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     "Synthetic"  Trainer          Gunners  Use  the  Third  Dimension  to  Improve  Their  Accuracy                         Naval  Training

     At  Armed  Guard  Center                                                                                                Schools
     Does  Wonders  For  Aim
                                                                                                                             Live  and  Learn
       The tall, narrow building in  back                                                                                      Ship's  Company  seamen  have
     of  the  Recreation  Center  houses                                                                                     started traveling up  the g-ood  hard
     one  of  the  most  interesting  and
     probably  the  most  effective  phase                                                                                   Road  of  Learning.  Lt.  Overstreet
                                                                                                                             is  their  guide  for  the  first  lap  of
     of  the  Armed  Guard  Center  gun-
                                                                                                                             this  journey.  Preliminary  to  plans
     nery  c·ourse.
                                                                                                                             for  ·a  course  of  study,  the  group
       At  almost  any  time  of  the  day                                                                                   surveyed  their  own  situation  as it
      one  can  hear  the  rat-rat-tat  of                                                                                   pertains  to  Navy  and  world  sche-
     anti-aircraft  gunfire  and  the  very
                                                                                                                             matics. The obvious conclusion was
     realistic   sounds   of   low-diving
                                                                                                                             reached,  that it is  a  technical fast-
     planes  coming  from  the  window-
                                                                                                                             moving  world  and  that  each  of us
     less  structure.                                                                                                        must  gear  himse)f  to  keep  apace.
       Making  all  the  racket  is  the                                                                                     Whatever  schooling  has  been  com-
     combination  of  a  hard-working                                                                                        pleted in the past, it is not sufficient
     sound track and a  gunnery student                                                                                      for future needs, either in the Navy
     attempting  to  hit  the  images  of                                                                                    or  in  the  ever-approaching  post-
     planes  flashing  back  and  forth                                                                                      war  world.  With  this  in  mind,  a
     across  the  screen.                                                                                                    purposeful  and  supervised  course
       The Mark 1_ Trainer  (Polaroid)-                                                                                      of  study  is  under  way.  One  of  the
                                    BULLETS  OF  LIGHT  make  the  score  in  this  phase   three  dimensional  effect on  the screen.  Shown  at  left
      that is  the  name  of  the  device- is  of  the  Armed  Guard  Center  gunnery  course.  Above   is  the  extremely  complex  35mm  project.or  that  p;•o- first  things· on  the  schedule  is  the
      designed to give drill_ in tracer con- left is  pictured  the  Mark 1  mount  in  operatipn.  Note   vides  the  target.  The  course  is  given  either  as  a  re- general  training  course  for  non-
                                   the  polaroid  glasses  on  gunner  which  bring  out the   fresher or as  initial  instructi-on.
      trol  against  combat  targets.  The                                                                                   rated  men  (and,  did  you  ever  see
      gun is no ordinary gun. On the con-                                                                                    how much there is to learn between
      trary,  it  is  possibly  more  compli-  MINE  FORCE       shown  reflecting  credit  to  himself   Armed  Guard  Band   the  two  covers  of  that  volume?)
      cated  than  the  most  intricate  of              •  •  •  and the Naval Service."                                    Along  with  seamanship,  special
      anti-aircraft  weapons.  The  hub  of                                 *  *  *            To  Open  War  Bond           attention  will  be  given  to  mathe-
      the mechanism is a  large battery of   Willis  Allen,  GMlc,  of  the  Mine   Manuel Rosales, GM3c, was mar-           matics,  a  subject  found  to  be  a
      telescope-like lights that are almost  Disposal Unit, was awarded a  com- ried  to  Mary  Salazar  in  Oakland   Drive  At  Shipyards   troublesome stumbling block in ad-
      human in the way they move  with   mendation  for  gallantry  in  action   on  April  22.  Mine  Forcers  at  the      vancement for so  many ratings.
      the gun and figure the gunner's ac-                        wedding  offering moral  support  to   The  popular  Armed  Guard  band   Distinguished  Visitors
                                    by H.K. Hewitt, Commander Unit- Manuel  were  Narsizo  Flores,  Slc,
      curacy.                      ed  States  Eighth  Fleet.  The  com- and  Nello  Carucci,  S2c.  Lots  of   under  the  leadership  of  Dave  Lu-  H.  V.  Kaltenborn,  well-known
       In bac!{  of the gunner i_n  a  booth                                                   gone,  Slc, is playing  Sunday,  May   news  commentator,  and  Mrs.  Kal-
      is  a  moving  picture  projector that   mendation  ribbon was delivered by  luck  to  Mary and Manuel.   20,  at the  inauguration  ceremonies   tenborn spent an evening on Treas-
                                                                            *  *  *
                                   Commander Mine Force, Lt. Comdr.                            starting the seventh war bond drive
      flashes  three-dimensional  pictures                                                                                   ure Island as guests of Commander
      of  attacking  planes  on  the  special   J. D.  ~iner,  on  April  5.· The  com-  As  we  ramble  through  the  ros- at  Kaiser's  Richmond  Shipyards.   and Mrs. Falge. They visited Naval
      screen  at  which  the  gl!lnner  fires.   mendation  reads  as  follows:  "For  ter,  a  few ·new  faces  appear  and  Waves from the Armed Guard Cen-  Training Schools,  expressing inter-
      In order to see the pictures clearly,   outstanding  performance  of  duty  that always means old friends have  ter will drill in formation and a  gun   est in all there was to be seen here
      the  gunsight  is  fitted  with  a  lens   while  attached  to  the  Mobile  Ex- departed  for  new  places.  Lt.  crew  will  demonstrate  their  effici-  and  elsewhere· on  the  Island.
      which  has  the  same  effect  as  the   plos_ive Investigation Unit No. Two  Charles  Alward,  officer-in-charge  ency  by  firing  a  few  rounds ,from   Reminder
      paper-and-cellophane  outfits  that   at  Marseille,  France.  An  ammuni- of  one  of  our  ships  and  division  a  3.50.  Commander Thomas  Mack-
                                    tion  train  at  LaCanet  railyard,  commander, has left for Mine War- lin,  executive officer,  Armed Guard   The July Fourth Navy War Bond
      were  supplied  with  the  "audio-                                                                                     campaign  is  already  under  way,
      scopic"  movies  of a  few years ago.   Marseille,  France,  caught  fire  on  fare school. Lt.  (jg)  W. W. Bowles,  Center,  will  inte_rview several gun-  with Lt. Raab heading up the plan-
       Anyone  who  has  had  the  op-  September  27,  1944.  He  ably  and  officer-in-charge  of  another  one  of  ners  to  start  the  ball  rolling.  Lu-  ning.  He hopes that any of us who
                                    courageously  assisted  in  fighting  our ships, has transferred to Armed  gone's  boys are probably the  busi-
      portunity of throwing a  few rounds                                                                                    are anticipating investments of this
                                    the  blaze  and  aided  in  removing  Guard  duty.  We  are  sorry  to  see  est little group on  the base.  In ad-
      out  at a  Val,  a  Kate,  or  a  Betty,                                                                               kind  will  "hold  everything"  until
      will readily admit that these train-  more  than  60  tons  of  ammunition  these  two  gentlemen  go.  Welcome  dition . to  standing  their  regular   June  22,  then  to  dash  to the  bond
      ers  are  about  as  close  to  the  real   from  the  burning  train  during  a  to Ens .. Beck and Ens. Tookey.   watches  and  duties,  they  play  for   booth  with  amassed  vast  fortunes
      thing as has yet been  reached.   period  of·  two  days,  despite  con-  Lt.  W.  D.  Allen,  Assistant  to  members and guest of the  officers'   to  put  into  safe  keeping.  Whether
       Under  the  watchful  eye  of  Lt.   stant  danger  from  explosives  and  Commander  Mine  Force,  is  prac- club  on  Wednesday  and  Saturday,   or not there will be an early end to
      John  Posegate,  specially  schooled   white phosphorous fires,  and was in  ticing  handball  so  that  he  can  be  work  a  spot  or  two  at  the  Stage   the  Pacific  war,  there  is  not  too
      gunner's mates instruct the classes   a  large  ~easure  responsible  for  a  good  basketball  player,  or  is  it  D o or  Canteen;  and  Monday,   much  time  left  to  start some  sav-
      in the fine  points of tracer control.   bringing the fire under control, sal- baseball?  Anyhow,  he's practicing!  Wednesday,  and  Friday,  at  1200,   ing  for  those  expensive  civilian
                                                                                               they  put  on  their  regular  show  in
       Seaman  gunners,  petty  officers,  vaging a  large amount of critically                                              dreams of the future.   ·
      and Armed Guard gunnery officers  needed ammunition and preventing   The  unanswered  question  of  the   the  main  recreation  lounge  at the
      are given their initial and refresher  probable grave damage to military  day  is,  "What happened  to  all  the   Armed  Guard  Center.   Farewell,  Chief-
      courses in this school and the Mark  and  naval  installations · in  the  vi- bar  room  signs  which  said,  'Free      According to the new regulations
      1  set-up  is  used  to  determine  just  cinity.  Exceptional  courage  and  Drinks on the House the .Day Hitler   The other day a  New York  lady  which  permit  commanding officers
      how good the gunner is.       outstanding  devotion  to  duty  was  falls'?"             boarded  a  bus,  paid  a  nickel  and  to  effect  release  to  inactive  duty
                                                                                                then  discovered the  bus was going  for those men over forty-two years
                                                                                                the  wrong  way  for  her.  She  de- of age, Luchien Levi Delatte, CBM,
       0        500                                                                            manded  her  money  back. ·The  bus  has put aside his Navy uniform and
                                                                                               driver wouldn't come across. So she  has returned to his home in Corona,
                                                                                               bit him  in  the  ear ,causing  him  to  Calif. We wish him happy "civilian
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                                                                                                jam the bus into a  street post.  The  days",  well-deserved  after  twenty-
                                                         cl9ASi'lKi  •        JAPAN            lady  wound  up  in  jail,  one  nickel  eight years of active service in the
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      PACIFIC  PRESSURE  POINTS-Numbers  indicate   chang  and  were  in  Foochow on  the  coast.  (4).  Brit-
      some  of  the  places  at  which  Allied  might  is  being   ish, ol}erating  from  recently captured  Rang-oon, were
      thrown  against  Japan:  (1).  The  war's  largest  fleet   driving  the  enemy  fr.om  Burma.  (5).  In  the  Philip-
      of  B-29's· dropped  more  than  a  milHon  fire  bombs   pines,  U.  S.  troops  were  driving  for  a  junct·ure  on
      on  Nagoya's  war  industries.  (2).  U.  S.- Marines  and   Mindanao  near  Davao  and  almost  had  that  island  EXOTIC  IS  THE  WORD  for  Gene  Tierney,  lovely  motion  picture  star.
      soldiers  fought slowly  into stubbornly-held  Japanese   cut  in  two.  (6).  Australian  troops were  battling  for  Captivating,  enchanting,  and  entrancing  are  three  more.  If you  would
      defenses  around  Naha,  as  the  battle  for  Okinawa   oil-rich  Tarakan, off Borneo.  (7). Other Aussies cap-  like  to  see  more  of  her,  y-ou  might  be  interested  that  her  last  picture
      reached  ils  climax.  (3).  Chinese  troops  took  Sin-  tured  by-passed  Wewak, on  New Guinea.   was  "Laura."
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