European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition the Samland stripes vol. 50, no. 57 sunday june 9,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 500 d 8693 nation s finest hailed in capital Victory Parade Washington a the men and women of desert storm paraded proudly Down historic Constitution Avenue on saturday basking in a jubilant Welcome Home from fellow americans wearing ribbon of yellow and waving flags of red White and Blue. A flotilla of warplanes who shed Low Over the National mall. Tanks that once fought in the desert lumbered through the National capital. Battle streamers fluttered in the Brilliant Quot Sunshine As Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf led More than 8,000 veterans of the persian Gulf War in Parade As he had in Battle. A great Day a exulted president Bush the parades reviewer in chief. A i had Goose bumps Down my body the whole time a said army sgt. Karl Van Norman who Rode the Parade route in the same tank he drove in saudi Arabia. Constitution Avenue was awash in flags. Flags clutched by. Toddlers in strollers. Flags in. Straw Sun hats flags on buildings wheelchairs Tow trucks and to shirts. The . Park police estimated the crowd at 200,000. A Heads craned skyward As the planes crossed Over the Washington Monument the Lincoln memorial and All the Panorama that the capitals Skyline commands. In the Lead the f-117 stealth fighter a dark wedge against an azure sky. Daytime fireworks capped the Aerial show a symbolic bombs bursting in air a As accompaniment to the singing of a god bless amid the cheers were tears. A War also deserves quiet re Mem f a we. Map troops March Over the memorial Bridge toward the Pentagon in Washington during the National Victory Parade on saturday Brance a said the president As he Laid a Wreath at the Tomb of the unknowns at Arlington National cemetery in the Days opening event. Bush a voice choked briefly As he said Kuwait is free because a we dared risk our most precious asset our sons and daughters our Brothers and Sisters our husbands and wives a the finest troops any country has Ever families of some of the 376 american troops who lost their lives in the Gulf were at Arlington for the ceremony. Eyes moistened and tears flowed during the singing of the a Battle hymn of the the Daylong Celebration began with the morning service at Arlington National cemetery in Honor of the War dead and included a picnic for the veterans and their families a Uso show and at dusk what was billed As the biggest Lue see Parade on Page 10 colleges going All out new by Randy Mcclain financial writer colleges across the United states Are increasingly using a hard sell to attract youngsters to their campuses and the unprecedented marketing Blitz is overloading american High school students in Europe. A a a in be received material from 120 different colleges and 75 percent came from places i never heard of or applied to a said 18-year-old Shabnam Slatewala a graduating senior at the . Military High school at Ramstein a Germany. Mailboxes of High school juniors and seniors throughout department of defense dependents schools in Europe Are overflowing with Glossy promotional pamphlets flashy video Tours of College campuses and Cata logs listing courses. High school guidance Counselor and College admissions officers say the universities newfound aggressiveness is being fuelled by declining freshmen enrolments in the states and increased Competition for those who Are going to College. A everybody is a lot. More aggressive because of the recession and the demographics a said col. Matthew Bowe assistant admissions director at Valley forge military. Academy and Junior College in Wayne a. A a it a a matter of dollars and cents. Schools need full classes and they re trying to get their message a you can see the schools Are putting More Money into their bulletins and posters. There a a Madison Avenue effect a said Mike Butterbaugh head guidance Counselor at the american High school in Bonn Germany. Phone Calls from alumni overseas see colleges on Page 10 revises for women by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a women soldiers May now have up to 5 percent More body fat above the National averages for their age groups under a army policy revision that took effect May 3, Pentagon officials change which allows women 2 percent More body fat than before corrects a 5-year-old inequity Between women soldiers and their male counterparts. Since 1186, men have been allowed to have a body fat measurement up to 5 percent More than the National average while women could have up to Only 3 percent More. A Mother nature has assigned a certain level of body fat that is healthy for women and we want to allow for that a said maj. Gale Pollock chief of the army a personnel readiness division. Body fat standards Chart shows percent of body fat allowed by the army effective May 3. I men women 20�/c 34% a 30% 32% a. 3 22% 24% 26% 36% 17-20 21-27 28-39 40 amp up years of age a amps Sharon Kilday the new policy allows women to have 10 percent More body fat than men instead of 8 percent. Another change in the army a body fat standards trims the amount allowed for see fat on Page 10
