European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday August 30.1987 recruiters keep Busy filling quotas by Rob Levin Cox news Ferric Atlanta Eric tuck a senior Al North Gwin non High school Uncertain of his future after graduation slam Al the video screen in the army s Law renew Villa oa., recruiting station. The screen displays a photograph of a pile of paper Money. The photograph s caption makes it Clear what his future holds should he join the army. It reads  beside him sol. Sieve Harwig one of the army s of recruiters explains Cash anti Sliment bonuses to the lanky leh Ager. Al the mention of in enlisting Bonus of 18,000 for language skills training. Tuck s head Perks up. In downtown Atlanta a Marine corps recruiting sergeant treats applicants to movies and lunches invites them to picnics and chats with their parents. At the Navy s recruiting station an applicant question sends the Recruiter scrambling for the phone to get an answer. Is this How rambo got his Slart does it Lake pampering and coddling to stall our armed services with fighters since Jan. I 1973, when the All Volunteer services replaced the draft it definitely helps. Throughout the country smiling military recruiters Are pursuing eligible applicants in their Homes shop Ping malls Gas stations and schools. Although recruiters Are still peddling patriotism and a Call to arms their Arsenal today includes More information on education plans benefits special training and lifestyles than it does photographs of old glory and men towing guns. In the Early Days the Recruiter talked to an applicant and shipped him on recalls col bin Sheppard director of recruiting for the air Force recruiting service Al ran Dolph fab Texas. Now we have elaborate computers that Lake a recruit s age test scores and desires and match him with the Best Job available with a dwindling Pool of eligible men and women Between the Ages of 17 and 30, depending on the service and the Reagan administration urging to keep military enlistment steady the Competition has indeed become intense. Al some High schools it is not uncommon for students to receive Friendly in Quiring Telephone Calls from a Recruiter from each of the four branches of he armed forces. "1 would say right now recruiting is the most important Job in the Marine  say sgt. Clif Wimberly a Marine Recruiter for nine years. Re As requirements toughen recruiters must work harder to maintain quotas cruising officials from the other services agree with his assessment. As of final 1986, the army had 781,000 enlisted men and women the Navy 575,000 the marines 198,061, and the air Force 610,000. The military commands consider the Job of Recruiter important enough to hand pick Only those soldiers who ranked in the top 10 percent of Bici especially Field although air Force recruiters Volunteer for the Post. The recruiting school itself de pending on the service runs from four to in Wcela. It was 244 of the meanest hours i be Ever spent in any classroom recalls staff sgt. William Britt an air Force Recruiter. They subject you to extremely hostile environment. They try to Hil you with every bed Situa Tion any objection from parents and friends. At the army s recruiting school based at fort Benjamin Harrison ind., the emphasis has veered from administrative details and now concentrates on salesmanship with doses of psychology and Market analysis thrown in says maj. Douglas Nelson a recruiting school instructor. The number of new recruits needed each year to replenish the armed services keens recruiters Busy. For example the Marino plan to enlist 44.323 men and women this year and the air Force . As enlistment requirements toughen Recruiter must work harder to maintain monthly quotas usually about four new recruits per month. Formerly the armed services congratulated them selves if to percent of their soldiers held High school degrees recruiters say. Now 97 percent to w per cent of the enlisted Are High school  intelligence and aptitude Tsu Are Given thorough physicals Are mandatory and applicants names Are run through nationwide crime computers to Flag any potential Security risks. Recruiters become adept Al sizing up applicant Early on. Does he look physically fit a ours he have a sense of direction about what he wants in life is he Bright enough to pass the written lest Navy Recruiter Tom Richard looks askance at someone who has dropped out of High school. I you quit once you May quit again he surmise. We need to know everything including speeding tickets says sgt Edward l. Flames a Marine Recruiter recruiters also want to know about personal problems and whether the applicant pays his Bills on  could be a Superman in physical fitness and an Einstein in menial capacities. But i might Termi Nate the interview and Tell him he needs Loda a few things to straighten himself Oul Barnes says we re not lying when we say we re looking for a few Good men. We jon1 want  it used to be numbers,1 army Recruiter Harwi says. You needed to put so Many in per month and it did t matter who it was. It was , it not Only matters who but How the applicant u recruited. Recruiters say they Are Joan to make promises that can t be backed up in  binding contracts signed by the Recruiter include such guarantees As what training Wilt be offered where the applicant will be stationed wha College benefits will be offered and what the pay win be. The enlisted s signature guarantees his appear Ance at boat Camp. Educational benefits attract Many recruits by Connie Dickey staff writer Frankfurt recruiters in Germany say the military Sells itself when it Comet to getting folks to sign on the dotted line. The recruiters who target 17 to 21-year-Oldmales, said a mixture of educational benefits patriotism and Job training and skills is drawing enlistees. The Veteran recruiters said they Don t have to cod dle or pamper anyone to gel them to enlist although they May Spring for an occasional lunch for prospective recruits. The educational benefits Are the big draw said Sec Roger n. Loll an army Recruiter. When your dad is an e-7 or an e-8, you just Don t have the Money to Send the kids to College. So die army College fund is drawing Many people into  but he said patriotism and Job training and skills Are close behind the educational benefits. Dad is in the service so there is that link Al though if dad u in the army and goes to the held a lot they Don t want to go into the same specially. Some even will go into another military  chief Pelly officer Sieve Young said Young peo ple coming into the Navy want the training thai the Navy gives and he has no problem filling his monthly goals. Master gunnery sgt. . Goebl said 90 percent of those interested in joining the Marine corps do so because they want to be marines. The Conn Sells itself. They want to be pan of the few the proud what we re looking  he said what surprises him is thai within the past few years recruits Are saying they warn to join the corps for the technical skills available. Air Force master sgt Richard Arambula said he has seen a resurgence of patriotism among recruits in the past five years. It has to do with dad being in the military and they want to do something for their country  Bui he said educational benefits Are the maid reason Many give him for enlisting. Arambula who is stationed at Rhein main a and the other recruiters in Frankfurt said  Are always coming in to Laik. We gel a lol of soldiers who took european outs and can t find jobs who come in to talk and re enlist or they will talk to another Branch Sill said. The recruiters said their main problems Are Logis tical because of the Large area. The two Marine recruiters in Frankfurt arc responsible for All of Europe except the United kingdom. The two Navy recruiters in Frankfurt Are responsible for the entire continent the near East and the Mediterranean. The air Force Wilh two recruiters Al Rhein main a and the United kingdom and one each in Stutt Gart and Vogel Weh cover All of Safe. The two army recruiters in Frankfurt arc responsible for Germany North of Mannheim and Luxem Bourg Belgium the Netherlands Norway and Den Mark so far during this fiscal year the recruiters in Frankfurt have enlisted 36 people in the Marine corps 1 to in the Navy and 96 in the array. The six air Force recur him have enlisted 216 people. The army also has two recruiters stationed in England Kai Ersla ulem and Nuernberg and one in Stuttgart and Vicenza Italy. . Inspecting soviet forces world today Moscow up a group of four . Military officers Are in the City of Minsk to conduct the first Ever foreign Challenge inspection of conventional military forces inside the soviet Union a . Embassy spokesman said Friday. The inspection is the first to be conducted under an agreement on conventional forces and reducing the risk of accidental warfare that was reached in Stock Holm Sweden but september. Under the Termi of the agreement either Side mus give 36 hours notice if it wishes to conduct an on site inspection of a suspicious looking military Etc Crisc within the other s territory. A maximum of four inspectors must then be permitted to visit the area requested. They have 48 hours to conduct the inspection. The agreement fays thai the Hosi nation provide the aircraft helicopters and Crews for the inspectors a Concession made by the West which wanted Neutral aircraft and Crews. However to prevent cheating the visiting inspectors can decide flight paths Speed Alti tude and have Access to Crew charts and maps of the terrain. . Embassy spokesman Jaroslav Vemer said it appeared that the soviet Union was complying Wilh the agreement. It looks like the soviets Are living up to the letter of the agreement Verger said adding hat he could not provide details of the . Officers involved or where they had come from. It is a Challenge inspection in a sense. The other Side really has no right of refusal under the  my knowledge it is the first such inspection carried out on soviet territory Verner said. Other key parts of the agreement that took 32 months to conclude and involved 35 Eastern and Western european countries arc that the nations Musi notify cacti tide in Advance of military Etc civics involving Mare than 13,000 troops and they must invite observers to exercises of More wan 17,000 troops 19 die in soviet Union when train crashes into bus Moscow a a bus carrying 27 Passen Gers was struck by a train Al a Railroad crossing and 19 people aboard the bus were killed newspaper said. Izvestia the soviet government newspaper at hat the Accident occurred in the Harakal Pakosky autonomous Region South of the aral sea in Sovie Central Asia but did not say when it happened. It said the bus Driver identified Only As n. Monaz had nov tried to Cross the tracks in from of the oncoming train which tried to Brake in Lime. Bui the distance was too Short. The locomotive flew Inlo the bus at a Speed of 50 Mph. Of the 27 passengers 19 were kitted. Among them was the Driver of the bus himself the report said