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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, January 18, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 18. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Sentinel sketches rial Tor us by brim pad and familiar sight Greet Soldier. In unfamiliar location sergeant finds solution to reformer mail problem Karlsruhe Germany Sec. Leroy Moultrie needed a tactical Field Mailbox for reformer troops temporarily deployed in a wooded marshalling area. But he Kew German environmental reputations prohibit nailing a Box to a tree. So Moutte of he co Karlsruhe asked the 15th postal det for a Standard Blue 0.5. Mailbox. The Karlsruhe detachment by coincidence had an extra Mailbox on hand. The Only problem Mallrie said was trans porting inc 200-pc-und Mailbox la the marshalling area and then properly securing  the problem was solved by securing the Mailbox to a Concrete slab and chaining it to a tree during their four Days at the marshalling area 1st inf div soldiers from fort Riley kan., deposited More than 110 pieces of mail. Brian pad gel Karlsruhe Public affairs office bus rep Ace bridal gown As soldiers Exchange vows Grafe Woehr Germany the Bride wort Battle dress uniform and rubber boots. So did the Groom in a tuesday evening ceremony at the Camp Al Giers Chapel Supply specialist Cpl. Jenipher Tapscott and Power Generator Mechanic pfc. Bryce Smith exchanged marriage vows. Both Are reformer soldiers assigned to the 5s6ln main co 1st main in 1st inf div from fort Riley Kan they met during the 1984 reformer. It was their second marriage ceremony in two weeks. On Jan. 3. They were married in Ibe Kowmes Thirn City Hall to Mckei the requirements or German Law Laid Cape. Raymond Kaselonis so fish Maint co commander. Cape. Davis Morgan gave away the Bride and chaplain capt Harry oilman presided Over the ceremony. There were also bridesmaids groomsmen and guests. All wore Battle dress uniforms. Member of the unit threw Sunflower seeds As the couple passed tinder an Arch of unit colors. The pm did t have any Rice explained brides maid spec 4 Pii Tricia Covert. A reception was held in the no Barracks and a wedding cake was served. Reformer is our honeymoon joked Smith. Well have a honeymoon later countered 8 _ Vicki Tillis 1st inf i Public affairs office missile command expected to improve communications by Mikk  stiff writer Schwabish Gemuend. Germany belter communication at Pershing missile units from a change in organic Alionna Structure thai took plate Friday Itic missile command s top signal officer said. . Col. Jerome a Hyrd or. Commander or i he 3sth signal in that Watt activated Friday 5,1 id inc reorganization of signal abuts within the 56lh Field any Bri Gade Wilt improve communications management and control equipment maintenance and Soldier mining. Previously Cammuna cations people and  were managed by firing bait Hon commanders Byrd said. Good communication Reu Wircs Bali ends to work. Now the signal company commander can manage his assets and really Matte things sing out  the battalion and opern cd in a provisional status since mid december while soldiers were reassigned or pinpointed for duty with the five  thai com prise the new battalion. Acl Valion of the 38lh came on r in same Day As Rede signal Ion or the 56th Field arty i Rigac. The peril Ling missile organization became the 96th Field arty come. Three or its tour Field artillery battalions also chanced designations. First in it i if iced arty in Neu Ulm be Ciunci 1st in 9lh Field any 1st in 41st Field arty in Schwabish Gemuend became 2nd in 9th Field arty and 3rd in 84th Field arly in Milci Labronn is now 4th in 9th Field any. At fort Sill okla. 3rd in. 9th Field arty keeps its designation. It is tied to the 36th through the army s regimental system. Soldiers affiliated with Pershing units generally can expect to be assigned to one of the four regimental battalions said maj. Steve Mcgillis the 56th s adjutant co a 5slh Rafaill Oruill can moved to Goeppinger from mulling in. A 30-Minulc drive As part of inc  Tanija Tiore. Its new designation is i9.1rd aviation cd. The new 33th signal in with an nut Liori cd strength of nearly 900 soldiers is one of the target signal  ions in inc army. One other signal battalion in Germany has unauthorised strength of about 1,000 soldiers. Special emphasis was placed on reorganization with out disruption of personal lives Byrd said. As plans were made Tor the new battalion personnel officials Al com Mand Headquarters assigned soldiers already in inc per Illing units to signal companies that would be located in the same geographical arc  in the same installation he said. Rather than shift soldiers from one location Leanoth or new soldiers coining from advanced individual train ing posts in inc states were assigned to fill Viii Nacius in inc provisional companies Byrd said. When the reorganisation is Complete Only about six families will have to be asked to move Byrd said. Those moves will have to take place during the next three  the formation of the battalion and its five companies in areas already crowded and in the midst of extensive construction or renovation Aducci to the difficulty of starting a new organisation said Cut. James r. Fisher commander of the new co c in la Colbrunn. Co c grew from a Small cadre of lest than 20 soldiers to n fill i fledged signal comp any with about 150 people overnight. Fisher said. Two weeks later they were in the Field giving communications support to 3rd in both Field arty. Fisher s soldiers arc sharing the living space of i firing Battery at Heilbronn while renovations to the fourth floor of their building can be finished. Maintenance opera inns were moved into a vacant movie theater until equipment rooms could be finished Fisher said school May require permission of parents to enter smoking area by Joe Mapother staff writer Oesterberg Netherlands a parental Permis Sion slip will be the Only key to the High school smoking area for smokers and non smoking students alike if a recommendation passed thursday by a panel of parents and educators is adapted. Concern thai seventh and eighth Grade students were using the designated smoking area prompted the meeting at Sonderberg american High school which serves Chil Dren at Camp new Amsterdam. The school advisory committee made the recommendation after a Parent said non smoking students might be pressured into taking up cigarettes by socializing in the smoking area. I m concerned that the habit More than Likely will rub off on the non smokers and you la have another smoker air Force master sgt. Fred Edwards said. His daughter is a Sophomore Al the school which largely serves children of servicemen attached to the 32nd tac fighter so. It s called peer pressure he said. Smoking and non smoking students were among the 30 people at the two hour meeting if we have to Slop smoking during school hours then the teachers should too because they re supposed to be an example to us ninth grader Scott Bowman said. After his comment the advisory panel recommended that teachers should be allowed to smoke Only in the faculty lounge and in the outdoor smoking area. Principal Hugh Brawford who will act on the recommendations did not tip his hand during the meeting other than to say he opposes changing policy in the Middle of the school year department of defense dependents schools policy bans students from smoking inside school buildings. Smoking areas arc allowed of Utah according to Dodds officials in Germany and England. A student caught in violation of the smoking regulations May be suspended. " smoking policy is a decision by tween our school Community and the local Community said John Davis  chief of executive services in Germany. His counterpart for the Dodds Atlantic Region Robert Nunsuch said we Are at the beginning of an increased concern in this area. We do have a Loi of schools that have outlawed smoking completely at least an Tow  during the Sossier Borg meeting Parent belly i eke a non smoker said she does t like the Habil but doubts a total ban would be effective Linda Knowles one of two teachers on the panel argued in favor of a total ban on student smoking during school hours. By allowing smoking we arc indirectly contributing to this fatal habit she said i m not sure they re Wise enough or mature enough to realize what they Are doing to themselves with this habit Europe Apos of traveler s Check use by Bette Bell staff writer Schwet Zingen Germany beginning tuesday apr patrons in Europe will be Able to pay for All services with traveler s checks issued by american firms or Banks traveler s checks May be used to Purchase postal Money orders Stamps Post cards stamped envelopes Aero grammes and philatelic items they also May be used As payment for mailing parcels insurance certification special delivery special handling return receipt and registry service military postal officials said. However patrons must Purchase postal services Worth at least so percent of the face value of the traveler s Check. They will be accepted based an available funds for change. Since a postal finance clerk May be held financially responsible for wrong payment of a traveler s Check he May refuse to Cash a Check for cause at any time. Patrons must present a valid government identification card to the postal clerk when paying with a traveler s Check. This is an expansion to our August h5 program that allows Servic members to pay far postal services with personal checks said 1st it. Daniel e. Olson chief of mail services Branch . Army postal group Europe. The program up to now is an Overall Success. However we Are receiving some dishonoured checks Olson said. A person who writes a bad Check for five first class Stamps May end up paying 121,10 instead ofsl.10 after the postal service and the Patron s Bank add collection   
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