ALL HANDS

THE BUREAU OF N A V A L PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

JANUARY 1970 Nav-Pers-O NUMBER 636

VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES K. DUNCAN, USN

The Chief of Naval Personnel

REAR ADMIRAL D. H. GUINN, USN

The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel

CAPTAIN R. W. HALL, JR., USN

Assistant Chief for Morale Services

TABLE OF C O N T E N T S

Features

Naval Ordnance Lab Soars Into the Future 2

Floating Foundry: USS Samuel Gompers 7

UNITAS: Ten Years of Cooperation 8

Inside Look at the Naval War College 12

NATTU Photo School 14

RVN Takes Over MRF: Vietnamization Step 16

Concrete Junk? Why Not? 19

USS Newport Sports the New Look 20

Two Views: By and For Warrant Officers 23

Navy Wives Lend a Hand Overseas 32

Navy New Year's Log 34

Special Report

Family Services Center 24

For Your Information: FSC Directory 28

Your Next Duty Station: Living Conditions Pamphlets 30

Departments

Today's Navy 38

Letters to the Editor 56

Navy Humor 63

Bulletin Board

BuPers Revises Rules on S e p a r a t i o n Procedures ........ 44

Preview of the New Working Uniform 45

Four-Pronged Opportunity: NPS and USNA 47

Updated Instructions on Vietnam Leave 48

Seavey Segment A-70 52

Roundup on Revised Officer Designators 54

Taffrail Talk 64

John A. Oudine, Editor

Associate Editors G. Vern Blasdell, News Don Addor, Layout & Art Ann Hanabury, Research Gerald Wolff, Reserve

• F R O N T COVER: TOP SIDE—Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Sunfish [SSN 649) cruises surface of Atlantic. This Sturgeon class sub is especially designed as an antisubmarine weapon.

• A T LEFT: GROWING UP—Taking her bow, one weighing 67 tons, is the U. S. Navy dock landing ship Portland (LSD 37), under construction at Quincy, Mass. Portland is named in honor of the cities at the same name in Maine and Oregon. The 555-foot vessel is the first of four sister ships, designed to support amphibious assaults, to be built al Quincy.



	*ALL HANDS*

	THE BUREAU OF N A V A L PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

	JANUARY 1970 Nav-Pers-O NUMBER 636 VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES K. DUNCAN, USN The Chief of Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL D. H. GUINN, USN The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel CAPTAIN R. W. HALL, JR., USN Assistant Chief for Morale Services

	TABLE OF C O N T E N T S Features Naval Ordnance Lab Soars Into the Future 2 Floating Foundry: USS Samuel Gompers 7 UNITAS: Ten Years of Cooperation 8 Inside Look at the Naval War College 12 NATTU Photo School 14 RVN Takes Over MRF: Vietnamization Step 16 Concrete Junk? Why Not? 19 USS Newport Sports the New Look 20 Two Views: By and For Warrant Officers 23 Navy Wives Lend a Hand Overseas 32 Navy New Year's Log 34 Special Report Family Services Center 24 For Your Information: FSC Directory 28 Your Next Duty Station: Living Conditions Pamphlets 30 Departments Today's Navy 38 Letters to the Editor 56 Navy Humor 63 Bulletin Board BuPers Revises Rules on S e p a r a t i o n Procedures ........ 44 Preview of the New Working Uniform 45 Four-Pronged Opportunity: NPS and USNA 47 Updated Instructions on Vietnam Leave 48 Seavey Segment A-70 52 Roundup on Revised Officer Designators 54 Taffrail Talk 64 John A. Oudine, Editor Associate Editors G. Vern Blasdell, News Don Addor, Layout & Art Ann Hanabury, Research Gerald Wolff, Reserve • F R O N T COVER: TOP SIDE—Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Sunfish [SSN 649) cruises surface of Atlantic. This Sturgeon class sub is especially designed as an antisubmarine weapon. • A T LEFT: GROWING UP—Taking her bow, one weighing 67 tons, is the U. S. Navy dock landing ship Portland (LSD 37), under construction at Quincy, Mass. Portland is named in honor of the cities at the same name in Maine and Oregon. The 555-foot vessel is the first of four sister ships, designed to support amphibious assaults, to be built al Quincy.