European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and stripes monday november 8,1993 real world boost Doha morale Sas 0vtmttancm Cpl. Teny Mullenix Fries to make the most of his time at Camp Doha Kii wait where he has been for 2tt years. Fri Spagel .1 a. Training exercises. Permanently assigned soldiers receive imminent danger pay of $150 per month pay no income taxes and have the  stash their incomes in special military savings account earning 10 percent inter est. The first $500 of an officer s pay is  Money is always Good Mullenix said. Soldiers living conditions have improved since immediately following the liberation of Kuwait he said. Those permanently assigned have moved from open Bay and plywood partitioned warehouse Barracks where noise control Battles raged Between on and off duty soldiers into air conditioned trailer Parks that rival any found in Florida or Southern  training at Doha Are still housed in open Bays but Many Are equipped with Cable television hookups and Day rooms. The plywood latrines have been replaced with Shower trailers and Are within walking distance of the Barracks. Sometime next year soldiers will move into new trailers each equipped with a built in bathroom an Kitchenette. All soldiers sleep in Beds instead of cots. Sgt. Charlyne Frazier a protocol noncommissioned officer said service at Camp Doha gives soldiers especially Junior cos a Chance to distinguish  love my Job she said. It is exciting and Challenge i get to move around. I m not in one place for a Long e. Some soldiers Are busier than others and that May affect their attitudes she said. Some soldiers say that this is the most relaxed place they have Ever been she said. Most of them do not have a Job and they Are bored to death because they Don t have anything to keep themselves Busy. I m  most of her Little free time is reserved for evening runs or catching a movie in the installation s  on Friday or saturday it s totally different she sgt car Tyne Frazier finds Doha exciting and  ing. Time improving conditions have made life a Little easier for the 200 Active duty soldiers stationed at Camp  " said. I m downtown shop-ping.". Soldiers who cannot Deal with being separated from their families for a year willbe unhappy at Camp Doha she said. I like it Here but if my kids were Here this would be a great place to be she , who is not married thinks he s luckier than most soldiers assigned to Camp Doha for a one year tour of duty. He has friends from his Hometown living in Kuwait City. At work he is filling a position normally held by a sergeant first class and is moving from his personnel Job to the commander s Secretary position. Life for permanent party soldiers has fallen into a Rou Tine he said. Instead of 12 to 14-hour workdays six or seven Days a week soldiers now work regular hours have scheduled Days off and can receive regular four Day passes to relax in Bahrain or As the House guests of a kuwaiti millionaire. To get into town soldiers Are allowed to use govern ment vehicles with permission he said. Basically we can stand Back now and take some time Forest and relax which we could t do before Mullenix said. " weekly guard duty is always Here  Library of ancient videotaped films at the morale Center is How enlarged by recently released  Are not old videotapes. These Are new movies he i said. In his spare time Mullenix Learned to speak and read arabic and he practices on trips downtown. Other sol Diers earn associate and Bachelor s degrees or Complete volumes of army correspondence courses. Officers also use Doha As a place to study said  Haas Host nation affairs officer. The workday s hectic Pace helps pass the  s hard for me to believe that i be been Here for three months he said. I be completed More that 25 percent of my tour i m going to have a mid tour leave and then it will be time for me to think about going to another Job. Oneyear is not Long enough for me to be  Camp Doha is like one big family Mullenix  see each other daily and learn All about and care for one another. Fraternization is officially and unofficially unacceptable he said. However soldiers of equal rank do Date one  happens he said. But it s All kept on the person Al level and there is not a  May be Good at Doha Mullenix said but soldiers should remember that Camp Doha is isolated in its own Way. Be prepared to stay within the compound for a year he. Said. If you want go out to see the culture but be prepared to stay on Camp Doha. There is plenty to do watch a video. Go to school. There Are a Tot of worse places in the army to  Iraq reveals data on uranium program Manama Bahrain a Iraq has disclosed vital information about its Cov Ert uranium enrichment program a . Nuclear expert said sunday. Richard Hooper who arrived in Bah rain from Iraq earlier sunday said the new information he had obtained closed one of the big holes about Iraq s secret nuclear weapons program exposed after the 1991 persian Gulf War. Hooper an american working with the Vienna Austria based International atomic Energy Agency said the new in formation was related to foreign assist Ance that enabled Iraq to enrich uranium to weapons Grade Levels by using special centrifuges. Hooper gave no details about the new disclosures. Speaking by Telephone he said we have what we  Hooper would not say whether the Iaea is now fully satisfied with information provided by Iraq about foreign sup pliers who helped develop its defunct nuclear program. Under the terms of the 1991 Gulf War cease fire Baghdad was required to Supply the names of All its foreign nuclear suppliers. A . Special commission of which the Iaea is a component has said its work of dismantling Iraq s nuclear program has Bee completed. Hooper said the main purpose of his Mission was to press for the information on the centrifuges and to test Waters around the country for traces of radiation and secret nuclear activity. Hooper said a new four Man Iaea team would head for Baghdad today to join others who Are monitoring Iraq s actions. N closure of Giessen Middle school postponed Hanau Germany is the american Middle school in Giessen previously targeted to close at the end of the1993-94 school year will survive for at least one More year. Giessen which is North of Frankfurt will become a bedroom Community with limited facilities to House soldiers and their families from other nearby army installations in 1994. I m Happy to say that we did an investigation into alternatives for the Giessen Middle school. And came to the conclusion. That to leave it As it is Proba Bly is the Best thing said Gene Knud ,su�rnn.tende" for the Hana school District which includes Fulda Giessen Hanau bad Hersfeldt and some other communities. They have a real commitment to the Middle school concept. They have a Strong advisory program a real team Effort and Good people Knudsen said. Of shuts 3 Sites linked to san Vito communications san Vito Dei Normann air station Italy is three air Force communication Sites associated with san Vito air station have formally  at Sites in Monte Lim Bara Sardinia Monte Nardello i Reggio i Calabria Italy and Monte Virgine near Naples conducted clo sure ceremonies during a nine Day period ending oct. 29.the Sites which have been in exis tence since the Early 1960s, initially were staffed by american military personnel. Since 1983, the Sites have been run by american civilians and italian nationals. The Sites were links in a european me of sight telecommunications network that has recently been re placed by a satellite network requiring fewer facilities