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irth registration

Having a baby overseas is

not

like having a

baby in the United States: the parcnu, instead of

the hospit.al, must register

the

baby's birth with

appropriate U.S.

or

foreign authorities.

The

birth

registration documents the baby's citizenship and

enables the baby to get a passport. A baby must

have a passport to travel in Europe and to enter

the United States.

To start processing a baby's birth registration,

the parents must report, with the b~by, re~uircd

documentation, and fees, to the servacmg mahtary

personnel office no l ater _than

.30

days after the

b.a

by's birth. The btrt~ regtstrauon agent ~t the mil

itary personnel office must see the child before

taking

the oath

affirming

the

truthfulness of

st

ate•

ments. on ,he rcfort of birth from the parent on

the baby's behal .

If both parents arc U.S. citizens, the r.arent sub

mitting evidence of citizenship (pre crably the

mother) must take the oath.

~nd

sign the fo~. If

only one person

is

a U.S. cmzen, the U.S. cmzen

parent will take the oath and sign the form. When

neither parent

is

a U.S. citizen, the

milit_ary

per·

sonnel office refers parents to ,he servacmg legal

assistance office.

(USAREUR Bulletin).

Retiree registration

You can retire in Germany and still use U.

S.

sa

les facilities. Your local 42nd MP Group customs

office has the form you need, said Pfc.

Kalinowski, Goppingcn Field Office Customer

Service Representative. You can also use

the

Army

Post Office (APO) mail system after retirement.

Upon

submission

of

a status verification,

German Customs will give you a customs certifi

cate , he added which, with your retired military

ID card, entitles you to buy non-rationed items at

U.S. sales facilities in Germany.• However, rou

must return 10 the same German Customs office

with each month's cash register receipts and pay

tax

on

what you bought and did

not

consume on

the premises (the current rate is 15 -). After this,

German Customs will extend

your

certificate for

another two months. If you don't, your customs

certificate may

be

withdrawn. As for your mail, it

must

be addressed

to

Box R at your local

APO

and

the

address must include

the

word retired .

You can then pick

up

mail at the APO

but

you

must take any parcels to German Customs for

clearance unopened. If you don 't present

your

parcels in a reasonable amount of time, you may

lose your mail privileges.

•

Spec

.

Joseph

Allen

bllancee

•

dime

on

the end

of hls M16A1

rffle

to

Improve p,-oper

trigger

1quNZlng

technique•

See

page 4 for story.

Spec

.

Richard Van Pay, light wheel mechanic, Charlie Battery, 111 Battalion, 9th Field Artillery check • milltary

·vehicle to mak1 sure the

tr1n1miHlon

hydraulic

lines are

properly maintlined.

attery earns award

Credits success to NCOs simplicity

_

by Bob Rubinosky

1st Bn., 9th

f

A Correspondent

The

Sword of Freedom, U.S. Army, Europe

(USAREUR)

top

mai.ntcnancc award for fiscal year

1989, was awarded 10 Charlie Battery,

1s

t Battalion,

9th Field Artillery (Pershing).

Recognized in

the

intermediate density category

(701 to 1000 total items of equipment on which un

it

lev

el

maintenance is performed), Charlie Battery will

be USAREUR's representative in the Army Chief of

Staff Award for Maintenance Excellence.

The

US

AREUR

inspection team, from 200th

TAMMC based in Zweibriicken, evaluated organiza

tional maintenance

progr

ams.

The

largest area of

evaluation was motor pool operations,

but

they also

inspected arms and NBC rooms, communications

and field mess equipment, along with awards,

publications and traini~g programs.

Maj.

John

Houston, commander, C Btry., 1st Bn.,

9th FA, explained that in order for the battery to

accomplish its mission in Europe, it has

10

maintain

Inside the Cable

• Sports enthusiast, page 2

• Flylng at night, page 4

• Suggestion Program, page 5

• A German Christmas, page S

• Hall, rain or sleet, page 6

• Commander s Cup, page 7

unit readiness in two interlocked arca.s - training and

maintenance.

• A soldier may be well trained, but if he can't

maintain his equipment in a high state

of

readiness,

he

can

't

accomplish his war-time missions,~

Houston

said.

Maintenance is difficult to maintain. It 's one

of

those on-going battles which you have to focus on

every week,• he said. During our standard training

week, we have three afternoons dedica1ed 10 main

tenance. I f our mission dictates that we utilize our

maintenance time for something else, then

we

work

on it as time allows, Houston added.

Assessing his maintenance program,

Houston

said,

Our

program

is

unique. The first thing we did was

develop an

SOP

(Standard Operating P~ocedures)

built

on

simplicity.

We

removed unnecess

ary

com

plexity from our guidelines. We now give o ur

NCOs

a document they can understand and execute.

The next key ingredient was leadership involve

ment. Until soldiers see that their leaders are willing

10 crawl underneath a truck with the proper techn

ica

l

manuals and get dirty, they're

not

going 10 feel

that

it's (maintenance) important. (Conti nued

on

P. 6)

• World

W•

r II

German

velerans

like

In the sites

of

HHB,

56th FA

CMO s motor

pool

during • rec•

ent vl t

to

Bis·

marck KaMme.

See

page

3 for

story.

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December

989

AAFES:

ot just another retail store

The mu•lc

NC on

of Bismarck

Kueme s

Post Exchange lnvlt11 Spec. Steven

Gipson

to

look through the variety

of

music AAFES has to offer.

by

Anthony J. C.

Hosch

Staff Writer

In

m-any

pans

of the United States, as

tradition has it, Thanksgiving marks the

beginning of the Christmas shopping

season.

Shoppers throughout the United

States arc crowding into stores like Ma

cy's in

New

York, Springdale's in

New

Orleans and Gcorgio's in Beverly Hills

loolung for exotic

and

special

giftS

for

Christmas.

The

56th Field Artillery

Command

soldiers' version of Macy's, Springdalc's

and

Georgio's

is the

Army

and

Air

Force Exchange Service (AAFES).

AAFES, however, is not just a retail

store. According

to

Maria Achwarz,

manager of Schwabisch

Gmiind's

Burger Bar,

.AAFES

provides quality

our proves inspirational

merchandise at reasonable prices.•

Quality

merchandise

and

reasonable

prices can be found at all AAFES stores

such as food operations like

Tony's

pizza, burger bars

and

31 Flavors.

In

addition, shoppeues, military clothing

and sales, beauty salons and class six

outlets offer

the

same savings as well.

Since its inception in

Jun

e 1941,

AA-

FES' goal has been

to

"provide its

patrons

with

excellent service and a va

riccy

of

merchandise,• said Achwan..

AAFES goal of saving its customers

20

percent

or more is not

an unreach

able one. According to a 1989 A.C.

Nielsen price survey, AAFES saves the

military familr an average

of

25 percent

in commercia products.

Additionally, by shopping at an

AA-

FES facilicy, customers have three ways

to

stretch their dollar.

These savings are guaranteed through

AAFES brands, AAFES exrra value

items and AAFES special buy

pro

grams.

AAFES brands include sports shoes,

shirts

and

automobile batteries. These

products carry t

he

AAFES quarantce

and provide alternative savings

to other

merchandise widely advertised.

AAFES extra value items arc items

that carry the vendors brand name.

They arc specially stocked every day for

customer convenience.

AAFES special buys are limited

quantity specials.

They

offer

an

impo

rt-

ant savings

to

the

customer

because

these pruchases arc

one

time buys.

Service,,

AAFES commitment does not end

there. AAFES provides special services

t

the soldiers at remote sites.

For

in

stance, areas like

Camp

Redleg,

wh

ere

soldiers must remain on-site

for

weeks

at a time, a mobile snack bar is

dispatched

to

service them.

This

is

only

one of

many examples

of how

AAFES

takes care

of th

e soldier.

. Community Support

After all this, AAFES still looks for

innovative ways to pass on savings 10

the soldiers and their family members.

Through

agencies like the Morale,

Welfare

and

Recrearion (MWR) divi

si

on,

AAFES is able to channel funds

back into military communities.

The

money received from AAFES

provi~cs funding for libraries, hobby

shops, recreation centers,

swimming

pools

and

gymnasiums.

The funds

also

support

and

promote intramural sport

ing activities

and

acknowledgement

pro$rams for military personnel.

Finally, AAFES provides job

opponunties for

military spouses.

According

10

Barry

Gordon, area

gene

ral

manager in Stuttgart, AAFES is an

excellent organization

to

seek

employ

ment and a good place for advancement.

"AAFES offers family members a

great

opportunity

for employment,"

said

Gordon.

In

Schwiibisch

Gmiind

alone over 60

jobs arc available

for

family members,"

said

Bob

Smith, exchange manager.

Providing savings, job opporrunitics

and quality merchandise has

become

an

ongoing quest for AAFES' manage

ment. By meeting these goals, AAFES

has undergone many changes

to im-

prove

the

quality of services offered

to

the military family all over the

wor

ld.

WWII German soldiers visit Bismarck

by Anthony J. C. Hosch

Staff Writer

A

bus

filled with Germans pulled up 10 the en

trance

of

Bismarck Kascmc. They were

not

ordinary

Germa:n citizens.

The group

which

poured

through

the gate of Bismarck Kaserne were a part of the ka

scrnc's past.

Members of the German army's 2nd Battalion,

JI

9th

Infantry Regiment, their wives and children

came co sec how their place of duty during World

War

n

changed.

The walk down memory lane took place during the

first

we

ek of November. The tour ga

ve

the former

German

infantrymen, who were stationed here, an

opporcunity

to

experience and relive moments

of

their personal history.

Mr

. Reiner Wieland, the chief organizer, thought

it would be fascinating" for the old German unit to

get together and visit the kasernc, according

to

Hans

Herdeg,

maneuver manager.

After coordinating the tour through the German

liaison office,

th

e World War II veterans were

on

their way to a reminiscent afternoon.

The afternoon

for

rememberance began

with

a

20-minutc slide show

about

the Pershing mission.

Immediately following the slide presentation,

the

German veterans

and

family members were divided

into

two

groups lead

by

the staff from

the German

liaison office.

Each group

toured

the Kaserne

and

was briefed on

each building's modern-day use.

The tour

included a visit

to

the

Post

Exchange,

Burger Bar and 56th's

motor

pool. At the

motor

pool,

the

group discussed

the

types

of

transportat;on

us

ed

.during

World War II. They

also toured 3,

8th

Signal Battalion's barracks and

motor

pool.

According

to

a member

of

the group,

•38th Signal

Battalion's

motor

pool, the recreation center and the

Rodman theater were used for horse stables and a pa

rade field."

The tour of barracks

and

facilities ended with a

walk

through

HHB, 56th Field Artillery

Command's

living quarters.

The

two

groups came together

at

a plaque dedicat

ed

to

the fighting men

of 2nd

Bn., 19th lnfancry

Re-

giment. Fuset Haefele, a member

of

the deactivated

unit, said,

We

arc happy Americans arc her

e, be

ca

use

i,

(Amcric.an presence) helped guarantee peace for

che past 40 years."

A German Army veteran

point•

out the room he llvtd

In during World War II

to

a group

of

38 h

Slgn•I

Batt1

llon 1oldler1. He and • group

of hla

fellow veterans vi-

sited Bismarck Kaseme during November.