Jason (AR 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS JASON (AR-8) WESTPAC CRUISE 1971 JANUARY 6 TO JULY 29

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THOSE DEMEANING OR ABRASIVE =!EGULATIONS GENERALLY REFERRED TO IN THE FLEET AS MICKEY MOUSE OR CHICKEN- REGS HAVE. IN MY JUDGEMENT, DONE AS MUCH TO CAUSE DISSATISFACTION AMONG OUR PERSONNEL AS HAVE EXTENDED FAMILY SEPARATION AND LOW PAY SCALES. I DESIRE TO ELIMINATE MANY OF THE MOST ABRASIVE POLICIES AND PROVIDE SOME GENERAL GUIDANCE WHICH REFLECTS MY CONVICTION THAT IF WE ARE TO PLACE THE IMPORTANCE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT NAVY WE ARE SEEK- ING, THE WORTH AND PERSONAL DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MUST BE FORCEFULLY REAFFIRMED. ADMIRAL ZUMWALT PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS COM- MANDER OF NAVAL FORCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. EVEN THERE ZUMWALT MADE AN ENDLESS E- = c = TO covv. ;--E ;, -- --e ' . ' E the FIELD. THIS LE; : -E =Z- . R Z-GRAMS. AMONG THE 90 Z-GRAMS C - HIS TIME IS Z-GRAM 57. A - = EE =AGE MESSAGE WHICH PERMITS THE GROWING OF BEARDS. MUSTACHES. AND LONGER HAIR. MY VIEW IS TH- , ' , - ' ; ' . =- -EARN TO ADAPT TO CHANGING FASHIONS. IT ALSO PERMITS THE WEARING OF WORK CLOTHING TO AND FROM WORK. AND ALLOWS WORK CLOTHING TO BE WORN IN ALL EXCHANGES AND COM- MISSARIES. ASWELL AS C -E- SE-, :E TYPE FACILITIES. ALSO PERMITTING MOTORCYCLES TO SE ALLOWED ON BASE PRC. :Er -E-r3E-R MEETS PROPER SAFETY STANDARDS. REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF THE HEAD- GEAR. THIS WAS ONLY ThE BEGINNING. iN DECEMBER 1970. Z-GRAM 60 WAS SENT TO ALL COMMANDS. ' v:r ?r,rr THEM THAT A LL CCNMMANDS WERE TO SET uF AT lEAST ONE TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE IN WHICH ALL PERSONNEL COULD PHONE IN SUGGESTIONS THESE SUGGESTIONS WERE TO BE TREATED AS IF SUBMITTED BY PAPER. AND THE CALLER SHOULD BE INFORMED IF HIS SUGGESTION IS ADOPTED. ALSO A PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC FLEET CARRIER WERE TO BE DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE FLEET. WE RECOGNIZETHATTHE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF NAVYMEN WANT TO BE, AND SHOULD BE, TREATED AS GROWN.MATURE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH ORDER AND DISCIPLINE, BUT WHEN APPROPRIATE WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX AND ENJOY ACCESS TO SOME OF THE FACILITIES ENJOYED BY THOSE OUTSIDE THE NAVY ' THE RESULTS ARE OUTSTANDING. A DEPENDENT ' S AIR CHARTER PROGRAM WAS SET UP NAVY EXCHANGES AND COMMISSARY STORES ADVISORY BOARD WERE ESTABLISHED. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM IN THE NAVY WAS SET UP. ADMIRAL ZUMWALT IS MAKING IT WORK. NOT ONLY FOR THE FIRST-TERM NAVY MAN. BUT THE CAREERMAN, AND NAVY WIVES AS WELL. THE CREW OF THE USS JASON WISHES TO OFFER YOU THEIR SINCEREST THANKS.

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No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him; there is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil! James Russell Lowell :--« ? ' muA YOU CAN THINK ABOUT A LOT COMING BACK ON THE LIBERTY BOAT. WHAT LITTLE NOISE AND CHATTER THERE IS COMING FROM YOUR TIRED BUDDIES AND MATES SEEMS TO BE DEADENED BY THE RESONANT NOISE OF THE ENGINES. YOU ' RE TIRED TOO, BUT YOU ' RE LULLED INTO REFLECTION. YOU MARVEL AT THE FANTASTICALLY LARGE RED DISC DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE HORIZON; YOU THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE PAST - THE THOUGHT THAT THERE REALLY IS NO PRESENT FLASHES BY; THEN YOU ' RE HYPNOTIZED BY THE GROWING SIL- HOUETTE OF YOUR SHIP. IT NEVER ENTERED YOUR MIND BEFORE, BUT NOW YOUR SHIP SEEMS UNREAL. -Cvo-, - : . HOW COULD SUCH A MASSIVE AND AWE- SOME YET COMPLEX AND DELICATE MACHINE COME INTO BEING, EXIST FOR 20 SOME YEARS, AND, WHILE RESTING THERE SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME, GIVE NEW LIFE TO OB- JECTS THAT HAVE BECOME SPENT AND USE- LESS. THE ANSWER DOESN ' T COME EASY, BUT YOU SUDDENLY REALIZE THAT IT ' S JUST MEN WITH VARIED TALENTS AND CREATIVE ABILI- TIES WORKING AND LIVING TOGETHER IN COOPERATION THAT HAVE MADE ALL OF IT POSSIBLE. YOU ' RE DELIGHTED WITH YOUR INSIGHT AS YOU SWAGGER PROUDLY UP THE AFTERBROW. OH, BUT IT TAKES SO MUCH EFFORT AND WORK.