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8/17/2019 The Pershing Cable (June 1983)
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l ershina
Cable
Vol 20 No 6
6th
Field
Artillery Brigade
June 1983
P
II:
Keeping the Bear
at
bay
Tougher drug stance
to weed
out abusers
by Thoma, Copeland
Officers and senior enlisted personnel
can
be
separated from the Army for
first-time drug
use
under a
new
policy
eff.:ctive July
l In addition, the policy
calls
for
mandatory urinalysis testing at
lea.st
onc e
a
ycu
for
pe:oplc
in sensitive
duty positions. However,
the
56th FA
Bde.'s Commanding
Ge
neral's policy is
that testing will be done at least
twice
a
year.
Under the
new
policy,
all
officers,
warr,nt officers and senior
enlisted (E6
and above) determined to
be illega
l drug
users will be immedi . ly separated
from the Arm y.
The term 'determined to
be
' includes
soldiers who arc identified through uri
nalysis and confirmed drug abusers by
either ADAPCP or medical screening.
Additionally, initiation of separation
proceedings does not necessarily me.an
automatic
scp•u·ation. Sep.ar uion
actions
will be made at the lowest possible level.
When the recommendation
fo
r elimina
tion reaches the General Court Martial/
Convening Authority (GCM/CA) for
officers, he/she may disapprove the re
commendation and direct other disposi
tion or forward it t0 Department of the
Army
(DA)
to
be
handled as any other
recommended elimination.
Officials
have
smed that they would
lik-c to
keep sepamion
proceedings at
the lowest levels. That way, a unit com
mander
at
the company/battery
level
can begin proceedings. In those
cases
where the
so
ldier
has
morethan
18
years
in the service, ,he
final
decision for
eli
mination rcsu with DA .
All
soldiers
in
.. ensitive• Military
Occupational Specialities .,ill undergo
urinalysis testing
at lcut
once a
ycu.
Brig. Gen. William s w 56th FA
Bde. Comman
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Keeping the Soviet bear at bay
continued frOIII pege 1
These so-called peace· mo,·ements or
nuclear freeze groups have continuing pro·
gram, and are olten orchcsrratcd
nll iu
in
Europe :md 1n the U.S. They h»•e found
support
at
hom e amo ng isolated members of
Congress, such as
Sons
. Mark Hatfield (R·
Ore.) ,nd Ed•md Ktnncdy (D-
Mm
.). Both
have publicly called for a halt to the nuclear
mns ract. Such ,n agreemtnt would be wel
comed
in
some
form
or another
by
most
Americans, but unfortunately, there is no
rc,dily appucnt companion diurmament
clamor uk ing place behind the Iron Curtain.
Disarm:amtnt and Fretzt protest ac1ivity
setms diretted at rhe
U.S.
and can be ex·
pcctod to accelerate during the coming sum
mer, both a home and abroad.
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Pershing
Notebook
Class A s mandatory
Beginni
ng
July
I,
soldiers traveling
in
~niform through public placts, including air
terminals, mun wear thtir complete Class A uniform. including dress coat.
The new policy, designed to improve ,he Army's image, affem
all
soldiers traveling
10
or from ,heir home stations on temporary duty, p