Activation of new aaa units - Air Defense Artillery

52 THE COAST ARTILLERY JOURNAL July-August
test ranges where these new weapons are emerging from denied active duty because no quotas existed, they are urged
the laboratories and entering phases where military capabili- to resubmit applications, as vacancies in field as 'well a:,
ties can be foreseen. company grades exist in view of the program listed on the
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Priority System For Dependents Modified
It has been determined from The Adjutant General's
Office that permission has been granted the Far East Command
to modify the priority system for the movement of
dependents overseas that was described in the March-April
1948 issue of the JOURNAL.Modifications are now in effect
for The Marianas, Okinawa, and the Philippines. In these
areas personnel with eight months in their current tour
cannot be displaced on the priority list by new arrivals with
more points.
Stay At Bliss Highlights Cadet Tour
The following letter was sent to General Homer by
Colonel Paul D. Harkins, Commandant of Cadets, United
States Military Academy, on the occasion of the recent
visit of the Class of 1949 to Fort Bliss:
Major General John L. Homer
Hqs. AA and GM Branch
The Artillerv School
Fort Bliss, Texas.
Dear General Homer:
On their return from the Combined Arms Trip, Lieutenant
Colonel Tucker and the members of the Class of
1949 were high in their praise of the instruction and entertainment
which had been provided during their stay at
Fort Bliss. It was obvious to all that the details in connection
with the visit had been most carefuIly planned and
coordinated. The consensus of opinion is that the stop at
Fort Bliss was the highlight of the entire trip.
On behalf of the First Class and mvself, I should like to
take this opportunity to express my 'deep appreciation to
vou and the members of vour staff, and General Hart and
11ajor Maldonado in particular, for a most enjoyable and
profitable visit for all concerned.
After two trips, I hope that this type of training has become
sufficiently established that it ,,\'ill continue in the
future and that '"j.'I;emay look forward to bringing the First
Class to Fort Bliss each year to be given the benefit of the
extremely valuable instruction which vou have to offer.
, Sincerely yours,'
sjPaul D. Harkins
t/PADL D. HARKI;'{S
Colonel, Cm:ahv
Commandant of Cadets.
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AAA Officers Needed on Active Duty
\Yith the expansion of AM within the Regular Army
there is a great demand for CAC officersof the Reserve and
National Guard to come on active dut\'".
Age in grade restrictions have recently been raised to 41
years for all company grade and former ADS ,,~arrant 0tE-cers
and 57 years for field officers.
Although'some field grade officersin the past have been
active duty in the last grade held prior to processinv for
. 0
separatIOn.
All officersinterested in applying will be requested to ac.
cept a three-year tour of duty.
Applications should be submitted on DA AGO Form
160. These forms are available at the officesof all ORC and
National Guard Instructors.
Reserve officersshould submit their applications throuoh
their Senior State Instructors who will endorse and fOn\'a~d
them to the Headquarters of the Army Area in which the
applicant resides.
National Guard officers will forward their applications
through their State Adjutants General.
Officers ordered to' active duty will be placed, insofar as
possible, in their proper listing on rosters for overseas sen"
ice along with Regular Army officers or non-regular Army
officersnow on extended active duty.
The following general rules apply:
Officers with less than 12 months foreign service since -:
December 1941 will be eligible and available for duty
abroad.
Officers with 12 months to 24 months overseas since -;
December 1941 may be assigned to the Zone of Interior or
to overseas service at the discretion of the branch concerned.
If, hpwever, the officeris initially assigned for DUTY ,,,ith
a Zone of Interior installation, he will not be eligible for
overseas service for 12 months.
Officers with more than 24 months overseas since 7 De
cember 1941 ,'\-,illbe assigned to the Zone of Interior for
at least 12 months prior to' an overseas assignment ..
In the event of assignment overseas, the mavement 01
dependents will be made in accordance with the priority
system set up by the various overseas commanders. This
system, as explained in the article "Accommodations O,'er'
seas For Dependents" in the March-April 1948 JOUIL"A:'
establishes priority for movement of dependents on a cred):
system. Relative priority is based on the greatest number ot
credits earned at the rate of one point for each month 01
overseas service in previous tours subsequent to 7 Decem~r
1941 and two points for each month of overseas service m
current tours. Months in any tour when dependents were
present will not be counted in establishing credit.
The JOUR...'lAL article quoted in the previous paragraph
states that dependents may accompany military personnel
upon overseas assignment to the American Occupied Zon~
in Europe but at all other foreign service stations, the pOoritv
system "vill be used.
6ffi~ers interested in returning to active duty mav procure
copies of the entire article regarding acco~mocf.1iioIl~
overseas by sending 15f in stamps to the Journal.
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Score One for Our CirqIlation
To THE EDITOR:
Campaign
As of -t June you again solicit my subscription to rh~
COASTARTILLERY JOUlli~AL.Your persistence causes we"
capitulate and l!nder separate ~over I am sending my check