Puget Sound (AD 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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MINISTRATIO PARTM LTJG D.J. Matthews LCDR R.M. Hale Admin Officer Chaplain A diverse group of paper-pushers and customer service personnel combine their talents in the Administration Department The department consists of the Admin Office, Personnel, ESO, Command Career Counselor, DAPA, Post Office, Special Services, Public AffairsfSITE TV, 3M, Legal, Master at Arms Force and the Chaplain's Office. Mail Call was anything but routine during Operation Desert Storm. Thousands of letters and packages to Any Sailor from well-wishers across the nation, along with care packages from family and friends, provided the majority of incoming work for the postal clerks. The Material Maintenance Management C3MJ Office supervises the 3M program of the command. Training all personnel for 3M qualifications is just a tiny niche of the 3M Office. Fly-away teams kept Personnel busy during the deployment with TAD orders. Maintaining the entire crew's individual personnel records, along with those of more than 40 additional TAD sailors aboard, was also the responsibility of the personnelmen. ESO offered the crew a variety of college courses to further their educa- tion, as well as providing correspondence courses and ensuring that all eligible sailors took the March advancement exam. Reenlist- ments, separation briefings, Selective Reenlistment Bonus paper- LTJ G S.A McClellan TMC P.C. Vella Safety Officer Leading Chief work and related career enhancement programs were top priorities of the Command Career Counselor, who also spent many hours in the phone warehouse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, assisting with the negotiation of orders for shipmates scheduled to transfer during the deployment. Serving as Paperwork Central for the entire ship, Admin Office yeomen prepared, routed and mailed every type of official corre- spondence required ofthe command. The responsibility for ensuring discipline and order lies with the Master of Arms Force, which also works closely with the Legal Office. Entertainment and special programs for the crew are the main- stay of three of the department's offices. Special Services provided a variety of tours, including trips to Rome and Paris, as well as various morale-boosting events sponsored by the Welfare and Recreation Committee. Keeping the faith and providing spiritual guidance were just a couple services provided by the Chaplain and his reli- gious program specialists. Ensuring that the crew and families at home stayed abreast of the news was accomplished with a monthly familygram and daily newspaper by Public Affairs!SITE TV. As paperwork continued to flow through In!Out boxes, the department also provided its many services to customer ships. the Chapel. Chaplain Hale gives Mass in 165

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