European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday. October 9. 1985 .,.,. Cum grizzled top stereotype a thing of the past first sergeant says roles have changed Vor the better in \ i \ 1 i h tent Ritter tit pc shy Dom i k stuff writer Vou Jimm a it her l my \ hip.  in  of i Cou. Off in  a i. Or rom Mif. Cum jump Khz in i on is a lie in nil i h in m i i i Bui Lilin Tel  .1 /q1.  Youni inn 1/1 Hmer   tin l Iio is rim id  u a i if n a 1 hat s a harsh sic Reuy pc til the uld sri a we incr. I he fir i sen earn i to "1 up Mas i of s Mui e hanged in recent years Ami How much i first Sim he Karok Hyk thinks  Ami  i " Karok Hyk. 41  in u. In luf div. Oik us i Sekul group i if i he division s in l sen cams being promoted in command ser Cani m.i-. R.  Here the changing Rule of up sergeants Lor the  i Leaku Speaks Mil i a subject nut so Rosy based on 21 years As a Soldier in War and peace. K a Rule Ink  Down what he thinks is the modern army s sure Achilles Heel its need. Een with the new. Super technology. Id get Hack 10 basics Hen i was a  lie says comparing uld and Nev top. I did t even  in t Iris sergeants. I word was to Pel. And he was id. Today s soldiers Are ,1 Good bit smarter than they were in to Louse Days. U Hen tied puts Oul something mow he d better be Able to Backil up with More than bluster. He can l just say. Listen. I m the first sergeant and that s it Hist stripes running Down the sleeve won t it h Liny More. You try id be smarter than the people you re leading you have to really know your Jub. Yuu can l fake it. Because it s going to catch up Wanh you. Your people Are not piling to respect Jou or Lake Ami seriously. You re just j Oiny la have bodies out there going thrmij.1 the motions not productive  what Are other was lops have changed Loday s lop n s Are More caring. 11 a Man Louls up. A  to Lalk to him and Chi Uriel ruin not just Hammer dim. \ us took Al a Soldier s whole record the whole Soldier. Weigh his Pas his future in the army. You want tit  Why a Skolier did something not ust w hit. I jink when a the Iii go of Llu in the army has Cli Irit d. Iroini after College shows initiative on their part selection boards Are looking much More a Vrabl on that kind of  is the smarter More caring modern army Liing up to ils recruit log poster slogan being All in can Beno. We re not. I m not talking Abom Good or great individual units but about Ide us tend cd ton present army wide. Modern is line new weapons new vehicles new computers Bui old is i xxx. Loo in some ways we badly need to gel Back to basics Basic soldiering. "1 Oil Many tlert.%, Lor instance seem to think their Una Job i jerking. All he Hasiu do is be Paul  at tapping on the Type Riler clacking on the computer making up the dirty Rosier. He sees Lille importance m  with his a Capuzi. On doing the Basic tasks every Soldier needs lob Abl do i Don t care what the mos is. A Man s Basic in him i till mately to fight it be Able to pick up a weapon and defend the cd ulry you d be surprised .11 Liow Many soldiers can l assemble or disassemble an my i Rifle.  Man Cooks dorks Hospital workers Al Cetera can t Piil on a Gas mask use a Compass right Pul on camouflage right set out a Claymore mine throw a hand grenade what happens if one Day enemy troops suddenly roil in Ami they  to fight fur their lives1 the Altitude seems to be. Lull never happen to me i be seen people who work in  who Dun l Eien   assigned to them who Haven to i la Wager lived a weapon m five years. They a my Job is nut associated w Ith Coli Bat. We Don t have to defend ourselves the infantry will do u it does t always work thai neatly. 1 saw air Lorec people who t in tight like that in Vietnam. My Job is to fix the air planes  go up in the air the Viet orig swept through thai base and blew  t it air plane around " As far As the army goes. Karolchyk beats the words Over and Over like a drum Hack to basics. Hack to thu a i 7 common Soldier skills that the army tests its people Lor but which i m afraid a Loi of them Are not very Good at in this modern army. We re gelling modern there s  about that. Sustaining this modern Anu piment i.-. The problem. You know the old syndrome Well we have All these Greal new vehicles they la last fora while. And in one . We re from the land of plenty you can see it out on the autobahn Tkal a term.,n Ruck nut there and Likiak Al an american where s the Pride in that vehicle 1 is the smart Soldier who does t maintain his equipment better than the not so Start one who keeps  vehicle rolling 1 and thai Altitude who cares if in weapon s dirty. I m posing next week. Let the new Guy worry about it he never thinks that next  like a lot of other folks never thought thai next act a lie might be in a War " has thai attitude worsened in the past 2 i  k the modern army in belter or worst pm Mca shape than if Carniv of 21 car Sago 1 worse. The it Standard Are essentially the same but in those  we went beyond minimums. Now there s Loo much i to � what do i need physical training for .1 too much do the minimum fall out and forget in. I think it standards Are going to be raised across the Board Tor men and women and 1 Hope  so to some  the army has gotten smarter and belter but in other ways it s drifted .1 i hat s right. Hack to  in your Vic out i Ive years Down the mail sol Hie Illow May be evaluating other people. You see the problem Back to basics if you had to go to War As you did to Vietnam in l of i. Which army Soldier for Soldier would you rather go Wilh Hal army or this army would feel More comfortable going with the men i went with in 1966. I Well Wuh the 7.rtj airborne and i came through hut. Yuu know the american Soldier never less you Down. He still has thai mini Gible in him. When he s got to perform he performs 1 believe if we go to  again hell pick up the Slack and Lake Over. It would just be so much easier if we Slop neglecting those Basic soldiering task "