European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Postal unit by Crystal Laureano staff writer Frankfurt Germany a mail to military Post offices in Europe will not be delayed during the conversion to the new address and zip code system that begins monday say air Force postal officials. But it wont move any faster either. A this the address changes is just the first phase of the process to automate mail sorting a said maj. Bruce Kinser chief of operations for the 7025th air postal so based at Ramstein a Germany. The unit handles All mail coming and going by air for All services in Europe. Army Post office patrons will not notice any change because of the . Army Europe officials decision to delay the the new address standardization and zip code realignment system in its postal facilities in Europe until oct. 1, Kinser said. The 7025th operates terminals in Frankfurt London Brussels Belgium Madrid Spain Athens Greece and Istanbul Turkey. Frankfurt a the largest Aerial mail terminal within the defense department handles about 500 tons of mail a week during periods of Normal mail flow said maj. Dave Field commander of det. 9, which operates the Frankfurt facility. These terminals Are the first Stop for inbound mail and the last Stop for outbound mail. When mail arrives on commercial air planes it goes first to the mail terminals where it is sorted by Apo number and loaded onto trucks for transportation to one of five regional military mail distribution centers. At the Frankfurt terming mail bins Are already clearly marked with the new Apo numbers and workers arc gearing up to Start working under the new system. A we Are working with 192 new Apo numbers now a Field said. Mail Sorters should have no problem learning the new numbers in part because the transition will be gradual he said. A we have a year until next july to make All our address changes a Kinser said. A people done to have to have military Lindsey As civilian wins Safe contracting award Ramstein a Germany a Carol Allison from det 2, 7000th contracting so was recently honoured As the air forces outstanding civilian in specialized contracting for 1990. Allison received the award during a Pentagon ceremony for her work As a contracting officer at Lindsey air station Germany. Among her accomplishments Allison acquired the contract for . Air forces in Europe a systems engineering and technical assistance program. Seta provides services for labor on More than 100 types of technical engineering equipment and High technology support for nato exercises advanced computers and intelligence facilities throughout Europe. Allison is from Coshocton Ohio. Club awards scholarships Hanau Germany a amps a an educational Booster club in Hanau has awarded $33,000 in scholarship prizes to Hanau High school seniors who graduated last month. The 50-member Panther education assistance program awarded prizes ranging from $500 to $3,000, to 22 students said a club spokesman. Army col. Ronald p. Appleby who is also commander of the 92nd medical det. A donations from american and German Community organizations and the proceeds of an annual club Bazaar generated scholarship Money. Aid for army families Stuttgart Germany a the German armed forces military area come v has turned Over 10,000 Marks $5,525 in donations to Vii corps to help the families of soldiers killed during operation desert storm. The donations came from people who had been invited to the German organizations annual Ball which was cancelled because of the Onset of War. Maj. Gen. Gerhard John the German forces District commander presented the Money in the form of a Check to Vii corps commander it. Gen. Frederick m. Franks jr., on tuesday according to Vii corps. Saturday july 13, 1991 to sort the stars and stripes b Page 3 a amps Tius Schottler sgt. Joey d. Tucker checks a bag bound for Lindsey air station at det. 9�?Ts Frankfurt terminal. Saddam their address changed by july 15 monday a that is the Start Date of the program. We Don t want them to wait until the last minute but they Don t have to Rush out and do it immediately  air Force officials in Europe have already made some address changes for their personnel. Exchanges Banks and finance and accounting offices have been informed so that airmen Quot Don t have to worry about their App delayed payment program Bills monthly statements and leave and earning statements a Kinser said. Postage paid change of address cards will be available to air Force postal customers at no charge until sept. 3 1, but Kinser noted that most Billing statements such As stateside credit card accounts include a change of address portion that can he mailed with the payment. Once All military addresses have been standardized under the new system computerized scanning equipment will be Able to read the addresses allowing for automated sorting instead of slower hand sorting. Quot no tinal plans have been made for delivery or location of such sorting equipment. Those decisions rest with . Postal system officials in the United states. The new system Calls for putting unit codes a called Community mail room or unit numbers by the army and personnel service centers by the air Force a on the third line of the  eliminates the need Tor the extra tour numbers on All zip codes but those for Navy ships. For example a letter to a service member in Germany would be addressed. Sgt. John Doe military unit car or unit  if army or pc xxx if air Force or Navy Box number Apo a 09xxx All mail destined for Europe the Middle East Africa and Canada will use a a a Quot in place of the state name Sui rih As new York which is used Tor most Europe bound military mail. A a apr will be used for mail to the Pacific and a Baa Quot for mail to the americas other than Canada. Purges in iraqi army sources report Baghdad Iraq apr president Saddam Hussein has launched another wave of purges in the ruling baath party and the military executing scores of High ranking army officers Many of them shiite muslims sources said thursday. It the sources who included foreign diplomats interpreted the reports As a sign that the embattled dictator fears a coup and is shielding himself behind a Core of loyalists. They spoke on condition of anonymity. The expulsion of shiites would reverse a decade Long Elfort by Saddam a sunni Muslim o Widen his base of support. I among those reportedly executed was maj. Gen. Valchin Omer a sunni Muslim and hero of the Iran Iraq War who commanded an army division in the Marshlands of the South the Only Region where Saddam has not completely quashed rebellion. A . Delegation attempted thursday to visit the Marshlands where thousands of shiites Are believed to be trapped under intermittent bombardment. Shiite muslims who rebelled against Saddam in april make up 55 percent to 60 percent of Iraq a a population of 17 million. Most of Saddam a ruling Circle Are members of the sunni minority. Notably however the highest ranking shiite official in Saddam a government prime minister Saadoun Hammadi has remained in Power despite the reported purges. There Are increasing signs that Saddam fears a coup attempt because of the widespread belief among iraqis that he is responsible for the . Economic embargo that is strangling their Economy. . And British insistence that the . Sanctions not be lifted until Saddam leaves Power is widely perceived As a signal to his generals that the Only Way to end the country a misery is to move against him. Many army officers Are reportedly still rankled by the Gulf War defeat arid the humiliating disarmament terms that Saddam accepted. Saddam addressed some of that dissatisfaction in a speech thursday in Basra in which he said mistakes were made in the wars conduct according to an iraqi news Agency report monitored by the bbl in London. Except for televised meetings with top party army and government officials Saddam no longer appears in Public. 1 according to an exiled iraqi shiite religious Leader in firing generals is  risky business and indicates that he May think he s in trouble in the officers corps a Iraq expert Phoebe Marr Syria Mohammed Taki Modaressi Saddam has formed a secret police group called Rashad that has executed shiite rebels in Southern cities of including Basra and an Nasir Yah. Modaressi and other iraqi dissidents have been reporting purges in the military for weeks. One report on june 29, said 1,500 senior army officers had been Dis. Missed retired or demoted. A it in reported purges and death squad would be further evidence that the iraqi Leader dismayed by the widespread rebellion that followed the Gulf War is again turning to a Core cadre of baath party loyalists. In recent months Saddam has placed close relatives mostly from his Hometown of Cikrit in All of the key positions in the military the internal Security Force and the popular army As the baath militia is called. 1 he baathist were a tiny tight knit minority when they seized Power briefly in 1963 and then permanently in 1 using a highly disciplined Leninist style group of revolutionaries with Saddam As one of the main conspirators. While padding his Security Force Saddam a strategy runs the risk of creating a larger opposition said Phoebe Marr an Iraq expert at the National defense University in Washington. T a firing generals is always a risky business and indicates that he May think he a in trouble in the officers corps. The people weeded out could become alienated a she said. On monday the Al Qadi Siya army daily reported that a Reserve officers group of 2,51 0 to 3, men also would be demobilized. In recent weeks the regime also has issued orders to limit baath party membership to cadres who demonstrated their loyalty during the Gulf crisis the sources said. Party membership has declined from about 1.5 million to less than a million