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Show GIFT VTf ttBCASiS HD i 1196? fewoaaus . V ZLIugway JV Vol. 10, No. 14 Published for Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connected with die Department of the : Army. Opinions expressed by publisher and writ- en herein are. their own and are not to be con- sidered an official expression by die Depart- - ment of the Army. The appearance of adver- tisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by die Department of the ZLIugway Friday, January 27, 1967 Army of the products or services advertised. DPG Certificates For Chapman and Eldard S Two Dugway personnel, Raymond C. Chapman and Roliert A. Edjard, have recently been awarded Dugway Proving Ground th COLONEL JOSEPH J. FRASER, JR., u shown with officials of Local 1239 of the National Federation of Federal Employees as they are granted exclusive recognition for the security police of Dugways Security Division. Shown above are (left to right) Burchell L. Flack, 2nd vice president; Darrell L. Coffman, treasurer; Colonel Fraser; James A. Ferguson, president; Joseph M. Clarke, secretary; and Morgan Clarke, 1st vice president. $ LTC Black Addresses Dugway GED Conference Dugway Proving Ground will annivercelebrate its twenty-fiftsary cm March 1, 1967. In order to publish a comprehensive story commemorating this event, the Test Run staff is asking for your have any piccooperation. . , . , If you tures ones taken during the 1940 s and 50 s, we would like to me them in our paper. Please call the in- formation Office at 2991 if you can help us. h The General Educational Development high school program got under way on January 16 with a conference held at the post theatre for personnel who are participating in the program. The highlight of the conference was a speech delivered by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Black, Dugway Proving Grounds executive officer. The main purpose of the con- - tinuing study. Reemphasizing the ference was to familiarize the command's wishes for achievement personnel with the programs in pursuing individual goals, he aims and to stress the command's then adjourned the conference, MHMMHMMt support of and wishes for continued participation in the program. The conference was opened by . .y ' Captain Gordon M. Roselle, Jr., Dugway s education officer, who spoke on the background of the current program and explained the performance expected of each man enrolled under the CED program. LTC Black stressed the values and satisfaction achieved from pursuing a high school education. In concluding his speech, LTC Black emphasized fortitude when rticipating and encouraged con- v.-- Certificates of Achievement. MR. ELDARD'S certificate was presented in recognition of outstanding service as an ac- countant with the Comptroller and Programs Directorate from 1963 through January, 1967. presentation was ipade by William A. Riley, comptroller and programs director, at a luncheon held in Mr. Eldard's honor. Mr. Eldard was cited for his extremely high degree of initiative and competence in the refinement of reports. The citation also com- mended his concentrated efforts and knowledge of the varied accounting systems employed at this installation. Mr. Chaplam received his award for his exceptional perfor- mance of duty as an aviation op-erations officer, Army Aviation Division, from October, 1965 to January, 1967. In this position, Mr. Chapman was responsible for the operation of Michael Army Airfield and for the conduct of an effective aviation safety pro- gram. In addition, he flew assign- ed missions in both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. The Natiiaial Fire Prevention Contest has lieen established to provide recognition for positive efforts in the field of fire prevention. In the municipal division, as in the military division, the contest is designed to measure the community's success in enlisting widespread public support for fire prevention. Sponsored by the Fire Prevention and Clean-u- p Campaign Committee of the NFPA. the contest aims at stimulating universal fire safety consciousness and eueourag-in- g the use of modern techniques in Imth public and private fire prevention efforts. The contest in 1966 iimrlied the 4Hh veur of cniupctitiini. IxOVU IN 111110(1 i OSt SoldlCI (jf 1 llC M Oil til Specialist Fourth Class Gerald M. Boyd, a member of Headquar- Credit Unions Annual Meeting CPT Hunsaker Receives Medal BRICADIER GENERAL Cuenter Rothe and four other officers of the Federal Republic of Germany are shown with Colonel Joseph J. Fraser, Jr., as they deplane after their flight to Dugway from Salt Lake City. The five officers visited the installation for a three-dabriefing last week. y Five FRG Officers Briefed At Dugway Five army officers of the Federal Republic of Germany visited Dugway Proving Ground for an orientation tour on January 18, 19 and 20. The officers were BG Guent- - OLsen. Melvin Bushnell provided a Rothe; COL Fritz Richard demonstration of sampling de-Adolf Hergen; COL Her- - vices, John Shearer spoke on the liert Paul Mitzscherling; LTC Paul mission of Meteorological Divi- Suttmann; and LTC Otto Guent- - sion, and Dr. Kenneth Brauner Werren. conducted a tour of Chemical THEY WERE accompanied Division. bv a U. S. Army tour director, ON THURSDAY afternoon, 1LT Robert II. Bosl, who also act- - the CBR Weapons Orientation ed as an interpreter. Dugwav's Course staged a briefing and field executive officer, LTC William L. demonstration for the visitors. was the official installation They were accompanied by COL Wah G. Chin and LTC Domenic representative. During their visit, the FRG Lon go for their tour of the Wig officers were briefed by COL Jo- - Mountain target complex and seph J. Fraser, Jr., and were en- - they also witnessed a shoot" from tertained at dinner hv the direc-- the oliscrvation post. ton of the installation activities. The next day, the FRG officers also were given an over- - heard Dr. Lothar Salomon speak flight of the installation liy COL on the mission of Biological Di- Arnold R. Young. vision, were escorted through the While touring Ditto Area, the faunal colony by Dr. Keith Smart offieen were briefed on Test Op- - and Harold Egusciie, and toured erations Directorate liy Clair B. the facilities with photography . Ronald Stephens. f LTG Richardson To Speak Al Utah AUSA Meet The Utah chapter of the Association of the United States Anny has slated its business-dine- r ner meeting for Thursday, Febru-Bmn- o guest of honor and ary - "D s leaker will be LTG James L Richardson, the commanding gen-h- er er' th U. S. Army. Th meeting will be held at the Officers Open Mess at Fort Douglas. Cocktail hour has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the fi,e mignon dinner will lie ve immediately following the presentation of the colors at k, h cost of the dinner is $3.25 - Those who wish to attend are asked to send checks eir requests for reserva-The- y the chapter secretary, Major Lawrence W. Souville, Fort Douglas, before j February 3. Uniform for the evening will dress with lww tie or a dark Inisiness suit. Pr P01- i'n FOUR REPRESENTATIVES of installation activities received Minuteman Awards in recognition of their units outstanding participation in the U. S. Savings Bond program. Pictured above are (left to right) CPT Gordon M. Roselle, Jr., commanding officer of Headquarters and Headquarters Company; William S. Hannon, director of Logistical Operations Directorate; Colonel Joseph J. Fraser, Jr., Rudolph E. Ilegdahl, deputy director of Personnel and Administration Directorate; and Clair B. Olsen, director of Test Operations Directorate. New Hazardous Duty Pay Regs To Be Implemented TECOM Chaplain Speaks Sunday Classification Act (white collar) employees assigned on an irregular or intermittent basis to hazardous duties will receive extra pay UAdernew Civil Service Commission regulations. Authority for the regulations is contained in a law enacted last July which sets equitable pay rates for hazardous duty or duty involving physical hardship for employees not now entitled to such employees, however. pay. The law does not apply to wage-lxiar- d THE NEW regulations went . . . into effect with the beginning of s the first pay period after Janu- - (2) tAic chemical mae is a possibility of leakage ary 15. Although Dugways Civi- - there lian Personnel Office has not yet or spillage; (3) materials of when intro-tioncopies of these regula- - organic nature which, are duced the into body, likely to those employees affected disease or serious cause will lie fatality paid by their provisions devices which in- the as as protective soon retroactively formation arrives and is imple- - do not afford complete protection, Since the new regulations apply mented. Examples of intermittent or only to irregular or intermittent the differential irregular duties covered by the hazardous duty, work at normally will lie paid only for a regulations include hazard not usually heights of 50 feet above the ground hardship or under open conditions, flying air- - involved in an employee s occu-cra- ft (such as testing new or re- - Pt'on; If the physical hardship I an inherent part of a position, paired craft), work in deep open ' bus been taken into d trenches, certain underwater work or work with an emergency fire- - count in classifying the position, the differential will not be paid. fighting crew. The differential will lie coin-fo- r Extra pay is also authorized work which may not in itself puted on the basis of an em-b- e hazardous, but which causes ployees basic pay rate and will extreme physical discomfort, such Ge paid in addition to any other as that requiring exposure to ex- - compensation he earns under tremet cm peratures for long periods statutory authority. Although gen-o- f time, or to fumes, dust and elly sfoed at 25 per cent, the noise which might cause nausea rale may vary according to the or irritation to skin, eves, ears, nature of the duty, THE COMMISSION S regu- nose and throat. latinos OF PARTICULAR interest require uniformity in apply-t- o differential. If a duty unde the " fog are pro-Dugway personnel visions relating to exposure to der certain conditions is dons employees of one agency, agents. This segment of the regulations indicates that haz- - ft W'H I considered hazardous ardous duty pay is authorized for under the same conditions for all personnel who work with, or employees of another agency, in close proximity to: (1) explo- Agencies may ask that other sive or incendiary materials which duties lie included in those for are unstable and highly sensitive; which the new differential is paid. micro-receiv- s, The Dugway Credit Union held its annual meeting at the Noncommissioned Officers Open Mess last Saturday night. After a dinner, members of the Credit Union voted to install new officers for both the Board of Directors and the Credit Committee. On the Board of Directors, all the incumbent members were reelected for a second term. They are: Keith O. Black, president; Joseph W. Eyler, Jr., vice president; Wayne L. Swart wood, treasurer; John W. Schrier, second vice president; and Robert D. Solomon, third vice president. The elected members of the Credit Committee are Ernest Anderson, Madge Odor and 1SG George B. C. Sur. i Takes Honors Fire chief Janies I. Alcorn commented that the Dugway Fire Department was the only fire department in Utah to win a position in the highly competitive contest. The department also received a Certificate of Merit for its contrilnition to the improvement of the nation's fire prevention effort. ary 19. ters and Headquarters Company, received the Soldier of the Month award for January from the post commander. Colonel Joseph J. Fraser, Jr. At the recent ceremonies. Specialist Boyd was presented with the Post Soldier of the Month certificate, a $25 U. S. Savings Bond and a three-da- y pass for his achievement, Specialist Boyd works in the Post Information Office and is a for the Test Run. reporter-edito- r His home is San Diego, California, THE CITATION accompany- - where he studied electronic eninS Mr. Chapmans Certificate gineering at San Diego State -. his ability t0 sUte4 in College. He is now a student at his the University of Utah and plans r indicated both a career in responsive journalism. marity and an competence. high Ite- degree of . . . DPG Fire Dept. In an international competition against other Army installations, Dugways fire department captured 17th place in the military division of the 1966 National Fire Prevention Contest. Dugway s department was the only entry from the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command to place in the finals this year. Two years ago, Dugway was ranked 13th in the annual contest. cognition was also given to his professional knowledge and super-hi- s visory abilities, Colonel Joseph J. Fraser, Jr., presented Mr. Chapman's Certi-Apri- l, ficate in ceremonies held on Janu-Th- e . Captain Collin I. Hunsaker has been awarded the Army Commendation Medal. The presentation was made by Colonel Wah C. Chin, commandant of the CBR Weapons Orientation Course, in recent ceremonies. Captain Hunsaker received the medal for his performance of duty as executive for administrative services with the U. S. Anny Standardization Group in Canada from June, 1963 to June, 1966. He is now assistant director of administration and will soon assume command of the Security Mail and Records Section of the CBR fr ac-an- hazar-hazaido- fr Chaplain (LTC) Glenn D. Lauliy announced this week that the staff chaplain of the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command, Chaplain (LTC) Richard E. Robinson, will lie a guest speaker at the Post Chapel this Sunday. Chaplain Robinson will deliver his message during the 10:43 a.m. morning service and during both the Protestant Youth Fellowship at 6:00 p.m. and the Vespers at 7:00 p.m. Chaplain Robinson was horn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1917. Certificate For Williams . Specialist Fifth Class Bill Williams of Headquarters and Headquarters Company wasaward-e- d the Dugway Proving Ground Certificate of Achievement on January 23. Colonel Joseph J. Fraser, Jr., presented the certificate in recognition of SP5 Williams outstanding service from May, 1966 to January, 1967. During tms time,' hPo Williams was assigned as a medical laboratory specialist with the Assay Branch, Biological Division, Test Operations Directorate. Specialist Williams was commended for his versatility and devotion to duty in carrying out assigned tasks. The citation accompanying his certificate noted that his willingness to work extra hours, and his realistic approach to problems incident to such tasks were prominent factors in completing assigned research projects on time. . ." School. The citation accompanying Captain Iliinsaker's medal noted that he personally established procedures which insured a continual flow of information fo all standardization representatives, despite the difficulties presented liy the physical local ions of these representatives. Further, he formulated and implemented controls insuring efficient accounting of allotcd funds. He was commended for his professional skills, knowledge and untiring efforts. The citation stated that, through his personal efforts. Captain Hunsaker insured a continual improvement in Administrative policies and proced- ures, materially einitrilmting to the overall effectiveness of nieiii-licof the standardization group. rs I COLONEL Wah C. Chin, commandant of the CBR Weapons Orientation Course, adjusts Commendation Medal at tlie conclusion of recent award Captain Collin llunsakers Army ceremonies. |
