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Show T. E. Comins Retires Theodore E. Comins is retiring retir-ing with 42 years of creditable Federal Service time. HE STARTED his civil service ser-vice career at U.S. Army Delaware Dela-ware Ordnance Depot, Ped-ncktown. Ped-ncktown. New Jersey Aug. 10, 1942, in the munitions field. While there, he attended the U.S. Army Ammunition Inspector's In-spector's School No. 5 and in-turn, in-turn, started his U.S. Army Ammunition Inspector's Career Program. He entered the U.S. Army while at DOD and was selected for a special munitions assignment in the Ordnance Detached Service to New Guinea in the South Pacific. He became ill while there and was returned to the states and given a medical discharge after confinement to two U.S. General Army hospitals. UPON HIS return to DOD as an ammunition inspector he met his wife, Mary, who was a munitions checker in the Ammunition loading plant at DOD. Thev tied the life line Sept. 12, 1945. In February 1947 he was transferred to U.S. Army Susquehanna Sus-quehanna Sub-Depot of the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot, Wiliamsport, Pa. Their first son Alan, was born in Muncy, Pa. May 31, 1950. He was transferred to Savanna Ordnance Ordn-ance Depot, Savanna, 111. in Aug. 1950. He was transferred in May 1952 to the U.S. Army Theodore Munitions Outport, Theodore, Alabama. While there, he performed temporary tempor-ary duty to the New Orleans Port of Embarkation, New Orleans, La. r (". if' : TED E. COMINS IN JULY 1952 he was transferred trans-ferred to the U.S. Army San Jacinto Ammunition Pier, Channelview, Texas. He did considerable temporary duty to the shipyards in Houston and Beaumont, Texas while stationed there. Transferred to U.S. Army Red River Arsenal, Texarkana, Tex. , in December 1953. Their second son, Gary was born in New Boston, Tex., July 21, 1954. While at Red River Arsenal performed extended temporary duty to the U.S. Army Sunny Point Munitions Terminal, South-port, South-port, North Carolina. In Septembr 1956, he was transferred to U.S. Army In-fanty In-fanty Center, Fort Benning, Ga. While there, performed temporary duty to U.S. Army Seneca Ordnance Depot, Romulus, New York, U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, U.S. Ranger Ran-ger Camps at Dahlonega, Ga., and Field No. 9, Elgin AFB, Florida, U.S. Army Fort McPherson, Georgia and Warner War-ner Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia and Turner AFB, Albany, Ga. AFTER approximately 20 years with the Department of the Army he transferred in January 1962 to the Department Depart-ment of the Air Force with the OOAMA, HOS 2705th, Air Munitions Wing, Hill AFB. He has been stationed at Hill AFB since January 17, 1962 and upon retirement was the Chief of the Explosives Safety-Aircraft Safety-Aircraft Loadjng Section. V In this capacity he was re-. sponsible in managing and im- plementing the Air Force Logistics Command explo-six explo-six es safety and system safety program (requirements and criteria) worldw ide. HE SAYS he has had his career-life programmed from the beginning with his first Federal assignment and now upon his retirement he and his wife intend to continue to enjoy en-joy life to the fullest. They plan to remain at their current residence resi-dence in Bountiful. They plan more frequent trips to Snowbird, Snow-bird, Las Vegas and Wen-dover. |