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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 6 June 24, 1977 Goals and attitudes: Keys to successful tour by 1st Lt. William E. Parsons Op Headquarters European Communications Area Kapaun AS, Germany It seemed almost unbelievable that my one-yeremote tour was over in Korea. Why did it go by so fast? I wished I could take credit for the secret but the rightful owner is a chief ar m O i impact of raising a family by herself and to prepare me for the lack of a family. One day in my office at Charleston, CMSgt. Kenneth Sage began to share with me how he and his family ad- justed to remote tours. Although didn't realize it at the time, his words were master sergeant at Charleston worth their weight in gold. He AFB, S.C., who has quite a few explained that the solution isolated tours under his belt. was two simple words - goals When I received my remote and attitude. I knew the chief had been tour, I was rather concerned because my wife and I had right on the advice I had received in the past so I only been separated for a Officers Training School listened He carefully. course. Now, we both had to recommended that my wife face a new life for what I and I select some difficult but thought would be 52 long and obtainable goals that we lonely weeks. So I began wanted to accomplish during searching for some method to the year. The goals should be our prepare my wife for the I -- 12-we- ek n r Vehc Attention all shade tree (and professional) mechanics! A potential safety hazard exists on all vehicles equipped with transistorized ignition systems in that the engine will "start up" accidentally. This remarkable operation will happen, even if the transistorized ignition (breakerless) system is functioning normally. It is caused by a residual or stored secondary ignition system electrical charge being released to a cylinder which is in position. Chances are increased if the distributor cap is hot or "tapped" with any object. For those who would like to try this phenomenon out. turn the ignition switch on, raise the hood, remove coil wire from the distributor cap and hold the wire to ground. Tap the distributor cap lightly with a screw driver and watch the spark jump. As you can well imagine, with a manual transmission and a foot in front of the tire, or worse, in front of the to get out automobile or truck, you would be firing-compressi- on d goals and not some that have been selected for us. He then expounded on the second half of his secret - attitude. The first half of the secret will not work by itself. Each of us must keep a positive attitude and stay at busy ac- complishing our goals. So, my wife and I set some pretty stiff goals before I left. There were many areas that we could have chosen but we concentrated on education, hobbies, and community relations. I carefully chose Extension Course Institute courses related to communications and college courses that interested me while my wife listed courses required to complete her undergraduate degree. For hobbies, I listed becoming proficient at developing 35mm film and printing pictures. My wife, who had done little sewing in the past, wanted to learn to make our children's clothes. black-and-whi- sort By Edward D. Sawaya hard-presse- psychological u relations Community of the way. To prevent this from happening, the following procedures should be followed: Leave ignition switch off when performing under-hoorepairs; If switch must be on without engine running, the secondary-higtension lead from the coil to the distributor should be removed. When repairs require ignition switch to be on, such as checking back-ulights or other electrical accessories, to be safe, apply the emergency brake and for additional insurance, "chock" the wheels. d h p The automatic starting of vehicles was initially discovered on 1975 Ford pickup trucks; however, the potential is there for any and all transistorized breakerless) ignition systems. Play it safe and follow the above procedures. After all. it would be hard to explain to your supervisor how your vehicle got even with you for your past abuse. te proved to be one of the most I enjoyable goals. chose numerous tours offered by the recreation center. My wife decided to work with the local community in support of a Walt Gearing Aerial Port Squadron Norton AFB, Calif. 1. Thou shalt question all and material costly parts 63d requirements. 2. Thou shalt not ignore irritating and expensive jobs. 3. Thou shalt ask why these things are necessary. 4. Thou shalt never be satisfied with the explanation "Because we've always done it this way." 5. In all the areas wherein the Air Force hath assigned thee to go. thou shalt patiently listen for problems, gripes and with a sym- pathetic ear. 6. In thy quieter moments, thou shalt convert these problems into practical solutions. 7. Thou shalt not gripe or but shalt complain, thyself; A 32.2-degr- ee Hot and Cold Math Until the Celsius scale becomes second nature, Americans will have to warm to the formulas that high school students faithfully learn, and then usually forget or get mixed up. Xo convert Celsius degrees to Fahrenheit degrees, multiply-b9, divide the result by 5, and add 32. When the temperature Celsius is below zero, subtract 32 instead of adding. Everything 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. A 1714 is all due to the English and then Such problem-solvinAmericans adopting the system of temperature measurement perfected in 1714 by Gabriel D. Fahrenheit, a German physicist who spent most of his life in Holland and England as an instrument maker. The zero in Fahrenheit's scale represented the coldest temperature anybody could produce in those days, by mixing snow and salt. For a hot temperature, he chose the normal heat of human blood, which was known to be the same everywhere. Then he divided the scale into 12. and soon multiplied it by 8 to provide more calibrations. ( This put the temperature of man's blood at compared to the true 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) , with water freezing at 32 and boiling at 212. Anders Celsius, a Swedish chemist living at the same time, was the first to come up with the handier idea of choosing freezing and boiling water as the extremes of a basic thermometer, with 100 degrees in between - inadvertently creating conversion problems for Americans today. g are increasingly available in stores. goals. Although we were 10,000 miles apart, the goals brought us close together. As the year began to slip by, we both had to intensify our efforts to obtain our goals. The harder we worked toward our goals, the more we accomplished and the faster the year went. Before I knew it, 363 days had gone by and we had met and in some cases surpassed each of our goals. The year gave my wife and me a chance to work toward any goals that we desired. Rather than being a year out of our lives, it put more into our lives. Both of us have new experiences which we will be sharing with each other for several years. The chief was right. Goals and attitude were the keys to a successful tour for me. Try them. They may work just as well for vou. rejoice when problems and irritating situations arise, because these problems can be converted into dollars by the discreet suggester. Thou shalt also covet problems in thy neighbor's 8. working areas, and seek solutions to these problems since it is all in the Air Force family. 9. Thou shalt submit solutions to the suggestion office, since one idea on paper is worth seven in the brain. 10. Thou shalt not succumb to self-pitor discouragement if all of thine ideas are not y implemented, but rather thou shalt insist on knowing "How come"; because a good evaluation for one suggestion will provide valuable in- formation for suggestions. confirmed violation or rejection of this policy of equal opportunities by an advertiser will 25 May 1977 General Felix M. Rogers Cocntar.de r Air Force Logistics Ccranand Wright-Patters- Cear on AFB, Ohio 45433 Mike y retirement date nears I would like to say thanks to you and the members of just the Corenand for the outstanding job you have Logistics accomplished and for the support and cooperation we in Pacific Air Forces have received during my tenure as Commander. As The logistics role is a complex, demanding, and most important role in the successful accomplishment of any military assignment. The men and women assigned to Logistics Ccmand have supported PACAF in a most commendable wanner in spite of supply lines transiting half the globe." Please convey ny personal thanks to all your people for a difficult job well done. Sincerely l. rcmmander wilson, jr..PACAF General, in Chief, USAF result in the refusal to prinj advertising from that source. MorMedia Sales. Inc.. telephone Ogden, Salt Lake City, classifieds Box O. P. mail 16133. Salt Lake City. Utah 84116. only: Sorry, by 394-965- 5; all these subtract 32 from the temperature, multiply by 5. and divide by 9. When the temperature Fahrenheit is below zero, add 32 instead of subtracting. Problem Since en- tertainment productions. Our list was now complete. All during the year in our letters, cassette tapes and calls, we kept track of how we were progressing towards our To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, Scorcher! But an even greater question for most Americans is how to think of hot and cold like most of the rest of the world, as the United States learns to measure temperatures in Celsius degrees instead of Fahrenheit. The thermometer makers think it may be another generation before a weather report of "32.2 degrees" will bring an automatic gasp like "90 in the shade" does for their parents, or "minus 31.6" the involuntary shiver that goes with "25 thermometers below." To help solve the problem, dual-scal- e manage helping Commandments for suggesters Bv Mr. complaints "How cold is it?" is a bigger question for Americans than "How hot is it?" That's what the thermometer business says, reporting that winter of 1977 shoved thermometer sales the record-breakin- g some 25 percent above average. local beauty contestant. She also wanted to contribute by 277-16- 50. new |