European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 elite guard handpicked Ramstein air base police unit provides Security Tor top visitors Story and photos by Roy Adams Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ramstein Germany Treyve been compared to the doormen at new York luxury or the Marine guards at and the average person who heard of them would Proba Bly guess their role is one of ceremony the Guys in the chromed helmets who take the Flag Down every in we Are not in the Public Eye As much As the average Security police and the ceremonial part of our Job is Only a very minor part of our reason for said Lonnie superintendent of the Safe elite there Are quite a few people on base Here whole never heard of and a lot More who have never even seen now starting their ninth the elite guard is a 35member unit comprised of the finest handpicked Security policemen in the Al Volunteer unit is charged with the task of providing Security for the Safe commander chief and his members of the staff and visit ing they Are the first representatives of the command that visitors Safe head quarters will see As they enter the for a Security this is the Best duty in the said Stephen we have considerably less visibility than the base but among the vips in Headquarters most of us Are known by our first a has been with the elite guard since sep tember 1979 and is the main Recruiter of new personally interviewing each As does his he makes a number of trips throughout Europe each often travelling with one of the younger who can better explain the benefits of the unit to possible senior airman Gilberto has spent two of his three years in the air Force As a member of the elite formerly a member of the 86th Security police so Olivarez applied to join the unit in order to Progress in my and for a Chance to better now serving in his second consecutive 18month tour with the the Kings native said that although Hes removed from the Day today routine of Security police the training program within the unit keeps us up to Date on the everyone told me this would be a step up in my he it has definitely been a relatively new member of the senior airman Robert from North said his Job gives him a Chance to show that i am one of the i Felt incomplete in my last said who was recruited from Spang Dahlem where he was in the Squadron training this Job gives me the Opportunity to know what is really going on in the and to expand my own experience in my one duty shared by members of the elite guard is As Driver for Charles Safe and the vice Benja min Olivarez said this is one Job most members you can really get to know the com Mander when you drive for he and he gets to know you just As he recalled a recent Holiday visit to Europe by former Safe commander John for whom Olivarez had also i was on duty at the door when he walked he came right up to Shook my called me by my first name and said this was just like old Home although there Are presently no women in the Safe elite Stephenson said its simply a matter of Lack of vol we have had women members in the and there Are certainly a number of qualified women in the he Basic prerequisites for application to the guard Center on appearance and Ontic Job experience and applicants must have been in the command for 18 and be recommended by their positions Are open to Security policemen in grades e3 through All must have virtually spotless Stephenson the ability to work in the presence of High ranking officers and civil ians is absolutely the duty is loaded with personal re added who noted like Many of his members Are serving their second tour with the elite we enjoy our he its unique if you were in this building when a Security alarm went he youd know right away that were any thing but your everyday new York door Navy a6 fires it 300 Miles cruise missile displays High accuracy7 in test Washington a a Navy cruise missile fired off the California coast displayed High accuracy sunday in hit Ting its simulated ground target 300 Miles away in the defense department the Tomahawk missile was fired from a Navy a6 aircraft off Point and successfully demonstrated precision terminal accuracy in hitting a target at a test Range at Nellis air Force a department spokeswoman the Low flying cruise missile follows the terrain when flying Over land and is capable of carrying nuclear it is designed to slip undetected past enemy radar and other defense sundays test represented the 48th successful test flight of a cruise missile out of 60 attempts from various land and undersea the spokeswoman she said it was the first time a Mission was planned at the console of the theater Mission Landing system and transmitted to the launch platform by Means of external the department spokeswoman said the rare fish set a record Tokyo up two Mambo a rare species of Sunfish have survived a record 789 Days in an aquarium near Tokyo High accuracy was achieved by using a Spe Cial updating guidance system to supple ment the terrain contour Matching system that guided the missile to its designated geographical the spokeswoman could not say How close the missile came to its the Tomahawk missile was launched Over the Pacific Ocean at est and flew a fully guided Mission Over a pre programmed flight path to the Tonopah test Range at the spokeswoman once at its the missile made several simulated attacks on the ground tar located approximately 300 Miles from the launch the missile was recovered at the end of the using a Parachute flooding worsens in Southern Philippines Manila up continuing flooding in the Southern Philippines now has claimed 228 lives and caused 285 million pesos million officials there were fears of and Anto Nio minister of state in charge of the flooded said the situation had wors he ordered emergency food increased from one to three meals a Day for some evacuees to prevent a breakdown in the health super airmen Charles Safe com inspects members of the elite guard at Ramstein air base Lonnie guard in behind Stephenson chats with senior airman Joseph Sullivan at the Entrance to Safe