European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 Britain ponders borrowing Germany s Leopard tank supper Heyford airman wins Engineer honors Raf upper Heyford England an airman assigned to the 20th tac fighter Wing Hospital has been named a Safe a Bio Environ mental Engineer airman of the year. A senior airman George Ingram has been stationed at upper Heyford for the past two years. Ingram is credited with taking care of two dangerous situations involving hazardous work practices at two facilities including one in which a workers doing a self help project were exposed to Asbestos fibres while taking out a duct in a boiler room. Ingram also collected processed and shipped 114 special Asbestos air samples to determine the airborne Levels that personnel were exposed to in their work stations. Ingram also coaches a youth basketball team and participates in the base chapels . Morales inductees Frankfurt Germany a v corps inducted new members into the sgt. Morales club at the Terrace club in Frankfurt last week. Maj. Gen. John p. Otjen the 8th inf div commander presented certificates to the inductees. Inductees from the 3rd inf div were sets. 1st class Vernon Alton Paul r. Curry Delmor l. Leonor Stanley j. Heaverlo Jorge l. Modina Alvin e. Melton Joaquin l. Reclosado Max j. Renner Anthony j. Rego jr., Vernon Smith Roberto m. Valdez and Cesar Vanderpool or. Also inducted were staff sets. Brent e. Arronte Daniel s. Bergeron Daniel s. Brooks Mark v. Brown car Burnside Michael c. Crawford Carlton Handy Michael j. Hagerman James l Jackson Jose t. King Jose m. Olivero Diaz Armond p. Pringley and Clifton l Rushing. In addition the list included sgt Spatrick m. Brown Jody James Camp Lindsey m. Coleman Rodney j. Cordoza Donald l Courtois jr., Raymond w. Duso Mark a. Holt Michael j. Inde Busch Donald b. Me Cartney Byron l. Mckinney Christopher p. Paules Richard b. Ray Man Robert l. Ross and Albert p. Davis  from the 11th army Cav regt included staff sets Scott a. Firebaugh William e. Groat Bela Sebestyen jr., Rickey l. Webb and Russel e. Coble. Also inducted were sets. Walter s. Colo and Thoo Dore d. Moskonas. Inductees from Tho 8th inf div wore staff sets. James r. Hand clip ton Krahenbill and Larry s. Maleskey and sets. Steven y. Allen Dennis w. Houck and Phillip w. Stevens. Inductees from the 3rd corps support come were sgt. 1 St class Glendile e. Nurse staff sets. Terrence b. Farmer Robert j. Kambic and Jackie d. Newell and sgt. James c. Dowden Iii. Inductees from the 130 engr brigade included sets. 1st class Robert Dempsey and Stanley m. Cage and staff sgt. Terrence Murphy. Inductees from the 5th finance group were sets. Donald w. Moyer Darryn g. Murphy and Kenneth d. Williams. Inductees from the 18th my brigade wore sgt. 1st class Jerry e. Bakerjr. And staff sgt. Anthony a. Mcclure. Inductees from the 5th personnel group wore staff sets. Rafael Cosme and Marta l. Walker. A. Other new members were staff sgt. Charles d. Moth in of the 527th my co and sets. Donald a. Frank jr.,-32nd army air Defenso come and Daniel m. Booher 22nd signal brigade. .6 communities get vans Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a the Kaiserslautern military Community has received a free Chrysler Van for use in its morale welfare and recreation programs. A we have 300 soldiers deployed to provide Comfort and we plan to use the Van to support those soldiers family support groups a said col. Boyd e. King 29th area support group commander. The Van was one of six donated to military communities in Germany by the overseas military sales group a new York firm that Sells Chrysler and general motors products on military installations. The others went to Bremerhaven Frankfurt Grafe Wohr Mannheim and Hanau. The Van will be used to help families of deployed service members who have no transport Tion. Family assistance Center staffs will control who uses the Van and a Driver will be on standby 24 hours a Day an mar official  mar recognized in Ciurlik turkeys amps a the morale welfare and recreation division at in Ciurlik a has been selected by Safe to compete for the Best Small mar division in the air Force. The division opened new facilities despite a huge influx of personnel during the persian Gulf War and operation provide Comfort a strike and the loss of employees when family members were evacuated from the base. Three finalists will renamed for the mar Competition selection committee in july. The committee will visit those three bases in August. Bonn Germany apr Erwin Rommel a ghost is probably wearing a Grin. Bernard Montgomery the British general whose tanks stopped the  Fox at Al Alamein during world War ii May be spinning in his  50 years after the German general a defeat in the Sands of North Africa Britain is thinking about leasing 130 German Leopard tanks until it finds a per Manint replacement for its aging chieftains. A Germany defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said Friday that a the question has been posed whether they the British could temporarily use Leopard 2 tanks from German  he added that so far there have Only been Low level contacts Between the countries on the subject. After the persian Gulf War proved that a Good tank remains a crucial Battlefield asset Britain is pondering How to replace its Fleet of nearly 30-year-old chieftains. Britain also has the More modern challenger 1 and challenger 2 tanks. Among tanks in the running to replace the chieftain Are the challenger 2, which is made by the British company Vickers and the  m1a2 Abrams which destroyed much of iraqis tank Force in the Gulf War. Another contender is Germany a Leopard 2, considered by Many experts to be equal to if not Superior to the Abrams. Stoltenberg said Friday that using the German tank in Britain a Only makes sense if the Leopard 2 is introduced there  whoever wins the contract the Issue has already stirred memories in Germany and Britain of Rommel a epic Battles with Montgomery popularly known As  the German newspaper die Welt said that using German tanks in Britain s army a would certainly not go Down Well with Monty a  Bonn Germany up a a German Deputy Sug a tested Friday that the decision Over the future location of the Federal government should be made by secret ballot because parliamentarians who favor Bonn Over Berlin have been subjected to threats. Kai Uwe von Hassel said that Many deputies particularly those from Eastern Germany faced pressure a the likes of which i have not experienced in my 34 years As a parliamentarian and which i would not have thought  von Hassel who was president of the bundestag a then the West German House of representatives a from 1969 to 1972, said that the pressure went As far As threats and that a fear is making the  several officials who went on the record As sup. By the stars and stripes four boy scouts in Germany and one in the Netherlands have joined the ranks of the Eagle scout the highest in boy  become an Eagle scout a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. The new Eagle scouts and their projects Are a Brad Lee 16. The son of Hon and Gwen Lee Brad is a Sophomore at Heidelberg High school in Germany. He conducted a scouting for food program in the Heidelberg military Community to provide food baskets to soldiers and their families during the thanksgiving hoi Days.  200 food baskets were prepared with items collected in the drive. Brad has  in scouting for 2xh  is a member of troop 1 in Heidelberg. A Christopher Madden 14. A freshman at Pitburg High school in Germany Christopher is the son of maj. And mrs. Edward j. Madden. He planned supervised and carried out the landscaping of the youth services building in Heidelberg. Christopher has been involved in scouting for eight years and is a member of troop 282 in Heidelberg. A Jonathan Wiley,j.7. The son of maj. And mrs. Dan the Independent a British daily agreed saying a the idea of British soldiers driving German tanks is a Little hard for the British army to Swallow. A political and emotional factors have weighed heavily against choosing a German tank As the permanent chieftain replacement a the Independent added on thursday. S Rommel and Montgomery became legendary figures during world War ii. In the Spring of 1942, Rommel a afrika Korps rolled across North Africa and engaged in desert tank Battles with the British who retreated to Al Alamein in Egypt. But British fortunes took a Sharp turn for the better after Montgomery assumed command. On oct. 23 1942, Montgomery a forces opened a massive air and artillery offensive burst through enemy lines and forced the Axis forces out of Egypt across Libya and into Tunisia. After Montgomery saved Egypt american troops landed in Algeria on nov. 7 and later combined with mongol cry a 8th army to Deal the afrika Korps total defeat. A a. A a a. A a a a a a a a a Rommel May not get his revenge however. According to the die Wal daily the British have already decided to replace the chieftain with the challenger 2 rather than a German tank for political and economic reasons. The Independent said Vickers officials have argued that failure to choose the company a challenger 2 a would Deal a fatal blow to its Export Hopes and to Britain a tank building  Rommel a Fame did not end at Al Alamein. The general became disillusioned with the nazis and kilted himself in 1944 because of his suspected role in an attempt to murder Adolf Hitler. Montgomery died in 1976. Porting Bonn said they received Anonymous threats by mail. A. A a a. A a. The bundestag is scheduled to vote june 20 on whether the Federal government and the parliament should stay in Bonn or move to Berlin. The bundesrat Germany supper House was originally scheduled to hold a similar vote one Day after the bundestag but members have decided to postpone the vote to july 5. Von Hassel citing the threats against deputies said the vote should be by secret ballot which would imply the reversal of a previous agreement. Berlin regained its status As German capital on oct. 3, 1990, but Bonn remained the Seal of government pending a decision by the parliament. Iel Wiley Jonathan is a senior at Patch High school in Stuttgart Germany. He collected and sorted donations from the Kelley Barracks Community for the pfennig Bazaar which raised almost 200,000 Marks for German and american welfare projects in the Stuttgart area. Jonathan has been involved in scouting for seven years and is a member of troop 154 at Kelley Barracks. A \ \ a Quot a a a Bryan Wiley 14. The son of maj. And mrs. Daniel Wiley Bryan is a freshman at Patch High school. He collected books games toiletries stationery snack foods greeting cards and other morale boosters from the Stuttgart Community and made 43 boxes from the donated goods to Send to Vii corps Headquarters soldiers participating in operation desert shield storm. Bryan has been involved in scouting for five years and is a member of troop 154 at Kelley Barracks. Troy Shutt 17. The son of senior master sgt. David and Louise Sellers Troy is a senior at Allied forces Central Europe International High school Iri the Netherlands. He planned organized purchased materials and led a group of scouts in rebuilding the youth Booster clubs snack bar improving its storage and serving capacity and its appearance. Troy has been involved in scouting for nine years and is a member of troop 100 in Brun sum the Netherlands. A. Secret Bonn Berlin ballot urged 5 scouts in Europe reach Eagle rank