European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 23, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 Wiesbaden will miss bilingual my by Mike Spear staff writer. Wiesbaden Germany is next week the military police at Wiesbaden air base will lose an important Man. Come monday Cpl. James Forbes will have a haircut his Mustache will be neatly trimmed and As he Heads out of Here his freshly pressed uniform will be Sartori ally Correct according to army regulations. Gone will be the mattress explosion afro and the Sloppy casual clothes that Are part of the disguise he used As an investigator and undercover agent Here. On monday when he boards a plane for the states with his wife and two children hell leave a Gap at the my office. Forbes provided a language expertise that broke Down barriers of misunderstanding Between maps and German police when they worked together. For this he received recognition in a Wiesbaden new spa  is always the inter police prob Lem of communicating. A misunderstand ing can get someone Hurt said maj. Bill Randlett Community Provost marshal. With Jim we never had to worry about  Randlett will Tell you that Forbes is a dedicated and enthusiastic policemen like Many in the unit but that military police rarely get a Man As fluent in German As  Speaks it like a native which in fact he is. He was born in Mainz Kastel 22 years ago the son of an american army father and a German Mother. And he lived in Germany for 17 years. If hours voluntarily worked indicate How much Forbes likes his work then the 259 he chalked up in August prove it. He joined the army in 1974 in new Jersey but returned to Germany when the brigade was sent Over in 1976. He came with the 527th my co. Two years of work As a uniformed policeman on joint patrols with German police followed before he became an investigator last april. Since then part of his Job has involved undercover work. Because of his language ability he mixed easily with germans setting up contacts that proved important when he needed information. His work involved checking on every thing from thefts and fights to Black marketing and drugs. In the business of fighting crime there is humor too. Like the time teams of maps went into the housing area after a peeping torn. In the dark near the area where the Peeper was supposed to be one of the teams grabbed a Man and wrestled him to the ground Only to hear him say something like hey it s me Man. I m one of you Guys. I m with the other my  one of the most frustrating cases Forbes and other military police worked on involved thefts from cars parked at the american arms hotel Here. A German woman working with a dog was doing it Forbes said. She took Brief cases stereos cameras anything she could get out of them. She lived close by and when anyone would approach the dog would bark out a warning and she would take off. By the time we got there she was gone. She d be inside her  cigarettes and alcohol As always Are among the top Black Market items he said. But crimes involving drugs Are most prevalent and Forbes language ability has helped police make numerous arrests. In a typical operation a club will be under surveillance with a spotter stationed inside. Several others will rotate inside to find out what is going on then follow the fingered suspects outside where they Are arrested. Ater an hour or so of this the place is raided and the Deal ers  next duty station is fort Camp Bell by. When that tour ends hell try to get Back to Germany. As for police work he said i like All aspects of investigating. I just can t get enough of  go aspires to be army chaplain chief sex hell Raiser answers pulpit Call Story and photo by Rudi Williams Heidelberg a former hard drink ing hard working hard playing rough neck from the Oil Fields of Wyoming Arizona and Utah has cast aside his hell raising ways and is now a part time fire and Brimstone preacher. He preaches at Grace Baptist Church Here whenever the pastor is out of town and at Fellowship Baptist Church in Mann Heim. Spec. 4 John p. Thompson 27, said god called him to the pulpit when he was 20. I believe god makes preachers. Noted cation. He Calls some people to be preach ers with a High school education and others  Thompson who had no formal training when he preached his first Sermon Hopes to be the army s chief of chaplains one Day. In the meantime he plans to finish his enlistment obligation get a commission in the army Reserve while completing his degree at Tulane University and Southern Baptist Seminary in new Orleans and return to Active duty As a chaplain. He already has some College credits from Tulane and has studied at Montana Institute of the Bible in Billings. An administrative specialist at medical come Headquarters in Heidelberg Thomp son said he decided to become a preacher out of concern that Many people in the world Are not being confronted with the  1975, Thompson worked in the Oil Fields for nearly five months without a Day off. But he managed to take time out to attend Church and preach. When he finally got a couple of Days off he headed for Provo Utah where he met an army Recruiter. We talked for a while and i told him that i had no goals at that time Thompson said. Three Days later i was in the army at fort Ord  since entering the army he has been selected As Soldier of the Quarter and Soldier of the year for the 9th inf div at fort Lewis wash., and Soldier of the year for the association of the . Army european department. Thompson said it was t Money or Job Security that made him join the army. One month s pay As a Roughneck was As much As i make in a year in the  he said he wanted the change to decide what he wanted to do with his life. He has officiated at funeral services but refuses to perform marriage ceremonies until he s married himself. I Don t feel confident counselling people with marriage problems without experiencing marriage myself he said. Be sides the ministry is a lonely business so a preacher needs to be  sgt. . Williams is a photojournalist assigned to the Usa eur Public affairs office in Heidelberg is photo. Cole Cpl. James Forbes spec. 4 John p. Thompson delivers a Sermon at Grace Baptist Church in Heidelberg. Frankfurt expands its housing by Thea Abbott staff writer Eschborn Germany is the amount of leased housing in Frankfurt will almost double with the opening of this com plex said Frankfurt housing officer maj. Paul v. Hendrix during the turnover Here of a new 24-Story High Rise to the army. The building located about 15 minutes from Frankfurt has 217 family units and four Bachelor units. According to Don Vanschoeland Frankfurt housing manager it will House a mixture of grades from ser Geant to lieutenant colonel in studios 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. The facilities will include covered Park ing 54 sets of washers and dryers and a playground. Future plans include a food land Annex in the lobby. The Complex will be administered like government leased housing said Hen Drix. And can be furnished with Quarter master  we should be moving people in Here by the end of september said use n. Wymen chief of assignments and Termina Tion family housing Frankfurt. Hendrix said presently people on the list have to wait 38 to 42 weeks. With the opening of this building the wait should shorten to about 20 weeks he said. This Complex will lighten the Load of people in temporary housing Hendrix added we want to continue with this Type of housing but it depends on the results of a housing Survey currently in  Wymen said a lot of people react negatively to the idea of a High Rise. But when they see the place they change their minds. And you should see the penthouses. They re  who gets a Penthouse Why a sergeant of course said Wymen. E. German spaceman feted Berlin a East Germany s first spaceman Sigmund Jaehn and his soviet commander Valery Bykovsky arrived for a hero s Welcome and a Public relations tour aimed at promoting the benefits of so Viet East German Friendship