ltlew Chief ForSpecial Security Office

Maj. Woods E. Gray, U.S. Army,has reported to the AerospaceCenter for assignment as chief ofthe Special Security Office, replac-ing Maj. Herbert Drezins. He cameto the Center from the Defense In-telligence Agency in Washington,D.C. where he was Inspector Gen-eral.

Maj. Gray began his Army careerin October 1968 and it has included12 months of service in Vietnam.He holds a BS degree in agriculturefrom Northeast Louisiana Univ. inMonroe, La., and a MBA in businessfrom the University of Utah at SaltLake City, Utah.

Maj. Gray is a native of Olla,Louisiana, and is an ordained

Deacon of the Southern BaptistChurch. He is married and hasthree children

The transfer of the DMA IAGSHeadquarters from Panama to SanAntonio, Texas has opened up manyjob opportunities for people in themapping business. There are nowvacancies in Panama, Venezuelaand other Latin American coun-tries, as well as in San Antonio.

Geodesists, geophysicists andcartographers who like to travelshould look into some of the posi-tions available in San Antonio.These particular jobs, which rangein grade from GS-7 to GS-12, callfor extensive travel in LatinAmerica. Managerial personnel arealso needed for headquarters. Vac-ancies include the chiefs of SurveysBranch, Data Collection ServicesBranch and Plans and OperationsDivision. The grades for these posi-tions are GS-13 or GS-14.

There is an opening for a projectchief in Venezuela. This calls forinterdisciplinary qualifications

with an emphasis on mapping,charting and geodesy programmanagement. Proficiency in theSpanish language is necessary forthis position. The grade is GS-13plus a housing allowance of $18,000and a cost of living allowance from$2,100 annually. Other positions av-ailable in Latin America are forcartographers proficient in thestate of the art in automated carto-graphy. These jobs are graded atGS-11. and GS-12.

In Panama where the Carto-graphic School is still functioning,instructors are needed in carto-graphy, geodesy and photo-grammetry. Computer specialistsand analysts are also required.Non-instructional positions alsoexist here for cartographers andphotogrammetrists for course andcurriculum development. Highlyqualified candidates will be thosewho have skills and knowledge in

the latest technology since thetransfer of technology is the mis-sion of the school. Knowledge of theSpanish language is not necessaryfor most positions although it ishighly desirable for instructors. Allthe above positions have a full per-formance level at NM-12 (NM is thelocal equivalent of GS). Each willalso carry an additional tropical dif-ferential of l57o of the base pay.Candidates will be accepted atgrades 9, LL or 1.2.

For further information aboutany of these positions, WilliamRhinehart may be contacted at theDMA IAGS Liaison Office, c,zoDMA Hydrographic,zTopographicCenter, 6500 Brookes Lane,Washington, D.C. 20315, Phone202-227-25L6 or Autovon 287-2517.Applicants may also call the IAGSPersonnel Officer, Carlos Baca, inPanama at 8S4857, or write him atDrawer 934, APO Miami 34004.

DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER

Vol. XXII, No. 14 July 4, 1980

DMA IAGS HQs MoveOpen Up Job Opportunities

"The Federal Government, noless than any other employer in theUnited States, owes its employeesand their families a secure con-tinuity in the legitimate expecta-tions they have earned concerningtheir income in retirement or in theevent of disability or death," he ad-ded. "This is an obligation to whichI am completely committed."

The HEW Universal Social Sec-urity Study Group report neitheradvocates nor opposes coverage ofFederal ernployees. It presents in-formation about the Civil Service

President to PreserveRetirement Benefits

President Carter has announcedhis commitment to protect therights of Federal employees co-vered by the Civil Service Retire-ment System. "I would entertain noproposal that would reduce the be-nefits of persons already retired oremployees eligible to retire. Norwould I entertain any proposals thatdo not assure the earned benefits ofthose who are now covered by theCivil Service Retirement System"the President stated.

The President's remarks respondto Federal employee concerns over Subdivision ltlamesake Flies-ln

Improvements* July.* Katydids contradict each other.* The sun burns away the grass it coaxed up just a few months ago.* Vacationers inch along melting asphalt.* Birds are too hot to fly after even the most tempting bug.* And another anniversary is added to American democracy.* It's hard to imagine what it must have been like for those first Ameri-

cans. /* No annual vacations - they were too busy fighting a war.* No shorts or halter tops - they wore homespun cotton. Many did go

barefoot, but not by choice.* No hot dogs or barbecues - they ate dried beef and moldy biscuits - if

they were available.* Their fireworks were the real thing.* No air conditioning, sunglasses or swimming pools.* But what they did have was valuable enough to them to fight for. Moldy

bread or bare feet didn't matter. They were fighting for freedom.* They sweat through the summer and froze through the winter to make a

reality of a dream called the Declaration of Independence.* In the centuries since, we've cooled our homes and improved our food.

Americans have invented a lot to enrich or simplify their lives.* But one thing has been handed down unchanged.* We can never improve on freedom.

It was a normal Monday at workfor Gordon Lawrence, an illustratorin the Graphics Design Branch ofthe Scientific Data Department.And, it was a normal ride homefrom his office at the AerospaceCenter to Creve Coeur. But whenGordon arrived at home and wentoutside to check his garden, thingswere not normal.

While in his garden, Gordonnoticed that the robins, who havenests nearby, were making a lot ofnoise, indicating something mayhave been stolen out of their nests.When Gordon looked around, henoticed a hawk perched on the gut-tering attached to his house.

For fear that the hawk may harmthe robins, Gordon tried to shoot thehawk down with a slingshot. Afterabout 20 attempts and still no luck,he was about to give up when thehawk decided to do some attackingof his own. The hawk circled Gor-don about two times, but did not at-tack.

system rnto the social security sys-tem, which covers approximately9OVo of all American workers. Theproposal is the subject of a reporton universal social security cover-age recently released by the Sec-retary of Health, Education andWelfare (Department name has re-cently changed) after a two yearstudy ordered by the Congress.

"I would insist that the CivilService Retirement System con-tinue to operate as a separate,independently-funded system. TheCivil Service Retirement Fund willnot be merged into Social Securityand the money in the fund mustcontinue to be used exclusively topay benefits to Federal employees,retirees, and their survivors," thePresident pledged.

discusses possible implications ofcontinuing Federal employees out-side Social Security as well as im-plications associated with changingthe relationship between the twosystems.

Mr. Carter observed that the re-port demands careful and deliber-ate study, and noted that his Ad-ministration would, "Iook forwardto complete and thorough consulta-tion on the issues identified in thereport with Federal employees, an-nuitants and their representatives.You may be assured that this Ad-ministration will reach no conclu-sion on the need for legislation untilthere has been a thorough andbroad-based debate of alterna-tives," he promised.

For Surprise Visit

o'It stmck me then that maybe hewas just hungry," said Gordon, "soI got some food and he came downand fed out of my hand." Since thattime, which has been a little overthree weeks ago, the hawk hasstayed around the Lawrence homeeven though it is not caged.

Gordon did a little research andfound that the bird is a female spar-row hawk and will grow to about 12inches from beak to tail and have a1.6 or 1.8 inch wing span when fullgrown. He has been feeding it can-ned dog food because he once had apet crow and it grew well whilefeeding on dog food.

"I think somebody may haveraised the hawk and then let hergo," said Gordon, "so she doesn't

Gordon Lawrence, SDRG, offers some canned dog food to hisnewly acquired friend, a female sirarrow hawk. (Photo taken byGordon's wife, Trudy Lawrence.)

know how to fend for herself yet.Put my wife and I are feeding herless each day to encourage thehawk to search for her own food.Sparrow hawks feed on insects andsmall mice," he said.

Gordon said he would like to keepthe bird for his own ego, but doesn'tthink it would be good for the bird."If there is anything good that hascome from this, it is that peopleshouldn't be so ready to kill some-thing that they don't understand,"he said.

There is one thing a little uncannyabout this incident, in the fact thatthe hawk came to Gordon's houseand stays without being caged -because Gordon lives in SparrowHawk subdivision!

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Garto Class Grads

Recent graduates of cartographic training Class 80-F are: Firstrow, left to right: Patrick J. Corkery, University of Missouri, Col-umbia; Liesa J. Manbeck, University of Missouri, Columbia; SusanD. Gates, Illinois State University; Dewey E. Strobel, NorthwestMissouri State University; David J. Dermody, Southern IllinoisUniversity; Theodore F. Roberts, BA University of Wisconson, MAUniversity of Wisconsin; Yim C. Loo, Florida State University.Second row, left to right: Curtis A. Nungesser, Southern IllinoisUniversity; Michael J. Kuhnline, Parks College, St. Louis Univer-sity; John F. Havecker, BS Concordia Teachers College, MS NewMexico Highlands University; Thaddeus L. Johnston, Stephen F.Austin State University; Frank F. Bereitschaft, Washington Uni-versity, St. Inuis; Gregory L. Price, Southern Illinois University;John A. Gillihan, Sr., Southwest Missouri State University.

On Jun. 12, the Guided Musclesmade like Popeye in a spinach fac-tory and flexed their muscles in thedefeat of the Cougars L2-6. DarylHoegeman, Mark Beckman andTim Blumfelder all had home runsand Al Freund supplied the defen-sive highlights that afternoon.

The Panthers had a relativelyeasy outing by downing the DeaconBlues 2G4. Chester Lewis combinedgood hitting and pitching in theteam's victorious effort.

On Jun. 18, the Twins beat theDeacon Blues in a high scoringgame 2&1.6.

The Rogues stepped on the scarcehitting Buffalo Chips by the scoreof 1$3. Mike Lewis' hitting and agrand slam by Bob Jones were toomuch for the dried up Chips.

Ray Scott and Bill Covington ledthe Misfits to a I7-7 triumph overGuided Muscles.

DMAAC Men's SoftballA generally good defense and hit-

ting by Mike Pohlers and Stan Allenenabled the Thunderbirds to thun-der down over the Cougars 1&4 de-spite a home run by Moe Kaiser ofthe Cougars.

Also that night, the Pantherswalked over the Wombats 12-1 withtimely hitting by George Truss.

The Master Batters edged theWonies 5-3 in a good game. Bothteams played well but the hitting ofDan Svaboda and Jack Crawfordhelped the Batters in their master-ful struggle.

On Jun. 19, the Recaps rolled overthe Mustangs by downing them2&4. Don Duncan, Tom Berra andFred Widitz all came through withsome strong sticks to contribute tothe triumph.

That same night in a highly touted

game, the Tavern threw out theJakes by the score of 18-8. JimQuick being back in action andHerb Baker acting as catalyst werethe sparks of victory for theTavern.

Jun. 25 was a night with a lot ofaction. The Tavern started thingswith a 1G0 win over the Thunder-birds behind the power of SteveWallach and the fine play of a re'turned Kevin Springer.

The Panthers then defeated theMaster Batters 1G14 despite the ef-fort of Jack Crawford who hit threehome runs, one of which was agrand slam.

The final game at Lyon Parkended in a 12-1.2 tie between theDeacon Blues and the Cougars withthe Deacons coming out from behind in the final inning to tie thegame.

The action at Berra Park beganwith a LGO game also. The Mus-tangs rode the 3 for 3 hitting of TomHaas over the scoreless Wombats.

Rob Bryant powered the Roguesin defeating the Guided Muscles bYa score of 1$5.

The final game of the night endedin a l7-2vrctorry for the Recaps overthe Jakes. The Recaps'Jim Barthhad three home runs and TonYRandazzo had a good game withthree hits. The showdown betweenthe Recaps and Tavern continues toshape up as the Jul. 24 game datenears.

-Bill James & Joe Maghe

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RANDOLPH BOYKIN,FEMA$ retired from the Aero-space Center on Jw.27. He had ac-cumulated 32 years of Federal ser-vice, with 27 years, L0 months at theCenter.

Boykin began his military careerwhen he entered the U.S. Army inMarch L943 at Camp Selby, Miss.He served overseas in the Rhine-land and Central Europe with the

Pacific Theatres of Operation. HeIater flew 62 round trips over theHump ferrying gas to China fromIndia. In 1946 he was with the testcrews on the C-74 flying fromMiami to Panama Air Depot. Healso served in Japan during the Korean War, spent 4 years in Alaskaand retired from HQ Strategic AirCommand in July 1961.

He started work at the Aerospace

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was a sewing machine operatormaking overseas caps for thetroops. He was discharged fromservice in May 1946 and beganwork with the U.S. Public HealthHospital in Kirkwood, Mo.

He transferred to the Aero-nautical Chart and InformationCenter in August 1952 as a clericalcustodian. In 1963 he was assignedas a boiler plant equipmentmechanic in the Directorate ofFacilities Engineering, the positionhe held at retirement. Boykin is amember of VFW Post 2910.

Boykin's retirement plans in-clude "continual work in my churchas a literature evangelist, de-monstrating health books, Bibleparticipation in the Central UnionConference in Kansas City, Mo.,and a visit with my 93 year oldfather in California."

LOUIS M. STEWART,ADDPC, retired on Jun. 27 with38years, 1.0 months Federal service,spending 17 years, 7 months of thattime at the Aerospace Center.

Stewart began his military careerin September L940 when he enteredthe U.S. Air Force. During WWII heserved with the Foreign FerryCommand, ferrying bombers to alltheatres of operation, including theNorth and South Atlantic and

then worked as a compiler in theAeronautical Information Depart-ment frorn 1965 to 1977. At the timeof his retirement he was an aero-nautical inforrnation specialist inAD,

"I am retiring to the countrywhere there is fresh air. I plan onhaving a garden, doing some fishingand hunting, and just relaxing,"said Stewart.

Other June retirements for whichno background information wasprovided the Orientor include:

DAVID C. ROSS,LOSMR, who retired Jun. 13 with35 years, 9 months Federal service,spending 3L years, 2 months at theAerospace Center. He was a ware-house foreman at the time of hisretirement.

PAUL E. PINKERTON,ADDPB, left the Center for re-tirement on Jun. 27 with 36 years, 5months Federal service. He spent1.2 years and 10 months at theCenter and was an aeronautical in-formation specialist at the time ofhis retirement.

NAFOI-EON WILLIAMS, SSAretired on Jun. 27 . He had 29 years,5 months Federal sen/ice, spending1.2 years,9 months at the AerospaceCenter. He was a cartographicclerk when he retired.

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Richard H. Hawkins was selectedas security policeman for the monthof May. This is the second time inless than one year that Hawkins hasdistinguished himself from amonghis peers by being chosen for thishonor.

"Hawkins, who works the mid-night shift, is becoming well-knownfor his courteous and professionalattifude, neat appearance and willingness to offer assistance to coworkers and other AerospaceCenter employees," stated securityofficials.

The ORIENTOR is an officialnewspaper, published bi-weekly onFriday by and for the personnelof the Defense Mapping AgencyAerospace Center, at St. Louis,Missouri, as authorized by DoDlnstruction 512O.4, Opinions ex-pressed herein do not necessarilyrepresent those of the DoD.

Col. Robert C. BurnsDirector

David L" BlackChief, Public Affairs Off ice

Edi tor

Nancy BrannonAsst. Edito.

over t}te Baby Blues with good de-fense by Sharon Hertel, hitting byCarol Greco and two home runssupplied by Martha Hovis. TheHoney Buns got another win by defeating the Rednecks t1-3. PatCaola was the star of the game.Over at kmp the Chips defeatedSunkiss 1G6. Super good game forRubbie Heron, Doris Pettway andAlice Allen.

the Kelly Girls 7-1.. Coach PennyMiller stated that everyone on theteam just played terrific. Goodtight defense and super hitting gavethe Kelly Girls their first defeat.However, over at Lemp the Red-necks got their first big V by defeating the Baby Blues 12-10. Fan-tastic plays were made by DianaHandte at shortstop and good hit-ting by Ginny Kraemer.

Thanks again to our faithfuJ um-On Jun. 25, the Superstars had a pires - John Seybert, Rex McSpad-

few upsets. In the first game the den, Herb Baker, Larry White, De-Chips got another win by their 12-6 nnis Shannon, Scott Gibson, Stevevictory over the Honey Buns. Stars Wallace, Tom Berra and Mark Fel-of the game were Jodie Doerer, Ier.pitcher - Pat Tolefree, Nomia -Temi Kramer

Standings As Of June 25

ChipsKelly GirlsSunkissHoney BunsRednecksBaby Blues

The schedule for the next two weeks:

July 93:SOLyon #2 Chips vs Rednecks4235 Lyon #2 Kelly Girls vs Honey Buns3:45 Iemp Baby Blues vs Sunkiss

July 16Sunkiss vs RednecksBaby Blues vs Honey BunsChips vs Kelly Girls

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conduct a personal conferenceperiod during the Center inspectionto be held Jul.7-1.1..

The conference periods will beJul. 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 1.1.:00 a.m. atthe South Annex in Building 89004,

training room 3 and from 1:00 p.m.to 3:00 p.m. at 2nd Street in the 5Bconference room located in Build-ing 36.

DMA Inspector General, Col.Edgar Snowden, USA, will conductthe conference periods.

New AGU OfficersThe Metropolitan St. Louis

Branch of the American Geo-physical Union (AGU) recently helda joint meeting with the AmericanMeteorological Society (AMS) atthe Officers Club of Scott AFB. Themeeting consisted of an exchangeof officers for both the AGU andAMS.

The new officers for the AGU forthe term of July 198GJune 1982 are:

Gerald L. Breville, secretary;Donald F. Lingle, treasurer; Dr.Charles R. Chubb, president elect;and Dr. Luman E. Wilcox, presi-dent.

Speaker for the evening was Col,George Madison, USAF, who gavean excellent slide presentation on,"The Care and Feeding of a UserFriendly Computer."Page 4 Orientor July 4, 1980