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Show I Major Equipment Arrives For Local Electronics, Communications Study Major equipment for the local loc-al Voluntary Electronics Warfare War-fare program was installed last week-end, and the entire program pro-gram can now get .underway in earnest, according to Lt. Com. W. Ralph Shields, commanding officer. Commander Shields said there are now three officers and five men conducting an electronics station training program in Roosevelt, each Thursday night at 8 p. m., upstairs in the Commercial Com-mercial club building. They are, in addition -to Commander Shields, LtJG Richard Lowe and Terrance Hatch; Martin Curtis, radioman first class; Max Mullins, fireman first class; Dean Frandsen, machinists mate second class; and Boyd Clark, and Val Roberts, seamen. The local unit, made up principally prin-cipally of Naval reservists and new recruits, is a part of the Navy's voluntary reserve training train-ing units. Its purpose is to teach : electronics and communications..-locally, communications..-locally, on as large a scale as possible. Commander Shields estimated that the local unit is now equipped equip-ped with about $4,000 in transmitters, trans-mitters, receivers, field equip- : ment, and incidentals. The Roosevelt training program pro-gram was started last May, and some equipment was installed about two months ago. The . majority of the equipment, however, did not arrive until the weekend. Headquarters for the unit is at Salt Lake City. The unit's station stays in contact with a circuit including Vernal, Cedar City, Price, and Ogden. The Voluntary Electronics Warfare program has been in operation nationally since World War II. |