European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The turkish army shows How in Aid has added punch to its fighting in upper left reconnaissance jeeps purr past at a Parade in Ankara in the tank school upper right ready an m26 Light Tanc for a firing while Center a company of turkish infantry puts its Best foot at Tower col Louis Ham Mack chief of Armor in the joint military Mission for Aid to confers with3d it Adnan Erim and capt refi both turkish four 40mm antiaircraft guns lower muzzles pointing signify the lift which material has Given turkeys armed tit til armr shows its Muscles w the turkish armed forces paused Long enough in their training Here in Ankara to demonstrate to a group of visiting correspondents How Aid has been their demonstration included a military Parade i artillery supporting units a Fly past of two lighters and one transport and Tours of three big training officials Here said it was the first time such a show of strength had been made in the two year period in which Amer ican dollars have been used to increase defensive the provided for the 1948 fiscal Vear to and mechanize the armed forces without further burdening turkeys As it is 40 per cent of turkeys National budget goes to its in the army received Worth of the air Force and the Navy and Public Road program the the 1949 fiscal years appropriation was which the army received Alt Force and Navy in Aid has new Pune to a rugged Fig Liting team v by Ken Staft writer Congress has already appropriated for the 1950 fiscal year for both Turkey and but the breakdown of exact amounts for the two countries has not yet been american military assistance to Turkey is handled by the joint military Mission for Aid to of which maj Gen Horace Mcbride is wiry Mcbride knows both train ing and and knows it takes a lot of the former to win the a one time instructor at the command and general staff school at he As commanding trained the 80th inf diva the then led it from Normandy to Austria with the 3d our program a Turkey has been a we have provided a reasonable amount of military equipment and trained the turkish sol How to use the training also organization and modern methods of the military education chief Effort is to train a select group of who in turn can teach hundreds of turks took special training with the both in toe and in Germany and Are Back Here conducting new courses and classes Are beginning monthly and the Mission is continuing to Send students for training outside of in the first25 months of the More than completed train ing under american ten per cent of the graduates were the largest school is the 115yearold War the West Point of students Are under 23 Yean of age and Are enrolled for a three year study of military and technical enrol ment is with a teaching staff of 200 instructors and the tank patterned after that at is Only two years but in that period 800 officers and non coms have been graduated from 11 the familiar Blue and Gold Trian Gular patches of the armoured Divi Sions Are the the shops and out on the Field with the Sher Man and the turks can Tell you about the Ruhr linkup Between the spearheads and the hello wheels and How patrons fourth was the to break through to american head of the armoured school for the past two years has been col Louis of he if leaving this week for the and will be replaced by col Charles of present director of others on the staff include it col Delk of capt Thomas of la m sol Lester of St and Harold continued m Page in feature Section Iii