A Just Determination

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"These rules are intended to provide for the just determination of every proceeding relating to trial by court-martial."

Rule 102

Rules for Courts-Martial

Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Ensign Paul C. Sinclair, USN

Upon completion instruction and when directed detach Duty Under Instruction; proceed port in which USS Michaelson (CLE(S)-3) may be, upon arrival report Commanding Officer for duty.

For perhaps the thousandth time since receiving them, Paul Sinclair reread his orders. Not for the first time, he thought how strange it was that one ship could be so many things. In the bland official wording of his orders, USS Michaelson was simply a destination for a newly commissioned officer. To the transportation personnel who had read those orders and arranged his arrival here at Franklin Naval Station, the Michaelson had been a moving target which Paul had to intercept at some point along the ship's travels.

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