European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday november 15, 1985 Strong gains made in Radical readiness continued from Page 1 been so critical. He s got his reasons and it s not up to Meto judge. He s in a bigger Arena than a spokesman said Mayer was out of Washington for a conference and declined to respond to Greendyke statements without having seen them. A 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 requirements Ere classified he said. Although the agreements Are not binding Greendyke said medical and line officials believe they Are solid. He said one agreement was reached in August with a maj Ornato ally for thousands 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 Days. We think that Over 18 months that s Progress. 1 know that s Progress. I would t Call that stalled said Green Dyke who is also command surgeon of the . Air Force sin Europe. Another major Neucom initiative he said is a proposal being worked with the military Airlift come to dedicate the .-Bascd c-9 Fleet to medical evacuation in Europe during a War. The extra c-9s, which Are 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 capability would allow the military to care for 10 out of 10 casualties up to Day so of a War Greendyke said. He said other Neucom initiatives to improve medical readiness include an agreement with Germany that it would provide ambulance buses that could carry up to 6,000 litter patients. An agreement with Germany to provide four ambulance trains. Discussions with the military sea lift come on the use of ships for Intra healer medical evacuation. 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 i98s during the bombing of Bobby s bar near hell Nikon a Greece the bombing of a Spanish restaurant near Torrejon a Spain the hijacking of a Twa plane and the hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship. The command and control of the crisis medical response has been exercised by the Neucom crisis action team Greendyke said. Work to develop a joint medical logistics system. Greendyke said there will soon be a test of a joint system to be operated by the army. Greendyke said there Are numerous joint service plan Ning and coordinating committees joint visits to Survey potential Sites for Hospital repositioning and agree menu among the services for medical support. Medical personnel from the three services also have worked together to pro vide patient care. A 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 evacuation. The analysis also took Issue with Mayer s statement 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 communications capability. The european command working Withy staff is examining the feasibility of establishing a single integrated medical logistics system in Europe the Neucom analysis said both the communications and logistics issues were publicized at the sprint Neucom planning symposium As objectives to be pursued by use com during the remainder of this year. They were not health affairs initiatives and health affair staff have not been involved in the in his test Money Mayer repeated his and defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger s support for a full time Neucom surgeon with Clear Anthonty to review and Over see joint medical planning for All three services. The joint chiefs of staff Are reviewing the Issue and legislation requiring the position has been introduced in Congress. I Greendyke said he supports establishment of a Billet for it full time command surgeon. He said he spends about 6fll percent of his time on Neucom matters. The written analysis said the current command Iur-%01 Geon although officially assigned As an additional duty devotes considerable time to use com medical Readi a Ness issues making them his top priority for action. Work ing closely with his colleagues at Usa eur and Una Velar he has exercised joint command and control Over medical planning and resources. There is no doubt about his among his staff " la Clint so Hoff the Washington Bureau Conerl Dufty to Ihu Rar Jorl i Sical from Paga repair such As sit Musaid. For the last five years or so we Uwin that women have the same As men. Yet our standards for were significantly less than that Tetu said Many soldiers have been pass ing the test without having a regular exer Cise program. He said it could be dangerous for soldiers to stress themselves to pass the fitness test without training. Tetu said the standards for soldiers 40 and Over have also been in need of adjust ment for some time. Several years ago we initiated a screening program for the 40-and elation and required them to Taj pre test he said. But All we did a flit minimum standards that were veg Fernent for that age group with the id Flat Down the Road we find out if Thome ening program he said Pmj greening program is essentially a a musical examination including blood ifs and a questionnaire to deter mine a Soldier s medical history. The initial screening tells whether a Soldier can enter a physical program safely or if further screening is necessary. About 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 Actu ally watch the heart under exercise a top of Dicks Clear that they re Clea there Are test medical to m has proved to be you can go were the scree extremely e if your that out a Florress yourself j said. Diers 40 and Over will now be to test on the same 300-Point scale a other soldiers and will have to score a mini mum of 60 Points in each event to pass Tetu said. The army is setting new mandatory standards for All its soldiers right up to theage of 60. Even a general age 60 will be expected to run the two Miles in no More than 20 min utes compared to the current minimum of 22 minutes. And for the first time for those Over 40, the army will establish standards to achieve a perfect score. Fort Tat general age 60, he can score 100jufpn the two Miles in 16 minutes. Cd Tetu said the feb is conducting a test of the sciasss�p7or Virginia National eventually All guard reservists will be required to _ new fitness lest. There Are 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 sup port and there Are legislation problems in terms of their medical coverage. Tetu said the new standards arc Indica Tive of the scores of the 3,000 soldiers in the fort Harrison study. There were selected randomly so represent the army As a whole he 135 to . And we expect to see the army As a i j h Honolulu me perform up to these " mid any Soldier who works out three or fou babes a week for 30 minutes and or Jal with push and sit As called fort Rny regulations will be Able to pass the Rin cd. A new Field manuf Jim 21-20, physical fitness training i Pon be published and distributed Lohli acid Tetu said. The manual will incl Jil the changes in the physical training i Colombia sits on a Hill 750 feet above the Rivert 14 people were killed in an area of about200 houses along the River. Armero in the Coffee growing state of to Lima is about 30 Miles Hrc City of i i i i ii Iii Mill i ii Nili no the City of Ibargue. Caracol reported heavy Rains also started about Dawn when the 13,500-foot-High vol Cano erupted contributing to the flooding Nando Rivera a crop dusting Pilot Eva Toimi of i of total of about 20,000 f Rivera 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 Carne Lerutha moment did Noton Rivera said. Civil defense workers recovered 52 bodies " morning the Bogota radio Chain bodies were found Ini la Bud u other sin the nearby town ptltruuri.11 cios a do in Sara cum for Catt in morning too for to mid xrt.7 of Lex Lor Itol Alm r Lett Wetra aka Ltd Daft Idad by Cut Ito Paalhar a an arrested t fake Sling Bills student from Page 1 before applying for citizenship. Del Midi said he has no relatives in the United slates no current plans to marry and the Only specialized position he could hold would be in the army which cannot sponsor immigrants. Deleidi said he first became interested in a military career Dur ing a summer visit to the United states in 1979, when he stayed with the family of a . Army officer in Washington. After graduating frown a technical High school in his Hometown of Bergamo Italy Deleidi attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland taking courses through its English language services pro Gram for foreign students. He again re turned to Italy Tor his mandatory one year service in the italian military and was Dis charged in february 1983."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 said he was too old to enter a military Academy there and pre _. Feared the american military. T"16 a Ter was r maj. Charles Nothstine assistant protest a Mach a Urbow i Lor in John Carroll s Roth program said if1T to T be Chan he has tried to help Deleidi but has been Davia place poked Winesb Cen German sberal police officials said Mey have a Reyfe a German to Toto pass4ro counterfeit the Printer a l has Bee told the army cannot sponsor immigrants As employers can. I think he u a sincere individual and i do not question his integrity abilities or motives said Nothstine. But now it seems every Road u a dead in the meantime Deleidi said he has been in Contact with a local congressman s. Office. I be gone through All the pain Joy to i like All the other cadets said Deleidi. I prod just Hope someone is going to help me i thes the police a counterfeit so in Eldagsen the pol preparing curate it in a Bank in in Koblenz As to _ the Bills Moa Ini Man a carrying 65 ills he prior Rte in Bis shop Hannover. 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