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Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Davis, U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
Story by Mindy Anderson, U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
What do you get when you add Waka-Waka, 50-plus kids, 60-plus 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team “Buddies,” and 190 Volunteers , throw-in a beautiful day then multiply all that by ‘a whole lotta fun?’ You guessed it – Vicenza’s first Exceptional Family Member Program Sports Day.
The event marks five months of a lot of hard work and coordination.
“I can go down a whole list of folks in the Garrison and in the community, but there are two people who made this day happen,” said Maj. Gen. David. R. Hogg, commander, USARAF. “Cara Tarr, the EFMP coordinator, and Loraine De Oliveira, the EFMP Sports Day Volunteer Coordinator, brought this day together after five months of planning -- so thumbs-up to them.
Tarr became emotional when asked what the day meant to her.
“It has been so much fun working with all the people and all with such big hearts,” Tarr said. “Most importantly, this day is for the kids and for them to know this day is for them and and see how much fun they’re having means everything.”
De Oliveira echoed Tarr’s sentiment.
“To see the community come together in this way has been amazing,” De Oliveira said. “We have volunteers from US Army Africa, Army Community Service, Vicenza Garrison, Italian Volunteers, and our community have come out to participate in this event – it has been a privilege to be a part of this,” she said.
Francesca Gheller, EFMP Volunteer who works with Vicenza Housing, said the day has dual meanings for her.
“My son, Paul Dorrity, was born today,” Gheller said. “He was a pilot with 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and was killed in a mission in Afghanistan fighting the war against terrorism – so I come today in his memory because he loved track and field and to honor all these children participating today.”
Hogg said looking around seeing these 173rd Soldiers volunteering is priceless.
“These Soldiers just got back from Afghanistan and are out here as ‘Airborne Buddies,’” Hogg said. “When you look at the work from the volunteers and the community to put this program together and have done an exceptional job – and it’s not just our American volunteers, it’s our Italian host nation community volunteering to be a part of this,” he said.
Activities continue through 3 p.m. today at the main track beside the Vicenza Army Medical Clinic.
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In the early 1960s American advisers in Vietnam requested an automatic grenade launcher which could act as a force multiplier. The US Army responded in September 1963, by calling on private industry to submit designs for a low velocity 40mm automatic grenade launcher. The new launcher had to weight below 12lbs and feed from a belt. Four competing companies submitted designs with the entry from the Aerojet Ordnance Manufacturing Company tentatively selected in February 1964.
Throughout 1965 Aerojet worked up their design and with feedback from the Army altered it to fire from a closed rather than open bolt and a sem-automatic fire capability. The weapon was initially designed to fire from a tripod but the Ordnance Corps also requested a design with a buttstock which could fire from a bipod. The weapons sights were taken from the shoulder-fired, single shot M79. It appears that the general shape of the XM174′s receiver and pistol grip were styled after the M1919 medium machine gun, possibly for the sake of user familiarity.
Designated the ‘Launcher Grenade 40MM Low Velocity Automatic, XM174′, Aerojet continued development throughout 1966 with the assistance and oversight of Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal. It was initially envisaged that the new grenade launcher would be vehicle and tripod mounted but weighing under 12lbs, less than half the M60 light machine gun, the Army quickly saw hip-fire potential in the XM174.
Despite being lighter than an M60, the XM174 proved to be less ergonomic and more difficult to carry in the field. Aerojet developed a 12-round drum to carry the weapon’s belt to ease carrying and loading on the move. When field tested in Vietnam the drum magazine was found to be fragile and suffered a high attrition rate. Units from all three services tested the XM174 in Vietnam. Including Air Force base security units, the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Division and the USMC. In the photograph above we can see Major Joseph Flynn, 26th Marine Regiment, explaining the specific features of the XM174 to a group of generals in October 1969.
While the XM174 suffered teething problems in the field including issues with the drum system, poor ergonomics and complaints about its effective range. In the meantime Naval Ordnance Station Louisville had developed the Mk19 in 1968. The Mk19 was quickly adopted for vehicle and tripod mounted use by the Marine Corps and Army and the Ordnance Corps abandoned the XM174, some continued to be used in Vietnam into the early 1970s. Troops at squad level continued to use the M79, XM148 and the M203.
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Still from an animated illustration of the Fiscal multiplier effect for HNC business course..
The most important part of Aggregate Demand is Consumption. However consumers do not spend all their income- some is saved. National income can therefore be represented by the equation Y=C+S. As incomes rise so does consumption BUT savings also increase as a proportion of income.
A mans income rises by £100- He spends £80 and saves £20. This first retailer sees his income rise by £80- He spends £64 and saves £16. The second retailer sees his income rise by £64- He spends £41 and saves £10. The third retailer sees income rise by £51.
So in the above example an additional income of £100 causes a rise in spending of £226 after only 4 transactions!
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Its been a while since I played around with some textures. I've used Kim Klassen's Unleashed and minus 43 with a multiply blend in Photoshop.
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Multiply Festival (Sous-station Lebon) : in the foreground, it's Dana Wyse's book "How to turn your Addiction to prescription drug into a successful art career".
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