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Show lge June HIM. TOP HMF.S . 13. 1975 x if- 1 I, .. jfW& is", tisiiof I (if Congressmen have suggested measures which would, in effect require defense to eliminate certain types of civilian jobs while getting down to the final ceiling that is authorized. There is no way we can predict, then, with any precision, exactly how many! civilian jobs we can expect to lose from the Air Force. AFLC or any of our subordinate units during FY 76. However. I do believe AFLC will lose a substantial number of civilian manpower spaces. Whatever the final figure is, the AFLC total will be distributed among our subordinate units in what - in my judgement - will be the best manner possible to permit us to continue to perform our AFLC mission efficiently. I appreciate your concern and have reviewed the situation as I understand it. While no one I know wants to see job cuts unnecessarily, some balance must be made between the costs of weapons to provide combat capability of the Air Force and the costs associated withsupport, that is, jobs in AFLC. The step, while very hard to take, is necessary if we are to continue to have a sufficiently modern, ready defense structure which will continue to protect all Americans. Kditor's Note: The information in this commander's column addressed only reductions required by the FY 76 budget request. At press time, the Senate had passed an authorization hill which would cut DOI) civilian positions by an additional 40.000 for FY 76 and FY 77 (the interim fiscal quarter July 1 - 30 Sept.) The authorization bill voted out by the House of Representatives did not reduce civilian positions beyond that included in the budget request. The Senate and House versions of the bill must now be resolved by a joint conference session of the respective armed services committees. The precise impact on each of the Air Logistics Centers in AFLC is not known at this time. sGen. Wm. V. McBride Commander. AFLC Many of you have no doubt been hearing rumors about possible continued reductions in defense manpower during Fiscal Year 1976. To keep you as well informed as possible about this very important and sensitive matter, I would like to review the situation as I understand it. The FY 76 budget request to the Congress contains a ceiling abovewhich defense manpower would not be authorized. The present FY 75 ceiling is 3,209,535. The ceiling established by the budget for FY 75 is 3,168,799. Of this Don total. 2,088,304, would be military spaces: 1,080.495 would be civilian spaces. If the Congress approves the FY 76 budget request, without change. D oD will have to eliminate 40,736 manpower spaces to get down to the new ceiling. Present military manning would be reduced by 29.178 spaces. Civilian spaces would be reduced by 11.558. Because AFLC manning is predominantly civilian, military reductions within the command resulting from lowered manpower ceilings would be comparatively small. However, civilian reductions could be significant. Current planning would result in about 9,900 of the 11,558 civilian space reductions coming from Air Force rolls. If the Air Force is reduced by 9.900 civilian spaces, about 4,600 of our people will be reduced from the AFLC payroll. Whether the budget request will be approved by the Congress cannot be predicted. Some Congressmen oppose cutting the civilian work force of DoD that much. Other Mil 11 by Though many people resist religion's influence in their lives, there are those who let their religion become a substitute for living. Others permit their religious beliefs to shackle them . prohibiting the full enjoyment of life But the majority of people never quite partake of life's quintessence because of their own hang ups, most of which stem from false teachings or mistaken precepts. "Religion was not meant to build prisons but to set us free.'It was not meant to inhibit our response to the world, but to facilitate it. lo evoke it. to giv e it a means' of expression." John KHlinget ."For God's Sake. Re Human. Religion is not life. It will never bring us genuine fulfillment by itself. Itather.it is meant to be the matrix out of which life's fuller forms emerge. Without religion, life too often sinks into barbarism or hedonism. Man finds no meaning beyond immediate gratification without the religious perspective On the other hand, one who uses religion as an escape from life deferring life's pleasures to some future existence. loses the savor of mortality. True religion gives meaning to our earth existence enabling us to taste of life's rich pleasures discreetly. We forebear indulgence only so much as needed to insure the preservation of higher values. To be happy, one must apply the "pleasure principle." foregoing immediate or proximate pleasures for the ultimate f ulf illmcnt which leads to so-calle- d true joy. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 in memory of the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. Flag Day is not an official national holiday, but the President proclaims a public Flag Day observance every year. Flag Day was first officially observed in 1877 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the selection of the flag. Congress requested all public buildings to fly the flag on June 14 of that year. President Woodrow Wilson established Flag Day as an annual national celebration in his proclamation issued on May 30, 1916. and the "Empress of China" sailed to Macao, near THE STARS AND STRIPES FIRST FLEW Hereyda. ...In Antarctica in 1840 on the pilot boat "Flying Fish" of the Charles Wilkes expedition. ...In a Flag Day celebration in 1861 throughout Connecticut. An editorial in the "Hartford Courant" suggested the state-widobservance. ...At the North Pole on April 6, 1909, when Robert E. Peary of the U.S. Navy planted it there. ...On the moon on July 20, 1969, after U.S. astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., landed there in their Apollo 11 spacecraft. ..On a U.S. Navy ship on Nov. 1, 1777, when John IVul Jones left Portsmouth, N.H., in the "Ranger." ...In a foreign port on Dec. 1. 1777. when Jones sai'ed into Nantes, France, on the "Ranger." .In the Pacific Ocean in 1784 when John Green MiW No Sub stitute For Chaplain. Major, Howard F. Hatch -- Living if Hong Kong. ...Around the world from Sept. 30, 1787, to Aug. 10, 1790, on the "Columbia" of ship Boston. ...Over a fort in the Eastern Hemisphere on April 27, 1805, when U.S. Marines captured Derna, Tripoli. ...Over a schoolhouse in May 1812, at a log school at Catamount Hill, Colrain, Mass. ...In a naval battle in the Pacific on March 25, 1831. when the frigate "Essex," commanded by David Porter, captured the Peruvian cruiser 212-to- n e Isaac blessed his son. "Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth. ." Gen. 27:2H. so also is the earth sanctified for our good if we partake with As discretion and gratitude. Jesus told the Pharisees "That Sabbath was made for man. not man for the Sabbath." Mk 3:27). So also was religion made for man. not man for religion. He further admonished. "If ou continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed: and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (.In H:31-3- 2. Father's Day 1975 Most all fathers take pride in their family and their children's accomplishments. To honor this pride and acknowledge these special men. Father's Day was established For one Ogden A IX' father however. Father's Day 1975 has a special meaning. His smile is a little broader, his chest a bit wider and his parental pride overflows when he talks of his son. Col James It Briley's son. James Russell Briley. Jr.. just received two of the highest scholastic honors possible. He two received Kterylhing advertised in this publication must be made available for purchase use or patronage without regard to the race, creed, color, national origin or sex of the purchaser, user, or patron. confirmed violation or rejection of thi policy of equal opportunities by an advertiser will appointments, one to the Air Force Academy and the other to the US Military Academy (West Point'. Uith tor (lass of 1979 After careful deliberation, young Briley accepted the appointment to the Air Force Academv An honor student. Mr. Briley his completed freshman and sophomore high school ears at Kaiser High School. Honolulu. Hawaii and graduated from Ogden High School in 1974 While in Hawan he was accepted by the University of Hawaii result as a student in James R. Briley Jr. and father Col. James R. Briley Sr. (U.S. Air Force Photo) "Russian language" during the summer months. He also produced and directed a I.Vminute weekly TV show entitled "Haps at Kaiser" during his sophomore vear and was assistant manager of the Surfside Camera store during his senior ear While attending Ogden High School, he was an active member of the stage, pep and bands and member of the track team marching a During the past school year, ho attended the University of the refusal to print ad ertising from thai source. Mor Media Sales, tnc .. . Main. Uaton. Telephone: Ogden Salt lake ( it v. Sorry classifieds by mail only: P.O. Box IWJ. Kays ille, Utah. Utah, where he has completed over RO credit hours toward graduation. He was also very-activin fencing and gained a e third place spot in oniversitv 'encing meet the An accomplished musician. Mr. Briley plays piano, sax a phone. otoe and guitar. His hobbies are golf, howling, sailing, photography and skiing His father is Chief of the Operations of Division. Plans and Directorate Programs at the Ogden Air Igistics Center. in 277-i'i.l- f.2l-lU- 2: fton. 376-6- . or |