European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 31. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 it s a Tough move but it pays off company s  shift retains readiness and High morale by Mike.  s staff Wriler Mainz. Germany moving a whole company of infantrymen from fort Carson colo., to  Barracks is not easy but it pays off in unit Readi Ness and morale . Col. Geoffrey g. Prosch says. Prosch. Commander of 3rd in huh inf recently greeted members of the second cohesive organisational readiness training cohort company to join his battalion. The new co b with More than 100 men arrived in Germany oct. 22. The old co b was dissolved this month. Cohort is part of the army s current Manning program which assigns soldiers together for Basic and advanced individual training. The soldiers then move together to another stateside Post for unit training which takes them through the first half of their three year enlistment. The company then is deployed overseas to take inc place of a cohort company being disbanded. Co b of Prosch s battalion is designated a co Hort unit and changes every 18 months. Cod 1st in 12th inf at fort Carson forms and trains to become the new co b in Germany. During their first two weeks in Germany the co b War dogs arc taking care of army business. Including paper work zeroing weapons checking out the armoured personnel carriers pcs and other equipment turned Ever to them getting acquainted with training areas practising loading their pcs on rail cars and a Roll out to defensive positions away from  Barracks. After that Well be ready to assume our full Mission capt. Roger Burgess co b commander said. Co b 1st sol. Leo Marline has no doubt his soldiers can be ready to assume full Mission responsibility in just two weeks. The unit completed company level evaluations at fort Carson with High Marks in every area. The average skill qualification test score for the com Pany is 84 of a possible 100. All Are qualified Wilh individual and Crew served weapons. Ninety of the company ? soldiers passed their driving tests on inc first iry. Twenty two War dogs earned the he Perl infantryman s badge during Tosline Al fort Carson. Marline and Burgess arc confident Aboul whal their soldiers can do. The commander knows where you Are All the Lime Marline said about unit readiness. So you can give added work to specific areas instead of to specific  although Burgess joined the company after it formed and salaried training he believes cohort training is easier than training in other companies. La s Caster for leaders to manage training because you Start at ground Ero and work by stages to a fully trained status. Burgess said. Sgt. Charles Thurber 24, of Colorado Springs colo., agreed with the Captain. There s More cohesiveness Thurber said. You gel to know each of her. It makes a Betler fighting  anole or Benefit of the cohort unit is not having to go into a unil and be the new Guy on inc muck said sgt. Carroll Bostic of Washington . But the Best training program in the army can fail Burgess said unless soldiers arc motivated. You can train All you want but if motivation is not there you Don t get whal you  Marline said the soldiers Short time in the army meant they did not know there were things they did t have to do so they did them like the 10-mile Gar Den of inc gods run which every Man in inc company entered and finished at fort Carson and the Border to Border relay race they ran from Kansas to Utah As part of the run for world  in addition when inc company participated in re forger in january the soldiers loaded i hair equip Mcnol and thai of another company on rail cars in the Black of night in 50 minutes Marline said. They did t know they re not supposed to have to do it that  he said. I just stood there and watched. Damn these Guys Are  family housing efforts Scarf a Long time in Advance Mainz Germany transferring an entire company of soldiers at once to Germany also requires finding sufficient housing for the families that accompany them. Although the soldiers of co b arrived from fort Carson colo., oct. 22 and their families will not arrive until nov. 24, plans to make their move As easy As possible began almost a year earlier. After the company finished its re forger training in january the soldiers toured the Mainz military Community so they could describe it to their families said it. Col. Geoffrey g. Prosch commander of 3d in 8th inf. Aboul half the army today is mar ried so when you bring a whole company of soldiers to Germany at one time you can l forget to provide for their families said Prosch who just welcomed his second company of infantry men under the army s cohesive organizational readiness training cohort Manning program. Prosch and the co b leaders plan to have Homes ready for the 42 families before they arrive. Ten families chose to slay behind. The battalion commander in Ger Many and the company commander and first sergeant in Colorado worked to Gether to ease the anxiety of the families facing moves to Mainz. Prosch and a housing official from Lee Barracks went to Colorado to Brief the families on living conditions in Ger Many. Families then filled put housing packets to be used in searching for suit Able places to live. Soldiers and their wives who had served overseas helped by talking to the younger families and a special Retreat was conducted by chaplains at fort Carson for All co b families. In Germany Prosch assigned a Ger Man speaking sergeant from the Dis solved co b to help find Homes. He is heading a House Hunting team equipped Wilh three vans to scour the local Community for housing leads. Next week the co b soldiers whose families arc coming will spend their afternoons investigating the leads. Capt. Roger Burgess company com Mander made arrangements through the travel offices at fort Carson to bring All the families Over on the same plane. Since icy will arrive just before thanksgiving. Prosch has invited Ihm to join others of 3rd in for a Holiday meal in the battalion dining facility. The families also will receive a two Day orientation tour to learn where things arc and How to move around. Burgess said. For those who will be joined by families spirits arc High. Cpl. Raymond Russ a 27-year-old former steel worker from Pittsburgh talked to his two Young boys sunday night. They re excited about coming to Germany. In fact they thought they were coming monday his wife is excited Loo Russ said. She has a sister in the air Force Al Wiesbaden. Mike. Heronemus lawyer denies Bhagwan attempted to flee Charlotte . A aides of Bhagwan so acc rain Cash say inc jailed Indian guru had less than $56,000 in Cash when he was arrested at an Airport showing he was Only intending to take a vacation rather than Nee to Bermuda to escape prosecution As Federal officials  did t have his Rolls royces in the air plane said Peter Schy one of Rajnesh s attorneys. That s not a Large amount of Money for eight people intending to stay away for a few  s marshals arrested Rajneesha monday when his chartered jets landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. He was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on charges of violating immigration Laws including fraud conspiracy and covering up Sham marriages to get . Citizenship for foreign disciples. Rajneesha who claims to have 500,000 followers worldwide said on Abc s nightlife tuesday that he was unaware of his dust Nalion when he was on inc Jet. I Don t know where my friends were taking me said Rajneesha who appeared without his turban and wearing an Olive drab prison shirt. They want me to be in a Sale  ,"1 was not running from the indictment he said. 1 had no knowledge of it when it was happening. 1 am a fighter and when there is a fight i am the last to Fly from " Rajnesh s personal Secretary. A Prem Hasya. Said Rajneesha left his Oregon commune in Broad Daylight sunday and planned to rest in Charlotte. We had heard rumours since june that an arrest was imminent that invasions of the National guard were Nap lion ral pening and our attorneys were attempting to find out the situation Hasya said. He was going to Lake a break from in All while our attorneys were working it  Rajneesha had no intention of leaving inc country be fore getting his immigration papers said Hasya and if he was going to Bermuda it would have been for Only a few Days. The guru s application to regularize his immigration status has been pending for three years but Fedora immigration officials Are blocking in Schy said. Hasya said Rajneesha had to re turn nov. 20 for a grand jury hear ing on his allegations against for Mer disciples including a Anand Sheila. Who was arrested in West Germany on monday. The guru has accused so cola of embezzling s43 million in com Mune Money and plotting to eaves drop on potential rivals kill Public officials and contaminate the water Supply of a nearby town. _ Sheila and two other former Bhagwan aides to Rajneesha were charged with trying to Poison inc guru s personal physician. An affidavit filed monday in . District court in Portland ore., says Schey told . Attorney Charles Turner on sunday that he knew a secret indictment had been returned accusing Rajneesha and four followers of immigration violations and that he knew arrests were scheduled for monday or tuesday. But Schy said tuesday thai he never advised Raj Nemesh that he should leave inc jurisdiction. A Bond probable cause detention and  hearing was scheduled for thursday in . District court in Charlotte. Defense lawyers said they might also seek permission to allow a doctor to examine Rajneesha. Hasya said the guru suffers from Many allergies diabetes and difficulty in fighting infections. I was in the jail yesterday she said. You could smell the doors the noise the blinding lights. This is not a Man in a condition to survive this kind of Atmo  Charlolle police i a. Charles Johnson said Rajnesh was being held in a medical cell and was in Good spirits and Good health Afler his first night in jail. Al a news conference in Rajnes Puram ore., disciples lashed Oul Al predictions that Rajnesh s arrest spells the sect s demise. Wake up. Oregon said Swami Dhyan John Raj Cesh investment corp. President. If you think you re going to Bury us you arc  Aboul 2,500 of the guru s 3,000 followers watched a videotape of a lbs interview with the Rajneesha in the commune s meeting Hall gasping when they saw their spiritual Leader without his Bright Robe and turban. Once i have finished with this Case i m going to move out of America Rajneesha said on night watch broadcast Early wednesday. "1 Don t think America is for  he said he would take his followers to India