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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Elbonian, post: 2245068, member: 15257&quot;]I don&#039;t know if you still have any interest in this old thread, but I worked at NAVCOSSACT (Naval Command Systems Support Activity) from 1969-1973. During that time, the building had various computer facilities on each of its four floors. The fourth floor had a large UNIVAC computer which was used to support the development of the nuclear battle plan. I started on the second floor, which had a smaller CDC computer used for training repair technicians. I graduated from the class and stayed on as an instructor. A year later, the school was moved to Norfolk, VA and I was reassigned to a support unit for Naval Telecommunications. More than half of the building was offices for managers, software engineers, and support personnel. The command was led by a Navy Captain and a PL-303 (now Executive Service) civilian. There were 6-8 working divisions. I was in 90, which was the support organization for Naval Telecommunications. Another large system in the building was the WWMCCS:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Military_Command_and_Control_System" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Military_Command_and_Control_System" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Military_Command_and_Control_System</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think that logo was still seen in the early 1970s, but there was another subsequent logo used afterwords. Most of the people I worked with had retired by the 1990s.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was the lead designer for the Navcompars. I was onsite in Norfolk, VA when we turned on the first system. Today, we would call it an email server. Then, it was called a &quot;store and forward message switching system&quot; that was connected to AUTODIN for local delivery to the Naval Station and ships afloat. The computer was an RCA Spectra 70/45, which was similar to an IBM 360/40. It was a large mainframe that required a computer room to hold it. You can read a lot here:</p><p><a href="http://informationtechniciantraining.tpub.com/14226/css/Naval-Communications-Processing-And-Routing-System-25.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://informationtechniciantraining.tpub.com/14226/css/Naval-Communications-Processing-And-Routing-System-25.htm" rel="nofollow">http://informationtechniciantraining.tpub.com/14226/css/Naval-Communications-Processing-And-Routing-System-25.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The central part of the logo is a reel for half-inch magnetic tape (these reels were about a foot wide). The rectangles are holes in the metal reel which were typical of that technology. (They are definitely NOT envelopes, as a joker suggested.) The blue part of the logo was a typical picture of the electrons surrounding an atom. This represented the first major mission of the command, which was the creation of the strategic nuclear plan. The images of the ship, plane, and sub were representative of the Navy&#039;s combat assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mugs like this were typically produced by vendors and handed out as trinkets to the people working on the project in which the vendors participated. Usually, there would be additional information on the other side. Sometimes, the name of the person receiving the mug. Sometimes a project logo. And sometimes blank. It was up to the vendor paying for it. The command did not have a budget to buy this type of mug. I have a collection of mugs from several military projects which I received in this manner. I never thought of them as &quot;collectibles.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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