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NAVY NEWS SERVICE - NAVNEWS 033/92 - 14 AUG 1992

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                               -USN-

     TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR NAVNEWS 033/92
A. Top News and Policy Stories
     A1. OPNAV Staffs Begin Reorganization Process
     A2. EAGER MACE Gets International Attention 
     A3. Sexual Harassment Training Stand Downs Occur Fleetwide
     A4. Notable Quotable:  Under Secretary of the Navy Dan Howard
B. Around the Fleet
     B1. Two Die in EAGER MACE Aircraft Crash
     B2. Two of Navy's Oldest Ships Retire
     B3. Philippine President Visits Subic U.S. Facility
     B4. Navy Acts as Ambassadors of Goodwill
     B5. The Navy Today
     B6. New York City Welcomes USS Clifton Sprague
     B7. This Week in the Navy:  Aug. 24, 1942 
C. Short Splices      
     C1. NNS Editor's Note
     C2. Flag and General Officer Announcements 
     C3. Navy News This Week 
                               -USN-

A.   News and Policy Stories
A1.  OPNAV Staffs Begin Reorganization Process
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- In response to acting Secretary of the Navy Sean
O'Keefe's and Chief of Naval Operations ADM Frank B. Kelso's recent
call for the major reorganization of the Office of the CNO (OPNAV),
a Transition Management Team (TMT) has been established to complete
the reorganization as soon as possible.  Initial realignment will be
completed prior to Oct. 1, 1992.
     The main purpose of the staff's reorganization is to become a
more effective, efficient and responsive organization and to
emphasize joint operating capabilities.  The fleet will undoubtedly
fight better as a result of the more integrated and efficient support
from Navy headquarters and the lines of communication with leadership
in Washington will improve.  
     Fleet inputs to Washington will receive greater emphasis,
especially in the areas of warfare requirements, training and
doctrine.  The fleets are encouraged and expected to assume greater
responsibility in all areas, taking over warfare community leadership
roles.  In addition, a Fleet CINC Liaison Office is being established
on the OPNAV staff to give the CINC's greater representation in
Washington.
     The reorganization will take place in two phases.  Phase I:  the
realignment of existing functions in the new organization and the
reassignment of billets and people to accomplish those functions
under the new organization; and Phase II:  the reorganization of
individual "N" codes to further optimize the OPNAV staff.
     About 150 military and civilian OPNAV billets will be affected
as a result of the reorganization, with several being realigned to
mirror the Joint Staff.  Four vice admiral billets will be lost (OP
02, 03, 05, and 07) as part of the Congressionally mandated flag
officer billet reduction and none will be created.  The major
financial gain will be the salaries of the 150 billets involved.    
 Present Title/"OP" Code           New Title/"N" Code
     CNO (OP-00)                      CNO (N00)
     VCNO (OP-09)                     VCNO (N09)
     AVCNO (OP-09B)                   AVCNO (N09B)
     DCNO (MPT) (OP-01)               DCNO (M&P) (N01)
     ACNO (UNDERSEA) (OP-02)          DIR, SUBMARINE WARFARE (N87)
     ACNO (SURFACE) (OP-03)           DIR, SURFACE (N86)
     DCNO (LOGISTICS) (OP-04)         DCNO (LOGISTICS) (N4)
     ACNO (AIR) (OP-05)               DIR, AIR (N88)
     DCNO (PLANS, POL & OPS) (OP-06)  DCNO (P,P&O) (N3/N5)
     DCNO (NAVAL WARFARE) (OP-07)     REALIGNED
     DCNO (NAVY PROG PLAN) (OP-08)    DCNO 11 (RESOURCES, WARFARE   
                                      RQMTS AND ASSESSMTS (N8)
     DIR NAV INTELL (OP-092)          DIR NAV INTELL (N2)
     DIR NAV MED/SGN (OP-093)         DIR NAV MED/SGN (N093)
     DIR SPACE & EW (OP-094)          DIR SPACE & C4 SYS RQMTS (N6)
     DIR NAV RESERVE (OP-095)         DIR NAV RESERVE (N095)
     OCEANOGRAPHER (OP-096)           OCEANOGRAPHER (N096)
     DIR REL MIN/CH OF CHAP (OP-097)  DIR REL MIN/CH OF CHAP (N097)
     CNET                             DIR TRAIN & DOC (N7)
     Dual use of "N" codes and "OP" codes for correspondence began
Aug. 10, 1992.  "OP" codes will be dropped as of Oct. 1.  Separate
timelines are being established for messages and electronic mail.  A
preliminary phone directory will be out in two weeks.
     People currently assigned to OPNAV will remain in their new "N"
code position until their PRD, be reassigned where their services are
needed within OPNAV, or be detailed to a new permanent billet in the
Washington, D.C. area.  No wholesale transfer of personnel is
planned.  The force reduction will be accomplished gradually by
reassignments, placement efforts, and normal attrition.  However, a
total freeze on hiring within OPNAV is in effect.
     If there are any questions about the reorganization or billet
changes, address them through the organizational chain of command. 
Civilian personnel may call the OPNAV Civilian Personnel Policy
Office (OP-09BD) at (703) 695-8784 and the Secretariat/Headquarters
Civilian Personnel Office at (703) 697-1065.  Additional
reorganizational graphics may be obtained by calling (703) 697-3290.
Story by LT Mike Tabb, Office of Information 
                              -USN- 

A2.  Eager Mace Gets International Attention
KUWAIT (NNS) -- The Marines and sailors of the 11th Marine
Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Amphibious Squadron One continued to
receive international media focus as they conducted intense exercises
with Kuwaiti armed forces counterparts in Exercise Eager Mace 92-3.
     The exercise, under Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central
Command, is one of many that have been conducted with several Arabian
Gulf nations since the expulsion of Iraq from Kuwait in 1991, but
none have previously received such wide international attention. 
Recent tensions between the U.N. and Iraq over the U.N.'s weapons
inspection process had led some to surmise the training amounted to
more than just a routinely scheduled exercise.
     But for the approximately 1900 Marines and sailors who went
ashore with their equipment from USS Tarawa (LHA 1), USS Ogden (LPD
5), USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40) and USS Schenectady (LST 1185) to
participate in Eager Mace, it was two weeks of hard work in the hot
desert.  They seemed to enjoy the opportunity to train with their new
Kuwaiti friends, and very few appeared bashful as cameras caught
their every movement and pencils scrawled their every word.
     One of the more exciting events conducted with the Kuwaitis was
Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT).  A MOUT scenario
challenges the participants with an intense assault on a building in
a "city" which must be safely, yet aggressively entered to clear it
of enemy forces and to perhaps rescue a hostage.
     The Kuwaitis were eager students and got into the flow of the
events quickly.  "They (Kuwaitis) learned everything from the basics
all the way to minute details in about three weeks," said LCPL Tim
Runyan of the 11th MEU.
     According to Kuwaiti Navy Captain Salman Quabazard, the Kuwaitis
cherished the opportunity to train with the U.S. maritime services. 
"I never have a bad feeling with the Americans.  When I train with
them I think I'm training with my brother," he said.
     Another major combined forces exercise was conducted Aug. 11 to
display the progress made in the ability of Kuwaiti and U.S. forces
to fight side-by-side.  A live-fire assault on two objectives at
Udayri Range northwest of Kuwait City was led under Kuwaiti command
and comprised the majority of the 11th MEU Battalion Landing Team
1/4, Marine UH-1N gunships and AV-8B Harriers, as well as Kuwaiti
tanks and aircraft.  
Story by U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command Public Affairs
                           -USN-        

A2.  Sexual Harassment Training Occurring Fleetwide
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Newspapers and television news stations
throughout the nation noted the current Navywide Sexual Harassment
training stand downs being conducted this week as part of the Navy
Department's zero tolerance policy toward sexual harassment.
     Ships, squadrons and commands throughout the world are taking a
day out of their schedules to conduct the training.  The sessions
were ordered last month by the Under Secretary of the Navy Dan
Howard.
     For those individuals who have participated, or will soon attend
the training session, answers should be provided to several questions
on sexual harassment.  They are:
     1)  What is the definition of sexual harassment?
     2)  What are your individual rights and responsibilities
regarding sexual harassment?
     3)  What are the complaint/grievance procedures you would use to
report an incident of sexual harassment?
     4)  What are the Navy's policies on alcohol abuse?
     5)  Can you suggest any training improvements?
     Attendance is mandatory for all Navy and civilian personnel. 
For additional information, contact your local equal opportunity
office.
                               -USN-

A3.  Notable Quotable
     "We must find new heroes, new men and women who are unafraid --
indeed, are eager -- to take a stand, at personal risk, in the face
of a turning point...You have taken your stand.  You are heroes of
those dangerous blazing days and long tropical nights now fifty years
behind us...on Guadalcanal...Yet what was in you -- that heroism
which led you to take a stand at a turning point, no matter the
personal risk -- must move from memory to reality in the generation
that leads us today.  It is not enough for the young today to simply
remember Guadalcanal -- they must live up to all that it means."
     -- Dan Howard, Under Secretary of the Navy, during his Aug. 7
address to the veterans and heroes of Guadalcanal.
                               -USN-

B.   Around the Fleet
B1.  Two Crewmembers Killed in Helicopter Crash
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (NNS) -- Both crewmembers onboard an unarmed U.S.
Marine AH-LW Cobra helicopter were killed Aug. 9 after their
helicopter crashed approximately 50 miles northwest of Kuwait City,
near the Kuwait/Iraq border.  One crewmember died at the scene and
the other died enroute to Al Jahra Hospital.
     The helicopter was on a routine night flying training exercise
as part of Exercise Eager Mace 92-3 and was permanently assigned to
HMLA-367 at Camp Pendleton. 
     The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Story by Commander, U.S. Central Command Public Affairs
                               -USN-

B2.  Two of Navy's Oldest Ships Retired
LITTLE CREEK, Virginia (NNS) -- The salvage ship USS Preserver (ARS
8) and fleet tug USS Paiute (ATF 159) were decommissioned in a joint
ceremony held at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Aug. 7.
     USS Preserver was commissioned Jan. 11, 1944, and is the Navy's
second oldest ship, the oldest salvage ship and the last of the
Escape-class salvage ships. 
     In June 1944 the salvage ship assisted amphibious forces during
the capture of Saipan and after the war participated in atomic bomb
tests at Bikini Atoll.  The ship was then decommissioned for almost
three years, then recommissioned and reassigned to Little Creek in
January 1951.
     Some of the most notable salvage operations USS Preserver has
been involved in include the search for the nuclear submarine USS
Thresher, clearing of the Suez Canal, salvage of the sunken Coast
Guard cutter Blackthorn in Tampa Bay, and harbor clearance operations
in the Caribbean after Hurricane Hugo devastated the area in 1989. 
The most visible role for USS Preserver was her accomplishments as
the prime Navy salvage ship for the massive effort to recover the
remains of the space shuttle Challenger.  USS Preserver's divers
spent three months combing the ocean floor off Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
and eventually recovered many of the most significant shuttle parts,
including the crew cabin.
     USS Paiute was commissioned Aug. 27, 1945, and is the last of
her class as well.  The ship was homeported in Balboa, Panama, from
1953 to 1958, and then transferred to Mayport, Fla.  She was first
decommissioned in 1985, then recalled to active duty in 1988 and
homeported at Little Creek.
     During USS Paiute's first 40 years of service, the ship operated
in the Caribbean area and provided a wide variety of services,
including coastal patrol duty off Cuba, ready salvage ship for Gemini
and Apollo space shots, mine and torpedo recovery services and a tour
of duty in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War.  The ship's
highlight of 1991 was a six month deployment to the Mediterranean --
the first ever such deployment by a fleet tug.
Story by SURFLANT Public Affairs
                               -USN-    

B3.  Philippine President Ramos Visits Subic Bay
U.S. FACILITY, SUBIC BAY, Philippines (NNS) -- Republic of the
Philippines (R.P.) President Fidel V. Ramos recently called the U.S.
Facility a God-given asset that can become the catalyst for the
Philippine economic growth, and promised his full support for its
conversion into a commercial port when U.S. military forces withdraw
by the end of the year.
     A one-year withdrawal plan was developed in December when the
U.S.-R.P. governments couldn't agree on future American use of the
Subic Naval Base after the Philippine Senate struck down the proposed
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Security on Sept. 16, 1991.
     "When we put this five-phase withdrawal plan together, we had to
keep in mind three major points -- security, logistics, and the
11,000 personnel (military-DOD civilian personnel and family members)
who were living on the base," said Navy CAPT Brian Russell,
COMUSNAVPHIL staff political/military officer.  "A lot of logistics
had to be removed from the base.  In fact, about 500,000 metric tons
- so that played a driving role on how we executed the plan."
     The U.S. Facility is currently executing phases two and three of
the withdrawal program, and about 70 percent of personnel (military-
DOD and family members) have departed, and over 50 percent of
Filipino base workers have been released under the planned reduction
in force.
Story by COMUSNAVPHIL Public Affairs
                               -USN-

B4.  Navy Acts as Ambassadors of Goodwill
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Spreading American goodwill and compassion is as
much a part of today's U.S. Navy as patrolling the sea lanes. 
Everywhere American sailors stop in their travels of the world they
lend a helping hand, and this spirit of international charity and
friendship was recently spread by crewmembers from USS Trenton (LPD
14) and USS Racine (LST 1191).
     -- Sailors and Marines from USS Trenton willingly gave up five
days of liberty and visited the Ahava children's village in the
Bialik community of Haifa, Israel, where they cleared land for
grazing, plastered and painted in the village, and repaired two
corridors in the children's school. 
     -- During a three-day port visit, Seabees aboard USS Racine,
assisted by soldiers, sailors and Marines lent a helping hand to the
community of Port Moresby, capital of the South Pacific island nation
of Papau, New Guinea.  In Port Moresby, three civic action projects
were completed, buildings at two schools were repaired and training
classes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and intravenous
therapy were held at Port Moresby General Hospital. 
Story compiled from USS Trenton and USS Racine press releases
                               -USN-

B5.  The Navy Today  (as of Aug. 11, 1992)
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Pete Williams, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Public Affairs, updated reporters on the number of ships and people
in the Adriatic region during the Aug. 11 DOD press brief.  Williams
noted that the search and rescue element in the Adriatic was not a
new development.  
     "When we moved USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2) and USS Biddle (CG 34) into
the Adriatic some weeks ago, they were there to provide
communications, command and control support for the U.S. flights into
and out of Sarajevo and Zagreb; and to have a search and rescue
capability there as well," Williams said.  "That's what the
helicopters are for.  The Aegis cruiser provides the radar tracking
and communications capability."
     Amphibious transport dock ship USS Trenton (LPD 14) relieved Iwo
Jima of duties in the Adriatic in support of that mission.  Trenton
has about 250 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
on board, and four Sea Knight transport helicopters.    
     Aegis cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51) is in the Adriatic in
support of Provide Promise.  In the Mediterranean, there are 18 U.S.
ships, including USS Saratoga (CV 60), three cruisers, one destroyer,
two frigates, five amphibious ships and six auxiliary ships.
Story compiled from the DOD Press Brief transcript
                              -USN- 

B6.  New York City Welcomes USS Clifton Sprague
NAVAL STATION NEW YORK (NNS) -- Naval Station New York and the Staten
Island community recently welcomed the guided missile frigate USS
Clifton Sprague (FFG 16), the fifth of eight ships that will call New
York City homeport.
     Sprague's commanding officer, CDR Vincent P. Mocini, and
crewmembers were welcomed by Congresswoman Susan Molinari, CAPT
William J. Donnelly, Commander Naval Surface Group Four, and local
business and veterans groups.
Story by Naval Station New York Public Affairs.
                            -USN-      

B8.  This Week in the Navy
     Aug. 24, 1942 -- It was on this day that the Battle of the
Eastern Solomons began and continued into the next day.  Naval
carrier-based aircraft supported by Marine and Army aircraft turned
back a major Japanese attempt to recapture Guadalcanal and Tulagi,
Solomon Islands.  The U. S. carrier Enterprise was damaged by a
Japanese dive bomber and the Japanese carrier Ryujo was sunk by
carrier-based aircraft.
                               -USN-

C.   "Short Splices"
C1.  Editor's Note
     The Navy News Service message now will be released on
Wednesdays.  This change is in response to feedback from base
newspaper editors and the fleet, for timelier receipt of the message. 
As important news events occur, additional messages will be
transmitted.  
     Call (703) 695-1888 or (DSN) 225-1888 with any breaking news
story that warrants immediate attention.  PAO's should submit
articles reporting the impact that all sailors and Marines are having
in the fleet and around the world.
                               -USN-

C2.  Flag and General Officer Announcements
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The following flag/general officer moves were
recently announced:
     VADM Robert K. U. KIHUNE, to Director, Training and Doctrine, N-
7, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, from Assistant Chief of
Naval Operations, Surface Warfare, OP-03 (N86), Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations.
     LT GEN Walter E. BOOMER, for appointment to the grade of general
and reassignment as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.  He is
currently Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development
Command, Quantico, Virginia.
     MAJ GEN Charles C. KRULAK, for appointment to the grade of
lieutenant general and assignment as Commanding General, Marine Corps
Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia.  Krulak is currently
Director, Personnel Management Division/Personnel Procurement
Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.  
                            -USN-     

C3.  Navy News This Week 
     The Aug. 12, 1992 edition of Navy News This Week -- a videotaped
newscast generated for broadcast to Navy/Marine Corps fleet and shore
units -- includes the following stories:  SPECIAL SEGMENT:  EAGER
MACE -- Overview of exercise operations; Marines train Kuwaiti
military for urban warfare; Special boat unit train with Kuwaitis;
Transition Assistance Program prepares sailors for civilian life;
Navy Secretary address standing committee on women i the Navy; U.S.
Navy and Coast Guard disrupt drug smuggling operation; DOD
investigates petroleum poisoning in Kuwait; USS Gates, Trenton
support U.N. in war-torn Yugoslavia; SPECIAL SEGMENT:  UNITAS 33 --
U.S. and South American Navies "unite" for training cruise; Volunteer
sailors help out through community relations; Army LTGEN Vernon
Walters (ret.) visits UNITAS exercise; Rio de Janeiro makes for an
exciting port call; 210th anniversary of the Purple Heart;
Guadalcanal vets remember first major ground assault of WWII; Navy
develops new method of getting fuel to isolated beaches.
     QUESTIONS?  CONTACT Navy Broadcasting Service, Navy News This
Week, Bldg. 168, NAVSTA Anacostia, Washington, D.C. 20374-1682 or
call (202) 433-5844, (AV) 288-5844.
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global events affecting the Navy and Marine Corps.  Your video
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                               -USN-

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