Commentary

From the AG

Stress Safety During Training Spring is here and with spring comes

increa sed training activity. While our emphasis natura lly turns to training, we must conti nue to stress recruiting. This is the prime recruiting season for high school graduates and with the Ohio Na-tional Guard incen tive package , coupled with federal enlistment ince ntives for all units, every unit can achieve at least 90 per cent strength.

type of accidents that ca n occur based on activities planned and have safety bri ef-ings befo re moving out of the armory in the sa me manne r as our Army and Air Guard flying units stress sa fety at the be-ginning of eac h drill. Review dri ver training and qualifi ca tion , particularly M151 drive rs now. Think safety at all times even if some reali sm in trainin g must be sacrificed. When one of ou r members is hurt or killed in training, it is very difficult not to bel ieve that som e of-ficer of NCO failed in caring for his per-sonnel.

Another item commanders must stress is sa fet y. Last yea r we had one death , one permanent di sability and over 90 in-capacitation pay cases resulting from training accidents. Most of these co uld have been avoided. Commanders, pla-toon leaders, and NCO's must constant ly watch for unsa fe practices, anticipate the

This yea r while stressing train ing, re-cruiting, retentio n and safe ty, command-ers wi l l al so be faced with a new si tuati on-simultaneously preparin g for

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B~eGuard BUCKEYE GUARD MAGAZINE is an unofficial publication of the Ohio National Guard Association and is published in coordination with the Adjutant General's Department for the State of Ohio and the Ohio National Guard's 196th Public Affairs Detachment. It is a bi-monthly offset publication with a printing run of 23,000 copies.

ONGA OFFICERS President..................................... ...... ........... MAl Stephen Koper 1st Vice-Pres. ...... .. ............................. .......... . LTC Robert Z1mmerman 2nd Vice-Pres................................. .. .......... ... LTC Philip Williams Secretary ............................. .................. .. .. ... CO L Leslie Pletcher Treasurer........................................ .. ............ MAJ John Mutchler

STATE OF OHIO - AG DEPT.

Governor .. ... ..................... ...... ... ..... .. ........ ... . Adjutant General ............................. .. ........... . Asst. AG , Air ............. .. ............... ....... ...... .. .. .. Asst. AG, Army ........................ .................... .. Public Affai rs Officer .......... ..... .... .. ...... .... ..... .. Asst. Information Officer ............................. . 196th P.A. Detachment Commander ............... ..

Editor ... ....... ... ........ ........ ............ ...... ......... .. . Assistant Editor ................. ... .... .. ................... . Staff Writers ............................ ... ........... ...... ..

Staff Photographer .................... .................... . Staff Illustrators ............ .. ............ ................. ..

)ames A. Rhodes MG )ames C. Clem BG Paul E. Hoover BG )ames M. Abraham 1 L T Victor Dubina SFC Bob DeVoe CPT Steven C. Stone SFC Bob DeVoe SSG Nancy Clevenger SFC Don Lundy SFC Jerry Condo SSG Rebecca Moneysmith SSG Roy Wortman PV2 Charles Tritt SP4 Rick Lewis PVT. Kevin Mclinn PVT. Julie Hughes

Opin ions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Department of De-fense and its agencies; the Adjutant General's Department of the State of Ohio; or the Ohio National Guard Association. The magazine is published under the provisions of AR 360-81.

annual general inspections. These in-spection s have norma l ly occurred in Ohio during the fa ll , winter or spring, between annual training periods . This year they are scheduled from July to Oc-tober. Don ' t panic-look on it as a challenge-one more area in which to excel.

Th e good news-we are sti ll wearing our white hat image with the c it izens of Ohio and o ur Legislature. Don't let your unit do anything to turn it gray or black.

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From CSM CARL ARN

State Sergeant Major

Annual Training for most units will be ro ll ing around soon .

Now is the time fo r ou r units to analyze their strengths and weaknesses. If a par-ticular weakness exists, let's sea rch for ways to improve.

So many t imes we do t hings the " old way" because that's the way it was done 20 years ago and " it worked then" .

We must be wi lling to be innovat ive and t ry new approaches to old problems. We must con stan tl y be in sea rch of new ideas and m ethods of accomplishing our missions. In addit ion , new cha ll en ges and opportunities must be accepted with enthusiasm.

Maximum use sho uld be m ad e of our excel lenl (and often untapped ) Non-Commissioned Off icer Corps. Give them th e opportuni ty to lea d at AT and th ro ughout the year and they will be-come true leaders. Make th is the year o f the NCO and watch your un it morale and efficiency skyrocket !

I'd like to wish each and every member of the Ohio Nationa l Guard-including our friends in the Air Guard-a produc-tive and successfu l Annual Train ing ex-perience.

Above al l, have a safe summer. A little common sense w ill go a long way to pre-ven t accid en ts.

A SPECIAL NOTE: Take time to re-member our ju nior t roops and show them th e personal attention they de-serve . Treat them well , use them wel l, and they' ll stay Guard!

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Commentary

From the Asst. AG-Army

Unit PAO's Succeed in Spite of Lack of Support from Some Commanders

Fo r the past several years the public relations effort of the O hio Natio nal Guard has been one of the most out-standing in the country. People involved in public relations include CPT Jan-kowski , CPT Vaquera, ILT Dubina, SFC DeVoe, SSG Clevenger, and the mem-bers of the 196th PA Detachment, but in particular those of yo u throughout the state who have so en thusiast ically em-braced the concept of this grassroots statewide effort.

That you ha ve succeeded in an unpre-ceden ted fashion is very easy to see. Why and how you have succeeded is less ap-parent. In many cases, those of you who have served as un it public affairs people have persevered in the face of t remen-dous odds and resistance. Those of yo u who have had good command and unit support have indeed been fortunate be-cause yo ur job has been easie r.

The persona l effo rt and sacrifi ce in

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knitting together this unprecedented effort is a credi t to all who have been involved. We are proud of the way you have come through and the enthusiasm yo u have shown although others have no t always understood exactly what yo u're doing. Some ha ve been accused of goofing o ff and others have had less than wholehearted support from com mand-ers. A t times , petty things were throw n at you as obstacles.

The problem has been the lack of un-derstanding of what we are doing. Many tim es we looked at this hea dquarters as the source of all wisdom. If th is head-quarters enjoys any wisdom at all , it is merely the accumulation of what has co me in from the field.

Every co mmander should know w ho hi s public affai rs representative is. I'm no t talking about the individual who is put in a position as an additional duty but rather that person who has a knack for w riting,

photography or both and w ho is volun-tarily helping in our public relations ef-fort.

This then is that great group of people who have worked so hard and diligently to bring to O h io the Si lver Anvi l, the Keith L. Ware and the many o ther awards that have been won.

If co mmanders are not constantly can-vassi ng thei r units for this kind of talent and utilizing i t, yo u're missing a good bet. More importantly, yo u' re not helping o ur statewide public affairs effort. It doesn' t matter how good we are if nobody knows about it. That kind of information does not get out by any magic formula. It on ly happens because someone causes it to happen.

BG JAMES M. ABRA HAM Asst Adj Gen for Army

An Open Letter to My Country EDITOR'S NOTE: The followmg letter was written by Ohio Army National Guard SSgt. Thomas Glover, unit pub-lic information NCO for the 37th Signal Company in Lakewood. It was sub-mitted for competition m the Freedom Foundalton National Contest. Any Ohio Guardmember, Army or Air, is 1nvited to express his or her opinion on any topic concerning the Guard in this co lumn. Send your typewritten double -spaced article (m 250 words or less) to : '' It 's Your V1ew", care of BUCKEYE GUARD Magazme, 2825 W. Granv1fle Rd., Worthington, 0. 43085. We reserve the right to edit all articles for clarity.

I am one of your Guardsmen ... You have seen me many times ... with many faces ... with many forms ... with many reasons for bei ng in the un-

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iform of my country ... I am the per-son from the city ... the one from the country ... waiting with my unit ... for the time when you w ill need me and my abil ities.

I am the starry-eyed civilian who has become a soldier ... lo nging to be the man that I know I will and can be ...

I am the person ... in fatigue green ... you see through the eyes of our Big Brother .. . I am the ram rod st raight ... smart-saluting figure in Class " A" greens you encounter as yo u go about yo ur daily work ...

Please understand that o ften in my complaints about l ittle th ings .. . I am trying to te ll you of far deeper needs .. . Even though I appear normal .. . I have left normality outside your doors ... Though I am mature ... I suddenly become frightened of long dark nights ... And how I want you to be warm and

friend ly while I am in the un iform of my country ...

Much of my fri ght as a recruit came from a lack of understanding on my part . .. but from the time I put on the uniform of my country ... my out look changed ... You have assured me ... and many others ... that we wi ll never be alone or abandoned ... even on your busiest day ... I shall never forget you have been a symbol to peoplE' like me for two hundred and three years ..

The unifo rm ha s cha nged many t imes over ... but the concept con-tinues ... Our uniform stands for free l ife ... l iberty and the pursuit of hap-piness ...

SSGT THOMAS E. GLOVER 37th Signal Company lakewood, Ohio

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What the Dr. Ordered To the Editor :

I have just received a personal copy of the Special Benefits Issue and think it is just what the doctor ordered! It should have a significant impact on the retention of personnel. It is the most comprehen-sive document on Guard benefits that I have seen in the over five years I have been in the Ohio Guard.

I am currently the ROTC Liaison officer for Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green , 0. As a liaison officer one of my primary missions is recruiting junior officers for the Ohio Army Na-tional Guard. I would like to use this issue as a recruiting tool for my efforts at BGSU.

Request you send 15-20 co pies of this issue so I can use them on my next visit. I assure you they will not go to waste!

CPT. J. M ICHAEL MORAN liaison Officer HQ, 137th S and S Bn. Toledo, Ohio

EDITOR'S NOTE: CPT Moran, thank you for your kind remarks on our recent Spe-cial Benefits Issue . We 've had man y favorable comments on this particular issue and we positively feel it will be an aid to retention in the Ohio National Guard. Your 20 extra copies have been mailed.

Xenia Unit Honored by British Members of the 1st Detachment ,

Company A , 1st Battalion, 166th Infantry, Xenia, received a reward for their annual training exe rcises conducted this past year in the United Kingdom.

The members of the National Guard trained with members of Great Britain 's equivalent of our National Guard.

The chal lenge issued our men was learning the correct way to use British

weapons. The incentive is a cloth patch with

crossed rifles signifying the bearer has met or exceeded the requirements pre-scribed by the British for their infantry-men.

Whi le in Great Britain the Xenia de-tachment presented the commanding officer of the 2/52nd Lowland Volunteers with a Xenia city f lag.

Pre-BCT Program Announced The Ohio Army National Guard now

offers another unique benefit to our new enlistees-pre-basic training centers which en l istees can attend in a paid status.

With t he elimination of the Moot Memorandum, high school seniors and graduates are eligible to be placed in a federally paid status for 180 days prior to attending basic training.

Those individuals who are not in a paid federa l status, are eligib le to receive state

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active duty for attending pre-BCT training classes.

Current ly, pre-BCT training centers are located in Toledo, Cincinnati, Columbus and Stow (for the Cleve land-Akron-Canton area). Curriculum at the centers include drill and ceremonies, weapons familiarization , military courtesy and much more.

The reference for this program is AGOH-Circular 350.

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KUDOS TO OUR MAGAZINE So often in the Ohio Guard individuals

do not receive recognition for their inia-tive and hard work.

I would like to commend the edi tor of this magazine, and his able staff, for out-standing professiona lism in the produc-tion of the magazine.

Of special note is the Specia l Benefits Issue, published in February. This issue was by far the most informative and ben-

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eficia l issue ever pub l ished. Eve ry Guardmember can benefit from its con-tents.

Al l of those responsible for this excel-lent issue can be justifiably proud of thei r accomplishments and their immeasura-ble contributions in making BUCKEYE GUARD the best magazine in the nation.

If you the reader, have the same senti-ments, let them know how you feel.

Wrong Unit To the Editor:

Letters

I enjoy reading the " Buckeye Guard" but articles like the " Mock Plane Crash " (appearing in the Buckeye Bits Column of the Feb. 1979 issue) really upset me.

HHC 148th Infantry, Lima , ran thi s exercise- not the 837th Engineers.

I think all the mi litary units shou ld work together; but also credit should be given to the people who performed this mis-sion.

Thanks for listening. By the way, who wrote the article?

ILO MARVIN Delphos, 0.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thank you for setting the record straight. The information con-tained in the erroneous article came from a Lima newspaper.

NEXT DEADLINE IS APRIL 30

Copy and photo deadline for the june, 1979 issue of BUCKEYE GUARD Magazine is April30, 1979. No articles or photos can be accepted after this date for the June iss ue.

All submissions must be typewritten and double-spaced (do not type all capital letters please). Photos should be accom-panied by complete captions and iden-tification of all individuals concerned.

All photos and articles should be sent to : SFC Bob DeVoe, Editor, BUCKEYE GUARD Magazine, 2825 W. Granville Rd. , Worthington, 0. 43085.

Our Cover . This month's dynamic cover photo

was taken by Ohio Air National Guard SSgt. jim Knapp, a photographer with the 180th Tactical Fighter Group in Swanton.

l im shot this photo of 180th firefighters during Annual training last year at Alpena , Michigan.

The aircraft fi re shown in the photo is simulated; but the f irefighters are prepared for the real thing.

This is Sergeant Knapp' s second BUCKEYE GUARD cover photograph.

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BY MAJ EDWIN HALL State Recruiting Manager

Recruiting figures show we have had a net gain in strength fo r t he past fi ve months. The next few months sho uld produce add itio nal gains.

BONUS PROGRAM Duri ng the period M arch 15 to June 15,

1979, all un its of th e O hio Arm y National Guard are authorized to pay the $1 ,500 Enl is tmen t Bonu s o r the Edu ca t ion-Assistance Bonus. These enlistment in-centives are in add ition to the State Tu i-t ion Assis tan ce Program . In o rd er to quali fy fo r the enlistm ent bonus an indi-vidual must m eet the following cr iteria:

a. M eet all no rmal enl istm ent cr iteria . b . Must enlist fo r an autho rized unit

vacan cy. c. M ust enlist fo r a period of six years.

M ust not enl ist fo r Split Training Opt ion . d. Must be non-prior se rvice.

e . Must be a graduate of a secondary school by the t ime th ey enter IADT (GED is no t accep table).

f. Must be in M ental Category I, II , or Il l.

g. Must not enl is t to become a techni-cian or for active duty (does not include IADT).

Full details are available in AGO Circu-lar 600-3 (Army).

BLUE STREAK REFERRALS The Blu e Streak Refe rral Program con-

t inues to provide many new leads and recruits. M embers of the O hio Nati onal Guard may be paid one day's State Acti ve Duty pay fo r each re ferral that resu lts in an enl istm ent. Yo u can he lp yo ur friends receive a bonus and go to col lege, and you ca n be paid for the refe rral. For more informat ion on thi s program call your nea rest Regional Recruitin g Cente r o r call to ll-free 1-800-282-7210.

jOB FAIR SFC Gary Barn es and th e HHB, 1/136th

FA Battal ion conducted a very successful job fai r in the arm ory o n Fe bruary 23 and 24. Seve ral employe rs and schoo ls we re represented at the eve n t. Ove r 400 pro mising leads resulted.

KUDOS SFC Robert Eve ne r is the new station

manage r fo r th e To ledo Recruiting Re-gion . He is also an in structor fo r th e " D yna mics U nlim i ted " Recru i tin g Schoo l.

M SG Robert Speakman is the new sta-tio n manager fo r the Co lumbus Recrui t -ing Regio n . He replaces SFC Th omas Lutes who is currently at Fo rt Benning, Ga., attend ing O CS.

Gold Recru ite r Badges have recently been awarded to SFC Paul W ard , SFC Thomas Lutes, SFC M aynard Tesca r, and SGT Gary Do tson.

Con gratul ations to everyone invo lved in the Muster Day program condu cted by Co A, 216th En gr Battalion in Ch illicothe, Ohio.

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Few Ohio Guardmembers Respond to Stripes for Buddies Program

BY SFC JERRY CONDO Staff Writer

Since late September, only six per-sons have taken advantage of an Ohio Army National Guard enlistmen t pro-gram that could put dollars in wallets and purses.

Chief Warrant Ofiicer Darryl Van-derMolen , enl isted mi litary personnel manager, says that the limi ted re-sponse to the Stripes For Buddies pro-gram is probably due to lack of know-ledge about it.

Stripes fo r Buddies puts st r ipes on sleeves for recrui ting friends.

" I think it 's a good program. These youngsters can get more money dur-ing basic training and advanced indi-vidual training," said VanderMolen.

Simply put, the program works this way:

An individual who enlists w ith no previous military service may be pro-moted from PV1 to PV2 prior to at-

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tending basic train ing if he or she: 1. refers two qualified applica nts to

the Ohio Army National Guard and they en I ist.

2. or refers three such applicants. 3. o r refers two high sc h ool

seniors/graduates who enlist in de-layed entry program , regular Army, the Army Reserve or the Ohio Army National Guard.

The individual who refers four qua l-ified appl icants to the Army Guard and they enlist o r four high school seniors o r graduates who enlist in delayed entry, regular Army, the Army Reserve o r the Ohio Army National Guard can get an ev e n bigger reward -promotion to Private First Class .

Again , the promotion from PV1 to Private First Class must be done prior to attending basic training, says Van-derMolen.

The difference in th e ranks means money.

As an example, under the current Guard pay scale that took effect Oct. 1, a PV1 makes $55.92 every weekend drill.

But , a PV2 makes $62.32 for that same weekend dri ll.

And, a PFC makes $64.72. VanderMolen says that to qualify for

entry into the Guard , the person who is recruited under the Stripes for Bud-dies program must score 31 or more on the Armed Forces Qualificat ion Test if male and 50 or above if female

One problem that has cropped up in the Stripes for Buddies program has been the fai lure to promote before basi c training the individual who brought in his or her buddies.

Technical ly speaking, once the indi-vidual enters basic training he or she has lost the opportunity to gain the promotion ea rned th rough the Bud-dies Program.

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Bronze Star Presented 34 Years Late BY l TC JOE VOGEL

01110 i\ IR "i\liONi\L GUt\RO

When Tech Sergeant l inda Vuckovich greets her fathe r joe , a former first I ieutenant i n the Army during WW II , a knowing smile rnstead of a salute passes between them.

Linda, the fi rst female Guardperson to enlist in the I 79th Tactical Airliit Group at Man,field- Lahm Airpo rt , has serve d longer rn the mili ta ry se rvice than her dad.

Lin da ha~ nearly srx yea rs with the Mansfield u nit prior to tran~ ferring to Headquarters , Ohro Ai r National Gua rd at Beightler Armory in Worthington . Lt . Joe had 47 months of active duty with the Army.

I inda has attended the Non commis-sioned Officer Leader~hip Schoo l in Knoxville, Tennessee as wel l as her basic trarning in Texas. Lt. Vuckovich went to w hat he terms a " no-nonsense" rnfantry offrcers school in Brisbane, Austrailia durrng WW II.

Whi l e Linda has earned the usual rib-bons and medals for her service, her lather st ill has the better story to tel l.

li e was recomm ended io r the Bronze Star for his service in the Phil ippi nes 34 years ago. Seve ral weeks ago h e was notified of the recommendat ion and re-cerved the medal from the Department of the Army.

Lt. Joe t rave led from Austral ia, through the Philippines, eventually landing a few mi l es no r th of Hir os him a. He even tr aveled to H iroshima, to "see what o u r firecracker d id ." 1 Sgt Linda would like to retrace her father 's foo tsteps across the world someday .

The knowing smi le ? As part o f hi s re-ward Li nda gave her father a kiss, along with the comment , " Well Dad , d id yo u ever kiss a sergeant before?'' That's why the knowing smi le instead of t he salute passes between t hem each time t hey meet.

Ohio Guard Mag Second in NG US

National recognition has been granted to Ti lE BUCKEYE GUARD M agazine for its overal l excel len ce. It was ~elected as the second place winne r of its catego ry in the annual contest for National Guard news-papers conducted by the Natrona! Guard Association of the United States.

Listed on the winner's plaque along with the publ icati on i tsel f, accord rng to an NGAUS spokesman, are the !96th Public lntorrnation Detachmen t and the Ohio Nationa l Guard Officers Associa-tion .

The ca tegory in whrch th e BUCKEYE GUARD is included cove rs magazines and commercia lly p rin ted newspapers, tabloids or full-sized .

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ILT JOE VUCKOVICH AN D LINDA

A Com~lete About Face

134th Engineer Group Wins Top NGB Award BY PVI FRANK DOUGLAS

STAFF WRITER

I t's easy to understand why State Maintenance Officer Co l . Bil l y D. Gibson was surprised to find that the win ner of the National Guard Bureau Award for efficiency in maintenance was the Headquarters Company of the 134th Engineer Group.

The yea r before they hadn' t even passed their Command Maintenance Evaluation Team Inspect ion (COMET).

" The COMET inspection," Gibson explai ned , " is the one we look at the closest for th is award. It's very, very unusual that any unit wi l l reverse a situat ion quite that quick.

" I ' m parti cul arly pleased for the reason that I th ink it shows what any unit can do if they put th eir minds to it:' he added.

But pleased is an understatement when it comes to those more d irectly involved . " Last year we didn ' t do so well, but this year we made a 180-d eg ree turnaround and came out n umber one!" said Col. Koett, 134th group commander. "They brought that baby al l the way back! "

" We' re really proud of it ," added

Company Commander CPT jim Story . Th ey have a right to be proud. I t

took an immense amoun t of wo rk. Many of t he men volun teered free tim e o n Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings.

How did the drasti c change come about?

" There was nothing magic or special about it ," Story said. " We flunked the COMET the year befo re, just as I was taking command.

" Nobody took fai l ing l ight ly. It made eve ryone determi ned to make everything right ," he added. "After all, nobody wants to bel o n g to a screwed-up unit. "

Mak ing everything right is all the farther the men had planned to go. Winning the award wasn't one of thei r goals. "All we were shooting for was to get where we were supposed to be," Story sa id.

" We tried to get everyone involved. Full-timers and part-timers com-plimented each other," pointed out the co mpany commander. " W e have supe r peopl e. Sgt. Dennis Halping, SFC Ralph Robinson, they're all really d edicated."

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TWISTER: Ohio Guard, DSA Promote Tornado Safety BY Sf C BOB DEVOE

STAll WRIHR

five years ago this mon th a killer tor-nado de1astated XPnia. lakmg 30 ll\es, injuring 1,100, and dest10ymg over 1,000 homes. 1 he tornado caused S 100 million 111 damage in just 35 mmutes.

The tornado season has anived, once again, bringing with it an rncreased threat to the l ives and property of O hioam.

Ohio Governor lames A. Rhodes has proclaimed April 2-6 ' Ohio Tornado Safety Week ". Durrng th1s week, and throughout the year, the Governor is urging all Ohioan~ to learn tornado safety procedures and teach them to !herr chil-dren. Ohio media have also been asked to help spread t he word.

1 he Ohio National Guard, in coopera-tion with the Stale Disaster Services Agency, Ohio Insurance Institu te and Natrona! Weather Service has designed a comprehensi\ e media packet to spearhead th is campaign.

In add1tron, Tornado Safety Brochures

will be available to the public at Ohro Army Natrona! Guard armorres across the state.

Under the guidance of ,\.\aj . Curt Grif-frth, Ohio Air Guard the Ohro Commrt tee on Tornado Safety has been formed to spread the word on tornado safety throughout the stale.

According to Griffith, who also serves as Deputy Director of the Stale Disaste r

Guard Sees Surge in Number Placed on 'Involuntary' Duty

BY SFC JERRY CONDO STAir WRITER

"It's an interesting situation." So says Chief Warrant Officer Darryl

VanderMolen, enlisted military per-sonnel manager for the Ohio National Guard.

What's interesting is the recent surge in the number of Guardmem-bers who are being sent to the U.S. Army on active duty-involuntarily.

Or is it involuntarily? A check of the records in the Ohio

Adjutant General's Department shows that in fiscal year 1977 the Guard shipped out 54 persons to involuntary active duty under the authority of Army Regulation 135-91.

But , for fiscal year 1978 which ended September 30, the Guard had sent no less than 141 Guardmembers to active duty under the same involuntary status, and, the rush is on for fiscal 1979.

CW3 VanderMolen says· that as of ea rly December his office had 78 more individuals being processed, or awaiting processing, for a forced tour of duty with the Army.

VanderMolen believes there is more than one reason for the surge in in-voluntary active duty. But, one reason is unemployment.

"They know they can get a full time job (wi th the Army). All he (or she) has to do is mi ss five dril ls within 12 months," said the warrant officer.

A member of the Guard can be sent to involuntary active duty if the indi-vidual has completed active-duty-for-training and acquired a military oc-cupational specialty (MOS).

The Guardmember is under threat of such a sanction if he or she misses those five drills-which amounts to one weekend of drills and one more four hour drill-or is absent without leave from two weeks annual training.

In addition, the Guardmember is also under such a threat if he has iive unsat isfactory drills.

D ISCOURAGES AWOLS The Army Regulation sending

Guardmember joe Palooka off to the Army is obviously there to discourage AWOls on drill weekends.

But, the Army may be looking at-

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tractive to some Guardmembers who don't have a fu ll time job, reasons cw: VanderMolen.

As a matter of fact, VanderMolen's office ha s let t ers from some Guardmembers who made it quite clear that they were missing Guard drills just so they could get in the Army through the back door.

"Afte r being informed of the con-tents of AR 135-91 and AGOR 135-1 , I requested that the company send me on active duty with the U .S. Army ... I do not intend to be present at future drills in order to facilitate this p ro-cess," wrote a PV2 in a communica-tions platoon.

The private sent the letter, with his signature, to the company commander.

W HY JOIN? But, why does the individual join the

Guard to begin with? " Part of it is possibly due to the fact

that the enlisted group of people who cannot qualify for regular Army en-listment come to the National Guard because they want to be in the military in some form. And, when they get in the Guard they find out there are ways of getting in the Army by missing drills," said VanderMolen.

When sent off to involuntary active duty, the individua l serves 24 months , minus the amount of time spent on active duty tor training.

Furthermore, the individual, re-gardless of the rank he or she had in the Guard, is shipped off as a PV2.

Another reason for the increase in the number of individuals sent to in-volun tary active duty is t hat "unit commanders are paying more atten-tion to the regu lation."

CW3 VanderMolen said that a spe-cial subject of recent annual general inspections has been the necessity of paying close attention to the regula-tion on drill non-attendance.

The warrant officer said the average individual being sent off to the Army is a private first class (before demotion to PV2), with less than three years Guard service.

Many of the individuals wind up overseas. CW3 VanderMolen said that 15 of 17 persons sent to the Army in December 1977 wound up overseas.

New Stars Awarded to Three Officers

The United States Senate has con-firmed the promotion s of Robert W. Teater to Major General and Bernard T. Chupka and William F. Casey to the rank of Brigadier General in the Ohio National Guard, acco rd ing to Maj. Gen. James C. Clem, Adjutant General for Ohio.

General Teater was recently named Director of the Ohio Area Command , headquartered in Worthington. As OAC director Teater commands the Ohio Guard's largest Army organization, and also se rves as the Adjutant General's principal advisor for mobilization in time of national emergency.

As a civilian, Teater is the Director of the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources.

Brig. Gen. Chupka is commander of the Ohio Army Guard's 16th Engineer Brigade, headquartered in Columbus.

Chupka is the Safety Director for the City of Columbus.

Brig. Gen . Casey se rves as the Ohio Air National Guard's Chief of Staff in Wor-thington and formerly served as D irecto r of Operations for the 121st Tactica l Fighter Wing at Rickenbacker AFB, 0.

Casey is employed as a Systems Safety Engineer with Rockwell International in Columbus.

73rd Bde. Paper Places Second in NGAUS Competition

BY PV1 FRANK DOUGLAS STAFF WRITER

73rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters Detachment (Sep) recently placed sec-ond in the 1978 NGAUS Newspaper Competition.

The bimonthly publication , entit l ed BUCKEYE BITS, and edi ted by SSG Nancy Clevenger, is currently named the 73rd BRIGADE CITATION and highlights " ev-erything out of the armory" said current edito r Sgt. j ay Garcia.

The paper usua lly averages eight pages and is mailed across th e state as well as to the Brigade troops.

Currently the editor plans to add sec-tions to the publication concerning the Enlisted Association , recruiting and a " What 's Up" corner.

Garcia stated, "we're going to try hard-er and take first place next year." He challenged " the rest of the unit news-papers to take i t away from the 73rd. "

The award was presented to th e brigade, com manded by Co l. Andrew Skalkos, by BG jam es M. Abraham, As-sistant Adjutant General for the Ohio Army National Guard.

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Governor Rhodes Names Copeland New Assistant Quartermaster

Colonel Robert P. Copeland, of Green-vi lle, has been named Assistant Quarter-master General for the Ohio National Guard by Governor James A. Rhodes.

Before assuming hi s current post, Copeland was vice-president of pur-chasing for the Treaty Company in Greenville.

As Assi stant Quartermaster General he is responsible for all state-owned prop-erty controll ed by the AG Dept. He will also handle the administration of all con-tracting and purchasing.

Copeland , 53, attended Alexander Hamilto n Institute and is a graduate of both the U.S. Army Command and Gen-eral Staff College and the Industrial Col-

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lege of the Armed Fo rces. He is a member o f the Nationa l Guard

Association of the United States; Rese rve Officers' Association ; American Defense Preparedness Association; and the Fi rst Presbyterian Church of Greenvi lle.

Col. Copeland has se rved over six yea rs o n active duty with the U.S. Army du ring both World War II and Korea. He has held numerous positions in the Ohio Army National Guard and has most recently se rved as the Deputy Commander o f the Ohio Area Command (now the State Area Command), headquartered in Wor-thington.

His military awards include the Bronze Star and M eritorious Service Medal.

COL ROBERT P. COPElAND

Hocking Tech to Train Med Techs The Ohio National G uard and

Hocking Technica l College have re-cent ly announced an experi menta l program that wi ll train Ohio National Guard Medics as Emergency Medica l Technicians-Ambu lance (EMT-A).

Twenty six Ohio Nationa l Guard medics wi ll spend their Annual Train-ing period this summer at the Hocking Tech campus in Nelsonville undergo-ing intensive training to become cer-tified emergency medica l technicians.

" The program is unique in that the m edics will rece ive college credits

whi le fu l fi ll ing their annual training requi rement," according to 1 L T Victo r Dubina, Pub lic Affairs Officer.

Oh io Guard medics will be at Hocking Tech JLdy 15-29 for the two week intensif ied t rain ing seminar taught by John Peters, college EMT-A instru ctor who i s also an Ohio Guardmember.

The guard medics will receive 78 hours of required EMT-A classroom study at the coll ege and must com-plete an additional 20 hours in a hos-pital setting.

Upon com pletion of the classroom study, the Ohio Guard medi cs will re-ceive 5 college credi ts, at the end of the cl inical study, they will be eligible for a sixth college credit and state cer-tification as EMT-A.

Th e intensive two week t raining period wi ll not only benefit the par-ticipating medics but the communii;es the guard members come from, pro-viding an even better trained Ohio Guardmember ready to respond more effectively in a state of emergency call-up.

New Emergency Broadcast Systems Debut BY SFC JERRY CONDO

'S) AH WRITER

The Ohio Association of Broadcasters has created a new state-wide emergency broadcast sys tem that wi ll feed vi tal in-formation to Ohioans in minutes.

Tip Carpen ter. Great Trai ls Broadcast-ing executive in Columbus, explain s that the new network will be of great benefit in the event o f another blizza rd similar to the one which occurred in January 1978.

Virtually every Ohio rad io and televi-sion station is invo lved in the system re-cent ly approved by the Federal Com-munications Commission (FCC).

Th e new system may onl y be triggered by the governor , the Adjutant General as chief o f the Stat e Di saster Se rvice Agency, or hi s des ignated representa-ti ves.

Baseica lly, it works this way :

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The governor telephones the network o ri ginating sta t ion- WCOLIWXGT in Columbus-and requests activation of the system.

WCOL/WXGT se nds out an alerting tone, a 22 .5 second two-tone signal. Every station in Central Ohio and certain "key" stations in o ther parts of Ohio are tuned in to receive the signal.

The 22.5 second signal is fo llowed by a live announcement from WCOL/WXGT that (fo r example) the governor will be making an announcement at 3:30p.m.

Th e key station s outside o f Central Ohio-SVNO, Mansf ie ld , WSPD, To-l edo, WOUB , At h ens, WPAY , Portsmouth , and WLQA , Cincinnati, re-peat the WCOUWXGT signal and an-nouncement to stat ions tuned in around their geographi c area.

Carpenter, who is the stale emergen cy broadcast chai rman for the Ohio Assn. of

Broadcas ters, says the new system was recen tly tes ted .

" W e went from Columbus, to Toledo, to Lima in ju st seven minutes," sa id Car-penter.

Carpen ter concedes that the system will be used o nly in emergencies, a dev-astating blizzard, huge tank car cholorine leaks, or o ther disas ters.

" We will be able to save lives by getting information to the public: 'Don't get on such and such highway.' 'This is the way to signal fo r he lp to a helicopter'," says Carpen ter, a 31 year vete ran of rad io.

The broadcasting industry has had an em ergency broadcasting sys tem for years.

" But , it was not o rgan ized well. It would take three to fo ur hours to patch in formation together," said Carpenter.

The new system, rna nda ted by the FCC, bega n last October.

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Out of Shape?

'Run for Your Life' Offers Sensible Solution

BY CPT. JAMES CHUBB SIJI ~ TtiWlHl~ Oltt(f>

Arter a wmter season o t stt t111g back 1n the arm chair slu rpin g beer and eatm g potato chip~ v. hd e watching you r favonte spo rt , you have probably develo ped a midnff bulge

Th is is first nottcecJ wtth a ltglttenmg ot the waist of your pant~ But you couldn ' t have gain ed wetght. It'~ because the cleaners "shrunk" your pants You know t ha t any addt t iona l i n crea~e i n the v.ai!>tline is " m uscle" It couldn ' t be " fat".

Do yolllsel i a tavor Get on the scale WOW! What does NGR 600-9 ha\e to ~ay about your curr ent tart ei ther a diet or exerctse p rogra m wilhout h ts advt

Space Available Travel No Frills, But Free

EDITOR S 1'-;01 ~ : 7 hi'> article 15 the i11:.1 ol two on Space A\ailable tiel\ el The :.econd article, a first per:.on account of TSgt. LlndcJ Vuckov1ch 's exp enences on a mili-tary flight , \~ill appea1 m the j une 1ssue of BUCKE}'E GUARD fllagazme.

BY TSgt LI NDA VUCKOVICH OHIO.AIR 1\•\110'-Al GUARIJ

i\lore tha n once I \e been approached b) un1formed per5onnel . other than A1r National Guard , and heard the comm en t. "You're ~o luch.) to be able to tl) the \A a} you do' 1hey' Je referring to Spate Avai l-able 1 ra ve l (SAn.

Although it ~hot ild be one of th e b1ggest recru1 tmg incenti\1.'~. especial!) for ~1ng l e p eop le and h u5ba nd ' " d e team s, members don't ~cern to h.nov. too much about 11. H ere to enl 1ghten you-regardless o t the un1torm )OU \\ Par ar£' som e PRO 's and COl'.'~ on thi s terrrf1 fit re5ulting tra m mcmbe1~hip in the Guard .

PRO- rirst of all , 1 t ' ~ rREL! CON-Not always reliable- many tnp o;

are ca ncelled 101 one rea~on or anothPr. PRO- i\la n) 11 m es 1 t '~ a v. eeh.end

m1ni-\acation , IUSI enough ot a break to get you awa) f10m it all. Som etimes rt req ui re~ travel o n a r r1da} or f\londay.

CO N- M i litaJ } p l anE'~ h a\ e been h.nov. n to br pa h. down lHca~ionall), thereby delayi ng the return tnp by hours or day~.

PRO Gm ern m l•n t quaJteJ~ are cheap.

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l ~uall) $3 pe1 n1ght lor enlisted m em-uer~; ~4 ior ofli~ lnqead engme nor~e and vi b1at ion . ( Earplug~ are a must). No m en wom en 's room lnsiPad a port-a-pot w1th a " cnllllesv cu Jt alll 'No Chich.en a Ia Wine 5au than adequate to sa t1 sf) hungr} tra\e l er~.

CON- They are u~uall) available only out o f an Air Force base.

PR O- You can brown-bag-11 as insur-ance aga mst an empty '> l om ach . It will h.eep cold 111 the batk ot the arrcraft.

PRO-You can meet .,ome Jec~lly t111C mdrviduals on the to EL11ope, Panama , Bermuda, etc.

PR O-An y mil1tary membe1 IS au-thorized to fl y on an} DOD a~rcratt that '" tah.rng passenger'>.

CON- The A1rcratt Commander Lan refu~e to fly At\:YON[ at hi'> d1scre11on

PRO - O n a supe1-,ave r m ilitaf} tnp to lo~ Angele~. for example the ai1fare ~~ zero; a majo1 a1 rlinE''., super-~ave1 airta1P 1., $247 round trip.

PRO-'rou must ha\e the tollowrng th ree items to fly SAl· 1) A urrrent JPd or green ID, 2) a cu r~ ent DD rorm 1853 "' h1ch !>hO\\S that )Oll a1e a mcmbe1 in good standing with yow rl''>pecll\e un11, and 3) Cla ss A orB uniform that m eets the appl1cable 1egulatmn Check \\ith the Ba~e Ops you wrll be flying \\ith becau~e indr•rdual Major Command., (MAC, SAC l AC) ha\e certa1n undcllm restnct1on~ An example, no l a t tgue~ 111 a MAC termi-nal

CON It you arc 11ll,.,rng an} ot the ahO\e items, )OU don' t fly!

Remember, SAT ,., a pri \ilege not a built- In nght that you can demand, so pl ea~e don' t abuse 11. Abu~lllg 11 mah.c~ 11 rough for the o the1 mcmbe1~ that do

A 'Textbook Example'

136th FA Job Fair Hosts 3,000

PERSON TO PERSON-Ohio National Guard Scholarship recipients William Willis and Phillip Hale rap with one of the many high school students who attended the Howey Rd. j ob Fair, sponsored by 136th Field Artillery. Both are seniors at Canal Winchester High School and both were looking for Blue Streak Referrals to earn PFC stripes before departing for basic training th is summer. (PHOTO BY SFC BOB DEVOE)

BY SFC BOB DEVOE Staff Writer

SFC Gary Barnes and HQ and Service Battery, 136th Field artille ry, have ac-complished the " impossible."

It all happened during a recent Job Fair co nducted by the 136th at the Howey Rd. Armory in Columbus.

Imagine a soft-sel l approach to re-cruiting that netted 150 excell ent pros-pects in just a three-hou r period!

Nearly 3,000 attended the two day Fair, according to Sergeant Barnes, Unit AST and originato r of the unique program .

He explained, " I had just joined the unit as the AST and noted we were o nly41 per cent strength (following a recent reorganization). Recruiting blitzes don' t seem to be the answer, so our unit de-cided to provide a service to the com-munity in the form of a Job Fair."

The Fai r took about three solid weeks to coo rdinate. Nearly 2400 Co lumbus-a rea high school seniors were bussed to the Howey Road Armory by the Ohio Air

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Natio nal Guard, Columbus Police Dept. , Ohio Army Guard, and Ohio State High-way Patrol.

SFC Barnes and select members of the 136th personally v isited 55 high schools in Columbus and vicin ity to lay the fo unda-ti on for the Job Fai r .

The men in the unit served 4000 hot dogs and 500 cokes to the hungry sen iors attending the affair. They also saturated the Columbus area with nearly 1,000 posters and helped decorate the armory.

Six fu ll-time Ohio Guard rec ruiters were o n duty througho ut the Job Fair to answer q uestions and di scuss National Guard opportunities with interested stu -dents.

TUITION BOOTH A special ONG Tuition Booth was manned

by two recent grant recipients. Wil-liam R. Wi ll is and Phillip Hale, both sen iors at Cana l-Winchester High School , recently joined the 136th FA as med ics and both are heading for Ohio University this fa ll. They manned the booth looking for Blue Streak Referrals so

they can earn PFC stripes before they leave for basic.

Job Fair participants showered kudos on the Guard fo r their innovative and highly professional program. According to Barnes, " The schoo ls thought the job Fair was handled so well that we have been invited, by the schools, to set up another Career Day at a later date to tes t and counse l high schoo l seniors o n careers in the Guard."

The office rs of the unit donated three CB radios. Two were given away to high school students in a drawing and one was awarded to the en listed man from the unit with the most referrals.

BIG SUPPORTER One of the most enthusiastic support-

ers of the ONG Job Fair was Gary Boye r, Veterans' Coordinator for Hocking Tech-nical College. He emphasized, " Th e O hio N2tional Guard has saved our ad-missions counselors many miles of travel by hosting th e Job Fai r ." Boye r says Hocking Tech continues to be innovative in education ." He cited the school 's new R.O .T.C. Program (schedu led to kick off th is Sp ring) and a new Emergency Medi-cal Tech Program is to be conducted th is summer in conjunction wi th the Ohio Arm y Nat ional Guard. According t o Boyer , Hocking Tech has th e first R.O.T.C. Program to be offe red by one of O hio 's two-year techn ical colleges.

Mr. Don Mauk, an official wi th MTA Truck Driver School in Hilliard, also manned a booth at t he event. He fee ls the Job Fair is a "very successfu l vent ure" and indicated he'd like to see " more of the same" sponso red by the Guard through-o ut the state.

Th e admissions cou nse lor for O hio State Universi ty, Rick Tilton , " talked him se lf hoarse. " He talked to over 140 prospect ive OSU students during the first mo rning of the Fair.

In addition to the ONG a number of government agencies were also present at the event to discuss fu ll-t ime, part-time and summer employment. These in -cluded the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Co lumbus Po lice Dept. , Columbus Fire Dept. , Ohio Departm ent of Natu raJ Re-sources, State Bureau of Criminal Iden-ti fica tion , Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion, and the Internal Revenue Service.

A number of schools were also rep-resented at the Fair and were available for pre-registration. These included Ohio State University , Frank lm Universi ty , Hocking Techni ca l School , Columbus Technica l Institute and Ohio Dominican Co ll ege (which pre-regis t ered 68 people) .

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Concentration Camp Resident Now 'Toast of Town' With 180th

BY SSCT LONDON MITCHELL li!OTH T AC rTR. G P.

MSgt. Klaus Siebert has earned the "State Outstanding Recruiting and Re-tention Award" three years in a row, the National Guard Bureau's Award for Ex-cellence in Recruiting and the Ohio Commendation Medal for recruiting.

" A good public speaki ng program can put new spark into recruiting efforts," said Siebert, a full-time recruiter for the 180th Tactical Fighter Group in Toledo.

Siebert is invited to give more than 350 keynote addresses each year to service groups, parents clubs, school organiza-tions , labor unions, and church groups.

Siebert has developed speeches on the Ameriqm flag, free enterprise, the power of positive thinking, and the importance of the Nationa l Guard. Each address stresses t he positive aspects of living in America.

Siebert speaks enthusiastically about the Amerjcan way of life, because he knows what it is l ike not to live in America, and not to be an America n citi -zen.

Siebert was born in Nazi Germany. At age six he was sent to a concentration camp. From age seven to age 16 he lived under a communist government. He came to the United States in 1955 and joi ned the military in 1957. He has been a fu ll -time recruite r for the 180th for the past five years.

Sgt. Siebert's patriotism is evident in all his speeches. His ~nthusias tic display of pat riot ism generates a tremendous re-sponse from his audiences. H e no longer needs to advertise the fact he is avai lable for speaking engagements. All his invita-tions to speak are from referrals.

Public speaking is just one part of Sgt. Siebert's recruiting program ... a pro-gram that has not let the 180th drop below 90 percent strength. Currently the 180th is l isted at 99 percent strength.

K Troopers Train With Canadians

Three Ohio Guardsmen spe nt their February drill learning winter tactics and how to stay warm from some people who ought to know all about the cold-the Canadians.

Staff Sergeants Michael Campbel l , Donald Lawrence and Norman McCoy trained with Candian forces in Ontario during weather which hit 35 degrees below zero. The men area l I members of K Troop , 3rd Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Ashtabula.

The classroom exercises were topped off by field exercises conducted in 3 'll foot deep snow.

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MSCT. KLAUS SIEBERT, Recruiter for the 180th Tactical Fighter Croup. MSGT. Siebert makes more than 350 addresses each year on the positive aspects of the American way of life. (PHO TO BY SCT KIM ULRICH)

Ohio Airmen Win Top Photo Honors

BY MSCT BOB BARKER I 80th TfG, OANG

Sergeant Jim Knapp's dynamic photograph of Crash Rescue Team members surrounded by flames dur-ing pit fire in Alpena , Michigan, cap-tured Honorable Mention in the 1978 TOLEDO BLADE Photo Fest iva l. His photo, one of nearly 3,000 entered, appeared in the BLADE Su nday Magazine on Dec. 17, 1978.

Another member of the 180th Com-bat Support Sq uadro n, MSgt. Bob Barker, had one o f hi s color photo-graphs published on the back cover of the December issue of AIR RESERVIST Magazi ne.

Both Knapp and Barker have also contributed cove r photos to BUCKEYE GUARD M agazine .

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A Courageous Man

'To Meet Jim Entler is t Like Him'

BY SFC STAN FLAUGHER 2lblh ENGR UN

To meet Jim Entler is to like him right away. A strongly built man with a slight moustache, he is a warm person, always ready wi th a smi le and a he lping hand. His i:, the story of courage and the love of his famil}.

A member of the Nationa l Guard with th e Headquarters Company, 216th En-ginee • Combat Battal1on of Portsmouth , Jim , Beverly and their so ns Clyde and Tony l ive in West Portsmouth.

The Entler Family has more than it~ share of courage. A terrible auto acc1dent cost Jim his leg on jul y 5th , 1978. The word "complain" is not in jim's vocabulary. All through the suffering and pain he tried to calm his family's fears tor him. That 's the way Jim is, always co ncerned for some-o ne else. He helps others each and every day through his affiliation with the Scioto County Alert CB Radio Team. He and hi s friends monitor channel 9, the emergency channel, offering advice and assistance to drivers by way of radio.

The closing of th e U.S. Grant Bndge between Ohio and Kentucky at Ponsmouth found Jim and hi s friends on duty directing traffi c and helping tra vel-ers on their own tim e. In emergencies such as this the radio tea m offers invalu-able service to the ci ti zens of the area.

Jim is phi lisophical about his misfor-tune. I rea lize how close I came to death , " I wa!> in Mere} hospital in Ponsmouth and several people left my room and came back a sho rt tim e later and were su rprised to find me still alive."

jim knew how many friends he had when about 50 friends came to see him on the first day he was able to see visitors. He •s eternally grateful to the people of Sou thern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. These generous people donated blood, money, and prayers for his recovery. A lot of each donation was needed before he was well. He is up and aroun d now and steadily improving eac h day.

As a Guardman, Specialist Five james W. Entler served all during the blizzard of 78 as a heavy equipment operator, brav-ing the below-zero temperature , the howling winds, and mountains of snow to help others.

Upon being released from the hospital , j im made a promise to the Lord. " I prom-ised God that if H e co uld only take some of the pain away, I would attend church to give thanks for what He had done for me. Sure enough the pain left and on my first

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JIM f:NTLER

Sunday out of the hosp1tal I was back in church." He is a member of the West Portsmouth Freewill Baptist Church. In all hi s 38 years he has not ~ee n ~uch an out-pouring of human kindnes:,. His National Guard unit , and the local Ci ti zens were all good to him, espec1ally his doctors and nurses.

Th e sma llest son , Tony, age 7, told his father, " I want to give my leg to daddy " Courage is a quality in the Ent ler family.

Civil Rights Info Available

NCR 600-13 and ANGR 30- t 2 require the Ohio National Guard to inform all potential members, beneficiaries and the genera l public that the ationa l Guard operates on a nondbcrimmatory basis in com pl iance ~'ith Titl e VI of the Ci\d R•gh ts Act of 196-1, and that any person may file a written complaint ''ith the ap-propriate National Guard official or the Chief, National Gua1d Bureau , or both , if he o r she believes that discrimination on the basis of race , color, or national origin is being practiced with any National Guard program that•~ subject to the pro· visions of Title VI.

Questions imol\ing th1s statement shou ld be directed to )OUr group, brigade or regiment EEO section or CW4 Kent Mattison , EO Specialist, (614) 889-7122, or by writing to the Adjutant Gen-eral Dept. , Attn: AGOH-EO , 2825 W. Granvi lle Rd. , Worthington , 0. 43085.

300 Bowler Set for June Tournament

BY SSG DON NARDECCHIA CO. C, 6121h ENGR. URN.

For almost all amateur bowlers a 300 game is the ultimate goal to strive for, but what kind of a goal might a person have who recentl y rolled a perfect game?

In the case of SP5 Larry Cole, of Norwalk's Co. C., 612th Engr. Bn., the next step is to assemble a team of fel-low Guardmembers and bring home the team championship from the first Ohio Guard Bowl ing Tournament, to be held on june 1-3 in Columbus.

Cole, unit armorer for Charlie Com-pany of the 612th Engineer Battalion , rol led his first 300 game in )an uary at Maple Leaf Lanes in Norwalk. Ironi-cally it was also the first 300 in two and one-half years at the lanes. Those im-mediately involved in this bit of history were Larry 's wife Pat, the team scorekeeper and joe Deveney. who is one of the platoon sergeants with Company C and one of Cole's oppo-nents that night.

Cole, a 179 average bowler said the ~ixt h frame was a critical one. " I thought if I could get past the sixth I'd be on my way." He also had words of praise for the others who were bowl-ing around him for not adding any extra pressure as the big game pro-gressed."! knew they were watching me, but they kept the noise level up to about normal , and that did help keep off some of the pre:,sure. " By the ninth frame he said there were about 30 people gathered to see if he co uld pull off the 300.

Larry, who also is a member of the unit pistol team , said the thrill and ex-citement didn 't diminish for about a week although he finished the even-ing with above average games of 187 and 195 fo r a superb 682 series.

Among the awards Larry will receive for the perfect game are a com-memorative d iamond ring from the American Bowling Congress. Maple Leaf owner Ralph Dietrich presented him with a check for $100 and one of the pins that he constantly assaulted that night. Numerous other lesser awards are sti ll arriving at the Cole household, but for Larry the biggest award is the fulfillmen t of the life-long ambition of rolling tha t 300 game and now; on to Columbus.

Next Magazine Deadline is April 30

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Governor Calls Guard to Help Flooded Areas

Once aga i n O h io N ational Guardm embers were called to help by Ohio Gove rnor j am es A. Rh o des. For al-m ost a wee!.. in late February and ea rl y March appro x i mate l y 100 A rm y Guardsm en we re on du ty in srx flood threatened count ies.

The Guardm embers were called out to O h io River communities threatened by the w arm thaw and heavy rai ns.

In Clermont Count y Guard t roops were on duty in New Richmond and Moscow. In Gallia County, a Guard he licop ter was st at ion ed at th e southeaste rn O h io Em ergen cy Medica l Se rvice station in Gallipolrs. 1 he helicopter was used for emergency med ical evacuatrons in the ~ou t heaste rn part of the state. In Meigs County, Ohio Guardm embers assi~ted Po meroy officials. In Washi ngton Coun ty Guardsmen were on du ty m Marietta .

Guardmembers assisted local coun ty disaster se rvices directors and local c ivil au th ori t ies wi th traffi c control and em ergency e\acuatio ns.

In Po rts mouth , whi ch is lo ca ted 111 SCI-oto Coun ty, Guardm em bers helped in -stall floodgates to prevent flooding in the downtown area.

In Manchester , A dams County, the O h 10 Gua rd he lped e\acuat e people th reatened by the floodr n g.

Federal OCS Open to Guard EM at Benning

Officers' Cand rda te Schoo l for Na-t ional Guard enlisted m embers will be conducted at Fort Benn ing, Georgia , from August 12 u11ti l October 16.

Any Nat rona l Guardmember rs elrgrble p rovided they meet the basic require-m ents o f NGR 351-5.

These rnclude a sco re of 110 or m o re on the apti tud e area GT of the A rmy Classrfi-cation Battery, and must b e 21 yea rs old on commrssionin g date , b ut not more than 30 w ithout w ai ver. Candidates also must meet current hei ght an d weight re-quirements.

While attendmg the sc hool , personnel under pay grad e E-'i wi ll be paid as E-5's b ut all others w ill receive thei r regular pay.

All interested Guardmembers are en-cou raged to contact their un it AST as soon as possible because of delays i n processing appl ications.

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CHOPPER CREW PREPS FOR FLIGHT- Pilo t Ll . /ames Chtsholm (nght) and crew chief SSG Ric/... Ma y ready their m edevac craft for a trip from Columbus ' Don Scoll Airfield to Gallipolt:, They were one o f several Army Nat tOnal Guard helicopter crews on medevac duty dunng the Ohio River floodtng. (PHOTO BY SFC DON LUNDY)

FLOODING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER in December caused some residents tn Moscow, Ohio, to lose parts of their yards. When Moscow mayor jim Hackney put out the call for help, i t went to Company C. 2"16th Engineer Bn . in Felicity. Working in adverse condittons that included snow, ice, freezing rain and dense fog, Charlie Company managed to move some 566 tons o f rock out o f the 2000 tons p urchased by Moscow to help prevent the property slippage. Train ing weekends were used to complete the work (PHOTO BY SSG RAYMOND KRAFT)

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179th Airlifts WWII G_erman Fighter BY MSCT ZANE ZIMMERMAN

1791h lAC AIRLIFT GROUP

A question for you airplane buffs-What WW II fighter aircraft flies today at 21,000 feet-without wings?

The answer is simple. In this case, it was an ME-109, one of the most respected enemy fighters to ever take to the skies. It was being transported from Wright-Patterson AFB, OH to Robbins AFB, GA by an Air National Guard C-130 of the 179th Tactical Airl ift Group, Mansfield, OH. Eventua lly destined to become another of the outstanding exhibits at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH, it wi ll undergo a two-year face lift in the Air Force Logistics Command shops at Robins AFB. The work will be completed as time permits.

First built in 1935, more than 33,000 ME-109's have taken to the skies. The original BF-109 establ ished a pattern for international fighte r development. Un-deniably the world ' s most advanced fighter when it was debuted , its superior-ity was maintained during a period when development of combat ai rcraft through-out the world had accelerated to an un-precedented pace.

Its success was built around the small-est possible airframe, co mbined with the most powerful engine avai lable and t he then radical all-metal stressed skin con-struction , with slotted trai l ing edge flaps and automatic leading edge slots, retract-able landing gea r, and a fully enclosed cockpit.

If you should chance to visit the Air Force Museum about the latter part of 1980, stop by the ME-109 and relive that p e riod of time when t h is true thoroughbred cha ll enged the best.

The 179th Tactica l Airlift Group sees the unit airlifting supplies, equipment, and personnel throughout the United States on an almost daily basis. " Live" missions have involved trips to Hawaii , Alaska, Panama, Norway, and Puerto Rico.

200t CES ro)ect The 200th Civil Engineering Squadron

at Camp Perry has undertaken a project that could include a cast of hundreds.

The Air Guard unit has decided to compile a li st of deceased veteran 's names from Ottawa County. Once the list has been completed , a scroll wil l be de-signed honoring the county's fallen sol-diers.

Friends or relatives who know of a nam e that shou ld be p laced on the memorial scroll are asked to write to 200th CES.

Tire Discounts Titan Rubber International , a Division

of Tire America has authorized any Guardmember to use their Dealer and Group Purchase Catalogue prices on all tires.

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COMING BACK TO LIFE-Curiosity is the word as three members of the 179th Tactical Airlift Group examine their newly acquired "cargo from the past. " This wingless ME-109 will be available for viewing at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, after full restoration. The detailed efforts to restore this aged aircraft to its original glory will take approximately two years.

Battery B Receives Second Magley Award

For the second straight year Battery B of the 2nd Battalion , 174th Air Defense Ar-ti llery unit in New Lexin gton and Zanes-ville, Ohio has been awa rded the Colonel Richard G. Magley Artillery Readiness Trophy.

This trophy is awarded every year by th e Adjutant General of the State of Ohio, to the Army National Guard artil-le ry unit rated as having the highest level of combat readiness .

Combat readiness is determined by the un it' s manpower and condition of au-thorized equipment on hand. The number of Military Occupational Spe-

cia lty (MOSl qualified and weapons qualified personnel is also vital in deter-mining the readiness of a unit.

Battery B is commanded by Captain Jerry Sterner and is manned by 149 en-listed men and NCO's and three com-missioned officers. The major weapon in Batte ry B'sarsenal is the M-42 Duster. The duster is a WW II vintage self propelled anit-aircraft system armed with dual 40mm cannons. The Du ster's main func-tion is to protect ground troops from air attack, but it can also be used to el iminate light armored vehicles on the ground.

r Dad to 350 Receives Army Commendation Medal

for the excellent evaluation the unit received during annual training.

Brown's outstanding achievements have not been limited to the Guard. Since 1947, he and his wife have adopted over 350 children as part of the Foster Parent Program, according to CPT. Dave Dawson , Uni t Public In-formation Officer.

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Wooster Event Draws 400

Nearly 400 members of the Wooster com m unity attended a recent Open House conducted by Co. A, 112th En-gineer Battal ion.

Th e event was k icked off with a two page public se rvice ad in the WOOSTER DAILY RECORD. Accord ing to SP4 Ken Showers, unit in formation NCO for Co. A, "thi s impressive ad was paid fo r and sponsored by area merchants. "

In addition to manning an O h io Na-tio nal Guard Sch o larship Informat ion Booth, the unit members were also on hand to demonstrate the various types of en gineer equipment utilized by the unit.

Troop K Displays Giant Transporter

A unique piece of Arm y machinery is on display at the Ashtabula Armory of Troop K, 107th ACR, according to SFC Joe Felch, unit public information NCO.

On display is a si ngle gigan tic heavy equipment transporter, one of only three in Ohio . It is unique in that it was de-signed by a commercial f i rm for Army use, rather than being designed by the Army itself.

Cost of the transporte r is $80 ,000. I t was used in Iran , to haul heavy Army batt le tanks, before being assigned to the 155th Maintenance Co. in Wi lloughby.

The t ractor, designed to pull a 60-ton payload on its t railer , has an automatic transmission with an eight cyl inder V-8 turbo charged Detroit diesel engine. Top speed is 43 mil es per hou r, and it gets about four miles to th e gallon . A pair o f 45,000 pound wenches he lp move the tank onto the traile r.

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M SG Oliver E. Leh man , 52 of Union-town, O hio, recently was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the National De-fense Se rvice M edal over 25 years late.

Thanks to the di l igent resea rch of Maj. Cha rles F. Santose, Lehman was awarded the medals by Arthur Wallach , Regimen-tal Commander in January.

Lehman earned the Bronze Star during World War II while serving w ith t he Army's 130th In fantry, and he became el igible for the second award because of National Guard activation during 1952-53.

Lehman is now a member of the Head-quarters Troop, Third Squadron of the 107th Armored Cavalry in Stow.

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G a ' 7 Following are 1979 Annua l Training dates for the Ohio Army National Guard. Th e Adjutant General reminds Guardmembers to inform their employers of

Annual Training dates as soon as possible. If Guardmembers are unable to attend AT when scheduled , they should see their

unit commander to make ot he r arrangements.

YEAR AROUND AT WITH NO SPECIFIC TRAINING SITE: HHD, O HARNG; CAC OHARNG; 196th PA Det; HHC, 112th M ed Bde. ; 838th MP Co.; 1486th Trans Co.; 155th Maint Co.; 213th Maint Co.; HHD, 437th MP Bn .; HHC (-)16th Engr Bde; 38Sth Med Co; 684th M ed Co.

OCONUS-GERMANY (1-30 Mar.) HHC (-)16th Engr. Bde (3 lncr.)

CORPUS CHRISTl, TX. (5-19 May) Det. 1, 1416th Trans Co.; (21 Apr-5 May) 1416th Trans Co(-).

CAMP PERRY, OH. (2-16 Jun ) 210th Arty Det. ; (9-16 Jun ) 2-174th ADA Bn. ; (16-30 Jun) HHC 134th Engr Gp.; (7-21 Jul ) 112th Engr Bn .; 186th Engr. Det.; (14-18 Jul) 323rd MP Co; (14-28 Jul) 1487th Trans Co. ; HHD 112th Trans Bn.- 1st lncr. ; (28 jul-11 Aug) 112th Trans Bn-3rd lncr; (14-28 Jul) 5694th Engr . Det. - 1st lncr. ; (28 jul-11 Aug) 5694th Engr. Det-2nd lncr.; (11-25Aug) 5694th En gr. Det-3rd ln cr; (21 Jul-4 Aug) 1485th Trans Co.; (7-21 Jul) OCS/NCO School.

FT. McCOY, WI (16-30 jun) 54th Spt. Ctr; 211th Maint Co; (28 Jul- 11 Aug) HHD 137th S and S Bn.

FT. HOOD, TX. (21 Jul -4 Aug) Trp A, 237th Cav.

CAMP ATTERBURY, IN. (2-9 jun) 2-1 74 ADA Bn ; (16-30 Jun ) 216th Engr. Bn.

SAVANNA ARMY DEPOT, ILL. (9-23 jun) 135th MP Co.

FT. CAMPBELL, KY. (16-30 jun) HHC, 73d lnf. Bde. (Sep); 437th Avn Co; 837th En gr. Co.; 299th Sig Pit ; 77th PF Det; 237th Spt Bn ; 1/136th FA Bn; 1/147th lnf Bn; 1/148th lnf . Bn ; 1/166th lnf Bn ; 1484th Trans Co; (5-19 May) Air Trp. 107th ACR.

CAMP GRAYLING, MI. (28 jul-11 Aug) HHC 371st Spt Gp. ; 37th Signal Co. ; 324th M P Co; 1483d Trans Co; HHD 737th Maint Bn ; 214th Maint Co. ; 200th Med Co; 383d Med Co; HHT 107th ACR; 2-107th AC; 3-107th AC ; HHD 512th Engr Bn ; 1193d Engr Co; 26th Engr. Co; HHC 416th En gr. Gp; 612th En gr. Bn ; 122nd Army Band.

Guardmembers May Apply for Sports Competition in France, Norway

Ohio Guardsmen are invi ted to apply for military sports competition to be held th is summer in France and Norway.

Guard officers can compete for mem-be rship on t he Inter-all ied Confederation of Rese rve Officers team scheduled for matches August 26 th ru September 1 in Fran ce. Events include ru nn ing, swim-ming, shooting, and orienteering.

En I is ted men and off icers may compete for membership on the seven-man pen-tathalon Amer ican team of the Interna-t ion al Military Spo rt s Co uncil i n Stavan ger, Norway, August 12-19. Events incl ude ob sta cle cou rse, swimming, shooti ng, grenade th rowing, and cross-country running.

For competition in Fran ce appl icants must meet the following minimum re-quirements: run five miles in 32.5 min-utes and swim 50 meters in 36 seconds.

Minimum requirements for pentatha-lon competi tion applicants in the Norway meet includes the fi ve-mi le run in 30 .5 minutes or less; 50 meter swim in 30 sec-onds or less; and softba ll throwing a minimum of 50 yards.

Guard officers interested in competing in Fran ce should contact SCM Donald R. Ingram, Th e Pentagon , 202-697-0430. En-listed and officer personnel inte rested in p entathalon compe t it ion in Norway should contact their personnel officers. (ARMY TIMES)

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--· ~ . ~- -- _,... - _~ . ..-- ... -.._-.. ~ - -- .-_.... ·- .. -· -. ,_ . '- . . . -~ .•. ... - - . U~P·:·DATE: A Report From the Ohio National Guard Officers' . .

-1"" ._ ~ ~- -· - Association ......... , .. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ENDORSE CLEVELAND

The National Guard Executive Directors Associatron conducted i ts Midwinter Workshop all he Stouffer s Inn on the Square in Cleveland lanuary 211-11. The result of that workshop was a reso undrng approval and strong support of the accommo-dations and the programs al ready prepared for I he I 0 I st General Conference of the National Guard A5sociat ion of the United Stales , ~chedult>d for the Stouffers Inn October 7- 10, 197q_

This association , ca lled NGEDA, is made up of the full- time executive directors of state Guard associatiom all over the country. Wher e there b no full- time director, tht> chief operating officer is encouraged to repre~ent his stale with full member-ship privileges in the organization. NGEDA pe rforms inva luable service to the associations represen ted by providing a forum for the exthange of ideas , problems and solu tions which are offered at no other level.

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Enlisted Association Ra A co lumn designed to keep members of the Ohio National Guard En listed Associa-t ion informed of the latest developments

BY MSG WARREN MYERS AND SSG NANCY CLEVENGER

The En listed Association has been in existence for eight years and we now have about t800 member s. This is on ly about n percent of the enlis ted members of the Ohio National Guard. This doesn 't say much for our growth in the past eight years. What can be some of the reasons for this low membership?

Not enough key enlisted guardmembers, such as Sergeants Major, First Sergeants, and Platoon ergeants , are members and if they are they don't support the association, how can they expect the lower ranking Guardmembers to join? There are also not enough enlisted fu ll- time technicians supporting the associat ion.

roo many enlisted members sit back and complain about what the association is or is not doing but they are not willing to get involved and attend the meetings and social functions to see what they can do to help make it a better o rganization.

When the association wan ts a benefit passed, the first questions we must ask are: how much will it cos t, how many individua ls will i~ benefit , and what is the membership strength. This is why it is very important that we all strive to get as many members as possible . These benefits are for~ guardmembers, regardless of whether they are association members or not.

House Bill228, (Education Bi ll), the Survivor Benefits Insurance and the raise in State Active Duty pay are among the accomplishments of the Enlisted Association. We can either get involved and help everyone as well as ourselves, or we can let someone else do it and then take advantage of the benefi ts. BASEBAll NIGHT

We are going to have a baseball night on August 19. This wi ll be designated as Ohio National Guard Day. The Toledo Mud Hens wi ll play the Columbus Clippers at j et Stadium in Columbus. We are hoping every member of the Ohio National Guard will be there. Further information wi ll be given in the VOICE, the Association newsletter. STATE CONVENTION

We, once again, wan t to remind all of you to come to our State Co nvention being held in Lima, Ohio. It will be May4, 5, and 6 and we wan t to make this the best state convention ever. I f you can' t come for the en tire weekend, at least try to make some of the actrvities. More information on this is in your copy of the VOICE. There wi ll be a lot of door prizes, donated by most of our un its, and lots of fun.

The Friday night festivities wi ll featu re a SO's dance, with enter tainmen t by a " ~poon" player. Come on out to the Best Western Motel in Lima. We'll see you there.

One last word about membership. The Auxiliary also has a low membership. We need the spouses involved as much as the Guardmember. Join in your organ iza-tion. We neeo you!

We want to give a wa rm welcome to our new Hono rary Members. Colonel Edward Powers of the 160th ARFG , Mr. Kenneth M. Mathias and Ms. Isabe ll e Trapasso . We are honored to have you in the En l isted Association for the Ohio 'lational Guard.

The Enlisted Association Proudly Presents its First Annual ...

Bowling Tournament June 1, 2, and 3, 1979

Amos Lanes, Columbus *See Your ONGEA Unit Representative for Entry Forms.

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Style Show Set t Lima Meet With the spring upon us, we must focus

our attention on the Lima Conference. May 4-6 are the dates and registration should be taken care of immediately, if you haven' t already done so.

Spring and fashion s go together and this year's style show will be l ight and casual . Sk i rts wi ll not be qui te so long and bright colors and hats are IN!

The Ladies agenda is as follows: 8:30 a.m., Coffee and roll s or donuts; 9 a.m., Ladies Auxiliary meeting; 10 a.m., Break for opening of Enlisted Association; 10:15 a.m., Reconvene meeting; 12 noon , Luncheon and Style Show at poolside; 1:30 to 1:45 p.m., Plant Man (In meeting room); 3-3:30 p.m., Free- time, shopping, etc.; 3:30 p.m., Hosp i tality Room, Friendship.

The National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, is quickly approaching. An open-pit barbeque is to be held on Mon-day evening and o f course, the All-States Banquet should be very en joyable. Early registration is recommended as a free tour may be a part of that registrat ion package if there is ample response. The dates are September 9-13, 1979.

Let's remember the Nationa l Auxiliary Scholarship Program. Applications can be obtained from The lma Scherer, Chairman for Ohio.

BEVERLY S. ARN President, EA Auxiliary

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State Maintenance Officer Col. Gibson commented that many of the part- time Guardmembers attended the inspection to insure everything was in order. " Norma lly when you find a unit with a good maintenance pro-gram you find a lot of that," Gibson said. "People give a lot of extra time. They have a lot of pride."

Even the unit 's Operation and Mainrenance shop, CMS-4, buckled down . They sco red high on their semi-annual inspection which along with the Annual General Inspection has a hand in determining the award winner.

"All the men did an outstanding job," said Col. Koet.

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CPR A LIFE SAVER-Sixty members of the 371st SPT GP were trained in Cardiopul-monary Resuscitation (CPR) during a weekend drill at the Kettering armory by 16 paramedic instructors from various loca l fire departments and rescue squads. The technique, when administered correctly, can save approximately45 percent of heart attack, drowning and traumatic shock victims when started within four minutes. In o rder to be effective, CPR's artificial breathing and circulation must be done in certain ratios, which must be learned correctly. The instructors, members of the Kettenng, West Carrollton, and Washington Township Fire Departments and rep-resentatives of the Defense Electronic Supply Center, State Fire Marshall's Office, and Kettering Medical Center, perform the training to any interested g roup in the loca l area. (PHOTO BY SP5 TE RRY LEWIS)

Legion Supports Guard Many of us talk about support for the

Guard; but how many of us take so me positive actio n to accompany this pl edge?

Both American Legion Post 285 in H ebron and th e O hio Army G uard 's Headquarters Battery, 136th Field Artil-lery, Columbus, Ohio , have p ledged mutual support to one another.

Post Commander Bill Pitt received an appreciation plaque from unit comman-der CPT Wil l iam Hall and 1SG Ted Kell er recently to bond the new friendship.

The 136th plans to assist the Hebron Legion Post in va rious projects through-out the year to include M emo rial Day Services. In additio n, some past mem-bers wi ll be invited to the unit armory as guests durin g drill weekends and wi ll also be asked to attend a V. I. P. Day at summer camp.

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"Catch 22" Launched M embers o f Headquarters Co mpany,

1/148th Infantry, Lima, l aunched a "catch 22" with an Open House recent ly.

Lima Mayor H arry ) . M oyer and Harry Hale, hi s assistan t attended the affair.

Battalion com mander, Maj. Wi ll iam W. Griffin, presented the Mayor an honorary "Guardsman for a Day" ce rti ficate to sig-ni fy the close relationship between the city and the O hio National Guard, ac-cord in g to SSG M. G. Zickafoose, uni t Public Information NCO.

"Catch 22" was the title selected by the unit to represent a recruiting drive which needed 22 enl is tm ents to meet 100 per cent strength .

With the guidance of ful l time recruiter SFC Charles Arno ld , HHC 11148th In f. was able to reach 100.18 per cent st rength with the possibi li ty of addit iona l person-

nel sti ll wait ing to be tested as a res ult of the recrui ting drive and Open House.

Arizona Bound Twelve A-7D ai rcraft and pilots of the

178th Tactical Fighter Group, Ohio Air National Guard, recently participated in Operation Snowbird at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

The 14-day exercise included an opera-tional readiness inspection (O RI ) by ac-tive duty Air Force officials. The ORI is designed to provide realistic tact ical traini ng in air-to-ground gunnery traini ng missions and to help the Air Guard main-tain its combat readin ess capabilities in response to Tactical Air Command and Ai r Force con tingencies. Need less to say the 178th passed the inspection with col-ors fl ying.

Painesville Opens Doors M em bers of L Troop, 3d Sqdn , 107th

AC, held an Open Ho use in February to let the comm unit y kn ow more about the unit's role and miss ion , according to CPL. David Huffman , unit recruiter.

Various types of eq uipment were on d isplay and the mess section served hot dogs and light refreshments.

CPL. Hu ffman did a super job pub-licizing t he event and a number of f irm recru iti ng prospects resulted from th e full day affair.

Almanac Available Th e "1979 edition of t he NATIONAL

GUARD ALMANAC is now available. These paperback volumes are fi l led

with the latest, most cu rrent info rmation and provide detailed compensation and benefits informat ion fo r all military per-son nel and their fam il ies.

The NATIONAL GUARD ALMANAC is 160 pages and con tains detailed informa-tion regarding daily, weekend and annual pay , comprehensive retirem ent cover-age , promotions, benefits, o rgan.ization and other important subjects. Highlight-ed in th i s year 's editions is complete coverage of the new Survivor Benefit Plan for members of the Reserve Components and other changes which are of interest to al l Guardmembers and their fam ilies.

These books can be ordered di rectly from the publisher. Each edit ion sells for $2.50 each (p lu s 25¢ fo r pos tage and handl ing) or $3.50 via fi rst class mail. Spe-cial discounts are avai lable for quantity purchases by units and o rganizations.

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CPL ALBERT F. ZABLOCKI, Company A, 612th Engineer Balta/ion, Walbridge, was honored as outstanding Army Guardsman for 1978 by the Military Affairs Committee of the Toledo area Chamber of Com-merce. According to MA} Vivian Duffy, Command Administrative Assistant, " CPL Zablocki has been the key to his unit 's maintenance of 100 percent strength and always displays a high degree of profes-sior.alism." CPL Zablocki is employed by the E. W. DeVilbiss Company of Toledo. (PHOTO BY 180th TFG)

MSG CALVIN J. FRANK, a member of the Ohio Army Guard's First Battalion, 148th Infantry, Lima, recently received an O utstanding Perfo rmance Award and a Length of Service Award. MSG FRANK, a 30 year veteran , is a full-time technician in charge of maintaining all vehicles in the battalian in " readiness conditio n."

SP5 CAROL L. DAVISON, of the 1416th Trans Co. Avio ni cs Platoon , has been selected that un i t' s outsta nd ing sold ier of the year. As the unit's out-standing Guardmember she wi ll receive five days of State Acti ve Duty Pay, five days of free accommodati ons at Camp Perry this summer, and free tickets to Cedar Point.

SP5 BEN MILLER and SFC DON WARNER, both of Portsmouth , emerged victorious in t he 16th Engineer Bde. Horseshoe Tournament at Camp Gray-ling thi s past summer.

Six members of t he Ohio Air Guard's 200th CES recently attended the ANG Civil Engineering Conference in Al-buquerque, N.M. Those attending were LTC PHILIP A. WILLIAMS, MAJ RICHARD CALLAND, MAJ PHILIP M . BROOKS, MSGT JOHN J. CARROLL Ill, MSGT MARK W. CHARLTON and MSGT ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. While attending the confer-ence, LTC Wi ll iams, Commande r of the 200th CES, was elected Deputy Chief En-gineer of the ANG Civi l Engineering Assoc.

Ohio Army Guard CWO WILBUR HER-RON JR. recently received the Meritori -ous Service Medal (MSM) for outstandin g

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performance of duty while serving as a legal technician with HHD, O HARNG, Worthington. H e has retired after 27 years of mili tary se rv ice.

Retired O hio Army Guard BG KERMIT A. PATCHEN has received the Legion of Merit for his outstanding performance of duty whi le se rvi ng as commander of the 16th Enginee r Bde.

CPT RI CHARD A. SCHROEDER was promoted to his present rank during the annual Ch r istmas party fo r his unit, Co. A., 612th Eng. Bn. MAl RICHARD F. MEULLER, Battalion commander, did the honors.

COL E. LLOYD MURPHY, for the las t three yea rs Fifth Army's principal staff o f-ficer for the traini ng of 200 ,000 Army Na-tional Guardsmen and Army Rese rvists in the command's 13-state area, is the new Fifth Army Publi c Affairs Officer at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio .

Th e officers ofth e 371s t Support Group, Kettering, held th eir Annual Yu le Party wi th a new " twist" . Over 140 at-tended the affair which featured gifts, great dining, and disco dance lessons. The guest roster included: MG (RET.) AND MRS. CHARLES JONES, COL AND MRS. DAVID WAYT, COL AND MRS. ROBERT COPELAND, LTC AND MRS. THOMAS GANT, LTC AND MRS. DAVID SMITH, LTC AND MRS. ROBERT ZIM-MERMAN, MAl AND MRS. VERN ROSE, MAl (RET) AND MRS. DALE SLEPPY, CW4 (RET) AND MRS. ROBERT HURT, CW4 AND MRS. JACOB WEISS, and 23 enlisted personnel and thei r spouses from the 371st Support Gp.

During h is two weeks of acti ve trai ning at Red River Army Depot , Texarkana, Texas, SFC JOHN DALE, a member of the Ohio Guard' s 155th Maint. Co., W il-loughby, used some of hi s ci vilian know-how to solve one o f the Army' s problems. Drawi ng on his knowledge as a senior design engineer, DALE worked o ut a method for regene rating plexiglass canopies for use on the carrier-mounted Chapparal missle. DALE'S assistance was vita l. Red River was faced wi th stoppage on production of the Chapparal because no canopies were avai lable.

Five O hio Army National Guard senior off icers have been se lected to part icipate in the United States Army War College Correspondi ng Studies Course, C lass 1979-1980: COL WILLIAM B. SHIMP, HHD O hio ARNG: LTC ROBERT D. GREEN, 112th Med. Bde. ; LTC JOHN A. MARTIN, 107th AC: LTC JOHN B. McKENNEY, 107th AC; and LTC JAMES R. WILLIAMS, 73d lnf Bde (Sep).

How does a queen prepa re for the day when she no longer wears the crown?

Answer, she sews on the stripes of an airman in the Ohio Ai r National Guard. Sp rin gf i e ld Hi g h Sc h oo l 's 1978 Homecomin g Queen, NANCY ANN KOPP, did just that recently w hen she en-listed during a ceremo ny at the 180th Tac Ftr Gp, To ledo Express Airpo rt. Con-ducting the swearin g in ceremo ny was her father , MAJ. ED KOPP, Commander o f

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HOT SHOT-Captain Tom Pape, 121st TFW pilot, steps up into his A-7D Corsair II prior to the first runs at the Turkey Shoot competition held at Allerbury Gunnery Range in Indiana. Captain Pape was the first place individual w inner and was named as the "Top Gun". (PHOTO BY STAFF SERGEANT JERRY FETHEROLF)

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All About Peo le • • the 180th Combat Support Squadron.

SGT RONALD R. HARPS, a member of the Ohio Army Guard's 112th Med. Bde. , was the distinguished honor graduate of the Dental Specialist Course at the U.S. Army Health Services Command, Fort Sam Houston, Tx.

Members of OMS 3 and Troop K. 107th AC, recently presented a watch to CW4 JAMES E. WEBB at a luncheon honoring him upon his retirement from the ONG. WEBB se rved a total of 33 years in the U.S. Army and Ohio Guard.

MR. CliFF BROOKS, of the Lewis Visitor Information Center in Avon Lake, pro-vided members of Lakewood's 37th Sig-nal Company with a tour of the center and its photo lab faci lities. Members of the 37th Photo Section, SPS SCOTI BRUCE,

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SGT JOHN BAYOREK, SPS FRED McKIS-SACK, SPS ART ST. CLAIR, PFC PHILIP LEE and SPS TIM AVERY called the field trip " the most informati ve and impressive we have ever been on."

COL PASQUALE A. GICALE presented plaques to the 251st Combat Communi-cation~ Group's Outstanding Non-Commissioned Officer and Airman for 1978. They were SSGT BENNIE S. FRICK and SENIOR AIRMAN TIMOTHY A. TURNER, respective ly.

BLANCHE JOHNSTON, 17, of Goshen, 0. , is one of the 383rd Med. Co's newest members. She enlisted for the ONC Scholarship Program and already she's respon sible for five " blue streak" referrals and one enlistment. In addit ion to receiving the college grant, BlANCHE

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Requests for information and orders should be sent to: Uniformed Services Almanac, P.O. Box 76, Washington, D.C. 20044.

Tours Available The Ohio Air Guard's 160th Air Refuel-

ing Group at Rickenbacker AFB, Ohio , has implemented a base tour program, according to CPT Herschel Knapp.

Youth, civic, educational, or other in-terested groups, by making the proper arrangements , may now tour Ricken-backer (near Columbus) and the 160th Air Refue ling Group during the unit 's weekend training exercises.

Tou rs will include visits to the fire/ crash station, the control tower, and through a KC-135 "Strata Tanker", the plane used by the 160th to refuel other aircraft in flight. Transportation and tour guides wi ll be provided by the Ohio Air Guard while on base.

To make arrangements for a group tour write to: 160th AREFG , Ohio Air National Guard , Group Tour/10, Rickenbacker AFB , 0. 43217; or call CPT Knapp at (614) 492-4373 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mon-day thru Friday.

28th Celebrates 1 OOth The 28th Infantry Divisio n , Pennsyl-

vania Army National Guard , will celebrate its 100th Anniversary on March 12, 1979.

The " Keystone" Division is the oldest

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Division in the Armed Forces of the U-nited States, and has a s~gnifica