Nimitz (CVN 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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X-5 Special Services KX-5 Divisionl is a multi-faceted under- taking. Sports, tours and recreation programs are coordi- nated by the Special Services Officer. The Special Services Tickets and Tours program pro- vided thousands of low cost tours for the crew during the 1982-83 Med Cruise. Direct liaison was maintained with USO representatives throughout the deployment in order to ensure our men received the most for their money. Sports incorporated a variety of varsity and intramural sports with the annual Nimitz Captain's Cup Competition from ping pong and darts to boxing and basketball. Two gymnasiums, one forward and one aft, and a sauna, remained open twenty-four hours a day, each week while at sea, to accommodate the crew. XDA, SERV, Q90 ul C6 4 'Ins 0 ' -x 4 - offers 3.1009 A variety of model aircraft, boats and cars, electronic games, paints and artist's accessories are available for sale at the Special Services Gear Locker. Games, boxing equipment, camping equipment and miscellaneous sports equipment were available for check-out. Liaison was conducted with recreational services, Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy to provide two live USO Department of Defense QDODJ shows during the deploy- ment. Thousands of Nimitzmen were entertained by the live Las Vegas style performances. In summary, the goal of Special Services was to ensure the crew had a variety of recreational activities available to make the daily routine as enjoyable as possible. LTJG P. Plackis LTJG S. Roll YN3 F. DeFuentes AN A. Davis AN J. Pederson AA S. Justice AR M. Drake AR C. Gibson AR R. Hannebauer FR M. Sharples AR T. Slaton 10

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X-4 Division of the Administrative Department is com- prised of the Legal and Discipline Offices. The Legal Office processes courts-martials, claims and other investigations, provides legal assistance to the crew and assists other deployed units when necessary. The Discipline Office is responsible for handling and pro. cessing nonjudicial proceedings and provides counseling and guidance concerning military justice matters in gener- al. Crewmen who desire credible, factual information con- cerning legal questions frequently receive immediate as- sistance or are directed to the correct source. During this cruise the combined offices of Legal and Discipline have processed one hundred fifty eight wills, six hundred forty four powers of attorney, thirty six JAG Man- ual lnvestigations, seventy five personal claims, sixteen foreign claims, eight Administrative Discharge Boards, eighteen Special Courts-Martials, one General Courts- Martials, five Article 32 Pre-Trial investigations, twenty five Summary Courts-Martials and more than six hundred Non-Judicial Punishment hearings. In addition, the Command Judge Advocate General and Assistant Command Judge Advocate General act as claims and investigation liaison during foreign port visits and assist the embarked staff in legal matters. CDR J. Currivan LT W. McCormack LNC J. Jamison LN2 F Eberl PN3 D. Oyler SN C. Stein

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X-6 The Public Affairs and Media Office comprise X-6 Division. The Public Affairs mission is to disseminate accurate, timely information to the command and the public. During the deployment, the electronic and print media received many news releases, familygrams and Fleet Home Town News Service Releases. A staff of two jour- nalists and two strikers researched, verified and forwarded more than one thousand Fleet Home Town News Releases to the hometown newspapers of Nimitzmen. Media's functions on Nimitz are important for the morale of the crew. When deployed, Media provided fourteen hours of prime-time television entertainment daily. Live newscasts were televised each evening. A daily newspaper, the NIMITZ NEWS, was published when Nimitz was underway. More than one hundred issues of the NIMITZ NEWS were published during the deploy- ment. Media also supervised an internal radio station which was manned by thirty disc jockeys. They were scheduled to provide live, two hour programs of music that ranged from Classical to Heavy Metal. As a result, the crew enjoyed twelve hours of continuous music daily. PAO and Media combined efforts to organize official ship tours and to host media and distinguished visitors. LT D. Patterson LTJG G. Delcambre SN S. Kimball SN C. Smith AA G. Spencer