Record Retirements During

June At GenterThe month of June provided DMAAC with the largest

monthly total of retirements in the Center's history. As ofpresstime 84 names had been reported from the Civilian Per-sonnel Office. Among the list is the first husband and wife team toretire at the same time, Deane and Ruby Clawson and theyoungest woman to retire, Orlie Musterman.

Listed below are the retirees to date. More photos andfeatwe stories can be found on the inside pages.

Anderson. Samuel A.

Barndollar, Edgar H.

Berger, Alex, Jr.

Bevirt, Donald P.

Beyer, Daniel J.

Blotevogel, Victor E.

Bordeaux, Berenice M.

Bradley, Calvin J.

Brown, Fred D.

Brown, Thixton P.

Bunch, David R.

Burkhardt Albert H.

Carlson, Donald G.

Carter, George

Clawson, Ruby J.

Clawson, Deane T.

Condaxis, Paul P.

Dawson, Doward D.

Dubbelde, Ruth L.

Dudler, Walter A.

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OrientorDEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER

Vol. XlV, No. 13 July 13, 1973

Gen. Breedlove DMA Centralized GivilianNew DMA Deputy Payroll Now at DMAACMajor General James M.

Breedlove, USAF, has been namedDeputy Director of the DefenseMapping Agency, to be effectiveAugust 1. The announcement wasmade by Lt. Gen. Howard W.Penney, USA, Director of theDefense Mapping Agency.

General Breedlove comes to hisnew assignment from the AirTraining Command at RandolphAir Force Base, in Texas, where hewas Deputy Chief of Staff forOperations. He is a native ofFranklin, Kentucky. He graduatedfrom the U.S. Military Academy-West Point in June 1947 and joinedthe Army Air Corps as a secondlieutenant.

Following a period of pilottraining, he was assigned as a jetfighter pilot with the 56th FighterInterceptor Group, Selfridge AFB,Mich. During the Korean War, heserved with 616th Aircraft Controland Warning Squadron at Kimpo,South Korea, where he flew a totalof 39 combat missions.

Following duty on the Air Stafffrom 1957 to 1962 GeneralBreedlove graduated from theArmed Forces Staff College. Afterservice with the 3rd Air Force inEngland and U.S. Air Force inGermany, he was transferred inJune of 1969 to Thailand. There,while serving as Vice Commanderof the 3BBth Tactical Fighter Wing,and later Commander, he flew 162

Five months of study and testingended on July lst and a new cen-tralized civilian payroll systemcame into being for DMAheadquarters, DMATC, DMASchool and DMAAC. DMAHC'spayroll operation is scheduled forimplementation later this year.

The new centralized system willmean very little ehange in thecivilian payroll procedures for theAerospace Center personnel sincethe focal point of the system will bethe ongoing DMAAC payrollprogram. For the personnel of theheadquarters, the DMA School andTopographic Center the newsystem will mean faster receipt oftheir paychecks (the Friday afterthe pay period ends) and someminor reporting procedurechanges.

The consolidation of the payrollprocedures at DMAAC provides amore economic means ofoperation, a standardization ofreports and, of course, theelimination of two separate payrollsystems.

AFG E SurveyNow Underway

The American Federation ofGovernment Employees AFGE isnow conducting a campaign at thisCenter to determine the extent ofemployee interest in having AFGE

According to Captain Frank R.Emmerich, DMAAC Finance andAccounting Officer, the newsystem went on the line for theheadquarters, school andTopographic Center personnel withthe pay period of July lst andbecame effective for theAerospace Center personnel on thepay period beginning July B. Thereason for the different startingdates is that TC, the school andheadquarters are paid on the oddweek to DMAAC.

"It took a lot of programming,planning and testing," said Capt.Emrnerich, "but we feeleverything is totally operational."

The change over required a newprogram development to transferthe payrolfs from the Corps ofEngineers Omaha, Neb. pay centerHoneywell 437 computer to theAerospace Center's Burroughs3500. Some 14 different programswere involved and new standardshad to be devised where conflictsexisted in the systems.

"Jack Willett's people over inData Automation, Bill Schramm,Ernie Wheeler, Dorothy Hydukeand Robert McDaniel did a greatjob in the programming area,"commented Capt. Emmerich."Here in my own shop we couldn'thave gotten everything sorted outwithout the fine assistance of MaryMargaret Kleba, Georgia Din-smore and the hard working group

Edwards. Walter W.

Fitzmaurice, AustinFrench, Roscoe J.

Freyland, Joseph P.

Franklin, Robert L.

Gilliam, Andrew E.

Glasscock, Dorothy

Golden, James O.

Haeffner, Beulah M.

Harper, "GW"Hines, Frank J. Sr.

Hodak, Lorene T.

Homer, Mary E.

Huber, Bob

lzumi, Shinsuke E.

Jacquet, Gabriel H.Johnson, Edward O.

Kaech, Delmar E.

Kelley, James L.

Kinsella, Raymond P.

Koprowski, Frank J.

Korst, Beverly D.

Ponciroli, Louis M.

Powell, Maryann R.

combat missions with a total of 378flying hours in F-4E Phantom IIaircraft.

E/P Program

New WordsAt Genter

Initials and acronyms aregetting to be a common sight intoday's communications, and twoinitials that are becoming im-portant at DMAAC are E and P.When placed together the twostand for effectiveness andproductivity, the newest concept inmanagement within DMA.

The E/P Program came about asa result of General Penney'sconcern for the monetary gapexpected in FY 76, between thestated MC&G productrequirements of the Department ofDefense and the actual dollarsavailable to DMA.

To decrease the dollar gap DMAestablished the E/P Program tofocus continuing emphasis on thenecessity of increased ef-fectiveness in total resourcesutilization. To accomplish thisDMA must continue to insureessential MC&G support of themilitary needs while at the sametime identifying areas whereeconomies are possible.

A 10 per cent goal of increasedproductivity through FY 76 has

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represent them for purposes ofexclusive recognition.

A thirty per cent showing ofinterest in the unit desired by theunion is required before a petitionfor election can be filed.

The unit desired by the union isDMAAC-wide (2nd Street andSouth Annex).

Excluded from the proposed unitunder the provision of ExecutiveOrder 11491, as amended, areemployees engaged in Federalpersonnel work in other than apurely clerical capacity,management of f icials, super-visors, guards, some confidentialsecretaries, and most temporaryemployees. Prof essional em-ployees and nonprofessionalemployees may not be combined inthe same unit unless a majority ofthe voting professional employeesvote for inclusion in the unit.

Section 1(a) of the President'sExecutive Order 11491, asamended, provides that all em-ployees have been and areprotected in their exercise of theright, freely and without fear ofpenalty or reprisal, to form, join,assist, or oppose any lawful labororganization.

The campaign began Mondayand will last for two months.

Solicitation for membershipand/or distribution of literaturewill be done in non-work areas andduring non-work time.Representatives of AFGE areavailable in the dining hall atSecond Street and the cafeteria atSouth Annex as well as the parkinglots of both installations.

of payroll clerks. Those payrollclerks made a 1007o check of allrecords and compared themagainst the Omaha records. Thething to remember is that all thisextra work was done without aconflict with our normal payrolloperation. "

Approximately 3400 new payrollrecords were added to theAerospace Center payroll system.

In addition to the main com-ponents, the field offices of theTopographic Center also cameunder the system. They includeLouisville, KY; Providence, RI;Kansas CiW, MO; Sah Antonio,Tex; White Sands Missile Range,NM; Omaha, Neb; and MiddleRiver out of Baltimore, MD.

New manuals had to be writtenon the new system and T&A as

well as other forms revised wherenecessary. Visits to the other unitswere made to explain the newsystem and train T&A clerks.

Checks will continue to be sent topersonnel at either a home addressor to a bank as specified by theindividual. Leave and earningsstatements will be sent to theemployee through the regularorganizational distribution chan-nel s.

While there are only a fewchanges in the T&A procedures forclerks at DMAAC, everyone isencouraged to read the newmanual to assure that minorchanges in the system are noted.The new manual with sample

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DMAAC Honored Retirees

Piclured from lefl to righl: Col. Donald D. Hawkins, Mr. & Mrs. AlexBerger, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bevirt, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Thornberry, OrlieMusterman, Berenice Bordeaux, Marie Matousek, Bernice Ames,William Riordan.

Piclured from lefl lo right, firsl row: Dorothy Glasscock, Mrs. JamesRoberts, Mrs. Frank Hines Second row, Col' Donald Hawkins, Mr. James

Roberts, Mr. Frank Hines, William Riordan.

Pictured lrom lefl to righl, seaied:Waterman, Mrs. Paul Condaxis, Altiding, Col. Glenn Howerlon, Mr. JohrMr. Paul Condaxis, Mr. George OzRiordan, Col. Donald Hawkins.

Retirement Stories Begin As IBEULAH M. HAEFFNER,

CDCA, spent her entire 25 yearsFederal service at DMAAC. Shestarted at the Plant when it was on12th Street on June 21, 1948, in thePhotogrammetry Division andworked there for nine years. Shewas transferred to the Car-tography Division in 1957 whereshe has been assigned as a car-tographer to the present time.

"I plan on redecorating ourhome, doing lots of reading andsome traveling. I also plan onsleeping late and just doing things Inever seem to have time for whileworking."

WILLIAM LUERA'S, CDIA,Federal career began at theBureau of Reclamation, Dept. ofthe Interior at Phoenix, Ariz. As asurveyor and draftsman. AtDMAAC since February 25, 1951,

he was assigned to CartographyDepartment as a cartographer.

"I plan to assist my wife in theoperation of "Riviera Package

Mess Sergeant School, he wasassigned as a mess sergeant atWoodrow Wilson General Hospitalwhen discharged in July 1945.

He returned to Federal serviceat the Chart Plant ir June 1949

assigned as the Commander's(Col. Morrison) chauffeur, untilSeptember when he wasreassigned to the PrintingDivision, Plate Department. Hewas a platemaker until 1968 whenhe was promoted to a lithographicdraftsman, and retired as such.

He has "No particular plansexcept to relax and take it easy andfinally get around to getting thosechores done around the house."

WALTER V. MROZ, PDB,served in the Army Air Corps fromJune 10, 1941 until discharged onNovember 20, 1945 with the rank ofStaff Sergeant. He worked atseveral printing plants within theSt. Louis area before resuming hisFederal career when he joined thethen ACIC at 12th & Delmar on

was with the U.S. Army from May1942 until February 1946 assignedas a map draftsman/compiler withthe 524 Topo Eng. Bn. He worked atthe Army Map Service prior totransferring to DMAAC in Sep-tember 1947. He was assigned tothe Photogrammetry Division forten years and since then theCartography Department, inttheCompilation Branch at time ofretitqme-n!.

HENRY J. NEUSTAEDTER,PDF, enlisted in the ArmyDecember 13, 1943 and was swornin just two weeks later. He served atour in the South Pacific beforebeing discharged January 9, 1946.He resumed federal service onApril 17, 1946 as a patrolman atJefferson Barracks guardingAmerican prisoners. He tran-sferred to the Lincoln Ordnance inNovember and the following Mayto the Army Records Center. Twoyears later, May 1949, he tran-sferred to the then Chart Plant at1D+h ,Q. T\almar rc q crronr{ ln

Piclured from lefl lo right, seated: Mrs. Beulah Haeffner, Mrs. RubyClawson, Mrs. Joseph Lomulo, Mrs. Bob Huber, Mrs. Gordon Sline.Standing, Gabriel Jacquet, Col. Donald Hawkins, Andrew Oplotnik, SamOwens, Mr. Haeffner, Mr. Deane Clawson, John l. Johnson, Mr, JosephLomuto, Mr. Bob Huber, Mr. Gordon Stine, William Riordan.

Pictured from left lo righl: Col. Donald Hawkins, Mr. & Mrs. LucuisWynne, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Measmer, William Riordan.

Liquor Store" inSt. Charles. I alsoplan to grow up with my daughterby going fishing, swimming, etc.Being a member of theorganizations such as the Shriners,Moose Club, Elks, I also plan tobe more active."

DORIS J. PHILIPPI, CMFT,arrived at Camp Cooke, Calif.,(presently Vandenberg AFB) onMarch 23, 1943 and was hired inCivilian Payroll. She becamecivilian payroll supervisor andremained there until February1946 when her husband wasdischarged from military serviceand they returned to their home inSt. Louis. She resumed her careerin September at War Assets Ad-ministration and when the agencywas liquidated transferred to theFinance Center. A year later, onApril 17, 1950 she transferred toDMAAC's Finance Division as apayroll control clerk and sinceNovember 1966 has been assignedas Accountability Clerk to theFinance Officer.

Her retirement plans include,"Living each day as I please, thissounds like pure magic, but I'mgonna try."

CHARLES ZIMMER, PDA,enlisted in the U.S. Army Feb. 12,

1936 assigned to the 13th & 2ndCavalry at Fort Riley, Kans. Hewas transferred to JeffersonBarracks and assigned to theservice company - Motor Pool &Mule Skinner. At the beginning ofWWII he was assigned to the 37thInfantry with overseas tours inAlaska and the Aleutians.Reassigned to Ft. Meade to attend

May 29, 1950. He was assigned as alithographic pressman and hasbeen assigned to the PrintingDivision during his entire career atDMAAC.

WALTER A. DUDLER, PDB,entered the U.S. Navy in May 1942.

After graduating from serviceschool at the University ofMissouri he was assigned to PT#542 participating in four invasionlandings. He spent the last year ofservice in the Pacific aboardvarious warships, also on oc-cupation duty at Hiroshima, Japanbefore being discharged onDecember 7, 1945.

Mr. Dudler was employed at theVeterans Administration, fromNovember 1946 to February 26,1952 when the agency moved toDenver, Colo.

He entered the Naval service a2nd time in May 1954 and aftergraduating from electronic techschool was assigned to a destroyer(f566) in the Pacific, serving ayear and a half, and then wasdischarged October 10, 1955.

He started at DMAAC inNovember 1955 and was assignedas an offset pressman, Printing &Distribution Division at the time ofretirement.

"I intend to travel (by camper)extensively throughout the U.S.and Canada, and possibly Centraland South America before takingup residence on my propertylocated in North Eastern Florida."ANDREW A. OPLOTNIK, CDCA,celebrated his 30th anniversaryjust six months ago on Jan-uary 2nd,- His military service

12th & Delmar as a guard. InFebruary 1951 he was reassignedto the Printing Division grainingroom and has been assigned withinthe Printing and DistributionDivision in various capacities sincethen. He was a finishing worker inthe Bindery at time of retirement.

"I plan to sleep later and do verylittle work."

SAM L. OW E N S, C D I C, served inthe Army Air Corps from May 1942

to October 1945 as an intelligencespecialist.

He worked at the General Ac-counting Office as an auditor fromDecember 1945 to May 1952. Thenthe FHA Dept. of Agriculture as anaccounts clerk from September1952 to November 1954 transferringto DMAAC the following month. Hewas assigned to various divisionswithin the P&D Plant as a car-tographer and was assigned to theCompilation Branch of Car-tography Department at time ofretirement.

LEE H. LAMB, ADDS, enlistedin the Army Air Corps in July 1943

and was stationed at Miami Beach,Fla. for basic training. He wascommissioned upon completing theaviation cadet training program inL944. He was assigned as a pilotand Communications Officer untildischarged in June 1952.

He resumed his Federal careerwhen he joined DMAAC inFebruary 1955 and was assigned tothe now Aeronautical InformationDepartment as an air informationspecialist.

He has no immediate plans inretirement "except to stay asPage2 ORIENTOR July 13, 1973

At Cocktail Party June 28

Photos by Ed Mullen and Singleton Harris

,cord lUum her Leove ln luneactive as possible."

JOSEPH P, FREYLAND,ADDN, joined the reserves in MaY1942 and was called to active dutyin November 1943. He was com-missioned through the Air ForceReserve and was a navigator on B-17s and served in the EuroPeanTheater before being discharged inDecember 1945. He came toDMAAC in December 1955 as anAir Navigation Technician and hasbeen in the Aeronautical In-formation Department except fortwo years in the Directorate ofOperations, Product RequirementsDivision.

As a supervisory aeronauticalinformation specialist he wasrecently Project officer forproduction of foreign FLIPSpreviously published in ouroverseas Detachments in EuroPeand Pacific. Author of FLIPProduction Manual.

"Will relocate to home inSarasota, Fla. and *itt :::rl::"_J:

joined the Marine Corps in 1941 andspent WWII in the Pacific assignedto a dive bomber squadron. Heserved approximately eight yearsin the Marine Corps and then 12

years in the Air Force assigned tothe Strategic Air Command. Afterretirement from the Air Force inJune 1965, he came to DMAAC. Hewas assigned to the DoD GravitYLibrary as a physical scientist attime of retirement.

"Moving to Rolla, Mo. where twoof the children are enrolled at theUniversity of Missouri."

ALEX BERGER, JR., ADLR,served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II, as a quartermasteraboard a destroyer. He spent abouta year at sea during three yearsservice. His first civil service jobwas a military allotment clerk atthe Army Finance Center on 4300

Goodfellow, from April 1949 untilJune 1952. He came to DMAAC inMarch 1954 and was assigned toPhotogrammetry Division as a.'.'-l^ ^i;^ At {iaa af na{iromont

January 1950 as a cartophotogrammetric aid, but sixmonths later he was ordered backto active duty. He returned to ACICin June 1952 but again in March thefollowing year was recalled to dutyand served another six months.

He was assigned to variousdivisions of the P&D Plant and inApril 1954 was appointed TrainingOff icer Photogrammetry andserved for three years. In 1958 hewas reappointed training officerrvhen the carto training school wasIocated on Goodfellow, and laterrelocated at the South Annex.When the training school functionwas transferred from jurisdictionof the Plant to Directorate of Per-sonnel he was transferred to theP&D Plant Staf f where heremained until the DMAreorganization. At time ofretirement he was assigned toDirectorate of Progrms,Production and Operations.

BYRON S. PAUL, JR., RDNL,

Picturedfrom left lo right; Col. Donald Hawkins, Mr. Thomas Swisher,Mrs. & Mr. Roscoe French, William Riordan.

John Balmer, Mrs. Thomasggs, Mrs. David Miller. Stan-ner, Mr. Thomas Waterman,, Mr. David Miller, William

Pictured from lefl lo right:Kaech, Mr. & Mrs. Donald

Col. Donald Hawkins, Mr. & Mrs. DelmarRowe, William Riordan.

direct bridge tournaments for theAmerican Contract BridgeLeague."

DONALD M. ROWE, ,MDDB,began his career with the ArmY AirCorps in October 1943 and serveduntil March 1946 as aphotogrammetrist assigned to the6th Photo Compilation Sqdn. Hecame to DMAAC May 3, 1948, whenit was still on 12th Street, and wasassigned to the CartograPhYDivision as a carto aid. At time ofretirement he was a cartograPher(photogrammetrist) in MissileSupport Department, PositionalData Division.

"No set plans for retirement-dosome traveling, work around homeor down on the farm nearSteelville, Mo."

DELMAR E. KAECH, MDAA,joined the RCAF in September 1941

and served in Canada andEngland. In June 1943 he tran-sferred to the U.S. Army Air Corpsin England and was assigned to the91st Bomb Gp as a radiooperator/gunner on B-17s. He alsoserved in Germany and was a POWfrom August 17, 1943 to May 1, 1945

at Stalag XVIIB. Discharged inOctober 1945, he reenlisted thefollowing July and served until hisretirement in June 1963. Aftergraduation from the UniversitY ofSouth Dakota in June 1967 he joinedDMAAC and has been assigned asa cartographer in Missile SuPPortDepartment, Analytical Division.

He is "moving to Phoenix andplans to do substitute teaching andfishing."

ANDREW E. GILLIAM, RDNL,

carto aide. At time of retirementwas chief of the Index andReference Branch of DoD AirFacilities Library in AeronauticalInformation Department.

"PIan to get a real estateIicense."

IVAN T. WALTERS" PRP,career began at the TennesseeValley Authority in May 1942. InAugust that year he entered theArmy Air Corps and served forthree years. He returned to theTVA but three years later, in April1948 he transferred to the U.S.Naval Photographic InterpretationCenter. He remained there until histransfer to the DMAACorganization in September 1954. Hehad served in various staffpositions and since thereorganization has served asActing Assistant Deputy Directorfor Plans, Requirements andTechnology Directorate during itsformative stages and his latestassignment was as Acting Chief,Plans Division. Mr. Walters has noplans for the immediate futureother than to relax and "march tothe beat of his own drummer."

PAUL P. CONDAXIS, PPIB,retires just shy of the 30 yearmark, with 6 l/2 years in militaryservice with the U.S. Navy. Heserved aboard several ships and atvarious Naval air stations while onactive duty during WWII and theKorean War. Commissioned in1957, he is presently a commander(USNR) and commands the NavalAir Reserve Squadron based atGlenview, Ill.

His civilian career began here in

spent three and a half years in theU.S. Coast Guard as a radioman.He worked in communications forthe former Capitol Airlines foralmost two years before resuminghis Federal career at theHydrographic Office at Suitland,MD. After a short six monthstemporary appointment hereported to the then ACS in October1948, and was assigned to Aids toNavigation. With the move of theHeadquarters to St. Louis heremained in D.C. but wasreassigned to the Photogram-metric Division. He was assignedto the present day ResearchDepartment when they moved toSt. Louis in 1957. He was assignedto the Gravity Library Branch as aphysical scientist at time ofretirement.

"Plan to move to Northern FIa.,West Coast. Want to attendclasses---electronics and also getback on the air as a ham radiooperator. Hope for a part time joband volunteer work, plus usualfishing, etc."

The ORIENTOR is an off icial news-paper, published bi'weekly on Fri-dav bV and for the personnel of theDefense Mapping Agency AerospaceCenter, at St. Lou is, Missouri. Opin-ions expressed herein do not neces-sarily represent those of the DOD.

Col. Walter J. Chappas

D i recto r

David L. BlackChief , Oflice of lnf o'mation

Ed itor

Piclured from left to righi : Col. Donald Hawkins, Mr. & Mrs. CharlesMorgan, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zimmer, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Mroz, Mr. &Mrs. Henry Neuslaedter, Mr. & Mrs. Doward Dawson, Mr & Mrs, Ed-ward Turner, William Riordan.

Pictured lrom left to righl, sealed: Maryann Powell, Mrs. James Miller,Mrs. Byron Paul, Mrs. Andrew Gilliam. Standing, Col. Donald Hawkins,Mr. Thomas Seppelin, Mr. James Miller, Mr. Byron Paul, Mr. AndrewGilliam, William Riordan.

July 13, 1973 ORI ENTOR Page 3

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by David L. Black

If you've been sitting around all winter and spring planning yourvacation but just couldn't come up with anything really exciting, youmight want to talk with Gary Gann in Logistics.

Gary's vacation wasn't an ordinary run-of-the-mili, see-the-countrytype of vacation. Instead it was a let's-go-visit-my-brother-and-relax typeof vacation, at least that's what it started out to be. How relaxing dependsupon whether or not you consider alligator wrestling as a form ofrelaxation. Gary doesn't.

"My twin brother just recentlytook over the management ofLeroy Percy State Park inMississippi," relates Gary, "andmy family and I decided to go downthere for a little peace and quiet."

Like most state parks, LeroyPercy has walking trails, Picnicareas and a swimming pool."When we got there we found theswimming pool full of 30 alligatorsfrom six to ten feet in length,"reports our vacationer.

The gators had been a gift fromFlorida but had arrived before thegator pool was completed.

"The only way we could do anyswimming was to help my brother,Larry, move the alligators to theirnew home. The first thing we didwas to get a book and read aboutalligators. We found that, while theteeth were dangerous, the tail wasthe thing to worry the most about."

With the helP of other Park em'ployees Gary and Larry began tomove the alligators on a Saturdayafternoon. "We picked a little oneat first," smiled Gary, "He was

CORRECTIONApologies to Mr. Doward

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about six feet long. We Put a ropearound the neck and one aroundthe tail and then pulled, draggedand lifted until we could get himout of the pool Then we Placed apiece of inner tube around hismouth."

"How do you put an inner tubearound a gator's mouth," weasked. "Very carefully," wasGary's reply.

After the alligator was out of theswimming pool he had to be liftedinto a pickup and then driven overto the new gator pool where he wasunloaded. "We found we had tokeep the roped tight at all timesotherwise the alligators couldswish their tails and crack someleg bones," cautioned Gary.

"It took us about an hour to movethe first one and we onlY movedtwo that afternoon."

The next morning brought acrowd of onlookers as the wordtraveled through the communitYthat amateur alligator wrestlerswere at work.

Gentralized PayContinued From Pg. 1

forms is DMA manual 7300.2. Theimplementing instruction is DMAinstruction 7300.2.

For DMAAC T&A clerks minoreditorial posting changes will be

"After the catch of the first two,the others became smart andwould dive into the deep water. Wehad to fix a loop onto the end of a 15

foot pole."The big ones were saved until

last. Each of the 10 foot alligatorsrequired five men to lift.

"We gained experience as wewent along," claims Gary, "Thefirst day we got 2, the next 7 andthe last day 21."

"It was a vacation to remem-ber",says Gary, "But I don't knowwhether I want to do that everyyear. "

As an after thought Gary told us,"In case you don't think alligatorsare really that hard to get alongwith you might think aboutthis-last winter they put 33 gatorsin the swimming pool and we onlyfound 30 to move."

I don't know about you but I thinkI'll sit around and plan my usualsee-the-country type of vacationa little longer.

AndP ieces

From the Black book:At the Second Street instaliation

a new addition has been added for

been established by GeneralPenney.

Within DMAAC the E/PProgram has been inauguratedwith the DMAAC Board of Reviewat the heart of the system. TheBoard is composed of the Director,Deputy Director, TechnicalDirector, Deputy Directors for PPand PR and the Comptroller. TheBoard provides a medium foridentifying and expediting im-provement proposals. To dateapproximately $800,000 in im-provement potential for each of thenext three fiscal years has beenrealized from the Board's actions.

In addition, approximately 30

improvement items are understudy which project tomultimilliondollar potential overthe next three years. Among themore significant of these are theDMAAC product review studies,studies to streamlinespecifications, realignment ofproduction responsibilities andincreased application ofautomation and technical equip-ment in the production processes.

The Board has also assigned E/Pgoals to the various departmentsand squadrons within the Centerand will serve to monitor andadvise the Director on progress.Within each staff agency anddepartment, organizational E/Pmonitors have been designated toexpedite improvement potentialwithin their respectiveorganization. DMAAC personnelcan assist directly in the E/Psystem by bringing their ideas totheir Department Monitors. Forexample, a sergeant at the CTSquestioned the need for main-tenance of a set of filmreproducibles freeing twomanv years for production.

Furthermore, as William

DMAAC and each of us can addimmeasurably to the E/P effect bydoing his utmost to continue thattradition. In the final analysis, ourability to accomplish the E/P goaltranslates to the degree of en-thusiasm each one of us applies toour tasks. The scope of the E/Pobjective (approximately 7.2million dollars additional MC&Goutput over the next three years)far outpaces any of our im-provement efforts of the past. Toaccomplish this goal we need ideaswhich can be directly translatedinto providing more MC&G supportto the military departments."

While the management im-provement plans and studies havebeen actively pursued during thepast year, the actual measurementof the results of these studiesbecame operational July J. Todevelop the measurement concept,an E/P task force, chaired byFrank Roth, was establishedduring FY 73.

Indexes of DMAAC productivitywill be periodically provided theBoard of Review and Headquar-ters DMA.

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It should be pointed out that theE/P system is not in competitionwith the on-going suggestionprogram or the cost reductionprogram. Individuals who submitideas to the E/P program whichcould result in improved per-formance and increasedproductivity should also submit thesame idea through the suggestionprogram. Cost Reduction creditwill automatically flow from theE/P reporting structure and ad-ditional reporting is not required.

One of the more immediate E/Presults apparent to many DMAACpersonnel is the assumption of theDMA civilian centralized payrollby the DMAAC Accounting and

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Herman Droege, LOMP, wasinstalled June 24th as vice com-mander of the Missouri division ofthe Veterans of Foreign Wars atthe group's convention in JeffersonCity.

Mr. Droege has been active inthe VFW for several years.

Flood Brings PraiseCaptain James Broglie, Com-

noted in the manual and a changein the overtime reportingprocedure. Overtime forms AF 428will no longer be sent to Finance,but instead will be approved by theproper authority and then kept atthe supervisory level.

Despite a short time frame,satisfactory testing of the newprogram was completed prior toJuly 1.

the benefit of the commutersbetween the outlying buildings andthe main building. The fire safetypeoplehaveput up a series of signsproclaiming the merits of firesafety. The signs bring backmemories of the old Burma Shavesigns that use to flourish along thenation's highways. Perhaps whenthe fire people are done with themthe folks in Graphic Design can usetheir humorous taients to apply

was threatened, neither the full packacins Branch of Trans- rcLlcrrrcrrl uuurrL ulituE'cu cver-y

involvement of center personnel o.ri"'r1.rio,",r,.r. hour.

{_nor the seriousness of the situationwas realized here until we received Mr. Henry is survived by his Our congratulations to Edthe 4 May Orientor on B May. The widow Evelyn and three children, Lurton for his award from thefact that we only realized it then, Mary Louise, Charles and Valerie. Federal Business Association inindicated a complete, unin- recognition of his efforts asterrupted response to our -0- chairman of the Ticket andrequirements, a singularly Finance committee of this year'sremarkable and praiseworthy Word has been received of the Federal Awards Program. Someaccomplishment considering the death of Joan Schinzing, wife of fellow by the name of Dave Blackadverse conditions. Cledus Schinzing, PDA. Mrs. also got an award for publicity

Again Det 2 Says 'hats off' and Schinzing died June 28th of heart chairman. In the case of the latter.'thanks' for continued fine sup- complications. She is survived by a great deal of the credit has to gop".t." h"r h"rb"r to my secretary for making sure

everything got done the right way

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Riordan, Technical Director and Finance Office. (See related ar-E/P Program Monitor points out, ticle this issue.)"The E/P Program will E/P, Effectiveness andnecessitate continuing changes for Productivity, two initials and athe sake of improved efficiency new program that will be aroundand effectiveness. Changes of this for some time. Be conscious of it;nature are a tradition within add your support.

Martin's Son SSgt. Branson

ln R escueEleven year old Charles Martin,

son of Charles Martin formerly ofDMAAC, now at DMAheadquarters in Washington, D.C.,narrowly escaped drowning duringmid-June in an unsuccessful at-tempt to rescure a friend.

Young Martin said he and twoother boys spotted a raft-a four-by-four foot piece of wood-on theother side of a pond opposite adock. They decided to paddle theraft back to the dock.

"We were real close (to thedock), when the raft was tippingand overturned," reported Charlesto a Washington D.C.newspaper. "We got back up onthe dry side, but Tad (ThaddeusRisinger, the victim) started toswim toward the shore. Then hegot a little scared, I think, and thenhe started going under."

Nlartin made an attempt to savethe youngster, but when Thaddeusstarted putting his hands all overhim and pulling him down he swamto shore and then tried to reach theboy with a stick.

mander of FIO-Europe Detach- ,a . I witty sayings to the miniature

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HonoredSSgt. Gerald H. Branson was

selected DMAAC Flight In-formation Office, Pacific, Out-standing Airman of the Quarter forthe period January, February andMarch 1973. In recognition of thishonor, he was awarded a trophyand a three-day pass.

As a warehouseman in theClassified Section of DistributionBranch, Sgt. Branson is respon-sible for receiving, storing anddistributing classified air targetmaterials, tactical targetmaterials, and escape and evasionaids to users in the Pacific Com-mand (PACOM) area of respon-sibility. He was cited for hisunusually efficient and accuratemanner in performing his dailytasks and for his excellentleadership qualities.

Sgt. Branson has been assignedto the organization since May 1970

and has been in the Air Force forseven years. Sgt. Branson, wifeDeborah, and son Kenneth, resideon Hickam AFB.

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