European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Army in Europe a Barracks guidelines a end restrictions on the Type and amount of alcohol in rooms. A Start a on Calls duty rosters so married and single soldiers get equal treatment thus doing away with a they you details. A ensure promotions Are based on Merit not marital status. A end requirements for soldiers to keep a space in the Barracks if they live off Post. A allow All soldiers in Barracks to own cars. A end restrictions on visitors to rooms. However those under 18 must be accompanied by a Parent or Legal  recommendations a attempt to assign Only two people per room. A done to put sergeants and lower enlisted soldiers in the same room. Also sergeants should have their own rooms whenever possible. A let soldiers decorate rooms however Thuv want using the same rules As in family housing. A end routine room inspections when feasible. Stop late night a Wal through inspections and a dress right dress room arrangements. A install a Kitchen on each Barracks floor As soon As possible. A improve Day rooms. A move As Many offices As possible out of Barracks buildings. A allow soldiers to contract for telephones in their rooms. A eliminate charge of quarters cd. Spec. Clyde Williams relaxing after decorating his Baum older Barracks room to his liking a a it a Home. Its definitely  us Vinca Crowley new 141st signal is in bad Kreuz Nach a four hour drive to the West. The cd duty is gone and the soldiers of co c have taken control of their Day room. Now they Call it a living room and they re the ones who decide when it closes. When married soldiers recently started using it As a changing room after morning calisthenic the Barracks soldiers took action and posted new hours. A the single soldiers closed off their living room during the Day because off Post people Are trashing it up a explained Milton Thomas the first sergeant of co c. Quot had a meeting monday and closed it  still the old ways persist. Some sergeants think nothing of going from room to room with a master key and peering inside something they probably would hesitate to do in the Homes of married troops. Also the a health and welfare inspections continue though they re restricted to no More than once a week. Again the a health and welfare of married troops is Seldom placed under surveillance except in the most extreme cases. And company cos Are still posted in a few scattered Barracks hallways. Quot we re still in transition a said Beard the first sergeant of he co 2nd in 68th army regt in Baum older. A it wont happen  the army no longer needs the kind of discipline instilled by old fashioned Barracks life said Beard who is single. A i needed it 20 years ago but i done to think its necessary for our generation of  in the old Days a More cos lived in the Barracks. Less cos were married a Beard said. A a soldiers freedoms and their rights were not accepted by military  Early Vietnam veterans were his first role models when he joined the army and moved into the Barracks Beard said. Quot they were strict but they weren to mentors and  mentoring and coaching rather than just maintaining discipline is fast becoming the role of modern sergeants he said. A when i grew up the platoon sergeant told me to do everything a he said. A a in a putting it Back to the squad Leader and first line supervisor. That a the squad Leader that a actually going to Lead that Soldier in combat and say a pull the  a when he runs into old noncommissioned officers who done to agree with the Barracks revolution Beard says he sits them Down and says a look the army is changing. You can change with it or get out of  us Vinca Chawtay pfc. Martin Beltran a cavalry scout says of the old Barracks rules a it was like having a baby  april 26, 1992 sunday a Page 5