European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 1, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 sergeant lost More than some gis weigh Story photo by Floyd Harringto Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Kaiserslautern Germany is . Richard m. Silcox a Cook for the 1st signal in at Kleber Cavern Here got the bad news in Janu Ary lose 82 pounds by september or find another line of work. Silcox completing his third hitch was called to take a physical exam in preparation for his fourth enlistment in september. The 6-foot Cook flunked the physical because he weighed 285 pounds 82 pounds More than regulations allow since army chief of staff Gen. Bernard w. Rogers declared War on fat by re writing the regulations so that a Soldier can forget about re enlisting if he is even one Pound overweight. Silcox said he was a Little confused at first about being told to shed the excess poundage. I be always been overweight but i be never had any trouble re enlisting before he said. I came in the army in 1968 and weighed 278 pounds. I los weight in Basic Down to about 220 pounds then when i got out i went right Back up to where i was  during a tour in Vietnam the native of Greenfield ind., got Down to 240 pounds but when he returned to the states he married and quickly gained 50 pounds and when he arrived in Ger Many three years ago he weighed 295 pounds. He said he had tried an army weight control program but did t keep at it and his weight stayed near the 300 Pound Mark. In september 1976 Silcox joined the Kaiserslautern chapter of tops take off pounds sensibly. I enjoyed it and lost 10 pounds he said. Then i got involved in Field duty and did t go Back until january when i knew i had to lose weight to  he also a coined the Usa eur weight control program and an army dietitian put him on a 1,200-calorie diet. I promised my commanding officer that i would stay on their diet do exactly what they told me and if i lost weight i lost weight and if i did t i did to said Silcox who attended weekly tops meetings and also began an exercise program of his own. I ran one or two Miles a Day. I did sit ups and deep knee bends every night before i went to bed. I went to the gym on thursdays and worked out for about two hours then took a Sauna and went to tops. On Friday nights i  he even stopped tasting his own cooking asking other Cooks to do it for him. Still just being around food was difficult for him so in March he asked to be relieved from cooking and As signed to the truck that picks up the facility s daily rations. Within six months his weight went from 285 pounds to 193 pounds a loss of 92 pounds. His Waist shrank from 48 to 36 inches he lost 8 inches around his Chest and 3 inches from around his neck. It was hard he recalls. Staying on a diet gets tiresome you have to get off sometimes and  but the splurging did t happen often and he was Able to record 15 consecutive weeks of weight loss at his tops meetings. Silcox credits his new slim shape to the encouragement and help he received from fellow tops members and his wife. He feels that without them he could t have lost weight and thinks that without their continuing help he May gain weight again. Ill probably be a member of tops for the rest of my life. I classify being overweight like being an alcoholic be cause an alcoholic will always be an Al Coholic. I la always have to watch what i eat or go Back to being what i was before he said. Now and then a slim . Richard Silcox holds a spoonful of Gravy for fellow Cook spec. 4 Jim Simmons to taste for him. Silcox shown at right when he weighed in at nearly 300 pounds lost 92 pounds in six months in order to meet the army s weight Stan Dards for reenlistment. He credits letting others do his tasting As help ing him i his reducing program. General schedule rates to provide comparability with 1977 private Enterprise pay 7.05% proposal is a 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1c 1112 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 $6,219 7,035 7,930 8,902 9,959 11,101 12,336 13,662 15,090 16,618 18,258 21,883 26,022 30,750 36,171 42,423 49,696 58,245 2 $6,426 7,270 8,194 9 ,199 10,291 11,471 12,747 14,117 15,593 17,172 18,867 22,612 26,839 31,775 37,377 43,837 51,353 3 $6,633 7,505 8,458 9,496 10,623 11,841 13,153 14,572 16,096 17,726 19,476 23,341 27,756 32,800 38,583 45,251 53,010 4 $6,840 7,740 8,722 9,793 10,955 12,211 13,569 15,027 16,599 18,230 20,085 24,070 28,623 33,825 39,789 46,655 54,667 5 $7,047 7,975 8,986 10,090 11,287 12,581 13,980 15,482 17,102 18,834 20,694 24,799 29,490 34,850 40,995 48,079 56,324 6 $7,254 8,210 9,250 10,337 11,619 12,951 t4,391 15,937 17,605 19,388 21,303 25,528 30,357 35,875 42,201 49,493 7 $7,461 8,445 9,514 10,684 11,951 13,321 14,802 16,392 18,108 19,942 21,912 26,257 31,224 36,900 43,407 50,907 8 $7,668 8,680 9,778 10,931 12.2s3 13,691 15,213 16,847 18,611 20,496 22,521 26,985 32,091 37,925 44,613 52,321 9 $7,875 8,915 10,042 11,278 12,615 14,061 15,624 17,302 19,114 21,050 23,130 27,715 32,958 33,950 45,819 53,735 10 $8, 02 9,150 10,306 11,575 12,947 14,431 16,035 17,o 7 ."9,617 21, �04 23,739 to Iii Oit to 33.s25 39,975 47,025 the rate of Basic pay for employees at these rates would be limited by Section 5308 of title 5 of the United states code to the rate for level v of the executive schedule which pursuant to Public Law 95-66, would remain $47,500