European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 stars and stripes sunday february 9, 1986 reformer redeployment moves ahead first ship leaving ahead of schedule Bremerhaven Germany is the first of three ships carrying 70,000 ions of refer Ger equipment Back o the United Stales was slated to leave Over the weekend on a time schedule essentially unaffected by weather shortened Vinter Man Euven. The Antares was scheduled to depart from Bremerhaven sunday two Day ahead of a redeployment schedule announced Well in Advance of the annual Winter exercises. Rainy weather that caused officials to cancel the last week of a two week com Mand Field exercise involving Active duty and Reserve forces from the United states in late january was supplanted by subzero temperatures at dockside it s been Tough said army maj. Lawrence m. Curtin operations Deputy commander at the military traffic management come Bremerhaven terminal. Fortunately we be got a lol of places to More than 1,000 Railroad cars loan cosh nearly 3,000 pieces of army rolling ick began arriving Jan. 31, Curtin  curtailment of the certain Sentinel keep  car loaded wit stoc Earl i exercise has not significantly affected the redeployment he said. Working near the docks at a Railhead that can accommodate up to 40 rail cars a rotating Crew of about 60 German civil ians and servicemen have been moving equipment to dockside Between 6 . And 11 . Daily. The 946-foot-Long Antares was to leave Bremerhaven for Baltimore with about 1,700 vehicles aboard. In the next four weeks its sister ship the Algol and a smaller Craft the William m. Callag Han also will depart with stateside bound reformer cargo. The an Lares and Algol were recently rebuilt by the Navy As part of a group of eight ships designed to assist in Large scale deployments. According to copt. . Lomoriello on the Antares the former sl-7 class ships Are the fastest commercial ships afloat with a top Speed of 33 knots. At top Speed the ship can make the trip from the United sect i to Europe in four or five Days Lomoriello said. The Antares is operated under con tract by Sealand inc., for which Lomo Riello has worked for 11 years. The Navy essentially Cut out the for Ward part of the ship formerly used for Container cargo and turned the space into six open decks each 4w acres in size Lomoriello said. The aft of the ship must be loaded by Crane while the Forward Sec Lions allow vehicles to Roll on and off Over a Large ramp. Designed to smooth loading operations two computer age innovations Are being tested in Bremerhaven. The manual method of stowing cargo aboard ship in use since world War ii. Was jettisoned this year at the Start of reformer when the military traffic my gement come began using a comp Attr to configure the cargo Load to the bold area of the carrying ship. The system has worked Well in Bremerhaven on the redeployment said . Sam Buscema in Europe for ii weeks with the 7th transportation group fort Eustis va., has been work ing with a hand held computerized scan Ner that logs in cargo coming aboard much like supermarket scanners read. Price bars off merchandise at checkout  major problem with the system has been that the necessary bar labels an sometimes missing on vehicle coming aboard Buscema said. In general Loo Mars for logistic application of Auto mated marking and Reading symbology Hai performed Well in us first Outing be said. Libyan air Force Navy reportedly hold Maneu vers Tripoli Libya a the libyan air Force and Navy on saturday began eight Days of Maneu vers with live ammunition off the coast of Libya the stale run television said. The broadcast in arabic did not give any details As to How Many ships or planes were involved but it identified the Man Euver area As the Tripoli air traffic control area. During the last week of january that area was the scene of Maneu vers conducted by two . Aircraft carriers the Coral sea and the Saratoga As Well As a number of support ships. Pentagon sources have confirmed that the us. Ships were to return to the area this week for further air and sea operations. The flight information Region extend More than 720 Miles in length off the libyan coast within a 70-mile distance of the coastline. Libyan television said All air activity will be under visual and radar control to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft it did not elaborate. The libyans Are believed to have Only half dozen coastal patrol boat in Iti Navy. Its air Force however is known to have More than 2,000 Jet planes. The London based Institute for strategic studies says these include 50 soviet bum m1c-25 Fox Bat. 175 Mig-23s, and More than 80 French built Mirage. Relation Between the United states an Libya have been severely strained following accusations by the Reagan administration that Libya provided support to the Geml Las who attacked airports in Rome and Vienna Austria on dec. 27, killing 20 peo ple and injuring at least 120 others. On feb. I a Reagan administration ban on All travel and economic dealings with Libya went into effect libyan Leader col. Loammer khad Afy on Friday issued a warning to Israel that its civilian aircraft were subject to interception should they enter libyan airspace. Khad Afy told a news conference any intercepted air Craft would be searched for terrorist be fore being released. " the threat followed last tuesday s interception by israeli jets of a libyan plane bound for Damascus Syria the israelis had suspected that the Jet was carrying palestinian Leaden but it turned out to Bare nine syrian and lebanese politician on Board. The official libyan news Agency Jana in a Brief report in italian monitored in Rome said libyan warplanes have a a Rived at the limit of the International space that connect Greece to Italy in the North Ern Mediterranean to intercept israeli Abs Craft. 7 Safe airmen cited As being outstanding Ramstein a Germany seven. Is. Air forces in Europe Safe air men were named the command s outstand ing airmen of 1985 during the enlisted recognition banquet held Here saturday. The airmen represent the 3rd, 16th and i7lb air forces he Safe and the com Mand s direct reporting units. Airmen first class David p. Hipp 39th Supply so Inci Lik a Turkey and Rexf Al to. Krout 7350th air base group. Templehof Central Airport Berlin were selected As top airmen of the year. Tech. Sgt. Rosemary t. Johnston 39th tac group in Ciurlik a took honors As the command s no of the year. Senior mat Ter sgt. Gene a. Lewis 513th tac Airlift Wing rap mild Hhall United kingdom and master sgt. William a Steele jr., 86th tac fighter Wing Ranu Tein a were named senior cos of the year. First sergeant of the year Short tour category is senior master sgt John c. Arthur 487th tac mingle Wing. Comiso air station Italy. Senior master sgt Fred t. Schmella 32nd tac fighter so. Camp new Amsterdam Netherlands was named first sergeant of the year Long tour category Safe s top airmen and no will now compete in the air Force outstanding airmen of the year Competition to be held in Washington d.c., this fall. Arthur and Schmella will compete in the first sergeant of the year Competition sponsored by the air Force sergeant association. These men and women sacrificed their Lime Energy and efforts to make sure we have an air Force that is prepared and ready to serve our country Gen. Charles l. Don Tuy jr., Safe commander in chief said. Tiey Are dedicated to the higher purpose of preserving the peace and free Dom of their forefathers he continued. There Are seven words i use to describe my feelings about people like these. I am m very proud of Yon " each of the winners is authorized to Wear the air Force outstanding airman of the year ribbon. They also will receive Donnelly s endorsements on their next performance reports. Each award Winner receives $100 from the air Force sergeants association s200 from the noncommissioned officers Asso-1- citation a set of fatigues from the arts and5 air Force Exchange service a $100 share account from the service Federal Union a is. Savings Bond and i from the Raim Tein chiefs group a i pen and Pencil set plaque and letter i Donnelly a briefcase from the my corp. $100 from Occidental life in Ance a one year subscription to an., forces journal Magazine $100 from i american general corp. And an am Flag that has been flown Over Berlin i. Harbor the demilitarized zone i Korea or has Safe. Sergeant who disappeared with $147,000 gets 2� y by Jean Albright but big Bureau bit buro a Germany master sgt. Charles d. Shea who disappeared with $147,000 from Geilen Kirchen a Germany in october 1984, has been sentenced to 24 Yean confinement Dishon Oracle discharge reduction to Grade Al and forfeiture of All pay and allowances. A general court martial Friday found him guilty of being absent without leave larceny and failure to pay just . Richard John Williams Shea s supervisor at Geilen Kirchen testified inthe four Day trial that Shea began work ing for him As a disbursing agent in jury1983. In that Job. Shea controlled and safeguarded funds and was the Only per son who had the combination to two safes. Williams said Shea was one of three peo ple with the combination to the vault in which several safes Are Kepton oct. 23. 1984. When Shea did not report for work. Williams called Security police. After Shea s wife Alice had phoned the office they knew he bad no been Home the night before and called local hotels and friends  thought he might have ended up in a bar and was unable to make it Home Williams said. Mrs. Shea later found $2.000 and woo Marla about $1.040 in their Home and asked Security police to pick up the  was apprehended in Las vegas nev., one year and two Days after he Dis appeared. Defense attorneys did not dispute that Shea took the Money but attempted to show that he was insane at the time. Just before his disappearance his wife had. Told Bun that Ibe wanted trend their 12-year marriage and the children had told him that they would go with her witnesses said. In a sworn statement read to the court Alicesha said her husband had reacted to an uncharacteristic Way to the news. If asked whether or not be was  d have to aay be could have snapped her statement read. On thursday judge it col. Richardf. Rothenburg of the 6th circuit allowed Shea to meet with the chief of psychiatric services at Pitburg after Shea asked to be excused from the courtroom because i not holding onto myself very Well right now. I Don t want to do anything to pm  col. Jacob d. Samler came to the room to testify that Shea knew  Mil happening and could think clearly said that Shea was distressed Enos make suicide a real concern. Rothenburg then excused she cram Tkac courtroom and police were asked 1" heighten Security around him than  attorneys had asked to change of venue for the trial Beau stories in the Stan and stripes and mat too posters in Community Weott. Several bases. The judge denied tip quest w Geilenkirche. A Small air base aborts two hours from Pitburg a is support by Pitburg