European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 move made to keep gis in main mos by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the army plans in implement two policies aimed at Lim iting the amount online soldiers serve in assignments hat Don t require their Pri Mary Job skills. The in Lent is to try to do a bet let Job of keeping people in the mainstream in their primary mo5 military occupational specially said it col. Allan hcs ices with the military personnel Center s enlisted personnel management directorate. What we re doing is not a major overhaul of the system. We have a Strong no corps and a sound professional development system. But there s always room for  one policy change Lions assignment in a secondary specially or undocumented position to 12 months. An exam ple of an undocumented position would be a training no Hesters said. The other change pertains to Back to Back assignments outside Normal career patterns. Soldiers who have served in such positions will be assigned to jobs that arc More in the mainstream of their primary skill before they Are considered for another assignment outside their Normal career pattern. For example a Soldier would not go from Roth duty to Drill sergeant duty Hesters said. While a Drill sergeant certainly gels involved in teaching the Trade to the troops he s away from the tactical environment. Thai s the kind of thing we  owner examples of assignments out Side Normal career patterns would be duty with a Reserve component unit and As an adviser or Recruiter Tysl arc said. We re not trying to say those jobs Are less important we certainly have 10 have Good Drill sergeants and recruiters he said. Rut soldiers expect to work in Normal jobs within their career Fields. We want to keep them focused on  he said personnel officials have not yet determined the minimum amount of time hat will be required Between assignments ncos1 Seconder Ados Rule changing by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington beginning in october the army will do away with its requirement thai sergeants acquire a secondary Job skill Wilhm 90 Days after they become eligible for promotion to staff sergeant. Personnel officials said the reason Tor the change is that cps Are not required to be formally trained in their secondary skill. That could pose problems if an no is assigned to work in that skill and is peeled to supervise lower ranking personnel who arc More experienced said i. Col. Allan Hesters with the Mil itary personnel Center s enlisted person Nel management directorate. The awarding of a secondary mos military occupational specially is now made based upon any unique skills the Soldier May have from civilian Educa Tion army correspondence courses whatever Hesters said. We Don t do a very Good Job of that. The Ley is thai there s no formal training  for example a Soldier who has had a few Yean of administrative work in civil Ian life probably would be assigned a secondary Job skill of 71l, administrative specialist even though his primary skill May be in a different held Hesters said. But the Soldier May never have received the formal training needed to handle the military rotated nuances of the Job he said. Washington the stale of South Carolina has passed a new special write in ballot provision which can be used in the nov. 4 general election according to the Federal voting assistance office m the Pentagon. Sec members and their families residents temporarily residing outside the United states and overseas citizens voting under the overseas citizens Vot ing rights act May request a special write in Absentee ballot. They should write on the Federal Post card application form or on a form prescribed by the stale election commission thai voting by regular Absentee ballot or in person is not possible because of requirements of Mili tary service or living in an isolated or Remote area. The special write in ballot is available for general election special elections and Prim tries for Federal offices statewide offices and members of the general As Sembly. Upon receipt of the request the county Board of registration will Issue the Spe Cial write in Absentee ballot. The Balm will list the offices for election in Trie general election. It May Lisi the Candi dates for office if they Are known at the time the ballot is mailed out. The special ballot will permit the voice to a in a party presence for each office the names of specific candidates for each office or the names of the per son the voter selects for each Oil ice. Hesters said soldiers Giitl will be Given the option to acquire a secondary Job specially if they can become army trained in that skill. We re just eliminating the require ment that Soldier have one whether they want one or not he said la i a smarter Way to do  Hesters said the Only exceptions to the new policy will be soldiers in space imbalanced Job specialities Fields that have 54 percent or More of their authorized slots overseas. When soldiers in space imbalanced specialities arc reassigned to stateside duty positions in i hair primary skills May not be available so they must have alternate specialities Hesters said. Chicke hearted it lacks As though a Choc ten is deter mined la prove it s a Birdbrain trying to outrun an old steamroller at the Hesse Park in Neu Anspach Ger Many. But the Bird s not so dumb after ill the steamroller s not moving outside Normal career pallets. Personnel officials also Are developing a program to advise local commanders on the Urilli Alion of new soldiers As signed to their units or commands. For example Hesters said if a Soldier is Corning from recruiting duly person Nel optic gals might suggest that Soldier should be assigned As a platoon sergeant or operations sergeant. By giving them a variety of assign ments it allows us to grow an no that has a wider spectrum of capabilities he said. A test of the advisory concept will begin in october. Still to be decided Are the installations that will be involved As Well As the specific grades to be tested. Military Roundup Horseshoe tourney planned aug. 30-31 Schwet Zingen Germany the 1986 Usa eur Horseshoe pitching championships for singles and doubles will be aug. 30oi at the  Rod and gun club in ofter Shim 1st person Nel corny announced. Competition is open to Active duty Mili tary personnel Only. The championships will be conducted according to National Horseshoe pitching association rules. Registration and Check in Wilt begin at 4 . Aug. 29 and will close at 9 . Aug. 30. A mandatory orientation meet ing and tournament draw will be at 9 . Aug. 30, and the tournament will begin at 10 . Interested person should Contact the local outdoor recreation office. Training exercise underway in Denmark Ramstein and Germany four Safe units and a Reserve unit Are participating with other nato nations in a danish Airfield training exercise called oks ocl tactical fighter weaponry 86. The exercise began monday and ends sept. 4, eight f-15 eagles from the 36th tac fighter Wing Tilburg a Germany four f-4 phantoms from the s2nd tac fighter Wing Spang Dahlum a Ger Many six f-5 tigers of the 10th tac reconnaissance Wing Raf Alconbury. U.k., and a Mobile message processing Center 601st tac control Wing. Sem Bach a Germany Are participating. The 926th tac fighter group will de ploy 12 a-10 air refer from new Orleans. The air National guard s Isth tac control group will deploy a Mobile guard air control Post and a control and reporting Post from the United states to Denmark. Aircraft will perform Aerial Maneu vers Over the North sea and the southwestern part of Denmark Low level flying is scheduled Over the Western part of Jutland. 430th tac fighter so will train in Italy Ramstein and. Germany the United Stales air Force tac air come will deploy 12 f-16 fighting Falcon air Craft from the 430lh tac fighter so Nel Lis fab nov., to Ghedi Italy from sept 5 to oct. 3. The Short term tactical deployment will be called Coronet paiute. While overseas the 430lh will train with military elements of nato. Us afe s 40th tac group at Aviano a Italy will provide support to the 430lh. Military Airlift come will Airlift about 230 maintenance and support personnel and their equipment for the deployment. The exercise is part of a larger program called Check ered Flag in which  tactical air units deploy to Europe Alaska and the Pacific