White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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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. -'

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gf- ' , r- , . 7 , fu. v,,.:f..f 'ip C U 1 'U slum, f YO K1-N 'Jr ll 39' 2' 'F' ' -5. , --...M W 1 , ' ' 'dingy .,,,, , .5 -H .. ',. ' -W M s ,W WWW' ' , fp., 1 Y ! i Xt- X . T 'F W Not all of the ship's external communication is done through electronic equipment. The Signalmen of OC Division handle all visual communications for the WHITE PLAINS. Flashing light, semaphore and signal flags are means used to visually talk from one ship to another. Information can range from tactical maneuvers and last-minute UNREP items to how many films ya got , and helping someone on board talk to a friend or relative on another vessel. When not actually flashing lights and waving flags, the Signalmen devote their hours to painting, polishing brass, and sweeping up stack soot, making the Signal Bridge one of p'- -f 4.16-,if'V',-1:9 'C '7 -af-2 , '.l, 'QI' ,im ., ,,, M-in g , , . JY' ,,.a..-A A ... ,I-Pia. W wciwmn gf y-'sr' ,pr -H-guy. BOTTOM ROW-SM1 lim Cospelich, SMSN lohn Grinney, SMSN Rich Caley, SMSN Ken Hughes, Sm1 Terry McKnight. TOP ROW-SMSN Tom Keleher, SA Bruce Meatoga. 29 WHITE PLAlNS'showpieces. f 's