European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Neu Ulm plays Model Community role commander welcomes the Challenge of new approaches by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau chief Germany Michael skews philosophy about running the Neu Ulm military Community is simple nothing nothing soldiers take risks every said the army Colo infantryman and Community that what were in business to for making his Community one to be emulated by others is part of the part of the Eskew volunteered Neu Ulm to be one of 24 Model installations around the world one of two in it allows me to Lead the Community on common he if i try something and it Doest then weve got one Community in which something Doest if i screw 1 stand accountable for the Model installation program allows commanders to shove aside the rules with the army commanders can request waivers on regulations that slow Down their if a Model installation has a sound idea and higher commands buy the Community tries its that one of the suggestions from Neu Ulm saved the com Roundup arc offers special May 18ate for rooms at Abrams hotel Germany arc is offering a special savings of up to 50 percent at the general Abrams hotel in Garmisch for a on Day stay on May a spokeswoman arc is also offering a Halfway hike from the Gen eral Abrams hotel to the Martin which is Halfway up the Kramer arc guests can enjoy the Werenfels Valley by hiking at their own Pace on an easy Trail to the food and beverages Are available for a nominal the which is about Ivy hours each starts at noon and lasts until 6 those who Register at the hotel desk before the hike will receive a special medal on their rooms designed for families that normally rent for to Are available for double occupancy rooms with Bath that normally Cost Are a stay in a single room without Bath will Cost for reservations or Call Garmisch military or civilian arc travel spokesman says space still available Lor holidays Germany space is available for the 4th of july and labor Day weekends for groups wanting to use the arc group travel a spokeswoman the program lets Usa eur unit commanders and leaders of other authorized groups organize High value vacations to Southern Bavaria and arc for their entire the spokeswoman the travel program also is open to All Usa eur Mili tary personnel and their authorized civilians and their families May accompany a military for More Contact arc group Berchtesgaden and Chi Emsee arc attn group Apo or Telephone military civilian cafes changes business hours of 3 autobahn Gas stations Munich for the convenience of military cafes is changing the operating hours of their three autobahn Gas stations in a spokesman the stations at Leitheim and in Olstadt Are now open for business from 8 to 8 monday through thurs Day and 8 to 10 Friday though starting May the Frankfurt autobahn service Sta Tion will operate from 7 to 8 seven Days a the hot food snack windows and vending areas at the three stations will have the same hours of operation As the Gas and diesel fuel Unity the Community wanted to renovate its no an italian firm that had worked on Ameri can bases in Italy estimated it could do the Job for but regulations said Neu Ulm had to go through a German and that would have Cost Eskew asked to waive the rules and hire the italian the army bought the in it told him the regulation would be changed so other communities can do the same in the Neu Ulm has submitted More than 45 proposals to higher Headquarters since when the program in Germany five have been approved the Community withdrew one because a change in regulations made it one was the rest Are winding their Way through the other approved suggestions Haven had the dra Matic monetary savings the no club suggestion most reduce Eskew one involves redefining some jobs within Wel fare and recreation activities in the Community decided it was inefficient to have a separate retail manager for each Vii corps and Usa eur under Model installation program no one can lose his Job because of a another recommendation was to simplify the technical review process for cutting a duplication of the fourth approved recommendation from Neu Ulm was to give the Community commander authority to rent or lease commercial equipment that the Community was using Only once or twice a the fifth approved recommendation extended the time the Community commander can have a prisoner held from 72 hours to one the Only idea of Neu ulms that Usa eur has disapproved was the suggestion that  and their families be charged for the morale support service of avoiding added value us Reurs justification for denying that proposal was that it amounted to taxing the and that Neu Ulm soldiers would travel to other communities where they could have their added value paperwork processed for the ideas might not sound like but skews goals Are the Bottom line is this is Neu Ulm a better place to live and work in with this program he i think it will Model installation program slicing red tape at Hanau base by Chris Estes staff writer Germany Hanau didst run out of Marks when the Dollar spiralled Down from an Exchange rate of Many other military communities in other finance clerks spend Long hours sorting through tucking away thousands of Charita ble contribution forms every not at Hanau is authorized to spend for Nona pro printed fund construction projects and supplies other communities Are held to the club systems in other areas have to Stock just the wines the class i store can sell Danaus club manager can go downtown and buy locally produced wines for less Hanau its soldiers and their families wont have to move out of quarters before changing spending several Days hassling with temporary living allowance and cleaning the quarters for the Money that is now being spent on the allowance would be used to clean the quarters after the family so what does Hanau have that other communities dont the Model installation the program is a three year defense department Experiment based on the Book in search of a study of corporate the program gives the Community commander the authority to Rule by common sense by requesting waivers to regulations that in crease bureaucracy needlessly or that waste manpower or Thomas Community commander at said the program there began right after Christmas last during the time that weve been in we have turned in 56 Model installation program Rhame of that 23 have been five proposals have been and the rest Are Rhame said one change that is saving work concerns the forms soldiers use to Start allotments to army Emer gency reliever combined Federal under the to replace Davis old a finance clerk had to take a copy of each form and place it in the soldiers finance with the new the forms Are just filed together alphabet that what Fin talking about easing Rhame doing smart things instead of dumb under another the no appropriated fund ceiling for supplies and services was raised from to without any approval higher than the Community that gives Hanau More flexibility on Small construction you cant do much with Rohanic but opens the door of Low Cost to do a multitude of under another Rhame has ordered automatic suspension of Drivers licenses for driving under the influence of anyone caught driving with a blood alcohol count of percent to percent receives a 90day License if his blood alcohol test comes Back with to i want to suspend his License for six Rhame if it is Over in going to revoke it for one everything we propose requires Rhame you cant do anything until you have one proposal that is still pending is to use temporary living allowance funds to clean the quarters of families leaving the the army spends in living allowance when a staff sergeant with a family Rhame that same family probably pays for contract cleaners to clean out the the army saves right off the he the family saves another proposal still pending would extend Tempo Rary living allowance to 15day instead of the current Rhame said that would save both on the paperwork done by the Community and the time spent by a Soldier away from his trying to get Rhame said he also wants to give parking fines for on Post with the Money going to the morale sup port that proposal Hast been submitted Welch to be nominated As Sac chief Offutt a Larry Welch will be nominated by the White House to replace retiring Bennie Davis As commander in chief of the Strate Gic air air Force officials said is vice chief of staff for the air Force at the he has spent most of his 32 years in the service As a fighter Pilot and commander of fighter aircraft units in the tactical air Davis said he will retire july completing four years As Sac Force in 1953 and has logged More than air hours As a command Sac officials during the Vietnam he flew f4c fighters in combat Over North and South Vietnam and Laos in 1966 and besides commanding Welch will become director of the joint strategic planning which has Headquarters at Offutt air Force the staff assigns targets to All nuclear forces and coordinates nuclear targeting with nato originally from joined the air Welchs appointment must be confirmed by the