European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes january 1981 in left a behaviour science tech John Rondeau of co 47th medical talks to patient Clay at two psychiatric Vincent Coleman left and 4 Maurice Are checked out by John Thompson of co 1st 37th units tested on mental wound7 plans Story and photos by John Savard Nuernberg Bureau chief Germany men Tal wounds in a future War could happen to a lot of american according to army doctors in the Field during current 1st army div Winter Field Maneu vers near doctors said that army units Are sup posed to have plans ready to handle Large numbers of psychiatric combat but those plans have never been tested we Are trying to see what plans units do have for such said Edward 1st army div sur we Hope to find out what improvisations units can make to treat these peo from Long boat said that psychiatric combat casualties Are not people who Are he said that such casualties Are Ordinary soldiers who have broken under the stress of violent Large tags Are attached to some 3040 soldiers who act As mental casualties Dur ing each the tags list symptoms which must be treated by frontline troops and As if the victim were a person Al Friend or part of that Normal symptoms May include paralysis of arms and heavy perspiration or the tags May list problems such As panic or or casualties May even try to hit other but during the the victims merely wait while other soldiers read their tags and Call for medical the idea is to treat victims As casual ties and get them evacuated to battalion Aid said he said that treatment of psychiatric casualties is often a Soldier May need just a quiet Coffee or a Blanket and some time to Given a Chance to soldiers often try to get Back with their combat according to he said that soldiers can do this if they Are treated stay close to the Battle area and Are encouraged by their in a recent 7th medical command me com Larry Ingra Ham Frederick Manning wrote that mental casualties could be heavy in a future during world War the 6th Marine div suffered psychiatric casualties in 10 Days of that total equalled 48 percent of physically wounded marines in the the 1st army div suffered psychiatric casualties equal to 54 percent of their sol Diers wounded in action during a 44day combat period in world War psychiatric casualties were heavy for israeli troops during the first few Days of the 1973 yom kippur of the first casualties there were 900 psychiatric casualties 60 there were no physical wounds on those who suffered from pure psychic John Talbot reported in the Jour Nal of the american medical association that soldiers who became psychiatric casualties during world War ii frequently had to be discharged As medically unfit with permanent mental for several months in Talbot the number of discharges from the army for psychiatric reasons outnumbered february is childrens dental health month its time to Brush up on Footh care by John Glass Stuttgart Bureau chief Germany in conjunction with the american dental has pro claimed february As National childrens dental health for 32 years the Observance has been one week with the theme smile America take care of your health head but it has now been expanded to one month to better promote childrens dental health according to George chief of the Southern Stuttgart dental Region and preventive dentistry consultant to 7th Barnes said 7th me com dental activities in support of his years dental health month will include dental screening examinations for All with the re sults sent to their preventive dentistry kits containing fluoride floss and plaque dissolving tablets will be distributed to the Toothbrush exchanges when students hand in old toothbrushes for new ones will be dental health poster and poetry contests for students in the lower grades Are dental health puppet shows and All supporting dental health Are in the Barnes said a number of dental health films Are available to the to obtain school officials should Contact their local dental while All of the programs Ive outlined wont be available in every Post or he All of the dental activities will be conducting some Type of special Usan changes ifs rules on permissive try fim ifs Germany the air Force has changed its permissive try rules at the urging of the federation of latin America clubs flac president Henry Marquez at the March 1980 flac convention in air Force members from Spain and Britain attended on leave status at their own flac saw this As not Equita since Usa eur provided permissive try and funded try for its members to the air Force manpower and personnel Center has now stated that permissive try May be authorized if participation is Mutu ally beneficial to the air Force and the individual funded try is appropriate if attendance at the function is required As a panel stipulations made by air Force Are that the activity must be official or quasi official in and the member must Demon Strate to the approving authority a legit professional connection with the meeting or according to the israeli army was Able to return All but 6 percent of its psychiatric casualties to duty in the 1973 the army returned 90 per cent or More such soldiers to duty during the korean and Vietnam using com Bat psychiatric he said that such soldiers were experienced soldiers who were already adjusted to their one army study rates these soldiers As 50 percent More effective than a newly trained one combat commander in the Nuernberg area scoffed at training with psychiatric believing that 1st army div troops needed More combat but the 7th me com study in a War without the command unmindful that each Soldier has a breaking convinced that All is required is a kick in the and confident he can get along without those who proceeds at his own reactions varied greatly when Jeffer arrived with psychiatric casualties during Field Maneu vers combat soldiers were Busy trying to grapple with combat when three test casualties were brought to one Busy an officer argued with dont you know were being evaluated during this Field prob Lem when one officer was told the casualties had to be he medevac them said just like in a real medevac procedures Are to turn them Over to the senior medical authority on said the when you have a doctor that pretend in not said during the which Jeffer called a psyche test casualties were passed through the 1st army div network of medical Aid stations until they reached co 47th med they were then inter viewed by medics trained As behaviour Sci ence some soldiers reported they were treated Well by the combat units they we were put out with an infantry said 4 William Felder of division material management an officer was telling his men under these a psychiatric patient should be placed somewhere where it was Given a hot meal and allowed to sleep eight after said from a the officer said patients should be Given some menial tasks to but during the we would be evacuated to see How Good evacuation channels