European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V corps the Mission used troops can Light and Sui Vic in a High risk aviation combat environment. The. Brigade redeployed to germ any and began recovering aircraft and equipment preparing it for any Contin gency for which it May be a part of in the new capable  with the draw Down of forces in of a i Ope the brigade will face More and varied missions. There is no doubt the 12th aviation brigade is ready for anything that comes their Way. Air attack the brigade will continue to focus on innovative Avyay from Home station training that enhances its ability to per form truly As an Aerial Man Euver Force in support of the corp deep close and rear operations. In addition to training  ing equipment its first priority the Bri Gade continues to focus its Effort in two arc As taking care of soldiers and their families and being a Good neighbor to our German hosts and to the civilian and military communities in which the brigade lives 5th finance group the Mission of the 5th finance croup is to provide timely and accurate finance and accounting support to All commands a ii a soldiers and civilians within the v corps area in peace time and during War. That support includes military pay. Semics local procurement payments military and civilian travel payments cashing negotiable instruments issuing Treasury checks providing currency con version so aces funding of agents Reim Bursing Imprest funds and receiving Cash collections for the i a. Government. I he 5lh finance group s motto support through dedication reflects  to provide the line is Pav support possible. The officers soldiers and civilians of the 5th finance group stand re adv to seize the soldiers of v corps. Sci Vii to v corps soldiers was significantly improved in 1991 when 5th finance croup be Gan the transition from the joint uniform militia a Pav sysum jumps to More flex Ilc joint service software ass which will allow daily account updates expanded his Toiv files and one Elan turn around on input. More importantly it also provides a Mili tary Pav input system which gives in creased flexibility. Lespo Timve Ness and Poi  to the Hattle Fie old. I he 5lh finance group. Located Adja a pm a ,.-,/ a Vai. The 5th finance does t Only pay Bills it provides support through  cent to the . Abrams Complex in Grundburg Park Frankfurt was activated on january i 1987, As the 5th corps finance group. It was later predesignated  5th finance croup. At that time the group consisted of seven subordinate units the 5th regional finance and accounting office Frankfurt the 8th finance support unit Baum older the 22 1 finance support unit Fulda the 39th finance support unit Hanau the 117th finance support unit Wiesbaden the 201st finance support unit Frankfurt and the 50. Al finance support i , Giesse u. The 5th finance group has Fon Varel support teams located in Schaffen Burg bad Kreuz Nach Darmstadt main and vill Lycken and Mobile pay teams located in baby ii Hauser bad in Irsfeld Budi Gerbut Bach Friedberg in in Hausa ii and up Angdahl in. In accordance with the conventional forces Europe tre aty 7th finance group was deactivated june.17, 1991, thus bringing the following units into 5th finance1 group s Arena of responsibility the id finance support unit Vur Berg the 7th regional. Finance and accounting office Stuttgart the 7th army training Nile a irate Wohr the 1 1th finance support unit Bainberg the 17th finance support unit. Ansbach the 7sth filanc a sup port unit. So Ime Inui a the 105th i Naik e support unit. Augsburg the Sohili finance c Sun Orl unit. . And the 501st i naive Esu Poi unit. I n Ali. . For Ward support teams Are located in the bad Cannstatt Section of Stuttgart " up i n Gen 11 e i i by o n a m u n i c Hellingen Schwabish Amund Vai Hingen and Vilseck and Mobile pay teams in bad Kissinger bad t61/. And Hohenfels. 5th personnel group the 5th personnel group is the major sul ordinate command for personnel operations in v corps. Its. Mission is to provide replace ment operations and personnel service support to the corps commanders soldiers and family Mem Bers. The group commander also serves As the v corps adjutant general and the chief of staff of the corps rear. The group s Sie has doubled since its activation on june 1, 1990. In october 1990, the 3 i9th and 520th personnel service companies were assigned to the group bringing the total number of personnel service companies from five to seven. After gaining command and operational control of five personnel service companies pics from the deployed Vii corps in december 1990 and deploying the w9lh pc the group had 11 pics on june 15, 1991, the group gained Lour new personnel Sam cd companies three from Vii corps and one through the redeployment of the 369th pc to Germany. This brought the croup to 17 companies with a total civil Ian and military authorization of 2,244. The 5th personnel group played a significant role in the Success of opera Tion desert shield storm. During a gust and september 1990, it helped de ploy the 12th aviation brigade. It also assisted in the deployment of v and Vii corps units to Southwest Asia Between november. 1990 and february 1991. The group managed personnel processing to prepare Active duty and re Seiyu soldiers for deployment casualty operations and the collection of Mani festing and deployment data at All Usa fur Aerial port of Ruibai Kation j Apo and sea port of Finbar Kation. J spot Sites. The Apo teams were located in Stuttgart Rotterdam and Antwerp. I he 5th personnel group manages the v corps personnel database. For desert shield storm special Oil line database s we re created Lor processing Manifest and deployment data enabling the group to provide locator be Mcc to the1 corps and Diplo Meni data to c1ncusarf.ur. I s t s a u n a i n r 1c p