European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Odoy 7th army fitness program Kitty 1st step stirs a i. -. Is by William Mcben 8ds Stuttgart Bureau. Stuttgart Germany Sas it Gen Garrison h. Davidson a railed the response to the opening phase of 1th army s physical flt Neu program most Bat pointed out to his troop that it was Only the first step to get the Ball of the command recently completed the first tests inthe program initiated by David son to put Teeth into combat fit Ness training. The enthusiastic response Byall elements of the command to the initial program has been most Gratifying said Davidson who outlined what s ahead in it train ing in a letter to his commanders. Davidson pointed out that higher Levels of physical fitness had Al ready been achieved through the program particularly where the were needed but that some mis conceptions of the program s Alm emerged from the first phase. The form of the program said Davidson made it inevitable that it would be confused with the Road requirements of a realistic program for combat fitness. Unit program which Alm narrowly and exclusively at achieving minimum scores in prescribe tests in place of an Overall development program severely limit the achievements potential of participating col John k. Singlaub who directs the program As chief of the eighth Polaris sub will join floor Washington a the eighth Polaris a True Rah Marlim will join the Het saturday. The Wavy said he fee thorns a. Bdl on will be com Bihari one at the Groton cowl Yards of the electric boat do general dynamic corp. Launched last june my Tan. And is 410lent Long. It will be armed with the As Polaris Mistle series which a a Range of More than 1,70 Mon luus Owr Polaris ships thee Taoa will have alternating Oram. Opt Charles m. Young of Conrade Calif is a Wymand ref one Crew cmdr Walter debt fuck of Long Beach calif.,la shipper of the other. New Vest Here s the improved armourd vent of titanium plate and Ball Fatic resistant Nylon being developed by the army quartermaster at the Jim Earth and Center. Natick Mas. The top photo shows the placement of the titanium plates while brow lit the balls the Nylon fabric with the titanium plates stapled beneath the fabric. Known an the composite armoured Vest the experimental protective garment weighing less than nine Pound will provide higher level Protection for the combat Nodler than the Model wed during the korean War. Army photon Mats get first c1s5b Scott air Force base 111. Special the military air trans port sen ice s first c133b strato lifter was delivered to Travis air Force base in California. The plane was piloted by maj Gen Glen , commander of Western transport air Force Weslaf. Language study easier for children Deg says by Herb Scott staff writer Karlsruhe Germany Why teach Host nation languages to primary Grade youngsters in dependent education group schools ? even though a Young schoolchild returns to the United states and never continues a foreign language to which he has been introduced in two or three years of overseas classes his time has not been wasted. Or. Alfred w. Beer Hatum declared Here. German French or italian i Learned More effortlessly to child Hood than it any other time Sai Beerbaum Deg foreign language specialist. Although children May forget words pronunciation habits an pattern rhythms Are As unforgettable As swimming or Riding bicycle because they Are Learned with the Muscles of the he explained. Always iia value this Early training will be Valu Able although the child does t go on the educator maintained As Hewill be required to take a foreign language later in his school army s dependent schools have been offering instruction inmost nation languages through the grades continuously since 1946,when the education system was set up in Europe said Beerbaum who helped shape the program it that Lime now. 15 years after Deg Star edits program the hottest new idea in stateside education is the teach ing of foreign languages in Elemen tary schools the official pointed out. The trend is to introduce foreign languages to children As Early As possible he said adding less than10 years ago it was rare to teach them in seventh and eighth Grade,1he said Many school systems also Are extending the traditional two year High school course to four or even six years. Psychological experts on learn ing ability maintain that the use of the highly successful modern audio Lingual techniques for teach ing foreign languages demand that children begin much earlier today in kindergarten if possible said Beerbaum after the age of nine Youn people become More inhibited in their Powers of expression and the vocal mechanism grows progressively rigid beyond 12, the Lan Guage expert said. This 20 minutes a Day of studying the Deg schools beginning in the first Grade if of no More value to the student is Drill and preparation for the foreign Lan Guage he win have to master to get through High he concluded. 17th of sets Swap exercise sd8 Ramstein Bureau ramste1n, Germany is a unit of the 17th air Force and one from the German air Force will Swap pilots support personnel and planes for the first time in a Exchange program tentatively scheduled to Start monday it was announced Here. Units involved Are the 102nd tac tical fighter Wing at Phal Bourg France a former air National guard outfit and the German air Force s North up stationed at Leek near the danish Border. Six pilots As Well As support personnel from the German unit will Fly into Phal Bourg in f84fsand be integrated As a part of the 102nd for approximately 10 the same time a similar num Ber of f86h, aircraft pilots an support Crews Wilt Fly to Leek and be absorbed by the German uni aircraft will Fly missions with the Host base outfits while parties Pating in the exercise. Medical confab slated Washington special More than 50 Allied military and civilian physicians representing ,15 latin american countries will attend a medical meeting in Panama March one of theso"farv".,some of the -. Sight of the purpose of Singlaub said they Umas a program instead them As a measure of we re no people to pass these just teats to to ability in five Are the program include combat physical Profic Lefor men under 40". And 1 Canadian at Force la for the combat physical test includes hand Over hand climb ital ladder a obstacle Coune and one mile ran that completed to a minimum a minimum passing score test is 30 Points. Many units were minimum Standard As a i Singlaub. We say tithe goal but Only the and that a Man should beyond his reach to the second and third the program Are ahead for the 7th army troop said. The second stage is to maintain the impetus program until the third formal combat fitness established. Facing 7th army troops part of the second stage Singlaub called a hard Gram of daily physical act lathe integration of this with operations and trial Only for Marampa As part of this Callithen been encouraged Only As exercises and not As Sutford hard physical activity pet Tive aspects of the activity Are also Epcot the plans also Call fore Lusion of opportunities for Contact work and running along with an intramural of emphasize formal program said should be prepare month and will feature an Sion of the testing through a Battery of tests to eliminate the tendency of rent tests to become the leadership training for officers and cos i development is also among the things incl this Singlaub sold is the Lish ment of higher physical requisites for admittance to7th army no Academy Means of giving cos a standing of the influence fitness has on train men to formal program san Glauth we plan to establish clinic ing several weeks Oft Aln t 8, taking the Best of the British French an service programs As Well we have Learned and Learned from previous Ness also plan to Estal time combat fitness division corps and army win work under the ?93"we have stirred up Singlaub noted we want to do and have ally done is to create of the idea duties of a quire that he be physical 66th a sgt named top no Academy gr4 by Bob hover ads Munich Bureau ?1 bad Stoelz Germany is sgt Thomas p. Easum he and service co 66th intelligence up was named distinguished graduate and Pat ton award Winner for class62-14 at the 7th, army no acad Emy. " Easum finished first in a group of 140 graduates. Honor graduates finished Sec Ond third and fourth respectively were sp4 Doran p. Welch army Garrison Northern area come sp4 Amoss e. Lockhart Btry a,3rd missile in 7th arty and spas Barley w. Raska he det logistical comd., named distinguished leadership graduates were Easum Welch and sp5 Leo l. Thelen cob 2nd medium tank in 1stsp Ralph Dawson or. Co was named Winner soc tation of the u.8l. 7 sp4 Lester r. Kyie i Jarrod Rifle is 36th named Wren Ner of the Dant s inspection. Guest speaker Ater ses was a Gen. Polk 4th Arm div cd
