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The secrets of NavFac activities are « ••av’v.x--. lo leak outc -While the light -
green cottages overlooking Kuluk Eay havu. in ~.lu pas*o been able to contain fa
cility endeavors,, this week the acute space chex tages became critical and the
horseshoe pits were moved outdoors0 The first contest in the new pits was be
tween Commanding Officer LCDR R. Sc GLEASON and she then Chc.ef Yeoman BYRD.
First Class Yeoman BYRD won0
■Chief Builder Carl n. BOCK arrived on the misty little idle this week from
duty at Port Hueneme, California, Under the Leadership ol LJVG Jack BRANNING,
Chief BOCK will take charge of the Maintenance Department - the trip tickets and
BAXTER, CN.
"Ski" GLINIECKI, S0G2, stood his last watch this week. Ski is heading for
civilian life in Detroit’ where his family is settled.- MOREFIELD, ET3, is
scraping his toys together for departure to his next duly in Rota, Spain* And
"Ed" EDWARDS, RM2, NavFac s compact worrier, is heading for T*I. and discharge, ^fp;
Marv BERGLAND, Civilian First Classr will soon be leaving, lump in throat.
His "orders" are sending him to Norway...
A party is planned by the men who will be advanced this month* The whole
crew is to be invited, collective mustaches and ailc There seems to be a mea
sure of doubt as to whether Ivan. NavFac1s canine rate grabber, will be there
and in what capacityw If he doesnft mess up the works he will D0G3, The story
of this great achievement can now be told. After Ivan's unsuccessful bid for a
commission by leaving his calling card on the C.O-vs wall to wall carpeting, he
decided to strike seriously for a petty officer ratings. Apparently the comment
was made by some of the higher facility echeloons that Ivan’s technique of leavr*
ing his calling card was more unmilitary than the actual act0 You see, we have
no real trees or neat fire hydrants within the fenced in grounds at the Facility,
and Ivan had no real chance to acquaint himself with the accepted manner in
which a prope- military male mascot should attend to things. In fact, his tech
nique was downright feminine, much to the chagrin and embarrassment of facility (
personnel^
Apparently Ivan practiced diligently in the deep gloom of the wind whistling
Aleutian nights, and one day when the Commanding Officer was outside, passing
between buildings, Ivan appeared from behind one of them and in the true ncan
do,! spirit of the maintenance department, did do, exactly what we all knew he
should do and could do, in true male virile form. From that day on, Ivan has
been D0G3.
nNOTHER FIRST FOR ADAK
For the first time in the history of Troop 651 Boy Scouts of America and the
History of the U. S. Naval Station, Adak, Alaska, the AD ALTARS DEI Medal was
awarded on May 8, 1963 in the Bering Chapel. The AD ALTARE DEI is the highest
religious award a Catholic Boy Scout can receive and must be awarded by a Bishop
or his delegated authority*.
After a very impressive talk by Father Morris on the AD ALTARE DEI and the re
quirements that the boys must meet to be eligible for the award, the following
boys knelt before Bishop Demiot 0:Flanagan of Juneau, Alaska and were awarded
their medals; Robert Mcfkee son of Commander and Mrs-, R.L* Mc;Kee. John R. Smith
son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Smith, and Paul Moorhead Jr„, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Paul V. Moorhead.