European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes i 1993 the military saturday sunday january 1/2,1994 issues from Page 1 siege pockets in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A few Hundred troops have been spending the holidays deployed in Croatia and Macedonia the flanks of the Balkan tragedy. But the Clinton administrations vow to Send As Many As 25,000 peacekeepers into Bosnia still depends on the three warring factions agreeing to half their civil War which has raged for nearly two years. The bulk of the 25,000 . Troops would come from ground combat units in Germany. However such a Mission grows More unlikely As negotiators reach no agreement. A not so with the painful troop cuts in Europe that have come to be known As a the although the Pace has stowed the . Forces continue Tneia for the massive troop cuts. Troops in Berlin will begin leaving in Earnest this year with the army pulling out of the once divided City by oct. 15. Beginning this summer the army will also begin to reduce its half Century presence in Frankfurt Germany. The Pentagon also announced that the americans Are pulling out of Fulda Germany Soester Berg Netherlands and Iraklion Greece. And Rhein main a near Frankfurt for decades the a Gateway to Europe for hundreds of thousands of americans is to be drastically scaled Down. To reach the congressional goal of 100,000 . Military members in Europe commanders plan to authorize 109,000 i to sit ions on the Roll books Navy cmdr. Ron Moyse a european come spokesman said in late december. A the extra 9,000 slots Are needed to make up for troops in transit and the fact that peacetime units Are Seldom staffed at full air match from 340,000 american troops in Europe in 1989 strength Motse said. A when the Berlin Wall fell a to a pro originally dubbed operation Home ejected 100,000 who will remain after 1995. Ward bound the army a draw Down began military officials admitted last year that a a a they had moved too quickly in the first phases of the Post cold War exodus which has sent nearly 200,000 service members packing from Europe already. Approximately 40,000 soldiers and airmen departed in 1993. Counting people in uniform family in August 1990 a the month Iraq invaded Oil Rich Kuwait. Within months virtually All the units slated for disbandment from Europe were sent to saudi Arabia for the War against Iraq. It Lan of Drawie october 1993 a. In. Members and . Civilian employees. Gulf War the original p roughly half a million americans have left Down 120,000 soldiers by o Europe in the past 30 months. A to be accelerated. A that was too fast. It generated signify but the Ink of that plan was barely dry cant hardships for our service members Quot before the 120,000 figure changed in de air Force Gen. Charles g. Boyd Deputy Cember 1990 to an end strength commander of the . European Cornell 92,200 by the end of by 1995,&Quot army offi told Congress in april. He was referring to vials wrote in last years equivalent of an a troop cuts which at Peak annual report a a a a Nan Ltd ass we Guy Schu fief _ troops stationed at Mckee Barracks in Crail sheim Germany pass the reviewing in order to stay on schedule following stand during base closure ceremonies in july. The 10-month interruption by the persian. Fulda another cold War landmark. In Early june the governor of the German state of Hessen made Public a secret list of proposed american base closures u in us weeks of his administration who signed the including Fulda and nearly ill of Frankfurt pm off lower troop ceiling into Law. Frankfurt is Home for More than 10,000 the new Clinton administration took heat from troops in the Field for cutting the Force in Europe from 150,000 to 100,000. But it was president Bush in the final 1992�?Ts Sweet Levels put 500 soldiers a Day onto planes Home. The Pentagon expects a More manageable rate of about 30,000 service members to depart Europe in 1994, bringing the contingent within a few thousand of its final goal. The next few months will be a watershed As the costs of operation desert storm and the draw Down became clearer the army in Europe was directed to accelerate its draw Down. The collapse of the soviet Union in late 1991 modified things yet again. Forces in Europe were told to pare Down to 100,000 after two years of draw Down secrecy the military launched a new Era of openness in Midsummer by announcing All the army units that would pull out of Europe through the end of 1994. But the revelation did no to come without glitches. In mid March like a lightning Bolt an army times Story revealed that the llah army Cav regt was being withdrawn from Rhein Maln a near Frank flirt Germany will be scaled Down despite its Fame As the a Gateway to Europe Quot for . Service members. On ground sea in air by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau. A the . European come which until four years ago served almost exclusively As Europe a bodyguard is changing More and More rapidly into a sort of regional or. Fix it. The command became far smaller in 1993 than it had been during the four decades of the cold War but it sent about 12,260 troops to several far Flung areas on a variety of missions. A army troops from Europe took part in peacekeeping efforts in Somalia patrolled macedonians Border with Yugoslavia As part of operation Able sentry and set up two hospitals in Russia and Kyrgyzstan. . A forces in Europe helped the United nations Cany out operation deny flight a flight ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Throughout the year air Force cargo planes also dropped human Tanan Relief supplies Over the War torn country. On the ground about 100 . Airmen Are operating a Field Hospital in Croatia they relieved an army unit there in september. The Navy also has a prominent role in deny flight. . Naval forces Europe has two ships continuously assigned to the Adriatic where they take part in the operation Sharp guard embargo on Commerce with serbian led Yugoslavia. The London based Navy command supported . Efforts in Somalia by sending the aircraft carriers Theodore Roosevelt and America there in july and november respectively. It deployed the amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal and Marine amphibious group to Somalia for emergency operations in october when clashes Between . Peacekeepers and somalian clan americans. A Pentagon spokesman dismissed the extraordinary list As a just the latest in a series of localized reports in foreign countries that have popped up regarding possible changes in the . Basing Structure yet a month later almost to the Day the Pentagon revealed that the list was Bona fide and that Frankfurt Fulda and Wil Flecken had been written out of the future of the military in Europe. Other landmarks have vanished. Bremerhaven the North sea port City where tens of thousands of gis travelled to pick up their cars shipped from the states closed in the summer of 1993. As entire american communities Contin _ used to be wiped out by budget cutting american High schools at Hahn osterholz Schrambeck and Wei Brincken in Germany closed this year. In England Croughton and Woodbridge High schools also shut their doors. And As the transient military world continues to shrink this will be the final year for High schools in Berlin and Fulda soes Terberg and Brindisi Italy. In another sign of the times mid May a return of forces to Germany actually scheduled to take place for the first time in Northern Italy was cancelled As the two divisions in Europe were told to stand by for possible deployment to Bosnia. The exer Rise was to have deployed 4, my soldiers to w Northern Italy compared with the More than 100,000 who went to Germany in the late 1980s for massive Field Maneu vers. Was there forces reached a bloody Peak. Air Force planes patrolled the skies of Northern Iraq throughout the year to protect the kurd in operation provide Comfort. Also several Hundred Neucom troops carried out Security assistance missions in Southwest Asia. The More delicate deployments typified a greater american willingness to intervene in conflicts but the United states also tended More and More to act Jet partnership with Canada France Germany the United Quot kingdom and several other countries usually in response to . Requests. It also tried to steer Clear of taking sides or even the perception of taking sides although that Effort failed partially in Somalia. A i think we will All agree that the use of military Power must be something that is in response to a Core see Neucom on Page 5
