Mars (AFS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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'E Ol'lz'lf, K ll 'IUNK T' DEPAR TME T GOOLEK WP. LCDR 1 High atop the Mars' super structire, where few sailors dare ro tread Kano' fewer still have the reason tol, behind locked doors and in relative secrecy toil the men of the Operations Department. Sym bolicall y, if not actually their roost is simi lar to that ofthe guys with the spy glasses in the crows t f g nes s 0 the old wooden ships, for it is their task to track and identify both the air and sea craft that happen upon their radar screens, and to both receive and transmit the many communi- cations your average WEST PAC brings about. And if any of their sophisticated equipment goes on the fritz, they resort to neither smoke signal nor the Maytag repairman. They fix it th emsel ves. ,E 'V U

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O DIVISION NAVIGATIO STRA TTOM L.R. LCDR Through the duration of WestPac 83-84, the Naviga- tion Department successful- ly steered the ship over 35,000 nautical miles, in- cluding transits through the Straits of Malacca and the San Bernadino Straits. Ev- ery time the MARS went alongside another ship for an underway replenishment, there was a quartermaster at the helm. Just goes to prove that 'Qvou can trust your keel to the men who wear the wheel. MCGRA TH, C. W. QMC KLEIN A.S. QMSA STEWARTI1 R,J. QMSN STINSON, S.A. QM2 Ill I1P'l'0N, MA. QM: Vll'lx'l'IIf, 11. W. c,1MsN II.!'A'l'U f' '1' vw 4. K ' z 1 ,X

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-DI VISIO ELECTRO IC TECH I CIANS i. of Iigh f. HUNTER, D.G. LTJG SIPPIO, A. ET1 LITTLE, R.A. ET2 LEA, C. ETSA MACDANIEL, J.M. ET1? COOPER, CB. ET3 The MARS Signal Men and Radio Men function as the ears, and voice of the command. Whether it's an urgent hom a ship alongside by Hashing hgh t or a Class Easy greeting hom a crewmember to his wife back home, OC Divig1 lives up to its motto: Day or nigh t, Communications at the , A f ff 715. . C Q .' v.' i 47-J