THE KWAJALEIN HOURGLASS Volume 39, Number 76 Friday, September 24, 1999 U.S
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Kwajalein Hourglass THE KWAJALEIN HOURGLASS Volume 39, Number 76 Friday, September 24, 1999 U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands Team NMD counts down to Oct. 3 IFT-3 By Jim Bennett The EKV sits atop a Lockheed- The folks on Meck enjoy their work. Martin Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV), Never mind that distinguished visi- which launches the payload, or EKV, tors from the states will closely watch into space. Once there, the EKV is the National Missile Defenses Inte- designed to seek out and strike an grated Flight Test-3 on Oct. 3. incoming reentry vehicle. The EKV; The men and women that make the Battle Command, Control and up Team NMD on Meck Island con- Communications Center (BMC3); the sist of 160 engineers, technicians, Ground Based Radar Prototype directors and staff. All simply want (GBR-P); and all the relevant sensors to hit a bullet with a bullet in the make up the National Missile De- Exo. fense (NMD) program. Congress Theres a lot of people with their named it a national priority this sum- hearts in this, said Ron Meyer, mer. Raytheons deputy program manager Were now a deployment pro- for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle gram, said Jim Hill, government (EKV). Meyer and his team of 28 EKV NMD site manager. This (EKV) is the specialists are among them. second prototype. Were trying to test Raytheon built the EKV at the the technology and what we need to companys Tuscon, Ariz., plant and do to deploy it. after a stopover at the Lockheed- The EKV program has already Martin plant in Sunnyvale, Calif., passed two data collection tests, but This Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle is delivered the bullet to Meck late this months shot will mark the first designed to seek out and destroy incoming last month. (See TEAM NMD , page 2) reentry vehicles. (Photo courtesy of Boeing/LSI) Building bridges ... Family Team Building to teach ABCs of military By Peter Rejcek Its a completely different lan- miliar with the military. Hungry? Head to the PDR. Tired? guage, conceded 1st Sgt. Ozell What were looking at, because of Go take a nap at your BQ. Want to Robertson, who is seeking volun- our unique situation out here, is to have a little fun? Check out the UPRC. teers from Kwajalein and Roi-Namur get the civilian personnel more ac- The ABCs of Army life can some- quainted with the military person- times leave the average civilian a nel, so it will get rid of the us versus little dazed and confused. Shouldnt them mentality, Robertson ex- there be a class that spells out the Its a completely“ different plained. A lot of people are afraid to acronyms, or one explaining the dif- communicate with us, or socialize ference between a first sergeant and language. with us. a sergeant major an Army 101 The curriculum, which covers ev- class? Well, there soon may be. erything from military slang to the USAKA/KMR is recruiting indi- ”1st Sgt. Ozell Robertson chain of command, is designed to on military slang viduals who will be instructed in the demystify the military and build basics of military protocol and con- stronger relationships between the cepts to teach others on Kwajalein to teach the Family Team Building military and civilians on Kwaj and Atoll about what to many may seem curriculum. Originally designed for Roi, according to Robertson. He said like a foreign lifestyle, with a lan- spouses of military personnel, Fam- one of the major misconceptions guage that sits uncomfortably on the ily Team Building (FTB) is a program civilian tongue. to make civilian personnel more fa- (See VOLUNTEERS, page 4) Friday Page 2 Kwajalein Hourglass September 24, 1999 Team NMD prepares for IFT-3... (From page 1) team to get together, intercept in the programs history. said Ray Smead, While the test might be called his- Raytheon site lead. toric, the NMD team is truly con- We can go over the ducting business in the fast-lane, whole days events preparing for the test. and we dont have In conducting test and evalua- phones ringing or tion at the NMD level, our team here any interruptions. at Kwaj tends to put more pressure A recent day on ourselves than we receive from started with a 3:30 our bosses in the States. Our goal is a.m. catamaran ride to conduct a flawless test, and we to Meck Island. have just the right people to do it, There, the group dis- said Jerry Cornell, Boeing Lead Sys- persed, each member tems Integrator (LSI) site manager. going to their respec- On the other hand, business in tive workstations and the fast-lane, is a new business as prepared for a simu- (Photo courtesy of Boeing/LSI) the government hands over the task lation of the Oct. 3 Jerry Cornell, Boeing/LSI site manager; Ron Meyer, of management and control of the IFT-3 mission. Each Raytheon deputy program manager for the Exoatmospheric program systems integration to the simulation and Kill Vehicle; Gunter Haussler, Raytheon flight test lead; and LSI. more will follow as the Michael Bright, Lockheed-Martin site manager, stand in Boeing/LSI serves as the NMD test date nears of- “the clean room” with the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle. organization that integrates the com- fers different chal- bined efforts of all the organizations lenges and problem situations or off- is ready to board the catamaran for involved in the NMD program, in- nominals, as the test team refers to the ride home. cluding the Army, Raytheon, them. And we get up and do it again the Lockheed-Martin, TRW and Teledyne Come mission day, its show time next day, Meyer said. Brown. and there wont be much that can Team NMDs normal duty day on The biggest challenge is bringing happen that this team wont have Meck is from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and all the elements together as one prepared for, Cornell said. mission preparation tends to bring team, Cornell said. Each element is Each simulation and test is fol- on much longer hours. Many on Meck a recognized leader in its field. lowed by a series of self-evaluations will maintain a seven-day work week The result is multiple coordina- and analyses of the simulated data until Oct. 3, and then, as Cornell tion meetings, many conducted on collected. By around 5 p.m., the group said, Its show time. the 60-minute catamaran ride to and from Meck each day. Attention Rongelap and Utrik communities on Its a perfect time for the NMD test Ebeye The Kwajalein Hourglass Bill Jackson of the Department of Energy (DOE) will visit the following islands in accordance with the schedule shown below to meet with DOE patients on their Commanding Officer.....................Col. Gary K. McMillen Public Affairs Officer..............................Preston Lockridge experience with the conduct and operation of DOE’s current medical program. Editor............................................................Pat Cataldo Ebeye — Sept. 24-26 Associate Editor...........................Jim Bennett, Peter Rejcek Mejatto — Sept. 26-27 Feature Writers...................................Barbara Johnson .........................................................................Bob Fore He will also be available to answer questions and meet individually with interested ...............................................................Liz Omalyev patients at these designated times: Classified, Sports, TV ............................................Dan Adler Ebeye Hospital, Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Circulation Manager.................................Bobby Lamug Sr. Mejatto Schoolhouse, Sunday, 7 p.m. The Hourglass is named for the insignia of the If you have any questions, please call Stephan Notarianni, DOE coordinator, Kwajalein, U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division, which liberated the island from the forces of Imperial Japan on Feb 51899. 4, 1944. The Kwajalein Hourglass is an authorized Army newspaper published by the Commander, Kojela USAKA/KMR, under provisions of AR360-81. It is Bill Jackson jen office eo an Department of Energy (DOE) enaj lo tok ailin kein ba kaki prepared by a Raytheon Range Systems Engineering ekkar nan lajrak in schedule in ilal, bwe en maron kwelok ibben dri-naninmij ro an DOE editorial staff under contract DASG60-94-C-0067, ikijien ta ko im emoj aer jela im melele kaki ikijien makitkit im wonake ko an program in printed on an offset press, and distributed Tuesdays and Fridays to a circulation of 2,500 military per- takto eo ekel an DOE. sonnel, federal employees, contractor workers, and Ebeye — Sept. 24-26 their families assigned to the command. The views Mejatto — Sept. 26-27 and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Department of the Army. Enaj emonono in uuak jabdrewot kajitok ko im kwelok ibben jabdrewot kaijojo ian dri- Mail should be addressed to: Hourglass, P. O. naninmij ro rekonan ilo awa kein ba kaki: Box 23, APO AP 96555. Phone: Autovon 254-3539; Ebeye Hospital, Saturday, 5:30 p.m. local 53539. All classified ads and notices must be Mejatto Schoolhouse, Sunday, 7 p.m. submitted by noon Friday for Tuesday’s publication and noon Wednesday for Friday's publication. Ne eor kajjitok jouij im kebak Stephan Notarianni, Kwajalein, 51899. Friday September 24, 1999 Kwajalein Hourglass Page 3 Coast Guard cutter refurbishes Kwaj’s navigation aids Story and photos by Bob Fore One of the newest ships in the U.S. Coast Guards fleet arrived at Kwajalein Sept. 14 to undertake the annual inspections and refurbish- ment of Kwajaleins maritime naviga- tion aids. The United States Coast Guard cutter (USCGC) Walnut replaced the USCGC Sassafras, which was origi- nally scheduled to conduct the in- spections, but was required for other duties. The Walnut brought with it the Coast Guards only portable test plat- form for the Differential Global Posi- tioning System (DGPS), which is used in the placement of navigation aids in parts of the U.S.