Procyon (AF 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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DECK DEPARTMENT IST DIVISION 'Wm-

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PROCYON S SENIOR EM U S NAVYS SENIOR EM Hove you ever sTopped To Think ThoT somewhere omong The 550 OOO enlisTed men in The Novy There IS one who is senior To oll The resT'? lf you hove Then you probobly reolized ThoT The chonces of ever meefing This mon were preTTy slim However during This cruise eoch member of The PROCYON crew con cloim The qood forTune of hovlng served wlTh ThoT indlviducil MosTer Chief BOCITSWGIYT Mofe Woyne L RUSSELL from Sporkmon Arkonsos enllsfed in The U S NAVY in 1932 , ... I .. , , . . - ' I I ' l . . ' ' ' . , I . , - .' ' ' ' .. I' 1 l ' I I I o a ' l if 2' MASTER CHIEF RUSSELL His mony Tours of duTy hove included: The boTTleship USS MISSISSIPPI Chis firsT billeT1, The Troop ship USS WEST POINT, Novol Supply DepoT Ooklond, Novol AmmuniTion DepoT, Peorl Horbor, Beoch MosTer Unij'-2, Novol Air Technicol Troining CenTer, Normon, Oklohomo, USS LOGAN QAPA-761, USS JUPITER CAVS- 81, USS UTE CATF-761, CMAA for Commonder in Chief, Pocific FleeT, Peorl Horbor, recruiTing duTy oT Nosh- ville, Tennessee, ond USS PROCYON CAF-611. AfTer his firsT four yeor enlisTmenT expire-d in 1936, Coxswoin RUSSELL reTurned To civilion life unTil Moy of 1941. He reenlisTed'os o Coxswoin ond wiThin four yeors he' hod successfully climbed The promo- Tion lodder To The roTe of Chief. Then, in April of 1945, he wos promoTed To WorronT BooTswoin. In 1947, during The personnel cuTbock following The wor ond The phosing ouT of The WorronT Ronk, he reverTed To Chief BooTswoin MoTe. Ten yeors loTer, The E-9 MosTer Chief TesT wos offered for The f1rsT Time. Chief RUS- SELL wos The senior of' The seven chiefs who possed The TesT. During his 27 yeors of Novol Service, Chief RUSSELL'S performonce hos been ouTsTonding in dll re- specTs. His coreer hos been one of compleTe devoTion To The NAVY ond hos been full of ioersonol ochieve- menTs. He hos eorned seven -good conducT owords, The Americon Defense Service Aworld, World Worr ll VicTory Medol, ond The NoTionol Defense Service Medol. SubsequenT To his deporTure from PROCYON he will reporT To Clorksville Bose, Clorksville, Tennessee. On 1 Februory 1967, The Chief will reTire . . . his ToTol service omounTino To 30 yeors. Needless To soy, The NAVY will lose on ouTsTonding soilor when RUSSELL geTs piped over The side. There will be- buT one mon hoppy To see him leove...The mon who hos been woiTing in line since 1957 To Toke over his envious posiTion os SENIOR ENLISTED MAN, U. S. NAVY,

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MORE . . . IST DIVISION 2ND DIVISION I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I -I.