ica where he developed logistics
plans for USAF-NATO emergency maintenance
of disabled aircraft that would land along the
North African coast after returning from missions
in any future war with the USSR. During the U.S.
post-Sputnik initiatives to create a national space
program, he critiqued aerospace industries' logistics
concepts on future space systems organization,
infrastructure and support. Among the studies
he critiqued was 'Space Logistics, Operations,
Maintenance and Rescue' (Project SLOMAR).
During the Viet Nam War, he was the senior
civilian in the Inspector General's Office at
McClellan Air Force Base, a major logistics
installation near Sacramento, California. As
part of his 'added' duties during 'Viet Nam' Mike
was a hotline volunteer in a suicide prevention
center and consequently, an advocate for
professionally-staffed 'suicide prevention'
capabilities throughout the entire Department
of Defense. He compiled documentation,
published, and widely distributed copies of
his book, "Military-Civilian Teamwork in
Suicide Prevention" (1971, 1985 and 1994.)
Mike's updated essay on suicide prevention
in the U.S. Armed Forces has been included
in his collection of memoirs, "Hot War/Cold War
-- Back-of-the-Lines Logistics", which is at:
http://hometown.aol.com/yarnspinner7191/
myhomepage/military.html

Also by Meyer Moldeven

Military-Civilian Teamwork in Suicide Prevention
Write Stories to Me, Grandpa!
A Grandpa's Notebook

The Preface

"It is difficult to say
what is impossible,
for the dream of yesterday
is the hope of today and
the reality of tomorrow."
-- Dr. Robert H. Goddard

"There is no way back into the past;
the choice, as H. G. Wells once said,
is the universe -- or nothing.
Though men and civilizations
may yearn for rest, for the
dream of the lotus-eaters,
that is a desire that merges
imperceptibly into death.
The challenge of the great
spaces between the worlds
is a stupendous one; but
if we fail to meet it,
the story of our race will
be drawing to its close."
-- Arthur C. Clarke

The Prologue

The Present

A conclusion in the Report to the Club of Rome:
The Limits to Growth states: "...within a time span
of less than 100 years with no major change in
the physical, economic, or social relationships that
have traditionally governed world development,
society wil