European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday March 23, Congress is asked to extend Viet leave program by Marc i1uets&s Washington Bureau chief Washington is the defense department has Aske Congress to extend the special 30-Day free leave for Vietnam servicemen because of the pro Gram s authority is due to end in june unless Congress pass shr 15348, now being considered by the House armed services nov. 2. 1966, the Day Parley ends in awards to reserves Oberammergau. Germany special maj. Gen. James w. Sutherland jr., Usa eur Dep Uty chief of staff for operations Friday awarded certificates for excellence to citizen soldiers who gave America its fifth straight win in an International military athletics meet. The awards ceremony High lighted the last Day of the 1968 . Army Reserve s Spring meeting Here. The awards each signed by Gen. James h. Polk Usa eur commander in chief were presented to members of last year s american team in the Competition of the confederation inter National Des officers reserves Cir. They won the meet at Trieste Italy in August. More than half of the team s25 members were present for the ceremony which took place atthe Patton hotel in nearby Gar Misch. The american Cir Tea was coached by 1st it. Richard m. Hubbard with capt. Joseph. Crawford handling adminis , who made the presentations also wears the hat of Deputy area commander for re serve affairs in Europe. It was announced that the americans will again enter a team of army reservists for to Hector Competition next August in Versailles France. They will train this Spring and summer at bad Tolx Germany. More than 100 reservists me there for the two Day conference. Lectures on the . Military status in Europe Friday included an air Force discussion of close air support for army operations. The team was headed by Bowling director of air ground systems 17th air film entitled Moonshine made at rum Steinf was part of tile air Force speakers were . Col. Otto n. Kiley. Requirement officer for command and control office of Llu Deputy chief of Mali for operations in Sakkal k. An maj. Philip courts a i of lie aviation group. The leave went into effect and dec. 31, 1967, 1,309 officers and48,036 enlisted men have volunteered for an additional six months in Vietnam air Force Brig. Gen. William w. Berg Deputy assistant defense Secre tary for manpower and Reserve affairs told a House recent Survey showed that 66 per cent were in combat or direct support units 26 per cent wanted the Extension so the could return to their unit and continue with their present work and 70 per cent would not have extended without the special leave he said. The defense department Rea Lizes that from the Point of View of stability and continuity 12 month Tours Are less than Ideal Berg added and the policy has been reviewed on several occasions both Here and in Saigon. But the advantages to the Short tour outweigh the disadvantages of extending combat duty he explained and Tours will remain at one year. At Aith Sites hostess has the answer Zaemisch Germany up ,. Cial single enlisted ment Raveling to Garmisch or Berchtesgaden have somewhat of Windfall in store for them Host esses stand ready to keen visitors aware of what i s Goon in the armed forces acct lion centers. E entered mostly around sport Sand Tours the programs might Lead to an evening visit to hip olympic ice stadium for a night s skating exhibition Indjar Walsch or a Day of skiing at the Skytop Lodge in Burch Tiaden. One of the main attractions Isth free group travel programs any party of 25 or More single enlisted men within one Day s travel to Garmisch Berchtesgaden or Chi Emsee can use the plan on a three Day pass. Transportation is free and when the bus arrives hostesses will be on hand to make arrangements in planning group activities. The hostesses in Garmisch located at the Sheridan Pla a and the Green Arrow hotels can breached by Telephone at Gar Misch military 730 or 672. The Berchtesgaden hostesses Are at the Central accommodations of fice at Berchtesgaden military 723 or 823. Group travel of 25 or More single enlisted men can rearranged by contacting the coordinator at Munich military8236 or 8436. Helps solve Field needs is key to of Supply by John Reese staff writer Wiesbaden is suppl officers at Safe Headquarters Are pretty proud these Days of the record the command has made in keeping aircraft operationally ready. And Well they might be forthe percentage of Safe air Craft that Are not operationally ready because of Supply nors deficiencies is from one to three Points below the air Force Mark in nearly All types. Col. George c. Hemminger director of Supply and services stated that the Safe nors rate is about As Low As it economically can acknowledging the Validity of the Zero defects program Pur sued throughout All the armed forces Hemminger pointed out that it would not be economical to Stock enough parts within the command to bring the nors rat much lower. Taking the f100 aircraft As a example Hemminger explained the plane has 104,000 different component parts. It has been found feasible he said to Stock about 3,000 parts those which most often need we stocked the whole 104,000," he added we could probably Cut our f100 nors rate to Zero. But particularly in the Light of some expected reduction in funds anticipated next year it would riot be Good business or even possible to maintain any such tremendous inventory of parts. Part of our he said has been constant analysis and re evaluation of our suppl needs which permits us to put our dollars in the right this Way we keep the parts we most need in Stock and go out and procure the lesser use parts when Hemminger attributes his directorate s Success partly to what he Calls the family approach to Supply. He insists that Supply officers should know each other not Only at Safe Headquarters but on the bases. He encourages informal and Quick Telephone Calls to his office when problem in Supply not readily solvable in the Field procedure which has contributed to Safe s Bright nors record i Lemminger went on has been full exploitation of lateral Supply action. By the use of a computer in the Materiel redistribution Center Marce Here surplus supplies can be readily located and shipped where example if Ramstein should need a certain Type of Hydraulic coupling for an f4 Jet problems elementary at Neucom tops in maintenance Madrid Spain special s. Sgt. Duaine w. Simmons of the 401st Field maintenance Sowas chosen As -301st tactical fighter Wing maintenance Man of Llie. Month. I Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial and you think you be got problems. Here s a couple of samples of the Puryj ulers that daily confront personnel within the comple framework of the . European come Neucom at Patch bar Racks Here. How does an air Force ser Geant using army channels and procedures go about requisition ing a refrigerator for his quarters should a Navy Man Salute in doors when reporting aboard at Neucom Headquarters what Are the differences in the Runy and air Force efficiency rating systems that must be explained to an army colonel who Lias the Jot of filing an efficiency report on an air Force Captain supplying answers to such bad Flers of protocol and practicality arc the people assigned to 1 in com s i Lin cats the general la Bel encompassing the activities and functions of the army nay and air Force. These essential functions amazingly arc squeezed into eight rooms at Patch Barracks a fact that should make Indus trial efficiency experts sit up an take notice. The coexistence of the army Navy Marine corps and air Force at Neucom one of the seven unified . Commands inthe world gave birth to the three so called elements whose Pri Mary Job is to keep the individual up on developments within his own military service. Operating As part of the head quarters commandant office the three miniature activities provide Many of the services found at their full size addition to the voluminous amount of personnel and administrative paperwork necessary to keep flu officers and men i Good standing with their service departments element personnel Supply such diverse aids As coun Selling service w e 1 f a r e an morale programs information and education activities. Thus it is that these personnel Are confronted regularly with Complex problems. Exhibit a a sergeant returned to the . On emergency leave his family remaining in pos quarters. When it was Learned that the emergency would pre vent him from returning his family had to move without him and the air Force element personnel swung into action assist ing the sergeant s wife with the myriad arrangements involved in pulling out and heading Home. Said sgt. Maj. W. L. Graham no in charge of the army ele ment am thing that pertains Tot lie welfare of our people is our it. Leo m. Swanson head Manfor the Navy element summed up we re a pint naval installation in that we provide All the services necessary to keep the individual in tune with the Navy. Operationally he is Parton the unified command but. For administrative purposes he in Lun is la the and had none the computer might reveal that Pitburg had reported a surplus of those Pitburg would be instructed to ship the required number to Ramstein. Hemminger requires a daily re port of nors aircraft in the command. He uses this report primarily to pick up quickly any maintenance trend which might develop. That is if several planes possibly in different locations began to show strut fail ures As recently occurred Al planes of that Type could be quickly ordered grounded an inspected. This would also per Mit timely Supply action. With the Hearty endorsement of his Boss Brig. Gen. G. M. John son jr., Deputy chief of staff Materiel Hemminger Unis his staff officers to make frequent visits to the bases to yrs t out Supply difficulties and offer solutions. Hemminger places -. N1 a emphasis on close Between base Supply Offu is a maintenance officers Asu of the very Best ways to Keepin Wiley see i be other Dri May not. Usa eur fatal Acci tonts ii july 1 Aimy motor vein la nun army Mot. uni alld a Ftp v i a Ion 9 ,1
