European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 21, 1985 full readiness not yet possible general says b a hts read i rank Uris Ness come said thursday it in _ Century before the military has enough airplay ships to meet its goals to transport troops and equipment to crisis Points around the world. Arm in. Fred k. Mahaffey said there have Bee improvements in the past five years bul Budge cuts by Congress have forced the Navy and air fore stretch out procurement it will be the end of the Century a curl a pin meet what we believe to be the Uvraj a jul Mcnol Mahaffey said. As recently Asvul a flu. Mahaffey told he House armed thai the shortage would per Sistr pm Ken 19x9. Up neral and members of his Slaff from Macdill ., arc Louring . Installations in Germany to gain a better Underman Ling of the requirements and capabilities of the f Kropt an s overriding responsibility is combat ready reserves to overseas trouble in strains Are his ,.jrtsil cad incas said he press Lor continue of is , for improvements for improve Mckinily. For Mode uni action of the forces for develop of the join deployment system and for essential joint training activities. The joint exercises should be both interservice and International in scope he said Mahaffey said he can envision no scenario that would not require the joint operation of the four . Services and the Odds arc very High we will be acting in concert with our it therefore follows we have to train in peacetime Ashe will fight in wartime he said. Malian Fly s.iidljgmgp0phf5?c doing their people More in coordinating the Points where they would general who is on his first visit to Europe since assuming his command in june said he has seen no evidence in joint training exercises of the old rivalry Between services. He also said there is a growing recognition by All of the senior leadership in the department of of Csc for full cooperation. Deployed Force in Europe and of defense not Only for our allies but our Sam Mem Focy said. Increased technology incr Raroh Oviet sabotage to key installations within inc Nerim put an end to the Protection the Atlantic oceans once afforded the country he said. Mahaffey said his Mission also is to defend key us. Ports airports and installations against soviet sabotage. Quake from Page 1 South of Jalisco along the coast. Only minor damage was reported in the cities of Acapulco and Guadalajara. In Jalisco most of the dead were in the towns of Guzman and at Entique Sanchez said in a Telephone interview broadcast live by he Hugona radio station Oira col. In at Entique a part of a Mountain Slid away falling on several peasants who were just getting up to go to Sanchez said. In other Jalisco towns the streets split open As people ran in Panie. And Many people died crushed inside churches he said. Tel visa said that in Guzman 25 people Cal Coraling mass in the Cathedral were killed when the Church collapsed. In Ixl Apa a resort just North of Acapulco two tourists reported their 0-Story hotel was shaken and the damage was just huge chunks of Cement and Glass started crashing Down and people ran out into open lobby said Dale Zolnai 45, a defense department staff specialist who returned to Dallas on thursday with his wife . We just ran for our lives. We managed to get a taxi and gel to the Airport. Trees boulders and cars littered the Highway. Waves were hitting the hotel the water is usually at least 80 feet away Zolna isaid. State department spokesman Bernard Kalb said the . Embassy in Mexico City was undamaged and that communications with the embassy had been restored. In Washington the Senate gave voice vote approval to a nonbinding Resolution calling upon the administration to provide emergency humanitarian assistance and Relief required to help Deal with this . Ambassador John Gavin who was vacationing in Europe when the quake hit headed Back to Mexico City. The cordoned off the most severely damaged area in the City to prevent looting and prevent people from getting close to buildings that might collapse at any time televise said. The network said the has 10,000 men working on it. First reports of the quake which occurred during Rush hour at 7 18 a.m., came from the . Geological Survey which said it measured 7.8 on the Richter scale of ground motion. The Survey put the epicentre on the Pacific coast 150 Miles Northwest of Acapulco and about 250 Miles Southwest of Mexico City. The Center of the City appeared to be hardest hit. Dust Clouds surrounded col lapsed buildings broken Glass and Concrete chunks littered the streets everywhere and people gathered in crowds on the streets. Weir from Page 1 hostage crisis marked the Start of a new Era of his imprisonment Weir said. Fro i then on we were allowed to talk and Pray Weir said the captives had opportunities to share their experiences comparing child hoods and hobbies. All of the men had grown beards during Captivity he said and most of them have taken up exercise routines to stay in shape. He said that first word that one of them would be released came around sept. 10. The captors said they would release the hostage who would do the Best Job of communicating their message to the world. On saturday Ito hours before he was released. Weir said told that he was the one who would go free. We All had expected it would be Terry Anderson Weir said. He was deeply disappointed when he found out that he would not go free. We tried to console him and Jenco went Over and put his around Terry and that seemed to Comfort him. I Don t know what they said but 1 Goethe sense it was t the hostages were allowed to read some lebanese newspapers and occasionally a news Magazine Weir said and they noted medical from a hug 1 the a feta and air Force in the re Gion. I Don t think it vhf add be nearly As bad As it was he said. I Tajc the formation and communication would a better. I Don t think there d be the con nun As nowhere people a but he said the first requirement crisis is for command control and comm Nica Tion. That command has to be a one headed beast not a collection or a committee or something that s coordinated Back and Forth across a communication rep. Frank Mcclosky d-lnd., called the situation outrageous and demanded it be fixed in 72 hours. He suggested that subcommittee chairman rep. Bill Nichols d-la.,ask for a meeting with Weinberger if the tar is not disposed of within a week. Mayer said it is not objection by the services that Are causing the Klem. He said the difficulty is that Marc too few general officers in the of local services and too Many jobs for than Arcady. He said that a european come sur Geon an medical officer spends about Hal feb time in that Job. Mayer said the Job quires someone full time with a Staft much of the panel s questioning con Ned the Mility to the oct. 23, 1983, bombing that flattened the Marine Barracks in Beirut killing 241 servicemen and injuring 100. One investigating commission said that if the number of killed and wounded had been reversed the medical system might not have been Able to handle them. A memorandum from a former consultant to the s 7th medical come in Heidelberg said the air Force s disposition of the casualties mostly to air Force facilities failed to take advantage of belter staffed and equipped and sometimes better placed hospitals. Mayer said nothing the Servio Tribulee to the injury of any he had whal they did Probas greased the orc patients. A tired Obj be inter Scricc rivalries sadly Gynn Kasich a Ohio. If the Oujo fund out they d be More upset the pout he said re Ferria flan reports an pc priced Ham and toilet component the Mayer confirmed a a corf Kat during the invasion of Grenada just after face Bei rut bombing helicopters thatt have carried wounded were not permit Tel to land on Navy ships because the pilots had not been trained in such landings. Kasich said that was evidence of the kind of problems that management should Cor agreed but noted that the restriction had protected the casualties As Well Ashe helicopter pilots and Crews. He said the invasion bad been planned in six Days an the problem had not been foreseen. Mayer also said that the american Mili tary medical Force is not ready in Case of War. He said that for 10 years defense medical priorities have been wrong. Pressed by a demand to pro Prcic naive health care to peacetime beef quaries up not be enable to assure top Readi Ness he said. The is that the defense have the number or kind Nedical specialists it needs and their training nor work helps pre them for what they would do in War. But he said the department is taking Steps to get ready including storing mobilization hospitals near their intended deployment Sites. Converting two tankers into floating general hospitals with 1,000 Beds and 12operating rooms each. Increasing Host nation support in land facilities medical care and Hospital trains. Studying How to carry More patients in a c-141 transport plane re examining Mil itary Airlift come flying routes and timetables and exploring the possibility of adding More aircraft dedicated to evacuating patients. Considering a dedicated medical com Tattoni system for medical Staffen who twi sometimes can t communicate with in other services be cause of in feet equipment and proce dures. Studying the ply pity of a single integrated medical in Europe. There has been a in idea of Dis Cussion in Europe but still Tow Itlo action on joint planning and joint useful Nedical resources in War or in response to attack he said. With special interest the efforts by the hos tages families to gain Freedom for their relatives. Weir said that when Anderson noted news Story about his sister Peggy say going to the state department to demand action on behalf of the hostages he said. That s just like my sister real up front."1 he said Anderson had learn arabic. Most mornings we had processed cheese for breakfast and each chunk came in a separate wrapper Weir recalled. Terry would save the wrappers and later write arabic words on them and use them for Flash Weir said his captors were directed by a the captives referred to As the Haj a title of respect accorded to moslem who had made a pilgrimage to Mecca at some time in their lives. In this Case he was an honorary Haj Weir said because i Don t think he had Ever made the australian author Dies Sydney Australia a dark an australian nov Gull Vas died. Dark 85, was Best pm Wor a trilogy of novels written Banj in
