Your Car Is No Sater Than Your Driving! --- -' --- -- Jtl.X M s- -_ _ VOL. 12-No. 33 UNITED STATES NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE: FLORIDA 10 November, 1954 - Home of Commander Naval Air Bases, Sixth Naval District; Commander Fleet Air Jacksonville; Fleet Air Wing 11; Naval Air Technical Training Center ----- Parade In Jacksonville . *' .! Navy Marine Units In % kr M , } :ti Veterans' Day CeremoniesNavy i .. and Marine personnel from activities in this area will participate) in the observance of the nation's first Vet erans' Day, Thursday, November 11. Aimlstlce Day, Veteran - Formerly Capt. John S. Thach NAS com- I *' Day wan proclaimed by Act mantling officer, will he reviewing r w of Congress on June 14, 1954 to officer of the parade. a pay tribute to veterans of all wars C Y a Rear Adm. John Perry will be Following the ]2f. pjr.Mlr; a ) 5' ) : guest speaker" at the Veterans'Day luncheon at the Mayflower IIMel celebration In Orlando, Fla., has been arranged the Veter sponsored by) the Council of Central by Florida War Veterans. Admiral ans' Day Observance Committee Captain Thach will "Th speak on Perry will review the mornIng - American Veteran -- Ills Prestigeand parade and deliver the principal address from the speakers' __, His'u< _Obligation_ __ .- __ _.. ., ----.. _. -- -Y,-......'... 4 n ....,-- platform in the Town Square at 1100. Set House -- -- -, EYE WORLD CROWN-Upon the shoulders of these five Jacksonville Open Navy skeetmen rests the United States hopes for a world' STATION OBSERVES skeet title. The Jacksonville Navy crew, which departs Saturday, lire In JwkMiiivllta, the celebration Aboard Midway , S. in the International Shooting will begin at 1030 witha will carry the banners of the U. The general public will begiven HOLIDAY THURSDAY Union's World Tournament at Caracas, Venezuela beginning Nov. gigantic parade through the 15. Left to right are team members CIIGUN Francis Smith, of downtown district The largest ; on opportunity hlll'adAY Tomorrow, November 11, (is AO School: Titus Harris. AT3, .f VP-3; Joe Ilayman AEI, of AT to visit aboard one of the Veterans' Day, and will be ob School; Bill Arthur, AOC, .f AO School and Ken Pendergras, of military contingent ever assembled Nuvy's glnnt carriers the USS since the end of World WarII served as a legal holiday at NARTU. Midway which arrives at May- for of this kind activity an NAS Jax. All civilian and port today. will be featured, according to Na military personnel will have U. S. house hours aboard Skeetmen To Carry than L. Malllson, Grand MarKhal Open ! the day off, with the exception of the parade.Marching the big ship will be held' between of duty and maintenance cUOM. - the hours of 14ftfl and two units will include Colors World platoons of Marines from the 1700.It . Friday U a regular working In TourneyThe Marine Aviation Detachment at niAikH the third trip to Jax for the day. the Naval Air Technical Training : Midway. Ptcvioiis Jax Navy Five-Man Skeet Team, tabbed amnng the 1 Center, one platoon of Bluejackets trips here were in Oct. 1W3 favorites at the International Shooting Union's World's from the Naval Air Station, and Dec 1953.'Reapers', NAS Jax Named Championship of Skeet Shooting; to l he held in Caracas, Ven- the Navy Band two platoons from ezuela, Nov. 15-20, will depart for the scene of conflict Nov. I Naval Station Green Cove Spiingn 'Pilot Plant' For 13The and one platoon CI"OIlNAH Cecil Set. skeetmen. chosen to represent Field of AO School, NATTCenter; Ken S C . Accounting Test the United Stales In the five- AEC NARTU, Joe , Pendergras, A float depicting "The Weekend - event at the Venezuelan man team AEI AE School NATT- New RecordsIn Hayman, , The Naval Air Station hu been capital, embark by air from Center, and Titus Harris, ATX, of Citizen Warrior," will be.and provided the Weekend by the tentatively named a "pilot plant"in NAS sometime Saturday. VP-3. Naval Air Reserve Training Unit. DESPITE TilE strongest field -.. .'- the of cot testing a new accounting Also represented will be the system devised ,by the yet to oppose Jax Navy, the Fliers WEATHER OUTLOOK Naval Reserve Training Center, GunneryFighter to hold their own. It expect < Bureau of Yard and Dock to Thursday-Clear, warmer. the Air Force Reserves, the Army achieve more efficient management would come aa no surprise to many Friday-Partly cloudy, little Reserves, the Coat Guard, the Squadron 101 establish locals'carried the the quarter .if change in temperature, Florida Military District and the ed several new records last week and technical responsibility Star and Stripe to the top Saturday-Partly cloudy, cool Jacksonville Post! of the Florida when they became the first Fleet in the maintenance and operationof Among entries facing Jax Navy er. National Guard with both motorized Air Jacksonville squadron t. the Public Work( Department will be a Russian team, an un- Sunday-Clear, cooler. and marching units participate in a U.S. Atlantic known quantity in clay-pigeon circles - : throughout the Navy. Fleet i aerial gunnery competitive and a.strong Venezuelan exercise under the new rules. Scheduled to go Into effect here squad, host team. i, The new joint AirLant AirPac Jan I, 1955, it follows the Initial unbeaten seasonin i Compiling an rules went into effect on the introduction in the Norfolk area, skeet competition, Jax Navy I first day of fiscal J 1935. Althoughmost known as a "pilot Installation" copped" the Florida and Georgia of the rule changes are classified It U also slated for tryout in The ''' State Open crowns. clay it is known that fewer"passes" Charleston S. C. bird artists then snared South- ti e on the banner are permitted OPERATION OF THE /systemwas eastern Open honors before tak , explained last week to 30 ing the National Flve-Man crown THE FIRST man to win a Navy representatives of Naval establishments at Waterford Mich., recently "E" award under these more ' convening- here, from I.V THE FOUR tournament, .+ i stringent rules was Ens. Frank Sanford; Glynco Ga.; Green Cove the Fliers cracked 2,950; out of Hill, who qualified for an "Jo " Springs! ; Cecil Field and NAS 3.000 birds. Caught 495 out of at both 15,000 feet and 25.00 Jax in a conference headed by 500 in the Floiida and Georgia '?eet, Lt. Leroy Skelly, Lcdr. Robert } . Capt. Eugene J, Peltier, Assistant Opens, hit 738x750 in the Southeastern M. Telfair and Ens. Donald Chief for Maintenance and and notched 1,224x1/250 Gregory- also won "EV at both Material, of the Bureau, and in the Nationals. altitudes. Capt. Robert M Denny, Comdr. Peter Corratl Public Members of the Jax Navy squad USAF and !..t.(jg), Richard C Work Officer of the Sixth Naval District. hail from the various commands Winkler won "EV at the 25,000 aboard the station. Comprisingthe foot altitude. -- TIIK PROGRAM IS planned to squad are: CHOUN Francis\ LT. SKELLY-famoui his foster firmer and desir- a more Smith and Bill Arthur, AOC, both accuracy in all types of aerial Gni. able maintenance- system, by which many supervisors will be _' y" c ,' _" : y,' e !'! nance-took the top squadron honors by punching home 109 hit relieved of clerical! functions theyare Weekend Tide Table CHALK UP GUNNERY RECORDS Riding high on the via.blliier at 15,000 feet. . now performing, and allow HIGH LOW and sitting atop the tutelage of a Fighter Squadron lOt them to concentrate upon their A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Banshee jet are these sic "E" winners On the stabiliier are So intensive was the "Grim individual technical responsibili double "E" winners (left to right) Lcdr. Robert Telfair, Ensign Reaper's" practice and roinpeii* Fri. 8.54 2:18 3:05 ties. It is expected thus to pro : 9:17: : : Frank Hill, Ensign Donald Gregory and high scorer Lt. Leroy Skel- tion, the squadron totaled an Sat 0:4: 10:12: 3:09: 3:50: (standing). "Grim Reapers" on the fuselage are LMJg( ) Richard ; amazing 610 hours of flying tine mote the best' quality of work Sun 10IJ: 11:10 4:05: 4:58: I\1' (left) and Capt. Richard Denny, USAF, who wen their manship. I .' at !!5..** feei. during a 15-day period.Remember .