European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 8,1977 it s 8 whammy / figure i m awol the stars and stripes Page 9 reverse Cycle training turns morn to noon by Richard Edwards Gie Belstadt Germany Ever morning of the week my heart skips two beats says sgt. Richard Singleton a cobra Crew chief for cob 3rd combat aviation in. I Wake up quickly glance at my clock it s 8 . Whammy figure i m there Are others at co b who Are sympathetic to Singleton s problem because they too find themselves confused about Normal morning formation. Morning for mation is not in the morning it s in the afternoon. And that s because of their training program called reverse Cycle training. Capt. Gary Tobin operations officer for cob said under the program the company works Between the hours of 2 . And mid night. The program can last one week two weeks or even longer. Tobin said aviators Are required to Fly a certain amount of missions at night and this program makes it easier for them to meet the requirements. Not Only do we realize a beef up in night hours flown but also the Low level night flight course is used and we get a Chance to work with the combat support company s pathfinders. That s something that under a War time environment we Dhave to Tobin said helicopters can t Fly without maintenance so maintenance Crews also work the reverse Cycle. Instead of trying to find personnel or hoping that helicopter specialists Are on hand waiting for a possible problem we be got 80 per cent of the company working Tobin said. What do some of the men think about re verse Cycle sgt. James Long whose Job is to Check the accuracy of the flight records and their corresponding times against the number of hours each aviator has flown said if we were working during the Day and the aviators were flying As much As they Are at night like they Are now it d be hard to keep track of the hours. The Way it is now with less distractions like the Tele phone we be not Only caught up but we resetting Long in t the Only one who thinks it s a Good Deal. One of the aviators flying the Low level route was two Frank Gabriel who said he thinks reverse Cycle was going Well. It s going pretty Well As planned he said. There Are extra safety procedures for night flight. One Good safety procedure is the periodic calling in of location along the course. That s a fantastic idea because we know the operations personnel know our locations every step of the Way. This helps us with some of the problems we be encountered like confirming checkpoints which Are harder to see at Richard Edwards is an army journalist assigned to the 3rd combat aviation in at Kitzinger Germany sgt. 1c Arthur Pickett left talks with cw02 Daniel Heggie during a break. West German 1st it. . Raut som right photo uses a Small flashlight to Check his Logbook. Sweet thingy say 10-4s at cd wedding by Rick Maze staff writer Baum older Germany is drifter married a seat cover Here Satur Day night after being released from jail where he was held for dabbling in hubcaps. It All happened during a three Day Citi Zens band cd radio Jamboree Here that Drew some 3,500 enthusiasts from through out Germany. Air Force . Albert j. Sinicropi and Helga Zimmer were married in a ceremony written in cd Lingo. Drifter is Sinicropi s cd handle and seat cover is cd Slang for female rider. The wedding was held in the enlisted men s club Here before some 250 cobers who gathered to listen to music and social ize. The couple s biggest problem was convincing everyone the wedding was for real. Jamboree officials did t help when they announced that the Groom had been arrested for stealing hubcaps and might not make it to the ceremony in Sinicropi and Zimmer were married by the Rev. David Goodrum of the Christian servicemen s Center Here. Goodrum also an avid Cher wrote the ceremony. Amid laughter and an occasional cat Call Goodrum married the couple. Thank you for the break he began. We Are gathered Here together at this 20 location in the sight of almighty god and in the presence of these 12s guests to join to Gether this my Young Man and this Sweet thing woman in the holy estate of the cd crowd apparently understood every word of the ceremony although Many outsiders did t. If there is anyone who is monitoring this transmission knowledgeable of any reason Why these two hould not be joined together he May now so modulate or forever be 10-7 off Theair Goodrum said. Goodrum told the couple you cannot simply 10-7 when things become 10-1 difficult to hear. There need be no 10-29 end of time for Contact in marriage but rather a simple 10-8 ready and waiting attitude towards one at about this Point in the ceremony Goodrum stopped chuckled to himself and said i did t think i d make it through that he continued use the Good numbers when the cup of mud turns out to be just jailing did t Stop sgt. Albert Sinicropi from getting to Bis wedding. Is Maze that or the Cyl has a rubber lip problem. You also should keep the soup cooler 10-7 when things Are not just the Way you want them to be. Be willing to Back off the Hammer if need be to Mobile he then asked Sinicropi will you take this seat cover whose hand you now hold to be your lawfully wedded other half Sinicropi answered yes in cd 10-code. Goodrum then asked Zimmer of nearby Freisen will you take this Ratchet jaw whose hand you now hold to be your Law fully wedded old Man to serve him in love to provide for him a comfortable Home port and to raise his ankle biters to respect his authority and to Trust his judgment she also answered "10-4." about 15 minutes before the wedding began a Jamboree official announced a fellow planning to be married Here tonight is in jail. He was picked up by maps for stealing hubcaps but we Hope hell be re leased in time for the Sinicropi of operating location a det 4, 1964th comm group was actually in a jail of sorts. To make a Little Money Jam Boree officials build a makeshift jail on the no club s ballroom floor. For about a Penny a minute a Cher could have one of his friends or enemies picked up by the sheriff and locked in the cooler. An offi Cial said it s a Good Way to make a Little Money for our Sinicropi of Brooklyn n.y., was one of the Many locked up but he was released just in time for the ceremony. Air Force Hubert Barefoot was Best Man and his wife Iris was maid of Honor at the wedding. Although officials announced Over the Public address system this is a real wed Ding at the end of the ceremony one Cher said that s a hell of a skit to produce just for the
