John F Kennedy (CVA 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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PAO What is PAO? It must be important because it's on the 'check-in list.' Actually, PAO is just another set of letters in the abbreviated world aboard KENNEDY. It stands for the Public Affairs Office. Although I sometimes honestly wonder if the crew knows. we exist as a division, you can ask anyone about television, the BIRD FARM NEWS, or PROFILE and they'll know what you're talking about. The division of I 1 men, one of the smallest on the ship, is divided into two main sections: television and publications. We are the Establishment's media, as it were, providin internal and worldwide information. Our iob is to be informative and entertaining. Our best known products, television and radio, comgrise the largest and best-equipged system afloat in the avy. It functions as a station oes back home - providing news, stateside TV shows, movies and sports events. We program an average of 13 hours daily as well as produce special programs. Television is a true luxury. Alfter servin aboard a smaller ship, I can personally say it beats ooking at four walls after you get off work. TV also serves as a training media reachingjnto almost every livin compartment. In this respect, we air avy training films, brieings, and port information programs. But television is only half our electronic media. PAO maintains a four-channel radio station which broadcasts round-the-clock. Staffed by volunteer disc jockeys from various divisions, it ogers al' wide variety of sounds, ranging from acid rock to c sstca The publications section of the division produces the written materiaL The BIRD FARM NE WS, the ship's daily newspaper: PROFILE, a 28-page magazine: the Cruise Book: port book lets: and a variety of pamphlets describing the function and services of the carrier - these are some of our products. This is where I fit in. I 'm the editor of PROFILE and design most of the ship's pamphlets. Our iob is not really hard, like most aboard this gray giant, but it often seems long and endless. We are always trying to find more creative and useful ways to present our materiaL Gene Romano, Jr. J O2 PAO Norfolk, Virginia

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XMAA To matntam a high level of order and dtsctpltne aboard KENNEDY XMA Dtvasnon ts tn charge of the supervtszon of the pay lanes mess hnes ostal lanes Our biggest yob however as to malntam the tnterna securzty of the ship I am the Chief Master at Arms aboard the KENNEDY takmg my orders directly from the Commanding Officer and the Executnve Offzcer My 1ob ts to enforce the shzp s rules and regulanons as set forth by the ship s tnstructtons and naval regulatlons Generally I work between 12 and 18 hours a duly bezng the onl permanent Master at Arms aboard KENNE Y I am on cal 24 hours a day every day both an port and at sea. There are always at least four Master at Arms on duty around the clock At nmes the fob ts both strenuous and nresome I lake the yob very much though, because each day brings really a new challenge and because you get a chance to meet and know almost each man aboard the shtp A E Kennedy BMCS CMAA XMAA Vtrgzma Beach, Vtrgama Q n n 1 . u I ll I I ll ' U D 0 b U . I 7 I 0 - U I I U l , I I I, I O O o O 9 ! I f . I D I I I I I , 0 Q . l D . I l I . n . . - .