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The U.S. Army is relying more and more on high-technology weapons systems, which present a challenge for the logistics structure that must support them. Unlike the simpler weapons systems of the past, today's technologically sophisticated systems have components that are extremely expensive; in addition, maintaining today's systems is far more difficult, because diagnosing and repairing complex subsystem faults require sophisticated and expensive test and diagnostic equipment. And on top of all this, the uncertainties of war make forecasting demands for these expensive items highly problematic. These factors combine in ways that negate the value of preplanned inventory as a way to solve the demands for spares in changing environments. We believe that a more realistic solution to this challenge involves developing and evaluating alternative logistics structures whose more fundable resources-like transportation and repair-are used to respond to changing wartime demands. Using data on the high-technology subsystems of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, we hypothesize alternative logistics structures and assess their responsiveness-in terms of cost-effective improvements to weapon system availability-under contingency scenarios.

1Miss Ashton's New Pupil

By Sarah Stuart Robbins

Marion Park, the daughter of missionaries, is sent to Miss Ashton's boarding school. There she meets with many young girls and together they learn not just lessons in German, Logic, Arithmetic, Latin and Rhetoric, but also life lessons of study habits, lady like manners, self control, thoughtfulness of others, truthfulness, and many other character traits. Join these girls of Montrose Academy as they plunge into the adventures of a secret society, fall into a scrape with the boys of Atherton Academy, and plan many Holiday festivities. (Summary by Abigail Rasmussen)

2Astounding Stories 03, March 1930

By Ray Cummings, A. T. Locke, Captain S. P. Meek, R. J. Robbins, Will Smith and Sewell Peaslee Wright

This is the third issue of the classic science fiction Astounding Magazine. It contains the opening chapters of a 4 part serialized novel by Ray Cummings, and stories by the prolific Capt. S. P. Meek, Will Smith and R. J. Robbins, Sewell Peaslee Wright and A. T. Locke. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and put your eyes on the most bizarre crime spree you will ever bear witness to! See the broad-shouldered beast with titanic strength, the strongman Hercules! Hear the deranged and multi-faceted vocal gymnastics of the mad ventriloquist, Echo! Meet the most devious and cruel criminal mastermind you will ever have the misfortune to tangle with! He may be diminutive in size but his feats of mental frenzy will terrify your senses! Beware the dreaded dwarf, Tweedledee! Together they will cut a path of murder and mayhem everywhere they go! Pray you don't cross their path! Tod Robbins, author of the seminal short story "Spurs" which was adapted into the controversial and thrilling film Freaks, brings us another twisted tale of carnival folk gone bad! (Summary by Ben Tucker)

A novel presentation in fiction form of the impulse and desire which mold the lives of men -- From the title page

It's the dawn of a new era with this first issue of The Thrill Book Volume 2, and the influential pulp magazine is back and twice as big as prior issues! This time we have the suspenseful gold mining mystery "Vanishing Gold", the taut spy thriller "The Seventh Glass", the third part of the globe-trotting spy story "Strasbourg Rose", and the first part to H. Bedord-Jones' swashbuckling adventure "The Opium Ship" to meet your pulpy needs. And if you are looking for something a little more weird or spooky, the suicide-tinged "When Ghosts Walked", the bizarre tale "The Bibulous Baby", and the hallucinatory mad ravings of "The Conqueror" should quell that particular hankering. All this and much more awaits those brave enough to take on the perils of the all-new, double-sized Thrill Book! - Summary by Ben Tucker

Welcome fellow travelers to another exciting issue of The Thrill Book! Herein lies all manner of stories for the discerning fan of pulp fiction. We have the chilling science fiction tale of a demented inventor wreaking havoc upon the world in Murray Leinster's "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero". Explore the lost civilization of the Sargasso Sea in the first installment of "The Lost Empire"! We also get the next part of the sea-faring serial "The Opium Ship" as well as the concluding section of the spy story "Strasbourg Rose"! And that's only scratching the surface! So much more lies inside. We dare you to give The Thrill Book a listen. You'll be hooked! - Summary by Ben Tucker