European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Rescue team members prepare to pull a climber out of a Crevasse after a simulated photos for by Navy an Raf rescuer makes his Way Down a vertical ice Wall on Thori Jokull James Pou and Doug Kestranek Rescue casualty staff Joel Iceland perfect for Adverse terrain1 training by John Petersen Iceland Par Rescue team members of det 67th aerospace Rescue and recovery so have just returned a favor on a the served As the site of and verse terrain Rescue training for teams from Britain and Germany july det an element of the Iceland defense Force in usually attends train ing courses in other and thought it was Only fair to invite other Rescue teams to the Home the training was arranged to provide ice and Glacier Rescue opportunities for members of the British and German Mountain Rescue said air Force James organizer and director of the he Send Parade Schemen pjs to their res Cue and Rock climbing courses in Austria and Wales twice each year and have been doing so for 25 we knew we had something Here in Iceland glaciers that they dont have and wanted to provide the same kind of service and hospitality we have received from them for so the last time the detachment conducted training on the glaciers in Iceland was both Britain and Germany have ice and Pou but Only in the when weather makes train ing the glaciers Here in Iceland Are easily a More so than those in the Are located at lower altitudes so you dont have oxygen problems and Are available during the Milder summer there is no substitute for actually being on a Gla said James Scobie Patterson of the Royal air the Man in charge of All Raf Rescue operations and the wind and and especially the just cant be duplicated in a one of the German Sepp Korn of the Berg wacht Mountain Rescue team in found advantages in comparing Many of the things we do Are the he but there Are some new techniques we can learn from the american twelve British and two German rescuers attended the which included instruction in team Crevasse res self Crevasse ice climbing and glacial the All from det were staff Joel Lukens and the Par Rescue teams noncommissioned officer in Ron the air Force and the Raf maintain Rescue units to provide emergency medical treatment and to Rescue downed aircrew the German rescuers Are civilian the Para rescuers in Iceland have had Little need of their services for military aviator rescues but Are kept Busy aiding fishermen and other civilians in and around the detachment has been credited with saving 210 lives since it was established in the commander of det George Crescen said he would like to make the event an annual chief Petty officer John Petersen is a journalist assigned to the Iceland defense Emmarine sentenced for Selling military gear san Diego a a Marine corps Veteran convicted of Selling Worth of stolen military gear was sentenced Mon Day to six months in prison and fined by a judge who said although the defendant cheated the he also risked his life for the sentence imposed on Edward Gros of brought an angry response from assistant attorney Pam who said the 33year old former staff sergeant should have received at least As stiff a sentence As the others indicted in the governments 18 month undercover its not fair to the others to have this Man get away with 179 Days when they stole on half of what he she sixty five marines and civilians were indicted in operation a sting operation designed to curb the Sale of military equipment stolen from Camp Pendleton in Northern san Diego Grossenheide was convicted by a jury on 13 counts of unauthorized Sale of govern ment property to Federal agents posing As employees of Golden state in urging District judge Rudi Brewster to impose a stiffer Naughton said Grossenheide sold twice As much gear to the bogus store As the next mos frequent who received a six year prison one thing i cant get out of my mind is that he served in Vietnam under Brewster said of the he cheated the but he also put his life on the line for that who has since been kicked out of the faced a Maxi mum of 130 years in prison and in according to the government contends that up to million in military gear is stolen annually from Camp much of it eventually winds up in foreign including some hostile to the United forty a indicted marines were court Martiale by the their punish ments ranged from letters of reprimand to 36 months of hard labor in one Ive chastised myself since my arrest nearly a year ago for the Way this has affected my family and Grossen Heider told Ive lost a career that my family had counted on for i dont know what else Naughton your defense attorney Mario Conte argued that the government used Grossenheide As a spearhead for the lengthy enticing him into How much More of a deterrent is there to a career Marine than seeing a 16year career shot and a participant in the most unpopular War in history not getting anything from that service and being branded a Felon for life Conte