NAVYWIDE CRCW HUNT
According to Webster, the crow is a
large, glossy black bird which comes
in various species. In the Navy,h'Cwever
crows change color with the season* To
a Navyman a crow may be white or blue on
top'of a red or blue perch.
Twice each year crow hunting season
opens. This month is one of the two open
seasons.
Some Navymen have bagged crows several
-imes, while others track him to no avail.
They forget that the hunt doesn’t begin
/nen you grab your gun and head for the
rail timber.
Like everything these days, crow hunt
ing takes research and development. The
only sure way to bag a rating-bade crow
:'.s hard work beforehand.
The first step is the PO correspond
,-nce course for your rate and rating and
practical factors and good performance
ensure recommendation for advancement.Too
".any crow hunters stop here - they forget
hat the hunter who has the best record,
ost often does a lot more preparing for
;ne hunt.
He takes other correspondence courses
in related areas, and studies other ref
erences listed in the Manual of Qualific
cations for Advancement in Rating, Study
and work in his rating make him confident
./hen the hunting season officially opens*
He finds himself in a room with other
hunters — all aspiring, many perspiring.
Two cards and a question booklet are the
weapons for the hunt.
There are more than 600,000 enlisted
men in the Navy. Intricate sorting by
rate and rating narrows the competition
to people approximately of equal qualif
ications. But even within this smaller
group, only the best get their bird.
Test scores, coupled with performance
and length of service, determine bulls
eyes, shots on target, near misses, and
the unfortunate wild shots. If you don't
get your crow this time, all is not lost*
You can improve your hunting skills for
next time, with knowledge of your weak -
nesses. Although there is always another
hunting season, v/hy not be really ready
this time? See your Division Officer, the
I&E Officer - they511 be glad to help you
MUSKIB
'oood to see my old friend , James M»
WELLS, DM2, back on Adak soil. WELLS
is now attached to the ABANAKI but he
used to be Ship’s Company here and he
graciously provided transportation to
many a stranded fisherman from ' the
Barracks to Lake Andrews when he was
working at the Lake Andrews Boathouse
during fishing season,
It didn’t take long for the crew of
the ABANAKI to hoist aboard several doz
en shrimp shortly after their arrival.
The shrimp are in - not in any huge
numbers nor are they the jumbos you
would like to have fried but they
make a delicious shrimp cocktail and M
salads. If the weather keeps up it *
should be a bountiful year for Dolly
Varden, Salmon and Shrimp,
If you ever run out of cat food for
your feline, Jackie Phillips says her
cat eats pancakes for breakfast and a
baloney sandwhich with mustard for her
supper when they're out. Some cat,
Mothinks that reporting the violators
as the violations occur of persons who
are seen driving beyond 5 miles per hour
in the housing areas between houses,etc,
would have done more good than telling
someone about it later. If you see some
one violating Adak regulations it is you
duty to report it immediately. By trying
to be a "good joe" and not reporting it*
you can cause a death or injury just as
much as the driver or person who goes on
to commit the act.
With the world situation as it is even
though we donl't get the news here on
Adak as fast as those who are fortunate
enough to be in the lower 548 there is
probably a fair share of concern over
the turn of things. On a walk along the
beach my thoughts turned to this, these
items about the Berlin crisis, the Alger
ian revolt, uprisings in the Middle East
and so forth and then since it was Feb
ruary I thought too about the birthdays
of two of our nation’s greatest leaders
falling in this month. I wondered what
Washington and Lincoln would have done
if they had lived in troubled times like
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with _any_problems. (By G, BOLING, J02, COMMINEPAC PIO Staff'as adapted by NAVNEWS )