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Show 1- -i November By Allen Storm 9 true-complet- ely. FRESH OUT of high school Sherry Hames (nee n Paulisin) was employed at AFB, Ohio, . as a summer hire. The typing assignment was supposed to short summers later, to last, at best, 90 days. Thirty-on- e use her own expression, she's still here. There are many superlatives which come to mind when trying to describe Mrs. Hames, but perhaps her greatest single attribute would have to be her insatiable curiosity-follow- ed very closely by her almost unbelievable capability of total recall. Her many vital missions for Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) can take her to almost any arena in the world where the Air Force functions. Wright-Patterso- 17 (o(oW (o TO HER knowledge she has never been treated differently just because she happened to be a female. "Some men boss me around-wh- en they're my boss, and in the course of my work I am obliged to boss some men around," Mrs. Hames explained, adding, "I've never been aware of it being anything significantly different in either situations." During her 31 "short summers" she has developed many facets of expertise. Should you want to know where needed equipment or supplies might be found - ask Sherry. She'll give you locations having the needed items in a flash. Statistics on base closures or base build-up- s are routines. During the height of the Mrs. Hames was in the thick of things, up to her attractive eyebrows. She is Air Force in every sense of the term having logged as much actual flight time around the world as many seasoned pilots. also-familia- Page o ft o g 8 (oj od There are two individual ways to describe this lady, and while both are technically true, each portrays an image worlds apart. It could be said that she is a veteran of 31 years of federal service, and had achieved executive not true completely. status. Completely true-b-ut more Others might aptly describe her as being an exwhose charm is exceeded executive tremely attractive This is her proficiency. only by HILL TOP TIMES 29, 1974 Viet-namizatio- n, r AS A MATTER of fact, it was during one such flight, at an altitude of 17,000 feet, that she first met a veteran airman named Hames. That was somewhere around 1965 and Sherry admits they haven't come down to earth yet. MSgt. John Hames was an air transportation expert, buzzing around from one end of the earth to the other, wherever the Air Force had a special assignment. Finally, after a year's tour in Vietnam, Sergeant Hames and Sherry Paulisin got together long enough to manage a marriage ceremony and about a week's honeymoon before the new groom got his orders to get back to Southeast Asia. years, they spent all of During the next 10 months together. Now that the sergeant has retired, they no longer have to panic when the phone rings. Sherry Hames has become somewhat of a legend in her own time. Capable logisticians have been known to say, "If you haven't got time to fool around waiting for computerized information, call Sherry." Stately and smartly attractive, her appearance belies the 31 years she has served the Air Force. Still "busier than a bird dog in an aviary," Sherry Hames hasn't the slightest desire to do anything but go right on doing what should easily make her the longest she's doing-whi- ch "summer hire" in the history of the Air Force- - ( AFLCNS ) four-and-a-ha- lf Detachment inactivated ASSIGNED to AFLC's deputy chief of staff for Materiel Management, Mrs. Hames has current functional title of want of a better Logistics Management Special'St-f- or designation. "I guess some people would call it being just plain nosey," she concedes, "but it's not that, really. When I have an assignment I just want to be certain I'm doing it right. And the only way I can be sure of that is to find out all the details of the project in question." She neglects to mention that once she amasses this The Secretary of Defense James P. Schlesginer announced Friday that he has approved 110 base, realignment actions. These actions are part of the continuing effort to divert from resources support units. to combat organizations detailed information, her computer-lik- e memory bank files it away, subject to instant recall at the drop of a controversy. She isn't quite certain what the term Women's Lib means so she doesn't know whether she's for it or against elimination of 64 military and 3 civilian positions, all a part of the SAC Satellite Detachment, which is being inactivated. The detachment consists of 2 B-5- and KC-13- 5 aircraft, formerly assigned to Beale and March Air Force Bases. 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