DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER

Vol. XXlll, No.10 May 8, 1981

DMA Awards Day

Here May 12

Sixty-six DMA employees will behonored in six separate awardsceremonies during May and Juneat Headquarters and the fiveComponent facilities.

Calling these recognitionceremonies both "important andmeaningful," Maj. Gen. William L.Nicholson, III, DMA Director,expressed his regret to directors ofthe Components that heavy timecommitments and otherobligations precluded an Agency-wide awards presentationceremony this Spring, as has beenthe practice in recent years.

"Please assure your employeesthat my cancellation is dictated bynecessity and in no way dilutes the

importance of their ac-complishments," Gen. Nicholsonwrote to the directors, adding thathis staff "will assist you in everyway possible to make theseceremonies meaningful andmemorable."

The Aerospace Center AwardsDay is scheduled for May 12 withDMA Deputy DirectorRAdm. E.A.Wilkinson, Jr., officiating. ElevenCenter employees will be honored.The luncheon ceremony will beheld at the U.S. Coast Guard Club -Base St. Louis. Announcementswere sent to awardees last week.Complete coverage of the eventwill be contained in the May 22ndOrientor.

Federal Food Drive Nine Ton SuccessOver nine tons of food stuffs were

collected during the recent FederalEmployee Emergency Drive(FEED), according to aspokesman for the Greater St.Louis Federal Executive Board(FEB).

The drive to collect non-perishable food stuffs was con-ducted the week of April 13-17 atthe Aerospace Center and otherFederal agencies in the metroarea. Titled the "Spring Harvest"the drive was the first to be con-ducted by the Executive Board."There were many volunteers who

helped with the drive that deserveour sincere thanks," said RexPyle, coordinator of the drive,"and of course a special thanksgoes to all the many Federalemployees who gave sogenerously."

The FEB is now considering a"Christmas in July" food drive toprovide the needy with food stuffsduring the critical summer monthswhen very few collections aremade. "Most of the time fooddrives are conducted duringThanksgiving and Christmas

Sony plants (the olher six are inJapan).

The turnaround at a formerMotorola factory in Franklin Park,Ill., has become a famous exampleof what the U.S. worker can do.Under Motorola, the plant wasliterally turning out more defectsthan TV sets-inspectors found 140

defects for every 100 TV sets thafpassed along the lines. MatsushitaElectric Industrial Co. bought theplant in 1974 to make Quasar andPanasonic TVs. The Japanesekeptthe same labor force. The rate ofrejects is now down to four to sixper 100 sets and the number ofwarranty claims has been cuteightfold.

r|hn norrr moh6{t,rmnht moin

holidays," commented Pyle. "Wein the Federal community thoughtwe could better serve the needy byconducting our drives during thespring and summer, thus providinga year-round supply of food for theFood Crisis Network. "

Food Crisis is a vehicle forraising and channeling food tosocial service agencies andreligious organizations in the St.Louis area.

Dates and additional informationon the summer drive will be forth-coming.

Quolity Circles--Are They For Us?by David L. Black

QC, Quality Circles-thatmanagement concept born ofAmerican mind, nurtured andrefined by the Japanese into one ofthe most beneficial of allproductivity concepts, in terms ofend results-have now come fullcircle, returning to the U.S., thistime with a clamor for im-plementation within Americanindustry. But are they for us?

To answer the question, let's lookat the concept history and thecircle. In 1962, to overcome aneconomy devastated by World WarII, and a reputation for producinginexpensive, poorly madeproducts, Japanese industry begantn imnnrl qorrnnql Amnnioon

as a result of quality circles. Thiswas six times the cost of operatingthe circles. Besides these tangiblebenef its there are many in-tangibles resulting from qualitycircles including increased jobsatisfaction and employee in-volvement, more effective teamwork and improved attitudes andmorale. The Norf olk NavalShipyard is one of the pioneersamong federal installations in theuse of quality circles. During itsfirst year of operation, theshipyard realized a net savings,after deducting all operating costsfor the circles, of $150,000. Theycontinue to save $3.75 for every$1.00 invested in the quality circle

Clear Thou$t, Right

Action Prevenb TragedyWhen you wake up in the night

and hear glass breaking what doyou do?

Mary Meyer, CDIT, was facedwith exactly that situation duringthe early morning hours of April 16

when she awoke to the sound ofbreaking glass in the flat aboveher's. Thinking that her friendmight be in some kind of trouble,she quickly called the apartmentbut received no answer. "I thoughtit might be a break-in," she told theOrientor. When there was no an-swer she immediately took thecorrect action, she dialed 911 andreported an apparent emergencysituation. That call could well havemade the difference between lifeand death for the young womanwho livod abovc.

"Within about two minutes thepolice arrived," said Mary. Asthey went up the stairs to the flat,they were met by smoke and heat.Firemen arrived behind the policeand made their way through thesmoke into the flat where theyfound the woman unconscious.

She was resuscitated at the sceneand then hospitalized for a week ofintensive care.

Fire damage to the flat andwater damage to Mary's down-stairs living area has forced bothindividuals to find other ac-commodations while the building isrepaired.

Quick action and logical thinkingon the part of Mary Meyer made adifference in time-time that wasprccious to her neighbor.

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Magna cum laudeValerie Tincock, daulhter of Jim Tancock, SDDP, has been notified

by Webster College that she will be graduated Magna Cum Laude on May9, 1981.

Tancock was further honored by the University by being selected to

serve as an assistant to a teacher of English in the French school system

during the 1981-82 school year. she will go to France in the fall and spend

the school year there.

Architectural hononNeal Mazzei, son of Robert Mazze\, ADDNA, won firstplace for state

honors in the field of architectural drafting during competition held

recenily in Kansas city by the Missouri vocational and Industrial clubsof America.

Neal, who attends the South County Technical High School, will now

represent his school and Missouri in competition for national honors atthe National Leadership conference and u.s. Skill olympics to be held

during June in Atlanta, Georgia.

Science fair winnerDarryl White, l5-year-old son of Leroy E. White, SDRG, won a ribbon

for the fourth year in a row in the Monsanto/St. Louis Post Dispatchience Fair. His exhibit also won a prize last year in the National Gifted

Children's Science Fair.White was selected to attend the Missouri Regional Science and

Engineering Symposium held at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.The St. Louis Children's Theatre and Filming Guild has chosen Darryl'sproject for appearance in a television program to be shown at the St.

Louis Children's Multi-Media Festival this summer.White is in the 10th grade in Soldan Senior Classical Academy.

ln appreciationAir Force Maj. Gen. James I. Baginski, Deputy Chief of Staff'

Operations for the Military Airlift Command recently sent a letter -of

appreciation to Col. Robert Burns, Director of the Aerospace Center. Thelet^ter said, in part, "On behalf ofthe Military Airlift Command, I extendmy sincere appreciation to you and your staff for the outstanding supportprbvided to this command. In particular, members of the Aeronauticalinformation Department have responded with graphics and data supportin a highly prof-essional manner. The 'can do' approach an-d hglpful aj-titudes ex-hibited by those personnel assisted us immeasurably in timelycompletion of a number of short-notice mission planning projects.

t'Airfield information is crucial to our planning activities as I amsure you are aware. We know that we can always depend on your staff-toprovide it, even when long hours and special effort is required. Theproducts are always of the highest quality. "

Six Gelebrate 30-Year AnnivesaryHESTER ''PAT'' B. CRONIN,

SDDLD, completed 30-Years offederal service on APr. 25.

She began her first federal jobwith the Naval SuPPIY DePot in SanDiego, Calif., and also worked atthe Post Finance Office at Ft'Bragg, N.C.

She came to the AerosPaceCenter in FebruarY 1954 as a GS-2

typist. She is currentlY a super-visory cartograPhic technician,chief of SDDLD.

Cronin SumoniaDUSHAN (DUKE) SUMONIA,

CDKB, celebrated his 3O-yearanniversary of federal service onApr.27.

He began his military career inMarch 1951 with the U.S. Air Forceas a radiosonde operator for theWeather Detachment at Hill AFB,Utah, until June 1952.

He started work with the ArmYMap Service in August 1952. He hasserved as chief, OperationsDivision of the Kansas City Officefrom 1973 until 1977; as chief,Production Management Office,CDK; and is presently chief,Aerospace Charting Branch II,CDK.

FRDERICK D. RUDD, CDADC,completed 30-years of federalservice on May 1.

Rudd started work at theAeronautical Chart Plant in MaY1951. He was trained to be a cartodraftsman. He held the title ofcarto draf tsman, carto com-pilation aid and negative engraveruntil he separated for militarYservice in November 1954. Aftergraduation f rom thc Army

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Engineer School at Ft. Belvoir,Va., in May 1955, he was assignedto the 30th Engineer GrouP,Photomapping Section, Presidio,San Francisco, Calif.

Active duty included anassignment to Ft. Polk, La., as acartographic draftsman preparingMilitary Operational Maps for fieldunits during military operations.

He was discharged from theArmy in November 1956, and wasre-employed at the AerosPaceCenter assigned to the CartoDivision as a cartograPhicengraver, and has worked in thatcapacity until the Present time.

DONOVAN N. HUBER, GDG,will have S0-years of federal ser-vice on May 11.

He began militarY service with

the Navy in SePtember 1943, andserved in the Pacific Theater ofOperations until JanuarY 1946. Hewas a high school teacher in thePanama Canal Zone from August1953 until June of 1955. He thencame to the Aerospace Center inJune of 1955, and is currentlY ageodesist.

WALTER W. FOX, CDKAC,willcomplete 30-years of federalservice on May 14.

"I sbarted my federal servicewith the U.S. ArmY CorPs ofEngineers Army Map Service inMay 1951 as a cartograPhiccompilation aid. On Oct. 1, 1967 theAMS became the U.S. ArmYTopographic Command. On Jul. 1,

1972 USATC became the DefenseMapping Agency TopographicCcntcr and finally DMATC KCO

became DMAAC KCO (CDK) onJul. 1, 19?7. All of my service iswith these agencies," said Fox.

His military service was with theMissouri National Guard 35th InfDiv Hq Set Det A for 10 years. Hewas graduated from MilitarYIntelligence School at Ft. RileY,Kan. in March 1951 with sPecialtraining in photointerpretation.

He is currently a cartograPher(photogrammetry), at CDK.

ALBERT J. PYSZKA, CMA,willcomplete 30 years of federal ser-vice on May 24.

He began his federal career as acivilian radio communicationsinstructor at Air Force Hq. RadioCommand School at Scott AFB, Ill.in June 1951. In 1956 he taught theInstructor Training Course at ScottAFB before transferring to theField Training Detachment atForbes AFB, Kan., teaching radiocommand equipment on the SACbombers and tankers.

In 1962 he transferred to theAerospace Center as an emPloYee

development Officer, teachingmanagement to first line suPer-visors. After completing self-development SIU college coursesin computer programming, hefilled a job in the Management,ADP Division of the ComPtroller in1965 as a comPuter sYstemsanalyst. In 1967 he was Promoted tothe job he presently holds in thethen newly created staff office(ADP Staff Office CMA) as acomputer systems analYst'

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A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP . . . spanning more than fourdecades between American mapping personnel and those ofGreal Britain was saluted by Mai. Gen. William L. Nicholson, I ll,DMA director, when he presenled a special plaque to Kenneth H.Stephens, produclion manager of the Technical Services Groupof lhe Mapping and Charting Establishment of the UnitedKingdom. Stephens visiled Headquarters DMA during his firsttrip lo the United States, and, in a surprise ceremony was citedby General Nicholson for his "significant contribulions on behalfof the United Stales and the Defense Mapping Agency." Stephensrecalled more than 40 years of "warm, close relationships" wilhhis American counterparls, pointing out, "Thal specialrelationship between our lwo nalions is oflen mentioned in thepress, but it isn'l unlil you get down lo the grass roots that yourealize the full implication ol whal ihis means. For lhe people oftwo countries to work as closely together as we do means a grealdeal . . . and it's on the shop floor level thal it really blossoms."

Recent RetirementsOSCAR SIMPSON, SOP, retired

Mar. 20 with 31 years, 1 monthfederal service, spending 28 years,1 months of that time at theAerospace Center.

Simpson entered the U.S. Armyin December 1942 and waFassigned to the 92nd Division. Hewas diseharged as a staff sergeantin December 1945.

He returned to federal service in1951 at GSA as a guard at the oldFederal Building. He transferredto the Aerospace Center in 1957. Hewas selected as security policemanof the month on two occasions.

"My retirement plans are to visitthe sick and those shut-in andconfined to their home and en-courage them with the Word of Godand prayer," said Simpson.

REVERA M. MCHALE, CMF,retired from service on Mar. 27.She had 25 years, 1 month federalservice, with all but three years ofthat time spent at the AerospaceCenter. She was a secretary in theFinance Office when she retired.

KENNETH F. FEUCHTEN-BEINER, LOMP, retired on Apr.17. He had 30 years, 1 monthfederal service, all spent at theAerospace Center. He was aproduction controller at the time ofhis retirement.

ROBERT D. MCCOLLUM,ADDPB, left the Center f orretirement on Apr. 17. He had 38years, I months federal service,with 18 years, 5 months at theAerospace Center. He was anaeronautical information

specialist when he retired.ROBERT J. GARDENER,

CDADA, retired on Apr. 21 with 33

years, 1 month federal service. Hewas at the Center for 30 years, 11

months of that time.His federal career began as a

substitute mail carrier at the U.S.Post Office, from November 1946

until January 1947. He then beganwork at the USAF AeronauticalChart Plant in the CartographyDepartment in July 1948 until hewas reassigned in July 1950 to thePrinting Division.

He was inducted into the Army inNovember 1950 and served inKorea assigned to thePyschological Warfare with the 1stloudspeaker and Leaflet Company,as a pressman in the printing ofleaflets.

After his discharge frommilitary service, he was reem-ployed in January 1953 at theAeronautical Chart and Infor-mation Center assigned to the ArtRoom of the Printing Division as anegative engraver. In June 1957 hewas reassigned to the Car-tographic Division under thereorganization of the Art Roomand Carto together, still as anegative engraver, untilretirement.

"I plan to stay active, workingaround the house, yardwork, a fewprojects, and some trips. Nospecial routine, take it as it comes.Probably stay in St. Louis," saidGardener.

WILLIAM F. RICHARDS, GAR,

retired on Apr. 24 with 38 yearsfederal service. He spent 35 years,B months at the Center.

Richards started to work at theSt. Louis Ordnance Depot in April1943. He entered the Navy inJanuary 1944 and was assigned tobe a gunner with Motor TorpedoBoat Squadron B, PT 114 in theSouth Pacific. This took him fromNew Guinea throughout thePhilippines to Borneo in the ChinaSea.

He returned to work for the WarDepartment with the 5th ArmyField Printing Plant. In March 1948

he transferred to the AerospaceCenter as an assistant pressman,and was the chief of the PrintingDivision when he retired.

SAM LAMBRINOS, SSA, retiredon Apr. 24 with 38 years, 11 monthsfederal service, spending 26 years,9 months of that time at theAerospace Center.

He began his federal career withthe Office of the Solicitor,Department of Agricultule fromMay of 1942 until May 1943. Heserved in the U.S. Army from May1943 until January 1946 in thePacific Theater.

He has worked at the ArmyFinance Center, the MilitaryPersonnel Records Center, theArmy Publications Center, andfinally the Aerospace Center fromJuly 1954 until the present time.

"My retirement plans are toretire and live 'one day at a time'.My advice to the new ones-don'tabuse your sick leave-save it, Iknow," said Lambrinos.Page 2 Orientor May 8, 1981

What to Expect When You RetireEach year, approximatelY

100,000 employees retire fromFederal Service. Getting them onthe retired roles, and then insuringthat monthly checks go out on acontinuing basis is a primeresponsibility of the U.S. Office ofPersonnel Management (OPM).Since there are over 1.2 millionretirees and 300,000 survivor an-nuibants, it's obviously a big job.And, without question, to retireesan important one.

If you're thinking aboutretirement, a review of the processshould be of interest. It will giveyou an idea of what to expect, andsome hints on ways you can helpmake the system work.

Once an employee retires, ittakes about a month for the em-ploying agency to close out allrecords and send them to OPM inorder to get the annuity processrolling.

OPM assigns an identifying CSAnumber to each case upon receiptof records, and informs the an-nuitant. Until you receive thisnumber, any queries should bedirected to your former agency.

So that new retirees are pa.id assoon as possible, OPM usuallyplaces them in a special pay status(partial payment of final annuity)usually about 10 workdays afterreceiving records and it is clearthan an annuity is in order.

If for some reason it takespartial payment longer than fromfour to six weeks to begin (after

receiving your CSA number) anda personal hardship exists, contactOPM. If no hardship is involved,however, it's a good idea to wait aIittle while longer before queryingOPM. To make a query, you'll needto use your CSA number, or date ofbirth and social security number.

Under normal circumstances,partial payments last from two tothree months until the final rate ofpay is established.

There are, however, cir-cumstances which can complicatetimely receipt of payments. Peakperiods in the workload, and delayswithin agencies due to incompleterecords are just a few of thepossible snags in the pirocess.

In an effort to avoid some of thedelays we suggest the following:

*File an Application forRetirement, SF-2801, at least twoweeks before the plannedretirement date giving the agencya better lead time.

-Review your Official Per-sonnel Folder at least a year aheadof time to make sure it is completeand all is in order.*If military service is involved,make sure to include a copy of yowDD-214 Military Discharge Cer-tificate (or other equivalentdocument) along with yourretirement application.

-Make sure that post-retirement life and health in-surance and survivors benefits areprotected by completing thenecessary papers before you leave.

If you have drawn money out ofthe Retirement Fund at somepoint, OPM will give you the oPportunity to make a full redepositduring the processing period. Untilthe redeposit is paid in full, specialpayments will be authorizedwithout credit for the redePositservice.

After the processing period ends,retirees are sent an AnnuitYStatement which explairs regularmonthly payments and when toexpect them.

If a check is not received within afew days after it is due, a retireeshould first contact the local PostOffice to see if it has beenmisdelivered. If the Post Officecan't find it, notify OPM. Since asignature is needed to stoPpayment and assign anothercheck, your notification must be inwriting. Clearly label the mailingenvelope "NON RECEIPT OFCHECK" which will help speed uPthe process. OPM immediatelYnotifies the Tleasury DePartmentwhich will stop payment on the lostcheck and issue a replacement.

Incidenfally, by far the biggestreason for non-delivery ofretirement checks is failure on thepart of the annuitant to notify thePost Office of a change in address.OPM routinely processes about40,000 changes-of-address Permonth. One way to avoid thisproblem is to have your annuitYcheck directly deposited to a bankor other financial institution.

The St. Louis MetropolitanFederal Women's ProgramCouncil is sponsoring the 7th4."-..,,1 7lr-..i-i-n C^*:--- ^-1:rl^i

economic concerns will be offeredin seven workshop sessions.

Several Aerospace Center

CHINESE MAP-MAKERS renewed acquaintances with DMAofficials when a delegalion from the People's Republic of China( PRC) visited lhe Naval Observatory on a lour of Americangeodetic facilities and universiiies. The PRC delegation was ledby Professor Li Quinghai (second from right), Vice Chairman ofthe Academic Commission of lhe Wuhan College of Geodesy,Phologrammetry and Cartography. Prof. Li was welcomed byO.W. Williams (third from right), DMA Deputy Director forManagement and Technology, Dr. A. Mancini (right), DeputyDirector for Systems and Techniques, and L.F. Ayers, DeputyDirector for Production and Operations (not shown). Williams,Mancini and Ayers visited tke Chinese college last December.

FWP 7th Annual

Training SeminarQuolity CirclesContinued From Pg, 1

management support in manyadopting American companies thatL,-- *-^.,..1 j^ L^ 1L^ *^i^- ^k

proving quality. Quality circles donot require any change to the othersystems by which u ::i!riJ

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has proved to be the major ob-stacle to their success. This has notbeen a major problem in Japa.nesecompanies where traditionally astrong consensus has usdally beenforged between top managementand middle management beforeinnovations are introduced.

Based' on what has beendeveloped under the quality circlestyle of management in bothJapanese and American com-panies, there appear to be six basicprincipals that any organizationmust consider when implementingthe QC concept. They are:

1. Trust your employees-acceptthat they will work to implementorganizational goals if given achance.

2. Build employee loyalty to thecompany-it will pay in the longrun.

3. Invest in training and treatemployees as resources which, ifcultivated, will yield economicreturns to the firm.

4. Recognize employee ac-complishments-show workersthat you care about them as in-dividuals.

5. Decentralize decisionmaking-put the decisions wherethe information is.

6. Work should be seen as acooperative effort with workersand managers doing the jobtogether.

When compared to othermanagement approaches, thereare some points, others havelearned, in favor of the qualitycircle approach. Apparently QCaims directly at quality im-provement and nearly everyonewants to be associated with im-

sysLerrrs uy wrrrcrr a uurlrpaIlyoperates. There is no large in-vestment to rearrange the factory,to create job enrichment, nor todevelop new financial rewardsystems. Quality cirlces can andshould be implemented on a pilotbasis-not some grandiose plan tostart circles everywhere in theorganization all at once. Theprogram can be allowed to grow ofits own accord and to be tailored tofit the needs of every organization.

Will quality circles work al lheAerospace Cenler? The direciorbelieves lhey will. Taking theadvice of those who have gonebefore, lhe Center is eslablishing apilot qualily circle program in theAerospace Cartography Deparl-menl. An overall Cenler steeringcommillee has been formed andlhe departmenl is in lhe process ofestablishing lwo qualily cir-cles-one wilhin the departmenl'sdigital produclion area and lheolher in the chari produclion area.

In a letter to his managers, thedirector said, "I firmly endorse theQuality Circle concept andauthorize the establishment of thetwo pilot Circles, Facilitator andSteering Committee. The interimSteering Committee will ensure theinterface of the Quality Circleprogram throughout AC and willevaluate its effectiveness in light ofother approved goals and ob-jectives. Upon completion of theSteering Committee's evaluation,consideration will be given toexpanding the Circle concept toother areas, including supportareas. "

Next issue we'll examine thepilot program of the AerospaceCenter.

Retirement AgeAlthough more federal em-

ployees are staying on the jobpast age 70, the majority con-tinue to retire shortly afterreaching age 55 with 30 years'service, Civilian PersonnelManagement officials report.Officials also said that since theAge Discrimination Act of 1978,

which virtually eliminatesmandatory retirement, thenumber of federal employeesage ?0 and over increased from3,000 in tgT to more than 6,000

-in 1979.

THE ORIENTOR is an ofiicialnewspaper, published bi-weeklyon Friday by and lor the person-nel of the Defense MappingAgency Aerospace Center, at St.Louis, Missourr, as authorized byDoD lnstruction 5120 4. Opinrons.expressed herein do not neces-sarrly represent those ol the DoD.

Col. Robert C. BurnsD i rector

David L. BlackChief . Public Atfairs Ollice

ilancy BrannonEditor

uouncll rs sponsorrng tne /tnAnnual Training Seminar entitled,"Insights '81," to be held May 18

and 19 at Ruggeri's Restaurant (onthe Hill). Registration begins at7: 30 a.m. on May 18, followed by anopening 'session at 9:00 a.m.Keynote speaker for the openingsession will be Jane O'Reilly, TimeMagazine, and author of "The GirlI Lef t Behind.' '

Susan Kidd, co-anchor for KTVINews, will be the luncheon speakeron May 18, and Rose Thorman,FWPM for the Bureau of Mineswill be the luncheon speaker onMay 19.

A total of 18 workshop subjectsrelating to self -development,employment issues and socio-

Several Aerospace Centeremployees will be presentingtopics during the workshops.Maurice King, Manpower andManagement Division, will talk onhow the Federal Women'sProgram and women can helpmanagers in return formanagement support; Sid Cooperand Gene Schwartz from theEmployee Assisfance Office willdiscuss alcoholism and domesticviolence; and Jack Rea, CareerDevelopment Division, will discusstraining opportunities available intheSt. Louisarea.

For more information and spaceavailability, contact BarbaraSavalick at ext. 4192.

Armed Forces D.yilIay l6th

Armed Forces Day may bedifferent this year. The militaryisn't changing, but publicrecognition of it is. Americansrecognize a new value and purposeof the armed forces.

We are Uncle Sam's strong rightarm, ready to defend him. But thearm doesn't make the decision, itcarries it out. As Air Force ViceChief of Staff Gen. Robert D.Mathis said, "We don't make thepolicy. We carry it out. "

Civilians now betten understandthat the military doesn't choose tofight, the country does, through thepeople elected to Congress and thepresidency.

The military is the one agencythat never wants war. Its mainpurpose is to prevent war, for ifwar comes, it is the military whomust pay the price. Civilians don'tmarch to battle.

We in the military ready our-selves, train and prepare for a daywe hope never comes. We hope wenever have to put our training intopractice. It is not cowardice. It isthe awareness of what war-anywar-can cost a country.

But if war threatens our nation,we will fight. And on Armed ForcesDay, Americans gratefullyrecognize that.

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Vision Screening Program UnderwayRichard Crews, SDRBB, peers inloa Bausch and Lomb VisualMachine to have his eyes tesled asparl ol lhe preventive healthawareness program of the MedicalServices Division. The testing isbeing done on employees whooperate video display lerminals orhigh inlensity light tables lor moreihan six hours per day, lo deter-mine if lhe equipmenl is havingany detrimental effecls on theemployee. The lesting will be doneannually. Thus far, no damage ofeyes lrom using the equipment hasbeen found.

A 1977 amendment of the SocialSecurity law has changed the waysome people who receive Federal,State, or local government em-ployee pensiors are treated undersocial security. Its purpose is toeliminate windfall payments toretired government workers whohave their own pensions and who,in addition, would receive socialsecurity benefits as a spouse or

Within the last decade researchhas identified consumption ofalcohol as a serious threat to thedeveloping fetus of expectantmothers.

The body of the fully-grownmother can accommodate thealcohol accordingly. However, the

Frcm the Social Security Administrationsurviving spouse.

The change extends to gover-nment pensions the same principlethat has always applied to socialsecurity benefits-that is, that aperson who is entitled to more thanone social security benefit shouldhave one offset against the other.This means that a social securitypayment to a person as wife,husband, widow or widower of an

individual who worked long enoughin covered employment is reducedby the amount of any socialsecurity benefit that person earnedin his or her own right.

For example, if a 65-year oldwoman is entitled to a $200 benefiton the basis of her husband's socialsecurity record and to a $150benefit based on her own recordshe receives $200, not $350. Thereason is that the $200 benefitwhich she is entitled to as a spouseis reduced by the $150 to which sheis entitled on the basis of her ownemployment. Her benefit then isthe sum of the $150 plus $50 as aspouse, or a total of $200.

The offset applies only togovernment pensions for em-ployment not covered under socialsecurity. A person whose gover-nment employment was coveredunder social security on his or herlast day of employment is notAIt'F'tr"lC'l"Ii'ln IIV Ttlll NF:W LAW

Women's Softball

The DMAAC "Superstars"

Are BackOn Wednesday, May 13, the

women at the Aerospace Centerwill begin the second season of theSuperstars. Teams returning fromlast year are the lst place Kelly'sGirls, 2nd place Chips, 5th placeBaby Blues, and the last placeteam of 1980, the Rednecks. Newteams joining the league this yearare: Fool's Gold (captain KateDoyle), Sugar Plums (captainJudy Wolf ), Marmaladies (captainMary Beth Farrar), and the WinedUps (captains Jana Lindstrom andJudy Sparger).

With a year's experience behindus, and four new teams, anythingcan happen this year. Betty Eiler'sKelly's Girls have basically thesame team as last year and willprobably be good contenders forlst place. Pat Tolefree's Chips, I'msure, will be up at the top with theirspeedy base running. Pam Digby'sBaby Blues are anxious to get theseason, and the partying, started.The last place Rednecks could be alittle tougher this year, since theyhave signed four coaches

Lemp

ForestPark

Lemp

ForestPark

3:45 p.m.4:50 p.m.3:45 p.m.4:50 p.m.

3:45 p.m.4:50 p.m.3:45 p.m.4:50 p.m.

The preseason opener of the 1981

softball season for the AerospaceCenter Kansas City Office recentlystarted off with a bang as the"DMAAC Attnck" soundlv

(Goodrich, Gibson, Wallach,Duncan) from the men's league tohelp the team out. The girls fromCDV (Fool's Gold) might be athreat this year. Rumor has it thatthey have a couple college softballstars on their roster. The SugarPlums, consisting mostly ofPersonnel (PO) girls, have visionsof homeruns dancing in their heads.The Marmaladies were recruitedby Mary Beth Farrar's article inthe Admin Bulletin, looking for'non-serious' ballplayers. TheWined Ups, which is half of theHoneybuns from last year plussome new girls, has Bud Lenngiving them a helping hand thisyear and I suspect they won't befar from the top.

Because of the construction workbeing done at Lyon Park, we willplay two games (3:45 and 4:b0p.m.) at Cherokee Park (Lempand Utah Sts), and two games(3 :45 and 4: 50 p.m. ) at Forest ParkField #12 (by the Jewel Box).

-Terri KramerSchedule for the first two weeks:

May 13

Fool's Gold vs ChipsRednecks vs Kelly's GirlsBaby Blues vs Sugar PlumsMarmaladies vs Wined llPs

May 20

Kelly's Girls vs Baby BluesChips vs MarmaladiesWined Ups vs RednecksSugar Plums vs Fool's Gold

Government Employee Pension Offset

Play It Safe--DontDrink During Pregnancy

shorter in stature than normalbabies, low in birthweight andnever catch up. These childrenmay also suffer from hyperac-tivity, poor body coordination, andftat facial features.

According to Dr. David Ohlms,Medical Consultant to the Division

KCO Softballover the right field fence. Manyspectators were of the opinion thatif the Space Shuttle had been inorbit during the game, it mighthlvrt hnd two snrrvonirn I'rnm

developing fetus can not. Thegreatest threat is in the very earlystages, when the cells that form thebaby's body, limbs and brain aredeveloping. And often it is duringthis time that the woman, notknowing that she is pregnant, isthreatening the developing fetus bydrinkihg alcohol.

It's called the Fetal AlcoholSyndrome, and now ranks as thethird highest (after Down's Syn-drome and spina bifida) in causingbirth defects with associatedmental retardation.

Babies with Fetal AlcoholSyndrome may be mentallyretarded or suffer from poorcoordination or both. They may be

of Aleoholism and Drug Abuse:We can pretty well prove that a

woman who drinks heavily evenone time, in her first month ofpregnancy, places that fetus athigh risk of damage. When shedrinks, the alcohol enters thebloodstream at full strength. Theresultant damage to developingorgans and bones can be serious.

And the sad part is thatthis . . . Fetal Alcohol Syn-drome can be prevented.How? By not drinking alcohol whenpregnant.

--A message from yourEmployee Assislance Off ice

ext. 4848

AIr1r,U'I'!jU IJY 'I'H.bJ 1\IIW LAW.The law exempts cer[ain personsfrom the pension offset provisionprovided they meet two criteria:First, the individual must beeligible to receive - but does notnecessarily have to apply for-aFederal, State or local governmentpension before December 1982.And secondly, the person mustmeet all the requirements forsocial security spouse's or sur-viving spouse's benefits in effect inJanuary 1977 . At that time adivorced woman's marriage musthave lasted at least 20 years ratherthan 10 years, as is the case today;and a husband or widower musthave received at least one-half hissupport from his wife. Because ofthis exception, most women nowapplying for benefits and men whoactually have been dependent ontheir wives are not subject to theoffset.

Except for those protected bylaw. the offset provision meansthat the social security benefits fora spouse or surviving spouse whosegovernment work was not coveredby social security will be reducedby the amount of the governmentpension.

The government pension offsetonly affects the social securitybenefits for a spouse or survivingspouse; it does not apply to socialsecurity retirement or disabilitybenefits based on a person's ownwork, even if he or she alsoreceives a government pension.

Additional information about thegovernment pension offsetprovision can be obtained at anysocial security office.

.'L'lVlAAU Attack" soundlydefeated the University of Missouriat Kansas City (UMKC)Geoscience Team, "The MonkeySpankers" by a score of 12 to 3. TheKansas City Office was the visitingteam as the game was played atUMKC.

Doug Leibbrandt was the win-ning pitcher for the Attack. Mark"Jet Stream" Kemner had fiveRBI's with two towering homeruns

have had two souvenirs fromKemner.

Jeff Goebel had four base hitsand scored twice on hits from MattMilbrodt. Also scoring were.Hensley, Meuller, Willis andDeaton. The co-managers of theAttack team are Karl Meuller andLarry Willis.

-Larry WillisCDKAE

Aerospace Striders DerbySaturday-May 30thJefferson Barracks

M erit Pay / Performa nceReview Board Established

The Aerospace Center MeritPay/Performance Review Boardhas been established with thefollowing membership: Mark M.Macomber, TD, chairman;Thomas O. Seppelin, PP, member;William C. Mahoney, ST, mem-ber; John A. Kristmann, pR,member; Paul B. Morton, CM,member; Richard A. Vierling, pO,member; Gail P. Evans, EO,member; and Jacquelyn M. Parks,PO, coordinator.

The Board is charged with: a)providing oversight of the ACMerit Pay and PerformanceAppraisal Programs to ensure

fairness, consistency andregulatory compliance, b) makingdistribution of merit pay findsbased on procedures contained inthe DMAINST 1432.3, c) serving asthe reviewing authority for cashaward recommendations sub-mitted with merit pay per-formance appraisals, d) makingthe final merit pay determinationwhere two or more performanceevaluations have been completedfor an Aerospace Center employeeduring the appraisal cycle, and e)initiating recommendations forrevisions to the DMA Merit payand Perf ormance AppraisalProgram.

I)oD Establishes NewAsst. Secretary

The Department of Defense hasestablished a new assistant to theSecretary of Defense for Reviewand Oversight, according to anannouncement made recently inWashington, D.C.

The new officer will serve as theprincipal staff advisor for mattersrelated to the combatting of fraud,waste and abuse in DoD programsand operations. In addition, theposition will exercise supervisionover the Defense Audit Service(DAS).

Several transfers of functions tothe new position will take place toaccomplish all actions. Majortransfers were: The responsibilityfor internal audit, contract auditand internal review programoversight and evaluation and audit

follow-up will be transferred fromthe Assistant Secretary ofDefense(Comptroller). This will also in-clude eight manpower spaces andassociated personnel. One man-power space from the DAS will beused for audit follow-up.

Responsibility for criminal in-vestigation policy development,program oversight, and programevaluation, along with one man-power space from the UnderSecretary of Defense (policy) willbe transferred.

Criminal investigation functionscurrently assigned to the DefenseInvestigative Service (DIS), alongwith 100 manpower spaces, andpersonnel will be transferred fromDIS toDAS.

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