European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I monday August 1,1994 official backs food Money for troops on1 j Aid missions Washington is service members should to automatically lose their separate ration allowance when deploying on humanitarian missions a Pentagon official said thursday. _ in the past unified or joint Force com Manders have had three options in Deal ing with the separate ration Issue. Two of these options called essential unit Messing and Field duty required enlisted personnel to forfeit their separate ration allowance because meals were provided by the government at no Cost to the service member. Officers do not lose the allowance under these two rules. These two options in effect Cut the monthly pay of deployed enlisted person Nel by $200," said Edwin Dora undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Dora said he endorses the third option regular temporary duty which Al Lowed enlisted personnel to keep their rations and also draw a daily per diem. He said joint task Force commanders now have clearer guidance in the joint travel regulations to Issue temporary duty orders for those deploying for peacekeeping nation building humanitarian or Relief missions. However in operations against Enen forces on Maneu vers or in War games and Field exercises the Field duty classification is still required by Law Dorn said. Navy Crew puts out fire on tugboat Manama Bahrain a fire fighters from the Navy destroyer Paul f. Foster put out an engine room Blaze t aboard a commercial tugboat sunday the Navy reported. The destroyer responded to the 3 . Distress Call of the glorious City a tug boat that flies the honduran Flag and dispatched a Rescue and assistance team. The team extinguished the Blaze at approximately 5 54 ., according to a Navy statement. _ there were no injuries to the tugboat Crew. A member of the Rescue team from the Paul f. Foster Home ported in san Diego calif., sustained minor dehydration during the firefighting efforts but has returned to Normal duties the  x demo Rota 1o have Cash and carry Sale the defense re utilization and marketing office in Rota Spain will hold a Cash and carry Sale Friday. The Sale will be held in building 186, behind the four seasons store at naval station Rota. The Sale will be from 11 . To 2 . The first hour will be for . Id card holders Only. The Sale will be open to the Public from noon to 2 . " . Personnel must pay for Merchan Dise with dollars Only and Spanish personnel must use pesetas. Items for Sale include furniture cloth ing office machines and supplies. All ply chases must be removed by 2 . The Day of the Sale. The stars and stripes Page 3 sgt Richard Wilson holds a display while polish u. Col. Wladyslaw Frodo wild left translator and capt.  right pay close attention in Grafen Wuhr Germany during a flame Field expedient demonstration. Chemical unit gets fired up about polish officers7 visit by Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau Grafe Wohr Germany with More bang and Boom than it took to destroy the Iron curtain officers from the former Warsaw pact were treated to a show wednesday Courtesy of the 95th chemical co from Vilseck Germany. In a reciprocal visit three polish officers from a chemical unit watched . Soldiers from the special troops in display their skills at pyrotechnics. The Orange Ball of flame and Black plume of smoke that followed each blast were More fireworks than were needed five years ago to make such visits possible. The most important thing is to break this cold War relationship said it. Col. Wladyslaw Grodowski commander of the 4th chemical regt in Brodnicka Poland. Such exchanges have become commonplace in Europe. Former Warsaw pact enemies Are now friends some itching to join nato. The first Steps Are always Small said Grudowski who added that he would like to see such exchanges grow to include More soldiers.1 ".-. The trip followed by about three weeks a visit by a handful of soldiers. From the 95th chemical co to Brodnicka in late june. They do ail the stuff we do said capt. Floyd Broughton the commander of the 95th chemical co who made the trip to Poland. His polish counterparts also Lay Down smoke for cover decontaminate following chemical or nuclear contamination and use fire As a Battlefield weapon. Broughton and others know that should Poland eventually join nato the two units could find themselves on the same Side during a War. To that end Broughton said he wants to increase the exchanges to include More soldiers than just a handful. It. Col. Robert Spidel commander of the special troops in of the 3rd corps support corny said he too wants to see such exchanges increased. The Hope is in the future Well be � Able to do some platoon training he said. There Are some hurdles yet to traverse however in the minds of the., soldiers. First it. Mary Duarte a platoon Leader within the 95th, said she Felt uncomfortable telling the polish officers How the smoke used to cover movements can obscure Thermal sights. It was As if she were giving away i secret. But the visit is Welcome she said by All in the company. _ we re really going All out for it she said. We want to show them what the company can  the show wednesday was a flame Field expedient display. As explained by sgt. Richard Wilson the weapon is used to throw flame onto part of a Battlefield that defenders cannot cover. It is basically a barrel filled with gasoline and thickener which sends the gasoline farther and keeps it burning longer. The fire covered ground is then off limits to the attacking enemy. The polish officers saw a Little. Yankee ingenuity. When a thickening agent was unavailable the soldiers used soap flakes instead. Grodowski who was accompanied by capt. Wieslaw Jaroszynski and it. Stanislaw Slomski seemed impressed while touring the fire blackened aftermath. He said he has Learned that american and polish chemical units share Many similarities. Jaroszynski said the visit has been worthwhile. It is Good to learn some simple but useful things he said. Mildenhall airman wins top gun prize Raf Mildenhall England is a senior airman at Raf Mildenhall has won the . Air Force s top gun award in the recent Rodeo Competition at Mcchord fab Wash. Senior airman Paul Tranetzke 100th Security police so won the award by scoring the most Points in both combat Rifle and handgun competitions. He competed against 220 other entrants Accord ing to a spokesman for Raf Mildenhall. The air Force s annual Rodeo is de signed to test the skills of the entire Arnut of air mobility personnel. The Competition was held from june 25 to july 2 and included such Competition categories As the Best Security police team the Best maintenance team and the Best Tanker Wing. Although top gun is an individual award Tranetzke credited his team mates with his Success. In Combar Rifle the team depends on each other even though the shooting it self is individual Tranetzke said. In Between taking shots we had to run 100 Yards and Back and could t begin firing until the last team member was Back in position with their  mask on because my teammates hustled and ran hard i had the Opportunity to shoot at All the targets. If they had been slower i might never have won this award Overall the 100th air refuelling Wing from Raf Mildenhall placed 14th among55 . Air Force and International teams in the Best air mobility Wing category of the Competition the Mildenhall spokesman said. The 19th air refuelling Wing from Robins fab ga., earned the Gen. Wir Liams g. Moore award As the Overall Best air mobility Wing