European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 a it i lies b programs target families left behind bases beefing up Community services Ken Clauson a a Sun. _. X by Ken Clauson staff writer. Karlstedt West Germany a faced with deploy Ling As Many As 100,000 european based troops to saudi i Arabia the . Military is gearing up its family support i Effort to care for the thousands of family members who will be left behind. J throughout Germany local commands Are setting up information centers and hot lines where family Mem Ibers can get answers to their questions about the desert shield deployment. In Karlstedt for example where the 2nd army div fwd is packing up for the persian Gulf Region officials at Lucius d. Clay Cavern have opened a one Stop problem solving Center staffed by a representatives from a variety of service agencies. Among them Are members of the army a Community services As Well As Community health nurses finance office and Bank representatives social workers and members of the senior military wives organization. The Center officially opened thursday in what nor Mally serves As the Community counselling Center. So far a business has been Light a a few phone Calls and a hand Wiful of drop ins a but staffers expect things to pick up once the troops Board planes for the journey South. A right now the husbands still come Home at night so things Are kind of Normal a said Christina Hess a director from the counselling Center. A they have All the deployment briefings and through word of Mouth information is getting out. I think initially people Are waiting to see what j after the troop deployment the Center will move taking Over a two Story office building that will allow the red Cross customs counselling and other services to have their own offices. A when a woman comes in with a problem if she can to get it done Here ill be amazed a said col. V. Paul Baer lhendepl�?To0yeitc�mmand what a Eft of 0arls,Edt after in the Niernberg military Community a family assist on Wilh Quot an no pin the recreation Center i m Firth the Center will have four Telephone lines and a full staff from 7 30 . ? my pc Lysis management team of experienced Counselor will be available 24 hours a Day. O�?z5u? a pening in Ansbach Bamberg a d rrber6> Alj aimed at taking care of the family needs. In Karlstedt those needs Are viewed with the same importance As getting the soldiers ready to deploy Baerman said. A we done to Trade off. They re an equal 3 9arlstedt a Ern sits in a farming Region Between Bremerhaven and Bremen and Many military families live on isolated Rural routes. A special Effort is being made to identify and locate these families according to Rector Are a and army div sub Community i we have a real concern for women living on the Economy who have not made friends with their Nieghbors a she said. 6 Marcelos mentioned a woman who stood up at a cent family briefing and said a i done to have a Questi but i just arrived on tuesday. A she said the Karlstedt military Community is Young. Tenn Diers avera8e a8e is 22, and there Are about 2,000 wives Between the Ages of 18 and 25. A Many of them Haven to lived Long enough to develop a lot of coping skills a she said. A but its mind boggling what they Are Able to do. These women Are incredibly resourceful but they re used to their husbands Only being gone for six week Baerman said the Community plans to organize for family members classes in Auto repair computer Finan re question Cial management and other skills. A the ultimate goal is that by the time the soldiers come Back find their wives More Independent than when they left a he said. The family support system is not just targeting adults Baerman emphasized. A lot of attention is being Given to children a programs which will be supported of soldiers not assigned to the Gulf. A a we re going to put soldiers in bus in the schools to show kids that 2nd army div has not. Deserted them. Whether they Are teaching or just running mimeograph machines they will be visible so the children can see that the army is still around even though their fathers May not be a Baerman said. A and we re not going to Cut out youth services programs we re going to reinforce the rear detachment soldiers Are also being asked if they have Ever played or coached organized sports with an Eye toward keeping youth sports programs going. While much of the family support comes in the form of tangible things such As helping with car repairs or providing translating services emotional support and several Telephone hot lines Are planned including a dial a Friend line for those who just need someone to talk to. To help families prepare for the deployment the command is distributing an eight Page pre deployment checklist covering everything from transportation to medical financial and Legal questions. A More extensive guide for family members will soon be available. It will include tips on stress management suggestions for How to explain the deployment to children and an explanation of common military acronyms. The family support Center is the Cente Rpice of what Baerman sees As a Broad support system. A after a month or two Well reassess things a he said. A a it a going to be a living and breathing sends greetings in big Way Simi Valley Calif. A Julie Setty is a card shark. A Christmas card shark that is. The 16-year-old Simi Valley High school student has written More than 4,000 cards since july for mailing to . Service members around the world. Scribbling at a rate of 40 cards per hour she plans to dash off some 2l u More Holiday messages before sending the whole Batch tuesday. The idea is a to let everyone out in us Rit by know we re behind percent a said Setty who spent $350 on the cards. She and the 67 other members of r Force Junior Roth program at the suburban los Angeles school �?t0 8et out about 9,000 cards. The greetings will be shipped by military mail Call a non profit organization that distributes Holiday greetings each year to troops. Student Julie Setty 16, is surrounded by the More than 4,000 Christmas cards she has written for . gis sweep cafes shelves by Steve Taylor w. Munich Bureau s go Many Europe based a troops heading for the persian Gulf wid isl ?8�?� batteries underwear klwn�l00ds.? of fear tha such Ems won t be available in saudi Arabia. Have Hess Freas Jex Chanse store shelves fceadw2l1�an�d0,t As service members aids Andth-s0� health and Beauty and to shirts said army it. Col. James Justice chief of plans at cafes Europe Headquarters in Munich. The buying has been so fierce that Justice fears the Exchange service will have problems keeping an adequate Supply of some merchandise in european stores even though an $8 million emergency order is on its Way from the United states. At the Bremerhaven Karlstedt Exchange manager Dale Kline said he ran out of batteries after 2nd army div fwd troops Learned their division would be sent to operation desert shield. A we were one of the first to be notified of the deployment a so we jumped on it and got orders in a Kline said. Still shortages occurred. Justice maintains that the cafes Supply system in saudia Arabia coupled with military Issue items can meet most service members needs. He said cafes inventory in saudia Arabia has grown to More than $50 million Worth of goods and continues to grow As demand increases. A i done to want to say cafes has it All covered because that a not True a he said. However the troops a should no to go with a two year Supply of goods he said. Justice suggested a More moderate two week Supply of personal items. He noted that Many items being snatched up Are issued free through the military Supply system
