ALCOM: .IDEAS ■
H3hat* would you do if you were' the Commander in Chief, Alaska, and were faced
with the.necessity for devising a way in which Alaska could contribute more to
our national defense? ' ‘ "■:
This double - barreled question is the one ALGOMfs Ideas Group'has decided to
present to all members'' of the command and its components during October and
November. - • • .
Anyone is eligible to come up with ideas, plans or proposals which might range
from "enlarging the military forces within the area by expanding the Navy re
serve program" to "flying a platoon of infantry from Fairbanks to Berlin over
the pole with the forty-nine star flag."
All ideas on the subject will be given thorough study by committee .members*
Tc> make it easy to express ycur theories, they will accept them in any written
from or format. (A form has been provided in this issue of the ADAK SUN)
Letters should be addressed to: Secretary, ALCOM Ideas Group, Hq Alaskan
Command, ELmeniorf. AFB, Alaska. _ ‘
There need not be a direct relationship between, the thought and. the theme,, so
theories which are based On civil, social, economic, political or ecucational
implications may have valuable military implications * The'’important point i3 how
will it contribute more to national defense?
Ideas need npt be complete. & staff study ish*t expected. No matter how com
•• p&ex or simple an entry may be, experts can be found to work out the details
for you.-. ■
But after putting your idea on paper, you can assist those who will study it,
) by adding a postscript in which, you include a simple explanation of hew you be
lieve your idea can be helpful.
Because the ALCOM Ideas Development Program is organized on a permanent basis,
new themes demanding solutions will be presented to command members from -time
to time. Every soldier, sailor, airman, marine, dependent and civil service
employee may offer his ideas for solving them.
Skilled assistance in the art of arriving at solution will be offered in each
componet at a later date. .r ■
Jt will come from graduates of a class in creative thinking which was conduc
ted at Elmendorf AFB under'ALCQM auspices. .
Their instructor was Mr. Joseph G.. Mason, Jr*, one of the nation *s outstanding
authorities on the subject. ..." ‘