European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. January 23. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 they d rather have visited Panama but infantrymen s gear was on ships for Germany a Vincic Ravsky Muff writer Schwa Hisch a n. West in Runny soldiers Horn the Lola Mountain i i Aren t exactly i it filled about being Here. Thanks to the annual return of tories to Irma no exercise the unit missed Oul on the re Mil i a. Nuu Ision into . I suspect Hal had our equipment nut been in ships Lor Kcf Orger we would have been Down there in i  said col. Wolf i. Kutter. A brigade commander with the rapid deployment unit Bas a in upstate new York.  Pear stowed on boats. Man of the kith Mountain s troops were Home on Christmas leave when the s2nd airborne l u and 7th inf div invaded pan Ama the Lola Mountain is one of the Arm s new Light of hairy div j Sions. Full of sol Diers who would walk into combat earning what they own on their backs t like Pyarali Kopets. They did t Nee Cesar ill Volunteer to be part of the first wave Hul ate stuck hem Here any Way. I he Mountain division is in the same corps As the k2m airborne and army u iders Ikic pronounced Ilma  i hat Means they in named to be heading into combat within i s hours of being told to go. I lie next Lime urn see a Conlin Gene operation. You will see elements of the Lola  Kutler predicted. Cont Genc is the army s word for rapid no notice deployments. The invasions of Grenada and Panama were contingency missions. About ,1.200 us the Mountan. Divi Sion s 10.700 soldiers went lowest Germany on re Lorger and the nato training exercise dubbed Centurion shield to their leaders said they spent the first week of the exercise run Ning rampant through the Iron lines pretending to blow up Supply and fuel depots in the v corps area most people in the division Are i file disappointed that they did t go to  said staff ski. Robert i Ariter. An infantry squad Leader. We Kinn time out from Muni ii a duly arc spec. Mare Sachs left and Heidi him spec. A Floc Natur. A rus the Nisic from Sachs is spec. Daml i Urtson. Jav be in  a mind. West Germany with the Lola Mountain i co1st in. K7th inf Reni. Were promised that the next deploy ment anywhere in the world that was hot. We d  he was sitting on the Edge of an army cot inside a warehouse where about  of the brigade s soldiers spent the weekend. We re not warmongers Parlier said in a slow tobacco country voice. He s a 28-year-old former satellite re Pairman from Roxboro. . We know combat is a dangerous time where people die. Hut we were prom ised real world missions. We wanted to go Down there and spank their  the sergeant is in co c. I Siun. S7th inf regt. Under a program the army Calls cohort. The so Ditri in do unil have been living and working together since Basic training three years ago. Spec. Marc Sachs a 21-year-old from fort a Inderdale. Fla. Also was disappointed. We be done All this  in said and we want to see in in works the cohort unit is about to split up. And Sachs like Many of the soldiers is heading Home. He wants to be a i Loi Ida state trooper 01 something  his buddies however joked that he s Des tined for unemployment and thai his new. Yellow Pontiac i ire iut will gel repossessed. Hemp Kady to i of in a m less  a Day meant thai the Inland Rymon in o spent 272 Days in the Field last year. According to squad Leader Pagliei. It s been a rough experience Saul spec. Keith Hayes from co a. Isi in. 22nd inf regt. It s a Strain on Yout marriage. Uhen i Goon Long deploy ments like this. My son s real Sou i. Ami when i come Buk he does t it ogre  Darr Kortson. A 2. Pc if a specialist in the same platoon As Sachs said he would t really have wanted to git to i Anama. But it we would be went. I d have no dunce i d pm " like Sachs he s getting out in two months Home to Royston. A. And probably will never Nul his a into a combat one "1 just wanted to serve my  he said. New handbook preparing boy scouts for 1990s Dallas Al l the new Hoy is out handbook still cells souls in he prepared and How 10 use a com pass build campfires and lie Knols. Hul it also Aims to help hens Cope with Hie in the is. The handbook. The first in nine years features a 23 Page insert on the dangers of child abuse and drugs a no environmentally gentle approach to camping new rules to keep younger souls interested new Merit badges such As cinematography and color photos in place of the old illustrations the changes Are pail of a decade Long drive to modernize the 80-year-old organi Alion and boost its membership which sagged from 48 million in 1972 to 3.1 million in 197v. Membership has scr rebounded to 4.3 million. We feel like As the nation s largest youth development organi Alion. That Young people should be Given a knowledge and a sense of personal Power that will help them in their own Protection whether it be from child abuse or drug  said Lee Sneath. National spokesman for the boy scouts of America. Unfortunately in today s society these Are things that Young people need to be aware of Sneath said. The new 10th edition of the boy scouts handbook As the Book is officially known is due to be in stores late this month or Early Nel month. The Book has sold in the millions since the first handbook came Oul in i i 111 the last Complete revision was in i my. Many of the changes in the new Book relied revisions already made in scout practice. Cor example child abuse and drug abuse along with problems such As hunger illiteracy and unemployment have been covered in Seoul brochures and programs for several years. Adults involved in scouting Are glad to see the or Gam action address the Issue of child abuse. Like other youth organi Lions the scouts themselves have occasionally been infiltrated by child abusers posing As helpful volunteers. I think it s belter for scouting that there s More emphasis on it said scoutmaster . Sci Ermann. Who leads troop 445 in the Dallas suburb of Arling Lon. It a palls me when i read news accounts thai scout leaders have abused  said a Weiermann. And thai abuse does t have to always be physical. In can he verbal abuse As  one change in the Seoul org uni Ati Ort since the handbook was last revised is aimed Al the youngest souls. And particularly the 40 percent of scouts who drop Oul in their first year. The old list of requirements for a boy to Advance from the Tenderfoot rank to first class the first step Ummard the lushes rank of l a be Seoul  swelled to typed panics. I hat list has been Cul in k is than two pages and there is less emphasis on earn ing Merit badges .11 this Slage of scouting. I be found Hal if boys gel to i us class in their first 15 months of scouting then they re More Likely to remain in the  a Weiermann said. Another potential turnoff to some boys the scout uniform with Long Green knee socks and neckerchief has been supplemented with More contemporary knit shirts shuns and White athletic socks. Scouts May Wear the casual uniforms on trips and for camping saving their dress uniforms for formal occasions. Such changes please one scout who did make in to first class level. . Pierce a sixth grader in Irving the Dallas suburb where the Usa is based. Pierce who wants to become an air Force Pilot someday and a links his scouting experience will help him reach that goal Calls the new handbook really Gikai and said the changes will make in easier Lor More boys to adjust to scouting. Sneath blames the enrolment slump of the 70s on the end of the baby Boom and a sentiment against uniforms and nigam de activities. The me generation is very much an Antithesis of scouts w hich is very much a we organi Alion he said