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August 15, 1996
Exercise searches for communication solutions
By Sgt. Derrick Crawford
'SIGNAL Staff Writer
FORT GORDON
Signal experts hope to strike
gold during a worldwide commu
nications technology demonstra
tion based here.
The goal of the 1996 Joint
Warrior Interoperability Dem
onstration (JWID) is to find new
technologies, or ‘golden nuggets,’
that can solve nagging commu
nications problems between joint
forces, said Australian exchange
officer Maj. Bill Teece, site man
ager for the Joint Task Force
land component.
~ JWID 96 started August sand
continues through August 30.
“JWID is principally conduct
ed to evaluate new or existing
technologies and attempt to in
tegrate them into existing mili
tary communications systems,”
Teece said. “JWID tries to
present an efficient and econom
ic way of looking at how we do
business with the hope that what
we call ‘golden nuggets,’ or appli
cations, are ready now for intro
duction to service.”
Itisthe eighth annual technol
ogy demonstration and the third
sponsored by the Joint Staff at
the Pentagon.
The U.S. Armyisthelead agen
cy for JWID ’96 and the Signal
Center is managing the event
from a tactical command site
outside the Battle Command
Battle Lab here. The 67th Signal
Battalion is providing tactical
satellite support to the site, and
a South Carolina National Guard
unitis providing mobile subscrib
er equipment.
_ NATO member nations Aus
tralia, Canada, New Zealand,
Spain and the United Kingdom
are participating in demonstra
tions along with the United
States military. An Allied site is
manned at Fort Bragg, N.C.
__The event brings commercial
vendors and government infor
mation system developers to
gether in a worldwide communi
cations scenario that simulates
the initial phase of battle.
“It is a command post type of
exercise where we run a series of
activities that trigger events de
signed to track and evaluate pro
cesses we are trying to integrate
into the system,” Teece said.
“By knowing beforehand the
particular trigger and what the
subsequent event will be, we can
track whether the information
flow has been correct, timely and,
most important, if it has gotten
to the right place and the right
person.”
The demonstrations allow offi
cials to assess new systems in a
lew-risk environment without
costly developmental efforts.
More than 40 multiservice
SRS employees
pass safe work
hours milestone
AIKEN
. At midnight, July 31, employ
ees at the Savannah River Site
completed over 10 million safe
work-hours to achieve one of the
most significant safety accom
plishments at SRS —the WSRC
President’s Award.
“This award proves our people
are dedicated to working safely
and to building a safe work envi
ronment,” says Westinghouse
Savannah River Company Pres
ident Ambrose Schwallie.
“Thanks to our employees, SRS
remains aleaderin safety within
the DOE complex.”
"SRS has a strong tradition of
practicing safety in every phase
of its operation. That commit
ment has produced a safety
récord that is 10 times better
than private industry in Ameri
ca, and three times better than
DOE production contractors, ac
¢ording to most recent statistics.
. To win this award, operations
employees completed 10 million
gafe hours and construction per
sonnel achieved their goal of 2.5
million hours without an on-the
job injury or illness resulting in
time away from work.
““In a traditionally hazardous
industry, our construction em
ployees are rewriting the book
on -construction safety,” says
Bechtel Savannah River Inc.
president John Oakland. “Weare
ready to tackle our ultimate goal
== to prevent all accidents.”
“'This is the third time in four
years operations and construc
tion employees achieved 10 mil
fion and 2.5 million safe hours,
respectively.
AUGUSTA FOCUS
demonstrations will involve sol
diers at forts Gordon and Bragg,
airmen at Mac Dill (Fla.) and
Shaw (S.C.) Air Force bases,
Marines at Camp LeJune (N.C.)
and sailors aboard the aircraft
carrier U.S.S. Kearsarge in Nor
folk, Va.
Eighteen demonstrations are
being held at the Signal Center.
Experts are focusing on equip
mentthat enhancestactical com
z eve Q
Eye Care Questions and Answers with Dr. Thomas Casella, Optometrist
Back-to-school eye exams
It is that time of the year, the last days of
summer, the beginning of football and chil
dren going back to school. But will your child
learn as he or she should this school year?
Vision problems can affect your child’s abil
ity to learn, since 80 percent of what a child
learns comes through vision.
A child may experience frequent changes
in vision without realizing a problem exists.
Problems may range from seeing a blurred
chalkboard to reading difficulties and poor
concentration stemming from poor eye move
ment, focusing and coordination.
Togive your child good vision for learning,
have his or her eyes examined AT THE
BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR.
The most rapid change in the vision occurs
during a child’s growth years.
The Georgia Optometric Association
offers these signs and symptoms that
may assist in the early detection of eye
and vision difficulties:
B Blurring of vision at any time.
B A short attention span or frequent day
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munications network manage
mentwand information sharing.
The evaluated systems must
meet the following objectives:
*demonstrate automatic trans
fer of large data files across a
tactical network;
*broadcast intelligence and
logistits information on a global
scale;
*enhance combat identifica
tion in a joint environment;
Member, Georgia Optometrist Association
edemonstrate enhanced joint
network management.
In a final conference in Sep
tember, officials will discuss the
lessons learned this year that
will help plan JWID’97. Systems
that meet the bill will be the
“golden nuggets” Department of
Defense officials hope will make
future Joint Forces operations
more successful by eliinating
interoperability difficulties.
dreaming.
M A dislike or an avoidance of close work.
B Difficulty remembering what is read.
B Frequent loss of place while reading.
B Poor eye-hand coordination when copy
ing, throwing, catching, buttoning clothing or
tying shoes. :
B A drop in scholastic or sports perfor
mance.
B Frequent eye rubbing, blinking squint
ing, headaches, itching, nausea and dizzi
ness.
B Tilting or turning of head to use one eye.
M Poor reading ability.
“In Georgia, children must have an eye
screening before entering school for the first
time — but it is important to continue annual
back-to-school eye exams, especially in the
elementary grades,” said Dr. Nancy Barr,
president, Georgia Optometric Association
and Riverdale optometrist. “It is too impor
tant to not give a child every advantage to
excel ...”
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