Show aids Viet Mavy VY in training Editors Editor's Note The following following following follow follow- ing article was written by Rich Liefer correspondent correspond ent for the HIP Stars and Stripes concerning the work Von O. O son of Mr Ir and Mrs Lloyd Chris Chris- Hansen of ManU Mantl is doing in Vietnam Formal training is nearing completion for about Vietnamese Vietnamese Vietnamese Viet Viet- namese sailors who will form the nucleus of a maintenance force eventually to provide up upkeep upkeep upkeep up- up keep at roughly Vietnamese Navy installations They are currently scheduled scheduled sched sched- to maintain million worth of real property properly equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment said Von O. O head of the US U.S. Navys Navy's Construction and Base Dase Maintenance Advisory Group He lie said half the Vietnamese seamen have completed tice-level tice training as utilities men builders steel workers construction electricians construction construction con con- mechanics and engineering engineering engineering engi engi- aided The remainder should finish by hy January In a program begun last spring the Phil Ford Philco-Ford Ford co-Ford Company Company Com Com- pany operating under government government government govern govern- ment contract at Da Nang trains the seamen for four to six months dependIng upon the skill explained About 20 per cent of the graduates then go to Dong Doug Tam Tain for a week six-week organization and team training course conducted by hy members of the Navys Navy's Construction Maintenance Unit The first men Christian Christian- sen said are being placed at 13 installations 05 5 at each of seven large bases 35 at each of five sited intermediate-sited support support support sup sup- port bases and In the Capital Capital Capital Capi Capi- tal Military District Public Works Department In Saigon An authorization of men however is not large enough he added Some 2000 maintenance specialists are needed This Is a brand new thing for forthe forthe the Vietnamese Navy Navy Chris Chris- said They have never recognized these men as a group before He said that although In the Vietnamese Navy there Is Just not enough emphasis on maintenance maintenance main main- he thinks the Vietnamese Vietnamese Vietnamese Viet Viet- namese will give it more consideration consideration con con- when the combat sit situation situation sit sit- nation stabilizes US U.S. Seabees will both work with and advise the Vietnamese In maintaining bases as the US U.S. naval presence declines Chris Chris- said but eventually the Vietnamese are to do all the work with Americans serving strictly as |