European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Parish helps chaplain feel at Home by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau Pitburg Germany when Pitburg Chap lain Brian Highfill was invited to occupy a Home in making the move was no parishioners packed and moved his belongings and put them in their proper places within 24 i had been doing All of my counselling in an office barely Large enough for two he said As children of the Parish explored the rooms of his new the House was full of visitors on the Day after his the dining Large enough for a family or club had his books and mementos already in their proper the office was Hung with not very Amateur photos he had Highfill looked very much at dressed on his Day off in the Black and White of a Catholic priest rather than his customary air Force and explaining plans for the work hell do at his new Resi Dence in he Hopes that the Large Home will serve both trim port residents and the Catholic parishioners of bit Burg a better than did his Small Pitburg apartment and i could never have begun to accommodate the numbers of visitors i have Here he the change of residence will not alter the Way the air Force major will serve Pitburg he As in the offer do counselling and be on Call for parishioners ill also offer mass in trim port on a he the Small Chapel adjacent to the House had not known a full time priest in ten the people of trim port have attended mass at Patricks in bit about 4 Miles mass has been offered in trim port just once a month by visiting the people Here Are delighted to have a priest Here at they Are comforted to know if an emergency there is a Good Chance ill be Here and help in any Way i this is a very Active even without a he touring the he showed off photo by Jean Albright Parish children visit Brian Highfill at the Organ in the loft and the four stained Glass win in spite of infrequent the polished Wood pews show no signs of no one gets paid for keeping All this he but it is always Well taken care both american and German residents of trim port will attend masses in the i dont speak a lot of but conducting mass in latin keeps that from being a he Highfill Hopes that the relationship and cooperation will grow Here As it has in the town of where German and american Catholic Parish councils arc americans have become part of bit burgs religious Highfill joined towns people just before president reagans visit to Pitburg in May to Pray for peace and continued German american our participation surprises them but shows that while we live americans want to it also serves our he choirs from Pat Ricks and from the base Chapel sometimes sing at each others the bases Catholic youth group now has both German and american Mem and the base Church enjoys a German Bishop Herman Joseph of Trier had been hearing about the to Small quarters and offices in Tilburg where Highfill did his american priests at Tilburg Are granted Powers by the diocese in Trier to exercise Lull Priesthood in when residents of trim port suggested the Home next to their Chapel As the the Bishop gave the of for the american priest to live in the German Home with Only one there is a shortage of priests he the Village will become used to having someone and when i move on it will be difficult to find someone Highfill Hopes to help other members of the air Force join the he first saw that possibility for himself As an airman stationed at where the priest who visited once a year had More work than he could i said to god in my if you cant find a Send seventeen years later i found myself serving As the priest at that same base in support unit using outmoded chief says by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau Germany the chief of the american Supply command nearest the critical North German Plain invasion route says his troops Are using outmoded equipment to control Stock that is below contingency planning if a War comes we will not be Able to meet our National commit said Robert com Mander of the 7th army support from his office in Degrant presides Over logistics planning that includes Forward Supply Sites under the Over All command of the 21st support headquartered in the Sites of primary concern to Degrant Are scattered from the Netherlands to the East German they Are destined to receive reinforcements sent from stateside bases to Europe in the event of a in said were sort of a twin brother of the 21st support the Forward Supply depots Are authorized billion Worth of de Grant but hold Only about billion Worth of wartime peacetime Supply routes to Northern Ger Many Are and the Supply pro Cess is hampered by the Lack of a computer mainframe in Degrant if you want a you have to fill out a manual Supply order and have it Han carried Down to he that All right for Degrant questioned whether peacetime Supply routes from Southern Germany to Northam Northern army group would remain open in there is a big question Mark in everyone mind As to whether or not we can get it up so lets get it Here he James chief of staff for the 21st support acknowledged that equipment at the Forward Supply Sites is below planned but he said implementation of the 1978 agreement to open the Sites was on the equipment will Supply six divisions to be flown to Europe under a nato agreement negotiated during the Carter nine equipment storage Sites and three ammunition dumps have been established in Northern Europe since the according to the 21st support five equipment and four ammunition Sites Are planned by the end of fiscal said a the movement of supplies up North would be hard to even in according to James chief of operations and logistics at the 21st support a network of roads is very hard to Knock Armstrong and Tempo Rary Bridges and alternate transportation routes such As railroads and offload routes also help ensure that Supply routes would not be Armstrong said a portable computer mainframe exists that could be assigned to the 7th support but workloads at the Sheinberg command do not justify the National budgeting priorities will set the Tempo for Progress at the 7th support Degrant with Strong sup the command could be rolling in three or four without de Grant his command might not be up to full strength for a the 7th support come occupied its pre sent Headquarters in a sign that greets visitors to the Headquarters building underscores the impression that the com Mand is still cutting its it announces the buildings former occupant a Rug major part of Bright Star 85 ends Wadi Egypt a american and egyptian forces displayed their firepower Over the Sahara desert on thursday As they concluded the major part of Bright Star the largest joint military exercise Ever held in the Middle american armoured and artillery units joined egyptian forces in destroying an imaginary enemy in a mock Battle waged Over a 20mile Section of the two b52 bombers flown from the United states dropped strings of 750pound bombs on the then came strafing and rocket runs by Navy and air Force jets and egyptian air Force including mig17s still in use from the Days when Egypt was an ally of the soviet surveillance known As air borne warning and control systems air also were in the area for the Tahsin chief of training of the egyptian told spectators based on what weve an enemy would be very sorry to Cross the Borders of the which began sunday with marines storming an egyptian Beach 200 Miles East of the libyan was to end thursday s activity was the last involving substantial troop movements about men from each people have Degrant people dont understand what the hell we the command grew from a handful of planners based in Kaiserslautern in 1978 to a current complement of Well Over 400 its Mission is to provide wartime planning and logistical support to an area covering about Square locating the support command in the North was part of a strategy executed in the late 1970s to beef up american forces on the North German historically an inva Sion route for armies coming out of East Ern Mcgrant said he is responsible for people in that if we lose up Degrant we lose Cental because the command is still devel it is susceptible to budget he and such As an radio and Are an service is planned for 1 dont think peacetime service in Northam should be a de Grant the Soldier should have the same level of support that he would have in he at the heart of Many of de Grants con Cerns is the potential Purchase of the for Mer Rug congressional approval has been but the appropriation of an estimated million to buy the facility is Purchase of the building would allow the army to use million Square feet of storage space behind the High Rise office building that houses the de Grant said a Purchase agreement would also allow modifications to the control of the building would allow consolidation of command Mcgrant