Page Eight
IGI A LL AGES AOM ITTEO
I PG ) ,l.ll AGES ADMI TTED
P,..,," '.' G..,".nff to Sandquist Spa is located on
Inyokern Road five miles west of the main
gate of the Naval Weapons Center. A two-
mile road north COMects the Spa to the
highway.
March 14, 1980
Commissioned Officers' Mess
st. Patrick's Day, wbich falls on Monday,
will be celebrated on Saturday evening at
another gala Membership Night fete at the
Commissioned OffIcers' Mess.
Dinner special of the evening will be
corned beef and cabbage, which will be
served from 6:30to 9 o'clock. There also will
be live mtl';ic for the listening and dancing
pleasure of COM patrons and their guests
from 8 until midnight. Price of the dinner
and dance is $4 for COM members and their
spouses, and $5 for guests.
Name of the musical group that will be
playing for this Membership Night event
wasn't known at press time for this week's
ROCKETEER.
Reservations for tomorrow night's st.
Patrick's Day dinner and dance at the COM
can still be made this afternoon by calling
446-2549.
Two special dinners are scheduled at the
COM next week. They are a barbecue night
on Tuesday and Italian night on Thursday,
March 20. Dinner will be served from 5 to 9
o'clock each evening.
Chief Petty Officers' Club
Tickets are now on sale at the Chief Petty
OffIcers' Club for the upcoming CPO
Military Ball on Saturday, March 29.
A prime rib diMer with wine will be
served at 7 p.m. and Sonora del Mar, the
11th Naval District ~iece dance combo,
will provide musical entertainment.
Attire for this evening is semi-formal and
reservations, which can be made by calling
NWC en. 3633, are a must.
Tonight at the CPO Club, Country Ex-
press, a rock and country-style music group
from the Los Angeles area, will be playing
from 9 o'clock until I a.m.
Before the music stsrts, the CPO Club
dining staff. invites members and guests to
enjoy diMer from a menu featuring prime
rib of beef or Iceleandic cod that will be
served from 6 to 9 p.m.
Enlisted Mess
A contemporary rock music group from
the"Los Angeles area, known as the Good
Time Band, has been booked for en-
tertainment tonight from 9until I:30 p.m. at
the Enlisted Mess.
Prior to this evening's dance at the EM,
the dining room will be open from 6 to 8:30
p.m . Special entree on the menu will be a
seafood plate with lobster.
Ceramic show slated
on Sunday, Monday
at Community Center
Everyone in the community is invited to
attend the 32nd annual ceramic show, wbich
will be held in the Community Center on
Sunday from 3to 7p.m. and Monday from 10
a.m. until 7 p.m .
Between 90 and 100 Ceramic Club
members usually compete in the free show;
tropbies and ribbons will be awarded, and
the public may vote for the "best of show"
award.
A demonstration of pouring technique is
planned on Sunday, and club members will
be on hand to answer questions that visitors
may have about other ceramic techniques
and skills. Ceramic objects made by club
members will also be on sale both days.
'*u.s.Government Printing OHice:
1980 No 10\1
-
From :
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
To:
,
I
•
•
Wild burro
roundup will
begin next week
Aroundup of wild burros in a 200 sq. mile
area of the Naval Weapons Center located
north, south and west of ArmItage Airfield
will begin nen week.
The Bakersfield District of the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has agreed to
round up the burros from an area in wbich
they are creating hazards that could lead to
I serious accident should one of these
animaJs wander onto the Center airfield
runways during an aircraft takeoff or
landing.
In recent weeks, there have been vehicle
accidents on Inyokern Rd. caused by burros
that have strayed onto the highway.
Interim Measure
Capt. William B. Haff, NWC Commander,
has approved this emergency plan, wbich is
an interim measure designed to alleviate a
current burro problem in the vicinity of
ArmItage Airfield. It is complementary to a
fuJI environmental impact statement and
long range management plan that is being
developed because of the concerns of Navy
officials with respect to the large nwnber of
urros on all of the Center's ranges.
A nwnber of burros are year-round
inhabitants of the flat, iMer range 8 ·a of
NWC where the roundup will be conducted.
Recently, however, the onset of cold
weather in the uplands coupled with the
availability of water from heavy rains that
has formed ponds in many lowland areas,
has resulted in a substantial increase in the
nwnber of burros to be found at low
elevations.
Attracted to Paved Areas
These animaJs are especially attracted to
black-topped runways and roads on cold
nights because of the heat that radiates
from these paved areas. This has raised
serious concern about the likelihood of an
aircraft accident at night when it is vir-
tually impossible to see the burros.
In addition, the possibility of vehicle
collisions with burros on narrow range
roads has prompted the immediate im-
plementation of thiS emergency manage-
mentplan.
Burros ihat are captured next week by
BLM wranglers will be transported to a
holding facility at Olancha, where they will
be available for adoption by private owners.
A recent amendment to the 1971 federal
(Continued on Page 3)
Naval WeaponsC~ter
China lake
California
"we locketeel
March 14, 1980
Vol. xxxv. No. l1
3 C
,enterites first to receive Commander's
Award for Excellence in lission Support
At Monday morning's Commander's
meeting, Robert T. Rintz, Kenneth LaBaw,
and Wayne E. Smith were announced as the
first recipients of a new award - the
Commander'S Award for Excellence in
Mission Support.
According to Capt. W. B. Haff, NWC
Commander, this award was established in
1979in response to a need to recognize NWC
emplo)!ees whose acbievements in mission-
support activities are a counterpart to the
Technical Director's Awards for
recognizing technical achievements.
All NWC employees are eligible to receive
the new award, which consists of a
pyramid-shaped paperweight inscribed
with the recipient's name, specific mission-
supPort related achievement, signature of
the Commander, and date of the award.
Also included are a letter of commendation
from the Commander, and a stipend,
normally $200; militsry personnel who
receive the Commander's award will be
able to receive the stipend only under
special circwnstsnces, however.
Selection Procedure
Nominations for the new award are made
by the cognizant department head to the
Employee Relations Division (Code 091) of
the Personnel Department. The
nominations are then considered by a panel
consisting of the Vice Commander,
Laboratory Director, and Test and
Evaluation Director. The panel recom-
mendations are submitted to the Com-
mander and Technical Director for finaJ
consideration.
The three men who were honored by
becoming the first recipients of the award
presented by Capt. Haff and Capt. Aldana,
NWC Vice Commander, earned this
recogpition by their work with Jaser safety.
LaBaw developed the LASAFE Laser
t ......._ "·....,..~ . ··. '.
COMMENDED- Capt. W. B. HaH, NWC Commander, "".... to K......tII LaBaw
at right) an oHlclal ..tt... of commendetlon that accom""nl'" an _rav'"
pyramidal·shaped ",,_Ight signifying that LaBaw recelv'" the Commander's
Award for E.c.l....ce In Misslcin Support. Watc:lling Is Way... E. Smith, also a
recipient of the n.w award. The tIIlrd reclp....t, Rebert T. Hintz, was unab" to'"
present for the cer.mony, whlc:ll took place during Monday morning's Com·
manders' meetl",. - Photo by Ron Allen
Safety Computer Program, with the
assistance of Hintz, who formulated the
program. This program is available to
anyone at NWC who has a need for deter-
mining Jaser system eye hazard ranges,
skin hazard ranges, optical densities
required for laser eye protection, and other
necessary laser safety information.
The computer program has resulted in
reduction of time and a marked increase in
accuracy required to make necessary
bazard distance calculations.
Dr. Rogers, S,stems De,elopment Dept. head, to retire
The LASAFE Laser Computer Safety
Program (described in NWC Technical
Publication 6054, "Laser Safety Computer
Program") has been adopted by a nwnber
of other government activities including the
Pacific Missile Test Range, pt. Mugu,
Calif.; Naval Surface Weapons Center,
Dahlgren, Va.; Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif.; Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas,
Nev.; School of Aerospace Medicine,
Brooks Air Force Base, Tex.; and other
activities.
Dr. Marguerite (Peggy) Rogers, first
'ady of the science and engineering com-
.nunity at China Lake who heads the NWC
Systems Development Department, will bid
adieu to her farmal association with the
Naval Weapons Center a week from today
when she will retire from Civil Service.
There was one break in her employment
here, which began in February 1949, and it
stsrted in 1953 when Dr. Rogers ac-
companied her husband, Fred, to the
University of South Carolina where he had
accepted the position of head of the physics
deparbnent. In South Carolina, she was a
professor of physics and directed the
Science Division at Colwnbia College and
also took part in research studies per-
formed at the University of South Carolina
under a contract with the Office of Naval
"!esearch.
When her husband died in 1956, she spent
a year in SaHord, England, as a lecturer in
physics at the Royal Technical College so
she could be near her brother, whom she
hadn't seen in years.
Returned Here in 19S7
Dr. Rogers returned to NOTS in 1957, and
has remained here ever since. Her steadily
increasing responsibilities leading up t 0 her
present deparbnent head duties began with
work as an electronics scientist assigned to
investigate new navigational and fire
control systems, and a year later she
became a branch head in the old Aviation
Ordnance Department.
A promotion to head the Air-to-Surface
Weapons Division of the Weapons Depart-
ment followed in April 1962 - based on her
outstanding technical ability, nwnerous
achievements in ordnance research and
develOjXllent, and her ability to direct the
Navy's freefall weapons program.
In September 1966, Dr. Rogers became
head of the Weapons Systems Analysis
Division, and her duties were broadened to
cover the design, analysis and evaluation of
a broader spectrum of weapons including
anti-radiation missiles and otber homing
missiles, as well as freefal) weapons.
The next step up the promotion ladder for
Dr. Rogers occurred in September 1974,
when she was appointed head of the
Weapons Development Deparbnent, which
has since become the Systems Development
Department.
As might be expected, the departure of
Dr. Rogers will not go unndticed, and a gala
send-<>ff is planned nen Thursday evening
at the Commissioned OffIcers' Mess. The
guest of honor will be the recipient of
nwnerous mementoes (both serious and
hwnorous) of her many years of valuable
contributions to the nation's defense effort
by her work here. •
Bob Hillyer, NWC Technical Director,
will be master of ceremonies for this event,
which will begin with a social hour at 6
o'clock. The presentations will start at 6:45,
and the diMer that will follow is scheduled
to get underway at 8.
Call for Reservations
Centerites wishing to attend are asked to
call the Program Coordinator's OffIce,
phone NWC en. 2634, for name tags or
diMer reservations.
Anticipation is running bigh regarding
this farewell party for Dr. Rogers, whoae
own notable contributions to such affairs for
otbers in the past often have been among
the highlights of the evening.
While Dr. Rollers will be retiring to her ~
acre country ranch located southwest of
Ridgecrest where she raises a few head of
Peruvian Paso horses, she won't be so far
away that her advice and counsel can't be
(Continued on Page 4)
Smith was honored for establishing the
(Continued on Page 3)
Authority for
classifying lobs
returned to NWC
Position classification authority for
employees in GS·13 through GS·15
positions has been returned to the
Nava I Weapons Center, it was an·
nounced at Monday morning's Com-
mander's meeting.
This action was taken because of the
Center's involvement in the proposed
Civil Service RefC)rm Ad Demon-
stration Proiect.
Previously, position classification
actions were sent to San Diego for
handling, but this procedure required
an extended period of time for com·
pletion, Steve Sanders. acting head of
the NWC Personnel Department, e.·
plained.
With the position classific.'ion
authority now returned to NWC.
classification actions for GS-ll through
GS·15 positions can be grNtly speeded
up. thus freeing Center m.nagement
and Personnel Dep.rtment employees
for work on the Oemonstr.tion Project.
, OCR Text: Page Eight
IGI A LL AGES AOM ITTEO
I PG ) ,l.ll AGES ADMI TTED
P,..,," '.' G..,".nff to Sandquist Spa is located on
Inyokern Road five miles west of the main
gate of the Naval Weapons Center. A two-
mile road north COMects the Spa to the
highway.
March 14, 1980
Commissioned Officers' Mess
st. Patrick's Day, wbich falls on Monday,
will be celebrated on Saturday evening at
another gala Membership Night fete at the
Commissioned OffIcers' Mess.
Dinner special of the evening will be
corned beef and cabbage, which will be
served from 6:30to 9 o'clock. There also will
be live mtl';ic for the listening and dancing
pleasure of COM patrons and their guests
from 8 until midnight. Price of the dinner
and dance is $4 for COM members and their
spouses, and $5 for guests.
Name of the musical group that will be
playing for this Membership Night event
wasn't known at press time for this week's
ROCKETEER.
Reservations for tomorrow night's st.
Patrick's Day dinner and dance at the COM
can still be made this afternoon by calling
446-2549.
Two special dinners are scheduled at the
COM next week. They are a barbecue night
on Tuesday and Italian night on Thursday,
March 20. Dinner will be served from 5 to 9
o'clock each evening.
Chief Petty Officers' Club
Tickets are now on sale at the Chief Petty
OffIcers' Club for the upcoming CPO
Military Ball on Saturday, March 29.
A prime rib diMer with wine will be
served at 7 p.m. and Sonora del Mar, the
11th Naval District ~iece dance combo,
will provide musical entertainment.
Attire for this evening is semi-formal and
reservations, which can be made by calling
NWC en. 3633, are a must.
Tonight at the CPO Club, Country Ex-
press, a rock and country-style music group
from the Los Angeles area, will be playing
from 9 o'clock until I a.m.
Before the music stsrts, the CPO Club
dining staff. invites members and guests to
enjoy diMer from a menu featuring prime
rib of beef or Iceleandic cod that will be
served from 6 to 9 p.m.
Enlisted Mess
A contemporary rock music group from
the"Los Angeles area, known as the Good
Time Band, has been booked for en-
tertainment tonight from 9until I:30 p.m. at
the Enlisted Mess.
Prior to this evening's dance at the EM,
the dining room will be open from 6 to 8:30
p.m . Special entree on the menu will be a
seafood plate with lobster.
Ceramic show slated
on Sunday, Monday
at Community Center
Everyone in the community is invited to
attend the 32nd annual ceramic show, wbich
will be held in the Community Center on
Sunday from 3to 7p.m. and Monday from 10
a.m. until 7 p.m .
Between 90 and 100 Ceramic Club
members usually compete in the free show;
tropbies and ribbons will be awarded, and
the public may vote for the "best of show"
award.
A demonstration of pouring technique is
planned on Sunday, and club members will
be on hand to answer questions that visitors
may have about other ceramic techniques
and skills. Ceramic objects made by club
members will also be on sale both days.
'*u.s.Government Printing OHice:
1980 No 10\1
-
From :
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
To:
,
I
•
•
Wild burro
roundup will
begin next week
Aroundup of wild burros in a 200 sq. mile
area of the Naval Weapons Center located
north, south and west of ArmItage Airfield
will begin nen week.
The Bakersfield District of the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has agreed to
round up the burros from an area in wbich
they are creating hazards that could lead to
I serious accident should one of these
animaJs wander onto the Center airfield
runways during an aircraft takeoff or
landing.
In recent weeks, there have been vehicle
accidents on Inyokern Rd. caused by burros
that have strayed onto the highway.
Interim Measure
Capt. William B. Haff, NWC Commander,
has approved this emergency plan, wbich is
an interim measure designed to alleviate a
current burro problem in the vicinity of
ArmItage Airfield. It is complementary to a
fuJI environmental impact statement and
long range management plan that is being
developed because of the concerns of Navy
officials with respect to the large nwnber of
urros on all of the Center's ranges.
A nwnber of burros are year-round
inhabitants of the flat, iMer range 8 ·a of
NWC where the roundup will be conducted.
Recently, however, the onset of cold
weather in the uplands coupled with the
availability of water from heavy rains that
has formed ponds in many lowland areas,
has resulted in a substantial increase in the
nwnber of burros to be found at low
elevations.
Attracted to Paved Areas
These animaJs are especially attracted to
black-topped runways and roads on cold
nights because of the heat that radiates
from these paved areas. This has raised
serious concern about the likelihood of an
aircraft accident at night when it is vir-
tually impossible to see the burros.
In addition, the possibility of vehicle
collisions with burros on narrow range
roads has prompted the immediate im-
plementation of thiS emergency manage-
mentplan.
Burros ihat are captured next week by
BLM wranglers will be transported to a
holding facility at Olancha, where they will
be available for adoption by private owners.
A recent amendment to the 1971 federal
(Continued on Page 3)
Naval WeaponsC~ter
China lake
California
"we locketeel
March 14, 1980
Vol. xxxv. No. l1
3 C
,enterites first to receive Commander's
Award for Excellence in lission Support
At Monday morning's Commander's
meeting, Robert T. Rintz, Kenneth LaBaw,
and Wayne E. Smith were announced as the
first recipients of a new award - the
Commander'S Award for Excellence in
Mission Support.
According to Capt. W. B. Haff, NWC
Commander, this award was established in
1979in response to a need to recognize NWC
emplo)!ees whose acbievements in mission-
support activities are a counterpart to the
Technical Director's Awards for
recognizing technical achievements.
All NWC employees are eligible to receive
the new award, which consists of a
pyramid-shaped paperweight inscribed
with the recipient's name, specific mission-
supPort related achievement, signature of
the Commander, and date of the award.
Also included are a letter of commendation
from the Commander, and a stipend,
normally $200; militsry personnel who
receive the Commander's award will be
able to receive the stipend only under
special circwnstsnces, however.
Selection Procedure
Nominations for the new award are made
by the cognizant department head to the
Employee Relations Division (Code 091) of
the Personnel Department. The
nominations are then considered by a panel
consisting of the Vice Commander,
Laboratory Director, and Test and
Evaluation Director. The panel recom-
mendations are submitted to the Com-
mander and Technical Director for finaJ
consideration.
The three men who were honored by
becoming the first recipients of the award
presented by Capt. Haff and Capt. Aldana,
NWC Vice Commander, earned this
recogpition by their work with Jaser safety.
LaBaw developed the LASAFE Laser
t ......._ "·....,..~ . ··. '.
COMMENDED- Capt. W. B. HaH, NWC Commander, "".... to K......tII LaBaw
at right) an oHlclal ..tt... of commendetlon that accom""nl'" an _rav'"
pyramidal·shaped ",,_Ight signifying that LaBaw recelv'" the Commander's
Award for E.c.l....ce In Misslcin Support. Watc:lling Is Way... E. Smith, also a
recipient of the n.w award. The tIIlrd reclp....t, Rebert T. Hintz, was unab" to'"
present for the cer.mony, whlc:ll took place during Monday morning's Com·
manders' meetl",. - Photo by Ron Allen
Safety Computer Program, with the
assistance of Hintz, who formulated the
program. This program is available to
anyone at NWC who has a need for deter-
mining Jaser system eye hazard ranges,
skin hazard ranges, optical densities
required for laser eye protection, and other
necessary laser safety information.
The computer program has resulted in
reduction of time and a marked increase in
accuracy required to make necessary
bazard distance calculations.
Dr. Rogers, S,stems De,elopment Dept. head, to retire
The LASAFE Laser Computer Safety
Program (described in NWC Technical
Publication 6054, "Laser Safety Computer
Program") has been adopted by a nwnber
of other government activities including the
Pacific Missile Test Range, pt. Mugu,
Calif.; Naval Surface Weapons Center,
Dahlgren, Va.; Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif.; Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas,
Nev.; School of Aerospace Medicine,
Brooks Air Force Base, Tex.; and other
activities.
Dr. Marguerite (Peggy) Rogers, first
'ady of the science and engineering com-
.nunity at China Lake who heads the NWC
Systems Development Department, will bid
adieu to her farmal association with the
Naval Weapons Center a week from today
when she will retire from Civil Service.
There was one break in her employment
here, which began in February 1949, and it
stsrted in 1953 when Dr. Rogers ac-
companied her husband, Fred, to the
University of South Carolina where he had
accepted the position of head of the physics
deparbnent. In South Carolina, she was a
professor of physics and directed the
Science Division at Colwnbia College and
also took part in research studies per-
formed at the University of South Carolina
under a contract with the Office of Naval
"!esearch.
When her husband died in 1956, she spent
a year in SaHord, England, as a lecturer in
physics at the Royal Technical College so
she could be near her brother, whom she
hadn't seen in years.
Returned Here in 19S7
Dr. Rogers returned to NOTS in 1957, and
has remained here ever since. Her steadily
increasing responsibilities leading up t 0 her
present deparbnent head duties began with
work as an electronics scientist assigned to
investigate new navigational and fire
control systems, and a year later she
became a branch head in the old Aviation
Ordnance Department.
A promotion to head the Air-to-Surface
Weapons Division of the Weapons Depart-
ment followed in April 1962 - based on her
outstanding technical ability, nwnerous
achievements in ordnance research and
develOjXllent, and her ability to direct the
Navy's freefall weapons program.
In September 1966, Dr. Rogers became
head of the Weapons Systems Analysis
Division, and her duties were broadened to
cover the design, analysis and evaluation of
a broader spectrum of weapons including
anti-radiation missiles and otber homing
missiles, as well as freefal) weapons.
The next step up the promotion ladder for
Dr. Rogers occurred in September 1974,
when she was appointed head of the
Weapons Development Deparbnent, which
has since become the Systems Development
Department.
As might be expected, the departure of
Dr. Rogers will not go unndticed, and a gala
send-<>ff is planned nen Thursday evening
at the Commissioned OffIcers' Mess. The
guest of honor will be the recipient of
nwnerous mementoes (both serious and
hwnorous) of her many years of valuable
contributions to the nation's defense effort
by her work here. •
Bob Hillyer, NWC Technical Director,
will be master of ceremonies for this event,
which will begin with a social hour at 6
o'clock. The presentations will start at 6:45,
and the diMer that will follow is scheduled
to get underway at 8.
Call for Reservations
Centerites wishing to attend are asked to
call the Program Coordinator's OffIce,
phone NWC en. 2634, for name tags or
diMer reservations.
Anticipation is running bigh regarding
this farewell party for Dr. Rogers, whoae
own notable contributions to such affairs for
otbers in the past often have been among
the highlights of the evening.
While Dr. Rollers will be retiring to her ~
acre country ranch located southwest of
Ridgecrest where she raises a few head of
Peruvian Paso horses, she won't be so far
away that her advice and counsel can't be
(Continued on Page 4)
Smith was honored for establishing the
(Continued on Page 3)
Authority for
classifying lobs
returned to NWC
Position classification authority for
employees in GS·13 through GS·15
positions has been returned to the
Nava I Weapons Center, it was an·
nounced at Monday morning's Com-
mander's meeting.
This action was taken because of the
Center's involvement in the proposed
Civil Service RefC)rm Ad Demon-
stration Proiect.
Previously, position classification
actions were sent to San Diego for
handling, but this procedure required
an extended period of time for com·
pletion, Steve Sanders. acting head of
the NWC Personnel Department, e.·
plained.
With the position classific.'ion
authority now returned to NWC.
classification actions for GS-ll through
GS·15 positions can be grNtly speeded
up. thus freeing Center m.nagement
and Personnel Dep.rtment employees
for work on the Oemonstr.tion Project.
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