John Young (DD 973) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE SHIP ' S OFFICE (YN ' S PN ' S) As the old saying goes, " The pen is mightier than the sword " . Admin Division is the center of all administration on board the USS JOHN YOUNG and is dedicated to serving the crew of 300. Though they are a small and unique group, the paperwork processed by these elite few is comparable to that of a mini ature Pentagon. These professionals maintain officer and enlisted service records, provide educational service and assistance, take care of legal matters, process transfers and receipts, separations, reenlistments, prepare OCR documents, execute advancements and promotions, and type tons of official letters and correspondence. The office " gang " spent many nights burning the " midnight oil " pounding those typewriters to ensure such things as the JOHN YOUNG " Familygram " was on the way to all our loved ones on time. Office Motto: " ON THE MOVE AND STAY ON TOP " . In addition to their own demanding job, people from the ship ' s office also fill many and varied other vital spots as members of the ship ' s combat teams during General Quarters and can be found almost anywhere during other at-sea evolutions such as replenishment-at-sea and flight-quarters.

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ADMIN DEPARTMENT -L J s EftBO O , », %, o o MAC Charles R. Kellogg Marshall. Texas PNC J. R. Hicks Crawfordsvllle, Arkansas YN1 Timothy Halblg Bremerton, Washington PN8 Rod Orouns O ' Fallon, Missouri PN3 Michael A Bates Wauwatosa. Wisconsin YN3 Terry Maynard Cookevllle. Tennessee YN3 Mike Tarver Compton. CA YN9N Eugene J. Conrad Lorain. Ohio

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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT The medical department is charged with the responsibly of safe guarding the health of the crew and maintaining emergent medical material. The medical department also ducts heat stress surveys, a hearing conservation program sanitation inspections, gives immunizations, maintains the overall medical well-being of the ship. i Hospita Corpsman (HM)