European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 f photos by Emmett Lewis to get ready for a vip airman Phillip granting checks circuits in a Complex Bank of Telephone switching equipment at Rhei main vip visits keep Rhei main workers hopping by Emmett Lewis staff writer Rhei main Germany when distinguished visitors come to Rhei main it Means a activity and Long hours of work for the communications folks of the 1945th information systems when the vip plane touches the ground and taxis to a the Telephone wires Are attached before the engines Are shut said senior master Gary wire maintenance a vip visit also Means that up to 35 telephones must be installed in the Rhei main hotel for White House staff and the secret All the work May be needed on a few hours depending on the Dreibelbis but the group usually gets three to five Days notice before a when the group is notified of communications requirements for an impending visit by the vice president or of we Stop everything and get that Dreibelbis that a lot of said 1st Kay maintenance control officer for the i dont think people understand How much of a hassle it especially if youre running around Security they Block off the hotel sometimes and dont let some of our people that a problem for communications technicians who need to enter the secure once technicians have been identified and if anything is needed within the secure those who have been cleared must Han dle All installation and maintenance during the past 18 Secretary of defense Cas Par Secretary of state George the Jesse Jackson and Edward All have passed through the according to a spokes Man for the 435th air base a More recent visitor to on his Way to the United was Cable news network reporter Jeremy who escaped from Captivity in the body of slain army Arthur who was shot by a soviet guard in East was flown to Rhei main before being sent to the United Marine evacuees from the bombing in Beirut were transferred through Rhei main to american hospitals in Germany and the United during the past several american evacuees from Iran and As Well As the american hos tages from Iran All came through vice president George Bush has been to the base three times in the past when Bush came through on his Way to soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko the communications people Only got about six hours these people went about 36 hours without sleep when Bush was Grosinske when visitors from the White House come through the communications folks shift into High gear to install telephones in the arrange Telephone lines to the visiting aircraft and provide red line communications to anywhere in the with redline an operator comes on line As soon As the Telephone is picked up and places the Call when were told that the president or vice presi Dent is we would support Telephone lines to the aircraft air Force one administrative telephones to his staff in the and provide lines for the secret if they need Dreibelbis members of the Advance team from White House communications Tell the group what types of communication support will be in secure cryptographic voice and teletype lines Are available on the president has his own communications on Board air Force but we give him land lines out to the Dreibelbis the group also provides support for the press running Telephone As Well As audio and video sometimes vip visits create unusual communications when Jesse Jackson came through Rhein main with Navy flier Robert Goodman who was taken prisoner and later released by syrian a microwave technician from the 1945th helped with a satellite transmission for a live newscast to the United Grosinske but All of the extra work associated with vip visits does have some its great for the people running the lines and Dreibelbis most people never get to see the vice president or Secretary of the air Force in operators Claudine Gorton and Joe Norman at