European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Paige 8 the stars and stripes wednesday May 5f army re up race in Europe is still led by Vii corps Heidelberg special army reenlistment in Europe continued at a High rate in april with 11 of the 19 reporting commands either meeting or exceeding their goal Usa eur and seventh army Headquarters announce tuesday. The command wide april reenlistment total was 1,885second Only to March s Al time High of 2,018. The april figure brought the total for the first 10 months of the present fiscal year to 15,022reenlistments. Leading the command again was Vii corps which surpassed its re up goal with 170.9 per corps has been the monthly Leader since last july. Second third and fourth respectively were the 32nd army air defense omd with 147.6 per cent the 4th army div with 136 per cent an the 3rd army div with 131.1 per cent. The seventh army support omd headed group n with 101.4 per cent. Group Iii Winner waste special ammunition support group with 117.2 per More than half the 1,885 men seeking further service were regular army soldiers re enlisting for the first time. Total of 731 regulars reenlisted for the second or More Over All figure also included 139 continuing High rate reflects the Quality of the career Counselor commanders sergeants major and personnel staffs Usa eur and seventh army reenlistment officials said. Of outlines health data transferal. Wiesbaden special tonsure that dependents medi Cal records Aren t forgotten inthe shuffle of rotation the Safe surgeon s office has reminded air Force personnel about the Steps they must Taketo Transfer dependent outpatient the time the sponsor clears his base the consolidated base personnel office Capo will give him copies of of form 275, request for Transfer of outpatient copy of the postcard size form is needed for each depend Usa eur and Safe visits medical adviser due Here Heidelberg is the Pentagon medical adviser to defense Secretary Clark is to arrive thursday for his first official visit to Europe a spokesman for the Usa eur surgeon said her tuesday or. Louis m. Rousselow Dep Uty assistant Secretary of de sense for health and Medicine will make an 18-Day tour of army and air Force Hospital Sand dispensaries in Germany Spain Italy and Turkey. He will also attend the three Day International medical surgical conference beginning May 22 in Garmisch. More than 400 nato physicians Are on the guest Register for the Usa eur sponsored seminar. Rousselow will be the Princi pal speaker at the 9th Hospital Center commanders conference on May 21, also in Garmisch. A briefing by the Usa Jeurgen Laurence scheduled for department official s army escort officer will be Brig. Gen. Colin f. Vorderbrugge 9th Hospital Center commanding general. Rousselow will Fly fro Washington to Frankfurt inter National Airport starting his surgeon . Potter is monday the defense swing to medical is adviser he has completed the patient identification Section on each form the sponsor should deliver them to the medical facility which will next serve him and his facility will then re quest the records be forwarded from the sponsor s last base. It is essential says the sur Geon s office that these cards Are turned Over As soon As pos sible to the new medical Facil Ity. The records will then be available the first time a Mem Ber of the family requires Are two exceptions to this procedure however. If dependent requires special or frequent treatment the medi Cal officer May prepare an abstract from his records allow ing the sponsor to Han carry it to his new duty station. Til the open the Pentagon miv1vnr begin the Alt Force porn of his tour May 25 at Wijn Den air base. He win i Madrid for Washington ius his army itinerary the b7igeneral Hospital and 10th Geral dispensary Frank May 17 2nd general hospifj1landstuhl, Mav Usa eur surge on and 130th station h Asp lat be Delberg May 20 Carmus conferences May 21-24. " Rousselow will visit base hospitals and dispensaries in a Kfir Lon am a. Or _"co1baden on May 25 May 28 Athens Ankara Turkey May 31 Tor Rejon Spain june 1-2 Madrid i timing camera maintenance Crews close inon a 38th tactical reconnaissance so rf4c to download its five cameras. Elapsed time from engine shutdown when Crews download film to delivery of annotated film and Mission report must be less than 45 minutes. Of photo with flush Ranger plan realistic to combat Washington special the army aviation school it. Rucker ala., and the infantry school it Banning ga., have started a combined train ing exercise that gives new real ism to the training of combat soldiers. Called operation Ranger the new exercise gives soldiers participating in the army s Range training program a Chance to participate in an airmobile exer Cise Over unfamiliar terrain. At the same time student aviators gain valuable experience in transporting combat equipped troops before they graduate from the aviation school. Previously the Ranger Stu dents used trucks to simulate helicopter pick ups and the Stu Dent pilots used water tanks to simulate combat loads. Operation Ranger is schedule to be conducted twice monthly Ramstein unit loves night work Ramstein Germany Spe Cial this base s contribution to accent s Aerial reconnaissance Competition Royal flush is the specially of the 38th tac tical reconnaissance so night reconnaissance. In Competition with the Royal air Force 17 Squadron which flies Canberra the 38th s Rf-4cs seek out targets within a 300 nautical mile radius of ram Stein anything from tanks to tents and photographs the mat altitudes anywhere Between 1,000 and 2,500 feet using 260-million candlepower flares. On a typical Mission the four participating Crews Are each Given three targets by project officer maj. John h. Moening who receives 18 possible targets each night of the Competition and selects 12 from among planes begin their sorties at 9 . Fully loaded wit film and Photoflash cartridges for their five cameras and infrared Detector and must re turn by 4 30 save time the plane taxes right to the door of the process ing lab instead of parking on the ramp. For this Competition the annotated photos and the Mission report of the targets must be delivered within 45minutes from the time the Crew chief signals the Pilot to Cut his engines. Camera maintenance Crews download the film and turn it info processing in less than a minute. Processing is done automatically at a rate of about 16 feet per minute and a Boondocks gis missing Opportunity at Garmisch Garmisch Germany Spe Cial an easy first step to a great vacation in the Garmisch recreation area begins with a Call to the armed forces recreation Center s free group travel offices located in than 130,000 i s have discovered this first step to a vacation with a simple Call to Munich where they arrange for free transportation for groups of 25 or More enlisted men stationed within one Day s travel from free travel program Cen ters around groups of enlisted men from the same unit Cavern or City who want to eliminate expensive travel costs by bus or train. Servicemen stationed with out lying units have not really taken advantage of this program for two reasons. Lack of communication and a popular misconception that they Are too far out to be easily reached by Commer Cial transportation automatically disqualifying them from the program. For a Chance to take advantage of arc free group travel write or phone the afr travel coordinator in Munich at Mil 2521 8235 or 8435. He will make All transportation an hotel arrangements. Dependents can take advantage of the same program on a space available basis. Proximately Throe minutes after the 40-foot Rolls of film Are started into the processor the developed negatives begin feeding out Cut into 10-foot strips the films turned Over to photo interpreters who match it against map Sand select suitable negatives 01 the target area for enlargement. While these Are being printed he identifies targets from the remaining negatives to be annotated on the blowups and writ ten up in the Mission report in scoring the Mission report accounts for 150 of the 200 a sible Points for each sortie a target coverage and photo Quality account for the remainder Vii corps arty change Stuttgart Germany Cial col William e. Commander of i co Fps at it. Sill okla will a sum command of Vii corps in june succeeding big James j. Gibbons who is tto ". Mcleod who is on the Tion list for brigadier previously served m u As 24th inf div arty co
