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

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TRADITICNS AND TRIALS-Orientation g--- 1, ,:..- ..VVY H ....-.Y. Y .V v X THE ENGINE ROOM-HEART OF THE SHIP Every mon must be highly trained. CDR. C. H. HEFFELFINGER In charge of Orientation Dept. Q ,Q-su 70 i R - , -E wtf: . -..Q Q - . Q .,. , '1 'TJ

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sf 45 AUTOMATICS Breakdown of sidearms. lt was off to the gun shed once a week for ROC Twos as part of the gunnery department cur- ricula. There enlisted men demonstrated the work- ing parts of the guns diagrammed so graphically in the gunnery book. More often than not, the contents of those diagrams were 'digested only after these periods of practical work. ROC Twos were expected to know the nomen- clature, basic mechanisms and operating cycles of typical navy guns. The 5 f38, a popular Navy example of the semi-automatic and the 40 mm fully automatic machine gun, were two examples TRAINER of ordnance equipment on which students could do practical work. ROCS in basic gunnery also were acquainted with a fire control problem they will not soon for- get. The mathematical computations involved in firing a gun were minutely calculated by ROC Twos while the 'advanced students learned that in practice mechanical computers do this work. CLASSES AFLOAT -. Fit-fi't' ht 7' J I Lf 410' 41 1 gsm., t .M- e - 4- V' 5 t ',,.,...,. .-4'-' W 4-,,, .. Anll'C'l C Ufl We The big 0095-3 Flying egg beater coming in 69

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5 1 FIGHTING FIRE-THE GREAT ENEMY FLYING EGGBEATER COMES HOME Constant threat Io every ship. For all ROCS at least one day on ship. I U22 f .I I....,-,1,,,,,,, XFX. I QA I AT THE HELM QN WATCH The Navy's iob, to maintain conirol of the seas Gmc' emphggis on basic pringiplegl