CAPT. S. M. SHELTON
Commanding Officer
THE
CDR. H* G. STOUT
Executive Officer SUN
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CHAPLAIN’S CORNER
SOUND ADVICE
.Paul Hornung, the. Green Bay Packer's
star halfback is now at Fort Riley,
Kansas, doing his stint as a G.I.
Interviewed recently on "Army Life",
Pfc. Hornung said, "It's a hardship,
but like everybody else I have an obli
gation to the United States which is
above every thing else. You are much
better off if you accept it and not sit
around feeling sorry for yourself*"
This is sound advice, particularly
for the relatively few "displaced per
sons" called into the service tiho have
bean "displaced persons" ever since.
And his formula for contentment is
good, too,
"I feel very lucky," he says, "All
I have to do is look ardund me. Some
of these guys served two or three years
and then where recalled. Many are mar
ried and have kids, . I'm not married
and don't have those responsibilities
to worry about,"
It all reminds me of the shoeless
man who would not cry because he met
a man who had no feet.
Chaplain Keefe
URGENT NEED FOR NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING
VOLUNTEERS FOR CERTAIN RATES IS TOLD:
By STATON, PN3
There is an urgent need for Nuclear
Power Trainees from among Engineering
ratings of the Navy,
, Effective immediately the Nuclear
Power Training Schools at New London,
Connectifcut and Mare Island, California *
with subsequent operational training at
prototypes are designated as equivalent
to Class "B" schools for the MM, EN and
BT ratings* This school can be guarun
teed under the STAR Program for eligible
personnel. Automatic advancement to pay
grade E-5 for personnel reenlisted under
STAR Program on graduation is applicable
to this training. Eligibility for Nuc-^^
lear Power School requires GCT plus ARI^P
test score combination of 110 or ATT Matl
of 53.
Nuclear Power Training involves six
months basic nuclear power school at New
London or Mare Island and six months op
erational training at Nuclear Prototype
sites at Idaho Falls, Idaho or West Mil
ton, New York or Windsor, Connecticut.
Students orders will all be permanent
change station for each move.
Graduating personnel will, to the ex
tent possible, be assigned duty in Nuc
lear submarines and surface ships. Those
not submarine qualified must volunteer
and complete submarine school if they
desire submarine duty. Surface personn^Jl
who are not assigned initially to nuclea*
billets will return to sea in the surface
forces forming an asset of qualified op
erators for eventual assignment as needs
of the Navy increase.
Personnel m bN rating completing thi;
training will be changed in rating to MM
in equivalent pay grade. Requests for
Nuclear Power Training from Qualified
Personnel are desired in either under thr
STAR or otherwise. Requests from person.i
el in other ratings are also desired in
this program.
All personnel interested in this fiel
of Nuclear Power should contact STATON 5
the Military Personnel Office for inforn
ation. The Opportunity is yours for the
asking, grow with the Nuclear Powered Nr
as a part of it.