European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Military roundup3rd helicopter battalion being added to a Liesheim Stuttgart Germany a the third attack helicopter battalion in three years is arriving at a Liesheim army Airfield according to a Vii corps announcement. The 6th so 6th Cav regt from fort Hood Texas will be stationed at Storck Barracks corps spokeswoman capt. Anda Strauss said Friday. A the move is part of a previously scheduled action and is part of the army a aviation modernization plan that has been in Progress for years a she said. A it is not related to operation desert  rather the move is being made in conjunction with the 11th aviation brigades modernization program she said. It coincides with completion of a hangar renovation and an Airfield construction project at a Liesheim army Airfield. The hangar project Cost 4.2 million Marks or about $2.8 million at today a Exchange rate. The Airfield project Cost 33 million Marks or $22.3 million. The Squadron of 266 soldiers which includes about 130 families is scheduled to arrive in phases by the end of november. The battalion is authorized 34 aircraft. They include 18 ah-64 apaches 13 oh-58 Kiowa and three uh-60 Black Hawks. Since 1987, the 2nd so 6th Cav regt and the 4th in 229th aviation regt have been stationed in  girl receives Mother s lung in live transplant san Francisco apr a Mother donated part of a lung to her terminally ill daughter thursday in what is believed to be the country a first live donor lung transplant doctors at Stanford University medical Center said. The girl 12, and her Mother 46, whose names were withheld at the family a request were reported in Good condition after their operations. The child a surgery took four hours and her mothers took three hours. Kidneys and part of a liver have been transplanted from living donors but lungs have previously come Only from brain dead donors. People have survived removal of one lung or of lung tissue taken out because of disease. Or. Vaughn Starnes head of Stanford a heart lung transplant program said a live related donor was used in the Hope of lessening the Chance that the child would reject the lung tissue. A the Mother was a far closer tissue match than could have been expected from an unrelated donor a Starnes said adding that children Are particularly susceptible to rejecting transplanted organs. Half the 14 children who received heart lung transplants at Stanford experienced rejection severe enough to impair lung function. That a nearly twice the rejection rate of the 71 adults who underwent the same operation according to Stanford. In thursdays operations doctors removed the upper third of the mothers right lung and used it to replace the child a right lung. The girl suffers from a rare malady bronchopulmonary dysplasia that causes scarring and High blood pres sure a be lungs. Without the operation she was ext live one year to 18 months More. A child was already experiencing difficulty breath ing and required Home oxygen and therefore was going to sustain serious damage a Starnes said. Starnes said the Mother should regain almost total unction of her partial lung. Her daughter is expected to Gam full use of the transplanted tissue which should increase in capacity and May even grow. Both Mother and daughter Are expected to resume Normal activity within a few months a Starnes  crash kills 12 Egypt apr a train crashed through a of soldiers and military dependents at an unmarked railway crossing killing at least 12 and injuring a government newspapers reported Friday. Sunday october 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Pagi nato developing plans for flexible shift nato k big cum up in a major strategic St cts deml0emg a a new a a flexible command of a l allow forces to be moved quickly from one command to another a top nato general fjlaj9 bad previously announced a plan to switch buuhevmht3 commands t0 multinational units but the latest thinking represents an even greater departure from past policy. P facing a future of smaller forces with reduced states of readiness nato must be Able a to quickly shift Sifft of re the a Are needed and if necessary to Redshift forces said norwegian army Gen. Vileik Eide chairman of natos military committee. To defuse a crisis a you would need a very flexible s3� a of. Self tag forces from one command to the ?6natotili,as7st�?o8 a meeun8 a a he a one of the keys in the future is that with reduced forces we will need to enhance the flexibility of our commands forces a Eide said. He said such flexibility involves a More than just transportation and mobility but must also encompass the command Structure. Natos command has traditionally been based on National commands within an integrated Structure so each country a troops Are directed by generals from that country. The Western Alliance announced last Spring that it would move to multinational units with troops from several countries under a common command. Such multinational units officials said would enhance Public acceptance of continued . Troop presence m Europe particularly Germany in the Post cold w a Era. Plans to move forces from one command to another l? even 8reater change from four decades of nato doctrine. Eide said nato planners were studying the language difficulties inherent in any multinational command Structure. A dredge sits amid the collapsed Span of the Herbert Bonner Bridge spanning Oregon Inlet ., on Friday. . Dredge Breaks Loose during storm rams Bridge Wanchese  Apr a dredge broke free of its Anchor in a Gale and rammed into the Only Bridge to Hatteras Island on Friday collapsing a Section of the Span and severing Telephone and electrical lines to the Island. Four of 10 people on the dredge got off safely by climbing to the top of the dredge and onto the Bridge. The other six were expected to remain on the dredge until the Waves subsided said Mikey Daniels chairman of the dare county Board of commissioners. The people on the dredge were Fine the coast guard said. No injuries were reported in the crash. Ferries to and from Hatteras Island could not operate Friday morning because of the Gale Force winds stranding an estimated 5,000 residents and an unknown number of tourists. The 21/2-mile-Long, Herbert c. Bonner Bridge connects Hatteras Island with Bodie Island to the North along North Carolinas outer Banks. County emergency officials believe there were no Drivers on the Bridge when the dredge struck it about 1 30 . They had gotten word a half hour earlier that the dredge had broken free of its Anchor and had closed the Bridge. Highway patrol trooper . Joyner was on the Bridge when the dredge hit about 300 Yards South of him. A the Bridge started bowing out in a Westerly direction and it bowed out from one to two to three feet As the ship was pressing against it a Joyner said. He said the Bridge collapsed about an hour later. A there was an electrical explosion and All the Power lines and Telephone lines were  he said the dredge was stuck in the Bridge. Estimates of the length of the Bridge that collapsed ranged from 75 feet to 300 feet. Daniels estimated the islands permanent population at 5,000. The outer Banks also Are a popular destination for tourists although the Peak tourist season has passed. The Accident knocked out electrical and Telephone service on Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island South of Hatteras officials said. The Bridge carried Utility cables. The Bridge was the Only route to the Island from the North. Residents will have to drive to a ferry taking them to Ocracoke Island then to one of two ferries to the Mainland. The Detour for someone trying to reach nags head about 10 Miles North of the severed Bridge will involve More than 125 Miles of driving and the two ferry rides one about 25 Miles Long