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     The  Right Man  In  the Right Billet Is the  Placing  the  "Round  Pegs  In  Round  Holes"                              Radio  Materiel  S,hool
                                                                                                                             Welcome  Aboard
     Concern of Pre-Com  Classification  Unit                                                                                 RMS  is  pl-eased  to  welcome
                                                                                                                             aboard R. M. Woods and E. G.  Gim-
     Continued from  Page 1-       he  is  asked  about  his  sea  duty,  if                                                 bel,  both  Chief  Radio  Electricians,
                                   any.  He  is  then  given  a  thorough                                                    who report for  duty here from  Del
     fleeted  at   th e  Pre-Commissioning  vision  examination  on  a  wondrous                                             Monte.
     Training  Center,  u nd er   th e  com- machine  called  an  Ortho-Rater.
     mand  of  Captain  P.  M.  Thornton,                                                                                    Grand  Opening
                                   After  a  short wait  on  a  bench,  he
     which  has  for  one  of  its  activities                                                                                 On Monday, 7 May 1945, at 1830,
                                   ls  escorted  to  the  most  important
     on Treasure Island the operation of                                                                                     the  Recreation  Lounge,  Bldg.  29,
                                   part of  the . morning's proceedings,
     the  Classification  Unit  under  the                                                                                   was officially opened for use by the
                                   a  thorough  and  friendly  conversa-
     supervision  of  Lt.  C.  F .  Johnson,   tion  with a  Specialist  (C),  who  in-                                      personnel  of  this  command  by  Lt.
     classification officer.                                                                                                 E .  M.  Ziegler,  Welfare  Officer,  on
                                   quires  into  the  man's  civilian  life
       The  classification  unit  is  highly                                                                                 behalf  of  the  Commanqing  Officer.
                                   and  occupations,  his  ambitions,
     specialized,  selecting  crews  exclu-                                                                                  The lounge, which has been secured
                                   hobbies and education. After a long,
     sively  for  newly-constructed  de-                                                                                     for the  past few weeks, has under-
                                   heart-to-heart talk, this interviewer
     stroyers  from  the  "DD"  pool  at   writes  down  a  recommendation                                                   gone  a  complete  renovation.  A
     Treasure Island. The pool is fed by                                                                                     change  in  the  color  scheme,  plus
                                   something like  this:  "According  to
     recruits from  boot camp,  from  the                                                                                    new  furniture  and  draperies,  has
                                   this  man's  civilian  background,  in-
     Navy's Class "A" schools and from                                                                                       created  a  recreation  room  that  is
                                   cerest  and  hobbies,  it  is  recom-
     the fleet  itself.            m~mded  that  he  be  assigned  as  a                                                     considered  one  of  the  best  on
       A  sailor's  experience  during  a                                                                                    Treasure  Island.  Included  in  the
                                   gunner's  mate  "striker,"  which
     morning  at  the  classification  unit                                                                                  improvements  is  a  mural  which
                                   .neans  that  the  man  can  get  pre-
     will  quiet  any  mother's  fears  that   ,iminary  training  as  a  gunner's                                           was painted by Harry C. Stanley of
     the  Navy  will  not  understand  her   .nate,  and  "strike"  for  that  rate                                          Class 59 as well as a ·picture of our
     son,  that  he  will  go  through  his   a.board  a  destroyer.                                                         late  President  Roosevelt.  Stanley
     entire naval career without finding                                                                                     has  made  this  contribution  during
                                     '1'he  results  of  the  interview  are
     a  sympathetic ear.                                                                                                     his  free  time  and  should  be  highly
                                   ~hecked  by  a  specialist at another
       The  classification  unit  operates                       THE  EYES  HAVE  IT in  this phase  of classification  work.  The  subject  commended for his fine  work.  This
                                   Jesil:  and  the  man's  records  are
     on  the  theory  that  specialization                       (left)  peers into the "ortho-rater," as  the  interviewer records  his  scores.   Recreation Lounge and game  room
                                   i·ent  into  another  office. where  an- The  machine  is  used  to  measure  visual  acuity  for  certain  branches  of
     has  become the keynote of modern                                                                                       will  be maintained for the comfort
                                   0ther  scientific  apparatus  callt'ld  a  naval  service.
     warfare.  As Lt.  Johnson  puts it:   ''selectometer"  records  and  ap-                                                and recreation of the RMS  person-
     Skills  Are  Utilized         praises  the  man's  characteristics                        APA  Area                     nel and it is hoped that all will en-
       "Just as our war effort at home   a.nd  aptitudes.  The  selectometer,  OPERAT~ONAL       The new, well-equipped Fire Con-  joy  the  advantages  offered.  Music
     requires  careful  selection  and  dis-  .,:.,t.  Johnson  believes,  will  be  of  in-   trol  building  in  the  AP A  Area  is   and  entertainment,  including  a
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     tribution  of  millions  of  workers  in   estimable  value  in  civilian  per-  TiA~NU~ G SCHOOL  now  completed  and  ready  for  in-  football  movie  showing  the  All-
     esl;lential  industries,  so  have  the   sonnel selection after the war. It is           structing  fire  control  teams  in   American  elevens  in  the  nation,
     urgent demands of our military ac-  an  electric  device  with  a  series  of             Rada r  and  fire  control- operations.   completed the evening and approxi-
     tio~s  made  it  mandatory  that  the   different colored filters and electric            ... Despite our warbling, they·have   mately 250  members of the  school,
     skills and aptitudes of our soldiers   eye.  It was  perfected  by  the  Na-              at  last  "fenced  us  in"  with  a  fine   with  the  sewing  group  as  guests,
     and  sailors  be  utilized  to  the  full.   tional  Defense  Research  Council  c.  1.  c.                             enjoyed the opening ceremonies im-
     0                                                                                         new fence  around the gunnery and
     The  soldier and  sailor is no longer   group  engaged  in  personnel  re-  When M.  J.  Hook,  CRT, was dis•   fire  control  slab.  .  .  .  0 .  Smith,   mensely.
     merely  a  man  behind  a  gun.  The  :,earch.
                                                                 playing  his  new Winchester Model   GMlc,  is  recuperating from  a  ton-
     enormous  stride  of  technical  ad-  Crew  Functions  as  Team   21  skeet gun  recently,  Lt.  (jg)  R.   silectomy at the T.  I.  Hospital.   Cross-Word  Answers
     vances,  the complexities of scienti-
                                     The records of the sailor then go  M.  Kelly,.  being  a  very  interested
     fic  warfare  are  forcing  continual-                                                    Advancements
                                   to  Lt.  Johnson,  who  studies  them,  observer,  meekly  asked  if  those
     ly  increasing  demands  for  special                                                       So  proudly  we  hail  Lt.  Collin-
                                   a.nd  they  are  then  assigned  to  a  skeets  were  good  eating.  Chief
     assignments.  The  careful  selection                                                     son,  Lt.  Jones and Lt.  Whitebrook,
                                   specialist  in  destroyer  crew  make- Hook  smiled  assuringly  and  said
     of  the  men best  suited for  specific   up  and filed in the  right place,  ac-  they tasted just like snipe. We won-  upon the announcement of their ad-
     tasks and their speedy training has   cording to the  results  of  the inter-  der if Lt. Kelly has ever been snipe   vancement to full  Lieutenants . . ..
     become  one  of  the  most  critical                                                      Incidentally, where did they get all
                                   view.                         hunting!
     tasks of  military leadership."   When a  new destroyer is about to                       those  good  cigars!  .  .  .  Congrats
       From the moment a  sailor enters                          First  Lieutenant's Office    also  to  two  of  our  Chiefs,  M.  H.
                                   be commissioned, a  nucleus crew of
     the  workshop  of  the  classification                        Personnel  of  the  enterprising   Standish, Jr., and L. L. Raszcewski.
                                   senior  petty officers  is  assigned  to
     unit  until  he  departs,  he  is  im-  it.  It is  upon  this 'foundation  that   First  Lieutenant's  Office  are  car-  who are now Gunnery Warrant Of-
     pressed  by  his  discovery  that  the                      rying  on  by  the  light  of  the  mid-  ficers .. . .  Lt.  (jg)  Macon,  we're
                                   che  crew is  built.   ·
     men and officers  who man the unit   Gradually  the  assignment of  the   night oil,  getting new records  into   looking  for  that  full  lieutenant
     are experts in their field and know   men  is  made,  always  according  to   shape. Everything is in "apple-pie"  stripe  on  your  sleeve.  Sorry  your:
     what  they  aTe  talking  about,  plus   their  aptitudes  and  experiences,   order  at  Federal  Galley,  now  that  stay  in  the  hospital  necessitated
     a  lot more that does not enter into   until  finally  the  complete  comple-  Leonard Mankin, Slc, is mess cook- holding your advancement until au-
     the  conversation,.  Classification ex-  ment of the  destroyer is filled  and   ing  there.  Lt.  Harry  J .  Hoffman  thority was received.
     perts  in  the  Navy,  if  they  are  en-                   found himself a  little short of funds
                                   ls  ready  to  function  as  a  "team."                       ♦ - ♦ At- ♦ --•-----♦ A>AAAt ♦  ♦ AAAAAA-♦ A-A-J♦ -♦
     listed  men,  carry  the  rate  of                          this  week,  due  to the fact that his
                                     When  the  "team"  is  complete,                          _I. •• The Girl Back Home ... !
     Specialist  (C) .  Iri  the  destroyer                      trl!:nsfer, wage red to  come  through  l
                                   the  captain  and  executive  officer
     pre  - commissioning  classification                        by May 1,  did not appear.
                                   are  called  in  and spend a  morning
                                                                   The reason for the pleased smile  ----------------♦♦----------►-••
     unit  almost all of these  specialists
                                   going  over  each  crew  member  in  Engineering·
     were in civilian occupations dealing   detail. · Sometimes  minor  changes
     with  personnel  education  or  psy-  3.re  made,  but  in  every  case  the  on  Ens.  R.  W .  Hawkin's  face  and
     chology.  Some  of  them  were  stu-  ::ommanding officer  and his  execu- the  box  of  cigars  under  his  arm,
     dent   counselors.   All   received   tive  place  full  confidence  in  the  was that he became the father of an
     further  specialized  training by the   decisions  of  the  classification  unit.  8-lb.  4-oz.  baby  girl  this  week,
     Navy  and  have  a  speaking  ac-  The margin of error is almost non- named Mary Margaret. Mother and
     quaintance  with  ever:v..  Navy  rate   existent  and  every  sailor  aboard  daughter  are  both  doing  well-
     and  job.  Lt.  Johnson,  himself,  was   knows  that he  was assigned  to  his  father  is  s 1 ow 1 y  recuperating.
     a  former  personnel  specialist with
                                   particular  billet  because  the  Navy  Hearty  congratulations  t  o  t h e
     the  United  States  Employment
                                   found  the  "right man for  the right  happy parents.
     Service  and holds  a  degree in per-  billet,"  the  classification  unit's
     sonnel  psychology  from  the  Uni-                           "Whew!  that's  a  worry  off  my
                                   slogan.                       mind,"  sighed  G.  W .  Jordan,  Ylc,
     versity of Kansas.
                                     Meanwhile,  the  seamen  assigned  when he heard the first cry indicat-
     The  Real  Test  Comes        as  yeoman  strikers  to  a  new  de-  ing  the  arrival  of  Dale  Arlene,  a
       After · a  sailor  has  been  ordered  stroyer  are  being  trained  in  the
                                                                 7½-lb.  daughter,  May 1st.  The last
     to report to  "classification," he  ap- offices  of  the  classification  unit
                                                                 days prior to the arrival were very
     pears  the  next  morning  and  is  itself.  Their chief job  is  to  become
                                                                 trying to the  expectant father,  but
     seated  in  a  small  room  with  some  acquainted  with  office   routine   now all  is well  and we  wish to ex-
     19 or 20 other men.  There they see  aboard  their ship  and to prepare  a
                                                                 tend  congratulations  to  the  new
     sound  motion  pictures  in  techni- 3eries  of  cards  for  their  executive
                                                                 Mom  and  Pop .... W.  L.  Brown,
     color  about  the  rates  aboard  a  '.lfficer  which  are  a  cross~index  to
                                                                 Y2c,  again starred and became the
     destroyer. Then they enter a  booth,  the abilities and ambitions of every
                                                                 hero  of  his  team  during  a  recent
     much  like  a  commercial  telephone  man  in  the  crew.  Every  man  has
                                                                 softball  game.  The  game  was in  a
     booth, and pick up a  "battle phone."  been  graded  on  his  potentialities
                                                                 deadlock with a  tied score,  the end
     The  sailor  in  such  a  booth  waits  and  experience.  Even  the  man's
                                                                 was  near  and  Brown,  substituting
     until he hears the voice of a  special- priva~ ambitions are known to the
                                                                 as  relief  pitcher,  retired  the  side,
     ist  who  asks  him his  name,  naval  ~xecutive  officer,  who  is  the  per-
                                                                 then  batted  out  a  two-bagger  to
     experience  and  other  information.  sonnel  officer aboard  the ship.  And
                                                                 pull  in  two  runs  already  on  base.
     He is  told to repeat certain typical  if the man can play the guitar, the
     commands over the phone. Then he  "exec" knows that, too, because the   School  Office
     is  given  a  coded  grade  in  "tele- information  will  come  in  handy   Our roster of vital statistics this
     talk."  If  he  has  a  good  grade  it  when  a  "happy  hour"  of  enter-  week includes the exchange of vows
     means  he  is  qualified  to  man  a  tainment  is  being  planned  aboard   by H. T. Houser, Cox, and his bride.
     battle phone  aboard a  destroyer.   ship.                  Best wishes to you "Ted" and wife.
       The  sailor  repeats  his  grade  to   When  the  "exec"  finally  takes   .  . . Another step along the path of
     an  interviewer  at  a  desk  in  the  over,  the  classification  unit  still  progress  was  reached  by  each  of_
      room,  plus  his  full  name,  home  maintains  close  contact and if  one  the  following  members  of  ship's
      town,  rate,  and  other  statistics.  of  the  new  ship's  team  falls  ill  or  company,  who  advanced  in  rating:
     The  interviewer  has  on  his  desk  is sent home on emergency leave a  B.  E .  Mayville,  CM3c;  E.  D.  Blan-
      the  man's  "Q"  card,  which is kept  man  with  similar  qualifications  is  chard,  SF3c;  Dorothy  Goodrich,
     always in the  man's  service  record  assigned  to  maintain the full  com- SK3c; Ruth Carlson, Slc; and J. A.
     and  which  contains  a  bird's-eye  plement.  When  the  ship  finally  Magill,  S2c ... . While we welcome
     view of the man's education, mental  sails,  the  new  "exec"  knows  that  to  ship's  company  D.  R.  Dixon,
     alertness  and  aptitudes.  On  it  are  his  crew  is  the  best the  Navy  can  EM2c,  and  D.  Searles,  RdM2c,  we
                                                                                               HOME  IN  INDIANA  is  pretty  Maryanna  Dede,  who  graces  the  Girl
      recorded  the  grades  of  several  provide,  well-balanced,  trained and  bid adieu  to S.  M.  Sumich, RdM3c,  Back Home column this week. The nineteen-year-old student attends the
     significant aptitude  tests.   with all the makings of a  captain's  and  C.  C.  Naylor,  Slc,  and  wish  Indiana State Teachers' College and  is a  member of the Gamma Gamma
                                                                                               sorority  there.  Her  boy  in  blue  is  a · 1ong  way  from  the  banks  of  the
       Next,  the  sailor  crosses  a  hall  dream  of  "the best doggoned  crew  them  smooth  sailing  on  the  briny
                                                                                               Wabash.  He  is  Robert  A.  Gregar,  S1c,  an  instructor  at  Radi-o  Materiel
     into  another,  larger -room,  where  in  the  fleet."   , ·   ·   deep.                  school.
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