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Vol. 12, No. 5 U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, NY May 31, 2012 S ALVO “Service to the Line, On the Line, On Time” By John B. Snyder Story continues on page 3, see Artillery Vietnam-era M107, 175mm self-propelled howitzer, left, had a range of 34 km and a weight of 62,400 pounds. Fast forward to the M777, 155mm towed howitzer that is in use today in Afghanistan, and the range increases to 40 km and the weight is only 9,300 pounds. What just happened? The Watervliet Arsenal’s young warriors have a lifespan of about 30 seconds, but what a wonderful life they will have. If their forefathers could speak, they would tell the world about all the places they have served, from the islands of the South Pacific to the deserts of North Africa to the mountains of Afghanistan. But don’t feel sorry for these short-lived hardened fighters because they have been well appreciated by artillerymen from the time of their conception until the end of their fatigued life. In fact, seasoned artillerymen who have recently retired may have spent more time with these Arsenal warriors than they have with their own families, as they fed them, cleaned them, and nursed them back to health during their careers. This relationship began for many in the 1970s at a place called Moway House, at Ft. Sill, Okla., where artillerymen called for fire as young lieutenants and enlisted Soldiers. Those were very tough, challenging times in the 1970s as austere budgets and troop downsizing affected the cul- ture, as well as the morale of the force. Although jungle warfare might have been the tactics of the day given where the artillery had been for most of the 1960s and early 1970s, the focus for the artillery was redirected toward fighting a conventional army, such as a Soviet-type of force. To match such a formable force, the U.S. Army Photo from 2/11 FA and Wikipedia

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Vol. 12, No. 5 U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, NY May 31, 2012

SALVO“Service to the Line, On the Line, On Time”

By John B. Snyder

Story continues on page 3, see Artillery

Vietnam-era M107, 175mm self-propelled howitzer, left, had a range of 34 km and a weight of 62,400 pounds. Fast forward to the M777, 155mm towed howitzer that is in use today in Afghanistan, and the range increases to 40 km and the weight is only 9,300 pounds.

What just happened?

The Watervliet Arsenal’s young warriors have a lifespan of about 30 seconds, but what a wonderful life they will have. If their forefathers could speak, they would tell the world about all the places they have served, from the islands of the South Pacific to the deserts of North Africa to the mountains of Afghanistan. But don’t feel sorry for these short-lived hardened fighters because they have been well appreciated by artillerymen from the time of their conception until the end of their fatigued life. In fact, seasoned artillerymen who have recently retired may have spent more time with these Arsenal warriors than they have with their own families, as they fed them, cleaned them, and nursed them back to

health during their careers. This relationship began for many in the 1970s at a place called Moway House, at Ft. Sill, Okla., where artillerymen called for fire as young lieutenants and enlisted Soldiers. Those were very tough, challenging times in the 1970s as austere budgets and troop downsizing affected the cul-ture, as well as the morale of the force. Although jungle warfare might have been the tactics of the day given where the artillery had been for most of the 1960s and early 1970s, the focus for the artillery was redirected toward fighting a conventional army, such as a Soviet-type of force. To match such a formable force, the U.S. Army

Photo from 2/11 FA and Wikipedia

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possible implications to the Arsenal. Suffice it for me to say, stay the course and don’t get wrapped up in the “what ifs” that you may take away from those stories. There is a lot that could happen be-tween now and the election in November. But let’s help ourselves by continuing to weed out inefficiencies so that the Arsenal continues to be a value to the American tax-payer. As good as you are, try to become better at what you do each day you come to work. And, above all else, be a team player. Regardless of your specialty, we are all working toward the same goal; we want to be the Depart-ment of Defense’s manufacture of choice for cannons, mortars, and all associated material. In the short term, we can do this by improving our efficiencies in light-weight mortar production, as a way to increase our market share for mortar systems. As more of you are now out driving motorcycles, boating, swimming, and barbecuing, please be safe. We are manned at a point where the loss of any one individu-al has a significant effect on our mission. Please don’t be that one. Be safe this summer and get SWARMED!

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The Arsenal Salvo is an authorized monthly publication for members of the Department of Defense. Contents of the Salvo are not necessarily the official views of, or an endorse-ment by the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, or the Watervliet Arsenal. News may be submitted for publication by sending articles to Public Affairs Officer, 1 Buffington Street, Bldg. 10, Watervliet, NY 12189, or stop by office #102, Bldg. 10, Watervliet Arsenal. The editor may also be reached at (518) 266-5055 or by e-mail: [email protected]. The editor reserves the right to edit all information submitted for publication.

Commander, Col. Mark F. MigaleddiPublic Affairs Officer, John B. SnyderEditor, John B. SnyderPhotographer: John B. Snyder Arsenal Facebook Page @http://on.fb.me/sq3LEm

Commander’s Corner

Mark F. MigaleddiCommanding

Manufacturer 6

This is a great time of the year. The frigid days of winter are over and dog days of summer have yet to ar-rive. Everywhere around us, there seems to be a new sense of energy as we break out of our cocoons and dust off our lawn mowers and place our patio furniture back onto our decks. There is a new sense of energy at the Arsenal, too. Have you seen it? We are doing things today that we could not have imagined five years ago. Take a look at our production where cannon production was once supreme to now where mortar sustainment is our top production line. If you walk through Building 20, you will see very visible results from our 6S efforts. Whether the im-provements, such as in Building 20, come from 6S, LEAN, Value Engineering, or from the Army Suggestion Program, really doesn’t matter as long as we are making progress to make our workplace safer and more efficient. In regards to community engagement, we have gone from virtually no community engagements five years ago to now conducting nearly 60 community events this year. Just this month, we have supported Honor-A-Veteran ceremonies in Albany and Rensselaer Counties, a career day at the Cohoes Middle School, participated in the New York Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame activi-ties, marched in the Village of Green Island and the City of Watervliet Memorial Day Parades, and hosted several senior level managers from GE’s Schenectady Plant. There are also new discussions in the local and na-tional news media about the future implications of a declining defense budget. Trust me in that we are ob-serving and assessing those articles everyday to glean

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ing about 1,000 rounds a day in comparison. Swage Autofrettage. The hydraulic autofrettage pro-cedure used in the early 1970s was an expensive, difficult, slow, and sometimes dangerous procedure where pressur-ized hydraulic fluid, on the order of 100,000 psi or greater, was pumped into the bore of the tube to apply compressive residual stress at the bore. The autofrettage process imparts a deformation to the bore of a cannon tube in order to increase the ballistic pres-sure sustaining capability of the tube. In other words, the tube that has been autofrettaged will be capable of with-

standing a higher internal ballistic pressure than its non-autofrettaged coun-terpart without going to a thicker tube wall. The swage autofret-tage process developed and implemented in the late 1970s by contrast, is a significantly less expen-sive, easier, faster, and safer process that produces much more controllable results and is much better suited to high production rates. In the swage auto-frettage process, a preci-

sion high-strength mandrel is pushed through an undersized bore of the tube to permanently enlarge the bore prior to final machining. By varying the relative size of the cannon bore, the entire length of the tube can be autofrettaged to different amounts in a single pass of the mandrel. Because no special end seals, high pressure pumps and lines, or ex-pensive external restraining fixtures are required, the swage autofrettage process has been greatly simplified, as well as made the process safer for the machinist. Rotary Forge. Prior to the 1980s, cannon tube forgings were obtained from commercial forging houses as conven-tional tube forgings, that is in a near shape and length to the actual finished cannon tube. The conventional forging thus obtained was unique to a specific cannon tube design and configuration, was heat treated, and ready for machining. The initial procurement of conventional tube forgings could take up to 18 months or more and the ability of commercial forging houses to supply large quantities of tube forgings in a rapid time frame to support production requirements was problematic. In the late 1970s, the Arsenal sought to create an in-house capability to produce tube forgings by using new rotary forging equipment. The rotary forge provides the

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Artillery cont.

Photo by John B. SnyderThe rotary forge process dramatically improved the Arsenal’s ability to rap-idly respond to an urgent need. Here, a preform tube is heated to nearly 2,000 degrees and is being readied to enter the mandrel for shaping.

Field Artillery had to revamp its gun systems, or what the Watervliet Arsenal affectionately calls its “warriors.” The Army closed out the 1960s with a wide variety of ar-tillery delivery systems such as the 175mm M107 howitzer; the 155mm M126 self-propelled howitzer; the 8-inch M110 howitzer; the 105mm M137 lightweight towed howitzer; and the 105mm M103 self-propelled howitzer. The Watervliet Arsenal, working hand-in-hand with the Army’s Benét Labora-tories, was instrumental in the research, design, pro-totype development, and the production of the tubes and various assembly parts for each of these warriors. They were truly state-of-the-art at the time and initially offered a superla-tive response to any Soviet artillery systems. But in a place where achieving the standard is not good enough, Benét and Arsenal technicians knew they had to do better. The first 1970s major weapon modernization program at the Arsenal involved the production of a 105mm main gun for the upgraded M60A1 tank. In 1973, the Arsenal manu-factured 150 complete guns. But by 1977, the Arsenal was manufacturing more than 1,800 guns a year. Although there was tremendous growth of the tank gun program in the 1970s, it paled in comparison to what the Arsenal was doing for the field artillery. The Arsenal lever-aged its state-of-the-art technology to not only improve its processes, but also to increase the range and tube life for artillery systems. Simulation Testing. What is taken for granted today was a technological marvel of the time — simulation test-ing. With simulated testing, the Arsenal could take tubes and breech rings to the end of their fatigue life, without leaving the Arsenal. A fatigue life is the number of rounds that a tube or breech can be fired before it reaches cata-strophic failure. This type of fatigue simulation testing has saved millions of dollars in development test costs, as well as dramatically reducing the time required to fatigue test a tube or breech from months to weeks. Typically, live firings of a single tube at a proving ground can be accomplished in about a week, with 100 rounds being fired a day. Laboratory hy-draulic-fatigue cycling at the Arsenal is capable of simulat- Story continues on page 4, see Artillery

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Photo provided by Arsenal Museum

capabilities to forge cannon tubes on essentially a moment’s notice, to almost any external shape and configuration re-quired for any cannon, and is capable of very high produc-tion rates. The rotary forging process starts with a very generic short, thick walled, hollow-cylindrical steel shape that is typically about 10-feet in length. This raw material, or pre-form as it is commonly called, can be used to produce can-non tube forgings for different cannons, and is therefore not unique to a particular design. In the rotary forging process, a preform is heated to near-ly 2,000 degrees to soften the steel and then rotated over a mandrel and advanced horizontally under hammers to shape the hot forging to near finished tube geometry. This forging is then moved through associated heat treatment furnaces for quenching (rapid cooling) and toughening to desired mechanical strength property requirements. All of these processes are computer controlled. Higher Strength Steel. In general, the higher the strength of the gun steel used in a particular cannon design, the lighter the cannon can be. Also, higher strength mate-rial allows the cannon to be fired at greater pressures for improved performance and range. As with most things in life, nothing comes for free. As the strength of gun steel is increased, resistance to fatigue failure and cracking un-der high pressure decreases. Put another way, as strength, pressure, and performance increase, cannon life decreases, sometimes dramatically. In order to achieve acceptable fatigue resistance, the ma-jority of artillery cannon designs up to the 1970s used gun steel at strength levels of about 160,000 psi yield strength. Some of the “newer” cannon designs in this era, such as the original 175mm M113 Gun on the M107 Self-Propelled System, experimented with what were considered very high strength steels for the time with gun steel strength levels about 180,000 psi yield strength. Unfortunately, what was to later become the science of fracture mechanics and related fatigue failure was not well understood or appreciated at this time, and the origi-nal 175mm M113 Gun experienced premature catastrophic brittle fracture at a very low round count. Investigation of these in-service failures greatly advanced the understanding of fracture mechanics and the relationship between strength and fatigue resistance in gun steels, essentially making Benét Lab scientists and engineers the world recognized experts in fracture mechanics of high strength pressure ves-sels. In a very short period of time, the original M113 Gun was significantly redesigned to lower the strength levels of the material, while using the new autofrettage process to make up for the loss of strength. The fatigue life of this

replacement design was increased at least ten-fold from the original design, and in service failure was eliminated. Although this system is no longer in service with the U.S. military, it continues to provide safe and effective fire power to NATO allies. There have been a significant amount of improvements through the last 30 to 40 years, far too many to list in this article. Despite all the improvements, however, the Arsenal warriors still only have a lifespan of about 30 seconds. Why only 30 seconds? If one adds up the total time it takes to safely fire rounds through a tube before the gun experiences a degradation to its mission, the total time is less than 30 seconds. For example, a LW155mm tube has a safe fatigue life of about 2,600 full-charged rounds. The time to fire just one round is about 0.01 seconds. Multiply that by 2,600 and you come up with less than 30 seconds. As more seasoned artillerymen ready themselves for re-tirement, they will probably reflect on the memorable times they served alongside an Arsenal warrior in such places as Grenada, Panama, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They may think about how much they have changed during their career, as well as how much the artillery delivery system has changed since their first call for fire at Ft. Sill’s Moway House. And as senior artillerymen turn over their duties to the next gen-eration of artillerymen, they should know that work contin-ues at the Watervliet Arsenal to improve the life expectancy of the Arsenal warrior for the next cohort of artillerymen that will pick up the unit’s colors — maybe to 35 seconds.

Special thanks to Benét Labs’ Robert Mysliwiec and Ste-phen Van Dyke-Restifo for their technical assistance in drafting this article.

Photo of cannon production in the Historic Big Gun Shop during the Vietnam War. Inset photo is the Big Gun Shop exterior.

Artillery cont.

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Dog days of summer come early By John B. Snyder

Photo by John B. Snyder

More validation the Watervliet Arsenal is becom-ing more important to the community was achieved on May 16 when nearly 30 regional law enforcement K-9 teams converged on the Arsenal to standardize their tactics, techniques, and procedures in hopes of better protecting lives. The daylong exercise brought together K-9 teams and trainers from such places as New London, Conn., Pittsfield, Mass., as well as from several New York communities, and was coordinated by the Al-bany Police Department. From a distance, those floppy-eared, man's best friends seemed lovable. But step too close and a dose of reality im-mediately set in. This was no stroll in the park with one's house-hold pet, nor should it be. Those dog han-dling teams are often thrust into harms way to apprehend fleeing fugitives or to seek out bombs and we should want them to be intimi-dating. Steve Dorn, from the Albany Police K-9 unit and who was one of the primary coordinators for the training, said "It is important that we conduct this type of regional training once a quarter because there have been several occasions when we have had to provide, as well as receive, K-9 support from local and state police units." "Today's training focused on such topics as build-ing and vehicle searches, apprehension, narcotics de-tection, and gunfire neutralization," Dorn said. "But probably the toughest area to train was on tracking." Brian Dyer, from the Albany K-9 team, said that for a dog tracking is not an exact science. "Dogs follow the human scent and depending on the weather and the terrain, the scent may only last

minutes or hours," Dyer said. As a quick demonstration, Dorn threw his car keys into a grassy area out of the view of Dyer's dog. When Dyer released his dog, the dog sniffed up and down a 20' area and found the keys in seconds. Many of us could use that type of dog at home to find our misplaced keys. This is the second time the Albany Police Depart-ment has used the Watervliet Arsenal as a training resource and according to Arsenal Security Training Officer, Lt. Roy Barringer, this won't be the last. "This is a great opportunity for the Arsenal in that having a regional training exercise not only builds great relationships with those who may be called

upon to help support the Arsenal in a time of crisis, but we also get great training even though we don't have K-9 teams," Barringer said. "It is very important that we know how K-9 teams operate when conducting a search or an apprehension," Bar-ringer said. "The last thing that we want is to do is to impede the dog team or worse yet, get someone hurt because we don't know a K-9

team's techniques and tactics." At the end of the day, there had to be a definition of success. To Dorn, the definition of success was that they, dogs and their handlers, were leaving better trained than when they had arrived. To the dogs, the definition of success was the receipt of a "jute" toy. "To the dogs, this is all a game," Dyer said. "They do what they do because they know if they are suc-cessful, they will receive a toy." But what the dogs and their handlers do is certain-ly not a game. Just after Dyer had finished his com-ments, he showed a photo of a gun that his dog, Red, had discovered during an apprehension in early May.

Master K-9 Trainer Bill Nott, the tactical K-9 instructor and police sergeant for the New London, Conn., police department, is providing hands-on training to local K-9 teams.

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Arsenal builds cannons, community spirit

Photos by John B. Snyder

For nearly 200 years, the Watervliet Arsenal has been building things and it was no different this past Memorial Day. What the Arsenal workforce built, however, cannot be measured in dollars or cents, but in community spirit. What started out as a core working group of about five folks several months ago, turned into more than 100 volunteers by the time the Arsenal rolled out for the City of Watervliet’s Memorial Day parade on May 28. After many years of little, if any community en-gagements, the Arsenal started to aggressively re-engage the community in 2009. In the small com-munity of 10,000 that borders the Arsenal called Watervliet, the Arsenal ‘s spirit began to flow out of the fence line ever so slowly back into streets, busi-nesses, and into the homes of New York’s Capital District. And just like the ebb and flow of the ocean tide, the flow of the Arsenal’s spirit came back into the fence line after every community event and moti-vated the workforce to support the next community event with even more. Although the key objectives for each commu-nity engagement is to pay proper respect and honor

to our former and current military, it would be an understatement to say that the Arsenal does not get some additional value from these community events. Each time the Arsenal rolls out the gate in support to the community, someone new is touched by the Arsenal’s messaging. Sometimes that someone is an elected official and sometimes they are a child who will never forget what they had just experienced. And so, here the Arsenal is three years later and has found itself in such great demand by the com-munity that it now cannot support all requests. Just in the past seven days, the Arsenal has supported a major community event with the New York state Senate, a Memorial Day Parade for the Village of Green Island and finally, the Memorial Day Parade for the City of Watervliet. This week, the remaining pieces of equipment were just removed from the last float and the plan-ning now begins for the City of Albany Veterans’ Day Parade in November. Every day, the Arsenal builds something quite valuable — sometimes it is a gun for an Abrams Tank and sometimes it is the spirit of a child who has seen something great called the Watervliet Arsenal.

By John B. Snyder

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Outside the fence line in May

Photos by John B. Snyder

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Six ways to clean up, become more efficientBy Mark Ripley

Maybe you have heard of 6S before or better yet, you have had the ultimate experience by being on a 6S event team. But whether you have been here three months or 30 years, you will hear different explanations of what 6S is. This is my interpretation. First, what 6S is not. It is not a clean-up campaign — well it kind of is. It is not about getting rid of all your stuff — well it kind of is that, too. OK, I can’t say what it is not because 6S covers just about everything you do during the course of a workday. So, what is 6S? It is an excellent starting point for future improvement efforts because the 6S process will reduce or eliminate much of the variability in your workspace. Your team will address workflow impediments such as running out of supplies, trying to find the resources to complete the task, or how to mitigate potential safety hazards. The bottom line is that the 6S process provides workers and leaders with the tools to bring order to their workspaces by reducing much of the clutter and obstacles to improving team performance. And the process works whether it is on the production floor or in an administrative office. During 6S events, we all must remember the old LEAN saying; “don’t do anything to me without me.” The teams should be made up mostly of employees from the area. They will be the ones using the new, improved process. And they are most likely to have great ideas how to make the process better. A 6S event is a lot of hard work – both mental and physical. Your reward, however, is more than a hearty handshake and a pat on the back from the commander; it’s a work area that you can be proud of for a long time. The process also is a team builder because everyone on the team receives some benefit of working through the process. But you don’t need to wait for the formal process to begin before you may use many of the 6S tools. Take initiative by looking at your desk or work area and see if you can improve safety, sort, straighten, shine, standardize or sustain. I bet you can.

You may have already figured out that 6S is really six “s” words. Here they are, in order:

Safety: Throughout the entire process, safety is number one.

Sort: Clearly distinguish between what is necessary in an area and what is not – then get rid of what is “not.”

Straighten: Organize the remaining items so they are easy to find, use and put away.

Shine: Clean (and inspect…and fix!) everything in an area.

Standardize: The fifth “s” word ensures that Safety, Sort, Straighten and Shine are maintained.

Sustain: This sixth (and final, I promise) “s” word is based on the idea that nobody can reach perfection in one attempt – keep trying.

Before Photo Building 20

After Photo Building 20

Photos provided by Mark Ripley

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Did You Know?

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is changing the way federal government agencies maintain and access official personnel folders (OPF). Personnel offices across the nation are changing from a paper-based personnel records system to an electronic official personnel folder (eOPF).

Your OPF is your official file which documents all important events related to your career within the federal sector.

What does eOPF mean to Army (Appropriated and Nonappropriated Fund)?

The eOPF is designed to electronically store, manage, and distribute OPF documents. Employ-ees will be able to access their individual records online. All current paper OPF documents are being uploaded into the web-enabled eOPF. eOPF stores all OPF documents as Portable Document Format (PDF) files, complete with data describ-ing the folder and its contents. The schedule for eOPF deployment is pending but we are expect-ing the Northeast region to be deployed within the next few months. As soon as we have a date when employees can access their own OFP's, we will communicate the information immediately.

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CPAC Corner

If you have any questions, contact the CPAC office

at 266-4058.

Arsenal-Coordinated

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Twenty-five years ago on May 22, 1987, a ded-ication ceremony took place at the Watervliet Arsenal Cast Iron Build-ing to mark the “of-ficial” opening of the Arsenal Museum. Despite this grand open-ing, the museum actu-ally began operations in 1968 when the Arsenal Historical Committee of volunteers was founded and operated by many arsenal people such as James Murray, Hank Maloy, Chet Crell, and John Kacharian. Their years of dedicated work in assembling at the Cast Iron Build-ing a collection of historic artifacts and constructing exhibitions led to a museum that operated in the 1970s on an appointment only ba-sis. In order to improve its opera-tions, museum officials in the early 1980s hired museum professional William Bradford as curator. His task was to organize and create a more formal museum operation as well as create a professional exhibition gallery. The completed project opened to the public sev-eral years later in 1987.

Each artifact on display has a fascinating story to tell. Two interesting and historic weapons on exhibit that were not made in Watervliet include:

• A 24-pound British cannon, made in 1718, and used by Gen. Howe’s Army dur-ing the Battle of Saratoga (1777) in a failed attempt to seize control of Albany and the Hudson Rivers. The bronze cannon was one of many weapons surren-dered by the British Gen. Burgoyne to the Colonists on October 17, 1777.

• A 12-pound cannon, made in 1760, used by the Brit-ish to defend Fort George in Canada, located at the western end of Lake On-tario. During the War of 1812, the American forces attacked and captured Fort George on May 27, 1813.

Examples of several weapons systems made at the Watervliet Ar-senal and on exhibit at the museum include:

• 16-inch naval gun tube used on the World War II-era battleships.

• M40 106mm Recoilless Rifle, used in the Vietnam War.

• M224 60mm Lightweight Mortar, used in the Gulf War and the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

• M109 Paladian Self-Pro-pelled Howitzer’s 155mm Gun tube, used since the Vietnam War until the pres-ent.

The museum is currently closed due to the installation of a fire sup-pressant system. Reopening is currently planned for early July. For up-to-date information, please check the museum’s web page at: http://www.wva.army.mil/mu-seum.php

Arsenal museum marks its 25th anniversary

By Mark KoziolArsenal Museum

Left: Dignitaries, historic re-enactors representing many eras in American military history welcome the public to the opening of the Arsenal Museum May 22, 1987. William Bradford, left, shows off an early 20th century drill press.

Photos provided by Arsenal Museum

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Safety office stung due to lack of a name

SWARMED

Watervliet Arsenal Safety Offi ceSafety Checks and Area Inspections

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Signs, labels and barricades in place - Ensure all safety/emergency signs and barricades are posted and readable

Wear PPE properly - Ensure all building inhabitants are wearing required PPE

Administrative controls - Ensure all safety labels, placards, and JSAs are posted and readable

Risk free walking / working surfaces - Ensure proper housekeeping and keep working areas clean and hazard free

Machine guarding - Machine guards and engineering controls are in place and operational

Energy hazard controls - Ensure all Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures & policies are in place and followed

Disposal of chemicals - Ensure chemicals are properly labeled, stored, and disposed of

During the May town hall meeting, the commander praised the safety office for their coming up with a new safety slogan. Not soon after the words of praise left the com-mander’s lips, did the commander come up with another challenge ─ name the bee.

Nominations can be emailed to Maj. Donald Freer through June 15th. Then the Command Group and Safety Office will select the overall winner and two runner-ups. All three will receive gift items from the Safety Store. The winners will be publi-cized in the June SALVO.

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Arsenal Appreciation Night with the ValleyCatsSaturday, 18 August

at 7 p.m.

Contact John Snyder at 266-5055

orin Room 102Building 10for tickets!!!

• The Arsenal has coordinated with the Tri-City ValleyCats baseball organi-zation for the 4th Annual Arsenal Appreciation Night.

• Game is on Saturday, 18 August, at 7 p.m. (Fireworks Night)• Department of the Army Civilians and Arsenal family members may pur-

chase a "Reserved Box" ticket for only $5.50 (42% discount). These are betterseatsthanwhatwehadinthepast(Section230).And,forthefirsttime, if you want to save a few bucks, you may purchase Grandstand tickets for only $4 (38% discount). Yes, a price for everyone.

• Even though we have better seats, All Arsenal Military Veterans will still receive a free ticket.

• You may also purchase a reduced meal voucher for only $3.50 This voucher is good for one hot dog, small soda, and bag of chips.

• Forticketsandinformation,contactJohnSnyder,room102,Bldg.10.

Ticket Sales Begin

Now!

SAVE THE DATE

Contact John Snyder at 266-5055

orin Room 102Building 10for tickets!!!

Our own Suzanne Delaney will sing the National Anthem