This chapter has provided you with information onsome of the typical duties you may be assigned, bothaboard ship and ashore. Some of these duties includepetty officer of the watch, shore patrol, section leader,master-at-arms, police petty officer, and militarypolice. You also learned where you can findinformation on Navy correspondence to assist you inwriting letters, messages, and reports.The importance and seriousness of terrorist threatsand security precautions were discussed. Bomb threatsare included as part of this section for obvious reasons.They are a security threat and are the tools of terrorismas well as weapons of a distraught person. We musttrain to act against these threats for the safety of ourpersonnel and facilities.Close-order drill, in one form or another, hasalways been a part of the military. It provides anorderly, precise means of moving numbers ofpersonnel from one location to another. The sharpexecution of drill commands is an indicator of a sharpoutfit. Drills and ceremonies are as old as organizedmilitaries, and the Navy takes pride in the correctexecution of both.Remember, no matter what duties you are assignedas a petty officer, pride, professionalism, anddedication to duty is what being a petty officer is allabout.REFERENCESBasic Military Requirements, NAVEDTRA 14277,Naval Education and Training ProfessionalDevelopment and Technology Center, Pensacola,FL, 1999.Department of the Navy Correspondence Manual,SECNAVINST 5216.5D, Department of the Navy,Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC, 1998.Drill and Ceremonies Manual and Interior GuardManual, SECNAVINST 5060.22, Chief of NavalOperations, Washington, DC, 1991.Manual for Courts-Martial, U.S. Government PrintingOffice, Washington, D.C., 1998.Preparing, Maintaining, and Submitting the Ship’sDeck Log, OPNAVINST 3100.7C, Chief of NavalOperations, Washington, DC, 1994.Quartermaster, NAVEDTRA 14220, Naval Educationand Training Program Management SupportActivity, Pensacola, FL, 1995.Standard Organization and Regulations of the U.S.Navy, OPNAVINST 3120.32C, Chief of NavalOperations, Washington, DC, 1994.United States Navy Uniform Regulations, NAVPERS15665I, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington,DC, 1995.8-31
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