Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ltjg. Peplow signing extra duty chits for yeoman OPERATIONS Commander ,I.F.. Krimmel advising Captain COLLECT...EVALUATE...AMPLIFY.HDISSEMINATE-this is the stated mission of the operations Department. But, you ask, collect, evaluate. amplify and disseminate what? Frank Sinatra tapes. brownie reciepies, love? No, no. Facts. Data. Statistics. Names. Places. Quantities. Qualities. All kinds of combat and even routine operational information. Every sliver of detail which is relevant to the assigned task of the ship and its brood of aircraft. To get those details it takes high speed cameras, weather configurations. enough wire to girdle the moon, delicate radars, even more delicate computers, a score or more radio nets, and the poor, eroded eyeballs of everyone in the department. Of course, this isn't all. Stacks of facts and photos would be useless by themselves, it is the part they play in the planning, scheduling, and co-ordination of air strikes or ship tactics which make them valuable...and the creation of such plans, schedules, and co-ordination is what give Operations its name. See. Now you know. OPP'S OFFICE The operational necessitiesw Back Row left to rightWSN L.V. Miller YN3 L.P. Merrill LT H.F. Peplow YN3 R.D. Kraft SN G.I.. Jackman. Front Row-YN3 E.D. Keys YNI ,I.K. O'Barr Sr. YN3 T.L. File SN G.L. Karlson SN WYR. W'hitehead not in picture THE SECURITY GROUP Front row fl. to r.j-CTC Townsend LT Riker CTC McDaniel. Znd. row- ETSN Blake CT2 Doll CT3 Milby CT3 Horgan. 3rd. row-CT2 Reynolds CT3 Hall AG3 Rosato CTSN Pickett and CT3 Fredrickson. Back row- CT Munger CT3 Sanner and CT3 Redmer. Hidden in back row-CTI Harrington. Q 'T wha- . Iatf F as , f R an

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