Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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7' Bom Poot .Flag Boat Pool's basic function is the care and readiness of the Admiral's and Chief of Staff's personal boats. However since on-duty boat crews are not always needed, there are other duties assigned. When at sea, the Boat Pool's duties are split into three areas: taking care of the boats, standing Command Center messen- ger watches, and maintenance of the Flag head and passageway. When in homeport, Boat Pool members are SEVENTH Fleet Staff drivers. Occasionally, Boat Pool personnel may rotate, staying in homeport for a cruise to work for the SEVENTH Fleet Dependents Assistance Team located on base Yoko- suka, Japan.

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'li' xXMl'h,.r .ff X1i? Q-.mr-Q.. PHCTOLAB AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS The SEVENTH Fleet Public Affairs Office develops and promulgates Navy public affairs policy and procedures to SEVENTH Fleet subordinate commands. These widerang- ing policies are aimed at informing the public at home and abroad, informing the Navy family and maintaining good news media relations. As the Navy's largest overseas fleet, SEVENTH Fleet is charged with patrolling seas covering almost one-fifth of the earth's surface. ln this capacity, it is an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. The mission of SEVENTH Fleet PAO is to tell the Navy story in a clear, factual manner in order to facilitate the American public's understanding of the role and capabilities of SEVENTH Fleet in the Western Pacific. The Public Affairs Division does this largely through full co operation with the news media photo features produced by its assigned photographers and journalists and official news releases 'HHH First row: W. Ahlert, R. Gooding, L Macklem Second row R MiIler,C Pedrick,J Britt,J Christy,M Luck 129 I M. , 1 'fifww' 1 A ' - FN .' 'Qi' -X, . ' .' '-'.- pf: f., f---nah L X ' r ....,. xx - A ' ' f L I he ' px' .Q V Wi- ' , , . 'Mt . ' . 'T' 1' ,V ' Q5 ., f r ' A , i . it , 3 V 4 5 T . , f W f I if 3, ' A if ,s 5 . 1

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I' F' l B9 if ...t T' iv First f0Wi K- RWKJ.-1. Jflllfwlfl. 1. 'Jfflili--f . i , Jil , ir i X-To-xoritl 1. v.: P, Roi' M. Going M. Erickson,F, LUQUFF,J,iVlU1AVll!i21.rf,.l K--f' A , P' i , , 1 ,f-,,. FLAG BAND lf music is the international language, the seventeen members of the SEVENTH Fleet band are linguists of the first order. With a repertoire which runs the gamut of musical taste, from spirited marches to contemporary popular music, the band has played in just about every friendly country in the Western Pacific. As the official band of Commander SEV- ENTH Fleet, the group logs some 60,000 miles each year aboard the command ship USS Okla- homa City. Public performances and people-to- people concerts take up most of the group's time in foreign ports. At sea, rehearsals are daily but the hours are trying as practice is between 10 P.M. and 3 A.M., the only time their studio , the ship's library, is not in use by the crew. There are performances at sea, too. The band often plays for unreps -underway replenish- ments-where food, supplies and fuel are trans- ferred from other ships. A little music helps to lighten spirits, if not the loads of the working parties who unpack and store the material.