>_._ . 4Iij.- .. ....., ............. "'''' .' -''' ' ... ,. ,.-'.......;,.......' " if, ':: ' 'JflfljRW ,. V ol. 5-No. 8 22 May 1947 i Headquarters of the Naval Air Advanced Training Command and 7th Naval District _ U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION AND NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA ___h __ '- .. .__ ..t NAVAL RESERVE. TRAINING CRUISE ''Noval Reserve Week lis Observed By U. S. : : : + With Wide Publicity L&4 It's Naval Reserve \reek-there's no doubt about it. V. ?: The newspapers scream it in headlines ; the radios blare it ll\ a incessantly ; it stares out at you from store windows . ; NAVAL RESERVE! NAVAL RESERVE: NAVAL RESERVE '! H vi Nt 1 / Everywhere the story of the Naval Receive is being: -- -----,- told the American public, RearAdmiral --- --- ----- Ralph Davison, too, was \ I EX-FERRY PILOTS I II spreading the word in speeches be- : \ j II I fore local civic groups. And the 7. message was being put across-: " a o. o Z Za I NEEDED FOR DUTY : more than a million men In the t a: Naval Reserve to "assure that the .. ', I '' All natal aviators on Inactive h.. Navy will remain unassailable awl " + i: duty and not members of the ! of the capable guaranteeing security - t'r organized Naval Ue"enelao " of our nation. attached to the were formerly I A steady stream of NAS civil- < Aircraft Ferry wing andho ian employees poured into the interested in toadln' are returning special recruiting sub-station in until 1 1947 In duty July Bldg. 167 last Thursday and Fri- connection with ferrying naval day to investigate the opportunities - I aircraft of all types \\ere icquetted - offered by the new Naval: Re- I to !submit a prepaid teitgrain - ... .', to the Chief of Naval serve. Recruiters reported that a : large number were able to complete - Personnel, It vva announced In , rL I II their enrollment on the spot a communication from the St"-I I I Nay' thlet'k.. I because they had brought with I 1I them their discharge certificateand I I Hit iiiiormaiion in the teleI ;: notice of separation or their I I gram should Include full name, birth certificate (for nonveterans - ! rank file number: and present' >, Others were forced to delay I reserve: status ""ua.' organized: I I completion of their processing un- or volunteer Tin teh'grams will til this week when the office again!: I not be ackn lodged: because I will be open in Room No 8. Bid!;. : of the large number of appli- 167 itHI" statedThose , I tauts expected In the meantime. hundred of accepted: can expect: or- young men from 17 through 39 I iltr! to report to MJI'-l at N.\o:s years of age were flocking to the I Norfolk or 'laat NAs San recruiting offices downtown. The I Diego in the imnudiateffuture, mobile exhibit, "The Word on L (: ::1 1I1katl"n "said. I 'heels," was on display at Hemming - Park and drawing a con siderable amount of interest Information - booths manned by wo- 'Instructors Needed men affiliated with local civic dubs as well! as recruiters locatedin For NAS Hobby Shop Furchgott's and Cohen! Croth- ers. were kept busy answering I questions on the Naval Reserve. # V111 Instructors and technical adviseors b Special window displays in many I are neeJnl by' the Ala.nside Jacksonville stores and shops werecausing Hobby' Shop to \comph float details ' I passersby to stop and look. tor the grand opening of the In particular the scale model of I "Hobby House next month It : the USS Ranger in the window of I was announced yesterday by Chiet Rhodes-Futch-Collins was exciting I G. T. Hubbard Hobby Shop director the greatest comment. I Veterans and non-veterans were The fact that experienced men showing! more and more interest wete needed in such diversified I in the advantages of the Naval hobbies as l leather working, piexi- Reserve payment for drill pe- glass, and photography was espe- riods and cruises in the organizedreserve lally stressed: by' Cmef Hubbaid no obligations in the These men would act as technical (Continued on I'ageI: ) I advisors in planning and layingout . the shop as well as setting up the equipment. They will be pei- Station Gets New mitteu to order additional materialto complete their shops so that I xs Telephone DirectoryA Y they wit! Ibe the best equipped possible new, streamlined Navy: telephone - Those volunteering for Hobby dIrectory for the Jackson- CRtISESwith i : > 'i 'Shop work will be given the liPpOfl.unity ville area was distributed to alt TWO-WEEK TRAINING pay are just one the advantages enrollment in ot as Instructors commands this week. the Naval Reserve Members can leave their suufty offices or steaming fat'tones for two tool weeks remaining these crafts atter the Hobby - in on the blue waters of the Atlantic or the Caribbean and enjoy liberty at a foreign port. Just whatan The directory to be issued Quar- .( experience of this kind is like can be seen in the photos above laken on the cruise of the USS Shop begins. operation. I terly rather than monthly as in Wilson which returned to Jacksonville last Friday after two weeks at :sea including a week-end in the past features a new format Bermuda (Top) Reserves report aboard and are greeted by Lt. Comdr. C E Olson executive which will simplify the task of officer. (Center) Demonstration of a phosphorous smoke screen off the coast of Delaware. (Bottom) Test Runs Made I looking up phone extensions and An exciting event-refueling at sea locating personnel in various commands - served by it. An alpha- By Model Car Club I II betized :section in the forward por- Florida! Heat Back Polar tion of the directory integratesfor Brings I I On New Station 1 rackTeat the first time officers and key civilian and enlisted personnel. Memories To Veteran ExplorerAs runs were made I last Sun Included also for the first timeis I day on the new NAS miniaturerace a map of the reservation showing - _ --- -- ------ ------- track which the location of all he paused to his brow car was recently I building 1 sweltering in Florida mop 93 degree business either He has even plant t..ndfi, Pine Island under completed near the intersection : and hangars " heat wave, a flood of memories named a mountain peak in the Captain George Dutek. a tormer of Mustin and Yorktown. The' Publication of the new, condensed - came rushing back to Lt Comdr. Antarctic after his wife Alma. I NAS Jax officer in the early daysof track, built by the Jax-Navy mod directory is expected to result - James C. McCoy-memories of 15 His greatest thrill says: Lt. the war el race car club, was found to in a substantial reduction oC below zero weather at the I Comdr. McCoy, was when he piloted I In the western division under have a few kinks which will be printing costs.NURSERY j degree South Pole I the Rli with Admiral. iiyrd the I leadership of Captain C. C. ironed out before the next tests. . over the South Pole Making an Bond, the carrier Currituk operated scheduled for Saturday morning.The . Just back from Operation High- exploratory trip out of it, they CLOSES i jump with Hear Aumiral Kiciiard continued beyond for about 80 The central division consisted of new track 13 the first 105- TO f l E. Byrd in the Antarctic, the : miles discovering about 15,000: to the flag ship USS Olympus, and foot circle track in Florida and is CHANGE OPERATIONS , veteran South Polar explorer i 20.000 miles of unexplored land the cargo ships Merrick and the first miniature: car race track found his office in VM unit hang. McCoy was: at San Juan Puerto Yangtze; Also two Ice,breakers. ever built on a naval station. It The Jacksonville Navy Wive I ...r just a trifle stuffy. And with promises to be a speedy track by Rico before he left for Little the North: Wind and the Burton Club sponsored Nursery in, thoughts of his Job as executive I: America and was picked for the Island, were attached to this its design and many high speeds Building 1101 closed last Mon- officer at Little America as we'las I Job because of his past experienceat group. should be recorded during meets day in preparation for a changeover - air operations officer came wet- the South Pole His knowledgeof The central division, of which The track was constructed to from the present operat- come, if slight, relief from the the tricky and dangerous navigation McCoy was a member, penetrated meet the need of the rapidly grow ing hours to 17 hour-a-day serv- heat of the waters was Instrumental into the Ross Sea where they ing Jax-Navy race car duo tor a Lt. Comdr. McCoy is no strang. in the success of the operation found extremely heavy ice packs place to hold its trial runs as well ice.The Nursery will re-open' on er to NAS Jacksonville He was in fact, the heaviest Ice packs on an to stage invitational meets. All 16 June 1917 under the new . one of the men responsible for the Operation Hignjump was divid- record found by any ship or groupof work was done by club memb. setup. Information on the adjustment - organization of VM unit here dur- ed into three divisions, the east- ships Because of these ice with Public Works providing a of the new rates maybe ,E ing the early war years He is no ern, western, and central In the packs, their schedule was delayed couple of concrete tin '....Jv I',.. I obtained from Mrs Hicks at , icw hand at this polar exploration eastern division was! the PBM sea! 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