European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 rescuer plays Down his heroism i was the Man who was decorated go says by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau chief Germany its been eight months since buddy Lewis Rinehardt pulled two climbers to safety in two separate Rescue efforts on the same Day on the Germany tallest getting the soldiers medal from Crosbie 1st army div gave now a specialist fourth class reason to reflect on his heroics or on the Lack of assigned to 2nd 59th Field in wants the record set straight something Ahe certificate accompanying his medal does not do Ade he he stressed that he is not playing Down the value of the medal or the motives of those who awarded it to i am and i do appreciate he said in an interview May the morning he received the award and a Day but something happened to buddy Rinehardt up on that Glacier where two people would most assuredly be dead had it not been for when he says it comes out As not As a i was the one who was he yet eight months of reflection on that afternoon leaves this 20yearold Soldier almost embarrassed by it something happened to me up there that nobody really he he said the recommendation for the award went through too Many people for the essence of his experience to come through in the certificates final written he pointed out a few inaccuracies on the certificate minor really such As the depth of the Crevasse that the lieutenant he rescued fell and the statement that he was skiing on the Glacier when he grabbed the German girls ankle As she Slid past him toward a the never skied in my he but he is a climber an adequate he but when he recounts those tense moments when he was kneeling on the Edge of a 200foot Crevasse with the lieutenant dangling on the other end of an inadequate he Calls himself Good real photo by Tony Nauroth buddy Rinehardt and scared real dont scare he but i was truly Horri fied up Rinehardt takes Issue with the wording of the certify it reads that he was successful because of his courageous and unselfish i was a Chicken up maybe i was a hero with the but that happened so i had no Chance to think about i dont even know what a hero but with the i wanted to leave him i wanted to get As far away from him As i he want my and i just knew i was going to his sense of deaths closeness was equated Only by his sensation of the even when he had the lieutenant out of the Crevasse and lying on the the the the Shadow of death remained for two it was the other soldiers he was climbing with on their  had Long since disappeared Over the Rock ledge above on their Way to find Rinehardt was left in Blue a thin Cotton and boots meant for Rock not ice i was not he and you could almost hear some climbing instructors switch fall across his Knuckles for his at first he rubbed the lieutenant All Over to keep him then he placed him in an impression and he talked to him to see if he was still i didst want to be i didst want to be that close to i  even stand to look at he but Rinehardt did and he is what should be on the certificate no mention of just he when the German Mountain Rescue helicopter laced Between the fog creeping up the Mountain and the Clouds creeping Rinehardt and the lieutenant were both at the base of the the Early september weather was and Flowers carpeted the Meadow where the helicopter it was a strange contrast to the cold death he faced five minutes before nine hours by Rinehardt suffered some but he was Given a clean Bill of later that at a fast food restaurant in Rinehardt ran into the Lieuten who also is Rinehardt word escaped serious he told Nice piece of work up i just lost respect for the that All he and Rinehardt Shook his 36 months 24 months unaccompanied House panel wants overseas fours by Dwight trimmer Washington Bureau Washington looking for ways to reduce the number of permanent change of station the House armed services committee has told the Mili tary to lengthen its overseas the committee believes accompanied Tours should be 36 months and unaccompanied Tours 24 months unless local commanders provide conclusive evidence that specific Tours should be Dod tends to look at Shorter As we think longer is said a House armed services com Mittee staff in its report on the fiscal 1986 defense authorization the armed services committee told the de sense department to change its Normal overseas tour lengths to 36 and 24 the committee directed the Pentagon to report Back by july justify any exceptions to those Standard tour unlike the authorization which must be agreed upon by both the full House and the commit tee report needs no further committee staff members said the Pentagon is obliged to adhere to the committees military personnel officials said Normal overseas Tours now Range from 24 to 36 months for accompanied Tours and 12 to 14 months the military is not going to automatically change All its overseas Tours to 36 and 24 according to a military personnel officer close to that decision who asked not to be were not going to throw a switch and All at once torn Over All our tour he he a study group will begin looking at All overseas reevaluating and re certifying each tour then the Pentagon will go Back to the armed services committee justifying exceptions to the 36and 24month he said any change to tour lengths would be phased in in its the armed services committee singled out army first Ermers in Europe serving 18month in the those soldiers served 30month the committee report noted that the army changed that tour length to 18 months in citing increased decreased retention and Low morale in Europe As reasons for the the report concluded the committee believes that substantial pcs Cost savings could be realized without could be realized damaging morale the i damaging discipline or morale by lengthening the firs term tour length overseas particularly in to 24 to 30 besides those first Ermers on 18month Tours in eur Pentagon officials said most of the gis serving Shorter Tours Are in the for tour lengths in the Philippines and Okinawa Are now 36 months accompanied and 18 months Korea tour lengths Are 24 months accompanied and 12 months Pentagon officials said there Are very Small pockets in Europe and elsewhere of Shorter tour All of those must be neither the House armed services committee nor the Pentagon could estimate How much Money or How Many pcs moves might be saved by lengthening Over seas a 1983 pcs study by the Pentagon Esti mated that a longer european tour length for army first Ermers alone could save about pcs moves and million the armed services committee reported three other efforts to reduce pcs moves encourage voluntary tour the overseas tour Extension program offers gis with critical Over seas skills incentives to extend they receive a month extra during the Extension 30 Days additional or 15 Days additional leave with round trip transportation the committee believes that program has pcs Cost saving potential and that it could be extended to More personnel serving overseas not just those with critical the committee also recommended raising the monthly incentive from to limit pcs training pcs training moves Are permitted when a i Enrols in training of 20 weeks or the committee told the defense department to look at changing that 20week criterion to a longer it also told the department to consider cutting the length of some training courses and dividing longer training periods into More frequent train rotate combat the committee recommended rotating combat units overseas unaccompanied unaccompanied combat rotations is one Way to address the conflicting objectives of number or dependents and according to the