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154th TACTICAL FIQ TER G UP VOL 22 No 4 A RIL 1977

FACT 'I

The National Guard Association, the Air Force Association, the sociationof the U.S. Army, the Marine Corps Officers Rese e Association, the Navy Lea e,the Naval Reserve Association, an d the Reser e Officers Associ t on, ..c bined forces to develop and s rongly support a ard an d Rese e rec itingan d retention package for early consideration by the Congress< The package isc tposed of two parts, one part being a d aft bill o provide educationalassistance to non-prior service personnel, d the other part to providere-enlis ment bonuses for prior ser ice personnel

The criti ality of the ur ent Guard an d Reserve strength situation akesit essential,t

hat effective action be taken im edia ely to find solutions to thatproblem. The Ar National Gua d strength dropped about 30,000 men in 1975an d 1 76. The Air National ( a d dropped about 2,000 in that same period.

The Selective Re-enlistment Bonus Bille e ect ve e-e stment nus ill is designed to pay a bonus to a dsmen

and Reservists (or fo er active me bers) wit a designated skill who re-enlistin designated units The selectivity of the bonus program is determined by thedesi nation of skills and units in which bonuses will be paid. The selectivebonus provides for $300 per year total payment to personnel with less than 12years service. Payment will be front lo ded, one-half upon enlist ent an d thebal ce in yearly installm nts The three year enlistee would get $450 onre-enlistment and $150 a year for three years afterward, for a total of $900.The six-year re-enlistee would get $900 down and $150 per year for the followisix years, for a total of $1800. Guard and Reserve personnel would have tore-enlist during the final 90 days of service on their urrent enlist ent. Theformer regular, whose active service and training,may make h a desirableaccession, would be allowed to enlist for a bonus in a Reserve Cam onent at a ytime during the six months following his honorable discharge f a active duty.

The Educational Assistan ce Bille tr ng to stem t e ow of qualified personnel fr n units with a

selective re-enlistment bonus, the Associations also proposed an incentive which_ would attract desirable young men an d wanen without prior se ice to enlist in

the G ard an d Reserve The sociation proposal for ducational assist cew uld provide Federal payment of up to one-half of the costs of tuition, boo

ksan d fees (not to exceed $500 per year or $2,000 for a full four year baccalau eatedegree o its equivalent),

(con 't on next pa e)

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( COn ' t

The educational ass stan ce is not only available to college students,bu

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OUld also apply to those who wan ted to enter technical o vocational schools.R du r ;11 l f r . ent i n t o t he p r ogr am a r e app l i c ab l e t o non -p r i o r e r v i c cc ri r ar s on l y- a ld h i g h s c h oo l g r adu a t e s ( or t ho s e wi t h i n 180 day s o g r adu a t i on)

.Enl stees must apply for the p ogram at the time they enlist in a Selected

Reser e un t, an d must agree to automatically ex end their enlistment two moreears,

for a otal of eight years.It is open only to those who enlist after

t}c irst d y o t e month following the date that the bill is accepted forcons deration in the Congress.If you de ire to write Congress in s pport of these t o measures, callLt Col.

James Lota at HQ 154th.Lt.

Col.Lota has the names of key congress-

men d their addresses

Q E C NDIDATE VISITS 154th TFG

Sgt . Ren ee J urld t , 19 57t h Co l .Gr oup ' s c d i da t e f or t h i s ye a r ' s Sp r i ng

Fest val, ill be in the group area today , pr notin ticket sales for the a -nual Hickam Youth Spring Festival to be held next mon h

.Sgt.

J.dt, along

t h h c r c mp a i gn m n agc r , SRA Ka r en Map p i n , a be au t y i n he r o r .gh t ,

i 11 bee s c or t e d by Iv gt Way e S ma of t he Gnd

. Co . Sec t i on . Ot he r c and i da e s m.i gh t

also come around ,hut Ren e's got'em all beat!!

a couplc of poems by AlC Louise Sharpe--

AI R TION L GUARD Y . RS SUPPLY

h en I ' m A man Ba s i c ,The p e op l e of Supp l y a r e s o l appy and

I'11 laugh d i'17 play ; they help you from morn i till end oI ' 11 s t .n OI nc r u cl c h

.t t e r a ay .Th e i r wo r k ' s n eve r don e ,bu t hey al ays have f un ,h en i 'm A rma , j us t de i ve r i ng t o t he s ]Ir _;,s ,

my t udi e s w l l pa ; t he i r pr i or t l ones .g od sk lls nd good kno,ledg They're never lazy,w I I ave my wa but t hey ' r e wi t h d qui i:,

just helping each shop,'hen I ' m a Se r gean t , when t hey ' r e i n uch a .i : .

I ' I l r ake my t ] ought say ,They wor k t oget her , h n cl- i n -h ,

I wish I had someone to stay with today.d then, on the doub ,

pr oce ss al l your dem ls .But, when I'm Officer,

They're fast and they're ccurate,a l l gr o up and f r c e , an d t hi s i s so t r ue ,I'll look hack on m traini.ng

d ys and say ,for they 'll hurry to deliver,

i s n ' t i t onde r f u l h a t ba s i c t r a i n i ng c a do you r p r i or i t y t wo .to a bas trainee ,

They 're always so husy,but yet o s

who ca vonder away in this ide an d promising that's why Supply is hard to beat.Air National Guard of to ay ! They're a winning teanl,d it's not just a dream,for when you say Supply,

you can bet they're a t n!

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iNEW CHALLENGES AHE D FOR FIRST FEM LE

IN NG s t C M SQUADRON ENGIN SHOP

An unlikely place for a woman you might s y? Not for AB Mamo McCallumwho became the first female to work as a jet mechanic in the 154th CAMSquadron Engine Shop. According to Mamo she feels right at home there.She had past experience with engines, in making minor repairs on her car.She was introduced to the ANG by Sgt Alfredo Canopin and he recommendedshe go into jet mechanics, "because at that time I was undecided as to whatfield I wanted to go into", she said. She went through Basic MilitaryTraining at Lackland AFB, Texas and departed there on 27 OCT 76 with greatanticipation towards her next assignment, Jet Mech School at Chanute AFB,Ill. She said, "that after adapting to th s new situation (bootcamp Ha Ha:)she realized how important teamwork was". On 31 JAN 77 she graduated fromschooland was ready to come back to sunny Hawaii.

to experience greaterchallenges working as a jet mechanic.Mamo graduated from Maryknoll High School and is employed full time atthe Cinerama Reef Hotel. Her extra-curricular activities include body surfingand volleyball to name a few. "I am currently learning from my experiencesin the ANG and have not regretted coming in", she said. Asked if she wouldrecommend the Guard to her friends she said, "YES". We want to say welcomeand mahalo to Mamo.

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The MAC Technical Advisor to the 199th Weather Flight MSgt WilliamCofield Jr., demonstrates FPS-103 weather radar operation to TSg Blane K.Tsugawa and SSgt Ronald M. Sonoda through use of a mock-up.

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