European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The stand stripes is a vol. 52, no 114 500 tuesday August 10,1993 d 8693 a allies sketch bomb plans Brussels Belgium a theato allies agree Don options monday for launching bombing raids on Serbia targets across Bosnia and Herzegovina but held off on giving the immediate go ahead for airstrikes officials said. They said the ambassadors of the 16north Atlantic treaty organization nations approved blueprints to Knock out bosnian serbian military positions notably around Sarajevo. Those plans drawn up by military strategists foresee Allied raids to be car ried out in consultation with the United nations sources said As the envoys met in emergency session. Adventure rates of go re in see related Story on Page 6 they also said that any political Deci Sion to begin the raids would be taken jointly with the United nations and that details of How such a decision would be made were still being worked out. As the nato envoys met Bosnia serbs reportedly retreated from one of two key mountains overlooking Sarajevo. French peacekeepers headed to takeover the other More strategic Peak were blocked by mines and unidentified peo ple the United nations reported Mon Day in Geneva. The air raids would be carried Outcross Bosnia but officials said targets had not yet been defined. But the focal Point of course is Sara Veyo the bosnian capital that has been besieged by serbian forces for months said one official who asked not to be s meeting which began about4 p.m., was expected to last late into the night. The United states France Britain an the Netherlands have about 60 combat aircraft poised in Italy and in the Adriatic sea aboard the . Aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt. The planes have writer Schwet Zingen Germany faced with the uncertainty of dangerous deployments and ongoing base closures soldiers in Europe Are doing the unexpected asking to stay. Re enlistment rates for soldiers in Europe Are averaging 10 to 15 percent above army wide rates this year and More soldiers Are extending or re enlist ing to stay in Europe army personnel officials news Marks a reversal from last year when droves of gis in Europe re turned to the civilian world. In the troop cutting climate that Fol Lowed the persian Gulf War command ers priorities were to ship people Back tothe United states As quickly As possible. Thus the . Army Europe lagged 7percent behind the army wide retention average said col. Pete o Connor who commands the 1st personnel come the army s top administrative Headquarters in the face of what you would perceive to be turmoil draw Down sol Diers Are still enjoying the adventure of life overseas o Connor said of this year improved re enlistment figures. Along with the improved re enlist ments about 10 percent of the 100,000 re enlistments on the Rise v fsf.? Jorr. By it i a � Fri army re enlist cents in fw93 ,-,Ilin , v during the first three quarters of fiscal 1993. The army in Europe re enlisted 5,169 soldiers for Active duty surpassing its goal by More than 520 re enlistments. By contrast re enlistments army wide Are slightly below their Pentagon goals. Last year the army wide scores were about the same but the army in Europe met Only 93 percent of its goals. Army wide oct dec 92 first Wermers mid careerists army in Europe 97% 89% 108% 97% january March first Wermers mid careerists 99% 99% 126% 112% april june first Wermers 100% 115% mid careerists 101% 108% soldiers re enlisting or the first time. Soldiers who have re enlisted once but who have less than 11 years in the army. In the face of what you would perceive to be turmoil draw Down soldiers Are still enjoying the adventure of life overseas. Col. Pete o Connor source 1
