Wilhouite (DER 397) - Naval Cruise Book

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CI DIVISION When you first walk into the room, your eyes go splotched and if you're not careful you run into the pole immediately to your right. The room is dark, but as your eyes adjust to the darkness, you begin to pick out the men at their work. These are the men of OI division, the Radarmen and the Electronic Technicians that make this strange room hum. We call this room Combat Information Center. For brevity purposes we abbreviate it C.I.C.. C.I.C. with its fluorescent glow, eerie static noises, and pulsing radar sweeps, looks like the war room out of Fail Safe , or maybe the pilot house of a flying saucer. Properly coordinated, C.I.C. can be an invaluable gathering point of information vital to the operation of the ship. The radars enable the ship to see through the thickest of fogs, or the darkest of nights, and also keep the ship alerted to surface or air contacts that may pose a threat to it. Sometimes, C.I.C. is called the eyes of the ship. With the eyes come the voice, for in this room, voice communications are maintained as the operation requires. This may be ship to ship, or ship to shore, or as is usually the case, both. As if radar were not enough, C.I.C. also contains a fancy piece of gear that can detect enemy radar emissions even past the radar horizon. The Radarmen who make up the bulk of C.I.C., man the scopes and plot the contacts. The ET's operate the other elaborate detection gear which enables the ship to identify the contacts. Besides working in C.I.C. and performing tasks as a Radarman, the ET's maintain most of the ship's electronic equipment from navigational aids to antennas and transmitters. Both RD's and ET's have gone through extensive training and can be considered professionals in their field. 'K .ya I i

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