European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2b the stars and stripes tuesday decembers 1985 Usa eur gets 4 Bradley training simulators by Mike Heroneme s staff writer . Germany four new training simulators for the Bradley fighting vehicle were officially turned Over to Usa eur during a ceremony at the combined arms training can scr monday. The unit conduct of fire trainers gunnery simulators which arrived in october will be used to give usar eur units receiving Bradley initial training on a rect operations maintenance target acquisition and gunner practice. Current plans arc to train one company about every 10 Days said maj. Terr once j. Eastman chief of the Bradley fighting vehicle Section at he combined arms training can scr. Training for All the mechanized infantry Armor and armoured cavalry battalions and squad Rons scheduled to receive the Bradley will be completed by 1991. Said maj. Thomas Broz army material come Fielding representative for the trainers. In All 73 Bradley gunnery simulators Are slated for units in 27 locations throughout Europe. The first to get one will be a kit Zingen unit of 3rd inf div s 2nd brigade. The simulator should be ready for use by March in Kil Ingon Broz said. The $1.2 million Simula in uses computer generated scenario to give visual displays of terrain enemy equip ment and soldiers. The Crew must spot fire at and kill these targets using the same controls they would in the Bradley. As the Crew reacts the computer judges their performance time and accuracy giving them a Grade of a a c or f. A score of a or b will graduate the Crew to a More difficult Battle situation. An f will demote the Crew said staff sgt. Mclvin pc scr an instructor opera Tor. Battle simulations can be As simple As firing at one stationary target or having to fire at several moving targets while the big Dulcy also is moving. More than 430 tactical and special purpose scenarios can be run by the computer. With the new trainers Bradley Crews can supplement live fire training at the Grafin Wocher training area with local unit training where firing ranges arc not available Eastman said. While at live fire training spare time can be used ctr reinforcement training in a Vilsick simulator he said. With the simulator new Bradley Crews can be sent Home after 46 Days with about twice the firing practice they would have gotten firing Only live rounds Eastman said. The Trainer also allows Crews to exercise All skills needed in Battle. Eastman said because the computer ii not limited to a firing Range s Side parameters. Ver from Page 1 protests in the Philippines spurred International criticism of Marcos and injected new Fervour into the anti Marcos movement. Members of Aquino s family and other critics have accused Marcos and his wife Imelda. Of involvement in the assassination. Both denied the charges. Said the 65-year-old Var thank god it s All  he said he was never in doubt of the verdict because there was never any cause for accusing me or indicting  ver who was appointed by Marcos in 1965 to become his chief bodyguard is a close Friend and political ally of Marcos. The president has backed ver s claims of innocence and had promised to restore him to Power on his acquittal. Outside the courtroom about 100 demonstrators pounded on lamp posts As court clerks read the 90-Page verdict that cleared the defendants of murder charges in the deaths of Aquino and Galman. A five member civilian Board appointed by Marcos investigated the assassination for 11 months. Four of its members recommended the indictment of the 26 defendants. Justice Corazon Agrava the Board chairman issued a separate report accusing Brig. Gen. Luther Custodio and six other soldiers but exonerating ver. Aquino s widow Corazon Aquino said after the verdict my no. 1 suspect is Marcos. Since he was not even mentioned it was not of too much concern whether one or All would be  mrs. Aquino is expected to say this week whether she will Challenge Marcos in the feb. 7 presidential election. She indicated sunday she would. Former sen. Salvador h. Laurel also has announced his candidacy. Laurel vowed to reopen the Case if he  elected president saying that Aquino has in effect been assassinated anew by this ghastly  roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime sin the prelate of the Philippines said the verdict threatened to push our country to the Brink of violence and  the court said in its verdict in this Case where the evidence overwhelmingly Points to Galman As the senator s murderer any discussion of his motive for doing it would merely be a wasteful expenditure of judicial  the defendants 25 military personnel and one civilian were released and Marcos in a Handwritten note monday reinstated ver to his former Post. Ver was suspended last year pending Resolution of the Case. It is safer to err in acquitting than in punishing the court said. It said acts attributed to ver accused of covering up what the prosecution contended was a Mili tary conspiracy were not indicative  Var left the courtroom for Marcos Ial a Anang Palace where the president gave him Back his Post for such period As May be decided upon by me and upon the advice of senior officers of the armed  the court called the assassination a National shame and a National tragedy and it Rierl Vilai it says was pressure on the court to convict the accused. Neither Side May Appeal the verdicts except on claims of Legal error. Under the Law against double jeopardy none of the accused May be tried again for any crime related to the assassination. Officers from Page 1 minister it. Gen. Abdel Halim Abu Glia Zala told the . Ambassador to Egypt Nicholas a. Pc Liolis that Egypt wanted some form of american Prei nce As a Ges Ture of support for any possible action in Malta according to . Officials. The idea never was that these three would participate in any Vay and they did to said one administration official. Another administration official said that the military officers would have been Able to help coordinate additional . Assist Ance to the egyptians if it was needed. But the official said that the military officers were sent without any specific idea of what they would be used  an administration official said that the decision to Send the three officers was taken after discussions among civilian leaders in the Pentagon representatives of the joint chiefs of staff and members of the National Security Council representing the White House. An official said no objections were raised from the Pentagon about the plan of action. Another official said there was some puzzlement within the Pentagon about the decision to Send the Mil Ary officers. All three of the . Officers went in uni form but one later changed into civilian clothes the officials said. According to the official in Malta the three arrived in full Bat the dress. Two of the officers left the Airport and went to the is. Embassy the officials said but one initially stayed in the c-130. He later left the plane and went to the Airport Tower so he could communicate with us. Officials administration officials said. An american official said the fact that . Officials would accompany the egyptian commandos to Malta had been passed on to Malta. A maltese official said on sunday however that the american offi cers arrived without having advised the maltese government. American and maltese officials also said that Malta had declined to allow anti terrorism equipment and surveillance and listening equipment to land in Malta in a military aircraft. At one Point the equip ment was placed on an italian helicopter but Malta said it would not allow the Heli copter to land according to an administration official. Malta then decided to admit the equipment in a private aircraft but the approval came too late according to a Mal Tese official. The assault led to the death of 60 people and to questions about whether the 25 egyptian commandos who stormed the plane had bungled the operation by using explosives that were too powerful. Despite the Large loss of life some administration officials considered the action a positive step. They said that some action had to be taken because the hijackers had killed some of the passengers although according to an account by the Malta govern ment the last shooting of passenger took place 10 hours before the commando As Sault. One official said that a . Rescue might have resulted in less loss of life but might have subjected the United states to criticism because some hostages might have been killed. Officials also said that the handling of the hijacking has helped improve . Egyptian relations after the Achille Lauro affair in which . Planes intercepted an egyptian plane carrying hijackers of that italian cruise ship. We believe the egyptians did us a favor and we Are standing by them said a High ranking official who said the response to the hijacking would help .-egyptian relations. Ramp dosing creates obstacle Tor handicapped by Chris Estes staff write Frankfurt Security at the Mili tary shopping Complex is creating a obstacle for some of Frankfurt s disabled. Disabled people needing to visit Hesse department for the handicapped and needy have been Able to use the subway Stop at est Hirsheimer Landstrass and Miquel Allce which had a special ramp forthe handicapped. No More. The ramp empties beside the shopping enter Here and since the recent bomb ing Security has been tightened. On thursday the army put a military police guard at the ramp to turn Back anyone without proper identification cards. Friday afternoon a Fence and Gate were  those disabled who must use the subway when going to the department forthe handicapped and needy must exit across Escher Heimer Landstrass. The then must Cross the Street at a Busy inter Section. The Frankfurt police said they receive some complaints concerning the use of the subway ramp but they would not say How Many. They said some of the complaints were from handicapped people. Anne Adams a spokeswoman for the Frankfurt military Community said Mon Day that meetings were in Progress to de cide whether the ramp would be opened again or not. 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Supplied by the Ai Orit a , cd Clouds. Poorly Cloudy  Cloudy do Arii Ile a Roin to log. Officials suspect arsonist set 2 housing area fires Darmstadt Germany is two fires that broke out last week in a military housing building in Babenhausen a sub Community of Darmstadt were apparently set by an arsonist. Public affairs spokeswoman Pam War said the first fire was nov. 26 in a basement storage area the second was wednesday Inan apartment in the same building. She said the damage was described a slight but no estimate of costs was Avail Able. Ward said the Babenhausen fire depart ment responded to both Calls. The second fire was extinguished before they arrived. She said the criminal investigation div i investigating the incidents As possible arsons. Mrs. Goldwater hospitalized Phoenix up Margaret Goldwa Ter wife of sen. Barry Goldwater r-ariz., underwent surgery sunday for the amputation of her left leg because of circulatory problems a spokesman for the senator said