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Show This is it ! World War III By J. CLAIR W1IITELY It hasn't happened yet, and we pray it, won't. But picture this: At an isolated Arctic radar warning post, several airmen sit watching their "scopes." Month after month they have taken their turns watching their screens; waiting always watching and waiting. One of the airmen spots a "blip" on his screen. Now it multiplies two, three and now there are scores of strange little lights. The chips are down. The officer on duty confirms the thought running through everyone's mind. Enemy planes are speeding southward. Possible? Yes. We have at our disposal devastating retaliatory retal-iatory striking power within our air arm, and this is the greatest deterrent to an ag-gresive ag-gresive action by a potential enemy. But this is only the first counter-punch, and we have a nasty war to win. We must have what it takes to follow it up weapons, ammu nition, supplies, transportation, and most important, trained - people now! 1) vPH': I TT 1 Tf V' 4 I -I- . : 1 l!i . ------ ., fft-ff m.,.,--...;'i... t . . ' - : -LAiM , . v . Col. Raymond I). Swetl (left), director, supply and services. Hill A Fit, uulhorics details of raw stock control in the raw stock warehouse at Hill A Fit to Col. h'van P. Clay, mobilization assignee. AF officials agree that it is far too expensive and impractical imprac-tical to maintain a massive standing military force com par able to WW II at it's peak. The only solution is to deep well trained reserves, ready on short notice to join the team. Typical of reserve training programs throughout the nation na-tion is the mobilization assig-nee-designee program, designed design-ed to keep qualified reservists abreast of their responsibilities should they be called upon to help take over in a national emergency. In effect, these men are understudies to the active duty personnel who arc now performing vital missions in the armed forces. They arc business m e n , professional men, laborers, white collar workers a cross section of American. At Hill AFB, 350 reservists are assigned in the mobiliza- active duty, Colonel Clay is engaged in productive effort with Colonel Swett, at the same time keeping himself qualified qu-alified to accept the full time responsibilities of his mobilization mobi-lization assignment in the event of a national emergency. After receiving his commission commis-sion as second lieutenant in the ROTC program at USU in 1936 Colonel Clay served on active duty for eight years. He graduated grad-uated from staff school at Ft. 3cnning, aG., and in 1943 he graduated from command and staff school at Ft. La ven worth, Kansas. lie is also a graduate of the Anti-aircraft Artillery School at Ft. Monroe, Va. lie was promoted to the rank of full colonel in 1948. prime projects. As in the case of all mobilization mob-ilization assignees and designees, desig-nees, Colonel Clay's "on the job" training is well planned both by the military training; branch and by Colonel Swett. Prior to his training periods. Colonel Clay is assigned specific speci-fic projects which he accomplishes accom-plishes during these periods. In doing so, he is performing a service to the AF, as well as maintaining his proficiency level with respect to his assign merit. The value of such men as Colonel Clay, and of such re- I serve activities as the mobiliza lion program to the nation is obvious. It is simple, efficient, and comparatively enexpen-sive, enexpen-sive, and it affords the nation and its people some measure of security. In itself the mobilization program is not enough, but combined with all the other reserve training activities involving in-volving hundreds of thousands of men like Colonel Clay, we can be certain at least that our guard is up. tion program, according to Capl. Everett W. Seath, chief, military training branch. Of these, 237 arc actively training at Hill AFB, and the remainder remaind-er are receiving training at bases closer to their homes. Typical of the 139 officer trainees assigned at Hill AFB is Evan P. Clay, prominent Bountiful, business man. 325 days a year Evan Clay is Mr. Average Citizen, residing with his wife Maurice and four chil dren in Bountiful, where he owns and operates Clay's Men-wear. Men-wear. He is a graduate of Davis-High Davis-High School and is an alumus of the Utah State University at Logan, where he received his reserve commission in 1930. Mr. Clay is past president of the Bountiful Rotary club, director di-rector of the South Davis Chamber of Commerce, and is active in I.DS church work. During the other 40 days of the year, Col. Evan P. Clay actively works with Col. Raymond Ray-mond D. Swett, director of supply and services at Hill AFB. During these periods of In 1948, at the inception of the mobilization program, Colonel Clay received his assignment as-signment in supply and services serv-ices at Hill AFB and he has held that assignment ever since If our nation were to be drawn into sudden conflict, Colonel Clay would be prepared pre-pared to accept the responsibilities responsib-ilities of the director or deputy director of supply and services with' a minimum of refresher training. These responsibilities include directing the OOAMA supply depot function, whose mission includes programming, procurement and distribution :is supplies to support all missions mis-sions designated to OOAMA by the department of defense. These missions include world wide suppor t of the F-102 program, pro-gram, at least 3 guided missile programs, and many other |