European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 -. ,. R the stars and stripes us Day december 11,1994 a Low maintenance kind of army general. Beffi Bathen Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany a half cup of coffe with two lumps of sugar. Twenty stacks of fifes lined up neatly on his desk. Family photos placed just . David m. Maddox is a Low maintenance Gen eral said a noncommissioned officer in charge of . Army Europe s command staff. He does not want you to hand Hiher his Fork when he eats his schnitzel said sgt Branch Dildine who supervises the enlisted administrative assistants on the four Star general staff. It s a staff that typically puts in 10 to 12-hour Days working for a Boss who outlasts them by another three hours or so. As the army s top soldiering Europe prepares to leave his command de dec. 19, som staff members who have worked closely with the general shared  thoughts about him. Demanding but compassionate is How col. Nick Young Maddox s executive officer described the Boss he volunteered to follow to Heidelberg Headquarters about six months ago he s fun to work with if you know what you redoing said Young former commander of the greater Hanau military Community.  catch say those who have seen the general berate the unprepared is that he has Little tolerance for those who do no know what they Are talk ing about. His meetings can Las several hours or run into the double digits said one senior staff officer who ducked out of a 15-hour meeting that mad Dox held while still Corn Humphrey Mander of v corps. You re never bored at one of his meetings said one of his staff members All of whom hesitated to criticize a commander they appeared to Admire. Maddox is not unreasonable in his expectations said Young out he does t expect a a plus Effort. That snot Good  he takes great umbrage when he does t get 100percent," Young said. Still nobody on his professional staff has been treated a professionally said Cpl. Tony Seh Eidenberger the Gen eral s Driver. _ 1 sch Eidenberger 24, spends Long hours with the Gen eral As much As 20 hours a Day during a major exer Cise such As the recent Atlantic resolve 94, the com Mand s major annual  trained military policeman has driven the com Mander in his executive Mercedes across Europe for about a year. The Caris Silver like the general s hair sch Eidenberger said his passenger likes to say. According to the Driver Maddox Good Nat redly told his Security forces it s your Job to save my life. If you mess up i going to be really  talk on the Road can be about the senior officer knowledge of Fine wines. Or about the Corporal s 3 year old son. Maddox 56, Pfenni Gand his wife ethelmary have four children Laura Matthew Justin and  s one of the smartest men i Ever met Schei Denberger said of the Soldier who served two Tours in Vietnam and four in Europe and has also commanded units from platoon to corps level in the younger Soldier s company Maddox also has reminisced about army experiences such As the first time he came to Germany. Is of flt town sgt Branch Dildine supervises the enlisted administrative assistants on Gen. David m. Maddox s staff. Is Effle Bathen col. Nick Young Maddox s executive officer describes the general As demanding but  was he Lect up in the belly of a ship surrounded by peo ple sick from the Rise and fall of the Waves. What the Young Corporal admires most about Maddox he said is How he has advanced the cause of using the car Toon fantasy of video games in real world training. Maddox is a very smart Man said the assistant executive officer maj. Jack Humphrey. He is a subject matter expert on  maj. Mike Pfenning a special projects officer in operations research agreed. He said he had never seen a tactical commander with such a Complete understand ing of today s computer hardware and software. I be seen i hesitate to Call it Genius his expertise said Pfenning who Calls the general a very Complex thinker Able to communicate  cited an example that illustrated the Gener Al s willingness to give his staff the Freedom to be Crea Tive in gathering information. In october the general wanted update maps in the hands of his soldiers an commanders for today s increasingly Distant deploy ments. And he wanted the maps As soon As possible. Regular channels through research and development agencies would have delayed the project for years or indefinitely Pfenning said. Because of the Freedom that members of the special projects team were Given they made it happen in Ivi months. According to Pfenning the general gave him the most intellectually challenging work in his 14 years in the army. He s a human being. He has his moods needs con it Wye lr8v�vr jul we we to that he opened about $300 million from training to Quality of life accounts White commander of the , army Europe. This included roughly $150 million each during fiscal 93 and 94, according to a command spokesman. Below is a rough breakdown of How that Money was applied to Quality Osife services for fiscal 94. The spokesman said that the fund breakdown for fiscal 03 was assumed to be similar. The figures represent my tons of child development services $9-5 youth services / $2.2. Morale welfare and recreation $15.67 total$f4�.t source Usa eur is it was a less pleasant voyage than the trans Atlantic trips made now by both the general and the Corporal on Cerns and cares Humphrey added summing Maddox comfortable jets. In the Early 60s, then 2nd it. Maddox up he s a very Large person. He has a  Maddox from Page 1 reflexes Are not As Good As you re reflexes once were he said. It does not mean you cannot safely drive a  also matters whether the car is on the Indianapolis Speedway or an interstate  can drive on the interstate he explained. Iam not ready without any preparation to go into the Indianapolis 500." Maddox attributed the shortcoming to training Cut backs in local preparatory  last week he Dis closed that he diverted $300 million Over two years from training programs to Quality of life activities. He justified the switch by saying that he had acted on behalf of his  be got to balance How you treat people and How you make them live said the general who i sometimes credited with getting rid of Lousy bar  7,What s important for this commander in his relation ship with those he commands � for me to Call on the phone and say you re going to x place. You d better go look it up on the map be cause i m going to spell it twice and you will begone tomorrow " he said. And have them say As they have consistently said . " since the emd of the 1991 persian Gulf War euro Pean based soldiers have checked their shot cards and packed out on 51 deployments to 30 countries. Some22,000 soldiers were involved in the deployments Over the past 3vi years. By his count the general will hand Over to his successor an area of responsibility that stretches across Europe to the tip of Africa and one where 23 shooting wars Are taking place. As the draw Down ends some ammo and equip ment still remain to be dealt with. The last of what were two of the largest army communities in Europe Frankfurt and Nurnberg will be gone next year. As far As the general is concerned the downsizing has virtually reached completion and he is leaving a re engineered usareur.". He could not predict whether there would be More changes five or 10 years from now. The 56-year-old general leaves his command with the satisfaction that he cared about his soldiers he said Nat they thought of him was not so important he said. In 1991, while he was commander of v corps he predicted that by the time the draw Down was Over sol Diers and their families would live work and train bet Ter. We will live better. We Are close he said. We Renot there