European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 1965 Safe to test new pcs program Germany a test of the air forces new reassignment notification pro Gram is to be conducted in Jan uary and february by Safe consolidated base personnel of Flocca last june a worldwide personnel notification of reassign ment test program was initiated by air Force the killed orders in hand Days prior to covered All personnel who were initially notified of reassignment during August and sep for tabulation notification times were reported regardless of die amount of and Vance notice personnel offices throughout Safe evaluated the test pro Gram and forwarded the results to air Force a detailed analysis of the re sults was received by personnel ii indicates that although Progress has been certain areas a Lull require in the new if an individual receives less than 60 Days notification of reassignment he May in the m Day requirement and accept the assign if he so courses far Lagos top no allocations drop for Germany s4s january allocations for the top three enlisted grades show a Large Overall drop from Decem Ber s there will be a total of 88 new stripes and Dia monds available within the com Mand As compared to 118 for last the e8 category dropped one the e8 allocation remained the and the e7 category sustained the bulk of the there will be three allocations for e8 stripes in a drop of one from the four available stripes last the e8 allocation for this month is the same As de the e7 bracket shows a Large decrease from last months there Are 78 available e7 stripes this month As compared to 185 last us picture is even less Eno our the total allocations for and e4 Are fewer a drop of forum lower enlisted than for the e8 category shows the Only increase i there will be 11j available Al stripes in january As compared with 41 last is allocation dropped from in december to 788 in a decrease of the by Brackat shows by far the largest e4 slots number 785 in january As compared with in de a drop of a limited number of Alloca sons have been authorized in restricted mos4 for recognition of outstanding individuals with 7th army he retaining the men promotions in the following Moss will not be made except As indicated in the preceding Para b4i at an All mini Iii air my k it it so k is k aft a shape expands essay contest Paris s4s More than students from a half dozen nations arc eligible to take part in the expanded shape inter National essay Content thai student from each National croup will be awarded Allex Rint Capald Touri of either Paris or for winning papers on the Security behind the shape judging at a local level Al ready i under six essays rated Best by jul National group will id Sci it my be each shape parts by the end of february for the final judging in during prize april the context winners will be Given a tour of Union they Al ready live near in which Case they will be flown to Naples for a six thousand juniors and incl irs teams will conduct classes by Herb Scott staff writer Heidelberg s4s inter Nal Revenue service irs agents Wilt open h series of eight classes in Europe late this month for some my forces Legal assist Ance officers expected to attend a Bruscup course on Federal income tax working in woman six ibs expert will conduct the first classes for Navy and air Force Legal officers in Frankfurt and Heidelberg m to the five Day income tax schools will serve As a refresher for Legal assistance officers in will instruct unit tax advisers so they May counsel and assist servicemen in filling out their 1m4 capt David minion minion chief of the Legal assistance Branch in the Usa eur judge advocates is coordinator for defense depart men sponsored schools Hen since the army is action Agency for the european the air Force has arranged similar tax courses for far East minion said two additional classes Are scheduled for Frank 1 to 9 and 8 to other classes trill Start simultaneously in Stuttgart and Munich on with the final course being Given at 8 to at each local Legal officers will cover state tax prob lems during the review of Federal internal Revenue for the irs schools Are authorized by Usa eur circular dated and change 1 to the about 80 forces members will at tend each said agents John Walker and Robert Terrell will conduct the courses at London and Stuttgart William Gottlieb and Mil ton Kaplan in Frankfurt Charles Barrineau and Martin Mcnamara Al Munich and Walker is assigned to the embassy in the other tax experts Are from the ors in american dependent schools in Europe make up the biggest group of students in the last a Pilot essay contest was open to american students the contest so successful that it was expanded and internationalized for the contest also is open to approximately German Stu 400 students in British de pendent another 300 in Canadian and 100 la in a group of 100 Stu dents from nato countries at shape and of cent schools near Paris and  will take four distinguished judges from each participating group pick winning essays Here during pan american will again Fly some of the win ners to the contest Wai begun by shape and the european con Kress of american Barents sad teachers american students in the contest this year Are limited to members of to schools in which Parent teacher associations Are affiliated with the essay winners who come to Paris will be briefed at nato and shape and meet Gen Lymun supreme Allied commander in the tour will include theater pro menu Choice for breakfast Germany sets breakfasts have been changed throughout 7th army mess Halls so that its no longer Chance but a Soldier can now select what he wants to eat for breakfast its an a la carte menu that we have said capt Donald 7th army subsistence division food fruit or dry or hot eggs to or special Grid it cakes or French Jam or milk or Cocoa the Soldier can make his just a if he were eating in a All these items Are available on the serving line every the Soldier can decide what he wants for not what we think he should said even with the plentiful array of Early morning a Standard menu is pre pared every for one mess Hall might serve Orange Bacon and eggs and Corn bread As its Standard fare one and then the next morn ing serve Tomato Ham and and whats the reaction of the Grumpy breakfasted who says breakfast la the same every morning even though the program started just a Short while the reaction of soldiers has been very Herington of surgeon elected to come Plant society Washington air Force surgeon general maj Gen Richard Bohannon has been elected As associate member of the society of medical Consul Tants to the armed a professional society of physicians and surgeons who have been in military service and who have acted As consultants to the surgeons general of the Navy and Ajr the society encourages the association of civilian Consul Tants and military medical personnel and emphasizes the obligations of civilian physicians to the korean trick aids training Germany Spe Cial a technique used against enemy attackers during the kor Ean conflict is being used today to annihilate 34th int div troops in simulated nuclear blasts set off during training exercises in Germany today Are based on the same principle As the flu Gasse used during combat in the flu gasses were set up on the sides of korean packed with scrap Metal for shrapnel and aimed towards the attack ers rant Han responsible the Man responsible for the which eliminate troops As they go through Maneu vers at army Field training areas is Sec James Doncouse of the divisions Ord engr Ever time he sets off a bomb he is reminded of the Hills of Korea when he first Learned the flu Gasse then used for the far More Seri Ous purpose of slowing enemy to make the atom bomb Doncouse uses More than 80 pounds of explosives including a barrel with a mixture of ii pounds of napalm and it pounds of this a enough to form a fire Ball which Burns out at an Altitude of from to feet before forming the familiar mushroom shaped in the flu Gasse includes a shape charge which channels the direction of the blast and a entering charge for the sound effect to make the bomb More according to pre paring for the simulated a Lomec blast is an involved process re Quiring time and skill to properly mix the napalm and the the two ingredients must be heated slowly until they warm to the Point where they will blend to this occurs at a temperature somewhat below the boiling once the blend has been achieved it must set overnight before it can be used for the when the barrel of napalm and Gas is ready the materials for the flu Gasse Are gathered on the top of a Dif Fering from the korean the barrel is not filled with scrap Metal shrapnel and the shape charge is set vertically to shoot the name and smoke into the air rather than horizontally As at a charging strict safety precautions have to be observed while Selling up the Doncouse no smoking is allowed in the area and the Impact area is carefully checked to make sure it is with everything in the charge is set off elec immediately a loud Boom echoes among the then a Bright Orange fire bal rises Over the training area followed at last by the mushroom in the Man Euver this it the signal for the troops training to hit the dirt As they Are tested on their reaction to a nuclear blast in a realistic 1 j there she uti Elm nth i dive ust Shields himself laced Cleir explosion at