European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 fast draw with mls instead of six guns by Don Tate staff writer you see it just Over the skimming along As smoothly As if its on that cant be a you dont hear the Turbine the nearly silent scream of those charging 60 tons until its almost on top of Here they All pumped Dan spins platoon in four my the Lead tank commander shakes his fist at the god bless the crackles from a spins men say there going to do it for Treyve got a and Treyve How Treyve grueling for a sometimes 15 hours a and now its Down to show one Battle fifteen minutes to use All they twelve Hundred meters to glory or the crowd of rain coated spectators to the right then grows As quiet As if it were a Golf tournament Down to the final even the rain has the tanks have wheeled into place at the first bound firing out lined on either Side by is a area of scrub grass and 169 targets capable of popping up but there will Only be 24 of the 5by6foot main some some 900 to meters darkly like or Little for the mls Long guns to hit during the Battle As Well As smaller troop targets left to the machine the tanks will fire first from a standing then on the spins soldiers Are really communicating Confidence and emotion no other platoon has the platoon commander is 1st Dave they Are part of Alpha 3rd 64th 3rd inf commanded by William of and the platoon had gone out to dinner the night they had one Beer by they were in before bed the gunners had gathered in a room and they talked about the Rotten weather and poor Visi about about not overkill Rig tar not hitting them More than they talked about How hard it was to see the holes in the soft targets that dont go Down As rounds rip youve almost got to feel them photo for by Larry Beverly Dan spin right this ones for said a when youre grooving you dont have to see and they talked about How they were going to do it for their platoon spins has shortly before the she left Germany for Walter Reed but she urged her Tanker Hus band to stay and to go for she put up with me for a All the Long the complaining and spin this ones for now there out there waiting for the watch your the its fast draw with cannons instead of the idea is to hit the most targets in the fastest time with the least amount of theres a 40 second time limit after the targets go up the closer to Zero time targets Are the More watching another Alpha staff Dave who been through All describes the moment of the tank commander is talking to his try ing to Calm him dont worry about youre you know youre just Jet a Good sight after that first the gun powder hits you in the and if its a Good shot you Calm if its not you can get More the difference Between Good butterflies and bad butter is the my As Good As they say Ive served in m60s and now in comparison those others Arent he the my is a on the Range the command has inside the great machines the gunners Wail for the targets to youve got 30 intones the voice Over a the silence is the muzzle of the nearest my scanning Back and like the Mouth of a cobra wailing to any moment spectators Plant their Fin Gers in their far Down Range theres a puff of signal targets Are Thunderclap Boom Boom Boom or angered flashes lighting up the rattling the big time Ham mers of says that was two but arc they hitting there killing the crowd is and soon the tanks arc on the whirring firing As they the big guns going after main the machine guns mop Ping up troop in less than 15 minutes its a Canadian Colo Nel shakes his that one of the fastest runs Ive Ever anybody beats has to be god didst a Crew of germans just edging the americans for top shooters by one it was still perhaps the finest Battle run an american team had Ever said Veteran a yank gunner who missed his target just  believe i hit that 1 hit i Felt it it was probably just too fast for the judges to buckle new regulations or risk License by Clint Swift Washington Bureau chief Washington repeated failure to buckle up while driving on base could Cost Drivers their licenses under new seat Belt regulations the defense department will Issue this according to a Pentagon safety the new rules will apply to anyone in a but the Points will be assessed against the said George director of safety the regulation also will provide Points As he the actually a Tri service regulation that supple ments new Dod safety will be in Force at american installations abroad As Well As in the he there were 650 fatalities and injuries involving defense department employees that Doest include family members in automobile accidents in fiscal Siebert we calculate that Cost to be about million in lost unit productivity and so Forth and How can you even begin to put a Dollar value on a life he said indirect costs to the such As replacing a trained could amount to As much As 10 times under the new Drivers would be Given a warning for the first three Points for a second and six for each succeeding he he said the cases of Drivers who Are cited on military bases Are handled by Federal and the Points can be assessed on a state Drivers the old Dod regulation applied Only to military and civilian but Siebert noted that injuries to family members also Cost the government in medical so the new regulation will include family contractor pm no appropriated fund employees and Neucom graphic specialists work displayed in air Force Arf collection by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau chief Stuttgart Charles Carroll could pop up anywhere in a in a travelling Art in the lobby of the Hes an air Force technical a graphic specialist at Neucom Headquarters most an its As an artist that he appears in places such As the that because Carroll can boast of something rare among air Force several of his paintings have been accepted into the air Force Art collection a collection designed to Tell the air Force Story graphically and portions of the collection Are always on display some where the National aeronautics and space adminis the air Force the air Force air Force bases around the in the last eight 12 of Carrolls pieces have been accepted into the his latest entry is an Oil Canvas of the Bell Al the first aircraft to break the sound in the curator of the collection discovered Carrolls work in Carroll was working for airman Magazine and had just won a local air Force award for a the curator saw the painting and asked if he had Ever consid ered sending something to the i told her 1 thought it was mostly professionals All the Guys from Chicago or new the curator told him he was but he should submit his piece i and two weeks later i got a letter that said they accepted he the curator told him he was the first enlisted Man to have work accepted into the Carroll graduated from Syracuse University with a de Gree in Fine arts in he tried to enter the air Force for Pilot but a problem with his vision kept him from so he opted to become a graphics since his first work was accepted into the Hes added at least one piece a two of his paintings an f originally in Prisma pencils on and an Oil Canvas of a c141 Landing in Greenland been made into 17by22inch lithograph available in Many air Force Public relations his cover for airman Magazine celebrating Bob Hopes 50th year doing United service organization shows is also in the but Carroll is modest about his for its like a foot in the i dont get paid for it or any photo by Dan Wollam air Force artist Charles Carroll he but i get to meet a lot of Good Carroll gives the paintings to the Hes been told he could deduct the gifts from his income but Hes not particularly interested in monetary just to have them seen is enough for he its such a great thing to be Able to express your Talent and show he Doest get to see his work on display very portions of the collection travel from one air Force installation to but while he was stationed in some of his paintings Hung in the lobby of the its sure a real Pat on the he it makes you feel real