European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 Kelly Fox left photo Waits to be taken to the Hospital after a simulated terrorist attack. Military police right photo secure a parking lot in Heidelberg s Patrick Henry visage stud ends play terrorism victims to keep crisis Feam Fine fun neck by Brenda Hosier staff writer Heidelberg screams and moans filled the Early morning air around Patrick Henry Village thurs Day. Military ambulances fire trucks and police vehicles with flashing Blue lights and screeching sirens con verged on the scene. The otherwise empty parking lot in the housing area had suddenly turned into a chaotic mess because of the Community s crisis exercise Goldhammer. The exercise scenario kicked off at 5 . With the simulated bombing of a school bus carrying about 50 Heidelberg High school students. The Junior Roth cadets were specially made up to simulate injuries and add realism to the training. Community military police and medical personnel from the Heidelberg army Hospital took care of the simulated casualties while German police and . Mili tary police established Access control Points into the housing area. Although this kind of an exercise in t new to military police and medical personnel it was an Eye opener forthe students playing the victims. In a Way this is exciting said 17-year-old Simone Mitchell. I m glad we re involved because it makes us students aware of what we would have to do in a  the cadets were enthusiastic and excited said it. Col. Kenneth Muller Community director of Security plans operations and training. Shock and disorientation weren t the Only injuries medics and maps had to Deal with. Simulated injuries ranged from sucking Chest wounds to Small cuts and abrasions. We do a lot of this kind of training said sgt. Shawn Feid 529th my co but More and better train ing can Only improve our performance. When the actual thing arises we have to know what to  a triage team moved from Stretcher to Stretcher As Sessing the casualties to determine who were the most severely injured and should be immediately taken to the Hospital. " i think we responded in a reasonable amount of time said or. Maj David Jaques a Hospital surgeon. We received the Call at 5 05 . And got an ambulance Here by 5 25. That s making Good time considering the distance four Miles Between Here housing Are parking lot and the  or. Capt Kathy Lovello who Heads the triage team said she was pleased with her medical team s performance and was impressed with the help rendered by the German firefighters. It was a great Opportunity to re establish our Community cooperation and to learn who to coordinate wit for Host nation support Muller said. Muller said the exercise also lets family members know the army Community is doing things to protect them. 58,5 photo by Ken Georgeone of the casualties simulating hysteria gets help from a German firefighter. Army May bar re enlistments in some Job areas by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington soldiers in  Job skills May be barred from re enlistment if they Don t voluntarily move to a skill with personnel shortages in a test set to begin May 1, army military personnel Center officials said. The three military occupational specialities to be included in the test known As fast track Are o3c, physical activities specialist 63b, Light wheeled vehicle Mechanic and 97g, signal Security specialist. The army Hopes to use the fast track test to lower the number of critically imbalanced skills those that Are More than 20 percent Over strength or unders strength said Ron Canada chief of the retention management Branch in the enlisted personnel management Directo rate. In the test cos primarily in grades e-4 and e-5 in those three skills will receive letters informing them of the status and limitations of their cur rent skills and the advantages of reclassifying to a shortage speciality Canad Asaid. Soldiers within 90 Days of re enlist ment will be told they can re enlist Only if they agree to be retrained in a Short age skill. Soldiers who Are not nearing re enlistment will be Given 90 Days to Volunteer for retraining. Canada said if enough soldiers do not Volunteer the army May have to involuntarily reclassify enough soldiers to meet readiness goals. He said the army expects to mail about 7,800 letters to soldiers in the three skills included in the fast track test. The army needs to get about 1,750 soldiers to reclassify or re enlist out of those skills he said. He said the army will provide formal training for any soldiers moving to a shortage skill. We re not going to make them go through on the Job training unless the new skill is so compatible with the old skill that formal training in t Nec Essary Canada said. He said personnel officials have expressed concern that the fast track pro Gram will cause some soldiers to leave the army rather than retrain in another skill. That s where individual commanders Are important he said. Commanders have to Tell them Why they got the letter Why their chances of promotion in an Over strength skill Are Low and Why they would be better off in a shortage mos. If a commander pulls a Soldier into his office and tells him the army is going to make him an infantryman to Morrow that Soldier is going to get out Canada said. Proper counselling of the soldiers by commanders is a must to ensure the soldiers understand Why they be been selected for this program and the opportunities of reclassification to shortage