Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Dunk - CAREER COUNSELOR The first person a man sees when he thinks about joining the Navy is a Career Counselor in a recruiting ofhce Aboard NASSAU DPC5 Harvey Lawson serves as the counselor to the crew helping many sailors to decide on a career plan or a second term wzth the Navy There are many areas and paths to consider when reenlistmg or extending in the Navy and Senior Chief Law- son, along with the Retention team Ibelowj has helped many good sail- ors stay in. v Berkner ' ,,, . y ,r MASTER ,, -- I . ..., fl 5 ,H X 0 as f a , H The force aboard handles 2 of ing and con trol, the ship and derly conduct tain legal The MA C miliar to forcem en t personnefilgf and in most casesfftheyf receive the same train- ing and familiarization with legal aspects and proceedings. The Na vy-Marine MAA Force, front L to R: CPL Spencer, CPL Tyler, EM2 Fruits, 5GTLewis, A51 Marlcel, CPL Holmes. Back row, AEI Campbell, SGTMaier, MA1 Lane, BM1 Kozlosky- ,MAC Shinn, SGT Gentile, MA1 Scott and CPL Pludowslci A, ,, t , MS

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w I COMB T CARGO OFFICE The Combat Cargo OfHce and staff aboard NASSAU is a group of special assistants to the ship's Operations OfHcer. Headed by Captain Hoover Ileftj and aided by GYSGT Heath- erly fabovej and GYSGTSchaufenbuh1 Knot picturedj, they are instrumental in the embarkation and debarkation of troops aboard ship for an amphibious operation. This involves the loading, stowing and securing of equipment, trucks, tanks and jeeps for transit to an objective area, and the subsequent un- A loading of the personnel and equipment during the assault. In addition to these, they also handle the billeting and messing of troops, keeping track of on- and offloads, and also act as liaison with troop units ashore.