All Hands Magazine of the U.S. Navy is the title of a monthly magazine of the United States Navy for its sailors. It is published since August 1922 under different names; the current title was established in 1945.

It is free of charge. Publisher is the Naval Media Center in Washington, D.C., Publishing Department 2713. Responsible is Captain Gordon Hume, Commander, Naval Media Center. (Wikipedia.org)

Magazine of the U.S. Navy

The first "issue" of All Hands was printed as the Bureau of Navigation News Bulletin No. 1 (dated Aug. 30, 1922). Twenty years later, the title was changed to Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin. As America claimed "Victory in Europe" on the cover of June 1945, the magazine's new banner read, All Hands, and the name stuck.

12 Farrier Firefighting: A Legacy of Training
Of the many lessons learned from the fires aboard USS Forrestal in July of 1967, one of the biggest is that we can never be over trained or over prepared. The Center for Naval Engineering Norfolk’s, Farrier Fire Fighting School, enables Sailors to gain the confidence and knowledge necessary to properly combat fires aboard ship.
Photo by MC1(AW) R. Jason Brunson

18 Like Father, Like Sons
When the fires aboard USS Forrestal (CV 59) were finally extinguished, the surviving crew members and their families had only begun a new struggle. Joe Childress is one of those people. But, he and his family did not simply survive - they found pride and formed a strong Navy family tradition.
Photo by MC1 R. Jason Brunson

22 Reaching Out to America
The Navy’s Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) works to maintain and enhance the Navy’s relationship with the people it serves. To do this, NAVCO strives to coordinate the many national community outreach programs; build lasting relationships with citizens in business, education and government; reach citizens outside of fleet concentration areas; and develop relationships with media organizations.
Photo by MCSN Seth Scarlett

28 First They Were Firsts
Chief petty officers (CPOs) trace their tradition and heritage to that of first class petty officers. Prior to the establishment of the CPO rating in 1893, the Navy depended on first class petty officers for enlisted leadership.
Photo courtesy of The Naval Historical Center

[On the Front Cover]
Lt. j.g. Nicole Chewning shows Jacksonville Beach Elementary School first grader Benjamin Pullen how to use a fire hose aboard USS Vicksburg (CG 69). The students toured the ship and met with Sailors who demonstrated various shipboard evolutions.

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[Departments]
Around the Fleet — 6
This J ust In — 32
Something to Think About — 36
Focus on Service — 38
History— 40

Building Tomorrow’s Leader’s...Today
Story and photo by MC1(AW) R. Jason Brunson

“First class petty officers are fully engaged deckplate leaders who drive mission accomplishment daily. They lead adherence to the Navy standard through personal example and commitment to teaching their Sailors. They must challenge, mentor and measure their division’s and command’s success through team performance and deckplate results.” — MCPON(SW/FMF) Joe Campa

When Yeoman 1st Class (SW) Garry Little found himself to be the last standing member of Baltimore Washington Metropolitan First Class Petty Officer’s Association (BWMFCPOA) last November, he could have simply walked away. Instead, he chose to rebuild the mess, and continue to pass on the knowledge and experience he had gained from past members.

As a result of his initiative the BWMFCPOA is currently up and running, with 15 active members and growing. For Little, it is important to have an FCPOA at a regional level, because it provides fellowship and a venue for first class petty officers from multiple commands and career paths to voice concerns about the future of the Navy. It gives them a place to discuss and learn, from each other, how to improve and make living and working in the Navy better.

“The benefits of the networking and training among first classes should continue and be passed on to junior personnel,” Little said. He said a large part of the association’s mission is to find avenues to new perspectives and ideas on leadership and to spread that training out to reach as many first classes as possible.

In April 2008, BWMFCPOA hosted its sixth annual “First Class Petty Officer Leadership Symposium.” There were approximately 450 first classes in attendance, getting the information and advice from top leaders in the Navy.

“By going back and giving this feedback to our commands and more effectively enforcing policy, we continue to support the mission as a strong mess,” Little said. “Sometimes as leaders, we tend to develop tunnel vision, just doing things the way we are used to doing them. The Navy has changed a lot during the past 10 years.

Events like the leadership symposium, give us the tools we need to help us adapt and change with it. That benefits the Navy.”

There were 14 guest speakers who addressed many issues such as mentorship, personal and professional development, special programs and the chief petty officer selection process.

Of all the things said by the speakers at the symposium, Little said the words that resonated the most to him personally, came from Force Master Chief (SW/AW) Christopher Penton. “Leadership, training and responsibility starts today,” said Penton. “It’s a process for all first class petty officers.”

Brunson is a photojournalist assigned to Naval Media Center, Washington, D.C

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The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations and is one of seven uniformed services. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 332,000 personnel on active duty and 125,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 280 ships in active service and more than 3,700 aircraft.

The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was disbanded shortly thereafter. The United States Constitution provided the legal basis for a seaborne military force by giving Congress the power "to provide and maintain a navy". Depredations against American shipping by Barbary Coast corsairs spurred Congress to employ this power by passing the Naval Act of 1794 ordering the construction and manning of six frigates.

The U.S. Navy came into international prominence in the 20th century, especially during World War II. It was a part of the conflict from the onset of American military involvement—the attack on Pearl Harbor—to Japan's official surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri. In the subsequent Cold War, the U.S. Navy evolved into a nuclear deterrent and crisis response force while preparing for a possible global war with the Soviet Union.

The 21st century United States Navy maintains a sizable presence in the world, deploying in such areas as East Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. Its ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world, engage in forward areas during peacetime, and rapidly respond to regional crises makes it an active player in American foreign and defense policy. The United States Navy is the largest in the world with a tonnage greater than that of the next 17 largest combined, and has a budget of $127.3 billion for the 2007 fiscal year. The U.S. Navy also possesses the world's largest carrier fleet, with 11 in service and 2 under construction.

The Navy is administratively managed by the Department of the Navy, which is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Navy is, itself, a division of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The highest ranking Naval officer is the Chief of Naval Operations. (Wikipedia.org)

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