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No 'Flash-in-pan' Idea

eNO to Revitalize Military Professionalism Ry J02 Vickie J. Oliver

Navy Editor Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Navy's emphasis on pride and professionalism is not just another " flash·in -the-pan" idea, nor is it an across-the-board condem nation of the system.

What pride and professionalism is, lies in a reassessment of what is deemed professionally and militarily right. As Chief of Naval Operations ADM Thomas B. Hayward put it in a recent interview: "It's a Question of priorities.

"Everywhere I have been, athomeor

abroad this past year, I have come away with the same impression. In each place, I experienced the same buoyancy to my spirit, the same tremendous sense of pride in what Navy men and women are doing for this great country of OU1'lI around the globe."

At its core, pride and profession· alism is an aU·hands attempt to produce a more orderly , well-structured military organization.

Technically, according to eNO, today'a Navy is very professional. Its defense systems are extremely sophisticated, very costly. not easy to maintain and not easy to use. Yet, the

men and women ofthefleetcontinueto show that they can operate such weaponry proficiently.

"Our people are doing extremely well. They are professionals," the CNO said. He is satisfied that they are doing their jobs.

The admiral is not satisfied, however, with that part of pride and professionalism associated with discipline, appearance and, above all, attitude.

"It's related to our appearance, our respect for authority, our pride in being different," the CNO said. "The Navy is different; it is not like civilian life."

Admiral Hayward said there has

been an unfortunate filtering of the permissiveness of today's society into the military arena, and dearly into the Navy. Although, historically, military leadership has been able to adjust to the various changes in the country's social structure, the CNO believes that it is more than that. He sees it as a reflection of such basic trends as breakdowns in the family s tructure, and the growing lack of respect for law and order.

"Our standards must be more than a mirror of society's," he said. "Civilians have not taken solemn oaths to defend

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NAVAL RESERVIST ~~W~ News of the Total Force Navy for the Naval Reserve Community

Vol. 6. No.3

CNO Cites Six for Air Safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Six Naval Air Reserve Force squadrons hav e been selected to s hare the Chief of Naval Operations 1980 Aviation Sa fety Awards.

The awards are presented to squadrons in the Naval Air Reserve Force, Marine Corps Reserve and the active duty Navy and Marine Corps to recognize exemplary pro­j(rams in flying safety achieved through command attention, professionalism and safety nwareness.

Winning Naval Air Reserve squadrons a re: Fighter Squadron (VF) 302. NAS Mir ama r. Calif.; Attack Squadron (VA) 204. NAS New Orleans, La.; Fleet Composite Squadron (VC) 12, NAS Oceana, Va.; Patrol Squadron (VP) 66, NAS Willow Grove, Pa.; Fleet Logistics Support. Squadron (VR) 56, NAS Norfolk, Va.; and Helicopter Attack Squadron Light (HAL) 5, Pt. Mugu, Calif.

VF·302, VC-12 and VR-56 all won the safety award for 1978; there were no Naval Air Reserve Force squadrons to repeat from the 1979 selections.

In con gratulating the winners CNO ADM ThOmM B. Hayward said, "Through skill. dedication and much hard work, you have proven yourselves rrom amongst the many top notch competitors to be the best. To be the best

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Chief of Naval Reserve. New Orleans. Louisiana May 1981

In Naval Reserve

VP-91 Gets First 'Super 8' Orions

MOFFETT F I ELD, Calif. - The concept of One N avy came a step closer April 17 when Patrol Squadron (VP) 91 here became the first Naval Reserve patrol squadron to receive the highly sophisticated P-3B "super bee" aircraft.

The super bee features the latest state of the art in com puterized. tactical systems and represents a maj or improv ement in Reserve antisubmarine capability.

WELCOME ABOARD _ Re .. r Admiral C.W. MacKay, USN, COMPATWINGPAC, welcome. L T Jerry Fletz, USNR, ... he arrive. in

VP·9 1 P·3B Orions will be flown to the Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) at Alameda where they will be equipped with an up· to-date digital processing computer, a worldwide Omega navigation system, LTN·72 positional inertial guidance system, an advanced ASW acoustic sensor and a modern LED (light emitting diode) tactical display unit.

the NRYal Re..,rve'. fiut P-3B ".uper bee" Orion ... ircr ... ft. Watclti.ng ar ... Jay Beasley, L""kheed repres ... nt ... tiv .... and CDR Ron Me ... ker, USNR, VP-91 commanding offi" ... r. Also in ... ttendance but not .hown wa.CAPTD.C. Bebode, USN, COMRESPATW1NGPAC.

Prior to the upgrading of VP·91s Orions, only fleet

Reservists Participate in Deep Saturation Dive at Submarine Research Laboratory

GROTON, Conn. - Three Naval Reserve divers participated in a research study at the Nav a l Submarin e Medi cal Research Laboratory here in a test of diving compression tables. The dive, code named AirSat for air saturation, is directly related to the problem of rescuing sailors from a submerged submarine.

Should a disabled submarine be requi red to pressurize the inside of its hull from its compressed air storage banks in order to prevent flooding, a situation occurs in which decompression is required to bring the crew to the surface. This is accomplished using the deep s ubmergence rescue vehicle (DSRV).

Normally, Navy deep sea saturation divers use mil(tures of helium, oxygen and nitrogen

when diving and make a gTadual return to the surface so that gases dissolved in the body tissues do not form bubbles in the blood. Through the process of decompression, the gases pass off to the atmosphere through the lungs.

In past dives, NSMRL has used active duty divers from operational commands. However, due to operating requirements of their commands. it has become increasingly more difficult to obtain these divers.

CAPT James Parker, USNR. a research psychologist and member of the diving resea rch team at NSMRL. suggested utilizing Naval Reserve divers as subjects in the

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patrol squadrons at Barbers Point, Hawaii. were flying the super bee aircraft.

On hand for delivery of the first P-3B TAC/NAV MOD aircraft were RADM Gerald W. MacKay, USN, Com­mander, Patrol Wings, U.S. Pacific Fleet; CAPT D.G. Debode, USN, Commander , Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific; Ja y Beasley, Lockheed Corporation representative; and CDR Ron Meeker, USNR, Commanding Officer of VP-91.

When Commander Meeker (Su Super Bet , p·3)

NRPC Mails RESFIRST Change

NEW ORLEANS Naval Reserve Personnel Center here has issued Change Three to the Reserve Field Reporting System ( RESFIRST) manual. The change was mailed directly to all authorized manual holders and becomes effective upon receipt.

The RESFIRST Manual is MAPTISMAN, NAV· PERS 1.')642, Part I Active. It is identified by ita yellow cover.

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Pride and Professionalism. • • (Ccmtimred from p-l)

the country; we have. We must not take our obligations lightly.

"As military people in the service of our country, we are obligated to adhere to high military, moral and ethical standards that will permit the Navy to function effectively,

"If society excuses our shortcomings we must not be willing to do 80. We cannot be satisfied with standards we know to be inadequllte."

1981 Defense Authorization Bill and the Military Pay and Allowances Benefit Act of 1980.

This is an opportune time, he stressed, for the Navy to show its pride, strengthen its leadership skills and recognize the characteristics of a good, military perfonner.

"Jfwe are proud of the Navy, we will take care to maintain our uniforms and military appearance at the highest level, and we will be eager to wear our uniforms even in the civilian community," ADM Hayward said.

With the leadership, management, education and training program now well-entrenched, thiB effort to upgrade the Navy's leadership is effectively under way. A chief petty officer academy will be initiated this year, along with a shorter training program for E-4s. These developmenta, the admiral said, represent an earnest desire to begin leadership training at the petty officer level and continue itto the chief petty officer level.

people under them are working hard­they are working well, and they deserve credit for it.

"Rewarding those who contribute to the fundamental qualities of good order, discipline, leadership - those who adhere to the principles of a tight chain of command and who contribute to unit pride, efficiency and readiness - is one of the most effective and basic tools of good leadership," he said.

Today, according toADM Hayward, there is an Ilir of approval, enthusiasm and pride across the country with regard to the military and, in particular, the Navy. Congress has shown ita continuing support of military affairs by passing the Nunn­Warner Amendment, the fiscal year

In an effort to restore confidence in the chain of command, CNO stressed that it is the officers' job to lead the senior petty officers and it is the senior petty officers' job to run the remainder of the organization.

This renewed emphasiB on internal pride and leadership can be summed up, in part, through the concept of recognition. By "recognition"theCNO means "the pat on the back, the acknowledgment, the appreciation, the awareness by those in charge that the

But an increase in pride and professionalism will not happen overnight, the CNO said. Rather, it will be a "grsdual, continuous, standardized, everlaating approach" to a more professional military attitude and better performance by leaders. •

'Total Force' Share in Operation; Save Navy $400,000 NEW ORLEANS-During

a time of tight budgets, a team of Naval Reservists, regular Navy personnel, civilians and the crew of a Naval Reserve Force ship joined forces to save the Navy an estimated $400,000.

The operation began laat fall when Fred Berek Jr., director Collateral Equipment Div., Naval Supply Depart­ment, Norfolk, Va., located two boats on an Army Corps of Engineering disp08allisl

Berck is a Naval Reserve lieutenant commander whose civilian job is to locate

government equipment that he believes the Navy at Norfolk can put back into use.

After finding what he believed were two useable government surplus boats, HOOD and ROCHE, Berek: turned the operation over to LCDR Charles L. Stewart · from the Navy's Magnetic Silencing Facility for Degaussing and Deperm at Norfolk.

The NAVAIRLANT Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Norfolk used blue­prints of the two boats to make slinjp for USB CHARLES-

Letters iP the editor

ACDUTRA Time Count?

Upon release from active duty in 1962, I affiliated with the Naval Reserve and came under the civil service retirement plan in June 1968.

My service comp date reflected the active duty dates but not the periods of ACDUTRA and TEMAC from 1963 through mid-1OO8.

Are these Reserve periods creditable toward civil service retirement? Ifso, shouldn't my comp date be adjusted accordingly?

CWO-2, Stanfoo-d, Ky.

There are too many variables to give a specific answer hosed on the facts

provided by your letter. However , generally a Reservist ordered to active duty, active duty for training or annual active duty for training receives credit for the duty period. Because there are e:rceptwns you should have your personnel office research the specifics in the Federal Personnel Manual Supple­ment 831·J, subchapter 53-5.

Kudos

In regard to your February 1981 article about the reenlistment onboard the USS MAUNA KEA (AE 22) (6 Sailors Reenlist, Collect $83,000 in Bonus Money) I

SECNAV Stresses Hardware W ASHIN GTO N, D.C. - Secretary ofthe Navy John Lehman,

' in a recently outlined three-point program torebuild U.S. strength on the high seas, stressed that hardware programs depend on the success of Navy people.

The secretary said, in a speech delivered to members of the Anti·Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith in Washington, D.C., "Freedom can only be preserved by remaining strong and vigilant."

Lehman said that his job as Secretary of the Navy was towork toward restoring U.S. maritime superiority which he believed to be essential to nationa1 security. "Maritime superiority means that we must be capable - and be seen to becapable- of keeping our sea lines of commerce and communications secure in those areas of the world where our vital interests depend on them."

TON (LKA 113) to use to hoist the two boats to her deck.

LCDR Stewart and a volunteer crew from Norfolk flew to Vicksburg, Miss., to pick up HOOD. They then proceeded up the Mississippi River 80 miles to Greenville, Miss., where they acquired ROCHE. They then turned southward traveling the 350 miles downriver to New Orleans and the planned meeting with CHARLESTON.

The boat crews consisted of MMCS Robert A. Judy, SGNC Angelo G. Faracco and EM2 Cesar Flores on HOOD and

don't doubt that the petty officers concerned would reenlist for continued duty onboard that ship.

I performed 14 days ACDUTRA on MAUNA KEA In A1lgUst 1980 and must say the officers Ilnd men aboard MAUNA KEA were the finest shipmates I could ever hope to be put to sea with.

Captain Breece and LCDR Houlk, the chief engineer, have my thanks and my respect for creating and maintaining the positive environment that I saw and is evident through the article I referenced.

Carl V. Wade CWO·2, USNR

Seeks Godfather I am writing you in hopes

that you can help me locate my godfather.

My father, QMl Allen B. Knox, died in January 1973. He was assigned to the USS CHADRON sometime in 1963

NARU Jax Fire JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ­

A fire in late March destroyed the old · NARU Jacksonville personnel and training building, BUilding 906.

The building had recently been emptied when the NARU personnel moved to new quarters. No estimate of damage was given, as the structure was vacant at the time and scheduled to be torn down in the near future.

BTC Wayne L. Upton, ENI Larry L. Sallee and BM2 Mathew Arenoholtz on ROCHE.

"We stopped at night in Natchez, Miss., and again in Baton Rouge, La., LCDR Stewart said. "We didn't know what to expect, how much trouble we would have with the boats or for that matter none of us had ever taken a boat down the Mississippi River before."

After the two boats are put into top condition at Norfolk,

and 1964. I was born in 1964 and sometime after that he be­friended the man who became my godfather. My mother cannot remember much about my godfather except that his name was either Mark or Marks; wa. from Texaa; very tall, had dark hair; and may have had a nickname of either Moose or Tex.

He was aasigned to the USS CHADRON which was attached to the Reserve

ROCHE will be used as a boat pusher in Norfolk harbor and HOOD will be used to ferry personnel between the Port Services Facility and the naval station.

"It would cost the Navy considerably more than the $400,000 price tag to build two similar boata. And there just isn't any funds to build such a craft at this time. So, when we can find two boats that will serve our purpose and we can acquire them at a minimal expense to the Navy, we jump at the opportunity," LCDR Stewart added.

Training Station in Honolulu. There were only eight or ten regular Navy shipkeepel'll onboard. Hewas probably still assigned to the CHADRON when she was decommis­sioned.

Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.. Thank you.

GloI"i. Jean Knox N. 5321 Arden Rd.

Ot;1 Orchu-dl, Wuh. 99027

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Bay Area Reservists Help Rescue Potomac

By Robert Rinehart JOl, USNR-R(TAR)

TREASURE ISLAND, Calif. - San Francisco Bay Area Naval ReservietB recently aided in the rescue of Potomac, former presidential yacht of President Roosevelt.

The 165-foot ship filled with water and sank while berthed on the eastern side of Naval Station Treasure bland. The once glamorous yacht wae corroded, rusty and needed pumps to keep her afloat. Potomac had been seized last September by U.S. Customs agents along with a converted minesweeper and 21 toni of marijuana.

Potomac was awaiting dispotlition at Treasure IeI8nd when e8veralleake in the hull proved to be more than the bilge pumps could handle and she settled into San Francisco Bay mud. Potomac was valued at about $300,000.

was part of the salvage effort. Twenty·one Reservists, led by LCDR James Spagnola, USNR, a Sacramento lawyer, worked to bring the historic ship tothesurface. Working as part of a regular Navy salvage effort, Naval Reservists spent 11 days and nights in the cold waters in an attempt to refloat the yacht. .

The regular Navy team was headed by CDR Larry Busse, USN, supervisor of salvage, Pacific Representative.

Divers siphoned mud from under the ship so lines could be placed underneath the hull and attached to floatation gear. After several disap­pointing tries, the ship was brought to the surface.

Potomac was subsequently towed to a dry dock facility in Alameda for repairs and put on the auction block. The Port of Oakland W8ll the highest bidder and now plans to refurbish the yacht for

POTOMAC _ s., bridce Ii .... b (photo above) illuminate Potomac after beinc lifted to the .uriace. At ript, Reeen-ist 8M3 8iU MonilOl1 leap. into San FrancilCO Bay duri ... r_ery opeo-ation •.

eventual use as a tourist attraction.

The ship was sold at auction for $15,000.

Naval Reserve Harbor Clearance Unit One, Det 220 from the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center here

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Airlines Extend Military Fares

WASHINGTON, D.C. Nine airlinel! have extended the 50 per cent rel!erved seat military discount air fare beyond the March 31 expiration date. Delta, Eastern, Pan Am, Piedmont and Republic air linea will offer the discount fare indefinitely for selected domestic routes. Air Midwest and Trans World Airlines have extended their discount fare until Sept. 30, 1981. USAIR will offer the discount until Feb. 28, 1982.

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accepted the first super bee p. 3B he said, "This is a great day for Reserve patrol squadrons. We now feel we are on a par

. with fleet patrol squadrons. After transition, our squadron will be better able to perform active duty for training at fleet sites, since we'll now be ableto receive common aircraft support with the fleet.

"We expect our ASW and overall readiness to increase 100 per cent. Additionally, we anticipate our squadron's retention rate and morale to increase greatly. Now, a sailor getting out of a fleet squadron can go to a Reserve squadron with much less transition," Commander Meeker said.

Transition training for the

active duty Reservists has already begun and the SELRES crewmembers will begin receiving their transi· tion during ACDUTRA from now until September.

VP·91 was the first Reserve squadron to transition to the P·3A and P·3S aircraft. According to official sources, VP·91 was chosen by Chief of Naval Reserve to receive the first Reservesuper bee because of the aircraft intermediate maintenance department support that can be provided here at Moffett Field.

The first super bee was flown here by VP·91 Patrol Plane Commander LT Jerry Feltz, USNR. Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Robert M. Ercer, USNR, was flight engineer.

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PADs Discuss Navy Pride and Professionalism By J. Wandrea

JOl, USNR

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Nearly l00activeduty and Reserve public affairs specialists attended a Naval Reserve Public Affairs Conference at the U.S. Army's Fort Hamilton here. The conference was Iponsored by the Chief of Naval Reserve.

Rear Admiral Bruce Newell, USN, CHINFO, laid the one purpose of the conference was to "call on the expertise and viewpoints of the Reservists" to help improve the Navy's internal and external information programs.

"Although there;s much being-donetoopen up Navy communications, there is still a lot to be done to get the message of 'our pride and professionalism' to the public," RADM Newell said.

CHINFO said that his three goall were to develop wayl to zero in on the resurgence of Navy pride and to communicate this new awareness to the Navy in general, and to the external public.

"Specifically, I want the American public and

our Navy members to be proud of our fme Navy - right now - and to recognize that it's a great team," RADM Newell wrote in a letter distributed to all participants in the conference.

The other CHINFO goals are to develop a "maritime constituency" to help draw together and support the many separate interest groups of our country wh(l are vitally concerned with the well·being .of our nation's maritime forC"e.

The third goal is to develop long·range plans for the Navy's public affairs efforts. "We've become very good at 'reactive' public affairs," RADM Newell told the gathering. "It's time·we started thinking about public affairs beyond the tum of the century."

Conference moderator, CAP!' Robert Ravitz, commanding officer of Reserve 01 Det 102, New York, also introduced RADM Joseph F. Calio, USNR, special advisor (public affairs) to CNAVRES and CHINFO.

RADM Callo said that part of his responsibilities was as an advisor on public affairs to CHINFO and CNAVRES, and to counsel the readiness commands, the recruiting command, Chief of Education and Training, and individual stations and commands. He laid that

one challenge before both the active duty and Reserve public affairs communities is to get out the message of One Navy.

Other speakers at the conference included: CAPT Larry D. Hamilton, USN, whose many "hats" include being public affairs officer for CINCLANFLT; Gale Von Cosek, chief assignment editor for WNBC·TV (the local NBC television station in New York City); and Peter Hackes, NBC Radio ' s Washington correspondent. Hackes is a Reserve captain and a frequent narrator for Navy motion pictures.

The conference participants formed three workshops which corresponded with CHINFO's three goals. The idea, RADM Newell explained, was not so much to work for solutions to problems as to "bring up questions and ideas that can indicate the direction that the Navy public affairs effort can and should go in the years to come."

In his concluding remarks, RADM Newell said he was "refreshed and encouraged" by the ideas that had come forth during the conference and he felt the conference was a successful exercise in "management by objective."

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CNAVRES VISIT - Rear Admiral Frederidt F. Palmer, USN, Chief of Naval Reserve, pre.enll. 2,000 how- plaque 10 LT JeJT)'Shod, one oflhe £.28 Hawkeye pilot. from VAW-78. RADM Palmer vitited the ReterYilh chu-inc the month.lq deployment.

BUZZARD CONDmONS _ Line .--neI thoYel ...ow from around the whMlI of an £-2B. The Vir,wa and California "--eel ReHI'ViatI fou,ht wintry conditiolU throu,hout the 30·., ACotrrRA.

ON ALERT _ ReHn'ilt. pull an E.28 Hawkeye from a hanlAr Cabove) and prepare it for launeh &I lnow and wind whip aayal the runway. ADI Mike Pen.., VAW-78, (below) finda. way to ..... uhl! bitter "old Icelandic ronditiom.

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KEFLAVIK, Iceland - Two Naval Air Reserve squadrons have been praised by theChiefofNaval Operationll for their work here in relief of an active duty Navy aviation squadron and an Air Force early warning squadron.

Carrier Airbome Early WamiDg Squadron (VA W) 78, NAS Norfolk, Va., and YAW 88, NAS Miramar, Calif., were sent in January to Iceland to provide radar support. The Air Force 906th Airborne Warning and Control Support Squadrons (AWACS) aircraft had been withdrawn from Iceland for temporary duty in Europe and the Navy sent VAW 124 to Iceland. VAW 124 was then relieved by the Naval Reserve early warning squadron8.

In less than 30 days, VA W 78 and 88 organilled and sent a combined volunteer contingent ofsix aircraft, 40 officers and 200 enlisted personnel to Iceland. The Reservists were volunteers on their two weeks active duty for training and two different detachments were ordered to cover the 3O-day operational period.

The Reserve squadrons were staffed with Selected Reservists and T AHa. According to official sources, it is unusual during peacetime for Reservists to be tSBked with missions as important as this. Air Force Lt. Col. John H. Carpenter, Air Force Iceland inspector in charge of U.S. support to the Icelandic Air Defense, 8aid, "They (Naval Reservists) adapted quickly to the unusual damands of cold-weather flight operations and answered all calls to launch alert aircraft in very timely fashion."

Commenting on the unusual Reserve deployment, ADM Thomas B. Hayward, USN, CNO, in a me8sage to the Reserve squadrons said, "You have shown through mission performance and ability, that you are ready and able to meet the total force challenge."

Iceland Alert

Photos by PH 1 H. Hensel, U5NR·R(TAR), NARU Norfolk

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During 1979-1980

BAir Squadrons Cited for Management, Readiness NEW ORI,EANS - Eight

Reserve activities have received special honors within the Naval Air Reserve community for management efficiency and mobilization readiness for 1979 and 1980.

In announcing the awards, Chief of Naval Reserve RADM Frederick F. Palmer, USN, said, "Winners can be justly proud. I take pride in the accomplishments of these units and the fact that all our Naval Air Reserve Forces demonstrated regularly that they are effective and ready. My pe.-sonal congratulations

on these notable accomplish· ments."

The Edwin Francis Conway Memorial Trophy was presented to Naval ' Air Reserve Unit (NARU) Point Mugu, Calif., in recognition of the readiness of combat support Reserve aviation units and overall management effectiveness. The following factors were considered in determining the recipient of the Conway Memoria l Trophy: fiscal management, timely submission of staff reports , overall command readiness, recruiting and

Glenview Senior Chief To Attend Army School

NASGLENVIEW, IlI,-A senior chief petty officer here has been selected to attend the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Tex.

Senior Chief Yeoman Paul A. Gauthe, USNR·R(TAR), personn el officer for the Personnel Support Detach· ment, will attend the 2'2·week course beginning in August. The academy, open to all branches of the service, offers four s egments of study : human relations; military organization and operatione; world affairs; and military management.

Upon graduation, Senior Chief Gauthe will receive 24 semester hours of college credit. For students holding a baccalaureate degree, grad· uate courses are available at the University of Texas at EI Paso, New Mexico State University and Sui Ross State University.

YNCS Gauthe joined the Navy in 1964 and has served toUf6 of duty at NAS New Orleans; the C·I1S Simulator School, Glenview; as an inetructor at the YN/PN School, New Orleans; as administrator for the Career Information Instructors Refresher Course, New Orleans; CNAVRES staff; VP· 62, NAS Jacksonville, and now the PSD here.

In announcing the selection of YNCS Gauthe, CNAVRES said, "You can take pride in the fact that your peers, as well as your commanding officer, consider you well qualified to

YNCS Gauthe ... school

represent the senior enlisted personnel in the TAR program."

YNCS Gauthe is the fifth member of the Naval Reserve Command to attend the academy; four have been TARs and one a USN.

Applications from other TAR senior chief petty officers are invited for the next class, convening in February 1982. Applications are due no later than August 15. Submission requirements and selection criteria are contained in CNAVRESINST 1510.11.

VA Increases Benefits WASH INGTON, D.C. - Veterans Administration

educational benefits have been increased by 10 per cent for veterans eligible under the "old" GI Pill, according to V A officials here. Dollar amounts depend on the number of hours enrolled in school, marital statue, number of dependents and duty statue.

The public law increasing the benefits was passed in'October and increases were made in two steps - one in October and another in January.

Presently the deadline for eligible service members to complete GI Bill·sponsored training and education is 10 years after separation from the service or Dec. 31, 1989, whichever comes first. For more information contact the nearest V A office.

retention, manpower manage­ment and long·range planning.

All Reserve . naval air stations, naval air reserve unih; and naval air facilities competed for the Conway award.

The Conway Trophy was established as a memorial to LT Edwin Francis Conway, USN, who, at the time of his death in January 1933, was commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was killed in an airplane crash near Bennett Field.

The Sheldon Clark Naval Air Reserve Trophy, spon· sored by the Navy League of the United States, was presented to Commander Reserve Tactical Support Wing headquartered in New Orleans. The trophy is presented for effective man· agement of its Naval Air Reserve Force on· board squadrons.

Competing for the Sheldon Clark trophy were the Reserve Helicopter Wing, both Reserve Carrier Air Wings , both Reserve Patrol Wings and COMRESTACSUPPWING.

Two criteria are used to judge the winner of the Sheldon Clark Trophy -weighting of the Noel Davis scores for the Reserve Force Squadrons and an evaluation by the Commander Naval Air Reserve Force.

The Navy League of the United States established the Sheldon Clark Naval Air Reserve Trophy in honor of Sheldon Clark , a past president of the Navy League, 194t}.1945.

Squadrons included in COMRESTACSUPPWING are; Fleet Composite Squad· ron (VC) 13, Miramar; VC·12, NAS Oceana , Va. ; Fleet Tactical Support Squadron (VR) 51, NAS Glenview, IlL; VR·51 Det. NAS Whidbey, Wash.; VR·52, NAS Willow Grove, Pa.; VR·52 Det Detroit, Mich.; VR·48, NAF Washing· ton, D.C.; VR·53, NAS Memphis, Tenn.; VR·53 Det Dallas, Tex.; VR·46, NAS Atlanta, Ga.; VR·55, NAS Alameda, Calif.; VR·56, N AS Norfolk, Va.; VR·57, NAS North Island, Calif.; and VR· 58, NAS Jacksonville, Fla.

Six Naval Air Reserve squadrons share the Noel Davis Trophy, each in a separate category ofthe Naval Air Reserve community. The trophy is awarded to the Reserve Force Squadrons that achieves the highest level of capability to meet mobiliza· tion readiness.

The winners are: Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) 9, North Island; Fleet Tactical Support Squadron (VR) 51, Det Whidbey; Attack Squadron (VA) 205, Atlanta; Fighter Squadron (VF) 202,

Dallas; Patrol Squadron (VP) 60, Glenview; and Carrier AirjlOrne Early Warning Squadron (VA W) 88, Miramar.

Major factor~ u~ed to determine the winner of the Noel Davis Trophy are readiness, safety, flight hour program, and retention.

The Noel Davis Trophy is presented as a memorial to L T Noel Davis, USNR, who was killed in 1927 during a final flight test for the first trans· Atlantic crossing.

Miniature trophies are awarded to the winners and the master Noel Davis Trophy is permanently displayed at CNA VRES headquarters in New Orleans.

All enlisted personnel in the squadrons winning the Noel Davis awards are authorized to wear the Navy Battle Efficiency "E" ribbon. Aleo, the Battle HE " will be displayed on all of the squadrons' aircraft.

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N RF Destroyer LAWE in 1981 Great Lakes Cruise

NEW ORLEANS - Naval Reserve Force destroyer USS WILLIAM C. LAWE (DD 763) homeported here will par­ticipate in the 1981 Great Lakes Cruise.

The cruise will begin in Montreal, Canada, on June 19 and end 82 days later in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with stops in between at 18 different U.S. and Canadian cities.

Also making the cruise will be the Canadian ship HMCS OTIAWA (DD 229) which will make joint visita with LA WE at ai:l.: of the ciUel:!.

The cruise was initiated to

provide mid-America with a greater understanding and familiarity with the mission, goals and personnel of the Navy. Other objectives are to increase Navy visibility and enhance Navy recruiting.

This is the third Great Lakes Cruise.

Naval ReservisUi 810ng the route are encouraged to visit the NRF ship during open house celebrations and, in keeping with the CNO's "Pride and Professionalism," are encouraged to wear their uniforms, a CNAVRES source said.

CNAVRES Honored by ROA WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the Reserve Officers

Association Mid·Winter Conference held here in February, Chief of Naval Reserve RADM Frederick F. Palmer, USN, became a life member of the association.

The life membership certificate was presented by CAPT Robert E. Keppel, USNR, chairman of the ROA Naval Affairs Committee, CAp]' Keppel is executive officer of GVTU 7872 drilling at Naval Air Reserve Center Twin Cities, Minn.

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research dives. Captain Parker, with the help of Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region 1, Newport, R.I., secured authorization to obtain volunteers for the required three-week period.

Captain Parker felt that having Naval Reservists participate in the study would benefit both the Naval Reserve and the active Navy, thus emphasizing the One Navy concept. The divers were more than agreeable since for them it was their first opportunity to participate in an actual saturation dive.

The Naval Reserve divers were LCDR Kevin Brooks, LT David Johnson and STG3 Kevin Mickna.

No decompression tables have been formulated for submariners whose body tissue may have been saturated with air. Therefore, NSMRL scientists are developing and testing air compression tables to support their theories of air saturation diving.

The NSMRL study was the fourth in the current series of week long saturation dives in the lab's hyperbaric chamber. The divers entered the chamber at 2 p.m. on February 18 for the dive to 132 feet with excursions to 198 feet. They did n'ot emerge until 1:40 p.m. on February 25. With the testing before and after

the dive, a total of three weeks was involved for the Naval Reservists.

The divers ' days were busy from early morning to late evening in their 2!i foot by 9 foot diameter steel temporary home. Reveille was at 6:30 a.m.

During the dives it was impractical to send laboratory personnel down to perform the testing, so the divers were trained to do everything from drawing blood to hooking themselves up to measure their own brain waves.

The tests were monitored by the scientists from the various research departments. including physiology, vision, biochemistry, and human factors.

LCDR Brooks is a saturation trained diver and was aboard the USS PIGEON (ASR 21) during active duty. He is an independent insurance agent and owner of Brooks Agency in Granby, Mass.

LT Johnson is a mixed-gas trained diver. He is business manager of Coastal Plastics in Hope Valley, RI.

Petty Officer Mickna is also a mixed-gas trained diver and was attached to Underwater Demolition Team 21 while on active duty. Heis currently employed by Primoid Corporation in West Springfield, Mass.

CNP Summaries Personnel Issues for FY82 WASHINGTON, D.C. -

Declaring careerists to be the backbone of the Navy, VADM Lando W. Zech, ChiefofNaval Personnel, recently sum· marized personnel issues for the FY 82 manpower authorization request to Congress.

He appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee and emphasized that his primary respons­ibility was · to provide and maintain a' well·trained, active naval furce in the proper numbers and with the appropriate mix of skills, ready and able to man Navy ships and aircraft.

VADM Zech discussed the effect of the increase from 468 ships in FY 81 to 487 ships in FY 82, pointing out thatattack submarines and surface combatants account for a

significant portion of the force increase.

"With an increase in force levels, our requirements for highly qualified mid·grade petty officers will continue to grow," he said. "The petty officer first class supervisor we will need in 1986 to direct the maintenance of a missile system or propulsion plant is in the Navy today, probably as an E·3 or E-4. Our challenge is

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requires outstanding leader­ship, the support of time· honored rules of safety, thorough training and pride in obtaining the highest standards of operational readiness."

to ensure that he and many others like him are still on board to fill that supervisory p08ition," V ADM Zech said.

Remarking on recruiting successes throughout last yeat, he said that a major factor for the increase in reenlistments within the Navy was the immediate positive response to compensation improvements. "Although itis too early to tell what the total effect of these improvements will be, we have begun to see higher retention and better morale throughout the fleet," the admiral said.

V ADM Zech concluded by calling for the continued strong commitment and support of Congress for Navy people in the areas of pay and compensation and renewal of G.I. Bill educational benefits.

Retired

CWO~ R.D. Vasseur, USN. KO of Naval Rellerve Center Miami, Fla., retired after 26 yean service.

AFCM Marion Lloyd, AECS Robert Lynch, AEC Francis Seidel and PRI Richard Miller all from Filrhter Squadron (VF) 202, NA." Dallas, retired Feb. 17, 1981. with a combined total naval service of 85 yean.

GMCM Gerald F. Pease. USNR. retired at NAS Miramar, Calif., after more than 38 yean of naval service.

SCPO Stanley B. Hudler, USNR, retired from the Naval Reserve in Austin. Tex., after more than 38 yean of military service.

QMC Selman M. Lonll', USNR, retired March 22 from Submarine Group Five, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center Los Angeles. Calif., aner more than 38 yetlrs of military Bervice.

ADC Robert E. Keller, USNR, retired from the Naval Rellerve on March 1.( at NAS North Island, Cslif.

Awards

RADM Michael P. Nemchick, USNR, received the Navy Meritoriou~ Service Medal for se rvi ce a B REDCOM 6 inspector general frum October 1976 to October 1979.

LCDR John R. Kelly, USNR, CINCLANTFLT, Det 206, received the Navy Achievement Medal for hi' evaluation of LANTFLT's preparedness for $uppl yi ng materi a ls and equipment to advanced wartime bases over8eas.

PNCS Guy K. Gallina, USNR­MAR), received the Navy Achievement Medal for hi, pro· fessional achievement. . out· standing resourcefulnes8 . and devotion to duty as assistant inspector general for Naval Rellerve Readineu Co mmand Region 8 at Jacbonville, Fla.

AMH I Malcom C. Teerink, USNR· H(TAR), received the Navy Achievement Medal for ha work in establishing a coune of study for SELRES at NARU North Island. Calif.

AE I Donald Adkins, HMI Dorothy Jackson, AT2 Milton Wooda and AD2 Ronald Benedict, VR·58, NAS Jackson­ville, Fla., received the Naval Rellerve Meritorious Service Medal for four years of Rood conduct.

HTI James White, USN, named Sailor of the Quarter at Great Lake. Navsl Reserve Center for first quarter uf 1981.

AMH1 MalcomC. Teerink. USNR­R(TAR), named Sailor of the Year at NARU North bland.

IS1 Don Zimbelman, USN, named Sailor of the Year at NAF Detroit.

MS2 Michael A. Neff, USNR, nllmed Sailor of the Quarter at Naval Reserv e Clnt er , John.town, Pa.

Ma, 1981

Commission

LT(jlr) Georgia Walter, USNR, haa re<:eived an appointment to her pre!lent rank in NR NS Keflavik 1066, NAF Washington, D.C. LT(jg) Walter Was II mess apecialist second class.

Reenlistments

PNCS Jame. M. McCubbin Jr., USNR, returned to active duty at Norfolk, Va., with dutyin the PASS office.

MMC James A. Crear, USNR.1I 31 year veteran assigned to NR FF 1098 Glover 9R05, Naval Reserve Center, Johnstown, Pa., reenlisted for ,ix yeau in the Naval Re,erve.

ATl Richard Allen, OS2 Arturo Hemande;,; and ABF3 Rodolfo Bernal all reenlisted in the Naval Reserve during a WET aboard the ship they will aUlrment during mobilization, USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10).

DSI Michael D. O'Brien. DSI Jack W. Noble and DS2 Richard R. Jordan. have reenli,ted in Naval Reserve Naval Intel· liRence Proceuing System Traininlr Facility 0108. Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.

MSI Donald W. Godfrey, USNR. NR FE<' 1098 Gluver 9805, Naval Reaerve Center Johnltown. Pa.. reenlisted for six yean in the Naval Reserve.

YN2 Frank A. B8.J;yk, USNR. unit cla8lifIer with NR FF 1098, Glover 9805, Naval Reserve Center, John sto wn, Pa . , reenlisted for two years in the Naval Reserve.

8M2 Timothy A. Jacklon, USNR, a memberofNRFF l075 Trippe 75{J7, reenlisted for six yean, taking advantage of the SELRES bonua pn>lITam.

BM.1 Dale HenninR8, USNR. Nava l and Marine Corps Reserve Center, San Jose, Calif., reenlisted in the Naval Reserve on Feb. 8, 1981.

Gloria M. Billingsley, enlisted in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman third class under the advanced PBYlI"I"ade prOll"l"am (APG) and will drill at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center. Sacramento, Calif.

In Command

CAPT(SS) Mark V. Eakin, USNR, relieved CAPT Eugene D. Howell, USNR, as commanding officer. Naval and MarineCorps Reserve Centerl Armed Forces Reaerv ,", Center, Jacksonville, Fla.

CDR Douglas Siebert, USNR, relievPd CDR Robert L. Wilson, USNR, as commanding officer of Patrol Squadron (VP) 0479, NARU Memphis, Tenn.

CDR Frank J. Marlow, USNR, relieved CDR George B. Dresser, USNR, as commandinlr officer of Patrol Squadron (VP) 94, NAS New Orlean., La.

CDR Paul T. Schubartb, USNR. relieved CDR J ... mea D. Ream, USNR, as commanding officer of VAW·fIR, NAS Miramar, Calif.

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At RESCEN Visit

'We Count on You,' CINCLANT Tells Reservists ROANOKE, Va. -"I need

your support," ADM Harry D. Train III, Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet, told more than 150 Naval Reservists during his recent visit to the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center here.

"If for some reason we find

ourselves in a crisis situation that requires more ships and more people," he said, "it is you and people like you that are going to provide the additional assets and tip the balance in our favor. "

During his tour of the Reserve facility, Admiral

SECDEF Addresses 'Quality of Life' Issue

WASHINGTON, D.C_ -Legislative proposals de­aigned to improve the quality­of·life in .the military have been addressed to the Congresa by Secretary of Defense Caapar W. Wein­berger.

The proposals, which include aJuly 1, 1981 pay raise of 5.3 per cent for military pereonnel, are in addition to the compensation improve­ments of the Fair Benefits package which became effective Jan. 1, 198L

Secretary Weinberger said in outlining the proposals, "In combination with major compensation legislation enacted by the 96th COngre88, the administration program will reduce long-standing deficiencies in military pay and restore past levels of compensation comparability. These changes not only will significantly enhance our ability to attract and retain the kinds and numbers of people we need to meet our

17 NRF Ships Earn

PACFLT 'E' Awards

military manpower require­ments, but will also once again make our military people first class citizens.

Other details of the Quality­of·Life proposals include:

• Improvements in family housing, barracks. commis· aaries and related facilities.

• New construction of seven dependents' schools in Germany, Japan and Korea.

ADM Tn.in .. . CINCLANT

Glenview Doctor Honored NAS GLENVIEW, Ill. - A Naval Reserve commander here

has been recognized with a letter of appreciation for his actions during a helicopter crash at the armed forces air show at Joliet Municipal Airport last September.

Commander Kenneth M. Uznanski, MC, USNR, Medical Group 413, Naval Regional Medical Center, Glenview, aafJiated the NRMC medical aircraft accident team by acting as an "indispensable contact point" for the crash investigation.

The commander is credited with pulling two survivora from the burning helicopter and then administering medical treatment to both men at the site of the crash and while enrouteto the hospitaL

According to the commander of MEDGRU 413, after CDR Uznanski turned the injured men over to hospital personnel, he continued to lIerve as a liaison forthe accident team investigating the crash.

SAN DIEGO - Seventeen Naval Reserve Force ships earned 61 "E" for Excellence awards in the Pacific Fleet. USS IMPLICIT (MSO 455) took top honors with an "E" in eight different categories of competition.

USS ESTEEM (MSO 438) eamed seven awards; USS CONQUEST (MSO 488) captured six and three other NRF ships took five awards each.

Commodore Stephen E. Luceintroduced the "E" awards tothe Navy while he was commander of the U.S. Training Squadron in 1880. The award began as an element of competition together with organized training cruises and war games. Since that time the "E" haa gone through various changes. In 1956 the Chiefof Naval Operations directed fleet and type commanders to set up and sponsor their own intra-type competition within squadrons.

Speaking about the 1980 PACFLT awards, VADM Lee Baggett Jr., COMNAVSURFPAC, said, "The Battle "E" competition is a means of enhancing our readiness as well as a means of recognizing those who excell in attaining and maintaining the highest levels of overall battle efficiency."

Following is the NRF award winners by category of competition.

Battle "E" ·USS SOUTHERLAND (DD 743) USS IMPLICIT (MSO 455) USS ORLECH (DD 886) USS MOBILE (LKA 115)

Gunnery"E" USS CONQUEST (MSO 488) USS PLEDGE (MSO 492) USS PLUCK (MSO 464) USS ENHANCE (MSO 437) USS DURHAM (LKA 114) USSCONSTANT(MS0427) USS ESTEEM (MSO 438) IMPLICIT USS EXCEL (MSO 439) MOBILE

. ·SOUTHERLAND

Antisubmarine Warfare "A" *SOUTHERLAND

CIC "E" (Operations) USS RACINE (LST 1191) ESTEEM CONQUEST CONSTANT

Train stressed the importance of the Naval Reserve to fleet readiness.

"The training you are undertaking here is most important," he said. "We count on you to provide those additional resources when we need them."

With 500 active ships, Admiral Train told the Reservists, the Navy today has less than one-third the number it had during the height of World War II and a third the number it had as recently a9 the Cuban mi88ile criBis in 1962.

The Navy used 254 ships during the Cuban blockade. "I don't have that many ships in my fleet today, and we have more oceana to cover. With our expanded commitmenta, our Navy is performing at wartime levels. In a national emergency wewill rely heavily on the Reserve to bring the fleet up to full manning," CINCLANT said.

Admiral Train received a first hand look at Naval Reserve training . The schedule included class room lectures, damaie control performance, individual sound on slide courses and radio/ teletype communica· tions training.

He continued to stress that the Naval Reservists are playing an important role in the operational readiness and in the Navy being able to meet ita worldwide commitments.

IMPLICIT PLUCK

The admiral addressed the importance of good morale and job satisfaction. During its recent Indian Ocean cruise the USS DWIGHT D . EISENHOWER (CVN 69) set a Navy record of 154 days at sea without entering a port. The total cruise was 252 days with 247 days at sea.

This battle group, upon its return to the states, had a higher retention rate then it had ever had before, Admiral Train said. "These men were proud of the job they did." He added that it appeared that. with the new pay bills approved by Congress. overall retention was on an upturn.

The admiral waa hriefed on the Roanoke Naval Heaerve operations by CAPT Charles R. McCall, USNR, Com­mander, Naval ReServe Readiness Command Region Six, and LCDR Benjamin V. Garlington. USNR, center commanding officer .

Museum Seeks Contributions

KEYPORT, Fla. - Efforts are underway to plan, construct and outfit displays for the Navy Undersea Warfare Museum here. The museum foundation is responsible for collecting undersea warfare memora­bilis, designing the facility and its exhibits and soliciting tax·deductible contributions. More information may be obtained by calling (202) 692-8070.

ENHANCE MOBILE

Communications "C" ·USS CARPENTER (DD 825) RACINE

CONSTANT ESTEEM PLEDGE

IMPLICIT CONQUEST SOUTHERLAND

Engineering "E" USS QUAPAW (ATF 110) RACINE

ENHANCE CONSTANT IMPLICIT

ESTEEM CONQUEST MOBILE

RACINE LCU Engineering "E"

MOBILE

Minesweeping "M" USS GALLANT (MSO 489) IMPLICIT

PLEDGE CONQUEST EXCEL

CONSTANT PLUCK ENHANCE

CONQUEST IMPLICIT PLUCK

IMPLICIT

ESTEEM

Damage Control "DC" ENHANCE PLEDGE ESTEEM

Supply"E" EXCEL

ESTEEM

Deck Seamanship A want USS MAUNA REA (AE 22)

·Ship. ho.v~ bun ckcommil8ion~

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s rift Va. Offers 'Reserve' Plates

The Commonwealth ot Virginia is otfering special automobile license plates for retired or active members of the Naval Reserve. Pl3te.s numbered 1·200 may be reserved for Stoa year, in addition to lhe regular registration fee . Plates numbered 201 and above witl be issued. on a first· come, first·served basil at no exIra cos!. On ihe plates, the letters NR followed by numbers liTe shown in blue on a white retlectorilecl bal;kgroun<i. The words Naval ReHlVe, also printed in blue, are centered at the bottom ollhe plale. To request a set of plates, Naval Reservists skould apply at "oy DMV brllocholfice or license agency and bring a letl~ of certification from their commanding officer. In addition, the vehicle on which lhe plates will be displayed must be registered in the member's name. Plates wiD be mailed from Richmond with delivery in about two weeks.

Reservist 'Snaps' World Record A NlwlIl Reservist from Vir~ "snapped"the Guirmess Booko/ World

Reco<'dJ 24·noUT ~ir di~tanee throwing marathon record for lhe flying disc (frisbee). [52 MkhHl Conger, aoo known as "Captain Snapn and II friend broke lhe record al houT 22. At the end of the officilll24 hours the record &elters Md Ihrown a lot~ of 12,023 tosses for a dist"nce of more IMn 1,412,000 Ieet. Petty Officer Conger and his parmer averaged more tMn 500 throws per hour for tke duration. This is the second Gui'InHS record for Conger who also hotes II first for " 1978 throw, run and ca!(:h ostance record.

CRUITCOM 10 Years Old Navy Recruiting ComrTWInd celebrated its 10th anniversary as" Navy

command on April 6. For only 1001 its 205·year kislorykas tke Navykada command tasked with the unique responsible of recruiting a force of volunteers in wfflc:ient numbers and quality to outfit today's modern global fleet of skips, planes and submarines stationed tkroughout II

politically unstable world. Commanded by RADM Floyd H. Miller, USN, Navy Recruiting Command just completed 16 consecutive months of !meeting its Navy recruiting goal~, an all·time record.

Washington Housing Praised Naval Air Faci lity, Waskington, D.C., received a third place in the 1980

Admiral Zumwalt Award for un~companied en~sted. pet"sonnel housing. RADM Karl Bernstein, commandmt, Naval District Washington, pruented the award during lin inspection tour of the NAF Washington facilitiet. The award was for the smCIlI command category.

Navy Photogs Tops N"vy photographers won tke top four "wards in the 1980 MiH tary

Photogrllpher of the year competition. leading lhe Navy winners was Navy Photographer of the Year PH2 Clarence W. Griffm, Fleet Audio Visual Command, Atlantic: , at Norfolk, V". He competed with more than 100 photographers and photojournalists throughout the Department of Defense. The Navy won 22 award5 in individual photography categories. The Air Force won 14 awards, tke Army took seven and the Marine Corps received one award. The Department of Defense competition is sponsored each year by the University 01 Missouri School of Photojournalism and the Nation!!! Press Photographers Association.

ReserVe Roundup Thirty·nine senior Nav~ Reserve officers attended the Reserve

components national security course conducted by the National Defen" UniveN.ity at NAS Pensacola. Reserve LCDR Sharon K\einKhmidt, a teacher at Southwest High School in San Diego, says she feels ~proud" when her students show·up f<H" ct"ss one day /I. week in their Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps uniforms . ... Twelve Naval Reservists from the Naval Regional Dental Cenler Det A·Z2 in SelIttle assisted tke Naval Submllrine Base Bangor dental ctinic in observance of Ch~dren'l Dental Week by helping with screening eXllfl"lS, pumice Wll5nes, nuoride treatmenll"nd denlaleare instructions . .. . MS2Judy DeFraia is II ""black shoe" night crew member 01 VR·57 al North Island and Ri« between 10"nd 20 days a month .... l T Eric A. VlI/lCourt of VR·53"t Glenview wrote a perfect 5Core on the two-week C·118 "irerut indoctrination courSoe given at lhe naval air station simulator school, the first perfect score lince Jan. 19, 1973, more than seven years and 770 lIudenlllllter ....

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TACRONs Established At Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - Nava)

Reserve Tactical Air Control Squadrons 23 and 24 were commit.ioned March 14 in the Wheelhouse at NAB Little C reek here with RADM Warren C. Hamm Jr., USN, Amphibious Group Two com mander as featured speaker.

'The minion ofTACRON 2J and T ACRON 24 will be the air operationl planning, air space management, and operational control of all aircraft during an amphibious operation. Each squadron will hav e a co mplement of approximately 50 Reaervists (2Q officers and 30 enlisteds], the majority of which comes rrom ](I("a] Virginia area and North Carolina . Other aaaigned personnel ruide in the Wettern part (If Virginia and the Was hington, D.C. area.

Commander William R. Roberti , USNR, a88umed command ofTACRON 23 and CDR James W. Donahue, USNR, i. commanding officer of TACRON 24. The squad· rons will train at the Little Creek Amphibious Base.

This i~ the first time Naval Re~erve tactical air control squadrons have been estab· lished all commissioned units. Historically, Reserve TAC· RONs have been used to aUiment fleet units. The establishment of TACRONs 23 and 24 results from a recent Testructurina to meet the mobilization requirements of the Navy.

As commill8ioned units, the Reserve TACRONI will be capable of mobilir:ing as leparate entities.

DoD Changes PCS Rates

WASHINGTON, D.C. New travel rates for service memberl making permanent chanael of .tation moves after April 1 have been set by the Department of Defense Per Diem. Travel and Trani' portation Committee.

Service members will receive 7 cent. a mile plus a flat rate of $35 a day per diem. Thil is a change rrom the 18.5 cents a mile al10wance without per diem rate.

The fi. ca l year 1981 Appropriation. Act au · thoriz ed DoD to pay a monetary allowance plus per diem rate during PCS moves.

Family members' mileage rate will remain the lame. For SPOUS" and children more than 12 years of age, the rate il 7 centa a mile; for children between the agel of 2 and 12, the rate II 3.~ cents a mile.

May 1981

New Career Sea Pay Questions Explained

WASHINGTON, D,C. - Recent CNO and SECNAV mell8agea answer a variety of que.tioll8 about counting sea duty time for career sea pay a nd career sea pay premium purpose&.

Generally, consecutive lea duty time Itarts at zero upon reporting to a career Rea pay q uaiifying tour. It increa.see on a day· for·day ba.sit durin&" period. whe!l career sea pay is leave, proceed time, travel or received. Members who serve temporary duty while on on sea duty for 36 consecutive PCS between two qualifying months are also entitled to a lea tourl, or due to unau· $100 monthly premium thorized absence. The amount beginning with the 37th of consecutive sea duty time month and each additional already earned is retained, consecutive month thereaCter. and the count re8umes when

If a member i8 not eligible career sea pay ltam a&"ain. for career lea pay, either PCS assignment to shore because of pa.y grade a ndl or duty stops consecutive sea lack of initial cumulative sea duty time. Consecutive sea duty, the member may It ill duty will start again a.t zero count up consecutive sea duty when the member reports to time for later pay purpose&. another career sea pay

For example, an E·3 not qualifyina command. eligible for career sea pay More information may be becaule of pay grade can obtained in ALNA V 40 / 81 or accrue consecutive lea duty NAV0P209/ 80. time for career &ea pay purpoaea. Upon advancement to &-4 and sub8equent career sea pay eligibi[ity, hel l he would be entitled to career lea pay and the career lea pay premium if he had completed 36 months ofaea duty. Officera with lea.a than three yeal"l of sea duty may ac c rue consecutive sea duty in the same manner.

Certain periods of sea duty do not count as consecutive time toward career sea pay. Such periods are neutral time, temporarily stopping the time counted toward conaecutive sea duty. Examples of temporarily stoppin&" sea duty time include periods when: a carrier aviation unit il based ashore, when a member is on

Aircraft Travel Requires Uniform

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Uniform •• hall be worn at all tim" on government owned, ope r ated or c ontracted aircraft, except as subject to the provi.ionl of the foreign clearance guide or when political ur penonal con· liderationl (a .. determined by the cognh.ant are8. com· mander) W8.rrant civilian attire. This change will be reflected in a forthcoming revision to the Navy Uniform Rei\llations and in a future change to the Bureau or PeTlonnel Manual.

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