European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                8 the stars and stripes August 1965 i command changes receive new assignments Germany Spe Cial Rex Sage has assumed command of the 24th inf Devi support he succeed Jack sages last assignment was As special operations division legislative office of the Secretary of the France Jean Roche is the new Deputy commander for Materiel of the uth tactical reconnaissance Toul rosters air he replaces Pete who moves to the Post of assist ant Deputy commander for my Frankf Germany Spe Cial Robert Tarbox has Bern named v corps Engi replacing Rich gird or Tarbox wus previously Deputy corps of West Earl Butts hits taken Over duties As Deputy commander for Mph tactical recon Naissance from Robert Butts was Deputy commander for operations for like 363rd tactical reconnaissance Wing it show air Force Lloyt becomes Butts bad Germany special Robert pills Bury has assumed command of the 7th medical he Hud been 7th army Deputy France special Frank Malone is the new commander of the Mitt tactical reconnaissance Laon air he replaces can role Malone was Vic commander of the tactical fighter Span Dahlem air Falletta has been re assigned to wies Germany Spe Cial John gigs in has assumed command of the uth military police up Gibson was formerly co of the 7mth my Germany special Ellsworth Miller has assumed command of the 30th medical up he succeeds Raoul Sakl who has been assigned As com Mander of the 98th general hos Pital in Miller comes to the 30th from assignment As medical re search and development coordinator with Canadian army it in Germany Russell Ogan As turned duties us Mth air div Vic commander replacing James fund ency who Hai Ben named commander of the 70311th combat support Wing and ram Stcin air Ogan was commander of Al lied sector Mth air Germany Thomas Watkins has succeeded Carl Wilson As Deputy commander of the european Exchange Wilsons new Post is Deputy procurement 1002nd in Norton Watkins was previously on the staff of the air War College at Maxwell Frankfurt Everett Langworthy has assumed command of the 1602nd air transport group at Rhine Mala air relieving Ronald Forward who Hai been assigned As Deputy com Mander for operations at Scott Libya special John Patton has taken Over duties As Vic commander of the 7272nd flying training Wing at who club air he replaces John Giraudo who has been assigned As vice commander of the 48th tactical fighter Wing at Patton comes to the North african base from Safe he where he served As chief of the program control division for the Deputy commander for opera Germany Cuthbert Paul lilo has assumed the Post of Deputy com Mander of operations for the future will be decided in Viet Nam 1st Cav to test mobility by Marc Hiuet Washington Bureau Washington s4s men of the 1st Cut div airmobile or the 1st air Cut As they prefer to be culled Are head ing towards the next hurdle in a test of Battlefield Viet in stateside tests during the past 21 the airmobile sol a Lars have liken pm the Best in the including Maneu vers with the s2nd airborne there excited about Viet n senior army officer in Viet num they will test the merits of air mobility attains the elusive communist the Viet the 1st inv div is no sprung or to the fur where it saw com luit in world War ii Ami on it wus  the 1st Cut div airmobile and later Given orders for South Viet num us a part of the Mili tary buildup in Southeast based on the divisions performance in Viet Nii Iii mid on military requirements later this the army chief of stuff will make recommendations to the joint chiefs of staff and the de sense Secretary on the future of in creating air the army gave the division 494 air Craft us a time when they were badly needed in Viet this is indicative of the Imit Tunco the army places on air tin army official pointed All but six of these aircraft Are helicopters of one Type or an the new division also has this compares with 101 aircraft and vehicles in the regular Road in Fantry among the problems faced by the army were those of refuelling helicopters in he Low level navigation and the bulk and weight of such things As Rucks and Engineer earthmoving we literally look tons of weight out of the an army spokesman the division i Gnu for now has nothing bigger than jeeps and Small instead of the Bulky vehicles that Are found in conventional every single slice of equipment can be moved y when it came to Bulky Engi Neer we simply Sec i thai lie largest item in the Engineer battalion now weighs 0 All his can he moved by tin divisions mobility is tre he in comparison with other army including airborne while it is not intended Hiil ii normally occupy a fixed position in com during Maneu vers it Cov ered n front 60 Miles wide by 100 Miles deep and made 100 mile this is an improvement Over airborne the army official because in the assault be men land As units and not As who arc sometimes scattered Over t h e he they fight and then leave by helicopter to Lake cure of another lie said thai experience has shown an airmobile division can mount missions much faster than even the fast moving airborne As for strategic the airmobile division can be deployed almost twice As fast As the Road int angry it weighs Only on third As except for the cii47 Chi Nook the entire unit can be deployed in air Force c1so Hercules the Chi nooks move in ci33 cargo must the airmobile division costs roughly 40 per cent More than a conventional unit Over a five year period because of its expensive besides the Chinook it him 01113 uii1b and ui11d c54 sky run and ov1 Mohawk the Mohawk is Hie Only fixed Wing air plane in the Divi the divisions officers and enlisted men will Fly in the Iroquois and Chinook on third of the combat ele ments will be Able to move simultaneously in unit while the remainder run be moved on a shuttle basis or by supporting army or air Force one of the divisions brigades will be capable of Parachute of while the division has a lot of its own Milr it is by no Means divorcing itself from air Force the army Points like All army div sons requires air Force fighter Inmany operations an airmobile division requires More close air support than other divisions to make up for its lock of Armor and medium the spokesman the Mobile Une helicopters Walling shipment to Viet Nam for the lit Cav div line an Airstrip in in he foreground Are 50th duct local fighter Wing replacing Richard cat ledge who has been assigned Ai Vic commander of the in Lillo is a former member of the sky blazers and thunderbird precision flying Germany col Bruce formerly of Allied land South Ern has taken command of he 1st 8th inf he replaces John Todd who has transferred to v corps Turkey Earl Peclers has been named Vic commander at ilk air replacing col Kenneth Bethe who has rotated to Lockbourne fab in Ohio France pc Cine Richard Deutsch Hai been assigned us personnel director at the base Turkey special Stanley incl Tel is the new Deputy commander for Materiel at incl Lik air placing John its eld who has been assigned to Moody Ash in Germany Spe Cial Leo Soucek has taken command of the 3rd inf Delvs engr the out going Gil Bert Kirby has been As signed to the Germany pc Cine Bernard ii Long has taken command of the 3rd inf Delvs 2nd 30th replacing Robert Libya special Thomas Aaron is the new commander of the 58th air Rescue so bused at he replaced Jerry Frankfurt special Maurice formerly the 3rd army div has been named v corps sur Germany special Louis Mchaffley has assumed command of the 212th arty replacing William in Rock who has been assigned to the personnel and adm Nistran live Branch at Usa eur j Spain Glenn Fleming Hai acc ceded Nathan Grehthouse As Vic commander of the communications headquartered Fleming comes Here from the aerospace studies Institute corf mull canons electronics Doctrin projects office at the University it Maxwell special k Gleason has been named to Surv a cd Howard Hollcraft director of plans for the air div Gleason been Chic of the cont ii plans Brunch in the Din of the new director of traffic the 322nd in Edward Morris who came from Dover he succeeds col Wesley Bunker who take Over Morris duties As commander of the 1607th Aerial port is at t Libya special James Toomey Hai assumed command of the support a unit of Mats stat i Uon cd at Wocelus air he replaces Walter