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Show "Pul)lihcd In the interest of tlie personnel of Utah Dugway Proving Ground, Provir Dugfway Dugway, Utah Friday, June 27, 1980 T i InlN lsftalls'vlsltafilori-irlihitThe question of visitation rights for. personnel living in Ware Bar- racks has been a long debated one. Well, the debate, for now, is over. BEGINNING June 16, visitation rights were given to permanent trial basis. party soldiers on a ComHHC Edward Fisher, CPT it that pany Commander, explained had been a long process in determining just how to set up the 60-da- y long-await- ed for sdliiirs s Fisher asserted, so I wanted to make sure we wouldnt encounter the same types of problems they experienced. BUT Aberdeen wasnt Fishers only source for his new policy. COL Bay attended several conferences during this time, he. began, and he also asked what other installations had done in reference to. itation rights. vis- After comparing notes, HHCs When I first decided to check new visitation policy was bom. The policys visiting hours are as into the matter, Fisher explained, follows: which some notes T gathered-uMonday thru Thursday 6 were left over from the last time the p.m, to 10 p.m.; Friday 6 p.m. to 12 midnight; Saturday 12 noon to 12 company had tried the policy. AFTER doing that, I sat down midnight and Sunday 12 noon to 10 and tried to figure out what was fair p.m. and just not only for the troops but Along with these hourly restricas of HHC for the management side tions, there have also been other measures taken to assure that theft well. Fisher then called Aberdeen Prov- and sexual abuse incidents do not ing Ground, which had installed vis- occur. WHEN A visitor would like to see itation rights earlier on, and asked for their guidance in setting up one of the companys soldiers, he or guidelines for HHC personnel to she is asked to sign a guest list. follow. Afterwards, the visitor is escorted up when some the soldiers room by the person to had problems They the first installed policy, they are visiting they policy. . J ' . . CPT Edward Fisher . While they are in the room, the door will be left open approximately six to twelve inches. Latrine facilities for females and males have also been designated.. LASTLY, only permanent party personnel will be allowed visitation rights. TDY personnel, and dependents under the age of. 18 will not be allowed the privilege. The reaction to HHCs move has been everything short of ecstatic. In sampling of Ware Barracks personnel, the majority explained that the policy was a little bit long. in coming but that it was welcomed. ONE soldier asserted that from her view point everyone in the barracks was mature enough and re- sponsible enough to handle the situation. Another said that it was. time HHC began treating foe single enlisted troops like adults instead of ' children. The NCO corpi was also behind the policy because, as a majority of them explained, the troops are ready to take on a situation like this and handle it without any problems at all. One NCO put it this way: Theyve had it how for a few weeks and theres been nothing to it. The people have complied with the rules and there hasnt been any problems. For all the talk about the troops being ready, well, theyve been ready for years. A FEW . individuals, who ex- plained they were happy with the policy, did concede however that the troops will have to make a real effort if they are to keep the existing policy. There will be a few people, commented another NCO, that will have a bad night and forget that hes being carefully watched. This one incident will ruin it for everybody. So its not so much that the people arent mature enough for the policy, its that one bad examplle will spoil it all together. Finally, one NCO stepped around the subject of troop maturity and incidents and explained simply, if the majority of the people in the bar- racks want it bad enough it will work. Granted $97,000 Dugway to purchase word processing equipment By Helen Rees Col. Bay rceived word last week that DPG has been given $97,573.00 to purchase WP equipment: Procurement will Ire requesting bids in the next few weeks so that equipment can Ire selected by a 9 October 80 deadline. This means change: change in change in methods of approaching work, and change in organization and jolrs. It docs not mean anyone will lose their job. It does mean some jolrs will Ire transferred to WP centers, some jolrs will have the duties changed from clerical to administrative, some jolrs will Ire converted to at-titu- action officers through attrition. It is a case of moving into the mainstream through change or being left behind to stagnate. AS EARLY as 1976 it was apparent to Management Division that Dugway needed to modernize and economize by taking advantage of the latest electronic equipment available for performing clerical and editorial tasks. The first step taken to move in this direction was to have the creators and producers of words see what was available. During 1977 many DPG employees had an opportunity to see; how several word processing systems Continued on page 4 iv Many people have said that the Army has gone to the birds. And although we in the service wholeheartedly dispute this, a picture, as they say, is worth a thousand of those firm denials. Army personnel, however, simply contend that the birds have a great amount of good taste. The Dugway Team Data Processing Division Computer perfect (well. . . almost) In 1963, Monson began working at the Deseret series (Editors Note: This is the first of a two-paconcerning the Directorate of Management Infor- Test Center, switching to Dugway Proving Ground mation Systems headed by Sam Efnor. In this issue in 1972 when the. two installations were merged we will look at the Data Processing Division under together. the supervision of Wendall Monson.) It was during his years in the Army that Monson Sam Efnor is pretty happy with the way things are became involved with computers, training first at going at DMIS these days considering his staff is very the University of Utah arid then at Michigan - rt stall and in need of a few more pieces of equipment. OTHER TECOM installations have a larger workforce than we do, he says, but I think we have some of the liest people around." As far as equipment is concerned, Efnor says he. expected to receive some a while back but is positive it will arrive in the very near future. Weve had approval for these things for alxmt a year; now were just trying to get together the. fluids, he explained. THE SMALL work force and the desire for more equipment, though, is what makes the job challenging to Efnor. So far, he figures DMIS has been coming out on top. We reach our goals here at least 95 of the time, he says. And though we may lie a few hours late because of one thing or another, its never affected bur job performance. University. The future, Monson figured, was in computers. Now several years later, his theory is still going strong. And so is Monson. After only five minutes, the division chief is talking about his people, or rather, defending them. One of the things Ive been trying to do is iip- grade the organizational structure, he explains. The people in the computer room who work on shifts, for example, have to be able to take the pressures and work different hours. So Id like to get them the rating they deserve. Equipment is another area of concern. We need an additional 10 CRT s and a way to increase our memory capacity, he says. . Keypunch If there is any operation on post which does the impossible well, it would have to be Dorothy KeelWendall Monson ings keypunch operation. Norma McDonald, Rhonda Dunyon, Robbin WilFifty-nin- e year old Wendall Monson has 41 years kins and summer hire Debra Huffman are Keelings of government service tucked under his belt and he staff, or rather her miracle workers. At first glance keypunching looks rather easy. As says, with firm conviction, that its been the best life in the world. the saying goes, if you can type, you can For 23 years Monson was in the Army. In that keypunch. But a better definition of keypunching time he made his way up the ranks to retire as a could be if you can read chickenscratch, you can. . Lieutenant Colonel. Keypunch operators type a number of jobs, such as time cards, telephone bills and reports, by punch- ing holes through cards. But trying to decide exactly what one is supposed to punch isnt that easy. This is where a degree in deciphering comes in handy. A lot of the numbers that are written are very hard to read, says Keeling. Sometimes we know what the numbers are because we see them every day. Other times we haven't any idea what theyre supposed to be. TTiis is probably the biggest problem keypunchers have to deal with. But there is more to the job than trying to read someones penmanship. With all the jobs we get, we have to know where asserts each and every number belongs, foul number can in the wrong place Keeling.One up an entire job. Keeling also says that keypunching and verifying punched material have entirely different procedures. Every card that is punched is verified by another keypunch operator before it is sent to the computer room. In order to catch a previous mistake, the operator goes through a whole new set of rules. Unfortunately for the office, knowledge and experience still have a way of ending up on the short end of the stick. "Regardless of the problems we encounter, she says, most people still consider any mistakes made with their reports to be our fault. But as you can see, some of the numbers we have to read arent even legible. Rhonda Dunyon, key punch opera- When the cards have been punched at keypunch, tor, throws up her hands, and a few they are taken over to the computer room where cards, in mock disgust over problems Continued on page 3 . -- - i . a. 4 'Jtfy she and her day in and day out. co-work- deal with |