European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday december 18ft 994 go out with a bang analysts advise ". / v of .".," -. Baychuc Vinch Washington Burea if . Ground forces Are ordered to Lead an evacuation of . Personnel in the War torn Balkans military analysts say they should go in not As peacekeepers but rather with a mandate to make the Job Short As Well As brutish if necessary. This would have to be a combat Force on a combat Mission said retired Marine corps it. Gen. Norman  of the Center for defense information a Washington think tank. Ehlert who saw duty in the 1991 persian Gulf War and retired from Active service in August after his last tour As the Marine corps Deputy chief of staff for plans policies and operations said giving the Rescue forces the proper rules of engagement is crucial. They have to know that they could respond quickly and decisively to any provocation by any of the War ring factions in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ehlert said administration officials seem to agree. Defense Secretary William Perry has said that if the request for an evacuation comes . Forces would go in heavily armed and ready for anything. We re not going in with a Token Force Perry told Pentagon reporters recently. We re going in with a Strong enough Force that will command respect riot Only in numbers but in armaments but some analysts said launching a hot evacuation without first getting the warring factions in Bosnia to agree not to oppose a withdrawal could be a potential catastrophe. I just Don t see How you can seriously talk about military withdrawal from Bosnia in a contested for mat said Don Snider an analyst with the Center for strategic and International studies. I can t believe we d be that politically  withdrawals Are among the most difficult operations to execute said Snider a retired army colonel who served As director of defense policy for the nation Al Security Council during Ronald Reagan s second term. A. The minute a withdrawal is contested you re in War whether you like it or not Snider said. In Bosnia there Are several factions that might Seeto minute a withdrawal 1$ contested you re in a War whether retired anti coi Oon an j Center for strategic and International studies an advantage in hindering a nato evacuation Effort not Only the warring parties but the Many civilian who View the . Forces As the Only shield Between them and destruction Snider said. It seems to be assumed that All the desperate civil ians in Bosnia will stay where they Are during a withdrawal Snider said. You re talking about tens of thousands of people who Are not going to sit idly by and wait for their world to end. It could be one of the largest human disasters we Veseen i this War he said. The Clinton administration formally notified Nat allies dec. 8 that . Forces would help evacuate the .peacekeepers if asked. Nato planners have talked of an extraction Force of up to 30,000 service members with the United states providing half that number.  ,.-. Ehlert said he would plan for 30,000 to 50,000 serv ice members mostly Mobile Light infantry units. Since the . Protection Force in Bosnia has Little Armor the evacuation Force should bring its own armoured sup port in the form of army Bradley lighting vehicles or Marine Light armoured vehicles he said. The Mission would be difficult and dangerous be cause the roughly 24,000 peacekeepers Are widely Dis Persed throughout Bosnia s mountainous terrain at about 20 different Sites. Just getting into Bosnia would be a Challenge. Try ing to go in from the sea say from split to Sarajevo would be very risky Ehlert said. A couple of snipers and one recoilless Rifle could wreak havoc with a Convoy in that corridor snide said. Any Way you look at this it s Avery risky opera  ,.-,assuming the Best Case scenario of a totally Rincon tested withdrawal Snider said the easiest thing to do would be to evacuate the . Forces directly from their base Sites by air. If nato forces have to fight their Way in Ehlert and Snider both favor avoiding a piecemeal exit by concentrating the . Troops at a few Central control Points before trying to move them out of Bosnia if not by air then by the same routes that Are being used to truck in humanitarian Aid. There s much to be gained by putting together Over land convoys that Are Large enough to protect them selves when they re on the move Ehlert said. Snider said one of the main military objective should be to establish a Security zone at the Sarajevo Airport and push the perimeter out far enough to pre clude damage to incoming aircraft from Small arms fire an mortars a fighter aircraft and airborne warning and control system planes could be used to patrol the Sarajevo area to protect that zone he said. Then you could bring in a Good portion of the . Troops by any Means available Overland helicopters whatever and consolidate them out through Sarajevo he said. ". V v Alliance officials have been working since last sum Mer to plan for the possible evacuation of . Person Nel from Bosnia. A nato official said the plan is very Well advanced. But nobody knows if it will Ever Beimplementedv indeed nato ambassadors voiced continued sup port for the . Protection Force Mission in Bosnia at a dec9 meeting of the North Atlantic Council. Perry and other defense ministers of the Natona tons involved in Bosnia will meet in the Netherlands this Yeek to discuss ways of actually bolstering peace keeping operations there. The talks will focus on new measures to . Troops from attacks by the warring factions in Bosnia and improve the delivery of humanitarian Aid. Teens won t bump tots Gart Cavern after school duty is Davo Didio members of the . Naval air facility at Raf Mildenhall England Clear away Brush last week behind the Beck Row county primary school the americans were cleaning up the grounds of the local British school As part of the . Navy s adopt school program. This is the first year the Mildenhall group has participated in the program. It Hopes to build a Patio for the school. By Effie Bathen Heidelberg Bureau the Stuttgart Community commander who polled residents on whether they were willing to temporarily sacrifice a child care facility for a new teen Center decided Friday to look for another place to keep teen agers entertained. Col. Coy Scroggins the 6th area sup port group commander took into account 800 ballots distributed through out the Community officials said. The fliers explained How the Community Ris ked losing funding to convert the current Patch Barracks child development Centerino a teen Center. A new child development Center was to have opened at Patch Barracks last july. But what officials termed As problems with the con tractor led to the contract s termination and a delay until next september or october in opening the new child Center. The teens were to have moved into the existing Patch child Center once the tots moved into their new facility and Exten Sive renovations and additions were planned to remake the child care facility into a Center for teens Ages 13 to 19. But about $350,000 was at stake if the teen construction project was not completed by dec. 31, 1996, according to the flier. However the Correct figure was$1.7 million said Community spokesman sgt. 1st class Mike Alley. In either Case that left the Community Short on time to initiate construction. The command circulated flier throughout the Community for about 12 Days asking whether teens should Dis place the tots with instructions to drop the forms in any . Mailbox. According to a sampling of about 60 responses people with Little ones in the child care Center complained about trans porting tots to other care centers. It is a 15 to 30-minute drive from Patch to Kelley Barracks and a 10 to 20 minute drive from Patch to Panzer Ca sern Alley said. There also Are no easy Public transportation connections from Patch Barracks to the child care Cente sat Kelley and Panzer he said. On the other hand one respondent noted moving 70 children for nine months seems to be a Small Price to pay to Benefit hundreds of teens. Now and in thefuturethe results of the balloting were quit close Alley said but he declined to give details explaining that the commander was seeking a consensus. A new Community forum called Stutt Gart 2000" played a part in resolving the Tot is. Teen controversy Alley said. Commanders normally rely on staff and service directors to make decisions on hot Community issues. The new advis Ory forum consists of 23 members drawn from local command representatives an Community services. Based on the Community vote and other considerations this committee overwhelmingly supported not closing the cd child development Center Scroggins said in a let Ter to the Community Friday. The proposed teen Center would in clude an Arcade Pool room compute room snack bar dance room television lounge and administrative space. The current teen Center is just Plain too Small. There was no space to do two things at once Alley said. If someone was watching a football game everybody was watching a football