European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Crisis in the Gulf related stories and photos pages 2 and 3 the so pipes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 227 tuesday november 27, 1990 a a a a a us d 8693 army can freeze separations till last reservist ends Active duty by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the army freeze on discharges retirements and overseas reassignments can continue until the last reservist is released from Active duty according to the Pentagon. The most recent Call up of Reserve and National guard units has been for 180 Days. The sweeping personnel freezes announced Friday were effective immediately in the Case of discharge or retirement. The ban on reassigning overseas personnel takes effect saturday in Europe and Jan. 1 in the Pacific Alaska and Hawaii. Related Story Page 2. The Pentagon prefers to Call the rotation freeze an indefinite Extension although army personnel centers have been notified to adjust estimated reassignment dates called Deros by adding seven years. A no one will actually be extended seven years a said maj. Lois Faires of the total army personnel come. A a it a simply a mechanism in the personnel system assignment process that will identify those affected under this foreign service tour Extension  no other Active duty members hold a 1997 Deros Date she said. Congress gave the president authority to suspend release dates and freeze reassignments from overseas when it created the All Volunteer army in 1973. That authority had never been used fully until last week said capt. Barbara Goodno an army spokeswoman. The 1973 legislation also stipulated that such actions could remain in effect Only As Long As reservists and National guard units were on Active duty she said. The involuntary extensions will stabilize the Force and see freeze on Back Page scores of westerners being held in Kuwait moved to Baghdad Baghdad Iraq apr More than 100 americans britons and other europeans held at strategic Sites in Kuwait have been moved to Baghdad diplomats reported monday and president Saddam Hussein told at least two . Families that they were free to take their detained relatives Home. The swedish embassy announced that almost 60 swedes the last group still in Iraq would be allowed to leave. In Moscow foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze sought clarification on Why just 350 of a promised 1,000 soviet citizens had been allowed to leave this month. American and British diplomats said the group of hostages from Kuwait a including five americans and 70 britons a were brought to Baghdad a Mansour Melia hotel overnight. Diplomats said they were unsure if the new arrivals would be used to replace germans allowed to leave strategic Sites inside Iraq or were being brought to Baghdad to be released. Britons form the largest group in the see Kuwait on Back Page German workers stage strikes at Allied Sites by de Reavis staff writer More than 10,000 German Union members employed by nato military forces staged warning stakes throughout Germany on monday demanding new contracts Ana other protections in the face of troop reductions a Union spokesman said. The strikes were to resume today at unspecified locations. Seventeen military installations were targeted monday but the Union said there would be no interference with emergency services or with troop or military equipment movements to saudi Arabia. No army or air Force facilities were disrupted by strikes military spokesmen said monday. The Union represents about 100,000 local and third nation employees who work for Allied forces in Germany. I a a a act 23,000 of our members to lose their jobs during the coming weeks and months a said Franz Fuchs spokes Man for Oto the Union of Public transport and traffic workers. A by 1994, in the course of troop reductions As agreed upon in the Vienna talks More than half or the 60,000 civilian employees working for the . Armed forces alone will All lose their  the strikes follow negotiations held in september and october. The military contends that the workers Are adequately covered by the existing contract Fuchs said. A we have a contract but it does no to cover our rights in the Case of the loss of our jobs due to troop reductions or troop deployment a he said. The Union has three main demands of the allies a retraining programs to qualify workers for other jobs. A a an Early retirement program paying workers Over age 55 one months salary for every year worked. A a guarantee that Cavern workers will see strikes on Back Page Baghdad beware a amps Effie Baleen a sign in a car sales lot near William o. Darby Cavern in Firth Germany sends iraqis Saddam Hussein a message. More than an estimated 25,000 . Troops Are deploying in the next few weeks from the Niernberg military Community and area. The service members Are from the 1st army div the 2nd army Cav regt the 210th Field arty and the 2nd corps support come. Back Page