Flint (AE 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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(STANDING, left to right) PC3 Terry Dawkins, ETC Jerome Burch, PN3 Ralph Tate, PN3 Bob Duvall, NC1 Tom Hemmer YNSN Richard Brown, HM2 Lance Adams, PNSN Charles Kimsey, HM3 Rick Prevost, YNC Salvator Castro, PN1 Fred Davis. (KNEELING) PC2 Skip Kain, HM2 Don Simmons, HM1 Jim Sprouse. U X ' Division X Division gathers the ship ' s adminis- trative and service functions under one roof. The postal clerks find their popularity soars after an especially large mail call, but the hospital corpsmen who care for the crew ' s day-to-day medical needs find themselves greeted with suspicion when it ' s time to give shots. Personnelmen handle all aspects of the crew ' s service records, affecting such areas as promotions, reenlistments and above all, leave orders. Yeomen on the other hand work closely with the officer corps in much the same way as personnelmen work with enlisted matters. The ship ' s career counsellor is part of X Division, as is the 3-M Coordinator, who helps organize the ship ' s repair priorities. Finally there is the ship ' s journalist, who helps the command communicate with the crew and the public. 60

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(LEFT) A sound-powered headset and a grease pencil are the tools of the trade when on watch in the Combat Information Center (CIC). (ABOVE) ET ' s employ a variety of test equip- ment to diagnose problems in the radio and radar equipment. Often the tests are as complex as the equipment itself. (ABOVE) Hunched over the Dead Reckon- ing Tracer (DRT) during battle drills. The DRT is used to plot the relative motion of surface ships. (RIGHT) Information about contacts is fed into CIC over phone circuits and plotted on the status board. 59

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(ABOVE LEFT) A corpsman on station during under way replenishment. On small ships like FLINT, they ' re the doctors in an emergency. (RIGHT) The postal clerks put on a happy face while selling stamps. (BELOW) A conference on the personnelmen side of the ship ' s office. 61