European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse R Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 7,1994 gis Beffi Bathen Heidelberg Bureau Mannheim Germany the com Mander of the 21st theater army area come on tuesday officially welcomed Back soldiers from the rwandan Relief Mission in Central Africa and told the to be ready for any contingency including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Breaking with the usual Job Well Don remarks delivered to returning soldiers in formation Mai. Gen. Hubert g. Smith asked for feedback from about 90 of the 150 task Force 51 soldiers seated in the Sullivan Barracks gymnasium. He also asked about a dozen family members sit Ting with the soldiers so that he could take their questions too. It May not come to pass Smith told them. But i. Believe the potential is really there to deploy in the future the Way we just deployed in support of operations in Rwanda. Army units based in Europe will Nee to be As prepared As stateside rapid deployment units such As the 18th airborne corps Smith said. No longer when the whistle blows Dowe run toward Fulda he said referring to the German town located on what was once the Border Between East and West Germany. We now focus on going to the airports and seaports for operations All Over the world including Bosnia he said. The general emphasized the army s recognition that a Soldier will perform better if family life is stable and the overseas spouses prepared for a sudden deployment. The Welcome Home meeting covered Arange of topics from the general s Sugges Tion that soldiers have a couple of week Worth of personal Hygiene products ready for deployment at a moments notice to the soldiers feelings about their personal safety in Africa. We were about to hit the deck a couple of times one Soldier told Smith when the general asked How the soldiers dealt with friction among the african locals. At times the locals hissed at the Ameri cans a Soldier said and the command did t Tell them Why. The general explained a Clandestine a Michael Abr Walma Planas. Feared for husband s health radio station was advising the locals that americans were causing their problems. Some . Soldiers said they were con fused about which africans were zairian and which were rwandan. Many did no understand the tribal politics that sur rounded them. The command generally advised them to avoid locals and avoid Trou ble. -. ,vy.-,the task Force purified and distributed 7million Gallons of water and transported 1.8 million Gallons Over 17,000 Miles with no major injuries to americans or local Afri cans said the task Force commander . Charles Bongiovanni. Other concerns that Smith said the com Mand would address include fear of contracting disease. A Soldier was worried about breathing in dust. Immunizations. Expensive serum Sand Low stockpiles required that some soldiers be scheduled for their shots latest night just before deployment. Personal business such As wills an finances. The general advised soldiers to Sas my Imla Brattm sgt 1st class Hector Planas. Was glad for Chance to help update wills so that former girlfriends Orex spouses Are not benefactors. Keeping wives and husbands in formed talking to children and teen agers. /7./ /. Operational Security. Future deploy ments May need to be classified. Delayed stress. Soldiers should walkout concerns. Among those attending the Welcome Back session was Carmen Lara whose husband sgt. 1st class Toni Lara was among the first to deploy. She agreed with Many wives who although prepare for their husbands to leave did t think they would. I really did t believe it because he had alerts before and he did t go any where she said. However her husband a maintenance team chief said he Felt he was due to go because he did not deploy during the persian Gulf War. He said his soldiers had 16 trucks an kept 15 running every Day. One needed ". A so my Tami awns sgt 1st class tool Lara. Stunned when Mission was Over parts impossible to find at his base Ingoma Zaire. Still ton Lara said that he and the others in the unit were stunned when they were told their Mission was completed. We thought we were going to Kigali Rwanda he said. Nearby sgt. 1st class Hector Planas Petroleum specialist said that he received two Days notice before he deployed. He said he was surprised he was Able to help in the crisis. I was afraid that i would t get to go he said. His wife Alma Planas said that she started to cry when she heard her Hus band was going to Africa. I was afraid for his health she she was better prepared for his de parture this time than three years ago when he left for the persian Gulf. Then she was afraid for his life she said. Nobody can pay me for what he Worth. Nobody can pay me that much she said. Redd Iii become head of Navy s Central command by the stars and . Navy vice adm. John Scott Redd will follow vice adm. Douglas. Katz As commander of . Naval forces Central come in a ceremony today at Manama Bahrain. The us nascent commander controls . Naval forces from the Suez canal to Pakistan and from the persian Gulf to the coast of Kenya. His command encompasses More than10.5 million Square Miles of land and sea and includes operating units of the . Navy Marine corps and coast guard. Redd comes to Bahrain from theoffice of the chief of naval operations in Washington he was the first . Admiral to command the standing naval Force Atlantic nato s multinational task Force. Redd previously commanded the Dwight d. Eisenhower Carrier Battle group deployed to the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Katz who has commanded us nascent since october 1992, will become commander of naval surface forces Atlantic in Norfolk a. The command was established in the persian Gulf in 1948, and is composed of More than 20 ships and 15,000 personnel. In addition to Shore based units throughout the Middle East the com Mand includes the Tripoli amphibious readiness group elements of the George Washington Carrier Battle group and ships of the Middle East Force operating in the red sea and persian Gulf. Longtime stripes editor Dies of heart attack in new York by Timothy Cahill new York Burea new York Sid Schapiro a Long time new York editor of the stars an stripes died saturday of a heart attack. He was 78.Schapiro retired in 1984 after a career with the military newspaper stemming Back to world War ii. He began his association with the stars and stripes in 1943 by submitting free Lance stories to the paper while stationed in London he was soon reassigned to the newspaper staff full time. After the War he de came its new York editor a position beheld until he retired. His daughter Marilyn Schapiro a English teacher in Germany said her father s love of new papering began whence was a newsboy on new York s lower Side. When War ii ended he was Offe Reda position at the new York Mirror but decided to stay with stripes. In the Days be fore computers and satellites Schapiro oversaw the trans Mission of news an photographs from . News service Schapiro to the paper s Ger Many Headquarters. Even after retiring Schapiro continue to contribute stories to the stars and stripes. Schapiro is survived by his daughter son in Law and one granddaughter. Efforts intensified to replace Worner As nato Leader Brussels Belgium a Nat allies Are stepping up efforts to find a new Leader As the military Alliance pre pares to admit former Warsaw pact foes As members in the coming years. With the Start of the fall session this week the allies turn their attention to selecting a replacement for Manfred Worner who died aug. 13 of cancer. No candidates have been officially nominated for the High profile Job of leading the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization. But names making the rounds include British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and Hans Van Den Broek foreign affairs chief of the european Union and former foreign minister of the Netherlands. A sounder consideration Are belgian foreign minister Willy Claes and . Peace envoy Thorvald Stoltenberg a former norwegian foreign and defense minister. Traditionally nato s top political jobs held by a european since an american general currently . Army a. Joulwan is commander of its military Wing in Europe. Worner a former German defens minister will be a hard act to follow. During his six years on the Job he was instrumental in refolding the Western Alliance after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. He played a Pivotal role in efforts to draw former Warsaw act adversaries closer
