European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 German summer is Vgreen of infect Winter by Michelle Fikac staff writer the 21st of june Marks the beginning of a season in Germany not characterized by Sun and somewhere in the world today its the first Day of said Mike but not necessarily in Stutt Galante supervises the european come mail room at Patch if summer Doest show up within the next 30 Days or Galante he will head South to Camp in search of classic German poet Heinrich Heine wrote that a German summer is a Green tinted things Haven changed since he penned those lines in the according to the experts of the Ger Man Federal weather Bureau in Offen theres More of the same Cool weather in store for the next Cou ple of you Wake up in the and it always seems to be and you feel there goes the whole Day right said 5 Ruben ulate of the 66th military intelligence group at Werner a German weather Bureau said the current weather is average for the season and not unusual at the problem with the Horst is that we were spoiled by the warm Days in the beginning of it was eight degrees warmer than the aver so now we feel its eight degrees too some of the usual outdoor hot weath or activities simply Are not a part of the three month stretch in Lynn a clerk in the administration directorate at Patch bar said the weather is unfit for Tan 2 Donald Webb of the 218th my co said he likes to go to beaches when he is at Home in Southern he cant do much of that the weather Here is a real change for he and its a Good thing that there Arent any beaches in if i could get to a Beach and the weather was like id be cursing like you  but Many have grown accustomed to the summer weather in i have been in off and for the past 12 and Ive just gotten used to the Lack of summer weather we often have said Aurin Timmons of the 6th area support group at Horst said the temperatures Germany is experiencing Are part of a traditional cooler spell in mid june called sheep the sheep Are shorn during this Peri and the cold snap causes them to he Harald a meteorologist with the air forces 2nd weather Wing in says Good news is coming around the end of july for summer in the temperatures will increase a few degrees above Normal to end the summer months with a Nice he but he had to until it will be Cool and Horst offered a historical footnote to this summer weather remember what Napoleon said about German weather the germans have nine months of win Ter and three months of extreme staff writers Dan Wollam and Chuck Vinch contributed to this offers survival tips Tor military spouses by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau chief Germany the Karlsruhe military Community is teaching a different kind of survival its teaching military spouses How to survive in were teaching spouses practical said Ingrid language program coordinator for the spouses wanted to know How to do things where can i How do i make Bank what do i say in a German Beauty shop How do i say i want to buy to help newcomers learn those Osewalt and Margaret Martin developed a program called Flag families learning about the program differs from similar spouse orientation programs in Many Mili tary communities in Germany in two it lasts five and childcare services for those who attend Are Martin teaches the most of the spouses would not have come if we didst offer the free child she it could be a lot of Money for a Junior ranking person with two or three Chil at an hour for the 20 hours of the a spouse would pay about per child during the week of mar tin said the childcare expenses run about for the class for a that Money comes from we wrote letters to private organizations asking for Osewalt groups such As officers wives the noncommissioned officers association and the army Community services Volunteer association have in the three months of the programs about has been collected for child care before Flag the Community held Wel come coffees for Martin said that failed because nobody the biggest number of people there were the instruct she the numbers of persons attending Are up for the new to make spouses aware of the Martin at tends the mandatory orientation briefings for new there she finds out who married and How to Contact then she writes the inviting them to in the three classes held so 40 spouses have Osewalt said it would have taken several months to get that Many people to the Welcome cof during the spouses Are told about the civilian personnel of red education Center and other Community then they take Field trips to learn about German transportation and the class also Tours the City and military i wanted to teach survival skills skills they would first need when they came to Osewalt wife gets and her husband has maybe three Days with then Hes out in the we wanted to give her the skills she needed to Martin said another advantage to the program is that it creates a network among the a lot of them Are maybe 21 or 22 years and a lot of them have she there afraid of Riding the afraid of the afraid of we think this makes them feel a lot based on feedback from people who at tend the Martin and Osewalt want to Start a similar program for a lot of the ladies said they were hav ing trouble talking to their kids about the different Martin she said the children were confused about things such As the european approach to nudity or standing in they Hope to Start the childrens class later this army engineers build Miracle Bridge in Mali by Craig season Mali thousands of drought stricken people will be eating better Here because of a Bridge built by a detachment of the army 565th engr in from the 15man detachment built a tactical raft to allow passage across the niger River at and began on May 23 to ferry truckloads of Grain destined for red Cross and world vision feeding before the engineers children under the age of 6 and breastfeeding mothers were being fed at the african stations once with adequate transportation of they can receive meals twice a in Many More throughout Malis hardhat seventh Region will Benefit be cause food can once again be transported across the thousands of nomadic herders from the Southern Sahara desert regions have con verged on towns along the niger seeking food for their families As the drought in its third year dries their in where the army raft is operate the Small ferries were inadequate to handle the Large Grain trucks that carried food to the overpopulated the army raft will allow passage of these saving time on the costly in and reloading into smaller trucks previously in bringing the raft to air Force cargo planes delivered the material from Germany to Malis capital of then used smaller planes to Fly it to an air Force military Airlift come team aided the loading from Ramstein and the unloading at malian soldiers in Gao helped the army engineers transport the raft parts to the River and assembled the the project called a Miracle by one red Cross worker was completed in less than two once the actual building of the raft this is the most important Bridge youve Ever project officer Patrick Guinnane told the Guinnane said the project was a joint Effort of the the malian army and the Mission embassy and the Agency for International development in this is a remarkable event a big said embassy official Lou its the first Chance the malian and soldiers have had to work together in Over 10 in addition to the work done by the the Mission in Mali provided Complete housing facilities for the As Well As Drivers and specialist 4 season is assigned to the 7th engr brigade Public affairs grenade launchers will improve Security at of bases by Dave Diehl Bureau Raf England air Force Security police will soon be carrying grenade launchers to strengthen ground defense at air according to officials at Safe fifteen of the weapons Are already in service at Raf Greenham and More Are expected to be delivered to about 18 air bases in Europe by the end of next said senior master Clay Safe program manager for combat the 40mm Mark 19 grenade launcher is expected to be used by Security personnel throughout the air Force in about five this weapon will give air Force Secu Rity police More firepower than they have Ever Smith the grenade launcher has a maximum Range of More than Yards and can be fired at a rate of about 325 to 375 rounds per Smith for better the weapon will be fired at about 40 rounds per the weapon is for use Only for ground launched cruise missile deployments and air base ground defense As an ant Armor and antipersonnel Smith the which can be fired mounted on a vehicle or from the will use High explosive fragmentation the shells can Pierce he Smith said the Mark 19 is an updated version of a grenade launcher used by the Navy in he said this third version was designed by Honeywell in similar models have been in service since the air Force is paying about for each of the but he said he believes when it goes into production with a private the Price will be considerably he said the prototype launchers Are being built at a Navy production facility in the weapon cannot be fired Smith he said Security police will be using the launcher on several the Mark 19 weighs about 135 including its Cradle and the grenade launcher takes two people to he Smith said each of the numbered air Force units in Safe will be picking weapon ranges for but none have been selected the Navy and army also will be adding the Mark 19 grenade launcher to their Smith