USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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SECURITY AND MAA FORCE Like a small city, TARAWA has her own police force. The differences between our Master- at-Arms and the municipal po- lice is noted by the varied re- sponsibilities. For instance you won't find local police maintain- ing the chow line, or performing customs inspections. The hours are long, but TARAWA's MAA's do a great job and like everyone on board, they're proud of the job they do. ' f' X Wifi M get Qkneeling from left to rightj RM2 M C ll MA . row left to righll M52 Smith, AT2 Fsttgrsllgllgl. Mdsgfliflll ICIlfl.Cl3lColller, ENS Forbus' MAC Von Koh? ABH2 Comet' MAI Knowles Umm Naltyf CPL Uflsworth, A01 Pitts Qback row fro l ft t ' Ih onleu-0' MAI Hodge' MB2 MCC0rl11lCk CPL Blanton MM1 Gonzalel C m e 0 3 '5 CPL AMS' 052 Mancllla, CPL Bendel, CPL whafley CPL Pitcher CPL Enenge

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X x X X X it s lvl' S. S FH S ,jf at V Q E ,...s-rr' I t N I N X Q I ,I T 5 xi , X F rl for ffront left to rightj PN2 Allen, PNCS Griffis fback left to rightj PNSN Pineda, PNSN Pixley, PN3 Thompson, PN3 Mortel, PN3 Steinhagen, PN1 Nelson POST OFFICE There may only be a few of them, but this is one group of guys we couldn't do without. One of our most vital links with the rest of the world, especially during a deployment, TARAWA's Post Office plays an important part in maintaining high morale. Much like their civilian coun- terparts, TARAWA's Postal Clerks fPC'sj collect outgoing mail, cancel stamps and send mail on the way. It's probably a fair bet to say some of the Westpac goodies you received went through TARAWA's Post Office. 'F Q l P- it null 7 ,y Z Z W PERSONNEL OFFICE TARAWA's Personnel Of- fice is manned by Personnel- men fPN'sj. PN's provide crewmen with information and counseling about Navy jobs, opportunities for educa- tion and training, promotion requirements and rights and benefits. l The Personnel Office is also the home of every TARAWA sailor's service record. Consid- ering each sailor's record con- tains about 20 pages and docu- ments every event in his mili- tary career, the PN's responsi- bility for keeping the 800 plus on board up to date is an awe- some one. As it's often said, lf they lose your record -- you don't exist! O I f X 1 6 W Qfrom left to rightj PC1 Pesheck, PNSN Fellows, PC3 Bacon, SN Rux gn 23