European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday decembers 1991to the Rescue Lisa Sutton left of Oneida n.y., leans out of an apartment window Friday after later Butler right hands the boy to Oneida mayor army car incl. Both Mother she passed her 3-month-old son Nicholas to firefighter Ernie Butler. Moments and child were unhurt in the Blaze which forced about 40 residents to  policy requires Early re enlistment by Crystal Laureano Start writer Schwet Zingen Germany soldiers who wait until the last minute to re enlist will soon lose their Chance to stay in the army. After Jan.  soldiers will be allowed to re enlist Only when they have Between three Ana eight months remaining on their enlistment said master sgt. Marshall b. Wichern senior retention operations non commissioned officer at the . Army in Europe a retention Branch. Months remaining in service will need approval from department of the army officials in order to re enlist. Wichern said the policy change allows the army to improve management of assignments. As the army continues to shrink soldiers will also see some re enlistment options disappear. For example the options for language schools and assignments to the Berlin brigade or information systems come have been eliminated. Soldiers with fewer than three other re enlistment options will de Pend upon the number of people working in occupational specialities. Soldiers holding jobs that Are equal to or below the number needed by the army have other options when they re enlist. Some soldiers in overcrowded jobs will be offered retraining into a shortage career Field. Others will be offered Only the a regular army Quot re enlistment option which offers Only continued service. Soldiers holding jobs in some severely overcrowded Fields will be barred from re enlisting unless they receive department of the army approval if their re quests Are denied they May be separated from the army Wichern said. Those who Are not first term soldiers and have More than six years of Active service would qualify for separation pay he said. The list of overcrowded military occupational specialities and the affected pay grades Are constantly updated Wichern said. It soldiers except first Wermers who know they Are in an overcrowded Job can request retraining into another occupational specially if they meet the qualifications for the Job Wichern said. Cruiser Yorktown joins forces with bulgarian ships in drills by Gary Miller Naples Bureau the procedures were Basic when the . Guided missile Cruiser Yorktown conducted training drills with six bulgarian Navy ships. The seven ships sailed the Black sea in formation for several hours nov. 29 while performing navigation seamanship and communications drills said chief Petty officer Gary h. Potterfield of the 6th Fleet Public affairs office. The simple Maneu vers were the first at sea exercise Between the Navy and a former Warsaw pact Navy an operation that would have been unthinkable a few years ago Potterfield said last week. Three bulgarian minesweepers led off the formation after the ships gathered several Miles off the bulgarian coast. The Yorktown and three anti submarine warfare ships followed several Hundred Yards behind. After conducting an anti mine exercise the sweepers pulled away and the Yorktown led the remaining snips in formations As they headed Back to Varna Bulgaria Potterfield said. A it became obvious during the steaming that we need to take into account  characteristics of different types of ships Quot said capt. Konstantin Bogdanov commander of the Varna naval base. Quot and of course that requires that we continue in the future our joint work at sea a said Bogdanov who observed the exercise from the Yorktown s Bridge. The exercise was the last event of the Yorktown a 10-Day Black sea visit Potterfield said. The Cruiser based in Norfolk va., also visited Constanta Romania where american and romanian sailors conducted damage control drills. While in Constanta the Yorktown played Host to More than 7,000 visitors who treated the Warsnip screw like celebrities. A a in be signed Over 500 signatures a said Petty officer 3rd class Anthony p. Ball. A they ask about music our culture the ship. Just to know about America they ask  the Yorktown was preceded into both Black sea ports by the 6th Fleet flagship Belknap. It was the first american warship to visit Romania since its revolution two years ago and the first Navy vessel to pull into Bulgaria since before world War  of 3rd inf div leaves Gulf Region Kitzinger Germany a about 170 soldiers returned to Germany last week bringing Home the last contingent of 3rd inf div forces deployed to the persian Gulf Region a division spokesman said. The troops consisted of about 150 soldiers from c co 10th engr in and 20 from a Btry 4th in 3rd air defense arty. They deployed to Kuwait aug. 27 As part of the 8th inf dives task Force in Kuwait master sgt. Hal leathers said. Soldiers in the combat Engineer unit helped reconstruct Camp Monterey a kuwaiti military base heavily damaged during the Gulf War leathers said. The Camp is Home to american forces deployed to Kuwait. The soldiers also helped build two swimming pools a gymnasium and a phone Center for troops at the desert site in addition to destroying tanks and ammunition dumps left by the iraqi army. The soldiers from a Btry provided air defense