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Since commissioning on 30 November, activity has steadily
gained momentum at NAVFAC. Fourteen men have reported aboard since
'the Facility set the watch the.Hast day of November, and personnel
wiii-continue'arriving until ;there are approximately 70 men on board.
Since most of the crew are new to the island and at or near the
bottom of the housing list, more than the usual amount of moans and
\ groans can be heard in ..these freshly painted passageways about the
• seemingly endless waiting -period# .
Chief Storekeeper bratcher will be promoted to SICSS on 16.December#
There seems to be some disagreement between other members of the' crew ,
about w^o treats who at the'Club Caribou on such an pccasion.' Sven g
though the Chief can talk" faster than anyone else, he still seems to
be in the minority on this point.
Suggestions are being submitted from members of the crew*for a
NAVFAC insignia -to be worn.on jackets. Chief boatswain*s Mate V/ilson
and Irving bematties,' -•S0C2,^re.. leading contenders for the best sugges
tion.
1In V FAC* s basketball team seen#- to be destined to be one of the top,
if cC&t the top team -on'/the island’. With no practice to prepare them, the
team has won five games v/hlle losing two• ITJG George'Miller, Ensign
Kostin, Joe Bonvini, RM1, Karl Leagio, SA, and Richard Shock, RMSA have
bgen the leading scorers* ' •/ * .*
The crew was saddened this week by the loss of “SQUEAK", ;their
canine mascot. Sqbeak was born at the Facility during construction,
turned over to the TJECO Engineers by J.CB9 when they left, and continued
to reside in the buildings.' .But -last week she was given to a family
that left Adak and everybody agrees that it was asking too much'to ex*»
pect Sueak to extend# >!
Even if it doesn’t turn out to be a white Christmas■, one small
blessing will be that the crew will no longer have to get out and
help push vehicles out of the snow»covered marsh at- the bottom of the
hill leading to the Communications Station#
The fine cake that was furnished by D# SCOTT, CS1 for the crew
on our commissioning day was greatly admired by all for the short
time that it lasted. Commanding Officer, ICDB Gleason, expressed his
personal appreciation on behalf of the crew to SCOTT, CS1.
Speculation flew fast and furious this week about the patch cover
ing Chief Wilson’s left eye. The patch appeared at exactly the same
time Chief Yeoman Byrd began typing with cn hand.
The first man to extricate himself from the housing-list is Hngign
Jack Branning. Mrs. Branning is expected Friday, 21 December. It will
be a pleasure to 'welcome her aboard.
UECO Engineers Bill Griffin, Jack Uaddell, Bill Bradley and Norm
Iman leave Adak this weekend for various reassignments back in the
lower forty-eight. MavFac wishes them the best of luck; it was a
pleasure working with them*