European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 9 photo by Rick Wasser from Dinetha Hubert 4 Wilodean Steele and James Lawson perform their Earl morning bathroom rituals Side by unisex units result in mixed reactions continued from Page 1 the situation was Julian supports the concept for its boost to morale and unit but he feels it must be carefully monitored so that a Dis Tinct line is drawn to maintain personal privacy and although Many units had already been housing their soldiers in integrated bar the concept took a firm hold on the effective Date of a message from Vii corps commander Julius the message directed that female soldiers Are integrated into their units Barracks to the extent facilities and resources unit commanders generally support the they see improvements in disc with soldiers near their firs line supervisors and squad they also maintain that the Barracks Are kept cleaner Many on the other see few advantages and complain of the loss of privacy and the inconvenience of running up or Down a flight of stairs to use the where those facilities Arent Inte the extent of integration varies from one unit to consistent in most is an attempt to maintain sectional to allow people who work together to live arrangements for the use of Toi let facilities is usually where units the 25th aviation co at Echter Dingen is one of the More fully integrated males and females there share the same showers and the acting first ser Geant for the Helton said both Are equipped with doors that he said he has encountered few prob lems which he can attribute to the integral first Karen who com mands the 124th Maint co at Panzer Ca sern in said such an arrange ment would not be feasible for her since the Barracks have Only group show even though one of the four floors in the Barracks has no making it Nec Essary for soldiers to trek a flight of four 300gallon external fuel tanks More than double the Range of a Proto Type Mcdonnell Douglas av8b advanced Short or vertical Takeoff Light attack enabling it to Fly More than if the tanks Are fuel to spare dropped when Range increases to nearly with external fuel tanks armament can include no to 16 500pound six Pound four Maverick Airt ground four sidewinder Airt air 10 rocket pods or some combination the av8b needs Only feet of Airstrip with the maximum ordnance it can also take off and land vertically from Fields and bombed Frahm said Shes seen an Overall improvement since the integration the major problem she has encountered is the enforcement of visitation she has recently resorted to 10 room checks and extended the Day rooms hours to discourage visitation1 policy violations is a problem common to Many of one battalions 23 article 15s in nine were for violations of visitation second David com Mander of Vii also has difficulty enforcing visitation the restrictions usually prescribe times when persons from other units can visit in the Wellington explained that persons living in the Barracks can visit from room to room with no time some units impose time limits for visiting within the 5 Debra a member of Vii corps he pointed to visitation policies As a disadvantage for some Barracks dwell the advantages Are for people with boyfriends in the mine the native Burk was also critical of the men who share the Barracks facilities with she put it bluntly Guys Are 5 Deborah Bruce of the same unit finds the arrangement but she said too much privacy is i dont care to stand at a sink brushing my Teeth or applying makeup with a Guy standing at the next sink Shaw Bruce male reaction to Barracks integration generally was a bit More although one Stuttgart Soldier who wished not to be identified or Felt the strength of his religious beliefs was being unduly 4 Bern co 394th trans expressed the View that shared by Many male i like being Al Lowed to visit in the room of the female next or Down the or have them visit me in my he said the inconveniences Are All Small that using a sink next to a female is More distraction than he said hed like to see a relaxation of Visita Tion his main reason echoed the prevailing sentiment of Many others were All