Wednesday 2 Nov. 1977

"We left Hawaii this morning. I took some pictures of the Arizona Memorial before we left. We went past Battleship Row and around Ford Island. I took some pictures of Diamond Head & Honolulu.

I had a talk with Chief Wetmore about going back to PLAT and submitted my chit. OE Division sure doesn't want to let me go.

1st day of transit to Japan. Position N 20:45 W 158:47 at 19:15 Whiskey Time Zone."

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A chit was the method used for requesting anything up the chain of command. You submitted a chit to your immediate supervisor and, depending on the request, the chit went up the chain until it reached the appropriate level of command for a decision. For a personnel transfer between departments, this chit had to go to the Air Boss and the OPS Boss. If they couldn't agree, it then went to the XO (Executive Officer) for resolution.