European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 27, 1991the stars and stripes Page 9to be lifted Heidelberg Germany a starting in june soldiers will again be allowed to leave Europe for new duty stations marking the end of a freeze on assignments that began in november during the . Deployment to the persian Gulf. The new plan for reassignments. Announced this week by in Europe officials is designed to gradually get troop movements Back on schedule. Although the plan gives new assignment dates to soldiers it still allows commanders to retain some soldiers with critical skills. For example soldiers with reassignment dates of sept 30, 1991, or earlier who have skills considered Mission essential can be extended up to 120 Days past the dates assigned them under the plan. Soldiers should Contact their personnel service centers for their exact adjusted assignment dates. Y the adjustments by month Are As follows for soldiers serving in Long tour areas soldiers originally scheduled to leave in december 1990 or earlier will leave in june 1991 those scheduled for january 1991 will leave in july 1991 february 1991, now August 1991 March 1991, now september .1991 april and May 1991 will now leave in october 1991 june and july 1991 will leave in november 1991 August 1991 will leave in december 1991 september and october 1991 will leave in january 1992 november and december 1991 will leave in february 1992 january and february 1992 will leave in March 1992 and March 1992 will leave in april 1992. Some april 1992 dates will be delayed until later in the month. Those scheduled to leave in May 1992 and beyond will leave on their original dates. The adjustments by month Are As follows for soldiers serving in Short tour areas soldiers originally scheduled to leave in March 1991 or earlier will leave in june 1991 april and May 1991 will leave in july 1991 june and july 1991 will leave in August 1991 and August 1991 Wilt leave in september 1991. Some september 1991 dates will be delayed until later in the month. Those scheduled to leave in october 1991 and beyond will leave on the original personnel plan also allows soldiers with adjusted reassignment dates of sept. 30, 1991, or earlier to request an Extension of up to 120 Days if their new Date would cause personal hardship. Soldiers returning from the Gulf area will also be reassigned according to the adjusted schedules. However if their scheduled return is after the adjusted Date or if they need additional time to out process the soldiers will be Given up to 30 extra Days after returning to Europe. Soldiers must also meet certain remaining time in service requirements to depart the european theater. Soldiers in Long tour areas accompanied or unaccompanied must have 13 months remaining time in service by their adjusted reassignment dates to leave the theater. Soldiers in Short tour areas that do not allow families must have seven months remaining in service by their adjusted dates to be reassigned out of the theater. The has also approved an Early separation program for some enlisted soldiers who were forced to extend under the assignments freeze. Personnel officials have details on eligibility 2nd cavalry division returns to Ambera base. A a a a. A a a s4s Vinc Crawley pfc. Kevin Prine and his wife Barbara get reacquainted Friday in Amberg Germany. The infantryman is with k troop 3rd so 2nd annd Cav regt. By Effie Bathen Nimberg Bureau / Amberg Germany a pfc. Jeffery Goode leaned on a wooden Cane to take the weight off his left leg. A snipers Bullet had blown a sex Inch Gash through it about 30 Miles outside Kuwait City. A i had six surgeries three in saudi and three in Germany a said the 22-year-old cavalry scout who was wounded two Days after the Gulf War fighting stopped. Goode was among the hundreds of americans who turned out on the Parade Field at Pond Barracks thursday to Welcome Home about 400 members of the 3rd so 2nd Cav regt. The regiment moved so fast and battled so hard in Iraq that Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf referred to it As the �?o2nd cavalry actually it would take three regiment sized units to make up a division. Eleanor Torres the wife of staff sgt. Hector Torres a Section chief for the Squadron howitzer Battery was also on the Parade Field thursday with her was one of her twin daughters Manuela a fourth grader. Her other daughter Yolie was in the Hospital recovering from an emergency appendectomy. Although Yolie Wasny to there to see the buses pull through the Gate or hear the police escort sirens and the crowds screams she have to wait Long to Greet her dad. A a we re going to the Hospital straight from Here a her Mother the wars end one Amberg scout Cpl. James r. Mccoy of troop a had been killed. Seven others were a injured. Quot / a a pvt. John Norris 20, from Duncan okla., was among the group of single soldiers returning Quot from the Gulf. Norris said the Battle was like Wayne movie Complete with a the Cav and the but he added it also was like working at Mcdonald a because everyone did their part he said. Without anyone to Greet them pvt. 2 Eric a a Pickle Nussbickel 18, from Buffalo n.y., and the other single soldiers spent the time counting the medals and awards. S4s View Crawfor sgt. 1st class Brantly Wofford or m co 3rd so 2nd Cav regt gives his daughter Amanda a hug after his return to Amberg Germany from the persian Gulf. The tank platoon sergeant was greeted by the 12-Ycar-old and his other five children. That they would be getting. They had used up the fingers of one hand when Nussbickel interrupted them a this is the Best one a he said pointing to the combat Patch on his right shoulder. Cd Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a a 10-year Veteran who left her unit to avoid duty in the persian Gulf War has received a dishonourable discharge and been sentenced to 21 months in jail a military release said. Sgt. Faith Grasso 29, left the 1st signal in Kaiserslautern on dec. 10, 1990, after the unit received word of its deployment orders to operation desert snied the release said. At a general court martial on april 16, she pleaded guilty to desertion with intent to avoid special duty. As part of a plea bargain she was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to forfeit All pay in addition to the 21-month jail term and dishonourable discharge it said. According to court documents the wire systems installer told her commander and first sergeant on several occasions in november and december that she would not deploy to the persian Gulf because she did not believe in what the . Military was doing there. When she left her Barracks room at Kleber Cavern she took her civilian clothing and left behind military items the documents said. Grasso turned herself Over to military authorities at West Point n.y., on april 1 and was returned to Germany on april 6. Grassow a unit deployed to Northern saudi Arabia about 45 Miles from the iraqi Border. Grasso of Stamford conn., will be confined at fort Riley Kan. Couple found with stolen jeep held Kandel Germany a amps a military police detained a married couple Early thursday As the pair was travelling on the autobahn in a vehicle transporter bearing a stolen jeep German police said. The jeep was one of 10 reported stolen from an storage site in the last four months. German police arrested the two suspects who were heading North on autobahn 65 Between Karlsruhe and Landau when the my patrol stopped them at 2 12 a.m., a police spokesman in Kandyl a said. Quot a a a a a the also reported the theft of four jeeps in the saute area on Jan. 5, March 17 and two on april 15, the spokesman said. German and .military police Are investigating the Case. Karlsruhe military Community spokeswoman Ruth Dyal said no other details were immediately available. \ crowd jeers Kohl during trip to Leipzig Leipzig Germany apr about 100 Young people on Friday jeered Chancellor Helmut Kohl during a trip to Leipzig while some of the Eastern germans threw tomatoes and eggs at him Kohl was not hit. Kohl was making his second trip to the troubled Eastern part of the country since the National elections last dec. 2. Many people in the former communist nation have accused Kohl of virtually abandoning them. During a visit Hospital in Leipzig the group of Young people chanted a the Chancellor must about three or four of the demonstrators threw eggs and tomatoes at him without reaching their target. Security personnel pushed the demonstrators away and Kohl continued his visit. During a news conference later Kohl promised he would be making a series of visits to the Eastern part of the country
