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Show SPECIAL COLLfcG iuNS 1 Vol. 47 No. 31 Hill AFB, Utah Aug. 5, 1993 Th,rd Class OO-ALCP- 7981 Georgia St., Hill AFB UT 84056-282- 4 SERIALS ORDER DEPT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LIBRARIES SALT LAKE CITY UT 8411 2 for A Sidewinder workload could mean an additional $10 million for Ogden ALC over a four-yea- r period. by Frances Kosakowsky Hilltop Times staff i ' .... filffiiriiili(rairiltriiifr ii am . in - " r-i- - . . . fom:Ml ...- I r"1-- n"n'"1 Is 4tif'; ...... Viikli.- 1 1 s if ... 3tl " ... Easy as falling off a log SrA. Jerry Glynn propels himself over the vault, a series of four-foo- t high log hurdles, in preparation for the AFMC Peacekeeper Challenge competition, which is being held at Hill AFB this week. Command teams battle at Hill; 'best of the best' vie for title featured comments about the competition from by Sgt. Ken Goss Special to AFMC News Service Thirteen security police Peacekeeper teams from throughout Air Force Materiel Command arrived at Hill AFB for the 1993 Peacekeeper Challenge which started Sunday and will finish tomorrow. Teams began arriving Friday, and team captains gathered to get briefed on the event schedule and to begin the week-lon- g process of determining who would shine brightest among the The opening ceremony, held in front of the Ogden Air Logistics Center headquarters building Sunday, best-of-the-be- Gays See Challenge, - MilWASHINGTON (AFNS) who their members reveal itary homosexuality will be "headed for the door," the Air Force's senior leader told Congress July 21. "Don't tell means don't tell," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, alluding to the president's new policy on homosexuals in the military which Defense Secretary Les Aspin dubbed "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue." The policy becomes effective Oct. 1. McPeak, the other service chiefs, Smooth sailing Nominee for secretary of AF breezes through confirmation hearing. Page 2 66 Administratively, the impact of this new policy is not going to be great on us. 99 Gen. Merrill A. McPeak Air Force chief of staff stall won't arrive here until next summer," said Capt. Phil Pepperl, a member of the proposal team. Since installation time for each kit is only 20 hours, taking care of the first 200 kits won't take long, nor will it add jobs. "What will be significant to Hill is if NAVAIR exercises all the options they've outlined," Pepperl said. Representatives from the Navy will be coming to Ogden Air Logistics Center in confer"They're coming here for the post-awar- d d post-awarconference said. the "At ence," Pepperl the options will be discussed and then we'll know more." Hill competed against Raytheon and LORAL for the initial missile workload and was awarded 200 of the nearly 1,400 modifications in fiscal 1993. If things go according to the current schedule, the ra- mid-Septemb- See Page 5, please. in military: Don't tell New policy becomes effective Oct. 1. McPeak, other joint chiefs of staff answer barrage of congressional questions. ' Brig. Gen. Lester L. Lyles, Ogden ALC commander. "Just by being here, you are the best of the best. Now we are going to tackle the task of finding out which one of these teams is good enough to be the best in the command," Lyles said.. Each team captain drew a bayonet numbered from 1 through 13 to determine his team's schedule for the week. After reporting the numbers and having team photos taken, the Peacekeepers prepared for the rigorous schedule to follow. the obstacle course and the The first two events In late July, the Naval Weapons Center's Short Range Missile Joint Program Office announced that Hill was selected as one of its contractors to install modification kits in some of its AIM-- 9 Sidewinder missiles. The modification kits are to upgrade the guidance and control section of the AIM-9- . The contract involves nearly $10 million over a four-yea- r period. Initially, Hill's involvement is which amounts to only minor only 200 in 1994 $250,000. But, in the subsequent three years, larger increments are scheduled to be sent to Hill if the Navy exercises the options outlined in the memorandum of agreement. "Although we'll begin setting up for this workload right away, the first kit that we will receive to in- Committee June 20, and the House Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel the following day. In three hours of questioning July 20, House members asked the panel to explain perceived inconsistencies and gray areas in the policy and how commanders determine whether to investigate an individual's alleged homosexuality. McPeak's answers July 21 were prompted by four hypothetical situations from the committee chairman, Rep. Ike Skelton Skelton asked the panel how each, as or the service a second lieutenant would handle these equivalent scenarios: B A private walks into your office and says, "Lieutenant, I must tell you Depleting depletors is well on its way toward eliminating chemicals that depfete ozone. Hill Page 3 Page 2, please.- - means don't tell (D-Mo- .). Aspin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell spent two days on Capitol Hill answering a barrage of questions about the new policy. The panel met the Senate Armed Services Work, am gay." B Another private walks into your office and says, "Lieutenant, I don't know, I may be gay." B You go to the 6:30 a.m. physical training session and all the troops yell, "Good morning lieutenant, we're all gay." B Every Friday night for two months, a private gets off the bus with his buddies in the adjoining town and walks into a gay bar. He is also seen nearly every day reading gay magazines stacked next to his bunk and he appears in a gay parade in a nearby city. McPeak began his response by saying the new policy "defines a homosexual statement as a type of homosexual I See j 'A Policy, Page 5, please. Are we tit yet? Nearly half the AFMC units have achieved command standard. Page 18 |