European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday sunday january 1/2,1994 1993 the military the stars and stripes Page 5 a. By Wayne v. Hall staff writer the main themes of military life in Europe in 1993 a the draw Down deployments and humanitarian Aid a All were holdovers from 1992. But there were Many other issues that grabbed the attention of military readers. Here a a sampling january _ a president Clinton finds himself embroiled in a controversy Over his vow to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military. There is a Compromise in the form of a a a done task done to Tel a policy. February a president Clinton in his first state of the Union address urges a pay freeze for. All Federal workers a including 1.7 million military personnel. An eventual Compromise gives those in uniform a 2.2 percent raise effective today Jan. 1. Civilians get nothing. A the army in Europe begins cutting Quot Back on the use of training areas while historic bases a and facilities begin closing almost As rapidly As the Coll War ended. A a fiery helicopter crash feb. 23 at Wiesbaden a Germany kills v corps Deputy commander maj. Gen. Jarrett Jackson Robertson two other v corps staff officers and a Crew member. Four other soldiers Are injured in the uh-60 Black Hawk crash. March a the Stuttgart military Community shrinks dramatically. A Secretary of defense Les Aspin Calls for the closure of 31\stateside bases and targets 28 Sites in Europe. Several months later the list becomes official. A operation provide Promise expands to include Airdrop of food and medical supplies Over War torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. The increased Effort prompts Russia Germany and France to join the humanitarian Effort. A the status of forces agreement with Germany is updated with Little Direel affect on  30-Page agreement changes Drivers License requirements and some la apr Laws while another agreement affects the . Use of training areas. / a the . Air forces let Europe Dis closes that mail Gen. Donald l. Kaufman had been demoted to colonel and allowed to retire. Kaufman initially had faced court martial charges in connection with the taking of persian Gulf War trophies and for Takin amp unneeded temporary duty travel. / april a twelve planes aboard the Carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the Adriatic sea and 12 air Force planes out of Aviano a Italy begin enforcing the . No Fly zone above Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Effort known As operation deny flight continues throughout the year in conjunction with aircraft from oth a nato nations. A a symbolic ceremony occurs in Gie Belstadt Germany As German and . Forces create two nato multinational corps part of the alliances efforts to redefine its cold War role. Quot May. A berliners celebrate the 44th anniversary of the historic Berlin Airlift while at the same time the air Force nears completion of its withdrawal from the City. A the air forces 81st tac fighter Wing inactivates signalling the closure of Raf Ben Waters and Raf Woodbridge in the United kingdom. Quot a the army says goodbye to Wei Brincken Germany. June c a the defense department announces that 300 . Troops rom Berlin will deploy in july to Mac Eddi a to act As a Buffer against serbian aggression. A . Army Europe announces that the command is about half the size it was in 1990. A the air Force fines and reprimands maj. Gen. Harold n. Campbell for derogatory and disrespectful remarks made about president Clinton in a May 24 banquet speech at Oesterberg a Netherlands. Campbell will also be forced to retire the air Force says. A Clinton announces the launching of 23 Tomahawk cruise missiles on iraqi intelligence Headquarters in Baghdad in retaliation for a plot against the life of former president Bush. July a the Pentagon announces the demise of the military communities of Fulda and bad Hersfeldt Germany and the inactivation of the 11th army. Cav regt and four units at Raf Mildenhall in the United kingdom. A the biggest shocker is that the military Community in Frankfurt Germany is eventually to close and v corps Headquarters will move to Heidelberg Germany. A a the american forces network Etc Brates 50 years of service and v corps Marks its 75th year of military service. A a August a a a a a a a dissension among the ranks of the european Community pays off for americans As the Dollar continues to gain strength against All european currencies throughout the year. The trend continued. Quot. A a a fire in Vogel Weh Germany forces closure of Europe a largest commissary. A Hahn a in Germany closes. A defense Secretary Aspin squashes a Marine corps plan to prohibit married people from enlisting. September a historic Lindsey air station in Wiesbaden Germany locks its Gates after More than 40 years of use by the . Military. A the slaying of toddler Elora Mckemy who disappeared from her family a fourth floor apartment at Babenhausen Cavern in Germany shocks the american Community in Europe. Three and a half months later investigators Quot still done to have a suspect. A the army announces its plan to eliminate five of 12 Community support groups in Europe and to realign other communities in Germany Italy and the Netherlands. October a eighteen army rangers die in a fierce Mogadishu Street Battle with so Marian clan troops. This leads to an it abrupt change in . Policy and the announcement that . Troops will be withdrawn by March 31,1994. A child care fees become the hot Quality of life Issue. What had been billed a minimal revision of the fee system hits Home with some army parents learning they must pay an additional $100 a month or More per child in Day care Cem tors. A Ramstein a Germany celebrates its 40th anniversary by opening its Gates to the Public for the first time since the disaster at the 1988 Ramstein air show. A a German newspaper reports that the . Air Force intends to move its f-16s from Ramstein a and convert the installation into a cargo aircraft base. A the 48th air transportable Hospital an air Force unit from the United kingdom replaces the 502d Mobile army surgical Hospital a get Manly unit that had been operating the . Hospital in Zagreb Croatia. November a a controversial provision to make All overseas assignments one year unaccompanied Tours is omitted from legislation considered by House lawmakers. A a German environmental group claims that the army a handling of potentially toxic ammo crates at the Gra Fenohr training area has polluted the environment and endangered the health of the German work Force. The army denies the charges saying soil samples and health surveys refute the claims. A its now official the Frankfurt Nam Tail shopping Complex site Wil be returned to the germans in the Stanmer of 1995. December a Secretary of defense Aspin resigns effective Jan. 20. Retired adm Bobby Ray Inman a former Cia administrator is nominated to replace him. A service members pitch in with sandbags and helicopters to help fight floods ravaging Western Germany. A officials at Rhein main a Ger Many announce that the size of the a Gateway to Europe will be Cut by half and its work Force slashed by three fourths by late 1995. A in a horrifying Case Fulda army sergeant Stephen Schap is accused of decapitating a fellow Soldier and taking the head to his wife. Schap believed his wife was having an affair with the victim authorities said. A european Quot ditto Heads win their Battle to bring conservative talk show Host Rush Limbaugh to an. An abbreviated version of his radio show is to begin monday. In Neucom from Page 4 National interest. And that it must be done Only As a last resort a Gen. John m. Shalikashvil said in october just before becoming chairman of the joint chiefs staff. And the Clinton administration has said that if a Large peacekeeping Force were to intervene actively in the Balkans conflict it should do so As a nato Force. That Hasni to happened yet. All the same the trend toward More frequent Small scale deployments is growing As the army a participation illustrates. Between 1948 and 1989, the european come deployed Only 11,851 soldiers to 18 countries. By contrast since the persian Gulf War ended in 1991, the command has deployed about 20,000 army personnel stationed in Europe to 27 countries according to a . Army Europe report issued in the fall. More than 3,000 . Army Europe soldiers participated in 17 deployments in 1993, the most deployments Ever in a single year. By october the dangerous operation provide Promise Relief flights Over Bosnia a interrupted for a week in june when shots hit a c-130 a already had lasted As Long As the Berlin Airlift of the late 1940s.yet in december the air Force was making plans to expand the flights significantly. A a. Air Force pilots deployed to in Ciurlik a Turkey wont be any less Busy the turkish government approved on tuesday an Extension of operation provide Comfort the armed reconnaissance missions to enforce a no Fly zone in nearby Northern Iraq. The operation survived a threat in january when a a team on Board the aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the Adriatic a taking part in enforcement of the flight ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina a select missiles for nato operation deny flight Iraq moved Sa-2 and Sa-3 surface to air missiles into the no Fly zone then withdrew them a few Days later in the face of an american ultimatum. American jets responding to shooting incidents and other threats also bombed iraqi military Sites on a few occasions during the year. Berlin brigade soldiers part of an Advance group of . Peacekeepers build a wire Fence around a Camp near Skopje Macedonia