European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 14, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 9 police conference stresses communication by . Kom1n1ck1 stuff writer Heidelberg communication be tween military police and heir German counterparts remains one or the biggest problems racing Law enforcement official protecting . Forces in Europe usar eur s Deputy Provost marshal Laid Friday. Col. Harold fallen in an interview following thursday s German american police conference in Heidelberg said there ii a  of room for improvement in communication Between american military and German police forces. There was a real consensus at the con Ference thai the flow of information be tween ill of the different agencies is some thing that needs Tome work Allen said. Obviously it s not a new problem it s one that s been around for a Long Lime and involves a  of different things. Sometimes there is problem of classification. Some times we Heve classified information that we can t discuss with the germans yet  they re the ones we really need to talk to. Or the information is there at the of but is it gelling Down to the patrolman who is the one who really need to know it s an area we be identified As needing work. There was a  of discussion on the prob Lem suggesting a Central desk or data base where we could All go for information something like internal. Obviously something like that would be very expensive but maybe Anh it. It s something we have to took  about 70 German and american Law enforcement officials attended the conference a i Campbell Barracks. German participants included Federal and stale police representatives at Well As train and Border police. Defending against terrorism was widely discussed with american officials briefing German representatives on Usa eur s latest  concepts Allen said. Essentially it s a Mailer of concentric rings of different layers of Security in what we Call defense in depth he said. The first ring for example is the base itself with the different units based there having Basic responsibilities for reporting suspicious looking people and so Forth. The next ring would be the installation coordinator the nut is the military police and so  the defense in depth concept in use at . Facilities in Mannheim has led to about 54 million in Security projects in that Community including he installation of hardened Gate facilities and better Fenc ing. Higher Quality civilian guards also were employed 3 part of the Security up Grade. Alien said Usa eur plans a gradual increase in the number of civilian guards at army installations Over the nest two years plus a toughening of hiring standards. We Don t to nine we re doing a very Good Job in that area right now. We Don t think the guards Are trained adequately and we be got to do better background checks on these people. Right now we have no Way of knowing whether these people were criminals before they started working for us. We also have a problem with High turnover another thing we Hope to Correct. The germans feel very strongly that they have a commitment to make usar eur Safe and they urge that . Soldier still get out and see things meet people go to fits. They brought up the Point that More americans Are killed on the autobahn than in terrorist  Provost marshal official Hope the Confer ence will become an annual event Allen said there was a general consensus the the conference was a Good idea a real positive thing. We All agreed that the nut one needs to be More in depth and Frank and go into greater detail about the things we do that bother the germans and what they do that bothers  Uso Council cites 10 firms for their financial support z1rndorf, Germany Gen Glenn k. Olis. Usa eur commander presented awards to Ger Man firms and american companies with branches in Germany at a meeting of the Uso Council for Ger Many. Otic president of the Council Recagni we the firm for their outstanding financial support of the Uso. Ten firms received special thanks wednesday for Large donations Adam opel a Dow chemical serv ice a Mph Blenda Werke r. Schnieder a Mph St tube Schurz Gesellschaft Sengelmann org Veba a in Tripp Morris a Mph 3m deutschland a Mph Deutsche Marathon Petroleum a Mph and Wendy s restaurant management inc. The Council wednesday authorized establishment of Uso centers in Munich and Nuernberg. However the two centers must raise their own operating funds and no opening Dales have been set said Cindy Raymond marketing manager for Uso Germany. Well Start fund raising projects in the communities she said Friday. The Munich Uso could open a Laic As 1991, the end of he Uso Germany Long Range planning period Raymond said. The Nurnberg Uso should open much sooner she said. A Uso Center will open july 16 in Sheinberg after seven month delay caused by budget Short Falls the Council was told wednesday. Plant to open a Goeppinger Uso have been delayed indefinitely at the request of Usa eur Raymond said. Uso services will be provided to Goeppinger about 40 Miles South of Stuttgart by a Uso Van until the Center opens. Muenster commissary wins award tops $50,000 Mark Muenster Germany employees of the a Tonsler commissary killed two Birds with one none this week when they won top Honor Astle Best army commissary anew in end num gement s Challenge to top the s50.000 month the Muenster employees beat out 26 other army annexes in the european commissary Region for the a award. Points were awarded by an inspection team based on categories ranging from cleanliness to customer response. Nunn commissary sales in May lopped the $50.000 Challenge Sel by Charles postal commissary Man Ager of the Giessen District. Convicted councilman Dies Long Beach. Calif. A James Wilson what German . Soldiers get Chance to practice decontamination methods by Paul Cozby ki5ml�ulem Bureau Speyer Germany German soldiers who might have to decontaminate . Equipment during wartime got the Chance to work on american vehicles this week. A German chemical decontamination school played Host toils first . Pupils wednesday As soldiers from the Sll Maint in. 21st support come joined their German counterparts at a training Center near Ludwigshafen. The new program at the Spyer training Center gives German soldiers who specialize in decontamination the Chance to work on is. Equipment snid . Col. Henry Raburn chemical officer with the 21st support come. Some of the germans wearing protective suits and operating High pressure hoses attacked to pump trucks washed Down . Vehicles in a procedure called Hasty decontamination. It s very difficult because you have so Many Small edges on a truck said it col. Martin Wichert of the German army. H 1 is responsible for ail nuclear biological chemical training activity in the German territory South Ern come. Weichert stood in the Spray from the water hoses and ran a hand along the fender of an armoured personnel Carrier. We need to know How to work on All . Vehicles be mid. The Hasty decontamination is Only a first Wash with water. Other germans led . Soldiers through the  Ond phase of the cleanup deliberate decontamination. The . Soldiers got out of their protective suits and into a portable warm water Shower while the Germain decontaminated equipment. For Many of the germans it was the first look to us. Chemical protective gear and the first attempt at washing . Vehicles Weichert said. The idea for the program was first suggested in March. In wartime Many decontamination units from he Ger Man Reserve would be assigned to help . Forces in rear areas Raburn said. While German soldiers routinely practice on German equipment in the past they received no training on . Vehicles and protective uniforms they would  in combat. Not knowing the differences Between the equipment of the two countries could cause problems Wichert said. For example air filters on the masks of German Chemi Cal gear screw on and off. The filters can be removed in seconds while the mask is dunked in a  solution. Then the filter is re attached to the decontaminated mask. But american masks have the air Niters secured imme if a German Soldier put an american mask in a solution the filters would be ruined. Under the new program Raburn will bring different companies from the 21st support come each month to the training site on the Rhine River to give the Ger Kwiw a Chance to see a wide variety of . Vehicle and equip ment As for the us. Soldiers Raburn Aid they will have the Opportunity to simulate driving through a contaminated area and following decontamination procedure first upgraded aa-60s leaving Europe for Transfer to units in ., Korea resigned from the a. By Mike heronem1js stiff writer Mainz Germany the first 18 m-60 tanks up graded for Transfer from Europe to units in the United states and Korea were loaded on barges Friday. Almost 2,400 m-60 and my Abrams tanks in Europe Are being upgraded or repaired by the army depot in Mainz before they ire transferred 10 army National guard and Reserve and . Forces card units in the United states and to the Sui us. Army in Korea. The in m-60a3 tanks upgraded from m-60ai, will be transported to Rotterdam the Netherlands cad then ship Ped to Charleston . Another 19 tanks Are scheduled for movement june 20. Tie first 60 my Abraira tanks Are scheduled for ship ment in december. The tank Transfer is in conjunction with the army National guard s program to replace its m-4s and m-60 tanks with newer tanks and with the Fielding of the h 1 Al improved Abrams tank in Europe. The National guard in january began replacing its old tanks with m-60a3s filled with tank Thermal site equip ment for night operation. The first improved Abrams tanks Are scheduled for Fieldine with the 1st inf div fwd in september a Divi Sion official said in March. However Usa eur officials Friday could not confirm the delivery Date. Completion of the Transfer is planned for fiscal War 1990. Cost for upgrading and repairing the 341 m-60a1 tank in Europe is More than $99,000 each Laid Doug Fau k. A Lur. Chief of Supply and production at main army depot modification of the m-60i is taking about 57 Tayi each he said the modification and repair work is pretty dote to being an overhaul Halter said. Engines also arc being modified to reduce pollution he said. Besides the 361 m-60a1 conversions. T,033 other m 60s will be moved out of Europe according to col. Wil Liam t. Harrison Reserve components special Adaer to army Materiel come Europe. Another 1,000 my Abrams also will leave Europe. The tint 300 tanks being upgraded ire coming out of War storage Sites in Europe Harrison Aid. The would source of Tanki headed for the United Sites Wio Cone from Pom us pre positioning of Materiel configured to unit sets  storage tanks Are used to replace Bailie losses while Pom us tanks Are issued to specific units sent to Europe from the United slates said col. Haromn Haisen senior army National guard adviser in Europe