2D Log G-3 Retires

Vol.XX FORT ORD,CRLIFOW1lfl,FRIDflYJflnUfiRY 29,1960 Ho. 18 DoDSpea/cer FOR ORD PERSONNEL At Theater 3 100% Participation Is The Hon. J. Lewis Powell of Goal in Fund Campaign the Department of Defense spoke to a crowd of some thou- ™i »:3«^fc^,. VK^^M The goal for Fort Ord during the current fund campaign sand officers and NCOs at Fort is 100% participation of every trainee in the field through every Language School, as well as the several hundred civilian em "Progress in Our Diminishing ployes who contribute to the opera-**1 World." tion of the Fort Ord complex. lished through efforts of the Na A graduate mechanical and aero Opened Friday morning by Depu tional Health agencies. nautical engineer> Powell acts as ty Commander for Support Opera It would require a great deal of principal speaker at Defense meet tions, Col C. E. Rowland, the cam space to tell about each of these ings of national importance. He is paign is to seek funds for support of worthwhile efforts; the nearly un a recognized authority in the field nine National Health agencies in rewarding search for cause and of Industrial Mobilization. this country and three programs to treatment of multiple sclerosis, "From the period 1945 to the continue human welfare work in for example, could entail volumes present," Mr. Powell said, "prog foreign lands. Known as the Federal of writing. ress, which was formerly an inch- Service Joint Crusade, the latter sup An activity common to all of the by-inch process has skyrocketed." ports CARE, Radio Free Europe nine agencies, however, is that of He said that 50,000 years of tech and the American-Korean Founda holding symposia from time to time nical progress has occurred within tion. which help doctors and other medi our life time, if we measure today's (The march of dimes is a separate cal personnel keep abreast of the rate of advancement by past stand effort, being supported by direct latest symptom's treatments and ards. , donations to the small canisters to be medicines related to the particular This rapid advancement has re found in offices and messes on Post.) disease. sulted in an avalanche of obsoles A DEMONSTRATION-LECTURE for members of Fort Ord's 2d Log Comd Following the introduction by Col last Saturday described a theoretical landing by a Joint Amphibious Task A startling statistic brought out cence, he said, explaining that Force. From left, Lt. Col. J. R. Einum, USMC, Col G. A. Meidling, Army CE, Rowland, Lt Col Lawrence J. Nel- during Maj Peczenik's discussion stock piles of weapons no longer and Lt Col E. Brinson, USAF, are three members of the tri-service sont Headquarters Commandant and was that nearly J4 of all hospital insure protection because today's Presentation Team from the Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Va. Direct combat Post project officer for the current beds occupied in the USare main wonders will be obsolete tomor support to such an operation would be the mission of an Engineer Amphibi drive, introduced the assistant post tained for patients of some kind of row. ous Support Command. surgeon, Maj Alois Peczenik who mental disorder. He emphasized that technology discussed the work being accomp- He also noted that these volun has no morals, but presents a chal tary health agencies involve the lenge for today's man, i.e. that time and efforts of some 300,000 ". civilized man possesses the 2d Log G-3 Retires New Decals Now men and women of exceptional fundamental, required morals and Available at Ord training and ability, plus more integrity to harness this stampeding Col Dexter K. Griffith, 2d Log Comd G-3, will retire at than a million other volunteer technology for the building of a bet the end of this month. Approximately 4,500 privately workers. ter world." To do this effectively we He began his Army career on October 1930, and has served owned vehicles of Fort Ord have Having realized a very rapid de must preserve peace. with Reserve components and National Guard units as well as been registered and furnished with velopment during the past half cen In his conclusion Mr. Powell said Regular Army. 1960 decals by Vehicle Registration tury, these groups augment the ser "In colonial days the bulwark of our Section thus far. Registration may vices of official agencies for Ameri defense was the minute men. Today He attended the Infantry School, be accomplished by the owner or his can Heart Assn, Nat'1 Assn for we also have minute men, but they Command and General Staff Col authorized representative bringing Mental Health, Multiple Sclerosis carry slide rules instead of blunder lege; Armed Forces school; Ground the vehicle to the Provost Marshal Society, Muscular Dystrophy Assn, busses." Operations school, and USA Man area between 0700 and 1630 on duty Society for Prevention of Blindness, agement school. He also attended days. Cerebral Palsy, Cancer and other Pomona college, Claremont, Calif., Required are two copies of Fort crippling diseases and conditions. Oakland Cadets and USC. Ord form 261 completed, together In closing the address to Fort Ord During World War II, Col Grif with proof of insurance coverage. Keymen, Col Nelson pointed out Visit USATC fith saw action in Tunisia, Sicily, After completing the mechanical that the funds collected in this drive Naples - Foggia, Northern France, inspection at the check lanes, the may be allocated to the specific foun On Training Trip Rhtneland, Algeria, and French Mo signed copies may be taken to the dation of greatest interest to the rocco. He also served in Austria Vehicle Registration office then donor. Such funds not only support The Infantry training facili from 1951 to 1954 and in Korea for issuing of the decals. symposia or conferences and re ties of Fort Ord marked the from 1956 to 1958. Registration and mechanical in search work but are also returned to high light of a recent visit by Prior to being assigned to 2d spection costs $1.10. Two decals are each community where a chapter is Log, Col Griffith was a special as given to replace the 1959 stickers. maintained. On the. Peninsula there Reserve Officer Training Corps sistant to the Corps commander, Hq cadets from high schools of As yet there is no deadline on the are National Health Agencies rep XI Army Corps (Res), St. Louis, new stickers, but last year's will resentatives in Monterey, Carmel Alameda and Oakland. The two Col Dexter Griffith Mo. •& probably become obsolete before the and Salinas. day visit is a part of the cadets' end of February. training program. The new Trainfire system of Succeeds Griffith Representing Alameda High, Fre- marksmanship training was next on Col Henry B. Alexander will suc mont, Castlemont, Oakland Tech the. schedule. Here the cadets ex ceed Col Dexter Griffith as 2d Log and Oakland high schools were 122 amined the pop-up targets and learn Comd G-3 upon Col Griffith's re tirement at the end of this month. cadets between 16 and 18 years old. ed procedures of target detection, Host unit for the first day of Col Alexander attended the In this event, which is to become a firing and scoring. fantry school, Command and Gen yearly visit, was B-l-1, which pro After lunch with C-ll-3, the group eral Staff college and the US Armor vided food and lodgings for the viewed a weapons demonstration at school. He also attended the Vir ginia Polytechnic institute. cadets. Mud Hen lake. Then Capt James Friday's events were introduced He joined the service in 1933. Cecka, 4th Bde, who was escort of to the cadets by Col Pierre D. Boy, During World War II he served in ficer to the group, accompanied the Caribbean from 1941 to 1945. 1st Bde CO. Following the orienta them to post headquarters. Also ac tion, the cadets moved to the gre From 1951 to 1954 he served in the companying the group were their Far East, both in Japan and Korea. nade range, where they observed instructors, Lt Col Robert S. training and demonstrations in the In 1958 he returned to Korea as use of hand grenades, thermite Beightler and Maj R. W. Tiernan, senior advisor to the 9th Republic bombs and smoke grenades. professors of military science and of Korea Division. He was assigned Next stop was the close combat tactics at Alameda and Oakland, to the 2d Log Comd in December. respectively. His decorations and awards in course (see page 4), where the POST PROJECT OFFICER for the current campaign to support National students witnessed a mock attack MSgt James W. Alien of the Oak clude the Legion of Merit and the Health Agencies and Federal Service Joint Crusade is Lt Col Lawrence J. and an assault on "enemy posi land Recruiting station, originated Army Commendation Ribbon with Nelson, Headquarters Commandant, here discussing contributions for March Metal Pendant. of Dimes with Monterey committee members, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Coyle. tions." the tour. PflGE TUUO FORT ORD PANORAMA FRIDflY, JflnUflRV29,1960 Fort Ord Panorama ROA Installation Tommorrow Eye The Fort Ord Panorama is an authorized weekly publication by and for military personnel at GENERAL PROTESTANT SERVICES Fort Ord, California, under the supervision of the Troop Information Division. Address com munication to Fort Ord Panorama, Fort Ord. California. Telephone: Monterey FR 5-1511, 8th St Chapel ___'.___________0900 At Naval School's Copper Room extension 26214. News, features, photographic and art materials are solicited from Post Hospital Chapel (D-14) __________0900 Personnel. 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