European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 22, 1967 the stars and Snipes Page 9 rate of soldiers arriving in Germany expected to double through january by Crystal Laureano stun writer Rhein main a. Germany a surge in permanent changes of station will More than double the number of sol Dier arriving for be assignments in Germany each month through january. The number of monthly arrivals will jump from around 3.000 soldiers to be tween 6,000 and 7,000 soldiers said army it. Col. William e. Mathews com Mander of the 21st replacement in 1st personnel come. These numbers Only represent sol Diers Mathews said. We have to Al most double that number when we add the family  the increase that began oct. It Fol lows moving delays caused by tight change of station funds in the fiscal 1987 budget a problem facing All services. But the increase in arrivals is not expected to cause any significant delays in processing people mainers said. In the role of interim sponsor the 21st replacement in is responsible for receiving incoming soldiers and their families verifying assignments and transport ing newcomers to their duty stations. Mathews said his unit is fully staffed and the recent slow summer months Al Lowed members of the battalion to take leave attend schools and conduct train ing. Processing procedures have been streamlined 1c take care of the Soldier and his family quickly male cos said i d say that 96 percent of the soldiers Are at their units before the end of the duty Day he said. The exceptions Are soldiers who arrive sit the 21st in the afternoon or evening and those who have an assignment prob Lem he said. This is my first surge but so far things Are going great said sol. Mark Richardson the no in charge of the sponsorship control Center. The system works really Well we Are customer service oriented Here. We Don there people around like cattle they get the special handling they need whether it s stranded dependents or just tired travellers said. Processing Lime for noncommissioned officers and officers with pinpoint unit designated assignments can be measured in minutes. Two to three hours May be needed to find a position and produce assignment orders for other sol Diers Mathews said. We geared ourselves up so we were ready to process Mathews said. Prepa rations included erecting a temporary building for More space acquiring two High Speed computers for producing or Ders and installing additional computer terminals. To get soldiers from the air base to their communities sponsorship buses ors buses depart Between 10 . And 11 . And at i . Daily. The buses Are manned by a representative from the battalion. When manifests Are completed for each bus the battalion Calls the communities and gives them the soldiers names ranks units family status and arrival times. Each Community has a Central drop off Point where soldiers can be met by their sponsors. The immediate Frankfurt area is he Only area not serviced by thes bus system. The bus system which started in March is changing a longstanding tradition at Rhein main. We Don t want sponsors coming Here to get soldiers anymore,1 male cos said. And commanders Are Sterling to Dis courage their people from doing  the. New system eliminates several problems Malhew said. Confusion in arrival limes and soldiers making Long drives which Are not reimbursable in their own vehicles were two common complaints he said. Male cos is confident that a recent change in the a bus system will further enhance the capabilities of the battalion. The Community bus routes have been changed to correspond with the a bus system. A battalion member also rides on these buses. The buses leave the communities in time to arrive at the Frankfurt civilian Airport and the Rhein main terminal for mid Oming departures. The buses then join the a buses in transporting incoming soldiers and their families to i hair new Community. Chairman notes Lack of strategic thinking1 panel of lawmakers to study military education by William j. Bartman Washington Bunas Washington is. Soldiers and the South vietnamese were let Down by a Lack of strategic Mili tary thinking according to the chairman of a new con Gressional panel on military education. The comment by rep. Ike Skelton d-mo., was the first Salvo in a yearlong congressional inquiry into Mil itary education that begins in december. Skelton is one of several members of the House armed services committee who believes there is a Strong need for the nation s military education system to contribute  thinking. The american fighting Man not to mention the millions of vietnamese who now live under communist Rule was let Down by a Lack of strategic thinking on the part of military and civilian leaders alike. He said on the House floor. Well meaning people who devoted untold hours of hard work at the White House the Pentagon the stat department and yes in Congress Loo simply did not East Germany plans release of prisoners under amnesty plan Berun a East Germany will release up to40,000 people convicted on political and other charges under terms of a previously announced amnesty pro Gram a Wesl German official said tuesday. Hans Otto Braeutigam the Bonn government s representative in East Berlin also said that he expects up to 90 West germans serving prison terms in East Ger Man jails will be freed by the beginning of december. He said West German prisoners convicted of espionage and murder would not be released. The amnesty will be the third since the communist East German slate was formed in 1949. More than 21,000 prisoners were released in 1979, and about 2i,000 were freed in 1982. Braeutigam said Many of the West germans serving time in East German jails were convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. The latest amnesty program was announced july 11. Speaker re elected Beirut Lebanon a Hussein Husseini a shiite moslem was re elected speaker of Lebanon Sunica Ramraj parliament for a fourth one year term tuesday piece together the right strategy at the beginning of the War to ensure  Skelton s Pinel is part of the continuing defense reorganization Effort begun by the Goldwater Nichols department of defense reorganization act in 1982.that action affected the joint chiefs of staff com Manders in chief joint officer education and defens agencies. Our Forte it logistics. Thai s always been our Forte an aide to Sekhon said of the . Military system. Our Forte is definitely not strategy. We move the troops and equipment. But Many limes Wedon t think before we go into  other armed services committee members slate to Lake part in the panel Are reps. George Darden d a. Joseph Brennand Maine Owen picket  Davis a ill and Jon Kyi a Ariz. The panel s hearing subjects will Range from rot programs to the War colleges. Skelton said he nation s weakened economic Condi Tion because of budget and Trade deficits and a drop in its technological leadership will require the . Mili tary to think  he called on the military education system to improve its contribution to the strategic thinking for the Mil itary leaders of our country Skelton cited continuing examples of bungled strategy the failure in recent years to upgrade and replace the Navy s Fleet of mine sweepers. A failure to build enough amphibious ships to deliver the marines into Battle. If All . Navy amphibious ships scattered throughout the world were brought together Skelton said Only i i Marine Divi Sions could be placed on Board. A failure to match the buildup of Airlift capability with a Calif capability leaving he danger of the very uncomfortable pos Jib it of having american men i combat without the ability to Lake care of them through ships delivering weapons ammunition spar parts Oil and other necessities. One Way to preserve an image a photo Alir Annm cans our ism a million of them went into this Model of the colosseum Rome s ancient Amphitheater display it in Chulio Italy to project to ipod Zorri by tie Maoci Aoa