COMMANDER J?th N.D. VISITS
COMI'iSTA.. .V'
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MOFFETT HIGHLIGHTS,
..by RALPH E
. FOO
RADM F.E. BAKUTIS, USN, COMALSEAFRON/COM
SEVENTEEN, made a tour of the U.S. NAVAL
COMMUNICATION STATION, Accompanying him
were CAPT SI ELTON, C.O. Naval Station;
CDR STALTER, District Public Works Offi
cer, and LCDR NYSTROM, the Admiral’s
aide.
This was a famiarization tour for the Ad
miral, and he stated that he was oleased
with the appearance of the various spaces
and the apparent high morale of the men.
During the tour of COMMSTA, the Admiral
visited the Receivers; D.F.'Building; the
Transmitter Site at Mt* Moffett and the
Clam Lagoon area proper *
i'he Admiral will return at a later date
for a more detailed inspection of facil
ities and personnel.
BREAK OUT THE CIGARS...
Many new rates will go into effect come
the 16th of May. Congratulations to the
following successful examinees,.who will
be advanced on 16 May:
BAUMERT, D.O., CTCA; CARPENTER, J.F. ,
CEP3; CHASTAIN, E.F., CMCA; CIARK, P. J.
CMH3; COX, L.A., RM2; CURTIS, R.V.,EOCA;
CURRY, J.H., ET1; DEGRAY, J., SK3; DEAB
LER, C.R., CTCA; DIX, R.J., CTCA; FAWCETT
E. C., PN3; FRITSCHE, M.L., YN1; GREMEL,
F. M., PN3; GRIFSINGER, D.L., UTW3; GUIDRY
R.A., RM3; HIXON, W.N., PC3; JAVENS,C.E.
RM2; JANSSEN, J.E., CS3; BUFFINGTON,R.L.
RM3; KLEIKAMP, T.R., CS3; LANDRY, L.W.,
CS3; LUNDEEN, J.V., RM2; MARTIN, H.H.CTCA;
MANN, D.K., CMA3; MCKEE, W.F., CMH3;
MCChUL, C.W., CM1; MYERS, D.R., RM3; NIE
HAUS, R.W., RM3; PARKER, D.S., RM3; PRU
ITT, J.R., C53; PRUNER, C.R., ETN3:ROHDE
J-T., ETN2; RUFF, J.E., BUCA;SCHOENING,
W.E., BU3; SMITH, L.E., ETN2; SPENCER,
G. E., CEP3; SPENCER, P.D., CMH3;STEPHENS
B.C., RM2; STEVENSON, B.W., RM2; STRAUCH
K.C., RM3; THOMAS, J.J., RM3; TRUSSELL,
J.L., ETN2; VANPETTEN, R.L., RM1; VOIGT,
J.G., ENCA; WRIGHT, C.A., RM3; ZIEGLER,
J.A., RM3. Advancement effective 16 July:
BAUMGARDNER, M., CTCA; GATES, R.S. CTCA;
and HELVIG, T.H., CTCa.
Part of this weeks column will be devoted
to expressing my opinion of that special
class of idiots commonly known as "cabin
wreckers of Adak". Since this subject in
volves me personnally, I believe 1 have
the right to sound off.
My cabin, which is plainly masked as per
station regulations, with name, bldg.No,,
and telephone number painted on a board
two foot square, was broken into by foroe.
The front door was chopped and hacked to
the extent that the hole measured approx
imately 14" by 8", It was obvious thalflfc
this looked like too much work, so the^^
knocked in the back door, which was board
ed from the inside with two by fours.
Just what type of individual or persons
do we have on Adak. that intentionally
break up and steal their shipmate's prop
erty? I would like to bring a word ’to the
attention of these people and that word
is MORaL, which by Webster's definition
means, 'capable of distinguishing between
right and wrong inacohduct. I certainly
don't think that breaking and entering a
long with stealing, is right... Somewhere
on this island there are persons who will
fully do malice and steal.
Another thing that happened this past
week, that may be of interest to car oil
ers on the island. One of the men from
this station had his car parked in front
of his house. During the night someone
had tampered with it because in the morn-?
ing, when he went to start his car, the
ignition wasn't where it should be. His
car is a rare breed for Adak, so it must
be assumed that the culprit wasn't after
parts, but wanted the whole car. This
type of conduct just cannot be condoned
for so mall a community, or for that
matter, a community of any size. As they
say, "a word to the wise is sufficient"
so the person- or persons responsible for
these acts had best take heed before they
find themselves in really deep trouble.
Enough on this subject*...
FOSTER, AM3, departed for San Diego this
past Wednesday. His new duty station is
NAVCOMMSTA, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA."Andy"
ANDERSON, CE1, will be leaving us on WED
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