European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse March 25, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 9 i Irmy May most Han 4th army testing new maintenance system by Sebry Diane staff writer Nuernberg is six Bat la Lions of the 4th army div Are undergoing a test that could have army wide effects if the results Are favourable. Basically the test called the functional maintenance system moves company level maintenance sections into a consolidated maintenance platoon. It could result i changes in the maintenance Struc Ture of combat arms battalions throughout the army. Test units Are 2nd in 14th arty Nuernberg 1st in 22nd arty Nuernberg 2nd in 37th Armor Nuernberg 3rd in 37th Armor Erlanger 1st in 54th inf Bamburg and 2nd in 54th inf Bamberg. These units have reorganized their maintenance sections administratively under a battalion maintenance officer. The move should smooth out work loads and offer greater flexibility said col. Art Davis senior evaluator for the test. Presently each company in a combat battalion has its own maintenance Section which handles a variety of tasks from Auto mechanics to recovery and evacuation of heavy vehicles. The system being tested gives maintenance personnel the ability to put their assets where they Are most needed and to tailor the number and types of mechanics needed to meet the needs of a Bat Talion Davis company May have an Over Load of heavy vehicle maintenance while another would have Idle personnel in the same category Davis pointed out. Final evaluation of the test will determine if the functional maintenance system can eliminate snags such As organizational maintenance task is recorded on a test form. Each Man fills out an individual form on which he records time spent on his mos Job As com pared to time spent on training and administrative duties such Askp and guard duty. The 4th army div units Are scheduled to Complete the test april 30. Deadline for the final re port is May 15. Davis could no give a Date for implementation of the program if the test results meet the approval of the depart ment of the army. A similar test was conducted at it. Hood Texas. The test units had no More than Normal difficulties adjusting to the new program Davis said. Preventive maintenance continues to be the Keystone of the entire Effort he added. Ian lightning strikes rf4c in Royal flush practice Ramstein. Germany s4s a lightning struck an rf4c during 38th tactical reconnaissance Wing practice sorties thursday night for upcoming Royal flush x11i Competition. Capt. Harold e. Watson piloted the hf4c, and capt. William t. I Dewey was navigator. There was minor damage to the aircraft but the Crew was u n i n j u r e 45 minutes of engine shut Down the film had been Down loaded processed interpreted printed and final reports pre pared for the judges. De Wilim your Tuioi to Loop listening in the in night work big 155nuii howitzers await movement orders after completing night firing missions. 24th div unit ends exercise at Graf Range 0 ral in Wohr Germany special the 4th in 18th. Arty has finished its last Field it Raguini exercise in Europe be j fore its scheduled return to the tinted states this summer. This exorcise was the 155mm Howit Zor battalion s annual army inulin test a it. All is of the battalion participated in the exercise. Durini uie 2fi fire missions comp suit thu. A it the battalion Ulm More than 300 rounds. Included among the fire mis Sions Riv precision registration Rya adjust missions emergency missions Survey targets and Attu Loii transfers. The lust mis Moi of the test was a battalion l i tune on target which is 11 mass firing so All Omus land on target at the Cami time. Problems and areas during the exercise were surveying of gun positions. 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Re ups Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial Vii corps re upped one of its soldiers every four hours Dur ing february to sweep into first place for the eighth straight time in the career Derby for major commands in Usa eur. The army Headquarters in Heidelberg announced. Although Jayhawk recruiters admitted that actual enlistments generally halted at Nightfall statistically we signed up a Man every 220 minutes for every Darin one career counsellor said. Jay h a a k corps recruiters turned in 1s3 enlistments or re enlistments against a goal of 141 to establish a six percentage Point Lead Over a hotly competitive 3rda r m d div. The Jay hawkers nailed a 129.s per cent average As compared with 124.8 for the Victory marked the eighth straight month the Jayhawk Vershave held first place in the re a Derby. 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