European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is on guard vigilant round the clock watch it what it All about at of Tennessee. Pfc. Michael Janet during a practice Alert ready to butt Heads and Stop any invading Force my him taking a break in front of the tube Hemming that Heady flow of  by Don Tate staff writer i he romans got crunched Here. Napoleon came prancing through. Ration passed this Way. Now it is the 11th army Cav regl that fills the famous gaps the Fulda Gap to the North and the Mel Ningen to the South. These Are the traditional invasion corridors through the Hill masses and Low mountains on either Side of the East and West German Border that victorious and Defeated armies have used since armies Learned to March. Some latter Day prophets predict that world War Iii will Start in the gaps. The 11th car the Blackhorse regiment with its potent Force of helicopters tanks artillery and some 4,000 men covers More than 220 Miles of Border out of posts ranging from out front mini observation posts of a few men to larger units and Camps farther Back ready to plug the gaps with thunderous fast moving firepower. Officer of the Cav Ini it they re not just there to observe but to butt Heads with and Stop any invading Force. They note their whole Border Mission is a  one fraught with possible International incidents which they strive hard to avoid. Making that less than easy is the very nature of the Border. An Odd up and Down in and out spatial arrangement that once Cut through the Middle of a German s House. To go to the bathroom he would Cross the Border. If a Soldier pigs instead of tags past one of the Blue and White Marker poles along the Border he could find himself getting shot at. Others have. Miles and Miles of electronic fences watch towers observation bunkers observation aircraft listening devices patrols spying on patrols guard dogs and ghostly evacuated villages turn the gaps into perhaps the most heavily observed Twilight zones in the world. Despite All that an East German Farmer recently pulled his tractor up to the final Fence the last Barrier Between East and West passed his three children up to his wife on the tractor Hood then climbed Over himself. They had made the big leap and gotten away with it. The stars and stripes Page 15