CAPT S. M. SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
THE
CDR R. L. STRAUB, USN A D A K
Executive Officer SUN
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contained herein are not to be construed
as representing the official opinion of
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an official publication.
STAFF
H.T. DiiVIS, YN1 X365 F. MC CLUER,?N2 X36O
THE .CHAPLAIN'S CORNER
SIGN POSTS
Sign posterected at street cor
ners and elsewhere, advise those who
are unfamiliar with the locality of
the way they must follow if 'they are
to arrive at the' desired destination.
If they are followed the stranger
cannot go in the wrong direction*. If,
on the other hand, he is careless,
about observing' them, he ,may' find
himself where he' does not wish to be.
In compiling a guide post for the
upbringing of children, an experienc
ed educator presents a. number of
rules which parents and'others who
habe the care of children would do
well to observe.
If, he says, you make it a parctIce.
to give your child whatever, he wants,
whether it b„ good for him or other
wise, you are storing up for you and
for him many a heartache later on.
If, you treat his misbehaviour as a
joke, and;, fail to reprimand•• ’him for
it, he will continue to flaunt your
authority, and he will lose any res
pect for you he ...would .otherwise have*
If you impose no . little duties upon
him, but allow him to go free of all
responsibility, you have entered-on a
servitude which will increa.se as the
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days pass. The child who is brought
up to think of himself first, last
and always, will never think of any
one else in helpful way. And, he will
go through life unloving and unloved*
The conditions this educator cites
are all. too prevalent-in many cases.
Holy Scripture tells us that those
who. are brought up in the right way
in. youth, will not depart from it
when they are old.
• •• What a difference there is between
ja modest, ' obedient child and one who
| is arrogant and selfish! We pity that
child. We pity his parents, tool Our
lives are what we make then. There are
many guide posts showing us the best
way, from the cradle to the grave. To
(follow, them all the way is to find
ihaopiness here, and at the end.
k - , - *
Father Keefe
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THE MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE
The Military Sea Transportation Ser
vice (MSTS) .was formed in 1949 to prov
ide under one authority the control, op-- •
eration and administration of .all ocean
transportation for the Department of De
fense.
‘-As an' operating command, MSTS comes
directly under the Chief of.Naval Oper
ations; as a procurement activity- it is
supervised by the Assistant Secretary of^^
the Navy for Installations and Logistics^)!
Thus, it is a major component... of the Navy.
Its mission is threefold: (l) To prov
ide sea transportation for personnel and.,
cargoes of the Department of Defense and
to provide supoort ships for scientific
purposes. (2) To plan and negotiate for
use of commercial.shipping to augument.
the MSTS.nucleus fleet as necessary to
"meet total requirements (3) To plan for
and be capable of expansion in time of
war as directed, {;
All MSTS ships and equipment operate
directly under the Navy but it provides;
ocean transportation for all Department
•Of Defense^AgencieSo Both marine civil
service personnel & military personnel
are employed afloat—sometimes in the .
same ship-. The headquarters of the fleet'
■type organization is in Washington;D,C. _
and the service is presently under the
command of Vice Admiral Roy A. Gano,USN*