European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A amps Dave Didi othe action is fast and furious in Hanau West Germany As a group of soldiers finds a Box of old automotive tools that were put on Sale by the local defense re utilization and marketing office. Making the most of military property by Ron Mckinney staff writer Finas Townsend has been smiling a lot these Days. He s one Boss who will reap big dividends from defense department budget cutbacks that will result in the closing of the Sheinberg military Community 10 Miles West of Duisberg West Germany near the Netherlands Border. For two years the defense re utilization and marketing office demo at Hanau West Germany a where Townsend is chief a has been one of the top two of 31 such agencies in Europe. In military parlance Quot re utilization Quot takes place when government property whether it be computers trucks or furniture is turned in by one unit and accepted for use by another. When property is re utilized the demo receives credit for the full acquisition Price of the property at its original Purchase value. After being number one in the fiscal 1988 re utilization credit rankings Hanau dropped to runner up last year Quot re utilizing Quot $8.9 million in government property. Townsend Calls his Success a Fluke a stroke of Luck. It was just a matter of the Hanau Agency being a turn in and cannibalization Point for Gamma goats goers and jeeps a All terrain military vehicles that bring top Dollar in re utilization credit. All Are targeted for transferal to the Grafen Wuhr training area in West Germany. Could lightning strike twice it seemed to when Sheinberg which is within Hanau s jurisdiction was slated for closure. Townsend s demo will be handling the transferal of Sheinberg s property and that alone makes Hanau a heavy favorite to regain the throne As Champion of re utilization in Europe. Last year the european Region of the defense re utilization and marketing service generated $14-million through retail sales and auctions at its 31 agencies. Another $47 million in property was transferred to other military units. Conservative estimates project that the Hanau office will re utilize As much As $12 million in property this year. Quot that makes me look Good Quot Townsend said his Grin broadening. The plan for moving the property works in this order of priority 1 a re utilize within the government service 2 a donate to the humanitarian assistance program 3 a retail sales for government employees 4 a auction to the Public 5 a donate to needy organizations. Sending property to Grafen Wuhr gives Townsend a unique Opportunity to fluff his re utilization credit. His office will process 1,000 Gamma goats at a credit of $16,000 each. Throw in Quot thousands of camouflage nets Quot bringing in from $450 to $1,500 each and Townsend s Broad Grin grows even wider. Also committed to Grafen Wuhr from Sheinberg Are 10 goers to be used As targets at the Range and then eventually sold As scrap. Quot i d like to say they re going to be used for training a Townsend quipped. Quot we understand what we mean when we say that but sometimes you get people and they say this damned thing costs half a million dollars and you re Gonna set it up there on a Range to be shot up and bombed Quot the actual Cost for each goer is slightly More than $57,000, which Means the Hanau demo will be credited for More than half a million dollars for supplying the Range with the elephantine targets. Quot i d rather do it the Way we re doing it now and let the Range have it because if i sold the property for scrap it has to be mutilated anyway a Townsend said. Sheinberg has agreed to ship its property to Hanau with two Days notice of the expected time of arrival. Townsend plans to relay this information to the other demo agencies so the word can get out to the military units. He Hopes that some units will be at the demo site to unload property off the Sheinberg truck and onto their own to be re utilized at their installations. Quot then it will Only be a matter of paperwork shuffle Quot Townsend said. A storage problem could arise however because property must be stored for 60 Days before it is ready to be placed in the retail Sale. Military communities have up to 30 Days to claim items for re utilization and the next 30 Days Are used to prepare the goods for the Sale. Quot if the flow of property can be managed and i m Able to get the military out Here when the trucks come in from Sheinberg i m not going to have a storage problem and my sales will not deviate from the Norm Quot Townsend said. Property that is donated to the humanitarian continued on Page 14 wednesday april 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 13