CAPT. S. M. SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR. E. L. CRANCE, USN
Executive Officer
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EDITOR; H. T. DAVIS, YN1 055-J or 365
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By Chaplain V. Stenberg
This is an age oftense and exacting
demands. It is an age when a day
dreaming worker can forget to oil a
high speed part and an expensive mach
ine is ruined. It is an age when a
hung over warker can become careless
for an instantand electrocute himself.
It is an age when a couple of seconds
attention taken off the read can cause
death or a lifetime cripple. It is an
age when an untightened bolt can cause
the loss of multi-million dollar air
craft and of many lives. It is an age
when a wrong, or too hasty push of a
button, can plunge us into sudden and
devastating war. It is an age when
everyone is expected to perform at his
peak of efficiency, not for short per
iods of time but all the time.
Why the necessity? We are told it
is necessary for survival.
For survival itself we are required
to be always alert. Not just for pro
tection from outside forces--Communism,
etc. It is necessary to protect us
from ourselves. The day-dreamy worker
around high-speed machinery, the hung
over worker around electrical parts
and in many other areas of work), the
careless driver, the careless approach
even to a desk job--any of them may
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cause loss of life, loss of valuable
time, loss of equipment.
Worse, it adds up to lack of s61f
discipl.ine and restraint. It is a loss
of something God-given, our use of our
abilities. One needs to be also cons
tantly on the alert to oversome this
temptation to slothfullness.
It is an age of exacting demands, of
expecting peak efficiency on the job 'and.
in personal conduct. This has caused
tension. Tension has been a greatsales- •
making work for the manufacturers of
sleeping pills and aspirin tablets,. It
has made necessary the profession of
Psychiatry. People are seeking cures
from the effects of prolonged tension.
What is needed is something else.
What is sorely needed is the kind of
inner security, of peace of mind that
prevents tension. It is an inner peace
that does not detract from the exacting
demands of high-speed machinery, elect
ronics devices, or driving a car. It is
the kind of inner serenity that frees
the mind for concentration on matters of
immediate importance.
This peace of mind is knowing the
love and forgiveness of the One who said;
"Come unto me all ye that labor and are
heavy laden and I will give you rest."
NEW STATION ATF USS MOCTOBI (ATF 105)
The USS MOCTOBI (ATF-105)has relieved
the USS CHICKASAW (ATF-75)and is sched
uled to remain in the area until th&
middle of June as Station ATF.
Named after an old tribe of Indians
who once lived on the Gulf Coast, the
MOCTOBI was built in Charleston, S.C.
in 1944. Designated as a Fleet .Tug,
she was designed primarily for heavy
ocean towing with capability for ship
salvage. She is 205 feet long and has
five officers and 72 men in the crew.
MOCTOBI is a unit of the Service Force,
U.S. PacificFloet based at. Pearl Harbor.
Prior to her current assignment to the
Commander Alaskan Sea Frontier, MOCTOBI
has been deployed with the Seventh Fleet
in the Far East from August through
December 1960. Truly a workhorse of
the Fleet, she towed once 13 million
ton-miles in 1960 alone, in addition
to a variety of other services.
’WELCOME ABOARD USS MOCTOBI.