European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2-year hitch effective tool for recruiting by Check Vinch Washington Bureau Washington Almon half of a sampling of army recruits who enlisted for two years said they would no have signed up fat a longer Mich if the Shorter option had nol been , according la .1 re com Mudy. The Survey confirms the View of personnel officials that the two year option is an effective tool fur placing High Quality recruits in Job skills the army often has difficulty filling said or. Curtis Gilroy chief of the manpower and personnel policy research group of he army research Institute. The two year enlistment option introduced in 1980, is geared toward High school graduates who score in he top half of he armed forces qualification to and agree o train in one of 52 designated skills including several com Bat arms specialities. The program which is not offered by the other services has grown substantially since i960. That year 1.5s2 recruits enlisted for two years. In 1984, slightly More than 0.000 enlisted under the program. The army has expanded the program this year to accept More than 12,000 recruits for two year Tou Gilroy said. The study was done by the army research Immiti in using data from a 1984 Survey of �.700 army recruits including 570 soldiers who enlisted for two years. He said the most significant finding was that 47 percent of the recruits surveyed said they would not have joined he service at All if the iwo year option had not been available. Slightly More than 34 percent said they would have enlisted for a longer army hitch in the same Job they had selected under the two year program while 11.6 percent said they would have enlisted for a longer Lour in 2 differ ent Job. The two year option is attracting a disproportionate number of brighter recruit than these who sign up for three or four year Tours Gilroy said. Many of them join to take advantage of the army College fund. These Are intelligent lids that Are looting to gel some Money for College and broaden their experience with two years in the  he said. The Survey also examined the complaints from other services that the army two year program hurts their recruiting efforts. Gilroy said that complaint was unfounded. Clearly some of these recruits came into the army rather than the other services solely because of the two year option but the effect on the other services was negligible he said Only 7 percent of the recruits said they would be joined another service if the army option had not been  Gilroy said the program is also Cost effective. If we did t have the two year people we d have to fill those positions with looks on three or four year Tours he said. To get those people you have to pay them some kind of Bonus. Based on previous research on the effects of compensation on enlistment rate we calculated it would Cost be tween Sll million and $27 million to replace 10,000 sol Diers on the two year  he said. Saturday june. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 unclaimed baggage Offenbach Germany warehouse personnel Are trying to locale Servic members and civilians in Europe who have nol claimed their unaccompanied baggage a v corns spokesman said. Baggage left unclaimed after 300 Days is subject o disposal he said. The following individuals should Contact the Offenbach warehouse 1to Box 44, Frankfurt military Community Apo 09170, or Call Frankfurt military 231 1-5008 or 7309 iffy. 5b.s Holp by Brends Hifue some people prefer to rend Rivir temp Fotr while Riding the noisy Strtt Cir. This Man Chou to remix and Fountain of knowledge read his Piper by Fountain lib Sis bus Pear the Entrance to the old town Are of Munich Community puts cops on their feet to better housing area s reputation Taam Row. Worthy. Pm. By Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Nuernberg with neighbourhood cops and a review Board to recommend action against civilian troublemakers Community officials have changed the reputation of a housing area suffering from vandalism and juvenile crime. A spokesman for the Provost marshal staff sgt. Rich Cravens said sporadic cases of juvenile crime in i9s3 Lent a ghetto reputation o the sprawling Kalb family hous ing in Fuerth. Craven helped launch a civilian misconduct Section in the Provost marshal office to fight Back. There was enough vandalism and juvenile crime visible to create the impression of a Large problem Craven said. It was not so unusual for a Community of this size but there was a perception that no one was dealing with  one of the first things Provost marshal maj. Allen Ohlstein did was pull the military police out of their cars and put them in foot. We created the neighbourhood cop the Guy on a beat Ohlstein said. The neighbourhood cops talk to kids play Ball with them watch them. We even Bend Down and tie some Loose shoelaces now and then Craven said. From january 1985 to april 1986, reported crimes in the Community dropped by 66 percent. Ohlstein said. He said the civilian misconduct office contributed to the reduction. For toe first is Martins of the program Craven and one other my investigated cases involving civilian and Ohlstein recommended action. At the end of june the program Wilt be refined with the creation of a civilian misconduct review Board made do of representatives from the offices of the Provost marshal suit judge advocate Community sergeant major chaplain and family advocacy. The Board will recommend solution on specific uses to the Deputy sub Community commander. The civilian misconduct office has geared the punishment to fit the crime one Vandal ended up repairing and painting a wrecked Teeter totter in a playground. His Parent supervised the Prog Ress. Actions taken by other agencies have contributed to improved Community appearance which in turn if prompting residents to Lake better care of what they have. Craven said. Housing officials now will repair vandalism damage within 24 hours after it a reported before it becomes part of the Community landscape. We re fighting Hack Craven  working hand in hand with the director of engineering and housing although the civilian misconduct office works with adult cases in emphasis is on juvenile. Craven has worked closely with schools to establish rapport with the children. In a Survey of Nuernberg High school student in de Cember teen agers gave mrs High Mark in their treat ment of teens and indicated they Trust the police. Craven said a More per Val indicator a that the senior class invited Craven and Bis wife to this year s school prom. We Are and Vodka of the  Craven said we re Esmi rating the impression that we re trying to slam Dunk them into the trash Heap. The maps Are nol oui to gel