European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes May 1985 Navy copter unit delivers anywhere photo for by Joan Zopf a ch53e super stallion picks up cargo during an hc4 training exercise at by Lon Cabot Naples Bureau chief Sicily helicopter combat support so 4 we can deliver anywhere in the med Terra said James hc4 the based at the naval air station in is the navys Only Squadron of ch53e sea stallion Heli it flies six of the 15 sea stallions in the the Squadron carries anything from heavy equipment to spare parts and mail not Only to the 6th Fleet but also to coast air Force and Marine units operating in the Mediterranean i am a True believer in logistics Scurria history has proven that sustainability is the name of the game when it comes to winning any and this helicopter can sustain any unit in the 6th our biggest problem is not meeting the Supply commitment we but educating people about the capability the sea stallion offers in terms of cargo handling Scurria this helicopter gives the operating units of the Fleet a heavy lift capability that allows it to deliver outsize cargo to ships that previously had to pull into port to receive last hc4s delivered More than 6 million pounds of cargo and More than passengers while supporting naval and other operations in the medi breaking every Fleet record for cargo and Pas Senger delivery in the i dont believe statistics have even begun to touch the capability of this Squadron in terms of How it can support operations Here in the Scurria just like the my tank complements an army regi the ch53e complements ships of the 6th he powered by three Turbine engines and seven main Rotor the ch53e can travel at More than 200 it can be refuelled in flight from a kc130 it can lift More than 16 tons or carry nearly 40 combat troops plus y since it began operations in hc4 has flown missions in support of operations from Cyprus and Egypt and in Greece and putting the right person in the right place program lets units learn How  work together in War by Chris Estes staff writer Heidelberg the army wants to put the right person in the right place at the right under the individual mobilization augmentation that just what its trying to the program puts reservists in slots  fill in Case of and that an advantage for unit who know who will be filling those according to an army Reserve the same reservist trains in the same Slot every so that in Case of he will already know the people in the unit and How the unit a reservist is assigned to an Active department of defense Agency in a Slot that is nonessential but authorized during said de chief of the army Reserve personnel Center at we ship him there for a minimum of 12 Days per year to train him in the Job Hes going to have in these Are positions that have been identified by that Agency As a position that is not appropriate to fill with an Active Soldier coming from a unit that has been dissolved during Fisher an Active Soldier knows his Job real Well he Doest know the organization Hes Corning and he has to know the organization and its people to function in it during that really Why this program came the program is to give the Guy prior training and increase the units efficiency during Fisher said the program has been around since the when he was in he said 240 of about 600 existing slots available in Europe Are More slots could be created if com Manders knew about the Fisher if a unit has mobilization slots in other if it is a three platoon company in peacetime and a four platoon com Pany upon mobilization its commander can request up the Chain of command to the department of the army that those slots come under the they will be filled by reservists who will train in them every units that have mobilization table of distribution and allowances or mobilization table of equipment rosters Are authorized most of the people filling the slots Are civilians in Europe who Are Mem Bers of the Cuba allows 2 straying americans to set sail Miami a two americans whose Sailboat was seized in cuban Waters were allowed to resume their Voy age and were in real Good condition a coast guard spokeswoman they gave us a Call about and said they were on their Way to key said Petty officer 2nd class Brenda they said they be there in four to army defender against Mccarthy communist infiltration charges Dies new a Joseph Bishop a Yale Law school professor who defended the army against Joseph charges of communist in filtration in the has died at Bishop served for two years As Law clerk and aide to undersecretary of War Robert and in 1950 became special assistant to the attorney general in the office of the solicitor he joined the Yale faculty in 1957 As an assistant professor and acted As general counsel for the department of the army in the Mccarthy five Flint said Oran and his son both of radioed the coast guard from their boat that they had no problems Down a cuban gunboat escorted the 65foot Farrand to the port of Cabo on Cubas Northeast after the vessel was seized tuesday about eight Miles off the said coast guard Bob Cuba claims a 12mile territorial while most countries recognize a three mile he farms daughter had said malfunctioning navigational equipment might have led her father and who were planning to sail around the world on a dream to stray too close to there have been times on the boat where there has been a major malfunction and there has been no steering or said Kathy at times you dont know where you Are because youre she i would suspect that something happened to the boat for them to get within eight Miles of Baeten said the coast guard was told of the Farrands seizure by the Crew of a commercial tug that was in the area after the Farrand contacted the coast guard advised the state the state department had no evidence at this time indicating any relationship Between tuesdays seizure and rapidly deteriorating relations Over radio the governments Spanish language programs aimed at said a the seizure came a Day after the communist govern ment cancelled an immigration agreement with the United states in an angry reaction to mondays Start of radio Marti the government of Fidel Castro also suspended trips to by except for strictly humanitarian Rea while threatening to Stop cooperating on hijacking and illegal immigration Farr said her a retired and her a professional were charting an around the world cruise they talked about for three she said they had just finished sailing to and up and Down the Atlantic the two men used As their base and suited frequently to such destinations As Cancun and Farr