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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000700090041-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: December 1, 1974
• Content Type: MAGAZINE

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American unit to reach Tokyo.
In Japan the men didn't
wear the "Constabulary" patch on
th -ir shoulders as did US troops in
E/u ope but the Division was'
d in size to perform in c nsta-
bul" ry duties. The third batta ion in
ear regiment was inactiva ed. At
less than two-thirds stren th for
mtire, than four years, the )ivision
grew sit't. the lack of ntely equip-
ment ahard training beq'ame ob-
vious w en the Division vas com-
mitted to }Korea in 1950.?
Thk First Team wits the first
American it to make full-scale
amphibious anding duri g the Kor-
ean War an the first to capture
a Communist capital. ut the Cav
suffered badl}, in Kor a, a lesson
that the Army_ eve y man who
ever served thr woud not forget.
When the -'irsc{Team furled
its colors in Koret to become the
1st Cavalry Divisid (kirmobile),
the men left behin still remem-
bered the stories bout the 8th
Regiment, which iii lne bitter en-
gagement lost ovr ,000 of its
1,481 men. And the still talked
about the Cava~fyme who had
been found sho , their hands tied
behind their baAks with their own
boot laces. I
The battle stream k rs on the
Division's fia don't tell t e whole
story nor d,o~ the Army' official
lineages. T e lineages onl hint at
how the regiments, troo s and
squadrons have been reshu ed do-
zens of ti es.
that's no/ how the 1 l th Air A Sault
became the 1st Cav. When it was
finally determined that skytroo ers
Hare, t1 K. Johnson, then Chie of
Staff/ called General Howze nd
be Appropriate to name this nA,w
air obile outfit the 1st Cava]
Di ision. General Howze thought lit
o er and answered yes. And it was
ne. Mounted soldiers had some
king to do with it. But so did
(General Howze, the man responsi-
ble for developing the airmobile
concept. His father had been the
first commander of the original 1st
Calvary Division.
The Doctor
Shortage Hits
As of June 1974, the mil-
itary was more than 1,800 doctors
understrength, with the Navy suffer-
ing the most, According to the
Surgeon General, by December 31,
1974, the Army's Medical Corps ex-
pects to have 458 fewer doctors
than a year ago.
The doctor shortage was
anticipated. It is the result of an
overall strength reduction, the end
of the doctor draft, and the ser-
vices' inability to retain a sufficient
number of doctors. The obvious
fact remains that doctors can make
more money on the outside. Even
the recently enacted bonuses, avail-
able in amounts up to $13,500 an-
nually for service physicians who
agree to remain on active duty an
additional one to four years, will
not provide service doctors with
pay equal to their civilian counter-
parts.
To led the situation, the
Department of D_efenseTas received
ap>irova -Tr-on theevil ervice
C8`mnussion to hire retired service
doctors, who according.-to tbc-law
and under or~Ic incircumstn~e
wou I ort one half of their, ro-
tired pay in excel f_ $.3_ZS.Q if.m
they were reemployed by the Fed-
eral Government.
Under the exception to the
law which has been granted, retired
regular military physicians accept-
ing civilian positions with the De-
partment of Defense will be paid
comparable to the median incomes
of physicians who have been prac-
ticing medicine for 20 or more
years in civilian communities.
In practical terms, that
means if a retired Army colonel
drawing full retirement pay ($19,-
707) is hired by the DoD as a
civilian doctor at the starting salary
for a GS-13, step 1, he receives
in additional $20,677 a year for a
total of $40,384.
Another solution to the
doctor shortage is becoming avail-
able. Waiting in the wings are
a large number of medical students
who, under a bill passed by Con-
gress, have received Government
scholarships. Their medical school
expenses will be paid by the Gov-
ernment in return for it prescribed
period of active military service.
However, it will be some time
before graduates of this program
are ready to begin their Army
RESERVE THERAPISTS HAVE WORKED OVERTIME DURING TRAINING
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 careers.
Throughout the Army, pro-
grams are underway to assign the
best and the brightest medical per-
sonnel to special programs which
are designed to provide patients
with the services traditionally per-
formed by "physicians but not nec-
essarily requiring doctors." Some-
times known as "health care ex-
tenders," these medics have been
classified as physicians assistants
and nurse clinicians. Physicians
assistants, graduates of a two-year
course at Fort Sam Houston, are
promoted to Warrant Officer on
graduation. Nurse clinicians, usual-
ly with a masters-level education in
a speciality like obstetrics, gynecol-
ogy or intensive care, are author-
ized to provide care in their
specialized fields, Soldiers in the
AMOSIST (Automated, Military
Out-patient Systems Training) pro-
gram spend 12 weeks learning how
to identify and refer, or provide
care to, walk-in outpatients affected
by acute minor illnesses who are
not in what could be described as
"emergency situations."
Particularly affected by the
current doctor' shortage are retired
regular and Reserve servicemen and
women and their dependents who in
the past several months experienced
changes in CHAMPUS (Civilian
Health and Medical Program of the
Uniformed Services). With medical
care being curtailed at service hos-
RESERVISTS, LIKE THESE CAN HELP OUT DURING WEEKENDS ...
pitals worldwide, CFIAMPUS looks
'like the answer, even though the
retired serviceman has to loot 25
percent of the bill, however, dur-
ing the past few months CHAMP-
US benefits have been reduced.
Braces are out, except in
extraordinary cases. Although in-
and outpatient psychiatric care un-
derwent a temporary change late
this summer, care remains essen-
tially the same pending review by
the Department of Defense. Ma-
ternity care remains the same, al-
though this benefit is of dubious
value to retired Reservists.
The doctor shortage conics
at a time when the total population
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entitled to Army medical care.
despite reduced Army strength, is
at'an all-time high. And because of
the widening gulf between the peo-
ple entitled to care and nicdical
assets, which are tied to active
strength, some medical treatment
facilities may now be as much as
40 percent below manning levels.
Reservists drawing retired
pay are entitled to treatment at
VA facilities. 't'hey and (heir de-
pendents are also entitled to treat-
ment under CIIAMPUS and at
active military hospitals ipso/ctr as
the hospitals can treat retirees with-
out endangering their priumr;v
emission. The doctor crunch is on.