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Show HILL TOP TIMES Friday. November t.'19S3 Fe'd(2iral pB"girainrii3 r T"? ' . r; "" ' , J ' mmmm T- - ymmfmmimm JL -- ,, I ""j. v"ri"44 - -"- -- - Kelp' n... LJ ZJ " "" f " " ' ' f "" ' - f v v I I ,X-- : '' " . Vi ' - ' 4 - (U.S. Air Force Photos By Chris Moenich 'Cr" Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office Chris Moenich) Mrs. Adams met her husband Don, an operating room technician, while both were stationed at Sandia Army Base, N.M. The marriage, plus Don's desire to move back to Utah near his family, resulted in the end to her mili- By Chris Moenich Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office Sharon Adams' military experience helped her twice in landing jobs at Hill AFB. v; The first time around was in 1980 when she was hired as a base supply researcher. Family commitments forced her to leave in 1983 but she came back 18 months later as a supply clerk at the base hospital. She now is a supply clerk in Material Inventory Control. ,.' ; The work is a far Cry from the career option Mrs. Adams choose when she enlisted in the Army after high school graduation in 1969. At that time, she wanted to be a physical therapist and spent her three years of active duty traveling to work in various medical facilities across the country. She liked the work and remembers especially poignant times when she and others on the ward helped to rehabilitate soldiers who had come home wounded during service in Vietnam. "Physical therapy was a good field," she said. "We did regular things like treating low back pain all the way on up to people who had lost limbs from grenades." tary career. That was in 1972. The past 13 years ' ; fr VetfeircoirDs forces after active duty during the periods April 6, 1917 to July 2, 1921 and Dec. 7, 1941 to July 1, 1955; after more than 180 consecutive days of active duty, any part of which oc- - ; "I can't have jobs requiring heavy lifting or continuous standing, so a desk job works out about the best for me," he said. "And, besides that, I like the job. They say it takes two years for an item manager to learn everything about the job. To me, that's : Donald Barnhouse had been retired from the Air Force for four years and managing a jewelry store when he received notice of a job opening at Hill Sharon Adams -- by Donald Barnhouse i iiiiiiBiiiBiiiiil'K ; X Veterans Sharon Adams, supply clerk in material inventory control, and Donald Barnhouse, item manager in photo intelligence, combined military service, skills and education to land satisfying jobs at Hill AFB. About 50 percent of the base civilian population are veterans. Of these, according to April figures, 3,590 served during the Vietnam era. About 117 veterans were hired in fiscal 1985 through the federally sponsored 30 Percent Disabled program. Hi . s .O have been spent raising three children and working at various jobs, including the physical therapy department, in Davis North Hospital, Clearfield. Mrs. Adams heard about the Vietnam era veteran program almost two years after it was instituted. Although she was never stationed in Vietnam, she qualified because she did serve during the program timeline. It took less than three months to get her first job here after filling out the application. As required by the program, Mrs. Adams has completed several college courses. She plans to enroll during spring for classes offered through Weber State. A bachelor's degree may be in her hands once her children are grown and she has more time to devote to studies. "Right now I'm keeping busy with work and my family," she said. "A degree is something I have to save for ; ! AFB. He had previously submitted an application here, qualifying under the 30 Percent Disabled Veterans program from injuries during his 27 years of active military service. He was hired three weeks after the notification and began work as an item manager in April. He credits the program for getting him in the door and his Air Force experience plus a bachelor's degree in management for landing the job. As an item manager, Mr. Barnhouse manages photo intelligence equipment for the Air Force--, Navy, Army and Marines. Although not completely related, it is similar to the job he had in photo intelligence during seven years of his military career. The job also keeps him off his feet, which is a prerequisite due to his challenging." Mr. Barnhouse has attended four d courses at Hill since starting the job. He is scheduled to attend a fifth this month. He has been placed on a career conditional appointment, which is ideal because of his plans to stay in Utah. Donald and Gloria Barnhouse moved to Layton in June 1981, shortly after he retired from the Air Force as a senior master sergeant. He had spent 18 years traveling all over the United States and in Greenland as a medical technologist. He spent the last years in photo intelligence and as commandant in the Noncommissioned Officers' School at Langley AFB, Va. job-relate- : Mr. Barnhouse earned his bachelor's degree by studying at several universities during his mil- itary career. later." (from page 1) curred after Jan. 31, 1955 and before Oct. 15, 1976; or after service in a campaign for which a campaign badge has been authorized; at or above the rank of major or its equivalent are not eligible for veteran preference after Oct. veteran preference , is granted to disabled veterans and vete Ten-poi- Non-disable- d veterans who retired 1, 1980. nt rans awarded the Purple Heart. It is also granted, in certain cases, to unmarried widows or widowers of vete- rans, spouses of disabled veterans, or mothers of deceased or disabled ' veterans. |