European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday August 25,1954kirch-Gons unit to join Poland training Mission by the stars and stripes bad Kreuz Nach Germany former Warsaw pact soldiers Are planning to train with their nato counterparts in an exercise scheduled for sept. 12-16 in Poland the 1st army div announced wednesday. More than 600 soldiers including 1st army dives co a 3rd in 5th Cav regt in Kirch Gons will train at the Bie Drusko military training area near Poznan in Western Poland under the partnership for peace program division news release said. The exact number . Troops to participate was not announced. A a it a a big Deal for co c to be selected a said it. Col. Topper Rush commander of 3rd in 5th Cav regt. A i want them to represent the United states of America Well and to show other countries How Well trained the 1st army div Poznan is Midway Between Berlin and Warsaw. The exercise has been dubbed cooperation Bridge �?T94. Nations participating in the exercise Are Bulgaria the czech Republic Lithuania Poland Romania Slovakia and Ukraine and nato nations Denmark Germany Italy the Netherlands the United kingdom and the United states. A a in a very excited about it a said spec. Vernon Perkins of Kirch Gons. A in All the time in be been in Germany i Haven to gone a change is Good a added spec. Steve Maukstad in reference to training with former communist nations. A i think it la be fun a Maukstad said he looks Forward to using the equipment and weapons of other countries. A a that a the Best part about it a he said. The exercise will involve company and platoon sized elements training on unit and individual peacekeeping tasks and skills used during crisis situations. Operating an observation , securing a Landing site dealing with refugees and performing a medical evacuation Are some of the events planned the release said. The partnership for peace is the result of a nato Summit held in Brussels Belgium in january. It Aims to enhance cooperation Between nato and its partnership made on 3 aviators listed As Vietnam War mias Washington a amps the remains of three More . Aviators previously listed As missing in action in Southeast Asia have been identified As the result of work by recovery search teams in Cambodia and North Vietnam. The three Are air Force capt. Glenn . Lee of Honolulu air Force maj. John c. Egger or. Of Tulsa okla. And Navy capt. Hubert b. Loheed of Middleboro mass. Lee was the co Pilot of an f-4d fighter shot Down by ground fire Over Cambodia on May 27, 1970. The body of the Pilot air Force capt. George r. Keller was recovered the next Day but no Trace of Lee had been found at the crash site at the time. His remains were subsequently found in late 1993 by at .-cambodian search team. A. A a Egger was the Pilot of an 0-2a observer aircraft shot Down on a combat Mission Over Quang Tri province in North Vietnam on nov. 3,1967. While marking a coastal target his aircraft was hit by anti aircraft fire and crashed 500 Yards offshore in the Gulf of Tonkin. Crew members on another aircraft reported seeing Only an Oil Slick at the Impact area and Egger was listed As killed in action body not recovered. His remains were returned to the United states by the vietnamese government last february. Loheed was the Pilot of the Lead a-4g attack aircraft when it was on an armed reconnaissance Mission Over Nghe an province in North Vietnam on feb. 1,. 1966. While attacking some barges he and his Wingman came under ground fire and the Wingman saw Loheed a aircraft nose into a Steep dive. The Wingman then lost Contact with Loheed. The government of Vietnam returned Loheed a remains Early in 1994. Massive Power outage strikes Southern Italy by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau. Naples Italy a a 380,000-Volt transformer failed wednesday and Cut off electricity throughout Southern Italy plunging businesses into darkness snarling traffic and disrupting operations at . Naval facilities. The blackout was described by italian news reports As the biggest Ever in the South leaving most of Naples without electricity from about 11 30 . To 12 45 p.m., according to the associated press. Other areas of the South ranging from Italy so a toe in Calabria to Apulia were without Power for at least a few hours. 1by 2 30 p.m., All Power had been restored said the state electric company Enel. The company did not estimate How Many Consumers had lost Power. No injuries were immediately reported As the result of the blackout according to the a. Italian news reports said some hospitals backup generators failed. Paul of Neill of the Public works department at naval support activity Naples said the outage affected the entire area of Campania which is the equivalent of a state in the United states Power ceased in the pin Tamare housing area 20 Miles North of Naples and at the Cap Dichino military Airport 20 Miles South Naples officials said. But Petty officer 1st class Anthony Ocassio said a departures and arrivals were on schedule at Cap Dichino. Flights continued at the Airport during the blackout because the flight line had emergency Power officials said. At naval support activity Naples air conditioning units quit along with lights typewriters computers and in some cases telephones. Office workers wandered out into the Sunshine to wait out the delay and most of the Navy Exchange stores locked their doors. A a there a no source of Daylight in the Exchange or commissary a said Franco Coppola a Navy Exchange manager. A it gets very dark m the Back of the store when there Are no Coppola said Security concerns also necessitated closing the store until the electricity came Back on. Doug Roop of the Navy Exchange video store on Post said he realized the extent of the outage when his companion store at pin Tamare called and asked what to do about the Lack of electricity. A we tried to keep open and do the rentals manually a he said. A but after about 45 minutes i gave up and we a All parts of the Exchange reopened within minutes of receiving Power again. The espresso bar and Wendy a both food outlets run by the Navy Exchange did not close during the Power outage. A the nex feels a responsibility to feed the base a said Penny Surdoval Wendy a assistant manager. A we had a lot of the product up cooked and waiting to Selland we sold that until the lights came Back despite the Lack of Cash registers Surdoval said she and her Cashiers coped. A we opened the Cash drawer and wrote Down every thing the customers bought by hand a she said. A we figured up How much change to give Back the old fashioned Way a in our departments in affected areas said they had a flood of Calls from citizens reporting people blocked in elevators and the Naples police department sent out patrols to guard Banks while the alarm systems went Down. The blackout began when the transformer at Latina in West Central Italy failed Rai state to reported. At 38, gunner s mate has had masterful Rise through ranks by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau Gaeta Italy a Navy command master chief Dennis r. Boddie suddenly finds himself with a lot More people on his Christmas list. In november the 38-year-old Navy gunners mate will become the Fleet master chief of about 12,000 enlisted service members in the . Naval forces Europe. Boddie will replace Fleet master chief James Mitchell who has held the Post since 1991. Mitchell is to become the senior enlisted adviser at the . Naval Academy in Annapolis my. Boddie has had a fast Rise through the ranks. He was promoted to master chief in 1991. For 10 months he As been the command master chief of the 450 enlisted sailors aboard the Cruiser Belknap the flagship of the 6th Fleet. He has 18 years in service making him one of the youngest sailors to hold the title of Fleet master chief. The Belknap is Boddie a third straight tour aboard ship. The father of two has spent 11vi years of his military career at sea. Despite All his sea duty the Cleveland natives stint As command master chief in Gaeta has been his first overseas assignment. His next will be Naples when he becomes Fleet master chief. A the Mam difference Between living in conus the Continental United states and Europe is the availability of things you were accustomed to in the .,�?� he said. A in Europe we re closer to real world contingencies a we re the tip of the spear.�?�. Boddie said the secret of his Quick advancement has been the outstanding people with whom he has worked a take care of your people and they will take care of you a he said. A a that a what makes this Job although his tour As Nav eur Stop enlisted Man officially begins in november Boddie will begin moving into his new Job in september. Part of that transition involves shifting the Fleet master chiefs base of operations for the first time from London to Naples. A that London is too far away from the majority of Navy posts in Europe a Boddie said. Naples is near the majority of Nav eur a _ bases which include. Boddie naval station Rota Spain la Maddalena Sardinia Nas Simonella Sicily Gaeta and London. Nav eur also is responsible for sailors in Turkey Germany Egypt the former Yugoslavia and Zaire. As part of his duties Boddie will be constantly on the move visiting ships. He also will be the senior enlisted adviser for . Leighton w. Smith jr., Nav eur a commander. A i will be . Smiths connection to the deck plates a he said. A i will work with base operations support groups the people that make Nav eur run.in addition he said he wants to help create better educational opportunities for sailors both academically and professionally. Turkey to require visas for . Citizens Ankara Turkey apr american citizens will be to queued to obtain entry visas for Turkey beginning in october officials said tuesday. Officials at the foreign ministry said the change was because the United states recently began charging turks $20 for . Visas. 5 previously the visas were free. V s citizens a a have been allowed to enter Turkev without visas. After oct. 1, americans will have to obtain visas in Advance and pay $20, the ministry bounced. The change comes As Turkey struggles to prop up a Industry following bomb attacks by sinking tourism i Aorist groups. Are. This month the United states froze 10 cent of its $364.5 million in military Aid to to pending a report on alleged human rights abuses b turkish military. A
