European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 07, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse A Moy 7. 1961 the stars and stripes Page 9 the i y Bob ii Oyer , Bureau chief West Ruislip England is Khan the american living overseas 5xj his toe on a native custom or so it s Uncle Sam who suffer the consequences. The act May be unintentional it May Ven be committed in Blithe Ful inno Cence. But this neither negates no diminishes the reaction. For when you spit on the Street Pashto Tho front of a theater queue or boisterously denounce a Snag or inefficiency the United Stales gets the Black Ejune result of such conduct is obvious of repeated often enough it can rive the natives a sour taste for All americans. Yet with millions of and civilians assigned to overseas posts it s impossible to Avo Idall conflict. I the objective then must be to keep tensions Between americans and their Host Peoples at a to achieve just such a goal the . I air Force in Europe set up a novel pro i Gram in 1954. The whole idea was Impact to make the airmen aware through a series of dramatic skits of the Little things the should avoid in dealing with Host nationals. It was Felt that this approach had a better Chance of penetration than the official document or in its 15th year the program known As on target is still going Strong and still concerned with the same message. The thing that s happening on Stag could be happening to you. This is the message and it usually goes Over said on target director George b Hummer. The humor in the situation May cause the viewer to laugh but it also will cause him to remember the Mes Sage. And with on target the Mes Sage is an urbane californian who has worked with on target for seven years Hummer is aware of the Ludi Crous aspects of most misunderstand ing Between americans and s with this in mind that he tries to shame and coax his audiences into Little More thought in dealing with their hosts. In most cases the source of antagonism Between the american and the foreigner is ridiculous. The reaction is just As the situation itself is not ridiculous. And it s the situation that we re concerned everyday squabbles and conflicts Are grist for Hummer s Mill. He picks up ideas on base from the newspapers an from the four americans and two englishmen who make up the on target team. On target produces As Many a three one hour shows a year on such diverse subjects As Gold flow Security and driving safety. Some shows apply the Broad Brush 111mm.,., Friendship treatment. It s this approach that s being used in scotch on the rocks the show now in for its first run the latter part of May scotch on the rocks deals with the wide Range of Pitfalls that the viewer should of the subject it s obvious this Type of show must be drastically altered when it s taken to another country Hummer said. Customs and taboos vary from nation to nation. But when we re dealing with something like Gold flow the message is pretty much the same wherever we on target teams have flown unjust about every gooney Bird in us afe and hit every base in North Africa the Middle East and Europe. They have played before audiences of20 in Libya and put on the same show for 800 at Lindsey air station in wies Baden Germany. Shows Are staged at Sites designated by the base commanders in Heaters clubs auditoriums the Road on target teams must be flexible versatile and handle their own staging costuming and lighting. Because they Carryall props with them they must avoid Clumsy or heavy sets. When running on a full head of steam they May put on two or three shows a Day for an entire week. A single production May receive up to 150 show Ings. It s a barn storming existence wit meals rehearsals and sleep taken on the Fly. But most players regard on target As a Good training ground. Two graduates of the group Dav Healey and Bill Mcguirk have joined the Royal Shakespeare theater a Stratford on Avon. But in his continuous search for new Talent Hummer prefers candidates with entertainment background to those wit Little theater experience. In this work the play is not the s Impact that we stress and the fellow with entertainment experience under stands this because he s had to Deal with difficult Hummer s own background is native of Pacific Grove calif., he has two degrees from Urcla a . In political science and an . In English joining on target he spent two years at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford As part of a University of Birmingham program. Hummer handles All writing himself but is assisted in the directing by eng Lish actor John Lowe now doing his second stint with on a graduate of the Royal Academy of dramatic Art Lowe has done to stage and cabaret actor Terry Gratten who worked with Joan Littlewood at theater Royal in the greek comedy Lysistrata is Hummer s stage current cast of airmen sgt. David Browne sgt. Michael Freder icks sgt. Gary Mitchell and airman 2.c. Larry Santoro. Pyjamas old hat assist v corps airmobile work a manager or fatten director Hummer sets. Fredericks and Browne and Lowe. Lowe Ratten Browne and Mitchell rehearse Telephone sequence. Is Hunter Hanau Germany special a Black pyjamas and an i860 Cav Alry hat have helped bring v corps units up to Date in airmobile tactics. I v corps Headquarters is no claiming the title of the first corps in the army fully airmobile trained. Months of Field work have end i de in which aviators from the 18th aviation in trained each corps Man Euver battalion in air Mobile tactics. The project started last fall with cod 17th inf when fliers from the 350th aviation co started training two company sized units each week in airmobile tactics. During the training aviators. Rolled up 130,492,320 passenger Miles without Accident. V corps reported. I Static equipment i most of the men involved in thei training Are veterans of Viet i Nam where airmobile tactics Are in heavy use today. J after classroom work and1 ground practice with Static. Equipment each of the compan ies was lifted into simulated air assault situations usually three times during a Day of training As part of the training e. Tompkins donned a Viet Cong Black Panama outfit to play the role of a . Who had none to work for the .,teaching americans the effectiveness of 1860 hat was worn by capt. Robert b. Franklin or. To Point up the Over All effective Ness of airmobile capabilities. In Ciurlik a Turkey Spe Cial a Check for 540 was presented to t. Sgt. George a. Lambert Coic of explosive ordinance disposal Eod for a military this idea has been adopted it has saved the air Force $109,800 a year. Formerly daily reports were required to be submitted to the 603rd a Wing. The report were on leaves toys pcs and strength data of det 62.reports were required whether any action had or had not occurred. Lambert suggested that the reports be eliminated and that if the report could not be eliminated entirely Only one report be submitted each month or each week. I Sembach. Germany Spe Cial _ Sembach air base is the first installation in the17th air Force to meet its Cost reduction program two months left in the fiscal year Sembach has achieved validated savings of $380,000 against an assigned goal of $251,000. Frankfurt special the350th aviation co was recently cited with a v corps Silver certificate for safety for Fly ing 2,695 hours without Acci Dent Between Jan. 1, 1967 and feb. 27,1968. \ Sembach Germany Spe Cial boy scouts Peter cur tis and Jeffrey Johnson were recently accorded Eagle rank at a court of Honor ceremony in the officers open mess Here with maj. Gen. Rollenz. Anthis 17th air Force cd presenting the awards. Curtis is the son of maj. An mrs. Fred g. Curtis and John son the son of pm. Sgt. An mrs. Norman i. Johnson of the 601st tactical control group
