European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse \. Sunday december 12,1993 1 St wave of Somalia gis Likely to leave this week 1 a i Page 4 the stars and Stripe vehicle pickup list editors note listed below Are the names of servicemen Zibers assigned to the United kingdom who need to pick up their privately owned vehicles at the military traffic management come terminal vehicle processing Center pain Ipswich. The compound located on Cliff Road is open from 8 . To 4 . Weekdays. Numbers indicated Are the last four of social Security numbers. The compounds Holiday hours Are As follows dec. 24 a 8 . To noon. Dec. 27 a closed. Dec. 28 a posed. Dec. 29 a 8 . To 4 . Dec. 30 a 8 . To 4 . Dec. 31 a 8 . To noon. Jan. 3 a posed. Jan. 4 a resume Normal hours of 8 . To 4 . Addington t. 7909 Allen e. 2933, Ames j. 1409 Andes. . 0623 6accen.rc.0s43 Baltimore . 0720 bee0le.ja41s6 Benning Fjeld he. 4363 brooks9697 bufkin9976. Butler pm. 2981 Carlson. B.0.4365 Clark e.0.s368 Clark . 4775 Clarke , 2076 Cook . 1667 Conraot a 0799 Cooper . 6619 Coulahan . 1907 Dacumos. . 8101 Dawes. Q.6640 1429 Fleming Law 3074 Ford 7406 Gallahar . 1032 Grays . 9123 Hanson pm. 9978 Helm. . 9939 Henderson Foj. 7274 Hill no. 9501 hilzendeler.jj.6047 Hockaway. . 0340 Holcomb. . 9143 Hou Enberger. . 3911 j. 9232 Huisinga 6379 Joyce Al 1376 Kelch w.c.9421 Keller. . 7893 Midby go. 6963. Kolesky . 7116 Lefran Cious . 9527 lords s h. 2922 Maxwell b e. 4798 Mcpherson. . 2200 Miller . 0106 6650 Mooneyham . 0757 Montgomery . 9552 Orahood . 9679 Paige. 1643 Parker g a 2093 Patricks. 1570 Philips my 1723 Presley . 7639 preito.r.e.7110 Ramsey. . 6659 Reese . 8529 Rice a. 0607 Rogers . 7670 Satorius a 4621 Schaeffer. B. 9291 Sel Worth c. 4663 Shane . 1344 Shepet a. 1340 Smith pc 8129 Span Der . 7643 steel . 7172 Suuvan. A 1075 swing. . 2513t1sue. . 7070 Varlotta . 3724 Watson. . 3742 Webster 0622 Williams . 6456 Williams la. 4872 Wilson pm. 0633 Wren. Pm. 1367 wroblewsk1.g.b. 1949 Young . 4217 Ybarra r. 3702af Captain loses in court martial on Gay allegation from staff and wire reports Cannon fab . A an air Force Captain who insists he is not homosexual was convicted Friday of violating orders against allowing enlisted personnel in his room and of making a pass at an airman. The court martial ordered capt. G. Andrew Espinosa of cannons 523rd fighter so dismissed from the air Force. He was also granted an automatic Appeal. A a you a think the military would be very careful about who they re drumming out particularly someone who 1 feel is not homosexual Quot defense attorney Cary Silberman said afterwards. No witnesses corroborated the airman a allegation that Espinosa Pul his hand on his knee and kissed him on the Cheek in Espinosa a room at in Ciurlik fab Turkey last May Espinosa also was found guilty of disobeying an. Order and of indecent assault. He could have been sentenced to As much As 5v5 years in prison Espinosa insisted the incident never occurred but the Issue of homosexuality was never raised overtly during the trial and he never got to state his sexual orientation on the record. Espinosa told the court he loved the air Force loved flying jets and Felt he had done a Good Job throughout his seven year military career. He had flown 21 combat missions Over Iraq and was awarded the air medal. Espinosa was a weapons systems officer on of Lulf fighter bombers capt Mike Pierson a Cannon spokesman said saturday. Espinosa was deployed to in Ciurlik from Cannon last May. Silberman said several people had come to Espinosa a room to drink Beer and watch the National basketball association playoffs on television May 19. The airman who accused him was among them although Espinosa claimed not to have invited the Man. Washington a a battalion of . Army soldiers from the 10th inf Mountain div is expected to begin heading Home this week from Somalia the Start of a lengthy troop pullout that will extend through March. About 1,000 soldiers from fort drum n.y., a which was among the first to Send troops into the starving a Tion Jast year a Are expected to be among the first flying Home at the end of the week said military officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Last week. Defense Secretary Les Aspin pledged that a Quot fairly significant Quot number of the approximately 8,000 troops in Somalia should begin leaving before Christmas but he did not give an exact figure. A some of these soldiers have been away from Home for christmases and nausea. Its wonderful that they Reethie from Page 1. Abide by the rules and it makes it harder for those of us who do. There Are some Good Guys in this Strickland is not an accredited solicitor through the . Army Europe according to a Usa eur spokesman. Wilson is. However Usa eur officials would not comment Friday on whether violations had occurred. Officials from the 233rd bib Public affairs office did not respond to questions Friday. However according to first sergeants and soldiers interviewed by the stars and stripes Strickland and Wilson Are. A meeting with Large groups of soldiers on Post in common areas sometimes during duty hours Ana in the Headquarters Section. A giving presentations on government benefits insurance savings estate planning and budgeting before going into the stir sales pitch for life insurance. A supplying military allotment forms authorizing payroll deductions for life insurance payments. Soldiers Are supposed to obtain the forms through their unit administration. Department of defense and . Army Europe regulations prohibit life insurance Sellers while on base from giving presentations about government benefits and soliciting mass or captive audiences. The regulations also prohibit people from Selling to soldiers during duty hours or in Barracks. Wilson was tight lipped about his approach with sol Dicks. A a we re doing some services with everyone Quot Wilson told the stars and stripes on Friday. A we have command approval for this. A we have met with sergeant majors and we have command approval on this every step of the Way All the Way to the top. Sometimes we meet on Post sometimes its off Post at a Gas Iaus. We meet wherever the command tells us Quot Wilson said. Service regulations also prohibit the command from endorsing products or services or appearing to endorse certain companies. Wilson said he or Strickland have met with sergeants major to get approval but Wilson could not recall who gave permission to meet with soldiers in Darmstadt. A nobody at this level had anything to do with it a said command sgt. Maj. Rey Voisine of the 233rd base support in in Darmstadt. A this goes against everything in be known in the army for the past 33 years. We do not gather soldiers together for that purpose. A this is always an ongoing however Wilson insisted that he had permission from battalion command sergeants major and unit first sergeants. First sgt. Kenney Ephraim of co a 32nd signal in said he knows of the meetings and knows that the pair is meeting with Large groups of soldiers. None of the first sergeants talked to by the stars and stripes had heard the presentation but All agreed that their command sergeants major had told them to make time to hold the meetings for their soldiers. Every army battalion has a command sergeant major. None of those sergeants major were available for comment last week. All were attending a conference at fort Gordon a. Phone numbers for the command sergeants major at their temporary duty were not available. Wilson said he and Strickland Nieset with soldiers to discuss veterans affairs benefits and Basic financial planning. He would not discuss specifics or say what going to be Able to get Back for this one one senior officer said. President Clinton decided to bolster the . Forces after an oct. 3 Battle in which 18 american soldiers died and 75 were wounded in a raid against warlord Mohamed Farrah Aid id. But Linton also set March 31 As the deadline for pulling out All the american troops. Quot All he had to do was say the Date and the logisticians started figuring it out All backwards to find the Point when they d have to Start removing the forces their weaponry and support Structure said a second military officer. _ Somalia s Lack of an infrastructure has not changed much since the military a initial humanitarian Mission began last year. Thus the withdrawal operation could stretch More than three months the officer said. Type of policies he was Selling. First sgt. Anthony Quinley of cob 440th signal in said Many of his soldiers met recently with Strickland and Wilson. Quinley said he was apprehensive about letting his soldiers meet with the pair. A i talked to the previous first sergeant and he said the meeting was blessed by the battalion sergeant major Noel Cartegena Quot Quinley said. Quot i think its against Usa eur legs to have a mass Deal. A the battalion sergeant major said they weren to going to sell anything. Look at this Quot he continued As he held up a pile of about 20 filled out allotment forms from his soldiers. Two cob 440th soldiers staff sgt. Paul Farmer and pfc. Michael Lee met with Strickland and Wilson during two group meetings. Wilson gave the instruction Farmer said while Strickland roamed the room assisting soldiers. Wilson addressed filling out a a Home loan pre approval form social Security administration forms and w-4 forms. They even discussed How to read a leave and earnings statement Lee said. A by that time you thought a hey these Guys Are my friends a Quot Farmer said a then they said they were coming to the sales portion of the instruction. They said anyone could leave but not Many did. A they said it was some kind of government Bond Quot Farmer said. A what killed my suspicion was that they came to my unit Quot Fanner added. A i thought they were screened by the company. They even pulled out the allotment insurance Sellers Are not supposed to have allotment forms according to Gillespey. A the legs Are Clear on Farmer said soldiers were told in the meeting they had to sign up for a minimum deduction of $75 a month but Many soldiers signed up for $150. / a they gave the feeling that the meeting was done by the government Quot Lee said. V Farmer and Lee said the Only piece of paper they received from the salesmen after signing up for allotments for the insurance was a pamphlet titled a Money building Quot from first National life a the company can be legitimate and not know their agents Are doing this Quot said Hal Leffler past president and current member of the eau. The salesmen also visited the 17th and 123rd signal battalions in Kitzinger Germany first sgt. Wilbert Gist of kit Zingen a co a 17th signal in said his soldiers were Given an Opportunity to listen to the salesmen but not while on duty. A the command has said a yes they can do that Quot Gist said. A but they would have to do it on their own time. A each first sergeant was approached individually Quot Gist explained. A a we re not making soldiers go to these meetings. I talked with soldiers at formation after the meetings and asked if they Felt everything was of because the sergeant major said so. A Many of them nodded their Usa eur officials declined comment on possible violations in a written response to the stars and stripes. A if violations occur installation commanders Nave the authority to deny or revoke permission to a company and its agents to conduct commercial activities on the base if such action is in the Best interest of the command a their response said
