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Naval. ReservIst NAVAL RESERVIST Magazine (NavPers 15653) is published

On a quarterly basis in Washington, D'. C., by the Periodicals and Publications Branch (Pers-164), Office of Liaison and Pub­lic Affairs, Bureau of Naval Personnel. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Navy Department. Inquiries about the Naval Reserve should be addressed to the Commandant of your Naval District. Those pertaining to the Naval Air Reserve should be addressed to the nearest Naval Air Reserve Unit or Air Station. Articles, photographs and letters of general interest may be forwarded to NAVAL RESERVIST Magazine, Bureau of Naval Personnel (Pers-I64), Room 1636 Arlington Annex, Navy Deoartment, Washington, D. C., 20370. (Telephone: Area Code 202, Dial 694·1676: or via AUTOVON-22, Ext. 41676). Issuance of this publication is approved in accordance with Department of the Navy Publications and Printing Regulations, NAVEXOS P-35.

CONTENTS 100 Years of Recruit Training 1 Employer Support Drive Shifts Into

High Gear 6 Pierbuilders in Antarctica 8 Powder Puff Derby Is One of Her Many

Hats 10 Reserve's Role in Navy Bi rthday 1973 11 Quarterly Report 12 New Uniform Priorities Set 13 Boot Camp Now Counts As Active Duty 14 Letters to the Editor 16

THIS MONTH'S COVER is a special effects view of the sail frigate USS Constitution (IX 21) by PHI Richard A. Pender­gist, USN. Nearly as old as the Navy itself (see story page 12), Constitution represents a tradition which goes back to America's first Fourth of July. Today, as the nation approaches its 200th Independence Day, Navymen every­where-both Regular and Reserve-are helping to keep that tradition alive.

109 years of recruit training

BOOT CAMP

Those first few days in boot camp. It's a feel­ing you never forget. You're young, bewildered and probably away from home for the first time in your life. And you keep thinking, "Wow! What have I gotten myself into?"

Then things start happening-uniforms, haircuts, lectures, inspections, inoculations, running, marching, calisthenics. Within a few days you're so busy the only time you think of home is just before you go to sleep. And by then you're so tired even thoughts of home can't keep you awake. Besides, you're not quite so homesick now because you've gotten to know some of the guys around you and you've begun to feel you were pretty lucky to be assigned to this particu­lar company. You make up your mind that, come hell or high water, you are going to grad­uate with this same group of recruits.

A few weeks go by. You can spot a fresh recruit a block away because he doesn't look as salty in his brand-new uniform as you think you do in yours now that you've washed it a few times. You start to consider yourself a real old­timer when a group of new arrivals goes by and you find yourself reminding them, "You'.II be

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SORRY'" (pill' miscellal1eOOs additional com· metlts) in the same lone el voice tkat you he¥d when you Ilrst arrived.

A. lew more weel<s pass. More clanu, more .... nn'n&. mota mardling. mota inspections, mota c.li5t,*,ics and, !!elo.e you know it. lhe company Is posing lor its group picture and " repan". lor graduation ....,;ew. The big day totnots. The flogs are flying. the band Is pla)'!ng and the crowds are watching B$ you mareh by. You've made it . You really are in troe Navy now.

Thl. pattern 01 recruil training hes been .. ltand.rd introduction to Navy life lor so m.ny eenerMions 01 Nlvymen, it seems hard to be· lIeve troere ever was a lime when there were no boot eamos. However. as ' ""vII history goes. recruit lralning "rograms Ire a fli rly !'.cent d .... lollfT\enl.

In I way. Ihis year marks the lOO1h anni. versary 01 the recruit train in, concept, lor It was in JIlIy 1873 that CAPT (\IIer RAOM) SI"""n 8 . blOt, USN. confemd wit" the 60erd of Educ.IoliOl'l of New York City conceminc the establishment 01 a ""utical school for the trlln. ,ng of IoNmen. Two years late. tile New YorI< Naulotlll Schoolshi" St. "".,y', "'lIS opened .t the 100\ of r.sl 23rd Street, and lhe stum frigate USS Mi"1K!sola was made an apprentice Intinine $hi" ftt New York. St. Mary's, which h.d been lent to lilt! state of New York by lhe Navy, was fitted out al Boslon, where Luce was in charg, 01 II\e Navy Yard. Captain Luce himself u iled the shi" from Boston to New York .

C.pUin LIlCf! al!.O figured prominently In lhoo eslabllshmem 01 lhe first recruit ulinini su· tion ashor_n COIIsle r. ~rbo, Island . NI" raptlwtt Bay, Newport. R. I .• in 1883. (The .. Is 1'10 reco.d 10 s ...... -.ho was on hind 10 yell " You' ll be SORRY!" when the lim rrou" of recruit1 lrrived Ihelt!.)

Th' Nlvy's second boot camp was commls· sIoned In 1911 al Glt!lt LlIkes. III.. on lt1e shore 01 Like Midligan. north of O1icago. The third. ,nd for . long lime lhe l"rge.l. wn al Norfolk, Va .. which was developed initi~lIy durinll World Wa. I.

Th, Iourth naval Ir"ininll ,tltion. It San o;el1o. Cal if .. was also established durinll World War I. In 1917, it look the form 01 a tent eamp

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in the dty's Balboa Pari<, bul irnmediillely Ifter lhe war. permanenl traininl stillion WIIS eslab· lished IIOrtll 01 I .. city on a Iract of land 1M!f.

Iooltinl the ~,.. '" OO'W stillion W8$ commis· s ioned In 1923 I nd, by 1939. rt "-<Ilhe I~cili· 1;'$ to .eeommod<lle 5000 recruits .

During Worl d Wu II l he flow of reeruils Into Iha N,"Y WlS so great !hillihe old Irllninl , ta .

• ,,, ... .ijJ,1 tions were practically bursting at the se~ms.

For I lime. boo! cam p was &hortened to four WMks. Drill "-lis and various ot"'r bui ld ing. we .. pressed into tMlpo""y service as ti"'"g quarters. Quonset huls and...., tents were occul)ltd n last IS they could t.. PIfI up.

To rei""" the ,.. ..... ion, th'ee large ""'" re­cruit ' ra;l'Ilng centers we .. built. hinbridge. on l roe Sur.queh.nna River I t PIlrt Dapo~t. Md.; S!mpson on Senaca like near Geneva. N. Y.; and fa rlgul. on uke Pend Orellle. ne<lr Athol. Idaho.

Newport. Norfolk. Sampson and Farragut closed down t heir f1lC",it trai nln, faci lities alt« ttle war. but Bloinbridge..., f$)pened in 19 51 durin, the Korsn connict ..,d continlled 10 1,.11'1 male ntcruils unl il 1957. It COnduded r..:ruit ,,.ininl for women un1ll 1972, when tt>eY we .. I'!lOYId to Orlandl'l. Ft • . (lrhere male fllCtuits have been tra ining s inei 1968).

From 1960 to mid-1973 there was a lso a special Rese rve b<'Iot camp ill NAS Memphis. Tenn. (See box. page 5.)

Wit h the dOsi ng of Ike camp at Memphis, Ike Na"Y will now lMd III of ils recruits- Reserve and Relllla, .Iike-ttltougtl the sa..,. train in , at either San 0ie1O. Greal laktts or Orlando. How. ever, ~n before t he Mempllis clotinl. the rNlioril~ 01 Reservists .... re alre~)" bel", , iven the ume recruil l raininl as Relula".

In Ihe fi rst s ix months of Fisell Year 1973, about one out of 15 of the new Narytnefl com. plet ing rtcruil training at lia n OIe80. Great l..I ku and Orlando were Resaflll$ls. In add ilion. anothe r 1094 Reservists ,radualed It Memphi s to mlkto I tollol of 5673 ReseMlls who com. pleted boot camp during that sl . ·month period.

Th. N.vy's newest rKruil t t1llnilll ccmrNInd 11. 01 course. the one at Orlando. wt.er. the first 1f!C,ults beI,n t raining on 1 Oct \ 968. In some WI)'$, the p/&ce looks more lik •• college camp­UI t~n an oId ·limer·, idaa of I boot Clmp. The modern build ings 01 yellow brick are sel in a landscal)e th at includes palm lrees. eICht·foot· tall azal" plants and flo_rin~ hlbls.cus. The buildings In! connected by 20·foot·wide con·

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.noIh81. In$lde, the spotlessly cleln ~'racks I\a¥e tiled !lOon. att, active Iol,lngn and ""\>'lIla washroom fac ilit Ies. bl.ll the bIIrIhina Irq! still cons;$1 Ol tha IlImi~ar rOWS of two-t illfeclllllnks.

An llO(/gh the build, ..... TMy be modem and soma 01 the classes, such u race <elalions Ind drug IwattlnMS. are la,11y IllClIn\ i1ddillOlls to n.. ..e'Yit curriculum, In oid·timll' woukl QUickly reco&niu many 01 Inc. ilems In tna achedule of today's =,uit . For instanc ... what vivid (il not necessarily fo nd) memories of your boot elmo day. Can you ,ecall at the mention of hai rcuts, stencilling clothes. swimming tests, p~ysk:al tl'8ining. barrae~$ sanitation, mlli"ry drills or Ihlp's work week (wilen )10\1 WOfkt;d In the mess llall or, perhaps. the battalion office)!

At Orlando tIM! recruit becomes one 01 about 50 yoIIflg ..." in " recruil company, watched 0\Ie< by I company comlT\llnder. Eadt company beeomf1, I member 01 a group whiCh I, com· posed 01 I blnn lour 10 eight. companies at abolll the same staKe of training, all competln, to beeomt the hollOf company,in the group.

Tl-te current recruit training cyc le takes seven week •• nd, u most recruits will tell you , t~ first th'" _h are the rou&h tst. The dey beglnl with an 0500 reveille, bul a few recruits Ir. UP before then to wor~ on special dlll:ali s. Tralnin& starts at 0700, usually wllh . h.ll. hOlJ, of physlcaltxerc ise. This Is 1oI1c~ by five 40· mlnllte mcrning class periods. The lunch b,uk Ints I~m 1135 lInlil 1305, t~n come 10 ..... , 40·mlnllte elt.rnoon ellSs sessions Lullns UnlU 1625.

Alter dlrvlItf. ni£ld ly rout ine lets undtfMy. Including wra instruction in a.ellS whlfe ,he recruit hu bien havins difficulty. and a study period. The day ends with taps . nd "liShU olll" a1 21oo.

Most 01 the time in the recruit's lim lew d.ys al Orlando is tlken up with ""rious ferms of process lns, sueh as the isslie of elothins, .ptl. tude testl and medical !lid dental eheck.ups.

SlII .'most immediately he lets Inte ,ueh sublects as cUeer Indoctrination. Ilrst lid. Sreur! 'dynamics, military dri ll, naval hls!o,y, rating review. Navy Regul.1/jons, Unllorm Code 01 Military Jus/ice, boat ~nd dec~ seamlnshlp.

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The 'Kruil lifts his fi .. t "",.day liberty on the S/lturday Of Sunday of the weekend before graduation. Most 01 the men us.e this lime te visit nearby Walt Disrwy World.

Althouah Orlando is 50 miles trom the AI. lantic Ocean on too east arlo:! SO ml~ from the Gulf of Me.leo 011 the west; It does ha~ a "ship" of its own~Uss BI""jacl<el Olle. This i. a 249·1001 landlocl<oed moc~uP. scaleel to about '-·II>I.(Is Ill. size 01 a DE (escoft ~ip). whe.e recruIts ,ec:tove the" inst ruc tion In lelephoroe talk,nl . and where tho.., wile 80 on to app,..n· licuh ip trainmg get their inst.<Jdlon In b.uk 5<)3manshlp.

The ship has three clas',ooms below and plenty of .()Om topside to provide a realistic backS'cun<! lor leach ing knot.lylnl. phone talk­inK. Ii .... "-ndling aM <;lI'1IO and , mall cra ft Mndl,n,. On =ru;t gradual/on day. '"II·d",.s ' hip 1$ obsetYed and her signal lIap spell 0111 , ' 'Well done. Proued on duty assllned: '

Memphis Recruit Training Ends

The special H ...... _ booI camp II teAS Mtmphlt , M"ijn","" T.",... .......... _",. 30.000 Rewn-Itlt ..c.Noid 1,*' ,,,,,nM\ 1' .. " '''' d~';"1 t!Ie pnt 13 ,.. .... <~ ill Il001'1 10 new re· eru~t It 01 I July, fn>m. th.ot dlle on, III new .""sted ITHIn-oReseM! and RtiluLor .'ik~1I _ellt. tho ....... recruit t,aining It ,'th,r G .... t t.. .... Sin OiOIlO 0, 0,13000.

TlIe Ii":"'it T ... inil\i !)epa_I.t ....... phi. w .. ut~~IiI!>O(l in 1960. prim.orily 10 pro-ide In .cce .... """ fou, ·_k booI camp cu,ricu'um lor Ai, Rue ......... (See f(.AV.-l R(sfRVIST, Cktobor 1910) III ~. IlrsI rea. oj _,tt"" II I .. ;".., IbwI 1500 men.

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Employer Support Drive Shifts into High Gear

More than 12.000 employers, .. ngin8 from 8utO· m<>bile monuf.cturers to publishers and from Inack .hops to s,at. lO<;'rnm';nts, h ... now .lgMd Stile· ment. of Suwort. Plod,ing to c~rate In he lpin, the;, Rese rve alld National Guard emplO\lees fulfill dual roj&s 8, civili.n _11<,,,, .nd IS •••• nll.1 part·

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"'oye r make. the following prom i ... : • That ~n employee's jol> ~nd caree, opportuni­

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• That em",oym will be granted leave. of ab· .ence for milm.ry tmining without hoving I<> • • crlflce vocot"'" ti/TII.

The pledges.re the ",suit of • m ••• lve 0111>11 by 'he National Commit!" 1M [mp~r SIiPport of ,he Guord . he! Rise, ... to show employe'_ ' ,.xpoy· ers , citizen. and bu.ine.smen--how they b",efit from employee partk:ipaNon in the Guard .1Id Re · ....... By , ignina: 8 51, tem,nl of Support, on em·

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The Committee for Employer Support wos formed "" 22 Jun 1~72, ""'en President Nixon onnounced the oppOirrtment of James M. Roche, former Cholr-

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c.n...t _or. I nd, by Ihil Jm ... 12.2110 """~rS I>Id &lIntel. TIIne com",,"".IId orpniuUonl ..... ~ _rty 25,000.000 ~~, &0 \lie ailned stll<>­_nll.- cover about 30 pore.", Of A_ . i",,'. lotol work lora..

Thl'OlJlh. m ... ·m.;linll ""mllll," o .. il\lod by the U. S. AIr R-.v. ?rson",,' c.nlt' III Denver, Colo .• the COImIilt.e 1\.11 .'rMdt conlaCted "..,... tIIan !iO.OOO ,",,"""'rS_ "" addi"""" 800,000 "'It _ !Men ~ bJ tf>e tim. 'he "'"" .... ~ .... il _.

In h:t <;JIm ...... thl """,mitt .. II ~rdinc em· ~ mIt ~ sucqu 01 th. AI~Vol""_ fora: ~I In 1I<ze port on 'he fUtiomol a""", and ReM"'" lillallh~ lhe d"tI_in II""""'" Ihe inlti.1 and pnmary ""II:<MOIIII"" lor I ny IlIIu,. ... ,. .... ney buildup of tllo Army. N, "Y. Air Fa", •• M • • lnel Ind eou' Guard. T .... clmpail;' il .Iso Itroul., tho fie! th.t I lron, and IffllClc.. R.J< ..... toree. <:In help reduce _ .. _If by rtdu.;jnl tile _ I,,, la ,~ .ctiYe.duty lore .. In pucetime. Und" u.. Tatool Fon::. conc.pt, till committ ... poiJIts

GIlt. till Guonl and R ....... pn;wIcIt .bout 30 1*_ tent of the ... tlon's military _ to bill ......... thon II .. po""'.' oIlh. ddeMe budaet.

TO .... /I the G",,/d.nd R._ lit"",. they must __ fulty manned. 50 tn.. Nat ..... 1 Common.. hot .... " ." up to """"urall/l the PO&~ive .tt~ode

8ITIOI\IiI .mpjc~ .. which i, euentlal 10 tho Ichitve­ment 01 1\111 m.nnillll. The Indivldull ~'''Mst 100 lhe u "~ oommlnde< can II ... "-!p 10 ionr this I'C"lti¥l IIIItvde th<Ou2h I _"OW I~ to .... ..,...." the I«al """'-I. TheM ............ 0I1IIe comMltt .. '. _ ....... ,

• Inlonn III employers lbout drill "-ta well In .a.aoq. let thom knaw. I. "'r IIhMd " PDHili'" when ofill. ond Inn ... 1 t .. ininl Ira to be held, so t!Iat they con ",!ledul. ,..pllCO"""II, If necessary.

• Iron 0lIl problem, promptly Ind. il n....:l be, PlfOO/ll"1. If tho", I. any dlfllcull)' .bout mH'bl( (!rill sc!'tIdul ... tolk ~ ""'or ""til In.. .... plo:,.r I t 0<lCI and I1Y to .r ....... t • mutu.11y ""II'_ry 001111;"". Eatabllsll corDIll ...... Iioflshl'" with .... ~ .nd JOOd ~_'Ion w~1 .... ualfJ be ..coII,Id.

a Inform .m~ ... _ IIIe .cllla ....... "" 01 theI, Reservl,t Imploffts. ~ • Rese<v;rt il ..... _ , comp letes I """"". wi,.. ... ......-d ... doQ tom.W ... outol"ndl"l. PIN the .-. . kinf: \(l his employor. lot employ .... 1,,_ tn.1 tJ;o;r R,· ..... 1.1 emplo)'le' I re .. I ...... members of th . ir R .. ....... unlta.

• .... !too, • pmcluctive WMbncI d. 1I1 .... annUli

, ,,inln .. _ thot ..... ~ .. II/It tl>e ..om on ..... , )'OUf unit 11M oca>mplisMd .

• l t1 ... pIoyeB blow IMI tlleir 00qieA1i0n is Ipp«<\IlId. Som, units hold • ~aou... Hie"''' 0' I",,~ • .mployoll to becom. Reurvln. ""' • day to ... how I unit opefatH. Some (omm .... oe ... write lotter.IO employe," to tell them Ihlt thelf .uwort i, "",,,,nLtId and I pp"",rltoc!.

• PuOIl.h In Innuol "Fln."d.1 R'POrt" to .how how lhe money &peI1t by Re...,rve U"~llnd membe .. conlri\>uIH 10 thalocol _my.

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.Iid make ,.,ur uni' I 'litlt . 1 ..... ". 01 the """"my. nit}'. eom .... ndoa<s alid Ito,.;, II~", shOUIol COqienite in COM"'unity ./lalr5.. ''Good·wm·· projadl ahootIld be poorlomoed _""er posaib!e w~ hrn tho ,;mit. oj Ih. "'Hltary miuion. Or.a til the benefit. ""II be In~"'"1ed eml'lo)'lr "'pport .

• Show employ." how milllllry 1,.1,,1n, ond IX­Plrle~ .. CIOn b, PUt to u ...... tho job. The .rmed fo.e. l OPenile some of the ball "d",I('.!I1 ochooI. in tho world . Mot.t R~SIf\Ij", .", ,....,wate. 01 .1 "115' _ 01 ttoam. T.h >d •• nUl' oIlhe opportunl. Iio. \'OW ...... In the Re_ 10 Imso_ )'OUr .. 1110 th......,. Id ... ne..t cou .....

Moo "-? ~ u..rt .......... Ip. ladonal and .... ........ "" experience you ...,.i¥e In the FI_ could ba jutl tho adp you noed 10 '0 .... 10. better job and ~"hor Pl11n your c;'ilion OCCUpalion.

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PIER BUILDERS * IN ANTARCTICA

Nick Sukunda and Rus .... 11 51 ..... n."" hive. lot In <omm"", They Jive in the Same part 01 New Jersey (Sukundo is from C<>I""i., MId St • •• n"", i. from nearby """nel) . They worl together lor tile same civiliari con.lruelion company. They or" both mem­bers of the s.m. s..bee He""",. uni\_MobUe Con· $\ruction Battolion 13(3-6), Pt!rth Amboy, N. J. Both .ro in the steelwor'r<. , rating. And now, because both 01 them answered a call for yolunteers. both h ... been o.n .ctiye dilly in .... nt.rctiel!.

So \00 h."" SWC Daniel E. Price, USJ'lR. of RMCB W(4-11). McKeesport. Po., .0<1 SW2 Edward L Kuepper' ,-Jr., USNR, of RMCB 27(1·15) Pitt,field, M .... , who 01$0 yolunteered lor tempora ry octive duly in "'nlardica.

The Navy w.nted ""pert steelworkers ond welder. to ",build. pOe , at McMurdO Sound bolo", the firS! supply sh ips arrived lor the Antarctic summer. Nooe 01 the ""live·duly Sea bee sl •• lwor!<ers in Anlarctica could be . po,"" b<caU5~ thoy w.'" .11 n •• ckId al tho South Pole to complete wor!< o n • • ital new """ntHie st.tion before th o weathe, clooed in.

R .... DM Geo<i:" R.ido r. USNR. Comm.nde, of the FiBt R ... ",.. N •• al Const,uction B,i ~ade, s unested ltIat Reservists cOIJId do the job .. . """I'ibulory

s upport p roject. and a roque,t fo, fou' ."".mt.., .. wonl OIJ\ to R.,."", S .. bee ,egiment. and b.tlali"". in the nort h ... !e'n stat ••. (fo c""serve \",,,,,1 fuooo, th e v<>lunt ... ... would have to come from ar •• • not 100 far from Davi • • iII. , R. I., the t . k""ff point fo, tho ope nlti<> n.)

Chief SukuOO •• nd hi • • idekick, P. tty Office, Stoven.on. hoard aboutlh e c. 11 fo, volunt ...... on 0

F,iday. By Tue. day of the following week Ihey we", in Dovi •• ill. 10 .Iart Ih e first leg 01 • lligtrl 10 th e SOIJth Poi .. continenl Ch ief P,ice .00 Petty O/fjcer KOOppefS left . couple of _. lat. ,.

The , ebuilding of the pie, lacing al McMurdo SI.lion---lhe lorge.1 .... m. nea n ba.e In Anlarctlc;>-­w •• neceud.tod by a .eve." otorm thot hod hil McMurdo Sound in Macoh 1972. Wind. ,aging oc,o .. the bay at 80 10 100 knots had slammed hUie slabs 01 ice 'g:>insl Ihe 400·1001 Elliot Qu.y. buckling over 80 percent of Ihe sleel glrde ... and wood. ndook. ~~

On. 65·loot ""ction had 10 bfI robu ilt bolore th.' arrival 01 Ihe lirol ,esupply ship 01 Ih. ' <3 50n-­lJSNS Mirto. (T-AK 271), . 260-1001 ca'go .hip de· signed for Arctic """ ,,1100 • .

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AlricLan! . nd miscellaneous I>'"fS""",,1 from t ile Nav.1 ~wort For<. AntarclJCII and Mobile Construction

Battalkln 71, th o pi. , builde .. quickly swung into hilh gear for an around-the·clock operaU<>n. Welding m.ch;"",, pow.r ""nerolo", and h .. vy lifts W1Ire soon • • t up, and the Reservists even jury-rigged wi. own version of. pi le driver for pounding roiont IO_inch j·i>e.oms into tho floor of tho bay.

AllhC>Uih the CMsl Guard icebreakers USCGC Norlhwind (WAGB 282) and Glacier (WAGB 4) had bro!<en on l1 ·m il. chonnel into McMurdo station. winds ""'ien had been e.pected to move the bfUh ice oul of the chan""r did ""I develop. So broken i<~ .loIlg th o ~er delayed divers aod welders from inspecting the boItcm ond removing the twisted sbiel Ii"de," still lott from 1M old pier. Tho •• could hove ruptured th o hull of ony sh ip attempting 10 tie up.

Oespite this del3y, 0"'"' 65·foot sect ion 01 the IlfIw pier well was ready fur u$.O by the time Mjrla~ .teamed into Winter Qu.rters Bay. As th e ship rounded Hul Paint (wh~ Ihe hut lrom Captain Rob*rt r.lcon Scott's 190 1~1904 I J<pedition .till stands) plans were being mode for completiM of • second 65·foot ,"'Iion.

Whil. lhe work wu goOng on the tempe",ture ranged from 3boul zerO 10 25" .b0v8, bul the wltld ·

chill faclor sontetimA' dropped Ihl offecliv. temper. lIIu", to _II below :<e ro. The Navy madA an old hut avo ilable atld installed temporary hoalArs SO the m." could set in out ollhe C<lld e.ory rlOW and then but. as Petty Ollicer lI""ppers said, "It was still qU~A a Ch31IonSA.··

Beca use th e pier builders were on • prioMty as­s ignment Ihey were gi.en head·ol_lh.·li"" privill p, at me.1 times in McMurdo'S spacious dining hall. "That did mal<e Ihings a bit $/Isi.r:' sa id lIuepp. rs as he dug into . thick. grilled steak.

SI.b, of ice. th",e 10 lour feet thick we", a problem in Ih. conslf1Jction area unt il II!. winds ch anged .nd Northwind was 3ble 10 clear the h~r­bor. Then the Pier crew- quiCkly went to work sink­ing • serie' of lO·ind, I-be.m., 45 feet long, into Ihe harbor bottom. They 31so laid. lacing of 10-by·IOs to make pi. r fender, lor offl03dlng cargo.

8y mid-. ttornoon on 25 Jonuary the sec<>nd sec · tion 01 th • . new pi.r was finished. Later that night the second cargo ship of thA 1973 s",,"",_the . 55-1001. 6720-ton USNS PVT John R. Towle (1· ... 11 2.0) rounded Hu! Potn! .nd W<lrked it. way loward the pier. When the first Ii ..... from Ihe bie shi p wtlr~ hAa.ed ~sho", . • num ber of the pier build"", _Regular atld R . .. rv&-wer. there to serve a. lin e Mndlers.

Soon ofUt"""rd . the port'lime pi. r builders h""ded nort~ tor home.

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You meet a lot of interesting people in the NAVAL RESERVE '

Powder Puff Derby Is One Of Her Many Hats

In 1960. Commander Irene Wirtschafter de-eicWd .tie wanted to IN", 10 !!y. _ ...

She was then . and still is. a member 01 Itw!I:J Na ... , R8sef\'e. But. PlOl women we'e no! al­IIIwed to lio tn'Olliin Ililiht tralnl"ll in those days . &he earned her private li(:ellSe.t Warrington Air. port in Bucks Count). PI" next to Willow Gro~ Naval Air Station.

Thirteen years and nearly aoo flyinli hourI later. Commander WirtiICnafter <lOW holds a commetdal instrument licens.e lor single. engine land and sea aif(:raft and participates in air ratel ""'en~r she gets. (Nonce. She also has a 1965 four-passenger plane 01 he, own. She boughl il abolll th\I $8rne tome she w,.,; as­sign.ed to a pay b;lIet v.ith t he N""II Air Rese ..... UnM at Andrews Afa. j\llt o\ltsrde Washington.

"In<:<dentally ." she sayl. "Ihose drill pay checks have !>nn a big help in gettina that plane paid lor."

Her most recert\. competitive event was the EI.twlmu Treasu~ Hvnl. wtlrch she flew w,th LCUR He len DelaM)'. MSC. USNR . .mo is on full -time active duty at tilt National Naval Medi· cal Center. Bethesda, Md. The competilof$ were furnished 20 "dues" in the form of aerial pho­tographs of different sites in t he B.ahamas which they were req"'red to Ily owe" identify and pin· point to the minute On a I1<Iviilational chart while~ working within a set lime li mit. The lif$! prize ..... r a vIClltion iot in the Bahemu, was won by a team which correctly odenbfitd IS of the loca· tlons. The Wirtsdlafter·Delaney team barely missed out with 13.

'We dodn' l think we had a dlanee," COR Wlrtso::haher says, " so Htlen and I decided to go swimming instead_ If we had known ... were t hat cJose we'd have gone on sea,chlng,"

The commander hn Ilown u a pilet or copilol in ni~e air races, includinll Io\lr coasHo-coast Powder f'ytf Derbies, four Internat ional air rateS over dista n<:es 01 abo\Jt 2500 miles and one New England Air Ra<;Il.

Besicles racing In her spare time, CDR WI". schatter j~ a command pilot and holds the rank of lieutenant colonel ;n the Flirfax. Va., squad­ron 01 Ihe Civif Air Palrol: Is Ilyinlj: acti .... t ies ch .. ,....om~n of t~ Walohin(lon chapter of thot NinetY'Nil'l8$ (an organiulion of women aviators whose first president wou Amelia Earhart): is a dlstrkt vice president for women in the Naval Reserve Association; is it licensed insurance and real estate broker; plays ,00f and has trophies to pr<lV'll it; s......,;; plays the organ; ;s it talented

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amateur artist and an excellent cook; has done .administrative work with cha rity drives ranging '.om UNICEF Christmas card sales to Commu.

n ~y Ch~t campaigns; and for a while, she and her husband (who died in 1966) were Summer farmers en their country p lace in Bucks County.

On top 01 all th is, the commander is an hon· orary citizen of Winnipeg, CMada; has rece ived an hooora ry presentation from the mayor 01 Vancouver; is a Kentucky and louisiana "colonel;" is an honarary Lou isiana commis· siorler of agricuH:ure; h~s made a !Ouest cruiS6 on a """merged submarine; and is a former Wing Scout advisor and troop leader with the Girl Scouts. She is the on ly female member of the Bald Eagles 01 the National Aviation Club, and i. also a member of the Nationa l Aviation ASSOCiation and too Washington Air Derby As· socialion. She has attended intemirlional air shows in Canada and Japan, and she just re­turned from this yea r 's Paris air show,

These are just spare.time activities. In her full-ti me carl!<'!r she is 00 agent in the office of international operations fur the Interna l Rev­enue Service, and is the first woman to be employed in t his a rea . Her work. like her spare time, keeps her on the move. She has traveled around the world and, in 1971-72 spent seven months on an as>ignmenl which took her to

,. number of countries allover the Far East.

Reserve's Role in Navy Birthday 1973

Tn. Chief 01 Na •• 1 Op,,-.'iortl has I"".,,; I~e 101· """1"£ .po<ia l me ... ge 10 alllhlps . nd . t.Iion. "" II,. 1973 Now bi<thdoy <..reb .. ,,,,":

The 13th of Oct<llm- " il l ", orl; the IllSth M­" ... r .. ..,. of to. foUnding of t l>< Naw. It " 0' on t~ot ~oto In ln5 tnot t~. Contl ... lo l Col\ilre .. pas_ !8iislotiort ~lre"'lf\iI tn. oOQul,lt\¢n ond pu,cha", 01 ohlps 10, the Conli .... "'.1 N. vy_ That oct b.come the ge",,", of the Urlito.<! St.te-s Novy.

Throu~hool "'" hislo..,. lho ~.ed. of Navy m,m o.nd wom . n h ••• in.pired .ucc.eding g.n."tion. """ creat. d !>fOud t,.~iti<>",. An . ... nli.1 ole"",nt 01 tho", troditio", has _. tn.. role of tl>< enlire Novy ""mm u';~y-'n.. Naw 1. mil)'-----in O-Upp<>rt of It.. Novy'. mi • • io •. IndH<!, tn.. """,binod .chl ...... · "",nto Ond .«rlffo .. of tho N.vy f.mlly_oct"" duty I><,ooon ol, dtpendont .. N.vy civilian., Re·

Commander Wirtschalter's military Career is as varie d as her civilian pursuits. While on ac­tive duty she attended fo ur transportation man· ageme nt schools, aviation supply sc hOOl alld the Navy r..tailing SChool , am ong oth e rs. In add i· tion, she cla ims to be the first Supply Corps woman officer ever a ssigned to sea duty. This Wi1s in 1956 dUring a three-wook tour of acti.e duty for train ing On beard the transport USNS Gelleral H_ W. Butner (T-AP 113) on a New York to Bremerhaven rUn.

Also, as a Naval Reservist, the commander ha s served as ad ministrative officer with Supply Unit 4·1 in Ph ilade lphia: admi nistrative officer of a tra nsport Squadron at the Naval Air Facility, Washington; as reports admin istrator and counselor with a Naval Air Reserve DiviSion: and as supply officer and a mem ber of tlie fl ight audit board with the Naval Air Reserve Staff at NARU Washington. She is now a de· partment head in her cu rrent bi llet as supply officer of Naval Air Reserve Division A2.

Commander Wirtschafter ha s at least one goal she has not yet achieved. She wants to find a sponso r who can iive her the financial back. ing to enter more air ,aces. "I can gUarantee a flying billboa rd lor anyone who wants to put up the money. " Who knows, maybe someday

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To foow 0 i ,w.r ... o~". .. ~n d oP!>fociotion of 00' h.,itoge Ond th • • ont,ibutions 01 In.. ind i· vidual m.mb .... of tho Navy .ommunity, t lte It.. m. selected for au, 1981h . nni •• ' .. ..,. is: '"N""l' birtn ­ooy----.o f.mily "ad~ion_" All .ommonds • .,0 u.~ . • re urged to pi' " .ppropri.t. ab<.rv.nco.. i" I<*p_ 'n8 with th ;, 'hom._ Th. fu ncoon. ohoul o , •• 1< to enhonco. N.vy I.mily unity by .""ou,.gina .ach me",1m- 01 the N •• y commun~y to ,.~.ct an th e """t~buliOns 01 !..rio .. memb ....

In tho .. or futuro Ih. ChI. 1 of Informalion will ditl,ibut. to oil actiyiti .. 0 .peeiOI birthdoy .~

1-0110,0<1 to tho b .. ., th.me . nd co",';ni~~ ~

varl •• y of motori. l. deoig.,." to . "1,, <. mmond.ro, commo ndif\il ani"" .. . nd oni .... in <h . ,g. in (Ie.

v. iopi"ll . nd conductinll Ioco l "" ... monles Th. ultim.te in~i"'''. fo, birthday ob .. rv."""o

'hot will h""" . c""pt. nc. ond me.nin~ fo, Navy peopl. mu ot ,elt ,.itn each command ond unit. L"""I enort., p<J .. uod .."thu •••• lk. lly Ono imoi­in.li •• Iy, w'lI .. rve to ,n", ,' Ih.t the . ""u ol cam_ me """otion ,,"com .. 0 parmo •• nl ..,d IMnil tr.· dillon.

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NAVY'S OLDEST SHIP IN OVERHAUL

The historic frigate USS Constitution (see cover), the oldest commissioned ship in the Navy, is being given a complete overhaul of her decks, timbers and planking.

Launched in 1797, Constitution (IX-21) began her colorful career tracking down privateers in the quasi-war with France which followed the American Revolution. She saw action against the Barbary Pirates, of North Africa between 1803 and 1807 and won her nickname "Old Ironsides" in a slug· ging, broadside duel with the British frigate HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. Public sentiment, sparked in part by Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem "Old Ironsides," saved her from sale or scrapping

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in the 1830s and she went on to perform long and useful service after that. Today, besides being ~ living museum of naval history, Constitution is tht. ' flagship of RADM Richard E. Rumble, USN, Com· mandant of the First Naval District in Boston.

The 2200-ton, wooden·hulled ship has been dry· docked for underwater hull repairs, preservation and re-coppering. She will be rebuilt with techniques developed by shipwrights centuries ago. Wooe, prin­cipally white oak, will be specially cut in the mid­Atlantic states and seasoned two to three years before being used--a practice at the time of her original construction. Although wooden ships of Constitution's size are rare today, the old methods of repair and reconstruction have been thoroughly documented and will be carefully followed.

The reconstruction will not be completed until June 1978 but, during the upcoming celebration of America's Bicentennial, Constitution Will come out of drydock temporarily from April 1975 until late 1976.

AIR TROPHIES A Naval Air Reserve Unit, Reserve Carrier Air

Group and 10 squadrons have been named as trophy winners for outstanding mobilization readiness dur-ing the latest 18-month competitive cycle. ~

The Edwin Francis Conway Memorial Trophy, for ~/ the most efficient Naval Air Station or Naval Air Re· serve Unit in the Naval Air Reserve Force, has been awarded to NARU Whidbey Island, Wash. Enlisted men attached to the unit are entitled to wear the Navy liE" on their uniforms.

The Sheldon Clark Trophy, for the Naval Air Sta· tion or unit achieving the highest combat readiness during the competitive period, has been awarded to Commander Carrier Anti·Submarine Air Group Re· serve 80, NAS North Island, Calif.

The Noel Davis Memorial Trophy, for the most efficient squadron of each type in the Naval Air Re· serve Force, has been awarded to the following squadrons:

• VR-53 (Dallas·Memphis Detachment). • VA·303, NARU Alameda, Calif. • VAQ 208, NARU Alameda. • VF·301, NARDET, Miramar, Calif. • VFp·306, NARU Washington, D.C. • Vp·65, NARU Pt. Mugu, Calif. • VS-81, NAS North Island, Calif. • VAW·88, NAS North Island. • HS·74, NAS Quonset Point, R.1. • TACRON·23, NARU Norfolk, Va.

t'( New Uniform Priorities Set More than 31,000 drilling CADRE Reservists will

begin receiving their free issue of the new officer­style enlisted uniform sometime after 1 October on a controlled priority basis.

For Reserve and Regular recruits, the phase-in of the new service dress blue, coat-and-tie uniform, began on 1 July, when the new uniform became standard issue at boot camp. By 1 July 1976 the jumper-type dress blue uniform will have been com· pletely phased out of the Reserve, and the new uniform Will be required for all drilling Reservists. (See NAVAL RESERVIST, Spring 1973.)

The Naval Reserve has been authorized a total of 31,479 new uniforms for gratuitous issue in Fiscal Year 1974. These will be allocated to CADRE (Com­pleted Active Duty Requirements ·Enlisted) Selected Reservists under a priority system. The only excep­tion will be for broken service reenlistments involv· ing a break of 90 days or more, in which the Re· servist discarded his old jumper·type uniform.

First priority for the new uniforms will go to CADRE E·6s and below (except those eligible for

~dvancement to E·7 before 1 July 1975) Who meet 'l. t-he service qualifications in the next paragraph and

are members of: ASW DD/DE Reserve Crews; Naval Air Reserve Force Squadrons; Inshore Underse~

Warfare Units; Mobile Construction Battalions; Mine Warfare Crews; Cargo Handling Battalions; Coastal/ Riverine Squadrons; Mobile Mine Assembly Groups; Reserve Underway Training Units; DD/DE Reserve Crews (Gold); Mine Warfare Reserve Crews (Gold); Replacement Training Units; Reserve Destroyer Sup­port Groups; Mine Warfare Divisions and Squadrons; Submarine Divisions; and Shore Patrol units.

To qualify, for a free issue during fiscal year 1974 you must:

• Be a male Selected Reserve CADRE E·6 or below in one of the above programs.

• Have less than 17 years of service creditable for Naval Reserve retirement with pay.

• Have an expiration date on your Ready Reserve agreement or obligation and/or your enlistment or extension of enlistment' 0.1' 1 Jul 1976 or later, as evidenced by your agreement to drili and your Ready Reserve agreement.

Second priority for the new uniforms will go to male Selected Reserve CADRE E-6s, E-5s and E-4s (in that order), who meet the above service qualifi­cations and are members of other units.

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Third priority will go to male, non-rated CADRE Selected Reservists or other Selected Reservists who are not members of first-priority units, but who are expected to be participating in the Selected Reserve after 1 Jul 1976, as evidenced by agreement to drill and Ready Reserve Agreement.

Reservists who would be eligible for advancement to Chief Petty Officer before 1· Jul 1975, assuming successful completion of training requirements and passage of the examination for advancement in rate, will not be eligible for gratuitous issue of the new uniform because they would receive a Special Initial Clothing Monetary Allowance (SICMA) upon advancement. At present, this allowance amounts to $175, but it will probably be significantly reduced within the next two years. Any E-6 who is not ad· vanced to E· 7 before the date of the planned reduc· tion in SICMA, but who can be expected to continue in a drilling status beyond 1 Jul 1976, may be authorized a gratuitous issue of the new uniform at the time SICMA is reduced.

During the phase-in period, Navymen still wear· ing the jumper·type uniform may encounter some shortages of uniform items. However, by reclaiming used uniforms, freshly cleaned and in good condi· tion, from those Reservists receiving the new style uniform, it should be possible to fill most of the gaps in available replacement items for Reservists who have not received the new uniform. In addition, all jumper-type uniform items in the Navy supply system throughout the world are being pooled at Great Lakes, 111., to alleviate supply problems.

The standard gratuitous issue of the new uni­form will include the following:

ITEM 1 Combination cap (complete with in-

signia, band and chin strap) 1 White cap cover 1 Black necktie 2 White shirts ($3.45 each) 1 Lightweight (lO-ounce) blue uniform 1 Winterweight (l5-ounce) blue uniform 1 Pair, white gloves

Total

COST* $ 5.22

1.23 .69

6.90 36.89 37.18

2.43 $90.54

*This is an estimated price as of 1 Jul 1973.

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A Note To All

RESERVE OFFICERS

The Reserve Officer Stalu$ B",,,,,h 01 the Bureau 01 N~."I p., .. onn,1 has ~n important reminder fe>r .11 N.""I Reserve ollice,s who a", t",nsferring 10 th. Ready Re""",e Or ",n_inK existing Ready Rose"", Servi<. Agr.ements.

Under 3 ,"cent ch.ng. in regulationS (BUPERS_ MAN 188016<J) regardinK age.in·grode limitat"",s, ~II R. ady Re,",... Agreements must now ~ mode <>lit f<>r on ifldelini'. period Or they wHi not be .c_ copt"d. Th~ indefinit. agro. menl will be 8$$ignO<! • wrminotion dote by the Chi~f 01 Nova! Personnel of 1 October fetllowing the d~le <>n which )'OIl attain )'Our moximum age in g'8de. If )'OIl in\end to transfer 10 the Roti,.., R,servo, Y()IJ shooid submit your reo ' que.t before that 1 Oclobor dot •. Otherwi.e. )'OIl

will be tran,Jorr.d to th o Standby R""'rv_lnocti ...... (See page 15 lor exception regarding offi<e .. with betwe. n 18 and 20 year. of service.)

The maximum a!!"·in·g ... de limitation •• re: • Boot Camp Now Counts as Active Duty

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Aclive duly lim. for ,,,,,,r, 1 thou .. nd N.v. 1 R ... ... ist. who have already enlisted bul have not yet completed boot camp or Clas. A .chool will be .hort~n ed by a change in Na"Y budgeting which take. effect on 1 July.

Th . change. which now make. I Reservist·s iniliol training part 0/ his . ctive duty obli8"tion instead of ••• po ... te period of ACDlITR .... will off",,1 both the 2x5 prog"'m (two YO'" 01 activi duty during a .ix·year enli.tment) and the 3x6 Air TAR P"'li:ram (. six·yeor .nlistm. nt with th .... YO"'" 01 I ctive duty in the Training and Admini.· l"'lion of Reserve.).

In tho post, Re.ervists in these prog",ms be· g.n Iheir enlislm.nts with .n initial period of • • rvic. in a unit of the Naval Reserve on inactive duty. Then. Ihey "",re ordered to "'ctiv. Duty for Training to att.nd boot cl mp and opprenti<:eship training or Class A .chool before beginning the

\W<l. or th",·ye.r ""tive duty portions 04 Ihel, enlistmenl •.

During this ACDUTRA period the lrain"e·. t .... el cost •• PlY and .11ow.nce. form er1y c.m. out of N.val R. n ..... funds. Now. under the 1 July ch.nge. this I"'ining will be counl"'<f " oc· Ii .. duty, and it w~1 come out of the •• me ap>"o­priation as th e initial training of • Regul .. N."Y enlistee .

To implement the change (which I. spell"'" out in Su,,", .. Natic. 1000 0/ 13 Apr 1973). \W<l-by. sixe .. and three-by-sixers who.re .I,eady in boot camp, opprenticos/lip t",ining or Cia ..... school will be t ... n.1e1'l'fJd from an ACDUTRA st.t"S to Ihe .clive duty rolls .. of 1 July. Tho .. wtio In· listed before 1 July. but who hIve not yet started booI camp, will begin their two or thr .. ye ... of . ctive duty on the date they report fo, recruit I"'inlng.

• E ....... /U.ul ..... nt (lu ..... ,,.ell ~, '. • UtuI_nl --• lltu_nI Corn""ncit. --', • eom ....... 'c..pt.in -" • Waft."1 Officer/Chief Warnn' Offic«-58 Thus, If you.", ,, lieII:""ut comrnandtr who ... 111

tum 52 In July 1976, YOU' terminltion dat, would be 1 Oct li76, and you will be , .. ,,''-, ..... to thl Stlondby IIIH.-.-lnactive on I Oct 1976 il You do not rIClunl .otl_nt belor, thl' date.

II rou ... nt to .m your RNdy II..."... StotUI btfono till I October lermi,...;on dllo, ,.,.. ...... kI IUbnit " .....- to u.. Ch;.t of 1'1 ..... ,,-.->-.1 (AIVI' ".s fl.8H). spec;lJin,,, "'Ie.tlicll is nat leU than _ y.o. ht>m tIw neot .."yTnl I Octot..< orr;! m.~I". lure the dol. wouk! not """filel witIo the C"""pieHon 01 " 6·y", .1.lul<>ry mM~lry O>bl."i",,-

For tholt officer ... no hue . t I ... , 18 ~ .. 01 ",,"I1¥~,",Mce. but Ie .. tho .. 20 wilt" they altoln thoi. rnaxlmum ' i" in 11'_. retirement: ~lhts "'; 11 be prlltected "',ough ,,,,""100. 10 till St ..... by R.· _.aMI ..... n the ....:lIed.

10 urn i will be IOf ,"i......,m ...men

.,.;tt. 20 )'Nrs 01 (jUI lilyln ....... i<:e.

In !.OllIe c ..... thl. wHI MUCt I 1I ....... ill'. lotI l t;"" on let",. duty by 'ift or.a: mI)IItt>s, 0<' _ more. for inst.nce, _ .. __ re" """>

by .... ........ '-d reported lor ~ ..... It ttaln"'. on 28 Jw ... al thil )'Mr. and ,.... ...... acMckoW 10 c:omllletli 14·~ Cl ..... A_OIl 30 NIMm· btr, Unde. the old 'ystem, rour active duly_1d not h .... bei;un until 1 OK- li7! .~ )'OtJ' two­)'III' ~i8111on would . nd on 30 Nco 1975. Now. by bel nl l.l n. f.rred 10 In acti .. dUly $l l lu. on I Jul,.)'OII' ~Ipti"" would end on 30 Jun 1975 _five ....... th .... . Iier Ihon )'OUr orl,in,l dole.

Fo , R_MItt. who enlist atle, I July. lho h6 llId 3. 6 prOc .. m. I •• bein. modified &<I thl ~ duty period will bo&in upon .. porti ... Jc>r ~t I .. ini.... but • Iou.·month utefttlon of octM du", bioyond the t-. Of 1tI ... ·)'U, obi.,.· lion orill be '.:jUi'oct it tho ~~ 10 Ct>ine 10 attend eJ. .. A Khoc:H. .

Tht octl .. dUly ~ipti<>n. rA ReseMl ts who C<>nlpleled thel' inilio l ACDUTRA btlo .. I July ... not affected by lhe n_ policy.

Corpsmen Needed

Nlv,l R ... ",. ho.~tll CGIll.mon In clrtli n tech ­nical 1,"1 .'" u'Ilnlly .....:ltd on ACOUTRA in N....,. _JIitII. in 1111 em\ir.enhll U..ned SUI" I<> help roI'" • PII"""",,I short ..... Tht .hort .... is .. PKIed 10 CMIi ..... throulh .......... 1l'1li .. of t.I~ oneII')'H. 1973. but will be porticul,rIjr KIlle tlti.

""'"mot. If rou ... I RI"_ corjlsman qUlllhd In Iny

Iobor.t<>ry .~i.!Iy 0< IS In X ... y 0< il'kormlcy loc.hl\lcll n. you '" in.iled I<> rlQunl hcosp;tll ACQUTIIA Ihroulh you, Na ..... 1 District.

CillnC! Mtdlul P"'I,am officers hi .. been in­k>rmed at tho .. tUition and will I lIltt )'Cu in your plonrlin • .

MOCK IUI..rTl '00 ••• , .. Or ......... , .... .... .. ...,." ........ _ ...... ......, .... _ ............ .... "'-, No. ..... . _ or _ .... At'''' Co ........ ,"". (CWlt)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reserve Agreement and ResIdence Over.elS

SIr M)r Rudy R ....... "II,_t 1'1>1' " I~ J~1y 1976. ..... I '- com"",tad <JYW 17 _'" of .. U,IK> to'1 _ . , 1m c<>,.qmp/~... _dl... _,II

,.... I~ I IofWl&n -'ntI'J. WII. """"d Ilolt do '" "'I< 11_ oI.tUII-lCDR N. P. 8.. USHR.

• fo _ In In _ KtiYe ,10' ... In 'M H ... eI R .. __ ...... , •• n.t _112 NIl,.", ... , 1'01"" "., '''_ .. ry ,.., (na! indudIni Ifatul!o<n poItt"l. WIIIIo In In Klin ".t", )'<HI wHl ~. COI'.Id_ 'Of

I>'OIl'lO!ion ~ )'OIl .to O!~.""I .. tll,Iblt, II ~ou ItO ItO! Ibli Ie Urn " ' I ... , 12 ,.ti"", ... , l'OI"ts ... ~ ,,,01. V .... I'Y )'N' yOU "culd 1>0 frlnl'.rr.d from KII .. .talll.!C th' Inloti •• SU!,,' Lilt, USNR·S2 • .. h". ~ou """,'d bo i>Ofmin..! to , .mo in to< In, .. yoo". AI tho """ of lmol llmo)'I>U "<><lId 1>0 ooIioJlod 10 '".~ you, 0'"'"' f"roll," ,,,,,ow,1 of )'Oil' Road)' R •• ",... S .... 1ce "',...,.,.", (W 011&1Il10) •• -t/.-, (1/ .JJ~~ .nd )'0"

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_ Retirement And Longevity ,. Sir: I have a question concerning retirement and

longevity. Can you resolve it?

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My pay is now based on over 22 years of service. If I were to transfer to the Retired Reserve now, would my longevity continue to accumulate (even though I would no longer be drilling) until I am credited with the maximum of over 26 years' service for basic pay purposes?

For the last 12 years, I have been commuting 850 miles round-trip to drills and, although I am on drill pay right now, the future looks like all non-pay. It had always been my impression that it would be necessary to continue drilling to achieve the maximum longevity. However, our personnel officer says the time in the Retired Reserve would count toward the 26 years.­CDR. J. L. H., USNR. • Your personnel officer is correct. Reservists in your situation are covered by Title 10, USC 1401, which deals with creditable service for the purpose of com­puting basic pay. Simply stated, it provides that all service as a member of the military forces, without regard to participation, is creditable as longevity for basic pay purposes. Therefore, even though you trans­ferred to the Retired Reserve and could no longer ac­cumulate retirement points, you would build up your longevity so you could figure your retired pay according to the basic pay for your rank with over 26 years of service.-Ed.

REUNIONS News of reunions of ships and organizations will be carried in this column on a continuing basis. In planning a reunion, best results will be obtained by notifying Editor, NAVAL RE­SERVIST Magazine, Bureau of Naval Personnel (Pers 164), Washington, D. C. 20370, four months in advance, or earlier. Remember that this publication Is now a quarterly, so send your announcement in early.

• USS Nicholas (DD 449)-A reunion will be held 8-11 Aug 1973 in Los Angeles, Calif. Contact USS Nicholas (DD 449) Reunion Committee, 418 West Ellis Ave., Inglewood, Calif. 90302. • PT Boaters, Tenders, Base Forces, Staff, Communica· tions, Medica/-A reunion is planned for 31 Aug-3 Sep 1973 in Charleston, S. C. Contact PT Boats, Inc., P. O. Box 109, Memphis, Tenn. 3810l. • USS Phi/adelphia (CL 41)-A reunion is planned for 25-27 Oct 1973 in Jacksonville, Fla. Contact Frank Amoroson, 93 Dunbar St, Somerset, N. J. 08873.

• USS Tuscaloosa (CA 37) and USS Wichita (CA 45)­The fourth joint reunion will be held in Kansas City, Kan., on 3-5 Aug 1973. Contact Bernard J. Wolters, 510 Elizabeth, Kansas City, Kan. 6610l. • USS Savannah (CL 42)-The fourth annual reunion will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., 7-9 Sep 1973. Contact GMGC O. J. Jindracek, USN (Ret), 63 Thayer Dr., New Shrewsbury, N. J. 07724. • 115th Naval Construction Battalion-The fourth an­nual reunion will be held in Columbus, Ohio, 26-29 Jul 1973. Contact Edward C. Plummer, 5023 E. Naomi St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46203. • USS Baltimore (CA 68}-Former crewmembers inter­ested in holding a reunion may contact Earl A. Harding, 187 Clever Rd., McKees Rocks, Pa. 15136.

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