Missouri (BB 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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JOl Richard Dove JOl Bill Egan PHI Robert Lindel P H2 Paul Erickson IC2 Lawrence Snav X-3 In port or at sea, X-3 Division was the place to be. X-3, better known as Public Affairs, seemed to be everywhere at once when the battleship pulled into port. Whether it was escorting VIPs, briefing the media, touring visitors or providing news releases, photographic and video coverage of special events, the Public Affairs staff was on the scene. In the hard to define area of something for everyone, the nine-man Public Affairs staff escorted more than 500 news reporters and photographers from around the world. Then, as the battleship took to sea, the 1 public — the crew — received more than 3,000 hours of television programming that included a variety of local features, command information, entertainment and drama programs, and sports events. The ship ' s crew learned about the ports to be visited through their individual copy of the Missourian newspaper and the port information booklets, and they saw photographs of the ports displayed on the bulletin boards and in the Fami- lygram and on the television sets. Infor- mation is the key to success, and the Public Affairs staff is the master lock- smith. m ' ' U 1 - ' % 7 S s- ' A •

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X-2 X-2 Division of the Administrative Department consists of the Personnel Office, the Educational Services Office and the Command Career Counselor ' s office. Each crewmember on board will visit the Personnel Office at one time or another during their tour, either when they report aboard, change a record of emergency data, apply for a new I.D. card, initiate a special request, depart the ship on leave or TAD, or just to verify their service record. The ESO is responsible for every- thing to do with advancements, DANTES and PACE courses, function- al skills classes, Navy correspondence courses, separations and reenlistments, plus the upkeep and scheduling of the two training classrooms. The Command Career Counselor is a Chief Navy Counselor who is tasked with making career information avail- able and furnishing counseling to the crew. He offers each crew-member no- nonsense information upon which to base sensible decisions concerning the sailor ' s future. The division officer is a CW04 who is assisted by a PNCM with a staff of two PNl ' s, four PN2 ' s, five PN3 ' s, and five PNSN ' s. People are our business, ser- vice is our product is the working motto of X-2 Division aboard Mighty Mo. Clockwise from top: PN3 Trujillo ad- justs the camera before taking another I.D. card photograph. PN2 Comeau (seated) and PNSN Stevens verify ser- vice record entries. PN1 Yonce, like many of his shipmates, phoned home during the cruise to keep in touch with family and friends. PN3 O ' CarrolI and PN2 Miller check education records in the Education Service Office.

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At top, JOl Dove interviews Command Master Chief Davisdon aboard HMAS Stalwart for Navy News This Week. IC2Snay, Missouri ' s TV station engineer, records events in Sydney. PH2 Erickson adjusts camera in Hawaii. Opposite page, JOl Egan assembles Missourian , the ships newspa- per. Green-shirted PHI Lindel prepares for a shoot. TV repair is the specialty of IC3 Denton. ; j H STIl C Wa fi i • j H Li . EE ' K HBP ■ 1 J Pj , - r - $ oi ' % i flpHJW»V« 1 Hi ■ 1 V ■ - J- -