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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, July 19, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. July 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 u9 photon my sgt Onderick Pooh nkana some to obit. No sets goals . Citizenship officer s rank  Wuerzburg Germany being a top notch Soldier with a drive to exc in t enough to make a sergeant an army officer if he from Nigeria. Army officer have to be american citizens Loo. To hear Hii platoon sergeant and the unit s executive officer Calk ski. Broderick udoh a kaput Mutt be the sharpest Junior noncommissioned officer in co a 123rd signal in at Hin Denburg  Only thine holding up udoh nkana s application for officer candidate school ii his citizenship his platoon sergeant said. The slender soft spoken Soldier has applied to the Memphis.  office of the .immigration and naturalization service Tor . Citizenship but has t received a  what i be been told. Iii have to to to the states Tor an interview hearing and to swear an oath said udoh nkana a twitch Board operator Section chief. How quickly that will happen depends upon court loads said a . Consulate employee in Frankfurt. . Citizenship bad been considered bythe 33-year-old nigerian until be decided to apply for of car candidate school few month Sago. Hii wife who is from Wichita kan., had Udot nkana was a student at Friend University in i Chuti when he met Teni in Par they we married in August 190  Frad Maud with a Bachelor of Enos degree in Busi . After graduation be worked vote than a Yeartie Tibt lift Lon Nutce then joined the army be i lieu offend excitement Yoo re Tow tit doing something different not toe tame thing Over and Over be  a native Nigeria in 1975 to go to Kabool in the United state. His father i wanted to go to the Sutea because of and Etc wante t states e Good things i Bat Beard about  own Iii ,. I like toe Freedom of Choice. You dont have Freedom of Choice in Nigeria. You have voting rights but voting ii limited. Here Are Many restrictions on Busin Eio opportunities. I am More interest Eden Beta on Milhan working with my father be said leave that for the younger ones.1. He ton oae brother and i Sitters and going to school in Nigeria. He Hain t told them of his plans to change his citizenship.7 Don t know How Ray parents would feel about it udoh nkana said. But he believes be coming a . Citizen will open opportunities. In America Yon can just like in the army be All you can be. You can set your own  Torrejon troop reductions could begin in mid August by Cunt Swift Washington Bureau Washington the first Steps toward the reduction of american troops at Torrejon a Spain announced alter the latest round of talks Between .and Spanish negotiators could begin As Early As mid August or september . Officials  talks july 10, negotiators announced a 10 per cent reduction in the 4,500 . Troops at Torrejon Over a period of several months. A Reagan administration official who spoke on the condition he not be identified said because of Security reasons the government is unlikely to say which troops might be moved or where they might go. We be got state of the Art components there f-16s," he said. The change is not viewed As seriously affecting our capability he said. Other bases can be used in an  he noted that after the . Bombing of Libya last Spair bases Are jointly occupied by . And Spanish forces. The official said one of the air Force s options might be to upgrade the training base at Zarzgoza. Spain into More of the Forward fighter base that Tor Rejon is. But an air Force official said thai is merely  is Home to the 16th air Force and three squadrons of the 401st tac fighter Wing Sragoza Isa Tanker base that also hosts , fighter Crews that rotate in to use the Bardenas Reales bombing an gunnery Range in West Central Spain. In any Case the reduction might take same pressure off air Force of kills who have to work within a con Gressional ceiling on troop strength As they try to staff new weapons systems such As the cruise missiles being american missionary freed by kidnappers Malawi. Philippines a an american missionary was freed unharmed Friday by his moslem captors after six Days in Captivity. No Ransom was paid for Bis release a negotiator said. The presbyterian evangelist Brian Lawrence looked slightly shaken when he was brought to mar Ali 510 Miles South of Manila by Princess Tarhata Alonto Lucman who negotiated his release "1 fed very Happy Lawrence 30, of Madison win. Told reporters "1 have to say my kidnappers always treated me Well. There were times i was threat ened. You know How people Are that if the military would operate t would be  Lawrence a tall bearded Man was released at about noon. He had been held on an Island in Lake Lanao in Mindanao Lanao Del sur province. He said his captors did not know his name or nationality when he was abducted on saturday from his apartment to Malawi. Military officials have said he was believed held by a group called the barracudas a private army linked to moslem political Kingpin All it Saporo a supporter of ousted president Ferdinand e. Marcos. Army names Soldier father who drowned in Koenigsbe Augsburg Germany army officials Friday identified the Soldier and her rather who drowned tuesday in the Koening see near Berchtesgaden. Spec. 4 Mary Beth Lueders 25, of the 1st operations in army Security Agency Field station Augsburg and Gene Luedert 52, were killed when they fell into the water from a 300-foot Cliff an Augsburg Community spokeswoman said. The Soldier her father and Mother Margery All from Raleigh n.c., were vacationing in Bertche Sagaden when the Accident occurred. They were walking on a Trail when the Soldier tripped and fell into the Koe Pingsee the spokeswoman said. The father in an apparent attempt to save his daughter also slipped and fell into the Lake. The Mother asked for help from passers by and German police recovered the daughter s body floating to the water. The father s body was found several hours later. Deployed in  saying they were in the dark Over details of the proposals by the United states and Spain defens and state department officials expressed Confidence that the reduction would not harm nato  will probably be a reduction in troop strength but what the reduction will be and when it will occur is still under discussion said maj. , an air Force spokesman. The reduction will not reduce nato  joint communique issued in Madrid Spain after the talks said the americans would be replaced mostly by Spanish civilians. If in the Long term our forces Are supplanted by really crack Spanish units and the Spanish have some there might not be any loss of readiness the administration official said. The United Stales has sold Spain first  aircraft including of is Hornet strike fighters and avg harriers. The latest Issue of the military balance published by the International Institute for strategic studies in London states that otherwise the Spanish Arsenal consists mostly of older ,-built f-4 phantom and French Mirage  course we re helping the Spanish too with raiding and avionics the official said.1 the official said it was no Accident that the july 10 communique mentioned Torrejon but not Zaragoza Rota or the air base at Moron where the United states also has troops. The key element is Torrejon the official said it s right outside the Spanish capital and has almost 5,000  has been a Magnet for anti nato demonstrators who Hope to limit Spanish participation in the Alliance. After a referendum tour months ago Spain re Mains in nato but its forces Are not integrated with those of other nations in the nato military command. Ili Tii by Roundup 183rd tac fighter group will train in Wildenrath Ramstein a Germany the . Air Force tac air come will deploy 12 f-4d Phan Tom aircraft from the air National guard s183rd tac fighter group Springfield iii., to Wildenrath Germany aug. 2-16. The Short term tactical deployment called Cor Onet Wichita is part of a larger program called Check ered Flag in which ,-based tactical air units deploy to Europe Alaska and the Pacific. While overseas the 183rd will train with Mili tary elements Osnato. Musaffi 52nd tac fighter Wing from Span Dahlem a Wilt provide sup port co the 183rd while it is in Germany. Retiree open House set aug. 23 at Panzer Cavern Stuttgart Vii corps will Host usar eur i sixth annual Retiree open House at pan Zer Cavern in to Eslingen Southwest of Stuttgart on aug. 23, a corps spokesman said. I. Gen. Andrew p. Chambers Vii corp commander will address the retirees on topics such As a Benefit social Security entitlements and medical benefits. Glaucoma tests vision tests and blood pressure readings also will be available. More information is available from the Vii corps Retiree services Branch ets 4212-700 or 807, Stuttgart military 2723-700 or 807 or Stutt Gart civilian 0711-7292-700 or �07. Ribbon cutting ceremony opens Sheinberg Uso Sheinberg Germany the Rhein Berguson is open for business on the second floor of the Reichel , Gen. Kenneth e. Lewi commander of the 2ist support come and armenians Janssen second Deputy mayor of the City of Sheinberg Cut the ribbon opening the Uso on wednesday. Lewi thanked american International under writers and american express for the financial help thai made the Uso possible. To comped by to bin to Itrat pmed Iran Nohh Temh  
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