Aucilla (AO 56) - Naval Cruise Book

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Mail Call Some Guy This Marconi Working in conjunction with the signal gang, the radiomen are responsible for all external communications to and from the ship. The old adage that the Navy floats on paper was born out by Radio Central, which used 20,000 mes- sage blanks during our Med cruise. And although communications is primarily the voice of com- mand, Radio also performs a myriad of other functions: radiomen publish the AUCILLA daily newspaper and provide the crew with sports programs and soothing music (I ' m in the Jail- house Now) on the ship ' s system. Radio also serves as a link between t he sailor and his family - sending messages through the Red Cross in times of need, and through Western Union for timely Christmas greetings. The telemen, though perhaps the smallest- staffed single rate on the ship, are undoubtedly among the most popular on board, for their realm is the post office. Occasionally, during the long at-sea periods when mail delivery is poor, they become the subject of many anony- mous threats, but all bitterness and anxiety is forgotten when those magic words are passed: MAIL CALL . Everyone aboard ship must, at some time, come in contact with the personnel office. The check-in and check-out slips, the Plan of the Day, leave papers, liberty cards and special requests all funnel through this office. Most transfer orders and all notices for advance- ment come through this office. The captain ' s office is located on the 02 level under a pile of files, carbon paper, official mail, records and instructions. In fact, a yeoman, not pre- viously known to be aboard, was recently found under a binder of Servlant Instructions, thereby bolstering the yeoman staff by one. ' NOW ADAMS, ETl, REPORT TO CIC . This is a familiar call to the electronic tech- nicians who keep in working order all com- munications equipment and other electronic gear. These jack-of-all-trades even get in- volved in fixing the coke machine. AHA ! Bad Cathode Swab, Sweat and Sinew 19

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r ■l.- ROGER - OUT OPERATIONS DIVISION (Front) Rosier, D. L., McKnight, R. D., Adams, T. R., Pusateri, J. A., (Rear) Streich, S., Worth, C. W., Ginther, D. H., Bouchard, A. D., Gunderman, R., Frederick, R. J. ,J f ' ' - ' - : ?i -,

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N UIVI5IUN In case you didn ' t know what a squared-away lot we are: we don ' t smoke, we never touch a drop and we ' re always back on time. Well, almost always. We ' re members of the honorary club known as the High Order of Sciveywavers and Bogie Boobs and our in- terests center around counting our remaining days of obligated service on a celestial calendar. We indulge only m cultural discussions and we hold daily train- ing lectures (check our logs). We take an unprece- dented delight in shining our shoes and wearmg dress blues. And when it comes to work, we can catch a flaghoist before it ' s out of the bag and accurately plot the courses of a sinuating, zig-zagging destroyer at SO miles. The next time you are up on the bridge (wipe your feet, please) observe us at work and see for yourselves. Looks Like Collision Course Two- Block it (Front) May, C, Medina, R. A., Mims, H. M., Johnson, R. L., O ' Donnell, J. R., (Rear) Heatlie, R. C, McCullocii, R. F., Shelby, A. W., White, A. G., Wilson, T. E. V«t •«S ).- y y: