European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 12, 1987 th6 stars and stripes Page 9 it s a Rocky Road to Mission s end by Connie Dickey staff writer Moench Berg. Germany the Engi neers problem is cd Chad in Stone. These rods Are killing  said sic. Isaa Ccarter of in n. La erg rain. 7th enc brigade. We can handle in though there s just so Many and they re big  about 22 soldiers from the company s heavy equipment Section along with members or the support platoon have been going daily id the Community of Moc Ochberg near a Schaffenburg to Clear and level land for a horse Riding  Call inc area the Stony because of its pros Ivinity in an old Rock Quarry. And soldiers have found the place aptly named. They already have caned off 462 dump truck loads of  Moench Berg Community contacted As Chat Tinburg after learning thai no German Firmin the area had the equipment Loeut and level the Hill where the City s Riding club wanted to build an indoor training Arena. We were asked if we could do it and we said yes said company commander Cape. Steven Johnson. Not Only docs it Foster Good relation with inc germans it is giving our soldiers some valuable training . 4 Thomas Jones operates a bucket loader and is glad for some real world  plan on doing construction work when 1 leave inc army so this is great said Jones who maintains the equipment when not operating it. It s a lol better to be out doing something wit the equipment i m trained  the group s Mission As combat engineers inputting up obstacles destroying obstacles and making temporary  arc doing More than moving dirt around so this is Good training Johnson  the soldiers finish the project Friday the cleared area will be 44 Yards by 77 Yards. Sets photo by q fort a Homco a 9th engr in 7lh engr brigade needs More than shovels and brooms to work he land in Mounch Burx. Canadian forces divided Over new look by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Lahr Germany the Canadian forces arc looking less like a seamless web with the arrival of new uniforms distinguishing the three service branches and reactions to the change arc As diverse As the uni form themselves. Some members at Canadian forces base Lahr Sayih new clothes Are More comfortable and Foster occupational Pride. Others see them As a catalyst for Infra service rivalries and say their government should have directed its Money and efforts  Servic members have worn the same Green work dress and combat uniforms since the government uni fied the Canadian army Navy and air Force nearly two decades ago. The current progressive conservative government while retaining the forces integrated Structure is fulfilling a 1984 pledge to restore distinctive uniforms to the three branches at a Cost of $54 million Canadian $37,8 million the change will provide tue uniforms to the air Force White summer and Royal Blue Winter uniforms Toile Navy and Tan summer uniforms to the army. The army will retain the present Green uniform As its Winter Wear. Each member receives the initial uniform Issue at no charge and everyone has the option of wearing the old Green logs until january 1989, Canadian forces Europe personnel already Are equipped with new Winter dress uniforms and Many have summer ones As Well. The Canadian bases at Lahr and Adan Sochi Ingon Are Home to both army and air Force units and Lahr also has a sprinkling of sailors so both bases arc becoming Patchwork Quill of clothing colors. Chief warrant officer George Robertson an air Force officer who advises personnel on uniform Propri Ety said the introduction of the ubiquitous Green uni forms in the 1960s provoked much greater reaction than the current  majority of people Felt it was a waste of Money. They preferred to stay in the original uniform he said. A lot of people actually got out of the military rather than make the , Mark twiname an administration clerk Al Lahr s base administration Headquarters said the Sud Den appearance of mixed uniforms in his office has 8reduced a few jokes but no major skirmishes  All in the fun of  a Lahr enlisted woman said the new uniforms were waste of Money that could have been  on important things the woman who asked not to be ice Naif cd said she expected the uniforms to increase friction among her office colleagues a mix of soldiers and airmen whose loyalties often Are divided along those lines. Instead of buying us new uniforms just give us araise/1 said master Cpl. . Munro of i Canadian signal regt in Kingston  Munro who came to Germany to Umpire the canadians fait military exercise said the berets that airborne units Wear seem to give them greater Pride in their work. Another Umpire master Cpl Luke Aymar assigned to the Royal Canadian dragoons Al Canadian forces base gag Clown in new Brunswick expressed similar satisfaction with his Black dragoons Beret. We look like a Blob right now. Nobody s got an character Aymar said referring to the Green outfit. Whenever you want to implement a change like that there will be some resistance said army  pc Lelier a personnel and administrative officer with 1 in Koyal 22 regt. But he said he approves of the change and regards the iwo decades of Green uni forms As a relatively Brief interruption of a Long tradition the one being reinstated. I Don t think in has changed much As far As the integrity of the armed forces is concerned he said. We still think we Are part of a  uniform change lakes on an added dimension for sailors who until recently used army and air Force  canadians said that if inc new uniforms Are controversial at All in s because the forces have had to determine who was in the army who was in the air Force and who was in the Navy. Thai was no easy Taskin the Case of people whose occupations Are found in All three  s a bit of belly Ching i guns about which environment service Branch people ended up in said air Force maj. Sidney Stephen Lahr base Supply officer but in in t because they wanted to stay with he of Green  Stephen who signed up 2s years ago said the Origi Nal uniform change displeased him greatly. I wore that old Blue uniform right until the last Dayi was allowed to Wear in he said. You re not finding anybody trying o Wear inc Green uniform like that. It a different  Robertson said he has grown accustomed to it. How Ever. I spent 13 years in inc Blue uniforms and in was hard Logie it up he said. But then i spent 17 years in he Green uniform and it was equally hard to give it  second weekend storm kills at least 3 in Spain Barcelona Spain up Al least inns people have died in storms that lashed the Northeast ten coast for the second night weekend authorities said sunday. Rescuers searched the rugged Cost Bravi coast North of Barcelona for Bri ton who disappeared White  people were killed in landslide triggered by heavy Rains on saturday. A civil guard spokesman in Barcelona a City near the coast in northeastern Spain said five highways were closed from overflowing Rivers or from fear of landslides. Torrential Rains driven by Gale Force winds fell throughout the Region sat urday causing Power blackouts and Cut Ting highways and railroads. High winds u times reaching 60  Trees and damaged buildings in Tarragona province and seven people were injured Al a hotel when windows shatter red. Police in the Costa brava resort town of Tossa Del mar said they were continuing their search for a 22-year-old British Man. Steven Forster who disappeared saturday while swimming in storm tossed Waters. Two spaniards died and three others were injured when their vehicle was hit by a landslide on a mountainous Road in Licida province. It was the second weekend in a Row that heavy storms have hit the Spanish coast. Last weekend 3 people died i storm related Accident. A spokesman for the National weather Bureau in Barcelona said the storms were expected to diminish by sunday