RECENT RECRUITS — Standing at attention widdie. Second row, Pvt. 1 Gary V. Marconi,
at the beginning of class are the following re Pvt. El John Michell, Pvt. El Edward F.
cruits of the Kodiak unit: Front row, Pvt. El Brown, Pvt. El Dennis W. Metrokin. Third row,
C. Don Nekeferoff, Pvt. El Jack P. Burckhard, Pvt. El Dell Jackson, Pvt. El David C. Swen
Pvt. E2 Fred F. Zharoff, Pvt. El Robert Din- son, Pvt. El Richard G. Austerman.
BIG GUN SPECIALISTS — Kodiak’s National Guard unit’s fire
power is both formidable and mobile, being mounted aboard ve
hicles. Pictured heer are five of the big gun specialists with the
knowhow to deliver knockout blows from their 106mm Recoliless
rifles: Front row: Pfc. E3 Mitchell Chya (driver); Cpl. E4 Daniel
Valley (squad leader); second row; Cpl. E4 Robert A. King, Cpl. E4
Cecil Chabitnoy, Pfc. E3 E. Raymond McNeil (driver). Sgt. E5
George V. (Corky) McCorkle, squad leader, is not pictured.
SUPPLY — Every item a unit possesses from its biggest weapons
and vehicles down to G.I. buttons must be accounted for by its supply
section. Our Kodiak Guard unit is administered by Supply Sergeant
E6 Reynold Morris, seated, and Assistant Supply Sergeant SP4 E4
Dennis E. Moore.
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ADMINISTRATION — As any
veteran can tell you, any element
of the military necessarily main
tains mountains of files and pa
perwork. Although “Top Kick”
Master Sergeant Frank Pagano
(Kodiak’s camera-shy First Ser
geant) actually runs the unit un
der the orders of Commanding
Officer Lieutenant Ronald M.
Chase, it is Specialist 4th Class
Kenneth R. Dugwyler who keeps
up the flow of the important
and necessary paperwork. Dug
wyler’s task is so important that
he is employed full-time as the
civilian Unit Administrator for
the Kodiak National Guard Unit.
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ARMORER — The man in any unit who must know everything there
is to know about the technical aspects of a unit’s heavy arms is the
Armorer. In our Kodiak National Guard the all-important armorer is
Cpl. E4 Preston Shively pictured here standing beside one of his
106mm rifles. \
81MM MORTAR SQUADS — Expertly trained in use of this weapon
are the above pictured Kodiak Guardsmen: Cpl. E4 Lloyd Fuller
(Squad Leader); and Pfc. E3 Raymond Martin (both kneeling).
Standing, left to right, are SP4 E4 Clayton Copsey, Sjgt. E5 Vern
N. Wood, S/Sgt. E6 Charles Pemberton (Squad Leader), and Pvt.
E2 Ronald Strope (in rear).
less true saying that “An army
travels on its stomach.” In the
case of the Kodiak National
Guard unit it is the job of SP 5
E5 Alvin J. Cohen, 1st cook, to
see to it that our Guardsmen’s
stomachs are well fed. Quite ob
viously a task he enjoys, Sgt.
Cohen is pictured here preparing
his master menu. Gib Munro,
SP4, the other 1st cook is not
pictured.