Estes (AGC 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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...- Choplcnn C.C. FRENCH Left to Right : G. Howell, CHIEF G. Noumonn, D. Eosfep, J.F. Hadsell. I 1 ml 'I I I I I I I E I I . I K QS? I IX I I

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The yeomen and personnelmen who fill billets in the legal, training, captain's and personnel offices have the crucial responsibility of maintaining a seemingly bewildering red-tape system. They are daily faced with an endless number of forms, y publications, and instructions, each contributing to the complexity of the administrative labyrinth which constitutes USS Estes. Ah, but the overnight passes, liberty and ID cards, how smoothly they transit the system. Somehow, when the iob I is urgent enough Can overnight in I-long Kongb the division functions as efficiently as a primer-cord fuse. We must not forget the intellectuals among us. For them, Xray Division maintains a library containing books about such exotic distant places as I-long Kong and Japan. Nor must we forget the mailmen who were as important to us over there as Santa Claus is to a six-year-old on Christmas Eve. i Last, and endeared to all, is the Master-at-arms force who enforce regulations and uphold order and discipline. In years to come we will long remember the gentle scream of the friendly MAA. Sitting IL to R JE Wood CHIEF Austria LTJG DM Brode, CHIEF M.S. Kofoed, B.T. Sterling. Standing: L to RI WD Pond RL Hackwell RG Novotny DF Thornsberry, P.H. Oreenwood, R.M. Moseley, D.R. Hess, N.H. Grigg, J. Deramous, Jr., D.W. Partney, B. Chamber. Not Pictured: CHIEF A.J. O'Ieary, E.A. H.E. Nelsen.

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ii 59 0 The mission of the Marine Detachment aboard Estes is communications: primarily troop communications in the ship- to-shore movement of an amphibious landing. When a troop staff is not aboard their talents are utilized in Radio One to assist the ship with its heavy load of traffic. This emphasis on communications may surprise many who are familiar with the Marine Communication Detachment in their role as honor guard. Paraded in all their splendor before visiting dignitaries, they display the spit and polish for which the Marines are so iustly famous. Since Marines are basically fighting men, our troops can periodically be seen marching off the ship in fatigues for a round of calisthenics and drill. They stay fit and ready to assume independent action ashore on a moment's notice. So the Marine Detachment fills a triple role. Aboard Estes it is primarily a communication outfit. Secondly, it is an honor guard. Always it is ready to quell or deter any disturbance ashore. Not ff R.S. K.J. R.C. W.L. Seated lL to Rl: M.F. Logar, D.H. Hytinen, R.H. Stinecipher Jr., J.V. Manis Jr., K. Haneiwich, T. Christian D.E. L D , C.G. Moraetes, J.P. Goss. Standing: C.R. Hayes, G.T. Wilder, L.V. Morrow, P.J. Gattuso, J.M. H.G J.R. Tibbs, F.J. Aldrine, J.R. Keith, R.J. Cawson, A. Romero. S.S. P.W. Present Hartman, Klose, Ming, Printy, Reins, Robinson, Trotter, Wealey .li