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Show Hilltop Times n Continued May 21, 1992 from Page 1 which was to be in full chemical warfare gear. Mar-quasaid her team decided to start out the competition in chem gear. The team not only finished the event successfully, they finished faster than other teams not wearing chemical warfare gear. Marquart attributes her team's success to team work and esprit de corps. "There were no weaknesses on our team," she said. "Everyone got along well. In fact, when one of our teams was competing in an event and wearing their chem gear, the others would wear their gear too and cheer them on from the sidelines." Marquart said her team received praise like "best ICT I've ever seen" from the judges at the event. She said her team's proud of bringing the Col. Karl E. Berroth trophy, given for the two team's best combined overall performances, to Hill. It's the first time the trophy has been out of the Pacific. "This may have been our first time competing in the PACAF competition, but we trained hard," she said. "We did it by the book and we proved we're combat ready. ' "The eight-da- y competition was tough and we met a lot of tremendous competitors," Marquart added, "But, we went with a goal and we proved we could rt obtain it." fcisiiiiii mgmrjt ;. ill sis. s;i r - Jk ' . I iw ill1'" , Gas 'n' go ..... Hill's Sabre Spirit team quickly loads an F-1- 6 with bombs and fuel during the Korea competition. CSoDssSanms D Continued from Page 1 . "You've really got to be up along side it to get the full effect. , , "The Bears flew over, my house when they came in, and the noise from their engines has a sound all to itself. If you've heard one you'll never forget ', , it," he said. Foust described the Russian airmen he met as very professional, but a little hard to figure because they have a much different way of working on airplanes. "They really didn't know how tox take our enlisted folks because we were doing the maintenance that their junior officers do," he said. "Their lieutenants and captains pump the gas and change trie tires, whereas we leave that to our enlisted." Airmen who met the Russians durwhich included visits ing their stay to SAC headquarters at Offutt AFB, said Neb., and Washington, D.C. they have a quiet air pf authority about them, and yet rare warmths "The people we met in Russia were fantastic, and they were more concerned about our families than anything else. It was a trip of a lifetime," said SSgt. Bill Bell, 2 crew chief with Barksdale's 596th BS. Like many of the Russians 'who, . visited Barksdale, Capt. Vladimir Metrokhim speaks with a refreshing B-5- . 9-1- questions. CSC wins contract An eight-yea-r contract for operation, maintenance and engineering support services on the Utah Test and Training Range was awarded April 23 to Computer Sciences Corporation, Applied Technology Division, Falls Church, Va. Col. Will R. Stewart, commander, 6545th Test Group, manages the UTTR and is responsible for the UTTR portion of the contract. Stewart said CSC's responsibilities include supporting the testing, training, and operation and maintenance of data collection and processing systems at the range. The new contract will involve approximately 225 CSC employees at UTTR, Stewart said. The contract covers support for the Edwards AFB, Calif. Test Range and the UTTR. The basic contract for fiscal 1993-9- is valued at $194 million, with options over the life of the eight-yea- r contract, which brings the total value to $575 million. The UTTR portion of the contract over eight years is $98 million. CSC has provided the same services to the 5 Hilltop Times Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. Thi9 commercial enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Hilltop Times are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government, the Department of. Defense or the Department of the Air Force. middle-clas- s Americans. ."We prize our family life and, of course, we are interested in your fami- lies also," Metrokhim said. Metrokhim, who's been in the Russian air force for 21 years, says he's a weapons specialist who wants to be a farmer when he retires in July. "I think we all want a better world for our children. We're all searching for a world where there is a real sense of rhange." .... . Surprisingly, Metrokhim talked at length about his country's daily struggle with the hardships of life in the CIS non-viole- nt News Briefs University of Phoenix reps on base Representatives from the University of Phoenix will be in the base education office, Bldg. 383, room 106, every Thursday, 1 a.m., through August. Appointments are not necessary. Call education services, Ext. with and almost naive candor. He is direct, thoughtful, resembling everyday range in the western Utah desert since 1983. UTTR conducts and supports tests and evaluation of manned aircraft and unmanned air vehicles, as'.well as supporting tactical aircraft training, munitions testing and other development efforts. 17,000-square-mi- le Office ergonomics course available Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is becoming a chronic problem with office workers whose work involves repetitive use of typewriters and keyboards where the equipment is positioned too high or too low, said Hill AFB's chief of military public health. Lt. Col. Craig Postlewaite says that in the last 18 months, 24 office workers have reported symptoms indicating that they have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affecting their wrists. When the keyboard is located improperly, the wrist and forearm are bent at awkward angles, causing friction in the tendons of the wrist. If this situation persists, a debilitating condition known as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can result. Symptoms of this condition are tingling, numbness and sometimes pain in the hand and forearm. If the condition is diagnosed, proper work stations can provide permanent relief; however, if the conditions are allowed to continue, surgery may be today. He said, "It's difficult now, but in two, three years things will get better." At the same time the Russian airmen were visiting Barksdale, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was touring the United States, asking for American agricultural assistance for Russia. . By implementing Perestroika and pushing reforms in the former Soviet Union, Gorbachev earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. As one airmen at Barksdale put it, "This visit is a small, but satisfying, victory for all of us." Postlewaite recommends that supervisors obtain a traveling course his office has available, Office Ergonomics, in any area where repetitive keyboard work is done for four or more hours a day. The course teaches office workers how to recognize unsafe office workstations and provides information on how to eliminate these risk factors as well as others which may contribute to neck, back and eye strain; headaches; and other aches and pains associated with the office environment. The course is 40 minutes long. Organizational training monitors should contact to set up a class. military public health, Ext. Staten retires Maj. Gen. Kenneth E. Staten, deputy chief of staff for test and resources at Air Forces Systems Command headquarters, Andrews AFB, Md., will retire Sept. 1. His career spanned 31 years of military service that ranged from participation in early Air Force stealth technology efforts to overseeing one of the world's largest collections of test and evaluation organizations His current position encompasses the functional areas of test and evaluation, logistics, manpower and engineering and services throughout AFSC. Before assuming his current position in August 1991, Staten was commander of the armament division at Eglin AFB, Fla., which later became the munitions News Service) systems division. (AFLC-AFSC The appearance of advertisements in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or MorMedia, Inc. of the products or services advertised. 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