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Show Suppose You Suspect Your Child. Youngsters and the Drug Scene The DESERET SAMPLER, FrL, July 10, 1970 Goals TECOM Sets PROMAP-7- 0 ABDERDEN PROVING The U.S. Md. GROUND, ComEvaluation end Test Anny mand (TECOM is moving into the second half of PROMAP-7- 0 with an aggressive plan of action diinvolving a nuniler of key rectorates, offices and personnel. - PROMAP-7- - 0 the Program Estimating profile, and Increase Reliability of Systems. Test Operations Directorate! TestEvaluation Effectiveness. Management Science and Data Systems Office: Reduction of in Reporting al AMC. General Equipment Materiel for the Refinement of the MaCommerDirectorate: is Testing teriel Acquisition Process U.S. Army Materiel cial Construction Equipment a one-yeOffice: Internal Information Command (AMC) implementaPlan. Information of the of the tion Secretary Each of the tasks listed Army's program to improve the has one or more objecabove proweapons system acquisition cess. In other words, the Army tives. Training for Cost Estimating wants new and better methods . to buy its weapons. AMC launched its program after Assistant Secretary of Defense, David Packard asked all the services to plan for improvement in five "problem areas within DOD: in optimism 1) Excessive cost estimates. 2) Control of changes in ongoing programs. 3) Comprehensive assessment of risk prior to system development. 4) Use of competitive prototypes in developments. 5) Concurrent developnient-tes- t and evaluation. Within AMC, 53 task elements for study, improvement were and implementation de- veloped, and ten of these were as being applicable identified within TECOM. The goal of PROMAP-7- 0 refining and improving the materiel acquisition process involves every member of the command, but the ten tasks with the most direct involvement for TECOM have licen assigned for action as follows: Personnel and Training Directorate: Training for Cost Es- Contract Negotiating and Quality of personnel. timating, Training, Test Systems rectorate: Support, Analysis Di- Logistic Integrated Cost Cost Analysis aims to provide each participant with the necessary knowledge of cost estimating relationships methods, and and analytical techniques for predicting systems cost Contract Negotiation Training has the goal of trying to improve the capability of negotiating teams by increased training in the application of negotiating techniques. The goal of the Quality of Personnel task TestEvaluation is to improve the quality of testing and evaluating materiel by stabilizing tours of duty for individual officers assigned to test and evaluation projects, stabilizing units engaged in test projects, and raising the projected requisitioning authority to 100 per cent of die Table of Distribution Allowances (TDA) for those units. Under the Integrated Logistic Support task, the objective is to reduce requirements for logistic support resources and system changes by integrating the element of logistics support into all phases erf system acquisition. The Cost AnalyasCost Estimating Profile task is to establish a disciplined system for cost analyascost estimating within the command. The goals of Increased Reliability of Systems are (1), to achieve reliability of selected existing equipment, (2) to imreliability of selected prove imlHng equipment, (3) to of product effectiveness prove assurance activities, and (4) to provide visibility of materiel quality and reliability. The objective of the Test-- E valuation Effectiveness task is to' improve effectiveness of test and evaluation procedures by insuring four things: (1) objectivity and thoroughness in test planning, conduct of testing and evaluation of test remits, (2) that all test results are reviewed prior to commitment of substantial procurement funds, (3) That testing resources are efutilized to provide ficiently complete, timely information, and (4) that a smooth, continuous from development transition through production testing is achieved. The eighth task being acted Reducah within TECOM tion of Reporting has die objective of in AMC reportreducing ing, thereby achieving economies in manpower and funds. The ninth tad which has as identified been having TECOM interest is that of InNon-Essent- non-essent- ternal Information. Any program Playmate Jennifer Liano thinks you should of this magnitude must have RIGHT WORD step ont boldly with a cost reduction suggestion. "It is a aw ell die total support of all em- maneuver that pays off, says Jennifer (Photo courtesy Playboy) ployees. If they are not familiar with die goals and die achievements, then they cant support die pogrom with their maxiInactive Duty Training (IDT) mum efficiency. Hence, the New abbreviations and definiReserves Duty Training replaces is Information in Internal tions of Army National Guard goal and Inactive Duty for (RDT) to fully inform all members of and Army Reserve terms will apfor (INACDUTRA) Training U.S. a die command on continuing pear in the Dictionary of training activities not performed basis. Terms. Army on active duty. The final task is entitled Among the changes: Annual Training Equipment Commercial Construction EquipAnnual Training (AT) replaces Pools (ATEP) replaces the terms ment, with die abjective of Annual Active Duty for Training Annual Field Training Equipment Conand equipping Army construction (ANACDUTRA) centration Sites (FTES) and units with modem, current pro- Field Training (AFT). Site Equipment Pool Training refor construccommercial Active duction, Training Duty describe equipment to (TSEP), tion equipment and providing mains the same but the abbrelocated at a site where annual from ADT to assure viation changes proper operasupport to training is conducted. tion and maintenance in a war ACDUTRA. Lists New T erms Army Dictionary zone. HAGGLE Come In Make An Offer . . . Many. . . Many Items! Fertilizer - Ceiling Tile - Insulation Plumbing Supplies - Doors - and On . . . and On . . . Three days later, he can call die police narcotics bureau, and give his identification number. A chemist will tell him whether or not file substance is an illegal or dangerous drug. What the parent does with the information is his own business. But whats a parent to do when hes convinced his child is using drags from sheer Some parents call die polic. This acanger tion can break the final link between parent and child. Other parents launch into a tirade about the danger of drags. They're horrified by the word drag. They dont stop to think about alcohol and aspirin are drugs, too. know more Most children about drags than their parents, and scare tactics based on half-trutgenerally will be ignored. Remember that children who use drugs are experimenting in much that same way that todays parents experimented with alcohol when they were If a child is beyond the experimentation stage, it usually d-ga- Tremendous Savings alley and There, he will get an identification number. Nobody asks for his name or any other information. Drug abuse? Children dont abuse drags. . . . . .they abuse themselves with that often pushes children into experimenting with drugs, according to doctors. drags. What are the chances that And until parents understand child has experimented there your children take why drags, with illegal drags? will continue to be a drag probthe time he graduates from By lem, psychiatrists say. It will require an awareness high school, file chances are about one in five that hes by parents of the emotional needs of their children, along smoked marijuana at least once. who have Of the teen-ager- s on rewith some will 75 tried percent marijuana, cognizing the danger signs. x after the first or second quite When teen-ager- s begin using drags regularly, there is usually a marked change in behavior. If your child has gone beyond Think of them as signal flags. this point smoking regularly or A child might: moving up to other drags Change his style of dress. there are physical signs to look When children start on drags, for: 4 Marijuana will leave a disthey often acquire a new sense almost like sage of identity which will be reflect- tinctive odor ed in what they wear. on a person's clothing for seChange his social pattern. veral hours. exThis could mean suddenly dropMarijuana smokers ping old friends in favor of a perience an unusual appretite for new crowd. It could Also mean sweets and starches. Users call suddenly finding new forms of this a food freak. activities with his old friends. obviously, Tranquilizers, Change his personality. A will make a person sleepy and child who has been outgoing lethargic. like heroin and may withdraw; the loner may Opiates will blossom. cause eye suddenly morphine Call for help. pupils to contract It takes a willing ear to hear a it Drugs containing atropine childs plea for help. (a heart stimulant) may cuase Children seldom speak direct- the pupiles to dilate. A user frely, especially to their parents. quently begins wearing sungTheyll mask an appeal to pro- lasses indoors. tect themselves. One of the latest drag bids inThe simplest form goes so- volves a capsule that can be purme filing like this: chased without a prescription CHILD: Hey, guess what? and from which youngsters have learned to extract atropine. Cindy says shes smoking pot! translation: Ive started smokLSD type drags produce a ing, and I like it, but Im fright- sense of disembodiment. A user ened because I dont know why may begin talking about feeling I like it. Help me! a oneness with love, nature, The parent who doesnt really the universe or Cod. A bad comprehend will say: trip on LSD is unmistakable Stay away from Cindy. You the user is locked in a personal cant see her anymore! nightmare and displays panic. . . .then wonder why the child it A heavy dose of amphetaturns resentful. mines shows itself in a great Another way children seek to burst of activity, total loss of apattract the attention of their petite, and inability to sleep. Parents may also find some parents is to antagonize. Bir- drag Recently, a paraphernalia, cigaret mingham girl, who felt unloved, papers, hypodermic syringes and told her parents she was going to needles, a bent spoon, unusual visit girl friend. She gave her tobacco-smokin- g devices, and inparents the friends name, ad- cense burners to mask maridress and telephone number juanas distinctive odor.. and made a point of saying shed But for those who find suspicious-looking be home by 6 p.m. pills or weeds in She went to the friends house their children's possession, and waited by the phone until there's now a way to determine midnight, desperately hoping her exactly what they are at no risk parents would show some sign of to the parents or their children. , concern for her safety. Two months ago,'' Detroit poJ lice began an Analysiknbny- Theydidnt They waited until she came mous Program. home then scolded her. A parent who finds a suspiIts this type of home situation cious drug can take it to the precinct station. . . - - teen-ager- s. means that he is seeking something outside himself; that drugs have opened a gate; that he has a problem. Find out what the problem is. Just listen; really listen. There isn't a teen-age- r alive who hasnt experienced feelings of emptiness, loneliness, confusion and worthlessness. He is filled with profound questions. is an acting-ou- t behavior just like disrespect for property, accident proneness and delinquency. It means the child already has a problem too big for him. Too often, the parent will scream:Youre raining me! The child's sense of guilt, and his feeling of rejection, can be unendurable. Youngsters want their parents to be fair, and to hear them out before pronouncing judgments. But if a child becomes truly hooked on drugs, the problem is usually beyond the parents ability to handle it alone. Counseling is needed. It could be a family friend, school adviser, a minister of family doctor not necessarily a psychiatrist. Very often; the child just wants, and needs, an understanding adult he can talk to. 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