Vol. I No. 4
Air Corps Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, Florida February 6, 1942
NEW GRADE ALLOIMENTS AUTHORIZED
‘The new grading and promotion systen
recently announced by the War Depart+
ment will be put into effect imnedi-
ately at Tyndall Field, it was announ-
ced here Thursdoy.
The main feature of the new system
is the elimination of all specialist
ratings end the substitution of non-
commissioned officer and technician
ratings. Also, the number of ¢rades
allotted to each squadron has been
considerably increased.
None of the squadrons will be allot-
ted technician ratings, for those have
been restricted to the various arms of
‘the Service on duty with the Air Corps,
which inelude the Signal Corps, quart-
ermaster Corps, Ordnance, Chemical
Warfare, Wedical Corps and Finance.
All promotions in the school, nateri-
el, air base and headquarters squei-
rons will be in the non-comnissioned
officer gredes.
Another angle of the new system is
that a soldier may now be reduced any
number of grades that may be thought
desirable, without reducing him to
private. Heretofore, 4 man was
Feduced at all, he had to be reduced
to the grade of private. Too, a man
may skip any number of grades if his
work and qualifications are thought to
merit such.
Efficiency, regardless of length of
service, will be the main consider-
ation in all future promotions. In
the past, seniority carried more wei-
ght than actual qualifications. This
policy Has now been completely revers=
ed under the system.
The fact that ® man now holds a spe-
cialist rating does not necessarily
mean that he will receive a non-com-
missioned officer rating. However, no
well qualified and competent special~
ist need have any fear of suffering a
reduction in pay.
Those organizations on duty here
with the Air Corps have had thelr num=
ber of NCO gredes reduced approximate=
ly one third, but the new technician
grades allotted then compensate for
the loss. In order for a man to receive
the rating of technician, he must pass
an examination comparable to the A. M.
examination.
TYVDALL NOW HAS
FULL TIME DIETITION
Miss Lavonne Lindquiste arrived here
Wednesday to take over her new job as
pernanent dietitian for Tyndall's moss
halls.
The dietetic expert comes from Torta,
Michigan, where until recently she was
a nutritionist for the Farm Security
Administration. A greduate of Towa
State College at Ames, Iowa, she took
her degree in home economics and did
extensive work in nutrition. After
graduation, she served her dietetic
interneship at the University of Min-
nese! Hospitals.
4t Tyndall Field, Kies Lindquiste
will oo that the soldiers are served
well balanced meals and that the food
is properly prepared and well season=
ed.A YARDBIRD.
It wuz a mity aS. caer)
birds today. Got stuck last night on
bedcheck--got. restricted. Reckon it
wut woth it; a civilian twisted my
arm and made me drink his whisky for
him; the bartender kept giving me dir-
ty looks, too, and I didn't figger it
ud be neyborly to runn off and leave
them
This morning the ole man reamed me
ot for not getting up for the c. qs
shoes wuznt shined neether.
Went on down to chow. Got reccom-
mended for K. P. by the mess sgt. i
tried to hock a extry botle of milk.
He's eying the same little hash sl-
inger down to the oystre bar as ne.
that's how come. Went on dow the
chow line and got me sone S. 0. S.
(they calls it creamed beef on toast
on the menu). they made me go down on
the runaways and aprons for a gasmast
drill. fver time the locey got out of
step he blamed me+#+insurt at bottom.
Made me polies the area this afternoon
Hed a whale of a headache frum last
nite, & tole the sgt. I wouldat be
auch good for the job, we had a hart
to hart talk and I grabbed onto that
ole rake like it wuz a fore bit piece.
ever time i lent over, the horizon
line on my right raised up a cuple of
notches--unaecounted for like.
Saw my good buddy at chow. He's
happy. Restricted to. Started out
liguidizing with him yesterday; left
him at the shamrock with a gorjus bl-
onde. Good body but bad paint job.
Went on back ot the barracks and
locked up with the supply sgt. on ace
count of the statement of charges i
signed for my biuse. it wuz found at
the Bloody Bucket, which is off limits.
Ho done made a date for me with the
ole man in the morfing. But i'm still
happy on account of i'll get off a
cuple hours K. P.
‘s#inourt) i left home to get away
frum then fest walking plow miles, but
iffen the recrutin man had a tole me
about some of these here dril sgts. 1
reckon i'd of stayed and been content.
When they axed me iffen i knew the
manuel of arms i tole om sure i knowed
how to salute, and i got another ream-
ing. they got maddern that when i
wanted to ghow them my cross body draw
on the six shooting gun.
i saw a sign on the bulleting bord
said remenber Pearl Harbor. Must be
@ sister to Minnie. i never met the
whole family so i just sent Minnie a
Valentine.
i'd better close now cause i reckon
i'd beterr be going.--a yardbird.
BIKES’ “Past S erigta
It would surely be a big help to the
soldiers' pocketbooks, if and when the
law is passed allowing soldiers free
postage on out-going mail. There is
nothing definite about it yet, so we
don't know whether or not it's just
another rumor.
The states receiving the most outgo=
ing mail from Tyndall Field are North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and
Tennessee, in that order.
Your correspondent would like to
start a rumor column, se if anyone has
heard any worthrhile rumors, shoot ‘em
to us by your mail orderly.
ALLOTMENTS OF GRADES AND RATINGS AT TYNDALL
M/set.
School Sqdns. 2) 5 a
Organization t/set.
Hq. & Hg. Sqn. 2 1 1
69th AB Sqdn. 1
66th Mat. sqdn. 3
lst set.
B/set- Set. Corp. Pfe. Pvt.
20 52 46 a7 OT
20 23 22 36 aT
BR 2 22 420 43
2. 33 25 87 58Lts, Tannen and Hatcher are pros-
pecting for an apartment...What did
Capt. Fowler say when Major Shipman
asked him if he had rather have chick-
enon his shoulder or chicken on his
knee?....I think Capt. Howell really
enjoyed the President's Bell...They
tell me that Lt, Slater refuses to walk
on the sidewalk near Child's Drug
Store when he has a companion...J hear
he prefers to walk in the middle of
the street...February 26th will bring
toa climax the life of 2nd Lt. Mar-
fon A. Bane....after thet his prinary
asset will be Mrs. Bane...Wonder what
happened to Chaplain McClelland the
other morning...-he couldn't make up
his mind whether he was a first or
second lieutenant...he was wearing one
geld and one silver bar, and I'm sure
it ion't the result of the morning af-
ter the night before...Lt. Bell is the
first to come to us from Officer Can-
didate School...it mst be a fad, this
mustache business.....I see Lt. Kevan
sprouting one....Lt. Dee will soon be
noving into his private hospital...For
a partner, I nominate liajor Clarvoe...
Lt. Rush did some good hauling while
at Eglin Field the other day..Lt. Bry
an was doing some
faney dancing with
the Mrs. at the Ball
Saturday night...Lte
Mathis would make a
geod “snooper" for
TYNDALL TARGET...
Someone has been handing out diamonds
in the Public Relations Office...Could
it be Lt. Corr?...Lt. Lynn, from what
I hear, used to be the man about town.
Lt. Snatcher (beg pardon, it's Hatch=
er), have you noticed that Lt. Hester
is keeping his fingers crossed?...Lt.
Gundlach, could you give me , some in-
side dope on Lt. Blonquist?...T eda't
come upon some of these officers when
they're out of hiding...Who swims in
waterless ditches?.....Wwho wanted to
fight the Germans but couldn't find
his gunt...Ask Ds Ge
Cegceits Geesip:
oy
With the moon going down and the sun
rising onan early Florida morning,
the roll was being called for the
348th School Sqdn....The booming voice
of Bing-Bang Skelton thundered out,
"Thompsoni"...A weak voice squeaked,
"Here," so Sgt. Skelton thundered,
"Sound off, Thompsoni", whereupon,
Shorty passed right out end into a
heap....Two of the boys carried hin
off...what a man, Skel....I hear Pfe.
Hicks says that if they teach him the
difference between a nut, a bolt, and
aright or left thread at Mechanics
School, Biloxi, he may be quoted as
saying, "I think I*11 make the grade."
One of these days Nixon will learn how
*( to open a filing
= cabinet...Corp. Ped-
I Ne son will take ona
wife the next time
“ORS he goes home on fur-
lough...-he may have
three years to go...
Pfe. Brandt, FD, spends too much of
his tine in James Laundry...are you
that dirty, Brandt?...Pyt. Grout, our
Employment Officer's secretary is in
need of a job...Pvt. Brewer of the
66th should spend more of his time on
his correspondence....it's rumored ho
gota special delivery and a telegran
in one afternoon from his new Mre..
Sgt. Steger can't seem to cet his sto-
ries straight when he goos hone late
in the evening..-Pvt. Walton is on the
verge of taking Pfc. Payne's place in
the cage of the Ritz...Every man with
a specialist rating is really sweating
thie menth...Pvt. Moye is looking for
ward to his venture into the Parachute
Battalion.....Pfc. Sisson is minus one
dinmond ring...Sgt- Dan Howell had to
walk afew miles to work the other
morning....can't you hear the bugle
blow early enough, Sergeant?...Corp.
May is about to take that step....I
think all the soldiers will recall the
President's Ball as an “eventful ni-
ght". ..Ji6 welcome Pvt. Bill Cook,
How doos that "Pvt." sound, Bill?