European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 8, 1967 the stars and stripes d Page nato tests ending Thessaloniki Greece special greek and multinational soldiers of Allied com Europe Ace Mobile Force have smashed their Way across the Trimon River in Northern Greece in the final phase Osnato exercise Sunshine express. The vigorous land attack combined with Allied Airpower and a amphibious envelopment at Eleftherti Bay spun the or Ange invaders around into Hasty Retreat across their own hypothetical Borders. The concluding phase of theato Man Euver took place on the 15th anniversary of the found ing of Allied land forces South Ern Europe land South East. This nato Headquarters planned and executed the ground phase of exercise Sunshine express in coordination with supreme Allied commander. Europe s Sac eur s Ace Mobil Force. Land Southeast commander it. Gen. William w. Dick jr., . Army congratulated his men on the dual event. Nato exercise Sunshine express he said symbolizes the spirit of cooperation which into being and has maintained it in its mis Sion for 15 the importance of land Southeast s Mission is under scored by the succession of War that have been fought for the control of the bos porous Dardanelles and the Aegean area. The trojans greeks romans byzantines and ottoman turks have All fiercely contested this area. The Mission of land South East is to defend the land fron tiers of Greece and Turkey Asfar Forward As possible and to control the land approaches tothe strategic Waterways inking the Black sea and commitment both Greece and Turkey have committed their entire armed forces to nato. The territory of their two countries contains 32 per cent of the total land Are of european nato. The land Southeast Are of nato extends from the ionian sea on the West to the caucasus in the East. This distance is equal to that from Frankfurt to Moscow. From the Black sea on the North to the Mediterranean on the South is a distance equal to that from Paris to Marseille. Greece has the hellenic first army with Headquarters at la Rissa in Northern Greece another Independent units. Turkey has the first second and third armies with Headquarters at Istanbul Konya and Erzurum respectively. The greek and turkish armies Are nato War time forces. They remain under National control until an Emer gency is declared at which time they come under the operation Al control of the land South East commander. Dick s command Post in Izmir Turkey is staffed with officers and men of five nato nations Greece Turkey Italy United kingdom and the United Advance command Post at Thessaloniki is the Only nato land forces Headquarters i Greece. Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer Sac eur warmly congratulated the personnel of land Southeast on the occasion of their 15th anniversary. My congratulations he said Are particularly directed to the office Sand men of the forces of Many nations who join to protect the vital Southeastern flank of this switch stopper spec. 4 Paul d. Johnson instrument repair Man with the Marne div s 703rd maintenance in installs one of the breakage stopping tabs on an infrared Periscope Assembly. Marne div push limited bit tabs9jp Kitzinger Germany Spe Cial two Little tabs of Sheet Metal half the size of a postage stamp Are being installed on infrared if night sighting Peri scope assemblies to increase the combat readiness of Marne divm60a1 tanks and combat Engi Neer vehicles and to reduce Cost sat the same time. The tabs act As stops to limit the movement of the Power switch for the if image Are fastened to the switch Assembly with the Normal mount ing screws. People operating the Peri scope often pushed the switch 97th med teams face disaster9 Frankfurt is a mock train wreck will launch the 97th general Hospital s 1967 mass casualty exercise Here next tues Day an army spokesman said wednesday. To h i s annual planned discs Cominio unit cites 2. Moron Spain specials. Sgt. Ronald a Penis on and airman . James m. Andr have been selected outstanding noncommissioned officer and air Man of the Quarter respectively for the 2186th communication Seq arcs san Pablo administration Annex. In addition tothe awards they received $25. Ter " explained col. Winston , exercise director and chief of the Hospital s depart ment of surgical services tests the entire staff s ability to re Spond to an actual Large scale realistic exercise also provides an Opportunity for tors nurses and medical person Nel of the 97th to work together under pressure in handling a Large number of casualties jes Seman said. More than 200 . Soldiers mainly from the 3rd army div will acetone Day As patients test of 97th for the medical teams the Hospital official said. Past the on position breaking the entire switch explained cw2 Howard d. Mortimer Arm Ament platoon Leader for the division s 703rdhq & a co. Maintenance in if the Periscope Assembly is deadline the entire vehicle is out of action. A replacement switch alone costs $8.60 and takes about two hours to install he added. But for we can produce and in stall 25 of these Little tabs to keep people from pushing the switch too the modification was originated by a 703rd maintenance in armament shop team including Mortimer spec. 4 Paul d. John son and sgt. Jimmy o. Ridgle. At the same time the Tab provided an easy solution to a directive from the Frankford Arsenal Philadelphia a. Research teams at the Arsenal found that use of the vehicles 24 Volt electrical Supply seriously shortened the life of the if imag6 tube and instructed that Only the 1.5volt Battery Power Supply be men of the 703rd installed a second Tab to Block out the 24volt position on the switch and insure a longer life expectancy for a part costing Well Over $100. New Augsburg principal Augsburg Germany Spe Cial James f. Gallivan has taken Over the duties of principal of the Augsburg american High school. Before taking this assign ment Gallivan worked in schools in Japan and the Philippines. Maj. Gen. Collins greets chaplains to Eslingen Germany Spe Cial maj. Gen. Kenneth w. Col Lins commanding general seventh army support come bid his Welcome to 16 support com Mand chaplains As they met for the first command chaplain conference at he support come in to Eslingen wednesday. Chaplain col William , command chaplain hosted the Day Long conference which was designed to study problems that have presented themselves in chaplain s offices throughout the command. Col. William o. Gall Deputy commanding officer spoke to the chaplains on the chaplain the right Arm of the command in his speech he explained How the chaplain could act As the eyes and ears of the com Mander. He also told them that they must get Down to the individual units to find out what bothers the Soldier in his com Mand. Col. Calvin o. Wilson assist ant chief of staff personnel presented the topic of the Mora responsibility of safety and How this should be presented to every member of the command. He explained that everyone Hasa moral obligation to prevent accidents and to help each other in doing so. After col. Gall and col. Wilson had Given their talks chaplain Fitzgerald explained the organization of the command s Chap lain Section. The character guid Ance program and the reference material that could be used i developing the program was pushed by the command Chap lain in an Effort to strengthen it in the command. Before closing for a lunch break chaplain Fitz Gerald also asked each chaplain to work in beautifying their Chap Els. After lunch chaplain it. Col Johnson l. Griffin Deputy com Mand chaplain briefed the Chap Lains on organizational proce dures both administrative an religious before opening a discus Sion among the chaplains to expand on their ideas of improving the command s religious program. Tripoli Libya special thirteen wheelus air base personnel received recognition from col. Joseph d. White 7272nd flying training win commander for their efforts in support of the wheelus Cost reduction program cup at ceremony Here. Wheelus was category 1 win Ner in Cost reduction Competition conducted by Safe Dur ing fiscal year 1967 with total base savings of $1,169,400. Ramstein Germany Spe Cial col. Winston p. Ander son has become vice com Mander of the 26th tactical reconnaissance Wing succeed ing col. Henry f. Butler who has retired. Anderson comes Here from he Safe. Frankfurt Germany Spe Cial a spec. 7 Larry k. Lar Kin former administrative assistant to the v corps chief of staff has been appointed warrant officer in the adjutant general corps. At the same time the new wo1 was reassigned to Washington . Lan Stuhl Germany is eight boy scouts of troop 243, 2nd general Hospital completed a 50-mile hike across the German Countryside to earn another Merit badge and an extra . William a. Collins co 2nd general Hospital an Kaiserslautern medical serv ice area commander greeted the scouts at the conclusion of their six Day Jaunt during which they earned the 650-mile hike award hiking Merit badge and also completed portions of the Camp ing and cooking Merit badges. Rhine main a Germany special col. Henry j. Wurster is the new vice com Mander of the air base Here. He was previously assigned at Dover fab Del. Hawk unit has mobility Drill Frankfurt special Btry 6th in 62nd arty demonstrated its air mobility at Rhine main air base this week. The unit s missile men participated in a test designed to demonstrate their ability to Load an move Btry b Hawk missiles. During the Day Long Drill the loaded and secured their mis Siles aboard an air Force c134cargo plane. The test which included Peri Odic equipment checks was also aimed at checking each Man familiarization with his Job. 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