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Show The Deseret Sampler, Friday, April 4, 1975 Grandma wears combat boots Security ; open 24 hrs. a day Hie Security Control Desk is operational 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Complaints and requests for MP e should be referred to the following telephone numbers: 29$3 or 2923. In case of genuine emergency, use 110. There VICENZA, Italy (ANF) are probably those who will say that the all volunteer force is being carried a bit too far when they learn a grandmother has enlisted in the Army. Thats right, a She's Pfc Rose Dietrich, who has been promoted twice since enlisting six months ago. Shes now with the 167th Signal Company, Southern European Task Force (SETAF). The granny" recalls age didnt cut her any slack in basic training. She says, I still had to run the 600 yards and jump those silly ditches." Rose is from Cincinnati, Ohio, where her husband, Charles, owns and asris-tano- . A reiteration of DPQ policy soldier-grandmoth- A curfew of all dependent minors, who have not yet reached their 18th birday, will be enforced. the hours During of die curfew, minors will not be allowed to travel about die installation or in a vehicle unless accompanied by a parent. The hours erf the curefew are as follows: Sunday - Thursday 2330 - 0600 hours, Friday and Saturday 0030 - 0800 hours. Dugway9 s spring starts clean-u- p To assist die Command in cleaning up.Dugway Proving Ground, Facilities Engineering Division is requesting all residents of DPG to make a concerted effort to clean up their residential areas during the weekend of April 5th-6tA special pickup is scheduled for April 7th. In addition, refuse containers andor vehicles will be placed in die housing areas today. Residents are requested to palce all refuse in the containers adjacent to them for pickup on Monday, April 7th. runs a barber shop. Christopher, her grandson,, and his parents live in nearby Covington, Ky. Young Chris may have to grow up with the legitimate boyhood taunts, Your grandmother wears combat boots. Roses husband, who has never been in the military, didn't believe Rose when she told him shed like to join the Army. He now keeps a picture of her hanging in the barber shop. When customers ask him where his wife is, he says, Shes joined the Army. Pfc Dietrich likes the service well enough to stay 20 years. She says, Im working to get rank as fast as I can. I'd ' like my rank to catch up with my age. one-year-- !k : h. A Public Service ot This Newspaper A The Adveilising Council Colonel Toepd presents Governor Rampton with die baton which was carried 80 miles from Dugway to the steps of die State Capitol. The Dugway Chapter of the Officer Association (NCOA) with die help of the Dugway High School track' team made the run in an effort to raise funds for the Joseph Kennedy Special Olympics. The Special Olympics are held each year featuring handicapped persons competing in trade and field even vs. zmsem mmem ami QPML IS - If .. Getting "High and Involved SPECIAL PURCHASE Dugway Health Ginics Troop Detachment Commannder 2LT Kimball W. Pugmire has been on active duty service for. , 21 months. The 25 year old ROTC graduate of Utah State University majored in Business Administration, with a BS in Marketing. He agreed to die grill at his office at the Health Clinic .me morning and obligingly provoked the fire. SAMPLER: Is morale a problem at the Health Clinic Detachment? PUGMIRE: Id say morale in the Medical Detachment is as good as any other organization on post. The question is. Morale seems to fluctuate. To me . how good is hours than it seems as though morale is higher during hours. I get a lot of complaints about there being nothing to do here at Dugway, hence the low morale after ' duty hours. The real problem arises when the low morale caused from off duty boredom carries over to duty performance. Agreed, we are isolated, and the activites are limited, especially to a person who may have lived his life in and around a big dty. But, I think a persons morale is directly-relateto his ability to adapt to his situation. Maybe one person may y time. He may not be as creative as another with his not realize the potentials of his situation. This is here friends come in, and I cant stress enough, the importance of choosing good friends. Ive always had friends that have invented new tilings to do, to escape the old routine. Why choose to associate with a bunch of people who are satisfied to sit around and complain about their plight and talk about what they could be doing if they were somewhere else. Why not choose, instead, to associate. with those who are willing to explore the possibilities of their situation and surroundings, these with a positive attitude. Ive seen some here at Dugway, who try another means of escape, that is really no escape at all. . .drugs and alcohol. I dont think that this is coping with their problem - its creating additional problems, such as drug and alcohol addiction, and possibly a bad record. These bad habits then follow them to other assignmetns which may breed the same morale problems in them again, even when they may be perfectly satisfied with their new assignment What many fail to think about is that ' tiie present affects the future. SAMPLER: You mentioned drug abuse. What can be done about it and what is your stand? PUGMIRE: I've emphasized in my command that I will not tolerate drug abuse. If an individual has a problem and will not make an effort to correct it I wont cut him any slack. I do feel that every commander should pay particular attention to drug and alcohol abuse. If a commander knows his people, it is not hard to tell who has the problem. Helping an individual is one tiling and stopping drug traffic is another. I feel it my responsibility to help the proper authorities get at the root of the problem ami knake it hud for those under my command to purchase the junk. SAMPLER: What special difficulties or advantages do you have in commanding the Health Clinic Department? PUGMIRE: A while ago I might have said there was no real difficulty in commanding the medical detachment because most of the personnel at that time were strictly motivated along professional-mediclines, and generally enjoyed their work. But now with our mission recently being reduced, I find that is becoming a problem. This is because we morale are still strengthened to perform the old mission,' which means some people sit idle, or find themselves working outside of their MOS. This has created a problem that can only be partially satisfied until they come up on reassignment orders. One mea- sure we have taken to solve this problem is a work program with tiie VA Hospital in Salt Lake City. Some are able to receive work experience, and with it a sense of accomplishment. Mine is a small command, and with it comes several advantages. The major advanvage being that I can know each person in my command and work with them. Many commanders only get to know their exceptional troops or their trouble makers. SAMPLER: How do you look at the Army? PUGMIRE: I dont regret my two yean of active duty in any way. Ive found till experience a great benefit to me. Ive learned and grown a lot Ive been interviewing for civilian employment lately, and found that prospective employers take great interest in my military service. I dont think military and civilian employment are that much different in that what a man accomplishes is more or less up to his own initiative and ability. 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