European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars a n of s t r i p e a t u r e s e o t i on i watchdog 7th army s support command a port of the modern pen Tomic organization commands attached units 8y Hen if pc writer aviation sections come under the supervision of of on the wails in the on phen of the 7th army support cacs Chart Bright with a variety of colors confronting each other like opposing armies ready for those charts Tell Mellnik nearly every thing he wants to know about the scores upon scores of diversified which make up his sprawling iffy can quickly Tell where certain Hospital unit is located by its color he can Tell by another color How the unit is shaping up a third color Luis him whether the outfit is up to snuff or needs a Jab in the Arm a fourth him the other Urtis under a Einiks command include quartermaster outfits left and ordnance pm Stephen Mellnik pm Wall of his it 1958 the stars and stripes Story of a ordnance group n fifth the operations of the great of trans and so the 7th amid support each member of which wears the usual 7th army Patch but with the inscription support in capital i tiers Bounth is six Mon Hii it Walt Gen Bruce 7ih army Clarke is a tactician i Kliemt it Mobili to accomplish the pen of his organization he entrusted the support elements of the 7th army to Hes the Man whom Eoina Standen or other Heads of the considerable support Chain can come to dlr try with their under tha support command sup com Are certain postal n chemical various financial disbursement n number of surgical and evacuation hospitals Well is detach two replacement a Mili tary police ordnance quartermaster a signal and in on from will exercise Over attached unlit except for operational and technical control of administrative technical service which will be retained by commanding 7th the past months have Boen extremely trying ones for Wollnik and his he had to learn what he actually com what units they were and where they were and then he had to find out All he could about How they functioned How those which fell Short of the High efficiency Standard set by Clarke could get the Ahot they Mulnik considers  much same As an industrialist would consider a variety of enterprises he it is like n he siness to him a business which much show inefficient men or units represent a loss to the so Mulnik and Lus staff wont into facts and Huttt on turnip red figures which Rop Rosent n into the Black it so happens that sup com supervisory authority Over special and summary court martial this is also Echo did in to Tho 7th army support so they studied time devoted to and crimp up with Aston Shim thy Learned that court takes Ofifi Man hours per my Spei Jai Coutt and general court fijo the Flohil Cost of court nit Wirtl Brinn a Tut of and won dered lung much when a court tin person could is Nirri by a i inn Ticu Lur number of the Burstion is it v inn Ted to find out if court s should not lie believe an Nisi under tries to substitute for it be it it h for in a Beer i com Fri trial better is r chronic for to get rid of if he is offender and becomes Coj the army to is Bis Many Tinus cases tried by special courts martial came up with up Titi court and even summary court didst lower court handle them in the first it not if the fart pointed to a pos sible lower sentence the support command h trait ii to find other answers to pot Uliar problems in the army motor vehicle Accident a medical unit had record of 11 accidents per Miles str Rufly it it Ion which handles cumbersome vehicles had Only a Ellrick wants to know Tho reason for and consider the military injury a medical group had injuries per Man while in ordnance handling thousands of tons of am bad Mellnik and his staff arc trying to find an answer As Well a a cure fur this Here was something that made sup com sit up and take the 1957 rate for 11 medical group was Only h per while a transportation outfit ran 39 or this was the Eye opener the reenlistment rate showed that the transportation group had nearly Throe times As Many eligible men Reen list an the medical Sui com was created when Clarke considered that the Field army of the future is expected to have a support Why wait for the future he do it and so sup com was Mellnik u As Cost conscious us any comp troller in although he quietly he Doest have to explain a thing twice to his he starts off briefing newly arrived Field Grade like ibis what does sup com expect of you an old ukrainian proverb says a fish begins to smell from the a senior you have the responsibility to direct the use of army re sources and to prevent Mellnik put it this Way after appraising the accomplishments of sup com today there is a greater feeling of Pride and Unity the technical services than it u reflected by an uplift in morale by greater efficiency und an even greater determination to make sup com an example of 7th army 11