Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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D R I L L WA TCHES X E R C I S E S PRACTICE, WE FOUNL There was a long way to go at first — many drills, watches all the time, a lot of exercises to be done. But wc developed more and more skill and continued efforts brought polish and finesse. Perfection vas a goal well worth striving for and though we passed our tests j with higher and higher ' marks the practice con- tinued for there were new men to train, different jobs

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TRANSFERS RE ARMINGS! Thrrc was a great satisfaction after e had completed a refueling, personnel transfer, or replenishing. It was good to be finished and when the smoking lamp was lighted once again we were happy to loose life jackets that perhaps were soaked with sweat or salt water spray. We stop to catch our breath and on looking over our accomplishments the teamwork shows.

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DOES MAKE PERFECTION to learn and al ays a high state of readiness to be maintained. Be it a drone firing, 20 knot economy run, quarter- deck natch or comniunica- ! tions drill we did it, and wc did it again — to earn a high mark on the competitive ex- ercise, or so we may have thought at the moment. But in the long run we knew it was just another of many tests which would pro e our readiness. II