Montrose (APA 212) - Naval Cruise Book

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The anchors, troop compartments I, 2, and 3, the hi-line rig, and number one hatch make up the domain of the men of First Division.

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The Montrose Men Before facing again the faces that we faced on the cruise, let us first re- view the conditions and rules of warfare in MONTROSE. Ha, you say. They mean the TOTAL NAVY EFFORT, the TEAMWORK and GIVE and TAKE OF TRAINING, THE BIG PICTURE. They mean to tell us of the day-to-day DEFENSE EFFORT, our REASON FOR BEING, our NATIONAL PRIDE, our PLACE IN THE SCHEME. They mean to tell us of our successes in LIGTAS and BACKPACK, of our ACHIEVEMENTS, of our GLORIES, of the GUTSY WORK AND MUSCLE that we put into the protection of our country. No, we mean to tell you of the little picture — the day-to-day give and take of inter-divisional warfare. All MONTROSE is divided into eight Departments, which are further divided into Divisions. In Deck Depart- ment there are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and Boat Group Divisions. Engineering boasts B, M, A, R and E Divisions. Operations Department has Ol, OR, and OS. Supply Department consists of S-l, S-2, S-3, S-4 and (logically enough) S-5. Navigation, Medical, Dental, and Executive Departments can boast only of themselves, for they all consist of only one division. The specific job carried out by any given division is quite plain and apparent, but only to the men of that division. The divisions look upon other divisions with something akin to contempt, like 24 brothers with only one girlfriend, the same girlfriend. We ' re speaking of MONTROSE. They tolerate one another and vent their hostility by rustling swabs, changing brands on pieces of gear clearly marked by the original owners. Indeed, if all were to have their way, there would be a separate ship for each division and war would develop. We are presented with a sort of armed co-operation. But they ' re not talking about MONTROSE, you say. Not we 300, we band of shipmates. Have it as you will, pictures of the combatants follow and you can ' t tell the warriors without a program. The program may be found in the back of your ASIAGATOR.

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fcW-Q iff : p M : A More space than any other division, including three of MONTROSE ' five hatches, keep Second Division on the move. Burton- ing and refueling rigs are specialties.