European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. September 6, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 so Der is honorable title general says by Cunt Swift Washington Bureau Washington people in the army arc soldiers and that s what Good leaders ought to Call them a message from the army s top personnel officer says. The term Soldier has connotations of valor duly Honor sacrifice Noble values of a Noble profession said the message from it. Gen. Robert Elton Deputy chief of staff for personnel. The term so meaning service member is a vapid construct which evoked sensing of computer jargon cipher or worse an eight hour per Day employee of the . Government. We want soldiers to perceive them selves As soldiers with All the values that term implies Elton s message said.  us Call them soldiers not Sims in our Cor res Pond enc orders and reports " non uni formed employees of the service will be called army  the memo said. The message went out last month to All army activities at the direction of Gen. John Wickham the chief of staff. . Col. Andrew Jackson chief of the leadership Branch of Elton s of inc said the message is linked to this year s army theme of leadership. We were reflecting on the Way we As leaders address ourselves in policy in correspondence in orders Jackson said. It was an irritant. You Nick up an army regulation or a piece of correspondence and the computer has taken Over our titles of address he said. It did t leave a personal  the adjutant general s office which publishes orders has been instructed to implement the message by attrition he said. As stocks of materials run out and need to be reproduced the offending terms will be replaced. Elton s message said the change should be made in conversation As Well As in documents. The policy bans the use of pay grades to refer to soldiers except in the context of pay and benefits. Though it May appear to be easier to refer to a group of l -5s, a meeting of o-6s or the fact that Smith is an h-9. Military Courtesy should cause us to a ctr to sergeants colonic is or tile fact that Smith is a sergeant major " Elton s message said. Is refers Only to the position a civilian occupies it said. Civilians arc to be "mr.," miss  or  cafes reports stronger sales of . Cars by Bob Hoyer suit writer sales of us. Cars at army air Force Exchange service outlets in Europe Are on the rebound talks managers for Auto firms say. Higher year to Dale and three month sales ire attributed to the modest decline of the Dollar from its 1985 High and the Cue of financing. The increase in sales Lias been particularly noticeable Over the past three months. Volkswagen of America sold at military exchanges under the overseas military sales group Oasis pacing the three month figures with a 29.2 percent gain. A general motors spokesman reports a year to Dale increase in the Vicinity of 20 percent for the various pm models. Sales of american motors corp. And Chrysler cars also handled by oms show respective three month gains of 11.43 and 8.56 percent. Year to year sales increases for am and Chrysler Are 9.30 and 9.51 percent. Jack Legg oms military sales Man Ager attributes lower 1985 vow sales to a shortage of vehicles Early in the year. With the 29.2 percent gain of the past three months vow is rapidly making up for the shortage of cars in the Winter Legg said. We expect vow sales to top 1984 figures by year  in Frankfurt Jim Bennett pm representative at Gcorge von opel says 1985 sales for All models Are running about 20 percent higher than a year ago.1 the lower Dollar has done a lot to help sales even though it still is pretty High. And because of a Good display of vehicles we be sold More cars from Stock than in any of the last five years Bennett said. Part of the reason for improved sales has to be the lower  Legg said. But the Dollar now seems to be recovering from summer  in Cologne. Reinhold Lindner Ford s director of the military program says year to Date sales Are almost identical to 1984  even though the Dollar has fallen from its High Levels of earlier in the year a number of european cars still arc priced competitively with our larger cars Lindner said. As a result we be lost some sales of larger cars but we be made up for these by Selling More Small  Legg attributes am s Strong showing to the popularity of the jeep which he said is a to seller in the ." i think Volkswagen is Selling Well for european delivery because there Are plenty of service garages in Europe and the car can be taken Home at the end of the Lour Legg said. Bennett said the pm sales increase was led by the Camaro and Cavalier with the Monte Carlo a Strong third. Always a Factor in the overseas car mar Ket the relative strength of the Dollar helps shape the opinion of the military buyer. A declining Dollar usually signals in creased sales of . Cars at Exchange out lets. Conversely a rising Dollar generally stimulates the sales of foreign cars. The Peak year for the . Car in Europe came in 1979 when the Dollar plunged to 1.71 Marks an Exchange rate that priced european cars out of the reach of Many military buyers. As the Dollar climbed out of the Dol Drums sentiment gradually shifted to for eign automobiles. Earlier this year americans bought for eign cars in record numbers As the Dollar Rose against All foreign currencies and topped out at 3.45 Marks in late february. Down some 18 percent since then buy ers now Are More Apt to straddle the Fence when confronted with the Choice of buying american or foreign. Some indecision among buyers has been noted by dealers Selling foreign cars. But they say the Lull is partly attributable to the change in Model years and to the fact that some cars were bought earlier than planned when the Dollar Rose to unexpected Levels. Most dealers remain optimistic about the Prospect for foreign car sales especially if the Dollar continues to Inch Back from its summer erosion. We be had very Good sales Early in the year said Ivan Chapman Chapman motors Ramstein. The european car still is a Good buy at current Exchange rates and will continue to sell Well if the Dollar does not drop too drastic  an exception to the generally upbeat Atti tude was voiced by salesmen for . Cars at the Navy Exchange outlet in Naples. Our sales Are Fiat. Maybe Ever worse than a year ago said Veteran pm representative Joe Tarshus. We have the cars. We have the interest of potential buyers Tarshus said. Bui we re having trouble getting financing particularly for Low rank Low income  am and Ford representatives hold similar views of the Naples Market. Actually our sales Are running lower than a year ago said am s Lou mar tin. Financing is the  meanwhile Legg and Bennett confidently predict that sales increases of the last three months will continue throughout the year. Blackhawk in Usa eur again ready for service by Chris Estes staff writer Heidelberg Germany Blackhawk helicopters grounded because of a faulty main Rotor spindle have begun to Fly again in Usa eur a spokesman said a fatal crash in fort Rucker ala., april 18 led to the grounding of All of the Sikorsky uh-60 Blackhawk until a lie Rod could be installed in the main Rotor spin dle said it. Col. Kenneth r. Stein in the Usa eur aviation division Force integration office. Three soldiers died in the Accident. Stein said that 54 of army in Europe s Blackhawk Are flying again 18 arc being tested and the remaining 53 will be in the air by the Middle of october. Army commands in Europe that have the Blackhawk Are the 21st support come v corps Vii corps and the 7th medical  main Rotor spindle is part of the system that holds the Blade onto the Hub he explained. The cause of the Accident was the catastrophic failure of a main Rotor spindle. He said the plan to prevent More accidents called for the installation of a tie Rod Assembly into every main Rotor spindle which both strengthens and serves As a fail Safe device for retaining the Blade on the  Stein said modified spindles for the Blackhawk arc sent from the states for installation. It s a Long drawn out process of bringing these air Craft up he said because of the safety that we want to bring them up with. We Are taking a very cautious professional approach to bringing the aircraft Back to flying status to ensure the safety of the aircraft and of the aviators. We re looking at each aircraft in detail and we re looking at each aviator at bringing him Back up he said. Pilots who have not flown for several months will be Given refresher training before having to Fly the repaired helicopters. You cannot not Fly an aircraft for five months then jump Back in it. Ana Start it up. And go for it. It s not a Safe thing to do he said. Meanwhile he said the Impact on training and Readi Ness has been minimal. Even though there Are 53 aircraft Hal Are nol flying now in the event of a contingency requirement they could be launched. The re Lbook changes when you have contingency requirements. So the Impact on readiness has been minimal. The Impact on the ability to conduct Field training exercises has also been minimal because the Mission of the Blackhawk was picked up by the chinooks he . The primary Impact on training has Boon on the Blackhawk Community itself primarily on i  Luck Hawk