European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes sunday August 4, 1991returning equipment keeps on Byke Clauson Bromer Haven Bureau Bremerhaven Germany a a constant Stream of cargo ships is Docking at the port in Bremerhaven to discharge thousands of tanks trucks and other vehicles being returned from duty in the persian Gulf and Turkey. Nearly everything is transferred to rail cars but getting a single truck from the boat to its Home unit often takes the efforts of a dozen organizations. A a it a a hell of a coordination Effort a said maj. Dennis Faver Deputy commander and operations chief for the military traffic management come Bremerhaven. A there Are a lot of agencies involved in Clearing the port. And port clearance is critical. We have to get equipment out As fast As they unload the ships a Faver said. Parking space is limited and ships arrive every two or three Days he said. Several military organizations have joining or overlapping responsibilities for getting the equipment from saudi Arabia or Turkey to units in Germany. But in general terms the military sea lift come gets it to the port a tic Bremerhaven handles the port Transfer from ship to rail car and the 27th trans in takes Over from the Bremerhaven Railhead to the destination. A similar operation is being run in Rotterdam where vehicles Are transferred to Eithe Nail cars or barges. For a tic the ship to rail Transfer Means coordination with three contracted Stevedore longshoremen and tally companies the port support augmentation team military labor Force receiving unit representatives the 27th trans bin and the German Federal Railroad Faver said. All vehicles coming through Bremerhaven Are shipped by rail except wheeled vehicles belonging to the 2nd army div fwd based a few Miles to the South in Karlstedt. Convoys were ruled out because this is the Peak european vacation season and Highway traffic is already dense. A a we re the Inland transportation Guys a said maj. Steven Doughton movement control and operations officer for the 27th trans in. A the biggest Challenge to us is confirming where everything  Doughton a people get a ship Manifest and look at it item by item destination by destination. Then the traffic managers draw up a transportation plan. There May be five to 10 destinations for one shipload of equipment. A amps Ken Clauson a Bradley fighting vehicle foreground is among the heavy army equipment unloaded at Bremerhaven. They Are generally configured to a division size unit Doughton said but a division could be serviced by a dozen Railhead. Since the ship manifests listing what is on Board May not be accurate his staff confirms destinations with receiving unit representatives. Equipment belonging to deactivating units is diverted to storage Sites which adds the 200th theater army Materiel management Center to the coordination mix. Each piece of equipment has a specific destination because commanders have signed for vehicles by serial number. They Are not interchangeable so work Crews can to just Send the first 10 tanks off the boat to any unit authorized to tanks. Redeployment operations at the port hit their current Pace in june with an emphasis on equipment belonging to Active duty units. That phase is expected to run through August followed by Materiel drawn from War Reserve stocks throughout Europe according to it. Col. William Mortensen commander of the port support team task Force and also the 703rd main support in 3rd inf div. The bulk of his port support team comprises soldiers from his division and from the 2nd army div fwd. About 450 Drivers mechanics Cooks and administrative specialists work in shifts around the clock to keep the equipment Transfer on schedule. Instead of having each receiving unit Send its own Crews to Bremerhaven to process equipment it is More efficient to have a stable work Force he Saidi the quasi annual return of forces to Germany exercise commonly known As reformer was traditionally a Busy time at the port As stateside units shipped thousands of vehicles and tons of equipment to Germany. Now that the exercise has been converted to mostly computer play Maneu vers fewer vehicles Are required to support it. A a reformer is just going to be a couple More ships in the queue a he said. A a it a just going to be another Day at the  sentence comes 13 years later for former Span Dahlem airman changes of command Frankfurt Germany a a Retreat and Farewell ceremony is scheduled for Brig. Gen. Walter h. Yates jr., assistant division commander for the 3rd army div Man Euver and commander of the Giessen military Community. The event is scheduled for 4 55 . On aug. 9 at Drake Cavern in Frankfurt. Yates will become the commander of the Berlin brigade. The 25-year army Veteran recently served As assistant division commander support i operations desert shield and desert storm. A a schwetz1ngen, Germany a amps col. Elizabeth l. Gibson assumed command thursday of the army postal group Europe from col. Edward f. Don Nan jr., who is retiring from the army. Donnan who for a year commanded the postal group based in a Chinau was awarded the legion of. Merit for 31 years of service during the afternoon ceremony on Tompkins Barracks. Before Gibson a recent completion of the army War College she commanded the 14th adjutant general in at fort Jackson . Donnan born in the Bronx n.y., enlisted in the army in 1960 and received a direct appointment As an adjutant general corp second lieutenant in 1966. His recent assignments have included adjutant general of v corps Frankfurt Germany and assistant chief of staff for personnel and adjutant general for the 5th inf div fort Polk la. Six overseas Tours took him to Korea Japan Vietnam and Germany. By Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer when Glemer Lozano told customs officials at new Yorkus Kennedy International Airport last april that he had never served in the military his Mother immediately stepped in. A you have too been in the military a the former airman smother reportedly told her son now 37, As the Lozano family returned from a vacation outside the United states. When customs officials looked up Lozano a social Security number they found he was a wanted Man. And because of his mothers intervention Lozano a Check ered past in the air Force came Back to haunt him july 18 on the 13th anniversary of his arrest in Germany for drug Possession. That a when Lozano pleaded guilty at a military court martial held at Mcguire fab n.j., to two counts of possessing drugs that dated to the late 1970s when he was assigned to Span Dahlem a Germany. The new Jersey native fled the air base in february 1979 before his scheduled court martial. Lozano a run in with the Law dated to july 18, 1978, said capt. Paula Demuth a lawyer currently assigned to Span Dahlem who was sent to Mcguire to prosecute the Case against Lozano. He and his then Girlfriend were returning to Germany from the Netherlands by train when a Border search by German authorities turned up 4.35 pounds of hashish in his Luggage. A sub sequent search of his off base Home in Endorf near Span Dahlem revealed traces of marijuana. Lozano was allowed to go on leave to England in february 1979 while he was awaiting his court martial at Span Dahlem Demuth said. He did no to come Back. In the intervening years Lozano married his English Girlfriend Antonia bought a House in new Jersey had three children and became a supervisor at a lumber Mill. As far As the air Force knows Demuth said he stayed out of trouble. After he was arrested in april he first was held at a Navy jail in Philadelphia. He then was put Back to work for his former employer the air Force at the 438th Mission support so at Mcguire fab until his court martial. At his trial ministers and his children a school administrators testified to his Good character since the late 1970s. But a military judge did no to let Lozano off the Hook completely. Lozano was sentenced to two months in jail at a Navy jail in Philadelphia fined h2,000, demoted to airman Basic and give a dishonourable discharge. If Lozano does no to pay the Fine he must serve six More months in jail the judge ordered. Demuth said the government did not prosecute Lozano for desertion at his july 18 trial because no such charges were filed against him within three years after he disappeared As required by the statute of limitations. A