European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday july proposed Marine corps manual sniper must kill calmly and by Fred s. Hoffma Nap military writer Washington a the ability to go for Long periods without food or water to control emotions and to kill calmly and deliberately and without remorse Are the main qualifications of a Good sniper says proposed Marine corps manual. In effect it adds the snipe cannot be made he must be  240-Page manual is being circulated through Marine com mands for comment and has not yet been  by maj. Robert a. Russell of Vista calif., who once commanded sniper teams in Vietnam it lays out the first formal training program on the subject since world War ii. The document says that candidates for sniper training should undergo psychiatric screening to make sure they have certain essential  a sniper. Must kill calmly and deliberately shooting carefully selected targets the manual says. He must not be susceptible to emotions of anxiety or re  manual says a proper mental condition cannot be taught or instilled by  Russell now retired told newsmen at the time he completed the manual More than a aiming to kill a . 1st Cav div sniper draws a Bead Ona suspected spot in que sob Valley in Central South Vietnam. A proposed Marine corps manual says a Good sniper most be a Leto control emotions and to kill calmly and  a logisticians open Wiesbaden meet by de Freakley staff writer Wiesbaden is Athree Day logistics seminar opened Here thursday with 170senior officers from Usa eur . Gen. E. L. Rowny Deputy chief of staff logistics usar eur welcomed officers at the general von Steuben hotel our purpose is to assemble the managers and operators of the logistics system in a relaxed atmosphere where you May express your opinions and offer colonel enlists son Grafe Woehr Germany special Michael Baltes 18, was sworn into the . Army for three years by his father col. Paul a. Baltes co of the seventh army training Center Here a 1968 graduate of Nuernberg High school Baltes enlisted for Ranger airborne training your ideas he told the conferees. Rowny in an interview said the seminar itself was solving one of the major logistic prob lems. We have a Good logistic ays tem Here he said but we must broaden our understanding of what makes it work. Here we Are pooling our experience an learning How to make this complicated Field a bit easier. Behave to learn How to get the maximum out of the Dollar an the  following the oper in session thursday the conference broke Down into five primary discus Sion groups plans Supply maintenance transportation and analysis and management. After these discussions conclude sum Mary reports will be Given by the group chairmen saturday. Year ago that sniping is a very personal kind of fighting you can see the look on people spaces when they Are shot. By this he meant that a telescopic sight brings the face of the often unsuspecting victim close to the Eye of the sniper even from a thousand Yards away. It s different than spraying Lead All Over a Hill Russell  manual says a sniper must be highly intelligent be cause he must learn a wide variety of skills such As ballistics radio operation adjustment of artillery fire map Reading an military intelligence collection and reporting. Sniper teams generally women must operate for Long periods by themselves and this Means the manual says the sniper must display decisive Ness and self Reliance. Stressing coolness the Docu ment says that even an instant of uncontrolled emotion can be  sniper must possess True equanimity a perpetual self Possession and serenity which Fosters maturity and  As a trapper or Forest Ranger would equip a Marine for sniper duty because the sniper must be Able to reach his firing position undetected and to use the unusual behaviour of wildlife As Indica a Emy s a because a sniper often of of a periods wit Little sleep food or water glasses arc a liability the document says because $ lenses May reflect the Sun other Light and betray the j per s hiding place. Y T a sniper should be a no smok or the manual says because smoke or an unsuppressed smoker s cough can betray the sniper s position and even though he May not smoke while on a Mission refrain ment May cause nervousness and irritation which lower his efficiency tvo Gas take ten in Tutund Estehr co by Marion Lee staff writer Rammelburg Germany is faded fatigues made Sandy different from the men of the bund Estehr squad he would room with for five More Days of a 10-Day Field exercise. Sandy pfc. John r. Sand of Parkersburg w. A. And Friend spec. 5 Roger m. Sleeper were giving the German army s 5th co of the 520th ordnance a from Rammelburg s infantry school a peek at soldiering Amer ican style while soaking up a week and three Days of life inthe bund Estehr. The project partnership Exchange also brought two bundles Wehr soldiers into the 32nd army air defense come Cavern at , a Vietnam Veteran had a thin Black Mustache that twitched a bit when he talked. His Mustache was twitching Sleeper had something to say. These Guys Are just great. They could t be More helpful. They be even assigned us a couple of translators. Only thing i can t get used to is the breakfast. Couple of slices of bread and a cup of  Sandy was the Man the Long stepper the one that locked out bund Estehr sgt maj. Guenter Skirde. Of that Sandy the 26-year career sol Dier said in perfect English. The thing that had Skirde Hoton the Young . Trooper seven months in the army was a six mile forced March the 5th Ord Nance co had made the night be fore. We ran All the Way a clean Cut Well tanned Sandy said. He leaned Forward  did the airborne  Sandy who paced the German squad said he and his team led a second group by 10  a moment s consultation the two americans from the 1st in 67th arty at Wertheim picked one word for the bundles Wehr different. Guys in the bund Estehr Are fun Loving. They joke around a lot if they Aren t  their hair is longer than in the . Army. But things Are also the same. The discipline is there like a Rock. And old soldiers Are old sol Diers. A Mountain trooper from Bavaria up for annual qualification and familiarization with weapons had War stories to tenant an impressive scar on his calf to prove them. Young soldiers Are Young sol Diers. A lot of horseplay or sack time after the noon  Chow was Over. Time for serious business. Draw the ammo and out to the Range. But Sandy did t fall in. Why did t you. Fall in Sandy Well i tried marching wit them for a while. But they March funny us  getting ready. To go out on the Ger Man Rifle Range Are pfc. John a Sandy Toft and spec. 8 Roger m. Sleeper.  Wei Tocheck out the German g3 Rifle is a German sol the two americans Are with the Bande Wiehr s 5th c in in he Hamelburg ship Exchange