European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse A three Man Lump unit from 7lh Cav on duty in wooded area along Border the parting two Germany. Cap. John Holbert left it commander of the army t Only Long Range Deconna Istance patrol team in Europe. Virtually discontinued after Vietnam Lur i Are making an army wide comeback. Men who can shape the Fate of great Battles w anted a Famor Foo Al a s us who / at1 0 live out. U behind enemy nes Nuh a i . Keen a / is w in Xiv won t Mno no Oran in Vepr hit of Pon. Ind /it1 Able to finish on his own if it cont to of of in . It will come to that. Apply to capt John Hole t. Comr Nandor. Long Range surveillance det Richmont. Echo troop. 3rd so 7th Cav. 3rd inf div Holbert commander of Iho army s Only Long Lange reconnaissance patrol . Lump team in Europe says lures. Virtually discontinued no scr Vietnam Are making a comeback throughout the army other learns to planned or Fui Ope in 1906. And Holburt is seeking new candidates Tor his Bunch yes of Iho dragon from his Headquarters at Schwem Fuit. It s been pretty Well determined that All the sophisticated gadgets nothing can replace the human Eye. Ear and Bram in Gale rat motels Genco on the Holbein mid to can t just depend on gadgets that suddenly Wun l work in bad weather technology that goes wrong we need Guys who can go in furtively behind enemy lines operating 30 to go Kilometres 18 to 37 Miles in Iron of their own lines who can go for Days or weeks without resupply Able to carry All kinds of equipment everything he needs Tor survival in Rucksacks often weighing Over 100 pounds " he wants incredible hulks we Don t have any hulks any linebacker types Here. We be got average died. Very physically lit Strong and daring men. Who can get the fjno.j". A undetected report Back everything Hoy see and Hoar then be extracted by helicopter or escape and evade pm loot without the other Side Ever knowing they were there. That s 100 percent Success. People thai Good can shape the late of great Battles " today s lures Don t go Mlo a Mission thinking kill the enemy a philosophical change from Vietnam Holbert stressed you be really blown it when you re discover cd and have to Light your Way out. Or have to be extracted once you fire your weapon consider the Mission Holbert s lures have been inserted into exercises All Over Europe. Should his men Ever go into combat sometimes we would go into a hide position and just let the Battle flow past us Belore we Start recon no other times we would go in by air assault on foot on strike missions. On skis on snowshoes. About every Way except once it was even by the 7th Cav s Fino troop was the Only unit m general ouster s wiped out cavalry where they never found any of the soldiers alter Little big Horn something must have gone the Captain said smiling we re a lot better now " periodically Holbert s men go Lupiny along the Border gathering i Jence and watching out Tor commonly known As Gar East German Border commandos when he say. Sometimes intrude into West Girman territory reaping intelligence of their own we Don t go Over there but they be comi Here so we re always on the Holburt sad out main Effort out there is to avoid con ton Ilion. But in we encounter Gas our Mission Truino a we Stop lurking and Start apprehending � ony the Border anything can happen " Don Tate november 12, 1985 the stars and Stu pro Page 15
