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Perry High Air Force Junior ROTC instructor Lt. Col. (ret.) Leo Polnaszek
discusses modern spacecraft and their boosters with Perry High sophomore
Pam Johnson, recently named as Aerospace I Outstanding Cadet. Cadet
Sergeant Johnson wants to make a career of the Air Force and according to
the Colonel, grasps techniques very well.
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These Perry High female students are enrolled in Aerospace I courses this
year, and are “keeping their male counterparts on their toes”, according to
instructor Sergeant Charles Robinson. The females received a “little
hassling” at first from other girls at PHS, but the “hasslers” themselves
joined up second quarter.
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A check with the Atlanta
Veterans Administration
Regional office indicates the
problem is local.
All veterans - in fact all
citizens- should be concerned
with non-receipt of mail.
A recent report that a
professional theft ring may be
operating in this area may be
the reason for failure to
receive them.
Whenever possible checks
should be sent to a mail box
located in the Post Office.
Everyone should be aware
of when their mail is delivered
and should remove their mail
from outside boxes as soon as
possible or arrange for a
trusted individual to remove it
for them.
MEMORIAL DAY-“A
TIME TO REMEMBER”
SAYS WHEELER
Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler is
calling upon all Georgians to
“go all out” in their observnce
of Memorial Day, Monday,
May 26, 1975.
“In the midst of our bi
centennial celebrations, there
is all the more reason for us to
pause during our daily pur
suits to express our sincere
gratitude to the thousands
upon thousands of men and
women, who, through their
sacrifices and devotion, have
made our Nation the greatest
in the history of the world,”
said Wheeler, “and because of
their efforts, we can look
forward to the 200th an
niversary of our Country’s
birth in 1776.”
Wheeler said that since
those first shots were fired on
the bridge at Concord, more
than a million men have laid
down their lives that we might
enjoy the freedoms and op
portunities we have in
America today. He added that
even though the faith of many
Americans in some of our
leaders, and in our Nation as
well, has been strained by
recent developments, he is
optimistic in the overall,
underlying faith and hope
most Americans still have in
America.
Wheeler said that Memorial
Day should be a time for all of
us to pay solemn homage to
our gallant dead. And to
pledge ourselves to strive to
uphold and preserve the ideals
for which they fought and
died
Serviceman
An official at Lackland
AFB, Tex., has announced the
graduation of Airman James
M. Bryan of Kathleen, Ga.,
from the US, Air Force’s
security policeman course
conducted by the Air Training
Command,
Airman Bryan, son of
retired Air Force Master
Sergeant and Mrs. James M.
Bryan of 116 Sylvan Drive,
Kathleen, was trained in
security and law enforcement.
Completion of the course
enables him to receive
academic credits through the
Community College of the Air
Force. He is being assigned to
Eglin AFB, Fla.
40 In AFJROTC Ranks
Girls Making Their
Mark At Perry High
By JoeHiett
“Hup, tup, threep, four,”
the cadence was called out
clearly. The uniformed
Aerospace cadets marched in
precise steps. Perry’s Air
Force Junior ROTC squads
passed by in review. Dif
ferent? Yes, this time
because the squad leader is a
girl!
Beginning last fall Perry
High’s Junior Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps began to
accept females in its ranks.
Now there are 40 girls enrolled
in the 150 cadet program, and
according toLt. Col. (ret.) Leo
Polnaszek, the girls are doing
exceptionally well.
All forty of the girls are, of
course, in Aerospace I, the
beginning year. But one,
Selecia Jones, is also taking
Aerospace 11. Ten of the girls
are seniors.
Col. Polnaszek is very
pleased with the girls. “As a
group,” he brags, “they have
been a strong benefit. They
are extremely enthusiastic.
They caused the boys to get off
their duff and move to stay in
the leadership program. The
girls have been an incentive to
spur the boys.”
He added, “The girls are
moving up in rank faster than
the boys-1 guess because they
seem to be trying harder
learning leadership, military
bearing. The highest rank so
far for a girl is Cadet Staff
Sergeant, simply because all
are in their first year. I
visualize in the next year or so
a female commander.”
The Colonel says the girls <
are doing well. Well isn’t ex
pressive enough, because one
AEI cadet, Pam Johnson, was
named the Outstanding Cadet
boy or girl- in the first year of
the program! Pam is the
daughter of Mrs. Janice
Johnson, and is a fifteen year
old sophomore.
Pam said she originally
enrolled in Aerospace
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Education 1 because “it
counts as an elective course. 1
found 1 liked the atmosphere,
stayed in, and have enjoyed
every minute!”
Pam is a Sergeant in the
Finance section. Her favorite
part of ROTC is the academic
side “because 1 learned there
is far more to the Air Force
than the blue jets. The
classroom studies are very
interesting and enlightening."
Pam admits she "got a little
hassling" from fellow
students (not enrolled in
ROTC” when she first began
AE I last fall. “It was
primarily because of the
uniforms and marching I
guess. But people are used to
it now."
Pam is quite frankly looking
forward to her junior and
senior years with the Georgia
66th JROTC Squadron. She
hopes to win an ROTC
scholarship upon graduation.
She adds with a grin, “If the
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ment) is passed, I’d like to go
to the Academy (Air Force
Academy). I’m looking
towards an Air Force career.”
Another AE 1 cadet, senior
Faye Clerkley, chips in, "We
were sorta kidded at first,
about the uniforms and
marching. But the kidders
joined the squadron the
second quarter!" Faye is a
Staff Sergeant and is thinking
about joining the Air Force
Reserves while she attends
Fort Valley State.
Aerospace I is divided into
six different phases. They
are: Aircraft of Today- an
introduction to civilian and
military aircraft; The
Aerospace Age- the evolution
of flight from its beginnings;
The Aerospace Environment
mainly weather; Spacecraft
and their Boosters- from
beginning to future; the
Aerospace Community; and
Leadership Education- in-
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eluding drill and command.
Col. Polnaszek says, ‘‘We
(he and Sgt. Robinson) treat
all cadets exactly alike. Their
sex doesn’t make any dif
ference in what they have to
do.” The Perry High AF
JROTC program began in
1971, and is considered one of
the best units in the United
States. Three days a week are
spent in classroom and two in
leadership training.
All who t«ke the ROTC
programs receive five credit
hours as an elective, or as a
required science course. Or
ROTC can count as a year of
Physical Education or social
science course.
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taking Junior ROTC is that
three years of it automatically
counts as a year of college
ROTC training. Or, if a high
school graduate enters armed 1
services, the Junior ROTC
training is by law equal to a |
stripe- which means an extra
S4O per month in pay. And, f
each school is allowed to t
select one ROTC cadet to ►
receive a full four year
scholarship to a college of the <
cadet's choice, as long as the *
school has an ROTC program. 4
Yes, there is a new sound at *
Perry High these days... the *
sound of females invading *
another previously all male *
world... and showing the boys
up too. if
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