European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday june 30,1987o Iran vows to hit . Ships in upper Gulf by United press International warred the United slates sunday that if it naval  the Iran Iraq Border in the upper Gulf undone Mmel fest citing ships the area would become a Dcarl  .  Iran s official news Agency Irna quoted Hossen Alai naval commander of to islamic revolutionary guards corps As saying Tehran has prepared Contin gency plans to Deal destructive blows again inc i United states in he Region. Against the Alai said recent . Statements about its Milila presence in the Gulf were tantamount to a dec a of War on Iran. He said a Large number of  have been stationed on Abji Bra Island near the Strait of Hormuz Horn Infra proposed increase inthe . Naval prey Ritvan the Gulf. Units carried out naval Maneu Versai sunday Tehran radio said. Prime min ister Mir Hosslin Musavi attended As fresh iranian troops headed for the area. If the United slates attempts to approach the Linn Iraq Borders under the pretext of escorting ships in the waterway the area would become a deadly comb zone for . Warships Alai said. Nutly referring pc Lam Al Arab Stu Arjyl lets Lac Iran Iraq Bor Der for about the  to Pitej Dhim As say  United Stales had  m Odi Arabia was being interpreted in Iraj Selling up of a . Base on saudi territory. In a commentary Tehran radio said . Plans to Send the battleship Missouri to the Region in july were an indication Washington was preparing the ground for a new plot in the Gulf. Auti sunday also threatened to attack naval installations of Iraq s Gulf allies if Baghdad s forces hit Irani an installations. If the Baghdad regime attacks Iran s Lions. Similar in under ah3ck," lick. Is attacked in the com i Liy the iraqi regime the iraqi regime s sup porters ships will also be  the parenthesis was Irna  believed the warning was directed Al Kuwait and saudi Arabia. In Northwestern Iran id people were killed and 650wounded sunday when iraqi jets used chemical weapons in bombing raids Over a Rasht. The iraqis used Tard Gas in two raids Irna said. Bucal attack at a Rasht was the second in a Many Usy Lelh a forces used countermeasures against Poison a much by iraqi bombs in the area saturday Irna  most of sunday s victims  children without Protection against toxic gases 1rp iranian forces shot Down two attacking planes Irna said. Baghdad had no immediate comment. Soldiers Odd up the benefits of tour Extension by Brenda Hoste slab writer Baum re. Germany some sol Diers Wourm juju Uitti forever if the army would Elsic. Robert the 54th inf in 3rd brigade. Div for a decade. If his request for an Extension is approved he could be Lwarner Barracks five More years. Cpl. James Easlon came to the Unitas a first Turmer serving an i a month tour. He s now serving an in Mont tour Extension and has requested to extend it to 24 months. Cart. Lelon Carroll co b commander is on his second Lour with the s4ih and has requested a 24-month Extension. Why do these soldiers stay particularly with a unit thai i ends most of its time in the Field loyalty Kreidler said. That s what you get when you Reja unit this Long. Besides Mam enjoy the stability. When you give Good place to work and Waple who support you you la is " Carroll said Thoj frs Effort put fort by leaders  to keep soldiers  where they Are and doing. That s particularly True when you re Ina unit like ours. This is nol an easy life he said. We Sun very Busy with training an spend a lot of time away from our families because we Are training for the real thing Here to deter enemy armoured aggression  realism is another reason Carroll  that kind of train ing constantly ining ties like they  Uta Easton agreed about the1of Good leadership and said Iris the reasons he s extending  my platoon our people Al of each other the Iob a Soldier said. Our platoon Jumpp so things run smooth. Jefri be sea enters in my unit who had Gimp problems and i be Seeni of command help them Oul. Seen where thai does t Hap in in other units. I know i happens Here so Why Lake a Chance of leaving it when cos stay longer the troop scan Only Benefit Kreidler said. Cos who have been in a unit awhile get to know the ropes. That gives them git advantage Over a new a Coho has to come in and Leam about the  said the army s decision to liberalize the tour Extension require ments earlier this year was Long Over due and now soldiers Are putting it to Good use. When you Chin keep a Good sold who you have trained for months you gel Sunit and Moranc we mar besides now we re no a people Back an Forth Beja Prog menu. If they want his should be allowed to if eel the requirements.1 54th leads the division s 22 Bat id extensions. 1986 and april1987 the Baiato blended 65 of its 817 soldiers "whlcntdue"15 / for a battalion that size 5 a that not All soldiers Are lend Al the same time a spokeswoman  1st army div also leads All units in Usa eur with 1,200 approve foreign service Lour extensions during the same  is showing a substantial increase in Lour extensions a isl personnel come spokesman said. Statis tics show that the extensions have More than doubled Between october i486 when there were 887 and april 1987when 1,996 extensions were approved. The largest increase. Susareu came  april of this year in  when the ppm Foo encourage Good soldiers r. And in  slay with us particularly the first termer because they gel Good sense of belonging when they arrive and when they get a Good thin they Don i want to leave it said com Mand sgt. Mai. Larry Melton the Bat Talion s top no. We care about our soldiers we have something to offer them in terms of motivating them and that Conie through feeling like they be contributed to the unit to the  said one of the most important things a commander can do is Tolet soldiers mow they Are doing a Good of and thai they Are important to the"1 its Mission. L acknowledge however that  and culture Are other  to  has atm Towich Why soldiers stay Kreidler Nahmut so Dothe Bamberg people. They Tol us right. We have a great  German Community and that also makes it Tough to leave. Wife of pollster Gallup killed in car Accident Thurso Scotland a Robina Gallup member of he family that runs the Gallup poll ing organization was killed when her car was hit by a train Al a level crossing in the North of Scotland police said sunday. Gallup 46, of the United Stales was the wife of pollster Alec Gallup. She was in the scottish Highlands visiting her Mother and Stepfather who Are on a fishing Holiday in Northern Suther land said Thurso police sgt. Robert Macleod. Pope beautifies i thur Vatican Cereac ican City a be John Paul icon Surv Bay beatified a minnian Bishop and Lold Litho Aikin Cal Hajj me prays every Day for their Homeland Mjmie says soviet authorities have refused t�3bp v $ a among  for the mass of beatific Ludm St. Pellet Basilica were about2,500 Elan catholics a lithuanian origin who Jinjr in Rome this Montllor celebrations the 600th anniversary of to arrival of fist Anil in Lithuania and thei archbishop Jurgis maintains. Beatification is a formal step toward sainthood. Election from fags 1 Mott important breakthrough in the political crisis that has been building for the last two months Over the Issue of How to change the constitutional process for selecting South Korea s National Leader. Chun suspended All debate on the subject in april but the disturbances grew in intensity this month and he reversed himself last week and urged thai talks resume. The opposition has been insisting on direct election while the democratic Justice party had demanded that if the Constitution is changed it should be in favor of Cabinet system headed by a prime minister. For his part Chun had said that he would accept what Ever Compromise the two sides could devise but he also nude it Clear that he was satisfied with the existing constr tuition which Calls for the president to be elected indirectly by a 5,000-member electoral College. The opposition has charged that this system is weighted unfairly in the ruling party s favor and has pressed for direct elections. Navy of of Ticino  that  Trost said the uhf commitment in the persian Gulf is a Good  kind of additional pressures the program was Fol Tao  that Effort our Progress toward attain Mim ship Force str Ture has provided much greater a Navy spokesman said it is too Early on what i text the persian Gulf Joni Felt the new goal. Even though we d Jita Hng every ship every aircraft Carrier  Back in us months we might noted Poao thai  the  goals established in octo-ber.lm3,i? that each ship or aircraft Squadron spends a mini mum of so percent of its time at Home port deployments arc to be a maximum of six month Sand ships and squadrons Are to have a turn around ratio of 2-to-l Between major deployments. This Means two months in the Continental United Stales for each month of deployment before the Sailor can Besent out again. Navy officials said that sin goals came into  wll no Tancos in a or s Motl is. The air of. Kennedy and two cruisers re borne about 3 Days late this Spring because of in Lebanon. Carrier Nimitz is expected to be two Days Latel tuning to the United Stales after a Mediterranean Dembiki became its Home port is Chang ing from  Wash. Even if it s Only Onen War six months Admira Trost personally has to  a Navy spokesman said. That s How Coriol Decd he is to