All Hands Magazine - Battle Wagon - October 1967

October 1967 Issue All Hands Magazine

ALL HANDS: THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

OCTOBER 1967 Nav-Pers-O NUMBER 609

VICE ADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN
The Chief of Naval Personnel

REAR ADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN
The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel

CAPTAIN JAMES G. ANDREWS, USN
Assistant Chief for Morale Services

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features

  • Our Number One Mover: The MSTS Story 2
  • Here's MTMTS—Managing Traffic from Coast to Coast 4
  • A Historic Ceremony: Shipping Over 8
  • Battle Wagon: A new Chapter 10
  • UDT Meets UOU 13
  • Small Ships, Big Men . . . Reservists on Minesweepers 14
  • You Don't See Many Like the AHLC Twins 16
  • 'Intercept Hot Cargo Below Chu Lai' 18
  • Riding a Dragon is Never Dull 20
  • Gaeta Welcomes Sixth Fleet 22
  • All-Navy Cartoon Kings 24
  • Tops in Navy Sports—All-Navy and Regional Champs 26
  • Building a Church 34
  • Award to Chaplains 35
  • Centerspread 32
  • Federal Benefits Based on Type of Discharge

Bulletin Board

  • Here's Opportunity for HANDScers Who Want to Specialize 36
  • On the Subject of Junior Officer Retention 37
  • A Visit to Great Lakes—The Second Time Around 39
  • A Look at an In-Port Liberty Program, Columbus Style 43
  • Special Report: Publications Available at GPO 44
  • Want to Know Something About Anything? Try Here

Departments

  • Today's Navy 52
  • Letters to the Editor 58
  • Taffrail Talk 64

John A. Oudine, Editor

Associate Editors

  • G. Vern Blasdell, News
  • Don Addor, Layout & Art
  • Ann Hanabury, Research
  • Gerald Wolff, Reserve

FRONT COVER: BIRDMAN—A covey of F-B Crusaders lines the flight deck of USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) as a crewman fuels one of the aircraft before an airstrike when the carrier was on station in the South China Sea.—Photo by Robert D. Moeser, JOC, USN.

INSIDE FRONT COVER: THROUGH THE SURF—Navy Boatswain's Mate Third Class Richard A. Williams, a member of UDT wades through the surf while making beach reconnaissance of enemy area in Vietnam.—Photo by J. Means, PH1, USN.

CREDIT: All photographs published in ALL HMOS Magazine are official Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated.

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