European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May the stars and stripes Page 9 improved go housing planned by Chris Estes staff writer Germany the Usa eur family housing acquisition program wants to be Able to House every Soldier within 60 Days of that going to require making the Best use of existing housing As Many families on the Economy As Possi ble and building or leasing the remaining units that Are a Usa eur official our goal is to provide a House for every Soldier authorized to bring his family to Europe by said Dan program that would mean anybody who wanted con current travel could have the effect of the program should begin to be Felt in about three he the Soldier Over Here right now int going to see a lot of he hell see them when he comes Barney said the government owns about housing units in Europe and leases More than More than soldiers rent or lease on the econ he leaving a shortage of about the number of e4s and above who Are renting on the Economy is projected to Rise to about by the end of fiscal by fiscal 1990 the number is expected to be about roughly 30 to 33 percent of our sol even in will be living on the he Barney said Usa eur also is contracting for prefabricated housing units to be manufactured in the United states and shipped to More than 770 units were contracted for in fiscal 1984 and almost 300 for fiscal and the total through fiscal 1990 is expected to be almost he said he Hopes to travel to the states in july to View the prototype of the prefabricated which will be disassembled and shipped to the prospective a German will be shown the materials to be sure its workers can assemble the Barney said space and Money prevent simply building All the units needed to solve housing our big Gest problem is he we just Haven got any place to land is exceedingly scarce in Ger he very strict zoning very strict land use Laws you just dont go out and get land on which to build a he also said that to build All the hous ing needed would Cost about billion much More than can practically be made one answer to the Money question is to renovate existing buildings to hold More Barney a program is getting under Way to build attic apart ments in existing family housing the apartments would be intended for couples or families with one bar Ney said skylights and As Well As laundry would be included in the not every attic is going to get con he some attics Arent a in some its not although almost attic apart ments Are expected to be they will increase the number of units available Only by about Barney be cause several attics already Are used for temporary he said that Usa eur also plans to lease thousands of the goal for leased housing for fiscal 1985 was about and he said enough contracts have already been signed to surpass that by 1990 the army Hopes to have leased More than units for e4s and Barney said that the majority of the units under consideration Are in Ger he said a few prefabricated build Ings Are to be built in Livorno and Vicen All the housing in he is funded by the German govern task Force says military should not exclude Media air Force Roundup new York a the president and other leaders must help assure that the news Media Are allowed to cover combat zones without undue a group of Jour scholars and military men said in a report entitled Battle the twentieth Century funds task Force on the military and the Media cautioned that a cultural Divide has exacerbated ten Sions Between soldiers and and that both sides must work together to improve be patient and wait on Calls to or from ets Germany people calling into or out of a european Telephone system switch should expect a 15to 20second wait before reaching their after not hearing hang thinking their phone Doest said a spokeswoman for the 5th signal which has received Calls from users who said their phones we rent the spokeswoman explained that the switch must con Vert Between the old and the new Telephone so users May experience a customers not hearing an immediate ring Back should not hang she the Call is being processed from one system to the the delay May continue until ets is completed some time in she we want people to be patient and she National guardsman killed while setting up Bridge a an Alabama National guardsman was crushed to death while working on the  waterway to set up a Bridge for dedication Norman spokesman for the Alabama National identified the victim As Lloyd of West Arnold said Hayes was on a boat pushing the temporary Bridge into place when other traffic on the waterway Cre ated a As a result of the the boat came up out of the water and Hayes was thrown onto the Bridge and then he Hayes was a member of a National guard unit from that was helping install the Bridge for a dedication ceremony june the billion waterway connects the Tennessee River in Northeast Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico at the task Force was commissioned by the joint chiefs of staff in the aftermath of the 1983 Grenada when reporters were excluded for 48 hours and then limited in their Access to the Caribbean Grenada was a Shock to the press because it was sex i think it was also a Shock to the press because the Public reaction was not in Large said Edward an attorney who is the task Force Costikyan said the which recommends guidelines for War goes a Long Way toward solving the but his committee believes that More must be among its findings there was no military justification for the exclusion of reporters from the presence of journalists in War zones is not a but a according to the that presence can be assured through the development of Clear guidelines for press developed by the government and the with the understanding that com Manders in the Field have final but the task Force just As the president and his civilian deputies Bear the responsibility of prosecuting a so must they assume responsibility for policy Deci Sions on press Access and the overwhelming majority of reporters in Vietnam abide by ground rules set with the and there were few breaches of the task Force most younger journalists have never served in the military and the resulting culture Divide has made tensions the task Force recommended that news organizations and journalism schools hold seminars and other programs in which journalists and military people can learn More about each the defense department should offer Brief programs which will teach journalists about military weaponry and according to the and should insist that its officers take courses on the role of the the Media sometimes err in War but that is Best remedied by More not the task Force included Costikyan Charles defense correspondent for the Baltimore Sun historian Shelby Foote Edward executive producer for Abc news Jerry executive vice american newspaper publishers association Roswell former Deputy Secretary of defense Charlayne Macneil Lehrer report Samuel director of Harvard University for International affairs Robert former Deputy Secretary of defense and director of National Security John Kennedy school of government Harry Summers army War College Craig assistant managing the new York times and Elmo former chief of naval opera wags Fly together at Blob org Abas Symbol of Unity Pitburg Germany the German Flag now has a permanent place next to the american Flag on Pitburg two flagpoles stand outside the 36th tac fighter Wing for the first the German Flag will become the american flags full time during a Flag raising Pitburg mayor Theo Hallet presented the German Flag to Peter Robin Wing the German Flag was donated to the base by the City of the Pitburg a Community works and lives with our German we Felt it was appropriate that the flags Fly together As a Symbol of our Friendship and Robin son Mcclelland award Given to information systems group Germany ram steins 1964th information systems group is the Winner of the 1984 Harold Mcclelland a Safe spokes Man the award is Given for Superior achievements and significant contributions by an air Force information systems since its beginning in the group has won 11 air Force outstanding unit five of those for about 800 Active duty and civilian members Are As signed to the it has a detachment at and an operating location at Liegenberg ram steins 25 Telephone operators handle Calls the bases message processing Center staff processes More than million messages each year in support of Iso user the unit also provides air traffic control support at at Saa Bruecken International and at Sembach we Bruecken a and a Fersfield Ger tac air come plans Short term tactical deployment to Germany Ramstein Germany the tac air come will deploy 12 a10 Thunderbolt ii aircraft from the Mary land air National guards 175th tac fighter to Hohn a in Northern Germany from May 30 to june 14 in a Short term tactical deployment called Coronet while the 175th tac fighter group will train with military units of safes 81st tac fighter stationed at Raf will provide support while the 175th tac fighter group is in the a10s will deploy across the Atlantic Ocean with stops at Goose and a c 130 Hercules Mission control aircraft will accompany the military Airlift come will Airlift about 250 maintenance and support personnel and their equipment in con Junction with the