European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday juy Jaf outlines More visible promotion program for pm by Marc Huet is Washington Bureau Washington is the air Force is mov ing ahead with a major improvement in the airmen promotion system in an attempt to give the whole program what it Calls More the new look approved by air Force Secre tary Harold l. Brown is to be Field tested in the alaskan air come shortly before it goes into general use throughout the service hopefully by the end of 1969, or at the latest in 1970. The air Force also Hopes by introducing the new system to see More promotion authority re turned to Squadron commanders and senior non commissioned officers. In aiming for visibility and understanding Theair Force has devised a new test the promotion fitness examination to be Given to All modified specially knowledge test set will be Given to everyone through Grade e6 and supervisory examination to e7s and e8s. Hie of will also use a weighted Factor selection sys tem somewhat similar to the army s new 1,000 Point score for promotions and May even Intima eliminate Board action because officials be Lieve it is becoming unnecessary costly anytime consuming. In addition to these changes airmen who fail for promotion will also receive a new status re port after they go through the selection will show All the scores obtained for each of the factors and the score that was needed during the particular Cycle. With All this information the individual will know exactly Why he failed. The promotion fitness examination Piej a key Point in the system is actually a series of tests in different grades to evaluate individual sin nontechnical skills such As supervision management military Justice and other subjects. Results of the pee and the set and the other factors now used in promotion selection will be included in what the air Force Calls the weighted Factor selection system broken Down As follows Factor maximum speciality knowledge test score. �5promotion fitness exam score. 95time-in-servlce40 time in Grade. Decorations and awards. 25 performance reports. 135board evaluation ,1h total age la 177 115 2518 100% Squadron commanders and senior cos will have greater control of promotions since performance reports represent the largest single item in the selection system. Should promotion Board s a eliminated and air Force personnel officials believe this is highly Likely in limit the Point and percentage figures can easily be adjusted with Otic changing " the system. Weighted factors apart from test scores. A Fol be reached this Way time in Sefy ice Wittl be computed by multiplying the years of by two with a cutoff score equal to 30 years of total Active military Sef Juie time it Grade will be at the rate of one half Point a month up to a maximum total of 25, and will count regardless of the Grade or Branch of ser vice in which they Are earned. Air Force officials also say the airman performance report score will be based on report for the previous five years not to exceed 10 reports. The Board score will be based on review concentrating on items not previously weighted to take in the whole Man concept. Taking a Cue ,. From these pretty girls inf Cal bring youth the billiards Tuble at the Garmisch indoor spurts Center which is located next to the International Grill discotheque. The girls May not be there when you arrive but other indoor sports Are waiting. Like Bowling and Slot car racing. Be something9why not a general Saigon up Frederick Ellis Davison a 50-year-old career Man in the . Army remembered saturday what his grandmother told him when hews a boy Back in Washington . Be something last week Davison was nominated for brigadier general. When the promotion disapproved As it is almost Llali ii Crews keep pm up Haitin Germany special men in the three sections of Hahn s maintenance control Here keep tabs on the Wing s primary resource while programming up to three months in Advance each aircraft s flying and maintenance activities. In the Job control scheduling Section a minute to minute status of each aircraft is kept. The location configuration priority exact status and All people work ing on the aircraft Are continually upgraded. Controlling Al maintenance on the flight line Are four controllers one for a a armament and electronics one for pm another for aerospace ground equipment and the fourth for Victor Alerhand weapons loading. The planning and scheduling Section is where operations an maintenance meet. Crew requirements for flying hours an training must be merged with aircraft maintenance require quire ments. Out of the shop comes a projected schedule of what each aircraft will be doing each Day for months in Advance. Certain to be he will become the third negro to win the stars of a general in the history of the . Armed never mentioned being a general Davi son recalled saturday As he reviewed a Brilliant military career and remembered the Days before he chose the Amyas a Way of life. Col. Davison s father die when he was a baby. His Mother worked and it was grandmother who really As a student at Howard University in Washington in the late 30 a Davison had his plans made for a medical career on of the few Fields that held promising opportunities for negroes then. The War intervened and in1941, Davison was called into service As a member of an Allegro Reserve officers train ing corps Roth unit. In those Days the army was segregated and advancement opportunities for negroes were few. Despite the barriers Davison stayed with the army and today he proudly wears the Silver eagles of a full colonel. He volunteered for action i Vietnam and has been under fire several times. During world War ii Davison was a second lieutenant in the negro 308th infantry regiment and served in Italy. Davison said Black soldiers resented segregated units be cause we did t feel we were Given the True Opportunity to show our capabilities. On the other hand we tried to prove that even under these handicaps the Job could after world War ii Davison was offered a regular army commission and i hoped i could get into an army medical training program and Combine two this dream was denied Davison. Since president Harry desegregated the Mili tary in 1952, Davison said it almost impossible to describe How much an improvement there has been for the negro All the records reflect that when you toss soldiers of Al races into an outfit everybody performs up to the outfit s standards to said from his command Posl on the outskirts of far As i m concerned if 1 person is under my command or supervision then he eito performs or i Lake appropriate measures no matter what a race is Deputy commander of the 199th Light infantry brigade one of the key Mut which held Saigon last Januar and february. Why did lie Volunteer w Vietnam "1 i i contribute in a command capacity. And i feel very heal frit it 1st no 4u a -. A a Floston a Richard car Donal gushing hailed the War time bravery of the late capt. Joseph to o Callahan saturday As an inspiration for All future time at the commissioning exercises for the ship named after the heroic chaplain. Wherever this ship sails Manwill hear retold the Story of one Man s bravery in the face of danger one Man s gift of leadership in a moment of crisis one Man s spirit of sacrifice Fortis fellow men the roman Catholic archbishop of Boston said As the destroyer escort Callahan was commissioned at Boston Navy shipyard. Chaplain o Callahan the Only chaplain in the history of the armed forces to win the medal of Honor was cited for his hero ism when the Carrier us Franklin was bombed into Al most total destruction by Japa Nese aircraft during world War Cardinal Cushing recalling that incident said ". He conducted himself such heroism that his own com manding officer described Hamas the bravest Man i Ever Taw his was the kind of gallantry and selflessness that inspired those about him. To such deeds of heroism that the stricken vessel was finally brought to father o Callahan a Bosto native and a Jesuit priest received the medal from presi Dent Harry s. Truman on Jan. 23, 1046. He retired from the Navy in 1953 and returned to holy Cross College in Worcott. Win a i of Wui Ivkov Iii eleven while being wounded with tar where he died in 1864. His sister sister of Miof the Maryknoll order. Ujj flown from the mar Knou siege in Quezon City pm f "1for the ceremonies. Me sponsor of the ship when � a launched oct. 25, in a w City Mich. ,. The the 3,400-ton ship joins test group of Ocean. Hts built in special1 � latest _ Sei t to submarine warfare the ship will be " by.,i a Ilov cmdr. Robert l a tuve of of i sity
