European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and str is tuesday. Sep Lumbar 9. 19so battalion gets to Germany in 36 hours gunmen seize in no notice exercise for reformer by Kasley stiff writer Sermersheim Germany about half of the troops from a fort Carson colo., Armor Bati lion arrived Here monday less than 36 hours Afler be ing notified icy would participate in the re forger so exercise. The no notice deployment exercise was Sel up to see How quickly a stateside com Bat unit could get to Europe in the event of War a usar Kur spokesman said. The 234-Mcmbcr Advance parly from 2nd in 34th army spent monday at the military depot Here preparing More than 150 combat vehicles for a move to Han exercises. fag if to acting the vital interests of its allies even if it has to resort to using the rapid deployment Force in South Wisl Asia. Rogers emphasized thai the rapid deployment Force As it stands now in not a part of the same forces earmarked for Llic reinforcement of nato. He said the reduction of forces in Ilu rope announced last week in related to tic army s shortage of cos particularly in the Middle ranks. The army air Force and n avy have done their Belt to keen us above the so Rengh of the authorized level Rogers said. But now in View of inc requirements for the rapid deployment Force the requirements at the training bases and those Moe rated with reinforcements to Europe it s necessary to distribute cos Wilh inthe Structure. This docs not mean we will be reduced below the 100 percent authorized he . He pointed out tha the Gap Between tic Warsaw pact military buildup and that of nato becomes wider every in my opinion the 3 percent increase every year by nato countries is no sufficient to close the Gap which i l continue to get Rogers said he is hopeful that Holland Belgium and Norway will agree to permit pc positioning of equipment on their soil asked whal the Impact would be if Greece pulled Oul of nato and demanded the dosing of american bases there Rogers said. If that should happen it would make us very uncomfortable. Reputed mafia chief s wife Dies in Tucson Tucson . A toy Bonanno. A if of reputed mafia chieftain Joseph do Nanno Lias died in a Tucson Hospital she was 75. " Dona no was convicted Las week in us District court in san Francisco for conspiring to interfere with an investigation of alleged Money schemes by his Iosim. Euro Mart s inflation Brussels Belgium a Nufi Aloit jumped i percent in the european common Market in july and 13.7 percent Over the last 12 months in was reported. Central Europe Lor till i Manly loud Itu with Nio Mlp i try twine of. Or Hon u us a lil ., Unryu we guv new for Durfy id Nan Tot tog ind Chine a n. Tuai b .i,.m tin Oul Tok to. I. F Annm i. M cd min. 0 uik40t1 h h Tsi 7 so 1j it u to stir. Munich i 1 ass 79h to Over where they will participate in the Spca poin so exercise of the autumn Force Man Euver series the spokesman snide anti lick Fiz soldiers from he tank unit were to arrive at Ramstein a tuesday morning. They Are scheduled to join the rest of their unil at Ger Bersheim the spokesman said. The unit ii expected to remain in Germany for to Days. Forty members of the 2/jhth remain in the United slates according to unil com Mander i. Col Thomas Montgomery. He said the remaining 40 soldiers a process ing out of the army preparing for re assignments or have wives expected to give birth within a month. Like other stateside units which have come to Germany with a forger the tanks trucks pc Chis and supplies they will use have been stored in Germany by the combat equipment group Europe. The i/3th troops were allowed to bring Only personal or in rings and their individual weapons to Germany. The Armor unit is he last unil which will come to Germany for reformer according to a 2ls support come spokes Man. Mare than 17,000 troops have been flown from the . To participate in the annual exercise. Montgomery said his unil was notified saturday hat they would be participating in the enc me. Tic 4th inf div was one of three stateside divisions warned More than 30 Days in Advance that one of heir Battal ions could be selected for reformer. We knew we were a possible candidate More than a month in Advance Mont Gomery said. We really did l do much out of the Ordinary to prepare for it. Once we found out we just brushed up our Basic plans got everybody together locked everything up and left. Everything went smoothly there were no major the unit borrowed a tank platoon from another Carson Armor unit the 6th in 32nd army to brine the unit up to full combat strength for the exercise. I never expected to come Here said pfc Mark a Byz cos i a tank or Cownan with the 6/32nd. There were so Many other battalions alerted i thought the chances were slim. 1 thought they were Slimmer when the 2/3 1ih was alerted but t Licy Pul cd some of us for t he Carter signs pay raise benefits Bill for military Fanini / age i and 14 years. Carico said the Bill will alleviate Finan Cial hardship and sacrifice that have been an onus on the shoulders of the men and women in
