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Article: His Forecast Is for Change; Former Air Force General Guides Last Phase of Weather Service's Modernization
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 5, 1998
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The end of the Cold War had many ramifications, not all of
them pleasant for the U.S. military. For many military
organizations, it meant smaller budgets and reduced staff size.
Consider the Air Force's Air Weather Service: In the early
1990s, its staff numbered 5,200 people who operated at 265 locations
around the world. Today, the staff has shrunk to about 3,300.
"It was painful," said John J. Kelly Jr., the retired
brigadier general who oversaw much of the downsizing.
As it turned out, it also provided valuable experience for
Kelly following his retirement from the Air Force in 1994. Last
year, amid a budget shortfall and sinking morale at the civilian
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