European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 10,1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3it s business As usual in Iceland a p-3c Orion anti submarine aircraft goes through de icing at Nas Kcf Lavik Iceland before taking off on a training  is still key despite soviet collapse by Meridith Winder . Bureau Nas Kef Lavik Iceland Little has changed in the Way the . Military conducts its business in Iceland despite the breakup of the soviet Union. A it has not affected our Mission a lot directly a said rear adm. Thomas f. Hall commander of . Defense forces Iceland. A Day in and Day out my forces continue to perform the Mission of Antisubmarine warfare and air  under a 1951 bilateral defense agreement the . Military in Iceland is responsible for the air land and sea defense of the Island nation. A today our focal Point is training and readiness so that we can respond to anything a Hall said. For instance p-3c Orion anti submarine aircraft still go out on routine patrols. However with a smaller number of submarines from the former soviet Union travelling through the area the Orion Crews practice their skills on nato submarines. A your Allied nations have submarines As extremely capable As ours a Hall said. A so when you Are practising against those you Are practising the Trade of anti submarine warfare and that show we maintain our  to coordinate the air assets during War and peace e-3a sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft pull duty in Iceland. This mixture of forces apparently works Well together. A one of the things that i have stressed since i came and which the commanders have taken wholeheartedly is that in reduced budget times we must become even closer a Hall said. Training continues despite the diminished threat to world peace according to commanders and a representative of the icelandic government. A the kind of threat that we face As everybody knows is changing a said col. Thomas l. Allen vice commander of air forces Iceland. A in a world where the monolithic communist Empire knocking at the door has gone away we be had to redress a number of things. Even though the soviet Union has disappeared we Are now in a period of great uncertainty a said ambassador Robert Trausti Arnason director of the defense department of the ministry of foreign affairs for the icelandic government. A in such a period we would be extremely ill advised to dump our present Security  Arnason said the Commonwealth of Independent states still has considerable capabilities that must be examined closely. A we have no indication of what kind of Security policy will be pursued by Moscow in the future a Arnason said. A we Are looking at their vast conventional capabilities and their nuclear  Arnason noted that if future Commonwealth policy indicates a shift to a defensive doctrine then nato May have to rethink its own policy. A but until that time arrives we should maintain what we have a he said. A amps Murl doth Winder col. Thomas l. Allen Hanau dentist helps fill cavities in scholarships by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Hanau Germany a or. Col Ron Appleby recalled the last thing he was told by the Man he replaced As commander of the 92nd medical det dental services three years ago. A a a of yeah a a Appleby said quoting or. Col Joe Perry a a a there a a file in your Bottom drawer. Its an additional duty you be got.  a the file contained the operating instructions for the Panther educational assistance program a non profit organization of Hanau parents who raise College or Trade school scholarship Money for Hanau High school seniors. Commanders of the detachment have inherited its management since Peak was introduced by or. Col James von Gruenigen in 1976, and to Date students have benefited to the Tunc of $250,000. Peapus goal is to a fill the void of missing organizations that provide scholarship Money for children in the states Appleby said. In that attempt Peak parents Knock on doors of most of the other organizations that collect and distribute scholarship Money for students overseas including local military wives clubs and the association of the United states army. Contributions have also been received from the German bund Estehr and the City of Hanau. Like Many other military organizations Peak has turned to local vendors for support. Recently a Mcdonald s in Hanau donated $1 for every big Mac sold Over a two Dav period. About 60 percent of the fund is supplied by proceeds from the groups annual Bazaar which will be held at the High school in the new Argonne housing area this saturday and sunday. The biggest Challenge for the group is getting volunteers Appleby said adding that people Are not generally attracted to a project that benefits so few. Sometimes the dentist said attracting volunteers is a like pulling  although parents of students with Good grades Are usually willing to pitch in he relies mostly on a a score nucleus of about 10 people. Peak is divided into two arms a fund raising and fund distribution. The selection Board consists of representatives from organizations that contribute a minimum of $1,000 and some military Community officials. Students Are selected based on academic records Community and school activities financial needs and the Merit of written essays. The applications contain no indication of name family rank or position. Last year Peapus Peak year $32,000 was distributed to 23 of the 36 who applied. Benefited to the Tunc of $250,000. Peapus goal is to a fill the biggest Challenge for the group is getting vol to 23 of the 36 who applied. Protesters Call for resignation of serbian president Belgrade Yugoslavia apr the crowd estimated at 50,000. It re 579,000 people have signed petitions de door of Serbia. Our Serbia must be. P. A Al _ i a _ _. T a i 1 of curia of Lri a fun tier it of in Belgrade Yugoslavia a rens of thousands of demonstrators on londay accused serbian president Slobodan Milosevic of starving the people of Nis Republic to wage War in Croatia and demanded that he resign. It was the boldest Challenge to Milosevic since March 9 of last year when 200,000 protesters faced Down tanks after riot police broke up an anti government rally. The violence left two people killed and 120 injured. Mondays rally was much smaller with the crowd estimated at 50,000. It Maine peaceful if boisterous ending after three hours. Milosevic and his governing socialists formerly the communist party won elections in december 1990 and still enjoy considerable support. But with the eight month War in Croatia at a stalemate he is accused of abandoning ethnic serbs there and causing triple digit inflation and 20 percent unemployment in Serbia. According to Belgrade television 579,000 people have signed petitions demanding that he resign. Gathered outside st. Sava a Cathedral near the City Center demonstrators chanted a a Lobo Saddam a a a Lobo get lost a a a Lobo Hitler a and a red  opposition Leader Vuk Draskovic called Milosevic and his government a men of the  a they must leave the scene a said Draskovic head of the serbian renewal movement. A hunger is knocking on the door of Serbia. Our Serbia must become a state of the future not of the past a a construction site not a  meanwhile deployment of 14,000 . Peacekeepers to three croatian War zones neared. Gen. Blagoje Adzic Yugoslavia a acting defense minister and it. Gen. Satish Nambiar of India head of the . Force said a fall preparations for the beginning of the . Peace operation. Had been completed a the Tan Jug news Agency reported