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A sso c i at i o n o f G r ad u at es Unit ed St at es Air Force Academ y

M agazi n e V OL U M E

Editor — Jim W heeler , ’64 St af f —

M r s. F r ei d a W eb er

M r s. K at hy M cCann M r s. Joanne English M s. L isa Flynn

OFF I CER S OF T H E A SSO C I A T I O N O F G R A D U A T E S P r esi d en t

D avid M . Goodr ich , ’ 59 V i c e P r esi d en t

T homas J . Eller , ’6 1 E x ec u t i v e D i r ec t o r

James F . W heeler , ’64

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1979

A RTICL ES U SA F A F i r st

Professional Et hics T raining

Buy T erm — I nvest t he D i f f erence

Ret irement and Compensat ion . . .

D EPA RT M ENT S A t t en t i o n I n T h e A r ea . .

L et t er s T o T h e E d it o r . .

L o st So u l s

Gone, But N ot Forgott en

Chapt er N ews

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D IRECTORS T o Serve U ntil 1 M ay 1979 D onald R . Baucom , ’ 62 Jon R . St aples, ’ 62 James P . T at e, ’63 A l f red W . G r ieshaber , Jr ., ’ 65 T hom as L . C unnigham , ’ 67 Richar d P . E llis, ’ 68 Bur t on C . A ndr us, I I I , ’ 69 John J . W ar ner , ’ 69 K evi n W . K rail , ’ 7 1 V i ncent M . Par isi , I I , ’ 73

A BOU T OU R COVER

W int er at U SA FA — a time well remembered by t hose who h av e lived and learned at this Rocky M ount ain ret reat . Snow ,

sunshine, skiing . . . fun times and fond memories.

T o Serve U nti l 1 M ay 1981 Gar es Gar ber , Jr ., ’ 59 H ect or A . N egr oni , ’ 6 1 Fr eder ick L . M et cal f , ’63 Flet cher H . W iley , ’ 65 M ar k A . T or r eano , ’ 68 Ronald E . Joy , ’ 7 1 M ichael J . M cC ar t hy , ’ 7 1 L eslie J. H aaf , ’ 72 Fr eder ick S. K now les, Jr . , ’ 73 D ouglas J. For d , ’ 76 T o Ser v e U n t i l 1 J u n e 19 7 9

M ar k Z amzow , ’ 78

A SSOC I A T I O N O F G RA D U A T E S M A G A Z I N E i s published quar t er ly by the A ssociation of G r aduates, U SA F A cadem y , C olorado 80840 . Second-class postage paid at USA F Academy, C olor ado . O pinio ns expressed i n t his magazi ne ar e t hose o f t he aut hor s. T hey do not necessar i ly reflect the opinions, policy or attitude of the A ssociation o f G r aduat es, it s o f f icer s or t he edit or ial st af f . T he appear ance o f adver t isement s i n t his publ icat ion does not co nst it ut e an endor sement by t he A ssociat ion o f G r aduat es o f t he pr oduct s or ser vices a d v er t i sed . PO ST M A ST E R : I f t his m agazi ne i s ad d ressed to a m em ber of t he M i l i t arj Ser vi ce, n o post age is necessary f o r f or w ard ing (see Post al M anual , Sect i o n 158 .4). I f no f o rw ard i ng ad d ress f o r t h is m i l i tary m em ber i s av ai l able, send F o r m 3579 t o A sso c i a t i o n o f G rad uates, L SA F A cadem y , C O 80840 .

A F I R ST F O R T H E A IR FORCE A CA D EM Y

T he f irst graduate of t he A ir Force A cademy t o reach star rank is Brigadier General H arold W . T odd , Class of 1959. General T odd ’s promotion ceremony took place in t he Pent agon on t he last day of November when t he Chairman of t he Joint Chief s of Staf f , Gener al D avid C . Jones, pinned on t he new insignia. General T odd is E x ec u t i v e A ssi st a n t t o t h e C h a i r m a n .

T he new general graduat ed f rom Gonzaga H igh School in W ashington, D .C ., in June 1955. T he next month he entered t he f ir st class of t he A ir Force A cademy at its temporary locat ion on L owry A ir Force Base, Denver , Colorado . D uring his senior year , at t he A cademy ’ s permanent sit e near Colorado Springs, T odd served as a Flight Commander and on t he Gr oup St af f . H e graduat ed 34t h out of a class of 207 and was named the outst anding cadet in f or eign languages. H e also received his navigat or wings upon gr aduat ion .

I n 1970 he was assigned t o t he St rat egic A ir Command ’ s

Second A ir Force Headquarters at Barksdale A ir Force Base, Louisiana, where he served as an air operations st a f f

of f icer , special proj ect s of f icer , and later as aide to t he C o m m an d er .

General T odd t ransf er red t o H eadquart er s, U .S. A ir Forces in Europe (U SA FE) in M arch 1971. T here he served on the staf f o f the Commander in Chief , U SA FE , and

Commander, Fourth A llied Tactical A ir Force. During h i s tour in Europe, he authored the NA TO study which l ed t o t he creat ion of A llied A ir Forces, Cent ral Europe.

I n 1974 General Todd entered the National War College

at Fort M cN air in W ashingt on , D .C . Following t hat

assignment , he served for about 14 months as Special

A ssi st an t t o t h e C h i ef o f St a f f o f t h e A i r F o r ce. I n 1976 , h e

became Chief of the A ir Staf f ’s Concept Development Division, followed in early 1977 by duty as Chief of t h e

A f ter graduat ion he entered pilot t raining, ear ning his Readiness/ N A T O Staf f G roup in t he of f ice o f t he V i c e wings in A ugust 1960. H e was a B-47 pilot in t he ear ly 60’s, Chief of Staf f . He assumed his present position on July t ransitioning int o t he B-52 in 1966. H e f lew 156 combat 1st , 1978 . m i ssi o n s i n S o u t h ea st A si a .

COM M ITT ED T O EX CEL L EN CE

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Su p p or t A O G/ U SA F A P r o gr am s . . .

A SSO C I A T I O N O F GRA D U A T E S

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t h e jA r e n J i m W h eeler, ’64 E d i t o r / E x ecu t i ve D ir ect o r

1978 REG I ST ER OF G RA D U A T ES — T he 1978 Register

related to this proj ect for your Class. When your Class

was mailed in early November 1978. A ll members in good standing should have received their copy. I f you did n o t receive your Register, please contact the A OG of fice.

adds it s Coat o f A r ms t o t he wall , t he ring crest will replace t he Class numerals at t he head of your Class N ews in t h e A OG M agazine.

f or members and $7.50 f or nonmembers. T he post age is included ; overseas addressees wishing 1st Class mailing should include $5 f or ext ra post age.

membership will elect a new A OG President , Vice-Presi dent , and 10 members of the Board of Directors. The

1979 BI OG RA PH I CA L U PD A T E — T o update your

in the management of the A OG during a dynamic period of rapid growth and expanding responsibilities. A ll

Extra copies of the Register are available for purchase; $6

f rom inside the back cover of the 1978 Register , f ill i t o u t and f orward it t o t he A OG o f f ices. T he A OG will soon

have a year-round update capability, and it is no longer necessary to wait until the annual Biographical Update F o r m i s m ai l ed i n Ju n e.

SPRI NG M A GA Z I N E — A ll Class N ews Secret ar ies and

others wishing to submit items for publication in the Spring Magazine are reminded that the deadline is 9 A pril 1979. A ll mater ial submitt ed f or publicat ion should b e i n a

typed, double spaced f ormat . M aterial will not be returned unless specifically requested. A ll material submitted w i l l b e reviewed and acknowledged. The Editor and the Editorial Review Board will select mater ials based on suitability a n d

co n t en t .

M A GA Z I N E A RT I CL ES — T he member ship is encour

aged to contact the Editor with ideas related to future articles they wish to see in the A OG Magazine. Profession al and personal interest items can be commissioned f o r publication. I f you have a suggestion, write to the E d i t o r . 25t h A N N I V E R SA R Y P I C T O R I A L H I ST O R Y — T h e

preparation of the A OG sponsored Pictorial History o f

U SA FA , 1954- 1979 cont inues on schedule. A separat e

mailing will be made to Graduates and interested parties i n the Spring. The book will be of fered at the pre-publication price of $20.00 plus postage through 1 A ugust 1979. Orders may be forwarded to the A OG. I f you have friends or relatives that might be interested in receiving t h e publicity brochure on the book, please forward their address to t he A OG . A dvance sales are encouraging and t he A OG hopes to have a substantial advance sale. T he

post-publication price of the book will be $25.00 plus postage. A ct now to reserve your copy .

CL A SS W A L L — T he Classes o f 1959, 1978, and 1980 h av e co m m i ssi o n ed t h e cr eat i o n o f t h ei r C l ass C o at o f

A rms f or mount ing on the Class W all in the near f uture. I t

is imperative that all other Classes get going on their f u n d drive and planning. It is the A OG goal to have all graduated Classes represented on the Class Wall by Homecoming 1980. It has been suggested that the A OG

should run a pool t o see which Class will be t he last — d o not let it be yours. Contact the A O G of f ice f or det ails

1979 EL ECT I O N — D uring M arch and A pr il t he A OG

elect ed of f icers will serve f or f our year s and will part icipate members should take t he t ime t o vot e and to act ively

participate in the af fairs of the A ssociation. Watch f o r your ballot in the mails and be sure to return it to t h e A O G prior to 30 A pril 1979. Remember , you must be a member in good standing for 1979 to participate in the election. I f you have not yet j oined for 1979, do not delay j oining t o insure t hat a ballot is mailed t o you .

P H O T O S — ’ 72 an d ’ 77 — R i ch ar d E d i e P h o t o s o f 1114

S. N evada, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 is in t he pr ocess

of realigning their photo files and would like to give i n d i v i d u al s i n t h e C l asses o f 1972 an d 1977 a l ast c h a n c e t o

order copies of Polaris and Ring Dance pictures. I f int erested , please cont act Edie Phot os direct ly .

RH OD ES SCH O L A R — C / I C Jef f rey A Jackson has become t he 20t h U SA FA recipient o f a Rhodes Scholar

ship. Jackson is a member of 24th Squadron and is maj oring in electrical engineering and humanities. J a c k so n recently participated in an exchange semester at the L ’ Ecole D e L ’ A ir in Salon , France. H is cumulat ive G P A i s 3 .7 6 .

A OG SK I -I N — T he 1979 Sk i holiday sponsored by t he

A OG was postponed due to unforeseen complications. H owever, the planning ef fort for a Ski-I n in 1980 will b e u n d er t ak en i f t h er e i s su f f i ci en t i n t er est . C o n t act t h e A O G

of fice with your preferences for dates and location.

25t h A N N I V ERSA RY D I SPL A Y S — A s a part of t he

A cademy’s 25th A nniversary observance, a committee headed by Colonel Jack Shuttleworth, Department of English, is designing a series of displays to be located o n t he f ourth and f if t h f loor s of Fairchild H all . T hey w i l l

depict the heritage of each graduate as cadets, as m em b er s of the A ir Force, and as participants in man’s historic search for flight . M embers of the A OG can provide specific assistance in the display depicting the heritage o f t he Cadet W ing.

Captain Felix M organ, Class of 1968, is heading the

committ ee f or t he U SA FA herit age display which will o p e n

on 21 A pril 1979. In the USA FA display, two primary t hemes will be carried f ort h : ( 1) W hat was it like t o b e a

cadet then?; and, (2) A look at careers of selected graduates compared to what they did as cadets. 7

Some of the proposed displays in the “ what it was like area include things like uniforms, unique spirit missions, significant events, “ we were the last / f irst class to’ ’ , o l d uniforms, and cadet correspondence such as coffee chits. Dear John’ ’ letters, and letters home. I f any A OG members would be willing to donate memorabilia of this type, please contact Felix M organ at A V 259-4204, or w r i t e t o him at U SA FA / D FA CS. T he commit tee int ends t o

recognize donors of each item in the display.

H O M E C O M I N G ’ 78 SU R V E Y — T h e A O G d i st r i b u t es

after-action questionnaires to participants in each

H omecoming. T he replies are reviewed and t abulat ed by t he A OG st af f so t hat positive f eedback can be utilized i n

planning future Homecomings. The 1978 Homecoming Survey yielded several constructive suggestions and t h ese will now be incorporated into planning for H omecoming 1979. Some general comments included the following: . . . improve the food at the O Club; collect tickets; r el a x the of ficial schedule; schedule class visits; win the f o o t b al l gam e . .

The ’78 survey revealed that returning Grads come back

primar ily t o “ visit and socialize with Classmates and f riends.’ ’ W e also can observe t hat most ret ur nees d r i v e a

private car, prefer to be seated with Classmates at t h e game, do not like to wear unif orms to functions, and f eel the A OG is doing better with experience . . . A ll of these factors will be considered in an Ops Plan that is being prepared and additional suggestions are

always solicited .

GOLF TOURNA M ENT — A s part of the USA F A cademy 25th year celebration, the Department of A thletics w i l l sponsor an 18 hole golf tournament on Friday, 13 A pril 1979, for any alumnus who earned a varsity letter while competing in intercollegiate sports at the A ir Force

A cademy .

Cost for this event will be $15.00 per entrant , which includes cart , green fees, post tournament cocktail p ar t y

and prizes. T he tour nam ent will be limited to the f ir st 144 ent rants.

I nterested personnel should contact M aj or Eugene F. M iranda, A HPI , USA FA A cademy, CO 80840.

GRA D U A T E PR O M O T I O N S T O 0-6 C l a ss

P r i m ar y Z o n e

B el o w t h e Z o n e

19 5 9

T h o m as G . B o w en

George C . Clar k Robert H . Fay

R o n al d T . L an m an

Edwin J. M ontgomery W ayne C . Pitt man

B r o ck T . St r o m

A l b er t L . W at er s

C h ar l es P . W i nt er s 19 6 0

19 6 1

George E . L uck Gary D . Sheet s Car r oll G . Car son , Jr . James L . M cCleskey James C . Poole, Jr . R i ch ar d D . Sm i t h

19 6 2

19 6 3

G er a l d A . D a n i el

M i ch ael A . C l ar k e J o h n A . J o h n so n

Joseph C . Carling

E ar l N . O ’ R ear

D ale C . T apor Robert K . W agner M i ch ael P . B l ai sd el l

George B . H ar rison

Chester W . Gri f f in , Jr . D onald J. H allager W illiam R . O ’ Rour k e, Jr .

Joseph L . Coat es

John L . Bor ling

L aw r en ce R . E ast m an

Ronald R. Fogleman

L esl i e G . D en en d

W i l l i am R . P o v il u s 19 6 4

St ephen B . Croker P au l G . K am i n sk i

Jay W . K elley T imot hy F . O keef e, Jr . M i ch ael D . P av i ch 8

L ET T E RS T O T H E E D IT O R N i n o L i ves . . . Dear Jim , A tt ached is a clipping f rom t he obit uary sect ion of t he 6 N ovember A F T imes. T o put everyone’s mind at ease, t he art icle is grossly in er ror . T o

paraphrase M ark Twain, the reports of N i no

B al d ach i ’ s

d eat h

h av e

b een

greatly exaggerated. I have it on good

authorit y t hat , on the day t his par t icular A F T i mes edition was being circulated , N ino , his wif e N ina, and his brot her , Pet er J . Foonman (hal f brot her , act ually) were vacat ioning in t he Sout h D ak ota Badlands. (Peter ,

you recall , gained a certain degree of

recognit ion last winter when he was sn o w ed i n at a M i n u t em an L au n ch C o n t r o l C en t er n ear G r an d F o r k s A F B

f or 94 days. H e is recovering nicely .) T he er roneous report o f N ino ’ s d em i se u nd o u bt ed l y cam e f r o m M urmansk , t he supposed site of his i n t er m en t

an d

w h er e

N ino

d o es,

indeed , have relat ives (his mot her ’ s side) . I ’ m sure t he report was t he result o f t he language bar rier . T hose Rus sians never did talk English t oo good . I hope t he A OG will take immediate act ion to correct t he f alse report as presented in t he A F T imes. T he thousands of grads who k now N ino

may take comfort in knowing that he is

alive and well and cur rent ly en route to Eniwetok where he is being assigned as Commissary O f f icer and U nit H is t o r i an

for

the

60 15t h

P r o v i sio nal

Support Squadron . I understand also t hat since N ino never graduated , he has submit ted applicat ion (under waiver) f or re-admission to t he Cadet W ing. Sincerely , GA RES GA RBER, JR., ’ 59 L t . C o lo nel , U SA F

M aj or

one of our f ellow grads became a

B R O O K E P . B A I L E Y ’ 68

known publicly t hat t he squadron has

O f f icer P r o m o t i o n s

. . . an “ A F A G r ad P r o t ect i v e A sso ci at i o n ” . I n t h e l at est i n ci d ent ,

squadron commander then made it

sur rounding himsel f wit h f ellow grads. H e t hen marshalled big guns wit hin his M A JCO M t o t ry and make it happen .

We nipped this action in the bud, but

wonder how many ot hers have . . . or will . . . slip t hr ough . T hroughout our careers we have been exposed to much ‘ ‘ k idding bet ween grads and non-grads about ring k nockers” , ‘ ‘zoomies” and t he like. T his was a healt hy interchange. Since t he increasing t rend o f incident s discussed above, this interchange . . . at least at t he personnel center . . . is losing its ‘ ‘ healt h” . W e perceive a wall developing t hat has us concer ned as to our f ut ure inter relat ionships. « (

W e d o n ’ t k no w t h e an sw er , o r ev en i f o u r co n cer n s ar e b ased o n o u r o w n

percept ions or on f act . H owever , we do t hink it is t ime to put out a note in t h e al u m n i new sl et t er t hat r em i n d s al l o f us t h at w e ar e n o t an el i t e cad r e,

but are a group o f of f icers no better or no worse t han our non-academy broth

er s. I n t h is t i m e o f t u r m o i l i n t h e f o r ce, o u r m issi o n sh o u ld b e t o d o al l i n o u r

power to keep the of f icer corps to get her in a common bond o f excellence and int egr ity . T he f ormation of an ‘ ‘A FA graduate protect ive associa t ion” will dest roy t hat bond rapidly . T hus, we must be hypersensit ive in handling any j ob , sit uat ion, or inter change t hat has t he least potent ial of f oster ing t he ‘ ‘ protect ive” percept ion . Sincerely ,

J A R R E T T B . M cG E H E E , J R ’ 64 L t Col

C A R L L . M c P E H E R SO N ’ 6 8

M aj or Rated Supplement M anagement JA M E S H . W H I T E , J R ’ 67

D ear J i m ,

From our position here at t he M an power and Personnel Center , we have

Captain Rated O f f ice M anagement

as a wort hy reminder to all grads. T here appears to be an increase in

JO H N H A L L IG A N ’63

o b ser v ed a ser ies o f i n ci d en t s t h at ser v e

personnel

requests and attempted

F o r ce C o n t r o l

M aj or

problems that can only be solved by

Support O f f ice M anagement

Pr ot ecti ve Soci ety . . .

R O B E R T L . R A T H B U R N ’ 63

actions t hat smack of somet hing the association should be t rying t o prevent

M aj or Force A nalysis

D oct or Sh or tage . . . D ea r J i m :

L ast summer , j ust prior to beginning my f inal year of medical school , I att empted to t ransf er int o t he U SA F Reserve, t he obj ect of t hat at tem pt

being to complete my active duty career as a physician in t he A ir Force. I

was rej ected because my height to

weight rat io was out o f A ir Force standard , a problem I have st ruggled w i t h si n ce w e w er e t h i r d cl assm en .

I k now my ego is involved in t his sit uat ion t o a great degree, and I am certainly aware of t he det riment t o healt h of obesit y . H owever , at a t ime when t he A F medical corps is cr it ically under manned , when ret ired personnel are

being turned away from A F health

f acilities, when f oreign doctor s are

being hired in large numbers, and when many act ive dut y physicians are eit her

overtly or covertly marking time until

they can get out , I believe my rej ect ion involves some issues of a more general n at u r e t han t h e r ef u sal t o co m m i ssio n

one chubby physician . Primary among t hose quest ions is what , if any , benef it s acm e to t he A ir Force as a result o f t he vigorous and ext ensive obesit y cont r ol program (euphemist ically and univer sally , i f unof f icially ref erred t o as ‘ ‘ t he f at boy p r ogr am ” ) , o t her t han t he ego b en ef i c i a l

ef f ect s

t h o se

not

designated as ‘ ‘ f at boys” . T o t hose who are tempted to respond f rivolously to t his let ter , I can only say I think my main concer n here is with t he A ir Force, and not mysel f . T he A ir Force has a serious pilot resignation problem now , and many of those resigning cite ‘ ‘ M ickey M ouse programs which I put in t he same category as the ‘ ‘ f at boy program ” as reasons f or t heir leaving t he service. T hese are t hings which I don’t need to 5 >

en u m er at e

t h at

seem

sel f

sust aining, generat ing paperwor k f or t he sake of paperwor k , and which eit her no longer serve t he interest of t he service or their original intent , or actually become counter-product ive. T he A ir Force will undoubtedly deal

with its pilot shortage and get along

quite well wit hout me in it s medical corps, but I can’t help but t hink t hat ,

changes with extra costs to keep the Cadet Wing standardized in appear an ce, o r t h er e w i l l b e v i si b l e d i f f er en ces

among classes. W it h regular A ir Force

uniforms, there will be a strong

t emptation f or new L ieutenant s t o st r et ch t h e ser v ice l i f e o f t h ei r cad et u n i f o r m s i n t o o f f i cer l i f e. I n ad d i t io n

p r act i cal

f act o r s,

d i st i n ct i v e

u n i f o r m s ar e t h e h al lm ar k o f ser v i ce

in the case of me and the medical corps

academies and a source of pride for

benef itted if things had wor ked out di f f erently .

Class colors were adapted t o encour age class identi f icat ion and t o f oster a sense of unity among member s of each

at l east , I an d t h e A i r F o r ce co u l d h av e

Rip T homas ’64

c a d et s .

class. In my j udgment the separation of classes into a four-class system is an important training parameter, and

d i st i n ct i v e cl ass b l an k et s an d b at h r o b es

are very support ive of t his concept .

A O G C on cer n s . . .

While there may be some small pro curement advant ages i n havi ng

D ea r G en er a l T a l l m a n

I indicated in a letter to you shortly

af ter you became t he Superintendent t hat I st and ready t o be of help in any way possible, bot h as an individual and t hrough t he A ssociation of Graduates. I n t he spirit of helping the A cademy , I

would like to share with you my concern about a common herit age f or all graduates. I h av e b eco m e aw ar e o f a ser i es o f

changes over t he past f ew years that ,

by being piecemeal , have very quietly el i m i n at ed t r ad it i o n s t h at h av e st o o d

since t he ear ly days of t he A cademy — demise of t he class color blanket , t he class color bat hrobe, and t he SA M I bed wit h a white collar ; t he replace m en t o f T er r azzo m ar b le w i t h w h i t e

concrete; and now t he possible demise o f t h e d i st i n ct i v e cad et u n i f o r m . T h e

changes appear to t he graduates t o be an unnecessary sacr if ice of t radition

without significant off-setting benefit .

T he decision on uni f orms is particu lar ly cont rover sial . I n my own short career I have seen t he regular A ir Force go f rom silver-t an t hrough several shades of blue f or Class A ; and f rom long-sleeve starched k hak i and I ke

j ackets through bermuda shorts, pith

helmet s, 1505s, 1515s to a short-sleeve b l u e co m b i n at i o n

co l l ar

sh i r t

w ith

epaulet s. By cont rast , t he dist inctive cadet uni f orm has been relat ively st ab l e si nce t he cad et b l u e C lass A w as

issued in 1957. I f any substantial monet ary savings are t o be gained through large-lot A ir Force uni f orm purchases, then the cadet unif orms will be changing as rapidly as the A ir Force uni f or ms. T his will ent ail eit her regular 10

standardized bat hrobes, blank et s, and even bedspreads, I am at a loss to

balance this against the disadvantages I

perceive. Besides looking sharp , a white collar b ed f o r SA M I w as an i n d i r ect m ean s o f

insuring that cadets changed the bed

linen

regularly .

W it h

the

cur rent

sy st em t h e u se o f cl ean l i n en i s n o t

apparent, and successful making of a SA M I bed is not a matter of pride. T he m ar b le o n t h e n o r t h T er r azzo

lasted nearly twenty years without maj or deterioration. By contrast , its w hi t e aggr egat e

r ep lacem ent

Sup t. Rep lies . . . C o lo n el D av i d M . G o o d r i ch

President , A ssociat ion of Graduat es U SA F A cademy , Colorado 80840 D ea r D a v e

I appreciate your let t er which ex

pressed the concerns and thoughts of the A OG with the development of our traditions here at the A cademy. To be sure, a common herit age f or all o f our

graduates is a desirable goal , provided

t hat heritage it sel f is of value. W hile your let ter expresses some concer ns f or

things which have changed here, I

suggest some of those changes are relatively minor and would have no

adverse impact on a lasting heritage. I

am , however , concer ned t hat in t he 25

years of our existence the A cademy has developed few, if any, lasting tradi t ions of real signi f icance. Y ou ref er t o

the class colors, and I am happy to tell you t hat we have recent ly ret ur ned to

the use of class colors to identify

separate classes. Start ing with t he Class o f 1983, we will again purchase colored bat hrobes t o cor respond t o t he class co l or s. Recent l y w e w ent t o a bedspread t o cover t he cadet beds. T hese will also be purchased in class color s. N at urally, wit h t he int r oduc

tion of bedspreads, we have gone away f r o m t h e w h i t e co l l ar f o r SA M I .

I recognize the decision to go to the

has

A i r F o r ce st an d ar d u n i f o r m i s co n t r o

only a year or so . A continued patchwork appearance o f t he T errazzo

co nt i n u ed u se o f t h e d i st i nct i v e cad et u n i f o r m i s w ar r ant ed . I b el iev e t h e A i r

developed serious unsightly cracks in

co u l d i n st i l l i n t h e cad et s t h e i d ea t h at

it is okay t o look second rate. T he gr aduat es under st and t hat change is inevit able and desirable. I t is

our earnest desire that the A cademy will improve with age, and we applaud your bold initiatives in the pursuit of excellence. We also recognize, how ev er , t h at t h er e i s v al u e i n t r ad i t i o n .

W e look to you as Super intendent f or

help in this regard and suggest that a general review of where we have been, and where do we head regarding tra ditions, is now appropriate with part icular

i t em s .

emphasis on

t he above

Thank you for your continued gen

erous support o f the A ssociat ion . Sincerely yours

D A V I D M . GOOD RI CH , ’59 President ,

A sso ciat i o n o f G r ad u at es

versial , but I do not believe that t he Force has f inally set t led on a color of

uni f or m

w h i ch

w ill

not

r ef l ect

the

many changes you have experienced in

your career and the advantages gained

by t he individual cadet and t he A cademy by issuing standard of f icer

uniforms to the Cadet Wing are sub

st an t ial . T h e co st b en ef i t s t o t h e cad et

will be significant over a period of time, as they will be able to graduate

an d en t er t h e ser v i ce w i t h t h ei r cad et

uni f orms. By t he same t oken , t hat will t end to keep our senior cadets in bett er

looking uniforms, since they will be aware t hat t hey will not have t o discard

them upon graduation. M ost impor

t antly , however , we will solve a serious

logistic problem by us doing away with distinctive service uniforms. I might add that I have no intention of getting rid of the parade uni form, parka, A -j acket, or the distinctive service cap. Y o u r ef er t o t h e m ar b l e o n t h e n o r t h

T er razzo

being

replaced

white

concrete. The present cost of marble is $32.00 per square f oot , wher eas con

crete costs approximately SI .00 per square foot . With about the same life expectancy of the two materials, cost b enef i t s ar e o b v i o u s. I n ad d i t i o n , t h e

marble is ext remely slippery when wet and we have had cadet s inj ured slip

C l ass W al l A

C a d et V i e w . . .

Editor ’s N ot e: T he f ollowing lett er was ref erred t o in t he Supt ’ s. reply above.

It is printed with the permission of the

au th o r .

i ssu es w ar r an t o u r at t en t i o n . W e h av e

undertaken several programs t o est ab

l i sh so m e t r ad it i o n s h er e i n t h e C ad et

W ing; e.g., many squadrons have est a b l i sh ed

“ G r ad u at e

A r ea

> 5

wherein t hey list on plaques graduates who were assigned t o t hose squadrons. W e have r ecent ly u nder t ak en a t horough review of t he squadron patch history, and are attempt ing t o st abilize t hese patchs to something t hat will last t hrough the years. Perhaps one of the m ost signi f icant cont r ibut i ons t o t radition was developed a f ew years ago by t he A O G wit h it s memor ial service during t he annual homecoming weekend . T his has evolved int o a very somber , but meaningf ul , ceremony an d

one

w h i ch

h as a

t r em en d o u s

signi f icance t o graduat e and cadet alike. I suggest you watch f or one cadet ’s impressions of t hat ceremony , which will be in an upcoming issue of t h e T al o n . I b el i ev e al so t h e r ecent est ab l i sh m en t o f t h e C lass W al l w i t h

t he crest s of t he graduat ed classes will cont ribute great ly to our t radit ions. I would encourage you and the A OG t o continue to seek new ways in which we may develop meaningf ul t radit ions w h i ch w i l l co n t r i b u t e t o t h e co m m o n

heritage o f all graduates. O n a recent t r ip to Europe, I was impressed by

so m e o f t h e t r ad i t i o n s o f t h e ser v i ce a c a d em i es

so m e

our

NA TO

allies. I hope we can develop some

si m i l a r t r a d i t i o n s h er e a n d I a m a w a r e

that some o f the local ’ 59 graduates are seeking some way f or t he Class of ’ 59 t o start some signi f icant tr adit ion at t heir 20 year reunion . I am encouraged by t his and solicit t he help o f the A OG t o seek ot her ways in which we can develop lasting t radit ions t hat will pr ovide t he common herit age we all seek . T hank s again f or your t hought s. Sincerely / s/ KEN TA L L M A N

L t G en er al , U SA F Su p er i n t en d en t

T h e t ear s i n h i s v o i ce w er e si n cer e.

A t t h e en d o f t h e li st w as a m an

whose name wasn’t preceded by any of f icer r ank , instead he was addressed

ping on the wet surface. The white concrete has the same visible ef f ect , is saf er and cheaper to procure. I n t he long term , more important

one name, and rather t han his Squad ron Commander giving t he response, he f illed his lungs wit h t he f resh Colorado air , and in a f altering voice called t o t he W ing . . . “ A bsent , Sir ! ” .

D ear Family , Somet hing j ust happened here at the A cademy t hat made me come r ight back t o the room and get out my

typewriter . I feel that I have to tell you word by word about a dedication ceremony that j ust took place and I

f eel t hat it is something t hat would be totally wasted on t he t elephone.

We j ust

had a dedication for

somet hing called t he Class W all where we all will be put ting our Class Crests

as a C ad et . A F o u r t h C l ass C ad et w h o

had died last year . I don’t know where

the feeling came from, whether it was me or was act ually W ing side, but it was a cold f eeling of loss. O ne o f my

own, though not at all related, had been t aken . I t st r uck me at that very moment , during t he pause, t hat no , not even I as a Cadet here in t he security of T he A cademy am f ree f r om loss. W ho

in my world is next to go? The

w h en w e ar e f i r st cl assm en an d su b se

Classmat e beside me, one o f my f r iends who knows who I really am , who has seen me scream in anger , sigh

ceremony t hat really im pressed me was when t he spok esman f or t he A ssocia t ion o f Graduates spok e f or a minute

it t o be a f ellow graduate as we com

quently as graduates. The part of the

ab o ut sev er al o f t h e C l asses an d t h en

went on t o call roll f or the graduat es t hat had died during t he past year .

A pparently it is something that is done every year at H omecoming and yet it st ill had t hat f reshness of spirit and i t n eed ed t o t hat f eeli ng t hat

happen” . It was so much like many of t he services t hat

take place as a

t r ad i t i o n b ack at “ T h e P o i n t ” . A s an A i r F o r ce o f f i cer st o o d t o t h e

microphone with the entire Cadet Wing at attention before him, the soft m u f f l ed r o l l o f d r u m s co u l d b e h ear d

slowly rumbling t hrough t he A rea. T he f i r st n am e t o b e r ead w as t h at o f a L t .

Col ., and t hen by the rank t he names o f m en w h o h ad d i ed i n t h e ser v i ce o f t h e U n it ed St at es o f A m er i ca f l o w ed

with t he wind t o each and every Cadet in sight . A s each name was dut if ully called to the W ing, and his old Cadet Squadron number f ollowed , a pause was given . I n t his pause came t he resounding voice of t hat Squadron ’s C o m m an d er as h e cal l ed o u t : “ A b sen t ,

Sir ! ” Quite a f ew names were called , each t o be f ollowed by t he pr oud voice o f a Cadet as he ack nowledged the passing of a graduate. Event ually t he recent graduat es were called , the f resh young Second L ieu tenants who had so recent ly been standing on the very same t errazo b lo ck s

w e.

F r i en d s

the

now

graduating class, brot her s, and heroes t o ot hers. O ne Cadet , st anding wit hin my earshot , f l inched at t he mention of

from pain, and question in fear? Or is

plete the rigors of becoming pilots in

an alien at mosphere? I pray t o G od t hat I will not lose any o f t hose t hat I dearly love; whether it is f am ily , a

person in my life that I love, or a friend

in f ait h , devot ion , respect , and t r ut h as ar e my Classmates who are st anding b e si d e m e .

T he pause was long af t er t he D oolie’ s name was called , and f inally, in a st aggering voice f illed with emot ion , came t he response. T he f eeling wit hin the voice sounded as t hough it was someone who had known the per son ; pain and sor row f illed t he t ones. Possibly t he voice was a Class mate. I pity his hurt . A classic f lyby o f A -7’s roared overhead as t he ent ire W ing st ood at Present A r ms” . T he m issing man f or mation once again showed t he loss o f t hese men . A s t he r oar of t he j et s passed into the distance t wo bugler s raised t heir inst rument s t o t heir lips and the sounds of taps echoed out into t he air . T he notes, played slowly and very deeply , resounded of f of the m o u n t ai n s i n t h e d i st an ce an d cam e

back in per f ect response t o t he m usic’ s own call f or respect , adm irat ion , and love f or t he missing men . T aps has always placed a lump in my t hroat , especially when t here is a very st rong reason f or playing it . But now , wit h all o f t he pomp and circum st ance that su r r o u n d s a m em o r i al d ed i cat i o n , i t

was so warm and f lowing t hat my breat h was held in suspense. T he whole service, t he ent ire cere11

mony, really impressed me as being so

thought out , so t uned t o t he memor ies

memory throughout my lif e. W ith love. Y our Son

of the ones that had passed away. I

A .B. Simpson , ’ 82

f elt that I had t o tell you, but I f eel that these words may not be power f ul enough to describe the emot ions present . M en , calling f or men , and

finding their friends absent. The power behind that one event was enough to

send me t o the proudest stance of attention ever possible. M aybe it ’s cor ny, but it ’s real and it did happen, so it ’s necessary t o tell . T he men were real , the absences were real , t he em otions were real , and t he power of t he pride that is t he basis f or any military unit was st rong. T his lett er

has been about a small part of one day, but for me and many others the day

will last a very long time. T he ceremony will always remain a st r ong

C W D S- 3 9

The f ollo wing app ear ed in the 18

Dec 78 A F Times and are rep roduced with p erm ission:

Up -or - Ou t I r r i tan t EI EL SON A FB, A laska — I n a recent news analysis, M . L . M s. Graver gave us A ir Force’ s hopes now t hat I s

are decontrolled on OERs. A maj or

hope is t hat the up-or-out promot ion syst em will st op being a career ir ritant . I n the days of t he 9-4 OER , inf lat ion was a sympt om of the up-or-out prob-

lem . T he sympt om was t reated and we b ecam e aw ar e

the

f u n d am en t al

problem. That awareness will not go

away when t he symptom s r et ur n .

A F will continue to discharge or retire of ficers who still have good years of quality work ahead. The promotion board will mak e t hose d eci si o n s w h i l e operating under t he largest area o f the n o r m al cu r v e. T h at i s w h er e d i scr i m i n at i o n i s m o st d i f f i cu l t . A s a

result, that central area will slowly

move right , masking t he 22 percent w h o u sed t o st an d o u t . B u t w e w i l l n o w

be aware of our up or out dr iving t hat movement and cutt ing good career s

short ,

L t . Col . C .R . K RI EGE R, ’64

M I A L a m en t CO NU S — I would like t o express to your readers our f eelings as par ents at

the actions of the Department of

D ef ense t o declare, by t he end of t he year , all POW s and M I A s t o be K I A s (killed in act ion) . T hat will not relieve one iot a of anxiety f rom our minds and

L O ST SO U L S

hear t s. Y et t h i s i s w h at su ch act i o n i s

19 5 9

19 66

197 2

J am es O B ar t h ol om ew J o h n R St ev en s

D am o n W R i ck ar d Jr

St ephan L Buley

19 6 7

D a l e K en t

Stephen S Cain (Seigler)

Henry M ason

19 6 0

J am es A B i l el l o 19 6 1

D onald D Payne

R ei d A Sch af f n er

196 2

D avid C L yon T r oy N T omlin

R i ch ar d A W i l l i am s 1963

George V Byron

R o b er t E J o h n so n

19 6 8

19 7 3

t h e r et u r n o f t h e f o u r b o d i es f r o m

R i ch ar d A B ak er

L ao s.

T r oy Sullivan

N o r m an F C o m t o i s

196 9

19 7 4

St anley E M ar s 19 70 J a m es R B el l

M i ch ael P C an n o n R o b er t W G er m er

Joseph O Slett on

R o n al d L C r en sh aw

D anny W D onham Robert E Ryan 19 7 5

L ar ry D Crenshaw R o b er t H ea t h

M ichael A Simpson

19 7 1

19 76

19 6 4

A l a n J A n d er so n

R o b er t W H u d so n

Richar d A Bourgeois

J o e C h a se

R o b er t J M el o n e

R o n al d S H er sh el D an i el L K ear n s

R o b er t C J a c k so n

19 7 7

D a v i d L M a r sh a l l

E ar n est E M i l l er

T homas W H yde

R i ch ar d M cD o n al d

196 5

H enry M A rmst rong J a m es R O l i v er

L E d w i n Sm i t h 12

testimony of Ngo Phi Hung that he observed 49 A mericans in captivity from May 1975 through A pril 1977 and

I an D u n can

R o b er t L W eb b

R o b er t B M acF ar l an e

supposed t o accomplish . W e believe the move, at this point , is ar bit rary and ill-conceived in view of r ecent devel opment s: nam el y t he

I vory J M or ris J a m es A S m i t h

T he State D epart ment has called H ung’ s t est imony, as given in San

Diego recently to the National League

of Families, a complet e and horrible hoax . H owever , exhibit ing t he same insensit ivity as ot her branches o f gover nment , t he State D epart ment

never even spoke directly with Hung.

Some members of Congress cont inue

t h ei r h ar d l i n e t h at t h er e ar e n o l i v e A m er i can ser v i ce m em b er s i n L ao s o r

V iet nam , alt hough they have no harder proof of t his t han anyone else has. T his l et s t h e L ao t i an s an d V i et n am ese o f f the h oo k .

E f f o r t s t o n o r m al i ze r el at i o n s w i t h

V iet nam are t r uly a sellout , f or a f ew palt ry pieces of silver , o f t hose who

fought as directed by their govern

ment . God f orgive t his nat ion and , specif ically , those involved in t he bet rayal . E RRO L BO N D , f at her ,

CA PT . RO N A L D BO N D

(M I A ) ’69

P R O F ES S IO IMA L ET H IC S T R A I N I N G L . R A L P H C H A SO N , C o l, U SA F

Sp ecial A ssistant to the Sup er intendent f or P r of essional E t h i cs I n t he last issue of t his publicat ion, L t Col John Fer , the Commandant ’ s

E x ecu t i v e d escr i b ed

f or the

P r o f essi o n al E t h i cs, C ad et P r o f essi o n al

Ethics System at t he U nit ed St at es A ir Force A cademy , I n t hat art icle he r e a f f i r m ed t h i s i n st i t u t i o n ’ s co m m it m en t

t o the Cadet H onor Code and brief ly out lined t he measures being under

d o es n o t i n t h e l ea st m ea n t h a t w e m u st b e

sel f -r ight eous o r lack com passion . O n t he cont r ar y , i ndivid uals w ho recognize t hat people mak e m ist akes, even w hen t hey are doing t heir level-best , not only di splay integrit y t hem selves, but r ein f or ce t hat o f

THE CADET HONOR CODE. . . •m

wil l HOT

STEAL,

t h ei r su b o r d i n a t es .

OR CHEAT,

I n t he last analysis, i ntegr it y is an ent irely per sonal t hing. I m por t ant t o anyone, it is absolutely vital t o t he m i lit ar y pr o f essional w ho has respo nsi bi lit y f or hum an li f e and pu b l i c p r o per t y . A s G ener al D o ugl as M acA r t hur once said , our code “ em br aces t he highest m oral law s and w il l stand t he test o f any et hics or phi losophies ever pr omul gated f or t he upl i f t o f mank i nd . I t s r equi re ment s are f or t he t hings t hat are r ight , and it s rest raint s are f r om t he t hings t hat ar e w r ong.” W het her we label t hat code, “ D uty , H onor , C ount ry ,” or sim ply , “ I nt egr ity ” — t he requi r ement is t he same.

TOLERATE AMONfi OS ANYONE WHO DOES.'

t ak en t o b r o ad en t h e ed u cat i o n o f

every cadet in t he area of Prof essional Ethics. H e also described t he genesis of t he special H onor Review Committ ee impaneled at t he A ir Force A cademy last year t o review every aspect o f cadet li f e and it s relationship t o t he Cadet H o n o r C o d e. I n d et ai l i ng t h i s inf or mat ion he listed f our point s recommended by t he H onor Review

A t this A cademy , t he H onor Code

r em a i n s a v i t a l a n c h o r a t t h e b a se o f a l l

C o m m i t t ee. T h i s ar t i cl e w i l l f o cu s o n the

fourth

r ec o m m en d a t i o n :

( i

T he

p r o cess o f et h i cs ed u cat i o n b e substantially changed t o ef f ect needed improvements in cadet under st anding and acceptance of high st andards of personal and prof essional behavior . T h e H o n o r C o d e i s t o b e v i ew ed a s

a stat ement of minimum acceptable et h i c a l

co n d u ct

encompassing b eh a v i o r . ”

r a t h er

th an

st andar d

et hical

Dur ing it s f irst years of operat ion , t he A ir Force A cademy f ollowed t he b asi c m o d el o f t h e W est P o i n t H o n o r

Code. T hough it served well , a det ailed review of t he H onor Code, it s adminis t rat ion, and it s overall impact on cadet educat ion emphasized t he import ance of rest at ing t his instit ut ion’ s com mit ment t o t he H onor Code, and beyond, t o pr ovide a renewed emphasis on the br oader issues of pro f essional et hics. Simply st at ed , t he development of prof essional et hics must assume t he role of univer sal emphasis wit h t he H onor

C o d e a s a b a si c st a n d a r d

co n d u ct an d a v i t al f o u n d at i o n f o r a l l

t hat f ollows. T he H onor Code, t hen , b eco m es t h e b asel i n e st an d ar d w h i ch

must be accepted and adhered to by each cadet . Beyond t hat indispensable st andar d , t he Cadet Pr o f essional Et hics Program must insure t hat every individual assimilates t he higher order concept s of et hical behavior , such as duty , loyalty , per sonal int egr ity , sel f discipline, reliability , responsibility , and respect f or aut horit y .

T he U nited States A ir Force, en t r ust ed wit h awesome responsibilit ies, must be lead by of f icer s who are moral i n d i v i d u al s.

T he

traits

c h a r a c t er

t radit ionally associat ed wit h moral per sons are t hose t hat have dist in guished t he f inest milit ary leaders. T here are many list s of t r ait s assigned t o successf ul leaders, but t he f ollowing descr ipt ive ter ms are normally included in some manner : responsibilit y , cour age, sel f lessness, competence, f airness, honesty , compassion , sincerit y and candor . A s a general r ule, t he nat ional goals of t he U nit ed St at es and t he support ing goals of t he A r med Forces have f loundered whenever milit ary o f f i c er s

h ave

f o r esa k en

t h ei r

m o ral

responsibilit ies. I n a recent st at ement (T I G Brief N o . 20, V ol . 30, 20 Oct . 78) , Gen Bryce P oe, Co m m and er o f A i r F or ce L ogist ics Command not ed t hat : T he dict ionar y t ells us t hat int egr it y is “ uncompr om isi ng adherence t o a code o f val ues,” and t hat it ref lect s “ ut t er sincer it y , honest y , and candor ; avoidance o f decept ion , expediency , ar t i f icialit y , o r shallow ness o f any k ind .” I t ’ s im port ant t hat w e under stand and re member t he ent ir e def ini t ion . T oo many bel ieve t hey have int egr it y because t hey don ’ t lie, cheat , or st eal . W e m ust r emem ber t he complete meaning o f “ i ntegr it y ” — t hat it i ncludes not j ust honest y but also sincer it y and candor . O ur

c o d e o f b eh a v i o r m u st n o t t o l er a t e sh a l l o w

ness, expediency , or decept ion . T his r igidity and uncompr om ising adherence t o st andar ds

cadet experience. I t is clear ly t he f oundat ion upon which a personal system o f pro f essional et hics is de veloped and int er nalized . U nf ort unat e ly , some cadet s have misinter pret ed t he f inal goal of m oral development and have concluded t hat t he ult imate goal is t o live by t he relat ively nar row tenet s of t he H onor Code. H aving done so , t hey maintain t hat one can legit imately claim t o be an honorable per son . On t he cont rary , t he H onor Code repre sen t s an i r r ed u ci b l e m i n i m u m st an d ar d

o f behavior which each and every cadet is expect ed t o sur pass. T he over all pr of essional develop ment of each cadet is a mandat ory prerequisit e t o commissioned service. T he cont r ibut ion t o t his development made by living under t he principles of t he H onor Code is paramount . A ll inst ruct ion in pr of essi onal et hics, including t he H onor Code, m ust be m easu r ed agai n st t he un d er l y i ng purpose o f providing an ef f ect ive charact er development pr ogram . T he goal of t his pr ogram is to involve cadet s in under st anding and experi enci ng t he f u nd am ent al i nt egr it y required of all t hose who are given aut hority over other s in t he m ilit ary st r uct ure. Every cadet must under st and t hat cour age, l oy alt y , obedience, tr ut hf ulness, respect f or ot her s, and su b o r d i n a t i o n o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l t o t h e

group are crucial virt ues t o t he acco m p l i sh m en t o f t h e m i l i t ar y f unct ion . Opport unit ies t o develop 13

t hese vit al element s o f per so nal int egrity must permeate t he very f abric o f t h i s i n st i t u t i o n .

A s a r esu l t o f t he ex t en si v e H o n o r

Review process, I was challenged to develop a coherent f our-year syllabus o f inst ruction in prof essional military et hics, to include t he H onor Code and i t s ad m i n ist r at io n as a su b set o f o v er al l

prof essional et hics inst ruct ion . I n cluded in this charter was the necessit y t o provide an integrated syllabus f or t he entire program of inst ruct ion f rom BCT t hrough the f irst class year . I n support of t hese obj ectives it was also necessary t o mesh t he ent ire pro f essional et hics program wit h all aspects of cadet lif e in order to provide substantive f ocus upon t he perennial co n t i n u at i o n

signi f icant issues milit ary et hics.

ed u cat i o n

the

p ro f essional

I t w o u ld b e an er r o r t o cr eat e t he

impression t hat pro f essional military et hics educat ion has been neglected over t he hist ory of t his A cademy . O bviously , instr uct ion in t he Cadet H o n o r C o d e h a s ex i st ed si n c e i t s a c

ceptance by t he Cadet W ing. I ncluded w er e elem ent s o f t h e b r o ad er ar ea o f

pro f essional military et hics. From the establishment of t he original Cadet P r o f essio nal E t h ics C o m m i t t ee i n 1960

t here have been cont inual at tempt s to present the broader spect r um o f pro f essional military et hics against t he backdrop o f t he Cadet H onor Code. A s early as 1964 a revolving f our-year program in prof essional milit ary et hics

ed u cat i o n ex i st ed

the A ir

F o r ce

A cademy . T hroughout t he ensuing years t he co-existence of the Cadet H o n o r C o m m i t t ee a n d t h e C a d et P r o

f essional Ethics Committ ee provided

i n st r u c t i o n i n t h e t w o a r ea s w i t h i n t h e

context of W ing T raining and ot her special per iods of inst r uct ion . O f

co u r se, ed u cat i o n i n t h e H o n o r C o d e a n d P r o f essi o n a l E t h i c s h a s ex i st ed f o r

many years dur ing Basic Cadet T rain ing. Beyond t he ef f or ts of t he newly organized Cadet Prof essional Ethics Committee (CPEC) , there are courses taught under the auspices of t he D ean o f Faculty and t he Commandant of Cadet s which deal wit h the topics of prof essional military et hics. U nder t he Co m mandant o f Cadet s, speci f ic lessons in prof essional ethics are given in f ive military studies courses. U nder t he D ean o f Faculty speci f ic t opics are t aught in at least eight academ ic c o u r ses a s w e l l a s t h e c o r e c o u r se i n

et hics (Philosophy 3 10) . Pro f essional et hics also receives emphasis wit hin the context of speci f ic academic material in a number of ot her courses. T he goal o f t he expanded program t hen is to capitalize upon t he t hings already being done and to develop beyond t hose a coordinated and expanded program of et hics educat ion . T he f irst task was to develop a ser ies of lessons f or Basic Cadet T raining. A f ter extensive st udy, a series of 24 lessons was decided upon , including an int roduct ion by t he Super intendent and a summary by t he Commandant . T hese 24 lessons encompassed not only t he basic inst ruction in t he meaning

T raining periods. T he H onor Com mit

Code, but beyond , included topics specif ically designed to set the stage f or t he ensuing f our years o f ethics educat ion . T hese included such t opics as Et hics in the M ilitary Pro f ession; D ut y and Responsibil it y ; Pr o f es si onal i sm ; M o r al it y o f W ar f ar e; Financial Responsibility; I ntegrity in Reporting; and A ut hority and L oyalt y . Beyond preparing t he detailed lesson plans f or t hese topics, it was also necessary t o provide inst ructor educa t ion f or all cadet s who were assigned to teach ethics education dur ing Basic Cadet T raining. T his t raining was provided during Sat urday morning W ing T raining periods throughout t he lat er stages o f t he spring semester o f

into a meaningf ul and coordinated se quence; 2) to provide brief ings and discussion opport unit ies concerning t he result s o f H onor Code H earings; 3) to provide inst ruct ion aimed at preparing each class f or it s speci f ic et hical responsibilit ies; 4) t o provide tr ansit ion preparat ion f or t he et hical responsibilit ies of t he next class year ; and 5) to provide opportunit ies f or et hical development based on t he literat ure o f moral development . I n general , t he f all semest er emphasized

t he t echn iq ues o f t eachi ng and provided numerous pract ice sessions i ncl u d i ng t he u se o f t el ev i si o n recording of inst ructor presentat ions

rect ly oriented t oward t he pro f essional et hics of a commissioned of f icer . Spe cial attent ion is given to t he di f f icult ies o f t ransitioning f rom t he H onor Code environment t o t he operat ional en

a n d a d m i n i st r a t i o n o f t h e C a d et H o n o r

19 7 8 . I t i n c l u d ed f o r m a l i n st r u c t i o n o n

w ith

ind ivid ual

and

c o u n se l e d

playback crit iques. A n addit ional f our days of preparat ion were provided at t he beginning of each period o f Basic Cadet T raining prior to t he beginning of et hics inst ruct ion . D uring t he act ual inst ruction periods in Basic Cadet T raining, det ailed cr it iques o f t he program were wr itten by t he cadet i n st r u c t o r s a n d

o f f i c er

m o n i t o r s. A t

the end of Basic Cadet T raining a comprehensive course crit ique was c o n d u c t ed

for

all

B a si c

C a d et s .

general , the result s were very reassur ing and overall cadet acceptance was high . D uring t he summer periods extensive preparat ion was under way f or prof es si o n a l et h i c s ed u c a t i o n t o b e c o n d u c t ed

during W ing T raining periods held on Friday af ter noon . Previous ef f ort s taught honor and ethics as separate topics dur ing Sat urday mor ning W ing

t ee al so b r ief ed t he r esu l t s o f H o n o r

Code H ear ings whenever necessary d u r i ng Sq uad r o n m eet i ngs, hel d normally af ter dinner during t he week . T his year W ing T raining per iods were changed to Friday af ter noons f rom 1555 to 1750 (two 50-minut e periods wit h a 15-minute break) . A n exam inat ion o f exist ing courses d eal i ng w i t h p r o f essi o nal et h i cs preceded t he decision to teach a t otal o f 365 periods (eight f or each of t he two upper classes and ten each f or t he two lower classes) . T he speci f ic topics were selected against t hese design cr iteria: 1) to combine H onor Code an d

P r o f essi o n a l

m at er i al

r e l ev a n t

E t h ics

i n st r u c t i o n

ea c h

c a d et ’ s

current class. T he spring semester em phasizes mat er ial o riented t oward preparat ion f or t he upcoming summer programs and t he next class year . For t h e F i r st classm en , t h e m at er i al i s d i

v i r o n m en t o f t h e A i r F o r c e .

T h e ar eas select ed f o r t h e acad em ic

year

i ncl uded

t op i cs

speci f i cal l y

t ai l o r ed f o r each cl ass. C o n si d er ab le

ef f ort was given t o providing mat er ials f or the class level , age, and st age of moral development . T he lesson plans were prepared t hrough t he cooperat ion o f t h e C a d et P r o f essi o n a l E t h i c s C o m

mit tee, t he Commandant ’ s Executive f or Prof essional Et hics, t he Super in t endent ’s Special A ssistant f or Prof es sional Et hics, and a number o f of f icers assigned to f aculty and st af f poisit ions. T hi s w id ely d i ver si f ied co al i t i o n produced a great ly upgraded series of lesson mat er ials including a f ull spectr um o f inst ruct ional techniques. Beyond , each lesson plan is f urt her ref ined t o meet t he speci f ic needs and characterist ics of each squadron . T he Et hics Representat ives, the Squadron

Prof essional Et hics A dvisor , and t he

Squadron A ir Officer Commanding (A OC) discuss each lesson before it is taught , making modifications as neces sary t o insure t he desired quality of

i n st r u c t i o n .

A key t o t his ent ire process is the init iation of the Squadron Prof essional Ethics A dvisor program . L ast spring, 40 senior capt ains and j unior maj ors were caref ully selected t o become Squadron Prof essional Et hics A dvisor s (SPEA ) t o each of t he 40 cadet sq u ad r on s. A l l w er e v o l u nt eer s, of f icers assigned t o t he Facult y , t he Commandant , and t he D irect or of A t hlet ics. T hey were select ed based on operational exper ience, int erest in pro f essi o nal et h i cs an d t h e d esi r e t o b e

heavily involved wit h cadet s in t he squadron sett ing. T he response t o t his new program was very grat i f ying, re sult ing in a large select ion pool and excellent part icipant s. T h e r o l e o f t h e SP E A i n t h e cad et

squadron is very demanding. Each one is charged wit h these responsibilit ies: 1) to be a member of t he A OC ’ s staf f ; 2) t o advise t he A OC on et hical mat ters in the squadron ; 3) t o coordinat e t he overall et hics educat ion program as an advisor t o the squadron CPEC rep r esent at ives; 4) t o assi st C PE C representat ives in t he preparat ion of i n st r u ct i o n al m at er i al s an d t h e l esso n

present ation ; 5) t o provide t he per spect ive of mat urity and operational experience in t he pr ogram ; 6) t o assist t he A OC and CPEC represent atives in counseling groups and individuals regarding et hical issues; 7) t o provide obj ect ive analyses of et hical issues, problem areas, and requirement s t o t he CPEC

C h air m an

and

the

o f f i cer s

assist ing him ; and 8) t o provide corpor at e k nowledge and advice in t he f urther development of t he program . A lt hough t he A OC ret ains t he com mander ’s responsibilit y f or et hical matt ers in his squadron , the SPEA is a v a l u a b l e a d d i t i o n t o h i s r e so u r c es .

Perhaps t he maj or cont r ibut ion made by t he SPEA s is t he support they give t o t he CPEC representat ives. T he r ole of t he CPEC r epresent at ives has not changed in any way . T heir respon sibilit ies are heavy and t he demands on t heir t ime are considerable. Beyond t he requirement s o f every cadet , each CPEC repr esent at ive is t he f ocal point in his or her squadr on f or prof essional ethics, including t he administ rat ion of the H onor Code. Counseling, H onor Code i nvest igat ions. H onor Code

H earings, and the other administrative

i n t h e act u al ad m i n i st r at i o n o f t h e

d em an d s asso ci at ed w i t h t h e o v er al l

H onor Code. T he membership of each

avai lable f or lesson pr epar at i on . Prof essionally prepared lesson ma ter ials plus the advice and support of the SPEA assigned t o t he squadron provide several measurable benef it s.

w h o m ar e m em b er s o f t h e C ad et P r o f essi o n al E t h i c s C o m m i t t ee. T h e

ar at ion f or t he lessons, assisted by t he exper ience of t he SPEA in t eaching st rategies and relat ed mat ter s. A ddi t ionally , alt hough t he CPEC repre sentat ives teach all t he lessons except t he last f our f or Firstclassmen (t hese are t aught by o f f icers since t hey are

once in a year , over 800 cadet s will serve on a Board in a normal year . T he value of sit t ing on a Board as a voting member is considerable, f or it pr ovides a real t ime opportunit y t o uphold the principles of t he H onor Code on a very per sonal basis. T he complet e involve ment in t he process and content of t he Boar d proceedings demands t hat every

program severely limit

the time j ury includes 12 cadets, only two of

det ails of t his j ury system were out lined in the previous art icle and need not be repeat ed here. T he essen

The planning and preparation of tial point is that every H onor Code general lesson materials by of ficers B o ar d i n cl u d es t en cad et s ch o sen f r o m greatly reduces the preparation time t he W ing at random (by com puter) . f or cadet inst ruct ors. T hey are f ree t o A lthough the random selection process may appoint some cadets more than devot e t heir time t o per sonal pr ep

co n cer n ed w i t h i n f o r m at i o n r el at ed t o

prof essional et hics and commissioned st at us) , an of f icer at tends every class t hey teach . T hus, the SPEA s pr ovide classroom support , t he advant age of additional mat urit y and com missioned exper ience, and const r uct ive f eedback on t he quality o f lesson mater ials and t he actual presentat ion . Finally , t he advant ages of t he pro f essi o nal r elat i o nsh ip s est ab l i shed bet ween t he squadr on members and t h e S P E A s m u st n o t b e o v er l o o k ed .

T here are many opport unit ies f or pr of essional and social int eraction within t he context of squadr on li f e. T hese opport unities develop rapport , respect , identi f ication , and role-model ing. T hus, in addit ion t o t he example provided by t he A OC , t he SPEA s provide an et hical role model wit h many opport unit ies to relate meaning f ul inf ormat ion about prof essional m ilit ary et hics using personal examples and exper iences. A ddit ionally , t hey ef f ect ively relat e cadet experiences t o the operational A ir Force, o f t en cor rect ing misconcept ions and mis i n f o r m at i o n .

T hus

f ar ,

t he

SP E A

pr ogram has f unct ioned very well , and promises t o be a signi f icant cont ribut or t o et h i c s ed u c a t i o n .

Beyond t he f ormal educat ional pr o grams, t here is an addit ional learning opport unit y t hat should not be under estimated in it s signi f icant impact on t he moral development of cadet s. I n past year s, all H onor Code H earings wer e conduct ed by panels of cadet s selected solely f r om the Cadet H onor Com mitt ee. T his year t he Cadet W ing adopt ed the concept of a j ury system . T he reason f or the change was to pr ovide more involvement by t he W ing

cad et B o ar d m em b er r eeax m i n e h i s o r

her own values, j udge whet her or not t h e accu sed

cad et

h as v i o l at ed

T his

i d en t i f i cat i o n

the

code, and uphold t he pr inciples of t he Code on behal f o f t he Cadet W ing. o v er t

w it h

an d

support of t he H onor Code increases aw a r en ess, u n d er st a n d i n g , a n d assimilat ion o f the principles involved . N ex t su m m er a n ew co u r se w i l l b e i n it i at ed f o r al l f i r st cl ass m em b er s o f t h e C ad et P r o f essi o n al E t h i cs C o m m i t

t ee. I t will be held during t he f irst summer period coexist ent wit h R F l ight . T he co u r se w i l l p r ovi d e concent rat ed educat ion in t eaching skills using updated and im proved materials f r om t his year ’ s exper iences wit h t he new program . A ddit ionally, special t raining in t he task s required of Et hics Represent atives in the adminis t r at i o n o f t h e H o n o r C o d e w i l l b e

t aught . A ddit ional plans include provisions f or ext ending t he opport unities t o discuss et hical issues t o permanent part y per sonnel at the A cademy . Seminar s on pr of essional et hics are already being pr ovided f or A O Cs and SPEA s. Other discussions o f pro f es sional et hics are being pr ovided under t he auspices of var ious guest speaker programs held by academic depart ment s. Plans ar e underway to publish m at er i al s cen t er ed o n cr i t i cal i ssu es

pr of essional

ethics

f or

use in

C o m m an d er ’ s C al l s. T h ese ef f o r t s ar e i n t en d ed t o i n cr ease aw ar en ess o f

et hical

issues and

provide in

f o r m at i o n an d ad d i t i o n al m at er i al f o r

Continued on page 20 15

B UY TER M

I N V E ST T H E D I FFER EN C E ? (E ditor ’s note: This ar ticle is the third

of three articles on L if e I nsurance.)

T he argument of whet her term insur

an ce o r w h o le l i f e i n su r an ce i s b et t er i s

old and f requent ly unset tled . M oreover t h e ad v o cat es o f each si d e o f t en d o n o t

use a purely obj ect ive approach in support of t heir posit ion . T here are very f ew people today who don’ t know t hat t hey can buy a given

am o u n t o f i n su r an ce f o r m uch l ess

money t hrough term insurance than t hey can t hrough whole li f e insurance. W hy , t hen , do millions of A mer icans go on buying t he old f ashioned whole lif e policies? T he answer is that t here ar e t w o si d es t o t he t er m v s. w h o le l i f e

argument . T he maj or obj ective o f t his

ar t i cl e is t o d em o n st r at e t h at n eit her

product is better nor wor se in and of it sel f , but is appropr iate or not depend ing on t he f act s and circumst ances of

each i n d i v i d u al case. T her e i s a need

f or t er m insurance in t he mar ket place,

an d t h er e i s a n eed f o r w h o l e l i f e

insurance. M ost people will pref er in t heir personal estate sit uat ions a mix tu re o f bo th .

I n t his article, we will discuss def i nitions, li f e insurance as property , m isconcept ions concerning whole li f e insurance, t he invest ment aspect of in surance, and t he likely uses f or bot h t er m an d w h o l e l i f e i n su r an ce.

T ERM : A limited period of time. PERM A N EN T : L ast ing or meant t o last indef initely . I f only t he argument s of term versus permanent li f e insurance were so simple. Y et , t he above def init ions are pr of ound when it comes t o under st anding the basic needs f or t erm or t emporary insurance, as well as f or whole li f e or permanent insurance. I t has of ten been stated t hat , “ I t d o esn ’ t m ak e m u ch d i f f er en ce w h at

type o f property a person buys at the t ime he or she buys it , but it makes a t remendous di f f erence what t he prop erty will do f or him or her when t he need arises t o use it .’ ’ I n t his light , let us examine some of the unique f eat ures t hat l i f e in su r ance po ssesses as 16

property because t hey will be ref erred

t o lat er i n t h is ar t icle.

O ne of t he most signif icant f eat ures o f t he protection f unct ions o f lif e i n su r an ce

the

i m m ed iat e

est at e

creation feature. The point is very simple and is characteristic of every life insurance policy — if the policy is in

f orce and t he I nsured dies, t he lif e insurance company will pay t he deat h b en ef i t .

L i f e insurance has signif icant tax advantages. T hese advant ages include

income tax, federal estate tax, gift tax, inheritance tax and capital gains tax.

W e will brief ly examine each o f t hese. A whole lif e insurance policy enj oys income tax advantages under Sect ion

72 o f t h e I n t er n al R ev en u e C o d e. T h e l aw i s clear t h at t h e an n ual i ncr eases i n

t he cash sur render value o f t he policy are not current ly income taxable t o t he policyholder . D ividends on policies are not subj ect to current income tax , eit her . A s a result , the total annual build up wit hin a whole li f e policy is t ax d ef er r ed u n t i l su ch t i m e as t h e

proceeds are ut ilized . W e will examine t he taxation of t hose proceeds later in our discussion of t he annuity alterna tive.

L if e insurance deat h proceeds are nearly always received by a benef iciary i n co m e t ax f r ee. A co m m o n m i sco n

cept ion is t hat li f e insurance proceeds

ar e al so f r ee f r o m f ed er al est at e t ax es. T h i s i s n o t t he case i f t h e I n su r ed

possessed “ incident s of ownership pr ior t o his death . Such “ incident s could include right t o change benef ici ary , right t o borrow on t he policy , r ight t o cancel t he policy, and a number o f ot her “ owner ship ” r ights. By changing ownership of a policy (a relatively simple procedure) t o a wi f e, children, or a t r ust , deat h proceeds can be kept out of an est ate f or f ederal est ate tax purposes. T his sit uat ion applies to both t erm as well as whole li f e policies. T he transf er of a whole li f e policy would have some f ederal and gi f t tax implicat ions, however , which are beyond t he scope of this 5 > 1 >

ar t icle.

I n Colorado , t here is a $75,000

exclusion f or inher it ance tax pur poses on deat h proceeds of li f e insurance paid to a named benef iciary ot her t han t he I nsured’ s estate. M any st ates have similar laws regarding st ate inher it ance or

st a t e est a t e t a x es . T h i s ex c l u si o n

applies t o both whole li f e and term i n su r a n c e .

T h e T a x R e f o r m A c t o f 19 7 6 c r ea t ed a n ew t a x o n t h e d ea t h o f a n i n d i v i d u

al . T his tax was a complicated capital gains tax on any property sold by the h ei r s o f a d eced en t a f t er d eat h . L i f e

insurance deat h proceeds were spe cif ically excluded f rom t his capit al gains t ax . H owever , under the Revenue A ct of 1978, Congress has decided to

d ef er

t h e ef f ect i v e d at e o f

the

provisions to allow t ime f or a deter minat ion o f whet her t he car ryover basis provisions should be ult imat ely implemented at all . T hus, act ion by Congress on t his cr ucial t ax will d et er m i n e w h et h er l i f e i n su r a n c e w i l l

cont inue t o hold an advantage in t his a r ea .

T h e c o l l a t er a l

valu e o f

w h o le li f e

insurance has been recognized by bank ers f or a number o f year s. T he ability to bor row 100% of t he cash value of an insurance policy f rom a bank is a well recognized propert y right unique t o li f e insurance. Real estate, f or example, is generally limited t o 80% of its appraised value and securit ies are limited t o something less th an t h at .

A not her property advantage unique t o lif e insurance is t he annuity alter na t ive met hod of receiving eit her deat h proceeds or living benef it s. A s men t ioned earlier , deat h proceeds are received income tax f ree by a benef ici ary . H owever , t hey need not be t aken in a lump sum . T hey can be received over a designat ed number o f years or t hroughout t he li f et ime o f t he bene f iciary . T he f ir st $1,000 o f interest received under most o f t hese opt ions is income t ax f ree. T his “ $ 1,000 widow(er)’ s annual exclusion’ ’ is limited to li f e insurance only . Receiving living benef it s, of course,

i s l i m it ed t o w h o l e l i f e i n su r an ce. I f

proceeds are sur rendered in a lump

sum, the gain over premiums paid is taxable at ordinary income rates. This, obviously, is not a highly desirable situation, particularly with large

t er m co m m i ssi o n s t o a m ax i m u m o f

er s

l i f e co m m i ssi o n s t o a m ax i m u m o f

ever, the cash value can be exchanged for a living annuity which would provide the Insured with an income for as long as he or she lives. A nnuity payments by their intrinsic nature are composed of both principal and

t h e m o st d i f f i cu l t st at e f o r an i n su r an ce

profit” , but simply a return of premiums not needed to carry out the obligations contained in the policy.

am o u nt s o f cash v al u e av ai l ab l e. H o w

i n t er est .

T he

an n u i t y

r u l es

ar e

designated to permit the annuitant to r eco v er h i s i n v est m en t i n t h e co n t r act

t ax f ree. T he remainder of the payment is taxed as ordinary income. T he an n u it ant ex cl u d es t h i s am o u n t o v er

the entire payment period, even after the

co st

h as

b een

r eco v er ed .

For

example, if an individual invested $50,000 in premiums in a whole life i nsurance pol icy and had cash surrender value of $ 100,000, 50% o f

t h e i n co m e r ecei v ed w o u l d b e i n co m e

tax f ree i f t he annuity alter native were el ect ed .

Su ch

f ed er al

i n co m e

t ax

f eat ures as double personal exemptions

beyond age 65 would lessen this tax as w el l .

The following items are seven of the

most

common

misconcept ions t hat

people have regarding whole life in su r a n c e .

1. A lif e insurance salesman recei ves

m or e commission on the sale of

whole lif e p olicy. This statement is not necessarily true. For example, a life insurance company licensed to do

35% of f irst year premium and whole 55% of f ir st year prem ium . (For in f ormation purposes. N ew Y or k state is

company to operate in . I t has regula t ions regarding licensing, commissions,

policy reserves, and a number of

f inancial ratios. A company licensed in N ew Y ork m ust operate accor ding to N ew Y ork stat ues in every ot her state. L ess t han 200 of t he 1,800 insurance companies are licensed t o do business in N ew Y or k .) T he commission rates on non-N ew Y or k companies may vary f rom 35% t o 225% of f irst year premium on term policies and whole li f e rates may vary f rom 55% t o 125% o f f irst year premium . T hus, a term policy could pay more comm ission t han a whole li f e policy o f t he same premium . T his is not always the case, o f course, but it o f ten is. 2. What is a l if e insurance di vidend and why is it not guaranteed ? Gr oss premiums f or part icipat ing insurance are generally det ermined using con servat ive claim , int erest and expense assumpt ions so t hat t here is a high

probability that they will be selfsupporting. That portion of the premi

ums not needed t o pay act ual claims and ex penses (o f f set by int er est

earnings) is returned to the policyhold-

the

form

d i v i d en d .

Essent ially , t he dividend is not

( (

T he dividends can be paid in cash , used t o reduce t he premium , accumulat e at interest or t o purchase addit ional in surance. A lthough not guarant eed , t he d i v id en d s i n o u r i l l u st r at i o n s ar e f r o m

a company over a hundred years old

that has paid dividends each year . 3. The act ual insurance p or tion of every p er manen t p olicy is the dif f er ence bet ween the f ace value of the

p olicy and the p olicy ’s cash value. This st atement is always t rue wit h a non part icipat ing (no dividends) policy . I t is also t rue f or a dividend paying policy

w h er e d i v i d en d s ar e u sed t o r ed u ce t h e

premiums. H owever , it is never t rue f or a dividend paying policy where dividends are used to purchase paid up ad d i t i o n al i n su r ance. I n su ch a si t u a

t ion , t he insurance value will dramat ic ally increase af ter t he f ir st year . For example, a 25 year old who acquires a $100,000 whole li f e part icipat ing policy can expect t he insurance value t o increase t o $160,300 in 20 years; to $288, 100 at age 65; and t o $542,670 i f he lives to age 85 and cont inues t o pay premiums. (See f igure 1.) 4. If the cash surrender value is a p olicy owner ’s savings, why is it

b u si n ess i n t h e st at e o f N ew Y o r k l i m i t s

FIGU RE 2 $100 ,000 , A G E 30 , M A L E W H O L E L I F E V S. Y EA R L Y R E N EW A B L E T E R M

DIFFERENCE INVESTED AT O.O'i'o (A FT ER TAX) A ND COMPOUNDED A N N U A L L Y EN D O F YEA R

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I I 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

A G E 65

( 1) IN SU RA NC E A T R ISK : W H O L E L IF E / T ERM

(2)

(3)

W H O L E L IF E P RE M IU M

T ERM PREM IU M

$ 100 ,669 10 1, 125 10 1,382 10 1,809 102, 197 102,742 103,264 103,657 104 , 118 104 ,637 105,2 12 105,736 106 ,299 106 ,798 107,224 107,672 108,03 1 108,393 108,748 108,985

$ 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636 1,636

$209

105,760

1,636

(4)

( 5) (A FT ER T A X )

{6»

D IFFE RE N C E

D IFFE R E N C E

CO M PO U N DED W H O L E L I FE A T 6.0<!'. C A SH VA L UE •

70 1

935

763

873

$ 1,5 13 3, 113 4 ,807 6,60 1 8,50 1 10 ,507 12,62 1 14 ,842 17, 177 19 ,630 22,2 17 24 ,9 17 27,747 30 ,7 11 33,8 19 37,07 1 40 ,40 5 43,88 1 47,505 5 1,280

2,908

( 1.272)

125,877

2 12 2 14 2 16

2 17 2 24 2 37 255 273 294 30 7 34 6 377 4 10 44 3 482 589 644

$ 1,427 1,424 1,422 1,420 1,4 19 1,4 12 1,399 1,38 1 1,363 1,342 1,329 1,290 1,259 1,226 1, 193 1, 154 1,047 99 2

E F FEC T I V E RA T E A T W H I C H T O “ I N V EST T H E D I F FE RE N C E ”

$23 1

1,375 2,9 18 4 ,59 1 6 ,40 3 8,358 10 ,536 12,843 15,282 17,763 20 ,388 23, 164 26 , 10 1 29,202 3 2 .4 7 6

35,928 39 ,569 43,407 47,452 5 1,7 15 148,840

T O D U P L IC A T E T H E

A BO V E RET U R N :

30 "7o F ED E RA L A N D ST A T E I N C O M E T A X B RA C K ET

8 .6 %

50 %

T A X B RA C K ET

12 .0 %

70 %

T A X B RA C K ET

2 0 .0 %

• BA SE D O N C U R RE N T D I V I D E N D SC A L E . N O T A N EST I M A T E N O R G U A R A N T E E O F F U T U R E R E SU L T S .

FI G U RE 3 $ 100 ,000 W H O L E L I F E V S. Y EA R L Y R E N EW A B L E T E R M

DI FFERENCE I NVEST ED AT 6.0% (A FTER TA X) A ND COM POUNDED A N N U A L L Y IN SU RA N C E A T R ISK : W H O L E L IFE/ T E RM

(2)

(3)

E N D O F YEA R

W H O L E L IFE PREM IUM

T ERM

PREM I U M

$ 100 ,000

$ 1,40 5

$208

$ 1, 197

$ 1,269

99 ,249

1,256

20 8

1,048

2 ,456

75 1

98, 186

1, 195

207

988

3,650

1,8 14

97,085

1, 133

20 6

927

4 ,852

2,9 15

95,945

1,068

20 5

863

6,058

4 ,055

94,768

1,003

207

7,265

5,232

93,452

966

2 16

7 50

8,4%

6 ,548 7 ,900

( 1)

(4)

(5) (6) ( A FT ER T A X ) D I F FERE NC E CO M PO U N D ED W H O L E L I FE D I FFE RENC E A T 6.011. CA SH V A L U E *

— 0—

92, 100

928

227

70 1

9 ,749

90 ,7 14

887

240

64 7

11,020

9 ,286

89 ,394

84 3

2 52

59 1

12,307

10 ,606

I I

88,043

80 0

266

5 34

13,6 12

11,957

86,660

755

2 86

469

14 ,926

13,340

85,245

7 10

30 4

406

16,252

14 ,755

83,799

666

324

34 2

17,589

16 ,20 1 17 ,678

82,322

622

34 3

279

18,940

80 ,8 14

576

364

2 12

20 ,30 1

19 , 186

79,277

5 30

39 5

13 5

2 1,66 3

20 ,723

77,7 12

4 80

427

23,0 19

22 ,288

76, 120

4 30

455

(25)

24 ,373

23,880

74 ,504

376

483

( 107)

25,722

25,496

E F F EC T I V E R A T E A T W H I C H T O “ I N V E ST T H E D I F F E RE N C E ”

T O D U P L IC A T E T H E

A BO V E RE T U R N :

30 % F E D E RA L A N D ST A T E I N C O M E T A X B RA C K E T

8 .6 %

50 %

T A X B RA C K ET

12 .0 %

70 %

TA X

2 0 .0 %

BRA C K ET

• BA SE D O N C U R R E N T D I V I D E N D SC A L E . N O T A N E ST I M A T E N O R G U A R A N T E E O F FU T U R E R E SU L T S.

necessary to p ay an insurance comp any i n t er es t ?

T he

c a sh

value

permanent lif e insurance policy is not a savings account . I t is sim ilar to an

equity in a home. A home’s equity is

carr ied on personal balance sheets as an asset ; yet , it can only be realized by bor rowing it f rom a lending inst it u t ion, or by selling t he home. A cash v al ue i s al so an asset

and can b e

realized only by borrowing it f rom t he

insurance company or by surrendering

(selling) t he policy to t he company .

T h e r easo n f o r i n t er est i s t h at t h e

insurance company owns t he assets created by payment of premiums, and

increases them so as to be able to pay

expected death claims. I f t hose assets (cash values) are not growing t hrough normal invest ment , t hen an appropri ate charge (interest) must be levied to

whole lif e premium is less t han t he term premium in the 19t h policy year . Each year af ter t hat t he dif f erence will be signi f icant ly greater .

6. The assump tion is so of ten made that there is no need f or insurance af ter

some age, usually age 65. T his can o f ten be a valid point . H owever , t hree si t uat i o n s w o u l d i l l u st r at e o t h er w i se.

Fi r st , i f i n f lat io n is co nsidered , t he act ual r eq ui r em ent w i ll no t

dramatically reduce. Secondly, if an individual’s estate is large enough, an estate tax liability will exist . Using insurance to pay estate taxes is nearly always a less expensive way than any other alternative. Third, having ample

paid up insurance at ret irement will enable a retiring employee to elect

m ax i m u m i n co m e at r et i r em en t t i m e

from other sources (including the

o f f set t he l o ss o f t he asset ’ s u se. T h e

Survivor Benef it Plan); since t here is

is a benefit provided by the company

w i f e i nco m e at h is d eat h .

use o f t he cash values by a policyholder

on permanent policies only, and is viewed by the company as an alter nate i nvest ment f or premium dollars. 5. Term insurance is al ways cheap er than whole lif e insurance. T he initial gross premium f or term insurance is less t han f or whole lif e, but t his does not necessarily make it “ cheaper ” . For example, in f igure 3 where dividends are used t o reduce t he prem ium , t he 18

suf ficient paid up insurance to give the

7. D isability p r otection is not considered. T here are f ew , if any , ot her investment programs that guarantee to cont inue invest ing additional dollars

should disability occur. Whole life insurance with a disability waiver of

premium benefit makes that guarantee upon disability . I n discussing any met hod o f invest

ing money there are three basic savings

and investment obj ect ives t hat should be considered . T hese are saf ety of principal , liquidit y, and yield . T hese obj ect ives are not mut ually exclusive, but f inancial expert s generally agree t h at

o ne

f i n an cial

v eh icle

can

maximize all t hree. For example, i f a high yield is considered desirable, typically the investor m ust accept t he greater likelihood of not being able to liq uidate his invest ment on f avorable ter ms quickly. I f saf et y o f principal is o f paramount importance, one should not expect t he same inst r ument to provide a high yield t o hedge against inf lation. By t he same token , a priority on liquidity will reduce t he potent ial f or yield and long-ter m growt h . A s a t h r i f t i n st i t u t i o n , w h o l e l i f e i n

surance has compiled a remarkable solvency record through years o f inf la t ion, wars, recessions and depressions. I n t he past hal f cent ury , among legal r eser ve l i f e i nsu r ance co m pan ies admitted to do b u si n ess i n N ew Y o r k State, policyowners have not lost one dollar due to insolvency. A s such , li f e insurance ranks high in saf ety o f

principal by nature o f i t s c o n se r v a t i v e

composit ion . A n asset has liquidit y i f t he ow ner is able to get his cash out , in a hur ry , w it h o u t lo ss o f v al u e. T h e cash v al u e

in a whole li fe policy is highly liquid

and can be wit hdrawn at any t ime by

giving advance notice to the company through either a policy surrender or

loan . I n eit her case, t he cash value is readily available and requires no collateral or st at ement of t he policy h o ld er ’ s f i n an ci al co n d it i o n .

T he yield on any f or m o f savings or invest ment arises out o f t he int erest (or income) on the principal and t he

capital gain (or loss) of principal . The d o ll ar el em en t o f t h e l i f e i n su r an ce

savings element is f ixed by cont ract . T hus, t here is no benef it f rom capit al

gains or adverse ef fects from capital

loss. I n t his respect , whole li f e insur ance generally receives low mar k s in t he yield area, along wit h bank deposits, savings and loan shares, credit unions, and ot her f ixed dollar t h r i f t i n v est m en t s .

W it h these invest ment paramet ers in m ind , let us compare t he cash value build-up in a whole li f e policy on t he o ne h an d t o t er m i n su r an ce an d an o u t si d e i n v est m ent o n t h e o t h er h an d

(see f igu r e 2) . T h i s i l l u st r at i o n compares one o f t he most compet it ive, part icipat ing (dividend paying) , whole li f e product s f rom t he December , 1978, edit ion of Best ’s Rep or ts, to one o f t he most compet it ive, non-part icipating, annually renewable ter m product s. A n n u a l r e n ew a b l e t er m

i s l ev el t e r m

insurance (renewable t o age 100) where t he insurance premiums increase each year . I n t he aut hors’ opinion , it is t he most att ract ive term t o acquire because it s premium each year closely approxi m a t es t h e t r u e c o st o f i n su r a n c e .

T h i s i l l u st r at i o n assu m es t h e f u l l

whole li f e premium is paid each year ; it also assumes dividends on t he policy are set up to purchase paid-up addi t ional insurance. A t hird assumpt ion is t hat ter m insurance is acquired each year equal t o Column 1. Column 1 is t h e d i f f er en c e b et w een t h e i n su r a n c e

amount (including paid up addit ions) and t he policy’ s total cash value (including dividends) in each given year . A nnually adj ust ing t he term amount is not a realist ic assumpt ion , but is necessary in order to illust rate an “ ap p l es- t o - a p p l es c o m p a r i so n . Column 2 represent s the level annual premium f or whole li f e each year . Column 3 is t he annual premium f or 9 >

t h e t er m

i n su r a n c e . C o l u m n 4 i s t h e

a n n u a l d i f f e r e n c e b e t w ee n c o l u m n s 2 a n d 3 . C o l u m n 5 is t h e d i f f er en ce co m

pounded annually at 6% af ter taxes. Column 6 represents the total cash value including dividends of t he whole

life policy in each given policy year.

I t is evident by com par ing Colum ns

5 an d 6 t h at t er m an d t he o u t si d e

invest ment are super ior t o whole li f e in years 1- 10. I t is also evident t hat t hey are nearly equivalent in year s 10-20. Because o f t he decreasing di f f erence, it is also apparent t hat whole lif e is the super ior invest ment f r om year 20 on at an ever increasing rate. I t is also important f or t he reader t o not e t hat f or whole lif e, t he deat h proceeds equal Column 1 p lus Column 6 (t hus, t he age 65 d eat h b en ef i t i n t h i s i l l u st r at i o n i s

$254,600) . For t he term illust rat ion, t he deat h proceeds equal Column 1 p lus Column 5. A s t he f oot note to t he graph illust rat es, because o f t he tax-def er red

build up of the cash value and divi

dends, it would be necessary t o obtain higher than a 6% bef ore tax ret urn to

equal the figures in Column 5. Exactly what that ret urn must be is dependent upon t he individual ’ s per sonal t ax b r ack et as w el l as t h e m an n er sel ect ed

to receive living benef it s (at age 65,

e.g.). In other words, we recognize that

it is impossible t o compare af ter tax ret urns at one period o f t ime t o bef ore t ax ret ur ns at anot her period wit hout int roducing present value mat hemat ics w hich is beyond t he scope of t his art icle. Our obj ect ive is f or t he reader t o be aware t hat a somewhat greater ret urn t han 6% is necessary in t he out side invest ment to equal t he result s in C o lu m n 5 .

T he main point f or t he reader to note in compar ing whole li f e and term f rom j ust t he invest ment element is t hat , when all t he smoke clears, the invest ment di f f erence is not t hat sig n i f ica n t .

T he next illust rat ion (f igure 3) compares t he same whole li f e and term product s. T his t ime, however , t he dividends on t he whole li f e policy are used to reduce t he premium . Column 1 represent s, t heref ore, t he dif f erence between the level $ 100,000 o f insurance an d C o l u m n 6 , t h e w h o le l i f e cash

value. Column 2 represent s t he de creasing whole lif e annual premium . Column 3 is again t he annual t er m premium f or t he amount o f insurance in C o lu m n

1. C o l u m n s 4 a n d

5 are

similar to the previous illust rat ion . Column 6 represent s t he whole li f e cash value excluding dividends (since t hey have been used t o reduce prem ium) .

A gain, by comparing columns 5 and

6, it is evident t hat ter m and t he out side

invest ment are super ior to whole li f e in

years 1-10. A lso, they are equivalent in years 10-20, and f rom years 20 and on whole li f e would be t he superior invest ment pr incipally because f r om

year 19 on, the term premium is greater

each year t han t he whole li f e premium . From a pract ical point of view , the buy term and invest t he di f f erence > 5

i i

philosophy is often times a theory and not

realit y .

A ll

t oo

of ten

t he

philosophy becomes “ buy term and spend the dif ference” , because of a growing family, continuous relocation,

inf lat ion , and a number of ot her f actor s. Social Securit y adm inistr at ion f igures indicate t hat only 5 people out o f 100 ar e f inancially independent at age 65. A lso , a recent li f e insurance industry st udy was conducted with widows of some 318,000 husbands who died in 1966. “ T he W idows St udy” , as it has been called , was conduct ed in 197 1 an d i n d i cat ed t h at 83 % o f t h e w i d o w s h ad n o i n v est m en t s at al l

out side of a residence. Certainly t hese st atist ics are stagger ing. H owever , to a large degree, t hey r epresent our “ f ly now , pay later ” societ y and human nat ure in general . T hus, the semi co m pul sive nat ur e o f w hole l i f e insurance as a savings vehicle should not

b e o v er l o o k ed . A

w el l

k now n

f inancial advisor has summed up t his concept in t he f ollowing st at ement . Please don’ t tell my client he should invest when he has yet t o prove he can i i

a ccu m u l a t e .

A rt hur L . W illiams, A ssociate Pro

f esso r o f I n su r an ce an d R eal E st at e

at Pennsylvania St at e U niver sit y , published an art icle f or t he J our nal of R isk and I nsurance regarding the f at e o f t erm insurance policies. T he st udy included 20,000 t er m policies wit h an aggregat e f ace amount of $ 120,000,000 . I t included all types of co n t r act s

w h i ch

co n t ai n ed

r en ew al

a n d / o r c o n v e r si o n f ea t u r es . H er e a r e

some interesting conclusions: 1. A lmost 90% of all policies were t e r m i n a t ed o r c o n v e r t ed .

2. 72% of all policies were t er mi n a t ed

c o n v e r t ed

w ith in

the

f irst 3 years. 3. T he average durat ion between t er m i n at i o n o r co n v er si o n w as 2 y ea r s . 4. O N LY

OF TERM

I N SU R

A N C E R E SU L T E D I N D E A T H C L A IM S.

A co u ld

n u m b er o f d i v er se o b ser v at i o n s b e c o n c l u d ed

from

th e ab o ve 19

f igures. Some proponent s of t erm insurance might stat e that in most of

long as suf ficient protection existed. Thus, with a limited budget, our rec

need f or li f e insurance. Certainly in some cases t his was probably t rue. H owever , “ T he W idows St udy” would

cover needs f ir st ; i f a surplus t hen

t h e cases t h e I n su r ed s o u t l i ved t h ei r

t en d t o i n d i cat e o t h er w i se. I t i s o u r

opinion t hat the preponderance of I nsureds simply could not af f ord t he increased premiums f or term insurance at older ages or else t heir policies

simply expired. The probability of

su r v i v al ch ar t b ased o n t h e 1958 C o m

missioners Standard O rdinary M or tality T able (the most current one used — see f igure 4) indicates t hat over 70% of us will live t o age 65. T hus, t he most

important requirement in our personal life insurance planning situation prob

ably will be t o determine whet her we

desire life insurance coverage to that period and beyond. There is no simple, n o r st an d ar d , an sw er t o t h at d i l em m a .

W hat , t hen , is t he pr oper product

t h at an i n d i v i d u al sh o u l d o w n — t er m

or whole li f e? A s we st ated ear lier , neit her product is bet ter nor worse in and of it self , but depends on t he f acts an d ci r cu m st an ces o f each i n d iv i d u al

case. M ost people will pref er a mixt ure o f b ot h w h o l e l i f e an d t er m i n su r an ce. T h er e ar e t h r ee sit u at i o n s t h at w o u l d i n d icat e t h at t er m i n su r ance i s t h e

proper purchase. Fir st , ter m insurance can have a usef ul purpose when t here is a very limited per iod of t ot al required protect ion . Such sit uat ions nor mally occur if insurance is acquired t o f und a house mortgage, short-term indebted n ess,

o t h er

si m i l a r

si t u at i o n .

Second , and very important , ter m insurance is appr opriat e when an individual want s to f ul f ill a require

m en t , b u t d o es n o t h av e t h e av ai l ab l e

dollar s. Quit e f rankly, a widow does not really care what t ype o f protect ion existed when an individual died , so

o m m en d at i o n

i s t er m

i n su r an ce t o

exists, whole life insurance might be considered .

Finally ,

t he individual

m u st d et er m i n e i f l i f e i n su r an ce co v

erage is desired beyond age 65. I f so,

t er m i n su r an ce m o st o f t en i s n o t t h e

proper product . On t he other hand , t here are sit ua

t i o n s w her e w h o l e l i f e i s t h e b et t er

product . First , i f an individual desires a conservat ive savings and insurance vehicle in one product , whole li f e would be t he answer . Second , those

individuals in a high personal income

t ax b r ack et o f t en f i n d w h o l e l i f e an at t r act i v e i n v est m en t b ecau se o f t h e

cur rent t ax def er red build-up o f t he cash value. T hird, many business

situations, such as Split

Dollar ,

D ef er r ed C o m p ensat i o n , Pen si o n Planning, and ot hers dict ate whole li f e

o v er t er m . F o u r t h , i f i n su r an ce co v er

ET H ICS Cont inued f rom page 15

discussions with cadets as oppor

t u n i t i es o ccu r .

M oral development is a li fe long

pr ocess. T he opport unity t o live under t he H onor Code pr ovides an envir on

ment of trust and mutual respect in

w h i ch t h e i n t er nal izat i o n o f et h i cal v al u es can b e accel er at ed . T h eo r ies o f

moral development predict growth in ethical values whenever opportunities exist f or open discussions o f crit ical i ssu es.

T he

n ew

et h i cs

ed u cat i o n

program is designed t o provide a f ull spect rum of opport unit ies t o discuss prof essional milit ary et hics in both

formal and informal arenas. The goal

i s t o en h an ce an d r ei n f o r ce t h e i n

stitutional values esteemed by the military . T he

U n i t ed

St a t es

A ir

F o r ce

A cademy af firms its deep and abiding

age is desired to age 65 or beyond, whole life is most often the only economic alternative. Finally, if dis ability protection is desired along with an investment plan, whole life is nearly

ed u cat i o n .

an d

June 1978, t he Superintendent of t he A ir Force A cademy , L t Gen K L T ail-

always t he desired product . Certainly t he dilem ma to “ buy term i n v est

the

d i f f er en ce

y y

w ill

continue to be discussed by prospective insurance purchasers for many years to come. Our thesis at the beginning of t h i s ar t i cl e w as t o d em o n st r at e t h at

t here is o f tent imes a requir ement f or both

t er m

an d

both

si d es

w h o le

li f e

the

t er m -w h o l e

li fe

mar ketplace. Our goal has been to t ell t he

argument so that f ut ure discussions of

i n su r an ce can b e b ased ev i d en c e r a t h er t h a n

o n f act u al em o t i o n a l

argument s. W e hope you have f ound

this narrative thought-provoking and helpf ul .

A O G E V E N T S — 19 7 9 F eb

W inter M agazine

M ar-A pr M ay 30 M ay

A O G E l ec t i o n s

June

20 Y ear R eu n i o n — C l ass o f 1959

A ug 28-30 Sep

Summer M agazine H omecoming 1979 — Class of 1969 Reunion

N ov

1979 Register Fall M agazine

Spring M agazine G r ad u at i o n — C l ass o f 1979

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commit ment t o t he moral growt h of it s cad et s. T h e f u l f i ll m en t o f t h e n at i o n ’ s

expectations requires t he graduation of

officers who possess a finely honed In

the

f o r w ar d

Curriculum Pertinence Study,

m an , w r o t e: A i r Fo rce o f f icer s must acq uire t hose sk ills

which contribute to an understanding of the maj or instruments of national power as well as the flow of events which have shaped the hist or ical and cur rent per spect ive o f nat io nal secur ity . T hei r sk ills m ust al so include t he

technical background which will prepare them to deal with the ever-increasing sophistication of advancing technologies and their impact on the modern military organi zat ion . Equally i mpor tant , o f f icers must

learn the essential values of honor, ethics, loyalty, duty and service to country as well as

t he dynam ics o f leader shi p . T his m ix o f sk i lls sh o u l d ser v e t h e essen t i a l n eed s o f t h e A i r F o r ce b o t h n o w a n d i n t h e f u t u r e .

T o accomplish it s goals, the A ir Force needs of f icers who possess a f ir m intellect ual grasp of et hical matt ers. T hey must know and appreciate t he

standards and values of the military

pro f ession . T hey need t he skills t o deal

with ethical issues whenever they are

en co u n t er ed .

E t h i cs ed u cat i o n

is a

maj or f act or in t he pr o f essional development of of f icer s. T o t he extent

t h at t h e i n st i t u t i o n su cceed s i n t h i s

cr ucial ef f ort , the gr aduated cadet should possess an inf ormed under standing o f the moral implicat ions of being a prof essional o f f icer in t he U .S.

A ir Force. That is a worthy goal ! 20

the

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Overh au l ing Ret irem en t and Co mp ensat i on Syst em s P a ul Vi o t t i, ’66

T he quest ion of changing t he mili t ar y compensat ion syst em (t o include ret irement) is, o f course, highly con t r over sial . Fel low gr aduat es have wor ked as par t isans on t he sever al sides of this issue. Responding t o a request f rom t he A O G Execut ive Secret ary , I have st udied t he var ious pr oposals f or change and will at tempt in t his art icle t o shed some light on t he complexit ies of t he subj ect , hopef ully wit hout adding mor e heat t o an already highly emot ional debat e. A ccor dingly , I have att em pt ed t o present t he several sides of t his issue as even-handedly as pos

t wo year s of basic pay . For a com par ison of t he D O D pr oposal wit h t he pr esent syst em , see T able 1. Complet ion of at least ten year s serv i c e w o u l d e n t i t l e a m em b er t o

d raw

f r o m h i s o r h er r et i r e m e n t f u n d w h i l e

st ill on act ive dut y ; however , such ear ly payment s would reduce f ut ure ent it le ment s. I ndividuals leaving service in t he 10-20 year service per iod would receive an old-age pension beginning at age 60, an ent it lement t hat does not now

ex i st

for

m em b er s

who

h av e

served f ewer t han 20 year s.

ings and recommendations in A pril 1978 . T h e o u t co m e o f t h e C o m m i s

si b l e .

A nnual f unding f or t he cur rent re t irement system that allows military members t o receive a pension af ter 20

years of service amounts to about $10

billion . A m ore dramat ic way of one used by stat ing t his cost opponent s of t he cur rent military retir ement program — is in days of GN P . A t $10 billion or about 0.4 per cent of GN P , t he milit ary ret ir ement progr am now cost s about one day of GN P each year . I n other words, crit ics of the milit ary ret ir ement program can argue that each year , one day of the entire count ry ’s economic out put is used to pay milit ary ret irees! T o mak e matt ers wor se, t he ret irement bill , already 25 percent of D O D ’ s t ot al milit ary manpower cost s, will cont inue to gr ow t o as much as 30 billion in cur rent dollar s by t he year 2000. T he D OD M ilitary Retirement Proposal I n D ecember , the D epart ment o f D e f ense announced it s posit ion in f avor of a “ two-tier ” milit ary r et ir ement plan similar in some respect s t o t he ear l i er R et i r em en t M o d er n i zat i o n A ct

(RM A ) proposals t hat f ailed enact ment sever al year s ago . A military ret iree under t he D O D proposal would receive a reduced pension until t he individu al r eached age 60 when t he member would receive a “ f ull ” annuit y . T he amount of the annuit y would be a pro port ion of t he aver age of t he highest

t he D O D proposal is the one likely t o be int r oduced by the Cart er A dminis t ration soon af ter t he new Congress convenes, t he PCM C pr oposals st ill have support ers wit hin t he A dminist ra t ion and on Capit ol H ill . T he D O D proposal prom ises some short ter m savings t o t he gover nment ; however , advocat es of t he Com mission ’ s plan point t o much larger savings in t he long r un f r om im plement at ion o f t he PCM C pr oposals. Creat ed on June 27, 1977, t he Presi dent ’ s Com mission present ed it s f ind

T ab l e 1 C om parison of D OD Plan w i th P resent Reti rement System D O D P r oposal

Y ea r s o f Ser v i ce 10 15 20 25 30

P r esent System (% of

Pension upo n Pensi on at Separati on A ge 60 (% of

(% of

b a se)

50 .00

37 . 50 50 .0 0 6 2 . 50

b a se) 2 1.2 5 3 5 .00 4 8 .7 5 6 2 . 50 7 6 .2 5

6 2 . 50 7 5 .0

sion’ s ef f ort s was a comprehensive set of proposals t hat , if implement ed , would alt er t he ent ir e milit ary compen sat ion syst em t o include t he ret irement pr ogram (ref er red t o by t he Commis si o n a s def err ed compensat ion ” ) . W ith respect t o the pr oposed change in t he retirement program , t he Commis sion Chairman , Char les J. Z wick , m ad e cl ear t h e C o m m i ssi o n ’ s v i ew t h at

t her e was a nat ional “ obligat ion t o ser v i ce m em b er s w h o h av e su b st an t i al

A part icular ly cont r over sial aspect of t he D OD proposal is t hat all old-age

an n u i t i es w o u l d b e r ed u ced w h en r e

t ir ed member s became eligible t o draw social security pensions. I n any event , service member s curr ent ly on act ive dut y would be f r ee t o choose eit her t he exist ing ret irement plan or t he new plan pr oposed by D O D . I n t his r egard , j unior member s not sure t hat t hey will spend a f ull car eer in milit ary service may well choose t he new pr oposal t hat pr ovides a vest ed interest in t he retire ment plan with j ust ten year s of service. T he D O D proposal is cert ain in t he mont hs ahead t o be t he subj ect of ex t en si v e d eb at e w i t h i n t h e E x ecu t i v e

and L egislat ive br anches. T he pr oposal is it sel f the out come of eight mont hs of debat e wit hin the Pent agon center ing on proposals m ade in A pril 1978 by t he President ’ s Commission on M ilitary

Compensation (PCM C).^ A lthough

T ab le 2 T b e P C M C C o m m i ssi o n er s

C har les J . Z w ick , C hai r m an Pr esident , Sout heast Bank i ng C or por at ion Benj am in O . D avis, Jr . L ieutenant Gener al , U .S. A i r Force (Ret .) W ill iam E . D ePuy Gener al , U .S. A r my (Ret ir ed) T h o m a s E h r l i ch

Pr esident , L egal Ser vices C or por at ion J o h n H . F i l er

C hair man o f t he Boar d , A et na L i f e & C asual t y Phi lip A . O deen V ice President , W i lson Spor t i ng G oods W alter H . Page C hair m an o f t he Boar d , J .P . M organ & C o . and M organ Guar ant y T r ust C o . J a n e C . P f ei f f er

M anagem ent C o nsult ant H er b er t F . Y o r k

D ir ect or , Pr ogr am in Science, T echnology , and P ublic A f f air s, U niver sity o f C ali f or nia, San D iego

investment in the exist ing r et ir ement plan .” A ccor dingly , the Commission

T ab le 5 Sever ance Pay

r eco m m en d ed t h at “ su ch m em b er s b e

permitt ed t o continue under [t he pres ent r et irement] plan .” T he so-called grandf at her clause recommended by t h e C o m m i ssi o n

w as t h at

O f f i c er s Y ea r s o f Ser v i ce

C u r r en t

PC M C

C u r r en t

at Separati on

System

P l an

Syst em

5 10

$ 12,804 15,000 15,000

$ 1,43 1 3,475 $8,493 15,325 24 ,62 1 32,040

0 0

t h e n ew

ret irement proposal would not apply t o service per sonnel “ with 4 or mor e year s ser vice, serving t heir second enlist ment , or serving beyond their init ial period of obligat ed service.

E n l i st ed

15 20

N/ A

25 30

N/ A N/ A

PCM C P lan $

72 1

1,643 4 ,057 7, 157 11,598 15,473

0 N/A N/A N/A

Source: PC M C Report , A pr il 1978, p . 7 1.

T h e P C M C R et i r em en t P l a n :

A D ef er red Compensation T r ust Fund T he new ret irement plan pr oposed by t he Commission would abolish t he 20 year ret irement program . I n it s place would be two substit utes — a def er red compensat ion t rust f und and an old-age annuity . T he government w o u ld m a k e co n t r i b u t io n s t o t h e d e

f er r ed co m p en sat i o n t r u st f u n d beginning wit h t he sixt h year of an i n d i v i d u a l ’ s ser v i c e . I n d i v i d u a l ser v i c e

m em b er s w o u l d m a k e n o c o n t r i b u t i o n s

t o t h e f u n d an d w o u l d co n t i n u e t o

r eceive base pay and allowances as always. T he government cont ribut ion would be in addition t o base pay and a l l o w a n c es i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h a sc h ed u l e sh o w n i n T a b l e 3 .

T ab le 3 G o v er n m en t C o n t r i b u t i o n s t o D ef er r ed

C om pensat ion T rust Fu nds Y ea r s o f Ser v i ce 6- 10 1 1-2 0 2 1- 2 5 26 - 30

Per centage of B ase Pay 20 % 25% 15 % 5%

Sour ce: PC M C Report , A pr i l 1978, p . 68.

M ember s could withdr aw money f rom t he f und in incr easing amount s beginning wit h the elevent h year of service even while remaining on act ive dut y . A s can be seen in T able 4, amount s of money t hat would ac cumulate in the f und are signi f icant . O ne

C o m m i ssi o n

m em b er .

G en er al

W illiam E . D ePuy , U .S. A r m y , Ret ired , argued t hat t he Commission’ s rate of cont r ibut ion was insuf f icient ; H erbert F . Y or k , anot her Commission member , concur red . Gener al D ePuy’ s recommended f igures are also in T ab le 4 .

W it h d r aw als f r o m t h e f u n d w h il e o n

act ive duty would be limit ed t o not m ore t han 50 percent of t he account . T hose leaving act ive duty eit her volun t arily or involunt ar ily could draw f r om their account s each year by an amount not t o “ exceed basic pay f or t he last year on active duty .” T hus, t he de f erred compensat ion t rust f und would be

u sed

f aci lit at e

t r a n si t i o n

civilian lif e. A s such , as can be seen in 1. T he f ull repo rt o f t he C om mission is avail able f r om the Super intendent o f D ocuments, U .S. G over nment Pr int i ng O f f ice, W ashi ngt on , D .C . 20402 (Stock N o . 008-00 1-00 105-3) .

A m ount of D ef er red C ompensati on A ccr ued f or an I ndividual E nter i ng A ct ive D uty in 1978

10 15 20 25 30

O f f i cer s P C M C V i ew Gen. D ePuy

$ 18,320 4 8 .5 50

88,960 122,850 140,890

$27,470 8 1,630 154,080 17 1,470 179,880

E n l i st ed P C M C V i ew G en . D eP uy

$ 8,6 10 23,230 42,400 57,6 10 66,2 10

$ 12,920 39, 100 7 3 ,4 80

81,460 85,450

Note: Figures are in FY78 dollars assuming 1.5% real wage grow t h and 1.0% real inter est rate on t he f und .

So urce: PC M C Report , A pr il 1978, pp . 69 and 17 1. 22

t h er e w as a r ed u ced n eed f o r sev er an ce

pay f or t hose member s involunt ar ily separated . N evert heless, t he Comm is sion did propose an increase in

sev er an ce p ay o v er cu r r en t am o u n t s

paid f or later periods of service, t hus accommodat ing t he end of 20 year r e tirement s. I n no case, however , would severance pay be allowed to exceed one year ’ s basic pay . A not her highly cont r over sial Com m i ssi o n p r o p o sal w as f u l l an d i m m ed i at e

en t i t l em en t

m ed i cal .

Exchange, and Commissary benef it s only af ter 25 or more years of act ive service. Per sonnel wit h 15-24 year s of activ e

ser v i c e

w ould

r ec ei v e

t h ese

benef it s at age 60 or 62 while t hose wit h f ewer t han 15 year s of service would not receive any such ent it le ment s upon leaving act ive duty . I n short , t he Commission would provide t hese def erred benef it s t o per sonnel wit h 15- 19 year s of service who do not now receive t hem , while def er ring such benef it s f or t hose ret iring between 20 and 24 year s of service who now receive t hem immediately upon ret ire ment . Presumably t his change was intended t o pr ovide addit ional in cent ives t o ser ve t o 15 and t o 25 year s. I n def ense o f it s proposals, t he Com m i ssi o n set f o r t h t he f o l l ow i ng ar gu m ent :

T ab le 4

Y ea r s o f Ser v i c e

T able 5, t he Com mission argued t hat

G uar ant eeing t hat t he m em ber w il l be able

t o d r a w d e f er r ed r et i r em en t b en ef i t s a f t er 10

year s o f ser vice should pro vide a st ro ng incent ive f or m any w ho now leave af t er one enlist ment t o stay unt i l t he 10t h year . T he higher Gover nment co nt r ibut ion r at e af ter 10 years, t he i nterest r ate t hat w ould co nt i nue to accum ulat e, and t he def er r al o f taxes should provide st ro ng incent ives to cont inue on act ive dut y .

By cont rast , t he A r my and t he A ir Force have seen t he Commission plan as a t hreat t o ret ent ion of per sonnel bet ween t he t ent h and twent iet h years o f ser v i« e .

T h e P C M C R et i r em en t P l an :

T he P C M C R et i r em en t P l an :

Pr oj ected Cost Savings

A n Old-A ge A nnuity

Separate from the deferred compen

sat ion t rust f und would be an old-age

annuity to begin at age 55, 60, or 62 depending upon years of service as sh o w n i n T ab l e 6 .

C om plet ed

A ge at w hich A nnui ty Begi ns

10 - 19 20 - 2 9

62 60

30 o r m o r e

T he amount o f t he annuit y would be det ermined “ by mult iplying the hight hree-year average basic pay by t he

multipliers shown” in Table 7. A ll per

sonnel complet ing ten or more year s of T ab le 7 O ld-A ge A nnuit y M ul ti pliers P er - Y ea r

Y ea r s o f Ser v i ce

M ul ti plier s

1- 5 6 - 10 1 1- 3 5

2 .00 % 2 .2 5 % 2 .7 5 %

age pensions. To provide inflation protection, all annuities would be adj usted in much the same fashion as they now are — in accordance with consumer price index (CPI ) changes. U pon receiving social secur ity at age 65

(or as early as age 62), however, mili

t ary ret irement pay would be reduced by 1.25 percent of t he init ial social secur ity pr imary benef it f or each year of service,” but “ in no case” would 4 4

r ed u ct i o n b e al l o w ed t o

exceed 50 percent of an individual ’ s milit ary ret irement check . T he Com mi ssion addressed yet 4 4

9 9

that

year s or t heir f ir st commit ment , cost

savings would not be realized until the

t urn of t he cent ury . I n f act , cost s t o t he

i ssu e w h en

milit ary

Given various assumpt ions, t he Com mission proj ect ed cost s of t he current ret irement system o f $31.5 billion in t he year 2070 compared t o a $15. 1 billion cost f or it s own proposal , a $16.4 billion annual saving. W hatever may be t he validity of such proj ect ions, in his f or mal dissent , one member o f t he Com mission , L ieut en ant General Benj amin O . D avis, Jr ., U .S. A ir Force (Ret .) , st r ongly op posed at t em pt s by t he Comm ission’ s maj or ity t o realize cost savings by cutt ing retirement pay . T he impact on l i f et i m e v a l u e o f retired pay is shown in T able 8. I n t his r egard . t h ese General D avis ar gued t hat changes would serve t o mak e a m ilit ary ) 5

4 4

service would be eligible t o receive old-

recommended

grand

father” service personnel beyond four

4 4

Sour ce: PC M C Repor t , A pr i l 1978, p . 64 .

co n t r o v er si al

4 4

t o ab o u t sev en b i l l i o n d o l l ar s i n 20 19 .

Sour ce: PC M C Repor t , A pr il 1978, p . 64 .

an o t h er

both t he old and new syst ems, part icu larly t he def er red compensat ion t rust f und . I n any event , savings (expressed in 1978 dollar s) would grow under t he Commission’ s plan f rom about one billion dollar s at the turn o f t he cent ury

Eligibility f or Old-A ge A nnuity

t h i s o f f set

t he pr oposal

government would actually increase in the short run, given the need to fund

T ab le 6

Y ea r s o f A c t i v e Ser v i ce

Given

service

personnel who transfer to civil service j obs be allowed to choose either the

car eer so u n at t r act i v e t h at t h e ser v i ce

would f ind it impossible, in an all volunt eer environment , t o maint ain a career f orce o f the required size and qualit y . 9 9

N o n - R et i r e m en t I ssu es

T h e C o m m i ssi o n al so ad d r essed a

var iety of ot her compensat ion issues at l east as co n t r o v er sial as i t s r et i r em en t

proposals. A lt hough endor sing t he exist ing pay and allowance (as opposed t o a single salary) syst em , t he Com m ission argued t hat t he Secr et ary of D ef en se b e al l o w ed t o al l o cat e an n u al

pay raises wit hin base pay and allow ances di f f erent ially “ by pay grade, by occupation , by service, or by other

milit ary or t he civil service plans, but

ot her . T hus, the Commission proposal would eliminate “ double dipping” f or

both regulars and reservists by providing for an orderly employment t ransf er f rom t he milit ary t o t he civil ser v i ce.

i n cr eased o v er t h o se i n l esser d em an d .

T he Com mission argued , however , t hat “ t his di f f er ent ial raise aut horit y

ought to be reserved as a means of cor

rect ing per sist ent rat her t han short t er m problems. N ot ing t hat “ bonuses are more ef f ect ive t han r egular m ont hly pay ment s” of incent ive pays because “ the amount s are larger ” and “ m ont hly > 9

payments tend to be viewed by

individuals as part o f basic pay and thus lose impact ,” t he Commission suggest ed est ablishment of “ a new comprehensive di f f erent ial pay syst em f or o f f icers t hat consolidat es exist ing special and incent ive pays int o one bonus sy st em . ” T hu s, t he pi lot retent ion pr oblem could be addressed by “ o f f er ing a bonus in exchange f or an agreement t o serve a speci f ic addit ional lengt h o f t ime. Ot her proposals included est ablish ing a variable Basic A llowance f or ) 9

Quarters (BA Q)

based on actual

housing cost in a given area compar ed t o a nat ional average; upgrading of act ive duty and medical care; pr oviding j unior enlisted ent it lement s t o f amily separat ion , t ravel , and t ransportat ion allowances; and changing base pay scales to a t im e-in-gr ade rat her than t ime-in-service basis, thus rewarding below-t he-zone or early promot ees. Polit ical Pr ospects Paradoxically , legislat ive support f or any new r et ir ement plan t hat would r educe government al out lays would come f rom two gr oups o f Congr ess men and Senators who are usually in o p p o si t i o n . T h e f i r st gr o u p i s composed of t hose legislat ors f avor ab ly di sp o sed t o w ar d a gener al r educt ion of def ense expendit ur es, o f t en

t h at

t h ese

f u n d s can

allocated t o var ious social progr am s. T he second group includes t hose who do not oppose def ense spending at present or even higher levels, but who

T ab l e 8

n ot b o t h . C r ed it s ear n ed u n d er o n e

plan could be readily transferred to the

appropriate class of personnel .” For example, pay for specialties in demand (aviators, infantrymen, etc.) could be

L i f et i me V al ue of R et i red P ay

G r ad e

Y ea r s o f Ser v i ce

C ur r ently

P C M C P l an

0-5 0-6 E -7 E -8

20 25 20 25

$400 ,000 504 ,000 182,000 233,000

$274,000 4 11,000 95,000 145,000

Source: PC M C Report , A pr il 1978, pp . 178-79. 23

see increasing milit ary manpower cost s as cut ting int o military hardware spending. O f cour se, as not ed above, short t erm savings by the D OD pr oposal w o u l d b e m o d est w h er ea s u n d er t h e

PCM C plan cost savings would not be realized unt il t he t urn of t he cent ury , a f act t hat may lead some legislat or s t owar d advocacy of a less-liber al gr andf at her ” clause. On t he ot her hand , the degree of politically ef f ect ive opposit ion f rom act ive duty per sonnel would seem t o be inversely relat ed t o t he degree of liberalit y o f t he grand f at her ing arr angement . I n ot her words, t he att empt t o increase ret irement cost savings by o f f er ing a less liberal gr and f at her clause would carry wit h it an increased political cost in t he f orm of i n cr ea sed o p p o si t i o n t o su c h legislat ion . I n an att empt t o balance of f the desir e f or incr eased cost savings of f ered by less liberal grandf athering ar rangement s wit h recognit ion of the ver y r eal polit ical cost s t hat , i f incurr ed , could under mine att empt s t o secure enactment of any new retire ment legislat ion , the President ’ s com mission proposed t o “ grandf ather ” all act ive duty per sonnel who have served at least f our year s or beyond their f ir st c o m m i t m en t s .

L ess

l i b er a l

v er si o n s

would “ grandf at her ” those wit h at least eight t o t en year s of service. T he most liber al ver sion , f avored by t he Services, would “ grandf at her ” all act ive duty per sonnel , regardless of length of service. I ndeed , t he D O D proposal discussed above is f or com plete grandf athering of all act ive duty personnel , of f ering individual service m em b er s a c h o i c e b et w een t h e ex i st

ing plan and t he D OD ret ir ement proposal . A lready , there have been delays in t he Cart er A dministration’ s or iginal schedule f or prepar ing a legislative package f or submission t o the new Congress t hat convenes in January 1979 . T h e co o r d i nat i o n p r o cess involving t he O f f ice of t he Secret ary of D ef ense (O SD ) and t he Services exposed very maj or di f f erences in perspect ive and raised serious doubt s about t he impact of t he Commission’s proposals on recr uit ment and ret ent ion of an A ll-V olunt eer Force. Proposals t o r aise government cont ributions t o the def erred compensat ion t r ust f und and t o raise t he mult ipliers associated wit h t he old-age annuity were resist ed by those in t he D epart ment of D ef ense 24

and O f f ice of M anagement and Budget committed t o achieving great er cost savings. A ccor dingly , D O D f inally

set t l ed o n a r ev i sed v er si o n o f t h e ear l i er R et i r em en t M o d er n i zat i o n A ct

(RM A ) pr oposals t hat would have pr ovided f or a reduced annuity f or ear ly (20 year) ret irement s. I n any event , unless hearings begin ear ly in t he new Congress, prospect s f or gett ing new ret ir ement legislat ion enact ed are poor . I f hear ings by t he r elevant committ ees are delayed , con sider ation would undoubt edly spill over into 1980. Enact ment of compr e hensive, cost-cut ting legislat ion as is represented by eit her D OD ’ s or the Commission ’ s pr oposals would seem unlik ely in an elect ion year , part icular ly a President ial elect ion year . T hus, delay in 1979 would suggest a f ailure f or such legislat ion in 1980. Even wit h early hearings, passage would still be an uphill st ruggle, given opposit ion by many of t he service associat ions and concer n by many Congr essmen and Senat ors that t he p r o p o sal s f o r ch an ge ar e n o t compatible with t he A ll-V olunt eer Force. M oreover , it has of t en been argued that Congress has di f f icult y dealing wit h comprehensive packages o f legislat ion or “ om nibus” bills. A n example of one of t he most ext r eme f orms of comprehensive packaging is a Gover nment A ccount ing O f f ice (GA O) pr oposal t o consolidate 38 civilian and milit ary ret irement plans int o a single Federal plan . Smaller , less comprehen sive bills usually have a great er chance f or passage. Even the D O D and PCM C proposals t hat deal exclusively wit h the m i l i t ar y ser vices ar e su f f i ci ent l y complex as t o make legislative passage d i f f i cu lt .

Ot her issues not even addressed by

the

P r esi d en t ’ s

C o m m i ssi o n

w ill

f u rt her com pl icat e t he legi slat ive ef f ort . For example, t he Comm ission did not address t he relat ionship of t he Survivor ’ s Benef it Plan (SBP) t o i n d i v i d u a l s c o v e r ed u n d er t h e d e f er r ed

compensation t rust f und or old-age annuity plans. Similarly , t he Com m ission did not def ine t he link age bet ween V .A . disability pensions and D ependent s I ndemnit y Compensat ion (D I C) t o t he new ret ir ement pr oposals. M or eover , t he present milit ary ret ir e ment system provides f or recall of annuit ant s t o act ive duty . Recall provisions were not def ined by the C o m m i ssi o n f o r t h o se m em b er s w h o

will have resigned or who will have

separat ed af t er 10 year s of service, but

w h o w i l l b e en t it l ed t o d r aw f r o m t h e

def er red compensation t rust f und and who will be eligible f or an old-age annuit y . A ll such quest ions would cert ainly have t o be addr essed in any f inal legislative package. Finally , t he st udy of the D O D and PCM C pr oposals and selective reten t ion (“ up-or-out ” ) personnel syst ems h as l ed t h e w r i t er t o co n cl u d e t h at

t wo very dif f erent and compet ing philosophies of per sonnel management are presently held by act or s wit hin t he polit ical arena. T he view art iculat ed by some Congr essmen and Senat or s con t r ast s sharply wit h t he pr evalent o f f icial view wit hin t he m ilit ar y services. T hat youth is a necessity i f the m ilit ary services are t o be combatr eady is a basic premise underlying D O D argument s made in f avor of “ upor-out ” syst ems of per sonnel manage m en t .

R el a t ed

claim s

are

t h at

th e

compet it ion inherent in such syst ems p r oduces t he k i nd o f l eader shi p necessary f or combat ef f ect iveness and t hat it is dif f icult t o r etain “ passed over ” of f icers in productive employ ment . T he count er t o such argum ent s raised by opponent s of such “ up-orout ” system s as D OPM A is t hat policies t hat f or ce or encour age members t o ret ire in t heir early 40s are excessively expensive: not only must an immediat e annuity be paid t o t he ret iree, but t he Gover nment must also incur t raining and ot her cost of r eplacing t his person . Fr om t his view point , the claim made by “ up-or-out a d v o c a t es

o v er st a t es

the

n eed

for

yout h f ul per sons as t he m aj or it y of service members are employed in non combat or combat -support f ields of specializat ion and most of t hese would n ev er

b e cal l ed

assu m e co m b at

d u t i es . T h e d eb a t e i s r el ev a n t t o f o r t h c o m

ing legislat ive ef f ort s t hat will be made in f avor of new ret irement pr oposals. Eliminat ion of t he pr esent 20-year m ilit ary ret irement plan , largely f or reasons of cost , is one o f t he primary mot ivations underlying t hese propos als. M any o f t he opponent s of 20-year ret irement s have also t ended t o oppose t he “ up-or-out ” per sonnel syst em t hat has evolved in t he year s since W or ld W ar I I . N ot easily r esolved , t he disput e b et w een ad v o cat es o f t h ese d i f f er en t

and compet ing personnel m anagement philosophies will undoubt edly color much of t he discussion of any new □ retirement proposals.

1^ ■

■

F orgotten

N ick P al las, *73

C h ar l ie K oster, *66

Captain Nicholas T . Pallas, Class of 1973, was

On 17 N ovember 1978, Capt ain Char les R . K ost er , Class of 1966, was k illed in an F-4 air craf t accident in t he M editerranean Sea, 50 naut ical miles f rom I ncirlik , T ur k ey . H e is survived by his wi f e, Sally , and son and daught er , 106 Comet D rive L akeway , A ust in T X 78734. Charlie served as an Element L eader and Flight Commander in t he 7t h Cadet Squadron , he r e

killed in an F-4D crash in the Philippines on 13 January 1979. H e is survived by his wif e, K aren , and t wo daught ers, o f 100 1 A dams D rive, Colorado Springs CO 80904; by his f at her , T heodore Pallas, 1536 V ance A venue, Coroapolis PA 15108; and by his mot her ,. M r s. M arj orie St roud , 3320 Ramona St reet , Jackson M S 392 12. W hile at t he A ir Force A cademy , N ick was a member of t he 16th Cadet Squadron and maj ored in Basic Science. H e part icipated in t he Ski Club an d M at h C l u b an d w as a m em b er o f t h e P i st o l T ea m .

U pon r eceiving his pilot s wings, N icholas served as an F-4 pilot wit h t he 4t h T act ical Fighter

Squadron at Udorn A B and the 25th Tactical

Fighter Squadr on at K adena A B and as a W eapons O f f icer wit h t he 18t h T act ical Fight er W ing at K adena A B . H e was later assigned t o t he 80t h T act ical Fighter Squadr on at K unsan A B, wit h temporary duty t o t he 6200t h T act ical Fight er T r aining Squadr on at Clar k A B . G r av esi d e ser v i ces w er e h el d at t h e A i r F o r ce

A cademy Cemetery on 23 January 1979.

ceived a degree in Engineering M anagement upon graduation f rom the A cademy.

A f ter receiving his pilot s wings at M oody A FB , Charlie served as an F-4 pilot wit h the 497th

Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon A B, Thailand and t he 389t h T actical Fight er Squadr on at Phu Cat A B , V iet nam f rom 1968- 197 1. Ret ur ning f rom SEA he was an F-4D pilot with t he 8t h

Tactical Fighter Squadron at Holloman A FB until

1973 when he was assigned t o Current Plans at t he A ir Force A cademy . A f ter att ending A ir Com mand and St af f College, Char lie served wit h t he 480t h T act ical Fighter Squadr on at Spangdahlem ,

Germany. H is decorations include the DFC,

M SM , A M , A FCM , and PH . Funeral services were held at t he Cadet Chapel on 28 N ovember . Cont ribut ions in his memory may be made t o t he N avigat or s, Glen Eyrie Cast le, Color ado Springs CO 80904 or t he Bible M emory A ssociation , Box 1200, St L ouis M o 63188.

V « «

On 29 N ovember 1978, M aj or L aurent L . Gourley , Class of 1966, was declared K I A af ter having

b een l i st ed as M I A si n ce 9

A ugust 1969. L ee was t he

ai r cr af t co m m an d er o f an F - I OOF ai r cr af t w h i ch

was r eported missing while on an operat ional mission in L aos. H e is survived by his parent s, M r . and M r s. W alter L . Gour ley , RFD 2, V illisca l A 50 864 .

L ee ser v ed as an E l em en t L ead er an d E x ecu t i v e

On 4 D ecember 1978, M aj or James A . Crew , C l a ss o f 19 6 5 , w a s declared K I A af t er having b een l i st ed as M I A si n ce 10 N o v em b er 1967 . Ji m

was t he copilot of an F-4C which was report ed m issing while on a night st ri ke mission in N ort h V iet nam . H e is survived by his wi f e, Pat ricia, and a daught er , 4 11 T ent h Str eet , W indber PA 15963; and by his parent s, M r . and M r s. Emanuel Crew ,

O f f icer of t he 2 1st Cadet Squadron . H e was on t he D ean’ s L ist seven semester s, t he Commandant ’ s L ist six semest er s, and t he Superintendent ’ s L ist six semest ers; maj ored in Engineering Sciences; and part icipated in t he M aster ’ s Program in

247 North Porter Street, Waynesburg PA 15370.

L ee received an M S in A st ronaut ical Engineer ing f r om Purdue U niver sity in 1967. Following pilot t raining at W illiams A FB , he was assigned t o t he 4 16th T act ical Fighter Squadr on at Phu Cat ,

t w o y ear s.

A st r o n a u t i c s .

V i et n a m .

Pr i or

com m i ssi oni ng,

Jim was awarded his pilots wings at Laughlin

A FB . H e was assigned t o t he 389th T act ical Fighter Squadr on at D aN ang A B , Sout h V iet nam at the t ime of his disappearance.

port ed missing while on

M r.

D ec em b er

ai r cr a f t

w h i ch

19 6 6 . w as

si n c e H e re

member of the Physics Club. He maj ored in Engineering Sciences and participated in wrestling

was t he copilot of an F-4C

b een l i st ed a s M I A

ser ved

O f f icer in t he 17t h Cadet Squadr on and was a

On 3 January 1979, Capt ain D avid 1. Cleland , Jr ., Class of 1973, died of a car diac ar rest while j og ging at A ndrews A FB . H e is survived by his wi f e, Susan , 2034D T aylor Run Road , A ndrews A FB M D

On 20 N ovember 1978, M aj or Gerald O . A lf red , Jr ., Class of 1964, was declar ed K I A af t er having

Ji m

Squadron Training Of ficer and Flight Training

20335; and by his parents, ^ an d

M r s.

D av i d

an ar m ed r eco n n ai ssan ce

Cleland , Sr ., RD # 1, H arm ony , PA 16037.

16227 - 12t h A v en u e N E , Seat t l e W A 98 155 .

Squadron and part icipat ed in int er collegiate swimming in t he 100 and 200 yard butt er f ly . H e

mission in N ort h V iet nam . Gerry is survived by his parent s, M r . and M rs. Gerald O . A l f red , Sr ., A l f ” served in the 16t h Cadet Squadron and was on t he D ean’ s L ist six semester s, maj oring in Engineer ing Sciences. H e was a member of the Ri f le T eam and participated in t he Prof essional Studies Gr oup and t he Sk i , Radio , Phot o , A ut o mobile, and Engineering Clubs. Following pilot tr aining at W illiams A FB, he served as an F-4C pilot wit h t he 78th T act ical Fighter Squadron at Bentwaters RA F St at ion , England . A t the t ime of his disappearance, he was assigned t o the 480t h T act ical Fight er Squadron at D aN ang A B , V iet nam .

D av i d

w as a

m em b er

the

18t h

C ad et

w as a m em b er o f t h e C ad et C h o r al e an d t h e

Pr otestant Cadet Choir , was a member of t he Bluebards, and maj ored in H umanit ies. Following graduation , D avid was assigned to t he Elect ronics Systems D ivision at H anscom

F i el d . H e lat er ser v ed as a C - 130 ai r cr af t c o m m an d er w i t h t h e 2 1st T act i cal A i r l i f t

Squadron at Clar k A B and as a T -39 pilot wit h t he 1402nd M ilitary A ir Support Squadron at

A n d r ew s A F B .

Cont ributions in D avid ’s memory may be made

t o t h e A m er i can H ear t A sso ci at i o n .

C H A P T E R N EW S CA PIT A L C H A PT ER FO RM S

M ar k T o r r ean o, ’68 W h en t h e f o r m at i o n o f an A O G

chapter in t he W ashingt on , D .C . area was proposed , one Gr ad ter med t he proj ect a “ capital idea” , and thus the newest A OG Chapter , t he Capit al Chapt er , was named . Serving t he W ashingt on D .C . ar ea (including D elaware, M aryland , V irginia, and W est V irgi nia) , t he Chapt er was recent ly incorporated in t he Stat e of V irginia as a nonprof it , educat ional organization . Pictured are t he newly elect ed Chapter of f icer s and members of the board ref lecting unanimous re act ion to President Joe Desant is’ , ’ 59, f irst proposal . Ef f orts t o organize t he Chapter began last f all when 17 grads sent a let ter out lining t heir plans to t he more t han 600 grads in the area. Over 140 re sponded posit ively t o t he let ter and t he Organizing Commit tee, composed of M art y Cole, ’68; Joe Desant is, ’ 59; C O L O RA D O C H A PT ER

T h e 1979 B o ar d o f

D i r ect o r s i n

cludes: Capt Bob Shumway , ’68, President ; M r . A 1 Blumberg, ’ 68, V ice President (C .S.) ; M r . Bill W ood , ’68, V ice President (D en .) ; M aj T y W eihe, ’66, Secret ary/ T reasurer ; M aj M ik e M uldoon, ’65, D irect or (C .S.) ; Capt Dave Sterling, ’70, D irect or (C .S.) ; M r . Gary Bone, ’69, D irect or (D en .) ; M r . Bill M aywhort , ’68, D irector (Den .) A t t he t ime of t his writing, we are busy preparing f or our third annual sponsorship of the 100t h N ight D ining Out . Dan Devine, ’ 71, is chair ing the af f air wit h the able support of many grads stat ioned at t he A cademy . Ot her maj or goals of t he CCA OG f or 1979 include an in-dept h study of proposed changes to our bylaws and const it ut ion; several added social/ at hlet ic event s; enlarging our G raduat e Ref erral Program and Civilian Squad ron Part icipant Program ; and several o t h e r n ew i d ea s .

I f you are not yet a member , con t act me by mail or phone (67 14 Dublin L oop W est , Colorado Springs, CO 809 18; home 598-4594, wor k 472-4768) . — Bob Shumway

I n the hot seat: Joe D esantis, ’59, P resident. Standing lef t to r ight: M ar ty Cole, ’68, D irector; M ar k Tor reano, ’68, D irector; Tim Coop er, ’73, Treasurer; Tom L eib, ’66, D irector; R ichard H ead, ’60, D irector; K en A ln wick, ’60, Vice P resident; F red M etcalf , ’63, Secretary . N ot p ictured: Paul K aminsky , ’64, D irector . Fred M et cal f , ’63; and M ar k T or reano , ’68, set t o wor k in ear nest . A const it ution and bylaws were draf ted and a N ominat ing Committee of H al K eck , ’ 62 , C h ai r m an ; C h et G r i f f i n ,

’ 62; Richard H ead , ’60; Paul K amin sk y , ’64; and Ed L egasy , ’67 was appointed . I n m i d - N o v e m b er a n o t h er l et t er w a s

sent t o t hose interest ed in t he Chapter calling f or an organizat ional meet ing on 14 D ecember in t he Pentagon O f f icer s A thlet ic Club , and a ballot a n d d r a f t c o n st i t u t i o n w er e en c l o sed .

A f ter an hour of beer , snack s, and get ting acquainted , t he meeting was cal l ed

o r d er ,

the

co n st i t u t i o n

approved , and o f f icers elected by t he 5 0 m e m b er s .

T he newly elected Board o f D irec tor s held its f irst meet ing on 11 January in V ice President A lnwick ’ s of f ice. (T he f irst order o f business was t o f ind a bigger place f or f ut ure meet ings — see phot o) . T he Board approved f or mat ion o f t he f ollowing c o m m i t t ees : C o m m i t t ee

C hair m an

A cademy A f f ai rs

P r o f essi o n a l A f f a i r s

Jer r y A llen , ’ 66 D ick D avis, ’ 6 1 Bi ll M cN aught , ’ 69 Richard H ead , ’60

Pr ograms

H a l K ec k , ’ 6 2

G r a d u a t e Ser v i ces

M em bershi p

T h e a n n u a l D . C . a r ea “ S t a t e o f t h e

W ing” spring dinner was scheduled f or

24 M ar ch , w it h G en er al T al l m an as t h e

guest speaker . I n an at t em pt t o call so m e o l d t r ad i t i o n s t o m i n d , t h e ev en t

was renamed t he “ Capital Chapt er W ing D ing” . W ing D ings, or Cadet W ing — wide par t ies, were held in various f orm s during the A cademy’ s early years, and the Board hopes ot her Chapter s will f ollow our lead and hold similar event s each year aro und 1 A pril , t he A cademy’ s anniversary . A ll grads, f rom any part of t he count ry , and any non-grad who has been stationed at U SA FA , is invited t o j oin us f or t he W ing Ding. T he chapter has also planned a luncheon f or 26 February at t he For t M cN air O f f icers Club . Ot her Chapter program s include d i r ect i n v o l v em en t i n t h e l o cal L iai so n

O f f i c e r e f f o r t a n d t h e est a b l i sh m en t o f

a Graduat e Ref er ral Service, which provides grads in t hfe area or t hose relocat ing here wit h a way t o contact ot her grads who can help t hem in spe ci f ic areas such as law , real estate, or even hobby interest s. T he Chapt er also extends f ree member ship f or t he r emainder of t he calendar year to any grad who is an act ive member of another chapter and moves t o t he Capital area. I n lat e January , t he Chapt er again mailed lett ers to all area grads, inf orm ing t hem of our progr ess, and invit ing t heir part icipat ion . I f you live in t he area and haven ’t received your let ter yet , or i f you want more in f or mation on any o f our program s, please call F r ed M et c a l f a t A V 2 2 7 - 2 9 19 o r c o m

mercial (703) 697-29 19. See you all at t he W ing D ing! 27

OKLA H OM A —

N ORTO N A FB —

M ike H OW E , ’69, is t he curr ent Pr esident of t he O k lahoma Chapt er . I n a recent t elephone conver sat ion, he relayed t hat t he A ltus contingent is heavily involved in U SA FA Candidat e Scr eening. T he local grads are work ing

T he Gr aduate cont ingent at N ort on A FB has held an init ial organizat ional meet ing and has undertaken the f orm al adoption of a const it ution and t he

w i t h t h e A F A A d m i ssi o n s O f f i ce an d L i ai so n O f f i cer i n t h ei r ar ea t o co u n sel

pr ospect ive Cadet s. T his Chapter or ient ation towards r ecr u it m en t

i s t h e f ir st

its k ind

am ong t he act ive A OG Chapter s. I t is certainly a wort hwhile endeavor and ot her Chapt er s may wish t o cont act M ike t o learn m ore part icular s about t he administ rat ion of t he pr ogr am . W -P A F B C H A P T E R —

A f t er a lengthy per iod of inactivity , P at t er so n

U SA FA . A guest speaker f r om t he A cadem y w i l l b e f eat u r ed an d graduat es in t he area — M arch A FB , George A FB, Edwar ds A FB , SA M SO ,

W right-

A FB

resurrecting the A OG Chapt er in D ayton . W ith

a l m o st

30 0

an d G en er a l P o e

graduates at W -PA FB I N A FL C , A SD , FT D , A FI T and as sorted ot her unit s, t his Chapter has t he potent ial t o be one of the largest and

most active anywhere. Initial reorgani zation efforts were carried out by Bill

T el f or d , ’ 59, and culminat ed in a

luncheon at the O Club featuring

G eneral Poe, Commander A FL C , W est Point ’46, as t he speaker f or 76 U SA FA gr aduat es who enj oyed t he

remarks and renewed old f riendships.

T h e el ect i o n o f o f f i cer s h as b een

accomplished and a spring “ State of

t h e W i ng ” gat her i ng has b een scheduled . General T allman , U SA FA

Superintendent , will be the guest speaker for the cocktail / dinner party which will be held on Friday, 16 M arch. Graduates, parents, liaison of f icer s, and invit ed f riends will be

i n cl u d ed i n t h e ev en t . R eser v at i o n s sh o u l d b e m ad e so o n w i t h o n e o f t h e m em b er s o f t h e B o ar d o f D i r ect o r s.

T he pr ovisional Board includes t he f ollowing: Paul Belmont , ’64 (Chairman) D oug M iller , ’60 (Secretary) A lan H ebb , ’76 (T reasur er) Chuck A llpor t , ’62 Jack H auser , ’62 John Buscher , ’65 K en M adsen , ’68 Steve K eyserling, ’69 T racy Rhodes, ’ 69 Jesus Salas, ’69 M ike Clar k , ’78 Glen For syt h , ’78 28

next year . Serving on t he Boar d of D irect ors ar e: Burshnick and W ar ack , ’ 60 ; Sh a f f er , ’ 63 ; B ev el h y m er , L uk asik , and W oods, ’64; Pichon , ’67; W ilson , ’73; and Fazio , ’74 . Planning is underway f or a variety of involvement s and pr oj ect s. Chapt er ef f ort s and energies will be direct ed t o bot h prof essional and social progr am s. A n init ial event will be t he scheduling St a t e o f t h e of a “ Founders D ay W ing D inner ” during t he spring to f ormally inaugurate t he Chapter and t o

recognize the 25th A nniversary of

t h e G r ad u at e C o m

munity of

sel ect i o n o f a sl at e o f o f f i cer s f o r t h e

i n t er est ed

ci v i l i an s

w ill ' b e

invited t o part icipate. For det ails related t o t he N orton Chapter cont act

a m em b er o f t h e B o a r d .

FOR INFORM A TION A BOU T A N

A OG CH A PT ER I N Y OU R A REA , CONTA CT T H E FOL L OW ING :

O f f utt A FB Chapter Ronnie T aylor , ’62 H q SA C / A D W FA

O f f u t t A F B N E 68 123 8 / 2 7 1- 5 3 8 1

Colorado C hapter

Bob Shumway,

’68

C W D S- 18

USA F A cademy CO 80840

8 / 259-4768

A l ask a C h apt er

Robert M anning, 30-31I H Cher ry

E l m en d o r f A F B A K 99506 8 / 7 52 -4 9 7 9 o r 3 7 2 5

W ashi ngton D C Chapter M ar k T or reano ,

’68

8469 B r ai n er d C t .

Springf ield V A 22 153 8 / 2 2 2 - 50 1 1

T ex as C h ap t er

James W . Brown , I I I , 626 Candleglow D r

’ 59

San A n t o n i o T X 78239

8 / 4 8 7 - 2 19 7 / 5 10 3 / 2 6 4 7

A bi l ene C hap t er

V ict or J. Bliden ,

’63

34 10 I v an h o e A cr es A b i l en e T X 79605

Ok lahoma Chapter M i k e H o w e, ’ 69 18 E R i v er

40 2 / 2 92-0 9 60

A lt u s A F B 7 352 1

N o r t o n A F B C h apt er

8 / 86 6- 62 52

B o b W o o d s,

’71

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C l ar k A F B C h ap t er

2 3 0 F r em o n t R ed l a n d s C A 9 2 3 7 3

Bob W illiams,

8 / 87 6-44 9 3

P SC B o x 5 5 3 1

M ar ch A F B C hapt er

A P O SF 9 6 2 8 6

A ust in W edemeyer , 12 3 A d a m s

’62

M a r c h A F B C A 9 2 5 18

8 / 947-4 82 1 / 22 / 23

’68

A r i zo n a C h ap t er

Roy M iller , ’67 1529 W est V irginia

W r i gh t -P at t er so n A F B C h ap t er

P h o en i x A Z 8 5 0 0 7

W . D . T el f ord , ’59 H q A FL C (X RPM )

602 / 255-362 1 (Ring thr u W illiam s A FB 8 / 474- 10 11)

W P A F B O H 4 54 33

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N o r t h east R egi o n al C h ap t er

J o h n G r av es,

Flash W iley ,

B o x 4 0 19

’65

7 3 T r em o n t S t r eet B o st o n M A 0 2 10 8

617 / 723-2954 (H OM E) 617 / 227-8420 (OFFI CE)

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CLASS NEWS J

j ust got himsel f promoted out of one of the best j obs i n t h e

A ir Force. D D A N D ERSON is the D O o f the Recce T ech Wing at Offutt (location previously reported, but not j ob) .

W ayne C Pitt man Jr 2000 S Eads, # 927 A r lingt on V A 22202 A V : 2 2 5- 6 770

A s usual this time of year, we have congratulations f o r newly promoted Colonels and — for the second time, b u t

not t he last — Generals. Fut ure one-stars are Bob OA K S

and Bob BECKEL . To say we’ re proud of them both is gross understatement . Okay, that’s two BG lists now

—

where are you , Second-t o-N one?

On the primary 0-6 list were Tom BOWEN , Ron

L A N M A N , Ed M ON T GOM E RY , A 1 W A T E RS, Pet e

WINTERS, and your humble correspondent; on the secondary: George CLA RK , Bob FA Y , and Brock STROM . By my count , f orty-eight of our class have made colonel early — not bad out of 130 who went the full 2 0 year s as of f icer s.

Meanwhile, Pete TODD had his stars pinned on the first of December by Gen Jones. In the audience were a few o f u s sl o w l ear n er s an d sev er al f o r m er A T O s an d A O C s. I

couldn’t decide i f t he f aint head movement s were nods o f

approval at the results of their ef forts or shakes o f d i sb el i ef that any of us who stumbled around in the powder blue fatigues that eleventh of July should ever get so far . I hope i t w a s t h e f o r m er .

I n a similar vein , classmates cont inue t o move int o posi

tions of increased responsibility — a trend reflected i n a l l

of t he columns over t he last year or so . H T JO H N SON ,

for example, has moved up to Vice Wing Commander at

There’ve been some changes here in Washington. Some took place a while ago, but for some reason I overlooked. I ’ll try to catch up: Bob JENNINGS made the move last year from the A ir Staf f to the Defense Secretariat , a s a staf f analyst in Programs A nalysis and Evaluation. I om itt ed the t ransf er last summer of Pat M U SM A K E R

f rom the A cademy Group to DCS/ Programs and A nalysis (PA ). Dave SHEA RI N has left that directorate to go t o H q M A C; he’s chief of their Simulator Division. A lso last summer , D ick CA RR came over f rom I CA F t o be D eputy

Chief of the Tac Systems Division of PA . Jim BURTON ret urned t o t he building as M ilt iary A ssist ant t o D r M a r t i n

(A sst Secretary of A F for RD and Logistics). Dick

GO ET Z E is here now , also — he’ s in t he Plans D irect or at e

under the Deputy X O for Plans and Policy, where his f i r st j ob is to chair an extensive ef fort by a Foreign M ilitary Training Study Group. A lso heading a special task group i s Wayne JEFFERSON who is trying to shepherd M ission A rea A nalysis through its dif ficult early stages of u n d er standing and acceptance.

I m en t i o n ed b ef o r e t h at C h u ck F E R R A R I an d D o n

M A DONNA had recently arrived at A FSC, but didn’t have the j obs at the time. Don is Chief of the A ircraft Division in Development Plans and Chuck has the A ircraft Requirements Division in Test and Evaluation. Bob D E L L I GA T T I has been here as long as I have, but I don’ t

think I ’ve reported that his current j ob is Chief , J C S M atters and Program Review Group in X O’s Operations an d R ead i n ess D i r ect o r at e.

A lso at K unsan , Stan BU RG H A RD T is t he A D O o f t he 8t h T FW . T his one is of special signi f icance, since St a n i s

A potpourri of other relatively recent j obs culled f r o m the Register and other places: Dave A RCH INO has moved up to Chief of the Operations and Policy Division, st i l l a t

H e’s one of t he f irst navigat or s to hold a posit ion su c h a s

— at 6 A T A F , I zmir . D on BROO K S was, at last r eport .

C ast le. G en e V O SI K A i s C SG C o m m an d er at K u n san .

upholding the class reputation for breaking new ground.

h i s. J i m m ie JA Y i s t h e D O o f t h e 62d M A W at M cC h o r d an d B o b B L A K E o f t h e 388t h T F W at H i l l . P et e

W I NT ERS, commander o f t he 23d T FS, Spangdahlem ,

A F T E C . J o h n M A N T E I h as b een — si n ce so m et i m e i n ’ 77

M ai n t en an ce C o n t r o l O f f i cer o f t h e 93d B M W at C ar sw el l .

Jim CA RPEN T ER is now at SA M SO and T ony SE I Z Y S is

PA S at Wilkes College in Pennsylvania. Steel HOMES i s 29

CO of that part of the 1st Tac Control Group at

N eubruecke, Germany . Ron I N N ESS is at D-M wit h t he 355th T FW , j ob unknown . Jon BL A CK moved f rom V ance to A T C H q where he’ s Chief of the Command A cquisition D ivision .

One lost soul found — or almost found, since we still

don’t have a home address. Jim BA RT H O L OM EW has j ust moved f rom D allas, where he was with t he Frito L ay Co ., to M adison, W isconsin , where he’ ll be A ssociate

Director of Research Packaging and Engineering for O sc a r

M ayer .

T w o m o r e r et i r em en t s: D ean W O O D h as t u r n ed i t i n

and settled in San A ntonio. Bob BUCKLES was medically retired after a successful quadruple by-pass heart

operation last June.

Christmas note from Leigh HUNT in Rome included the

inf ormation that Charlie M A Y is a classmate of his t h er e

at the NA TO Defense College. Following graduation in February, they were planning (at time of this writing) t o go to AA FCE at Ramstein (Leight) and the KC-135 unit at

Fair f ord (Charlie) . A not her card f rom t he M EI ER’s wit h

the news that they’ve taken up Colorado ranching and a r e raising quarter horses — a pretty ambitious moon-lighting

proj ect. The ELSBERNDs report that they’re full-fledged civilians now and — if you look closely — you’ll see o n e o f Jerry ’ s antennas on t op of t he W orld T rade Center . S ev

eral of you (HT JOH NSONS and ELSBERNDs, for example) reported on the progress of youngsters in college. One final note from the Register (you have to read t h e

fine print): Bill McLAIN, at Langley, picked up a

doctorate (in education) this past year.

W e’ re swinging into t he f inal st retch towar d t he

Twentieth. For those of you who are still wavering, m a k e the decision now to attend. I f you haven’t been much i n contact with the Class over the years, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much fun it is to get back together. You’re exactly the ones who should seize this opportunity to get reacquainted. Don’t deprive the rest of us of t h e pleasure of seeing you and getting caught up on all t h o se inter vening year s. See you — A L L of you — in Colorado in June!

Dick SEXTON, Howie WHITFIELD, Dale THOMPSON,

Tom BURKE, and George and Carolyn LUCK . I am sorry to say I had to arrive late and leave early, and I didn ’t get a chance to pick up much gossip. I promise to take care o f that when the Washington contingent gets together again at Russ and Barb M A C DONA L D’S in February. Christmas cards indicate Reb GUI L LOT and family are alive and well at Ramstein while Roy JOLL Y is still commuting from Oklahoma to his airline j ob in San Francisco. (There were other cards, but I neglected t o s e t t hem aside f or t his column .)

R o n Y A T E S w h o h as b een t h e F - 16 P E M o n t h e A i r

Staf f PCS’ d to W right-Pat t o t he F- 15 SPO . H e’ s t he

Deputy Program Director and says its the “ best thing t h a t

ever happened t o me.’ ’ D oug REK EN T H A L E R is also escaping t he nat ion’ s capit al t his year . H e went t o O f f u t t A FB in January .

Gerry DE LA CRUZ has j oined the faculty of A rmed Forces Staf f College where he teaches management and strategy. H e likes everything except the requirement t o l i v e in base housing. Gary SHEETS is new in The Building where he is busy and enthusiastically putting together a proposal for a follow-on strategic bomber ! A USA F press release congratulates Gary for winning the 1978 A ir F o r c e H istorical Foundation A ward for his thesis last year a t A WC. Gary mentioned that Ralph LA L IM E has recently taken command of an F-4E squadron at Elmendorf A FB, A laska. Ralph and Darlene bought a house in A nchorage and are doing gr eat .

A nne and I went up to West Point for the A rmy game i n November . Other than that, it was a fun trip. Ted and

D o n a ST U M M w er e t h er e f r o m D o v er A F B . T h e F al co n f o o t b al l t eam f l ew i n t o t o w n i n a N o r t o n b ased C - 14 1

piloted by the 63 MA Wg Vice Commander, Tony BURSHNICK and the 14 M A Sq Commander, Chris WA RRA CK. A lso in the stands were Brian KA LEY, who lives in Connecticut and f lies f or t he M assachusetts A N G

and A merican A irlines, A ndy BIA NCUR who is at Yale i n an A FIT program studying international relations, Tom

BU RK E who recent ly PCS’d f rom NA T O in Brussels t o A ndrews A FB, and Jim PEEL .

Rich CA RTER: Thanks for the letter ! Rich is flying a s a

capt ain f or Cont inent al A irlines, and he and A nnet t e a r e

John M acartney 3800 Fair f ax , # 111 A rlington VA 22203

A V 223- 8383

building a house in Genesee, west of Denver . He passes o n the sad news that Tony Darnell , who was yearbook pho

t ographer at U SA FA in our t ime, was killed in an aut o

accident . A lso, the dorms we lived (?) in at Lowry I I w er e recent ly demolished . Rich says he bought season tick et s f o r

A cademy football last year and missed every game. No 20-Year Reunion. We need to get a committee underway

and going on prelim inary ar rangement s. T he 59rs have

wonder ! A mong other act ivit ies this year . Rich f ounded Solar Industries, a corporation that went public in M ay

an d h as set r eco r d s as t h e m o st act i v e st o ck o n t h e N a t i o n a l

been busy on their plans for a year and a half . I will be t h e Colorado Springs coordinator (or one of them), but w e need some more volunteers, including a chairman. Come

OTC market . He is working on converting a high rise apartment building to condos and says he is also starting

be reached at the Pentagon (A utovon 224-8155), is eager t o

with a busy schedule. Bob is a stamp collector . I mean h e i s

on guys, someone step f or war d . Joe D E SA NT I S, who can share his experience wit h us. T he 59 reunion will be t h i s Ju n e.

Speaking of Joe, he arranged a January luncheon for t h e classes of 59, 60, and 61 at the Bolling club. A bout a dozen from each class turned out , including Russ MA C

D ON A L D , Richard H EA D , K en A L N W I CK , Bill GOO D

YEA R, Bill KORNITZER, Doug RECKENTHA LER, 30

st ill anot her corporat ion .

B o b O D E N W E L L E R i s an o t h er o f o u r ai r l i n e b r et h r en

really a stamp collect or ! H e has t he wor ld ’ s f inest collect ion o f N ew Z ealand st amps, wor th over a million

dollars (and appreciating by as much at 50 percent a y ear) .

H e has been t o Buck ingham Palace to cont ribute t o t he Queen’ s collect ion, has published numerous art icles o n

philately and is working on a book. Last September i n

Prague he was elect ed t o head t he Commission f or

Traditional Philately of the International Federation o f

words for us. He thoroughly enj oyed his squadron com

Promotions. Congratulations to our newest colonel

member of the State Department’s Executive Seminar i n

Philately . Congratulat ions, Bob !

selectees, A 1 JO H N SO N , Gary SH EET S and George LUCK.

I n F r o m T he C o l d . R o sie C L E R h as m ad e co n t act !

Rosie got out of the Navy in 1964 and has been in the

recreat ion vehicle business. U nt il recent ly he was managing

a plant for Fleetwood Enterprise in Ohio. Now he is President and Board Chairman o f his own company . Cen

tury Industries of Webberville, M ichigan, which manu

f actures quality t ravel t railers near L ansing. T he c o m p a n y brochure Rosie enclosed shows his 1972 yellow M organ roadster and two Cler boys. Rosie: Y ou can go on using

that coat hanger, for the time being, but don’t forget y o u

will have to ret ur n it someday . T he grapevine tells m e t h a t Charlie FO L K A RT is living in M assachusett s, f lying f o r

T W A o u t o f N ew Y o r k an d h as an M B A f r o m H ar v ar d . R em em b er E d W h i t e? H e w as a classrnat e an d f o o t b al l

hero who resigned our third class year. I ran into h i m a t a Christmas party in Rome, New York (small world). Ed entered t he A ir Force via ROT C (and f our more year s o f

football) at Penn State. He has been twice promoted B T Z

and is now com mander of the B-52 squadron at Gr i f f iss A FB.

m an d at C ast l e an d i s n o w b ack i n D C as t h e A i r F o r ce

N at ional and I nter nat ional A f f airs. L ou says it is S t a t e ’ s

version of our war college. He seems to be field tripping a

lot as a st udent but only around t he Z I . Seems t hey w o u l d

want the students to experience some international a f f a i r s as well . They could probably benefit from a trip to I r an , Nicaragua, or Taiwan, but then I suppose that Portland, M aine and Farmington, NM give them a taste of what t h e

hot spots are like. D ick H OW EL L wrote f r om Richmond t hat he is

spending 1979 at Virginia Tech working toward a D oct orat e. H e will also be developing a t r avel and t o u r i sm

program for the school while teaching a class or two.

Ron FU L L ERT O N sends word f rom Ohio t hat in

addition to his normal test wing duties he finds time t o f ly

around in A merica’s most com f ort able air craf t , t he C - 130 , at tends several schools, cares f or t he plumbing, carpent ry ,

electricity and gardening at his 70 year old mansion a n d

j ogs to his racketball court f or a game or two . T here must be a lot of 70 year old houses in Ohio . L arry K A RN OW SK I is doing t he same t hing wit h his old house.

Hank and Peggy HOWE send greetings from the land of

700 year old houses. I nt er sper sed wit h wor k and a move back t o Ramst ein where H ank will be wor king in X P , t h e H owe’ s spend a lot o f t ime wor k ing in church , sk iing,

entertaining guests from stateside, and rearing two y o u n g A

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T he Christ mas season is a j oyous per iod f or class news let ter writer s. W e appreciate your cards and let ters. T hey

provide the honey which sweetens this otherwise stale bread . W e did so well t his Christ mas t hat I am tempted t o divide t he mail into f our piles and use one pile f or ea c h newsletter t his year , but I won’t .

We are quite proud of those who made the last Colonels’ list . I looked through it twice and saw JC CA RL ING, C G CA RSON, Jimmy POOLE, Earle O’ REA R, Dale T A BO R, and Bob W A G N ER . I f I missed anyone I

apologize. M y new glasses may have obstructed my vision. W e r ecei v ed a let t er f r o m C o l o n el sel ect ee C A R L I N G

and family before the promotion was known. Clair seemed depressed before Christmas — tough j ob; tough boss; e t c . — but I suspect that his attitude as this new year began

t ook an upward t ur n . A s we read our mail we were impressed wit h t he energy of the wives of t his class. A ll are busy doing good w o r k . Clair ’ s wi f e K ay is t he leader of some 2000 women in h e r local church women’ s organization which is t he nat ion’ s oldest cont inuous women ’s organizat ion . W hile she is busy

running that program she also mothers six typically a c t i v e

A merican o f f spring.

Clair’s old test pilot mate Stu BOYD has enj oyed his three years at the Pentagon but is hoping for a senior ser v i ce sch o o l sl o t t h i s su m m er . St u ’ s w i f e M am ie h as b ee n

busy in church and at home gardening, canning, selling Mary Kay cosmetics to aid in the house payments and

rearing two busy youngster s. L ou H A BL A S f inally broke down and scribbled some

f o l k s.

Having left Darrell and M ary Francis KOERNER on the windswept Texas plains, we were pleased to learn that D arrell has assumed command of t he C- 130 squadr on at

Rhein-M ain. A t the change of command cermony, Darrell received the squadron flag from the former commander , Lowell JONES. With a squadron command under his belt , L o w el l h as m o v ed o v er t o t h e r eso u r ce m an agem en t

business f or the rest of his st ay in Europe.

Lowell’s wife Sandy has been the OWC president and

mother of two t eenage boys while helping L owell as a squadron commander’s wife. M ary Francis, Darrell’s wi f e, will no doubt f ollow in t hose f oot steps.

Had a phone call from Jerry GI L L last week . Claims h e

n ev er

l ear n ed

w r i t e. I

think

h e w as ed u cat ed

A labama. Jerry is currently directing the ground training business at L it tle Rock . H e says he has spent about as long as he can st and in t he C- 130 business and hopes t o t r ad e l o cat i o n s w i t h m e. I t seem s t h at m o t h er M A C i s co n

sidering a place for me at Little Rock while the A ir W a r College leaders want Jerry here on the faculty. There i s probably a message there somewhere, but it eludes me. Frank WIL L I S is the wing DO at Little Rock and Dave CA RL ST RO M is a senior nav in one of t he squadrons. W e also heard f rom our solit ary academy homest eader , T om EL L ER . T om was A ssistant D ean of Faculty ear lier

in the year but when he was appointed tenure A ssociate Prof essor of A st ronaut ics he became a group A O C . T hat sounds like typical A cademy per sonnel management . T om and A nne are mak ing the most o f their opport unities t h er e .

A nne is using her abundant musical talent well and attending school while caring for three talented children. Knowing what Tom’s musical talent is f rom a year as h i s r oommate, I suspect t hat A nne car r ies t he musical genes. I must conf ess that Ear l SA U N D E RS has also spent a

large number of years in the hallowed halls and that t h er e

ar e sev er al o f o u r ci v i l i an cl assm at es i n t h e ar ea w h o

probably own t he town by now . A t least we continue t o b e well represent ed in t he Spr ings area.

Thom and Sharon SCH UTT are enj oying their year at ICA F while monitoring the growth of four teenagers a n d almost teenagers. Thom expects to return to flying t h i s summer . I understand t hat SA C has an eye on him .

We believe that Charlie STEBBINS’ description of

Sarah ’s schedule represent s t he wives of t he class i n general . H e says t hat Sarah spends 60 percent o f her t i m e

arranging all the activities of the family, 30 percent t r ansporting kids, 33 per cent t rying t o f igure out w h a t t o wear , 50 percent wor king at the N aval Research L abora

tory, 3 percent cleaning house, less than one percent ir oning, 40 percent doing volunt eer wor k in scout s, a t

school , and at church, and 14 percent ordering kids c l o t h es from Sears. Charlie didn’t mention the 100 percent

at t en t i o n t o t h e n eed s o f t h e m ast er o f t h e h o u se b u t t h a t m u st b e i n cl u d ed . O u r h at s ar e o f f t o t h e v al i an t w o m en

who st and beside the men of t he best graduating class e v e r . Y o u m a k e i t a l l b ea r a b l e .

I t is always appropriat e t o end wit h the “ Z s” so wit h E d Z OM PA enj oying his command assignment in I celand and Gayle shepherding her f lock of two teenager s and two huge I rish Set ter s on the blowing dust lands of O klahoma w e w i l l close wit h one request . O u r A O G ex ec , ask ed m e f o r a l i st o f o u r cl ass o f f i cer s.

U nless my f aulty recollect ion f ails me, we never elect ed a n y did we? I f we did, please let me know. I f we didn’t, please suggest a cour se of action t o elect such a list . W e hope t his new year is t he great est ever f or each o f

you. Remember, when you read this in the latest M agazine, I have about t wo week s t o get the next issue completed . S o don’t hesit at e, write me a note.

John W (Jack) Jamba Qt r s 60-A FE W arr en A FB , W y 8200 1 H ome: (307) 632-3834 O f f ice: (A V) 481-3849, 3162

exchanged congr at ulat ions. H eard f rom N iels JEN SEN t oo . H e of f ered his congrat ulat ions and t hen told me h e

has a six month old son named Christopher. H is wife M elodye j ust finished her M asters Degree and is now b a c k

t o t aking care of t he kids f ull t ime. T hat means also caring for daughters Kirsten (8 years old) and Britta (5 years old) .

Niels is running the HQ MA C M anpower of fice during

duty hour s and is a member of t he D aedalians at Scot t dur ing of f -duty t ime. Jack SW O N SO N called me t oo and o f f ered his congrat ulations. A s f ar as he knows, he i s t h e

first grad to command a C-5 squadron. H e told me how h e happened to be in the right place at the right time b ecau se of some extensive reorganization and reshuf fling that p u t him in line for the j ob. However, you have to be capable o f doing the j ob when the right place and time come along; congratulations Jack. (Sorry about the misspelling in my

previous colum n .) A s I was get t ing ready to go t o press, t he Colonels’ l i st was released . Congrat ulat ions t o the seven new colonels i n R eb o u r cl ass. T h ey ar e D A N I E L , G eo r ge H A RRI SO N , “ Rip ” BL A I SD EL L , “ Chet ” G RI FFI N , D on H A L L A GER , Bill O RO U RK E , and D ave ROE .

Reb” DA NIEL says that he will very soon become the Division Chief of the Ops Program Division and work o n planning things like the Red Flag exercises. His current A V n u m b er i s 432-2824 an d f u t u r e o n e w i l l b e 4 32-7660 . D a v e

ROE is still on the A ir Staf f as the Deputy Division C h i e f of Strategy in the Plans side of the house. He puts i n 14 t o

16 hour s a day on a regular basis, somet imes f or seven days a week . T he hours are long and har d and t he cost of living

is high; but that’s where the action is. He’s hoping f o r a summer slot at War College. H e really feels like everyone should have one tour at the Pentagon, otherwise you’re taking unfair advantage of your classmates who have t o pull an extra tour or two. During spare moments, he coaches a Little League soccer team. H is wife, A da, pur sues t wo

hobbies:

decorat ing

and

Scandinavian

knitting. H is son, David (14 years old) plays soccer as d o his two girls, Christie (12 years old) and Stephanie (8 year s old). By the way, Dave coaches the team that Christie plays for . (It looks to me like playing soccer is an inherited t r a i t that has nothing to do with parental influence). Dave’s au t o v o n i s 227-970 1.

Hi Redtags! Well the Lieutenant Colonels’ promotion

sel ect i o n l i st h as b een r el eased an d t h er e w er e 13 Redtags

Bob CONNOL LY is enj oying life as the Chief of Plans and Programs at H Q 15A F at M arch A FB. His j ob

L EN OX , K en N EED H A M , D on N ET Z I N GER , Paul

plans and heavy involvement in unit beddowns. A ny time an action by two other DCS’s will be taken, he gets i n t o t h e

on it this time including yours truly. The other 12 w e r e : Willie GRA Y, Dick HOFFERT , Kent LA M M ERS, Tay

PIRTLE, Roger RHOA DES, Norm RODERICK, Randy SCHA M BERGER, Dick SCHOOF, and Daryl WOOD. The announcement of the selection was doubly j oyous f o r me because it was released on my birthday. So who says t hat Fr iday t he 13t h is an unlucky day? H eck ! I didn ’t e v e n

mind turning 40 years old. A s you can well imagine i t c o u l d have been a terrible birthday. My wife had planned a surprise birthday party for me on the evening of the 13 t h . So w h en I cam e h o m e o n t h e 12t h an d t o l d h er t h e l i st

would be released on t he 13t h , she had a cardiac ar rest . S h e

got the uncomfortable feeling that she had possibly planned a wake instead of a birt hday celebrat ion . But

things worked out well and she expanded the party list

includes preparing supplements to SAC’s programming

act as a co o r d i n at o r . H i s o f f i ce i s a “ t h i n k t an k ” . H e h a s

no flying requirements and all his gates have been m et . H i s hobbies are swimming pool clean up and transporting t h e kids between events/ places. His wife, Pat , teaches kindergarten and first grade. The three children are a l l straight “ A ” students. Besides that , son, M ike (15 y ea r s old), is a sophomore playing varsity football and is already over 6 feet tall . He also participates in basketball a n d track. Son, John (13 years old) is active in all sports. Daughter, Colleen (11 years old) is a ballet dancer a n d a vocalist . Bob says to tell people to stay away because t h e weather is so beautiful that houses are sprouting like c r a z y to keep up with the influx of people. His autovon is

because of the pr omot ion . Congrat ulat ions to those w h o

9 4 7 - 4 14 1 .

disappointment . I got a call f rom D ick SCH OOF . W e

t hree years at H Q T A C and two years in the 1st T A C F t r

made it . To those who didn’t make it, I share your 32

Daryl OL SON is f inishing his fifth year at Langley,

Wg where he is currently the Chief of Wing Ops Tng Division. He loves the j ob because he still gets to f ly the F- 15, even though he’s on a reduced flight schedule. A n d he likes the challenges of the j ob. Daryl still manages t o get

grass lot . His children are enrolled in the Fairfax co u n t y

says his “ slight’ ’ lateral growth has slowed him down a b i t . His wife, Susan, is into ceramics now. His oldest child i s Karyn who is 12. The two boys, Derek ( 10 years old) a n d Dolan (8 years old) are both basketball and soccer players.

wor k world . So H owie bought a Cherokee 235 with a big

on a basketball court occasionally to dunk a f ew shot s b u t

I t so u n ded l i k e a Z o o m i e r eu n i o n at t h e 1st T F W : T h e

A DO is Carl C RA N BERRY , ’6 1; Chief of Stan Board is

Ralph WETTERHA HN, ’63; Chief of Intel is Roger

W OO D BU RY , ’6 1; Commander o f t he 94th T FS is John

BORL I NG, ’63. Daryl was getting ready to go home and

make f inal preparat ion f or a t rip to the A erospace

M useum in Washington. From the pictures I’ve seen, i t ’ s a

school system which is about t he 2nd or 3rd in the n a t i o n . T he Ft Belvoir commissary is 12 minutes away . H owever ,

there is no campus in the area. It was a shock to transition f rom a Sq Cmdr to paper shuf fler in the mundane paper engine so he could get some enj oyable flying done. H i s wife M ary Lou is still recovering from being a squadron commander ’ s wi f e by gradually wor k ing her way t hrough al l t h e ex h i b it s at t h e Sm i t h so n i an I n st i t u t e. H i s so n , A l ex

(8 years old) and daughter , Catherine (3 years old) enj oy camping, skiing, and flying with M om and Dad. Howie passed along some other news. Edd WHEELER got his law degree f rom George Washington University and resigned his commission. He and Fran moved back to M acon , Ga, where he has set up a law pract ice. H erb

T al k ed t o G ai l P E C K b et w een C h r i st m as an d N ew

A L T M A N h as m o v ed f r o m B r u ssel s t o N el l i s A F B . D u k e G R E E N i s t h e co m m an d er o f t h e 8 1st T F S o f t h e 52T F W

Y ears. H e had j ust stopped by his of f ice t o tak e care o f some last minute det ails and t hen he and the f amily w e r e

at Spangdahlem. It’s a Wild Weasel outfit flying the F - 4 C

and soon t o get the F-4G . Bob BA X T E R was t he W ing D O

f or a while now . H is wi f e’ s name is Peggy and t heir

def ense college in L ondon . H e, Brandy , and t he t wo

f abulous place. Daryl ’s autovo n is 432-5 165.

going to head of f on a skiing trip. Gail has been remarried daughter, Jenny, is nine months old. H is son, Gail, J r

(ot herwise k nown as Jack) is 15 and spends t ime as a su r f er

and weight lifter while daughter Kayte (13 years old) participates in all sports. (Both are living with their M o m in Huntington Beach). Gail is the new commander of t h e 4477th Test and Evaluation Flight at Nellis. His people f ly

the F-5 as aggressors in operational test and evaluat ions. T hey f ly against t he “ good guys’ ’ and help write t he t e s t reports. H e pursues sk iing dur ing of f duty hour s and a l so

co n si d er s h i m sel f a C o r v et t e b u f f . H e h as a n ew h o u se

located about t wo minutes f rom t he L as V egas airport . A new swimming pool will be ready by this summer so he invites all Redt ags to st op by f or a visit . H is aut ovon i s 6 82 - 54 9 5 .

m en t i o ned

last

t i m e t hat

O w en

H A W K I N S h as

at Spangdahlem he is now attending a senior of ficer’s ch il d r en w i l l b e t h er e f o r si x m o n t h s. St ev e N I E L SO N i s

t he execut ive f or M / G Robert C . T A Y L O R (X O O) in t he

Pentagon. M ike HUGHES has j ust finished the Navy

A viat ion Saf et y Command Course at M onterey , Ca. “ T he C h i ef ’ ’ h as n o w lear n ed h o w t o co n d u ct ef f ect i v e ai r cr af t

accident prevention programs and aircraft accident invest igations. H ope you never have t o do t he latt er . E d

M A R T I N E L L I h as r ecei v ed t h e M er i t o r i o u s Ser v i ce M ed al

at Y okot a. H e received it f or outstanding duty per f or m ance at K irt land A FB as t he senior representat ive in t h e SA C L iaison O f f ice at t he D irect orate of N uclear Saf ety . D ave L EE has reported in to W right-Pat . Br ad BECK is a t Y onssan , K orea. Ron T U BBS is at W oodbr idge, U .K . O ne last note: I have asked f or t he necessary materials t o

get us going for a memorial wall plaque. The plaque w i l l b e

remarried . H e sent me a Chr ist mas card and a f amily

a Class Crest to be hung on t he Class W all . I t measures 3 2

sons are Colin (5 years old) and Cory (4 year s old) . O w en ’ s

T he crest is sculpted out of clay and t hen cast in alum inum , f inished wit h a bur nished look and weighing 85 lbs. T h e A OG will handle t he det ails o f cont ract ing f or t he w a l l

picture of the wedding. His wife’s name is Connie and h e r

children are sons, Greg ( 15 years old) and Chr is ( 11 y ea r s old) and daughter, Kim ( 12 years old). It was good hearing

from you, Owen, and I’ll look you up next time I ’m i n S a n

F r a n c i sc o .

I got a Christmas card from Lanny LA NCA STER in which he announced his upcoming marriage at the Langley Chapel on 13 January. He gave me an address for Troy

by 28, is constructed of cast aluminum and costs $2200.

plaque and taking care of other incidentals involved. A l l we have to do is come up with the money. We have 266 m em b er s i n t h e cl ass. A 10 d o l l ar d o n at i o n w i l l t ak e car e o f

the costs and other incidental expenses. One possibility t o

consider is t o include t he making o f a miniat ure crest t o b e

T OM L I N who ’ s at Sunnyvale, Cali f . H ope t o hear more about L anny and T roy f or next issue.

given to each donor as a favor so the donor knows what the crest will look like. We also might consider sending a

now at t he Pentagon where “ it ’s nice being in t he heart o f

think about it and give me a call or drop me a line w i t h

I had a nice long talk with Howie CA RROL L who is

the big picture.’ ’ He’s an action of ficer in the Operational

T est and Evaluat ion D ivision , D irect orate of Operat ions and Readiness, DCS.Ops and Readiness. (N o wonder we

mini-crest t o t he f amily o f our deceased member s. Please

your comment s. I ’ ll wor k wit h t he A OG unless anyone want s t o volunteer t o t ake it away f rom me. K eep t he letters, calls and pict ures com ing.

talked so long — what a j ob title!) There are 12 people i n

his division t hat monit or 250 active acquisit ion program s,

including some space applications. They are involved i n

j oint test s sponsored by D O D as well as the resource management aspects of T& E . H owie is also a Pr ogram Element M onit or . H e bought a t ownhouse in Spr ingf ield , VA , which cut s down on t he t ime he has t o spend in h o u se care and maintenance. H ousing is at a premium in t he D C area so he f eels a townhouse gives you more f or your money per sq . f t . Y ou don’t have time t o care f or a large.

M OV IN G? Pl ease f or w ar d y our n ew addr ess, dut y assi gn m ent , an d ot h er n ews t o t h e A OG Of fi ce ... A OG Recor ds ar e on l y as curr en t as y our l atest subm i ssi on ...

Sk ip L ee

432 R ed w o o d D r

Colorado Springs, CO 80907

for meritorious service while Civil Engineering at O sa n . A 1 has now moved on to Ramstein. Lloyd PROBST also

r ecei v ed t h e f i r st O ak L eaf C l u st er t o t he A i r F o r ce

Commendation M edal . His award was for good works while assigned t o D et 3 1402nd M A S at M axwell . H e is n o w an I n st r uct o r at t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m an d an d St a f f

College. To round out the awards for doing outstanding

For t hose of you wishing t o write me on Guam — D on ’t : I have my orders. A good temporary address will be 4 3 2

j obs; Bill H EL K ER was presented the M erit orious Service

t he address or lose t his magazine, j ust send your mail t o

tration Central Region Headquarters at Kansas City, M issouri . Bill is currently pushing T-38’s at Shepard a s a n

Redwood Dr ., Colorado Springs, CO 80907. I f you forget

the A OG. For information only: I am going to Scott A F B , I L and a headquarters j ob at A RRS. The specific functions

I am t o per f orm are, as yet , unk nown . A nyway , my re placement is inbound and I have ticket s on PanA m f or 15 A pril . H appy Easter ! Subj ect : Class W all Plaques. W ho would be interested i n heading up t he ’63 proj ect ? I plan t o talk to Jim

WHEELER (’64) at the A OG in A pril and hopefully find out said details on collections, ordering, and installation. We will probably have to set up a bank savings account

etc. I propose we establish a target date f or complet ion a n d dedication for our 20th reunion either at June Week (O/ A

5 June 83 — I haven’t checked the calendar lately) o r during H omecoming same year. Comments? Suggestions?

T o t he best of my knowledge we, as a class, number ab o u t

463 members — 257 active duty — making a minimum donation of about $6.00 each not counting inflation. D on’t send money yet . M ore next t ime. W hile on leave I bumped int o Joe COX in the barber

shop. We talked about assignments, as Joe is preparing t o depart the A cademy this summer and, due to pilot demands, may be looking at a cockpit j ob. Linda was wondering why (?) I would be in a barber shop. Saw w h er e A 1 B E A U C H E M I N w as aw ar d ed h i s f i r st O ak L eaf C l u st er t o t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m en d at i o n M ed al P TtS fr-S-yf V

Medal for superior performance while assigned as the A i r Force Representat ive t o t he Federal A viat ion A dminis

A ir Operat ions O f f icer f or t he 80FT W . I n t he mail t his C h r i st m as w e r ecei v ed a f ew car d s an d n o t es al l w o r t h

repeating here. Denny and Sue HA YCRA FT are enj oying the easy life of Merced, California — I liked the bangs! The entire family sure is looking fit and as I am finding o u t at home our kids are really growing up fast . M ike H A R L E Y ’ S i n f o r m at i v e n o t e o n h i s an d E v i e’ s car d

provided some intelligence on the whereabouts and doings of Bob and Ronnie M URPHY . M urph, the sly devil , has assumed command of the 77th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth. M ike, even craftier, moved from Operations Of ficer of the 77th to Chief of the Wing Stan/ Eval Branch . M i ke also advises t hat Barry W A L RA T H is a St an/ E v al B r an ch C h ief

f o r t h e E C - 135 at O f f u t t . I

received a letter from Susie SCH ROEDER j ust after the

column went to press last t ime and I was, t heref ore, u n a b l e t o pass on t heir news. T ed had j ust ret ur ned f rom K or ea

and was enj oying leave before moving down the road (1-25) from Ft Collins to A lbuquerque. H is new j ob i s i n t he Jolly G reen simulator as A sst Branch Chief . T ed a n d

Susie’s big news is the new member of their family, T a r a !

A dopt ed last year , she arr ived in Ft Collins f rom K orea o n

20 M ay. A ccording to Susie, everyone including “ Old D ad’ ’ , T y (9) and T i f f ani ( 13) is adj ust ing well t o having a new baby in their midst . I t ’ s t r ue, we all seem t o b e mellowing during the onset of middle-age.

I would also like to announce that Roger GRA HA M was

awar ded his L L M D egree in G over nment Cont ract L aw

f rom George Washington University. Roger is currently the asst . Judge A dvocate at Hq A ir Force Systems Command. A nother school graduate was the “ M arine’ ’ , Larry BA CKUS. Larry completed the A viation Safety

C o m m an d C o u r se at t h e N av al P o st G r ad u at e Sch o o l i n

M ont erey . T ough dut y !

Other assignments or address changes include Joseph HA NES — Valley Stream, New York to Overland Park,

K ansas; V ic BL I D EN t o D yess; Bill H EN T GES —

M ontgomery to Cannon A FB, New M exico (thought I ’d better spell it out); Lynn WEBER — A rmy Command and General Staf f College to 52 TFW , Spangdahlem and the F-4; Fred L I NDA H L — Belmont, M ass to Homewood, I llinois; and M ichael J. O’CONNEL L to the Pentagon a s a B eh av i o r al Scien t i st f o r A F / M P X H M .

That ’s it ! I have to get this thing in the mail or i t w o n ’ t

get t o t he A OG in t ime. CO N G RA T S! t o all t he new 0-5s

and 0-6 selectees. A s M ike HA RLEY put it — A D M aj or Will iam H . H eik er J r . is p resented the M er itor ious Ser vice M edal at Shepp ar d A FB, TX , by Colonel Jesse W. Camp bell, commander of the 80th F ly ing Training Wing. 34

N O V OS, et c.

H O M E C O M I N G 1979 2 9 SE P T E M B E R F A L C O N S V S. K A N SA S ST A T E

R o d W el l s

490 A llegheny D rive Colorado Springs, CO 809 19 A V 2 59 -4 5 1 1

Going to New York City to visit Todd JA GERSON takes guts. But then, after all, how could I be in N ew Jersey and not pay a visit to someone who openly invited all Blue Tags coming anywhere near the Big A pple to c o m e

see and behold t he f ount of A mer ican cult ure and wisdom? T he last t ime I was in N ew Y or k , I was visit ing t he 19 6 4 W orld’ s Fair wit h A 1 ROGE RS, t he two o f us j ust having

means, it’s Greek to me). He reports that Jim BROWN i s doing well as the Comm Sqd Commander at Kunsan; that Pete CA L D A REL L I is at Osan in t he 314th A ir D ivision

(upon learning of his LC promotion, spent 3 months i n t h e club one night) and is on his way to AT-38s at Holloman; that Rog DUNN is Ops Of ficer for the 19th TA SS at Osan. Good to hear from you Bill — hope you get out of there before your eyes start slanting (apologies to Willy SA K A H A R A ) .

W ho’ s W here D ept : Cli f f K RI EG E R is at Eielson A FB ,

A laska, and says he’s been out of the ZI over six years; Phil RO BE RT S says he’ s now ensconced in t he Pentagon in t he Joint Cruise M issile O f f ice af t er checking in f r o m

being an Ops Of ficer at Shaw; Bob CLA RK is an A ir Ops

finished a post-graduate, profligate world tour . I remember thinking at the time how crowded and dirty things seemed . . . the only thing that has changed in t h e last 15 years has been me. I took the subway (furtive glances) from Penn Station up to 42nd and walked through Times Square. They were having a garbage strike (thank

St af f O f f icer at t he Pent agon ; T im O ’ K EEFE is t he commander o f the 433 FW S at N ellis; Bobby BEV ERL Y is

heaps of inanimate garbage in the sidewalk ended and t h e human began. Yes, I know — unfair — yes, unf air to j udge all of New York City on the basis of one night i n Times Square. I’m certain that many other parts are m u c h more representative and are replete with color and ch ar m ; so I say no more only to add that Todd is doing great, a n d that I really did have a super time — as would any ’ 6 4 v i si t o r enj oying immensely the JA GERSONs’ hospitality. Well , enough of my fascinating travelogue, here’s hoping you and yours enj oyed a happy holiday season and that you didn’t get too many pairs of argyle

Johnson flying tankers; Will M C KENNEY is now a Pentagon type; Fred GREGORY is preparing to Shuttle i t

God it wasn’t summer) , and it was t ough to tell where t h e

now at A lconbury, England; Jack HUDSON now calls Carrollton, Georgia home; Chuck HA NDLEY is now doing his logistics thing at Grif fis A FB; Stu M C CURDY i s at Torrej on A B; Gordie SM ITH is now in A nnandale, Va.; Jack SU L L I V A N has gone f rom N or f ol k t o Seymour-

in H oust on ; John O SBO RN E is now in Sacramento ; Curt BA Y ER is at W oodbridge RA F Stat ion in H H -53s, Fred T ED ESCO has moved f rom W r ight-Pat t o an O ps O f f icer slot wit h SA C at O f f utt ; T ony COV A I S is attending N aval

War College at Newport , RI ; John BOLES is driving 106s at Grif fis (j ust thawing out f rom a tour at Thule); S t ev e M U L L ER is an otolaryngologist at Elmendor f now (where

is your oto, anyway?); and Rich FLECH SIG is flying F - 11 I s o u t o f M o u n t ai n H o m e.

Tags out there in radioland?

Pat on t he Po-Po D ept : T he M erit orious Service M edal to T im W EST OV E R f or handling several M averick

toughing it out at PA CA F HQ at Hickam, grinding out hot plans, be there till ’80. He reports: that Gil A C H T E R

Par ke H I N M A N f or out standing duty in var ious aspect s of t he T -37 program at Randolph . Good wor k , guys!

socks and God-awf ul t ies. W hat else is happening to B l u e

M ike RO BBI N S dropped by over t he holidays. H e’ s

proj ects while at A SD at Wright-Pat ; and the M SM also t o

i s i n t he J o i nt R ecce C en t er t h er e at C I N C P A C ; t h at B o b

Titillating Tidbits: You say the old diploma is looking pretty shabby and you j ust learned that the manufacturer

COBU RN is a saf et y chief t here; t hat Fred W A L K ER ,

motorcycle enthusiast extraordinaire, is picking bugs o u t

of his teet h t here; t hat he learned D ave SA M U E L is

checking out in the F-4G Weasel ; and that A c e RA WL INS is trying to weasel his way into F- 16s at H ill A FB . H e also noted a name in t he obit uary column of A i r

Force Times you may recall — Nino BA LDA CH I . That may only prove that he is more alive than dead.

Elsewhere, Ed M EC H EN BI ER report s t hat t he ’ 64

contingent at Wright-Pat has shrunk considerably. Les B A E R an d J i m R I C H M O N D ar e i n t h e si m u l at o r b u si n ess

(they do it by computer); Paul BELMONT assists the A S D

Commander doing somet hing import ant ; Pat T U FFY

boondoggles around Europe in F-16 logistics; M ike G REECE is an F- 16 O I , D ick H A CK FO RD wor k s on Site

A ctivation (someone has to balance out all the de activations); Ted SA ITO works in the Materials Lab;

Carver SEA RS, Jim M C CO M SEY and Denny M A D E round out the resident Good Guys. O h yes, Ed says he

remains the only gainfully employed member via his Marketing association with Fairchild Republic, builders o f t he A - l OA W art hog.

B i l l D O U G L A SS m u st b e b o r ed t o d eat h as C h i ef o f

Safety at Osan — he wrote a scathing note, asking why I ’ v e hung around the Zoo so long on this assignment (implying it is only to be around young boys — I don’t know what h e

has gone out o f business? W ell t ake heart ; here’ s t he o u t f i t t hat made t he diplomas f or ’78 and did a pr ett y credit able j ob of ref urbishing m ine at a nominal cost ;

A ll-A merican Sports A wards A ttn: M r . John Jagoda Box 308

T riangle, V A 22 172

M ak e a N ew Y ear ’ s R eso l u t i o n : st ar t a l o cal A O G

Chapter where you are and recruit a few new members

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ev en o n J o h n so n I sl an d .

A nd keep those tax-deductible checks coming in to help purchase the Class Crest for the Class Wall Proj ect ; i t ’ s really going great. I ’ll hate for us to post a sign saying. T his Space f or Rent ” . W ell , so much f or anot her poop-packed epist le — see y a

n ex t t i m e .

E ditor ’s

N ote:

The A ssociation

Graduates,

cooperation with the parents of

Bob L OD GE, has

preparatory school scholarship

through the Falcon

established a Grad uate M em or ial Scholarship F und in B ob ’s memory . The F und will be used to sp onsor a

F oundation in B ob ’s name. A ny one wishing to mak e a contr ibution should f or war d a check to the “ A OG, L odge

M emorial Scholarship Fund. ’ ’ A ll contributions made t o

the A OG ar e tax deductible f or those who item ize

d ed u c t i o n s o n t h e i r F ed er a l i n c o m e t ax r e t u r n .

M ike Ryan 117 L ee A ve., Poquoson , Va

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W e haven’t had winter in V irginia yet . I t hink M ot her N ature is senile. On Jan . 1, 1979 it was 67 F in downtown Poquoson . L ocal birds — ducks, Robins, mosquitos and

the occasional full Colonel — have been making fients t o

Br uce G ROSET T A , all st ill locked up at M axwell , and

Roy KI LGORE who is learning boatsmanship at the Navy War College in Rl . I f “ they” ever tell you guys where you’re going next let me know. A lso tell me who “ they > 5

are so 1 can see what t hey can do f or me! Since I couldn ’ t f ind anyone going sout h I ’ ll volunteer .

On a sad note, Jim CREW’s status has been changed from M IA to KIA . Class sympathy to his family. Best wishes for a prosperous, happy, and cost ef fective

new year t o you all .

t he nort h . I t ’s been warm enough t o play tennis outside an d w e h av e. I n m ix ed d o u b l es J an e r em i n d s m e t h at

although 1 didn’t invent the double fault I appear t o b e perfecting it. She also allows that if I got my first se r v e i n every time I would never double fault . I ’ve thought a b o u t that, but practicing it gives me withdrawal symptoms. Speaking of going north . Brad G REM S moved f rom

Florida to Grand Forks to fly 135s. Steve ICA RDI moved from Utah to Idaho Falls, Idaho as Senior Engineer f o r

W estinghouse Elect r ic Corporat ion . From t he east , Fred BO L I has ret urned f rom t he

Embassy in M oscow and j oined the 23TFW at England

A FB, f lying A -7s. Bart CA BL E has lef t A ndrews V I P

flying for an acquisition management slot at WrightPatterson A FB. Wayne ROGERS returned from HQ

U SA F E t o T u cso n t o I P i n A - 10s.

Going west t o east . Bob DA V I ES M oved f rom W heeler A FB in H awaii to W r ight-Pat . M ike N O L A N has lef t

Wichita for a j ob in Elizabethtown, Ky. I ’m not sure o f

M ike’ s j ob . Jim NA VA RRA lef t H anscom A FB f or a

development engineering post at A ndrews. Doug WI LSON is headed for Spangdahlem, Jef f SIL L IMA N, after moving f r om W right-Pat to U SA FE , received an M SM f or his w ork .

Eddy Shirley

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The Shirley family has finally arrived in “ f oggy

Cali f or nia. For t hose of you who were “ SA Cumsized

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with me immediately after UPT , neither Merced, CA nor Castle A FB has changed very much. The maj or advantage of the weather here over New Hampshire is that you d o n ’ t

have t o shovel f og. Red T ag M ovements: Fred H A T H O RN has lef t A lexandr ia, V A to att end A rmy Command and General St af f at Fort L eavenwort h , K ansas. Jim T I L L EY is now t he Chief of the Systems Phase of t he A F T est Pilot S c h o o l at Edwards. Bob D U N SH EE will soon check out in t he

F-16 to do configuration tests at Eglin (Congratulations, Bob !) . Ron BRA CY has changed addresses but still lives i n

Fort Worth. M ike HOUGHTA L ING will spend the next 10 months in Boulder at Colorado U under the auspices o f I BM . Dick OL IVER is now living in M akakilo, H I (what are you doing there, Dick?). Joe JA RVIS is now in Davis, California (come to see us at Castle, Joe). Dave WIL LETT is back from Korea and flying F-4s at Homestead. Ivy

COOK is at t he U niversity o f T exas as a PhD candidate i n Operat ions Research . Bob M EST EM A K ER has moved t o

Ballston Spa, New York. Congratulations to Jim FEGA N ! Jim has married and moved to Evergreen, Colorado. Welcome to ’66, M ary Ellen! Randy CA RLSON has traded in his ROTC j ob at M IT for an F-4G at George. Dennie WATSON is an A ir Reserve Technician flying C- 130S and living in Chal f ont , PA . Phil BRU CE has lef t

Edwards A FB for A rmed Forces Staf f College. Ben D U N N i s n o w at A C SC a f t er a t o u r at L ack l an d . D o n

Jeff gets gong f rom M aj . Gen. L en Russell, Dep uty Chief of Staff Plans. H Q USA FE John GROSS and Dick HUSEMA NN both managed to escape from A rmed Forces Staf f College this December. I ’m not sure where they are headed. Others who haven’t escaped are Pat MORE, Larry STONE, John HA SS and 36

CRA IGIE is back in Operations flying the A T-38 at Holloman. M ike M A RON has traded his j ob as Tech Training Squadron Commander at Sheppard for an F-4 I P slot at Homestead. Jay LE VA N has changed j obs but remains in a Headquarters Staff by moving from USA FE to TA C, D.Y. THOM PSON is a helicopter instructor at Kirtland. Ron TA LCOTT is flying C-130s out of McChord. I saw Ron DA SKEVICH at Tyndall where he was flying the F- 15 TDY from Holloman. He is a Flight C o m m an d er i n t h e 49 T F W . R i ck P A R SO N S h as b een o n

vacation at Soesterberg A B helping the 32 TFS convert t o

the F- 15, George FI NA N has lef t N otre D ame and ROT C

for A CSC. Jamie GOUGH has j oined A 1 NA DER at

A FSC . Bob L U PI N I and Jerry CA L L A H A N are T -38

instructors at Columbus AFB (1hope you guys are keeping

the noise down when flying over my hometown). Butch

Z ENT , Ed PET ERSEN , and Bill W A CK ER have j oined

the ’66 Colony at ACSC. Dick VOL E is a tax lawyer with a

W all Street law f ir m . I would avail myself of your services, D ick , but I ’ m sure you don’t deal in “ pett y cash’ ’ . Gary POT T ER is a civilian st udying f or a PhD in Soviet St udies

at George Washington University. Pat O’ LEA RY is also i n Washington as an attorney with a D.C. law firm. Lyn

D U D L EY is a “ f lesh peddler ’ ’ at H q . U SA F . A lso at t he

Pentagon is M ike PA RM ENT IER who has moved back to

W ashington f rom Cali f ornia. I t is a big year f or K enny BOON E ; he married Bett y (welcome to t he Red T ags) and will test the F- 18 f or M cD onnell D ouglas. Bruce T O RO i s

moving up in the world — he’s the Vice President of a

consult ing f irm in T ucson (good show , Bruce!) Gary PA L M ER is now a resident of D ayton , Ohio (A FI T , Gary?) . Carl BA K ER is on t he T A C I G T eam . M ike BE RN ST EI N is a pilot f or Eastern and lives in A t lanta.

M ike BEVA CQUA is a math professor at the University o f

N ew M exico . Ed BL A ESS f lys t he U H - 1 at F .E . W arren A FB. A ndy BL U M BERG is an M .D . in A lbuquerque. T im BROW N is t he Chief of Saf et y at K unsan A B . A ndy FO RN A L is an Eagle D r i ver at Bit bu rg. T o m GU ENT H ER is in C- 14 1s at M cChord . Rich H I L K E R f lys f or East ern out of Boston . Doug H O L M ES is an A ggressor Pilot at Nellis. W ayne RH Y NA RD has j ust completed T est Pilot School at Edwards. W ayne SK O RA is in t he saf et y business at H ill . H ugh GOM M EL and Jer ry BECK ER are running operat ions f or t he “ A ggressors’ ’ a t Clar k . Sorry I missed seeing D ave OA K ES at T yndall; come f ly wit h us at Cast le, D ave. M ike W H EEL ER alter nates between t he Stat e D epart ment and N uclear Regulatory Commission on his W hite H ouse Fellowship . D ick M cCO N N writes that he is of f to M orocco again. I f you spend much more t ime t here, D ick , you’ ll become t h e M ayor of Casablanca. Good News Depart ment : Fourteen Red T ags were selected f or silver leaves. Congrat ulat ions, guys ! ! ! R u st y G I DEO N is back on f lying status af ter ej ect ing f rom a n A - 10 . B u t ch Z E N T an d E d P E T E R SE N w er e aw ar d ed

M SM s f or outstanding wor k in t heir previous assignments. Bad News D epart ment : I t is wit h regret t hat I inf orm you that Charley KOST ER was k illed in an F-4 crash i n T ur key, and that L ee GOU RL EY ’ s stat us has been changed f rom M I A t o K I A . U n t i l n ex t t i m e - t a k e c a r e .

EDDY

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H appy New Year classmates and wives! I j ust ret ur ned

f r o m a n ex t en si v e l ea v e t o D en v er a n d S a c r a m en t o . W h a t

a surprise t o get o f f the airplane to t he ice and snow a n d t o be greeted by damaged t rees, slippery st reets and f rozen pipes. I stayed wit h John H O L L ST EI N while he was in t h e middle o f f inals at DU L aw School . H e seems to be doing real f ine and is certainly dedicated t o t hose books. I t h e n went on to Sacramento f or Christmas, a f amily wedding, and a lot of gol f . Sorry we didn’ t get toget her again D en n y M I L L ER — maybe next t ime. T he holiday season has

brought increased inf ormat ion in t he f or m of Christ mas cards, changes o f address cards, a Christ mas newslett er , and heresay . H ere goes. . . .

I got a call from Gene LUPIA j ust after Homecoming.

I f it ’ s quality and not quant ity t hat counts, our class w a s well-represented as at tested to by t he pict ure in t he l a st edit ion of t he magazine. Gene is Chief o f Operations/ BCE

at M cC o n n el l . H e sai d h e saw ab o u t f i f t een 67’ er s. S o m e

of them were: Ray L EO PO L D (escorted Jabara A ward winner) , John FL ET CH E R (inst r uct or at A FA ) , Don O W EN (rated sup at N O RA D) , Pat FI N N EGA N (A OC) , T om A D A M S (language dept .) , Pat N ESBI T T (Real Est ate in Cali f ornia) , Dave EL L I OT , Jon M ESSI N GER (R .N . at Penrose H ospital) , Gary SCH EI M E R (A OC) , Chip FRA N CK , Bob EN G L EBRET SO N , L oren SH RI VE R, and of course Scot t JA CK SO N (hasn’ t missed one yet !) . T hanks L ups. I received a homet own news release reporting on Fred BU D I N GE R which augments t he rat her skimpy inf o in t he Register . Fred is an aircraf t maintenance o f f icer at L angley A FB wit h t he 48t h FI S. H e recent ly part icipated in V igilant Overview , a f our-day N O RA D t est of worldwide A ero space W arning and Def ense syst ems. T he sole Christ mas n ew sl et t er cam e f r o m D an an d D o n n a M O R G A N . D an

was awarded an A ir Force scholar ship f or t he rest of h i s time in grad school (also had one f rom t he Navy but couldn’t accept bot h) ! A f ter school , Sep 81, he’ ll s e r v e a s a Clinical Psychologist wit h t he rank o f captain . I n t h e meantime, he is a st udent and a second lieutenant . I really

get a chuckle out of this comment — Can you imagine anyone taking 11.9 years t o mak e 2nd L t — again?? John BE RZ I N S has lef t Platt sburg A FB f or A lamogordo , N M and H olloman A FB but I ’ m not sure what his new j ob i s — l et m e k n o w J o h n an d G ai l .

T he Christ mas card f rom t he BEBEES — Gayle, Rich and t he kids — reported t hat t hey j ust ret ur ned to H o u st o n f rom a visit to England . Rich has upgraded to copilot (727?) wit h Cont inental and is doing well . A lso received a n i c e c a r d f r o m D i a n n e a n d V en H A M M O N D S w h o a r e

still hanging out in t he W ashington D C area. Y ou should be going to school soon V en , right ? O ne of 7t h Squadron’s “ Rocks’ ’ , Chr is D Y SA RT (D avis M onthan A FB) j ust ret urned f rom M exico and his brot her ’ s graduat ion f rom medical school . L en V E RN A M O NT I , my provider o f dubious inf o reports t hat : 1. A f ter a tor rid romance, Pat BA DEL L has wed a pair o f Siamese twin sisters. A ct ually I t hought he was chasing Fonzie’s H ooper t riplet s! 2. John H O L L ST EI N has changed his plans again and is going t o T ibet to become a Buddist monk . 3 . P et e M I L N E h a s b ec o m e a m a r a t h o n r u n n er .

T hanks L en . . . I t hink . A ct ually , Pet e M I L N E will be coming here to H Q M A C , A nalyt ical Studies and Plans D iv , when he graduates f rom A FI T . Denny M I L L ER, t he happy civilian , is doing well wit h an out f it called P e r so n n el Pool and enj oys t he challenge and rewards. H e repor ts t h a t B o b B A K E R is al so i n Sacr am en t o an d w o r k s i n a l o cal

schoo l t eaching co mput er s and program ming t hat monster . I n early Feb ., Denny plans to meet D ick LA M OT H E

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where he’ ll be attending a convent ion . V ic W I L L I A M S, anot her member o f 8t h Sq — has completed his tour in H Q M A C I ntelligence and is in C-9 t ransit ion t raining. H e ’ l l f ly t hem here at Scot t A FB . A change of address card 37

indicates t hat Ron W I L BA N K S has lef t K .I . Sawyer f or Colorado Springs. H e’ s wor k ing at H Q A DCO M as an A ir O ps Staf f O f f icer in an of f ice designated X PA N — I imagine some sort o f Plans shop . A rt L EA CH report s f rom K adena A B, Japan that he’s in the 67 T FS f lying t h e F-4 W ild W easel . Paul H EN RY has graduated f rom t he A F f ighter lead-in t raining at H olloman . H e now goes t o M acD ill f or f ur ther f lying in the F-4. A nother f ighter pilot , Ed GU NT ER, f inally ar rived f or duty at England A FB where he’s f lying t he A -7. Roger CO FFEY , another classmate at W right-Patterson in A FI T , will be going t o H Q U SA F at t he Pentagon when he graduates in M arch . From all report s I can gat her , Roger is near t he t op o f h i s class or else he’s t he number one st udent in his program one or t he other . N ice going Rog ! Jim ST RI CK L A N D is a t D over A FB where he’ s assigned to C-5’ s. John H A L L I D A Y is in Cali f ornia wor king as a L ogist ics Research A ssociate. H e’s assigned t o A F/ L EX Y (L og Concepts) wit h t he Rand Corp . A change o f address card f rom George CO L E indicated a new Omaha, N E residence and H Q SA C . John S. L A N DE RS is an A FI T st udent at M ichigan State U niver sit y. H e’s enrolled as a PH D candidate in Chemist ry a n d will ret ur n to t he Chem Depart ment at U SA FA in two years. Beth and I received a Christ mas card/ note f rom Clay and Susan M A GEE who are planning t o leave t he W ashington D C area t his spr ing/ summer . H e’ s trying t o get a C- 14 1 assignment t o T ravis A FB. A ccording to J i m W H I T E , Strategic A ir li f t resource manager at M PC , there is a pret ty good chance f or Clay to come to M A C . Seems as though M ike FRA N C I SCO is ret urning to the Florida panhandle. H e’ s lef t N ellis A FB f or Ft . W alton Beach a n d I presume an assignment t o Eglin and t he T A C f ighter u n i t t here (?) . Finally, a bit o f inf o on a f ellow “ Prepper T echer ” D ave L A W REN CE . Dave’ s lef t Randolph A FB and H Q A T C f or a j ob in H Q SA C / X OX C where he’ s wor king as a cruise missile planner . H ope O f f ut t is n i ce f o r you Dave! —

W el l f o l k s t h at ’ s ab o u t t h e en d o f t h e n ew s f o r t h i s

column . I ’m having a slight bit of di f f iculty squeezing i n f o f rom some of t he change of address cards/ news releases. Please bear with me i f I report some moves/ news more than once. I ’d like t o get word f rom some of the “ lost classmat es so we all can lear n of recent news/ develop ment s/ careers, etc. A ddit ionally , our Class needs to c o m e up wit h some suggestions and/ or a volunteer f or t he C l a ss W all proj ect . A nyone int erest ed , please contact me. A nyway enough f or now — H ope all is well wit h everyone. T ak e C are!

E ditor ’s N ote: L arry Sho walter ’s m other and sister h a v e contr ibuted $50 in L ar ry ’s mem ory to k ick of f the Class of 19 6 7 C l ass C r es t F u n d . T h e A O G w i l l w o r k w i t h t h e C l a ss

P r oj ect Of f icers to adm inister the F und and order the C r es t .

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H ope you all had a great holiday season and are geared u p t o go out and meet those opport unit ies t o excel head o n f o r anot her year (is it N ovember yet ?) . Chr ist mas in D .C . i s nice; t hey decorate a t ree f or each st ate in f ront o f t h e W hit e H ouse (cert ainly t he Supreme Cour t will say “ no t o that someday) , we had no snow , and M ast er Charge clout came t hr ough again . Really, t his area is much n i c e r t han M imi and I had imagined in our night mares and w e are slowly coming t o enj oy it here, so don’t despair i f you are pending an assignment here. O ne thing that ’ s helped my at t itude a lot is,t he recent rise in mortgage rat es. N o w I don’t f eel like such a sucker f or paying 9 '/ 2% interest ! I hope every one has t heir new Register s in hand . I t h i n k

its a great j ob and recommend picking it up some night ,

curling up bef ore t he f ireplace (be sure you have one bef ore lighting t he f ire) , and br owsing t hr ough it . L o t s o f interest ing but litt le k nown f acts lik e: L arry FU N K i s a cat tle rancher , Jim EA V ES is in T eheran , Br uce BU RK EY is vice pres of a bank , and L ee K EL L EY and M ac M cA D O R Y ar e m i n i st er s. I am o f t en ask ed ab o u t cl ass

st at ist ics, so here they are as up t o date as possible. 6 0 7 commissioned , about 2 15 r esigned , 32 discharged , 23 deceased , 3 medically ret ired and about 335 st ill on a c t i v e dut y . So of t he 550 who could st ill be on act ive dut y i f t hey chose to be, 335 or 60% are. But only 57% of those commissioned are. W e approach 50% wit h t err i f ying speed and I f ear the next maj or s’ board might shove us “ under t he bott om ’ ’ . O ur boar d will be held on schedule (4 June) , despit e some speculation that it was going t o be post poned . Get t hat PM E done and I hope your last OER was a good ’un . A nd speak ing of my f avorit e subj ect , t here st ill i s a n OER game plan you have t o be aware of called t he “ how high can I get it endorsed ’ ’ game. A t U SA FA , Bob SH U M W A Y has recent ly become A OC of CS- 18, j oining Bob D U RH A M (CS-26) and Bill BEGERT (CS-20) in t hat dubious honor . O ur boys will get t he W ing of f on t he right f oot . Bob t old me he was sending a letter to t he Class (which you should have by now , c a l l me i f you haven’t received it) descr ibing t he success o f t h e

fund-raising effort and telling us how the money was

spent . N at urally, t he Class Crest plaque was our primar y expendit ure and t he A ir Force T imes car ried a nice phot o of t he display recent ly (you ot her Classes bett er get st a r t ed on putt ing your s up) . Bob passed on t he news t hat Bob BEA N BL OSSOM is planning t o exit t he A F t his sum mer and let his wi f e support him unt il he f inds a j ob in t h e S a n Bernardino ar ea. R . K . BROW N will also split and head t o St . L ouis where he will serve as a part-t ime F-4 t echnician wit h t he A N G . Felix M O RGA N has been appoint ed head o f a j oint of f icer/ cadet t eam t hat will develop aer onaut ical displays f or Fairchild H all during U SA FA ’ s 25t h anniver sary celebrat ion . A nd in my last column , I neglect ed t o ment ion t he tremendous serm on present ed by M anny BET T EN COU RT in t he Cadet Chapel dur ing t he Reunion . W e all look f orwar d t o seeing and hear ing M anny when he r et urns t o act ive duty . Bill W OOD says so m any o f t he 5th Sqdn t r oops ar e

enj oyed t heir hospitality while in Color ado f or t he R eu n i o n .

N ew A ddresses: Y es, your new Regist er is already out o f

d at e! B i l l B A Z A R i s i n P h o en ix an d F r ed G R O SS i s i n

Fayett eville, N C . Chuck L Y N CH has moved t o A ur ora, CO and Steve M I SH is in M esa, A Z . John M O RRI S (N ashua, N H ) and D ick M O SBA CH (D ayt on , O H ) al so shuf f led about . Jerr y RU N N I O N is in Bolingbr ook , I L , while Buz SA W Y ER has moved t o Y psilant i , M I . H al SM I T H is at Eglin , M ike T H ROW E R is an F- 15 program manager at M cD onnell-D ouglas, St . L ouis, and Bill T H U RST ON will fl y B-52s at K I Sawyer A FB . N ews Releases: Sam BO L E , F-4 fl ight cmdr at Seymour Johnson , part icipat ed in N A T O exercise Crest ed Cap ’ 7 8 . Bill CU RREN T has depart ed L angley f or F- 15 t r aining a t H olloman A FB . T im DA V I D SO N is now an air oper at ions of f icer at Eglin . Bill ECK E RT is a st udent at A r med Forces Staf f College where he will be pr ovided “ int ensive inst r uct ion relat ed t o nat ional and int ernat ional secur ity .

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now in Germany t hat a CS-05 reunion is planned f or t h e su m m er

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Reunion and wr ote me a lett er af terwar d t o say sever al classmates had questioned him about duty wit h t he A F Reserve (he is a f ull-t ime t echnician at Bergst rom) . M a c i s quit e enthusiast ic about the good opport unit ies the guard provides and of f er s to t alk and assist anyone who has quest ions. H e says t here ar e immediat e openings in A -37/ K C- 135S and many ot her A FSCs. I f you are

interested, send Bob a short bio at HQ 10 A F(R) DOOT ,

Bergst rom A FB , T X 78748 (A V 635-3181 / cmcl 512 385-4 100 x3181) . Recent ly , M arty CO L E and I wer e involved in organizing t he newly established Capit ol (W ashingt on , D .C .) Chapter and were bot h elect ed to t he Boar d . Bob H U G H ES, employed by Sunst rand A ir cr af t Corp , is also a Chapter member . T he f ir st large event will be a dinner 2 4 M arch wit h General T allman as our speak er . I f t here i s a Chapt er near you . Join it and get reinvolved . I f t here i s none, t hey are not di f f icult t o st art . Call me and I ’ l l t el l you how . I ’d also like to dr aw your at t ent ion t o t he advantages of li f e mem ber ship in t he A OG . T he cost n o w is $350 ($50 down , t he balance in two years) , which is a lot , but with steady infl at ion it should pay f or it sel f i n 12 - 15 years. Do it now and apply t his year ’s dues t o t he c o s t . X mas Cards: M imi and I enj oyed receiving car ds t his year f rom t he CA ST RO s, EW E Rs, FL Y N N s, FREEBO RN s, GEN N A s, JA N SSEN s, M I T CH E L L s, M OT Z s, SH U M W A Y s,

V A I L Ss,

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CA ST RO asked me t o t hank all who t ried t o get him a hop back t o t he Reunion and he hopes t o mak e t he next one. D ick EW E RS (U SM C) is now on a two year exchange t our with t he A F at H ahn , Germany . D ick has now fl own t he F-4 wit h U SM C , N avy , and A ir Force unit s. H e saw V ince RU SI NA K (Civil Engineer) and Ed EBERH A RT (PCS t o t he Pentagon) . T he FL Y N N s have extended in H awaii until ’ 80 and then will t ry f or Germany (greedy !) . T h e FREEBORN s said t hey sure enj oyed act ing like “ wild a n d crazy guys’ ’ again at t he Reuinon and sent along a sh o t o f t his great look ing group of f ellows (t ime f or Paul ’ s f i r st haircut , N ancie) . L ar ry M I T CH EL L is enj oying H ong K ong while the VA I L s had Cary and Clare H U N T E R (bride of 2 months) over f or dinner recent ly . T he W OO D S sent a newsy letter of t heir many activities. M imi a n d I

r ecei v ed

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the

D CS/ Operat ions, H Q M A C and is now at A CSC . Ed L EON A RD is Cmdr o f D et 14, 25 W eather Sqdn , H ollo

man and received an M SM for duty at HQ A F Global

W eat her Cent r al , O f f ut t A FB . Gene RO SE is now an aero inst ruct or at U SA FA , wit h an A FCM f rom M at her A FB . Russ W A L K ER is an air operat ions o f f icer at O f f u t t . T ed W I E R Z B A N O W SK I f i n i sh ed i n t h e F -4 at

H omestead . A nd Roger W I L E S went T D Y f r om Cannon t o fl y his F- 11I D in N A T O exercise Cor onet K ingf isher i n Gardermoen , N orway . W ell , hoist a f ew t o U SA FA on her 25t h A nniver sary 1 A pr il (have a f ew classmates over 31 M arch ; socialize a

little), and try to drop a line to my spider . Is Rusty

M CBRI D E st ill t he most proli f ic wi f e (f ive children)? A nyone want to claim t he t it le o f “ most of ten mar r ied? U nt il spring, “ nanu , nanu . y y

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H ome: (303) 598-6585 1979 has arr ived and wit h it t he t hought s of our 10-year reunion . T he hope is t o begin organizing sometim e this month (January) . Jim W H EE L E R (’64) , o f t he A O G of f ice, suggest ed t he idea of a beer call in the near f u t u r e f or all 69’er s in t he area t o init iat e proceedings. O u r t w o import ant t asks will be t o select a Chair man f or H ome coming and to organize a f und-r aising program f or t he Class Crest . O ne uno f f icial suggest ion t hat I have h ea r d being t ossed around involves a t en dollar or so t axdeduct ible donat ion by each Class member . I f only hal f t h e Class part icipated , t hat would give us over three t housand d o l l ar s t o w o r k w i t h . I ’ m su r e t h er e ar e o t h er i d eas t h a t

need t o be heard , especially f rom t hose o f you not i n t h e U SA FA area. Please call me or any ot her o f our local classm ates and express your ideas. A t any rate, you a l l w i l l be k ept inf orm ed . Evident ly at least t wo of you r ead my column in t he F a l l I ssue. I received two volunt eer st at ement s f or t his j ob . Subscribing t o t he theory “ f irst com e, f ir st served” , M i k e 39

TH IESSEN will be the new correspondent for the Class.

A ny and all Class news should be sent to him f rom this day

hence. His address is in care of : Happy, House, and Cooling, Tenmain Center — 16th Floor, Kansas City, M issouri 64105. His phone number is (816) 474-0777. M i k e is a j unior part ner in t he af orement ioned law f ir m . I

received a letter recently from John WA RNER. I f you don’t remember, he’s one of the original fourteen “ Belowthe Zoners” . A funny thing happened to John the day before pinning on the leaves. He resigned. He’s now working for W.R. Grace & Co. in a management development program . H e’ s present ly in G reer , South

Carolina. He’ll be heading to Baltimore in July, with a final stop in Lexington, M assachusetts eight months l a t er .

Rd ., Roswell , Ga 30076; T om K EN D A L L — PSC Box 2777, N ellis A FB , N V 89 19 1; Ray K EA T I N G — 5

Pondview Close, Chappaqua, NY 10514; Rocky VA N

Z EL FD EN — 1720 A mer ican Bank T ower , A ust in , T X

78701; John WA RNER — 206 Briar Creek Rd., Greer, SC 29651; Paul M UNNIGHOFF — 4008 Buckingham Ct .,

D um f r ies, V A 22026, and Brad D EA U ST I N — 2965 K ennedy, M ount ain H ome, I D 83647.

D ave M U M M E recent ly was awarded t he M erit orious Service M edal f rom t he 50th FT S at Columbus A FB ,

L ar ry V aughn

2840 D o w n h i l l D r iv e

Color ado Spr ings, CO 80918 T elephone: (303) 597- 1097

M ississippi . He’s since been transferred to Randolph,

where he is an air operat ions staf f of f icer with A T C . D w i gh t C L A R K w as p r esen t ed t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m en d at i o n M ed al f o r h i s ser v i ce h er e at U SA F A .

M aj or (Dr.) Tommy LOVE is Chief of A erospace M edicine at the USA F regional hospital at Carswell A F B . D on D ESSE RT was selected O ut standing Junior O f f icer

of the M onth in his unit at Scott A FB for his “ Exemplary leadership, devotion to duty, and professional perform ance’ ’ . W ay t o go , D on . Jerry RI FEN BU RG is now st at ioned at T yndall , coming f rom Edwards, where he h a d been a test pilot f or A D C . Bob JO N ES is anot her recipient

of the M SM for his performance as an instructor pilot a n d

t he 31st T FW N O RA D A lert Operations O f f icer . H e is currently st at ioned at L angley as a per sonnel of f icer . E d

LA ND is a weapons of ficer at Ramstein A B, Germany. Rick WILKINS is an F-l l l D j ock at Cannon. Larry

ST EL L M ON is serving wit h T A C as a f light commander a t H ill . Clay BA I L EY is an air operations o f f icer with M A C

at Scott , having recently arrived from an assignment a t the Pentagon. King ROBINSON is now flying KC-135’s with SA C at Seymour-Johnson. Maj or Don M cSWA I N

received t he M SM f or his management of a 170 million dollar program to acquire t en C- 130 f ull mission simulator s and t wo cock pit procedure tr ainers. H e’ s

curently in A labama at A ir Command and Staf f College. W ar ren L A W S is an FB- 111 pilot at Plat tsburgh , wher e h i s unit was r ecent ly honored by t he A ir Force A ssociation .

M aj or Tom M IKOLA JCIK is presently attending the

A r my General Staf f College in Fort L eavenwort h , K ansas.

H e is anticipating a move to the Pentagon following

school . Bill M A RV EL is enj oying civilian li f e in Cali f ornia. H e is the proud owner of , not one, but t w o airplanes. T he real est at e business must really be booming. O ne sad note: Gary COM BS recently passed away af ter a long illness. Our sympat hies go out t o L inda and t he o t h er members of his f amily . Changes of A ddress: Jim D O N N EL L Y — 29804 S.W . 168t h Ct ., H omestead , FL 33030; Bob FRA T T — 17047 Covello St ., V an N uys, CA 9 1406; Guy GA RD N ER — PSC # 1 Box 4 153, A PO SF 96286; Roy BOGU SCH — 144 13 N . 4 1st D r ., Phoenix , A Z 85023; Ron BROW N — 403 A lice Ct ., Sumter , SC 29 150; T erry BRA D Y — P .O . Box 3037, Scott A FB , I L ; Ed A L L EN — 1115 E . Redf ield Rd ., T empe, A Z 85283; Frank CRO FT — 1900 L eicest er W ay, Ft . Collins, CO 80526; Bill D O W EL L — 1432 Elma St ., Spr ing L ake, N C 28308; Bruce CL A RK — 1822 N . James St ., Rome, N Y 13440; Bill H A BER — 90 15 M art in 40

I t ’s a good t hing I don’t have a personality complex .

Only two cards f rom people I don’t usually correspond wit h ! W e’ ll have an art icle anyway . First , t he neat est t hing

happened this time. Probably, the neatest thing since I ’ v e been writing this article. In the mail one day, I got a l et t er

w i t h a r et u r n ad d r ess f r o m “ M . R . H A I N E S’ ’ . F o r t h o se

o f you who don’ t remember , our classmate, D ick H A I N ES, passed away in ’75. W ell , t his let ter was f r om his parents! I t was a very nice lett er f rom them t o say t hat t hey ar e associat e mem ber s of the A OG and have r eally

enj oyed keeping up with Dick’s friends through the

M agazine and attendance at var ious A OG f unct ions. A nyway , I f elt good t o k now t hat even t ho’ we’ ve lost D ick , his parent s cont inue t o f eel close t o all t he r est o f u s . A N D , D ick ’ s parent s were, as f ar as I know , t he f ir st t o cont ribute money f or our Class W all ent ry . T hank you , M r . & M r s. H A I N E S.

A not her interesting t hing, I got a let ter f rom retir ed Colonel John W hit man , t he liaison of f icer of our class mate, John (Jeb) BOY D . W e had lost tr ack of him but Colonel W hitman sent in a newspaper clipping stating t h a t John was f lying f or D elt a out of M iami . A not her non-grad input , t hanx t o Colonel W hit man, too . I n my t ravels, this t ime, I ran int o Jim SH I RL EY out a t SA M SO . H e’ s in a rated sup “ personnel management j ob . H e drives an hour each way t o wor k but enj oys t h e

j ob. He, Suzanne and kids are all f ine. Ran into Gary

DA H L EN at our next assignment : M aui . W e’ ll be t oget her again in June and will gladly accept visit ors. I t hought I saw Ron K EL L Y at Sunnyvale, but he went behind a door I couldn ’t . H ad a note f rom Sher ry and Rod H O RN O R . T hey lef t Fairchild af ter six years and are now in K a d en a where Rod is a 135 I P . H ad a note f rom t he BA D E R’ S, Bill , L inda, M att hew and M oriah . Bill ’ s out (by now) a n d going t o wor k f or Easter n . Jim BA RRA L L , L ois and t hree daught ers are st ill at U SF in M iami . A lso a not e f rom S i d D U BO I S and Cynt hia now in England . W ent t o a wedding an d r an i n t o D o n R U SH I N G J u st a f t er X -m as. H e’ s a

lawyer wit h a D enver f irm living in Boulder . Change of address cards: Ray A L M E I DA t o Satellit e Beach , FL ; John BA L L A RD t o Purdue (A FI T ) ; K ir k BOY EN GA t o Springf ield , M O ; Cr aig JO H N SO N t o I rvine, CA ; Bill JEN N Y to V acaville, CA ; John H A RV EY t o L af ayett e, I N ; Gary GU M BERT t o Eglin ; K evin D U FFY to T aiwan , A PO ; Curt EM ERY to V ict orville, CA ; T er ry C RO SS t o D enver ; T im K I N N A N t o L as V egas; D ick O ’ CO N N O R t o V enezuela; Bob SCH U L E R

D a v e F r o st m a n

2007-A M ercury D rive K irt land A FB, N M 87118

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H ome: (505) 262-0845

F ly D elta with Vic H oop er

A hearty, if belated H appy New Year to all . I begin t h i s quarter with some observations garnered from the recently arrived Register of Graduates. I have commented recently on the apparent exodus of members of the Class of ’71 t o t he airlines. H owever , in look ing t hr ough the lat est

to M cGuir e; Jim SPU RGEON t o M ont gomery , A L ; H arold ST ECK t o U SA FA ; M ik e V I L BERT t o H olloman ; T om PRA T T to Clar k ; Joe REN A U D t o Cent erville, O H ;

George M ONROE to A lamogordo; Steve GA RBE to Kokomo, IN; Jim KEOWN to Parker, A Z ; Frank MA DISON to Reynoldsville, PA ; Tim CA REY to M oody;

Register I find only 28 airline fliers, a much smaller percentage than I had thought . While reading through t h e biographical sketches, I was particularly struck by t h e num ber of our Classmat es wit h advanced degr ees. Out o f curiosity , I count ed t he number whose sket ches indicat ed

advanced degrees (including M ed School and Law School) or present full time attendance in advanced degree programs. The result ; a staggering 300 or almost 50 percent of our graduating class, and many Classmates w i t h

Colorado Springs; Chuck BROWN to Chicago, and Stef

m ore t han one advanced happening with t he Class.

Coronet Sandpiper in the Netherlands; Fred MCGREGOR

his residency in Family Practice in June and was Chief Resident his last year . Dave is now A ssistant Clinic

Carl H U T CH I N SON t o G oldsbor o , N C ; Jim H A A S t o

W EN SK A t o O k lahoma Cit y . H omet own N ews Releases: Bob M A RSH A L L playing

t o A ndrews as an acqusit ion management type; George

M ONROE assigned to Holloman in F-15’s; Brian M CCU L L OU G H t o M cClellan as a CE type; Rick BEREI T an A FCM at Ram stein ; Gr eg L OW E assigned t o

degree.

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what ’ s

D av e SC H U T T w r ot e f r o m A n d r ew s w h er e h e f i n i sh ed

D irect or o f t he Family Pract ice Clinic while car ing f o r 260

families. He is also assigned to the new Uniform Services University of the H ealth Sciences (M ilitary M ed School) a s an inst ruct or in Family Pract ice and is an A ssistant

Langley as an Imagery Intelligence Of ficer; Dick LOTZ assigned to Peterson as a JA G; Carl YA KA BOWSKA S to Seymour Johnson, still an EWO; Cookie VI L LA REA L still at Plattsburgh, honored by the A F A ssociation; H arry SA NDS participating in an exercise at Eglin, from

C o m m an d an t t h er e t o ad v i se A i r F o r ce st u d en t s o n f u t u r e

Mile BA L L INGER graduated from Brooks as a veteri n arian .

A Christ mas card f rom L ar ry and Bet sy BL A U M EU SER at Reese br ought news t hat T erry W EI M ER is at

H omecoming 1980 — no , it ’ s not t oo early t o st art thinking about it . Being t he 10-year Class makes H omecoming 1980 a special event f or us. W e should st art

Wright-Patt in A FI T , Bernie POL I KOWSKY is out of the regular A ir Force and is flying KC-135s f or either t h e Guar d or Reser ves at Spokane (congratulat ions t o Bernie

W all during H omecoming 1980. Be watching f or a lett er about how you can help wit h t his proj ect . I f you have a n y ideas write D ave Sterling, 3035 Roche D rive, Colorado Springs, CO 809 18. A nyone not ice L arry V A U G H N ’ s name on the column instead of mine? T hat ’ s because L ar ry has volunt eered t o t ake over as I leave f or my har dship t our . I hope he enj oys it as much as I have. I can ’t t ell you how much I have. T hanks t o all o f you who wr ot e, called or st opped by a n d I hope we all can help L arry . St op by and see us in M aui . I ’ l l let L arry know t he result s of our delivery in January (boy or girl and name) . Gary and I ar e planning on being a t t h e 10-year ; see you t here. Sk ip .

CA RL SON is an art ist in Corvallis, Oregon . L ar ry , by t h e

H olloman ; Rick M U RROW , an A FCM at Platt sbur gh ;

thinking now about our Class Crest to add to the Class

A OG EL ECT ION S T he 1979 A OG Elect ions will be conduct ed during M arch-A pril . O nly current m embers may vot e . . . j oin now and exercise your vot ing privilege.

assignments. Dave reports that Tom QUA LEY finished a n Emergency Room Residency and is now on staf f at

M alcolm Grow . A lso , But ch L E ROY is in L aw School in T ennessee and was in D .C . f or t he summer as a legal i n t er n i n t h e JA G o f f i ce.

who got married this past summer to Sharri), and Paul way, is in T-37 Stan/ Eval at Reese, and is working o n a n M BA .

Forrest and M ary Jo PRI CE wrot e enroute f r om SO S t o Rhein-M ain wher e For rest will be wor king as a Combat Cont r ol T eam O f f icer in t he 435 T A W . Forrest report s what may be a recor d assignment f or ’71; 6 year s, 9 mont hs, and 2 1 days at Pope A FB , N .C . Classmates at SO S included D on and Pat r icia BRESET T (T -37 I P at W illy) , T om and Pat t i CH RI ST EN SEN , M ik e D Z I ED Z I C (enr out e t o U SA FA as an inst r uct or in Foreign A f f air s a n d a D ist inguished Gr aduat e at SO S) , John BROCK (at U SA FA ) , Bernie GL A Z E , John RA GA N (T -38 I P at Shepard) , N orm PON D E R , and Bob K L I M EK . Other Chr ist m as greetings br ought t he f ollowing news: M ike and Jo H I T E are at W r ight-Patt where M ik e wor ks in the K C- 10 pr ogram at A SD . Bob and Peggy FRET Z S ar e also at W r ight-Pat t . Bob has been wor king as an ad m i n of f icer f or t he 4950th T est W ing and expect s t o move t o the main A SD complex t his year . W ayne and A nn T U RK ar e still at D yess and are expect ing t heir f ir st child t h i s 41

spring. Glenn and L orie G RA BER moved f rom Fairchild to L oring this past f all and are expect ing t heir second child , also t his spring. Bill and Sundae BRA D FO RD are i n San D iego where Bill is f lying f or PSA . News ar rived f rom Platt sburgh t hat Don M A T T I Z A (Jean) was part of t he FB- 111 crew which helped Platt s burgh win t he O utst anding SA C W ing award (t he Fairchild T rophy) in t he SA C Bomb/ Nav Compet it ion f or t he f ourt h year in a row . Congratulat ions, Dan . I n ot her news, John and M arij o BI ERI E are at W r ightPatt where John is wor k ing on a M aster ’s in L ogistics M anagement at A FI T . Jim and Susan CRA I G are at

Tinker where Jim is flying the E-3A . Bob and Nancy D ROW L EY are at H olloman where Bob is f lying the F- 15. Bob recently received t he A FCM f or wor k while at Shaw

A F B , S.C . C u r t i s an d V al er i e M A R T I N h av e ar r i v ed at

U SA FA f rom SOS. Curt is is an English inst ruct or . Ed

MCGA NN is in A FIT at Wright-Patt working on a

M aster ’s in Procurement M anagement . W illiam and Julie RO BI N SON have returned to George A FB f rom SOS where he is Chief o f t he M anagement and Procedures Branch of t he 35t h Supply Squadron . John and Barbara SEVE RSK I are at T yndall where John is an F- 106 I P at t h e U SA F I ntercept or W eapons School . John was recent ly

selected as one of the NORA D/ A DC Outstanding Off icers of the Y ear . Congrat ulations, John . Phil SPI K ER has moved f rom N ort on to Scott f or dut y as an air operat ions o f f i c er .

George and L ouise H O U L E have moved f rom A nderson A FB , Guam , where George was a B-52 A C , t o N ew Y or k where he is participat ing in t he A F Education-wit hI ndust ry program at Grumman A erospace Corporation . G reg A CU FF has moved f rom L A t o Sunnyvale, Cali

fornia. Keith BA RETT is now a flight engineer for

A merican A irlines, based at K ennedy . Rod BOA T RI G H T

is at Randolph. Harry BRYSON moved from Kokomo, I nd . to Ringold , Ga. L awrence CO L E moved f rom

M cG u i r e t o C ast l e. J o h n an d J an ise E V A N S ar e i n

Bedf ord , M ass, af ter an A FI T tour . A llan I RW I N has

moved from San A ntonio to Las Vegas. Gary KA LEN

moved f rom N ew Rochelle, N Y , t o D est in , Florida. John K OCH is now an A FI T grad st udent at A rizona State. E d NOLTE

m o v ed

from

W u r t sm i t h t o H o l l o m an . M i k e

Q U I RK is an I P at George. James ST O BI E is now at Osan . Jay V A N PE L T moved f rom Seymour-Johnson to L as V egas. Dave W I N GA D moved t o M inneapolis. T hanks f or t he cards and lett ers f olks, t he inf or mat ion you provide makes it possible to wr it e t his column . I n closing, let me pass on some requests f rom the A OG

office. The A OG is trying to compile a list of Class

O f f icers and I don’t remember them all ; so how about some help . Secondly, 1979 has been designat ed as A OG member ship year . I encourage you t o recruit nonmember

Classmates to j oin. Finally, as no doubt you are aware, t h e A OG has started a Class Wall Proj ect . Since the goal i s t o have Class Crests for all graduated classes in place by Homecoming 1980, we need to start now. I f you are interested in helping form a working committee to under take the placement of the ’71 Class Crest, please let m e know .

Till next time, here’s wishing you all a healthy and

p r o sp er o u s 1979 .

B o b B el l

9 9 8 7 A N ew el l

Ellsworth A FB, SD 57706

A V : 74 7- 2 877 / 60 5- 9 2 3-4 5 50

Time again for the Class news update from your snow bound (?) Class correspondent . One place on earth that

nev er seem s t o l ack f o r it s shar e o f w i n d an d w i n t er i s t h e ( i

banana belt” of South Dakota. But now is the time to g o

over the address cards and news releases (as current as t hey are) as well as letters f rom eight (8) o f you or your w i v es

depending on who is the family social secretary for c o r

respondence. News Releases: Carl FO ST E R, now at RA F L akenheat h as a dent ist . Gary GU N T H E R (Sally) , at Robins f rom T hule as Exec Support O f f icer wit h the A FRes. Paul A U GEN ST E I N , now at W illiams in T -37s. Jim

STEFA NIA K j ust left Reese for Bergstrom and OV-l Os. John THURMA N, now at George in F4s from M oody. Rusty

BO L T

(A rlene)

TDY

f rom

L angley

t he

Netherlands in F15s. Bob MA NKE (Virginia) to Bitburg from Vance, now in F15s. Bobbie LONG (Brenda) TDY from Tinker to Korea with E3A s. Mark COSBY (Sharon)

now at U SA FA and r ecipient o f A FCM From M cChor d . Gary A D RI A N CE done wit h SO S and now in T 38s at Columbus. Bob FEEL EY , at Seymour-Johnson f r om

Clark, a WSO. Greg A NDERSON (Beth) at Plattsburgh in K C 135s an d m em b er o f r ecen t A F A aw ar d u n i t . D ean

FOX (Sallie) now at Eglin wit h second M eritorious Service M edal f rom O san . Ed O RD Z I E (Christine) now at V andenberg f rom Ellswort h . M ar k M A Y E R out of

G r i sso m K C s w i t h a M SM an d n o w at U SA F A . P au l K N O W L T O N t o B ar k sd al e i n K C 135s af t er W i l l i am s.

M ike PETERSON from Lakenheath to Langley with a M SM . Roger N A SH (Pat ricia) in Bitburg F 15s and recent

T D Y t o D en m ar k . T o m B R O W N i n K C 135s at G r i f f i ss

wit h A F O ut standing U nit A ward . A ddress Cards: T om M EA D f rom A lamogordo , N M t o Glendale, A Z . Steve L A M OE f rom V acaville, CA t o Free port , I L . Bob M A RST O N f rom Rheim-M ain t o Fayet te

ville, A R. Jim ROBERTSON from Blytheville to Loring. D ennis G REEN E f rom A bilene, T X t o W oodland H ills, CA (L aw school) . L ar ry H E L G ESO N f r om Great Falls, MT

C ham b l ee,

GA .

Jo h n

H U T C H I N SO N

from

Colorado Springs, CO to Eagan , M N . Pete M CCA RT H Y f rom A lexandr ia, V A to Enid , O K . T om BRU N I K f r om Y okot a t o A lbertville, A L . T om CA RRI GA N f rom Fayett eville, N C to Columbus, M S. Jer ry D REN N A N f rom A nnandale, V A to T ucson , A Z . Pete PRU ET T f rom A F t o Denver , CO and Gul f Oil Corp . M arty JA Y N E t o Clar k A B as A ss’ t Staf f Judge A dvocate. D ave W A G I E t o Plat t sburgh . Chuck M cCO RM A CK f rom Spangdahlen t o K unsan (attached note list s Jim K I M M E L , Chuck H O RT ON and Bob SC H N I CK also t here in F4s) . Ray BA RT ON f rom H omest ead , FL to H ahn A B . A ndy GESSN ER to Pope, N C . H aving covered the administ rat ive paperwor k , we can now review t he wealt h of let ter t raf f ic t hat came in ; whet her or not it was because o f t he holiday season , t h e r e sure were more t han t he usual number of you dropping m e notes — and I hope you’ ll keep it up . I t makes t his j ob a lot

Gary PA YTON writes of Christmas cheer and words on the following: M ike GREBB now in DC from Yokota working for the Defense Intelligence A gency. Jim JAEGER (Diane) from Ft . M eade to Langley in HQ TA C I ntel . Pat M OO N in D C as a Foreign Service O f f icer another f irst f or our class(??) Paul N I EL SEN (D ott y) —

f r o m A n d r ew s t o U o f C at D av i s at L iv er m o r e an d a P h D

P at M oon —

f or mer Cap tain

in nuclear p hysics. Timo SUL L I VA N now at K .I . Sawyer from Georgetown U and administering the Law up North. Jeff H IL L (Cathy) now at DC for TDY with the National I nst it utes of H ealt h and back t o U SA FA af t er f inishing h i s PhD at U C D avis. One request ment ioned is f or any i n f o r m at i o n o n o u r cl assm at es w h o w en t i n t er ser v i ce a f t er

graduation. I can find out from the AOG their status a n d report it next time. Rosalind BA RRIS makes note of

Bernie’ s recent move to Guam and SO S Complet ion . H e f l ies w i t h t h e w eat h er r eco n W C 130s as an i n st r u ct o r n a v ,

also k eeps busy with one son and one on t he way .

P at M O O N w r o t e so o n a f t er I r ecei v ed t h e n o t e f r o m

easier with your inputs to work from, H ank H A A P (Jan) sent a brief outline of his recent happenings saying t h a t af ter M I T he was at K irt land f our years and t hen at U SA FA at which time he t er minat ed his career f or a

position with TETRA Corp. at A lbuquerque, NM . M arie CIGNATTA writes telling of John’s exploits as a former Loring B52er/ Base Civil Engineering officer and present civilian senior engineer for M ueller A ssociates in Baltimore. He continues flying and construction of K R - 1, raises two young ones and sports a beard and ’stash. H e plans to see the ’82 Homecoming and all your smiling faces. . . . (By the way, M arie, both your letters d i d m a k e i t here — t hank you much .)

A 1 PA RMET (Deb) sent from Lackland this rundown

on his contact s of recent time as well as news of t he

gathering held at Randolph for the South-Tex alumni t h a t was organized by Charlie M YERS (Katy) and which

f eat ured General T allman as guest speak er . A lso present f rom ’72 were L onnie PA RK E R (Gwyn) . Ot hers A 1 has

lately include M ike LOOM IS at M PC in CE assignments, George POL LA RD at OTS flight training t h e se e n

I ranians, bot h Phil N O RT H and L ew ROM M ET T over at

Wilford Hall with M ax STEEL up at the Mayo Clinic

in M N . H oward BA L ENT I N E at Gainesville, FL wit h his

master’s degree for later move to A ustin, TX with the EPA . Tim RICE leaving M t . H ome for sunny San A ntonio

next summer and residency .

Gary PA YTON mentioning his new career . Pat expects t o

be over seas in about 6-8 m ont hs wit h a very interest ing l i n e

of work with the State Department . He tells of Dave HENDERSON (Brenda) and his finishing up Law school . Jim JA EGER already noted above, Gary PA YTON (Nancy) and the fact of Nancy’s recent A F commissioning, to be in Germany next year with Gary. A lso that Bob A N D ERSON f l ies f or t he A FReserve and hopes t o have a n

airline j ob by summer . Gary GRA PPO has only been TDY

of late t o Cali f ornia and M innesota as opposed t o his earlier world t ravels. Rico FE RRA I O L I (M ichelle) is n o w at M cC h o r d i n F I 06s an d h as t w o so n s. A 1 K A M P F w i l l b e

at Tyndall following his SOS and Jim WOESSNER is presently in A FIT meteorology program at the U of Wash ington at Seat t le.

Cindy CHA M PA sends the update for Dave to say that

h e i s n o w a seco n d o f f i cer i n 727s f o r D el t a at A t l an t a , a n d

having fun with a year-old son. A lso writing of the a i r l i n e world is Brian EA T ON (A nnie) who out lines his past y ea r o r so w i t h D el t a at D al l as an d t h e w o r d

o f a m ove to

Scottsdale, A Z early ’79. Other hiring continues in t h a t industry as every pilot is no doubt aware with the f ollowing 72’ers by word of the grapevine: Phil SHA RP at Boston wit h A merican , Rich M O RG EN ST ERN at D allas wit h

Branif f , Butch WOODM A NSEE at

United,

Rod

M cDo n a l d at N ew Y or k wit h A merican , and T om BRU M L I K and Jim (J.R .) ST O N E in class f or D elt a. I would quote Brian in his closing remarks, “ Tell the boys

there is no comparison between A F and airline flying a n d if they have any doubts j ust subscribe to FA PA — started by a Z oomie, class of ’7 1. N ow f or a f ew brief it ems f r om t he A OG . W e need t o

Jim Jaeger — Cryp to Graduate

compile a list of the Class Officers, so anyone having t h a t info please let me know. A lso, the Class Wall Proj ect i s a reality and will need our (your) assistance in getting completed by the target date of H omecoming 1980. To m y knowledge, we are not yet represented on that wall . A gain , any help is gratefully accepted from any or all of t h i s group. I would also plug the A OG M embership drive that is in full swing by soliciting all you members to “ recruit any nonmember Classmates that you know of to increase our exposure toward a larger share of the graduate r ea d e r ship (present or potential). A nd in case you are unaware, the A OG is producing at this time a 25 Year A nniversary Pictorial History of the U .S. A ir Force A cademy. The 43

fulltime editor is Colonel (Retired) Burt A ndrus (son C u r t is a 1969 grad) and according to his wide and varied

background in the field, it promises to be a very

meaningful and representative book. A lthough we are l a t e in the production cycle to be adding to it, if you h av e inputs or insight that could help, feel free to write o r cal l at the A OG with whatever . I will also pass on any that get se n t t o m e .

W h at I h av e t r i ed t o d o w i t h t h i s n ew sl et t er i s i n cl u d e

more of the unofficial , newsy, grapevine type of format . With continued response from the Class by letter or call , t h i s can w o r k o u t i n f u t u r e i ssu es. I f n o r eal i n t er est i s

present , j ust let me know how t o do it bett er . I do appreciate all t he posit ive comments I have received t h e last few months, and will keep on trying to do the j ob as

long as you would like me to. Until the next time,

Fort itudo Per A spera.

Editor ’s N ote: The A ssociation of Graduates has received inf ormation f rom the Securities and Exchange Commis sion, Denver Regional Of f ice, 1515 A rapahoe Street, D enver, Colorado 80212 related to real estate dealings by D . GOLLEH ON. Thep ublic news release made on 22 A ug 78 may be of interest to some members of the Class of 1972. Please contact the SEC Regional Off ice directly f or d etai ls.

F-4’s at Tyndall and John BA RRY is in F-4’s in Germany. Skip SA NDERS is at M inot (why not?) flying 106’s, and Dennis GEESA M A N is also flying the “ 6” at M cChord. Paul ST U CK Y is poured into t he F- 15 at H olloman

(George said that Paul; it ’s a quote). With George a t Grif fiss are John CRA NDLEY and Jim A L MEIDA flying t he B-52. W oody D A H M ER lef t f or A t lant a t o become a civilian law student (George says he is watching your girl

friend Woody, but I wouldn’t worry; George is harmless, those parachute straps get awf ul tight sometimes). A l so going int o law is Chuck A M BRO SE who lef t beauti f ul

Keesler to go to Ole M iss law school . George was taken car e of by D r . M ar k FRI T Z and D r . Or deria M I T CH EL L

at Wright-Pat last spring (see, we did have some talent i n our class) .

Some news releases now to finish up the quantity part . John O’CONNOR showed up at Kirtland to be a develop ment engineer . Robert A LTMA N is going to Columbus to be a T-38 I P. M ichael GRI FFITH is a cop at Eglin. Robert STRA TTON and James BOEH M both are here at Langley in the F-15 (you guys better give me a call) Bill GI L L IN i s in A laska flying those rotor equipped things. Ron BRECKENRIDGE is now flying 135’s at Loring (I was up there o n an exercise in December; you should have called me, Ron) . Several people are going to SOS; Don RIGHTM YER, Troy SPONA UGLE, John PA RK , Charles CORNEL L , an d

F r ed K n o w l es 1702A 9t h St .

M i ch ael

C L E A R Y . C o m m en d at i o n

M ed al s w er e

handed out to a bunch of people: James SILVER, Robert NEA L , Jimmy A L LGOOD (write to me Jim), Ricardo CUA DROS, Robert PA STIA K , and Daryl HOWER. M aybe next time I ’ll go f or the quality, although I ’m n o t so sure I should change anything now. Bye.

L angley, A FB , V A 23665 48FI S (A D COM ) 432-2 116

Hello! One more quarter is almost gone, and I am trying

t o put out quality and quant ity bot h on t his column a t t h e

last possible minute. Seeing as how that is probably impossible, what you read is what you get . H ope everyone

D an F el i x

19 15 E . Broadway, # 84 M esa, A Z 85204 A V 474 -66 11

had a great holiday .

Bernie and M artha BUL LOCK got a great Christmas gift . A new baby girl (Jessica Robin) born on Christmas morning. James HEI RNIM US and his wife had a baby

had to have been busy for everyone because I didn’t get t he

Bill SISCO is at A nderson A FB, Guam commanding the

CA . They j ust had their f irst child, a baby girl . Jim w i l l b e

daught er on 14 Jan 78. A nd Johnny W H I T A K ER was wed t o N ancy on 22 July at M yrtle Beach . 43r d

St rat egic

W ing

H eadquart ers Squadron .

C .J .

A NDERSON and family are now civilians and working at M aranat ha Bible Camp in N ort h Platte, N ebr aska.

George RA M PULLA finally wrote me a letter, I guess after you punch out of two different aircraft you see t h e light and get your priorities straight . Yes, George d ec i d ed he had had enough and left an F-106 without a pilot i n October up in New York. George flies (sometimes) with the 49FI S at Griffis; he is also a wealth of knowledge o n others in our class. Ben CA TL IN is going TDY to A ltus for C141 IP upgrade. Pete GIM BORYS (F-4) and Chris L A U D ERD A L E (C l 30) ar e at Clar k . Frank BRI EN Z O

an d M ar k F E R R I S ar e b o t h C - 5 N av s at T r av i s. C h r i s

NICHOLA S is flying the F15 at

Bitburg. Kevin

M C N E L L I S i s a C l 30 n av at L i t t l e R o ck . R i ck W E ST i s a

Cl 30 A C at Pope and Dan POQUETTE is working with Bernie BUL LOCK at Ft . Bragg. Kees RIETSEMA is fl ying 44

I hope t hat you all had an enj oyable holiday season . I t

u su al fl o o d o f n ew s r el eases an d l et t er s.

L et ters: Jim L U N T Z EL (Colleen) writ es f rom M at her ,

heading f or O f f utt and t he RC- 135 in M ay of t his year . R o n F L Y al so w r o t e. H e i s st at i o n ed at H o l l o m an N M . H e

is fl ying the T-38B as an instructor f or Lead In Fighter Training. Steve BOZA RTH is also in the same program a t

H olloman . George and Ginny L A W REN CE are stat ioned at M cGuire N J. T J COT T ON G I M was r ecent ly m ar r ied

to a young lady named A nne and both are at Randolph A FB T X where T J is an inst r uct or pilot . Sal and Bev A L FA N O are at L aughlin and Sal has or der s f or a C- 14 1, b ase u n k n o w n .

St ev e an d B et h ST E R N E ar e al so at

H olloman NM but will be headed for England LA for his f ollow-on assignment t o t he A -7. N ews Releases: James CO L OT T A , I nst . N av . C- 14 1,

Norton CA ; Dave DI MA RCH I (Nancy), T-38 IP, rcvd A FCM , Vance OK; James KEL L Y, SOS, M axwell A L ; W illiam K I M M EL , K C- 135 Pit , Gr i f f is N Y ; D avid L A N E

(Cheryl), M issile Combt Crew Comm, Ellsworth SD; Jef f

LEE, T-38 IP, Sheppard TX; Jack LEONARD (Linda),

CoPlt , rcvd A FCM , Fairchild WA ; Mike DE LORENZO (Catherine), A ero Inst , rcvd A FCM , USA FA CO; Cole LOVETT , M issile Cmbt Crew Comm., M almstrom MT ; Tom MA Y (Susann), SOS M axwell A L ; John M IL LER (Maureen), SOS, M axwell A L ; Robert M OOREFIELD (Donna), KV-135 Nav. recently honored by the A ir Force A ssociation along with the other members of his Bomb Wing for “ superior achievements in navigation and bombing” , Plattsburgh NY ; Bill PA ILES, CoPlt , Woodbri dge RA F Engl and; John PA SSWA T ER (Laureen), SOS, M axwell A L ; John REYNOL DS (Janice), Def . Pers. Support Center, rcvd A FCM , Philadelphia P A ; Lawrence STA NTON (Ellen), C-141 Pit, McGuire NJ; W illis ST U RD I V A N T (Carol) , M is Cmbt Crew Comm , W hit eman M O ; M ichael W EL L S, K C- 135 I P , rcvd U SA F Out st anding U nit A ward , Gr if f is N Y . W ell , t hat is about all I have t o tell you . Please w r i t e an d

keep me posted on what you are up to. Have a good spring.

i i

Yes, sir,” replied the doolie as he snapped into a b r a c e . T uck in your gloves. *

The Dark A ges have hit and it certainly is time to t u ck i n your gloves. I have a good time shoveling the snow, w h i l e I ’m wearing my pointed parka. I feel like something o u t o f the past — like a dinosaur . Oh, well . So much for nostalgia. Let’s get on with the article. Jim SHA NLEY and Steve M U RD O CH are really at Fair child and not

M cChord as last reported. I ’ll use the defense that

comedian St eve M art in uses: “ I f orgot ! ” Ot her grads a t Fairchild are: Pat RO SEN OW K C- 135 nav , Phil and Elena SCH L EN ER K C- 135, Phil V O L L EL U N GA K C- 135, and B r ad an d J an J O N E S K C - 135 .

I n C- 14 1S at M cChord are: Jim “ Robbie” RO BI N SO N , D an N O RM A N , T ed D ET RI CK , St eve W I L SON , M ar k RO BA I D EK , Jim CA D Y , Chr is CU RRY , Joe GA L A V OT T I , Case M CG I N L EY , D an W OO D BU RY , and Par ker W RI G H T . Jimmy and Gwen CA RT ER were

reported to be in C141s at M cChord. I thought Jim had a n

A - 10. Can someone set W aldo st r aight ?

Rick L ayman 23 M aplewood T errace Pease A FB , N H 0380 1

Piloting the C-130Es at M cChord are: Nolan BERG,

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H ome: (603) 431-7793

Editor ’s N ote: R ick was unable to meet the p r inting deadline f or this issue. Subm issions f or the nex t M agazine sh o ul d be m ai l ed d ir ect t o h is ad d r ess.

K evin K A N ESH I RO , M ike L EE , M ik e W A L SH , Eric W I GA N D , and Bruce W I T H ERS. St ork Cor ner : I t looks lik e t he class is t rying t o expand the rank s. M any lit t le ’76er s have arr ived on st at ion . Ray and Sandy REED at H ahn A B have a baby girl named Stephanie. W ade and Sue M cRO BE RT S at England A FB have M eredit h as an addit ion t o t heir f amily . Ben and N orma T H O RN SON (weapons cont roller in Ger many)

brought home a baby boy named Eric. Bob and Terri

D OBSON (C- 14 1 N ort on) had a baby gir l . On t he home

front here at the T-41 squadron, David and Linda

D o n H al l

Qt r s 4402D U SA FA , Colorado 80840 A V : 2 59- 36 55

H ome: (303) 472-6263 T he D ar k A ges had engulf ed t he A cademy as W aldo F . D U M B-

SQUA T

left

his English class.

W aldo stepped out into t he alcove

and found his parka missing. In its place someone had hung a Budw ei ser sw eat sh i r t an d gl o v es. H appily, t he doolie f ound t hat a name was st amped on t he t ag in t he collar — “ V irgin W ool ” . W aldo pr omised himsel f t o call Cadet W ool ’ s squadr on lat er . T he t er razzo was st rangely st ill as t h e d o o l i e d o u b l et i m ed d o w n t h e

marble st rip t oward his squadr on . Out of nowhere (well , maybe it was act ually somewhere) a voice hailed W ald o .

H ey , you — man wearing t he

B u d w ei ser f i r st i e .

sw eat sh i r t ,

h a i l ed

T ERI FA Y brought home a bundle of j oy named Stephanie. L ee H EI T M A N put a not e in a bott le and t ossed it int o t he ocean o f f o f Guam . H e’s f lying B-52s on t hat t ropical island wit h Rick PERRY , Jef f M A I N , and Pat BA RFI E L D . Chuck M I T CH EL L I s a “ typhoon chaser ” in t he 54t h W RS and D enny D A M I EN S is wor k ing f or t he 27t h Comm Squadron . L ee invites any 24t h phant oms t o st op by . H e only requires t hat you bring Coors: “ A las, Colorado K ool-A id is not import ed t o Guam . Jer ry and Jenny M O RRI SON (B-52 K .I . Sawyer) wrote to say t hat D ave W I L SON , Jim M A RG , and Enr ique SA A are in t he bomb squadron there. Joe M A RCH I N G , Rich L O N G , and D ick W E RH A N E are in t he t anker squadron t here. Joe A M A R and Jim FA GA N are in t he inter cept squadron . M arine Cor ps News Reel : L es GA RRI SO N is at Cam p L ej eune in N ort h Carolina. H e’ s a Force Recon Plat oon Commander . H e says he walks sof t ly and car ries a shar p knif e. W ay P . M O Y is wor king on O k inawa, but soon he’ ll be going t o t he Philippines. D ave N akayama wrote f rom Y okota A B . H e’s an O I C o f Q ualit y Cont rol . A f ew mont hs ago , a W C- 130 (54thW RS) out of A nderson broke down in Y akot a. A f ter a litt le t rouble-shoot ing, D ave f ound t he problem — N o r m W EI N BERG was f lying it . N orm , where’ s D ave’ s map o f T okyo? A lso st at ioned wit h D ave are some C- 130E drivers wit h t he 345T A S: Jim ROO N EY , M ike BY ERS, “ Fr it o 45

CU EV A S, and Jay K EN N ON . Rick FED ER is also t here as a C - 130E n av . So m e C - 14 1 n o t ab les D av e m en t i o n ed

seeing were John TOMA SZEWSKI , A ndy POOR, Steve RO BI N SON , and Ray V I Z Z O N E . I got a nice Christmas card f r om K urt K L I N GEN-

appreciate all the Christmas cards you sent. I f you h a v e some interesting photos, send them along next time a n d we’ll t ry t o get t hem print ed . M ay your par k a always be point ed .

B E R G E R . H e an d B i l l F A N N I N G ar e F - I I I W SO s at

RA F U pper H eyf ord . Stew PA T T ERSO N is a PW SO and will be upgr ading to t he lef t seat . M arv COOK is there a s a maintenance o f f icer . W or k ing as a F- 11I F W SO is Charles

CROSLEY . Kurt went to Torrej on and saw M arty BISCHOFF (F-4), Joe BYERLY (F-4), and Manny

John “ L ou” M ichels, Jr . 3508 M ont rovia Blvd , # 117

O m a h a N E 6 8 12 3 A V : 2 7 1- 3 2 9 8

H ome: (402) 292-2026

L O PEZ (W SO F-4) . A t Z aragoza, K urt ran int o Bill

ST R E L L . B i l l B R U N D A G E i s st i l l at O x f o r d o n h i s

Rhodes scholar ship . M ar k CH A N EY is back f rom Ox f or d now . H e’s in I ntell at Bolley A FB. L ong D istance: M ike and D ebbie PON Z A N I (W C- 135)

called from McClellan and spent a few coins telling m e

about some ot her ’76ers: Steve M CN A M A RA F-4 H ill ,

Bob and Sandy Gold TORREJON F-4, John and Lynn

CA M PBEL L , K C 135 Robins, D ave and L ucy RO BI N SON T -38 Vance, M urray and K aren D A N I EL S T -37 Columbus, G reg H O L M T -38 Columbus, John and T oni N O RRI S W C- 135 nav M cClellan , Pete K L U CK F-4 Clar k , St eve ST OU T C- 130 nav Clar k , Jose GA RCI A H C- I 30 M cC l el lan , T o m and D eb b ie M O U N T A I N T -38 Columbus, Pat H A N L EY C- 130 L itt le Rock , M ik e and Georgeanna K EL L Y missiles at D M , Car l and M arybet h ST EI NER radar at H avre A B M ont ana, Pete H OO K F-4 K orea, D ave T A T E C- 14 1 M cChord , M ik e D U VA L L

maintenance at Travis, Dan KA ISER KC-135 Dyess, and J o h n H A Z E N C - 130 L i t t l e R o ck .

H ope t hat t his epist le f inds you all in better weat her t h a n I ’ m get ting here. A ll t his snow and no mountains j ust

d o esn ’ t c u t i t .

O n W atch: I spent about t hree week s at RA F M ildenhall f or t he f ir st of what promises t o be many T D Y ’ s. I t w a s cold over t here, but I had a very pleasant weekend a s a result of t he warm hospit ality of M ar k and Pat t y L I N D SL EY . M ar k is an F- 111 W SO at U pper H eyf ord , and r eally lik es t he f lying t here. Ot her ’77 Z ooms a t

Heyford include Dave EDGINGTON, Joe HUGHES, and

L ee BA U E R. A ll seem to be get ting along well , alt hough now with everyone t here on st rike I ’ m not so sure. M y t hanks again t o M ar k and Pat ty f or t heir generosity . H igh Slight : L ee M A RK and I talked about t he ill-f ated G I Bill resolut ion f or our class. For t hose unawar e, t h e resolut ion giving ’77 service academy grads t hose benef it s was t abled in commit tee last year . Follow-up on t his i ssu e is being handled by T om SL A T T ERY , c/ o General D elivery , Bar ksdale A FB, L A . 7 1110. T om is t rying to deter mine the general interest level on the bill , so t h o se o f you concer ned , drop him a line. Jef f and L eslie PERK I N S were the proud parents o f a baby girl on 17 January . Jef f has already pulled t wo a l e r t s at G rand For k s in his B-52 and report s t hat N ort h D akota actually does have t rees. Bet t er not let t hat one spread t o o f ar o r SA C w i l l t ak e G .F . an d M i n o t o f f i t s l i st o f

N ort hern T iers (or is it N ort her n T ears?) Congrat s also t o Joe FE RRA RA who was mar ried on 30 D ecember t o L t . M onica K uhlman . Joe is going t o H ahn A B i n F -4 ’ s.

U PT appear s to have let out f or t he winter solst ice. I hope my f ingers uncramp in t im e t o type up t he next b a t c h of assignment s f or t he spring issue. T he latest , then , f r o m t he M PC random aircraf t generator :

Ext ra, Ext ra: M ik e H A U SE R, A 1 PA T RI QU I N , and

C ar l N U Z Z O ar e st at i o n ed at H ah n . B r i an SU T T E R i s an

I P and f ather at Reese. Pilot ing B-52s at M arch A FB i s

P et er T R U M P . T o m M A L L A R Y i s a W SO i n F - 111s at

Cannon as is Bob G RA Y . T im M A RT I N is navigat ing F-4s at N el l i s. K .C . ST E I N B A U G H i s a n av o n a C - 130 at L it t l e

Rock . H e r ecent ly got married . Bert GOO D RI CH is a weapons cont roller nort h of Bit tburg A B . H e and his w i f e, Susan , would li ke t o hear f rom 1st Squadron Grads (Box 242 A PO N Y) . I t ’ s t ime t o go shovel t he drive again . W aldo and I 46

C- 14 1 — Steve BA CK , K evin O SH A U GN ESSY , D enny FL I N T , D ave BROW N , Jef f L EW I S, Er ic M A CU RD Y , Brad PI CK EN S (all M cGuire) ; K evin CH RI ST I A N , D ave REI N ER, K en W H I T E , Bob M A RSH A L L (all M cChor d) ; Richard M A SSE (T ravis) ; Gar ry SH EPPA RD , M ar k CH RI ST , Joe RA Y Z A K , Joe N I EM E Y E R , K eit h W I L L I A M S, Steve BA U M GA RT N E R, Charlie BU T L ER , (all N or t on) ; Bill M A T T E , Bob PO RT E R (bot h Charlest on) . Glenn K EN N ED Y , D ave EPPL EY , K en M EN Z I E , Ron SW EA T , D enny D I ET Z , John M O L (D yess) ; V ic N U T T , M ar k T U N I S, Randy ROT H E , T om M A RI N EL L O (L it t le Rock) ; Jef f H A RBER, Greg SM I T H , Jim A L EX A N D E R, Jim A N T I SD EL (Pope) ; M ik e BRA N H A M (H ickam) ; M ike JA CK SO N (M c C - 13 0

Chord); Tom LA NE (Clark); Robert RYA N (Yakota).

K C- 135 — Bruce BI L L I G , “ W aude” W A T T ERS (who I also saw in England) (bot h at Beale) ; Paul H U D GEN S, V ince GU I DA (Grissom) ; Bruce PEN N I NGT O N , Bob VEN D L EY (A lt us) ; Steve QU A N , M ike Z A BO RN I A K , Gary EL L SW O RT H (Grand For k s) ; Bill SEI FFE RT , Ber nie PET E RS, D ave L A W T O N (shiver - L or ing) ; Sammy H ERCH A K , Rick SPOT T (M cConnell) ; Craig BL A N K EN ST E I N (Fairchild) ; Joe GU H I N (M inot) ; Bob M cN EA L (Gri f f iss) ; St an “ Buck ” BU CH A NA N (Cast le) , K en FRY (W urtsmit h) ; D an M cN E I L (T ravis) , Geo f f rey W H I SL ER (K adena) . B-52 — Jim EW I N G , M ik e ST REV EL L , M ar k GU N Z I N GER (M inot) ; Jim CE RN EY , M ax D EL A ROT A , L B . M A L T Z , Ricky COSBY , D oyle GA GE (Ellswort h) ; John H A RRI S, T om SA PP, T om SL A T T ERY , Bob M cN I EL (Bar ksdale) ; D ana EV ERT , Gary FA Z I O , George BO RDON (W arner-Robbins) ; Bob H A M I L T O N , T ony D RON KERS (K .L Sawyer) ; T om JO NES, Paul PI ROG , T ony G RA D Y , Chris M O NT A L T O , K irt Y OU N G , Van DA V I S, Rick PERRA U L T (all upgrading at Carswell) ; Er ic REFFET (W urt smith) ; T im H O PPE R (M at her) ; Don M cCU NE (Gri f f iss) ; Bob BA T CH EL O R (D yess) ; M ik e D I BI A SE (Grand For k s) ; Steve SPI ES (A nder son) ; T om M cCOW N (Seymour-Johnson) ; Ron K EN N ED Y , K en SEA RS (Fairchild) ; Steve PET ERS (Grand For k s) . T -38 — John DA Y , A rt W A CH D O RF , Scot t SCH O FI EL D , T erry FEN N ESSY , Rob SH A W , Pat D U FFY , Bob H OO V ER (L aughlin) ; Jim M A SK OW I T Z , Jim M I L L E R , N o r m T H O M PSO N (C o l u m b us) ; K ur t CI COW SK I , J. J . BU L M ER (W illy) ; Bobby W I L K ES, Steve CA REY , T . J . CO X , A ndy T A W N EY , M ar k SA SSC E R , Joe M U U S, St u W I L L I A M S, D ave W RI G H T , D en ni s K L I Z A , Paul M U SI C , D ave PO D O L N Y (t here should be one hell of a party at Reese on 1 June!) T -37 — Dave M A SO N , D oug W I N DE RS, Chip DA L E (Columbus) ; D anny W A D E , M ike M A H A R, A 1GO U L D ,

M ark BURL INGHA M , M ike LEVENHA GEN (Laugh

lin) ; Charlie PRECOU RT , H orst ROEH L ER, T om M U L H ERN , Richard DA L T O N , G reg FL I ERL , K en PL EA SA NT O N , Frank PI N I E RO (Reese); Pat M cV A Y , Dave K I SH (W illy) ; Curt Y EL K EN (V ance) . F-4 — John H U NT , Bill W E L D E , Dave ST EPH A N , M ik e Cimo” C I M A FO NT E (George) ; Dar rel M O RGA N , Bob SCH I E RM EY E R, M ar k CA ST EL L A N I , Chip L A M B, Pete BO NA N N I , Gary G REEN , Russ RH EW , D ave SL A CK , T om SPRA T T (H omestead); W oody H O PL E R, Pat SH A Y , D utch REM K ES (M acD ill) ; G len K EL L EY , Jim RU N ER (L uke); Jay FA W CET T , Jim M cCA RT H Y (K u nsan) .

T -33 — K urt D I T T M E R (T yndall) ; T om L OGA N (L angley) , Jim M A PL E (D yess) . F- 111 — George DO RA N M cGu i r e (L akenheath) .

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0-2 — W esley W EA T H ERS (W heeler) ; Pete M O H Y L SK Y (Shaw) ; Bob RU D O L PH (Davis-M onthan) . OV- 10 — Frank A N D ERSO N , L arry L U CKET T (Sem bach) ; T om CA RPENT ER (O san) . C-9 — L ee M O N SO N (Clar k) .

D ave Gragan, USM C A - 10 — T ed L I N H O F, John SO U T H REY (M yrt le Beach) ; John Y A RA N O S, M ike A L EX A N D E R (Bent waters) . U H - 1 — Bob DO N N E L L Y , Frank W A L L A CE , Bob CL EGG (H ur lburt); Dale CA FFERA T A (M acD ill) ; M ike ST A N L EY (F .E . W ar ren) ; K en DA V I S (W ichita) . A -7 — R ick M O I SI O . R F -4 — R i c k P A M P E L .

CH -53 — Jim EU ST A CE (Sembach) . C hange of V enue: I was almost buried under the address cards t his t ime around . Eit her you guys have guilty consciences or t he post o f f ice can take a hint . Ken V A NT REU REN is at L ubbock f or U PT , Dan H I N K I N is in W ichita f or med school , M ike EBE RL E is in U PT at W illy , Jim CH A M BE RL A I N is mar ried and at Cast le f or EW O upgrade, John M A K U T A report s in f rom F .E . W arren, my ex-roomie T oby N I C H O L S is in Jacksonville, A r kansas in C- 130’s, M ar k L I SH K O is at Satellite Beach, Flor ida, Bill H E RZ O G is in U PT at Reese, and Joe BUT L ER is in EW O upgrade at Castle. H earsay: T om CO N L O N is handling missiles at E l l sw o r t h , M at t C O A T SW O R T H i s w i t h t h e T i t an f o r ce a t

D avis-M ont han, while T im H A GA N was a member o f t he a t W h i t em a n . Out standing Crew o f t he M ont h O utstanding, T im . Rex ROG ERS is wor k ing in mainten ance at M oody , and Joe BA U M GA RT N E R is toiling in communications maintenance at K elley . A pparent ly some people got along wit h t he much ma ligned and seldom aligned W illiam BU RRO U G H S t o t he extent of staying in t he f ield af ter t ossing their h a t s . C h u c k CU RRA N , who heads up data aut omat ion at H ur lburt , gives the f ollowing report on his f ellow computer of f icers: J )

Don DA VIS is at Hurlburt , Rod GRESS should be gracing the gates of Of futt sometime soon, Ed OL IVER is already

here at O f f utt , Dave C RA FT O N is up in amongst 10,000 lakes in M innesota, and Jim SH ED D EN is an inst ructor i n computer operat ions at Sheppard . Ot her r umors put Steve 47

SCHWA L BE at Otis in communications, and Paul

Schools: I t looks like the “ knife happy’ ’ doctors here a t

D U N DA S at Eglin in Elect ronic R& D . D ef ect ors: I got a nice card and a photo f r om D ave

U SA FA were idolized by some of our classmat es as ’78 h a s

B E A U C L A I R i s al so r u m o r ed t o b e so m ew h er e i n t h at

Washington D .C. SA C has graduated a number of our classmates from missile crew training, but I only have a couple of assignments: Scott COL L INS is moving to Whiteman A FB, M issouri , along with M ark ERM I NGER, Bill LA CKERMA NN , and Doug OWENS, while Guy

GRA GA N, who is in the Marines, and at present undergoi ng f l i ght t rai ni ng at Pensacol a. T om vicinity. I know it beats Duluth for climate, anyway. A nother rumor — Joey CA RWILE supposedly is strapped to a Spruance class destroyer out of San Diego.

Of f W atch: M y t hank s t o all o f t hose who wrot e wit h in f ormat ion . N ot much in t he way of scandal , but the

quantity more than made up for that . I encourage everyone to contact T om SL A T T ERY about the sit uation concerning t he G I Bill . Every delay lessens t he chances o f gett ing any result s. T alk at you next time.

M ar k Z am zo w

Biloxi ’ ’ all wr ote t o update t heir addresses and said “ h i ’ ’ :

Dana BRI GGS, Bob HA RRI SON, Fuzz VA UGHN , Greg

True Stories: Did You Know That . . . Wayne

K EL L EN BEN CE got bust ed f or having r um in his coke can while in an O klahoma M cD onalds; Jose BRA V O has pulled out two emergency landings due t o f lameout s; M i k e

H ome: (303) 598-5394

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Hello and welcome back to the ’78 Quarterly Review: The news article published solely for the enj oyment o f Great ’78. Once again I ’ m short on let ter s f rom all of you

with newsworthy (or unnewsworthy for that matter) articles. So eit her wr it e me or the A OG , or else add a l i t t l e

note on t he bot t om of your change of address f orm when you move t o your next base, t o let me k now what ’ s new . I

did, however, receive some letters with some interesting stories you should enj oy . T he Stork : Baby blue is t he newest color in Robert a a n d B r i an L I V I E ’ s h o u se as t h e ar r i v al o f V i n cen t m ad e t h em

’78’s first real parents! Brian is currently hovering a r o u n d

Fort Rucker in U H T . Could a second generation of U SA FA graduates be f ort hcoming? ! W anderers: A couple of us old j ock s are st ill going st rong wit h a nat ional t eam . A f ter a week long team handball t raining camp here at Colorado Springs, T om SC H N E E B E R G E R , R a n d e R E A D , a n d B o b as m em b er s o f

earns his bread at Wright-Patterson A FB. The “ Boys f r o m

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M A RT EL L E is work ing at M almst rom A FB , M ontana. A ssignments and N ews Releases: Jim CA RE L is wor king as a syst ems analyst at Scott A FB . Ed H U N T n o w

H O L L I ST E R , B a r r y C A ST E L L A N O , R i ch a r d CO L EM A N , John H A Y ES, Scott M I L L ER, and M i ke

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four med students. Jay ELL IS, Chuck M I L L IKEN , Ken

K A Y L O R, and M arshall W O N G ar e all in school at t he U ni f ormed Services U niversity of t he H ealt h Sciences i n

t h e U .S.

N ational T eam H andball T eam ! Over Chr istmas they went with t his team t o Eur ope f or some games. I was at t his camp t oo , but only ended up as an alter nat e f or t he 19 7 8 N at i o n al T eam . N i ck L Y N N an d Sco t t B E R G h av e b een at

earlier t raining camps, but couldn’t get out of f light sc h o o l t o att end the T hank sgiving camp . Printing Err or : I n t he last column I wrote, t he pr inters accidentally lef t out t wo names f r om one sect ion of t h e

t he A ir Force; K im K EL L Y pract ically t otaled his ’6 1 Corvette and sold it f or an embarrassing amount of m o n ey .

Rumors: I s I t T rue T hat . . . Jack K U CE RA is making

twice as much as we are; M OJA Z (Bob WENRICH) is

contemplating marr iage; T om SCH NEEBERGE R is #35 on the Denver Nuggets; The Navy rej ected those ’78 grads who wanted t o go int o t hat service; Bob D JOK OV I CH is really in t he A ir For ce wor king undercover as a civilian ; Russ G L OV ER and M ar k FU L K S now weigh t he same due t o not being able t o cook (Russ) and having a wi f e t o co o k (M ar k) ; T ed A N K EN BA U ER is dat ing his f emale I .P .; due to t he ext reme heat down at W illy , D on A V ERY decided t o sport a crewcut rat her than bot her wit h long

hair; Lyle KOENIG accidentally did a loop in his helicopter at U H T ; Jack CL A Y went back t o serve in t h e M arines; Glen SPEA RS has made $50,000 in t he st ock

market since graduation; Jack SWA RSBROOK has a story in Penthouse and Bob DORR submitted his English paper t o Playboy; at a crap table in V egas, Bill SEN N was k i c k ed

out for an illegal cut ; Brian CA L LEGA RI really is built for comfort and not for speed; Terry KEL LY is really a

civilian wor king undercover as an A ir Force of f icer . T hat ’ s it f or t his quart er . I hope ’ 79 is a good year f o r a l l of you . A s a closing thought , keep this in mind : Just because t he bar of butter is brown, t hat doesn ’t mean margarine would be any bet ter ! ! !

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SCH U L Z E are t wo ot her grads wor k ing in t he A t hletic D epart ment t his year . Sorry they missed t hese gent s b ef o r e.

Couples: Congrat ulations goes t o M ar k RI CH A RD SON who , on Oct ober 21st , marr ied Cindy L ynn Freeze of A lbuquerque. A f t er the honeymoon, they got sett led i n Enid , Oklahoma as M ar k st art ed U PT in N ovember . O n t he subj ect of mar riage, Joe and Renee M A T T U SK I writ e that “ it is still possible to have fun without being single! Glad t o hear it ! N ot t hat I was wor ried about it , but i t ’ s a nice thing t o know . H ope t he rest of you newlyweds f eel the same way. Joe st ar ted f light school at Reese A FB . 9 9

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Commemorative Issue of GYRFA LCON by Charles Frace are available to A OG Members at the original price o f $60.00 per print . The total issue of 3,000 prints signed by t h e a r t i st w a s f i r st o f f er ed i n t h e Su m m er o f 19 76 . T h e

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resold at substantially escalated prices.

In August 1978, the AOG arranged to purchase the remaining AOG Commemorative prints for resale directly to Graduates and friends of the Air Force Academy. E a ch print has the AOG Coat-of-Arms printed in the lower l ef t corner to identify this unique, attractive print . This special of fer is an opportunity to purchase a l i m i t ed edition fine art print which has already become a collector’s item at a pr ice below t he resale mar ket value. O r der s w i l l b e

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G yRFALCONS are the most magnificent of all falcons.

T hese handsom e ci rcum polar bi r ds o f prey may be any c o l o r f r o m cl ea r w h i t e w i t h a f ew d a r k m a r k s t o a l m o st

com plet ely black . U sual ly t he l ight est bir ds occur i n t h e f a r nor t h and t he dar kest f ur t her sout h . T hey can be seen i n t h e w i ld , i solated part s o f t he w o r ld , o f ten am ong dr amat ic scenery , such as I have show n in m y paint i ng. T hey ar e t he lar gest o f t he Falconidae, big and power f ul and very f ast . T hei r r ange i s N or t h A mer ica, A r ct ic E ur ope, A sia, I c el a n d and G reenland . Residing mai nly i n t he arct ic, some d o m igr ate, but not sout h o f t he nort her n par t o f t he U n i t ed States. T hey ar e capable o f per f or mi ng mar velous stoops and in a f ul l st oop , may wel l be t he f astest o f all t h e f a l co n s. W e k now t hat a peregr ine can reach over 80 mph , so i t i s possi ble t hat a Gyr , because o f it s great size and weight — C h a r l es F r a ce might r each 100 m ph .

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