European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 2, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 Gen. Gorman Calls exercise Success by Jim Coles Iii staff writer bad Kreuz Nach Germany is eighth inf div soldiers explored their roles in an increasingly Complex army when they participated in an army training and evaluation program Artel exercise recently. Maj. Gen. Paul f. Gorman 8th inf div commander discussing results of the recent Cardinal Point ii Artel exercise which he called a Success said there will always be a place in the army for infantry soldiers. Since the Days of armoured knights and Battle equipped horses people have predicted the demise of infantry he said. Then came the Arrow the machine gun massed artillery the tank and the air plane but in world War ii the . Mobilized 90 divisions. Only 16 were armoured the rest were infantry Gorman said. I Don t have a Crystal Ball any More than anyone else has but anyone running around predicting an Early death for the in Fantry should look closely at the Issue he said. Today s infantry Soldier has 12 times the personal firepower of his world War i predecessor four times that of the world War ii Soldier and fights mounted rather than on foot. I suspect infantry soldiers on battlefields of the future will do what is photo by red Grandy handling mail at the Leo Are from left specs. 4 Andy l. Domenghini Milton a. Raglin and Marcus d. June. Time to think about saying a dime by Merle Jacobsen staff writer Offenbach Germany is Don t buy that 50-pfennig stamp when a 15-cent stamp will do under an agreement Between the German and american governments Apo patrons May use . First class postage on mail sent to civilian addresses in West Germany. Spec. 5 William Morris Coic of the International Exchange office Leo at the 228th base Post office Here said letters sent to German addresses must have an Apo return address to take advantage of this saving. Because a 50-pfennig stamp costs about 25 cents at the current Exchange rate postal patrons can save a dime per letter by using . First class postage. Morris also said . Mail destined for German addresses must Start in the . System. Dropping a letter with . Post age in a German Mailbox will cause a delay because the Bunde Spost will Send the letter to the Leo before forwarding it. At the 228th, Morris Job is devoted to handling mail Between Apo patrons and foreign countries. It s what we consider a Post office within a Post office said the 25-year-old who Calls Denton Texas Home. It s sort of like a Liaison Job. We represent the United states postal service to foreign mail services. If it comes from a foreign country with that country s postage we handle it. If it comes from an Apo and goes to a foreign country we handle Bernard Mcneil assistant postal officer for the 228th, said the Leo was created at the end of world War ii to Speed mail be tween europeans and american gis and is unique. Morris and three other soldiers assigned to Leo in a typical week sort through 7, 000 pounds of mail from Apo customers on the Way to foreign addresses. In a week he said the 228th receives about 30,000 pounds of foreign mail addressed to Apos. Incoming foreign mail is scanned for accountable pieces which require receipts the Leo handles 1,200 pounds of account Able mail a week from foreign sources. The Leo team also scans incoming mail for discrepancies such As insufficient Post age. If there s anything that s wrong with it that would jeopardize its transmission we return it to sender Morris said. We handle Africa Europe and the Middle East Morris said. Due to Large volume the office sends mail directly to England Denmark France Italy Holland and Belgium. Mail for other countries is sent via Bunde Spost or new York depend ing on destination. A frequent problem is deciphering for eign languages. Morris said he has several people he Calls on to help him with arabic and other languages. French and English Are the International languages of the postal world. The foreign government considers us the addressee no matter where it s the mail addressed Morris said meaning that when mail reaches the Leo foreign governments consider it delivered. We become the sender also when it leaves the . System Morris added. Two thirds of the office s mail is incoming from foreign sources Morris said. While some major . Military installations in Europe Exchange mail directly with their Host cities Morris said account Able mail to and from foreign sources must come through Leo. According to Morris via insured is the Best Way to ship High value items when the Purchase will Transfer from a foreign postal system to the . System. Because of differences Between the . And foreign postal systems Only insured mail allows the Patron to recover the full value of a lost item. The Veteran of seven years of army service said he welcomes Calls from other postal clerks or Apo patrons who have questions on International mail. His number is Frankfurt military 2311 8118 or 7998. Well shod Dane sentenced Copenhagen up a 70-year-old Man has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing 5,000 pairs of shoes from one shop Over a seven year period. Police who arrested the Man when they found him carrying a plastic bag with 21 pairs of shoes said they have no idea what he did with them and he refuses to Tell. They be always done but with the Aid of machines. The trick is to use your machines to amplify your manpower to get As much out of your men As you can Gorman said. He said the Way to reach that stage is through training and evaluation. I could t give a person a new appliance and expect him to use it properly without train ing in the use of it. If the Soldier in t competent and convinced the equipment will do what it s supposed to in the face of enemy fire then it s no some of the equipment today s Soldier uses is dangerous and some training is potentially life threatening. Gorman said minimizing these dangers is one of his goals. I would not countenance any kind of training that endangers lives. But there s no Point in talking about parachuting if that training is restricted to the classroom. There s no Point to training if you Don t provide the Opportunity to prac Tice preferably frequently he said. Gorman said there Are Many misunderstandings among soldiers about training Many people talk about going out on an Artel. But you Don t go out on one. This is a year round program. People who View Artel exercises As one time affairs Are missing the Point. Under the guidance of this document the Artel regulation you never have train ing without evaluation or evaluation with out training. If the program is allowed to become a one time a year training then you defeat the purpose of Gorman said. Artel was first drafted in 1975. The current program became available to com Manders last year. Emphasis is on train ing soldiers up to the potential afforded by weapons systems and preparing for wartime missions. Realism in the training improves Soldier interest and aids information feedback for evaluating training according to Artel materials. Many of the soldiers taking part in the recent exercise said the training techniques were new to them. Most called them innovative. Though the men were wet. Cold Muddy and physically miserable they had a lot of Good words to say about the exercise. Gorman said i deny there was any thing innovative there. There was t any thing done there that has t been around since 1975. But the army is a big slow moving machine. It takes time for these ideas to be picked most of the concepts and procedures in the Artel plan were developed by the . Army infantry and Armor schools Gorman said. He added the bulk of my soldiers have been in the army for less than two years and Many of the cos held other jobs before coming to line units so it s not sur prising that they Haven t seen it evaluation of the exercise shows that most 8th inf div soldiers Learned their Les sons Well. Ninety percent of All vehicles were kept in service huge amounts of sup plies were successfully moved tactical operations were completed successfully and innovations from the troops solved numer Ous problems. Many existing training techniques were applied in new forms and combinations and relatively new training techniques were added to the division s training arse Nal. Some of the new ideas included a Battle simulation game for officers com Bining on Post and off Post training exercises multiple use of ranges and realistic pow training. Gorman added the developments which arose from this exercise Are a Good illustration of the american Soldier at his he was speaking of four soldiers who developed a Quick easy Means of get Ting water out of Foxholes using a Bilge pump from an armoured personnel car Rie but applied it to Overall Soldier reactions to problems in the Field. The exercise was a Success. It Speaks for itself Gorman said
