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Show - Published in the interest of the personnel of the Deseret Test Center Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, Tooeler 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. WESTERN AMERICANA Deseret Test Center Vol. 5 No. 2 Pres, signs new retirement bill DTC vacates Building 100 i A bill which allows v. '''" Dugway, Utah 84022 the vol- untary retirement at an earlier date of federal employees facing a major agency reduction-in-force (RIF) went into effect last week. Signed by the President on June 13, the legislation would permit the voluntary retirement of federal employees who have completed 25 years of service, or who are 50 and have completed 20 years of service during the period their agency is undergoing a major RIF EMPLOYEES in the past have been permitted to retire optionally at age 55 with 30 years of service, at age 60 with 20 years and at age 62 with five years. While the early out retirement option is not automatic, the Civil Service Commission is expected to grant this authority to all Department of Defense' activities in the 50 states. District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The period. safe from Building 100 Moving just me heavy-dutrequires' a large effort. Here, five men ease a safe down the stairway. . . y during which employees will be eligible is 60 days from the June 13 date of enactment. Annuity will be reduced by two per cent for every year the retiree is under age 55. The new law would not modify standing provisions which provide for immediate discontinued- - service annuity for those who are involuntarily separated. those ADDITIONALLY, who retire before June 30 of this year will be eligible for the 6.1 per cent cost of living increase for federal retirees. Those who retire on or after July 1 will not he eligible for this automatic increase. The bill is designed to ease RIF impact on agencies, employees and communities where a major employee reduction would have severe consequences. Such disruption hopefully would be kept to a minimum by allowing eligible employees over a larger part of the organization to volunteer for retirement. Annual training Members of the XI Cwps Artillery take a respite from their annual nmmw training with the 175mm. The Utah Army National Guard will train at Dugway untO the middle of July. The first 700 men already have r completed their training, while another 900 have nearly half completed their nm-me- two-wee- k New policy for MOS testing first-terAll enlisted men wOl take their MOS (milim specialty) service mark beginning Sept. 1. The change in policy will bring grades E-- 3 and below into this Enlisted Evaluation System (EES) for the first time. The current evaluation system applies only to E-and above who have completed at least two years of active Army ' service. In the Army National Guard and and Army Reserve only E-above are evaluated. tary occupational tests at the 3; . . . where they arrive safely at the landing and maneuver around for the next series of steps. . . 4s THE CHANGE will apply only to members of the active Army with three-yeor longer terms of duty. Draftees are not affected. The EES is composed of MOS test score 'a soldiers ar The needs of both the individual soldier and the Army, are benefited by the new policy. selection. (ti YW th pro-pa- y UNDER THE new testing procedure the Army has the opportunity to evaluate and' performance a soldier much earlier in his (written career than is. presently the tests) and his enlisted efficiency report. The test is used case. to determine a soldiers job The new testing policy performance, promotion quali- will aid the individual solfication, reenlistment eligibil dier also, especially those who ity, eligibility for proficiency are eligible to receive profipay, retention eligibility and ciency pay. for military and civilian school Presently, soldiers who take TlrrftwJi their MOS test at the service mark must wait several months for their test results before going on rolls. The new procedure will have eligible recipients taking their MOS tests at least half a year in advance of their vice requirement. IN A related development the Army has initiated a program to prepare single reference books for each MOS. This is in response to criticism that MOS study materials t--, pro-pa- y th Uniform items at the DPG clothing soles store increase July 1, according to the new official price list for the governments quartermaster clothing sales stores. Of the 23 items sold at the Dugway store, only four will decrease in price on July 1. These four items will decrease in price by a total of 96 cents, while increases for the remaining 19 items will total over $17. The old and new prices for uniform items in stock at the clothing sales store are listed below. which bring them to an awaiting van outside. With toes unscathed, the commercial movers can lode forward to the entire process in reverse at Dugway. . . . Shade: fRIF at DTC completed unde various options. Employees who were separated were assisted in finding employment with other governmental activities or with private industry. The names of about 70 separated employees were registered on priority placement and referral lists within the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, and Civil Service Commission. Additionally, their names were registered with the Utah State Employment Service and the local, Deseret Test Center reemployment priority list. PRIVATE industry and governmental agencies in the local area were contacted in an effort to place the separated employees. All separated employees desiring continued employment were placed. Colonel Shade also announced that the relocation of the Deseret Test Center Headquarters from Fort Douglas Colonel Shade explained to Dugway Proving Ground that all employees affected was completed with the excepreduction-in-forc- e tion of some computer personthe by were counselled individually. nel, wholl relocate to Dugway Eligible employees were en- the latter part of the year. couraged to accept retirement MOS reference Single- books have been written for 15 MOSs which provide study material for 20 per cent of the enlisted men in the Army. Because of the prohibitive cost in developing books for all MOSs at one time, each branch school has been instructed to develop at least one new book annually. It is expected that several years will be needed to prepare single reference books for all MOSs. Clothing prices increase July 1 ?i TOiwynwTQPiPTOt Colonel Robert A. Shade, Deseret Test Center Commander, has announced that action to effect a reduction-inforc- e at the Center has been completed. This action implements the Department of Defense publicly announced reorganization actions of January 11, 1973. The Centers hiring freeze, coupled with attrition, lessened die impact of the reduction-in-forcOf approximately 122 ' civilian employees affected, some . accepted lower grade-positions at the Center, and some were transferred to other governmental agencies. TWENTY- - seven employees declined to relocate with their jobs to Dugway Proving Ground and were separated. officials Civilian personnel trans-- , future that anticipate fers, retirements, and resignations will further lessen the impact of the reduction-in-forp- time-in-se- r- are scattered through too many books. Male clothing items Now two-wa- y streets roads now connect the Post Exchange parking lot to Kister Avenue traffic is designed to and West Knight Street. The June 5 change from one-wa- y accommodate greater vehicle traffic demands. Two-wa- y On the inside DPG salutes Women at DTC Strictly television Intramural track and softball e. , e. ( Bag, duffel Belt, trousers Boot, combat Buckle, brass Cap, serviqe, wool Cap, utility, poly, hot weather i Coat, light weight Drawers, cotton, white Clove, inserts, wool Glove, shell, black, leather Handkerchief, white Insignia, service cap Overcoat, mans, wool Shirt, cotton, tan Shirt, cotton, khaki, qtr. sleeve Shirt, cotton, utility Shoes, dress, ox, black Socks, cottonnylon, black Socks, cushion, olive green Towel, bath Trousers, cotton, khaki Trousers, cotton, utility Undershirt, cotton, white $ 3.98 32 .9.15 16 6.51 . . 21.60 1.07 2.32 17 25 39.50 2.15 2.86 7.02 .33 63 54 3.91 2, 62 |