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Show G the DESERET v...in,.15 ,;gD SAMPLER SR owp ' . . . , Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 DESERET TEST CENTER Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Com- Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connect- with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex- - pressed by publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of adver- - General F. J. Chesarek Named Head Army Materiel Command ' General Chesarek takes com- mand of a military agency which operates with a $24 billion inventory, and annual expenditures of $14 billion. The command is Iwsically responsible for the Army's materiel mission. including research and development, procurement andproduction, storage and distribution, inven tory management, and mainte- and disposal. With headquarters in the greater Washington, D.C. area, AMC consists of a nationwide network ol m military inslalla- lions and more than 100 activities. The command, which directly Vus.,ui iv Vt Mr-rnll 15,(KX) employs approximately D.C. Nai, Washington, I lfl I: (Will !l;i General Chesarek's decora- . .. sonnel. upe rates tnrougn nine tinnx incnuie tne uisrinmiisnea and Uirects major the operations of depots, lahora- - . ... . ' irjnn 01 Merit. Bronze star witn tories,arsenals,ma.ntenanc-eshops- , "g"i Ad-nan- . - 1 ..... ... proving ground, test ranges, and Ajr Med&t Army Commendation ! I Avir was Medal. Frenth Croix De G,ierre v 1 t and the established May 8, 1962, and with Palm and Star, Croix De Guerre. Luxenbourg becomes operational the followHe is married to the former Jayne comthe the date 1, ing August Fullman, they have one son, mand oliserves as its John L. Chesarek. 1 T Insured Dividend No special dividend is lieing paid on lapsed CI insurance policies held by WW II veterans. Short Story Contesl to he Held by AFWL Entries arc now lieing accepted by the Armed Forces Writers League (AFWL) for their annual short story contest. Cash awards totaling $KX) will lie given to writers of the winning entries. The annual competition is unique in that it is open only to amateurs. Sponsored in order to encourage licginners and other relatively untried writers, authors who have sold fiction to any major market or have been selling regularly to any minor markets, are specifically excluded. Besides cash awards, writers will receive constructive criticism and an evaluation of each manuscript from three professional authors on the panel of judges. Such critiques frequently include sellint! throughout the two installations. BRICADIER GENERAL JOHN G. APPEL, commanding general, DTC, made the presentations which included Sustained Superior Performance Awards, Outstanding Performance Ratings, of certificates and Length of Service Awards. Twenty-eigQualitv Step Increase Awards, Sick the awards were presented at DTC Headquarters. Fort Douglas with the remainder presented at DPG. Those receiving awards ut DTC Headquarters were Cheryl Rapp. Administrative Division, an B. Hale, Outstanding Performance Hating: . Fred Owing, Requirements Analysis Division and E. Civilian Personnel Division received Sick leave certificates for having over 2,000 hours of sick leave time accrued. Thirty year Length of Ser- - Systems; Glenn Scharp, Joint ion. Fredrica Branson, and James vice Awards were presented to Contact Point, and Samuel Soren- - Vaughn, Instrumentation Division; J . . William Nutter, Joint Contact Draper Requirements ' T . . ' Point Division and Harold erke, Analysis, Bernard orayson, Sys- n. terns Analysis Division; Shirley Test Log. Support Division. Per rf sons receiving twenty year awards Systems Division; Zennif Cox, "it,"an- were C. Grant Ash, and Earl Safety, Melvin Ludlow. Chemical Ry Keeling. Data Systems, wilhani Waterstradt, Met Bachtell, Technology and Tech of ten -year5011 "nd Fred Jermain, Ranee . 1 1.1 P Tl ,u Mrcnun.tr. MITari Instrumentation Division. .u. rreo ; Dooxn. Annur joues. Cnnil Appel presented the Cecil Gillett, Procurement; Bradley, Security Div- i- awards to the 125 personnel at Eckrd and Elmer George, Bio Caylc Allred, Utilities Divi- - Dugway on February 6. Those receiving Sustained Superior Awards included Mrs. Myrna Kirk, Administrative Division, Arnold Baum, Kenneth Sperry and Clarence Wilde, all of Housing Division; Gayle Allred, Floyd Evans, Oliver Rasmussen, and Elmer Sagers, Facilities Division; and Edwin Mcintosh, Equipment policy. ht 1 S"? - s'; BRITISH GENERAL VISITS Brigadier General Sir Fredrick G. L. Coates, Director, Munitions, Defense Research and Development Staff, British Embassy is greeted at Michael Army Airfield by BG John G. Appel and COL Charles M. Shadle. General Coates toured facilities in the Ditto Technical Area during his one day visit. New Airmail Policy A FfiRrES RUST) PERCDV. NEL stationed overseas who have been getting news publications as much as a month or more late now will get their newspapers and weekly magazines on time. Prior to January 20, second class mail addressed to APO and FPO numbers went by air only to certain areas such as South Vietnam and the Mid-eas- t. NOW ALL publications pub- lished weekly or more often which contain news matter of interest to the general public or to the military in particular are eligible for airmail handling to AP0 and FPO addresses The new uolicv expands air- news matter to mail xrvice France, England, Germany. Japa. 5i uwc- nciiiciiaiius, Italy. Belgiu Denmark, etc. Newspapers and news maga- -. : zincs win uu uy imin m miuv and fleet t ofives Bnd ,hen . ..lV. to ,e overseas ucsiuiaiunu. 07 wi,i iMVe lw nlan(. for overseas the day they arrive at tim stateside APO or FPO i. officials said. TOTAL TRANSIT time in most cases will lie less than a week. Any regular magazine will take about four days to reach Germany, and six to eight days to reach various locations in Viet- nam. The Veterans Administration rc- .a r InIS lat't 111 CCIItlV rCclSSCriCU onler to scmelch a widespread false rumor that such a dividend would lie paid. VA officials said a MM divi- deud would be paid . . . but nnlv to those 185.000 WWI Veteran's and 4.1(K).(NK) WWII veterans who still have GI insurance policies in force. No application for this dividend is necessary since it will be paid automatically on the anniversary date of the .... authorities in Military postal . . im ku ia "nJA miu mcic aw m,ate sp8" on outgoing planes to handle the expected additional 1ad, even though the new air- "'-- il service is on a space-avaiable liasis. There are some exeentinns to the airmail policy, including APO and FPO addresses in Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone. Hawaii and Alaska - all ot which are ser- ved through the U.S. postal ser-rather than the military nns-' 1 tal system. mm. U'liuhinirtmi l- Capt. Booth New Registrar Officer At DPG Hospital Management Division. Receiving Outstanding Performance Ratings were Helen Carson, Cooper, Safety Division, and James Ferguson, Provost Marshal Division. STEP increases QUALITY Divjsion "'P1. JriK meritorious action during other situations. I,e attended Seattle Univer- sitv- - Seattle W asliington where Walter ad Morale and Tom Donnelly, Office. Information Security 0thm KetM . Judge Advocate office, Eleanore Guards receivinc the 10 year office. Jorgensen, Chaplain's Biimess awards were Clarence Gieseke, Lawrence Nygren, Instnuucnta-tio- n Beegle, Billy Bunnell, Winfred Jensen, Arthur Clinton O'Man, Lloyd Payne and Hanson, Division; Robert Cudd, A- Don Martindale. lolmson. Allwrt Tones. Kenneth TEN YEAR awards were also thur J. Evans, Eq. Management Qtto. Harold Palmer. Sherden Division; Donald Heebner, Cali- - Smith, and Gillwrt West all of presented to Betty Jo Williams, bration Chief, and Paul Antry, Facilities Division. Also lieing Comptroller's Office, James Mc- Daniel and Homer Wallace. In Facilities DivLsion. presented the award were Antry, Chief, Heavy ren Ahlstroin, Henry Wliitaker strumentation Division; Gayle Equipment Maintenance Section and Audrey White of Equipment Allred, Jacy Hunt, James Quinn received a $MX) cash award for Management Division: and Ro-h- and Jimmy Turner, Facilities DiHunt, Ferron Keyte, Ned vision; and Sharron suggestion to install filler ln-r-t Johnson, glass calis on the canvas tvpe Stansfield, (Jinton Cooper and Equipment Management. Supply trucks. Others receiving cash Eustacia Trujillo, Supply DiviDivision personnel receiving the awards for their suggestions were sion employees. award were Adrian Hawkins and TEST DIVISION employees Otto Trapp, Aviation Division and George Wallace. Stephen Flanders and Louis Skel-toreceiving the 20 year awards were General Appel also presented Melvin Biishncll, Don Canady Instrumentation Section. ten and Hale Ivan Alston Facilities year awards to Arnold AnderRalph Cavaness, Salisbury, Division and Harry Sloan, Chemi- - Blaine Young. Also receiving the son, D. Lavar Bankhead, Benjacal Systems Division each receiv- - award were Frank Johnson, Ro-- min Gilmore, Ronald Kirk, Ken ed a sick leave certificate for bert Kuhre, Lamar Lund. Clif-- Righy, Lamont Schinitt and Thomas See, all of Test Division; having more than 2.000 hours of ton Shields and Nick Thomas, and to Eldon Anderton, Roliert sick leave accrued. Instrumentation Division Range FRANK COMBE and Paul and Robert Adams, Administration Jaramillo, and Fred Jermain, Range Instrumentation Division. Hacker, Provost Marshal Division; and Production Control Division. Edward Wicks, Facilities Division; General Appel also presented Data System"! personnel reDoyle Hales, Test Division and the 20 year service awards to the award were Dale ceiving William Sager, Meteorological Monte Bird, Clarence Koffel, Brostrom, John Castagno and Ted Division each received 30 year Kenneth Larson, Conrad Nielsen, Shimizu; also Stephen Flanders, from General and Ted Nielsen, service awards Equipment Man- - Wilford Ivie, and twins Darrell Appel. agement Division; Elmer George, and Farrell Stevenson, Equipment Griffiths and Ceorge 01- Those receiving 20 year ser- Management Division received vice awards included Sterling sen. Bio Division; Antonio Ponce the ten year awards as well as Nelson, Requirements AnuKsis and Gerald Porter, Met Division Max Garhett, Bio Division. Division; Max Shirts. Management and Marguerite Neal, E&E Divi- sion. Two employees of the U.S. Analysis, Garth Anderton, Bert The Dugway employees Army Hospital were also presentBarlow, Joseph Clark. Marvin , Leslie ceiviug ten year service awards ed Length of Service Awards in Ralph Kii-kNelson, Thomas O'Neill and Cur- - included Richard Bate, Adminis-ti- s February. The ten year awards were presented to Norma Garrard Taylor, Provost Marshal Divi- - trative Division; Eugene Clark, and Potts Lucille Lawrence sion: Dorothy Safety: Fait, Requirements and R. Nelda Rassmiissen, by COL Paul W. Sheffler. Hospital Waldrop, Comptroller's Office; Analysis: LaWanda Black. commander. Shafer. Instrumentation tics: Michael Masoian. Welfare wereprwentedtoAdaUvingston, An An,,v taPtain who was warded the Silver Star during Vietnam has taken over as the new Registar Officer th. month of February, D,,a.v Captain Richard H. Booth, who is a native from Anaconda, Montana received the Silver Star for heroic action while serving wilh tne 2lul Il,fantry Battalion, 25th Division, in Vietnam. He re"60" this award for rescuing four men while his unit came lll,kr heavy Rround attack. At that time he was serving as the battalion surgeon assistant. jng the Army he worked as a instructor. Captain Booth has also lieen awarded twice with the Bronze Captain Booth who served as Star with lwo "V' (valor) for n enlisted man during the first 1,is scrvit"c in s at Military , Personnel, the 20 year War-Kenne- th is three months of his time with the Army, was later given a direct commission and sent to Ft. Sam Houston. Texas where he went ' n. in denci in 1965- - Prior to enter- - at the Medical Service School. tOmm. Program For Enlisted Personnel liaCCaUlUreate Degree-OC-S A new regulation announced a program for mlisied personnel r 10 compieie me requiremenis ior . i,afiBaf1 . iv- Enlisted personnel who de - n .f., ynqmiu aimuu contact the Education Centei lie commissioned after success- - t Dugway for further information. Candi- completion of Offu-edate School THE PROGRAM will be limited to 50 participants a year each of whom will lie selected to attend an appropriate college This is the most glorious time or university annually complete ster rf . . , leadine to a bac- - Tl . r. '. requirements 11 is a ume wnni 111c air is 111r . , , calaureate degree and then attend Officer Candidate School and be , . ,miil Jr ft 91. jij,.ut . IlkMlV VUIUI ) UIU IIIC 111 HA1- uamm mki Qml hvwanmu.itx.l an aa icscivtr ajuiuicu flowers start to appear. tenant with concurrent call to Some of these flowers do not active duty, survive the rigors of unexpected individuals will be weather changes. M iraineu in one 01 ine iniiowing LITTLE CHILDREN can lie subject areas; language, journa- - like these flowers. Birth itself public adminis- - sometime, i,rings handicaps. Ac ,ism; business on, pnicai sciences (inciua- - cidentJ or mness impose otners. in8 mathematics), economics, in- - Cmldren who are crippled or umiiuiiai reiauons. mmj, have a serious handicap may spend psychology, engineering, or per-vi- their days confined to a wheelsoiinel management. chair. They may never have a r .1 rn. 1 .1 01 me irammi; win ine lengm chance to go to school. consist: 24 consecutive months of college training leading to Crippling, we hope, will one . dav disappear stamped out by the award of a liaccalaureate tic- - 1.i:..i Murfh Kiu-- a that gree will lie the maximum autho- - maJe 1V Easter Seals. .1 . ..... I .1 Leu uiiucr ine program; anil " To help stamp it out, Easter 23 months of Officer Candidate Seals pay for the skills of hunSchool. dreds of dedicated people who To lie selected as a student work to help crippled children -under this program, applicants and adults, too to stand and must meet certain qualifications walk and talk. These are the such as: lieing on active duty at professionals, such as therapists, time of application as an enlistee, social workers, counselors and inductee, inductee on active special education teachers the men and women who instill duty as an Army reservist without a break in service, or Army the precept of useful citizenship enlisted reservist serving on acin the minds and hearts of the tive duty, must have a ininiinuni handicapped. of 1 year's service at time of THE EASTER SEASON is a commencement nf trainintt under a time of life this program, plus having the time of renewal right educational, mental, moral, "nd joy and hope. It is the liest time 01 the year to bring life citizenship and medical fitiw- J joy and hope to a crippled IF THE applicant is selected to participate in this program, child. he will have to agree to initiate Help all of our children flow- a service commitment of six er to their fullest potential, Give to Easter Seals. years. - fl ,! r A Glorious Time Of The Year 1- 1 I- Logis-Frankl- in ce p,, .tips. The contest is open to all AFWL members and other U. S. citizens who have filed for membership. Closing date is May 1, 1WW. Entries miist lie submitted form 011 the official League entry obtainable together with additional contest details liy writing to: Executive Director. Armed Forces Writers league, George WashVa. ington Station, Alexandria, 22.105. Explained by VA .1.1. en-pan- y, lx-av-e During World War II, General Chesarek served in the European Theater of Operations as Commander of the 28th Field Artillery Battalion, 8th Infantry Division and participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. He also has served as a Legislative Liaison Officer, G-- 4 Division, Department of the Army; Chief of the Military Personnel and Manpower Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for DA; Military AssisLogistics, tant and Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Communications Zone, Army Europe; Chief of Staff of the Southern European Task Force in Italy; Commanding General. 4th Logistical Command in Franc-e-; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff ,or and Comptroller of the Army. General has THE a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Stanford Uni- versitVj Calif altended the vanced Management program at iiarvimi University. Cambridire. of the MasSi. alld Artiilerv sooi at Fort Sill. okla. The Armed Force, Staff Coll al Norfolk Va.: and the ... tisements in this publication does not consitute an dorsement by the Department of the Army of the pro-e- d ducts or services advertised. More than one hundred ami fifty Ocseret Test Center civilian employees at Fort Douglas and divisions Dugway Proving Ground received awards last month in ceremonies held in the various years. s Dugway, Ut 84022 155 DTC Civilian Employees Presented Awards In Ceremonies President Richard M. Nixon has named Lieutenant General Ferdinand J. Chesarek, U. S. Army, for assignment as Commanding General, U. S. Army Materiel Command, and appointment to the grade of General. General Chesarek is presently serving as the assistant Vice Chief of Staff, U. S. Army. GENERAL CHESAREK replaces General Frank S. Besson, Jr., AMC's first commander recently named chairman of a new joint logistics review board, established under the auspices of the joint Chiefs of Staff to conduct a study of the logistics sys tems in support of military operations in southeast Asia. A 1938 United States military academy graduate who was commissioned in Field Artillery, General Chesarek has had a varied military career spanning 30 far-flu- Friday, February 28, 1969 - T 4 GEODE Major General Robert E. Coffin, Deputy Chief of Research and Development, Department of the Army is presented a Dugway Gcodc by BG John G. Appel, DTC commanding general at a reception and dinner at which CEN Coffin was the honored guest. General Coffin toured facilities at DTC Headquarters and Dugvisit. way Proving Ground during his recent two-daDUGWAY y - - SUGGESTION AWARD Brigadier General John G. Appel, commanding general of DTC, presented Miss Cheryl Rapp, Administrative Division, with a cash award for her suggestion. Also present at the ceremony was Mr. Charles Contant, Chief Administrative Division. I i |