European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Savings town a curious tourist stops go Norty across hot stones near the main flow of lava above Zafferano Etna. Continued from Pago 14/15 to avoid endangering the air plane and the  Mori j did t know it but he War predicting the Fate of the steel launch platform built the week before by sender from Nas Simonella april 20 it wan 9.30 a m. On tie 10th Day of the operation with Lina still granting a temporary reprieve to the City dwellers those on the scene had time to carefully review their Battle plan after airlifting italian demolition teams and their equipment to the site and waiting the 90 minutes for Thorn to gel set up near the vent Ross gently lowered his Craft Over the 9,000-Pound 3led and platform. The device assembled from scrap Stool was the great wide Hopo of the engineers who designed it. They imagined it sliding Slickly frown into Tho vont providing Ari effective plug of Metal arid con Croto blocks. Fac ground Crow attached the 125-Pound Hook Assembly and Tho giant Craft thumped the air to gain Altitude. Just a dozen foot off Tho ground the cables connecting sled to launch platform separated and the steel Structure turned Over before Ross towered the Load Back to its Birthplace on the cold Concrete. A Wold had broken causing an Angle Iron to Shear from Tho Frame. It was decided that the platform and sled would to transported separately. But As Ross had predicted two Days before when his chopper tried to lift Tho platform to the drop silo Tho unpredictable mount Etna winds caused it to swing wildly. Tho platform was a closed falling onto the jagged rocks of the Barren Plain. After another brainstorming session and yol one More change in tactics Tho helicopter crow3 spent the rest of Tho Ray ferrying con Croto blocks to the drop zone with a  Navy ch-53e from holi captor so 4 at Nas Simonella joining Tho two Marino holicoptor9 in carrying the traffic barriers known As Bruit busters to the lip of the lava vent a Cable net that was part of the original plan also was airlifted to the site before Iho three Birds flew Home for More Long hours of maintenance by some of Tho very men who had Boon up and flying since before Dawn. Tuesday april 21 after on interminable Day of wailing on Tho rain and Slot slapped Mountain marinos got the word late in the afternoon that Tho italian demolition Loams had finished rigging Tho steel Cable not to the ring of 25 blocks around the vont. Engineers counted on this trampoline like Cro Alion to Sag under Tho weight of multiple blocks placed there in Quick succession by Tho Trio of helicopters. Just to to sure they Sci explosives  Lopo from Tho vont in order to readers action Lin individuals not units obligated to Recycle i i writer j lha a l Ali i l j Hud Nul Why in h army i a rope duos not Recycle its paper at the motor Pool where i work our dumpster overflows with discarded paper that could to recycled it there was a bin to place it in Why Don t we place a bin in every motor poor i m sure our German friends would be eager to help us get Thorn in place mandatory unit recycling would help save the planet enhance German american relations and save valuable army dollars is there a plan in Tho works Lor this if Tho answer is no could you please explain Why spec. David Rudy Schweinfurt Sarmany Cave in the lava Tunnel and Send More Rock downstream. Marine capt Mike Mcintyre was flying right behind Ross in a ch-53e with Quot Volcano Buster Quot painted on its starboard fuel pod. A 15,000-Pound slab of Concrete and steel Hung from the belly of the 13,000-horsepower super stallion part of a newly formulated plan that called for All Tho Concrete left on the Mountain More than 100,000 pounds to be dumped into the vent. Planners had thought earlier in the week that two slabs with a combined weight of 30,000 pounds would be enough to collapse the netting that spanned the the Hole. Eventually six massive slabs were placed on the net and yet the lava still ran untouched beneath the drooping mass. Quot i dropped the last slab and headed Tor Home Quot said Mcintyre who wanted to be As far away As possible when the italians set off the explosives. Nobody knew what would happen Lance Chi. Todd Brown taken a break at Charles d. Swanson general Engineer 280th support in base directorate of engineering and hour Long Schweinfurt replies i agree with tie writer that recycling is very important. Not Only is it Good Tor the environment but it is also German Law at the present time to have 14 recycling containers for paper and cardboard servicing the Community on Conn and Ledward Barracks soon paper and cardboard recycling bins will to placed by Tho commissary and main Exchange this will bring the total number of places to Recycle paper and cardboard in Tho Community to 1 7 additionally Tho Cost for six More recycling containers Lor Conn Barracks is under negotiation recycling will not take place without some change in our lifestyle we have become a throw away society because it s More convenient. Quot we re Messing around with the forces of nature Here Quot a Marine had said earlier. What did happen was cause Tor jubilation in Zafferano Etna. When the explosions went off at two Sites a one above the vent the other below on the wide lava Field a the massive payload of Concrete dropped. It was a Quot Hole in one Quot that won the Day for the italian Home team . Navy Seabee and . Marines in the match of Man against Mountain. Quot the lava was pooling and spreading out on tuesday evening Quot said Marine capt. Fred Aten who was Riding As co Pilot with Ross Quot it had pooled and come to a halt at the site showing that we had definitely caused a blockage in the  the smoke filled Valley revealed lava that had taken on a Darker cooler color than the Brilliant Orange and red of Days before Aten said. Mount Etna s fiery guts were fanning out Cooling quicker and heading away from Zafferano Etna. Aftermath while the italian engineers and volcanology its held celebratory press conferences in a hotel lobby in Zafferano Etna the . Military men and women involved in the Experiment nonchalantly went Back to business As usual at Simonella. There was neither fanfare for those who battled the Mountain nor cheers for the hundreds of sailors on the base who pitched in and worked those extra hours. After playing a vital role in what could be the birth of the new science of Volcano control it was once again business As usual for the . Military. Quot we did what we were asked to do a said Aten. A the whole intention was not to Stop the lava just to slow it Down. We feel we did  although we will have 17 locations to Recycle paper in the Community it remains the responsibility of each individual to make an Effort to take paper and cardboard to proper locations to write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues or answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211 All letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. 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