M U S K I E
It has coma to Muskies attention that
some personnel may "miss the boat" when
it comes to orders" .to Shore Duty because
they havenVt -the obligated service nec -
essary to,, remain on SeaVey,
.In accordance with the Enlisted Trans
fer Manual, Article 3-37 for Continental
Shore Duty - under normal conditions a
minimum of 12 months active obligated
service will be required for personnel
to be ordered.to U.S. Shore Duty from
the SEAVEY,. This obligated service will
be computed from the month of transfer.
ihereiore individuals wno desire snore
duty and who do not have sufficient.act
ive obligated service for rotation during
^ the SEAVEY 12 month period shall sigh an
P agreement to extend their enlistment.This
should be done as soon as,possible after
you find out you ar® on SEAVEY initially
in order that your card does not go into
the inactive SEAVEY* Personnel on. the
inactive SEAVEY are not eligible to be
ordered ashore* In some cases as much as
30 months obligated service is required
to insure receiving .orders to shore duty*
Word from EPDOPAC states -.that a man
should never have less than 16 months of
obligated service if he is,on SEAVEY..in
other words transfer is usually 4 months
from issuance of orders and 12 months is
required from transfer, thus 16 months*
If you have any questions contact the
| Military Personnel Office at X360.
MUSKIE has received.word that ARNOLD
at X748J has a lawnmower for sale along
with some Poodle Clippers for registered
Poodles*
.. The r9sul.ta.nt injury to a Marine walk
ing out of the Bering Library who slipped
on some ice cream brings to mind the fact
that-many ,of Adaks personnel are not aware
of the fact that foodstuffs, other than
sealed food"to go" is not to be taken out
of the Williwaw Lounge* If this incident
happened to you or you are a parent, to
one of your children, we would no doubt
hear loud protests of WHY did someone
disobey the regulations and leave or drop
the ice cream for us to slip on* To often
we want agressive corrective action taken
after an. unfortunate accident when an oz
of prevention could have been well worth
a pouncii of cure*
_Keep smilin* Muskie_
CLOVE R PATCH
Here we are again with a roundup of
the news from your freindly Coast Guard
Cutter. On Friday, 12 January, Ship’s
Training Detachment 5, under the command
of -LT C.V . COWING? ^rrivad on Adak to
give the officers and bridge gang instr
uction in the use of the maneuvering ..
board, radar navigation and plotting, and
maneuvering in formation. Three enlisted
personnel served as instructors and did
an excellent job. When Training Units
in the South 48 the detachment uses a
specially equipped van which can*simul
ate problems most likely to be encounter
ed aboard ship.
ins detachment departed tno morning 01
Thursday, 18 January and at 1600 we set
sail for Attu, via Amchitka. The follow
ing Marines were on board for the trip?
LCPL Gary 0;' Martin, PFC Edw.-L. Wood,
PFC Saul G. Rodriquez, PFC Eddie H.Yazzie
Also on board for transportation to Amch
itka were: Robert 'D. Jones, Karl W,Ken
yon, Loren W. Croxton,’Jim Mossburg,John
Nevzoroff, Innokinty Goldodoff. At O^O?
Friday we moored at Kirilof Wharf,Const
ant in e Harbor Amchitka. While several
tons of supplies were offloaded, ENS
Larson and the Marines hiked along the
beach to Constantine Harbor Daybeacon &
disassembled it* At 124Q we were under
way again, and at 1345 had completed dis
establishment of Constantino Harbor Chan
nel Buoy 2. Since WECO moved off the is
land last October there is no longer any
operational need for maintaining aids %o
navigation there. At 2050 that night we
observed a volcano erupting on Kiska Is
land. A distinct orange glow could be"
seen on a cone at Sirius Pt., and stream*
of molten lava flowed in to the sea,caus
ing great clouds of steam* (Reeves AA re
ported that as of Wednesday the 24th the
flow still continued).
We reached Attu at 1300, Saturday,the
20th, and after reseeting Massacre Bay .
West Channel Buoy 2 on statioh, and per
forming annual service of Pyramid Cove
Buoy 3, mbored at the dock at 1525. The
new SnoGo was unloaded with dispatch, &
by 1800 material for the return trip was
loaded on board.
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