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Show .tjw!,'.':-!.- - o n The Sampler, Sept 19, 1985 punctual fy rnean fo joiy? Wfraf coes by Ellen Hurst "Oh, Susan? She's a Pisces and always late." Into astrology? Actually we're into punctuality. Being on time is somewhat cultural. To the Germans, punctuality is an esteemed virtue. To the Navajo it is within several hours. To my Pisces friend, it is within 15 minutes. Is lack of punctuality a trait of disorganization? Poor planning? Slowness? Preoccupation? Discourtesy? Habit? Lack of conformity? My friend, Rex, is a flight engineer for Delta Airlines. He shows up to work several hours ahead of schedule simply because he can't afford to miss a flight, even for a flat fire. It's called planning ahead. It's also called keeping his job because he can't afford to miss more than three flights. After that he's grounded. On the other extreme, I was asked to attend the building dedication of the. new Head Start in Montezuma Creek; Utah. I was told the starting time. Being an anglo I showed up at 9:45 a.m. I waited. Finally at 11 a.m. a head start teacher showed 10 a.m. was minutes ahead. But then I rationalize that the watches up. By noon, four people from the community came, with makings for mutton .stew. Finally I left at one o'clock realizing the party wouldn't even be close to starting for several more hours. No apologies. Just part of the way of life. Actually I write of punc. tuality to assuage my guilty conscience for being late. I e used to be a chronic I person. But then got tired of waiting for other people. My time was too valuable. Then I became a late per-- , son. I have even tried setting my clocks and watches five ; i on-tim- ' are set ahead. What do you do it the batteries in your alarm go dead? What if there is a power failure and you didn't know it happened? Is there no justice in the world? Being the optimist I am, I'm glad buildings are located relatively close in English Village. No one is more than five minutes away from a meeting unless it's in Ditto. ' " So Pisces, Navajo or Gerdo we. ever man, really get away from time? I guess it simply depends on where one lives. fi BpDD,ij& by Rick Fulton Public Affairs Officer On guard! Jab, slash, jab, jab, block, arry right, buttstroke, jab, ab, parry left. . . thrust! On guard! Run. Down a hill. First target. Parry right, buttstroke to the groin! Run. . Jump the hurdle. Target! Parry left, thrust! On guard! Run. Yell. Yell! Cross the creek, and climb the bank. Target! Parry! . Thrust! On Guard. Run. Target! On guard! Slash! On guard, run. Target! Jump in the, foxhole and thrust. Out again. Run, run. On guard! Parry, thrust, on guard, run. . Yell! Pant. Side aches. Foot- work; footwork! ON guard! Parry! Thrust! Runrun. On your back. Crawl! Crawl, crawl. Watch out for boobytraps. Watch out for barbed wire. Watch but! Call 2141 Watch out. Crawl. Elbows hurt, as heels shove.. Rifle lies heavy on your chest. Crawl, crawl! Don't stop. Keep going. Crawl. You can do it! Keep Almost Crawl! going. it up! through. Keep Done. Course completed. The side aches with pain and pleasure as the drill sergeant focuses hard flat eyes on yours and tells the captain, if he was grading, you'd qua- lify. Just that. Just barely, but you'd qualify! You suck a skinned knuckle, and grin, wonder- ing if he saw you almost stick your foot down in that foxhole. Not bad for a 40 year old, overweight civilian employee. You went but there to take some pictures and,, frankly, to see if basic was as tough as you remembered. Curiosity. You wanted to see if the drill sergeants of Today's Army were as squared away and as tough and professional as the Air Force T.I.'s you remembered from two decades and more ago. They ' are. You went to take pictures of soldiers in training, and you wound up with a filthy leaves stuck down the back of your trousers, and a grin as big as Texas uterweat jackets irt, when the course was run. You went to see the Army doing its thing on a bayonet course, and you wound up accepting an invitation to run it yourself. It brought back memories, and the slightly salty taste of pride. Jab! Thrust! On guard! Challenge. Adventure. Ac- complishment. The spirit of Today's Army. The spirit of the bayonet! On guard! Bring issues to commander by Lisa Simunaci Beginning today, a new program will be ready fdr use here. The new program will be an answering machine that may be used by civilian and military employees who feel they have an issue which needs the attention of the dial-a-bo- To insure that soldiers, civilians and their families work in an environment responsive to their needs, the. program is being set up throughout the ss dial-a-bo- ss TE-CO- M family, Maj. Gen. AnH. drew Anderson stated. v "The telephone answering program offers an excellent method of solving problems for members of an installation in an expeditious manner," the TECOM command- command group. "This program is not a substitute for, nor- should it eliminate, the chain of com- er said. "Reports received from Army units worldwide ex- mand," commander Col. David A. Nydam said. "Instead," Nydam continued, "it should be used for issues that the chain of command cannot provide reasonable press continued success with the program. Commanders are achieving outstanding results in eliminating the concerns and answers for in a reasonable amount of time." dial-a-bo- ss problems of our soldiers and their families by providing timely answers or solutions," according to an Army news release. Nydam "said he feels the system for getting problems and questions to the command group works well now. Through the forum of quarmeetings, comterly town mand sessions and the easy accessability of myself and the staff, I feel that pressing issues are brought to our attention," Nydam said. 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