A gathering of key stories and photos that capture some of the action at the Army's manufacturing center at Watervliet, New York. The lead story is about the importance apprentices have on the arsenal's long-term viability.

1. Vol. 14, No. 6 U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal June 30, 2014
If there was ever a time for
apprentices to step up to the
challenge, now may be that time
Story on Page 3
THE
SALVO
Second-Year Apprentice
Jeremy Brackett

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Each year, the Arsenal leadership sets aside a one-
week period when manufacturing stops or slows down to
accommodate summer vacation plans. For this year, the
shutdown period will be from 28 July to 1 August.
We shut down for several reasons: So the Arsenal
does not have a surge of vacationers at an inopportune
time during the summer months and; the time also
provides us an opportunity to conduct critical, focused
maintenance without impeding manufacturing delivery
schedules.
The term “shutdown” may be a little misleading
because we will still have limited manufacturing
operations being conducted, as well as more than
50 percent of the workforce still at work during the
week. Additionally, for those who will be involved in
maintenance operations, you will soon find that our focus
on maintenance actually ramps up and does not slow
down or shut down. It will be an extremely busy week.
Suffice it for me to say that this week is a critical,
important period for us and I need everyone to
accomplish all annual shutdown goals.
In July, the arsenal will be a very busy place in
regards to visitors. Army senior leaders, from the
AMC Deputy Commanding General Lt. Gen. Patricia
McQuistion to new TACOM LCMC Commander Maj.
Gen. Gwen Bingham (in photo), will visit the arsenal.
Maj. Gen. Bingham assumed command of TACOM
on June 25. This will be the first visit to Watervliet by
either of the two general officers.
In addition to Army senior leaders visiting in July,
we will host weapon program managers and key leaders
from such organizations as the Defense Logistics
Agency. The purpose of all this activity is for them to
learn more about the arsenal’s capabilities and capacity,
as well as to develop strategies that may bring workload
to the arsenal in fiscal years 2015 and 2016.
My summer column would not be complete if I did
not talk about safety. We recently conducted a great
Safety Stand-Down Day on June 4 that better educated
you on personal and workplace safety. As you heard
that day, and have often heard, safety awareness must
be thought about and practiced every day. So, please
be safe in all that you do. You are too important to our
mission to lose.

3. Arsenal Apprentices
The strength of the their Mettle
will soon be tested
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One of the critical aspects to an apprentice’s training is his or her relationship with the program supervisor. Arsenal Toolmaker
and Apprentice Program Supervisor Terry Van Vranken, r, discusses with Apprentice Tim Lever the table of pre-set tools that will
be used for the manufacture of 155mm howitzer products. Apprentices rotate through various manufacturing centers during their
four-years of training to ensure that when they graduate they will be able to work on any production task.
Photo by John B. Snyder
By John B. Snyder
Story continues on page 4, Apprentice
The Watervliet Arsenal's apprentice program has since
1905 produced some of the finest machinists in the country.
But despite such a legacy, today's apprentices may face a
burden that their predecessors may not have experienced.
For more than 100 years, the apprentices have helped
build the 16-inch cannons that once graced America's
battleships during World War II to manufacturing engineer
bridges for U.S. troops who were fighting in Vietnam.
But given an era of fiscal uncertainty in today's defense
budget process, the challenge that apprentices face today
may be unprecedented as they must be more adaptable and
responsive than their predecessors to ensure that the arse-
nal retains its critical skill base.
The arsenal's workforce has ridden the ebbs and flows
of military budgets since the War of 1812. As wars ramp
up, the demand for the large caliber manufacturing rises
in direct proportion to the urgent needs of our war fight-
ers. When wars wind down, the demand for the arsenal's
products decreases almost as fast as the troop withdrawal.
As demand decreases, so often does the size of the arsenal's
workforce.
During World War II, the arsenal's workforce peaked
at more than 9,300 employees. By the end of the war, the
arsenal was down to 1,756 employees. Prior to the first
Gulf War in 1991, the arsenal had nearly 2,000 employees.

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Apprentice Cont.
Story continues on page 5, Apprentice
By 2002, the numbers were below 500.
When simultaneous combat operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan were ongoing
just a few years ago, the arsenal's work-
force numbered nearly 640. Today, the
arsenal stands at just over 500.
Someone who simply looks at per-
sonnel numbers, however, may arrive at
a false sense of the level of capability
and capacity the arsenal has to support
the war fighter. Although the arsenal
stands at just over 500 personnel, it does
not mean the arsenal cannot provide full-
spectrum manufacturing support as it did
just a few years ago ̶ because it must.
Which leads to why the arsenal
leadership does not look so much at the
numbers of machinists, but in the level
of critical skills, in essence capability, as
well as the capacity the arsenal retains at
any one time. Although the arsenal has only 85 machinists
today, they still must provide the same machining capabil-
ity as when their numbers were significantly higher just a
few years ago.
After all, the Army leadership expects the arsenal to
manufacture cannons for tanks and for howitzer systems,
as well as tubes and associated parts for the 60mm, 81mm,
and 120mm mortar systems. Those are the arsenal's core
missions and have been since 1887.
Today's low personnel numbers, which are driven by
lower workload requirements, have implications. If the
arsenal wishes to ensure its long-term viability, it must
quickly adapt to make certain that it retains the critical ca-
pabilities to support the needs of the war fighter regardless
the size of its workforce.
One way the arsenal is adapting today is by bringing
on line more computer-numerically controlled machines.
Nearly $26 million in new capability will be brought on
line this year and many of the new machines will perform
multiple operations, whereas the former machines may
have been able to perform only one operation. This allows
for a significant reduction in set-up time for a machinist.
As important as new machinery is to the arsenal's long-
term viability, so too is the increased scope of responsibili-
ties for the arsenal's future machinists. The days of special-
izing in just a few operations of a product line for years
is over as today's apprentices will be expected to work a
variety of operations on several product lines to make up
for fewer machinists on the arsenal's production floors.
The bottom line is that apprentices must be part of the
solution as to how the arsenal retains an adequate level of
critical skills despite the reduction in personnel that it has
experienced in recent years.
Terry Van Vranken, the arsenal's apprentice program
supervisor, said that today's apprentices, who number 14,
must be able to run any one of the 600 machines that reside
on the arsenal upon their graduation from the program.
Van Vranken has looked into the future and said that
he does not believe the workforce will grow much in size
beyond the current manning levels and so, he is challenging
his apprentices to do more than was required of apprentices
when he was in the program 10 years ago.
"Even with a smaller workforce, we still need to retain
the critical skills to manufacture large caliber weapon
systems and their component parts," Van Vranken said.
"After all, soldiers don't care if the arsenal has 500 or 1,000
workers as long as they get a high-quality artillery or tank
cannon on time."
Van Vranken said that by the end of the first year of
training, today's apprentices were already machining
products with little direct supervision. And, by the end
of their fourth year, the apprentices will not only be ma-
chining complex operations independently, they will also
be charged with training senior machinists on advanced
machining.
Arsenal Apprentice Colin McCarthy, top, and Machinist Wayne Pelletier are testing a new
CNC machine before it is approved for production. Apprentices often team up with an expe-
rienced machinist.
Photo by John B. Snyder

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Apprentices James
Nowell, left, and Nathan
Coryea are working in
two of the major areas
of training. Nowell is
working on the major
components produc-
tion line, while Coryea
is working in the tool
room. Every few
months, the appren-
tices rotate through
various arsenal manu-
facturing centers, from
the tool room to majors
to minors to tubes and
to quality control.
Photos by John B. Snyder
Apprentice Cont.
James Nowell and Jeremy Brackett are two apprentices
who are in their second year of the four-year program.
Despite their short tenure, it seems that they fully grasp
the awesome responsibility that is about to bestowed on
them.
Nowell, who grew up just outside the arsenal's fence
line, said he loves the challenges that are now being af-
forded to him as an apprentice.
"We understand that as the workforce numbers decline
that we must take on more responsibility, accomplish
more, and be ready to machine to tight tolerances on any
one of the 600 machines at the arsenal," Nowell said. "I
fully understand that upon graduation, where I machine
on the arsenal isn't so much about where I want to go, but
what the Army needs me to do, and I accept that."
Brackett said that he has always been mechanically in-
clined and took that passion into the U.S. Navy where he
served five years on active duty as an aviation mechanic.
Armed with military experience and a natural mechanical
ability, becoming a machinist has turned out to be a win-
win situation for him and for the arsenal.
"The hiring for our apprentice class was exceptional
because the 14 guys who are currently in the program are
similar to me in that they have strong mechanical back-
grounds," Brackett said. "I feel pretty good that we will
meet the challenge upon graduation because we are al-
ready doing machining operations that are more complex
than where we should be in the program."
Given the continued fiscal uncertainty in the defense
budget due to sequestration ̶ which caused the appren-
tices to be furloughed in their first year in the program ̶
one might think that keeping these apprentices motivated
to stick it out with the Army would be a challenge.
But, according to fellow apprentice, Colin McCarthy,
that does not seem to be the case.
"Yes, furloughs financially hurt us because many of us
gave up better paying jobs to become an Army appren-
tice," McCarthy said. "But what makes our class so strong
is that each of us has a high sense of personal motivation
and a commitment to the arsenal and so, we will do well
no matter the challenge."
The arsenal leadership fully understands that critical
capability isn't purely about numbers, because it is also
about the skill level, experience, and adaptability that the
remaining workforce has to meet the needs of our mili-
tary.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that numbers do influ-
ence the long-term viability of the arsenal. The arsenal's
only feeder program for talented machinists has only 14
apprentices. Those numbers mean something.
The apprentices undergo a challenging 8,000 hours of
hands-on training at the arsenal and four years of school-
ing at the Hudson Valley Community College in Troy,
N.Y. This current class is in its second year of the pro-
gram and will graduate in August 2016.

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a professional force of firefighters who often go beyond
the arsenal fence line rendering aid to the local com-
munity by leveraging their critical skills and experience.
They don’t do this for the pay. They do it for their sense
of duty to their community as volunteers, just as Frank-
lin did it in 1736.
Whipple will never claim to have created any impact-
ful innovation such as Franklin’s first volunteer fire
company, but in his own right he still has made a signifi-
cant impact to his community.
Whipple has been a part of his local firehouse in up-
state New York since he was 14 years old, when he joined
the ambulance corps.
Whipple said that he knew at 14 that firefighting was
his passion and that firefighting would someday be his
career. As soon as he turned 16, he immediately transi-
tioned to a firefighter position and has remained a volun-
teer fireman since that day.
After high school, Whipple joined the U.S. Air Force
and for the next four years he perfected his firefighting
skills at Fort Monmouth, N.J. Upon his discharge, he re-
turned to volunteer firefighting with the Rock City Falls,
N.Y., department. Although Rock City Falls may sound
like a small-fire department, it handled more than 440
Who would have thought that arsenal Fire Chief
John Whipple had something in common with Benjamin
Franklin? He does, but before the kite jokes start fly-
ing – ok, a poorly intended pun – let’s take a quick look
at early American history before we lay judgment on
Whipple.
America’s first European settlement in Jamestown,
Va., had more to worry about than scurvy, extremely
cold winters, and insect-borne diseases. They also had to
contend with a rudimentary wooden encampment that
was heated by open fire pits. Anyone who has visited
some of the recreated early settlements such as James-
town or Salem, Mass., has learned that fire embers were
often an arm’s length away from sleeping quarters and
dining areas.
Within the first year of the establishment of the
Jamestown colony in 1607, more than half of the 105 set-
tlers had died primarily due to starvation and disease.
And if that wasn’t bad enough, the remaining survivors
had to deal with a near-total destruction of the settle-
ment due to a fire in 1608.
As settlers continued to arrive in significant num-
bers, small camps became towns and eventually cities in
such places as Philadelphia and Boston. The material
that was readily available for use in the construction of
thatched-roofed homes, businesses, and government fa-
cilities was wood.
Having witnessed a terrible fire in Boston in the early
1700s and after a major fire in Philadelphia in 1736,
Franklin’s hometown, Franklin leveraged his journalis-
tic skills to create awareness in his community for an or-
ganized fire fighting response. He is also credited as hav-
ing established in Philadelphia the Union Fire Company,
America’s first volunteer firefighting brigade, in 1736.
A spirit of “volunteerism” is woven into the American
fabric. From defending a neighbor’s farm to defending
our country in battle, Americans have historically done
what needs to be done and often without any mental
reservation or hesitance. This is as true today as it was
when our country was founded.
Today, in an 1800s-era building on the arsenal, resides
From Benjamin Franklin
to Watervliet,
the spirit of volunteerism
is alive and well
Assistant Fire Chief
Kenneth Haviland as-
sessing a simulated
building fire during a
recent community-wide
training event. The
training and experience
the arsenal firefighters
have is often leveraged
by local communities
who rely heavily on
volunteer support.
By John B. Snyder
Story continues on page 7, Volunteer

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emergency service calls in 2013. Today, Whipple is on the Board
of Fire Commissioners.
As commendable as Whipple’s spirit of volunteerism is to the
community, many of his fellow arsenal firefighters share Whip-
ple’s enthusiasm toward protecting the local community.
Arsenal Fire Captain Steve
Mair has been a part of the arse-
nal’s firefighting team since 1997.
He, too, started his tenure as a
firefighter when at 16 years old he
joined the Westmoreland, N.Y.,
Fire Department. And, similar to
Whipple’s career in firefighting,
Mair joined the U.S. Navy after
graduating from high school as a
firefighter.
The benefits to a local com-
munity when one of the arsenal’s
firefighters, as a volunteer to the
local fire department, provides
first responder training and aid
must be immeasurable. That is,
unless you count the lives saved
or the property protected.
On a quiet Tuesday afternoon
last month, Mair and his wife
were driving near Westmoreland
on Route 5 when they saw what
looked like a dust cloud by a
house just up the road. As they
got close to the house, Mair real-
ized that it wasn’t dust that they
were seeing but smoke coming
out of the basement of a house.
After pulling off to the side of
the road, Mair had his wife call
911 while he went to the front
porch to bang on the door to alert
any residents who might have
been in the home. He was soon
met by a neighbor who helped
him get two dogs out of the first
floor apartment. It was a two-
family home.
Stepping back from the porch,
Mair saw a woman on the second
floor who seemed unaware that
her house was on fire. He yelled
for her to get out of the house im-
mediately. When she still seemed
confused, Mair rushed to the back
of the house and ran up a staircase
to the second floor as flames were
now reaching the first floor apartment.
He helped the women down the steps and escorted her safely
out of the house. As the volunteer fire department arrived shortly
after Mair escaped the fire with the house resident, he gave the
fire chief a complete report about the fire and the status of resi-
dents. Within three minutes of rescuing the woman, the house
was fully engulfed with flames.
On his own time and armed
with decades of firefighting expe-
rience, Mair was able to make a
huge difference in the small com-
munity of Westmoreland.
Whipple, Mair, and nine other
arsenal firefighters give freely of
their time to local volunteer fire
departments.
Why do they do it?
According to Whipple he vol-
unteers because he enjoys helping
people.
“When people are experienc-
ing one of their worst days in
their lives, I know that I can make
their lives just a little bit better,”
Whipple said.
Mair had a similar explanation.
“This is what we do as profes-
sional firefighters,” Mair said.
“We are willing every day to risk
our lives to save a life,” Mair said.
Although no one may be able
to truly measure the importance of
having a well-trained firefighting
force readily available at the arse-
nal or within the community until
a crisis or an emergency arises,
suffice it to say that all bets are on
the woman, who was saved on that
Tuesday afternoon in May, would
probably say that the importance
is life changing.
The “Franklin spirit” of volun-
teer firefighters is alive and well
in such places as Rock City Falls,
Westmoreland, and in countless
other communities throughout our
nation. Every day in America,
a life is saved or made better by
the men and women who, like the
arsenal firefighters, give freely of
their time and experience to make
their communities better by being a
volunteer firefighter.
Volunteer Cont.
Top: Fire Chief John Whipple providing guidance during training.
Center: Assistant Fire Chief Stephen Bogart, r, and Fire Captain
Steve Mair take a blood sample from Machinist Larry Wood.
Bottom: General Foreman Leon Rosko putting his training that
Firefighter Luke Ryder just provided him to good use as he at-
tempts to put out a simulated fire. The fire won.
Photos by John B. Snyder

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Does it ever makes sense to shut down
Army Manufacturing centers?
Photo by John B. Snyder
By John B. Snyder
Arsenal Commander Col. Lee H. Schiller Jr. talking safety to the workforce at the end of the
Safety Stand-Down Day on June 4, 2014.
Anytime there is a significant
pause in production at this Army-
owned manufacturing center, reports
are often prepared to alert higher
headquarters of the incident that has
stopped the critical manufacturing of
weapon systems for our Soldiers. But
not earlier this month.
The arsenal turned off its machines
and office lights on June 4 to rein-
force workplace safety. There wasn’t
an incident that directed the shut-
down, as is sometimes the case at oth-
er Army installations and commands,
but a sense by the arsenal leadership
that this time away from production
was a sound investment for the future.
Arsenal Commander Col. Lee H.
Schiller Jr. said it was the right time
to pause operations having just come
off of a very long winter and prior to
entering the summer months.
“What was great about this
month’s safety program is that it
reflected some of the key lessons
learned from the after action reviews
that we do after every safety-related
incident,” Schiller said. “So, this
wasn’t a check-the-box type of a
program because we worked on ar-
eas that we know needed to be rein-
forced.”
Schiller said the training addressed
more than workplace safety, such as
sling-load and forklift operations; the
training also sought to improve the
workforce’s health and welfare.
“We checked body fat, glucose,
and blood pressure, as well as pro-
vided information on proper eating
habits,” Schiller said. “The wellbeing
of my workforce is so important to
our success that we are now working
on a program that will help members
of our team to quit smoking.”
John Whipple, the arsenal’s fire
chief who was manning the blood
pressure station, said that his firefight-
ers truly enjoy supporting the Safety
Stand-Down Day.
“We believe that there is great
value in having a workforce who
is trained to provide an immediate
response to a threat to life or to prop-
erty,” Whipple said. “Just about
everyone has a fire extinguisher at
home, but few have read the direc-
tions or have trained themselves on
how to use it.”
When a fire can consume a build-
ing in about three minutes, having
people properly trained to use a fire
extinguisher may be the difference
between life or death.
Although Schiller believes this
month’s training was an investment in
the future, there were some immedi-
ate results coming from the wellness
program.
“It was good that we worked with
the health clinic and the Morale, Wel-
fare, and Recreation team because we
discovered during our health checks
that several individuals had glucose
or blood pressure levels that were
too high,” Whipple said. “We asked
those people to check with their doc-
tor at their first opportunity.”
Having a day set aside as a Safety-
Stand Down Day may be a misnomer,
because safety is preached and prac-
ticed every day at Watervliet.
“This is an inherently dangerous
business,” Schiller said. “We cannot
afford to think about safety just once
a year, and we don’t as evidenced by
the awards for safety that we have
won in recent years.”
The arsenal earlier this year re-
ceived the Secretary of the Army and
Army Chief of Staff Safety Award
for Industrial Operations. This was
the third time in four years, and two
years in a row, the Arsenal had been
recognized by the Army’s senior lead-
ers for its exceptional safety program
and record.

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MILITARY SERVICE BUY BACK TOOL
DFAS has created a "Military Service Earnings/Buy Back Estimator" tool to assist in estimat-
ing the cost of buying back military time to apply towards an employee's civilian retirement.
The tool is located on the DFAS website at:
http://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/militaryservice/militaryservicedeposits/estimator.html.
This tool will project estimated earnings and the estimated cost of buying back military ser-
vice time. This will give employees an *unofficial* estimate of their military earnings and the
estimated cost of buying back military service time in order to make the decision on whether
or not to buy back the military time.
If an employee chooses to pursue buying back the military time after using the estimator, they
must still follow the steps outlined on the ABC-C website.
If you have questions about buying back military time, you can contact the Army Benefits
Center-Civilian (ABC-C) at telephone number 877-276-9287 or the Watervliet CPAC on exten-
sion 4053 or 4058.
CPAC -
Civilian Personnel Advisory Center
Paying back the community one drop at a time
The arsenal conducted a blood drive
on June 10-11 and during the course of
those two days more than 130 units of
blood were donated. In the photo to the
right, Motor Vehicle Operator Richard
Windham gets ready to donate, while
Red Cross worker Ashley Domey is
about to make the draw. Her co-worker,
Steve Foster, jumped into the scene to
steal Windham’s 15 seconds of fame.
Fame doesn’t come easy at the arsenal
and so, Foster was lucky that Windham
is a very nice guy.

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The Arsenal’s Exchange:
Providing continuous support
via one customer at a time
Frank Galbraith thought that when he ended his 10-year
Army career in 2000 that the days of being separated from
his family were over. They were not.
Frank, who has since November 2012 managed the
small Post Exchange on the arsenal, left his wife and five
children in Germany due to the changing needs of service
members and their families.
Leaving families, especially when they are in a different
country, is extremely difficult on Soldiers and their family
members. Although Frank is no longer in the Army, the
separation is no less painful to him or to his family.
So it begs the ques-
tion as to why he would
put himself into such a
predicament. After all,
Frank certainly could
have found another job
outside of the Exchange
in Germany because he
had lived in Germany for
nearly 20 years and had
mastered the German lan-
guage.
Frank said it boils
down to two key reasons.
“When the United States began to reduce troop levels in
Europe a few years ago many Army installations closed,”
Frank said. “As Exchanges closed down, there were sim-
ply no other opportunities to stay with the Exchange unless
I came back to the United States.”
“Secondly, I really like supporting our military, to in-
clude the Department of the Army civilian employees,”
Frank said. “There is no other job that I would like to do
than to continue to support our military.”
But Frank is just a part of this story.
The Exchange prides itself on its ability to run its op-
erations from 98 percent of the revenue it generates. To-
day, “Exchange” is the new name for what many recall as
AAFES.
But more important, at least to the arsenal, is that about
40 percent of the arsenal’s Exchange profits are returned to
the arsenal. For 2013, that meant that nearly $30,000 was
provided back to the arsenal’s Morale, Welfare, and Recre-
ation program.
What did that $30,000 do for the arsenal?
According to Dawn Whelan, the arsenal’s MWR busi-
ness manager, the Exchange has through the years sup-
ported several improvements to the arsenal’s fitness center,
swimming pool, playground area, and Cannon Club.
To maintain a healthy level of support for arsenal MWR
programs, Frank and his coworkers Linda Dennett, Dave
Carmel, and Tonya Day must optimize product and service
offerings to keep shop-
pers coming to their store.
Frank said the key to
the Exchange’s future
success lies in the 1,300
workers who drive in and
out of the arsenal every
day.
“To ensure that we
continue to provide great
support to the MWR pro-
gram, we need to increase
our foot traffic who will
buy such things as ready-
made sandwiches, gift cards, and personal comfort items,”
Frank said. “Anyone who works on the arsenal can shop at
the Exchange and the only restrictions are that they need to
be in the military or retired from the military to buy alcohol
and tobacco products. Everything else is fair game.”
So, if you have enjoyed the improvements to our fitness
center, swimming pool, playground area, and our Cannon
Club in previous years, visiting our Exchange may go a
long way towards seeing similar improvements in the fu-
ture.
Frank and his team have not only provided great support
to the arsenal workforce, they have done so under some
very personal and professional trying times. For the service
that they provide and the great attitude they showcase daily,
our Exchange team is worthy to be called the Arsenal’s
Face of Strength for this month.

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Arsenal Appreciation Night with the ValleyCats
Saturday, 2 August
at 7 p.m.
• The arsenal has coordinated with the Tri-City ValleyCats baseball organization for the
6th Annual Arsenal Appreciation Night.
• Game is on Saturday, 2 August, at 7 p.m.
• Department of the Army Civilians and arsenal family members may purchase a "Reserved
Box" ticket for only $5.50 (42% discount). These are great seats in Section 250.
• All Military Veterans will still receive a free ticket.
• You may also purchase a reduced meal voucher for only $3.50 This voucher is good for one
hot dog, small soda, and a bag of chips.
Contact
John Snyder
in Room 102
Building 10
(266-5055)
or
Melissa Ryder
at the Body Forge
(266-4829)
for
Tickets!!!
Ticket sales begin
on
July 8th
Photos by John B. Snyder

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