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Show . . i f - T Commander UT 84022-500- DOO-S- 14 Third Class 0 Mall OFFICIAL BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE, f . POSTAOE AND FEES PAID DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY USArmy Dugway Proving Ground " Dugway, 10, iI 300 STEDP-P- A State Historical Society 816 f StateStreet WI Madison, OA LABEL 1B-- 1. 1 est of tlie personnel of: Dugway Proving Ground 53706 r d oi g RDD. OCT. 74 (AR 340-- 3) ment, including the addition of a special forces battalion, Beginning in May, the desert portion of Ranger trainplace in a 105 ing will-tak- for the Rangers. .. Basic Ranger training square mile area near the Cedar Mountain range.. Between 150 and 200 approximately then the desert training and then proceed to Eglin Air Force Base for jungle trainthen back to Fort ing and to Benning graduate. The desert training phase was instigated in ApriM983, The seven day desert training will start with a mass tactical jump. From there, students will prepare a defense1 of the drop zone. According to an article in Army Magazine, "The students will receive formal instruction in tactics and survival. They will be con- sight to the residents of Dugway, but according to. director of plans and opera-tions Lt. Col. Richard L. Ha-- , ley, the effects of them being here will be visible. "What the Rangers will do for Dugway," explained Haley, "is provide additional support for the troop base." What this means is,4y in- creasing - our military ad- strength, we will receive ditional funds for things like the PX, the commissary, and a Rec Center, because the funding for things like that is based on troop strength and not civilian personnel. "The Rangers coming here has been a long time coming," said Haley. "They have been looking for a new place to conduct their desert training for some time now." Currently, desert training is conducted at Port Bliss. Because they have had an increase in mission assign- - be- . ducting night raids, ambushes and lengthy reconnaissance patrols against a enconventional motorized emy force." ' "The platoons rotate in live-fir- e . raids of conducting a fortified complex of enemy ' radar sites and bunkers. This operation has become the most extensive live-fir- e event of the Ranger course and includes support from 40-m- mortars, squad 60-m- m m M2 03- - ine-gun sup-- . vml m 1 ., neL , . Thursday, Jan. 31, 1985? Mjfn oof's and demolition teams destroy the enemy site with exV plosives." As early as this summer, Haley expects to have; at least two permanent party Rangers assigned nere. There will be one Captain and one NCO to pull the program together. Within the next twp to three years, Haley said there will be up to 135 permanent party people connected With the Rangers here, 10 of those will be civilian person- - training in Delonica, Ga., classes a year. The Rangers will be out of weapons and air X is often. Once the objective is overrun, intelligence is gathered students attend mountain 14 nk M port when available, which gins at Fort Benning. The trainees will jump into Dugway May 12 to begin a seven day course in desert operations training. Plans are to run ti-ta- they no longer have room e grenades fired from launchers, M60 mach- fire, M72 light an- They have looked at a number of places to conduct this training including Yuma Proving Ground, Fort Irwin, White Sandsd and we were the only ones that said "yes,w we want you here," said Ha-- . ley. "They also liked what we had to offer. Dugway is a good place for them because there are all types of deserts located in this one area." "We can offer them housing without having to go out and build, said Haley; We can dedicate a training area will to them where non-on-e bother them and they won't . have to share it with anybody." .VI V. i . . : n Dugway Proving Ground is one of six Army laboratories and depots helping assess the current state of the : Army's stockpiles of 5 chemical filled rockets. The 5 rockets, totaling about 400,000 in number, are stockpiled in six locaM-5- M-5- tions: Umatilla Depot Activity, Ore.; Tooele Army Depot, Ut.; Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark.; Anniston Army Depot, Ala:; Lexington Blue Grass A d S" t i ! Depot Activity, Ky.; and Johnston Island. Due to the advanced age' of the the Army susa pects program of demilitarization and destruction may be needed. To determine the extent of deterioration in the 5 inventory, and thereby gaining more exact information to make ultimate decisions, the Army has undertaken a thorough assessment program. Stockwill be scienpiles of tifically sampled in the fof-M-55- 's, L M-5- M-55- 's ' v.. lowing categories: Propellant Are stabilize f levels current and, if not, what is the ignition temperature with low stabilizer le' - vels?. Fuze - Can safety features be revalidated? Bursters - What is the current state of sensitivity? Metal parts - Are weld de- fects developing? What is the state of corrosion and, if corrosion is present, what is I the chance of leakage? Chemical fill - What Will .analysis of agent payloads show after extended storage period ranging from 16 to 40 years? Installations and activities participating in the assessment in addition to Dugway include Armament Research and Development Command, Dover,, N.J.; Chemical Re- search and Development Center. Aberdeen Proving Ground; Md.; Army Materiel Mechanics Research cording to military specifications," explains Dr. Brauner. Tn addition, we will reconcile some conflicting results indicated by several bubbler samplers from Umatilla." Agent samples from stock- Center, Watertown, Ma.; Tooele Army Depot; and Pine Bluff Arsenal. Dugway is scheduled to analyze chemical payload sample's from the Umatilla and Tooele stockpiles. piles of Anniston and Blue Grass Depots will be analyzed at Pine Bluff Arsenal. Chemical Research and Development Center will perform accelerated aging tests on agent fills. Overall coordination of the assessment program is According to Dr. Ken Brauner, chief of MTs Chemical Laboratory Division, analysis techniques will be similar to those used in many other Dugway pro, jects. "We will be performing routine purity analyses ac- 79.0 In HSmm fOTAlWT. 57 AGENT AGENT WT. GB (VXI FUZE M4I7 1URSTER M34, M36 Camp B 3.2 LB. M28 19.3 M62 EXPLOSIVE EXPLOSIVE WT. PROPELLANT PROPELLANT WT. PRIMER After the assesment has been completed, officials will have reached three ob- jectives. First, a determination can be made on the condition of the stockpiles for continued safe storage. Secondly, trends will have been identified in degradation of rocket components. Thirdly, officials will be able to project a safe near-ter- . being provided by Arma- m ment, Munitions and Chemi- storage life. PROPELLANT, GRAIN ' LBS. 10.7 Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency. m m iength DMMirn cal Command, with assistance from Depot Systems Command and the Army SPRING US.) (5 1,1 NOZZLE S BURSTER LBS. (10.0 LBS) AUXNJARY BURSTER FUZE . IGNITER ASSEMBLY BURSTER TUBE CHEMICAL IGNITER CABLE . FILLER. : !E ; j.; Swap Shop returns to channel 1 3 Ads are once again being accepted from Dugwayites wishing to buy, sell or trade personal items. The procedure has been automated, and all ads are now being taken on an answering machine'. To place an ad, call 2141 and leave your message, name and home number at the sound of the tone. ed. Meal price will be as follows: Military - $1.50, under 12 military dependent $ .75; Civilian $3.65, under 12 civilian dependent $1.80. Reservations need to be called in to the HHC Orderly Room by Feb. 6, 3535. . . V 4. Pony express toastmasters meet Time is running out and there are still plenty of available spaces. Don't miss out on "this exciting, d weekend in Yellowstone National Park on snowmobiles. The cost is $185.00 per person (double occupancy). This price includes meals, rooms, snowmobile clothing, and snowmobiles for two days. We will leave Dugway the morning of 28 and return on March 3. We are taking a February $30.00 (nonrefundable) deposit For more information call Dawn at The Pony Express chapter of Toastmasters International will meet on Wednesdayd, Feb. 6, at 7:00 p.m., upstairs at the Community Club. Reservations for dinner ($6.00 per person) can be made by calling John Choules at 5412, Steve Wheaton 34414582, or by contacting any Toastmaster. fun-fille- ' 2164 Sou food night to be held . Published by the lYanscript-Bulletl- n Publishing Company, a private firm la no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions" the DPG command had ted favorable results from the Corps of Engineers. While there will still be an increase, the dollar amounts will not be as much as ini- . Dugway Proving Ground is establishing a part-tim- e posiemployment program. At this time, the part-tim- e tions have been established in the clerical areas, "but if successful, the part-tim-e program may be extended to fields. other tially indicated: Rate increases for other categories of housing will remain as . eipiftsed by the writers herein are their own and are not to be consl- -an official expression by the Department of the Army. The K: net- The recent incre ase in housing rental rates will not be as much as originally planned for Renneau Copurt h. and Carpehart units. At press time, the Sampler learned a recomputation of rental rates requested by -- 1700-190- SF-17- HOUSING RATES ADJUSTED. employment program available at CPO Part-tim-e . In commemoration of Black History Week a Soul 0 at Food Night will be held on Feb. 13, from invitis whole the HHC Dining Facility. The community The Office of Personnel Management in Denver, Colorado is currently accepting applications for clerical posiare open for acceptance of aptions. Clerk typist GS-3- 4 Form 5000AB plications. Individuals must obtain OPM 1203-for Clerk GS-3 and OPM Form for Clerk typist Both these applications may be obtained TVpist GS-09 (a recording) and leaving by call OPM at (303) form they need. which and their name and address Once individuals have taken the test and are request1 "Personal Qualification ed by OPM to fill out a 19, that Statement" they will need to indicate in Item to as40 week hours in less than are interested per they sure that they will indeed be considered when DPG requests a list of eligibles for part time employment 236-415- Snowmobile trip still has room ap- previously announced. pearanee of advertisements Inserts In this publication does not stttute an endorsement by the Department of the Army. J r ; ' V: t ..-L-.L'jt- W tr ft rriaj h .i iim r im ejsy t t4C .. .. . MlSi rfi.'g ,T;r aw St- '. con-- r : |