European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 0 the stars and stripes thursday october 5, 1967  putting personal in personnel actions by Jack Holoen staff writer Heidelberg is despite urgent combat requirements imposed by the War in Vietnam the  is continuing to stress the personal in Pentagon personnel actions it. Col. Harry Rubin said Hert tuesday. Rubin is a member of a Tea of manpower experts headed by maj. Gen. William w. Beverley chief of the  s office of personnel operations Opo now touring Usa eur. An official of Opo s enlisted personnel directorate end Rubin gave the first of a series of unclassified briefings on cur rent  assignment policies troop requirements and an inside View of Opo to an audience of More than 150 company Grade officers and senior cos at Pat ton Barracks. Almost half a million soldiers Are programmed for overseas duty in the coming year a hundreds of thousands Are due to return from service abroad. In the Case of those troops rotating Home Rubin said end gives a Man his Choice of assignment whenever possible. The individual s preference Cardis carefully considered during the reassignment  a Man an mos and a Job vacancy can be lined up thence Bend Over backward to Send a Soldier to the Post of his preference. But the needs of the  come first the Pentagon official explained. We can to for example have85 per cent of of forces stationed in Hawaii and Texas and Only 15 per cent in the allegedly less desirable  the  Rubin said has areas that carry High priorities for skilled personnel adding above All we must try to be fair to every  on the need for assignment equity Rubin said when a Man writes soldiers write end several thousand let ters each month or visits us Well help him if we can. But remember when you ask to be relieved of a difficult or possibly dangerous assign ment some unsuspecting sol Dier not present will have to take up your Burden. Is it fair to help one Man at the expense of another he  goal Rubin said is to put As much time Between Short tour area duty As we can under present and projected  judging from the recent past the stateside interval generally has been 24 months for most occupational specialities. Tracing Opo s development from its. Beginnings in 1962, Rubin said it is an outgrowth of project80, launched by Secretary of de sense Robert s. Mcnamara. Project 80 was a reorganization study of the department of the  developments of the study Are the  Materiel come combat developments omd and the office of the assistant chief of staff for Force development. Prior to end Rubin said enlisted assignment actions were so fragment Zed that it was difficult to fix responsibility. To Day end handles them All most assignments of e6s an below Are because of their great number machine proc Essed. E7s, 8s, and 9s, and All intelligence personnel regardless of rank Are assigned by the senior enlisted control ranch. The object of All our work isto put the right men in the right numbers at the right jobs at the right time Rubin said. How Well does end succeed Inthis goal no one is perfect rubinc9nceded, but liken end to a giant corporation. Imagine Tell ing a leading . Company that it would lose a Large share of it work Force next year with an almost equal number of new unskilled workers replacing them to produce a Superior finished product. The  actually face such a problem each fiscal year he said but thanks to modern equipment and a dedicated team of Soldier an civilian workers it gets the Job  great numbers Volunteer ing for duty in Vietnam and those who have extended tour there have eased the manpower squeeze somewhat Rubin revealed. While this helps to spread the Load More equitably we be also had to make All personnel returning from Long tour areas vulnerable to immediate reassignment to Short tour areas As Well As the Soldier stationed inthe United states he said. Acting on the order of  k. Johnson  chief of staff to put the personal into personnel end employs the skills of Many officers and no who have returned from the Vietnam fighting Rubin  Opo group returns to Washington oct. 14. Canada Parade its history we Bruecken Germany is Canada s vast Domain was sketched in vivid colors Here As the Royal Canad Anair Force Craf 3 Wing opened its Canada week Centennial festival Here witha Parade of floats. From Newfoundland in the East to Brit ish Columbia in the West the floats rep resented the 10 provinces and picture Canada s Progress from covered Wagon Days to modern missiles. The 3 Wing pipe band stepped off smartly in their tall Shakos and Kilts to Lead the Parade from the Rose Garden through Wei Bruecken streets. Throughout Canada week which opened sunday exhibits at the fest Halle near the Rose Garden Tell the Story of Canada. Out is Story and photo by Ray Wright standing is Canadian photographers Pic Ture Story of people and places. German school children have told in water colors their Conception of Canada while Canadian youngsters have painted their impressions of Germany. Canada week winds up with a soccer game Between a German team and the Craf 3 Wing team sunday at 10 a.m., Curling Bonspiel Between German and Canadian rinks sunday afternoon at 1 30and a hockey game at 2 . The famous Craf training come ban from Winnipeg will present a concert at the we Bruecken race track at 7 . An fireworks will follow at 8 . If weather is bad the concert will be presented inthe fest Halle. 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