European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 Ronald Welling demonstrates mortar Man language As be describes the adjustment of aiming stakes used in plotting lire photos by Frank Polster 4week course making leaders army finds Way to strengthen weak link Byda Synovec Nurnberg Bureau chief Germany the army Basic no course strengthens the so called weak link in the cos Chain of army authorities said Usa eur and seventh army is now of Fering a four week bunco course Here that is designed to teach corporals e4s and sergeants Ess to be combat arms Lead the course kicked off Here in february and graduated its second class in late soldiers attend the which is tied to the army training and doctrine As part of their professionalism and education program developed recently by the the biggest complaint weve received so far is that the course is too said come Raymond com Mander of the he said nine courses of instruction Are taught separately but concurrently at the combined arms All of the courses Are the end product of bunco is a Soldier who is fully capable of a artillery Rifle infantry or of being a combat Engineer squad Leader or an air defense Section he will be fully qualified in All tech Nical aspects of his equipment and weapons system that he must command and train his soldiers Alegria the army now offers a primary no course for and the bloc find the advanced no course for ebs and As Well As a sergeants major facade i the combined arms school recently started a 10week advanced no course for air defense cos the cos who attend this course Are selected by depart ment of the the Young no comes Here to learn his said in the Case of the Cav Alry we train him on the Sheridan and my 13 combat we train the tank commander on the m60a1 tank and the m60a2 the infantry squad Leader receives training Here As does the mortar squad Leader and the defense and combat Engineer squad he said that 20 per cent of the training is conducted in the classroom and the rest of the time is spent out in the Field where the student trains on the military hardware he uses in his its an exciting said we Are teaching men to do their bunco  the so called weak link in the cos Chain of Walton a 27yearold fire direction computer assigned to combat support 2nd 66th said that he thought the bunco course was outstand i got a lot out of said the course helped refresh my memory on things that i had Lear cd before and also taught me some of the things i Haven had a Chance to the course is a big help to the Junior Jeffery a battalion ammo chief assigned to the 1st 10th Field arty at said that he thought the course wis outstanding owning luxury yacht colled dream come Frey byed Reavis staff writer Frankfurt a Man with a 100foot luxury yacht for charter must be one might not said i Cuis chief of technical engineering army corps of european Divi in a child of the depression my father was a working Man but i managed to go to College and get some Good jobs in also a Bachelor and live frugally and Louis Bret Schneider with picture of 100foot yacht he a mods and Cole All my savings Are invested in that which is like n dream come True for a poor boy up from Brett schneiders present the Boheme int his he began As most Success stories begin about 16 years ago i met a fellow in a University of Maryland class who wanted to buy a Cutter in Northern i wrote the German letter for he brought it Down moored it on the main and 1 helped him work on Ive always been interested in sailing and ships since the time i spent in the Mer chant this fellow and his wife moved to Amsterdam and i used to visit them weekends for Brett Schneider has fond memories of sailing Down the Khanne to the med Terra the Rhone was so treacherous in Lyon youd have to take on a Pilot in those these pilots were offspring of generations of Rhone fishermen who passed on the secret of the shifting dunes and changing currents solely to to their it was a Scenic on one Side of the River youd see Cave dwellers and on the other the huge super atomic what Brett Schneider found his first the in it was a 62foot schoo my partner and 1 paid around for it he lived on it and did very Well for i just got to go on it during vacations from the office Here but we never got enough Charters on it to make Al though it was never a financial we kept it for eight or nine years when my partner came up with the Brilliant idea of buying some big luxury boat to lure the big Brett Schneider and partner started look ing and their eyes fell upon enrol Flynn last the Zaca what a Beautiful boat it was moored at Villefranche in what we Call litigation Row and so tied up in Legal problems that it  be i heard it just rotted there and was pulled up recently and made into a bar in they bought the 100footlong Boheme ii from a danish shipowner for about it had to be remodeler for charter service because it had been built for just one family plus a Cabin for the ii was fitted for cold weather real so we drove up to Northern Germany every weekend to remodel we wanted an 1100a1 rating which is lops and we got because neither Brett Schneider nor his partner Are independently the next step was to find some charter Busi Ness for the Bohume weve been since being in the Carrilean weve had nothing to complain i keep in touch by Telephone direct to the Boheme ii has guest Cabins for nine its own Library on Board and a Crew of the most important member of the Crew is the when you charter a you expect excellent a Good Cook costs me around a what kind of people hire his boat in the med it was generally Rich Hal but we also got hired As a decorative backdrop for a few films such one for the Borsalino and several italian in the Carrilean its americans who Edward Heath and Mick Jagger Are a couple of the prominent types that i know hired according to sailing in the Carrilean is a sailors its just Ideal with the Way the islands Are arranged and the Trade winds allow sailing Down Side of them and up the but i love the Mediterranean because theres so much to do when you go the Good food and that whole but weve got to keep the boat where the Char Ier business is and right now it is in the Brett Schneider ill retire and be Able enjoy that boat Russ Art brings million Geneva up1 a Chris ties auction of some 500 russian works of Art Here brought with the highest Price paid by a Middle East an Tique dealer for Faberge 1913 equestrian egg