European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ores Ltd a proving Grout a be to us � Lii Vietnam of Frijs ideas new fresh and say and another is on the Way. I if. Lot in coming out on top .htww8? idea involves the 1r Sto lot i comin top Jeffi Al involve use ofj8r am that s ust Ham of dec Fay gained and equipped dogs to Jahss pushing for the patrols. The dogs i have worked out we free we when they tree or smell the lab has had 93 accepted to enemy. A tiny radio transmitter Fittery army. Many Are now being user to each dog s harness sends one signals others have Only had a limit while he Moy Sand another when he � Toconis. And still others the lab . The radio device was developed Imi rather forget entirely., ,. At the lab.,s of the biggest problems in Vieta do with the 1st Cav div air a combat is detecting Viet Cong immobile spotted a three Man ambush before they Are sprung. As. A. This Way with the result that the troop ambush detecting devices have ers were Able to Ambuski the ambushes. 1 _ _ i _. A i am la f1fcf a emf Uno Runae in give up however and since has Jian led by a human worked on one with dogs that is meet lab scientists worked with the scout dog platoon at fort berthing gag Man fac "l?6 can armed the flight test program. More than 1,000 f5 aircraft Are programmed for use by 15 coun tries which in addition to Canada and the . Include nor Way Iran the Republic of ,Greece, the Republic of the Philippines the. Republic of China Turkey Thailand Ethiopia Morocco and the Republic of South Vietnam. A Spanish firm also under License agreement with the american manufacturer has be gun production of 70 f5s. In addition another 105 f5s Are be ing produced by the canadians term toy the Royal Netherlands air Force Canada selected the f5 Over 13other fighters for its Mobile come and the Netherlands chose it to replace its present f84s, scene army for participation in the command sergeants major pro " " gram.-. The personnel in this group and the sergeant major of the army now Wear distinctive identifying chevrons. This insignia has been created by adding one marking a Laurel Wreath surrounding the Star to the e9 insignia. The third group of cos called sergeant major is made up of personnel holding the rank of staff sergeant major. This group includes All e9s not formally selected fort the command sergeants major program. Cos in the pay Grade e8 who hold the rank of first sergeant Are called first e8s, with the rank of Mas Ter sergeant and cos in pay grades e5 through e7 maintain the title of address of army s idea factory also dreamed up this Light portable Bridge made of a flexible foam Core bonded Between two sheets of Nylon reinforced polyethylene film. Plastic poles give it rigidity in use. Army photos Hammond commissioned shift iced joins the Fleet Washington is guided missile escort destroyer the 3,400-ton Schofield joined the Leet and another the 3,877-ton Francisc Hammond was launched on the West coast saturday. The Schofield was commissioned at Bremerton wash., and the Hammond named for naval medal of Honor Winner in the korean War was launch Dat san Pedro Calif. Vice admit Walter h. Baum Berger Deputy con pomander in chief Pacific Fleet was Princi pal speaker at the commission no ceremonies and mrs. Perry sch Fjeld daughter in Law of the late vice adm. Frank h. Scho Field for whom the ship was named was the sponsor Scho Field served in world War j Asa member of the advisory staff in Paris during the preparation of the naval terms for peace with Germany. The Schofield is the third Shipin the Brooke class of escorts designed for Antisubmarine operations. She is armed with tartar missile installation one 5 Inch ,38 Caliper gun Antisubmarine torpedoes Antisubmarine rockets Assoc and a Dron Antisubmarine helicopter. Her commanding officer i cmdr Eri a Graffam of Pes. Moines Iowa and her Home port will be Seattle . Charles h. Wilson d Calif was the principal speaker at the launching and a. Smith widow of has pita Man Francis c. Hammond for whom the ship is named was the sponsor. Hammond was born in Alexan Ria a in 1931. He enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and two years later was assigned to the 1st Marine in 5th marines 1stmarine Piv in Korea. He was killed in action on March 26,1953, while aiding a Comrade and was posthumously awarded them Jan of Honor
