European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A by Huna my Mhz a i a Mimi a Mem  a hmm combat could come tomorrow by Mike Heronemus Luenburg bureaus f men of the Blackhorse regiment go la War in the Fulda Gap tomorrow women of the regiment will go. Too. Only 10 women soldiers Are still in he 11th army Cav Reg. A Are members of the boo Soldier combat support so commanded by it. Col. Ronald f. Kelly. As a Iron line army combat unit Iha 111d in t supposed to have women in us ranks. Before september 1985 there were Norm. All 119 combat support soldiers were assigned o the 15th main co 3rd support come. Bui army modernization and reorganization plans caught up to the regiment that september and the maintenance company donned spurs to become an integral part of the 111h army Cav. About 30 women were assigned when the unit activated Las year. Kelly said he and the regimental commander agreed at the Lime it would be Best to avoid personnel turbulence by letting the women leave through Normal attrition spec. 4 Gloria j. Allen said the last woman will leave in March 1988. The 26-year-old administrative specialist from Leesburg ala., works Tor Kelly. Sen. William Proxmire a wis. And son. William Cohen Al male Are sponsoring a Bill that would permit the army to permanently assign women to nulls like the Blackhorse s combat support so which directly support combat units. Those Forward support units provide Supply and maintenance support Lor combat units and Are nol i for offensive operations. Being in the Field going to War does t made a difference in oat Type of work Sard sgt. Jeffrey k. Mullins 22. He has been in the regiment nearly three years. But. Depending on How the next War is fought ii could be As much combat in he rear areas As in the ,. Forward areas said col. Thomas e. While regimental commander. Four of he Tow no in he Squadron said they did no give much though to being so close to combat when they first joined the army. They the army say you re a Soldier Tost but because of he mos miliary occupation specially Don t associate the Job with combat Allen said. I just Felt i would come Anlo the service for an education and Hope nothing would go Down said Theresa m. Gore a 24-year-Ckt radio repair spec asst from Cincinnati. I did t i Hank i d be stationed this close to the Border said sgt. Lynda k. Wright. When the 22-year old unit clerk from Harrisburg pa., arrived in Fulda nearly Svi years ago i was scared she said. The Fulda Gap where the 11th army Cav regt slug astride its m-3 Bradley cavalry fighting vehicles and a Abrams tanks is an historic invasion route to Western Europe. They say Fulda would be the first place attacked Wright said. I think about it a Tot. If we go to War what would  Allen is he Mother of two children. Her husband la assigned to the 521 St Maint co an equipment calibration and repair unit just across he Valley from her Downs Barracks office. F families on the Fence by Mike Heronemus Wurzburg bureaus he clattering sounds of Bradley cavalry lighting vehicles rolling past her House every Day gave 22-year-old Diana m Angeio a scary reeling but after two years of living in Coburg about five Miles from the East German Border it does t Bolher me so  she and two other american born . Army wives live with their husbands and Ami ties just across the Fence from East Germany. On either Side of that Fence armed military patrols keep an anxious watch on each other. It a a vigilance the 3rd inf div cavalry Squadron recently predesignated 4th so 4th Cav has been keeping for Nins years. De tulle the Neadau of the Border no fear of attack is obvious in the German civilian Community nor among the . Army families living in Coburg said Sandra p. Jaworski an officer s wife for nine months. Besides the three americans several German wives married to american soldiers live in the cily. I think that everyone Lees like nobody s going to come Over the Border  said Irene e. A Zotler. She has been married to a noncommissioned officer far nearly nine years. They have two boys Robert 6, and Jason 4. Still during social events with members of the German Border police who also Are based at  Barracks conversation will always turn to the Border situation Jaworski said. It does t dominate he conversation but usually at one time during the evening Well talk a Little about the Border she said. All three american women have been to the Border to see the Fence i d heard so much about Wiotte said. None of them ready knew what to expect. Zolte stammered for words to describe what she fell at the Border just so amazed that there s oils double Row of Fence that Goe a far Ai you can see. And Ell the barbed wire tilts in toward heir  when i Mph i Don t know you look a t the other Side and think How sad their life must be Angeio said. Through their German friends with relatives or friends in the eel the americans have perceived a reeling More of sadness about the fenced division than tear of aggression. Jaworsky who Speaks German Well said her German friends have relatives in East Germany who Tavel across the Border occasionally. They Are elderly so travelling from the East is not difficult. They draw pensions and East Germany is we Mutto fam  of Tkel Page 14 the stars and stripes