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- I'm YN3 Karaulic, I'm part
of the admin department,

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X-1 more specifically,
and I am the CMC yeoman.

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So YNs, basically what we do
is we push all the paperwork.

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So pay, leave, qualifications.

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We are the ones processing that

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and rounding it up to
the CO to get signed off.

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So basically as CMC yeoman,
I handle the CMC schedule.

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So whatever goes on his schedule,

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that is usually what he is doing.

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We get a lot of people,
khakis, a lot of enlisted.

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Anybody enlisted side that wants
to come in and talk to him,

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I schedule it, I plan it for
him, basically run his day.

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- I'm YN2 Dawson, I work here in XO admin,

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we're part of X-1 division,
overall in admin department.

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As a yeoman, we handle
all of the paperwork.

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Evals, fit reps, instructions,

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special request chits,
leave chits, directives.

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Anything that is on paper,

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a yeoman will touch at some point.

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Having a rank specifically designed

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to handle the paperwork is
very important in the Navy.

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Because of the 5,000
people onboard this boat,

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less than 100 know how to
process paperwork correctly.

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The reason that is important

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is because if it's not
right, it won't be accepted.

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So the whole bureaucracy
will grind to a halt

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without Yeomans making sure that it flows.

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- Some of the challenges
with being a yeoman

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is that you have to
remember a lot of stuff.

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A lot of manuals, they get
updated practically daily.

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So there's a lot of changes to everything.

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And you have to really keep
up with what's going on.

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So you have to have a really
keen eye for being a yeoman.

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There's a lot of little details
that you have to really hit

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on the pieces of correspondence.

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So like, is this double spaced?

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Is this missing a period?

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Does this have to be capitalized?

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Is this spelled correctly?

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It's very tedious.

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And it gets kind of tough
trying to find everything.

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Being a yeoman is challenging,

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but it's nothing that hard
work and dedication can't fix.

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