Guard Officers Research Articles

REMOTE SENSING OF OIL SPILLS

ABSTRACT A prerequisite for the control of coastal oil pollution is the development of surveillance techniques which are capable of monitoring large areas of the ocean surface to detect the presence of oil slicks. The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Research and Development is currently engaged in basic and applied research to determine the feasibility of various remote sensing techniques for the detection and identification of oil slicks. To date, several remote detection techniques have shown promise for the detection and surveillance of oil slicks; these were tested in a series of airborne measurements of controlled oil spills.

GOVERNMENT SERVICES

<h3>ARMY</h3><h3>ARMY TO RECALL 1,000 NURSES AND 100 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS</h3> The War Department recently announced that 1,000 former Army Nurse Corps officers and 100 additional medical administrative corps officers would be recalled. Major Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Surgeon General of the Army, stated that the recall of officers to active duty on a voluntary basis was necessary to insure the best possible care to some 90,000 patients remaining in army hospitals throughout the world. Other corps in the Medical Department which have been authorized recall quotas are the Medical Corps 100, Dental Corps 100, Sanitary Corps 50, Veterinary Corps 25 and dietitians 50. The first recall quota of 200 Reserve and National Guard officers authorized for the Medical Administrative Corps last spring has been met. In general, all officers who return to active duty must qualify

THE PROBLEM OF TUBERCULOSIS IN MILITARY SERVICE

Active tuberculosis disqualifies for acceptance in military service. According to the standards1in effect in recent years physical examination to exclude tuberculosis is required of applicants for enlistment, and chest roentgenograms are obligatory in the case of every candidate for commission in the Regular Army and for extended active duty as a Reserve or National Guard officer. Roentgenologic evidence of reinfection (adult) type tuberculosis, active or inactive, or of primary (childhood) type tuberculosis of such degree as to suggest the likelihood of future clinical significance excludes a candidate from acceptance for appointment as an officer in the Regular Army and for assignment to extended active duty as a Reserve or National Guard Officer. In the United States Navy likewise tuberculosis disqualifies for acceptance for military service. Roentgenograms are made routinely in the course of physical examination. Nevertheless a certain amount of active tuberculosis is discovered each year in the