Bainbridge (CGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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UQ 1 L X L AND THEY WONDER WHO DOES ALL THE WORK. SM2 FRITTS, SM3 PLANTY, SMC MILLER, SMSN LOYA, SM2 LUBLINER, SM3 STOPPELMOOR

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Vt, Wx, iff, 1 lsr row: me HOWARD, OS2 BECK, OS2 SARKER, OS2 FARRELL, 2nd row: OS4 SzucH, OST FISHER, OS2 EDISON, OS2 WERTZ, GSSN MAOOONALO, OSSN MARSH, OSSN cASTRO, OSSN TARNOWSKI, OSS eiu, OSS eRoSScuP, OSSN NORMAN, OSSN RANZER, OS2 ARNHART, OSS ELY, Siu row: OS2 STUTHEIT, OSSN SEIBER, OSSN BURKE, OSSN STINSON, OS2 JACKSON, OSS IDII IIDII Vllx II IDN An OperqTiOns SpeciOlisT is One of The mosT demonding Ond chollenging roTeS The Novy offers. IT is O roTe ThoT musT be, Ond is, filled by selecT individuols cqpoble of Thinking quickly Ond mdking spliT-Second decisions insTincTively. In COmbOT lnformOTiOn CenTer, The viTol nerve cenTer of The ship, OS's perform Their Tosks which direcTly OffecT The sOfeTy ond fighTing copociTy of The ship. FlexibiliTy is O musT for on OS, for he musT be Thoroughly fomilior wiTh every worfore Oreo such Os onTi-Oir, OnTi-submorine Ond onTi-surfoce worfore, ond The cOmplexiTieS They enTOil. An OS musT conTrol heIicOpTers ond supersonic OircrOfT. He direcTs fighTer OircrofT oTTocks ond coordinOTes in-flighT refueling. He musT idenTify friendly ond enemy surfoce Ond Oir cOnTqcTs, ond simulTOneously supervise O lorge number of ships in The proper procedures for vorious 'operOTiOns. He is direcTly involved in cOmmunicoTions Ond nOvigoTion. AT seo he con eosily spend 42 or more hours O doy OT his woTch sTdTion, which moy require inTense menTol concenTrOTion ond quick decision-mdking informoTion. ln essence, The OS provides The necessdry decision mdking informoTion for The Commonding Officer, Then corries ouT his decisions. To be on effecTive OS requires consTOnT vigilonce, endless hours of Troining Ond preporOTion, ond O vdsT OmounT of knowledge obouT The roTe. This lnfiniTe vorieTy Of Tosks which on CS musT perform requires O speciol Type of individuol, ond The OS's of BAINBRIDGE hove proven ThoT They umeosure up To The sTricT requiremenTs demonded. IVIACHEL. ,

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