European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Monday september 18, 1967 the stars and stripes d Page 9i., 17th of also in f Large play9 exercise to test 7th Heidelberg special seventh army s War time Headquarters and ele ments of Safe s 17th air Force will take to the Field wednesday for the first major command Post exercise cpx since seventh army s consolidation with Usa eur he last december. The cpx called Large play will test seventh army has ability to re act immediately to War time condition Sand control effectively its subordinate commands ail of which will take part. Large play follows a series of exercises that have so far involved Only the seventh army command Post. The six a Day exercise will be the fourth cpx for seventh army he personnel since april but the first involving its subordinate commands. The exercise will be conducted Fromfield command posts throughout the Cen trial and Southern part of the Federal Republic of Germany. No tactical ground Man Euver units will participate in the exercise. Command Post elements of Safe s17th air Force will participate in the exercise in their Normal air support role. They will concentrate on perfect ing internal procedures and exercising their tactical air control Center and direct air support centers. Tactical fighter and reconnaissance aircraft from Safe units As Well As Allied aircraft will provide live operational sorties throughout the exercise i response to tactical requirements. These High Speed Jet aircraft will be making Low level runs on simulated targets scattered throughout Germany. In addition Headquarters staffs of the German ii and Iii corps normally be come a part of seventh army and Cen tag under nato in War time. These staffs and their subordinate divisional staffs will join seventh army on the cpx. The German staffs will be exercised in procedures communication Sand tactical problems on the same basis As other seventh army come  dec. 1, 1966, the merger of he seventh army and he . Army Europe became effective. With the merger most of the functions of seventh army he Are now performed by the combined Headquarters. Seventh army is a nato committed Force however and maintains a War time Mission of operating As a major element of nato scentral army group Cental. Wild Blue yonder Calls doctors to Foi it Iet set by Bob hover staff writer London is three Fly ing doctors assigned to the . Air Force in Europe this summer have taken on the full flying schedule of Jet fighter  doctors they re experiencing first hand the physical and mental stresses undergone by the men who Fly supersonic aircraft. Maj. Robert m. Chapman 48thtactical fighter Wing Laken Heath England capt David , 20th tactical fighter Wing Wethersfield England and  Puma 49th tactical fighter Wing Span Dahlem Ger Many were selected by the air Force for flight training two years ago. A fourth Young doctor chose Nat the same time in the new pro Gram to train flight surgeons a pilots now is serving As an instructor Pilot in the states. Since initiation of the program with the four the air Force has decided to train two doctors year As Jet pilots. The new flying doctors Are no the Only Pilot physicians in the air Force. There Are about 20flying doctors in uniform but most of them earned their Wing during world War ii. The program was created to provide the flight surgeon Withan idea of the stress and Strain a Jet Pilot experiences said Root an avid aviation enthusiast since boyhood in his Home at Salt Lake City. All three of the Young doctor assigned to Europe have private flying licenses. All three Combine a keen interest in Medicine wit flying. Chapman and Root Are piloting Loos and Are taking on Normal flying responsibilities of the tac tical Pilot in their respective squadrons. They Check their Pilot colleagues for minor ail ments. Root now flying with the 55thtfs at , enlisted in the aviation Cadet program in1956. After graduation from Pri Mary flight training and a yearn Active duty he reverted to civilian life. His undergraduate work was completed at the University of Utah. He finished his medical studies at Bowman Gray school of Medicine Wake Forest University. Winston Salem . In 1961, As a senior medical student he returned to the air Force with the rank of second lieutenant. An air Force internship at Wright Patterson was followed by a primary course in Aero space Medicine for flight surgeons. In 1965 Root was accepted for flight training at Moody fab a. Upon graduation he was As signed to Luke fab ariz., for advanced training in the f100. After graduation pilots Inthis program Are sent out with an operational Squadron for two years Root said. It has been a real Eye opener for me. Youdon t realize what a Pilot goes through until you expose your self to  Chapman a native of san an Tonio Tex., took his undergraduate work at southwestern University Georgetown Tex. He graduated from Baylor univer sity medical school and earned a master s degree in Public health from the University of California in 1963. A private Pilot since 1962,Chapman joined Root in f100 training at Luke fab in 1965. At Lakenheath he serves Slife support equipment officer for the 494th Squadron. Puma from Wyoming pa., picked up his private License while still in medical school. He s a graduate of Wilkes col lege Wilkes Barre pa., and Hahnemann medical school Philadelphia. I had been trying for flight training for quite awhile. I was really Happy to be accepted when this program opened Puma said. He soon Hopes to qualify forefront seat duty with the 8th tvs. 2 annexes open in Muenster area Giessen Germany special Hesse District has opened two new commissary stores. Located outside of the District boundaries the annexes will serve soldiers of isolated unit Sand their dependents in the Bue Ren and Muenster  larger of the two near Muenster is managed by staff sgt. Robert w. Cardwell who also wears the hats of bookkeeper store clerk troop Issue no Secretary and clerk typist. He i assisted by four local nationals who work in the ration break Down and troop Issue sections. The store carries 500 line items. 15th my brigade match a j. Ashby top shooter in Griffin Competition Ansbach Germany special maj. Peter Ashby co 67th my det won lop individual Honor sin the second annual Griffin shoot pistol matches which ended Here Friday. Ashby who edged out Las year s top firer John Nettie of the 52nd Cid was also top scor ing team member in the individual unit entry co a 709th my in Offenbach  Dahle of the 13th Cid finished third among the individual scorers. The 709th maps garnered the top battalion honors retaining their number one position fro last year. The 709th is commanded by it. Col. Frederick . Also carrying Over first place honors from last year was the 52nd Cid which claimed the laurels for the individual unit entry. Co c of the 709th and the13th Cid took second and third places respectively. The Nuernberg based 793rd a pin were again Host for the match in which the top marksmen of the15th my brigade competed with .45-caliber Semi automatic  ranking civilian police and German military police officer sin the Nuernberg area also took part in the match. Col. William t. Mcclary 15th my brigade co opened the match last tuesday. Frankfurt special course in automatic data processing will be offered at the army education c e n  a Drake Edwards Cavern i Frankfurt. The course will be Gin on sept. 26 and last eight weeks. Classes will meet on tuesday and thursday evenings from 6 30 p.m.-8 30  interested Call Drake Mili tary 2314 8200-7231. Glenn Miller revival set London is the 3rd air Force band will play a commemorative concert for the Glenn Miller society at the West Ruislip Aya Center oct. 1. More than 300 fans of the Vel vet music Miller made famous in War time Britain Are expected to show up for the concert the 3rd air Force band i commonly known particularly among the British As the Succes Sor to the Glenn Miller band of world War ii. Director two Henry r. Uhland has been increasing the band Smiller repertoire since he be came band Leader a year ago. The Glenn Miller society with Headquarters in London claim membership All Over the world and is the Only organization recognized by the Glenn Miller estate. Miller Leader of America most popular band during the pre War Era of the big band introduced his music to Britai with a wartime service band. The popular band Leader was last seen alive dec. 15, 1944, when he and two companions took off on a routine flight. It is presumed their plane crashed inthe North sea. Your guide to Good listening in the dec capt David e. Root checks out an f100.milues maj. Gets Ausa Post Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial maj. Donald w. I Allador jr., 10th arty group adjutant Lias been elected vice president for Darmstadt of the Frankfurt i Luau Darmstadt chapter of the association of the United state army Ausa. 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