European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday november 15, 1985 Rong gains made in medical readiness led rom Page 1 been much discussion Tew definitive actions have been taken. I do not consid whip Alc of Progress accept Able but must admit that i have Mati Faery successful in altering earlier this year Mayer said Only three out c would receive prompt adequate care. I Don t understand Why the lop Doc in Washington in t of pleased. He should be. I think the medics Are easily up Tov or ahead of the line operating forces in preparation. I Don t feel behind the Power curve at All Greendyke 13id he did not know Why Mayer has been so Crit ical. He s got his reasons and it s not up to me to s in a bigger Arena than a spokesman said Mayer was out of Washington for conference and declined to respond to Greendyke s statements without having seen major improvement Greendyke said was the secur ing of agreements with nato allies to increase the num Ber of available Hospital Beds from 20,000 at the time of the Beirut bombing to 65,000 now. Theater requirement Are classified he said. Although the agreements arc not binding Grecny Esaid medical and line officials believe they Are solid. He said one agreement was reached in August with a maj Ornato ally for to hounds of Beds. It s the added capability since 1983, he said that would allow the military to care for 10 out of 10 casualties during at least the first 30 think that Over 18 months that s Progress. I know that s Progress. I would t Call that stalled said Greendyke who is also command surgeon of the is. Air forces in Europe. Another major Neucom initiative he said is a proposal being worked with the military Airlift come to dedicate the c-9 Fleet to medical evacuation in Europe during a War. The extra c-9s. Which arc specially equipped to handle patients would reduce the Competition for other aircraft needed to carry troops and Materiel. The additional c-9s and the increased hospitalization ability would allow the military to care for 10 out of 10 Issacs in to Day so of a War Greendyke Salome ill Yucom initiatives to improve medical readiness incl own a an agreement that it would provide ambulance buses that could he Jcj Dlo 6,000 litter patients. an agreement with Germany to Lance discussions with the military sea lift come on use of ships for intr theater medical development by the army air Force and Navy of special medical teams to respond to terrorist attacks another emergencies. The teams have already been used put on Alert or exercised most notably in 1985 during the bombing of Bobby s bar near he Nikon a Greece the bombing of a Spanish restaurant near Torr Jon a Spain the hijacking of a Twa plane and the hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise command and control of the crisis medical response has been exercised by the Neucom crisis action team Greendyke said. E work to develop a joint medical logistics said there will soon be a test of a joint system to be operated by the said there Are numerous joint service plan Ning and coordinating committees joint visits to Survey potential Situ for Hospital repositioning and agreements among the services for medical support. Medical personnel from the three services also have worked together to pro vide patient written analysis provided by Greendyke of Mayer s september testimony said that Mayer did not give credit to Neucom and its component commands for efforts to better locate wartime hospitals for gains in wartime Host nation medical support and for work with the military Airlift come to improve medical analysis also took Issue with Mayer s statements on communication difficulties across service lines and on logistics. Mayer said i do not yet know the full extent of this communications problem but i plan to examine it and explore the feasibility of a dedicated medical Communia capability. The european command working with is examining the feasibility of establishing if eyed medical logistics system in the said both the communication Sand logistics is sift Cre publicized at the Spring Neucom planning sym mum As objectives to be pursued by use com during of this year. They were not health affairs initial no and health affair staff have not been involved in the self flt in his testimony Mayer repeated Hosnih defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger s support for Neucom surgeon with Clear authority to reviews cover see joint medical planning for All three services. The joint chiefs of staff Are reviewing the Issue and i lation requiring the position has been introduced in Congress. Iii no swill of ii Washington Bureau contributed to this a tort physical from Page 1 in two minutes 29 sit ups instead of 25. And run the two Miles in 19 minutes 12 seconds instead of 21 said that the standards were raised following a two year study by the army phys ical fitness Center at fort Benjamin Hani Ion ind. One of the Center s first tasks after it formation in 1982 was to examine the Tan Dards to see if they needed to be standards were put together in the late 70s with Little Field Tutu than 3,000 soldiers at installations in the United states and overseas were test Dover an 18-month period. Essentially we found that we had som standards that were in major need of repair such As sit ups Tetu said. For the last five years or so we be known that women have the same abdominal strength As men. Yet our standards for women were significantly less thin that of the said Many soldiers have been passing the test without having a regular exercise pro Gram. He said it could be dangerous for sol Diers to stress themselves to pass the fitness est without training. Telu said the standards for soldiers 40 and Over have also been in need of adjustment for some time. Several years ago we initiated a medical screening program for the 40-and-Over population and required them to take the test he said. But All we did was set minimum Stan Dards that were very lenient for that age group with the idea that Down the Road we d find out if the screening program was he said the screening program is essentially physical examination including blood tests and a questionnaire to determine a Soldier medical history. The initial screening tells whether a Soldier can enter a physical pro Gram safely or if further screening is Nec four out of 10 soldiers go on for additional screening Tetu said. That group goes on a Treadmill. We Hook them up with sophisticated equipment and actually watch the heart under exercise and if soldiers Clear that they re cleared for exercise. If there Are abnormalities in that test they go on for More complicated medical intervention which could Lead to the screening program has proved to be extremely effective Tetu said. If you pass that screening you can go outland stress yourself just As if you were 25," he said. Soldiers 40 and Over will now be required totes on the same 300-Point scale As All other soldiers and will have to score a minimum of60 Points in each event to pass Tutu said. The army is setting new mandatory Stan Dards for All its soldiers right up to the age of even a general age 60 will be expected Torun the two Miles in no More than 20 minutes compared to the current minimum of 22 min utes. And for the first time for those Over 40, the army will establish standards to achieve perfect score. For that general age 60, he can score 100 by running the two Miles in 16 min utes. Tetu said the army is conducting a test of the screening for Virginia National guard units and eventually All guard members an reservists will be required to pass the new fitness test there arc a lot of complications with that Tetu said. We re talking about a population. We have Reserve units that Don t have Active duty medical facility support an there Are legislation problems in terms of their medical coverage a new Field manual pm 21-20, physical fitness training will soon be published an distributed to the Field Tetu said. The manual will include All the changes in the physical training doctrine. Temperatures nov Imbt ii Colombia from Page 1 sits on a Hill 750 feet above the River said14 people were killed in an area of about 200 houses along the River. Armero in the Coffee growing state Oft Olima is about 30 Miles Southeast of the City of Manizales and 30 Miles North of the City of reported heavy Rains also started about Dawn when the 15,500-foot-High vol Cano erupted contributing to the flooding. Fernando Rivera a crop dusting Pilot who Fiew Over the devastated area said the Avalanche of mud also destroyed the Vil Lages of Santuario carmelo and Pind Alito which have a total of about 20,000 told Caracol the mud also buried farmhouses along the River for 25 Miles. Some survivors were clinging to tree they had climbed some were on roofs that weren t reached by the mud and even some were in a cemetery that had a Cement Wall around it and that the mud did no Knock Down Rivera said. Civil defense workers recovered 52 bodies thursday morning the Bogota radio Chain Iron said. Thirty eight body were found in he adjacent town of Mariqus j m others in the nearby town of Chin Nina. Student from Page 1 Dent Reagan and Secretary of defense Cas Par Weinberger appealing his Case and is awaiting a reply. According to James h. Grman for the army in the . Citizens Are permanent Resi the United slates. Deleidi who served one year in the military in Italy is in the United states on a student visa. To become a permanent resident a Personas to be sponsored by a relative in the United states be married to a is. Citizen or hold full time Job in a Specia not be filled by a resident Bhimu Irres dents have to live a a a rated states five years befm0 tbe7,Amo, by Case West in Reserve in Cleveland u ing course through its English Langpap services pro Gram for foreign it Denu. He again re turned to Italy for his mandatory one year service in the italian military and was Dis charged in february 19s3. During my duty i served As cartographer translator and anti terrorist team Leader he wrote Reagan. Although he could have pursued a military career in the italian army he was too old Tenter a military Academy there and preferred the american military. 3� a4 19 m 76 55 u 55 73 10 tit n 15 3540 a 41 a n u 74 54 71 43 45 a 58 61 69 76 16 33 35 39 43 s3 9 11 6 � 35 60 70 s3 67 so 66 66 63 s3 41 45 is 49 Albany be atlant Atlantic Colv Baltimore Billing Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo . 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