European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes november Bridge s flown to Germany special the firm major sections of a Railroad Bridge 1 h u i will help Tuni Sius Economy has been Airell fled from Here to a air Force ller ruins transport from the 322nd air eve Crux loaded with approximately pounds of component parts and sections for a Bridge that will spun the my Lynne River near the to in built by army was requested by the tunisian government aft i one was washed out by u Flash the hrs die is important to Tunisia because it is an important Supply link with Rich phosphate mines located in the Interior of the Mediterranean some of the supplies and which u being provided by the army general were airlifted to Tunis wednesday forty even officers and enlisted men from the 293rd in nor will build the Bridge after All constr Cllon supplies have been flown to the m3rd is a part of the 7lh engr and the 24th engr a Small Advance party of surveyors from the 293rd is Tunisia gently til the Bridge fifteen missions will be flown from Here through 30 to Jar Llyl pounds of supplies needed in build the ci30s and their Crews will be provided by bases in France and aircraft maintenance for the transports and loading facilities arc being provided by the 7030th consolidated aircraft maintenance and Materiel a Mcdowell of assigned with the 24h engr in and project officer for Hie stated the Bridge is scheduled to be completed by crewmen of the Turboprop aircraft Are Cut John of aircraft 1st David Guy of Mai Jeremiah Douley of port s sgt Lloyd Flicker san of night and a1c Nelson Drew of Load to Germany special the tightening of operational expenses of Safe will e a continuing process far into he foreseeable col Johnson chairman of the Safe Cost reduction program told 60 Cost reduction program representatives the air Force staff officer was one of the featured speakers of the Safe Cost reduction program inspection team that arrived from Safe to discuss goals and report requirements of the commands Dollar slashing in praising the Cost reduction said it was the Host mean of controlling management and was the Best Way to measure he said it was an excellent method for managers at All Levels of command to show How Well they Are utilizing the taxpayers he pointed out that Gen Safe warned of conscious officers not to Price him solves out of Johnson state Safe he was note rested not Only in big but Small ones As Small he come from individuals who Are usually idea these idea Johnson usually responsible for the development of new management new awards to encourage individual Johnson said Safe will shortly initiate an awards program whereby bases can recognize its outstanding Cost conscious it col Safe Cost reduction program Monitor with the outlined specific command Cost reduction program goals and reporting in discussing the importance of lowering operating unman said future efficiency ratings of air Force officers rented their contribution to Cost reduction be also encouraged Cost reduction program area Monitor to work More closely with base an Detoni to discover ways of Tutov i Ming operating Holman announced that a Coil i reduction program base of the cur will be selected by Usah next selection will be f the ability of a base to reach a designated How far Over the goal the base went and Docty j men cd reports on How the bait implemented the Cost reduction safes fiscal year ims has been Slu blushed at 140 Anlu according to i assistant Musaffi j Cost reduction program emphasized legitimate saving Are often turned Down at Headquarters because report inf 1 officials fulled to adequately Del scribe their Cost cutting proce he also told the ran Stein group hut fewer and More lift poll fled forms have been created 1 to encourage More Cost redux 1 lion program reports of validated the Cost cutting advisory group is currently on tour of us afe bases in France and f Washington its two Hundred German shepherds arc needed immediately by the air Force for sentry duty at military bases in the United states and an additional 300 must be entered into training by August of next the air Force in order to maintain an adequate sentry sentry teams of highly trained German shepherds and their individual handlers arc used by All three services throughout the world for patrol and Security in july the air dog Sli was made responsible for procurement and training of the the air Force said it will accept donations or will Purchase animals meeting prescribed the German male or spayed must be Between 1 and 3 years weigh at least 60 pounds and stand at least 23 inches at the it is not necessary for the dogs to be they must meet acceptable standards for the German Herd the German Shepherd is the Only dog used today by the serv Cei for sentry duty because adaptable to All climates and is physically and mentally equal to the training in the United the training school for sentry and Landler teams is at Lackland fab a school serving the Pacific area operates in Japan in at in the United sentry dogs Are trained at a school operated by the British in Southern dogs from this school Are used throughout Britain by both the american and her majesty inquiries May be made at any of prior to military use of dogs was limited largely to sled dogs in Arctic during world War ii about dogs of various Breeds were trained and sent overseas for patrol and sentry duty the air Force first employed sentry dogs in Europe and the far East during the korean in 1199 the sentry dog program was adopted throughout the air last year the Lackland Center processed More than dogs and graduated 423 sentry teams the air Force said 700 teams a year arc required to meet exist ing and programmed require set on toy pay Germany Cal members of the forces have until to file claims Tor relm for any travel performed after for i which they have not been Public Law dated provides for retroactive payments to Active duty and former service members of the air corps and other uniformed services for travel performed orders which were later cancelled or amended while the member was on leave or Croute Between duty detailed information and assistance in preparing claims can be obtained from the finance and accounting or personnel office of any military s col director of accounting and Safe said air Force accounting and finance officers will Render technical assistance in All easel it is the individual responsibility to pare the claim and furnish porting documents Presto Dick Squadron cited special the 2176th communications so has been selected As pcs Auto Din tributary of the month by major relay 2130th communications at apoz1p u Apos throughout the army air Force postal service will adopt the zip code system for personal and military mail next As a preliminary step to eventual installation of Electron c sorting machines in Post zip code addressing is being established nationwide to Speed up handling and routing postal authorities now anticipate that within the next two years the department wll have optical machines in use which will sort mall automatically by Reading the zip code number foil of fire officials maintain that even at present mall bearing a zip code can he processed manually faster Speed Mill non coded letters and packages and can be routed faster since the code numbers Are actually keys to geographical in the zip Apo conversion of military addresses using the new York All current two digit Apo numbers will be prefixed by for Apo will be converted to Apo by 01041 below the adds another such As Apo 1 becomes present three digit Apo numbers Wilt be convened by prefixing 01 to present numbers example Apo 111 will be changed to Apo by an exception to this will he which will become Apo by Ozdol by reason of the mail limits of Apos ending in double mull addressed from one Apo to another in the or adjacent without routing through civil postal will omit the Gateway City and substitute us forces will not be abbreviated under any according to military postal setting up he zip it do present pre addressed Itali onery and envelopes May he used for mailing until Nupp Lles Are exhausted and organizations need not use do form 1179 change of address and do rectory record for notification of new zip Apo the institution of zip code for Apo Moil service on january 1965 you unit Hole Lime to take care of your zip code printing the Stan and printing Plant is ready to assist you with Quality printing thai will satisfy your most demanding requirements lost minute the stars and stripes printing Apo us forces 09175 Ann Metier