*ALL HANDS* / THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION
Keith M. Tracy, HMCS (SS), B.S., M.S., P h.d., USN I I
NOVEMBER 1968 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 622 All HANDS The Bureau of Naval Personnel Career Publication, is published monthlv bv the Bureau of -Naval Personnel for. the information and interest of the naval service as a whole. Issuance of this publication approved in accordance with Department of the Navy Publications and Printing Reg u I at i on s, NAVEXOS P-35. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Navy De- partment. Reference to regulations, orders and directives is for information only and does not by publication herein constitute authority for action. All original material may be reprinted as desired if proper credit is given ALL HANDS. Original articles and infarmation of general interest may be forwarded addressed to the Editor, ALL HANDS, Pers GlS, BuPers, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. 20370 (see page 64). DISTRIBUTION: By Section 8-3202 of the Bureau of Naval Personnel Manual, the Bureau directs that appropriate steps be taken to insure distribution on the basis of one copy for each 10 officers and enlisted personnel. The Bureau invites requests for additianal copies as necessary to comply with the basic directives. Note that distributian is based on the authorized number of members attached rather than temporary fluctuating nimbers. The Bureau should be kept informed of changes in the number of copies required. The Bureau should also be advised if the full number is not received regularly. Normally copies far Navy activities are distributed only to those an the Standard Navy Distribution List in the expectation that such activities will make further distribution as necessary; where special circumstances warrant sending direct to sub-activities the Bureau should be informed. Distribution to Marine Corps personne1 effected is by the Commandant US. Marine Carps. Requests from Marine Activitieshould be addressed to the Commandant. PERSONAL COPIES: This magazine is for sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The rate for ALL HANDS is 25 cents per copy; subscription price $2.50 a year, domestic (including FPO and APO address for overseas mail); $3.50 foreign. Remittances should be made to the Superintendent of Documents. Subscriptions are accepted for one, two or three years. Features VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES K. DUNCAN, USN The Chief of Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL M. F. WEISNER, USN The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel CAPTAIN H. W. HALL, JR., USN Assistant Chiefor Morale Services TABLE OF CONTENTS USS Friendship Underway in Vietnam: Operation Positive Approach Sailors in Green Uniforms: Tops in Efficiency... Swiff Takeover-Boat Transfers to Vietnamese Navy... Navy's Flying Lab: Airborne Scientists on the Job... Mobile Base II: A Prefab Home on the River... Award-Winning Units: Champions With Good Taste... Drums of Steel and Music by the Barrel... Navy Sports: It's Been a Good Year... The Battenberg Cup: A Famous Trophy on View Again... Departments Letters to the Editor... 30 Today's Navy... 38 Heroes and Leaders: Decorations and Citations... 58 Bufletin Board Thirty Thousand Reservists: Early Release from AcDu... Eligibility of NESEP Students for VRB... Reprint Copies of ALL HANDS "Education Issue" Available... Revision in Pro Pay Awards... ADCOP Offers Junior College Opportunity... Dollar Limitation to Be Placed on Tuition Aid... New Insignia for EOD Personnel... Time to Say Sayonara Again-Yokosuka Beckons... Round-Trip Travel Expenses Paid While on Sick Leave... Taffrail Talk... 64 John A. Oudine, Editor Associate Editors G. Vern Blasdell, News Don Addor, Layout & Art Ann Hanabury, Research Gerald Wolff, Reserve 2 8 13 14 16 18 22 24 29 46 47 47 48 49 51 52 53 57 0 FRONT COVER: PLOT AT SEA-While seated at the charting table Rudarman 2nd Class Leon S. Thomas, USN, plots course. The Navy radarmon solves problems of course and speed and fin& closest point of approach of radar contacts. 0 AT LEFT: DOCTOR, CHIEF-Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Keith M. Tracy, USN, receives his PhD degree during ceremonies at the University of Utah. See story on page 46. CREDIT: All photographs published in ALL HANDS Magazine are official Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated.
In the past five months, Le said, the Vietnamese Navy has experienced a tremendous growth-not just in numbers, but more importantly, in efficiency and capability.
Waves who wear identification badges will center them above the left coat pocket flap or in a corresponding position on uniforms which do not have pockets. A qualification breast insignia may be awarded to Navy men designated and qualified in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). The insignia is identical to the one worn by Army, Air Force and Marine Corps EOD personnel. Enlisted men should dispose of their EOD shoulder sleeve distinguishing marks when they adopt the new breast insignia. An undershirt with a V-neck instead of an elliptical collar is approved for wear with white and khaki tropical shirts, and is prescribed for officers and chief petty officers. When the V-neck undershirt is worn, it should not show above the V in the tropical shirt. A specialty mark has been approved for the new Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator ( AW) rating. Until rating badges are available through regular supply channels (approximately 1 Jan 1969), AW personnel may wear the specialty marks of their previous ratings, or acquire AW badges through commercial outlets. List of New Motion Pictures Available to Ships and Overseas Bases The list of recently released 16- mm feature movies available from the Navy Motion Picture Service is published here for ships and overseas bases. Movies in color are designated by (C) and those in wide-screen processes by (WS). Dark of the Sun (WS)(C) : Melodrama; Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux. The Shakiest Gun in the West (WS) (C): Comedy Western; Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades. Berserk (C): Mystery Drama; Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin. Panic: Drama; Janine Gray, Glyn Houston. What s So Bad About Feeling Good? (WS) (C): Comedy; George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore. Half a Sixpence (WS) (C) : Musical; Tommy Steele, Julia Foster. Kona Coast (C): Melodrama; Richard Boone, Vera Miles. The Wild Racers (C): Drama; Fabian, Mimsy Farmer. Blue (WS) (C) : Drama; Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet. Project X (C): Science Fiction; Christopher George, Greta Baldwin. The Shuttered Room (C): Drama; Gig Young, Carol Lynley. The Sweet Ride (WS) (C) : Drama; Tony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin. Don t Just Stand There (WS) (C): Comedy; Robert Wagner, Mary Tyler Moore. The Pink Jungle (WS) (C) : Adventure Drama; James Garner, Eva Renzi. Blackbeard s Ghost (C): Comedy; Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones. The Counterfeit Killer (C): Drama; Jack Lord, Shirley Knight. I New Insignia for EODmen I Navymen involved in the ticklish job of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) may now wear a breast insignia to identify them as members of this select group. The Chief of Naval Operations has approved, for both officer and enlisted EODmen, the wearing of the insignia now worn by the bomb disposal men of the other services. Officers will wear the basic insignia (shown below) with a 3/16- inch silver star attached, while enlisted men will wear the basic insignia only. The new insignia replaces the enlisted EOD sleeve patch. Officer EOD breast insignia Enlisted OD breast insignia Rise in Uniform Prices Prices of officer and chief petty officer uniforms and accessories were expected to increase by 10 per cent, effective as of 15 October, according to the Naval Uniform Shop in Brooklyn. The raise in prices, which also affects personnel of the U. S. Coast Guard and Public Health Service, is attributed to an increase in manufacturing costs. Orders received by the Brooklyn shipostmarked after 15 October will have their invoices based on the new price list. Copies of the revised price list may be obtained from either local naval uniform shop representatives or by writing to: Manager, Naval Uniform Shop, 29th Street and 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Two More Barracks Ships The Navy Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta has increased its mobility by adding two barracks ships to its roster. They are uss Nueces (APB 39) and Mercer (APB 40) which arrived at Vung Tau in August after a month-long crossing. Designed to berth and mess 600 troops and 400 Navymen, including gunboat crewmen, Nueces and Mercer join two sister ships, Benewah (APB 35) and Colleton (APB 36), which have been operating with the MRF in the Delta since April 1967. Both newcomers are fully airconditioned and provide comforts infantrymen rarely expect to find in the steaming Vietnam jungles. Besides eating and living spaces, each ship has a large laundry, a.soda fountain, a well-stocked ship s store and movie projectors for nightly flicks. They are also equipped with helicopter decks and 35-bed surgical hospitals. The troops and boat crewmen who live aboard the ships spend most of their time ashore tracking down Viet Cong guerrillas. In a typical operation, the infantrymen are carried into a battle zone on board Navy armored troop carriers ( ATCs), 56-foot amphibious landing craft. Arrival of Nueces and Mercer increased to 10 the number of ships in River Assault Flotilla One, the naval component of the force. 52 ALL HANDS
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