European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 20, 1994 Vilseck gis begin they join comrades " to beef up patrols on serbian Border by Wayne v. Hall staff writer Kopje Macedonia pvt 2 Dean Weltman s flight monday to Macedonia marked the first deploy ment of his military career. We re going there to observe and report that s my Job Weltman said. When they say pick up n go i pick up n  Weltman was among the 39 soldiers from cod 1st in 6th inf regt 3rd inf div from Vilseck Germany who deployed monday from nearby Grafe Wohr to the i former yugoslav Republic. They Are augmenting a i contingent of . Peace keepers patrolling the country s Border with ser Bia the dominant Republic in what is left of Yugo Slavia. In All about 175 sol Diers will augment the peacekeeping Force said maj. Michael Mckinney a 3rd inf div spokesman. The remaining soldiers continued to arrive tues iday and the last flight is Weltman expected to leave today. This company is joining some 315 soldiers from the 3rd inf div who began a 179-Day peacekeeping Mission in january bringing the total american task Force to roughly 500. As the additional . Forces arrive the swedish troops they Are replacing will begin to go Home. Once in Sweden they will prepare for redeployment to bos Nia and Herzegovina where they will perform addition Al peacekeeping duties. Our Mission is to observe and report any situations that could undermine Macedonia said it. Col. Carter Ham the . Task Force commander. After receiving Between 10 Days and two weeks of training these sol Diers will be deployed to the old .  currently the task Force patrols a 25-Kilometer drought 15-mile sector with three observation posts. Adding a sector that used to be patrolled by the swedes will increase patrols to 80 Kilometres about 50 Miles and seven observation posts. On monday Many of the deploying . Soldiers an the stars and stripes Macedonia Mission after negotiating a series of Concrete roadblocks a vehicle passes throngs . Checkpoint moods before Camp Able sentry in Skopje Macedonia. Tic Pating the warm Mace donian weather wore Little to protect them from the Grafe Wohr wind. Many were suffering in the bitter cold weather. The soldiers wore Blue berets with the . Crest on front . Patches and . Flag patches on their sleeves. They carried their weapons a helmet bag and a Blue Kevlar Hel met. The two hour flight gave the soldiers a Chance to go through in their Salazar minds the Mission ahead of them. It la be great to get out and enjoy a bit of the warmer weather and see something different said sgt. Armando Salazar an infantryman husband father and expectant father As Well. I m looking Forward to being Back in time for the baby which to dose in August Salazar 26, said a wife will Cope with fas lbs each. She s an old hand at this be said. This is the seventh time in 5v5 years that five been  some soldiers took advantage of the flight to catch up on sleep while others read. Meanwhile the group s leaders took some time to discuss among themselves what needed to be accomplished when they armed. Some of the roughly 135 soldiers from the 3rd inf div who follow the Advance a party Are travelling by air Force c-130 Hercules cargo air planes a fuse others jul make the trip by Rad from Germany through Austria Hungary and Romania to Sofia Bulgaria. From there the equipment will be trucked to Macedonia. Soldiers going by rail Are accompanying the unit s heavy equipment a Hub includes acct 14 my 13 a Mored personnel carriers and 12 other vehicles such As Light wheeled vehicles Mckinney Sam. He would act specify the number of personnel involved is that move rent saying he did t know How Many went by rail the entire 3rd inf tvs task Force b scheduled to leave Macedonia in late june. Child abuse allegations probed in Baum older Bidav Walczak staff writer two child care providers in the Baum older Germany military Community Are the subjects of a probe into allegations of child abuse according to the commander who oversees the Community. Although officials so far have con firmed Only one potential Case of physical abuse and one of possible sexual abuse they have brought in two teams of Counselor and medical experts to interview children and providers. Also command representatives have met with at least 60 parents. The probe involves children of pre school age who attend an area child development Center and now includes German and . Criminal investigators As Well As experts in the area of child abuse said it. Col. Harold Cooney who commands the 222nd base support in. He did not disclose the names of the suspects. The two suspects have been transferred to other jobs while the investigation continues. Their current jobs do not place them near children Cooney said. A source close to the investigation indicated that the germans were called in because the . Military has Only limited Legal jurisdiction involving Ameri can civilians who work for the . Government in Germany. German police officials confirmed tuesday that the bad Kreuz Nach District attorney s office is involved in a probe of child abuse. However the District attorney s office did not answer phone Calls tuesday. The Baum older probe was launched following a report by a Parent March 29 that her child suffered bruises after at tending a local child development Cen Ter. An initial probe involving that child led investigators to uncover evidence of at least one Case of sexual abuse according to a statement issued by the battalion tuesday. Three social workers assigned to the 7th medical come conducted inter views with child care providers and Chil Dren last week after Baum older officials asked for their help according to Marie Shaw a spokeswoman for the medical command. Additional interviews by the three have not been ruled out Shaw said. Their preliminary findings prompted them to ask for assistance from . Army Europe Headquarters. The command has sent a team of four professionals a paediatrician so Cial worker child psychologist and child development expert to Baum Holder. The four member team has been on hand with Cooney during three hour sessions involving parents concerned about their children enrolled at the child development Center. Cooney said he has met with More than 60 parents so far in connection with the probe. A woman who identified herself As a Parent said tuesday that More than 100 children could potentially be involved. One of the providers under scrutiny she said took care of children at several locations. Cooney said he did not know when the criminal investigation would end saying Only that the sooner the bet  so far he said the probe has not affected a majority of the Community and has not prompted a lot of Adverse screaming and  Cooney has allowed posse skuers deployed to Graf err Der to a spend their Field training to attend the coun seling sessions at Bau Zamoider a source familiar with Fec a Holder situation said Cru Iaal could be difficult to bring because of the age of the children at the preschool Many of whom Are toddlers. It s pretty difficult to interview new Borns the source Sakl marry Olson who beads the depart ment of defense dependents schools anti child abuse program in Germany said tuesday that she was unaware of any reports of a cd abuse at baimibc4d or area so tools. Olson who helped found a successful program to deter chm abuse m Tacoma Wash said Itiat even trained professional interviewers find press soon children difficult subjects for Tav stiga tons into abuse they re harder thin Heck to in if vow she said. When you get do a to 2 that s really