European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 Symik Heronemus crashes during certain Sentinel killing staff writer four american soldiers. Two months after it began the 18th re the Cost of the helicopters was reported turn of forces to Germany ended sunday As $4.21 million but actual loss to the gov Unk d it t Rodep Ament n 8ht to the Ern ment will be less than that because some Back to . About 20,000 soldiers and 300,000 tons of equipment were moved by plane and ship to Germany and were returned to the United states As a show of . Capability to support its nato commitments. They had joined More than 50,000 Germany based . Military members and German and Canadian service personnel in a weather shortened certain Sentinel 86 command Field exercise. Even though the scaled Down exercise was stopped a week Early Gen. Glenn k. Otis Usa eur commander in chief said we did 95 percent of the things planned for the exercise of most value to the United states and to  a Vii corps spokesman said the exercise provided a successful comprehensive test of . Ability to deploy forces ready to fight and to operate effectively with nato forces. Four helicopters were destroyed in Vii corps reported about 16,900 wheeled vehicles and 4,300 tracked vehicles were used during certain Sentinel. Officials reported 33 army vehicle accidents and five tracked vehicle accidents which resulted in damage of $700 or More each. Vii corps safety officials say Cost and in jury figures won t be available until the end of april when analysis of All reports is finished. About 3,000 wheeled vehicles were rolled out of 21st support come s pre positioning parts can be salvaged the Vii corp spokesman said. Certain Sentinel included the most extensive soil sampling Ever done during a reformer related training exercise Vii corps reported. The samplings were a key element in it. Gen. Andrew p. Chamber full us a a it pus Mumn decision to downgrade the exercise and of Materiel configured to unit sets Pom later to halt the exercise Early to reduce Cus Sites run by the combat equipment Man Euver damage. The Vii corps com group Europe. Mander was this year s exercise director. They were formed in convoys for move four Days after the exercise was stopped ment to and from tactical Sites occupied Jan. 24, officials had received 859 Maneu during certain Sentinel. Although some ver damage reports. Man Euver damage units drove completely across Germany to claims must be filed within 90 Days after get to the Sites and Back to warehouses discovery of the damage but there is no 21st support come reported Only seven be time limit to when Man Euver damage must hide accidents with damage of More Thane discovered. This year s costs Are expected to be far less than the $4.7 million paid for 8,854 claims against Vii corps last major exer Cise certain fury which was held in sep tember 1984. $700. Damage in those seven accidents has been estimated at about $21,600. No per Sonal injuries were reported in those Acci dents. Redeployment of the reformer units takes much longer than issuing them equip ment and sending them to the Field. While units can pick up equipment and be on the Road within 24 hours it takes As Long As 10 Days to clean that equipment and turn it in for storage. Although redeployment came a week earlier than expected 3rd inf div soldiers had the five redeployment Assembly areas fully operational the Day after the exercise ended. Physical setup of the Assembly areas began in mid december. Some of the sup port provided by 3rd inf div for the exer Cise and redeployment involved 63 fest tents 7,000 sets of German bunk Beds 5,000 cots 126 portable toilets 12 Shower trailers 45 Mobile Kitchen trailers and 137 steam cleaners. Other support provided by the 3rd inf div and 2nd support come included 371 tactical vehicles 80 no tactical vehicles 500 army tents 670 camouflage screens 44 armoured vehicle launched Bridges 15 wreckers 15 forklifts and two Field Hospi tals. Vii corps reported that 437 trains were used in support of the exercise. Military Roundup Twa strike May delay mail from . To Europe Apos rheingau Germany army postal officials say overseas mail May arrive late because of a strike by some trans world airlines employees. Since overseas mail is moved to Europe on some Twa planes postal patrons May notice a delay in receiving mail sent from the states officials said Mon Day. Americans being held in Vietnam sex pow says san Antonio Texas the highest ranking former prisoner of War in Vietnam says he believes . Personnel Are still being held in Southeast Asia. It is my personal conviction that there Are prisoners there said retired air Force it. Gen. John Jack Flynn. I Don t think it s a Large  6 units in Usa eur get awards for excellence Washington six Usa eur maintenance units have received department of the army recognition in the fourth annual chief of staff awards for maintenance excellence. This year s Competition was broken Down into categories of Light intermediate and heavy for Active modified tables of organization and equipment Active tables of distribution and allowances . Army reserves and army National guard. The first place toe unit in the Light category was he co 197th Ord in Munchweiler. The 1st in 6th inf 1st army div Hillesheim was runner Upin the heavy category. In the Tda Light category Miessau army depot 21st support come Miessau took first place. The motor trans div 29th support group 21st support come Kaiserslautern was runner up in the intermediate category. The . Army Field station Augsburg . Army intelligence and Security come took first place in the heavy category while he Vii corp Stuttgart was selected As runner up. Two units in each category were selected to com Pete in the defense department s maintenance awards program later this year. Usa eur units selected in the Light category were he co 197th Ord in and Miessau army depot. Selected in the heavy category were cob 44th signal in 5th signal come Heilbronn and the . Army Field station Augsburg. Submarine . Rickover wins 6th Fleet award Gaeta Italy the nuclear powered Summa nne Hyman g. Rickover won the 6th Fleet Hook pm award for anti submarine warfare performance during its deployment with the Fleet. The award was established in december 1975. Uniforms of Canadian forces soon will be More distinctive by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Lahr Germany Canadian forces Europe uniforms Are expected to shed a lot of their uniformity later this year. Cafe personnel will be among the first in the Canadian forces to receive new service dress the colors of which have been altered to allow easier differentiation among soldiers sailors and airmen said it. Col. Robert o Brien cafe logistics senior staff officer. All Canadian forces personnel have worn the same Green service dress work dress and combat clothes since Canada s army Navy and air Force were consolidated under a Liberal party government in the late 1960s. The current progressive conservative government prom ised during the 1984 election Campaign to provide new uniforms that will make the three service elements Dis Tinct. It is spending $54 million Canadian $37.8 million to accomplish the change o Brien said. Canadians in the army will Wear a Tan uniform in the summer and keep their current Green uniforms for Winter use adding Only Epa lets. The Navy will adopt what o Brien called a very traditional White uniform for the summer and convert to Royal Blue in the Winter. The air Force will Wear Blue uniforms All year adjusting to the seasons Only by changing cloth thickness. The Cut of the army and air Force uniforms will remain the same but  Navy s will become double breasted. Rank designations will not change. The Canadian forces will Issue Winter uniforms to half its 80,000 Active duty members and 20,000 reservists including All cafe military personnel starting sept. 1, o Brien said. The other half will receive new clothes Start ing sept. 1, 1987. Release of summer uniforms will be staggered Between april 1987 and april 1988. Canadian forces members May Wear their current uniforms until Jan. 31, 1989. O Brien said government policy provided the impetus for the new clothes. T think if it were left entirely to the forces other military requirements might have appeared More important than new uniforms he said. But once the govern ment decision was made people were anxiously awaiting their  he said the chief advantage of the new uniforms is that they will show More readily which personnel Are affiliated with which Canadian forces elements. The affiliations of pilots sailors and infantry troops Are obvious but those of support personnel Are More ambiguous. In such cases people s jobs duty stations and previous service records will determine which uniforms they will receive. It s not a great Shock to the system because they have tended to think of themselves As belonging to one or the other o Brien said. Wherever possible people were Given their  although the uniforms Are changing Canada s military organizational Structure will remain the same o brie said. Considerable stress was Laid on the fact that we Are not de unifying the forces he said. Pravda says Yurchenko to write Book about experiences with Cia \lff\c4f\\\7 i a a. Moscow a a soviet newspaper said tuesday that Vitaly Yurchenko who returned to the soviet Union after claiming he had been kidnapped and brought to the United states by the Cia plans to write a Book. The communist party newspaper pravda mentioned Yurchenko s coming publication in a Brief commentary in which it juxtaposed criticism of Cia involvement in Nicaragua with Yurchenko s alleged harassment by the Agency. News reports quoting unidentified . Government sources said last week that Yurchenko had been executed by a soviet firing squad. The soviet embassy in Washington issued a statement monday that said Vitaly Yurchenko is alive in Good health and he works in  the pravda article did not refer to the reports that Yurchenko had been executed. Writer Tomas Anatolieva repeated soviet claims that the Cia bankrolls rebels fighting the nicaraguan govern ment. He said Nicaragua was not the Only place where the Cia interfered. It is enough to recall the outrageous arbitrariness of the american special services in relations with the soviet Diplomat . Yurchenko who was humiliated for 93 Days in Cia torture Chambers Anatolieva wrote. . Officials described Yurchenko As a senior Kab spy when he reportedly defected in Rome last August. But three months later he surfaced at the soviet embassy in Washington claiming he had been kidnapped and brought to the United states by the Cia. He returned to Moscow in november and gave a news conference during which he repeated allegations that Cia agents fed him psychotropic drugs and tried to convince him he was a traitor. Pravda said Yurchenko has More to Tell in his diaries which he is preparing for  no other details of Yurchenko s activities were Dis closed in the pravda article