| USS JASON COMMANDING OFFICERS |
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| USS JASON ARH-1 AR-8 |
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| INDEX-CONTENTS PG |
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| COMMAND AT SEA |
| Only a seaman realizes to what extent an entire ship reflects the personality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a landsman this is understandable and at times, it is even difficult for us to understand. But it is so! A ship at sea is a distinct world in herself and in consideration of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units, the Navy must place great power, responsibility, and trust in the hands of those leaders chosen for command. In each ship there is one man who, in the hour emergency or peril at sea, can turn to no other man. There is one alone who is ultimately responsible for |
| the safe navigation, engineering performance, accurate gunfire and moral of the ship. He is the Commanding Officer. He is the ship. His is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instance during his tour as Commanding officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His priviledge in view of his obligations are almost ludicrously small, nevertheless, command is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders. It is a duty which most richly deserves the highest, time honored title of the seafaring world..CAPTAIN . |
| By Joseph Conrad |