... '" j Today's Navy L,.# Letters to the Editor... i: Taffrail Talk... John A. Oudine, Editor

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3 OCTOBER 1967 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 609 The Bureau of Nov- All 'AN'S oi Personnel Career Publication, is published monthly by the Bureau of Naval Personnel for the informotion and interest of the novo1 service as o whole. Issuance of this publication approved in accordance with Deportment the of Navy Publications and Printing Regulations, NAVEXOS P-35. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Navy Department. Reference regula- to tions, orders and directives is for information only an does not by publication herein constitute authority for action. All originol material may be reprinted as desired if proper credit is given ALL HANDS. Original articles and information of general interest maybe forwarded addressed the to Editor, ALL HANDS, Pers G15, BuPers, Navy Deportment, Washington, D.C (see page 04). DISTRIBU- TION: By Section of the Bureau of Naval Personnel tmnual, the Bureau directs that oppropriate steps be taken to insure distribution on the basis of one copy for each 10 officers and enlisted personnel. The Bureou invites requests for odditionol copies as necessary to comply with the basic directives. The Bureau should be kept informed of chonges in thenumber of copies required. The Bureau should olso be odvised if the full number of copies is not received regularly. Normally copies for Navy activities are distributed only to those on the Standard Navy Distribution List in thexpectation thot such activities will make further distribution os necessary; where speciol circumstances warrant sending direct to suboctivities the Bureau should be informed. Distribution to Marine Corps personnel is effected by the Commandant US. Marine Corps. Requests from Marine Activities should be addressed to the Commandant. PERSONAL COPIES: This magazine is for sale by Superintendent of Documents, US. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C ' The rote far ALL HANDS is 25 cents per COPY; subscription price o yew, domestic (including FPO and APO address for overseas moil); foreign. Remittances should bemade to the Superintendent of Documents. Subscriptions one, two or three years. ore accepted for VICE ADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN The Chief of Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel CAPTAIN JAMES G. ANDREWS, USN Assistant Chief for Morale Services TABLE OF CONTENTS Features Our Number One Mover: The MSTS Story... 2 Here's MTMTS-Managing Traffic from Coasto Coast... 4 A Historic Ceremony: Shipping Over... 8 Battle Wagon: A new Chapter UDT Meets UOU Small Ships, Big Men... Reservists on Minesweepers You Don't See Many Like the AHLC Twins 'Intercept Hot Cargo Below Chu Lai' Riding a Dragon is Never Dull Gaeta Welcomes Sixth Fleet All-Navy Cartoon Kings Tops in Navy Sports-All-Navy and Regional Champs Building a Church Award to Chaplains Centerspread Federal Benefits Based on Type of Discharge Bulletin Board Here's Opportunity for Officers Who Want to Specialize On the Subject of Junior Officer Retention A Visit to Great Lakes-The Second Time Around A Look at an In-Port Liberty Program, - Columbus Style Special Report: Publications Available at Want to Know Something About Anything? k,: 4 Departments GPO Try &;i [:... '" j Today's Navy L,.# Letters to the Editor... i: Taffrail Talk.... John A. Oudine, Editor Associate Editors G. Vern Blasdell, News Don Addor, layout 8 Art Ann Hanabury, Research Gerald Wolff, Reserve Here FRONT COVER: BIRDMAN-A covey of F-8 Crusaders lines the flight deck of uss Eon Homme Richard (CVA 31) as a crewman fuels one of the aircraft before an airstrike when the carrier was on station in the South Chino Sea.-Photo by Robert D. Moeser, JOC, USN. 0 AT LEFT: THROUGH THE SURF-Navy Boatswain's Mate Third Class Richard A. Williams, a member of UDT wades through the surf while making beach reconnaissance of enemy area in Vietnam.-Photo by J. Means, PHI, USN. CREDIT: All photographs published in ALL HANbS Magazine are official Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated.

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5 chu Lai USN, Commander, Northern Surveillance Group, was in charge of the operation. In addition to the ammunition and 1500 weapons, the trawler was carrying antipersonnel mines, plastic explosives, electric and nonelectric detonators, small radio batteries, and 5000 pounds of TNT. Navy officials surmise that the heavy fire kepthe trawler s crew from detonating the 2046 pounds of TNT strategically located to scuttle the ship. For instance, the Swift boat s second 81-mm mortar round scored a direct hit on the trawler s bridge. After beaching, an explosive ordnance disposal man from the U. S. Naval Support Activity Da Nang boarded the trawler and dismantled all the TNT charges, thereby rendering it safe. The trawler was towed by two LCMs to the Naval Support Activity Detachment Chu Lai, where its cargo was offloaded. This trawler was the eighth one intercepted since the beginning of Operation Market Time in February Of the previouseven, four were destroyed, one was captured and two turned back. HOT CARGO-An EOD expert disarms 2046 pounds of TNT that was intended,to scuttle the craft. Rf: Some of the ammo found in hold. Below: Service craft from Naval Support Detachment, Chu Lai, tow craft to Chu Lai. OCTOBER I967

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