MOFFETT HI LITES
Well another week has passed, making
everything one week closer, or if you
ha ppen to be trying to remember, one
more week long age...This brings to mind
that next week VOIGT, ENCA, will be leav
ing us for sunny California, duty aboard
the USS ENDURANCE, MSO-U35, and happy
wedlock. Good Luck, Chief at your new
duty station, and your forthcoming mar
raige.•.MOREFIELD has been wandering
around the station the past few days,
wondering who it is that has been req
uesting dedications for him on the daily
AFTS radio program. We’ll never tell,
MOREFIELD, but if you should ever take a
trip to Massachusetts, there’s a good
chance that you will find out,....The
other day, SMITH, received a package in
the mail. When he opened it, the follow
ing was heard. SMITH 'What is it? ^o you
know, WILSON?" WILSON, "They’re hush
puppies, man, hush-puppies." SMITH, "
Hush puppies, they don’t even have wiggly
little tails 1".Any comment we would
make on this incident, would be sort of
superfluous.SHOEMAKER is happy now
that he has received the first selection
from the record club that he just recently
joined....Says that the next selection
should be even more exciting. Hi-Diddle
r.iddle or something like that....We have
been informed that CAMACHE has been mono
polizing the phone in the barracks to
late....The big question in everyone’s
minds is with whom is he holding this
discourse? It must have been a very
intellecturl ^nversation, though, since
he was overheard discussing "World History'
Well it finnaly happenedI ARMSTRONG said
something the other dayl After spending
almost a year on Adak, he cleared up the
doubts that we were beginning to have as
bo whether he could really speak or not..
a3 soon as we have his stalemer,Rt
ha:-"slated, we’ll be able to gave nun a
That’s All This Week
See You Round the Rock
Ralph E. Foo
OPERATION DEEP FREEZE * -
The U. S. Navy has been assigned the
task of supporting a long-range scien
tific program in Antarctica which is
under the auspices of the Nationsl Sci
ence Foundation* Personnel are requir
ed on a volunteer basis for this unique
and adventurous duty, and the best qual
ified will be selected in early 1963 for
deployment about September 1963* Antar
ctic summer support personnel will re
turn to CONUS about March 1964 where
as those selected to winter-over will
remain in Antarctica until approximat
ely November 1964* A
In addition to receiving a challeng
ing assignment and an adventure and
experience incomparable to any other
assignment in the Navy, two specific
rewards are granted to men who com
plete a tour in Antarctica,
a. The Antarctic Service Medal is
awarded for duty with "Operation DEEP
FREEZE."
b, Upon completion of wintering
over, every effort is made to assign
personnel to one of their choices of
duty if, when submitting duty prefer
ences, those preferences are in con
sonance with their rank or rating.
The following ratings are required for
the winter-over party: 1 year,
ET RM YN PN SK DK CS SH SH-3122 EM IC
EN DC. SF CE CM EO BU SW UT CN AG AB HM
, DT MR.
For duty with Air Debelopment Squadron
SIX (VX-6)s
RM JO AM AME AMH YN PN SK DK CS AN AB
AK PR PH HM TN AD ADJ ADR ADH AT SD
ATN ATR AEI i*EM AMS DT
It is estimated that a total of 100
men will be selected and 23 will be
assigned to the winter-over party.
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