European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 10,1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 4 military associations report big roster gains by John Hart Washington Borean chief Washington is four Mili tary associations have reported big membership gains particularly among enlisted personnel in the past year. Preliminary results from the air Force association s Afa annual membership drive show a gain of 14,000new members. Afa National president George m. Douglas said that brings the total membership to More than 155,000. The majority of the new Active duty members came from the air Force enlisted ranks with 5,300 airmen joining the association according to  said 4,700 Active duty officers and 4, 000 civilians also joined the association. Afa Speaks up for you was the theme for the membership drive Doug Las said. He added that More and More air Force people Are recognizing the personal and professional value of be longing to an organization whose Pri Mary purpose is not Only their Persona interests but also the broader issues of National Security and adequate  the association of the United state army Ausa reported 13,590 new members for the same 12 months and total membership of 98,156. According to Ausa spokesman Phi Stevens 81 per cent of the new Mem Bers represent the enlisted  have been trying very hard to Correct an image that the association is Only a professional organization for officers he said. Our association reflects the ranks of the entire  he said enlisted men and women tend to join the association near the end of their first enlistment or shortly after beginning a second enlistment. The Ausa membership increase i attributed to a feeling among the Mem Bers that the association can represent them to the Congress without becoming a blatant lobby Steven said. The Fleet Reserve association added More than 3,000 new members to its Rolls making the total membership 135,-350, a spokesman said. According to Bill Riker our association lobbies for the interests of Active duty retired and Reserve enlisted personnel of the Navy Marine corps and coast  16-year-old air Force sergeants association Afsa has grown at a unprecedented rate signing up 25,000 new members in the past year Accord ing to Don Harlow director of the unit s legislative  the Afsa membership standing at 87,000 now Harlow is forecasting an other 13,000 members by year s end. We offer Afsa members a Strong legislative voice in Washington Harlow said and lobby for their inter ests on Capitol  Safe f4s to join games in Denmark by the stars and stripes eighteen f4 phantoms from Safe s 81st tac fighter Wing at Raf Ben Waters England will take part in the nato exer Cise Arrow express starting in Denmark on sept. 14, a Safe spokesman said. Some 300 members from Ben Waters will Fly to Aalborg air station Denmark for the exercise which ends sept. 26. Land operations in the zealand group of islands began wednesday and Are to continue through sept. 30, according to the spokes Man. The Safe personnel will be among total of 16,000 military members from nine nations taking part in the exercise. Other nations represented will be Belgium Canada Denmark Germany Italy Luxembourg Britain and the Netherlands the spokesman  exercise is designed to test proce dures for sending Allied command Europe Mobile forces to Denmark. Its purpose is to show nato s ability to deploy an effective combat Force from several nations quickly to any area within the Alliance he said. Hessen Laneave another exercise being held in connection with the autumn forge and reforger77 series is a v corps command Post exer Cise that began wednesday in Hessen Ger Many and is to end sept. 18, according to a v corps spokesman. The exercise is called cpx carry through the spokesman said. It involves Headquarters elements of the major corps units and personnel from 5th inf div mechanized it. Polk la. 9th inf div it. Lewis Wash. 3rd army Cav regt it. Bliss tex., and 27th support Center rear area operations a new York army National guard unit the spokesman said. The objectives of this exercise the spokesman said include increasing the familiarity and experience of commander Sand staff with the nato Alert system and deployment plans command and control procedures and systems wartime administrative and logistical requirements an procedures and developing and implementing plans for introducing stateside reinforcements into the v corps operation. Command Post exercises differ Fromfield training Maneu vers in that scope is limited to major Headquarters operating from Field locations with simulated troop movements. 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