European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a the stars and stripes Friday August 24,199038th tac closing ends on upbeat notes ii Randy Pruitt stuff writer Wosch Heim West Germany a it was a goodbye without tears. There were smiles handshakes and salutes. An air Force band played under a Bright August Sun. The reason for the Celebration loomed in the background outside a Bunker Mobile transporter erector launchers. In the event of War they could propel missiles with nuclear warheads into enemy territory. Now they Aren t needed. Neither is their Home at i Aschheim air station. On wednesday the air Force effectively closed the door to that Home by inactivating the 38th tac missile Wing. It was the Only remaining . Air Force ground launched cruise missile unit in Central Europe. Under terms of the 1987 intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty missiles and hardware at i Aschheim Raf arc Cham common in England and Comiso air station in Italy must be destroyed by May 31, 1991. Sixteen missiles remain at Wilisch Heim. Sixteen were shipped Back to the United Stales on april 11, and 32 More were sent Back to the United states after that Date capt. Eric Schnaible a base spokesman said the last missiles will be shipped Back by the end of december. By that Lime Alt but a handful of the 400 people who still work at the air station will be gone too. At one time the base had 1,000 military personnel. Maj. Gen James e. Chambers the 17th air Force commander said the presence of the i Aschheim unit led to the decision to eliminate an entire class of Vyca Pon systems through arms control agreements. The 125-acre facility at Kusch him in the huns pick Region about 12 Miles Northeast of Hahn a will be used by the 601st tac control Wing which now has Headquarters at Scab an a b. Also moving to the area will be two tactical control flights now based at Wiir Burg and bad or Cugnach. Col. Richard Myers commander of the 38th tac missile Wing said wednes Day s ceremony marked the fifth Lime the unit has been inactivated in its 42-Ycnr history. Myers was to leave thursday to be Deputy chief of staff for missiles at 15th air Force at March fab Cal i f. Women a a woman Marine arrives at a saudi base wednesday. From Page 1 the House armed services committee reminded Marine corps officials of during a private meeting in her Capitol Hill office tuesday. The meeting ended with the marines doing an about face and assuring Schroeder that women marines left behind have since rejoined their units in saudi Arabia. A we have been upset that everybody deployed women except the marines Quot Schroeder said wednesday. A they rolled up the plane and said women  get on. We had them in Here saying they screwed up and they re going to be deployed in the same  Schroeder said the fact that the other services had included women in their initial deployments a angered the women marines even More because it made them look like they weren to Good  maj. Nancy Laluntas a Marine corps spokeswoman at the Pentagon said wednesday that a some confusion Quot Over Marine corps policies led to the initial barring of women from service in the Gulf Region. A expeditionary forces Are traditionally organized for offensive action Quot she said. And Marine policy prohibits women from serving in such forces. When it was clarified that the expeditionary Force would be defensive the Marine corps allowed women to rejoin their units this week she added. The army air Force and Navy forces involved in operation desert shield All include women even though the islamic customs of saudi Arabia Are very restrictive concerning women. A the ultimate irony is american women Are part of Bush from Page 1 indicated. Navy sources said their service anticipates a need for 5,0 10 to 8,u h reservists. An air Force colonel said. Right now we done to have any need Tor  an army colonel said the Call up from that semen probably will be a somewhat less than 40,000�?o but a there will he More in the Luquire pm ably in 30-Day  army officials wednesday night were drafting Quot Alert messages notifying Spe Eitle Reserve and National guard units that they May be activated. The actual Call up will be issued in a separate order. I f the three major services the army is most dependent on reservists in a crisis particularly in service and support jobs. I lilt of the total army is made up of the reserves and National guard personnel. Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn i mia., applauded the presidents order. A this no secret that Reserve and guard units contain skills and perform functions that arc not available in the Active  Nunn said. Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell jr., a mame also continues to support the administration s actions an aide said. In Wagon attic gals said that most reservists prob Abl will be used to till vacancies in the United states left by Active duty personnel being shipped to the Gulf. Army officials said they had a need for skilled maintenance and medical reservists including port workers water purification units doctors and nurses. A Navy officer cited a need for combat search and Rescue units cargo handlers doctors shipping control and port Security personnel. As the . Forces in saudi Arabia gather a greater offensive capability the demands for More extensive support troops a from ammunition handlers to medics a will also grow a Pentagon official said. Eventually the ratio of com Bat to support troops could reach 3 to i. I hat will require greater Reliance on reserves who account for 70 percent of the army a support capability. The harsh demands of sustaining a and potentially fighting a in the desert Are shaping the decisions about reserves. Alluding to the failed attempt to Rescue iranian hostages in 1980, an army colonel said a desert one is driving a lot of  after meeting with Cheney Gen. Culm Powell chairman of the joint t Hills of stall and others to review the military situation in the persian Gulf Region Bush told reporters he is willing to give the United nations More time to approve a Resolution authorizing the use of Force m implementing economic sanctions the world Kikly has approved. But he said the i billed states has a mail the authority we need to act unilaterally to Ento Iee the sanctions against Iraq militarily if the . Falters. . Officials continued their behind the scenes diplomacy at the , in an Effort to win support for the Resolution from the soviets they have been resisting on grounds that it is premature to endorse military Force until it is Clear that sanctions arc not being enforced. China which had also resisted using military Force now says it will not oppose the Resolution . Reservists were last activated for military duty Ini january 1968 after the tet offensive in Vietnam former president Nixon then called up 35,280 sol Dicks. He also called up reservists in 1970 during a nationwide postal strike. Bush said he was encouraged by the report he had received from Cheney and Powell about the deployment of the equivalent of a medium sized american City to the Gulf. Powell declined to reveal How Many american troops Are now on the ground there. He did say that the United states is not trying to match the 160,000-Strong iraqi Force on the Border a Man for  with each passing Day Powell said a i am More and More confident of our ability to accomplish the Mission set out for the troops. Cheney who returned to Washington tuesday from the Middle East said that in an Effort to enhance saudi defense capabilities the United states would sell the saudis a number Al 5c and f-i5d fighter jets from . Stocks lie said the United slates would not make available rhe f-1 5e. The most advanced version of the plane. A an armed Force sent to defend a country that practices gender apartheid a said Patricia Ireland the executive vice president of the National organization for women. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf the commander of . Forces in the Middle East told reporters sunday that he has issued several orders out of respect for saudi sensibilities but none singling out . Service women. Asked if he would place any special restrictions on women involved in desert shield the general snapped a absolutely  a recent study by the women a research and education Institute found that since 1973, when the male draft ended and the Alf Volunteer Force began the number of women serving in the military has increased by 400 percent. In 1973, Only 45,000 women were in uniform. Now they number 230,000, or 11 percent of the . Armed forces. A based on these new numbers it seems Safe to say that today lots of our boys Are women a said Betty Dooley executive director of the Institute a Public policy and education Center based in Washington. The study released last week As . Troops were fortifying saudi Arabia against an attack by Iraq found that because of restrictions on women in combat nearly half of All military jobs Are closed to women. The study found that women fare very differently in the various services. Only 20 percent of Marine corps jobs Are open to women but 97 percent of air Force jobs and 100 percent of coast guard jobs Are open to women. In the Navy it is 59 percent in the army 52 percent. No Law prohibits women from serving in combat. But Laws do prohibit the permanent assignment of Navy Marine corps and air Force women to ships and aircraft engaged in a combat  killed in Accident on Gulf bound ship Boston it apr a 19-year-old Sailor was i led in an electrical Accident aboard the guided missile Cruiser anti Tam making him the second Serviceman to die As a result of the persian Gulf crisis a Navy spokesman said wednesday. Electrician mate 3rd class Daniel m. Jones was electrocuted tuesday during routine maintenance of the ships ventilation system it. Victor Beck a Navy spokesman in Boston said. Efforts to resuscitate Jones were made within three minutes of the Accident but he failed to respond. The anti Tam which is Home ported in Long Beach Calif was deployed to the persian Gulf As part of operation desert shield. Beck said he did not know if it had reached the Gulf when the Accident occurred. Jones was a resident of Wakefield 10 Miles Northwest of Boston and was graduated from Wakefield High school in 1988. A the was just a very Happy kid a Patricia Hallman a school administrator said in a Telephone interview Quot he was looking Forward to life 1 think the service offered him an Opportunity a the first Serviceman to die in the persian cju.1t troop buildup was air Force staf sgt. John Campi is. The 3u-year-old t a i Lorn i an died aug 12 when he was hit by a military truck on a darkened runway in saudi Arabia