White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q ,. LCDR Gary I. Zucca Opperations Officer N., XX SN Bob Marshall demonstrate h' ' Yeoman. s is versitilrty as Operations Department 26 he Communications, electronic equipment maintenance and repair, tactical informa- tion and operational schedules and re- ports are the responsibility of the Opera- tions Department. To help him carry out these duties, the Operations Officer enlists the aid of the Operations Com- munications, lntelligence, and Electronics divisions. 'Q-s-nf

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Operations Communications Division i, - N,-X , Greg Donohoe, RM2 Bob Gasilan, RM3 Randy Stanley, RM3 Bill Ford. we ,4 1 I mc. E. H. Aiken fi OC Division Officer Vi Q on , . i ' , 5 t K If f,, ,x 'V Q xwttgef f I fi 5 s 4 -J if E' fi Ei 'WCW Q xv vi 9' 8' f A I 4 FIRST ROW-RM3 Rocky Baggett, RM1 Ken Dausey, RM3 Harry Christman, RM3 lim Allen, RM3 Ken Long. SECOND ROW-RM3 Terry Behne, RM1 Ron Cruff, RM2 Brent johnson, RM3 Dan Floyd, RM2 5 il! E ! The Operations Communications Division is composed of Radiomen and Si u receiving of messages via radioteletype is the primary job of the Radiomen. Twenty-four hours a day Radio Central is manned and filled with the sound of teletypewriters banging out messages concerning UNREP re- quirements, rendezvous times and locations, storm warnings, schedule changes, Z-grams from the CNOI personal correspondence to and from crew members and other items of command interest that require faster delivery time than can be achieved by normal mailing senfices. Merely sending and receiving messages is nO! the whole sto 1 th ' ry ese messages must be logged, filed and routed to the proper person for action, telefYPe5 must be repaired, equipment tuned, and voice radio communications must be maintained. The Radiomen find enough to keepthem busy. ngnalmen. The sending and .i , A s T . sffa,-eel5-.VE?i7? ?I'ZTIZQvu- .rifraifsr-.glftfia fan. -'