Flint (AE 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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OC DIVISION RADIOMEN The Radiomen of Flint are ex- perts in the field of transmission of electronic signals. Their job re- quires that teletype and trans- mitters be manned 24 hours a day, thereby giving the radio- men long hours and occasionaly port and starboard duty. Look sir, its the new instruc- tions on flashlights. (RM.3 McNi- chiols, LTJG Obuchowski) What do you know. I ' m picking up KMEL. (RMS Leos) CIP.CIP.CIP.CIP. (RMl Bragg) RMl Beck RMl Denton RM.3 Leos And in the third race at Belmont (RM2 Bashor)

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If it doesn ' t work, fix it yourself. (KTSA Beaver) ET3 McCord ETSN Beaver •n Electronic Technicians The smallesl group of highly trained experts can be found in the Electronic Technician rating. ET ' s form the remainder of 01 di- vision. They are responsible for the maintance and repair of all radar and radio com- munications equipment aboard. Any time a piece of gear goes down , the ET ' s get up and work until the gear is operating correctly again. A seldofnly seen sight. Herb squared away. (ET2 Metoyer) Dear Mom Dad, Having fun. please send money. (ET3 McCord)

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LTJG Obuchowski SMC Warren SM2 Stewart SM3 MaHood I sure wish that they would make up their mind. SM3 Mahood helps beautify the ship. Okay lAW the book .- is A -. . . is SIGNALMEN The Signalmen arc Ihc eyes of the FLINT. The rating can be very rewarding, on the individual basis as well as the teamwork basis. A signalman is proficient in all re- spects of visual communications. Flashing light, semaphore and flaghoist are primary means of moving ships in a task organiza- tion. Visual communications are particularly vital to the Navy, es- pecially during radio silence. Each signalman, aside from being profi- cient in visual signaling, must be able to operate and maintain a vast array of optical equipment. The lar- gest bennic, is that a signalman spends his tunc on watch in the fresh air!