March 14, 1986 Generosity in giving books earns gratitude of library Marian Harwell, a photographer (u.bo- ratory) in the Photo Lab Services Branch of the Teclmical Information Department, was honored recenlly for the contributions that she has made to the Center library. On hehalf of the library, Steve Sanders, head, TID, presented Ms. Harwell with a plaque that notes the Center's appreciation to her "For contributing to the pleasures and knowledges of others through your years of book donations to the Center Ubrary." Elizaheth Babcock, head of the Library Division, and Elizaheth Shanteler, who heads the Center library, said that Ms. Harwell has heen presenting large numhers of books since 1970. When Ms. Harwell has known that there would he a great demand for books that she buys through either of the two book clubs to which she helongs, she has often given the book to the library even before she herself has had a chance to read it, and has put her name on the reserve list for that book. Ms. Harwell, obviously surprised and pleased by the presentation that took place at an all-hands meeting of the TID Photographic Division, said that by giving books she was able to share her pleasure in reading with others. Cambridge Buskers play here Tues. NEXNews All who celebrate being Irish (and others who aren't but like to celebrate) can save lots of "green" by getting their St. Patrick's Day party goods, cards and gifts at the Navy Exchange retail store. The big day in March 17. Concertgoers who attend the next pro- duction sponsored by the IWV Concert Association will he entertained by the music of 33 flutes, piccolos, recorder~. ocarina and tonettes as weU as an aecor· dian that mi~ht possibly have cost $10. The concert will take place at the Center Theater on Tuesday starting at 7:30 p.m. and will feature The Cambridge Buskers, their musical expertise and their zany wit. Buskers are street musicians. Michael Copley and Dag Ingram hegan their musical careers trying to earn enough money by playing in the London underground stations to get hack to Cam- bridge. Their music (with their own ar- rangements to "leave out the boring bits") and their presentations drew enough atten- tion so that they became professional musicians. They've played the concerthalls of the world, and have had hit records made for the prestigious Deutsche Gram- mophon recording label. Single performance tickets are priced al $6 for general admission and $4 for people over 63, under 21, and full-time enlisted military personnel. They can be purchased in Ridgecrest at The Music Man, Medical Arts Pharmacy, the Art Buffet, and Maturango Museum. After single event tickets have been sold out, a standby list will be taken at 375-5600. Season ticket-holders who do not plan to use their tickets are asked to release their tickets for resale by telephoning 375-5600 as soon as possible. In addition to the Tuesday evening per- formance, the Cambridge Buskers will present a student program at Monroe Junior High School on the same day, once at 9:45 a.m. and the second time at 10:10 a.m. There is no charge for the student program since it is provided as an educa- tional service of the IWVCA, made possible by donations to the Student Education Fund. Volunteers sought for Health Fair Expo Volunteers are needed to help at the Health Fair Expo scheduled for April 19th at Drwnmond Medical Group and Ridge- crest Conununity Hospital. Not only are people with medical backgrounds needed, non-medical peopiC' are also needed to act as spotters; give directions and information; help with traf- fic, crowd control, registration and tabula- tions; and people who can help record height and weight measurements. People are also needed to help the medical per· sonnel with the paper work for the varioul: tesUngs. >'or legal and insurance purposes, all hunteers will be classified as Red Cross Volunteers. This classification mandates a minimwn of one hour training. This train· ing will be geared to inform the volunteers what is exected of them before the Fair Expo. It will also help eliminate unneces· sary confusion and allow a smooth flow 01 IWV TV Booster needs help Help from "olunteers is being sought by the IWV TV Booster operations team to in- stall three new ladders on the B-Mountain facility tower. The work party is scheduled for 9a.m. tomorrow. Operations team leader Mike Cash be- lieves that the installation will take from 6 to 8 hours, and that six volunteers ""ll be needed who don't mind climbing and work- ing in high places. Anyone interested is asked to telephone the Booster-Phone. 446- 71'!2, and leave name and phone number so Peak Max Min Gust Precip Fri. 80 47 27 knots Sat. 64 51 39 knots 0.07 in. Sun. 64 42 28 knots Mon. !is 43 27 knots 0.03 in. Tut's. 68 42 21 knots Wed. 65 41 32 knots Thurs. !is 34 23 knots trace All measurements are made at Armitage Airfield. that Cash can call back. Other work parties are planned during the spring months, so anyone who finds tomorrow inconvenient but wishes to vol· unteer for future work should also tele- phone the Booster-Phone to volunteer. Information about the IWV TV Booster and the organization will be presented at a lunch meeting of the China Lake chapter of IEEE, which will be held at the Commis- sioned Officers' Mess on Wednesday al 11 :30a.m. Reservations are not required. Membership nite at COM Mar. 21 The Conunissioned Officers' Mess invites authorized patrons and guests to "Membership Night" scheduled for March 21. The buffet style dinner, featuring back- ed Cornish game hens, rice pilaf, mixed vegetables and a salad bar, will be served from 6to 9 p.m. for only $3 per membership number and $10 for each additional meal. The band " Legends" will perform from 8 , p.m. until midnight for dancing and listen- ing pleasure. Reservations are required by March 19. / Any person interested in lending a help- ing hand, even if only for an hour or two, should contact Gary Staab, Volunteer Supervisor, at 446-4571 or contact the Education office at 446-3551, ext. 372. For more infonnation or to answer ques· tions concerning the Health Fair Expo, contact Floyd Forrand, Site Coordinator at 446-3551. EIJIitJ . . . . .e..." • Dual 'up The public is cordially invited to the ce- ramic show sponsored annually by the Desert Ceramic Club tomorrow from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Senior Citizen Center located at 125 S.VVarner. ; The show's theme this year is '''Ya Ta Hey", with a special category called " American Indian." Ceramic door prizes, made and donated by members of the club, will be available. +++ The CountrylWestern, Country/Rock hand "California Southern" will be playing at the Chief Petty Officers' Club tonight from 8:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. A prime rib dinner will be featured from 5 to 9 p.m. Reservations are not required. +++ The Enlisted Mess invites authorized patrons and guests to enjoy the top 40 rock music by the band " Afterwards" from 9 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. tonight. Easter goods are also now arriving regu- larly so anyone who'd like to get a head start on that all-important Easter shopping can find hargains galore. To help those Easter shoppers, there'll be a "Super Sunday" sale next weekend - March 23 - from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the NEX. Early bird specials from 10 a.m. until noon will really be something to cluck over, but lots of really good buys will be left for those who can't get in until afternoon. The Commissary store will also celebrate "Super Sunday" from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. that same day. Savings on assorted Commissary items will be from 25 to 50 percent. Now's the time to stuck up and save a lot of money while doing so. The Navy Exchange Auto Center can now order Michelen tires along with Firestone and Good Year. FRIDAY. SUNDAY, MONDAY MARCH 14, 16, 17 " ENEMY MINE" Starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gosset Jr. (Drama, ratec:! PG·13. 108 min.) SATURDAY MARCH t5 " BREAKING All THE RULES" Starring Carl Marotte and Thor Bishopric !Comedy, rated R, 89 min.) WEDNESDAY MARCH 19 " PUMPING IRON II, THE WOMEN" Starring Bey FranCiS and Rachel MClish (Sports·Documentary. rated PG. 106 min.) FRIDAY MARCH 21 ~SWEET DREAMS" Starring Jessica lange and Ed Harris (Music·Biography, rated PG·13, 115min.) Matinee I 2 pm Evening J 7 pm '''G' All ALES AO"HHD P~·."'.' C." ,I.'''' r S"_"r,' * U.S. Goyer""'en! Prlnlin9 O'Ioc,, : 1966 No.2O().f6 TO: PLACE STAMP HERE Battle damage repair classes offered at NWC Since early last year, the Naval Weapons Center (NWC) has been the lead teclmical activity for the U.s. Navy's Aircraft Battle Damage Repair (ABDR) program. The program was authorized by the Chief of Naval OperatiQns in October 1984 to allow sustained sortie generation during combat operations with the use of repair techniques designed for rapid turnaround of aircraft. Application of ABDR teclmiques should permit rapid, temporary repairs to allow evacuation of damaged aircraft to shore facilities when extensive repairs are nec- essary. In February of 1985, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAfR) designated NWC to lead the teclmical effort for ABDR research and development. Later in 1985, NAVAfR selected NWC as the site for a Navy Air- craft Battle Damage Repair School. The Center was chosen because of the availability of stricken aircraft at Weapons Survivability Laboratory of NWC's Fuze and Sensors Department's Survivability and Lethality Divisions to be used as train- ingaids. The Navy's position has been to train personnel to do ABDR work on realistic hattle damage. Trainees should know what real threat-induced damage looks like and be trained to cope with it as opposed to training on damage simulated by fire axes or other artificial means. Only actual ballistic penetrators can provide the depth of damage expected in comhat, and provide realistic training for Navy personnel. NWC's program for the Navy is still in its infancy, but is hased on experience gained by the Air Force's program for severai years. The Air Force's approach to ABDR was evaluated by the Navy prior to establishment of NWC's course offerings. The review covered spares provisioning, analysis methods, tool requirements, kit designs and teaching methods. Much of the Air Force's material and experience was directly applicable to Navy needs, but many areas required mOOified approaches to meet aircraft carrier opera- tional environment and Marine aviation needs. Afour-class pilot program was conducted at NWC between July and October of last year. Qualified Air Force instructors tauRht the first two sessions and qualified Navy instructors to teach the final two classes of 1985. After employees of Naval Air Rework Facilities (NARF) at North Island, Calif. and Pensacola, Fla. were trained, Navy in- structors taught classes for enlisted per- sonnel from the USS Saratoga and USS Forrestal. Training included 10 days of classroom and hands-.m repairs for teclmi- cians and 10 more days for damage .ssessor training. Two A-7A aircraft were (Continued on Page 5) WORKING MARINES - Teaching fleet personnel how to repair bailie damaged aircraft is the goal of the Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Program at NWC_ Using stricken aircraft at the Weapons Survivability Labora- tory, Marines from Marine Air Wing One recently completed the month-long course. Maxwell, Foremaster presented unique TO Award for their FIA-18 support Vandewalle is top sailor Burrell W. Hays, NWC Technical Direc- tor, made a "first of a kind" Technical Director's Award presentation at the Commander's Meeting last Monday morn- ing- an award that involved personnel from two separate departments, with the heads of th()se two departments joining in writing one letter of nomination. Receiving the awards were Melvin D. Foremaster from the F/A-18 Weapons Support Facility in the Aircraft Weapons Integration Department and Darrell Max- well from the Avionics Branch of the Elec- tronic Warfare Department. They were nominated for their outstan- ding contributions to the F/A-1B Aircraft Electronic Warfare Integration Program and for preparing FIA-18 squadrons for their first carrier deployment. Hays said that F/A·lSs were delivered to the operational squadrons without a func- tional Electronic Warfare (EW) suite, but that headquarters had directed the aircraft should have both EW and HARM launch capability for their first deployment. The direction was received in early 1984 and the first deployment was scheduled for Febru- ary 1985. "Only an establishment like China Lake could possibly have met the requirement," he continued, "and here it took the dedicated work of these two men and the team they gathered to accomplish the needed result." The work was completed by November 1984 in time for an operational evaluation by VX-5 before the deployment. In early January 1985, NWC was given the task of installing, testing and certifying two com- pleted squadrons with the EW and HARM (Continued on Page 3) INTERDEPARTMENTAL AWARD - Burrell Hays, Center Technical Director, and Capt. K_ A. Dickerson, NWC Commander, flank the two latest recipients of the Technical Director's Award, Darrell Maxwell from the Electronic Warfare Department, and Mel Foremaster from the Aircraft Weapons Integration Department. MS2 Peter Vandewalle's outstanding contributions to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five (VX-5) and the China Lake community brought him 1986 Bluejacket of the Year honors from the Indian Wells Valley Council of the Navy League. Aveteran of nearly seven years active Navy service, Vandewalle was one of eight China Lake sailors competing for the Navy League honor. He was joined in seeking the top sailor honor by YN2 Guy Wellington, AE3 John Linford and PH3 Greg Hogan from VX-5. From NWC, AC1 Tina Evans, PRJ Harvey Hartman, AD2 German Ydrovo and AE3 Marty Chilton were Sailors of the Quarter for 1985, earning them the right to compete for this prestigious a\··nrd. Capt. K. A. Dickerson, NWC Com- mander, said he " looked forward to recognizing and honoring enlisted per· sonnel ... the backbone of the Navy." The Skipper also noted today's sailors are "professional, aggressive and well educated. We can count on them and I 'lave confidence in them." The eight finalists, noted Capt. A. M. Phillips, VX-5 Commanding Officer, represent a great output of the country. He also said he wanted to thank the Navy League, on behalf of the active (Continued on Page 5) , OCR Text: March 14, 1986 Generosity in giving books earns gratitude of library Marian Harwell, a photographer (u.bo- ratory) in the Photo Lab Services Branch of the Teclmical Information Department, was honored recenlly for the contributions that she has made to the Center library. On hehalf of the library, Steve Sanders, head, TID, presented Ms. Harwell with a plaque that notes the Center's appreciation to her "For contributing to the pleasures and knowledges of others through your years of book donations to the Center Ubrary." Elizaheth Babcock, head of the Library Division, and Elizaheth Shanteler, who heads the Center library, said that Ms. Harwell has heen presenting large numhers of books since 1970. When Ms. Harwell has known that there would he a great demand for books that she buys through either of the two book clubs to which she helongs, she has often given the book to the library even before she herself has had a chance to read it, and has put her name on the reserve list for that book. Ms. Harwell, obviously surprised and pleased by the presentation that took place at an all-hands meeting of the TID Photographic Division, said that by giving books she was able to share her pleasure in reading with others. Cambridge Buskers play here Tues. NEXNews All who celebrate being Irish (and others who aren't but like to celebrate) can save lots of "green" by getting their St. Patrick's Day party goods, cards and gifts at the Navy Exchange retail store. The big day in March 17. Concertgoers who attend the next pro- duction sponsored by the IWV Concert Association will he entertained by the music of 33 flutes, piccolos, recorder~. ocarina and tonettes as weU as an aecor· dian that mi~ht possibly have cost $10. The concert will take place at the Center Theater on Tuesday starting at 7:30 p.m. and will feature The Cambridge Buskers, their musical expertise and their zany wit. Buskers are street musicians. Michael Copley and Dag Ingram hegan their musical careers trying to earn enough money by playing in the London underground stations to get hack to Cam- bridge. Their music (with their own ar- rangements to "leave out the boring bits") and their presentations drew enough atten- tion so that they became professional musicians. They've played the concerthalls of the world, and have had hit records made for the prestigious Deutsche Gram- mophon recording label. Single performance tickets are priced al $6 for general admission and $4 for people over 63, under 21, and full-time enlisted military personnel. They can be purchased in Ridgecrest at The Music Man, Medical Arts Pharmacy, the Art Buffet, and Maturango Museum. After single event tickets have been sold out, a standby list will be taken at 375-5600. Season ticket-holders who do not plan to use their tickets are asked to release their tickets for resale by telephoning 375-5600 as soon as possible. In addition to the Tuesday evening per- formance, the Cambridge Buskers will present a student program at Monroe Junior High School on the same day, once at 9:45 a.m. and the second time at 10:10 a.m. There is no charge for the student program since it is provided as an educa- tional service of the IWVCA, made possible by donations to the Student Education Fund. Volunteers sought for Health Fair Expo Volunteers are needed to help at the Health Fair Expo scheduled for April 19th at Drwnmond Medical Group and Ridge- crest Conununity Hospital. Not only are people with medical backgrounds needed, non-medical peopiC' are also needed to act as spotters; give directions and information; help with traf- fic, crowd control, registration and tabula- tions; and people who can help record height and weight measurements. People are also needed to help the medical per· sonnel with the paper work for the varioul: tesUngs. >'or legal and insurance purposes, all hunteers will be classified as Red Cross Volunteers. This classification mandates a minimwn of one hour training. This train· ing will be geared to inform the volunteers what is exected of them before the Fair Expo. It will also help eliminate unneces· sary confusion and allow a smooth flow 01 IWV TV Booster needs help Help from "olunteers is being sought by the IWV TV Booster operations team to in- stall three new ladders on the B-Mountain facility tower. The work party is scheduled for 9a.m. tomorrow. Operations team leader Mike Cash be- lieves that the installation will take from 6 to 8 hours, and that six volunteers ""ll be needed who don't mind climbing and work- ing in high places. Anyone interested is asked to telephone the Booster-Phone. 446- 71'!2, and leave name and phone number so Peak Max Min Gust Precip Fri. 80 47 27 knots Sat. 64 51 39 knots 0.07 in. Sun. 64 42 28 knots Mon. !is 43 27 knots 0.03 in. Tut's. 68 42 21 knots Wed. 65 41 32 knots Thurs. !is 34 23 knots trace All measurements are made at Armitage Airfield. that Cash can call back. Other work parties are planned during the spring months, so anyone who finds tomorrow inconvenient but wishes to vol· unteer for future work should also tele- phone the Booster-Phone to volunteer. Information about the IWV TV Booster and the organization will be presented at a lunch meeting of the China Lake chapter of IEEE, which will be held at the Commis- sioned Officers' Mess on Wednesday al 11 :30a.m. Reservations are not required. Membership nite at COM Mar. 21 The Conunissioned Officers' Mess invites authorized patrons and guests to "Membership Night" scheduled for March 21. The buffet style dinner, featuring back- ed Cornish game hens, rice pilaf, mixed vegetables and a salad bar, will be served from 6to 9 p.m. for only $3 per membership number and $10 for each additional meal. The band " Legends" will perform from 8 , p.m. until midnight for dancing and listen- ing pleasure. Reservations are required by March 19. / Any person interested in lending a help- ing hand, even if only for an hour or two, should contact Gary Staab, Volunteer Supervisor, at 446-4571 or contact the Education office at 446-3551, ext. 372. For more infonnation or to answer ques· tions concerning the Health Fair Expo, contact Floyd Forrand, Site Coordinator at 446-3551. EIJIitJ . . . . .e..." • Dual 'up The public is cordially invited to the ce- ramic show sponsored annually by the Desert Ceramic Club tomorrow from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Senior Citizen Center located at 125 S.VVarner. ; The show's theme this year is '''Ya Ta Hey", with a special category called " American Indian." Ceramic door prizes, made and donated by members of the club, will be available. The CountrylWestern, Country/Rock hand "California Southern" will be playing at the Chief Petty Officers' Club tonight from 8:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. A prime rib dinner will be featured from 5 to 9 p.m. Reservations are not required. The Enlisted Mess invites authorized patrons and guests to enjoy the top 40 rock music by the band " Afterwards" from 9 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. tonight. Easter goods are also now arriving regu- larly so anyone who'd like to get a head start on that all-important Easter shopping can find hargains galore. To help those Easter shoppers, there'll be a "Super Sunday" sale next weekend - March 23 - from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the NEX. Early bird specials from 10 a.m. until noon will really be something to cluck over, but lots of really good buys will be left for those who can't get in until afternoon. The Commissary store will also celebrate "Super Sunday" from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. that same day. Savings on assorted Commissary items will be from 25 to 50 percent. Now's the time to stuck up and save a lot of money while doing so. The Navy Exchange Auto Center can now order Michelen tires along with Firestone and Good Year. FRIDAY. SUNDAY, MONDAY MARCH 14, 16, 17 " ENEMY MINE" Starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gosset Jr. (Drama, ratec:! PG·13. 108 min.) SATURDAY MARCH t5 " BREAKING All THE RULES" Starring Carl Marotte and Thor Bishopric !Comedy, rated R, 89 min.) WEDNESDAY MARCH 19 " PUMPING IRON II, THE WOMEN" Starring Bey FranCiS and Rachel MClish (Sports·Documentary. rated PG. 106 min.) FRIDAY MARCH 21 ~SWEET DREAMS" Starring Jessica lange and Ed Harris (Music·Biography, rated PG·13, 115min.) Matinee I 2 pm Evening J 7 pm '''G' All ALES AO"HHD P~·."'.' C." ,I.'''' r S"_"r,' * U.S. Goyer""'en! Prlnlin9 O'Ioc,, : 1966 No.2O().f6 TO: PLACE STAMP HERE Battle damage repair classes offered at NWC Since early last year, the Naval Weapons Center (NWC) has been the lead teclmical activity for the U.s. Navy's Aircraft Battle Damage Repair (ABDR) program. The program was authorized by the Chief of Naval OperatiQns in October 1984 to allow sustained sortie generation during combat operations with the use of repair techniques designed for rapid turnaround of aircraft. Application of ABDR teclmiques should permit rapid, temporary repairs to allow evacuation of damaged aircraft to shore facilities when extensive repairs are nec- essary. In February of 1985, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAfR) designated NWC to lead the teclmical effort for ABDR research and development. Later in 1985, NAVAfR selected NWC as the site for a Navy Air- craft Battle Damage Repair School. The Center was chosen because of the availability of stricken aircraft at Weapons Survivability Laboratory of NWC's Fuze and Sensors Department's Survivability and Lethality Divisions to be used as train- ingaids. The Navy's position has been to train personnel to do ABDR work on realistic hattle damage. Trainees should know what real threat-induced damage looks like and be trained to cope with it as opposed to training on damage simulated by fire axes or other artificial means. Only actual ballistic penetrators can provide the depth of damage expected in comhat, and provide realistic training for Navy personnel. NWC's program for the Navy is still in its infancy, but is hased on experience gained by the Air Force's program for severai years. The Air Force's approach to ABDR was evaluated by the Navy prior to establishment of NWC's course offerings. The review covered spares provisioning, analysis methods, tool requirements, kit designs and teaching methods. Much of the Air Force's material and experience was directly applicable to Navy needs, but many areas required mOOified approaches to meet aircraft carrier opera- tional environment and Marine aviation needs. Afour-class pilot program was conducted at NWC between July and October of last year. Qualified Air Force instructors tauRht the first two sessions and qualified Navy instructors to teach the final two classes of 1985. After employees of Naval Air Rework Facilities (NARF) at North Island, Calif. and Pensacola, Fla. were trained, Navy in- structors taught classes for enlisted per- sonnel from the USS Saratoga and USS Forrestal. Training included 10 days of classroom and hands-.m repairs for teclmi- cians and 10 more days for damage .ssessor training. Two A-7A aircraft were (Continued on Page 5) WORKING MARINES - Teaching fleet personnel how to repair bailie damaged aircraft is the goal of the Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Program at NWC_ Using stricken aircraft at the Weapons Survivability Labora- tory, Marines from Marine Air Wing One recently completed the month-long course. Maxwell, Foremaster presented unique TO Award for their FIA-18 support Vandewalle is top sailor Burrell W. Hays, NWC Technical Direc- tor, made a "first of a kind" Technical Director's Award presentation at the Commander's Meeting last Monday morn- ing- an award that involved personnel from two separate departments, with the heads of th()se two departments joining in writing one letter of nomination. Receiving the awards were Melvin D. Foremaster from the F/A-18 Weapons Support Facility in the Aircraft Weapons Integration Department and Darrell Max- well from the Avionics Branch of the Elec- tronic Warfare Department. They were nominated for their outstan- ding contributions to the F/A-1B Aircraft Electronic Warfare Integration Program and for preparing FIA-18 squadrons for their first carrier deployment. Hays said that F/A·lSs were delivered to the operational squadrons without a func- tional Electronic Warfare (EW) suite, but that headquarters had directed the aircraft should have both EW and HARM launch capability for their first deployment. The direction was received in early 1984 and the first deployment was scheduled for Febru- ary 1985. "Only an establishment like China Lake could possibly have met the requirement," he continued, "and here it took the dedicated work of these two men and the team they gathered to accomplish the needed result." The work was completed by November 1984 in time for an operational evaluation by VX-5 before the deployment. In early January 1985, NWC was given the task of installing, testing and certifying two com- pleted squadrons with the EW and HARM (Continued on Page 3) INTERDEPARTMENTAL AWARD - Burrell Hays, Center Technical Director, and Capt. K_ A. Dickerson, NWC Commander, flank the two latest recipients of the Technical Director's Award, Darrell Maxwell from the Electronic Warfare Department, and Mel Foremaster from the Aircraft Weapons Integration Department. MS2 Peter Vandewalle's outstanding contributions to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five (VX-5) and the China Lake community brought him 1986 Bluejacket of the Year honors from the Indian Wells Valley Council of the Navy League. Aveteran of nearly seven years active Navy service, Vandewalle was one of eight China Lake sailors competing for the Navy League honor. He was joined in seeking the top sailor honor by YN2 Guy Wellington, AE3 John Linford and PH3 Greg Hogan from VX-5. From NWC, AC1 Tina Evans, PRJ Harvey Hartman, AD2 German Ydrovo and AE3 Marty Chilton were Sailors of the Quarter for 1985, earning them the right to compete for this prestigious a\··nrd. Capt. K. A. Dickerson, NWC Com- mander, said he " looked forward to recognizing and honoring enlisted per· sonnel ... the backbone of the Navy." The Skipper also noted today's sailors are "professional, aggressive and well educated. We can count on them and I 'lave confidence in them." The eight finalists, noted Capt. A. M. Phillips, VX-5 Commanding Officer, represent a great output of the country. He also said he wanted to thank the Navy League, on behalf of the active (Continued on Page 5) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1980s,Rocketeer 1986,Rktr3.14.1986.pdf,Rktr3.14.1986.pdf Page 1, Rktr3.14.1986.pdf Page 1