wabull taaked with the conetruetlon of a CubanHalttan Refugee Center at fort Allen Puerto Rico On 25 Sepceaiber 1980 the Alr Oec c-nded by LT Hark o Huntampinger waa mounted out co cone truce th ls S 000 person refugee caap Conatruction included 184 strongback tantbull lS sanitary facllitiee three 750 man galley modules 36 000 feet of chain link fenre 6 100 feet or sanlt ary sever llnea v1th 20 manholes 6 100 feet of pceesurized water main and 20000 feet of power lines all coapleted within 30 calendar days The project completed on October 2S 1980
One week prior to deployment to Puerto Rico so addiclonel detail wa1 established co conecrurt a prototype 80dular Fleet Mobile Hospital at t he Marine Corpe Kouncalo Warfare Tr aini ng Center at Bridgeport CA A lllajor lnnovatlon ln advanced baoe component bullyateas the hospital ls technically ~omplex and requires re111Arkable leJdership and highly quali[ied personnel to erect lt Theae personnel who ware to have been at the main body site put their expert lae to good use and completed the conatructloo of the hoapital ahead of schedule And despite the loaa to the main body of these people all the aaaln body casking wbullbull accompli shed to the credit of all the Minutemen of SllCTY- TWO
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NIT UlCAT 10- SIDOUllT
Ty~ Unit amp AVG on BRD ArrlvalDc1U1rture Ktbullbulllon o l11n11C ton OlfEhl Datu
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llooaeve lt ROildB PuarlO RifO 18450 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrun ton
Oet Fort Allen Fort Alleo Puerto Rtro 6250 Sept 80llov 80 Conatructlon
Dbullt CuantbullR4 rwantmmo Bav Cuba 158 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrurt Ion
Oet Andros Androbull hund 8lhilm1 118 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatruc t ton
Ott Vlique11 Vteque11 hund Puerto RJro 029 Sopt 80lay 81 Conatcuriton
o t Argent la Argentla Newfoundland 08 Sept 80gtpr 81 laintenance
Dot Brtdgepon arldgeport C411CornlA 127 Sept 80Hay 81 Cona true c ion
Oet Diego Can-ta Dtaao Carrta 8IOT 155 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatcurclon
CAT YAP TTPt 112 Sept 80Hay 81 Conacrurt Ion
Fltet Support Gulfport Mlabulllbulldtppl 07 Sept 80Hay 81 ampxpedlcera
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Jbullbrauary 1981
J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
March 1981
2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
Afril 1981
7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
lay 1981
7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
2 Enclosure (3)
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I Adlli nlatratlon lrbull11one llarnld
n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
Enclosure (4)
r 2 Admln Narrative
bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
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bull
bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
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l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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NIT UlCAT 10- SIDOUllT
Ty~ Unit amp AVG on BRD ArrlvalDc1U1rture Ktbullbulllon o l11n11C ton OlfEhl Datu
~lnbody
llooaeve lt ROildB PuarlO RifO 18450 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrun ton
Oet Fort Allen Fort Alleo Puerto Rtro 6250 Sept 80llov 80 Conatructlon
Dbullt CuantbullR4 rwantmmo Bav Cuba 158 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatrurt Ion
Oet Andros Androbull hund 8lhilm1 118 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatruc t ton
Ott Vlique11 Vteque11 hund Puerto RJro 029 Sopt 80lay 81 Conatcuriton
o t Argent la Argentla Newfoundland 08 Sept 80gtpr 81 laintenance
Dot Brtdgepon arldgeport C411CornlA 127 Sept 80Hay 81 Cona true c ion
Oet Diego Can-ta Dtaao Carrta 8IOT 155 Sept 80Hay 81 Conatcurclon
CAT YAP TTPt 112 Sept 80Hay 81 Conacrurt Ion
Fltet Support Gulfport Mlabulllbulldtppl 07 Sept 80Hay 81 ampxpedlcera
poundnrloaure (2)
Jbullbrauary 1981
J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
March 1981
2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
Afril 1981
7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
lay 1981
7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
2 Enclosure (3)
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Jlll NI lTRAT lON
I Adlli nlatratlon lrbull11one llarnld
n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
Enclosure (4)
r 2 Admln Narrative
bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
2 Enclosure ( 4)
bull
bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
3 Enclosure (4)
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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Jbullbrauary 1981
J Captain Davibull (31 NCR) tourbull Det DridltiJeport bullita
5 RNMCB-U Detail arrivu at ROoaevelt Roampda for ACTDUTRA
9 CQICB1Jll1 S-3 Ki4 Deployaent ~iew canductd by o endu Nash 1GEN Meqarr COG 4th Maritte Divuion) toure Det ampddqeport aite
11 second ClSE KAV conducted
12 RtlHCamp-14 Detail I arrivea CTHO far JCTOUTRA
19 RNMCB-27 Detail I arrives Main DOdy for ACTUTRA
24 Dr Moxley (A88t to Sec Def for KedJoine) vuita Det Bridqeport ~CB-25 DetUl arrlve11 GTHO for AClDllRA
25 iatcamp-14 Detail II arrivu G1MD far AClllVfRA
28 PJIMCB-25 Detail arrivea GIMO far AC1DOTllJ
30 0 Oore Port COICBLANT vuita NMCB-62
March 1981
2 VADH cox (Sur Gen) and RADII Wilson vibullit Det Bridgeport
3 RNMCamp-27 Detail II arrivos tar AcTDUTRA
10 RNMCamp-12 Detail arrives GIMO foe lClDUTllA
16 Retrogude of Teat Medule at Det Bridgeport beginbull
23 LCDR creen CBIANT s-2 conducts TrainingElllllork MlV
Afril 1981
7 RNCB-15 Detampil arriv GDO for ACTOOlRA
20 RAll4 ~oizen CCIMNJIVFORCAIUB addrebullan ampattalion at Morning QUartera
29 captain OConnor CO NAVSlA Roosevelt Roedbull addrMeea Battalion at Morning guartera
lay 1981
7 Retrograde of Modular Mobile Fleet Hospital at Det llridqeport Completed
14 NMCB-62 returlUI to homeport
2 Enclosure (3)
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Jlll NI lTRAT lON
I Adlli nlatratlon lrbull11one llarnld
n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
Enclosure (4)
r 2 Admln Narrative
bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
2 Enclosure ( 4)
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bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
3 Enclosure (4)
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2
4
The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
4
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bull
Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
bull
MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
bull
7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
8
Jlll NI lTRAT lON
I Adlli nlatratlon lrbull11one llarnld
n Probls ltem Copyreproclucaion fncilhtes
Ohcuselon Exctbullaalve down t li11e and n hlgher than acceptable bullbulllfunctton rate wlrc encountrred ~lth boch of the Xerox 7000 reproduction bullachl nee located in Camp t the mid-rotnc of the deployment a Cull tlme operator was assigned to operate both reproduction machines n-ta actlon has redoced die problem to vithin acceptable atandarda
ActlonRecommendatlon One paraoo ahould attend the appropriate achool or lndoctrlnatton and be esei~ntld as a pcnaanent reproduction equipshyment operatormechanic to cut down on ebuae and properly operate che equipshyment A mlmoo~raph bullbullchine or similar equipment should be purchased by the 11lttalon to use In producln~ more econolcal copies of hlgh vollllle publicationbull such oa lnatructiona notices PODs etc
b Problem lte Mag Card typeowriter
Oiacusalon The Mag Card machine located in Adbullin had to lgte tlme alutred vith other Sccalon offices on ~any occaaiona TIia reaulted in time sharing achedulea that often lasted until 2200
ActlonReccwnendnt1on lt lbull highly recomlllended that lllOre end current atnle of the a r t memory machjnea be purchAaed for Camp 1obullcrip
c Probleiarte Drugs
Diecuaelon To combat drug nbuse random canine lnapections wtre conducted in the BEQbull job sites and of(ce spaces The Medlcsl Department conducted random ur lnalyeia teatlng The Chain of eo-tand and Battalion investigator conducted unannounced walk through lnapection1
ActionRecOllllllendatlon Continue random urinalysis and inapectiona
d Problemltllll Air Transportntion
Ol1cueeion Restricted availability of gover iwent air coupled with frequent flight concellatlona or schedule changes malte thia eode of travel less thbulln desirable As a result commercial air was ampenerally ucilhed to uke detail vhlts and for arriving end depart ing peraonnel The jor probleia tncounterld waa thbull lengthy trip from HAVSTA lloosevelt Roads to Snn Juan Al rport
ActionRecommendation The Peraonnel Oftice establi5htd cloel coordination with 20th NCR and CBC Gulfport to ensure flight advi~ory infotmlltion 1bull obtained for newly reporting ~raonnel in order to srranae fo r ground transportation froa San Juan to Caep Hoscrip Cloee working relarionahlpa vtth the SATO Office were aucceeaful in aeetlng all cnaomercial air tranbullportation requlr ente
Enclosure (4)
r 2 Admln Narrative
bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
2 Enclosure ( 4)
bull
bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
3 Enclosure (4)
1
l
2
4
The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
4
bull
bull
bull
Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
bull
MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
bull
7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
8
r 2 Admln Narrative
bullmiddot Admfglecratign During the Cirbullt ha of the deployment the S-1 Departaent ws headed by a CW02 (CHSHlPCLX) Thie necebulldtoted assigning a YtlCS (no11Ully the Adaio Chief) to full tiine duLies u the Battalion Legal SerYicea Officer In llecllftlber (at the aid-point of the deployment) a LT (1110) reported aboard alter completing Navnl Legal Officers School and ass ed duties aa S-1 Oepartateot llend ActIn Officer and 1Agal Officer
The S-1 Department was tabullked with 1pec1fic reaponaib111ties to perform preparation of adminibulltratlve reports draft reproduce and disshytribute internal directivebull operate the mail and filing ayatems provide bullbull clerical pool maintain the tickler flle on all 1pecial and recurring reports the library of directives and other official publications including required changes routing custody and control of claestfied material and CXJHTAC pube the legal office and additional admJnibulltrative support dut1ee es required
Office equi111ent included two Xerox 7000 copiers with one collator and typewritera The Xerox 7000bull are owned by the Seabee Camp A nalnshyteoance contract ibull in effect Mr Costellio vas the CoDllllllndamp contact for repatra or problems with the XeroK machine Repatr of IBM tyrewrlLrru la readily avallable In Puerto Rico
The Miiiin Depertaent pr ovided one YNJ to S-3 one SN to AIfA Coapany and one PN3 to Diego Cdrcta during part of ~he deployment lt la highly recommended that deploying Battalionbull should have their Cull coapleaent of yeoman and peraonnelman in order to ensure full aupport In theae clerical areas Thia becomes extremely important becauRe of the increased nwaber of inen lo the deploying Battalion
S-1 also aaintaned the Duty YNPN Watch Section which provided personnel and meaeage pick-up aarvicebull on a 4 hour basibullmiddot Tite moat difficult of oll bulldllini1trat1on a11lg11D1enc1 to llBlter waa the cypillJI of OCR massages Arrangements with the petty officer in ch8rge of RooeevelL Roada Colllllunicatioos Center Traffic Analybulllbull Section to preaent to all typists a lecture on correct OCR meeaagc foat were highly euccesaful Priority or higher precedence aaaeagea were uaually bandcut at the Com11Unlshycationa Center so a atnor mistake in them would not delay their tranaalttal
b Personnel Office spaces ~re bullore than lldequate for the office equipoumt and other 1upport functionbull necessary for aervtcea provided to the Comaand The ataf aaeigned during the dep1oyment averampRed five PNs (I YNC I PNI l Pll2 and 3 PNSNs) und~r a CW03 aeLVing abull Personnel Officer Their combined responeibiliLiebull included reentlatmentbull and dischargeamp receiptbull and transCers TAD diaries auster reports control upkeep and authentication 0pound all anliated service records and preperatlon of aiscellaneous pereonnel repor ts
Transportation arrangeaenta were aade through the Naval Station SATO office for comaerc1al flights Collmerclal flightbull after duty hourbull were placed directly through the airline ca11paniea in San Juan Hllite-y flightbull were arranged thcougb the station bulltr terminal
A lenve period was enjoyed by many durt-ng the deploymenL nlere vere a fev however that were granted exteneion of emergency leave while in CONUS Commercial to CONUS was conven1enL on all nlrltnea aerving Lhc route from SAn Juan to the Eaat and Gulf Coaats Per50nnel vith einerRen~y leave departed Puerto Rtco vt thin 24 houra of notification
2 Enclosure ( 4)
bull
bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
3 Enclosure (4)
1
l
2
4
The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
4
bull
bull
bull
Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
bull
MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
bull
7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
8
bull
bullbull lOtillll rhe Po1H Office operated wlth two postal clerks Lhrou~hout the deployment (a PCI and n PCl)
Trnnslt tliae for letter lllltLll to the United States wiual Ly three tn four d bullYSmiddot We tound lt much faster to have mail transbull1tted thro11ith thobull FPO IUllilll 14099 addreae than the FPO New York 09501
Money order buslnoes throughout the deployment totaled over $55036321 Thu avera11c money order busineu on a payday was $22 00000
During the deployment the llallallon dlapatched over 14171 pounds of outgolng mail with 11 dally avernge of seventy-eight pounds
d fducatlon Uurinamp this deploynilt nt the ESO was unned by a PN2 wlth a CW03 as 1150 0poundUcer Advuncement1 CED1 and evening collage courses werv offered Only a all percentase of personnel participated ln the evenlng college program due to th~ extremely heavy work schedu1e The ESO scheduled several educntlon scmlnars in tho Camp to inform personnel of servtcca available but reapolle was minimal A total of twelve pereonnel attended evenlng college course11 offered by Loe Angeles Community College and New lto11pshf re College Only n lne personnel took the cm Altr or SAT cest at the NCfA offlca on the Naval Stotlon Parclcutnr note should be pald to the ovaillblltty of enllsted correepondence courses Sixty- seven per~onnel were adv~nced durilll the deployaent from the Septe~ber l980middoteiu1ms
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS fil THE SpoundPTEMBR lQ EXAMINATIONS
TISnR FULLY ARTICIPATEO NOT EXAM PAXCRADE LIG[BkE ELlGLL IN EXAM RFCOHMPNDPD
E-4 48 44 41 3
E-5 69 65 62 3
E-6 26 26 25 1
TOTAL 143 13~ 128 7
ADVANCEMENT STATISTICS FOR THE MARO 1981 poundXAKlNAT10NS ---- --TISTIR PULLY PARTrClPATED NOT
EXN1 PAXGW)E ELIQIBltj ELIGIBl11 lN EXAM RECOMHNDPD
E-4 34 29 27
E-5 59 54 52
E-6 16 14 12
TOTAL 109 97 91
e PAOPhoto Lab
Public Affairbull Office
Durtng the deployent the BattaLion pureued an aggrabullelve Public Affalrbull Program under the direction of bull colJiteral duty Publie Affairbull Oftlcer (CW03)
3 Enclosure (4)
1
l
2
4
The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
4
bull
bull
bull
Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
bull
7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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The PAO division wabull coapo11ed of a J03 PHAN and n SN Two aonthe into the deployment the Battalion recelved color VTR equipeent Thie allowed a new dimeneion to the Battalionbull PAO program ~~ile the VTR wabull u8ed extenelvely in the training area l t 148 also a valuable tool tn cOlllllushynicating w1th relativebull in Gulfport lllree thirty minute presentellons re produced for dependentbull and rolativlltll outlining what the Battallon wabull doing in Puerto Rico The pr odlllttloos showed Suabeee with Culfporl relatives doing their job or engaged in recreational actlvitlee The ptoductioru were 1hown to the Navy Wivee club meetln~a and were extremtgtly well received After edch shoving relallves were given the opportunity to record a 1hort bullbullbullbullage on th CBC VTR equlpoent which was later 1hown to the member on deplo)llent Also at each of the VT1l 1how1ngs 1ndlv1dual bulltill photographs were provided of each ~ember who had Gulfport dependents Thie proved to be o good enticement to encourage dependentbull attendance or the Wives Club Meetings
Addltlonally a thirty ainute VT1l pre1entatton wa1 produced on the Fort Allen Project which carrted our bulltory to higher authority A Coomaand History was also produced which is now amphovn to lVery bulleber reporting aboard the Battalion aa part of the Indoctrination program
lach aonth a ntwspaper (The Seabencon) waa published and 111nlled to any two addressee desired by each Battalion bull1tmher
The Public Affaire Office was also t11bullked with organldng and producing a 200 page Battalion Deployment Crulampebook lncluded ln this publication were photos fr0111 the llJlinbo-dy in Cawlp Hoacttp and also frOlll oll of the detachllant1 The book was beRun and completed on deploy-111ent for cUatribution to the trooplt tn ho111e port
Photo Lab
Pbotogrbullphic servicebull were under the direction of a collateral duty Photo Officer CW03 A PHI and PHAN were also asslgnld to the Pholo Divialon
The Camp Hoacrip Photo Lab is very nall and lraaped A major proshyblem wa9 our lack of o mechanical print dryer The existing print dryer w1bull surveyed prior to turnover rebullulting ln the eatnbllel-cent of a stop-gap clothesline drying sybulltea being ua~d throughout the deployment
The following statibulltics are provided
iegotives ahot Black amp White Color llides VTR ahot VTR releaees
f Career Counselor
S 892 7 437 (prtnu) 2 417 66 hourbull and 27 111inutes of film 12 r eleaaee totaling 4 hours and I~ mlnute1
During this deployment NHCB SlXTY-TWOa Coaunand Retention Program has received t110re lapetubull through the trolnln~ of collateral duty Career Couneelore via local CIAC schooling ava~lable from Naval St~tion Roosevelt Roadbull and placing more emphasis on leadership and retention Team TralnlnR at the Squad Leftder and E-6 level The Cocmand C-reer Coun11elor and Collaterbulll Career Counselors met bi-weekly with rhe ExecuLlve Offlcer to diacubullbull Programs peraonnel coming up on poundAOS PRD and current lnfonnatlon received by the Commlnd
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Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
bull
7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
8
bull
Thu Combull1nd has had excellent reaponse froca 11nd commbullmication vith ~ll OctullPrbullmiddot ln working dlrectly with the Decaller1 the Career Counselor haR wen very e((ectlve ln providing NMCB SlXTY-l10 peraonnel wlth orders and achooUng req~11ted as reenl1et111ent lncentlves
lgturlng the deploymunt a worlltlng sponsor and lndoctdnatioo Progru hnI been ltaplOJ1ented by Lhe Career Counselor The truloctrlnotioo Progr11111 pr1bull1entatlona included thl followtng Collmanding Officer Senior Enlisted Advleor Legal Training Standards of Conduct OPSEC Chaplain CMAA Haburl lng and 11 Report Lng Interview vi th Command Co rea r Counselor
g Legal
The Legal Department mad the recponability to prepare all disshyclpllnacy Cllses for the Coemand The Naval Legal Service Office on the Naval Station was very suppor ttve throughout the entire deployant
h DAPA
Drug and Alcohol Abubulle Program
ln the siKth 1DOnth of the deployment the DAPA previously an E- 7 was replaced with a CiOJ on a collateral duty basis ofter completlon of the DAPA course Since the llll8lgnment of the new DAPA the Battalionbull appr0lt1ch to the abuse of drugs and alcohol has placed relflWed emphasis on the ldentiflcation o abluere trucsent rehabilitation and most ltaportantly education
The Battalion OJUrnted n lounge ln the Camp11p (Dew Drop Inn) for members deatrlng a non-alcoholic environmen~ The Dew Drop lnn offered e color TV lounge nnd other areas where perbullonnel could read wrlte letters play table gamea uke telephone calla or just relax and lhten to radio progu111s The facllity waa aianaged under a duty boat watch srander 1nrangement and wae open seven days each week Aa pact of the new emphaai9 on educashytion each member 1candlng thn duty bobullt watch Wlll a qualified Drug ExClllptlon Repre1entatlve (DER)
A DAPA assistant was assigned during the last two 80nths of deployment The assistant was an E-4 (who wabull n recovering alcoholic) end handled most of the routine niatterbull such bullbull aalrJng CAACARC appoint11111nta and over1eeing opbullrntion of the Dew Drop tnn
The SECgtEF requirement of four hou ra of drug and elcohol abuee prevent ion nducatlon 1thln the first 60 dsys nlter arrival ln the llattalion was approached through each Ccap11ny bull 1 GMT prognm The DAPA gave lecturu to each coepany and also conducLed a wardroca briefing of all offlera during an officerbull professional development lecture Additionally the DAPA addressed all new arrivalbull during the lndoctriNltlon clDssea where the Battalions drug and alcohol abuse prevention progreJllS were outlined bull
tdentlfication of abusers was an on-going proceabull through the use of Drug Detect ton dogs and urinalyele testing The Commanding Officer required that all officers chiefs end enll11ted members participate in the urnalyeia teatng progrillI in o randOll oner r egardless of rank rate or age
Counseling was coordineted by the DAPA and the local level counseling aug-oaenced by uxcelleot auppor t of the CAAC at NAVSTA Roosevelt Roads The CAAC provided exshycellent ln depth drug end alcohol counbulleling
s nclosure (4)
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
bull
MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
bull
7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
8
l Chief Huter At Arma
During tlllbull deployment the CHAABattalion lnvebulltfgator mainteined the Battalion Watch 8ll1 alona with the teactionry force aasJgnmencs The Cl4AA ulntaJned tnd enforced uniform regulalion and controlled Camp security Additionally he m11lnshytalned the 8accaUon restricted barracks and llOtorola radlo baae station localed on the Quarterdeck The CKAABattallon lnveectgator worked very closely with the Naval Station Security Department and the Naval lnveatlgative Reeident Agency Through the outstanding eupport of th11 1gency the Cl1AA8atralion Investigator vas bullble to monito r Battalion pereonnel on and off base liberty act lvltles During the deployment the CKAARottbulllion tnvestigator set up random canine tnapectiona to concrol 11llclt drugs vi thin camp
J Medical
Cnoral lntonoation
There were no unususl health problems that can be related to the deplo)ll8nt area Aaeigned vehicles included (I) o green field ambulance and (2) a white van type aabulance The everyday narcotic1 worlrina atoclc lollll 1ufflclent for operating effectively for approxlaately 3 months All of our X-ray1 ware done ot NRHC bull Puerto Rico Host routine laboratory procedurea were done in the Medical D~partshyment Through a vigorou1 and aggre11ive p~et control program problembull were kept to 1 minimum There vere two (2) Coggers in working cooditlon for moet of the deployment which nearly eliaioated aio1quitoee ond kept the KUUs dovn co a tolerable level Colda influenza syndrome DrugETOH abuse Tlnea Pedis heat rash deraatlt11 and 1ea urchin spinebull accounted for the majority of our routine aick-cal1s A good rapport wa1 eetablished vlth the hoapltal and the Medical Department and the support that tho hospital provided wa1 excellent All proshycedurebull (X-raye a11diogru1 etc) that could not be performed at the Campbull Medical Department were done at NRMC Medical lleparbnlnt statistics ara provided on page 7
It Dental
(1) Staff The BattalJon Dental DapampTtaent consieted of one Dental Officer and two Dental Technicianbull One Dental Technician (DTI) wal eeetgned aa Adain11trative Supply and Preventive Denttatry Technician The other Dttntal Tech (DT3) va1 the Cbairside Aaalstant exposing and proceasiog X-rayamp and ateriliztng all dontal instrumenta
(2) Facilities mobile dental trailer
The Dental Departmen~ operated from a scandard Equipment waa functional and breakdowns were a1 nimal
(l) Support The Naval Regional Dentul Center Puerto Rico waa outstanding (n tflilr aupport to the Battalions prosthetic cases The Naval Hospital aleo eupported the Battalion ln all phaees of ordl surgery
(4) Operation The Dentel Department held Sick Call daily from 070D-0800 including worlr Saturdaya While deployed the department verified and updated all records in accordance vith recent changes of the malllllll of Medical Department and SpoundCNAV1NST 660018 Thu Oental Dep4rtment ca~ l215 patience and accomplibullhed 7182 procedures
6 Enctloeure (4)
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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MEDICAL DEPARTMIThT STATISTICS
OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL ADHITTED TO QTRS llaquogtNTII VISITS LAB PIWIMACY EXAMS AUDIO tHH QUARTERS DAYS EKG
SEP 199 21 125 0 05 14 02 02 02
OCT 319 55 257 12 10 35 12 16 11
NOV 298 230 265 38 45 25 14 14 20
DEC 274 57 253 17 17 27 27 31 13
JAN 232 76 221 06 17 29 27 31 07
FEB 279 56 303 05 15 26 26 26 12
HAR 259 67 206 13 15 416 26 27 u
APR 247 61 215 08 12 32 21 21 08
HAY 110 28 141 0 06 17 05 07 03
TOTAL 2217 651 2085 99 142 621 160 175 88
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7 Enclobullure (4)
l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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l Spetlal Services
Organized welfare recreation and athletic actJvltiea during the deployaent weye administered through the Battalion bull Special ServiceJJ Office staffed by an Eoslgn assisted by a Firat Claes Petty Offlcer and a Petty 0Cf1cer from each Une Coepaoy The Battalion operated under the conaolidated reereaclon program aa administered by the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Tlle Battalion Speclal Services staff operated facilities in CAap that provided pool tables ping pong tables foosball table shuffleboard table and ~Lr hockey a baakecbatl court volleyball court lighted softball ield athletic ~ear iaaue roe ~aaeshyroo soda aess and the Calip Movie Theater and concession stand
The staff alampo ocgani~ed activitiea and touu of various places in Puerto Rico Thue included trips to pound1 Yunque (rain foreat) San Juan liberty trips to rock concerts and a Texaa Rangera-Kan1aa Ctty Royah baseball gU1e -Other activities included trips to the u s Virgln lalanda several USOOOD shoW8 a golf tournament an NMCB SLXTY-TWOMarlne Tacltle Football game (big 1uccess) and an NMCB SIJITY-TWO Softball Tournament
The llllttalion also participated in intruural aporca They fielded teaaa bull in softball baampketball and two boxing nokera
bullmiddot Chaplain
(I) SacrBJ11ental Ministry The Command religio11bull program along wl th worship aervices available at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Chapel nl the Naval Station Hospital Chapel and at civilian churchea of base provided nmple variety of worship opportunities to fulfill the needs of all faith groupa repreaented in the Battalion ln addition to cooperating in progr8Jlla sponsored by Novel Statton chaplatns some of the special programs lnitlated included Sund11y School clouen 61 ble Studies a Thanksgiving lve service Chrietmas lve enroll ng l hrough the Noval Station Dousing areas a Christmas Day lnterdenomtootlonnl 8tfllice and an interdenominat ional Good Friday service Several trlpbull were also made to NAii Vieques lsland ln order to conduct religious services for Battolton and Station personnel there A family Involvement Program was bulltarted in home porl
Several worthwhile civic action community projects were proposed 11t tht time the Battalion arrived in Puerto Rico However the five weekbull the Battlion apent on the Fort Allen project cut deeply into available man hourbull and day1 Tvo projects have been recently cOGpleted and are diacuaeed further In the Operstlone enclosure
ln addition to Civic Action projects (which relate directly to over1ea1 diplomacy) the Chaplain obtained several official Navy llma for uaa when addre1aing middot1middot Division personnel Tite men have been encouraged to lll1ke contact with local people in a variety of 8ys as goodwill gesturebullmiddot
The Caap Library run by the Chaplains OClce la entlrelv adequate both in al~e and ln quantityqualicy of books avallable
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