European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes \ sunday december 30,1990 Hahn families share subdued farewells by l. Emmett Lewis or. Staff writer Hahn a Cormany a Little children too Young to understand what was going on scampered around the aircraft maintenance hangar full of sofas chairs playpens and Coffee tables Christmas garlands children s drawings and lots of flags decorated the huge room but the atmosphere was Suhd cd As families and friends sat in Small clusters saying goodbye while the 10th inc fighter so prepared to deploy to the Middle East despite the sadness of separation the Squadron commander it. Col. De hour a managed to sound optimistic. A we got to have Christmas at Home with our Rami lies Quot he said Friday. Quot Many people did no to so we re taking a pretty positive perspective on this a Houle leaves behind his wife Nancy 9 year old son David and 12-Ycar-old daughter Erin. Most of the families in the Squadron have children much younger one of those families is that of sgt. Mark d. Stephens a weapons loader. Pam Stephens said the hardest Job of All will be that of Quot trying to play the father role for my children in his  the Stephens have a 4-Ycar-old son Douglas twid a 1-year-old daughter Jussi Ca. A a it a depressing a Carol Forney said Quot the Only time we pc been separated for a Long time was during Basic training and tech  she has been married for the past five years to senior airman John Forney a weapons loader who works with Stephens. The Forney have a 2-year-old son Michael this deployment is different from the squadrons Normal wartime Mission according to col. George a Norwood commander of the 50th tac fighter Wing. The unit would normally Quot Fly and fight right Here in place a Norwood said. This time a Hahn Squadron is deploying to support and augment another unit at a Forward location. Quot i want them to know that they Are a part of something that is very big but part of something that is very important As Well a Norwood said of his personnel. A we need to make sure that they understand that when they deploy not Only Are we sending will equipped will support cd personnel but that we re going to do everything we can to take Good care of their families while they re  the Farewell Center set up in a hangar was a Good indicator of the wings concern for its people. A we wanted to give them an environment where they can spend time with their families before getting on the aircraft Quot Norwood said. The wings three fighter squadrons routinely Fly to Turkey or Spain for 30-Day stints at target ranges there. But the deployment of the Squadron is More extensive because of the support personnel and 400 tons of extra equipment being sent along said col. Jim Mcintyre the wings Deputy commander for maintenance. The deployment will fill 27 c-141 transport planes. Out on a cold Windy flight line Friday it. Col Michael Holm ducked under one of two wingtip aim-9 missiles As he gave his f-16 aircraft a final Check before departure. Most of the aircraft swing noun cd pylons were empty but the relative Lack of weaponry was not a concern. A it s not exactly a Boob a bring your own bomb a party a a Holm said. A the weapons Well need arc already in place a and within a Day or so the 10th tac fighter so will be  a first for Navy woman named Rome apr a woman has been named commander of an Active . Navy vessel for the first time. It. Cmdr. Darlene m. Iskra was installed As com Mahder of the Salvage vessel opportune on thursday night after cmdr. Edgar j. Jones was flown Back to the United states for a medical emergency said it. Scott Campbell Public information officer for . Naval support activity Naples. A. Quot we be never had a female commanding officer of a deployable ship or ship that can be sent overseas a Campbell said a there s a Little bit of naval history being made  a Iskra will command an All male Crew of about 100, Campbell said. Iskra a special operations officer is the senior female diving officer in the Navy and is a graduate of officers candidate school in Newport r.i., Campbell said. She had originally been scheduled to succeed Jones on Jan 24. The opportune is a non combatant vessel and is assigned to the 6th Fleet based in Naples Italy Campbell said. / As a result the vessel will not be involved in military. Action in the event of a War in the persian Gulf. However the ship could be sent to an area outside the War zone to provide support. The ship is responsible for recovering equipment or the wreckage of ships or planes from the sea and sometimes makes repairs to Navy vessels Campbell said. It also tows disabled ships. The next woman scheduled to receive command of a Navy ship is Csc or. Deborah Gernes a surface warfare. Officer she is scheduled to be installed in december 1991 and will command the Cimarron a Fleet  in Brief Algiers Algeria apr the hijackers of  algerie Boeing 737 freed 31 hostages and searched for t Refuge in another country saturday after seizing an in f eternal algerian flight officials said. / the plane remained grounded throughout saturday at the Airport in the Eastern Cit of Annada where it wins forced to land after being turned away from Carthage in neighbouring Tunisia. The state owned airline said in a communique that the plane had been carrying 88 people including six Crew members. An algerian official close to the negotiations said the air pirates could be algerian islamic fundamentalists demanding the release of imprisoned moslem fundamentalists in neighbouring Tunisia. From Page 1 Rooney has been a Pilot for 20years. Both air Force officers began their military careers As enlisted men and remembered what Farrah Fawcett posters did for them in the 1970s. A this Calendar reminiscent of the pinup posters of wars Long past represents but a Small gesture of appreciation for your sacrifices and suffering Quot Morales wrote to desert shield troops in the calendars  few desert shield service members will get to peruse the calendars since saudi sensitivities prohibit their import into the desert kingdom. But bookstores and gift shops on and off military installations in the United states Are doing a booming business Kooncy Merritt said. And since the Calendar has been on Sale for a couple of months it is possible that some recently deployed service members bought copies and took them to saudi Arabia with them she said. Also families Are buying the Calendar and keeping it for when their military loved ones return Home. Sales at bookstores on March fab in California have gone so Well that some of the models set up an autographing session there. So Many fans showed up that the Bookstore asked the women to return which they did drawing another big crowd Romney Merritt said. The Navy Exchange in san Diego has ordered 1,000 calendars to keep up with brisk sales. Ail 30 copies of the Calendar sold out at the Pentagon Bookstore in five Days. A i Wasny to sure they would sell that Well this dose to the new year a said Dirk Williams the stores manager. A we have 50 More on order and people ask for it every  Pentagon newsstand clerks say they have heard complaints from women that the calendars Are a a rude and  but Romney Merriter said that some military women have asked when a Calendar with photos of barely dressed male models will be out for them. A a we re looking into it a she said adding that scores of female models Are contacting the company to be included in the planned 1.992 version of the operation desert shield Calendar. A portion of the proceeds from the calendars will be used to assist hostage and military family support groups Romney Merritt said. From Page 1 personally feel that we did learn something in Vietnam and that is that if you Are going to fight aggression then you need to get in there with All the combat Power that you can. You need to do it quickly and get out. That a what has to be done a despite the deployment of As Many As 100,000 . Troops from Europe to the Gulf area Galvin believes nato is still prepared to defend the continent should the need arise. He said recently signed arms control accords coupled with Domestic problems in the soviet Union mean that the Alliance Quot can now tie fend Europe with a smaller Force if it is highly Mobile the Prospect of planned troop reductions in Europe has been clouded however by Mission requirements of desert shield Calvin said. A we started out to make our reductions now with the buildup in the Gulfi its not entirely Clear yet As to whether or not Well continue to take the reductions we had planned. A they left All their equipment and families Here a he added. They will be coming Back. Whether or not some of the forces in the Gilf. Will then be reduced we Don t know  in the meantime Galvin is encouraging Fame ies to remain in Europe. A i Hope that families. Will see that its better to stay within the Community where they know everybody understands what a going on than it will be to go Home a he said. A what  Community is the people themselves the Circle of friends that families Here have the people they Ca n to 1 k to. B it my respond s Ibi i Ity is to be sure that Community support is coming or to fight the Money Battle on Capitol hill.�?�. Galvin said he believes the troops and family members remaining in Europe will be Safe from terrorist attacks if Saddam decides to spread the Gulf crisis to Europe protecting those left behind is High on his priority list he said adding that military and Host nation Security As Well As military intelligence will be watching for anything out of the Ordinary. A a we be very aware of such  he said. A that s been going on for years. Its nothing new a new year fireworks Blaze kills 8 refugees in Bremen a Bremen Germany apr eight people at a Bremen refugee shelter died when a new year s rocket was set off inside a room and the three Story building burst into flames officials said saturday. The dead included a pregnant woman arid four  a five people were injured in the late Friday Blaze. About 90 refugees from Poland the soviet Union landform e r e ast g e pm a by we re i Ivi n g t h e re at the Tim Quot a he eight people were from former East Germany. From Page 1 in an interview with the British broadcasting corp. That Britain had4 begun to prepare for an unconventional War of chemicals and biological agents stockpiling Medicine for the possible inoculation of troops. Hamilton warned Iraq would face severe retaliation if it used the weapons in a War echoing earlier warnings from the United slates. British officials have said a inoculations of British troops in the Gulf will begin a shortly a following official statements that . Forces would begin vaccinations soon. A. A v a in other developments a an air Force weather forecaster said the , military Isnit getting important data collected by saudi Arabia even As Winter sandstorms and Choppy seas pose new obstacles for .-led forces. The forecaster capt. Judy Dickey said that although the kingdom does Supply some information it does not share data on wind set seed and direction fearing that teletype reports would Aid Iraq in launching a chemical or biological attack. A american medical experts say a . Plan to inoculate troops in the Gulf against germ warfare agents could not possibly protect service members against Al of the hundreds of microbes that could be used in a biological attack. Or. Bradley sack a Johns Hopkins University expert on infectious diseases said the troops would have to be vaccinated weeks or even months in Advance in order to give them sufficient Protection against disease