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k ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Coast Artillery Journal Fifty-seventh Year of Publication COLONEL W. I. BRADY, Editor MAJOR H. G. WOOD, Associate Editor DR. ANCEL ST. JOHN, Technical Adviser M/Sgt. Fred P. Presnell, Business Manager T/3 Beauford Z. Jones, Cir. Mgr. S/Sgt. Bernice F. Carr, Bookkeeper T/3 Leo. A. Donelon, Order Dept. Clerk The JOURNAL prints articles on subjects of professional and general interest to personnel of all the components of the Coast Artillery Corps in order to stimulate thought and provoke discussion. However, opinions expressed and conclusions drawn in articles are in no sense official. They do not rellect the opinions or conclusions of any official or branch of the War Department. The JOURNAL does not carry paid advertising. The JOURNAL pays for original articles upon publication. Mannscripts should be addressed to the Editor. The JOURNAL is not responsible for manuscripts unaccompanied by return postage. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The United States Coast Artillery Association OFFICERS LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEROY LUTE,S PRESIDENT MAJ. GEN. LYMAN L. LEMNITZER VICE-PRESIDENT COLONEL W. 1.BRADY SBCBBTARY-TBBASUBBR ADDmONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN C. HENAGAN COLONEL CHARLES M. BOYER COLONEL PAUL H. FRENCH COLONEL LEONARD L. DAVIS COLONEL JOE D. MOSS COLONEL JOHN H. MADISON LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAM C. RUSSELL x The purpose of the Association shall be to promote the efficiency of the Coast Artillery Corps by maintaining its standards and traditions, by disseminating professional knowledge, by inspiring greater effort towards the improvement of materiel and methods of training and by fostering mutual understanding, respect and coOperationamong all arms, branches and components of the Regular Army, National Guard, Organized Reserves, and Reserve OfJicers' Training Corps. * *******>I- * * ****************,. * ***********************,.. *,.. *,.. ,.. ml_~llllllllllllllllIImm 1II11111111mllmlllillmlllilimmlllllillmllllllllllilmllllllllili1IIIIIIIIImllllllllllllMIIIIIIIllmllllilliJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIII1111I111111111I11 Meet The New Associate Editor Major H. G. Wood assumed his duties as Associate Editor of the JOURNALon 19 July after completion of graduate work at Columbia University where he received an ]\1.S. in Journalism. Just prior to reporting to the JOURNALfor duty, he also completed the six-week basic Airborne course at Fort Benning, Georgia. Major Wood graduated from the University of \iVashington in 1940 and went on active duty under the Thomason Act on 1 July 1940. He received his Regular Army appointment in the CAC upon completion of this tour in 1941. During World War II, he spent two and one-half years with the Panama Canal Department, part of this time as Executive of an A\V battalion. Upon his return to the United States, he became Editor of Army Talk and Armed Forces Talk, which position he held till his assignment to Columbia University as a student. Major \iVood brings an outstanding journalistic background \vith him to the.JouRNAL and there is little doubt that it will reflect favorably in the JOURNAL. .,. .,. .,. This Issue's Cover .A gun of the 449th AAA AW Battalion in front of the Opera House, Frankfurt, Germany. .,. -f .,. More About Merger of Associations Since publication of the last issue of the JOURNAL, progress has been made with reference to the Infantrv Association's proposal for a merger of the JOURNALSand Associations of the Combat Arms. The main points of discussion now concern the editorial policy of the proposed journal and the constituency of the Executive Council of the proposed association. We reiterate hmNeverthat no action will be taken by the Executive Council until the entire matter has been put to a vote of the membership. .,. .,. .,. F-84 Thunderjets Equipped Rockets With High-Velocity Offensive po\\'er of the U. S. Air Force's Republic f-8~ Thunderjets has been increased considerably by the addition of high-\'elocity aircraft rockets to the normal operational equipment of six .50 caliber machine guns. The seven-ton Thunderjet carries eight 140-pound rod;ets, four under each ""lng. They are mounted in pairs a~ fired individually bv the pilot. The rockets have a Illll-Xl' mum \'elocitv of 1,400 feet a second (more than 950 II1il~ , c~ an hour), and durino- the tests at Aberdeen, "yere pI from an F-8-I-flying a~ speeds ranging up to 500 milesr hour. The pilot was Captain Franklin Rizer, of Air :\;r teriel Command.
1948 NEWS AND COMMENT 51 Quarters Situation at Fort Bliss Officers and noncommissioned officers are cautioned not to take their families upon initial assignment to Fort Bliss unless they are prepared to live in hotels until they can procure permanent accommodations. The criteria for the assignment of family quarters are: first, rank; second, within each grade, the length of time which dependents have lived in EI Paso or environs. Those who have lived in El Paso and environs the longest \\'ill have top priority within their rank group. Quarters are allottedon a percentage basis to each grade from 2d Lieutenant to Colonel, inclusive. Bachelor officersand married officers,unaccompanied by dependents, will be assigned bachelor quarters immediately upon arrival if desired. There will be no differentiation made between personnel (officers and noncommissioned officers) assigned to the staffat Bliss and those assigned to troop duty, as far as the assignmentof quarters on the post is concerned. Considerable storage space for household furniture, crated or uncrated, is available at Fort Bliss. Additional storagefacilities in EI Paso are available. Although not particularly pertinent to this article, ,ve shouldlike to mention that most officersordered to Bliss will be assigned initially to the 34th AAA Brigade or the 5th AAA Group which ,,:ill' senre as pools until permanent assignmentsare made. .,. .,. .,. Members Favor Name Changes . At the last meeting of the Coast Artillery Association Executive Council, it was unanimously agreed that the subject of changing the name of our Association to the "United States Antiaircraft Association" should be put to a roteof the membership. Further, the Council decided to poll all active members ofthe Associationin an effort to determine the most suitable namefor the Branch. Letters ,vere mailed to all active members requesting theiropinions on these two proposals, and a post card was enclosedfor their reply. Approximately 2500 letters were mailed and 1117 replies hadbeen received as of the time we \yent to press. Of all replies received, 1030 favored changing the name of the Association and Branch and 87 opposed change in nameof either. Of the 1030 who favored changing the name, 51 expresseda preference for a name other than "Antiaircraft." The following breakdown lists the various suggestions receivedfor the name of the Branch. The figure in front (1f each suggestion indicates the number of members in faVor of it: 979-Antiaircraft. 20-The Artillery. 8-Antiaircraft Artillerv. 3-AAA and Guided J\lissiles. I-Artillery Corps. I-Ground Air-Defense Corps. I-Counter Air. I-Ground to Air Artillery. I-Coast Air Branch.. l-Ack-Ack. I-Air Defense Artillery. I-The AA and Coast Defense. I-Heavy Artillery andAA. I-Aircraft Destroyer Artillery. l-Antiair or Air Defense. I-Antiairattack. Each individual suggestion including any accompanying letter will be given careful consideration by the Executive Council. .,. .,. .,. Unification and Guided Missiles Prio: to unification, the War Department activities in the field of guided missiles were conducted by the Army Ordnance Department and the Army Air Forces. In order to provide complete coordination of effort \'vithin the War Department, the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, was, in late 1946, assigned responsibility for the entire War Department Program. Under this organization, the Director of Research and Development, War Department General Staff, was the "umpire" of the War Department guided missile program. With the advent of unification, the Research and Deyelopment Board was formally established bv a directive of the Secretary of Defense to carry on the fu~ctions of the ,former Joint Research and Development Board and to operate as the top research and development coordinating agency of the National Military Establishment. The Board was hence charged with the responsibility of monitoring the over-all research and development efforts of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Therefore, effective in early 1948, the responsibility for research and development pertaining to guided missiles for use by the Department of the Army was transferred from the Department of the Air Force to the Department of the Army, with the Research and Development Board assuming responsibility for coordinating the over-all interdepartmental guided missile program. VVithin the Department of the Army, the Chief of Ordnance has been assigned primary cognizance of the Army's efforts in the guided missile field. The Committee on Guided Missiles of the Research and Development Board now functions to coordinate the research and development efforts of the entire National Guided Missile Program and has established panels in all of the major fields of associated activity with membership drawn from particularly qualified military and civilian personnel, each of ,'1:homis outstanding in his own specialized field. All in all, unification of the research and de\'e1opment efforts to provide guided missiles for the Nationall\1ilitary Establishment is being achieved. In this field of endeavor there is developing a highly coordinated, cooperatiye effort at all le,'ek a wide and free exchanve of technical infor- . D mation between the various development projects and an efficient utilization of scientific talent and envineerinu t> facilities. Although no report of actual progress in the guided missile field is possible because of security restrictions. it is known that great advancements in the art have been made and that ne,,,-'achievements are occurring daily at the flight-
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