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l ershina

Cable

Vol 20 No 6

6th

Field

Artillery Brigade

June 1983

P

II:

Keeping the Bear

at

bay

Tougher drug stance

to weed

out abusers

by Thoma, Copeland

Officers and senior enlisted personnel

can

be

separated from the Army for

first-time drug

use

under a

new

policy

eff.:ctive July

l In addition, the policy

calls

for

mandatory urinalysis testing at

lea.st

onc e

a

ycu

for

pe:oplc

in sensitive

duty positions. However,

the

56th FA

Bde.'s Commanding

Ge

neral's policy is

that testing will be done at least

twice

a

year.

Under the

new

policy,

all

officers,

warr,nt officers and senior

enlisted (E6

and above) determined to

be illega

l drug

users will be immedi . ly separated

from the Arm y.

The term 'determined to

be

' includes

soldiers who arc identified through uri

nalysis and confirmed drug abusers by

either ADAPCP or medical screening.

Additionally, initiation of separation

proceedings does not necessarily me.an

automatic

scp•u·ation. Sep.ar uion

actions

will be made at the lowest possible level.

When the recommendation

fo

r elimina

tion reaches the General Court Martial/

Convening Authority (GCM/CA) for

officers, he/she may disapprove the re

commendation and direct other disposi

tion or forward it t0 Department of the

Army

(DA)

to

be

handled as any other

recommended elimination.

Officials

have

smed that they would

lik-c to

keep sepamion

proceedings at

the lowest levels. That way, a unit com

mander

at

the company/battery

level

can begin proceedings. In those

cases

where the

so

ldier

has

morethan

18

years

in the service, ,he

final

decision for

eli

mination rcsu with DA .

All

soldiers

in

.. ensitive• Military

Occupational Specialities .,ill undergo

urinalysis testing

at lcut

once a

ycu.

Brig. Gen. William s w 56th FA

Bde. Comman

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Keeping the Soviet bear at bay

continued frOIII pege 1

These so-called peace· mo,·ements or

nuclear freeze groups have continuing pro·

gram, and are olten orchcsrratcd

nll iu

in

Europe :md 1n the U.S. They h»•e found

support

at

hom e amo ng isolated members of

Congress, such as

Sons

. Mark Hatfield (R·

Ore.) ,nd Ed•md Ktnncdy (D-

Mm

.). Both

have publicly called for a halt to the nuclear

mns ract. Such ,n agreemtnt would be wel

comed

in

some

form

or another

by

most

Americans, but unfortunately, there is no

rc,dily appucnt companion diurmament

clamor uk ing place behind the Iron Curtain.

Disarm:amtnt and Fretzt protest ac1ivity

setms diretted at rhe

U.S.

and can be ex·

pcctod to accelerate during the coming sum

mer, both a home and abroad.

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Pershing

Notebook

Class A s mandatory

Beginni

ng

July

I,

soldiers traveling

in

~niform through public placts, including air

terminals, mun wear thtir complete Class A uniform. including dress coat.

The new policy, designed to improve ,he Army's image, affem

all

soldiers traveling

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or from ,heir home stations on temporary duty, p