The work shift schedule was always changing due to personnel changes, work loads and for various other reasons that always seemed to come up over time. You may work 3 day shifts, then 3 swing shifts, 3 midnight shifts then 2 days off. While in the middle of the schedule things may change and you would start all over with a different rotation schedule so you end up with only one or no days off. Too bad G.I., you're in the Army!

One nice part of the work while on radio duty was the required monitoring of the TV and radio signal being transmitted and relayed for the Armed Forced Korean Network. Broadcasting ended too early, about 20:00 hrs, to help stay awake while on the midnight shift and we would get not so nice phone calls from Camp Ames and surrounding areas if the signal was bad or if there were technical difficulties.

There were always other projects to do when you were not on radio duty. One job was to drive the ration run or any other needed trip down the hill. It was not a pleasant drive and you always risked the chance of having a problem or accident and messing up your day. During bad weather you had to put on tire chains, wench your way through rough spots or even stand guard all night on a dead lined (broken down) vehicle to prevent it from being vandalized.