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Show VS72ls:'! .AMERICANA G ajapo. No. 23 DESERET TEST CENTER Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 Officer Assigned As New Chief of Staff At Deseret Test Center After two and a half years as Commanding General of the LTC GEORGE B. COE Department of the Army, June 1964, he was assigned to the White House as an Assistant Military Aide to the President. Lieutenant Colonel Coe gradu-nated with a Master of Arts Igree from George Washington in 1967. Following .University graduation, he was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Dcpart-Agencment of the Army and then to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In June 1968, Licutcn-Staf- f ant Colonel Coe was assigned to the Deseret Test Center. He has lreen awarded the Joint vices Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal and the Purple Heart. el ed y, Ser-CB- R Test Center will display a cream and balloons Ire on hand rocket launcher, flame thrower, for the youngsters but immedi- and Thiokol vehicle in the ately following the parade a whole gamut of entertainment Independence Day parade. Kick - off for the all dav will swing into action. affair is a chuckwagon break- The Tooele High Band will July celebrations. Needless to say times have fast at die comer of Main and perform in a concert. During changed. But as our present mod Vine beginning at 6 a.m. The this time, the concession stands generation would say, Ameri- parade will start at 9:30 a.m. will open. Similar to previous cans still npist do their thing. journeying down Main Street years, they will include rides. The Deseret Test Center, d- - to First North, then west to fishing, booths, food, and games, vilian and military, will join Second West, and south to the During the morning after the Band Concert, competitive with other Americans July 4 Tooele City Paik. only will drinks, ice games such as foot races, wheel doing individual versions of their thing. Traditionally, in the Tooele area this consists of a chuck wagon breakfast, a colorful parade, kiddie rides, races, food, contests, games and an RCA approved rodeo. Dugway people will not only be viewing festivities lmt will also send representatives to the The switch is on! As of July 1, soldiers everywhere from the longby haired fussy cheeked recruit to the career man will lie identified by their event, which is the Tooele Stake and the Bit social security numlicr. and Spur Club. On July 2, the The Deseret Test Center, Dugway Proving Ground troops wrill DPG's Skull Valley Riders Club experience widespread changes from new laundry identification will liegin their journey to the markings to personnel records to a coding system for medical docucitv. The riders will camp at ments for soldiers and their families to mail service. The July 1. changeClover Creek the first night, over to social security account numliers (SSAN) as identification will at Tooele Army Depot oil Julv lie used for active dutv, reserve and retired servicemen. 3 and then climate their outnew and old identifying numbers holiAccording to DA Circular 6545 ,0 ing by riding in Tooeles ilc atU each soldier is supposed to receive day parade. Jenonnel ffitials -- y that COL Charles M. Shadle. approximately 20 copies of the are new SSAN DPG commmander, and ap- - change of address and directory ,oss 1 mut,lallon' for also will 60 Form recorf (DD troops 1175) to com- - correction of errors and as a result proximavely participate in the parade which plete as a result of the change. The of promotions. And a new card is begins at 9:30 a.m. The Deseret Army maintains it must have the issued immediately to soldiers de- Years ago when Independence Day rolled around it meant pack up the family and head for town. What followed were parades, rodeos and all sorts of 4th of SSAN Take Over July 1 Produces Changes Here tem, moted. Even though the military ser- vice nuinlier is going out of style, the old nuinlicrs will not lie removed from records, forms and other documents. According to the SSAN will Circular 6X)-fi- 3 lie recorded on forms and records in the space provided for military service nuinlier if no space is provided or prescrilied for the SSAN. Under the old numliering system it waspossible totell RA.draftee and reservist by the first two numbers. Hie only identifying information in the SSAN is tlie first three digits, an indicator of the stale in which the number was is- A V FAMILY REUNION Colonel Eugene F. Them, CBRWOC commandant was pleasentlv surprised recently when one of the students arriving for the CBR Weapons Orientation Course turned out to be his younger brother Walter J., now a Major in the Idaho Air National Guard whom the Colonel had not seen for over 18 years. Deseret Test Center, Brigadier General John G. Appel has lieen reassigned as the Director of Plans, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. Befitting the occasion of his departure, two ceremonies in Brigadier General Appels honor were held. A Battalion Review and Retreat Ceremony was held at Brantley Field, Dugway Proving Ground at 4:15 p.m. on June 18. This was followed by a reception and ligjit buffet at the Dugway Officers' Open Mess. An Honor Guard and Retreat Ceremony was held at Stillwell Field, Fort Douglas, on June 20, beginning at 4:40 p.m. A reception and dinner followed at 5:30 p.m. at the Fort Douglas Officers Open Mess. Civil and military dignitaries of the State of Utah have been invited to each ceremony. No replacement for Brigadier General Appel has been desigrt nated at this time. Colonel USAF, present Muldrow, Deputy Commander of the Center, will serve as interim commander. Colonel Muldrow, a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1943, was lxm in Norman, Oklahoma. While a cadet at West Point, Utah or any other state, Ameri- - he entered flying school and cans join together to celebrate earned his wings" at Ellington their countrys birthday for Field, Houston, Texas, in De-both young and old, July 4 has cember 1942. His was the only a special place in the hearts West Point class to become of Americans. It is a day that ed pilots prior to graduation. knows no generation gap. In 1948, he attended the University of Colorado and in 1950 was awarded an M.S. degree in Ru-be- Dugway Citizens Join in County - Friday, June 27, 1969 BG Appel Beparts- COL Muldrow Commander BTC Lieutenant Colonel George B. Coe, USA, has replaced Lieutenant Colonel Paul E. Ross, USA, as Chief of Staff of the Deseret Test Center. Lieutenant Colonel Ross has been reassigned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Colonel Coe was bom in Erlanger, Kentucky on July 12, 1923. He attended the University of Kentucky, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and served with the 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Chemical Corps and entered on active duty on January 31, 1949. In his early military career he was a member of five Wound Ballistics Teams in Korea which designed and field tested the original laxly armor vest that was standardized by the Army in 1952. In 1956-5Lieutenant Colo-- . Coe attended the 11th Ad- Class of the Chemical Corps School. During the next five yean he was stationed at Headquarters, U.S. Army Pacific and The Field Requirements Fort McClellan,. Ala- ltama. In 1962-63- , he attended the Army Command and General College at Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas. In 1963-6- 4 he was on the staff of the Director for and Nuclear Operations, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development, Dugway, Ut 84022 July 4 Fete barrow races, sack races, nail driving contests and a hone- shoe contest will be featured, There y11. ,s0 Pe eating, soda drinking, and watermelon contests. Each year, whether it lie Redling New AMC Dep. CG for Logistics Support Major General W. N. Redling has been named the Anny Materiel Command's (AMC) Deputy Commanding General for Logistics Support. The former Commanding General, Army Transportation Center and Fort Eustis, Va., and Commandant of the Army Transportation School, assumed his new duties June 2 at AMC's headquarters in Washington, D. C. He will concentrate on AMC's support of the Army in the field. lie is a seasoned logistician who has held high command posts throughout his career including Commanding General, 1st Logistical Command, U. S. Army Europe, (USAREUR); Chief of Transportation, USAREUR; and Chief of Transportation, Department of the Army. Other key assignments include Assistant Chief of Staff, G-- 4 and Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, Alaska; and logistical staff officer. Supreme Allied Powers, Headquarters, Europe. AMC is responsible for the Army's wholesale materiel mission, including research and development, procurement and production, storage and distribution, inventory management and niainte-nane- e and disposal. In his new position MG Redling controls the Command's operatiopal readiness functions, distriliution. transportation. maintenance, international logistics, as well as the Army's sued. nationwide depot system. AMC In the new system for medical operates with ji f 24 billion invenpurposes the' social security acand an annual expenditure of count nuinlier will lie preceded by tory 914 billion. the prefix added to it for record A combat veteran of World purposes. The sponsors SSAN nmn- ber w, 11 be preceded by the prefix ,hc A,eu?ian M.n& 20; the spouse will lie used ,n the wilh lhe U. S. c Kfwd same account iiuiiilicr with a 30 Marine Corps as Shore Group and prefix. The oldest child will reFort Commander during the Iwo ceive an 01 prefix; next oldest Assault in 1945 and later Jiina 02 and so on. entered Japan with tlie advance The sponsor's mother would of occupation forces immelie identified liy a 40 prefix, the party diately following the surrender. father by 45; mother-iii-la50; lie is a graduate of the Indusfather-in-la55. and other detrial College of the Armed Forces, pendents 60, 61 or 62. Washington, D. C. w rat-eati- j BRIGADIER GENERAL APPEL business administration, lie gradu- - D.C.; Chief, Plans Division and ated from the Armed Forces Staff Inspector Ceneral, Headquarters, College in 1957 and the Indus- - Air Materiel Force European trial College of the Anned Forces Area, Lindsey Air Station, Ger-i- n 1965. many! In 1963, he was assigned From 1944 - 1945, Colonel as Manpower Coordinator, was a bomlier pilot fense Agencies, Office of the with the 9th Air Force, European Assistant Secretary of Defense Theater of Operations. From (Manpower) Headquarters, U.S. D.C. he served in the Office of Air Force, Washington, the Assistant Chief of Staff for In 1966, he was assigned as Vice Intelligence, Headquarters, U. S. Commander, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Army Air Corps, Washington, D.C. During the Korean conflict Air Force Base, New Mexico, he served as Wing Comptroller and was reassigned to the Deseret from 1950 - 1952 with the 8th Test Center in 1968. Colonel Muldrow holds the Filter Bomber Wing and the Reconnaissance 67th Tactical Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Wing, Korea. Other assignments were Assistant for Unit Programs, Clusters, the Army and Air Force the Assistant for Forces Program Di- - Commendation Medals, vision, Office of the Deputy Chief Purple Heart, Presidential Unit of Staff for Operations Headquar- - Citation, and various campaign medals. ters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, 1945-194- 8, t. Utah Defense Spending Tops $400 Million Department of Defense spending in Utah for payrolls and prime military contracts will exceed $400 million for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, Rep. Sherman said. . THE UTAH P. Lloyd, ah Congressman said figures supplied him by the Defense Department estimated that the total defense payroll in the state would lie about $25.7 million higher for fiscal 1969 than the previous fiscal year, primarily due to pay increases for both civilian and military employees. lie said a total of $113.9 million has been spent in the state for prime contract awards durof ing the first the current fiscal year. This compares with a total of $131.2 million for all of fiscal 1968. Research and development ex three-quarte- ' MG W. N. Redling COLONEL MULDROW penditures, included in the total prime contract figures, were $13.9 million for the first three quarters of fiscal 1969, compared with $16.2 million for the pre- men, and $8.2 million for retired personnel. Rep. Lloyd said the Air Force remains the states number one defense employer, with a payroll of $182 million for both civilian and military personnel. This is followed by the Army payroll of $75.9 million, De-fonse Supply Agency $26.4 lion, the Navy $4 million, and vious fiscal year. Total defense expenditures in Utah during fiscal 1968 were $394.2 million, Rep. Lloyd said, Estimated spending for the fiscal year is already Audit over $402 million, not counting the Defense Contract payments for prime contracts Agency $278,000. Procurement and research during the last quarter." for missile and space systems A BREAKDOWN of the milionce again represents the largest tary payroll showed that the Defense Department will pay over expenditures for prime contract awards in the state, Rep. Lloyd $288.7 million to Utahns in salsaid. Missile and space contracts aries during fiscal 1969, compared to $263 million in fiscal 1968. for the" first three quarters of Of the total estimated pay, fiscal 1969 have already pumpmillion is for civilian ed $48.3 million into the Utah $237.1 personnel, $29.8 million for milieconomy, compared with $33.5 tary personnel, $13.6 million for million for all of the previous reservists and national guarfs- - fiscal year. SECOND THE highest amount, $18.8 million, was spent for electronics and communication equipment lietween July 1968 and March of this year. nt Rep. Lloyd submitted a breakdown of prime contract awards of $10,0(X) or more in Utah liy goods and services. Figures for of fiscal the first 1969 are listed first, followed by figures for fiscal 1968 in three-quarte- parenthesis. Airframes and related assemblies $629,(XX) ($834,000); aircraft engines and spare parts other aircraft equip($47,(XM)); ment and supplies $1,168,000 ($976,(KX)): missile and space systems $48,328.(XX) ($33,526,(XX1); ships $37, (XX) ($373,(KX)); comliat vehicles $70,000 ($184.(KX)). -- vehicles $568,-(X- T ($594.(XX)); weapons $772;-(Xammunition ($1,780,(XX)); $4,379,XX) ($19, 837, (XX)); electronics and communication equipment $18,815,(XX) ($26,486, (XX)); petroleum $9,915.(XX) ($6,048,-(XX)- ); other Fuels and lubricants $235, (XX) (9336,(XX)). Textiles, clothing and equip- age $178,(KX) ($1,775,(XK)); building supplies $6,717.(XX) subsistence $2,392,(XK) (XX)); ($5,-29- ($5,505,0X))- - 3, S |