European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 6, 1993 the stars and stripes a Pago 3 marines in Adriatic wait of Crin for Rescue missions. S4s Gary Muldor a Marine practices on a rope hanging to the Guam s hangar Bay preparing for potential Rescue duty. By Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau aboard the amphibious assault ship Guam a marines Ridi g amphibious ships in the Adriatic sea Are ready to use Force if acc essay to Rescue any airmen downed while flying humanitarian missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Quot we re kind of like 911 Back in the states a Navy capt. Steve Triesc said of his naval squadrons role during operation provide Promise. I Csc a Squadron consists of five ships including the flagship Guam. Riese emphasized that Eastern Bosnia where air Force c-130s have air dropped emergency supplies during the past week is out of the Range of Squadron helicopters. But planes going Down while approaching or departing the target area might be within the choppers Range if the Guam moves closer to the coast. Reaching downed aircraft in Eastern Bosnia Triesc said would not be As easy As providing search and Rescue support for aircraft flying Aid into Sarajevo the Guam a main Mission before the Airdrop which began monday. . Security forces aboard ship also could be used As part of a recovery operation in Bosnia said Triesc who commands amphibious so 4. The unit also includes four other amphibious ships and the marines on those vessels. One member of the unit Cpl. Jerry Huntley was spending part of the Day sliding Down a rope hanging from the ceiling of the Guam a hangar Bay training for the sort of Rescue operations Riese outlined. My wed fast rope if we had to go into a hot la land zone a said Huntley a member of co can land ing team 1-6. Quot we started practising in july so we re where nobody makes mistakes on real Ops a said Huntley a resident of Sylacauga  a commander capt. Gary Fulham watched company members train. Quot the concentration of training has been these kinds of operations a he said. A about 40 members of Fulham a unit aboard the Guam underwent training in Italy that focused on Mountain terrain movement and cold weather survival lessons they arc passing on to the More than 150 other marines in the company Fulham said. The training could be vital if the unit is order Tho a Rescue in hostile firc areas said it. Col. Bert Tussing executive officer of Marine expeditionary unit 22, the unit numbers about 2,220 men and includes the marines aboard the ships in the naval Squadron in the Adriatic. A a a if the marines arc called in to Rescue downed Relief flight Crews they would use Force Only to defend themselves he said. Quot this is not an aggressive intent on our part a Tussing said. A the . Mission in and of itself is certainly a humanitarian Mission and we Sec our Extension As just being  however his units firepower and training could become part of that Mission Tussing said especially if his men Are called on to Rescue downed pilots. A we provide a certain Protection capability a defensive capability to allow to Nam to get them safely Back to the helicopters and then to get them the Heck out of whatever situation brought us there Quot Tussing  Barbers remember history in by Chuck Roberts Star writer. When Karl Brauner and Erich Maurer started giving haircuts about 40 years ago a Soldier could get his cars lowered for about 35 cents. And if he really splurged a i could get a haircut shampoo tonic and Massage for 80 cents. When Brauner gave his final haircut in december the Cost was $4.75. The Price changed gradually Over the years but both of the recently retired Barbers agree that soldiers have remained pretty much the same. Brauner retired from Rhein main a Germany and Maurer from the Abrams Complex in Frankfurt Germany. After world War ii both men landed jobs with the . Military. Maurer was 18 in 1946 when he heard that there might be work for a Barber with the military. But it Wasny to the Money that Maurer was interested in. Like Many germans he was hungry and More interested in the free lunch that came with the Job. Maurer who was born in Giessen Germany and raised in Frankfurt said he was a bit apprehensive when he applied because the first person he talked to at Gibbs Cavern was a jewish Barber and Maurer was worried that he would turn him away because he was German. But the Barber greeted him warmly and invited him for breakfast the next morning As Well. After Short stints at Gibbs and the Barber shop at the Frankfurt shopping Center Maurer set up shop at the Abrams Complex in 1954, where Over the years he saw 29 v corps commanders come and go. Brauner was born in Kos Tau Czechoslovakia and had recently finished schooling As a Barber when he was drafted into the German army in 1944. Brauner said he was Lucky to survive at the front especially the Battle at re Magun where the German army tried to destroy the Bridge being used by . Soldiers to Cross the Rhine River. Of the 600 men in his unit who 7 j1 my be. Brauner fought in the Battle that night 60 remained the next morning. Soon after he was taken prisoner of War kept by both american and French troops until August 1945. He lived with a German Farmer for six months before finding work in a German Barber shop in Karlstadt. During that time he saw an and in a German newspaper for Barbers at the Rhein main no club which was then in Neu Isenburg just South of Frankfurt. When he got the Job and started work sept. 13, 1952, the Only English words he knew were Quot haircut a a shave a a please Quot and Quot thank  but his vocabulary in creased quickly As did Rhein main a which then consisted Only of wooden Barracks a dispensary and a Headquarters building. The housing area was being built to accommodate the americans who had to leave the German Homes in which they had been living. After the War Brauner said there were Only a few sections of Frankfurt that weren to in ruins and that the autobahn was mostly empty except for motorcycles and three who Clad cars. In 1954, the Barber shop and everything else moved from Neu Isonburg to Rhein main where Brauner remained until his retirement in december. Although hairstyles changed Over the years both men said the men underneath have remained about the same. Maurer said there Isnit much difference Between the enlisted men he served and generals such As Colin l. Fowell who impressed Maurer with the amount of German he Learned during his eight month stint in Frankfurt. Neither Man could guess How Many haircuts he had Given Over the years but they said that Alt of their customers were always kind and courteous. Maurer said it was the food that lured him to work for the americans but it was the Friendship that made him stay. I retirement plans include travel for Brauner and gardening for Maurer at his Home in Seckbach near Frankfurt. But neither expects to pick up the shears again. Quot if you do it 52 years that a enough a Brauner said. Quot now 1 give my Bushes a Flattop Quot Maurer said. .. Consulate May move in Stuttgart italian gasoline stations by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau the american consulate in Stuttgart Germany is Likely to move soon from its urba Strasse offices to am other site in the City. The . Government is negotiating for the City owned Villa Scheufeler a Hillside mansion just South of downtown consulate spokesman Thomas Koch said Friday. The City expects the mansion once the property of a paper Industry tycoon to be vacant and available in april. Quot right now there is no pressure to move out of the building in urba Strasse but there Are considerations to adapt the size of the building to the size of the personnel one has Quot Koch said. Before the current . Military draw Down began the consulate and the nearby amerika Haus employed about 50 people Koch said. The number began to drop in 1992 when the state department transferred responsibility for passports and visas to Frankfurt and divided the Job of Federal benefits processing Between Frankfurt and Munich. The Stuttgart operations will employ Only 16 people by the time staff reductions Are Complete by the end of june Koch said. He denied a recent German newspaper report that the entire consulate staff might move to Munich. The consulate now focuses on encouraging Trade through the foreign commercial service and promoting american culture through4he . Information service which  the amerika Haus. Consul general Day o. Mount is scheduled to give a speech March 30 about the future . Diplomatic role in Baden Wurt Temberg state of which Stuttgart is the capital. The speech is scheduled at 7 30 . At the  close in tax protest Milan Italy apr Italy a gasoline stations will be closed for three Days next week As owners launch a nationwide strike to protest the governments failure to approve Long promised tax changes. Gasoline stations including those with self service will be shut Down Between 7 . Tuesday and 7 . Saturday. No traffic lights vermin determine Dublin Ireland apr hungry mice stopped traffic in an Irish town a local official said Friday. An army of rodents ate their Way through cables operating traffic lights at a Busy intersection in Tralee a town of 12,000 people 160 Miles Southw est of Dublin