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Show I : ! t i 2 Opinions and Editorials HHC Picimic: Whmi ill iraiims It ..pours THE SAMPLER Friday, Oct. 24, 1980 By SSG Phil Hale Sunday, October 12, was to be the big Headquarters Company Pic-nic at the National Forest picnic site Timpanogas Cave near Lehi, UT. Everything was prepared. . . there were steaks. When the gas crunch first hit, I traded the gas guzzler for a motorized roller skate and saved 50. Then I kept it tuned and saved another 14. Of course, I maintain the 55 miles per hour speed limit and save 20 over when I was driving 63. Lately I startI ed buying that oil that saves ansave rolled windows to keep the other swapped tires for those it no more radials - another starts - .still another 13, stopped using the air conditioner another Thats 1 19 percent. Now the problem is, what do 1 do with that 19 percent? (I have to syphon off every couple of days.) Pity the poor First Sergeant at HHC during roll call. We have SP5 Randal Bisel. SGT Daryl Besel, SP5 James Beazcr and SSG Randy Bizer. Thats Bisel, Besel, Beazer, and Bizer -- make a great law firm in Philadelphia. Gongrats to three of our first louies on their selec tion to Captain: John Ilyliridge (1558). Marshall Ferrell (4848) and Tim Nladerc (4985). Heres a thought: If pro is the op- pose of eon, is progress the opposite of . . . . 3. 5, all jack-rahh- -- 8. congress? During the. recent SOI exercise the Clinic ran so short of ambulance drivers. Major Wilde ended up behind the wheel. Dugway survivors: DPGs first . chicken. commander, retired BG John Bums now lives in Charleston, South Caro- - defended its honor (unsuccessluge that would have made Noah pool fully) on the horseshoe pit. start looking for more wood. Things were definitely improving The grills were set up, and the 2 p.m. when the cloud cover around chicken was boiling when we got let some sun warm there. . . wed intended to fry it, but lifted to actually the revelers. it got waterlogged between pot and 1SG Klein kept a fatherly eye on grill. the clouds and as they began creepThrough the combined efforts of he started everyone three "What the heck were soaked ing back in, and everything moving for the bus anyway officers, we set up a makeand the truck. His timing was pershift shelter out of three sticks, some fect for as the last' grill was being postal twine, two ponchos and a loaded and the fire pit was being tarp. nature finished the After about an hour, the rain let drowned, mother up long enough to gather more wood job.And so concluded one of the some, to dry for the fire most bizarre outings in HHC history. immood and the definitely out, It WAS fun and we WILL do it proved. Everyone gorged themselves again . . we just wont listen to Markon. food and a volleyball Eubanks. game got started while the motor the DPG LfcXJ a couple ot years ago. pork tenderloins. . . potato salad. . .' 40 degree temperature had any news of Dugway Survivors? tossed salad and plenty of soft drinks finately reduced the crowd. Give the PAO a call.) and beer. Rec Services provided vol- Having opted for the warmth of I thought after the play-off- s lie- leyhall, horseshoes and football my van instead of the bus, and after tween the Phillies and the Astros that equipment. . . the motor pool had loading it with everything including the .World Series would lie anticli- - laid on two buses and a truck. . , and the kitchen sink, we set out over the mactic. Can you believed the way the dining facility had the grills. Best pass toward our objective. those Phillies come from behind? Is it of all. . . Mark Eubanks said there When the rain hadnt subsided true that Brett's troubles are all be- was only a slight chance of by Lehi, we suspected the day may hind him? Did you blink when that pit,-alloUinp whipped out that tape measure to find the tatter's tax? Willie Mays free-for-Aiken played for the Salt Lake Gulls. Some of Joe Garagiolla's TV com- - bangs: First of all with the thunder ments should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. And Isnt it nice to hear a major sports event on TV without How-wcr- d Coss-sell- ? Wish he would run for Vice President, and like the stated that there is a Cl, or Command Information gotten. I would welcome a reminder if action on any By Sgt. Dave Finnick rest, never be heard from again. was not taken within a reasonable period A doff of the Dugway Derby to the Editors Note: In part 2 of the Samplers series on class scheduled where troops will get the chance to suggestion air their questions and comments. Fisher added that of time, he added, medics who responded so quickly to "cabin fever, we discussed some of the The job of the CO arid the ISC is not to make the open door policy was still in effect, the tragic crash in Johnsons Pass last causes and symptoms of cabin fever in the bar- - although his no one has used it recently. lives of the people in the barracks miserable, hut racks. Thursday. of most of the The 1SG has a three-fol-d We covered some soldiers points of view as to the plan as the answer to quite the contrary. They are aware Ask Martina Navratilova, the ten- about. problems that the soldiers have complained n star, what her greatest thrill has causes, also the clinical views of the reasons behind cabin fever in the billets. He said that Education, In this issue we will cover the IlIIC com- - volvement, and Communication are the keys to Some of them are being acted on right now. been. Winning the Wimbleton? No. 1 The situation will not change overnight, and the (l.h b" in the world? Nope, it has yet to nandr perspeetive on cabin fever, a. well as lain aren t trying to overcome soldiers need to be patient and not give up on suggecome. She saya it will he the day she the cl.n.c.1 ude of how to cope. You cannot sit in the barracks and talk about cabin stions or following up on their actions, the CO HIICs 1SG Jergen Klein, and Company Combecomes a citizen of tjie United fever and expect us to come up with a solution for concluded. States. Martina defected from mander, Capt. Edward Fisher were interviewed. WIHLE the command of HHC recognizes that Cpt. Fisher felt that cabin fever was a definite you. There has to be a certain amont of involvement. Czechoslovakia in 1975. That should and have make to the first step yourself, get problems exist, and are attempting to correct what make you think ataut how you feel problem in the bittletts. Klein agreed that there is yu cabin fever, but it is primarily a problem of persons yourself out of the barracks. Then, we can start help-- they can, there are also some clinical answers to about patriotism. cabin fever and its symptoms. Mr. Gilbert Banks, a Is it true that Booth has a new who never get involved. He feels that some people ing you, he stated. e counselor assigned to the Dugway Health TOP ALSO commented that education does not theme song f m fnrpv p rh 1 n wTnrr are using cabin fever to fight policies and the system. What we have to do, according to Fisher, is ad- - juft involve schooling. There are trips to Wendover, . Clinic, stated that, . . .learning to cope with cabin bubbles? and Salt Lake, many of the things are free, but just fever, the isolation, and job dissatisfaction in a posi- Rambi firfits tack There is a hunt- - dress the Prolilems that the soldiers in the billets is important to good mental health, er in a localhosoital with a hole in hik bring P- - The 1SG raised the question, If we have getting out and looking and learning, the opportun-- tive way first The step. Batiks said, is to become lee Seems the deer he had iust shot trips, and events for the soldiers, why dont they ties are there. He also stated that the billets here is and recognize the participate? Why dont they get out there and get oneof the best hes seen in 18 years, and that other aware that you do have a problem, soldiers in overseas locations have it far worse. involved? symptoms of it. They can include: disturbance of Fisher normal sleep patterns, irritability, wide mood to Were added, Both the Co and the ISC agreed that life in the Cpt. definitely open sugif and have want to do, swings, memory lapses, and acute depression. barracks isnt perfect, tat that people arent .using gestions, people things they should ask tell us. We the channels, activities, or options that are available they people to tell us what While everyone may experience some of these from to them. They agreed that they couldnt force peo- - they want to do and we hear nothing. The people time to time, prolonged and lasting episodes may pie to participate in many of the recreational or complain, ataut what we have, or the way some- - mean that a person needs help, either from friends, ! I 1 Other activities, and that participation had to be a thing is or isnt being done, but they offer no sugges- - family or professionals. V Unfortunately, most people dont seek help, until voluntary thing. Cpt. Fisher said, . . .It would help tions or alternatives, he complained. tn the to statement after some soldiers that reply they have bottomed out. by privilege of citizenship; it is the duty 1,5 ff someone would tell us why they dont want to information about events wasnt put out to the IF SOMEONE becomes aware that they arent of all Americans. . participate. If for example, a soldier doesnt have I urge every eligible voter on this money, well there are still some activities that can be troops, the 1SG said that information was posted on functioning well, and not coping with the problems installation to register and vote, arranged, where he she doesnt require money, the bulletin boards, passed out in formations, pub- - in a positive manner, then, according to Banks, they a choice to make. By this simple act you will be once Things like that raft trip were free, and if theres lbhed in the weekly bulletin and post paper, what have could more do? he again helping to defend this country some reason why they cant participate, and if THE PEOPLE who dont complain are those we do can theres solve that all to enemies foreign and something problem, against who The of one the need we work on. domestic. thats to only ones who complain , participate. things of most those the who dont, Klein noted. are time, SOME OF the troops questioned said the chain of CHARLES II. BAY of areas the command wasnt working, nor were the NCOs tak- .In troop discipline and inconsistency COL, CmiC 4,1 leadership, the ISC and CO both admitted there systems, in the guise of a friend, clergy, family ing complaints and questions seriously. Cpt. Fisher Commanding is always room for improvement. Fisher said part of member, or professional counselor to help them the problem is soldiers who wil not get involved in learn how to cope positively with their problems, taking the initiative to police themselves. An exam- - ' Banks replied. WHILE SOME people may need help to get on pie is the recent acts of vandalism. No one would re-admit them the or port right track, others, once they become aware of seeing anything. : shows Inconsistency in leadership up with the their predicament, have the ability to intervene and CQ. Some carry out their instructions to the letter, take positive action. This brings up the third step, planning a strategy while others do not. That generally adds to the poor of intervention. morale in the barracks. Fisher said that when dereA person needs to focus on what liction of duty is detected it is corrected, tat it is not their abilities are to make a change and which direcoften reported. tion they would like it to go, Banks stated. THIS LACK of involvement, according to Cpt. Lastly, after a person has developed a plan of inFisher, causes problems for all the soldiers. If we tervention, either by themselves or with professional coutyl catch the persons responsible for these help, the next step is to carry it out. This means Fisher stated, they would have been dealt ting involved with more things, exploring new Since we didnt, and no one would get in- - zons, associating with people who have positive volved, everyone has to assume the extra burdens ways of coping with problems. Even with the most these incidents bring upon us. limited resources, a person can find something useful To correct some of the shortcomings, company to get involved in and relate to. IF A PERSON is having problems, then remain-JfOtraining has started on Monday mornings and an professional program instituted. Neither Cpt. ing in the barracks and not getting involved is a good Fisher nor ISC Klein professed to know all the wya to compound them. There is help available to those who want it, he concluded. answers, tat that these programs are being upgraded in an effort to correct some of these problems. The drain of command can be used to correct The soldiers have a channel for suggestions, mm. some problems, while learning to cope with others, has to be done by the person themself. plaints and questions, the basic chain of command, Fisher remarked, but so few use it, or follow up. If Many resourced are available, to use your spare for any reason the soldier is dissatisfied with any pertime and talents, and improve them. There is an son in the chain of command,- including myself, they avenue for suggestions and complaints that will have the option of going on up to the next higher work if you let it, and finally, there are people who command, he continued. can help you to help yourself with if vou HIE CO explained that some of the suggestions only ask for their help. Cabin fever problems, to have doesnt for improvements that hes received take time to stop you, or even hold you back. You are the onlv one who can stop it, as Mr. Banks carry out. Its the persons responsibility to follow says, because if you actions be dont Im human explained, only get involved, dont learn to cope and reach out. UpJI?!heir and things can get misplaced unintentionally, or for- - ft will probably stop you. de-(G- ot By Doug Miey 6. . . and lightning from a blackening sky, and then by the mess truck which didnt quite make the clearance un-- at der the main gate. 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