Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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A NEW ONE IS BORN

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CPO ' s cheerful ? Patient ? Observant ? Front row : Benson. Kelly, Cook. Fleming. Otterson. Cowart. Mangold, Whitehead, Villamil, Sanders and Brown. Second row : Rusheed, Close, Seitz, Pevehouse, Hooker, Reid. Clabaugh. Cooper, Ferrell, (iuida. Smith and Rhoades. Thrid row : Nugent, Crevar, Tucker, and Barker. Back row : Lynch. Feddock. Kemp. Edles, Foden, Pate, Kain, Bancroft, Harrison, Pippin, Evergin, Pratt. Ziemke and Bouchard. rful ? Observant ? The Chid Petty Officers Quarters, that source from which all things good (and had) flow, is home for an average onboard count of 45 chiefs, and the WESTPAC Cruise of [965 saw many improvements and moder- nization made in the quarters. New lounge furniture, wall paneling, and teakwood shut- ters over the ports constituted the major changes in habitability improvement. Donning the hard hat is the goal looked forward to by every career minded enlisted man, but he who attains that goal while on a Westpac Cruise is doubly-blessed ; for he can almost make his clothing allowance stretch by being able to purchase his uniforms in the Far East. Among the happier Chiefs this cruise are EVERGIN, James F., Jr., TMCA ; FEDDOCK, Lawrence, MMCA ; PATE, Theron O., MMCA; and PIPPIN, Kenneth R., GMTCA. The guiding hand of the CPO Quarters has been the illustrious Mess President, William D. Dusty RHOADES, DCCM. E ]uallv adept at using gentle persuasion or driving force. Master Chief RHOADES has been directly responsible for the majority i Patient ? 1 f Z! ' 1 « ' v-3 ' JQp -m l j dlH of improvements in the quarters. And he sees to it that Chief Petty Officers learn a little couth during their stay on ISLE ROYALE. The financial wizard of the CPO Mess Statement for the entire cruise has been John CLABAUGH, PNC. Taking the job of Mess Treasurer and allowing himsell to be re-elected month after month has al- lowed Chief CLABAUGH to prove that you can do a thankless job and still retain a sunny disposition ; and he did his job with the utmost efficiency. The position of Mess Caterer has rotated among many Chiefs, all of whom have performed creditably. The Chiefs disproved M that all CPO ' s are fat and slow, by taking second place in the ISLE ROYALE Bowling League in Subic Bay, by having a CPO on the first string basketball team that won the Seventh Fleet Tournament in Yokosuka, and by field- ing a Softball team that conquered all chal- lengers from outside ISLE ROYALE. All in all, the Chief Petty Officers of the ISLE ROYALE earned the ' respect of all hands during the 1965-66 WESTPAC Cruise.

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standing: LTJG Scott, Reed ICC, Smith TMl, Perry PN3, Wilderman IM2, Moller SN. Bloom YNSN. Valandra SN, Crowder BTl, Lavander SN, Loveland SN, Kiel YN3, Pasag PN2. Kneeling: Cox IMl, Newport SFl, O ' Hara SN, Cangie SN, Rodriguez SN, Munoz YNl, Brennan SN, Clabaugh PNC, Sanders YNCM, ADMIN The Administration Department of ISLE ROYALE is split up into many sections, Personnel, Administra- tion, Educational Services, Post Office, Chaplain ' s Office and the Master-at-Arms Force. In charge of these branches is LTJG Scottie SCOTT, an administrator of the old school. Assisting LTJG SCOTT in Personnel is John (Rank-grabber) CLABAUGH, PNC, Skip (Pick-me-a-tune) LOVELAND, Dick CANGIE, John LAVENDER, Tacos RODRIGUEZ, John BRENNEN and Tom PERRY. In spite of the tons of papar work, everything seems to run smoothly. In the Administration Office, under the capable leadership of Sandy SANDERS, YNCM, Juan MUNOZ, Bob (Slick-fingers) KIEL and Legal Beagle BLOOM, the mountainous heap of paper work flows in and out smoothly. Down in the Post Office, we have those two morale builders, Dick FLETCHER, PCi, and Bill (Mac) SINGLETON. But for the fine work of these two gentlemen, who make sure the mail goes out and comes in, the morale would be very low. On a WESTPAC cruise, the mailman is a very important person, and treated very gently. Our hats are off to these two men, as they have performed excellently on this trip. Up in the Chaplain ' s Office, headed up by Chaplain YOUNG and his able assistant Ron VALANDRA, you find a place where you can stop in and have a cup of coffee and get some good advice. The Chaplain always has open house, and has helped out a lot of ISLE ROYALE men on this cruise. Over in the Educational Services Office we have three gentlemen who ensure that everyone on the ship gets a chance for advancement and to better their educations. Running the office is Art PASAG, ably assisted by smiling Rick (Green Eyes) MOLLER and Denny (Bones) O ' HARA. If you think there isn ' t any paper work involved in seeing that about 300 men are prepared for advancement every six months and administering all kinds of GED tests, then you had better take a good look in there. Just don ' t get hit by the paper flying around. Last but not least, we have the Master-at-Arms Force, headed up by George Billy-Budd REED, ICC, or better known around the ship as Barney Fife . Among his muscular crew are Al COX, IMi, Ferrell CROWDER, BTi, Oliver SMITH, TMi, Dan ' WILDERMAN, IM2, and Bob NEWPORT, SFi. These harbingers of justice have some of the longest arms in the Pacific Fleet, and while tactful, are equally firm. Being Master-at-Arms is not considered the best job around, but this fine group enjoys an enviable reputation. The Administration Department agrees in whole that this has been an outstanding cruise (even if unexpected) and desires to thank all of the other departments on ISLE ROYALE for their outstanding cooperation. oiJ ;r -p ■ r ,( fe