European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 233 stripes 50 years of service sunday december 6,1992 b d 8693 Pentagon adds new units to Somalia Relief forces Washington a the Pentagon on saturday alerted More troops to pack up for the  mercy Mission to Somalia and military officials said the logistics of operation restore Hope will be one of the toughest Ever attempted. Unlike the much larger . Deployment to saudi Arabia in 1990, american forces arriving in famine stricken Somalia will be unable to rely a a Relief Agency cancels two loaded convoys amid fighting in Somalia. A soldiers Hustle to update wills and life insurance and in some cases to get married. 0 mail system being set up for . Troops. A see Page 3 marines make Calls from Camp Pendleton calif., after receiving word they will be deployed to Somalia. On local suppliers for any of their needs food drinkable water electricity or Medicine. A in this Case if we need it we take it with us a everything a said col. Dave Burpee a defense department spokesman. A everything except the ground to sleep  while 16,000 members of the 1st Marine expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton calif., and 10,000 from the army a 10th Mountain div Light at fort drum n.y., were preparing for deployment saturday some additional support units were see Somalia on Page 3mps curbing Post shoppers in Germany by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau military police have begun targeting . Civilian and military personnel assigned to european countries outside Germany to prevent them from shopping in commissaries and Post exchanges within Germany. Military police recently began enforcing a Little known agreement Between the United states and Germany that allows use of the facilities by . Personnel and their families stationed outside Germany Only when they Are on leave or temporary duty. In a one paragraph response to questions from the stars and stripes . Army Europe he in Heidelberg Germany offered no explanation Why the 14th military police brigade had begun enforcing the agreement. The brigade a has been enforcing these requirements to help service members civilian employees and their family members avoid committing customs and tax violations a the statement said. Officials a were not in a position to comments on customs requirements it said. The agreement which Usa eur he did not specifically identify requires that shoppers in Germany have documents identifying their duty station and leave status. Hilde Patton a spokeswoman for Usa eur he could not say Friday whether this would require service members from other countries to use annual leave on weekends in order to shop in Germany. It is also unclear How civilian employees can document leave status on weekends and whether family members can shop without their sponsors. . Sources in Belgium and Holland said that Legal officials in Heidelberg discussed Cross Border shopping with 14th military police brigade leaders Friday. However Usa eur Legal officials refused to confirm whether the subject see shoppers on Page 2u.s. Offers warship to Turkey to replace one hit by missiles Ankara Turkey a the United states is offering an advanced warship Worth $175 million to compensate for a turkish warship accidentally hit by missiles from the . Aircraft Carrier Saratoga a newspaper reported saturday. The ship a Knox Type frigate will be sent to Istanbul to be examined by turkish military authorities who will decide whether to accept it the turkish daily Mill yet said. Five turkish sailors were killed when two sea Sparrow missiles fired by the Saratoga hit the Mua Venet in october. Both shins were taking part in nato exercises in the Aegean sea. The 3,375-ton Mua Venet was a world War ii . Navy destroyer called the Gwin before it was modernized and Given to Turkey in 1971. Adm. Mike Boorda commander of . Naval forces in Europe said wednesday that the United states was considering providing Turkey with a new ship. A . Navy court found that the firing was an Accident. Eight Saratoga crewmen face possible administrative punishment Over the  suggests using soldiers to fight rightists Frankfurt Germany api an opposition lawmaker on saturday suggested using 70,000 soldiers to boost Germany a police Force which is struggling to crush a surge in rightist violence. Erwin Horn a defense expert and a lawmaker for the opposition social democratic party said the move would be a a significant signal that the state is up to its responsibility and that it intends to end the violence on the  German police have had Little Success in combating violence by rightists who have staged nearly 2,000 attacks on foreigners and Asylum seekers so far this year killing 16 people. The government on Friday said it was creating a special task Force to coordinate the work of state and Federal police in fighting rightists. Foreign minister Klaus Kinkel in an interview with the Berlin newspaper by am sonntag said politicians had underestimated the potential for rightist violence. A i say it openly we were somewhat surprised by this development Quot Kinkel was quoted As saying. Horn in an interview with the Neue Osna Bricker Zeitung said Germany would have a surplus of soldiers since it was reducing its armed forces. The 70,000 soldiers could easily be re see German on Page 2