Whidbey Island (LSD 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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X-DIVISION X-Division handles the administrative duties for Whidbey Island. Personnelmen, PN's, perform enlisted administra- tive duties involving personnel records. PN's prepare records, report receipt, transfer, and detachment docu- ments. Yeoman, YN's, perform secretarial and clerical work. They organize files, write and type business and social letters, notices, reports and officers' service records aboard the ship. The MA, Master-at-Arms, help keep law and order aboard the ship. The MA's help maintain dis- clpllne, enforce regulations and conduct investigations. The Postal Clerk, PC's, run the ship's Post Office, pro- cessing incoming and outgoing mall. The Journalists, JO's. are responsible for writing stories about the ship for pub- lication. J0's, under the Public Affairs Officer, also send out monthly newsletters about the ship. ,935 YNI QAW7 T MANS EP11 M Eg, Luigi 1 'R is 4 SMI K. LEBLANC UN: if 515950 Q ti. i sl

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N DIVISION me pfjmary duty ofthe Quartermasters, QM's, is the uf, navigation of the ship. QM's take visual and naar bearings and ranges and also navigate by the ,gn through celestial observators. QM's also main- uln charts, navlgational aids, and records for the ,mfs logs. in QMCG ANDERSON QM1 R HOUSE i Ao 's n Ov .A , '32 p QM1 w ORENTUCHUQMAN QMSN M HAYES 0 O - I L QMBJ cmuu ...L Ol Els QM? w cuvm QMS! J PEAHSON ' 91

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