Colleton (APB 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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YN3 Cripe stopping tsy the ottice tor encouragement during tiis mess cooizing tour. Seems YNZ Bowman is having img troutole witti t1is attempt tor ttie tzearci contest. YN3 Conctou reviewing tile most liizeiy route for escape it attaclzezl. W., X lu. J '-,AA I n Av PN2 Williams scouting arounci ttie tor possitaie reentistrnent prospect. YN3 Young contemplating a career wittl ttxe Jungle Forces in Vietnam. H Xvar is hell.

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f'X DIVISION Stripping over? Ctiecizing on your rotation ciate ? Cr you just cirOP by to Chew the fat? Whatever the occasion, ttiere are tive trienciiy men wiio wiii acijust to everyone's Wtlim in the St1ip's Qttice. PN2 Larry WiIIie Wiiiiams speartleacis the Yo-Yo Gang in the st1ip's Acimin center. Willie ane PN3 Mei Concion iianciie aii personnel matters-a mighty twig join with 170 eniisteci men atmoarfi-PLUS tile attaciieci squaciron. YN2 Freci Bowman is senior yeoman ataoarci, worizing 0800-1600 everyciay maintaining otticeifs recorcis wiiiie acting as Captain's Yeoman. n YN3 U King Rictiarcin Young types nearly aii ot ttie outgoing corresponcience, iianciiing the majority ot ciassitieci rnateriai wiuiie maintaining ID Canis anci iiioerty carcis. fwiiat iitxertymb Iegai matters, inciucting ciiscipiinary cases are iett to YN3 uciampitn Cripe. When C1YCle isn't attending juciiciai goings-on, tie tiies, Iogs anci routes aii incoming otticiai maii. Worizing ciirectiy tor time Executive Qtticer, the quintupiet comprises ttie smaiiest ciivision on tide strip, yet accornpiisiies more than a ciepartment twice it size.

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cc rr 5. ' R 'X FRONT ROW: CL to RJ Ayers HM3, Epling HM2, Johnson HM3, Fry HM2 BACK ROW: CL to RJ Terry HM1, Peek DT2, Dettent-1011 SN, Coole HM3 The mission ot the Meciicai Department ot the is to provide II16diC-11 anct clentai care tor aii Navai anci Army personnei stationect ahoarri. To carry out these iiuties, the ship is equippemi with a twenty-heci siciz hay, an operating room with two operating tahies, a mecticai iahoratory anci a pharmacy. Next cioor to the siciz hay, there is a cientai ottice which is equippeci with aii the toois requireci to provicie mociern rientai care. Navai personnei assigned to KH ciivision inciucie one Navy Meciicai Gtticer, one Den- tist, one operating room technician, one iahoratory technician, anti one cientai technician. Seven Naval hospital corpsmen are assignezi to manage the sicie hay anci care tor patients. in an average month the medical section ot H H Division sees anci treats over 1300 Army ami Navy personnel as out-patients. in aciciition we over 1200 prescriptions, per- torm over 500 iahoratory tests, anti taize 75 X-rays. We acimit an average ot 26 to 30 pati- ents to our warct each month as in-patients. The other hait, ot the NH ciivision team, the Dentai Department, aiso ieeeps husy. The Dentist anti his assistant cio on the average ot 225 cientai examinations, 200 teeth, extract another 10 teeth, anci taize 200 cientai X-rays monthly. The Dentist anci his assistant have spent much ot their spare time participating in the DENTCAP program, which invoives proviciing cientai care to trienciiy Vietnamese civiiians.