THREE SERVICE SCHOOIS IN lESS THAN
FOUR YEARS FOR OPERATIONS MAN
In less than four .years, Jim F. Pope,'
Parachute Rigger Third Class, USN, son of j
Mr. and Mrs. John M, Pope, Rural Route#l, j
Tishomingo, Oklahoma has completed two
naval service schools and is now eligible
for assignment to a third school as a
result of his reenlistment under the STAR
Program on 4 December 1961 for six years.
. Previously completing Class nPn Air
nan School and Class MAn Parachute Rigger
School, Pope reenlisted for Class ”B ,f
Parachute Rigger School and will be advan
ced in rate, if qualified, following his
graduation to Parachute Rigger 2nd Class,
another incentive of the STAR program.
PR3 Pope entered the naval service in I
March of 1958. He graduated from Tish-Hi ;
and was employed by the H.H. Brown Truck !
Company, Ratliff City, Oklahoma prior to ;
entry into the Navy.
Pope is married and his wife, the form
er Nancy Sue Houston and two children are
residing at Olathe, Kansas while he serves
his Adak tour.
Congratulations PR3 POPE.
J
EXAM DATES ANNOUNCED DY SUPERS NOW IS
THE TIME TO START STUDYING BAUD
BuPers Notice 1413 of 20 November gives
the dates of the forthcoming Navy-wide j
Examinations for advancement in rating to j
pay grades E-4 through E-7 to be conducted!
during February 1962 which isn*t very far j
away and means that the time to start your!
studying is NOW if you haven1t already.
Here are the exam dates:
!
Pay Grade E-7 (CPO) Tuesday 6 Feb 1962 ;
Pay Grade E-6 (POl) Thursday 3 Feb 1962
Pay Grade fi-5 (P02) Tuesday 13 Feb 1962
Pay Grade fi-4 (P03) Thursday 15 Feb ]962
Involuntarily recalled reservists will ,
be administered the same examinations as \
active duty personnel. They will,however
be processed separately, thus competing
.among themselves. Separate, proportionate
quotas will be computed for these personn^
el in other words they will not compete
for Navy-wide quotas.
Study hard and Good LuckJ
-usn
Captains trophy basketball news
with CQSPER, PN3
‘ Monday, December 4th, the Captain*s
Trophy Basketball League brought forth
some exciting games which were enjoyed
by a capacity crowd of sports fans at
the Village Gym.
In the first game Supply took a win
from the Fire House by a score of 75
to 47. At the end of the 1st quarter
the Fire House looked like they might
defeat Supply but Supply rallied, came
alive and went on to run away with the
game. GRADY lead Supply with 2$ points
and the big gun for the Fire House was
HANSON with 17 points. Supply maintains (
their 3rd position in league standings
with a record of S wins and 3 losses.
The 2nd game between the #1 & #2
teams, Marines & A/C Maintenance got off
with a bang as the Marines ran out to a
6-2 lead in the first few minutes.
The Marines continued their lead all
the way to the end, at the beginning of
the 4th quarter they led by S points as
A/C Maintenance refueled and regrouped
to cut the score to 58-57 with only 45
seconds remaining, WILLIAMS committed a
technical foul which gave A/C Maintenance
a free throw made good by RAILEY to tie
the score, A/C took the ball out on the
side with 25 seconds left and with only
three seconds left COSPER made the field
goal that won the game, 60-58 for A/C
Maintenance, Big gun for A/C Maintenance
was RAILEY with 20 points, BOND sunk 15
points for the Marines, This win tied
A/C Maintenance with the Marines for 1st
place position, WELL DONE A/C Maintenance.
Wednesday, 6 December Public Works was
defeated by Meterology, 58-38 but the
game has been protested altho no reasop
has been given. Until the protest is
final, it is one more win for Metro,
Games for the coming week are:
Dec 11th Coast Guard vs Marines
Public Works vs Transportation
Dec 13th Transportation vs Supply
Dec 15th A’/C Maintenance vs Meterology
Public Works vs Coast Guard
League Standings are: 1st Marines &
A/C Main with 11 wine, 1 loss each; 2nd
Supply S & 3, 3rd Metro 8 & 5; 4th Coast
Guard 4 & 65 5th PW 5 & 85 6th Transport
ation 4-7; 7th Fire House. 2-10,