European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 27,1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Vuono making his Mark on the army chief of staff moves to counter critics of military by Richard Halloran Washington not the army s new chief of Taft. Gen. Carl e. Vuono. Has begun to put his imprint on the service and subtly to rebut Cri cd. Of the Mili tary. Since he took office in june Vuono s main instruction to officers sergeants and soldiers around the country has been straightforward our business is War fighting. If you prepare for War that is a deterrent in  that message also has been a response to critics who have contended that the services have become so bureaucratic they arc incapable of fighting Well. William s. Lind president of the military Reform Institute has accused the services of Breeding  on another front Vuono has instructed the com mandant of the army War College maj. Gen. Howard d. Graves to turn it into a Center of strategic thought for the  perhaps the most vociferous of those who have criticized military strategists has been Edward n. Lutwak of Georgetown University who has asserted that few officers Are capable of strategic planning. Some critics Are within the army itself. In a Survey in 1985, one third of the officers queried thought that Many colleagues had been promoted before becoming competent at existing Grade  Vuono has ordered staff officers in the combined arms Center at fort , kan., to determine whether officers Are being properly educated spending enough time in command or staff positions and acquiring sufficient experience before being promoted. Many critics have maintained that the armed forces Are Rife with interservice and intr service rivalry. Vuono has told infantry artillery and Armor officers that they must be a team and that they must cooperate with the Navy and air Force. Our greatest Challenge he has said is to Inte grate combat  critics have contended that the armed forces have been trained Only to fight the soviet Union in Europe. Vuono has told soldiers they must be ready to fight anywhere in a mix of heavy Light and unconventional forces. We simply cannot indulge in preparing for a single War against a single Type of enemy in a single Region of the  unlike some officers Vuono has avoided personal attacks on critics. Rather he said in an interview his guidance so the army had been drawn from his own experience Over the 30 years since he graduated from like . Military Academy 8 West Point. Vuono a restless energetic and gregarious Man has become the top Soldier at a time that he sees As a turning Point for the army. The chief of staff from 1979 to 1983, Gen. Edward c. Meyer described the Force he inherited As a hollow army. With funds provided by president Reagan and Congress he brought the army out of its Post Vietnam Valley of gloom. The next chief of staff. Gen. John a. Wickham jr.,was a consolidator who filled the ranks with Well Quali fied Young men and women and saw army combat capability improved. But the army today like the rest of the defense department is c9n fronted with a shrinking Supply of Money. Con Gress has insisted that half of the budget cuts in tended to reduce the fed  deficit come from military spending. My greatest concern i that we will lose Momen Tum Vuono said. He has said the army must make a disciplined and Clear presentation of require ments for programs that contribute most to our War fighting  Topping that list is training. When it comes to training Vuono said i guess i m a  in a squeeze he said he would rather postpone Vurnon Wouita rain pos punt � buying equipment than slice into training that prepares soldiers for Battle. Thus he told senior sergeants at the dedication of the sergeants major Academy at fort Bliss Texas Promise you we Are going to protect non commissioned officer education. We re going to find whatever is necessary to keep these courses  the general who has served in Washington As the army s thief operations officer said he was Comfort Able As a member of the joint chiefs of staff and As the army s senior uniformed spokesman to the Congress the press and he Public. But his True Clement is clearly with Oiler to Dicks. While visiting fort Bliss he worked the crowd at the sergeants major Academy with the Art and Fervour of award politician seeking re election particularly in greeting senior sergeants with whom he had served. At fort Leavenworth Vuono met with 50 colonels and lieutenant colonels about to assume command of brigades and battalions the most demanding assign ments in the army. Instead of an expected 20-Minutc Pep talk he gave them a two hour discourse on War fighting doctrine training modernizing weapons and developing leaders. After telling the officers what he expected of them the general got their attention with what he called free  have a responsibility to your wife and your children As you embark on this command tour. They need your time. You must take leave to be with them in another instance Vuono and the Secretary of the army John o. Marsh or. Led staff generals on a rain saturday tramp through the civil War Battlefield at Chancellorsville a. Afterwards Vuono conducted a seminar on what would help them prepare today army for  the the Iran Contra affair when rear adm. John m. Poindexter and Marine it. Col. Oliver u North brought military ethics into question Vuono has been seeking to infuse officers with a new sense of ethics. In his instructions to the army War College Vuono said the study and application of ethics and military history Cornerstones of the profession of arms must be Woven throughout the  several months ago the joint chiefs of staff were asked whether it is permissible for a military officer to lie and if so under what circumstances. The chiefs a spokesman said then declined to reply As it would not be  when the question was repeated to Vuono he said in peace and in War a military officer s word is his Bond. There can be no equivocation of integrity whether in Washington or in the  shaking his head he added you just can t  East bloc spy to resettle paper says Bonn a a ranking communist spy has returned to the West nearly four months after West Germany pardoned him and traded him to East Germany Security sources said wednesday. It was not Clear whether Manfred Rolsch a former official with West Ger Many s Messerschmidt Boelkow Blohm aerospace company had returned to West Germany or to Austria where he owns a vacation  also owns a House near Munich in Bavaria state sources said. The Security sources spoke on Condi Tion that they not be identified further. Rotsch was sentenced in july 1986 to 8 i years in prison after being convicted of in Nett  an i i i Vivi Uia ii Zuj i Cian sentenced to 15 years in jail on charges of spying for West Germany and held Pris Oner mine communist country since 1979. Rotsch who was pardoned As part of the Deal was believed to be living in Easl  Hamburg based tabloid newspaper Bild reported wednesday thai Rotsch would soon be resettled in Wesl Germany. Asked Aboul the Leport. Inc Helm Ost spokesman for the Wesl German government told reporters i had heard he Rotsch wants to come Back. He is a free Man. He can return if he wants to on the Job laughs recommended  Munich Bureau Good management is a laughing matter. Thai s the word from consultant and author Nicky Marine who says that managers by injecting humor into the work place can reduce stress Levels decrease illness and resultant health care costs and increase productivity. A lot of managers have an attitude that when people Are laughing and enjoying themselves that no work is being done Marone said during a interview at the european recreation society s 28th annual conference last week in Berchtesgaden Germany. Once they change their attitude and realize that people can enjoy them selves at the work place and still get their work done then they the manag ers set a whole different tone in the work  Marone with a decade of experience teaching gifted students is a Consul Tant with the . Metcalf co., a col Orado firm that offers workshops and seminars in communication skills humor and health problem solving and creativity. Her first Book How to father a successful daughter was published last month by Mcgraw Hill. While the humor option applies to everyone Marone said workshops generally focus on managers because they Are the movers and shakers within the work place. If management decides that it s a viable option then they usually have the Power and authority to do some thing about it she said. Mention humor and people tend generally to think of jokes which is not necessarily the Case Marone said. It s not just joke telling it s a much broader perspective and we teach it As a set of developed skills she said. The workshops which include a lot of Silli Ness focus on three areas within the individual. First developing a perspective which Means seeing yourself in the scope of things rather than in the enter of the universe. Second learn ing to take oneself lightly while taking your work seriously and third devel Oping a sense of Joy in being  these traits can be Learned or devel oped with very Little Effort she said. You Don t have to be a witty Bon vivant Type to be Able to have these skills Marone said adding that hav ing a sense of humor comes with being alive. It s More about Joy and Light heart dress and playfulness than it is strictly  the positive results of adding humor into the work place have Bee proven through a variety of studies she said from both the medical and productivity angles. Stress it Els Are measurably reduced in All the measurable ways like blood pressure and heart  she said. Also it keeps an individual s pay concur immunological systems work ing smoothly something that medical studies have shown is related to about 75 percent of All disease. In a nutshell she said psycho Neu a immunology links an individual s state of mind with the body s nervous system and immune system. People can for example improve their production of anti viral bacteria through laughter Marone said. What can managers do give peo ple permission to play Marone said. Set the tone yourself by doing some thing Light hearted and playful that people Don t expect. Encourage a Little self deprecating humor to Snow that you take yourself lightly initiate humor support groups where you encourage people to get together and play on their lunch hour or Coffee  workers ind managers often gel into a rut of seriousness on the Job that can have bad Side effects. We Don t always have to be serious professionals we can be professionals and still Lake ourselves lightly Marone said. Where stress is High laughter May Well be the Best Medicine. We know now that stress causes illness Marone said. If manage scan lower the stress level they have healthier employees. It s like illness you have to exercise your humor mus cles just like you exercise your aerobic