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Show Putolisliecl In the interest .Dugway, Utah off tiie personnel "V ff Dugway Proving Ground Friday, March 20, 1981 .wSSSSL New Director of Materiel Test arritesfon March 16 By Connie L. Rupp . LTC (P) Paul R. Knoop has been rather than any knowledge I. might have had about personnel. Although Knoops experience has not been in the test and development area, he does bring to the posi- assigned as the Director of Materiel Test (MT), a position that had been Riled by Dr. Lothar Salomon as Act- ing Director since COL Clarence tion a background with an extensive array of assignments with the Che-- . mical Corps. He had several tours Griffin was reassigned last July. Knoop comes to Dugway from a tour in Washington, lie said, In 1979 I went to the Military Personnel Center in Washington where I served as Chief of the. Chemical Branch and I worked on officer assignments covering their careers as second lieutenants up until they either resign from the service or throughout their career until they with the Chemical School and served as an instructor in the Operations and Training Branch and also was an Assistant Director of Instruction. He had a tour in Vietnam and also served in Germany, . . make full colonel. I also worked with a former Dugway Commander, COL James R. Klugh. Most of my assignments with the Chemical Corps, and in fact all of my career has been devoted to oper- ations, intelligence or training those types of assignments. Ive never before, been assigned to a -- DARCOM activity. I consider my last assignment, at personnel to be more operationally orifented than personnel management, Kiioop said and then explained: Even though there was some personnel manager ment, it was really more my experience and background as a chemical officer that got me that assignment Alaska (Fort Richardson), and Washington (Fort Lewis). Knoop was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky and he earned his bachelors degree in chemistry and math in 1959 from Western .Kentucky State College. After graduation, he married Nettye and the couple has four children. He explained that his wife and family will be moving to Utah in June - after his youngest daughter graduates from high school. He added that his family is ready to leave the greater Washington area and live in the . west. His son is attending Utah State University. Dugway may be a new place for Knoop but he has already met current and past residents of the prov . ing ground. He said, 1 worked with LTC Burke in 1966 at the Chemical School and COL Bay and COL Griffin were in my Officer Advanced Class. About two weeks ago, he added, I had a long session with COL Griffin, the previous Director of MT. Ive known him a number of years, lies now in DARCOM headquarters. Griff talked about the or- ganizational structure of MT'and filled me in on some of the things to expect. He also talked about the divisions in MT and what each .of their responsibilities are. Then I also 'talked with COL Hugh at length, but that was more about the lifestyle at Dugway and some of the qualify of life programs that he started and others that are ongoing here, he said. Ill.be looking forward to weekends of backpacking and camping and I also like to ski, . cross-count- ry he said, and then he admitted, Right now Im concentrating on my running which needs some adjusting because of the higher altitude here. Im looking forward to the ad- justments and challenges at work too, he added and explained, For many years the Chemical Corps research and development effort has suffered from a lack of emphasisand a lack of funds just as has the Chemical Corps other programs in terms of organization and doctrine. Weve got a lot of catching up to do. I think that this is an exciting time to be starting into that phase of it because I see a lot of positive things on the horizon' I 'dont think its going to be a bed of roses by any stretch of the imagination. Were not. going to get well overnight, but I see a lot of positive indications that things are going to get better and I think that things are going to have to get better particularly in the research and development area, he said and added, Ifthe United States is going to. have a creditable war- fighting capability, weve got to have a deterrent capability as well as a defensive one. And right now, in my estimation, I think the chemical program is one of the weakest areas of the U.S. Army as a whole. I think that we, in the research, test and development community are going to have to turn that around. As a final thought, he added, Im looking forward to the next several years assignment here working with all the people and getting to know, what they do so we can work together to improve the capabilities of the U.S. Army. LTC Paul R. Knopp stopped by for a visit before reporting to Ditto as the new Materiel Test Director. Word Processing Center sponsors classes in dictation . a person must interrupt hisher dictation for a minute, dial a number to re-- . view the last 10 words or so of dictation, dial to fast rewind to the ningof dictation and then dial a num- ber to fast forward the tape to where you stopped. So that no one misuses the hold With the opening of the Word Processing Centers, comes the opportunity to reorganize individual offices and utilize more efficient methods of communication. One of the new options at the mm fr Mr. Ross Faison, Dictaphone Corp. representative, explains to some Dugway workers the benefits of us- s centers is the dictation system which uses the telephone to make the recordings. Mr. Ross Faison, a representative from Dictaphone Corp. in Salt Lake City, came to Dugway cm March 18 to explain how the system works and to oner tips in preparing information for dictation. FAISON explained to representatives of the various offices at Dugway the format for using the telephone to dictate. He said; No one can listen to you dictate unless someone picks up one of the extension phones in your office. Its really important that you speak concisely and clearly into the telephone. Some of the features of the dictating system include the opportunity to dial a number to hold the recording if V.rv ing the telephone for dictation, proposed 5.3 percent military pay raise that would begin July 1, in addition to the regular October pay raise, is included in the revised Defense Department (DOD) budget, requests revealed recently. The proposed budget revisions were announced by Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger at a Pentagon news conference March 4. The budget request changes, which would add on to the DOD budget requests submitted to Congress earlier, call for an additional $6.8 billion for fiscal year (FY) 1981 and another $25.8 billion for FY 82. THE additional monies would bring the total FY 81 Defense budget request to $178.0 billion in total obli-- . gational authority (TOA). The Armys share of that budget would lie $43.6 billion. According to Army budget officials, TOA means those funds previously authorized by Congress for DOD use plus any new spending authority added during the current fiscal year. The FY 82 DOD budget request is being increased to $222.2 billion, officials say. The Army share of the FY 82 budget would increase to $52.6 billion. SECRETARY Weinberger explained the budget changes are designed to increase readiness, improve clude the . ng changes. Among other things, these changes cover such items as fuel cost increases, buying-cost-s growth, force deployments and operations that were unplanned at the time the ori- ginal budget was prepared. OTHER major budget changes call for increased funds to improve maintenance; reduce the shortfall in badly needed wartime reserves, supplies and munitions; increase training; and buy items such as protective masks. Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by Black Hawk heliSys- tems, Division Air Defense (DIVAD) system, M- -l Abrams tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. The need for added manpower is also addressed in the revised DOD budget requests. An added 10,000 DOD active military slots are being creased spending include improvements to living and working facilities, cost-of-livi- UII-6- 0 copter, Roland Air Defense ity of life areas earmarked for allowance for single a overseas on tours, and bonpersonnel uses to help keep service members with special skills and experience. The.Army would receive an increase in this area of $130 million. An increase in the FY 81 DOD budget of $2.3 billion ($362 million going to the Army) is included under otherarea, referred to as fact of life people and the machine is only a method to effect this communication, he added. . transcribers, he ex- -, is it plained, important to remember to give the zip code along with the ad-- . dress of the correspondence. If youre dictating numbers for example, 16, say sixteen and then say, thats one six. Remember that certain letters sound alike and so you may want to spell words using a phonetic alphabet (f for fox, etc.). The dictator should remember to let the transcriber know when there should be new paragraphs and when theres a quote and then when to unquote. FAISON added, A lot of dictation can be transcribed by hearing how the voice fluctuates on the tape, but if youre ever in doubt on the possible clarity of your words, spell them out for the transcriber. As a final thought, Faison said, Try to relax when you dictate and remember that no one is going to get that upset if something is wrong - its more important that you give the system a try. desert camouflage uniforms, medical supplies and mobility support equipment. Specific Army items targeted for increased funding and production in- the services ability to recruit and keep service members, modernize the forces and ensure Naval supremacy. The request for a 5.3 percent, July 1 military pay raise is included under the quality of life area. Officials comment this raise would be in addition to the regular October pay raise present- ly pegged at 9.1 percent. Other qual- r ing an outline of what you want to say in your correspondence. Dont let talking to a machine bother you because your ultimate goal is to communicate with other , New budgets revealed A option, Faison explained, the system will only stay on hold for three or four minutes. .Thats so that someone doesnt put the system on hold and then take off for lunch or something. FAISON offered some tips for dicbetating effectively: Be prepared reall fore you dictate by getting your ference material together and sketch- - To help the requested for this fiscal year; another 25,900 slots are being sought for FY82. This added manpower is for improving readiness directly by increas- ; ing combat unit manning and, indir- ectly, through increasing personnel assigned to technical (raining and maintenance activities. Civilian personnel, increases requested by the Defense Department for FY81 total 19,600. Another 30,000 DOD civilian slots are being requested for FY82. The increases will allow for expanded use of civilian employ-ee- s in jobs that will free military personnel for return to combat and combat-relate- d duties. (ARNEWS) . Morale Support Activities Officer 1LT Jim Endahl .assists CSM David Bullington in starting one of the new go karts that went into operation this afternoon. More details on the track (which costs 50 for 10 laps) and other Morale Support Activities is on page 4. writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. 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