European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and Stirts Iii chief tip tji,.a underwater living and., working Fol Stolsw  october off san clemente., Island the test called sea lab. A will see 4 1 of the 54 aquanauts  620 feet below the Pacific mailing 14 men will Sweryd 0sam As backup  a Are . Civil ans and i and Canada  physiology set some underwater experiments and around the sea floor Levitt will conduct Sal coordinate v. A is the Ocean engineering. Navy s deep submergence project will be the on he Scheja  of the five  missions. Team 1 will be mainly pm. Scott Carpenter evaluate special diver tools and Analyse the effects on the men working at the Bottom of the  3 will build a three Section 15 foot tall cylindrical Structure on the Ocean floor As a dry repair and rest facility for the divers while team 4 will conduct tests of water clarity sonar turbulence and other areas of oceanography. Team 5 will evaluate newly developed search and recovery procedures do some physical geology prepare the under water quarters for ascent to the surface and also conduct experiments with group of porpoises sea Lions and a har Bor Seal from the naval underwater warfare Center at Pasa Derta Calif. One of the porpoises Tuffy worked with Navy divers in sea lab n. Requirements metall 54 of the aquanauts have met the training requirements for the Navy Snew saturation diving system. . And foreign Navy personnel Are All rated As first class divers. Seven of the Nav men and four of the civilians took part Inse lab ii a 45-Day test in 205 feet of water during the fall of 1965.,in addition one of the selectee to Robert a. Earth also took part in sea lab i an 11-Day 193-foot operation in mid-1964, As Well As the earlier genesis High pressure experiments ashore. Saturation diving used in the Seala series is a relatively new practice de signed to enable Mahto live and work on the Ocen floor for Long periods with out paying the High penalty ratio of decompression time to Bottom time after each dive. A diver is said to be saturated when his body tissues will absorb no additional measurable quantities of such gases a nitrogen or helium gases other than oxygen which May be present in the breathing mixture. Once this saturation Point is reached the decompression period is essentially the same regardless of his stay under  for 12 Days in sea lab i the aquanauts will liven an Ocean floor habitat breathing a mixture of helium and oxygen. They will regularly work in the water outside of their quarters without the need for decompression when entering the habitat. The base will be pressurized to the equivalent of about 210 pounds per Square Inch the same pressure As the surrounding water. After a team is Down for 12 Days twill be quickly brought to the surface in pressurized Transfer capsules and the aquanauts will undergo a single period of decompression 80 to 90 hours in the surface support ship s decompression  contrast the Short duration diver must undergo decompression upon re turning to the surface after every work dive often spending Many hours in decompression chamber for a few min utes of useful work on the Bottom. Orlando Fla. Special a massive two year logistics program designed to re equip Pershing missile units in the United states and Europe wit new ground equipment Haf started at Cape Kennedy the army announced. The program called project Swap is entered at the air Force s Eastern test Range. Under an agreement Between the air Force and the . Army missile come Redstone Arsenal ala., the site is being used fora test and Assembly operation and for packaging new pershing1a ground support equipment prior to shipment to army operational troop units. Included in the Swap concepts the massing at the Cape of major components of the 400-mile Range Pershing 1a system such As improved fast reacting Rector launchers Power stations Programmer and test stations an communication vehicles. The bulk of the equipment comes from Martin Marietta s Orlando division prime contract changes made for no schools Washington special changes have been announced for two of the air Force s oldest noncommissioned officer academies. After 13 years and More than 12,000 students the military air lift come no Academy at or Lando fab Fla., has closed its doors with graduation of its a ooh class. The school is scheduled to resume classes at Norton ,Calif., oct. 5. A Telic air come which dosed its three no academies in March 1966 because of austere Manning will reopen a school Kosdale fab la., july 10. I ital class win consist run dents in grades of tech ser than i7and above al1 within a 17 years service prs for the surface to surface Pershing system. A fhe pushing 1a, ground sup port equipment will be mated with eau by new Tori 8-wheeldrive cargo trucks. Components of the equipment will be assembled and fully tested for operational readiness at test Range hangar. Once it is judged combat ready the equipment will be formed into battalion sized packages an shipped to operational Pershing troop units in Exchange for the current track laying Pershing 1 hardware. A the new Pershing 1a system is the result of a recent defens department decision which gives Pershing a strategic deterrent role called Quick reaction Alert. Mounted on rubber tire wheels rather than tracks the new system increases mobility firepower and reliability for the system which was first deployed in Europe in 1964. Stateside service my to warning Issue tags captive Bird test Pilot a j.   the air Force s new xv4rhmmlgwrd ii i a a fug  at id wired Geargia co Marietta a. The squat plane scheduled to take to the air Ina gust represents a Jong step toward the development of military and civil vertical rising jete the air Force flight dynamics Labora tory will use Hummingbird ii to develop de sign criteria for such aircraft. The test plane sports six j85 engines four for lift two for lilt cruise. Lockheed photo Washington special the army will soon begin issuing a Bright red Metal medical warn ing tag for Quick recognition of special health problems. The tag is the same size an shape As the current identification tag and is to be suspended from the identification tag neck lace. The tags should be Avail Able for use in the Field by August. The tag has been developed to Point out problems when medical records Are not immediately available and the individual re Quiring treatment is unable to give a medical history. Penicillin reaction for example a Soldier who has had a reaction to penicillin would have this information indicated on his tag. In the event he needed medical attention but was unable to advise of his allergy those providing treatment would know immediately that penicillin could not be administered Dow fab begins shutdown Dow fab Maine special initial Steps in closing this strategic air come base came wit the inactivation of the 397th bomb Wing. The major tenant left on the base aerospace de sense come s 75th fighter so also is scheduled for deactivation this summer. Add will continue us of Dow As a dispersed operating base while other portions of the installation will be used As an Extension of the University of Maine Campus