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Show 2 The Sampler, dan. 17, 1985 wairf air "Commissary shoppers turn- ed in 73,690,270 cents-of- f coupons during FY84. The hoppers saved a total of $21,277,732.88 using the coupons, and the Commissary System earned a tidy sum of $5 MILLION in handling fees (Editor's note: The following which helped pay commis- ' commentary was provided sary operating costs and rethe Association of the by duce appropriated funds to United States Army.) run the stores, keeping surSince 1969, when the Unicharges that much lower" . . . ted States imposed a mora- -' Who i says coupons ' aren't torium on the production df "double'' at the store. . chemical weapons, this na- Though figures aren't tion's intelligence- - gathering available for Army stores, agencies, while dutiful.have Dugway Commissary not focused on the growing dais weren't surprised at the chemical warfare threat. amount. They encourage the Consequently, our knowuse of the coupons, and an ledge of the Soviet Union's easier display at the check capabilities for the use of table will display coupons chemicals is woefully inadethrifty shoppers can use. quate. But we do know enWonderful words of welough to identify a significant come for two new employees threat and to believe that at PAO . . . Ruth Mecham has the Soviet armed forces are joined us permanently, makequipped, trained and ready to employ chemicals in suping it possible for us to once again accept ads for. Channel port of their operations. We 13 beginning Monday. All ads also know that U.S. forces, shouldvbe called in to 2141 and those of our NATO al-- j ONLY. They will be recorded lies, are neither equipped, on an answering machine and I; trained nor capable of func-- ! put on twice daily. tioning adequately in a che--i Also joining us is FV2 Lisa mical environment. Simunaci who will be adding more and more to our pages. Lisa cbines to us from Letter to the Editor. Omaha, Nebraska, via Basic Training at Ft Jackson, S.C. Dear Editor, and The Defense Information It has been - s School. since my family and I left Dugway for Stuttgart, West Germany, to work for HQ VII a Weafl we" csffi of which was a thank you note from each of the students in the class. Somehow, Travis' letter was misplaced, and I didnt get that until Tuesday, but I thought Td share it with you, in his words .. . Sorrow came to Dugway .with the new year In the passing of a good friend and co- worker Jim Bungard of Equipment Management who died on the operating table in Salt Lake Jan. 9, two months after a head-o- n. collision in Johnson's Pass Nov. 9. ' We join with the family in praying he is now running, with the Lord. Hie mailbox at PAO was bulging over our long holiday stretch. We received several letters from overseas . . . two of which are reprinted here for you to share, the third was just a note from Maj. (Ret) Dave Maxwell who changed jobs on Okinawa and is now working for the Air Force at "Dear Sgt Hale Than you for showing us how the news paper youra nice man. I like your sence of boomer. ' FROM: Travis" Thank you too, Travis and all your classmates for all those very special letters of Kadena AFB. Just this week I received one of the best New Year's presents ever. Mrs. Brandts 3rd Grade class came to visit the Public Affairs Office and we showed them how this paper is put together and how Channel 13 operates. On Monday, my daughter, who is in that class, came home with a stack of yellow papers, each - . : In this issue, we start a Military Trivia feature at the suggestion of Command Sergeant Major John Sharpe. Speaking oftrivial things .. . we received the following, tidbit from the Air Force Information Newsletter: . . 'A hell of a way to die' a truck riding. The accident occur-- , red while he was on a huntfic collision between By MSgL David Lemme 12th FTW Safety Office Randolph AFB, Texas Ttii is a hell of a way to die," Lt. Gen. George S. Pat-to- n . and the car in which he was ing trip. It was a peacetime motor said as they lifted him into the ambulance. Tough words, from, a tough man. A man feared by the whole Nazi army. A man who had known the dangers of war. A man who had seen war's bloody violence. And a man who appreciated life. General Patton was fatally injured in an "ordinary" traf vehicle accident, the kind that can happen to anyone. "... and a hell of a way to die." Those are the words to re: member. They are words that speak of the bitter tragedy and the utter irony of accidents.-Maybe they should be put on highway , . Corps DIO. boards near the speedo-- . .meter.. With the new year here, ' you can expect all kinds of drivers to be on the road. . . life. The hard-fightin- g I want to thank you for sending us the Sampler. Although it arrives 30 to 45 days after hs print, it is always good to read about Dugway and our , many friends there. ! The following article appeared in the Jan. 2 Stars and you Stripes and I thought artimight be interested. The cle covered the top athletes in Germany for 1984. Juan Mercadoiand wife (I ran into Juan and his wife at the Louvre in Paris!) 2. SGM Dave Bullington and family. 3. SGM Jim Sullivan. 4. SGM John Sykora and sight, good judgment and skill will, bring you safely through the days ahead. General Patton lost his last battle - the one for his gener- Evelyn. 5. Amy Gillespie. 6. Shirley Romblad (Shir-lewas on a tour my sons and I went on deep sea fishing in the Baltis Sea!) , :: 7. Richard Gilmore and al faced an enemy that mankind has yet to conquer. y, : fa-.mil- y. . 8. 1SG Larry Washburn, and family. 9. John Smith and family. I'm sure there are more, but that isnt why I'm writing. . Letter to the editor Dear Editor, , My name is Mike Follis Jr. I am the son of MSGT Mike Follis. Ever since we moved from Dugway, we've been getting the Sampler and I think it's that you're sending us it because it's nice to hear what's happening out at goocl Dugway. The school I go to is about 20 minutes by bus (but when I lived at Dugway it was - aoout s minutes walk? so every morning I have to Sampler The Sampler Is publlihed by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing- Company of Tooele, Utah as ctvllllan enterprise In the interest of personnel at Dugway Proving, Utah. : Everything advertised In this publication must be made avail battlefield or civilians in the theater of war, and it will not negate the conclusive advantages an enemy would have if he launched a lightning campaign of conquest, employing chemicals to support his operations. learn about the Soviet arsenal of chemical agents, which can attack the respiratory, blood or central nervous systems of .our soldiers, the more we are convinced that our defensive means are far from satisfactory. Our detec- - 1. Knowledge, alertness, fore- these? shortcomings. The moral high ground of the American moratorium won't protect soldiers on the Similarly, the more we The work is exciting and affords me the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. I have run into many former Dugwayites. . . to name a few: billboards or pasted on dash- We need an immediate, comprehensive and effective research, development and production effort to correct quirement. , 18-mont- ' ; chemicals. For a host of reasons, cluding the safety of munitions handlers and friendly 'populations, binary chemical weapons are essential elements of this retaliatory re- : School. means to cope medically with the mass of casualties which can be expected from an enemy surprise use of in- . M. porarily effective, and collective protection is almost nonexistent. Of major concern also is the paucity of. one side can employ an overwhelming chemical advantage. . appreciation. If any of you readers have something you would like to share with a very appreciative young audience, contact Mrs. Hurst at the Elementary ' use or prevent the asymmetry which develops immediately on the battlefield if , ' tion and warning systems individuali are unreliable, . equipment is protective firtmhersome and ony tem For, some years now the Army has budgeted for the production of binary chemical munitions. We have come to recognize that this modern retaliatory delivery capability can deter enemy : 0U it . Crosscountry . Baumholder's Rick Jaster was the big name among harriers in 1984. He set a record practically every week, beat defending champion Jimmy Cole of Osterholz for the Ger- many AA championship and' then went on to take the Cen- tral Europeans, beating out Cole again. Maybe you could let coach Bruce and Bishop Roberts catch the bus to school. I know a couple friends from back at Dugway that live around this area. One is James Calvon, and Ricky Miller. James and his brother live up where my school is and Ricky lives up in Darmstadt which is about 30 minutes away. Well, if any of my friends are reading this, I haven't gone skiing yet but I am Rick Jaster know when you see them. The family is doing fine but ' miss their friends in Dug- way. Have a happy antrprosper-ou- s New Year. ... Sincerely, Kenneth F. Sperry ' HQ, VII Corps DIO PO Box 298 APO NY 09107 P.S. Keep the paper coming! are called Mainz Trojans and we ended up with a record of 5 and 2. Our rival team is the town I go to school at and we beat them once 62 to 6 our favor. Well, that's all I got to say, and if anyone wants to write, my address is: Mike Follis Jr., HHC, 8th CAB, APO NY 09185. haye to go now and I hope I get the Sampler for the rest of my stay in GerI learning some German and last summer I joined tackle football (13-1- 6 years) and we many. Mike Follis able for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, creed, color or national origin of the purchaser, user or patron. A con-- . be addressed to the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin, 58 N. Main St., Tooele, Utah 84074 or call (801) finned violation or rejection of this policy of equal opportunity by the advertiser will result in the refusal to print advertising from that source. Business and advertising matters concerning the paper should 882-005- Jr 0. News Items for publication should be sent to the Public Affairs Officer, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah 84022,oi 6. call (801) The Sampler Is published twice monthly by offset method. 522-211- AVON NOW HIRING Call VI -- 884-383- 0 mmmm nmmmmt BUY FOOD WHOLESALE Superior food for fine eating or Jorogs pjans. No refrigeration Also an excellent income fPPOrtunity ovoilable. If you'je interested in food or money. Call . .; ,,V,. ..' . .! 'O independent J0"" DISTRIBUTOR for !". 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