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Discipline And Technique Two Main Divisions Of Concealment
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bacaoa^ ta the military naeptayte' Tqu ntn are atatkmad at aa Air aaotber. gaaghtg 'warn eat ta dr.
the TDeanlag of ••ccpcealmaat* la Bye, the al^ ti mm op ta the open la a Xdrd.
Important ahraac. la the laat
the area oi danper ceralated of a
mllaa behind the actaal One ot
plana le a common one la yo«.
Aa a aetloo, we are very proud o(
our advanee in arlatlon in the laat
few years and by tnsUnct we look
ebrloue, wberoaa
not yet
lancuafe. The word
la eery , .
rovte Md in matatalnlait aound of a ntotar. We are tar
that route k trequaidly more bn* from the battleflrtd and tt would
pariaat tfwa tiw erectloo of a flat'lnerer oeenr to any of ne to think
*— Oenoealment k aa much a,that the plane ml^ I
of a aoKUer’a tralnlat a a machine. So we crane . _
r ua b& taa'apot the plane and try to Identify
a admire It.
’ Important for the aaloctlfln,tq) In Ste air when we bear
md Aoclpllne 1
top-
part of a
lanitfit tc
to kioot or ua
COKCEALBfKICT con bo dftrldod
hilo two parta; Ooncoalment Dla>
hk Oonceabnant
la bard to ••pat orer’*
It Ineotea the deedl^
ment of win power aad coed balK
Me. To moot mm tbeee are eacue
terma. tAA of concealment dle-
.»4p*Hib.b towwbf troope In the aooe of
the Interior lo dno to the fact that
hreaoh of thk type of dkclpMne k
steer panlkted. .U a man’a am k
dirty, ne'e clw extra duw- If bk
■Ma ktt k dirty, the punkhmoM
k almoet antomaUc —be c^
aatbia or worm. If hk cm peak
How pride hi our own air foroe
k a fine thine, but, If ft meana
that we ecqulre the habit of look*
h« up wbcaieeer we bear the oouod
of a motor, that ptido may caage
our death. If only one man loefei
op, the pilot of tha plane may not
aee the uttle white apoi maoe by
the eoldkr'a face. But 11 twmty
I In a croup lo^ up. the twem
ty white dote can be seen by Sm
pilot a^ at once tb^ beeome tar*
gate Ton muat etart now to train
youraelea to ubaeree plana fro
eoDcealed poaltlena rather than
from areas. When marchfaic
out In the open, ^pofnt an atr»
cent aets*'hi tbemalTa but fatal if!‘
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portOB
today arktlen k tbm
tone ekmanl to our of
ecy. It ptoya an aqoaQy taporm-w
put to our detenelve
TWsnty*ff9ur btawa a day
Creoi the cannO he kfl
& yeu DM Sw abr.
treepa soct knnw o
MAKE ©
TARGETS
FACES UP
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daikor at aheaiatlon that
thrataed was all around but so*
M to arotmd
ikea who may
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pitos. Jol aa Ibto k hard to toars
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ws deal with worsa ptw
and sol wMh the tratotos ef
uO pswur. Ihe aoWer ean he
toewB ikSBifIt UBBOpla of eeeh
kctkikM —d to a grmi decia e
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goals his par-
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Gunnery Is A Career
Rather Than A Job I!
By CAR. X. M. SKUAS
PKO. Skua Fans. S. D.
*«Home g the Banco” !■ mofo
Wbn a aeng at the Barltocen. Tex..
gUBDsry school of the AAF Tralo-
ton, Oommand.
It means that for the last aev-
eral weeks of hk aortal gunnery
couma at toe famous school toe
Mon-to-be and Naxl kUler wUl
live g the wrUngen maehlno cun
rango near the Ifexicui border.
It means the final poUahlng pro-
eea that tarns out tte finest com
bat gunnan to toe world. It means
skat and trap shoottog from sta-
tkn^ and mertog basa. the fir-
Inc of toe JO fallba machine gun
from power operated torreta at
moving targets szmI greatest thrill
of sU. the first plane ride sod air-
to^ak ftrtof. ft asssns Oh Air
Forcea technician, already akUled
M a radio operator, radio meeban-
to or annaroent man, standi oa the
throboM of a new career, during
which he will do as much for
American survival u any
who wears s untfonn. '
Kaortly sfter hk arrival at the
ranee, the embryo gunner k takg
te^me Sperry bell turret range,
where be cUmbe toto the turret,
raises the two .SO calibers, ewtegs
thsm a UUle to tbs right or per-
hspe a little to the M and toto
bis sliSits come the flytag tail,
vftilcli losks like a white flag
muuukid g s jeep. He holds
atoady. follows Wa target tor a'
few fMt. swtoga toe guns ahead to
be smu be has enou^ lead, toon
down goa the trigger. Ihe gtoe
k teiTOle M the etudgt Ike g
bis back and wateba tracer af
ter tracer tear the target to bits.
Tbo b^ly turret k a real IhrUl,
ygll agivc. 1 thtok M was one of
tbe moat totereettng pbaaa we en*
guptered at Barltogen, aad judg
ing from the cooinMBta of the
many Sligx Fallr and Jegereg i
Barracks mg we found there. It'
was to toga. toe.
Ibg coma the movtog baa
range. Bare yg are flag a Cbot-|
gtm and eUmb aboard a specially;
bulK truck. Ihk truck travels at
ao itillg par hour and every 90;
yards yg paa one of tooa MfeUe
white bouea from wtaleh omerae
elay plgw— flytog In every a-
reethm. Tg ere movtag., toe tar
get k moving and etth yg must
regkter hits.
’'It*s Just Uke firing from a
plane,** Sia toetrocter saya. **wltoD
yg are up to tbe blue yg are
moving and so Is your target, ao
this range glva yg a Uttle feel
of everytbtog mo^dng.” Twelve
hours, not all at coco, of ooura,
are spent g thds range.
• Later to the week tbe student
This turret ha a Shotgun mounted
goes to tbe turret shotgun range.
,g It Instead of tbe regular .50
caliber, to frgt of tbe turret
labgt so yards away k a big trap
tower, which is also releasing clay
Iplgeons. Tbe studgt alts to the
I turret, watebg for the plgeg sad
.ta the turret so M to get the
..D to hk sight. The six hours
spends g this range gtva him
the neoosaary training needed to
lesrn the smooth operathm of a
I power turret.
I Next coma the .50 caliber "band
Bald” range. Thk range has tbe
1.50 gllbers mogted g standards
nrua the shgtlg k to short bursts
St a gilseye loO and SOO yards
away. This metbod of taetruetlg,
[wblch covers four hours, teacha
manual flrlg tbrouih fmnt and
rear sights.
After yg have completed tola
trtonlng yg are rgdy to go to
the eeumatig range. Bare yg
jdg’t actually fire, gt yg man a
gun and watch a plane dive to at
yg from alwot 8000 feet. Tg put
g your radio beadpbges. through
irtilcb yg can be^ tbe pMot to
ithe plane. As he diva liuo yg,
yg level him to your sights and
be calls bk distance te yon. Be's
a mile and three qgrtas, a
mile and a half, a mlk. a thous
and yards, OOO yards, OW yards,
400 yards. 900 yards, thg be peek'
off, turas sad goa back to dive to
anto. Perhaps ttds time tbe plane
win peel ffl at 000 yards, tbe next
time St 100 yards and toe next at
900. Range esttmatton k totgd-
ed to show yg just what a pkne
looks like to your sl^t at dlffersnt
dlstanoa, Tg are etill be^
tou^t the prger kad to give your
target.
Ftoally toe dM arriva wbg yg
take your first fliglit Tg sl4> toto
your **lfse West,*’ your passefank,
draw your machine gg aad am-
munltlg and walk out g the run-
w»p and into an AT-d. Tg sit In
toe plane/ backwards ao yg can
ihoa out either side of the pjknc.
Tg mogt ygr gg and on yg
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Bog yg are over tbe lovely, blue
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Yank Will
Answer All
Problems
“E” Banner Feels
At Home In 791st
By PPC JOB MABm
Tbs rag bad oome ta dnslg toe
ntte lidtog g a light, cold wind.
It stopped oogd at its source, bid
8 plna * * • - _ -
ifKW TORK — m currgt ksua
TANK, The Army Weekto. e
skkrsbk gaoe has beg demi
to toe special fature, "What's
swers their questions g graoo-
,al pcobkma mvolvtag' taxa, de-
ipgdancy aUotegts, 008, various
ImlUtsry reguiattons and other
matters of vital concern to mg
ta toe armed forca.
The Tank staff bg attached
tooreased Importance to tbk fea
ture beaua of a large glume of
aiibjeet raelved at
ServlcoineB wito gusgl prob-
■ lems are urgg to cgtoct TANK.
1906 B. 4>d Staet; New Tork IT.
N. T., slnm mentoera of tbs staff
hag beg ealgnwl to do a
thggflh Job of research g quea-
|4iag gbmitted. and authoritative
answers are tovarlahty given.
I "What's Tour Probkmr* k of,toe ttdn line betwog wakafuUnae
toterest to others vrtio may have and sleep and ftoally palled toam-
slmllar dlfOcnttke or- qnnettooe. selva out ot Ihcfr baeks. Iheg
Oompkk answers, **»"*.*»"^f val-'duttered arouod tbs bsmeks.
gbk tefonuatton te all members'fumbUng te elgarvtta and began ■,
of the armed forcea, are printed enrstog—toe old, rgtine "beeftog.*' vsv te V*
bengto ee^ letter. Thev enrod tiui fee whM tteMMi
amjhedy eva be ahk togderatond
them. IB toek harle they knew
toe aegde ef their "baefbw" tas-
etelee them. Give tom a Jab to
Bo and yg find ent bow much
they wok to g good aoldlm. Thk *
tog toe Xaotoknoe Banner "home"
tpg^^twa monte preva a lot
The effleer who reniatoed at hk
desk to the Orderly Room, kng
sfter ehow-tlme. one nlte last wak.
to sign paaea for tardy O. Za. k
our new Adfntont, Oapt. Bobert J.
Afte more thg a year's ser-
ke wMh te TPlst, Lt. John Kley
k kavtog te a new assignment
to the Nerlto. Be'U bo missed. Hk
manner appealed to the commg
at te O. la. Be summed g
■to neatly with one Une,
**“ Toui^. student
- — tos Botog gets
tMgh H weeds te boys from the
Lt. Oorgs Koenig to g te move
sBsto. Inft lot weak te toe It
,They cursed the foe.
te merntog cfalO. They heaped;
waters of toe Oulf
I Before i ta te msmhig — end toelr fui^ g the calender hresTwi
' from g to g . to evenlng-^jgg itt wm Batnrday and Batnrgy was
Distance Unaware generalk las Review day.
' crowded. By idaclng your Long Dls> At the drlll-fleld they foogbt toe
tanco call at one a them timne, want of a smoke, the awful tampt-
yg*!! find It usually goa throogb atka to p^ big *»»»*« to thte
faster, evg theugh rata are podrets. the beat of te drone
— came through toe tog and It wns
lAbgl gM yards swg k another differgt now. The atonal to bbovc
AT-g towtog a 14-foet sleeve tar- off aad go by the revkwtog body.
,gct. The puoi givg yg the go-.The curdng bsgg anew. Now d
■head sign* Tg may be nervous was eursa muttersd sotte oat at
but your trslntog vtands yg to'toe corners of mootos. ttee
,good stead here. Tg kvk toe toey were directed st toe bktee
target to yonr elghta. pull the trig- kid who had trouble getting to step,
S gd yg*re now to alr-to-ehr te end mg of the rank ite fotoiet
Dg. ApparoKimatoly M torlU- to balf-stg after ptvettag, toe toto
packM boure are spent ta th la ke lover who tnrneditk heed slight*
■phea. FIrtajg k done from the !y to toe rl^t to get a view of toe
reer gd of g AT-g, toe turrets g hand. They skatoed to match te
a bomber aad from toe waist gun thud of Ch^ left heel wtth beat
g the bomber. of the music, shoulders wgt hai^
Ihnw are the big raomgts. Tg a Uttk farther aad put a ridge of
know yg are reig te obmbav wrtoktes to btousa, beads wgt a
Tg have ksned practIcaUy ev-,little higher, toey pasevd to fovlew
erjrtbbig toere k to know abgt a and yg oould feel te prte of
maditoe gun. Tg have fired moreimg knowing they were doing a
Amontottkn ten yg probably wfll > good job.
fire during your entira Army ea- The eun gme out diyiug top Jsg
reer. Tou are ready, bacaua yg and the mg moved off fha AM
have eoiwed ygr silver wings — sad te shad st' the head of
toe wings of g aerlsl gunner.
,w vvaoi he tek ekitog smigh
to rito asn^os; he geto mtt ef bed
.... end COM am Ble and etorto ekna
column tbe bhie and gold ef tfac.mere. Ah, yooeg keel
lAAaleCaH
&y Mihon Cantff, crMtor of Torry ond tho l^ptos'
Some Stuffing!