European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I thursday. March 12, t987 the stars and stripes. .pi0tt i aviation ordnance units honoured for achievements p1rmasens, Germany the department of the army Superior unit award was presented to the 22nd aviation Del and 3rd Ord in in separate ceremonies tuesday by men. Glenn k. Olis Usa eur commander. The 22nd was Ched for outstanding achievement during the deployment of the penning ii missile sys. Tern from september 1983 through november 1985.the detachment flew 3,400 Accident free hours during this period marking the 18th and 19lh consecutive years in has recorded this achievement. The 3rd was died for supporting the Pershing deploy rent from june i9s3 through december 19s5. The Bat Talion also supported the downgrading of the perching tand Nike Hercules missile system placing the Bradley fighting vehicle in pre Pool toned equipment storage and deploying the Patriot missile system to Europe. Spon Dahlem colonel wife Safe s award nominees Span Dahlem a. Germany col. Lawrencee Day 52nd tac fighter Wing commander and his wife. Frances Ait Safe s nominees for the Gen and. Mis. Jerome  Malley award. The award honors the Wing commander and spouse whose contributions to the nation the air Force and the local Community beat exemplify the highest Ideal Sand positive leadership of a military couple in a key air Force  Malley and his wife Diane died april 20, 1985, in an aircraft Accident. O Malley was commander . The tint award was won last year by col. Peter and Patricia Robinson. He is commander of the 36th tac fighter Wing at Pitburg a Germany. Presbyterians planning Retreat in Bavari amay Berchtesgaden Germany the arts Buleri an reformed Retreat sponsored by the presbyterian Council for chaplains and military personnel will be Mayloa Sandra Brown pastoral theology professor a Princeton theological Seminary and Bruce Thiele Mann pastor of Pittsburgh s first presbyterian Church will Lead worship Ana study. Programs will be provided for children of All Ages. The free Retreat also includes child care. Several denominations provide scholarships for travel and lodging opens i. For information Call chaplain col Charles r. Gibbs at ets 3254328 or 325-o290,reservations can be made by calling the Berchtesgaden religious Retreat House test to Stefl or4tl-577& unclaimed a Offenbach Germany warehouse personnel Are trying to locale service members and civilians in Europe who have not claimed their unaccompanied baggage a v corps spokesman  left unclaimed after 300 Days is subject to disposal he  following people should Contact the Offenbach warehouse Ito Box 444, Frankfurt military Community Apo 09 j 70, or Call Frank Furt military 320-5008 or 7309. A Cwm Imam d Mim Rummo   , artful . But feel.  Fly a. Otil or.3htnw.ctuntwdmt.vinhu m mkt aim Aith i n dim 750 is deployed to Honduras Washington a the Pentagon said tues Day in has sent 750 soldiers to Honduras on a no notice exercise in a test of emergency deployment procedures. The soldiers were drawn from the 7th Light inf div a fort Ord calif., and were scrambled without notice Early tuesday to Northern Honduras for a combined training exercise with honduran forces the Pentagon said. The soldiers will remain in Honduras through March 25, the Pentagon added. New rotation dates for soldiers Here Are the adjusted rotation dates Tor soldiers who were scheduled to leave this summer m4 org a . 2s oct. 29octw Octal nov.1 nov. Nov. 3 nov. 4 not nov. 7  mov. 10nov. 11 nov. 12 mpt.k-3000.1-2 Betm Oclmoclt-10 oct 11-11ocllj-u oct-1octlma a. 10-20 oct 21-22octz3-i4 oct2s-�ocl2t-2s mum not. 13ndv 14 nov.1s nov. I nov. 17 nov. Ii nov. It nov. Hnov.j1 ssh oel. 241nov. 1.2 nov.s-4nov.s-s nw.74nov.hd nov. 11-12nov. 13-14 new. 1s.1cnov. 17-18 hw.1mo  dk.4   dk.10ph. 11 do. 12dh.li dm.14 auo.14 d0.21 set. 3-h nov.7 oct17.1� mov.24 nov 2i-j3 pto.1aug.44 of. 22 gtpl.1s.ia not. Od.1t2 mov.2s nov.2344 oh.1 at it oct. S3 8jt17-1� nov. Of 2 nw.2s  dh.lauo.lc-12 o0.24 set. 19-20 nov oo.2j-2  nw.it-2s dm.1 anal is o0.2s 8m-2v22 nav.1 oct2s  nw.i�-30 me. 19aufrls-is 00. M 8.23.94 nov. 1 Oclit-2  Volany is a Usa eur ago psf longer Tours 1985 Survey found by the Stan and Striae sol diet on a to incr tourist or in Mnnie _ inn Triy Stripe almost half of the soldiers interviewed in the 1985usareur personnel opinion Survey said they would have difficulty accepting a six month increase in tour lengths. Asked what they considered the Ideal Lour length i Europe 23,3 percent said they would choose 24 monies 21,9 percent said 12 month 20.3 percent said 18 months and 13.8 percent said 36 months. The Survey also discussed the effects of longer tour son morale questioned about the effect of a 24 or 30-Monihlour on soldiers then serving an 18-month tour. 29 percent said it would result in lower morale and 19.1percent said it would result in much lower morale. Only 11.2 percent said in would result in higher or much higher morale and 20.1 percent said it would not affect morale. One Survey item asked soldiers their opinion on the were Tou rilly accepting it strongly disagreeing with the statement were 27,6percent, while 20 percent disagreed 23.6 percent agreed 16.9 percent strongly agreed and 11.9 percent neither agreed nor disagreed. The Survey in december 1985 and january 1986gathered soldiers1 views on equal Opportunity drug and alcohol abuse morale support activities tour lengths and sponsorship. Results from the 1986 Survey will be available this summer. The Survey also revealed that 19,6 percent believed soldiers o a longer tour 24 or 30 months Wouldhave Many More personal problems than those serving an 18-month tour while 33.3 percent said they Wouldhave More personal problems. Almost 22 percent said soldiers on a longer tour would have neither More no fewer personal problems and 17,5 percent had no opinion. And 29 percent of the soldiers surveyed said fewer soldiers serving a longer tour would re enlist while 13.7 percent said far fewer soldiers serving a longer tour would re enlist. Wertly two percent said longer Tours would not have an effect on re enlistments and19 percent had no opinion. Asked what would be the most important Factor unconvincing them to request a voluntary Extension of oversees duty 3j.6 percent said they would t  fourth said their present duty sigment would be the major Factor while 7 percent cued their expiration term ots ervice Date and 3.5 percent named their Rota lion Dale. When asked what would be the most important fac Tor in convincing them not to request a voluntary Extension of overseas duly 38.8 percent said present duty assignment 14.7 percent said family members 8.1 percent cited their expiration term of service Dale and 5.5 percent named Lack of jobs for family Mem Bers overseas. Of the soldiers surveyed i2.s percent had been i Europe 10 to 12 months 11.8 percent for seven to nine months 10.6 percent for 13 to is months and 10.1percent for 16 to 18 months. Half were serving a 36-month Lour 20.2 percent were on a 24-month tour and 17.8 percent were on an 18-month Lour. More in military should serve their full Tours Pentagon says by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington the military reassignment account could be reduced sharply if More servicemen Bers were made to serve their full Tours according 10pentagon statistics. At least one third of the military personnel re assigned last year did not serve their entire previous tour according to information from the defense Man Power data Center about half of army personnel who moved in fiscal1986 served less than 18 months in their last assign ment in the air Force the figure was about 42 per cent while the Navy was at 36 percent and the Marine corps slightly More than 33 percent. Those statistics Don t include personnel coming inactive duty leaving the service or at Short tour areas such As Korea. Many of these Short Tours Are for training Readi Ness compassionate and other legitimate reasons Pentagon manpower chief Chapman Cox wrote in March 3 memo to service personnel chiefs. Many however arc not. While i m confident we can Demon Strate significant Reform to the pcs program in most areas a review of the data still indicates a very Large number of Short Tours.1 Cox s memo directed the Navy and air Force to provide by april is an analysis of reassign cols Der my the summer of 1986 to determine the Success of initiatives to reduce the number of Short Tours. The army s analysis generally confirming the de sense manpower data Center s findings showed that compassionate realignments and waivers to allow personnel to attend military schools were the lop Rea sons for Short hours. Cox s memo represents a shift in emphasis from initiatives to Fine tune Lour lengths such As increasing touts at a number of overseas locations to ensuring that personnel serve prescribed Tours As much us Possi ble a Pentagon spokesman said. Cox already has ordered tighter requirements for waivers of Normal tour lengths but he feels More documentation is needed to show that the services redoing everything possible to minimize Short hours the spokesman said the services have to do a belter Job of managing their people before we can successfully lobby in con Gress Tor More Money for our reassignment accounts the spokesman said.  usually must serve three years at most stateside locations. The Standard overseas Lour is 36 months for accompanied personnel and 24 months for unaccompanied personnel