European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes military thursday november 26,1992special forces recruiters to be in Berlin on monday Schwet Zingen Germany recruiters will hold presentations in Berlin Oft monday for enlisted soldiers interested in applying for the special forces. Presentations will be held in the 5th i3n classroom no. I on Mcnair Cavern at 3 . Spouses of interested soldiers arc encouraged to attend. Applicants must take a physical fitness and swimming test. Soldiers arc required to score 220 on the army physical readiness test in the 17-to-21 age group and swim 50 meters in Battle dress uniform and boots. The tests will be conducted dec. 1 at 6 30 . At Yankee stadium. Applicants also must pass the special forces physical. Soldiers should bring their most recent physical fitness test score card and copies of their personnel data forms 2a and 2-1 to the presentations. For More information Call sgt. 1st class Thomas Lipuma at the european special forces recruiting office at ets 379-6430 or 6558 or 06202-25825.7319th Back to strength Aviano a Italy a More than 2,000 tons of equipment rolled into Aviano recently As the 7319th red horse civil engr flight transferred an entire vehicle Fleet from England the final Convoy arrived oct. 16, fully equipping the unit for the first time since september 1990, when the unit deployed with most of its equipment to saudi Arabia in support of the persian Gulf buildup. The unit returned from the Gulf seven months later leaving that equipment behind. The remainder of the unit s equipment was sent to the desert three months ago to of used for heavy construction projects by remaining . Troops. Replacing the units Stock Are 267 pieces of equipment including 237 vehicles Onieh were acquired from a storage area at Raf chill Well. The red horse unit is designed to quickly deploy to Remote areas where the unit can build necessary facilities for Mission and personnel dentist hailed Span Dahlem a Germany a dentist from the 52nd medical so at Span Dahlem has been chosen Junior dental officer of the year for fiscal 1902 by the . Air forces in Europe. Apt. Francesca Vasta Falldorf was recognized for her work with the children of the Span Dahlem Community which included a Campaign to examine More than 1,400 youngsters during National children a dental health month. Vasta Falldorf also instituted a program of checkups for year old babies a measure of prevention new to Span Dahlem. As recipient of the award Vasta Falldorf will represent Safe at the 1992 dental leadership conference in Washington later this unit honoured Span Dahlem All. Germany the 52nd civil engineering so at Span Dahlem recently received an award from the . Air forces in Europe. T he Robett ii Curtin award recognizes the Squadron As the Best civil engineering Squadron in the command for fiscal 1992. A base news release noted the squadrons efforts during operation provide Comfort and its performance during a Nat o evaluation As Well As a Safe award for Snow removal. Besides the Squadron award the unit s commander la. Col. Fran love was named i safes senior military manager of the commends 81 St rap Ben Waters Wood Ridge England a the 81st tac fighter Wing has been chosen by the . Air forces in Europe for the 1992 commander in chiefs annual award for installation excellence. T he installation was cited for maintaining Mission readiness Quality of life and morale while drawing tops in Small Way Iraklion Crete a Iraklion air station is the 1992 Winner of the . Air forces in Europe Small unit base appearance award. This Marks the second year in a Row Iraklion has represented the 16th air Force at the Competition and the second time in eight years it has won the award. A army . Taylor pfc. Nathanial Green and spec. Jason Coulter of berlins 1st platoon 5th in train in Wil Flecken Germany. Berlin go get Down and dirty now that cold War Days Over by Ron Jensen Nairn Borg Bureau Berlin a a dictionary definition of infantryman surely includes the word but the recently won cold War redefined infantryman for those of that ilk serving in Berlin democracy a Isle in the former East Germany. A your Mission Here was our presence just being in the City a said spec. Donald Rusho of co a 5th in of the 502nd inf. There was a belief a. Not necessarily True a that Berlin soldiers were great at parading because that Sall they did. They did of course train for City fighting at a mock City called doughboy Quot our Mission was to defend the City and we did no to come out very often a said maj. Gen. Walter h. Yates jr., the ranking officer in Berlin. But Germany has lost its adjectives and the Berlin pm just so proud of these soldiers. I can to toll you How proud i am of them. A. Gen. Walter h. Yates jr., ranking officer in Berlin brigade lost its primary Mission. Now in the new Europe the soldiers of the Berlin brigade Are getting reacquainted with mud and learning Basic infantry techniques such As ambush reconnaissance and concentrated fire. During the past year Berlin soldiers spent 180 to 200 Days outside the City and inside the Borders of training areas in Western Germany with the cold War Over and Germany finally United the Berlin soldiers were to become in Yates words a a Light Force Able to deploy anywhere any they Are now on a five month respite to take classes and get reacquainted with families before beginning another heavy year of Field duty in the Spring. This is All Yates idea and he told the soldiers and their families about it when he arrived in the late summer of 1991 fresh from the persian Gulf War. A the unit that a Best trained and Best equipped its going to win Quot Yates said a a it a going to win fast and its not going to take Many casualties. Yates command includes Many soldiers who were in Berlin when the Wall was still a division and not a souvenir and Germany was two countries. They like the Chance to get dirty. A that s where the infantryman makes his Money in the Woods a said sgt Michael Lovetree of the 5th a no a co a. He arrived in july 1990, a few months before reunification secured the Berlin brigades change of Mission. A you have a better Chance of survival in the Woods than in the City. You can kill More enemy in the Woods a spec. Robert Bradley a 6th in Soldier with three years in Berlin said Quot its Good to be doing what we should be doing a typical infantry some however preferred the old Job of City defense. It was a real Mission every Day not just training for the possibility of a real Mission. A we done to feel As important or As necessary. We re not the Only unit supporting Europe. Back then we were the Only unit supporting Berlin a Rusho said. But the majority interviewed agree with spec. Kenneth West of the 6th in. He prefers the current task. A the City fighting got kind of old a he said. A now we re learning what we should know. It was real Tough but we needed this training. We never trained this much in the three years in be been Here. A a in be Learned a lot in the past year. Everything you do in the Woods i do there was a problem facing Yates in the metamorphosis of his command simply How to do it quickly. Using the training procedures for tank Crews As a Model Yates developed a step by step method for infantry fire teams that would train each Soldier in his particular task and then train the troops As a single unit. For the individual Soldier Berlin boasts some Good indoor ranges. Those Are Fine for meeting Yates goal of 100 percent expert qualification. Drawing a Circle and putting three tiny dots near the Center in a tight group Yates said Quot that a what we re looking for that right but there was no Way for a fire team to practice Yates said As can a tank Crew or helicopter Crew using simulators. That problem has been solved. This month Berlin received a squad engagement training system or sets which works for a fire team the Way a simulator works for a tank Crew. If individual soldiers do Well on the indoor ranges and the fire teams perform Well using the sets Yates said a the probability is High Quot that the Success will Transfer to training centers and then to the Battlefield. A a it a the same concept As tank gunnery a said Yates who saw the fruits of that in the desert of the persian Gulf. Part of the new Mission includes Quick mobilization. To train for that at least part of the contingent went to the Field aboard ch-47 Chinook helicopters. When the Field duty was completed for this year Yates was pleased with what he saw. A the first time we went Down the brigade had not been to the combat Man Euver training Center in Hohenfels before Quot he said. A we had a Long Way to go. We just had some real hard training to do. A when we went Down the second Lime i was Yates is convinced he is Well on the Way to giving the army the Type of fighting Force it wants and needs in today a world. A a in a just so proud of these soldiers a he said. A i can t Tell you How proud i am of
