European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday september 13,1987 reservist takes command of fort Hood fort Hood. Texas Dpi with half of for Hood s soldiers in Europe for nato exercises inc commander of an army Reserve unil has taken command of this huge Posl. Something that May be unprecedented for an Active army base in peacetime. Brig. Gen. Robert f. Pen Yenick commander of Tufe 102nd army re serve come based in St. Louis took control of fort Hood last sunday. His stint lasts until sept. 18, when his Dep Uty commander col. Jan h. Paynton lakes Over for two weeks according to spokesman la. Col. Dave Crosson. At the end of september fort Hood regulars members of Iii corps will return from their european exercises and la. Gen. Crostic e. Saint will re sume command. Pennycuick is now in command of the Central Texas base normally Home to 38,000 soldiers. However half u soldiers Are in Europe for  exc racism a Terr forces from Germany England the Netherlands and Bel Gium. Pennycuick also has court martial jurisdiction Over the remaining 19,000 regular army soldiers on the base said Crosson Public information officer for the 102nd army Reserve come. As far As we know no army re serve commander of an army Reserve command has been assigned has been granted general court martial authority Over an Active army base and its soldiers Crosson said. The first group of 80 Reserve sol Diers from the 102nd army Reserve. A univ week  Rew my com Missouri and Illinois arrived at fort Tao aug. 30 to begin a two week stint. ".�. They were to Cave saturday and be replaced by another 80 Remc lists who will spend two weeks on the base1. Our definiti9n of Success would be if nobody notices any difference Crosson said. It. Col. John Chapla an army spokesman in Washington d.c., said the plan to move Reserve or National guard officers into command positions Al bases when regular command ers have been called away is an old one. If our armed forces were mobilized in National emergency and Iii corps was deployed the Iob of inc 102nd army Reserve come would be to come to fort Hood within a matter of Days and take on the Job of running the installation commanding the remaining troops on Post until they deployed an overseeing the mobilizing of army re serves and army National guard units and soldiers Pennycuick said. There is no better Way to train for this kind of Mission than to actually perform it and reformer which required Iii corps to deploy to Europe provided the perfect  Pope from Page 1 each other. In the last two weeks we be talked to each  the Pope received a standing ovation at the conclusion of his address which was boycotted by orthodox jewish organizations who were dismayed by the Vatican Audi ence granted to austrian president Kurt Waldheim injure. Waldheim is accused of helping Deport jews and yugoslav partisans when he was a German army officer in world War ii. He has denied it. About 20 protesters some wearing mock concentration Camp garb were outside the metro Dade cultural Center As the jewish leaders and the Pope left. During the meeting the Pope was told that the Waldheim incident had caused pain and anger in the jewish Community. He did not respond but he had told reporters on the trip from Rome that it had been his duty to meet Waldheim since he came As a presi Dent democratically elected of a people of a  another Issue dividing the two faiths the vat ican s reluctance to establish relations with Israel was raised by rabbi Mordecai Waxman honorary president of the synagogue Council of America. We Welcome the recent statements from Vatican leaders declaring that no theological reasons exist in Catholic doctrine to inhibit such relations Waxman said. We strongly urge once again that full and Diplo Matic relations be established  in response the Pope said the jewish people have a right to a Homeland but he added that also applies to the palestinian people so Many of whom remain homeless and  in Miami the Pope was rained out for inc first time in a string of outdoor masses in his 36 Tours beyond  and lightning silenced him in mid Sermon be fore a Quarter of a million people at Tamami Park but Ahardy Tew thousand were still there to cheer when he returned to the altar an Jour later to give a Blessing. I cannot express the admiration to everyone but to you i am expressing this admiration the Pope said. He blessed the crowd in latin and said thank you very much and then Adios. Muchas  at that the crowd chanted Viva papa in his abbreviated Sermon John Paul said Christian values were challenged by crime violence pornography and abortion. He expanded on that theme at the University of South Carolina stadium where he was joined by the 26 protestant and orthodox leaders who met privately with him earlier. Crowds were no problem along the Pope s motor Cade routes in Columbia the capital of a predominately protestant state but 60,000 people turned out in hot and humid weather at the 72,000-seat stadium. A colourful Parade of clergymen of Many denominations All in their clerical Best and two huge inter twined rings of Flowers at Midfield symbolized the Unity which was the goal of the occasion. Our Christian conscience should be deeply concerned about the Way in which sins against love an against life Are often presented As examples of Progress and emancipation John Paul told the crowd. Most often Are they not but the age old forms of selfishness dressed up in a new language and presented in a new cultural framework Many of these problems Are the result of a false notion of individual Freedom Al work in our culture As if one could be free Only when rejecting every objective Norm of conduct refusing to assume responsibility or even refusing to put curbs on instincts and passions. Instead True Freedom implies that we Are capable of choosing a Good without  Pope s itinerary by the associated press Here is the itinerary for the remainder of Pope John Paul ii s . Visit new Orleans sunday. San Antonio Texas sunday monday. Phoenix Ariz. Monday. Los Angeles tuesday wednesday thursday. Monterey Calif. Thursday. San Francisco thursday Friday. Detroit Friday saturday. Army from Page 1 Pended since january s incident and Wib not resume until the corrective actions have been completed the army said. Eventually the army Hopes to develop technology to dispose of the old chemical weapons on each of lie nine Sites where they Are stored Johnston am Tooele Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland Newport army ammunition Plant in Indiana Anniston army depot in Alabama Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas Pueblo army depot in Colorado Umatilla army depot in Oregon and Lexington Blue grass army depot in Kentucky. What happened is that ironically during a period when we were not conducting toxic operations you had a very very minor release of the chemical agent go Chapla said describing the Tooele incident an army statement said the toxic area was no being monitored during the storage which was contrary to the approved monitoring  As a result tie leak was t noticed immediately it said. At Johnston where act k�ky-im5 rockets armed Withgo we stored in bunkers fear workers were exposed during a cleanup Chapla said. One Reao was inadequate protective suits he said. Also he said the workers spent too much time on the cleanup. Someone needed to be monitoring those Guys he said explaining that the report criticized the Lack of adherence to Standard operating procedures. As a result of the investigation the brigadier general at Aberdeen in charge of chemical demilitarization will oversee Day to Day operations at Tooele centralizing control. Control had been with the depot commander and the Plant manager at Tooele. The army also has begun looking for a person to head Quality control. One finding of the report was the Lack of Overall Quality control Chapla said. The army is building a Plant at Johnston that had been Koa dui too into operation in mid-1989. Much of the technology at Tooele about 45 Miles from Salt Lake City has been used to construct the Plant at Johnston. The reports faulted the Transfer of technology fro Tooele to Johnston and one of the remedies is the creation of a panel of experts from Industry and Aca Demia to address the technology Hans Fer Issue. The army says that in the last two yews five such occurrences have been reported none resulting in a threat to the Public or the environment. Strike from Page 1 services of the countries that contribute to North a has improved the group s strength in the past Sev eral years. Another area of improvement is the Multi National army concept As opposed to separate Maoai. Strategies he said. In 1978, a Forward brigade of the 2nd army div at fort Hood Texas was stationed in Karlstedt just Weston Bremen. It is the Only major . Combat unit of Northern Germany and it marked the first major realignment of . Troops in Europe since the end of world War ii. . Troop strength in Germany is Cusac titrated largely in v corps with headquarter Ftp Frankfurt and Vii corps farther South in Stuttgart. The 2nd army div fwd welcomed the rest of the division which was flown to Europe this year As part of the return of forces to Germany for nato s an Nual autumn forge Maneu vers. They will link up with the rest of ii corps from fort Hood nominally a Reserve element for nato scentral Region. The 1st Cav div of fort Hood 45th inf brigade separate of the Oklahoma army National guard and the Headquarters element of the 4th inf div of fort Carson colo., will deploy along with the com combat aviation brigade. Vii corps will supp or ets. Umpires. Split  bks Nerces Are troops from Germany the United a fcb Bej Yurn France and the Netherlands ". Poops Are attached to the Friendly Blue forces. Difatt the first week of Maneu vers they will move North from staging areas South of Hannover through the lines of the German i corps to engage hostile Orange forces North of Hannover Farndale said. The americans Are equipped with the latest Genera Tion of army fighting equipment including them a Abrams main Battle tank the m-2 Bradley fighting vehicle and the Apache attack helicopter. One danger in mane vering heavy Armor around Northern Germany was demonstrated in late August when seven tanks of the 2nd army div fwd became mired in mud during their deployment Wrona turn resulted in the tanks sinking  Road had Tobe built to free them operation took More than a " Tel is not an uncommon Field exercise tale of woe for j the Region. Heaths and moors speckle the exercise area. Beautiful in late summer Bloom the northeastern Corner of Niedersachsen is a major state nature preserve. The Topography of the exercise area is different on in Souther Border where the stale capital of Hannover of a sprawling Volkswagen Plant in Wolfsburg Mark the Soutner Boundary of certain strike and the Northern end of a Pirn Onwu Industrial area. To the West the Weser River and the cities of Nien Burg Verden and Rotenburg form the exercise bound Ary thai reaches East of Bremen to just South of Ham Burg. Northern Germany s major population Center with 1.6 million people