European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 54, no. 139 500 ? �sa-rz�zrr72 sunday september 3,1995 d 8693 a army ii from a scientific Point of View what these people did was valid but from a Legal Point of View it was t.1 a u. Cok Edward Armitage results in doubt As procedures violated by Cindy Kilton Washington Bureau Washington errors at the army s fort Mcade my drug testing Laboratory have cast doubts on the reliability of the service s urinalysis testing program. Violation of lab procedures has Cre ated potentially serious and far reaching implications to the forensic supportability of reported results according to a memo to medical personnel from col. John o Brien executive officer for the office of the army surgeon general professional services directorate the fort Mcade lab conducts More than 600,000 urinalysis tests each year for All . Army soldiers in Europe Panama and the United states East of the Mississippi River the screening is designed to detect marijuana cocaine Ltd pc opiates barbiturates and amphetamines. In the first six months of fiscal year 1995, figures showed 386 soldiers had been discharged for drug use. The air Force and Navy operate their own urinalysis laboratories. According to an army surgeon Gener Al office memorandum for the record obtained by the stars and stripes a technician in the Laboratory screening Section was caught physically moving open Quality control specimens around see army on Page 2 . Pilots7 Hopes Riding with downed French fliers by Effie Bathen staff writer _ Aviano Abt Italy the greatest concern this weekend of the nato fighters at Aviano a is the Well being of the two French pilots who were shot Down in the massive airstrikes Over Bosnia and Herze Govina the base commander said saturday. As nato and the United nations debated whether to resume airstrikes after rebel serbs set conditions for agreeing to pull Back heavy weapons from around Sarajevo col. Charles Wald spoke of Hope for the pilots Safe return. The French airmen were downed while they flew be Side the americans on the second Day of sorties. Avi Ano officials counted 300 sorties by Friday when the airstrike was suspended. Wald commander of the 31st fighter Wing at Avi Ano shared the feelings of Many participating in the Campaign when he said he hoped for another of Grady  he was referring to . Pilot Scott f. O Grady who was shot Clown and rescued this summer after surviving six Days in the bosnian wilderness. I Don t think it will be a Miracle if it happens twice in a Row Waid said. / Riding first attack wave see Page 4 Friday s pause in the Campaign which began wednesday was limited in scope and intended to give . Negotiators time to try to persuade bosnian serbs to withdraw their heavy weapons from around Sarajevo but bosnian serbian military commander Ralko Mladic set conditions of his own during talks with it. Gen Bernard Janvier the . Commander in former Yugoslavia. The serbs refusal to unconditionally meet the , demands forces the United nations and nato to de cide whether to resume airstrikes or allow More time for talks. Janvier met in Zagreb Croatia with adm. Leighton w. Smith jr., commander of the nato operation to discuss his talks with the bosnian serbian commander. High on their Agenda was whether to resume airstrikes. But Janvier and Smith reached no final decision at  see . On Page 4 a _ 1 by Effie Bathen staff writer t Aviano a Italy tuesday night was Crisp and Clear at the foot of the italian Alps. Six pots of Coffee steamed at the firehouse on the Aviano a flight line. It was the night of the largest nato bombing Campaign in history. It was a Good night for the first run air Force master sgt. Brad Truver a fire Protection specialist said As he recalled the takeoffs of the initial wave of planes about Midnight. / the takeoffs would Mark the beginning of a three Day nato assault on bosnian serbian targets that was suspended Friday to give diplomacy a Chance to work in Trie War torn Region. But the afternoon before it began,.the base at Avi Ano had grown distinctly quiet Truver said. The Indi b Pope s views sit Well with Many catholics in military Community sunday Magazine Ana native called it Nap  at dusk the steel and Concrete hangar doors stayed open emptying Light across the flight line and at about 10 . The Roar of aircraft engines began. Then there they were c-130s, ea-6s, Falls f -16s, f-18sand All. They just kept coming Truver said of the essentially All american first wave it was Worth staying up  since april 1993, Aviano based aircraft have been patrolling the no Fly zone Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Truver said he could sleep through most of that but the continuous Roar and whine of engines this time kept him awake for almost three Days. Senior airman Ryan Davis of the 31st support so said everyone at Aviano was watching the events unfold see Mission an Page 4 i Clinton Marks a a Day is a f King s March s8.s Ken George retirement plan . Soldiers from the 1st Armel div pass an Elvis pres Ley Banner during a Parade in downtown Fried Brj Germany saturday. The festivities were part of the dedication of the City s Elvis Presley plat and Park As Well As a Celebration of 50 years of the . Army s presence in Friedburg. See Story and photos on Paye 3