European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday december 19, 1990army ordering some retirees to duty Washington of today so Volunteer Quot army is looking for More than volunteers for the first Lime in nearly three decades the army is searching out military retirees a especially those Wilh medical skills a and forcing them Hack into uniform. As the buildup of . Forces in the persian Gulf surges toward the 4 10,0 10 level and the , deadline nears for an Ira tji withdrawal from Kuwait the army is digging deep into its personnel records for help in supporting the Force. It col. Henry a Ilan Rahan an army planner said an initial Call up of 15 retired physician assistants was approved last week and about 200 other retirees probably would be involuntarily recalled for Active duly Over the next month. It is the first involuntary use of army retirees since the i%1 crisis Over East Germany a erection of the Berlin Wall. Mai Irahan said that about 4,0 10 army retirees have volunteered for duty in the Gulf crisis but that involuntary Call Are needed because there Aren t enough volunteers with vital skills. The army is especially eager to get More medical specialists in uniform. Related Story Page 2 about 150 volunteers have been put on Active duty and about half of those Are performing medical duties in support of operation desert shield Hanrahan said. Approximately 30ft More volunteers arc Likely to go on Active duty Over the coming month lie said. Retired military officers Aren t required to maintain any Active association with the services. But it service Secretary has the authority to Force retired personnel Back into uniform if if is deemed necessary for National Security. The Navy last week disclosed that it is deploying two additional 500-bed Mobile Field hospitals in the projected combat zone in saudi Arabia and that it plans to Call up 8,9 10 reservists to increase Navy medical support. Man Fihnn said that in addition to the retirees who have volunteered for duty about 5,000 members of the individual ready Reserve have offered their services and about 1,00 1 of those have been placed Ori Active duly. A these Are not rambo types Quot Hanrahan said. Quot they see that their country has a need and they want to be a part of the Irr is the second Echelon of re scr Isle enlisted personnel. They can kit be involuntarily called to Active duly under the aug 22 Reserve Call up authority issued by president Bush. T he presidential order allows the Call up of up to 200,000 members of the selected Reserve made up of members of inc National guard and Reserve who Are required to train one weekend per month and attend a two week training session once a of the Irr generally arc not required to train. There arc 278,000 army members in the army faces an increasing need for volunteers to perform duties such As truck driving water purification medical service and Graves registration Hanrahan said. Some also Are needed to fill out the three National guard combat brigades placed on Active duty for possible deployment to the Gulf he said. The army is concerned about a recent drop in the number of Irr volunteers Hanrahan said adding that some 600 who had offered to serve had backed out. Over the next month the army expects to need 500 to 800 More volunteers from the Irr for Active duty beyond the 1,000 volunteers already put in uniform he said. And if the Gulf crisis erupts into War the need for individual replacements will greatly increase he added. I n is by Janet How Ells Tierney. Washington Bureau. Washington a operation desert shield might never have got off the ground if it were not for 28 commercial airlines \ the companies part of the civil Reserve air Fleet were activated for the first time in the 30 years of the organization on aug. 18 to support the operation from that first Day in August until monday the department of defense has paid $375 million for commercial contract aircraft in support of operation desert shield said a military Airlift Conul spokesman. As of dec. 14,the carriers had logged 1,700 missions involving both cargo and personnel that Cost an average of about $220,000 per flight. A a in the four months civilian carriers transported 61 percent of the More than 204,000 passengers to the area a Mac spokesman said. Also More than 220,000 from Page 1 talks with Iraq the europeans said that seeing Aziz a who had been invited before the .-iraqi talks were derailed would Send Baghdad the wrong signal Quot we maintain the pressure on Iraq Quot said Jacques Del ors president of the european commission the Community a executive body. A Quot a. The iraqi foreign ministry said the dec was Only trying to appease the United states. Iraq has tried to set Jan. 12 As a Date for the Baker Saddam meeting. The United states says that is too late because it comes Only three Days before Jan. 15, after that Dale the Security Council has authorized Force to drive Iraq from Kuwait. A even if the .-Jraqi talks get Back on track a turkish report quoted Saddam As saying they would be useless if the american Side merely reiterates . Resolutions demanding a full pullout Quot we would not go to the United states to get orders a Saddam told a turkish television journalist a if Bush is going to repeat to us the in decision culling for a Complete withdrawal there is no need to go the Bush administration has said urging Iraq to comply with . Resolutions would be the principal focus of any a talks. A. A a a a a a. / a a a a. A a. Quot we have already read them we know them and we rejected them Quot Saddam said referring to tie resolutions. In other developments a defense Secretary Dick Cheney and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Colin Rowell were to leave tuesday night for saudi Arabia to talk with officials and. Meet with troops. J a Prince Charles will visit British troms in the Gulf this weekend. Buckingham Palace said tuesday Princess Diana will not be with him but she will Fly to Germany on wednesday to visit families of British soldiers serving in the Gulf Region the Palace said. 8 die in crash in Philippines Manila Philippines Dpi a a speeding jeep lost its two front wheels and smashed into an oncoming passenger bus on the South expressway outside Manila leaving eight people dead police said. In tons of cargo or 20 percent of the total Between aug. 7 and Dee. 3, were saudi Arabia by commercial tic civilian Leeb to add military missions to its already tight flight schedules took a bit of air plane shuffling Quot it was a coordination Job to pull aircraft and Crews and use Thorn for flights to areas we done to normally go to a said Tim so i in an America n air i i lies spokesman. To free up air planes american cancelled one of its three non Stop flights Between Dallas and Honolulu and one of three non stops from los Angeles to Newark n.j., he said. A i Nee a u g to a m e Rita n h As flow n Abou to 8j 10 serv ice members to saudi Arabia on 33 dc-10 flights. In Many cases the Volunteer military Force was transported by a St a i f of Civ ii Ian Volu Niezers. Pan am has flown 85 loads of troops to saudi Arabia since dec 5 and the entire Crew of mechanics pilots and flight attendants volunteered for the special flights. Often those Volunteer Crews found the experience. Bittersweet a. A a a a Quot a a. A a it san emotional roller coaster a said Alan Loflin a pan am spokesman who Rode along on a recent flight from Germany to saudi Arabia. Quot there a something about carrying so Many people into the unknown while we were All free to go Back to Rome and eat dinner. Loflin said Many in flight chats Between the Crew and the passengers progressed into deep conversations that ended with address exchanges. A there is a somber mood that prevails. We know these men and women Are concerned about what could happen tomorrow of if there will even be a tomorrow a said pan am flight attendant Sandra Gean Quot but the moments of levity the laughs up Here Are top 2 officers in naval unit relieved of duty Naples Italy a amps a the officer in charge of a naval detachment in Gaeta arid the assistant officer in charge relieved of duty a Navy spokesman said tuesday. A a a \ a. A cmdr. Francis b. Dempsey and it. Kathleen m. Jame s were re i i eve d mond a by the comm an d e r of t he naval support activity Naples capt. James r. Glover. J a m is w a s re i i eve d for a i 1 e ged Frai e r h Iza t i o n i t h a subordinate. Because the investigation of James conduct has just begun it would be inappropriate to com. Niento on the allegations it. Scott Campbell said. Dempsey was dismissed because Glover had lost confide Nee in the commanders ability to represent him at the detachment located about 60 Miles North of Naples. Cam p be 11 s a i a Giove r h a d p e son Ai re a so i s for h is de Ciesiun that head rather not discuss at this time the spokesman said -. Quot &Quot.�?�. A a. Dempsey who served As officer in charge at Gaeta since january 1988, has been temporarily reassigned to the staff of Fleet air Mediterranean Campbell said. James who had been at Gaeta since february 1989, has been temporarily reassigned Tonsa Naples while the allegations Are being investigated Campbell said. It. Katherine m. Hawley will be the interim officer in charge at Gaeta she had previously served As the Asa commanders special assistant in charge of planning and two years ago Gaeta also suffered leadership prob a lems. A v / a a a. A a in August 1988, vice adm. Kendall e. Moranville asked to retire at the end of his tour As 6th Fleet commander after being disciplined for alleged personnel misconduct. A v. Moranville retired a month after an interim officer in charge at Gaeta was dismissed from the Navy for Fra Ter Niza Tion and sexual harassment. It cmdr. Daniel p. Cd Asto was convicted of charges stemming from incidents involving four Navy women a Gaeta is the Home port of the 6th Fleet flagship. The detachments Mission is to provide administrative and logistics support to the beet commander and assigned units. A a a a a. A. A. A a a. A a. The detachment consists of administrative offices a clinic Exchange commissary and elementary school from Page 1 Schurz Cavern . The port is the Home of t he 543id Are a s u p to r t g to u a w h Ich is the he a d q uart e is element that supports the Community. There Are several activities located outside the Bremer Huven Cavern such As leased warehouses offices and Lehi Cie maintenance areas. But Shirar could not say tuesday w Hether any of those locations would be affected. A name change for the Community also was announced monday. which encompasses the Jar est area of any army Community in Europe will be Calk the Bremerhaven military Community. And the commar Clement will be renamed the . Military commune activity Bremerhaven. A. / a a a _ the Community s area of responsibility includes Abo 3 Sites a some no More thin Small communication of. Posts a stretching from the Denmark Border Southeast Helmstedt and West to the dutch Border Shirar said. The largest concentration of personnel is in Boerne Haven. Nix largest Community is a Arnstedt Home of to 2nd army div fwd headquartered at Clay Cavern
