San Marcos (LSD 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Chiefs l 1 1 l i .g..v----.......,- ,. ,. Back row: RMC Balhorn, MMC Aging HMC Egnoski, ENC Troupe, QMC Nemith and BTC Smith. Front row: GMC Thomas, BMC Floyd, SKC Sells, FPC English, CSC Hoskinson and BMC Terry. Missing: BTC Dorathy and EMC' Prolow. THE CHIEFS! ! What and Where are the Chiefs? That is a question that often confronts many on board the LSD 25. The answer to the what part of the question is probably the hardest, so we shall make an honest effort to answer it first. What is a Chief?? You can look far and wide in every dictionary without getting results. You will probably go away with the impression that our Chiefs are Indians from some lost 11-ibe. They may be the lost tribe, but they definately are not Indians. Somewhere you may get a hold of a rumor that Chiefs are remotely connected with the U. S. Navy. You are about to discard this as strictly a rumor, but you decided anything is worth a try. Much to your surprise, you find that 'the Navy has Chiefs of all sorts and classifications. You immediately rush to Washington, D, C. to find out exactly what a Chief is. The first discovery, you gather, is that the Chiefs are the backbone of the Navy. You quickly jump to the COD' clusion that the Chiefs do all the work that has to be done. The answer is a resounding NO! ! They make all the import- ant decisions? Again - NO! ! !. What then are Chiefs you inquire impatiently??? The 'same answer, the backbone of the Navy. You depart as bewildered as before you came to Washington. The final answer you deduce is this, Chiefs are like Naval 'Traditions and Customs, here to stay as long as we have a Navy, . 14 .

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They Padre LCDR Paul S. Sanders LCDR SANDERS, CC, USNR, is the Chaplain for the 3rd Bn 6th Marines. The Padre I spent several weeks aboard holding Divine Services and counseling men who had per- sonal problems. The Padre is from Alabama but makes his home in New York where he is attending the graduate school of Union Theological Seminary. f, .nf fi-'jiffies V mrari' If nw 1.-. .ln X VN... v y axifn .-,, T I 13

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Now let us wrestle with the second part of our little question. . I Th uestion before us is- Where are the Chiefs ? . This is simple. TheY are either on 3 wonderful shore station or In e q , their hanger Qhanger being Naval terminology for bedl aboard ship. At least that is where everyone claims you have to look to find a Chief. As you can see that answer is quite simple. A ' - ' ee some artistic interior But let's face it, the Chiefs are pretty swell on board the Two-bits and if you really want to s decorating, just stop by and visit the Chiefs Quarters. 15