Reserve Officers Candidate School - Rocs and Shoals Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Farewell to College Joys GRADUATES Most ROC Ones would return to college for at least another year before ioining the fleet. But for 400 members of the advanced class, Terminal Island was the last campus they would see for at least two years. Already holders of some variety of college degree, the 400 received their commissions, shoulder boards -and orders-on 15 August, and immediately as- sumed what the Navy calls an active duty status. For many, the gap between the life scholastic and the life military was appallingly short: some orders carried a reporting date of T7 August. But even this cloud had its gold-braided lining. At least we won't waste leave time, was the way one new ensign put it. The billets spread over the entire globe, and in- cluded practically every classification of Navy ship, besides assignments to assorted schools and training centers. It was almost as if BuPers, delighted with this treasure trove of shiny gold bars, had decided to relieve as many officers as possible, no matter what -or where-their station. Geographically, the assignment stretched far into the -Pacific. Charles E. Hemmerick, Jr., Earl H. Maas, Jr., Donald R. Phillips and Carl W. Mayer, Jr. were to report to Yokosuka, Japan-it rhymes with yo, Oscar -for communications duty. John R. Peet, a civil engineer, was eventually to wind up in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines. Also destined for the Philippines were Donald D. Goehler, Richard G. Walsh, and Elmer H. Whitten, ordered to Sangesly Point, l.uzon. Floyd P. Bosch, however, topped all these trans-Pacific voyagers. His ship, the' frigate Albuquerque lFF 7l was at anchor at Hong Kong, his trek, therefore, was the longest of any ROC. At the other end of the distance scale-and on the other side of the world-were the highly- respected Stateside billets. Universally regarded as the best deal of all, these generally directed an ensign to a technical school for a varying period, pending further assignment by the Bureau. Some though, were of a more permanent variety. Paul H. Sandford-a former white hatl'-claimed the unofficial sweetest Set-up title. His post: inspector of machinery at the General Electric Co. in Schenec- tady, N.Y., l0O miles from home. Most of the other working assignments in the U'.S. sent men to various technical proiects. Some, like Donald J. Barnes, went into the New Mexico desert with the Navy Special Weapons Unit. Others re- ported to various BuOrd testing stations. Charles M. Richards, for example, went to Inyokern, California, and Robert A. Stoehr went to Chincoteague, Virginia. Not all the Stateside personnel found themselves in isolated outposts. Walter A. Burke, Coleman Gold- berg, and John C. Runkle drew assignments in the Naval Security Station, smack in the middle of Wash- ington, D.C. Of the ROCS who were to remain ashore-tem- porarily at least-the vast maiority were to go back to the classroom, this time on a strictly military basis. Largest group among these academicians was that envied band which was to report to the Supply School at Bayonne, New Jersey. Here, for six lucky months, fifty-two ex-ROCS, holding the magic designator 3105, would study such recondite, esoteric subiects as: How to run a Laundry, How to Direct a Pay Line, and How to Operate a Geedonk Stand. At the end of the half year, these men, too, would take a sea-going tour, usually as Disbursing Officer on a medium-sized ship. For those not included in that fortunate thirteen percent, the Navy offered expenses-paid scholar- ships to every type of intermediate training program. Most men of course, went to the old standbys: CIC School, Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo School, Amphib- ious Training School, Damage Control School, Cryp- ffontinued on page 362

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