Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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l-landling the bulk ot the administrative side oi the Executive StaFi's many responsi- bilities are the Administrative, Personnel and Separation Ottices. The Administrative Otiice is primarily concerned with issuing the daily Plan ot the Day, and disseminating timely notices to the crew, pertinent to the rules and regulations ot the Forrestal. The Personnel Office may be termed the enlisted man's record library, tor in this space is contained the service record of each and every white hat and chief on the ship. Transfers, dependency claims, and advancements in rate are processed through this exacting unit. As an enlisted man nears the completion ot his enlistment, he invariably is called down to the Separation Office where he decides whether to reenlist and remain a part ot the Navy or be discharged and return to civilian lite. Wahl

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fa, .4 f Zum Q. -W5 . W4 -f f - Aff W Q W r r f , Commander Charles T. Buford Administrative Assnstant

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PERSONAL NEEDS HANDLED Ever heor of ci soilor vvho, during Tour yeors in The Ndvy, didn'T do onyThing wrong or do someThing righT, reod d book or seek o school, Try To odvcince or chonge his iob, dsk help or need guidcince, vvonT o vocoiTion or chdnge of commond, like To hove his picTure Token or see his nome in prinT? IT such d specimen ol The Americon moriner exisTs, he's os rore os The sober-TooThed Tiger. From The TirsT doy o booT dons The Novy blue, unTil his dis- chorge or reTiremenT, he needs cmd receives Troining, discipline, proTecTion, legol o1ssisTonce, religious help, publiciTy, enTerTc1inmenT, exercise ond c1 number ol oTher sundry iTems which ploy on imporTonT poirT in his menTol ond physicol vvell being. In regcnrding ond undersTonding The enormous Tosk involved in The hondling of o sc1ilor's needs os lisied obove, one orrives c1T The ineviTc1ble quesTion, Who odminisTers These musTs ond helps o soilor obToin oll These Things, especiolly on o ship The size of The ForresTol'? And The onsvver, The EXECUTIVE STAFF. On The ForresTol, dll oT These services, no moTTer hovv minuTe ore mulTiplied by 3700, ond The impressive ToTdl is divided by The sevenTy-Tive men of X division, os The XO's sToFT is normolly colled. Mode up oT Yeomen, Personnelmen, PrinTers, LiThogrophers, Journoil- isTs ond The voiried roies of The IvlosTer AT Arms, X Division occom- plishes every Tosk in sincere ond inTelligenT regord Tor The needs of oThers, ond wiTh precise efhciency. Overoll supervision oT The mciny ond voried TuncTions of X division is The responsibiliTy of The ForresTol's ExecuTive Oiohcer. As The efTicienT execuTion of every division on The ship is of concern To him, he relies greoTly on The supporT of his sTofT in corrying o lorge porT of The odminisTroTive burden. His TrusT is noT misploced, ond in mony coses The midnighT oil burns so ThoT on ossignmenT is compIeTed by morning To ensure The expediTious execuTion of o proposed plcin. x