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Show mm 1 UNIVERSITY C r Vol. 1 atP J 2 7369 Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 No. 22 ORDER K- Army Materiel Command Realigns Headquarters GEN Jones New AMC Chief of Staff ' mm Honors Planned For CG's Departure After two and a half years as Deseret Test Center's commanding general, BG John G. Appcl is leaving Utah for a Pentagon assignment. In honor of the general's departure, two ceremonies are planned. At Dugway on Wednesday, June IS, there' will be a Battalion Review and Retreat Ceremony on Brantley Field at 4:15 p.m. At Fort Douglas Friday June 20 there will he an Honor Guard and Retreat Ceremony on Still-weField at 4:30 p.m.' A reception and light buffet will follow the Dugway review, while a reception and dinner is planned to follow the Fort Doug ll las event. Details mi the receptions and reservations may lie made by contacting MAJ Louis T. Bowring at Dugway or CPT laiwrence E. Czajkowski at Fort Douglas. The 23rd Army National Guard Band will play for the Fort Douglas parade, while an Air Force Baud from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona w ill play for the Dugway parotic. In uddition to playing for the parade, the Luke Air Force band will present a concert mi Tuesday June 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dugway Tost Chupel. All personnel are invited to attend the Bunker sity, Ames, Iowa, he later graduated from the Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the National War College, Washington, D.C. AMC provides materiel to the weapons and equipment soldier in the field. It is responsible for the Army's wholesale materiel mission, including research and development, procurement and production, storage and distrihu- tion, inventory management, and maintenance and disposal. As AMC Chief of Staff, MG Jones will serve as GEN Chesarek's principal staff adviser, supervising the ad- ministration and operation of Hqs., AMC. The Command operates with a $24 billion inventory and an annual expenditure of $14 bil- General Bunker had held numerous top assignments with the Army Transportation Corps since the lieginning of World War 11, when he served as Deputy in charge of the Corps' supply program. In early 1945, he made a six months' trip to Paraguay for the State Department to conduct a transportation survey of that country and later liecame Transportation Officer of the Seventh U. S. Army in the German Occupational Forces. With the beginning of the Berlin Airlift in 1948, General Bunker was placed in charge of terminal operations - gathering shipments and loading aircraft in the U.S. Zone and unloading and distributing cargo in Berlin. He n organized a similar system Korea and Japan with the breakout of hostilites there in Bunker, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Material Command who died Thursday, June 5, in Rader Clinic at Fort Myer, following a heart attack at his Fort Myer quarters. Burial, with full military honors, was in Arlington National Cemetery. For more than five years, General Bunker has been Deputy Com mander of this huge Army logistical complex, which operates with a $24 billion inventory, and annual expenditures of $14 billion. The Command is lrasically responsible for the Army's materiel mission, including research and development, procurement and production.storageanddistrilHitian inventory management, and maintenance and diposal. General Bunker was assigned to the Planning Group in 1962 which was responsible for developing the organization and served as the Command's first Comptroller and Director of Programs. In April 1964, he was named Deputy Commanding General and in May 1966 he was promoted to the rank of'Lieutenant General. For his outstanding performance of duty in this assignment, he' was the Disawarded recently ' tinguished Service Medal. Son of a Regular Army oHvh r. General Bunker was liom September 30, 1910 at Fort Slocum, New York and was commissioned in the Cavalry upon graduation from the U.S. Military Academy in 1934. Two years later he transferred to the Engineer Corps and attended the Massachusetts of Technology, where he was awarded a degree of Master by Nicaragua and the Order of of Science in Engineering. Services were held at June 9 at the Fort Myer Chapel for Lieutenant General William B. long-rang- Friday, June 13, 1969 IX'-fin- Dies at Ft. Myer AAC-OMST- - iiieuilatioii Medal. American Service Modal, American Campaign Medal, W orld War 11 Victor)' Medal, Army Occupation Medal Germany), National Defense Service Medal, Berlin Airlift Device, Korean Service Medal, and United Nations Service Medal. He was also decorated with the Medulla De Distinciou AMC Deputy CG 8, i Dugway, Ut 84(122 - jq The Army Materiel Command will begin reorganizing its Washington, D.C., headquarters early this month under a realignment designed to streamline the managerial structure. Discrete Address. Special War- General Ferdinand I. Chesarek.. vitliials currently renortinedirec-tln j j i there will fareSpecial Mission Operations, AMC's commander, j announced to the AMC Commander May 2 that the proposed realign- be only 78. The remainder will Manned Aerial Vehicle Surveilment of the organizational struc- report either to sultordinate com- lance, Mohawk, UttasIroquois, ture of the headquarters would modity commanders or to the Air Traffic ManagementPosition and Navigation Systems, Selected provide better control over as- newly designated DCG's. Air There will be some reassign- Priority Operations TPQ-2signed missions and functions, reduce the span of control of the ment of individuals as a result of Defense Control dr Coordcommander and achieve greater the realignment functions and a inationTarget Missile and utilization of the managerial tal- few will be transferred to locations TeletvpewritcrCOM- ent. Army Chief of Staff General outside of the Washington area. si:c. The realignment of the headWilliam C. Westmoreland has ap- For instance, two of the 14 project in effect, will: the in offices now quarters, proved reporting reorganization plan managers Assign to the Deputy Comprinciple. directly to Headquarters, AMC A number of important orga- will be moved to field locations. manding General of AMC the role nizational changes are scheduled Aircraft Weaponization will move of resource manager for the comwithin the headquarters complex to Headquarters, Army Weapons mand. As such, he will supervise under the plan. There will be a Command, Rock Island, III.; and the activities of the Comptroller, principal Deputy Commanding Manned Aerial Vehicle for Sur- - the Director of Personnel and General, the Commanding Gener- veillance will move to Head- - Training, and the Director ot in al's chief assistant and resource mmrtprc Armv Weanons Com- - stallations and Services. Elevate the position of the General mand, Rock Island, III.; and manager. Lieutenant W.B. Bunker, the current Deputy Manned Aerial Vehicle for Sur- Director of Quality Assurance, in CC of AMC, who retires July 31 veillance will move to Head- line with the need for top comwill be succeeded August 1 by quarters, Army Aviation Systems mand attention in this vital area. Elevate the position of the Major General H.A. Miley, Jr., a Command, St. Louis, Mo. The 49 of Management InformaDirector three-sta- r will offices now be assistant civilians in the two designee, In his expanded role, tion Staff for move Systems. of Chief to to offered an Logistics Deputy opportunity will accelerate the development he (Program and Budget), Depart- the new locations, or, if they automated of systems made will to efforts be management ment of the Army. prefer, There will le two new Deputy reassign them to appropriate posi- to the same high pace as operating systems and provide the ComCommanding Generals: Major tions here. General Walter J. Wool wine, The project management of- manding General and other top AMC's Director of Procurement fices are being disestablished only managers the key indicators and and Production will become DCG in those instances where systems trends needed for sound managefor Materiel Acquisition, centering are now well into the production ment. Expand the use of the Army his attention on the industrial base cycle. Also, a study is currently with control of research and engi- under way to determine whether Materiel Systems Analysis Agency, neering, procurement and produc- project manager control for some located at Aberdeen Proving tion, materiel requirements, logis- projects should be exercised at the Ground, Md., to accelerate the tics data management, and related commodity command level rather tempo of the command's systems analysis effort. functions. Major General William than at the headquarters level. Increase the use of the AMC Nels Redling, CG of the Army Project management offices Board at Aberdeen Proving and Ft. Center discontinued be slated to that are Transportation e planning Eustis, Va., and Commandant of under the reorganization include: Ground for concerned with such subjects as the Army Transportation School, Flat Top, Ml 13 Italy will liecomc DCG for Logistics M107MI10 Artillery, Am- financial management, materiel devon sup- phibians & Watercraft, Mortar acquisition, and research and Support, concentrating i fuel in with the the Mult field, elopment. Army Ammunition, porting Engines, The changes in the reorganizacontrol of operational readiness Rifle, and Goer Vehicles. The Serfunctions, distribution, transpor- geant and Artillery Ammunition tion of the headquarters will lie tation, maintenance, international PM offices are slated for disestab- accomplished on a phased basis logistics, and the AMC depot sys- lishment and will require the Se- over the next several months withtem. cretary of the Army's approval. PM in authorized manpower ceilings. The Deputy for Lalmratories, programs that will lie combined No employees will be separated as Dr. Roliert A. Dillaway, will con- are the MallardRandom Access a result of the realignment. tinue to maintain his primary interest in the scientific community and to direct the activities of AMC laboratories. Three other general officers, Major General Leo B. Jones, Chief of Staff of U.S. Army, Vietnam, and the CG of Support Troops, VietMG Leo B. Jones, former Chief Commander of VII Corps Artillery, nam; Brigadier General Theodore of Staff and Commanding General, and Assistant Chief of Staff, G-- 4 Antonvlli, Special Assistant for Post of the VII Corps. Troops, U.S. Army VietHostilities Logistic Operations, Support A 1941 distinguished military Chief of named lieen has nam, AMC; and Brigadier General Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Army graduate from Iowa State Univer-James G. Kalergis, Chief of Staff, Materiel Command (AMC),, WaI Field Force, U.S. Army, Vietnam, shington. D.C.. by GEN F.J. Chehave been named to Headquarters, sarek, AMC Commander. AMC staff positions as Chief of A comliat arms veteran of Staff, Director of Distribution and World War II and Korea, MG Transportation, and Comptroller, Jones has spent a large portion of respectively. his military career in artillery and The present directorate and logistics assignments. He served in separate offices will le restruc- both WWII and Korea with Field tured in consonance with the reaArtillery units; the 808th Field lignment. Also, the current total of Artillery Battalion in Europe and 67 project offices will lie reduced the Uth Field Artillery Battalion to 49. This initial reduction will in Korea. be accomplished by eliminating 10 His Pentagon assignments inwhose functions will le assumed clude top staff positions in the by the major suliordinate com- offices of Deputy Chiefs of Staff mands, and by combining eight for Military Operations and for with other project management Logistics, as well as with the Joint offices. Chiefs of Staff. Additionally, the commander's MG Jones has also served with span of control will lie reduced by the Seventh U.S. Army, Germany, alxnit W) percent. Instead of the as Commanding Officer of the 190 commands, agencies or indi- - 72nd Artillery Group, Assistant MG LEO JONES V- DESERET TEST CENTER the British Empire. General Bunker was an Honorable Fellow and Past President of the American Helicopter Society, Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, President of the Armed Forces Management Association, member of the American Management Association and of the Association of the U. S. Army. General Bunker is survived by his wife, Crystle of the home, a son, Paul' D. Bunker, 111, who is an employee of the Army Aviation Systems Command at St. Louis, Mo., and three grandchildren. The family requested that in lieu of flowers contributions lie made to the Heart Association of Northern Virginia. Dillaway Now Amc'st Top Civilian Dr. Roliert R. Dillaway, former corporate research marketing director and advanced rocket systems manager of North American Rockwell Corporation, has lieen named the Army Materiel Command's Deputy for Lalmratories by Gen F. J, Chesarek, AMC's commander. The ranking AMC civilian employee, Dr. Dillawav serves as Gen. Chesarek's deputy exercising command over the AMC central lalmratories and exercises technical supervision over the AMC commodity command la- l iKiratones. In its research and development programs on various items ranging from space food for the astronauts to jungle boots for use in Vietnam, from missile fuzes to heart pumps, the AMC laboratory chain covers the entire spectrum of scientific and technological investigation, and has a budget of over a billion dollars. Before accepting his present position, Dr. Dillaway served with 1950. the Navv Department Secretariat as Deputy Director of the Office of In the latter part of 1950, he Program Appraisal. The office asbecame Chief of the Air Transsisted the Secretary of the Navy port Division, Office Chief of in systems analysis and in reviewTransportation with responsibility and evaluating Navy programs. of investigating the application of A meeting of the Deseret Test ing A native of Washington, D.C., the helicopter to Army transpor- Center's Medical Advisory Comtation. This investigation resulted mittee will be held at the Center's Dr. Dillaway received two bachein an immediate and large scale Headquarters, Fort Douglas, on lor of science degrees (mechanical engineering and mathematics) expansion of this activity. He re- June 12 and 13. from the University of Michigan in mained an Army aviation enthusto The Committee, advisory Uni- v ift .1 l It liet-wee- Advisory Comm. MeetatDTC . iast throughout the remainder of his career and in September 1955 became commander of the Materiel Army Transportation Command in St. Louis, Mtxoiiri, where he was responsible for management of the logistical support of Army aviation. He was promoted to Brigadier General the following year and to Major General in 1961. His military awards included, lie sides the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Coin DTC Trains Five Job Corps OJTs the Commanding General of the Deseret Test Center, includes representatives from the Departments of Health, Education and Welfare, Agriculture, Interior, and the University of Wisconsin. The composition of the Committee is as follows: Dr. Dorland J. Davis, chairman, Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Dr. Carlton M. Herman, Department of the Interior; Dr. Archie D. Hess, Department of Health, Education and Welfare; D. Alexander D. Langmuir, Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Dr. Norvan L. Meyer, Department of Agriculture; Dr. Cornelius B. Philip, Department of Health, Education and Welfare; and Dr. Joe B. Wilson, University of Wisconsin. . He later attended the versity of Illinois where he was awarded his master's in physics in 1951 and his doctorate in fluid mechanics In 1W5.1. In the past, he has served on the faculty of the Universities of Illinois, California, and Stanford, teaching such subjects as engi- - neering systems, nuclear reactor engineering, fluid mechanics, rockets, and controls. He is the aulhor of numerous professional articles and a university textbook on fluid mechanics. Prior to employment with the Navy Department in 1968. he had lieen affiliated with North Aineri- can Rockwell Corporation for 15 years. Ten of those years were spent in the Rockctdyne Division. DR, DILLAWAY A licensed private pilot, Dr. Dillaway is active in aeronautics, activities. He is a memlier of the of Federation International Aeronautics, having served as U.S. delegate to World Congress and drafter of first work record rules for manned space flight. In addi- tion, he has held offices in the National Aeronautics Association as well as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dr. Dillaway resides with his wife and three sons at 3425 Barger Drive, Falls Church. Virginia. Deseret Test Center is host to five Job Corpsinen undergoing their training phase of instruction at the Clear field Job Corps Center, OJT generally live at the ine young men, who come centerphase and are to and from Florida, Idaho and Georgia, are assigned jolis in the equipment pool and the Officers' Open Mess at Dugway. They have recently undergone up to ten months training at the Clearfield Center. Following the formal training period is an OJT period during which the youths learn to apply the skills they have been taught. The young men live in the men's dormitory and cat at the HIIC troop mess. All expenses are reimbursed by the Clearfield center, so no cost is incurred by the Army. According to the Job Corps Outer, the purpose of the training program is: To provide realistic working experiences in work areas related to the vocational training received ' at the center: To provide an opportunity to associate with vocational crafts men and develop pride in workmanship, care of tools and materials, ability to receive and follow orders, employersemployee relationships, and To instill a desire and motivation to continue in the program, acquire additional training and education in the chosen vocation mill' To enable the cooperating organization to obtain productive work from corpsinen to partially compensate for providing the training and experience so ncccs-sarv to the program, "Deseret Test Center is partic- ularlv liappv to lie assisting in the job corps program." said M.J Franklin Ilaskins, dircdor of Perlion. sonnel. Training and AdministraMG Jones holds the Distin- tion. "It is (me of the few opportuguished Service Medal, Legion of nities presented to Job Corpsinen fnnn Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Armv when- - they actually live a Commendation Medal, and a (he center," he noted. iiumlicr of Service medals. their Corpsinen untk-rgnin- transported from work each day. "Living away from the Center gives the Corpsinen a fuller opportunity to learn what it is like to have a job and to structure one's s leisure time around it." MAJ continued. He indicated that the Corps-me- n have all the opportunities and use of facilities granted to civilian employees of DTC. Participation in the program does not mean that any guarantee of later employment is granted, however, or that existing civilian manpower authorized levels will lie lowered. The five corpsinen currently at Dugway are lieing utilized in positions normally occupied by the military. The function of the Corpsinen is entirely supplementary, according to MAJ Ilaskins. They are currently filling positions which are vacant because of austere military manpower levels, but if all military positions were full, the Corpsinen could still he utilized to supplement the military and to free them from their already full workload, according to MAJ Ilaskins. The OJT phase of training is a cycle, which will end this time in early July. According to MAJ Ilaskins! DTC is looking forward to expanded involvement in the OJT phase of the Job Corps. "We hope to lie able to utilize ten to 5i'iirpsmen in the next OJT cycle," he said. "All reports of the i favorcurrent cycle have able." he indicated, "and the young men seem to be working out well lnith on the job and off." "We are happy to lie able to " participate in the Job Corps MAJ Ilaskins said, "which is an example of the potential of governcooperation between mental agencies. DTC is certainly pleased to be instrumental in the training and development of these young men." lias-kin- six-we- Ih-ci- prog-rain,- DUGWAY PROVING i 1 1 GROUND VEHICLE ACCIDENTS 3 CIVILIAN INJURIES 4 MILITARY INJURIES ! i m aap w mm. J" |