One-half hour before the scheduled com- mencement of general visiting, sentries and guides should be mustered, inspected, and instructed by the chief master-at-arms. Additional messengers and qualified swimmers should be stationed at gangways, if necessary, to assist visitors in and out of boats and onto accommodation ladders. The medical officer should provide first-aid personnel during general visiting. Visitors requiring first aid should be escorted to sick bay. The command duty officer should be notified whenever a visitor is injured or requires first aid. Visitors requiring first aid should be escorted to sick bay. The command duty officer should be notified whenever a visitor is injured or requires first aid. Personnel should be detailed to maintain a count of general visitors coming aboard and leaving the ship. At the conclusion of visiting hours, a search of the ship should be made to ensure all visitors have departed. The general visitor bill is based on the probable presence of foreign agents among the visitors. You should be on the alert for any visitor who expresses an unusual interest in unauthorized information. You should also be suspicious of any visitor who expresses feelings that are hostile, unfriendly, or not in the best interest of the United States. All suspicious actions should be reported immediately to the security officer or security manager or,    if  necessary,  directly  to  the commanding  officer. Visitors with a legitimate reason to board the ship should be received politely. Every visitor coming on board, including those in uniform or on official business,   should present proper identification at the time of each visit. Entertaining Guests Officers are permitted to have personal guests during visiting hours, between the hours of 1600 and 2200 daily, and at other times with the approval of the executive officer. The guests should be escorted at all times, and it is the individual officer’s responsibility to ensure they are not shown spaces that might embarrass personnel attached or endanger the security classification of any material on board. Chief petty officers are permitted to entertain guests in their messroom and lounge after 1100 and until the expiration of visiting hours on Sundays and during general visiting. Guests should be escorted by the OOD messenger from the quarterdeck to the CPO messroom if not accompanied by a chief. Guests are not permitted in any part of the CPO quarters. Enlisted members may entertain members of their families in the crews’ lounge and messing spaces when general visiting is permitted. They are not permitted in other areas of the ship except those authorized for general visiting. Enlisted members may, with permission of the OOD, entertain guests in designated areas outside of working hours and at times other than general visiting hours. Visits by Foreign Nationals Unclassified controlled visits by foreign nationals may be authorized by the commanding officer, subject to local restrictions established by higher authority. Classified visits should be authorized by the CNO, and then only with the approval of the commanding officer. When foreign nationals are approved for visiting, they should be constantly escorted and only allowed to visit those parts of the ship specifically authorized. VISITORS WITH AND WITHOUT VISIT CLEARANCE Visits by individuals who have access to classified information should be preceded by approval of the visit request by the commanding officer unless a day-to-day working relationship has been established and the visitor’s clearance status is personally known to members of the unit. Shipyard personnel are allowed on board during assigned availabilities without receiving duty officer approval provided an authorized access  list  is  available  and  appropriate identification is presented and checked against the access list. At all other times, the visit clearance procedures should be followed. The number of uncleared visitors allowed on board should be held to a minimum. When on board, uncleared visitors should be constantly escorted by a member of the unit. The following uncleared visitors are authorized to visit after approval of the duty officer: 1. Close relatives of unit personnel. 2. Service personnel of the U.S. Armed Forces desiring to visit the unit on a not- to-interfere basis. Such personnel should be accompanied by a member of the unit. 3. Any exceptions to the preceding should be approved in advance by the commanding officer or executive officer. Should the duty officer be unable to obtain this authorization 5-11