European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday october 28,1994 Mainz hit by Byj Oconnor staff writer a huge portion of the military pres ence in Mainz Germany has been identified for closure in round 17 of the latest draw Down announcement of . Forces from Europe High on the chopping Block Are mar tin Luther King Village housing area and the old Fin then family housing area on the Mainz Side of the Rhine River about 700 family units in the milk Village will be returned by september said Steve Cooper a spokesman for the53rd area support group which Over sees Mainz and is based in bad Kreuz Nach. Also 83 units in Fin then Are scheduled to be returned by june he added. \  -. Milk Village also houses Mainz elementary school an Exchange an Auto motive service station a commissary and a Chi Chi s mexican restaurant. According to the bad Kreun Achterman newspaper of Entlicher an Zeiger milk Village will be vacated be tween july and september. The paper reported that German officials want the elementary school be cause it is in first class condition. The school is expected to be Inte grated with the local school system. Army and air Force Exchange serv ice spokeswoman Carrie Higley Krowka said the service station closure Date has not been determined. One possibility Shie said is operating shop Pette Gas station at the nearby Huin Berberg shopping Center in wies Baden. Cafes is installing an automotive repair garage i in the Mainz Kastel area that is expected to be open by next sum Mer she said. Lisa Gutman general manager at the Mainz Chi Chis said the army con tract for the building will expire in july. A lot of things Are up the air gut Man said adding that there has been some discussion of relocating Chi Chi s to Wiesbaden a. Besides housing area the 1st army div s Btry a 5th in 3rd air defense arty regt it the withdrawn. The Bat Tery scheduled to be inactivated in june has 153 soldiers said capt. Greg Bartlett a division spokesman. In a housing policy change announced recently by col. Victoria re Villa commander of the 53rd ask Mainz soldiers affected by the draw Down will be Able to move to the Community where they work at the army s expense. However they must have More than six months left in Germany. The majority of soldiers living in Mainz work in bad Kreuz Nach and nearby Derheim Cooper said. Other areas within the 53rd ask caught in the draw Down include Strass Burg Cavern near Baum older Ger Many. According to Cooper several build Ings reportedly unit offices and bar Racks will be returned by december 1995. Also 24 family housing units in the Reichenberg housing area at nearby Idar Oberstein Are scheduled to be re turned by september he said. 0 from Page 1of Gigantic party rallies. It will close in december 1995, gone will be the army and air Force Exchange service s euro Peari Headquarters which moved from Munich to Pinder Barracks in nearby Birndorf in 1992, a statement from the Exchange service noted that plans Are not definite but a move to Mainz Kastel storage station i anticipated and will begin in april. A thirty one september you can say we re at an end said it col. James of Ishmael the last commander of the Community which is now an area support team and part of the 100th area support group in Grafe Wohr. The closure affects about 1,100 sol die Ishmael estimated most of who will relocate to Bamberg about 35 Miles to the North. Chief among them will be the 31.7th"main co and the 240th quartermaster support co both now at Johnson bar Racks and slated for movement in july and August and the 7th corps support group now at finder Barracks expected to move in  three units currently include about 600 soldiers. Ishmael said it is difficult to guess How Many soldiers will move to Bamberg be cause some will Transfer before the moves Are made. Bamberg has assured us they Cathouse the Force he said. It. Col. Paul Oskvarek the commander of the 279th base support in in Bam Berg said there is ample space for the units and the soldiers families. We Don t see any problem at All notate All he said. Oskvarek said he expects More than200 families most of whom will move into government housing on  units will find adequate administrative and motor Pool  moving to Bamberg in May will be the 793rd military police co which has been a part of the Nurnberg Community since it was assigned to act As Security at the Nurnberg War crimes trials Fol lowing world War ii. On april 20, .1945, Nurnberg surren dered to the 7th army. Two months later troops from the 1st  div moved into Nurnberg and Furth taking Over German military facilities. Ishmael said he Felt like the officer As signed to Tell widows of their husbands deaths when he visited thursday with local mayors to Tell them the news. American residents were grim thurs Day As the news that had been rumoured for months became a reality. It s just kind of ridiculous said Robin White a commissary employee and wife of a Soldier in the 793rd my co. The pm is humongous. The commissar is really big. For them to close it Down is ridiculous. We have people from every where coming in Here to shop from Vilseck from  although Ishmael said the an facility will remain a spokesman for the net work said that was news to him. Capt. Ken Mcdorman the Public affairs officer at an s Frankfurt head quarters said he heard Only thursday afternoon that the Nurnberg Community disclosing and was unable to say what that meant for the future of an Here. Regarding other facilities Ishmael said dental and medical support from the Nurnberg clinic will continue into sep tember. The Dambach and Kalb housing areas will lose nearly All of their tenants from May to August. The schools will close with the end of the current school year. Soldiers Field the athletic Field will go Back in june. Monteith Golf course will be returned after a joint use agreement ends. Ishmael said that will be  an enhanced shop Pette will survive Jong enough to support the final people involved in the closure. Is draw Down in Europe i. Thaw army installations in Germany were identified thursday for full or partial return to the Host nation a a support installation location grog status Stang ass Camp area Strub Cavern Idar Oberstein family housing Strassburg Cavern Friedberg training & storage area Frankfurt mortuary Giessen class i Point Giessen class ii & in depot Windberg Barracks Dambach family housing William o. Darby Cavern Furth shopping Center Johnson Barracks Kalb family housing Nurnberg athletic Field Nurr Berg Coal Yard Nurnberg transient billets Wei Imdorf warehouse Mainz repair & Utility area Martin Luther King Village housing area Fin then family housing Ober Auerbach missile station Rasdorf operations area Berchtesgaden 6th Berchtesgaden 6th Idar Oberstein 53rd Idar Oberstein 53rd Friedberg 104tfi Frankfurt 104th Giessen. 104th Giessen. 104th Grefrath 80th Numberg 100th Nymberg 100th Numberg 100th Nymberg 100th Numberg 100th Nymberg 100th Numberg 100th Nymberg 100th Stuttgart 6th Mainz 53rd Mainz 53rd Mainz Fin then 53rd we Brucken 26th Chi Emsee 6th partial return partial return partial return partial return partial return return return return return return partial return return return return return return return return return return return return return ii. These army installations in Germany were changed from partial returns to full returns Redelheim ordnance facility Frankfurt Grefrath Cavern. Grefrath Monteith Barracks. Numberg Munchweiler Hospital Pir Masens osterholz storage facility Stuttgart Pinder Barracks Nurnberg 104th 80th 100th 26th 6th 100th return return return return return return Iii. This army installation in Germany was previously announced for return but will be retained a Frankfurt Hospital. Frankfurt in. These army units will be withdrawn from Europe unit location c Btry 4th in 3rd air defense arty regt Kitzinger Germany c Btry 5th in 3rd air defense arty regt Mainz Germany 570th combat support my co Mannheim Germany 201st material management Center 95th chemical co Headquarters 501st finance in 184thordco Headquarters he co 8th support group 4th in 27th Field arty in Livoto Italy Vilseck Germany Grafe Wohr Germany Darmstadt Germany area support group 98th53rd 26th 22nd 100th Livoto Italy Babenhausen Germany 100th 104th 22nd 104th v. This army unit in Germany was previously announced for withdrawal from Europe but will be retained unit 41stordco location Kaiserslautern area support group a 26th, i i i i i. This air Force installation in Germany was identified for return to the Host nation installation Odenheim communications Annex . Army Europe and european come location Pitburg status a returns a