European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Berlin brigade always ready by the Wall by Don Tate staff writer Berlin among other Treyve been called the last of the romantic some of their officers live in old world houses adorned with the soldiers Barracks theres no other Mission like it in the and no other their unit is surrounded by they feel out of place if it shortly before leaving on Frank Deputy commander of the Berlin gave this assessment of what he thinks of the its and its foes across the Adams has served a total of seven years in West Berlin during his he was there when the Wall was we have such a visible Mission he you can reach put and touch it might be hard to fire up a Young Soldier Back in fort to train hard and be prepared to go Battle but when we say that Over it Means we see and every Day were everything we do were sending a message to the the Way we the spit and the crackle and pop precision in parades Are All part of the whats the message laughing dont screw with the United states but Here you Are deep inside communist is your presence All image and show or is there sub stance behind the show this is the place to show All but the russians know there Are Teeth in this they sit out there across the Wall and watch our soldiers our Mission is to deter if that to and the russians know there Are Teeth in this they sit out there across the Wall and watch our soldiers our Mission is to deter if that to and we sure know How to do Frank Adams we sure know How to do this whole brigade shoots Between 75 and 85 any infantry unit in the army would be tickled to death to shoot 50 most of them wont get we have the same kind of phenomenon in physical but if the balloon goes what would be Likely to happen youve got to our Mission is not to de feat the were not going to Load up and go to our Mission is to defend this City for x amount of and i hesitate to Tell you what x but if we do even though we Are completely we have accomplished our this is the Only Ameri can combat unit stationed in a major with the mis Sion to fight for that How Well could you accomplish that Mission no question about Well kick their for the time that we have to do weve studied them the israe the the no army in the world spends the amount of training has the depth of expertise and or executes the techniques of combat in cities better than this a disciplined Force can wreak havoc on an attacking Force in we would make them pay an extraordinarily High Price to Root us out of How does the american Soldier compare with the russian Soldier Ive studied the russians for a Long i have friends who Are experts on russian russian soldiers Are the Basic russian Soldier is a dirt looking he wont think for he wont take the Initia because his leaders Drain it out of and beat him if he shows signs of they want them to have the purest old form of prussian Blind their whole army is built on Blind discipline by like mafia do what i Tell you or ill Cut your ears off and August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 soldiers of the Berlin brigade stay in top physical condition although their like their is unique00 break your you take away russian soldiers Lead and there just How is the american Soldier better our soldiers Are not the least bit awed by the rus the typical american Soldier is 10 times better than the typical russian Berlin brigade soldiers Are maybe 17 times were you take away our soldiers and there like Amoe  and another becomes the the russians dont practice crossover they oper ate by Treyve got Good and they think they have the Quantity to make the just keep feeding bodies into the How Tough is discipline in the Berlin brigade discipline is the 1 Quality of the Berlin its As effective As any prussian or russian but its also we want our soldiers to know Why some thing we want our soldiers to be Able to do things on their without having to stand Over them and beat youve got to treat your soldiers with respect and the old Marine approach of hollering and screaming and cursing at men wont make it any you cant Tell a Soldier to have be a great be super and be ready to and then the first time he gets a Little mud on the floor Call him a stupid you cant fill him with Confidence and and then when he makes some Petty mistake try to demean and Embarrass that the Way the russians they treat their soldiers like Adams said the Berlin brigade is one military unit that works like its supposed to were not responsible to so Many higher or have to meet so Many other commitments the Way Many army units we answer to but we kind of drive our own we dont have very Many we dont scatter our we we we we tend to the basics always preparing for those Guys across the file photo the Berlin brigade is the Only american combat unit stationed in a major with the Mission to fight for that