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Show HILL TOP TIMES Friday, November 30, 1984 editorials 71 Feme maintained thro ugh strength States as a free nation, with our By CMSgt. Joseph S. Jones NCOIC. Personnel Division Editor's Note: The following is the speech given to the NCO Leadership School graduating class Nov. 6. Our ancestors built this great land be- cause they were responsible, competitive, and enthusiastic about building a free nation. They toiled hard, always looking back, trodding forward-ne- ver and our forefathers were forever confident they would succeed in building a productive f free nation for all. Our ancestors had the resolve and stamina to peer beyond each horizon, while overcoming extreme hardships and hostilities. It is important for us, as NCOs, to remember that we are free because" our ancestors paid the price for freedom with their lives. Our challenges are greater now than during any previous point in history. Your strength and leadership as an . fun- damental institutions and values intact. Peace can be maintained but only through strength -- and not through weakness. If we are Jto meet the challenge of defending our way of life, then every NCO must be responsible for acquiring the knowledge and expertise through formal education, technical schools, and Professional Military Education programs to get the job done right. We must also be responsible for communication and delegation of individual mission requirements. This can best be done by developing strong training, leadership, and discipline programs. Only then will our "Leadership by Example" mode of developing our young and career NCOs be followed and practiced. We as NCOs must always remember: We cannot delegate responsibility. We cannot escape responsibility. We cannot ignore responsibility. NCO will play a crucial part in our determination to preserve the United . Responsibility will not gets bigger and tougher. sibility on. It can be fun, and certainly rewarding Force career. A go away it Try responchallenging, to your Air enthusiastic spirit self-competiti- ve, is another attribute that a responsible NCO must possess. To build this competitive, enthusiastic spirit, NCOs must have faith in themselves, and in their belief that what they are doing is important. However, sometimes a person tries too hard answers are normally right in front of us. self-competit- ive As an example: Houdini was a magician and escape artist, who was known worldwide for his amazing escape feats. He could break out of any jail all, save one a small British Isles jail. After hours on end, totally exhausted, frustrated, he leaned on the jail door, and it sprang open. You see, it was never locked. "" Life is like that sometimes. We oc- casionally create our own limitations and barriers. Remember, fellow NCOs, the door to productivity through a spirt is never locked it is in you. Strong, competitive and enthusiastic NCOs approach their job, life and attidifficult problems with a "can-do- " tude. Their road is not as rocky, their head is held high, their shoulders are back, and they attack with a confident smile on their face. alone There is a will not make, us successful. We must perform our job professionally , and we must enthusiastically set the example of conduct, bearing, behavior and appearance. Fellow NCOs, if the need arises to defend freedom, there will be no time to learn our job or listen to an inspirational speech from the genera, the chief or the coach. Be ready. Ours is the challenge of the future. We must, as a nation, remain free. self-competit- ive caution-enthusi- asm Soviet military power Strategic defenses vital for nuclear war veillance network to ground-controllintercept sites and SAM command posts. These systems will con- (Editor's note: This is one of a series on Soviet military power. It was taken from "Soviet Military Power, 1984," produced by the Department ed of Defense.) tinue to be deployed until all areas are equipped with them. The Soviets maintain around Moscow the world's " only operational ABM system. This system is intended to give a layer of defense ; to Soviet civil and military command authorities in Moscow during a nuclear war rather than blanket protection for the city itself. Since 1980, the Soviets have been upgrading and expanding this system within the limits of the 1972 ABM Treaty. The USSR has a growing ability for large-scadeployment of newer ABM defenses well beyond the ABM Treaty limits. Widespread ABM deployment to protect important targets in the USSR could be done within the next 10 years. The Soviets have developed a rapidly deployable ABM system for which sites could be built in months instead of years. Strategic defenses are vital to the overall Soviet strategy for nuclear war. The operations of Soviet defensive and attack forces are closely linked; attack strategies are geared in large part to the reduction of the defensive burden. In the Soviet concept of a layered defense, effectiveness is achieved through many defenses making up for shortcomings in individual systems and for the likelihood that neither offensive strikes nor one layer of defense will stop all attacking weapons. The Soviets have made major improvements in their deployed strategic defenses and have invested heavily in ABM-relat- ed le 100-launch- development. The Soviets maintain the world's most extensive early warning system for both ballistic missile and air defense. Their operational ballistic missile system includes a launch detection satellite early-warni- ng radars and a series of large radars located primarily on the periphphased-arra- y ery of the USSR. air surveillance system is comTheir raposed of an extensive network of ground-base- d dars linked operationally with those of their Warsaw network, er Soviet-directe- over-the-horiz- on early-warni- ng Pact Allies. The current Soviet launch detection satellite network is capable of giving about 30 minutes warning of any U.S. ICBM launch, and of determining the area from which it originated. radars the Soviets have The two directed at the U.S. ICBM fields also could provide them with 30 minutes warning of an ICBM strike launched from the United States, but with somewhat less precision than the satellite network. Working systems can protogether, these two vide more reliable warning than either working alone. The USSR has a strong research and development program to produce new early warning and other air surveillance radars, as well as to improve existing systems. More than 20 types of these radars are cur--, rently in development. ' In addition, the Soviets are continuing to deploy improved air surveillance data systems that can rapidly pass data from outlying radars through the air sur over-the-horiz- on early-warni- ng energy development programs d volve future ABM as well as . and late the weapons concepts. By 1980s, the Soviets could have prototypes for ground-base- d lasers for ballistic missile defense. Overcoming the many difficulties involved in fielding an operational system will require a long development period, and initial operational deployment is not likely in this century. Ground- - and space-base- d particle beam weapons for ballistic missile defense will be more difficult to develop than lasers. Nevertheless, the Soviets have a vigorous program underway for particle beam development and could have a prototype space-base- d system ready for testing in the late 1990s. The Soviets have deployed massive strategic air defense forces that currently have excellent capabilities against aircraft flying at medium and high altitudes but much less capability against and cruise missiles. Soviet air defenses, however, are in the initial stages of a major overhaul geared to fielding an integrated air defense system much more capable of operations. This overhaul includes the partial integration of strategic and tactical air defenses; the upgrading of and air surveillance capabilities; the deploy air-defen- te se ng y low-altitu- de early-warni- ng 394-965- i anti-satelli- low-flyi- Published by MorMedia Sales, 1 1 52 West River-dal- e Road, Ogden, Utah 84405, phone Deadlines: Editorial, 4 p.m. Monday before publication date; announcements for "Around the Hill," 1 0 a.m. Monday before publication date; Classified ads, 4 p.m. Wednesday before publication date. Articles may be turned in at Room 118, BJdg. 1 1 02, i in- 5. ment of more efficient data transmission systems; and the development and initial deployment of new airmismissiles, surface-to-a- ir craft, associated ir siles and an airborne warning and control system. Currently, the Soviets have some 1,200 air defense interceptors and nearly , 10,000 SAM launchers at more than 900 sites dedicated to strategic territorial air defense. An additional 2,000 interceptors and some 1,800 tactical SAMs are deployed within the USSR's borders and could be made available for terJ ritorial defense. (LOGNEWS) air-to-a- Party goers, givers have responsibility By Connie Hanney Social Actions . As a party giver: You have a certain amount of control over the flow of liquor. Have a reliable bartender prepare the drinks rather than a bar, and make drinks of a sensible size. Have a weak punch available for light drinkers and close the bar about an hour before you approximate the party will end. do-it-your- As a party goer: Limit yourself to no more than one drink an hour, and stop drinking an hour before driving. Don't let anyone talk you into "one for the road." As a driver: Watch out for drivers who may have had too much to drink. Here is a partial list the Utah Highway Patrol uses to spot d drivers: low or Unreasonably high speeds Inconsistent driving speeds -s- low, then fast, then slow, then fast again Frequent lane changing Poor judgment in passing ,. Overshooting or disregarding traffic signs and alcohol-impaire- ; signals Driving at night without lights and delay in turning on lights when starting from a parking spot Failure to switch to lower beam in traffic Driving with the windows down in cold weather. between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Hill Top Times receives Air Force News Service (AFNS), AF Logistics Command News Service (LOGNEWS), Tactical Air Command News Service (TACNS), and American Forces Press Service (AFPS). Unless otherwise stated, all photos published cue viiivku w.o. rvii rurw pnulOS. 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