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Show umirn'.k iu'iLi .;uAiA a m Published in the interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground A 99 Published by the Transcript-BulletiPublishing Company, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. n Dugway Proving Ground Vol. 7 No. 7 Dugway, Utah 84022 Armr ct,ief Named DA makes AM ARC Former Vice Chief of Staff Army, General Fred C. Weyand has been confirmed by the Senate as the Armys new Chief of Staff, replacing the late General Creighton W. Abrams. study public The findings and recommendations of the Army Materiel Acquisition Review Committee (AMARC) were officially made public last month. Many of the recommendations developed as a result of the committee study were readily accepted by the Army and are currently being implemented. But because some of the recommendations could affect personnel staffing and the status of research and development and testing centers, Department of the Army has initiated studies to determine whether to accept or reject certain of them. Some of the major AMARC recommendations already implemented Army-wid- e include: ' Strengthening the Army organization for materiel acquisition by designating a single DA staff agency (Chief of Research, Development and Acquisition) to monitor the process. Directing the US Army Operational Test and Evaluation Agency to report directly to the Chief of Staff. Transferring the US Army SAFEGUARD System Evaluation Agency analytical capability from SAFEGUARD to US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Improving the materiel acquisition personnel posture through a personnel development program which will grant proper recognition to the project manager because of his value as a resource manager. AMARC recommendations which have been implemented by AMC are: Linking schedule estimating efforts to cost estimating effort. Recognizing the presence of estimating bias fend uncertainty in the es four-mon- th Scouts To Participate Skull Valley was the setting for the recent Saltair District Annual Boy Scout Jamboree. More than 433 boys, represent- ing 42 troops from the Taylors- viHe, Kearns, Cranger, Hunter, Tooele, Crantsville, and Dugway communities, participated. Dugways Troop 481 were U.S. st tablishment of the goals. Appointing the Project Manager or higher level as the determining official in administration of award fee contracts. Experimenting in the use of commercial warranties. Reporting utilization rates for new machine tooling for the first five years (or until the investment is amortized) after installation of the new equipment in order to validate the benefits stealing from the investment. Maintaining a climate for innovadesign-to-co- General Weyand, who en- tered the Army in May of 1938, served in the China theather in Chung King during World War II. Some of his other assignments include, Berlin, Fort Benning, Korea, Vietnam, and Schofield Barracks Hawaii where he served as Commander of the 25th Infantry Division. Hie Senates approval came voice vote October 3, after bj' a brief hearing by the Senate General Fred C. Weyand Armed Services Committee. tion. TESTING Some of the more important AMA- RC recommendations concerning testing are still being studied by the Army. Some of these proposals include: Emphasize the difference between development testing and operational testing, retaining development testing within AMC but shifting operational testing to TRADOC and the Operational Test and Evaluation Agency (OTEA) at Ft. Belvoir, Va. Transfer Modern Army Selected Systems, Test, Evaluation and Review (MASSTER) from FORSCOM to TRADOC and the test boards from TECOM to TRADOC. Consider placing Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, in standby status. (Since 1969, Dugways mission has been limited to testing chemical weap-oand biological defense systems. On ' the basis of its currently assigned workload and intended mission capability, Dugway was considered by the AMARC committee to be the least of AMCs proving grounds.) n Paul Cushing (L) and Burton Cahoon (R) fathers of Cregoiy Cushing and James smile and relax after Army helicopter from Dugway Proving Ground rescued die boys after they had wandered away from Scout encampment. Ca-hoo- Dugway Helicopter Finds and Rescues Lost Scouts Two young Tooele Scouts, Gregory Cushing and Janies Cahoon were happy to lie safe in their beds Saturday night, September 28, after a DPG Army helicopter rescued them from what could have been a cold and desolate night in the mountains. THE Army FLYING William C. was MAJ chopper Miller, and crew members CW3 Howard G. Keen, and SSG William Vedder, all of Dugways Aviation Division. The boys, Gregory, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Cushing ns . cost-effecti- ve Change The U.S. Army Medical Department Activity (MED-DAat Dugway is scheduled to come under the control of Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, January 1, officials announced here recently, Dugway is one of three MEDDACs Army-wid- e that will undergo the change. The Yuma Proving Ground MED-DAwill go under the administrative control of MEDDAC Ft.. Huachucha, and Sierra MEDDAC will come under Medical Letterman Army first place winners in the Nature Identification skill area. All participating units received a ribbon and patch. Center. Dugway, Utah, Friday, October 11, 1974- - C pay Hike Theres going to be some extra money in the pay enve- lope for military and general schedule (GS) civilians starting this month. Military salaries jumped 7.2 on base pay beginning October 1. Civilian CS pay increased 5.52 beginning with the first full pay period in October, which is October 6. Government wage board employees received a hike last May and salaries will be reviewed in the spring. Pay raises were based on increases resulting from general inflation. cost-of-livi- INSPECTING COLT Bureau of Land Management employees, Joyce Gebhardt and Ron Ilall inspect the fillys condition recently at English Village. Dugway Presentation BLM Assigns Wild Colt On rnno-ntiir- n A Officials at the Bureau of Land Management, recently reported that an orphaned colt was found near Dugway. The months, profoal, a filly of bably wandered from a band of wild horses that inhabit the nearby mountains, Hillier said. 5-- 8 Eugene II. Robinson of Dugway, found the fillv on September 5, 1974. He reported that it was in extremely poor condition and near death. This condition probably resulted with the loss of the fillys SS8 conducted at DPG were the subject for a presentamother, Robinson stated. tion made by Jim Keetch of Test The wild horses within Operations at DODs annual DPG are managed by the explosive safety seminar on Bureau of Land Management September under a cooperative agreement Keetch made his presentawith the Army. These horses are tion on the use of vented steel which protected by panels and perforated plates as is better known as the Wild suppressive shielding for muniHorse and Burro Act. tion testing. Hillier said the filly would This type of shielding is be assigned to SS6 Robinson for being suggested for use in amcare and maintenance under a munition plant modernization. cooperative agreement. It is Advantages of suppressive certain that the filly would not shielding over the conventional live if returned to the open reinforced concrete containrange, Hillier concluded. ment structure is portability, adaptability and lower replacement cost. Race Relations Program Completed The Dugway Proving RelaRace Ground tions Equal Opportunity office recently completed a race relations training program for military and civilian FULLY STAFFED for the first time, the RREO office is manned by 2LT John Schlatter and SP4 James Ritchie. They assumed their duties in July. 26-2- 8. 2LT Schlatter is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and was commissioned through the ROTC program there. He came on active duty in March, and PL-92-1- Dugway is his first assign- ment. - SP4 Ritchie is a former member of the Marine Corps and joined the Army in April under the Stripes For Skills program. He came to Dugway on the Station-of-Choi- ce program. THE RREO training involves group discussions about such topics as prejudice, discrimination, stereotypes, and institutional racism. In addition to these topics, there is instruction about the military RREO program and the civilian Equal Employment Opportunity program. Leaders from the Secretary of the Army on down are placing emphasis on the RREO program, and Im glad to be a part of the program," said 2LT Schlatter. Our purpose is not to change attitudes or preach to people, he continued. We just want to create an awareness and understanding of racial differences and problems and we hope that this awareness will help people to get along with each other. V' if program, aimed at attracting and retaining soldiers in certain MOS skill mortage areas, will in slashed will be ciency Pay of the December and the program will be reduced to end Jan. 31, 1975, as a result program levels projected for of joint conference committee fiscal years 76 throui 80. THE ARMY said it will action on the Defense Approannounce Bill fiscal for this by the first of the year year. priations THE ACTION means that those MOS areas being deleted. about 38,627 soldiers who have Soldiers serving in the deleted been receiving $50 a month skills will have their Shortage under the Superior Performance Specialty Proficiency Pay terProficiency Pay Program will minated June 30, 1975. The find their paychecks $25 lighter Army had hoped to pay lesser at the end of December and amounts in this program as part effort. This now they will receive a final $25 of a phase-ou- t will not be possible because of payment on January 31. Sources said the Armv had insufficient funds. The only proficiency pay sought $22.9 million for the program but the committee ac- program left intact for this fiscal d tion the program to year is the Special Duty Assign$11.4 million, a cut so severe ment Proficiency Pay aimed at the program cannot be contin- attracting volunteers to serve as ued. recruiters, drill sergeants and In a similar cutback, the career counselors. Department of Defease plans to phase out Shortage Specialty In 1973 employment in the Proficiency Pay once the new business reached newspaper Selective Reenlistment Speciaan increase of WASHINGTON (ANF) d. Tests Pro Pay Meat - Axed uperior Performance p personnel. Made mtnomontL tained that the boys had not reached their homes and the Tooele Jeep Patrol was summoned at about 5:30 p.m. Another request went to officials here requesting the use of a helicopter, The chopper spotted the Sheriff Alan James was contact- - boys about 7:00 p.m., and res-ecued them. Neither scout suf- DEPUTY JAMES ascer- - fered from exposure or injury. and James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton B. Cahoon, had participated in the Saltair District Camporee in Skull Valley. They became separated from their unit during the afternoon, and when an inspection failed to locate them. Deputy -S- Profi- one-four- th meat-axe- VICTOR PRATT NAMED COORDINATOR Colonel Toepcl congratulates Mr. Victor Pratt and LTC William Green on their appointment as DPG Environmental Quality 'Coordinator and Alternate, respectively. Mr. Pratt and LTC Green bring a wealth of applicable technical and management experience to the new function underscoring Colonel Toepcls determination to make DPG a leader in protecting the environment while accomplishing the mission of DPG. 382,-30- lity Proficiency Program becomes effective. The latter 0, approximately 6,000 Over 1972. Since 1946 newspaper business reached 382300, GOLDEN KNIGHTS Two members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute demonstration team,' display the American Flag while in free fall from an altitude of 13,500 feet An official Army Demonstration unit, the Golden Knights have represented the United States in parachuting competitions all over the world. They will appear at DPG October 31, and will be in English Village for a demonstration at 1:00 p.nu, at the Post Gym. |