Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-05-05
OF Armed Forces
.Now Operative On All Fronts

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sUnification of the. Armed
Forces, despite difficulties, has
made steady progress from the
day of inception to the present.
1T has been necessary on occasion
!. I'd slow down the program in
order to clear certain hurdles. But
H.. has never been necessary to
stop, and today.it can be- report
ed that unification is operative
on all fronts from the PentagD.l
to the Pacific.
Many joint operations have since
been undertaken by the three
services, these include amphibious
training for West Point Cadets and
Naval Academy Midshipmen. This
operation involves all 3 services
and is conducted at Eglin Field
Florida, under Air. Force direction,
and Naval maneuvers off New
f6nndland and in which Air
Force pilots participated by taking
off from and landing on Navy
carriers. ,,
The. Army and the Air Force
participated in Joint Canadian
United States winter training ex-
ercises in. the Yukon and Alaska
during January and February
1880. The United States Army
supplied the Army forces Com
mander, while Canada furnished
the Air Force head.
The Secretary of Defense, act
ing on advice of the Joint Chiefs
of. Staff and the Research and
Development Board, has created
the Weapons Systems Evaluation
Group. This group evaluates pre-
sent or projected systems of at
tack and defense, and keeps in
touch with research groups re-
sponsible for serving more special
lied needs of each military service.
1t coordinates the efforts of all
three, and sees that all are in
formed of new developments.
The services have recently
undertaken construction of facili-
ties, for each other in number
of cases. Examples are construct
ion by the Navy of a storage
building and other, facilities for
the Army at Adak, of the Arried
Forces Staff College at Norfolk,
and of facilities for the Air Force
near Point Barrow, Alaska and
construction by the Army for the
Navy. OF bachelor. officers quart
ersf at Stanley Point in the Philli-
TO get an idea Of how much
CONSULTATIONS and streamlining
operations are saving, the consoli-
dation Of the armed services fire
departments in Hawaii; which has
been ordered by the Commanded
inlChief of the Pacific fleet, will
mean an annual saving Of more
than $213, 900. In addition, all SER
vice police units on, the island of
Oahu, Hawaii, have been unified,
resulting in economics as we'll as
siInplified procedures, e,-sr,s..: -. - q
while. budget has been a prirn-
ary factor, 1t is not the sole con-
sideration of the Department OF
Defense in effecting unification OF
operations. Worldwide air trans
portation of military medical
patients, previously carried large
~ by hospital ships and trains,
has been taken over by the Mill
tary, Air Transport Service.
The Army, Navy and Air Force,
teamed for defense and unified
for. Armed Forces Day, too. This
operation will illustrate on =
small scale that unification Is full
size.
The first Armed Forces. Day
will be celebrated nationally OF,
May Goth except at Wright-P Pat
ters6n AFB, where the traditional
open house" is. scheduled for
Sunday, May 21st. -. = e.sa
The open house, always ell
max to Air Force Day celebration
is slated to be bigger and better
than ever this year as the Air
Force joins the Army, Navy and
civilian groups, such as ROTC
units, and the National Guard,
and with, schools and local in
dustry to present a mammoth ,ex-
hihit on the Flight Line at the
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