European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V.? "1 would t know How i would fool Abdul being so close to combat in Case of an attack she said. 5gt. Hope Jacobs a 27-year-old material control accounting specialist ram Baltimore said she gives More to nought to her Mission of supper Ting cavalry fighting units than in being so close to combat we would Baback As far As possible she said if something would happen. I m Here and they probably could t get me out. So. I would have to do the Best i  Jacobs said. Wall have no Choice Gore said. 11 attacked Well have to fight right alongside the  Chreti of the women left they word As Well trained As men in the Squadron in held defensive operations. But one of the men. Sol. Gregory t James. 24, irom Neptune n.j., said he fell Only somewhat prepared. We Don t gel enough common skills Soldier fighting and survival skills training he said. Basically we re All trained together Gore said. Skills emphasized during Squadron training included perimeter guard camouflaging Foxholes and equipment land navigation and nuclear biological and chemical prote Cllon. Tha women said. A lot of time females get the bad end of the Slick in the Field. Instead of pulling up tents they get Pul on a guard Post t would t want to be stuck on a guard Post Mulhens said. In maintenance troop women in the Field can t pull night guard duty however said spec. 4 Edward j resells a 22-year-old Legal clerk irom grand rapids Mich. So she pulls seven straight hours of guard Only during the  How s she going to learn whal to do like Sel up the so concerned if an older person would no return. They would t have to pay Tho  Lizelle said she has friends who Stock up on fruit to Lake to relatives in East Berlin. They give Bleak descriptions of Hie in East Germany she said. The american wives say they enjoy a come Crable although isolated existence in Coburg they make it a Point to concentrate on family life rather than the Border. To Don t even Mink about the Border As communism is. Democracy Angelo said. Being on the Border has t made Lizotte any mom fearful for her husband s life. Before we got married he told me work on tanks and there s danger involved i guess i be often equated it to what it must be like to be married to a fireman or policeman. If you worry Aboul the danger at the time you d drive yourself Cray about her own safety Coburg does t have thai much Industry so i Don t think in would be that important for them to Rush right Over Coburg. I really Don l bother to think Aboul in too much the 37-year old Lizotte said even though her Corpora husband is concerned Aboul what would happen to Angelo and their iwo children. Heather. 5. And Holli. 15 a wills. In an attack we Don t talk about it much. Seeing we re so close to the Border maybe we won i even make in out of the country " noncombatant evacuation order Neo briefings Are Given in Coburg. Just like everywhere else in Germany. Evacuation it possible would be dubious the Thiec wives believe. If War truck they d put my husband Back on a Lank in a hash Lizotte said. But 1 Don t dwell on that or think about it or worry about it because there certainly in l anything i m going to be Able to do about  you just have to accept  Jaworski said my husband a Border patrol inspector would be the fir is one out there. And it s been a Little hard for me to accept. What would i do there s nol one Little part of him that says. Well maybe i la slay Back " sets a Tolai by Mam a Roni Mui sol. Hope Jacobs left sgt. Lynda a Wright right. Computer Van or set up tents it All she does is pull guard duty James said. Wright would like to gel More weapons training All the women had qualified recently Wilh Ihetu m-16s, including Jacobs who lived an expert score but firing once every six months is not enough training she said i think to need to go to the Field More when it s  Wright said. Not that i d like in by if thai situation comes up. I would appreciate having had the  Jacobs said she could t remember any Squadron training in combat skills. Gore would like More training with weapons and in repelling attackers. Kelly said training plans Tor Iho Squadron s men and women Wilt include More weapons training and weekly training with Crew weapons like the m 60 machine gun already is being done. Because there arc no women assigned to sections with m-60s, no women Are on m-60 Crews. Kelly said i m not in tha offensive attack bus Lenosv Kelly said. My Job is to provide combat service support and to defend the Squadron three of Iho four women interviewed said the nearness to combat is not sufficient reason to keep women out of the Blackhorse regiment or any other Forward combat support unit in he army. James agreed As Long As there Are More than a handful of women in the Squadron and training is sufficient. They la to just As Good As we men arc i saw it in Ploc primary leadership development course which he just finished. But he said the male Altitude would cause a mess in the Squadron if More women wore assigned. I d rather nol see women assigned to the regiment now because there Are so few women in the unit Jacobs said. It was of when More women were  if leadership would Ireal women As equals there would to loss problems said Mullins from cling Vood a. Allen is against women being assigned to he combat support so if the unit is in a combat situation Wright on the other hand said no place in Germany is really Safe. Ii being close to the Border is the reason not to assign women to combat support unit there should t be women anywhere in Germany including wives i. American army Wiltes go to hopping in Coburg. The stars and stripes Paga 15