European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday september 24, 1967 army Calls in of adds realism to exercise Large play nerve Center camouflaged command Post Complex for exercise Large play blends into the Forest. Wire Crew does signal relay Job Mannheim Germany Spe Cial hello Central give me a line is the. Start of an old slap stick tune that s brought Many a smile but to t. Sgt. Arthur ram Seyer and the four men that make up his communications wire maintenance Crew receiving a Call usually Means trouble. Ramseyer and his men Are part of the 2nd Mobile communications group team deployed near Mannheim Germany in support of the Field headquarter Sof 17th air Force during Large operations trouble shooting faulty Tele phone lines is Only part of the team s Job. Part of the first ele ments to arrive at the Man Euver area Ramseyer and his Crew had to run All the internal Tele phone lines and connections that Are serving the Advance com Mand Post Complex of prefabricated quonset huts. We worked fifty two hour straight through Ramseyer said. There s More than on Hundred Miles of wire Strung throughout the area. Eighty five per cent of that is overhead in the Trees. The other lines Ramseyer said that the Tele phone Complex alone would com pare to the service found in mos Small communities. Cpx duty in addition to the Telephone lines Ramseyer and his Crew in stalled All the land line teletype lines emanating f r o m the com Mand connections have been simplified by an in a e n i o u a complicated looking main distribution Board which Ramseyer and his Crew devised. All the subscriber has to Dois Telephone a trouble Call into our Van and we can locate it inshore order explained ram Date however trouble Calls have been very few attesting tothe Complete Job done before operation Large play go underway. Mannheim Germany is most command Post exercises Are highly theoretical with mud around the Field Headquarters the biggest problem but at exercise Large play scheduled to wind up tuesday in the Woods near Here there s something extra in the air. That extra is air Force jets slam Ming into targets As strikes Are called for by the seventh army tac tical operations Center Patoc. The exercise first major cpx for the seventh army since its merger with the . Army Europe is a joint army air Force test with the 17th air Force lending Aerial support. There was still plenty of mud How Ever when top american and German commanders helicopter red to the re Mote Man Euver area where the Patoc is hidden in Woods near the equally masked 17th air Force tac tical air control Center. Leading the visitors was Gen. James h. Polk usae Euk and seventh army cd. Host to the High ranking visitors was it. Gen. John a. Heintges seventh army Deputy cd. Included in the group were it. Gen. Albert Salinez cd Iii corps German army maj. Gen. Hellmuth Maeder chief of train ing and personnel a group German army and maj. Gen. John d. Lavelle is photos by Joe Wesley 17th air Force commander. Also escorting the group was maj. Gen. J. W. Sutherland jr., seventh army Deputy chief of staff for operations. The visitors got a first hand look at both army and air Force nerve Cen ters for the test and then were the targets As 17th air Force f4 Phan Toms were called Down on them for a simulated strike by Forward air con trollers in nearby jeeps. The week Long exercise will wind up tuesday. The test Marks the first time the 17th air Force command Post has been moved out from its Garrison Loca Tion to the Field. Teamwork army and air Force men Are seen in variety of exercise roles. At upper left airman 2.c. Charles r. Wimer aircraft control and warning operator 601st.tactical control group is shown on the Job. At lower left airman 2.c. Thomas j. Stewart 26th Security police so checks outer defense line at the command Post Complex. At right army chopper is guided in for a Landing
