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Show Page 6 April 13, 1973 HILL TOP TIMES Commander's Call CURRENT POLICY MOTTO1 ore (Air Force. SSSSOi1 There are some who consider Commander's Call simply a waste of time. There are also those who wonder why they should go sit for an hour and watch a film. And probably there are some who feel they could be doing other things - finding out about promotion requirements, leave requests or even how to get an audience with the commander. Maybe some are trying to find out what's going on at other bases, what personnel policies have changed, or what new project is getting the spotlight on base now . Actually, Commander's Cad isn't a waste of time. It is the quickest way to get the facts on a n basis. That one hour a month spent in the conference room, base theater or auditorium could easily be the most informative time away from the job that anyone ever spends. Because this is the place -Commander's Call - to hear about and discuss changes in policy, as well as to discover what is going on -- i From a commander's desk person-to-perso- On behalf of the Strategic Air Command and the 456th Bombardment Wing at our main operating base at Beale AFB, Calif. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire Hill AFB complex for their support and assistance during our days. Many questions have come to my attention concerning SAC's mission here at Hill AFB. Briefly, to enhance the survivability of SAC's aircraft fleet, a portion of the bomber and tanker force will be permanently located here and at other military and civilian airfields under a concept knon as Satellite Basing. The aircraft, crews and some support personnel will rotate periodically to and from their home base. A small number of support personnel will be permanently stationed here at Hill. Aircraft and crews will be on alert as a part of SAC 's Global Strike Force. Crew members will have proportionate time alloted for studying, training, relaxing and limited recreation. I am extremely proud to have been given command of the SAC Satellite at Hill and to become a member of such a fine military-civilia- n community. It shall be my aim to ensure that the SAC Satellite performs its mission in a manner that will enhance the already fine performance of Hill AFB. pre-activati- I. Col. William J. Anderson, Detachment bardment Wing Commander -- 1631 w!.t r: King of Engl..d signed a MonD.i declaration set for arm. ir.d r.vyw Recently, in looking through some old papers, I found an article that in this season and this year seems as appropriate and as necessary as it did w hen I wrote it several years ago. Because there are always a few who need to hear it, this is what I wrote then: "The baseball diamond in the park near my home is beginning to get a good workout. That's a sure sign of spring and I like that. Since I was a boy and all neighborhood baseball was of the sandlot variety, I further a developing a professionally staffed organization charged with conducting the affairs and achieving the objectives identified in the DOD documents. V ;t military as . r nula suspect the c hallenges nor he impact on military strategy which that declaration into being and which brought we contend with today. During the early months of 1972, the Secretary of Defense directed that all subordinate departments would establish a Quality and Reliability Assurance (Q&RA) Program and function. In the face of that year the Chief of Staff USAF issued a directive to Air Force commands establishing guidelines and implementing the program. In essence the program provides for controls on supplies and services within the Air Force from design to disposal or "from the cradle to the grave." The program -t for Professionalizing Q&KA personnel has been energized by Barrett F. Pulham, Distribution deputy director. Dennis Dabling, Quality Management chief and their colleagues in the Distribution Directorate. A detailed and sophisticated career development program was devised and has been activated at all AMAs. Oh yes! Caveat Emptor what does it mean? Simply, "let the buyer beware." The career development program is designed to assure the "burden of proof" is placed on the producer thus compelling him to meet acceptable standards of serviceability. -- JJL?7bp Times 2 on emphasis munication - the two-wa- y communication. com- channel of Base feature newspapers "People Lines," "Direct Lines," and "Ask the Commander" columns. These are all fine methods of answering questions, but they lack that personal touch the Commander's Call provides. of It's getting to the nitty-gritty mutual interest, really getting to and him getting Find out at and concern. It's know your boss -to know you. your next Com- mander's Call. And the film will probably prove informative too. by Chaplain, (Capt.) Donald R. Moller 1, 456th Bom- provides face-to-fac- e. Exercise Control Caveat Emptor replaced by Q&RA In Commanders. AFRP around the base and the Air Force. Here is the opportunity to speak to the commander, Your commander is interested in your problems. He needs to know about his people... how he can help. The Air Force environment is changing fast ... and everyone ought to know about it. We need to keep up with the changes and how they will affect us. The commander is trying to do his part. That's why there is the constant l' April 20 is tho next copy deadline This concept, when fully accepted and adopted, places the risk to be taken for poor quality products on the producer rather than the consumer or buyer. More of our days will be sunny days when we can have 99 per cent confidence that our purchases will perform as we expected they would before the purchases were complc'ted. Merrill Widdison the Little League program has come on strong. More boys are getting good instruction in the fundamentals of the sport than ever before and I have consistently admired those men who devote long hours to coaching Little League teams. Not only do they also instill a teach the game-th- ey sense of sportsmanship that many boys would get nowhere else. "I only have one reservation. of Defense 190-1.- ) How airpower was used in the late decisive period of the war. It is important that Air Force members understand the significant role played by airpower, in all its forms, throughout the Vietnam War. It is especially important to understand the contributions of the December bombing to speeding the end of the war. When Henry Kissinger, Assistant to the President for National Security, was interviewed for television by Marvin Kalb on the CBS network on February 1, he answered a number of questions about the bombing. He explained why we resumed the bombing in December and why were used in addition to the fighter bombers. He said: "With respect to the first part -why did the President decide to resume bombing? - we had to come to the conclusion that the negotiations, as they were then being conducted, were not serious; that for whatever reason, the North Vietnamese, at that point, had come to the conclusion that protracting the negotiations was more in their interest than concluding them. It was not a case that we made certain demands that they rejected. It was a case that no sooner was one issue settled, that three others emerged, and as soon as one approached a solution, yet others came to the forefront. "At the same time, the more difficult Hanoi was, the more rigid Saigon grew. And we could see a prospect, therefore, where we would be caught between the two B-5- contending Vietnamese parties with no element introduced that would change their opinion, with a gradual degeneration of the private talks between Le Due Tho and me into the same sort of propaganda that the public talks in the Hotel Magestic had reached. And therefore it was decided to try to bring home, really to both Every game seems to have a few parents in the stands who lack the emotional control of the boys on the field. If ... I, as a Chaplain, was asked to say a prayer at a Little Vietnamese parties, that the League event, I think I would continuation of the war had its conclude it with the line, '....and price. And it was not generally Lord, if it isn't too much to ask, recognized that when we started please give Mom and Dad a sense the bombing again of North of sportsmanship at least as Vietnam we also sent General Haig mature as that of their sons. to Saigon to make very clear that Amen.'" this did not mean that we would fail to settle on the terms that we hai defined as reasonable. "So we really moved in both directions simultaneously. Once SAVINGS the decision was made to resume BONDS bombing, we faced the fact that it was in the rainy season and that really the only plane that could act a which is consistently was the You menan plane. g tioned the area. But major efforts were made to avoid residential areas, and the casualty figures which were released by the North Vietnamese of something like a thousand tend to support that this was the case, because many of these casualties must have occurred in the target v areas and not in civilian residential U.S. RI9HT0U. Quote Department and national policies and concepts -and facts affecting them. For more details see Air Force Policy Letter for 1 - B-5- 2, m all-weath- er Hanoi-Haiphon- "Our budget for fiscal year 1974 reflects the priority we assign to our people. ... Fifty six percent of the budget is manpower related -people are not only our most important resource, they are also our most expensive. The budget reflects the President's com- mitment to an force." -- William P. Clement Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense PHOTO C'ltKnlTK-A- II photos in the Hill Top Times are from the HaM Photo Lab Branch or other Air Force vnjrcrs unless noted. llMoial Office Office of Information. Y.V.z 102. Hoom 7121. 52"! ?'2 Y. 1 WEE FOLKS Advertising office- - MorMedia Sales. Inc. 345 North Main. Layton. Utah. 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