Word: kaiserslautern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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West German medical officials later complained that air-base authorities were inadequately prepared for such a disaster. "I have to ask myself why there were no mobile medical teams at the site," said Wolfgang Herbig, a hospital director in the nearby town of Kaiserslautern. "There are always many ambulances at motor races or soccer games." Base officials defended their planning. "You don't plan for 300 and more injuries," protested one U.S. Government official. "If you had any idea that might happen, you wouldn't let the show take place...
...Kaiserslautern, West Germany...
...three dozen major U.S. military bases in West Germany, community leaders welcome dependent families as a moderating influence on military behavior, which they say would be much worse in an unaccompanied force. "Kaiserslautern used to be sin city back in the 1950s," says Marie Mayer, a West German community relations adviser for the U.S. Air Force. "There was a lot of drinking and fighting by single G.I.s, who were in the majority back then. Now, with more people married, the military is much better behaved." About 30% of the soldiers in today's volunteer Army are married...
...settle a family on his own. Still, more than 10,000 such nonsubsidized servicemen have brought over 25,000 dependents to West Germany at their own expense this past year. Says Airman Maurice Womack, 25, of Providence, who lives with his wife Maria and year-old daughter near Kaiserslautern: "It took every penny I had, and we're still on the borderline of going broke. But the hassle's been worth it, to have the family together...