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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, January 25, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes saturday. January 25,1986 5as photo by l pm mall Lewis Era r l Man military Umpire cipher in Happy Farmer near pair Vul for Many dial roads around a Bride i Jin Clint umpires become the exercise b Joseph Owen stall writer Hir of i tvs. Germany mow do you Tell who s Uii Niino. I War if you can t Sec the armies ?  of military umpires spent a week spread along certain a Untiner Mack Bali front in Northern  in Yin m answer Ihal Iju Camion. Surgy weather had reduced the event id a command training exercise cancelling most troop movements and making the umpires Job much Mure complicated. When Ilic Csercse is scaled Down Llic umpires become the Mitelle said m a. David a. Cle Orpi up Yecsman for the 3rd army div which provided most of the .1,11 f american umpires and the 3,212 support personnel. I Corgi   whenever Blue and Orange team com Manders  each Oiher in the Field. The exercise Ruksi Al cd for umpires representing each Side to meet in the Middle and Jude  a  Bailie. They Hui l i decisions in numbers of soldiers the commanders a Lical Ali King if raillery air supp a  or Iii As ii relates in firing Range. A Nike live cover and the Rali ool will ickers a defenders Huid. The decisions were not easy despite the umpires training maps and guide books. La s easier to figure out the Chrusl of something when you be got 50 to 60 tanks coming Down the Road than when you be got one jeep said the chief Canadian Umpire it. Col William Sutherland. Sutherland the senior Canadian Liaison officer from Cental 10 4 Canadian much brigade group a is one of 160 Canadian umpires who worked in the Mercke area. The Tea ii was assembled primarily from military tech All Over of Iada and flown to Europe Nufler a week s 1 raining. The 3rd army div participants joined the exercise from duty stations in Frankfurt. Kirch Foens. Cielin Hauson pried Berg and Hanau Corgi said. Other american umpires came from inc 11 in army Civ regl in f Ulda ind tin a la inf div in bad a Rainach the umpires relayed information Anil dec Uius through support personnel Al control deniers limited near Amburg. A Brotheim Peg nil and Kush. Sutherland said the cooperation Helweck american. Canadian and firm m umpires Lii Iii been a Oil. Lie said learning to communicate was at much a pan of their training As learning military tactics. Just like Back Home infantry Man and tunic is to would normally be Harg info Tuss the  a immobilized in the certain Sentinel Ewels. A ksn., takes � hands tin approach la a.1. Bili Zed in the Schrifer family taches in pm sri be n Bui inactivity sealed cars in cd  s in t and the 5,T it Isias usually Mil a pc Blum. Pee Ken Nolb t. Dunham of Lof isl inf div to set up a Ifim m a a it inc isl in. 137 inf a National guard unit from Wichi a Anharn is a Ioctl pm b firm n he Sentinel sketches visitors during certain Sentinel find passwords mind boggling  a Cie Many is tavern the guard said in cryptic Longs his face reflecting he responsibility vested in him. The visitors looked at each other blankly. Uliey were mystified. Liev looked Back at the guard who looked like he was Cin Cicino n response. A shrug of shoulders followed and the Yiuming Buard finally shifted his Rifle and responded la s supposed i be tavern nosebleed  it was inc Day s password. And like Only Way to gel or Flo in compound was to give the proper response. In this Case the response to tavern was nosebleed. Once it became obvious thai the visitors were not enemy troops in the certain Sentinel Maneu vers the guard let them Buss tvs than escort. Tavern nosebleed asked a visitor. Who thinks up these i Ings ital it was Tough to gel through Security in the Camps without muttering sonic delightfully inane concoction thai Ini tar Teiry would Ever . How about pickled pigs feel Gaucho. Garbon 70s? bears. Patriots / Rumpl. Still skin no that s already been guessed. Curb service at guest House earns Silver Star from Captain Neukirchen Germany is capt. Sam Queen of the isl army div support come ordered i usual cup of Lea. The waitress brought it on a Silver Iray to his Muddy jeep. It was unc Way of keeping mud out of the guest House. When was Ilic last Lime you saw curb service like thai he asked in n thick Texas accent. He conceded Hiil even in Texas curb service does t come on Silver trays. Sergeant major slept like log but Trees had a rough night Bech tort Ltd Germany is even the Trees in ocrmanj1 Mucci command Sci Genu major. At least Ihal s the impression command ski maj. Bob Calloway got when he stepped Oul of his Lent in the morn ing. Callaway of 2nd in 5 h Field any 1st inf div and Skol like n log despite inc howling winds Bat whined Piliro Iyih the Trees where Liis unit was camped. When he stepped outside the next morning 10 Trees uprooted or knocked Over by the winds littered the ground around ins tent. Signal in troops at Home in phone Booth guard shacks. Weissenbrunn Germany is so communications specialists of cob j6th signal in feel rial a Home when they pull Gate guard duty. They just step inside a Bunde Spost pay Telephone Booth. The 93rd signal brigade soldiers arc providing communications support for Vii corps Bat being in the Hel Means pulling guard duly too. Capt. Timothy Lang said his company decided a pay Telephone Booth found in a junkyard would be an appropriate guard Shack so they loaded it up and took it with Shemto certain Sentinel. The Bright yellow Booth was subdued with Black and Olive Paim and now the guards can stand inside keeping warm while keeping watch Over a Iso degree Field of View. Go wins one of few Battles fought this week in Arcade Herp base Germany Sis he blood hunched Down 10 the screen of the arc de video game in inc snack bar on her base where High powered exercise officials ran certain Sentinel. He was a All Soldier. His Nam tag could t be seen he was thai far into he screen. He was playing Star destroyer blowing up enemy bases Ana spaceships with unbridled enthusiasm. A Bright yellow Block on the right Side of the screen hashed condition yellow h was one of the few Bailies fought in Ite cer Tain Bentzel Man Euver bos this week. Isl soldiers fought under condition red no fight m b firm n he Lales but this Guy got his licks in and went away from la arc de a Winner  
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