European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes sunday March 18,1990as Berlin Wall crumbles go patrols go on by Ken Clauson staff writer Berlin a they be put aside their flak jackets and machine guns but . Army infantry scouts continue to patrol what a left of the crumbling Berlin Wall. About twice a week a half dozen Berlin brigade soldiers drive along the 50 Miles of Wall and Fence that Border the american sector of West Berlin in a gesture that others say ignores the spirit of change in the East. Still As Border tensions have relaxed so have the patrols and the East German guards they watch. Before the Wall was breached in november patrol members suited up in flak jackets and helmets and one Man in each vehicle stood behind a mounted machine gun with an ammo Box at his feet. Four or five times a week they counted East German Border guards weapons and dogs. The dogs Are gone now and so Are Many of the East German guards. In some places the Wall itself is gone too. And cold War Saber rattling has diminished to a quiet sheathing of swords. The americans Wear Caps and leave the guns and equipment behind. The East germans carry an occasional pistol but no longer ak-47s. The scouts said the formerly hostile East German guards have become downright cheerful since november. A a they re a lot More Friendly than they used to be a said spec. Anthony Arant a 20-year-old infantryman from Detroit a there used to be incidents where they would holler at us and you knew it Wasny to . They a shoot us the Bird. Now  come up and talk to us and let people take pictures with  the . Command in Berlin still feels the patrols Are important even though the Wall and the bottler it represents May soon disappear said 1st it. John Birdsong an intelligence officer with the 5th in 502nd inf regt. Birdsong 32, has Overall responsibility for the patrols when his unit has the Mission. Patrol duty is rotated among the Berlin brigades three infantry battalions. A a it a important As Long As things continue to change and we re in this transition process a he said. A it does provide us some eyes on what a happening. The patrols report new Breaks in the Wall. There Are Many places where you can just walk right through. When you be got those the crossing Points almost become a moot Issue. A we May go out there one Day and find out there is no East German Border command but Well have a Mission As Long As the brigade has a Mission or until there is no More Border and there a no one to look  the sense of that Mission has changed a bit for the patrol members and also for West Berlin residents. Before november a we Felt like we were actually doing something protecting the City of Berlin instead of just a a they re a lot More Friendly than they used to be a something protecting the City of Berlin instead of just and v single soldiers and spare time army seeks their ideas looking a said pfc. Amos Harris 20. A it was somewhat reassuring to West berliners to have americans Here a Birdsong said. A but now their or rims ent 11111 01131106 has diminished in. Spec. Raul Cardenas a 23-year-old infantryman said he notices fewer Waves from West berliners a it heave sort of Laid Back now a he said. A when we were behind the guns we were viewed As giving Neonile a Chance to  p some West Berlin residents openly question the need for the patrols Arant said. A a they la say a Why Are you still Here we done to need you any More a i done to remember hearing that before the Wall was  there were some negative feelings in West Berlin about the american patrols even before the Wall opened. The soldiers sometimes were greeted in the working class District of Kreuzberg with bricks and flowerpots tossed from the tops of buildings now without helmets and flak jackets for Protection the patrols avoid those neighbourhoods. A a to me the last real Wall patrol was the last one we did with the guns and everything a Arant said. A a we re still out there doing our Job but its not As live. A a it a like the difference Between color to and Black and  by Vince Crawley Nimberg Bureau Edels Feld West Germany a pfc. Richard Bray a 19-year-old track Mechanic told two colonels and three sergeants major this week that he wants a shuttle bus reasonable Bank hours and double features at the Post theater. And the two colonels and three sergeants major listened. Some even raised their hands to ask questions. The army this month started asking single soldiers in Europe what they want to do in their spare time and found out they had plenty to say. For starters single soldiers who live in the Barracks want better transportation later shopping hours and Cable television. They done to want to hang out with families. Being around teen agers turns them off. And one Soldier said he had already joined the army so he did no to need to see recruiting commercials on an television. Those Are some of the trends surfacing in a program called better opportunities for single soldiers or Boss for Short. The program being tested this month at four bases in West Germany and one in Italy Hopes to give single soldiers More say in their Leisure time by forming self help committees of 18-to 25-year-Olds who can Tell their commanders what they want. A they want to do what they want to do not what we want them to do not what their commanders want them to do a Wanda Kirkpatrick a Boss pro Gram marketing specialist said last week at a conference near Vilseck West Germany. Vilseck Bamberg Baum older Wil Flecken in West Germany and Vicenza Italy Are Boss test locations. The program is being run through the army a morale welfare and recreation Branch and Kirkpatrick said mar activities would find themselves going out of business if they done to Start targeting their customers. A a we re going to be writing our last paycheck if we done to do something a Kirkpatrick said. The target audience is 18 to 25 a amps Vince Crawley pfc. Richard Bray briefs commanders on the Boss program for unmarried soldiers. Year Olds who Are either single or soldiers on unaccompanied Tours living in the Barracks. About 38 percent of the army a soldiers fit that category said Jill Sullivan the other half of the two person Boss team making the rounds in Europe this month. A this concept Isnit a new concept a she said. A a you re asking the customers what they  Boss is modelled after a program called Young adult that the Navy started about three years ago for its sailors said Sullivan who also worked on the Navy version for two years. Kirkpatrick said that last summer the sergeant major of the army Julius Gates started a Pilot program at seven stateside posts because a whether its fact or fiction the impression is that the family member is getting All the attention and the single Soldier is getting left  once the Boss committee gets off the ground col. Dan Zanini commander of the 1st army dives 1st brigade at Vilseck said he Hopes single soldiers use it to air other issues. A i meet with company commanders i meet with chaplains i meet with families. Now there san organization for single soldiers to address issues a Zanini said. Bray the 19-year-old Mechanic who was called in from a Field exercise so he could Brief his colonels and sergeants major said Boss a just makes so much sense its hard to believe it   . Temperatures March 16 Hilo Hilo Albany,n.y.,r 62 65 Little  69 47 Albuquerque of 55 27 los Angeles of 81 60 Amarillo c 57 31 Louisville c 59 50 Anchorage of. 35 21 Lubbock c 62 35 Asheville of a 63 57  62 43 Atlanta a 66 54 Miami  80 74 Atlantic  78 56  65 37 Austin 73 50 Milwaukee a 60 37 Baltimore a 79 60 mils St  36 30  61 45  58 49 Charleston,s.c.,f 74 69 new Orleans of 59 47 Charleston,w.va.,c 72 49 new York  62 60 Charlotte,n.c.,c 78 63 Norfolk va.,r 83 70 Cheyenne a 38 25 North Platte of 54 25 Chicago c 62 36 Oklahoma  54 42 Cincinnati c 55 50 Omaha c 45 38 Cleveland a 59 50 Orlando of 87 70 Columbia,s.c.,f 84 71 Philadelphia c 80 64 Columbus, 58 49 Phoenix of 75 55 Dallas it Worth of 70 42 Pittsburgh a 71 47 Dayton a 55 49 Portland  42 35 Denver a 52 33 Portland,ore.,c 65 49 Des Moines c 47 36 Salt Lake  51 36 Detroit 57 50 san Antonio of 75 41 Duluth a 33 23 san  77 54 Al  62 32 san Francisco a 72 51 great Falls a 46 30 san Juan,p.r.,r 80 73 Greensboro,n.c.,c 74 64 Santa few 52 m Hartford a 79 57 Seattle a 60 48 Helena a 53 32 Shreveport of 69 46 Honolulu of 79 65 Sioux  42 33 Houston of 73 45 Spokane c 57 41 Indianapolis a 59 42  80 54 Jackson miss., f 55 41 Tampa St  87 71 Jacksonville of 86 72 Washington,d.c.,c 81 65 Juneau a 53 27 Wilmington,del.,r 79 59 Kansas  52 38 to Lair a Cloudy a rain Las vegas of 68 45 a Snow a missing european weather forecast for sunday fair with afternoon Haze and Light Earty morning fog. Expect isolated areas of dense fog in Southern Germany persisting until late morning. Winds will be Breezy along coastal areas. High temperatures 67-72 North and Central 61-66 South lows 46-50 coastal areas. 41-45 North 36-41 Central 30-35 South. Sunset sunday 6 35, Sunrise monday 6.31. Outlook for monday continued fair with Early morning Light tog and afternoon Haze. Expect isolated areas of dense fog in Southern Germany persisting until late morning. Partly Cloudy skies by afternoon winds wiil be Breezy in the North becoming Gusty by evening. High temperatures 67-72 North and Central 61-66 South lows 46-50 coastal areas 41-45 North 36-41 Central 30-35 South. Temperatures recorded saturday Adana f Amsterdam f Athens f Aviano f Berlin f Bremerhaven f Brussels f 4am 4pm 63 Copenhagen 43 41 45 39 41 46 45 68 Frankfurt i 55 London f 63 Madrid p 66 Munich f 63 Paris f 72 Rome Fig 4am 4pm 38 52 38 48 41 30 46 48 66 n 63 63 72 57 a provided by det 13,2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach other worldwide temperatures Cairo f Dublin f Helsinki f Jerusalem Lisbon f f High Low 81 57 Montreal c 51 Moscow c 36 Oslo c 43 Toronto r 57 Vancouver c h go Low 57 50 57 72 Vancu urbi i. A supplied by the associated press. A Cloudy of fair Fig fog a partly Cloudy a rain. Elections Washington a primary elections will be held in Mississippi and Montana on june 5. Service members government employees and their family members who. Residents of either state should a Ala their unit voting officers for detail show to Register and obtain Absentee lots. A completed Federal postcard appji�jlt1 should be mailed Early to ensure Tim y Seipt of a ballot officials said