topside Volume 79 , Issue 1
A Message from the Editor
Good day 5NR ,
This is the 1st Edition of Topside for 2021 . If my calculations are correct , this is the 79th year of Topside ! Next year is going to be a big anniversary .
You will notice several items in this edition . First is the addition of a new section called COMMS Center . In this section , all the various emails we received over the last 4-5 months are gathered into one place . I would like to thank Ellen Voorhees , ADSO-PB for her work in this area .
If you look at page 19 , you will see a one page snapshot of what the Publication Department is all about and what it does . My hope is that in upcoming issues this
year , we will be able to feature all of the different departments in the district with similar snapshots .
The final new addition is the History section . I would like to thank Steve Marthouse , our historian , for his work in this area . I love history and this will be an exciting section each issue .
I would like to also thank the rest of my wonderful team .. Without them Topside would never succeed . With their help we created the largest Topside to date ... and all in a nationwide pandemic that is severely limiting our interactions and mission !
Semper Paratus , Tim Marks DSO-PB
Timothy Marks District Staff Officer -
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