*All HANDS* THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

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3 SEPTEMBER 1965 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 584 The Bureou of Nav- All HANDS ol Personnel Career Publication, is published monthly by the Bureau of Naval Personnel for the informotion and interest of the naval service as o whole. Issuance of this publication approved in accordance with Department of the Navy Publications and Printing Regulations, NAVEXOS P-35. Opinions expressed ore not necessarily those of the Navy Deportment. Reference to regulations, orders and directives is for informotion only and does not by publication herein constitute authority far action. All original material may be reprinted as desired if proper credit is given ALL HANDS. Original articles of general interest may be forworded to the Editor. DISTRIBU- TION: By Section of the Bureau of Naval Personnel Manual, the Bureou directs thot appropriate steps be taken to Insure that all hands have quick and convenient occess to this magazine, ond indicotes thot distribution should be effected on the basis of one copy for each 10 officers and enlisted personnel to accomplish the purpose of the magazine. The Bureau invites requests for additlonol copies as necessary to comply with the basic directives. This magazine is intended for all hands and commanding officers should take necessary steps to make it available accordingly. The Bureou should be kept informed of changes in the number of copies required. The Bureou should also be advised if the full number of copies is not received Normally copies for Navy octivities ore distributed only to those on the Standard Navy Distribution List in the expectation thot such activities will make further distribution as necessory: where special circumstances warrant sending direct to subactivities the Bureau should be informed. Distribution to Marine Corps personnel is effected by the Commandant U.S. Morine Corps. Requests from Morine 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 rate far ALL HANDS is 25 cents per copy (except for the December 1963 Rights and Benefits issue, which is 50 cents per copy); subscription price $2.50 a year, domestic (including FPO and APO address for overseas mail); $3.50 foreign. Remittances should be mode to VICE ADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN The Chief of Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN The Deputy Chief of Novol Personnel CAPTAIN JOHN W. HIGGINS, Jr., USN Assistant Chief for Morale Services TABLE OF CONTENTS Feature Roundup The Charleston Story: Polarisville, U.S.A. NSC Is a Big Experience Atlantic Mine Force A Visit to Charleston FBM Training Center This Is POMFLANT Sailing a Space Ship of the Sea A Day in the life of a Polaris Submariner Counter-Infiltration Duty: Coastal Surveillance They Rode a Dragon Vietnam Log: Seventh Fleet Units Have Big Role Sixth Fleet Notes Operation Ho-Ho-Ho: All-Navy Cartoon Contest Sports: Winners Make a Big Splash Ney Award Winners-Gourmets Galore Bulletin Board Polaris U. Offers Two-Year Course at X Fathoms Billets for OfFicers at Sub School GI Loans May Be Restored under Certain Conditions Changes in Career Incentive Pay Pointers for Reservists Returning to AcDu New Ship at Key West Has Well Schooled Crew 35 Ratings Temporarily Cut from Seavey to Reduce Backlog John A. Oudine, Editor Associate Editors G. Vern Blasdell, News Jerry Wolff, Research Don Addor, Layout & Art French Crawford Smith, Reserve 0 FRONT COVER: THE SEA AROUND US-The sea as it dashes against a ship reiterates its constant demand that the Navy needs both rugged ships and rugged men to fulfill its mission on the high seas. 0 AT LEFT: CELEBRATION SHIP-Destroyer escort USS Tills (DE 748) was one of six ships which participated in the Portsmouth, N. H., "Seacoast Salute to the Novol Reserve" in honor of the USNR 50th anniversary. Tills has been used to train Reservists since 1950, averaging at least 12 cruises per year. 0 CREDIT: All photographs published in ALL HANDS Magazine are official Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated.

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5 line, and began what is now known as Operation Market Time. The Vietnamese government took a number of steps to tighten their defenses: First, they declared their territorial waters up to the threemile limit to be a Defensive Sea Area, within which any vessels not clearly engaged in innocent passage would be subject to arrest and disposition in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Vietnam, Secondly, they announced that they would begin to exercise control over passage of vessels through the contiguous zone extending to twelve miles from their coast, to the extent necessary to prevent infringement of their customs, fiscal, immigration and sanitary regulations. They also declared that they would take any steps necessary beyond the twelve-mile contiguous zone to prevent any infringement of their laws by vessels reasonably believed to be South Vietnamese, even though they might be flying a foreign flag or refusing to show one at all. HE us. NAVY DESTROYERS uss Black (DD 666) and uss Higbee (DD- 806) were dispatched from Task Force 71, an element of the Seventh Fleet, and were on station by March 16. The two pioneering ships were soon joined by a cruiser, more destroyers, ocean and coastal mine- sweepers, support vessels, and patrol aircraft of various types. The counter-infiltration effort was given real impetus when, after a month of only standing by and reporting suspicious vessels, American Navy units were given the green light to stop and search coastal traffic. Vietnamese liaison officers and men, stationed aboard each vessel, gave them the authority they needed to actively lend a hand in the enormous task. Originally under the direct control of the Commander of the Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Paul P. Blackburn, Jr., Task Force 71 (the ships participating in Market Time) was put under Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Seven, Rear Admiral Edwin S. Miller, on March 29. On May 30 Task Forces 71 and 72 were placed under the command of Rear Admiral Richard L. Fowler, who is now charged with overseeing the close cooperation between the Task Forces, the Vietnamese Navy, and the US. Naval Advisory Group in Vietnam. N ADDITION I US. and Vietnamese Navies who TO the units of the do the actual patrolling, investigating and apprehending, officers and men of the two navies man five Coastal Surveillance Centers, situated at intervals along the length of the South Vietnamese coast. Located at An Thoi on Phu Quoc Island near the Cambodian border, at Vung Tau, southeast of Saigon, at Nha Trang and Qui Nhon in the Second Naval Zone and at Da Nang near the northern border, the Surveillance Centers are burdened with the task of keeping track of all patrolling and suspect ships, coordinating the latters apprehension, and in general running the operation from start to finish. The suspect vessels are located by either a US. or Vietnamese unit, and their tracks and speeds are plotted on maps corresponding to the various areas of surveillance. The size and layout of the Surveillance Centers varies from place to place according to the available facilities, and is never impressive by jet-age standards. For instance, the Center at Vung Tau is situated on top of a hill with a commanding view of the general area, in a part of the old Cap St. Jacques Lighthouse. The octagonal room is only about fifteen feet in diameter, its walls covered with charts and maps. Both American and Vietnamese personnel work closely together. T THE SURVEILLANCE CENTER at A Nha Trang the situation is a little different. The Vietnamese Navy operates in a large room of about 50 ON THE JOB-Navymen with Vietnamese inspect junk. Rf: XO of USS Firm (MSO 444) hands out a pack of cigarettes.

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7 ~ v, llti II vricic.-r,u. Scanner on the Picket Line SIR: Like T. B. S., RM2, (May issue) I m. not writing this to claim a record or to gripe--but to thank some fellow sailors. We aboard uss Scanner (AGR 5) also got underway the day before Thanksgiving in 1956, and returned to port late New Year s Eve. We were on station off Eureka, Calif., for the entire period. What was unusual was that shortly before Christmas a Reserve destroyer escort brought our Christmas mail of 87 bags (as an ex-te I had to sort it, and was below decks during most of the highline transfer). We were considerably cheered to learn that most of that ship s crew were Naval Reservists who had voluntarily interrupted their pre-christmas family obligations to bring us our mail. I only regret that I cannot recall the name of the ship.-k. D. W., RMC, USN. The ship s deck logs of Scanner show that she departed San Francisco for picket duty on 21 Nov 1956, and arrived on station 23 November. She remained on station until 28 December, when she was relieved by uss Picket (AGR 7). She returned to San Francisco on 30 Dec 1956, as you state. Grady (DE 445) (now in SFRAN RESGRU, decommissioned) was your benefactor. Based on log entries, the mail was delivered to Scanner on 19 December by the escort. ;hip Reunions nganizan from n, best ing the 0)-A ewater _ _, Calif., on 2 October. For more details, write to Jim Oswein, 3338 Jefferson St., Riverside, Calif. Great White Fleet-The 30th annual reunion will be held at the U. S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, Calif., on 16 December. For more information, write to Harry S. Morris, CTM, USN (Ret), 5070 Marlborough Dr., San Diego 16, Calif. 0 Seventh Battalion, USNR (Jersey City, N. J.)-A reunion is planned for 23 October. Write to Harry Levine, th St., Howard Beach, N. Y The rest of the Fleet extends its appreciotion to Scanner s crew.-ed. Berets for Uniform SIR: On pages 31 and 32 of the April edition of ALL HANDS there are photographs of U. S. Navy personnel in beret type headgear. Is such an author- ized part of the uniform?-n. C. W., CDR, USN. We thin% we perceive a deeper intention in your query, Commander, since we note your address is presently in Ethiopia, where the climate is perhaps inconsiderate of heads decked in hard hats. But to answer your question, no. Berets are not an authorized part of the Navy uniform, as prescribed by Uniform Regs. The photos referred to Editor, ALL HANDS Magazine, Room 1809, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D. C , four months in advance. uss Melvin (DD 68O)-Former crew members interested in holding a reunion may write to Clement Thorpe, 736 Barnett PI., N.E., Grand Rapids, Mich uss Sheridan (APD 51) - A reunion is being planned for World War I1 veterans. Write to W. L. Owens, Rt. 2, Box 185, Orangeburg, s. c. DOBS Association-A reunion is being planned for Aug 1966 in Washington, D. C., for crew members of uss Duncan (DD 485), O Brien (DD &5), Bennett (DD473) and Shubrick (DD 639). Write to DOBS Association, 82 Hamilton St., Hartford, Conn , for details. are of Navymen attached to the Coastal Surveillance Force in South Vietnam who work closely with the Republic oj Vietnam Junk Dioision, and to members of VAH-IO. The men of the Coastal Surveillancc Force have been presented berets of the type traditionally worn by members oj the Junk Division, and as such, the berets are considered special clothing. The Uniform Board has no cognizance over the use of special clothing. Special items of clothing am usually worn as prescribed (or permitted) by local commanders, Note, also, that the EN1 in ow of the photos on page 32 wears the loose fitting uniform of the Junk Division. There are undoubtedly some uey practical reasons for this.-ed. SEPTEMBER

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