Gearing (DD 710) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT SERVICE OUR MOTTO-SPEED OUR FAME ' The Supply Department operates as a serv- ice organization. It is the mission of the Supply Department to furnish the needed items of materials and services when needed, and where needed in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Aboard GEARING it could be the Store- keepers issuing a repair part which will keep a vital piece of equipment operating, the preparation of a big holiday meal by the Commissarymen ; the Ship ' s Servicemen operating the barbershop; laundiy or ship ' s store, which holds the 1959 DesLant quar- terly sales record ; the preparation for ward- room guests by the Stewardmen; or payday on the 15th and 30th — praise be to the Dis- bursing Clerks. Not to be forgotten are the men behind the scenes, the men who keep up with the paper- work, insuring that a requisition will not go unfilled because of a delay in ordering or a mistake in handling. Service is their motto, but when General Quarters is sounded, they take their place at their battle stations ready to do their part in making the ship a real fighting team.

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SUPPLY OFFICER 5» «. Robert W. Eaves, Jr. North Carolina 58 Washington, D. C. LEADING COMMISSARYMAN Leslie L. Alexander, CSC Memphis, Tenn. LEADING STEWARD Enoch W. Clark, SDl Bowling Green, Kentucky CORPSMAN Richard J. Besneatte, HMl Doc Detroit, Michigan ft V Marvin J. Forbes, CSl Josh Georgetown, S. C. Harry W. Stover, SKI Smokey Dunbar, West Virginia William Gollie, SHI Pop New Orleans, Louisiana