European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes comma commands merge their personnel offices Wiesbaden special the merger of consolidated base personnel offices Capo within Theair Force communications serv ice has begun this month wit the combining of he european african Middle Eastern name communications area Here and the Central european communications Region at Ramstein air thousand communications personnel records from Germany Libya Greece and England will be maintained at an enlarged Apo Complex at Ramstein by july 1.capt. William Sawyer chief of the Wiesbaden Capo said the purpose of the consolidation is to reduce manpower and operating costs. Joining the two offices is expected to save the air Force some $200,000 emphasizing that the new centralized Capo will provide the same service available under the two activity arrangement saw yer said that he name person Nel officials anticipate no difficulty in maintaining up to Dat service records for All personnel served by the new noted however that it will be necessary to schedule individual records checks because the service records will have Tobe brought to Wiesbaden for annual and five key personnel will remain at Wiesbaden in Liaison capacity with the ram Stein Capo to handle personnel actions for the officers and air men assigned to name head quarters and the 1802nd support sixty personnel technicians including six of the 19 no attached to the Lindsey Capo will staff the new operation a Ramstein air base and main Tain service records and Contact with the arcs units which will be serviced by the new . Col. Rollin Preston Cen eur comr Region chief of personnel since june 1966, was appointed to head the new opera Tion. Our communications betwee the Liaison office Here at he name and Ramstein should per Mit us to conduct All personnel matters without sacrificing Quality of service Sawyer said. The Captain stressed that personalized service and counselling will continue to be available Fornall personnel at he name and the 1802nd support so. The four enlisted personnel technicians who will staff the he name Liaison unit at wies Baden include pm. Sgt. Wilson Cloud and s. Sgt s Ray Beau regard William Bernard and Carroll Groven. Moving Day . Nancy d. Gilbert left and Jimmy , personnel technicians at he name communications area begin the weighty task of moving hundreds of service rec ords following the merger of he name and the Central european communications Region consolidated base personnel offices a Ramstein air base. Of photo project Pace 11. Ii 1 Sall k1 it vile Check records Heidelberg special Usa eur tuesday launches a massive program to verify de tailed information of the person Nel records of every officer an Soldier in the command. Called project Pace personnel audit and correction of errors the Effort is the Only one of its kind Ever conducted in Usa eur data process ing activity will Send out record son All officer and enlisted personnel to every personnel Sec Tion. Information on the records will be verified and corrected and the records will be returned to Usa eur Headquarters by june 25. Corrected information will reentered on identical master tapes at Usa eur Headquarters an department of the army. Usa eur officials Point out that the cooperation of every military member of usar Surwill be necessary to insure that project Pace is a Success. The emphasize that important mat 10 germans receive 64th Armor awards Grafe Woehr special ten bund Estehr soldiers were presented Tusker certificates by it. Col. Harold r. Lamp co of the 4th in 64th Armor during Brief ceremony Here. The certificates with the 64th armo elephant Symbol prominently Dis played will serve As a memento of their visit. The German soldiers members of the 363rd Panzer in in Kuhls Heim had spent nine Days study ing american methods and procedures in preparation fort Csc. After the ceremony the germans returned to their unit to prepare for the bund Estehr tank trials scheduled to take place Here later this month. On personnel rosters. Safe he announces staff Shi a Wiesbaden special uen. Richard f Shaffef of chief of staff will move Feyjin August to become ate Deputy chief of staff for Lithe Headquarters of military assistance Nam. ,. Gen. Maurice a. Pre Toafe commander in chief bounced the move. He Aidif command inspector general i Gen. William r. Macdonald replace Shaefor. Moving into the Insi general position will be Brkl Gen. Edmund b. Edwards or entry commander of the full equipped 20th tactical fighter Wing Wethersfield England. I another move will Send brigadier general nominee col. Olieo Dore s. Coberly jr., 10th tactics reconnaissance Wing comma Jer at Alconbury England to tie joint staff in Washington fool duty As the Deputy director for operations j3, in the National military command Center i Preston had previously Afi-1nounced appointments of Coli Joseph a. Hagemann and win Aston p. Anderson to be Cora Mahd lers of the 20th and 10th Wing respectively. Safe surgeon to retire Triton general gives a eighty advice by John Krueger staff writer Wiesbaden is it s great feeling to be quitting at the top says Safe surgeon maj. Gen. Raymond Jenkins retiring next month after 29 years of military service. Jenkins who la be 60 on july5, emphasized in an interview Here at Safe he that he Sproud to be heading the finest medical service in his Long career. Maj. Gen. R. T. Jenkins. He pointed out that the figure reflected the highly motivated performance of duty by medical personnel throughout the com Mand. They make me look Good he declared because they re do ing such a wonderful the distinguished looking Gray haired general called keeping men on the Job and fit for duty the key to the medical Mission. The rates Here Are very Good he pointed out. Each Man missing from duty he said compromises his unit s Mission. Therefore preventive Medicine is stressed to keep air men healthy and on the other than the toll of aging Jenkins considers each Hospital Case a breakdown or failure in his program. The patient he feels failed to follow health an safety advice. Three of Jenkins pet recommendations Are to Cut out smok ing pattern your diet and get the proper the fit trim surgeon said heave up smoking in his Early 20s. He has also followed weight control As a positive weight control added 5-10,162-Pound Jenkins is Good com Mon sense achieved through moderate i Don t believe in dieting per be just eat less and you can still eat anything you want. It s just a question of getting used to it. You la fee better and still be satisfying your taste with his sensible moderate eating and drinking formula Jenkins said he has been Able to pare anywhere from 10 to 60 pounds off overweight patient without Ever having to resort to. Says there s no such thing special t kid yourself he said there s no such thing As a Jolly fat Man and they re not with us very looking Back Over his three years As Safe surgeon Jen Kins said that the greatest improvement has been in Itra theater aeromedical evacuation service that covers from nor Way to Pakistan. He described the service As faster and More frequent with much More patient during the Early 50s, Jenkins was involved in the modernization of the air evacuation serv ice utilizing knowledge gained during world War ii and the korean War these developments include casualty staging units with 25 to 500 Beds for holding patient sat airstrips for pick up. Over Here he pointed out there i such a tactical unit at Rhein main air base the 18th casualty staging unit used in All Man reuvers. They train so they can setup in the dark stated Jen Kins. That s the criterion for passing the Jenkins a native of Kinston,n.c., received his medical de Gree from Duke University in 1935. He was commissioned the army medical corps in a he is believed to be the "1"of the flight surgeons to be t., to include balloon flight experience along with his 4,400 Hourt of flying time As a flight Ngeon. The balloon Back Grimi came at Pope army Airfield,n.c., in the Early 40s. He has the aeronautical rating of chief flight surgeon and was certified in aviation Medicine Hythe american Board of aviation Medicine in 1955.As
