European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday september 18, 1978 1,300 umpires to keep shield score by James Garamone Baum older Germany the Mili tary does t like the term War games but they need somebody to keep score and they Call those men umpires. More than 1.300 soldiers from the u.s., Germany Belgium United kingdom and Luxembourg attended the 8th inf div Umpire school in Aulenbach in preparation for Field training exercise certain shield. Reserve in of marines in exercise Byda Synovec Bremerhaven Bureau chief Eutin Germany is one week ago 687 men left work at quitting time in cities and towns in the american Midwest. Ten hours later they arrived in Hamburg Germany to take part in the largest West Ern military exercise in Northern Ger Many. The 2nd in 24th marines is practising a plan that Calls for activating a Reserve in Fantry battalion and shipping it to Europe in the event of possible War. The battalion teachers lawyers policemen painters Farmers a restaurant manager a student mortician and steel workers is waiting for exercise bold guard to kick off tuesday morning. The reservists live in Pup tents Chow Down on a rations and train with regular Marine infantry and tank units. It really is an incredible Challenge to put a Marine Reserve battalion up against regular nato forces. But the reservists feel confident that they will perform As marines said maj. Dick Stotz. It is very unusual to deploy an entire Reserve battalion on an exercise. In fact it is the first time the Marine corps has Ever deployed a battalion on a nato exercise like this said Stotz a Myca executive from Downers Grove 111. Cpl. Mike p. Sum 21-year-old assistant manager of a mail order House in Chicago serves As a radioman. He said it is a once in a lifetime Opportunity to spend two weeks on Active duty and come to Ger Many. We be been doing a lot of training set Ting up communications that we will be needing to work with the infantry said sgt. Tom a. Kuzmicki a 25-year-old Fork lift operator from Chicago. He serves As the battalion radio chief. The two Day curriculum included How to rate the effect of direct fire Field and air defense artillery tactical air support Engineer defences army aviation defences against nuclear biological chemical at tacks prisoner of War techniques and casualty evacuation said capt. John j. Inselmann school director. The umpires also studied How to help keep Man Euver damage Down judge Logis tics support and Deal with real emergencies. The biggest problem we foresee in the exercise is communications Inselmann said. To help identify and Correct problems among nato units using narrow crowded air Waves or Between forces who Don t share a common radio frequency a radio communications exercise was planned for sgt. . Thomas Parks prepares floor map of exercise at the Umpire Center in Hanau. Pfc. Vonnie Ginn operates a video display camera aimed at a floor map of the exercise area is photos by Ann Keays the Man Euver area before the game began. The umpires who Wear White Engineer tape Over the shoulders of their Field Jack ets and around their baseball Type Caps have the last word during simulated Bat Les Between Orange and Blue forces expected to get under Way tuesday or wednesday. They will assess Points according to Ter rain positions and How much firepower a unit has or can summon through soldiers Armor artillery and air support. The Side with the highest total wins the Battle. For the first time in annual fall exercises umpires will be assigned Down to company level to make sure foot soldiers artillery batteries and tank Crews Are fully involved in the exercise. With umpires watching troops will not be Able to simply move from one position to another. Infantry units May have to take the 50 Caliper machine gun off an armoured personnel Carrier and set it up on a tripod on the ground. Artillery batteries often will have to establish primary direction of fire and simulate firing. Tank Crews will have to fill out Range cards. For aviation an Umpire will travel with each platoon Inselmann said. The system will work the same for units of each nation. 9 area control centers umpires with Man Euver battalions will report to nine area control centers which will Forward the data to the Umpire control Center in Hanau. The Center is equipped with videotape cameras to record and Dis play up to Date information on the Maneu vers for officials and visitors. If the umpires make the companies do what they re supposed to then certain shield will be a Success said Umpire . Daryel games of he co 2nd in 13th inf and Columbus Ohio. They be got to involve the pics. And spec. 4s to make this any  it will be sgt. Darwin Stewart s first time As an Umpire. I think the exercise will be fun and it will give me a Chance to be on the outside looking in for a change the no from a Btry 1st in 83rd Fie Darty said. Ill be Able to see How the Battery i m with conducts operations and i can learn from any mistakes they make the Ogden Utah native said. Who knows i May pick up a new Wayto do  specialist Garamone is a writer for the 8th inf div at Baumholzer claim of key mistake is denied by Vatican Vatican City up Vatican officials have taken Issue with a British expert who says Pope John Paul i s papal coat of arms contains a heraldic mistake. Terry o Neil president of the heraldic society of Bath wrote the London times noting that the two crossed keys on the Pope s coat of arms have identical indentations. I have always been taught that the two keys Are supposed to open the Gates of heaven and hell o Neil wrote. Should we assume that the Gates to those two places have the same locks the Vatican could not let such a Chal Lenge stand and quickly issued a clarification. Vatican officials noted that the keys on the Pope s coat of arms Are identical to those appearing daily on the Masthead of the holy see s official newspaper l Osser Vatore Romano and on the Vatican year Book Anuario  further the officials noted Jesus told Peter i give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven without any mention of hell. Iran Oil sales up 33% Tehran Iran a Iran s 1978 direct Oil sales on the world Market Are up 33 percent Over 1977 figures according to a spokesman for the National iranian Oil company