civilian covering his assignment and the 
nature and scope of work to be performed 
and will advise him that unless he is ad¬ 
ditionally accredited as a Technician, no 
uniform is authorized to be worn. Nor¬ 
mally, work and service by certified civil¬ 
ians within the . Continental limits of the 
United States and visits to ships in port 
or in harbors, including builders and post¬ 
repair trials, will be covered by local ar¬ 
rangements made by the sponsoring Bureau 
or Office or its representative, Comman¬ 
dants, Commanding Officers or fleet unit 
Commanders in lieu of Letters of Creden¬ 
tials as issued by the Chief of Naval 
* ^ 
Operations. 
Section V 
PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING LETTER OF 
CREDENTIALS 
Application. 
A sponsoring Bureau or Office, desiring 
a certified civilian to be accredited as a 
Technician for overseas journeys to combat 
areas, or overseas areas under naval control 
\ 
or in which naval forces are operating, or 
duty aboard ships which may make jour¬ 
neys into combat areas, makes request, 
indicating the necessity and the nature and 
scope of the work to be performed, to the 
Chief of Naval Operations. A Certificate 
of Identification must be held by the Tech¬ 
nician regardless of whether or not he 
is to have access to highly classified infor¬ 
mation: This is for the purpose of indi¬ 
cating his non-combatant status under In¬ 
ternational Law in the event of capture. 
Delivery of Letter of Credentials. 
Upon approval of the request the Chief 
of Naval Operations issues a Certificate 
of Identification, a Letter of Credentials 
and a copy of “Regulations Governing 
Technicians,” for delivery to the individ¬ 
ual concerned by the sponsoring bureau 
or office or its representative in the field. 
Instructions for Technicians. 
The sponsoring Bureau or Office issues 
appropriate instructions to the Technician 
covering his assignment, the work to be 
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