A/N DEPARTMENT: The Administration/Navigation Department motto throughout the deployment was "Ready, Willing and Able." The Personnelmen, Yeoman, Navy Career Counselor, and Postal Clerk provided efficient administrative and customer service in a variety of vital personal areas. Superior medical treatment was rendered by dedicated Hospical Corpsman, while a well disciplined ship was maintained by the Master-at-Arms. A "safe course to steer by" and weather reports from the Quartermasters ensured we always arrived at our destinations on time and intact. WESTPAC/I.O. "86-87" was a demanding time. "Testing our mettle" and providing new and invaluable experience.

The duties of A/N: The Quartermasters assist the Navigator in the various aspects of Navigation on the high seas. They perform this using charts and electronic navigation aids to plot ship position. YNs and PNs work in the ship's office. They maintain personnel records, official documents, publications, and perform the myriad clerical duties of an independently operating organization within the vast defense dept.