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| DEFENSE ORDERS STEPPED U'P PHYSICAL
j FITNESS PROGIVNIS Washington (NAVNEWS):
The Department of Defense has dir
j ected the Military Departments to set
| up physical conditioning and testing
j programs within their training and
j working schedules. All male military
| personnel will be tested at regular
j intervals for effective physical fit
| ness. The programs will be nts^ed to
j the particular needs of the individual
j military services, but minimum criter
; ia will be those set out ‘in the Pres -
; identjs Physical Achievement Test0
Specifically excluded from the fit -
| ness programs will be those excepted
; for medical reasons and persons over
j 40 years of age. The latter, however,
! will be encouraged to participate on
a voluntary basis.
A sampling of the minimum physical
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achievment test items is a reciuirement i
for 3 pull ups, 14 push ups, 22 sit ups
a standing broad jump of 6*4”, a 300 yd j
shuttle rim in 66 seconds and 600 yard ;
run in 1 minute 59 seconds.
A SECNAV Instruction has been received
by the Command which states that the
Chief of Naval Personnel will take actinj
to maintain physical fitness programs
for personnel under 40 years of age cons
istent with the minimums required by the
Department of Defense. Instructions on
the program are expected to be received
from the Bureau of Naval Personnel very
shortly. j
Mixed reaction is evident on the Naval!
Station where attendance at the Village
Gym and sales of Metrecal at the Commiss
ary have doubled.
BUWEPS LARGEST IN THE IAVY—Adsdc Naval
Station is under the management control
of the Bureau of Naval Weapons, Estab -
lished on 1 December 1959, the Bureau of
Naval Weapons, comprising, the former Bu
reau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Ord -
nance, is now the largest single organ
ized segment of the Navy, It is now the
Navy1s largest employer of personnel and
Is the administrator of more of the' Navy
lollars than all other Navy Bureaus and
Offices combined.
NAVAL INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES ESSAY
CONTEST. Anapolis, Md.,(NAVNEWS), The
U. S. Naval Institute has announced its
1962 General Prize Essay Contest, open
to all military and civilian personnel
with A-Closing date of November 1. 1961.
The top prize in this prestige contest!
may be as much as $1500, depending upon !
the merit of the winning essay. Author j
of the winning essay will also be award- '
ed a gold medal and a Life Membership in ;
the 'Naval Institute. 1 ;
Essays may be on any subject fenheuld~!
be analytical or interpretive and not
merely an exposition or personal narrat
ive, They must be typewritten, legible, I
double spaced, on paper approximately 8 !
2 X 11* in duplicate with each cony com— \
plete in itself, and not over 5,000 words'
in length. !
The author*s name should not appear
on the essay. Instead each essay must
carry a motto on the title page. This !
motto should also be typed on a sheet
of paper along with the identification !
ol the author and sealed .in an envelope, j
The same motto should be typed on the
outside of the envelope, which will not •
be opened until the Board has selected
the prize-winning essay. All essays &
■ identifying envelope must be mailed in a
large seaJLed envelope marked "General !
Prize Essay Contest,n
The results of the contest will be
announced, and awards presented to the
winners at the annual meeting of the Nava]
Institute on Thursday, February 15, 1962.
Additional essays may receive "Honorable
Mention*’ with compensation. Essays not
awarded a prixe may be published in the j
Naval Institute"Proceedings"and paid for j
at the regular rate for articles.
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nPENNIES FROM HEA^ICN” \
A toll gate of f :i cer on New Jersey* s
Garden State Parkway spied a whnte object .
falling from a Navy blimp recently -ad 1
thought he was being bombarded until he i
recognized the missile as a hatderoh; of « Asj
he darted out on the roadway to r-'-'ocar iij
the blimp pilot waved & flew off 1 Tied, in j
the hander chief was a quemcor, <v inscribed;
on the cloth was: ^THE NAVI PATS ITS frayt.