244th History 1962

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AFCS

244 Radio Relay Squadron

LtCol Garvin

During the Annual Field Training (AFT) in August 1962, the 244th personnel participated in Operation Longhaul, an exercise designed to recover broken communications in case of a natural disaster or nuclear attack. The 244th had personnel at Camp Rilea, Cowan Peak and Baw Faw Lookout, Oregon, as well as Camp Murray, Rattlesnake Ridge, Keechelus Ridge, Peoh Point Lookout, Ephrata, Colockum Pass, Odessa, Sprague and Four Lakes, Washington. Messages originating at Four Lakes, located just outside Spokane, Washington, were transmitted to Camp Rilea and then rere retransmitted to Sacramento, California, Louisiana and Washington D.C,

LtCol Garvin received congratulatory letters:

"The highly professional manner in which your unit established and maintained an extended relay system over difficult terrain reflects the results of an effective training program, plus an exceptionally high level of individual and collective initiative on your part, your staff and all members of your unit. Please convey my personal thanks to all members of your unit for a job well done." Colonel Doolittle, Chief of Staff, Oregon Air National Guard.

In a letter to the 252nd Communications Group, Major General Bergquist, Commander, Aif Force Commuinications Service (AFCS) wrote, "I hope that you and your people will continue to work with the same degree of vigor and enthusiasm that you displayed during the field training program. Because of the high degree of communications professionalism you displayed this summer, we consider you organization an intergral part of the USAF longhaul communications system."

The 244th Radio Relay Squadron Outstanding Unit Airman for 1962 was Staff Sergeant Jay C. Ross.

During the Columbus Day Storm, 12 October 1962, the 244th furnished lighting, heating and cooking capabilities to the the Waverly Baby Home and the Old Folks Nursing Home. They also kept the water pump operating in Blue Lake.

The 244th was the firs squadron to establish on-site housing (trailers), cooking (one cook to each site with food ration runs), and recreation (sports equipment and library books). This proved to be less expensive then off-site housing (motels) and contract food services, which was the established procedure used by other squadrons.

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