US Navy Officer Candidate School - Sea Chest Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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N 1 ,As I Standing: R. LT R. F. Seated: LT 5 we .in . my-1 ,V l. V, W W - I , ,i .i1i.X':y' 't nz., rind 1' 4 . ' lii.5 t,Jii1 ' Q Boucher, YN3p LTJG R. H. Nelsonp LTJG S. Hontzesp LT J. H. Towne: W00dC0Cki LT J. B. Whittemoreg A. Fuderer, YNSN R. C. Coney: LT C. E. Toolep LT N. A. Rheubon These are the Laws of the Navy, and how strange they were to the very green civilians who matriculated to Newport way back on the 8th and 9th of March. Here we took a quick tour ol' the .Naval Establishment from CNO right down to the rawest recruit and the humlblest O. C. It seemed that we in Newport had been forgotten, but when acquainted with the fabulous administrative chain of command of USN, we were reassured that we too would someday get orders to duty assign- ments and Newport was only a transient phase of our Naval endeavors. Standing: LT W. E. Rummelhoffg LTJG J. R. Alleng LTJG H. L. Ross, Jr.g LT J. Finngan Seated: LT K. 0. Honksg LT F. E. Weltep LT N. W. Byer . x .1 .J -..J lPs'f' 'J' 't 1 ,.'. ' -Q .mann-U-m -Q ll i , 9 1 pa. - U

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'V 'YU'-v LT ORVILLE B. ROBINSON The perennial question after Maneuvering Board quizzes was just how great the tolerances would be and consider-able speculation was wasted in this department. However, everyone felt pretty proud of himself when he drew his lines from r to ln and to most, this constituted the crux of the whole topic. Communications placed a strain on the already taut memories of the First Battalion's warriors with its labyrinth of mysterious terms such as RAT'1 ', whom most had pictured as an animal particularly obnoxious to the fairer sex and never mentioned in polite society. Most were horrified by the thought that after I6 weeks ol' aggravating their old ulcers and acquiring several new ones, they might be relegated to the dubious distinction of being a custodian . But these passing fears were alleviated by the realization that a custodian was truly a flexible title and instead of leaning on brooms in apartment houses, they actually would be in charge of very vital publications and would be directly res- ponsible to that fabled person known more familiarly as the C, O. or perhaps the old man . Someday you, too, may be a C.W.O. g 25

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LCDR GEORGE W. WAGENHORST Of course, by far the most popular topic was taken up in the second month when we touched upon those empyrean subjects liberty, leave and discharge. Many a more imaginative O. C. was seen to lean dreamily back in his chair and Count on his fingers the days of leave he had already acquired. As a matter of fact, many had already decided how they were going to Spend them by the time the class had ended. Of course, such reveries were always conducted at the expense of a military aptitude mark. But now we are Ensigns and wish we had paid more attention to thevpart that concerned the proper procedure on going aboard ship. Let's see - shall I ask the C. O. out to supper 01' not? Might as well, maybe he'll pick up the tab. 1 X