European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 23, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3 i 1 in i1a 1 a i1 1 1 la i1 Al ij1 Iii Fiji the roughest toughest course in towns amps Vine Crawley Volunteer troops do push  on gravel As they Start their first Day of training tuesday in the 1st army dives pre Ranger school at Wil Flecken Germany. Straining through heavy duty pull  at right is Chi. Don Burton from Derheim Germany one of 22 division members who signed up for the two week course that could qualify them for the elite Ranger school at fort Binning a. About half of the Ranger hopefuls drop out of each course at Wil Flecken. But the soldiers who make it will attend the 72-Day school at Benning in the Hope of becoming pull fledged  tightened for appropriated fund civilians by Vince Crawley staff writer army officials in Europe have tightened the civilian hiring freeze by limiting Job switches from other branches of service and allowing Only one new employee to replace every five who leave. The latest restrictions for appropriated fund employees took effect saturday stiffening the hiring freeze announced in late february by the . Army Europe according to an official message sent to commanders and civilian personnel offices. The freeze does not affect non appropriated army employees commissary workers or those who work for the army and air Force Exchange system. Employees transferring into army jobs from other military branches including the defense department will be treated As outside applicants said Millie Waters a command spokeswoman. Under a new one for five Rule army commands in Europe can hire Only one person for every five appropriated fund Job openings. An army wide policy limits external hires to one for four. Under the previous rules an army command that lost 100 people from its civilian Rolls could hire 25 new employees to take their places Waters said. With the new one to five system the same command can hire 20 replacements who Are not Transfer ring from existing army jobs. The other five slots will be converted into a hiring credits a which will go to a Pool controlled by Usa eur and distributed a to fill critical needs throughout the command a Waters said. The credits in effect allow Usa eur officials to control 20 percent of the theater a new employees. Jobs that became vacant before april 19 will not count toward the five vacancies needed to hire a new person according to the message. The salaries of appropriated fund jobs Are paid by . Tax dollars. The message urged local commanders to become personally involved in the Hir ing process so that jobs in critical areas such As child care and medical services can be filled under the one for five Rule. Unlike previous freezes a there is no provision for exceptions in the latest restrictions according to the message which was sent by the commands Headquarters in Heidelberg. A requests for exception from the Usa eur freeze pending at this Headquarters will be returned the message said. In september 1990, the army in Europe employed 61,000 people paid through appropriated funds Waters said. The number has been Cut to 56,000. Command officials plan to reduce payrolls to 37,000 . And local National employees by september 1994.bitburg f-15c Pilot is killed in crash Pitburg a Germany a amps a an Force Pilot was killed wednesday when his f-15c air superiority Jet fighter crashed during an air to air training Mission. The air Force was withholding the pilots name pending notification of his relatives. The crash occurred 10 Miles Southwest of Dinkels Briihl about Halfway Between Nurnberg and Stuttgart said tech. Sgt. Joel Ragan a spokesman for Pitburg a. The aircraft was one of two american planes ,. Involved in a six plane training Mission originating at Pitburg Ragan said the second american aircraft also an f-15c, returned safely to the base he said. Sgt. Tom Mullican also a Pitburg spokesman said the f-15s were training with four other nato aircraft when the crashed occurred. F-15c crash site Germany Frankfurt a Ijnar Bergl Dinkels Briihl a amps u. N. Criticizes Iraq for harassing Relief workers restricting trucks Geneva apr Iraq has imposed Tough restrictions on the movement of Many . Vehicles and has stepped up harassment of Relief workers the United nations said wednesday. A statement said Saddam Hussein a government last week told the head of the . Humanitarian team in Baghdad that the foreign ministry had to approve the use of . Trucks 48 hours in Advance. The government cited a potential misuse of the vehicles to sabotage the Economy a the statement said. A a serious incidents of harassment of . Personnel at government Check Points is on the Rise a it said. It said the government had announced it would search All vehicles for weapons and smuggled goods particularly at Borders Between government controlled areas and kurdish held territory. The International organization for migration which works closely with the . In transporting refugees said iraqi authorities arrested one of its workers at a Check Point in Northern Iraq on sunday. The sudanese National accused of breaking currency regulations was released from a detention Center near Baghdad on wednesday a spokesman said. A . Official said the approval procedures for trucks which came into Force saturday were being widely enforced. A it came As a Shock because it could seriously interrupt the flow of Relief goods a he said. The . Was already being hampered by iraqi restrictions on its fuel supplies he added. He spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said hundreds of trucks were involved in . Efforts to provide Basic food Medicine and clean water to stricken iraqi civilians. He said the new rules make it impossible for the . To respond to sudden emergencies or adapt Relief operations to weather and Security conditions. He said said latest reports from Baghdad indicated that the order did not affect . Guards who have helped escort refugees from recent iraqi bombardments of kurdish villages. Other . Teams including weapons inspectors were also unaffected. A spokesman for the International committee of the red Cross said private Relief organizations also had to get Advance clearance before moving trucks which were subject to spot checks. Claude Voillat said the measures were unlikely to disrupt the in Rcd a work because most of its convoys were planned Well in Advance. The . Official said Baghdad apparently wanted to increase pressure on the . In Advance of extending an agreement which provides for the stationing of 500 .guards in Iraq. The Accord expires june 30 but has to be formally renegotiated by mid May