European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes saturday August 31, 1991rhein-main gets new pass system by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Rhein main a Germany a new pass system Here will allow non id card holders quicker Access to the base while enhancing Security. On monday Rhein main a became the first air Force or army installation in Europe to use the new Thermal picture pass system known As Polaroid id2000. It reduces processing time to less than two minutes and enables Security police to More easily track visitors. Before the id2000, non id card holders visiting the base had to fill out a Handwritten form on each visit. The process took Between five and eight minutes. Now on visits after initial registration on the id2000, the last four letters of the name Are typed into the computer and information about previous visits will be flashed on the screen. Only the Date length of visit location and name of sponsor need to be updated for passes. A photo taken during the initial registration is also stored in the computer. The initial processing takes less than three minutes said staff sgt Ray Huffman 435th Security police so non commissioned officer in charge of the bases visitor registration office. The time is reduced to about 90 seconds on subsequent visits. A a that a where we make our Money Quot Huffman said. About 70 percent of the 300 to 500 daily visitors have been to the base on a a previous occasions Huffman said. This group includes local National construction workers commercial vendors and local nationals with friends assigned to the base Huffman said. Credentials for representatives from businesses who enter the base often Are issued for up to 90 Days. The top category of visitors is local nationals going to the passenger terminal to say goodbye to family members married to service members Huffman said. The Speed of the new system is complemented by a limitless Quot investigative features he said. A at any time we can track How Many times the visitor has been on the installation what the destination was and who the sponsor was a he said. That could be done before but Only after a time consuming search for Handwritten paperwork. A should there be any situation where a person needs to be identified and he or she was Here. We can provide a photograph. At a moments notice a Huffman said. The system including two computer terminals a year of supplies and a warranty contract Cost the base $70,000, Huffman said. It is being used at 22 air Force bases in the states and Rhein main has received inquiries from installations in Europe about the program. Security police officials for the 17th air Force Are considering the possibility of acquiring an id2000 for one of its eight bases said a spokesman at Sembach a Germany. A a it a the wave of the future a Huffman said. A is amps it George Florent Latroche a German civilian who works for the 435th Security police so punches in identification information for a German trucker at Rhein main a reservist honoured for Gulf work studying to become solicitor by mur1d1th Winder . Bureau Raf Ben Waters England maj. William t. Shearer Iii is not your average military lawyer. The air Force Reserve member was recently named the air forces outstanding individual mobilization augmented of the year by the Reserve officers association. Plus he is studying to become an Lei English lawyer or solicitor As they Are called Here in the land of Tea and crumpets. Currently attached to the 81st tac fighter Wing at Raf Ben Waters the 35-year-old lawyer completed in 1990 two two week Tours of duty and seven one week Tours at the Ben Waters Legal of Shearer fice plus another two week tour at Aviano a Italy. A this contribution to the office is something you could ii to get from anyone else a said capt. Ted Essex Deputy staff judge advocate at Ben Waters. A a he a particularly Good at handling mixed Legal cases those involving British and american  it. Col. David Wool ring the staff judge advocate at Ben Waters said of Shearer a this knowledge of British Law exceeds any of the other attorneys in the office. I f 4 1. K he a worked in every Section in our  so when the air Force needed an experienced lawyer to serve in the persian Gulf during operation desert storm Shearer answered the Call. A that the air Force decided to use him Speaks clearly of what the air Force thinks of him a Essex said. Shearer was temporarily recalled to Active duty in january and spent five months in saudi Arabia. A i left the . On the first Day of the War a Shearer said. A and i wound up being the last air Force lawyer in desert  while there he served As Deputy staff judge advocate and later As staff judge advocate for the 354th tac fighter Wing provisional in northeastern saudi Arabia. Later he became the staff judge advocate for Central come air forces fwd in Riyadh. A the Brunt of our work involved giving advice to the commanders on the Law of armed conflict Quot he said. The Law of armed conflict is a series of rules followed by most nations designed to minimize or eliminate unnecessary suffering or damage during War. Shearer was on Active duty from 1982 to 1988 and was stationed at Ben Waters from 1985 to 1988 before he became a reservist. That is also when he decided to become a solicitor. A i enjoy living in Europe a he said. A and when it became Clear that the air Force wanted me to go Back to the states i decided to stay Here in the Reserve. I enjoy the military Legal  Shearer will have to go Back to Law school for a year starting in september and then he will take an exam at the end of the course. After that he will spend two years working for a Law firm which will qualify him to practice Law in England and wales.50,000th visitor expected at Center Schwet Zingen Germany a amps the number of soldiers and family members to visit the soldiers recreation Center in Berchtesgaden is expected to reach 50,000 in october according to . Army Europe a Community and family support division. The Center which opened May 24 in two former armed forces recreation Center hotels became the official Alpine vacation spot in a Nocost Reward program for . Army Europe personnel who supported operations desert shield and desert storm and for their families. The number of visitors reached the 25,000 Mark in july with the arrival of spec. John e. Candias of Btry a 6th in 3rd air defense arty in Schwa Bach. Recreation Center and City officials gave him free tour tickets and bavarian mementos and plan to recognize the 50,000th visitor similarly. Germans Mark Ramstein disaster by the stars and stripes Ramstein a Germany a a Small group of German citizens appeared at Ramstein Abs West Gate wednesday evening to Mark the third anniversary of the 1988 flu tag air show disaster. Three years ago three italian jets collided in midair during a complicated Man Euver at the annual air show at Ramstein a one of the jets crashed into the mass of spectators killing 70 and injuring hundreds More. Since that disaster no air shows have been held in Germany. Around 300,000 people were estimated to have been at the air show which had been a 25-year tradition. Nearly 30 people quietly gathered at the Gate around 7 30 . Wednesday to present Flowers to air Force officials. The Flowers were placed at a memorial to the victims near Chapel 1. The germans who remained at the Gate about 20 minutes were part of a group whose stated purpose is a against forgetting the flu tag disaster a said a Ramstein  Yards to sell vehicles of people leaving Germany Giessen Germany a two strip Yards in Giessen will accept and sell on consignment the autos of people leaving Germany owners can sign ownership of their cars Over to the Giessen North strip Yard and Kirch Gons strip Yard. Should the car be sold the Yards will keep 10 percent of the Price the owner sets. If the car does not sell within 60 Days it becomes the property of the morale welfare and recreation fund. A that would pressure Sellers into being realistic with the Price a said Jeffrey l. Perry strip Yard manager at the Giessen North Yard. A the Only other alternative they have would be to lose the  but the care will sell a nine times out of 10,�?� Perry added. He said prospective buyers come to the Yard two or three times a Day. The Yards will accept cars of personnel leaving Germany and will sell to those with military identification. Those who want to sell must pick up a consignment form at a judge advocate general office. For More information Call Perry at ets 343-6616 or Mark Jackson at the Kirch Gons Yard at 346-8100