{/UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TRAINING :-'~6
PROGRAM by STATON, PN2 *
0 The command has received CINCPACFLT
NOTICE 1510 which pertains to the Under-"
water Demolition Training Program* It is.
not necessary to stress the importance --
of this program at this time. Candidates
for this program are selected from both*
Officer and Enlisted Personnel, Personnel
selected are from volunteers who success
fully complete the Underwater Demolition
Training Course conducted by Commander^
Amphibious Training Command, U. S. Pacif
ic Fleets. & c' 3
The UDT Training Course of seventeen **
weeks duration is normally conducted twice
annually, commencing in March or August,J
This course is intentionally designed to,?
ensure that only those candidates posses
sing the highest qualities of endurance °
aggressiveness and ability are assigned,°0
to UDT duties, a ■ — o
Past experience in conducting the
UDT Training Course indicates that many*"
candidates apply for UDT duty without '7
tully realizing that sincere motivation,??
nard work and personal sacrifice are re-*
quired to successfully complete the inst
ruction, Just as rigorous training is*
necessary to ensure future safety; motiv
ation, hard work and sacrifice are indis
pensable in the training process. * J
UDT Training Course attrition consist
ently has been over 60%. This is too4'
high, representing a great waste of man-?
power and effort. Records and interviews
indicate that nearly 70% of the failures*
are due to insufficient motivation and^
unwillingness to deliver the effort re
quired. Over 30% of tho failures are due
to medical or psychological deficiencies,
some of which could have been detectedo
during medical screening. Overlapping 9 A
these percentages are about 5% disenroll
ments due to family pressure and about 5<r
per cent who applied for the course in7
order to have a permanent transfer effect
ed. Those receiving waivers for age or^
for low GOT universally fail the course,
Those personnel who are interested in,J
the program should contact STATON, PN2*
in the Military Personnel Office as soon,4'
as possible. Reauests must be approved*
by EPDOPAC & COMPHIBTRAPAC before assign
ment 'thus requests should be made in suff
icient time for approval before convening
OVER TIE FENCE (Continued)
Y/e wish to bid farewell to the follow
ing who will be leaving Adak this weeks
CALDWELL, DUMTNSKE, KRUEGER, LAWRENCE,
R£GAM, SEVOLD, SIMMONS, SMITH, BURCH,
HILSCHER, POOL, HAMILTON, WSILGOSZ, J,
C* SMITH, RICHTER, KITCH, ANTWINE, HART,
TREOL\, MICHAELSON, THOMASSON, SCHELL,:
JONES, Mr * and Mrs. GLOSTHR, DEGRAY,
LANDRY, WOODMAN, KLHIKAMP, and SCHOENING,
. Keep the calls coming to Dana at 043-J .
and Diana at 044-J,
DANA and DIANA
MUSKIE (Continuod )
ours, when it dawned on me that they did
live in times much like today*sc
I wondered how many men came to George
Washington on New Years Day in 1770, a-^^
Valley Forge and said,/’Haopy Now Year,
it may be our last." Or a little over a
month later, still at Valley Forge with
the supplies running lower and no sign
of the end of the war in sight, whether
Washington, as he.celebrated his 54th
birthday, stopped to wonder if he would
ever celebrate his 55th. Our nation was
engaged in a revolution of its own then.
We were a little band of states, fightinc
for independence against the powerful
British empire. Our chances for survival
must have looked mighty slim indeed,but,
survive wo did.
Less than a 100 years later wo were in
civil war. It was one week before Abra-^^
ham Lincoln celebrated his 52nd birthda^P
and one month before he took office.as
president of the United States, in 1861,
that the Confederate States of America
were formed and 'merica became engaged
in the bloodiest and most- tragic war in
history with neighbor against neighbor,
brother against brother and father agairr
son. The war raged for four years and
the union stood and the nation came thru
the war to grow stronger and more power
ful than ever.
Yes, the world is pretty messed up to
day, but the world has been pretty moss
ed up all through its history and has mar
aged to survive. . I think that if Wash
ington and Lincoln were alive today they
would face up to the situation as all of
us- - must, as members of the Armed Forces
of our country.
Keep Smilin, Muskie
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