European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Air guard starts Airlift to Europe Fly Paul  Bureau Ramstein a Germany the air National guard this week began strategic Airlift missions to Europe with the first deployment of a newly acquired c-14ib transport plane. Members of the guard s 172nd Mili tary Airlift group from Jackson. Miss made the inaugural Airlift night to Avi Ano a Italy the Crew stopped at Ramstein thursday to rest for a Friday return flight to the United stain. While guard deployment have Lon supported air defense in Europe the guard did t have the planet to Fly strategic Eiri Ift missions Umu this month said col. James Thomas air National guard adviser to the commander of the 322nd Airlift div at Ramstein the 172nd received two c-141b Star life in july 12 and it win receive two More each Quarter for a total of eight said col. Junes Chapman 172nd commander., the air Force is passing eight of the aircraft to both the air National guard and the air Force Reserve for the guard the plane will replace the c-130hercufcs aircraft formerly Down by the Mississippi  14 pilots navigators and Crew members from Mississippi who participated in the first european flight at tended school for the c-m1b at All Usab okla. They trained on aircraft be longing to the military Airlift  172nd will support the 21st air Force in missions in the Eastern unite states and to Eunice and South America Chapman said. The initial Mission forthe unit included transport of people and equipment from Meridian Mia Tolly. The c-l41bs can carry 90,000poundsof cargo or 200 troops. And since the plane can Fly twice As fast As the c-130,members of the 172nd welcomed the  look us nine Houis to get from Mississippi to Spain where we refuelled said it. Col. Tommy Weems. It used to take us about that Long to get to the Bast coast of the United states military Roundup Byrd replaces Walker at Materiel come Europe Meckenheim Germany Brig. Gen. Melvin a Byrd took command . Army Materiel come Europe Friday he replaces Brig. Gen. Harry d. Walker who will become commander of the army s Security affair record and Deputy chief of staff for Security assistance the . Army Materiel come Alexandria a. Byrd s last assignment was commander of electronics Materiel readiness activity. Warrenton a. Mobile Force to deploy for exercise in Italy shape Belgium the Allied come Europe to bile Force will deploy to Northeast Italy for exercise Allegro Exchange 86 sept. 9-23, officials said. The exercise is designed to practice what Ace to bile Force land May be required to execute during periods of International tension in the Northeast Italy Heater of operations the United states Italy Belgium Germany Luxembourg and Britain will participate in the exercise. The Ace Mobile Force is nato s Mobile conventionally armed immediate reaction fora designed to deploy quickly it a threatened area of Allied com Europe. Com fac by tin Eim a bpm tuft Iram Wei Taui saturday july 26, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 9 reservists Hove no reservations about working unit discovers by Wendy Bourlan staff writer gkebenha1n, Germany som soldiers of the 3rd support come s 144th ordnance co said their altitudes toward weekend warriors changed for the better after the hosted an army Reserve unit from . Reserve work i did t think so Athirst said sgt. Lugene Lewis no in charge of the i44lh unit stationed Southwest of Fulda. Once the 395th ordnance co went to work Lewis opinion and those of his comrades changed quickly. The they d do a pretty Good  the Reserve unit s visit was planned eight months in Advance by both companies said chief warrant officer Kenneth David of the j44lh. David went to Appleton to Brief in reservists on the summer training. Their Mission Load haul and store artillery rounds at Forward storage Sites in Giebenhain and Gimel near the East German Bonier. During an ordnance conference i Springfield 111., last year David a former reservist presented the idea of letting reservists plan and run their own Mission. He got the go ahead and was told the Mission in  Reighl set a Standard for training reservists. The 95 members of the Reserve uni arrived at Giebenhain to a hotel of Row tents set up under a Metal  unpacked and were ready to go to work. The reservists Are very profession Al said sgt. Steve Strong one of 10 British ordnance men training with the americans. They re slower than the Active duty americans or the British but they re getting it said Sec. Dav Krueger of the 395th, watching his British col. Bryan Willis left and army reservist Sadk. 4 Greg Collins Hind crate of iss nun howitzer Hells during an exercise in great nhan Germany. Men move pallets of 110-Pound Artil Lery rounds into magazines at the Gie 51  is Good training for the senior cos in planning and correcting deficiencies in Magazine ammunition  younger troops get training on equipment we Don t have in the states. If they Don t get it on Active duty they Don t gel it at All Kruege said. The younger troops May not have been As enthusiastic As Krueger but they were glad to be working. Since we be been Here we be Bee working steady said sgt. Merlin Peterson. In the states on ordnance operations we sat around a  Peterson and other americans admired the British technique of loading and unloading 750-Pound pallet quickly generally speaking we be had excellent training said 1st it. John Novak the reservists commander. University of Maryland expands student housing on Munich Campus by Charlie Bowde Munich Bornn Munich almost everything is increasing for the upcoming academic year at the in Reemty of Maryland s Munich Campus space standards and Cost the extra space is the result of a derision by the Munich military Community to give the Munich Cam pus a building that could be used for student housing resident Dean William Mcmahon said thursday. That decision gives the Campus 54 More spaces for students attending in residence he said. That is 10 percent increase in housing space and should eliminate having to put prospective students on a wailing list. The lost three years we be had to form a waiting list around june for students who wanted to come to Munich Campus but could t because Ofa shortage of living space Mcmahon said. The Campus Wilt receive three More building prob ably by the 1987-88 school year which could significantly increase Munich s potential enrolment an would put the majority of the students into one Loca Tion off the military Cavern. One drawback however is that the Campus May have to give up Bouvier Hall located on the Cavern. It is the largest of the residence Halls housing about half the in resident students. The yearly tuition to attend the Munich Campus will increase by 4 percent to $3,630, he said. The Munich Campus is getting tougher on students. Mcmahon said. Entrance requirements have Bee raised and standards of conduct Are being More Strin gently enforced he , a Hub school graduate needed Only a c Avenue to attend Munich Campus. Now students must have the average plus a minimum of 900 combined score on the Scholastic aptitude test. The change brings  requirements More in line with those of its Parent school in College Park a Mcmahon  tougher stance is also evident in the classroom he Taid a record 54 students were academically Dis missed this Spring and just 37 made the Dean s list. In past Yean it would not be unusual to have 100 or More students make the Dean s list with Only a handful being dismissed he  the classroom the Dean introduced late last year a Tough stance on drug use at Munich Campus that Isnow Standard Poi a. Before students generally got a re Prieve on first offences now it Sone offence and out that s pretty severe Mcmahon said. It rep resents a financial loss and academic loss to the Stu Dent but we can t have drugs on the  Mcmahon also said anticipated cuts in Federal fund ing in financial Aid programs did not materialize be cause Congress appropriated the Money to keep the programs alive. This Baa allowed Munich Campus to maintain its work study and guaranteed student loan programs at the same level As last year. For additional information on financial Aid or in Roll Teal. Contact Munich Campus at Munich military 2521 ets 440 �535,6530 or civilian 089-69 m 093