European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N is military Medicine series continues. Pages 7, 8 and 9 n today s Dollar buys 2.24 Marks. Rates Page 23 stripes Magazine the stars and ,?&j2 a 5 i errs authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 335 thursday March 20, 1986 Ooisy and sunday d 8693 a Kohl agrees to participate in ski by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Grafe Woehr Germany . Defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said wednesday they reached agreement on German participation in the . Strategic defense initiative pro Gram. Weinberger said the agreement Between Germany and the United states will be ready for signature As soon As the details Are hammered out. We re very pleased that the Chancellor and i have been Able to work out Basic agreement on the remaining issues for the strategic defense initiative Weinberger said at a press conference. We have reached a very Good state in our discussions Kohl said. When the agreement is put together we will be of considerably More assistance to  Kohl said the United states did not put pressure on Germany to go along with ski popularly known As Star  this is our policy he said. Weinberger expressed Hope that the agreement involving German technical expertise will Advance research toward actual  German participation will be limited to private Compa Nies unlike the . Agreement with Britain that also Calls for a governmental role the associated press reported. Weinberger said the talks with Bonn officials will result in two accords one dealing with participation by German private firms and the other with sharing of research re sults the a said. Weinberger and Kohl said economics minister Martin Bangemann will travel to Washington next week to con clude the negotiations. The two men made their announcement after meeting for l /2 hours. Earlier wednesday they visited soldiers see ski on Page 24 army helping is be Aff they can be Survey suggests Washington a an army Survey has found that to the Surprise of the brass Young people who have left the service believe it has helped them develop their personalities More than their Job skills a spokesman said tuesday. The study was commissioned by army Secretary John o. Marsh and came As such a Surprise to the Pentagon that its findings were reported to defense Secretary Cas Par w. Weinberger who relayed them to president Rea Gan said the spokesman col. F. William Smullen. The results also prompted the army to shift the focus of its recruitment pitch from Job training to areas of personal development such As leadership self Confidence discipline and respect for authority Smullen said. The Survey taken last Spring found that 73 percent of the Young men and women who had left the army within the last three years found their service valuable because of the self growth they  of the 2,566 responses used in the Survey 32 percent said they found similarity Between what they did in the army and what they Are doing in civilian life. Only 13 percent said it had been valuable for the Job fulfilment or in service training or education they had received according to an army synopsis of the Survey. While 70 percent of the veterans surveyed said their army experience helped them learn jobs Only 24 percent said the Job skills they Learned in the army were similar to those required in their current Job the synopsis said. The results were slightly different among Black and female respondents. Thirty six percent of the women and 39 percent of the Black veterans surveyed said they were More Likely to learn a valuable Trade or skill in the army compared to civilian life the army said. Unemployment among Black veterans Ages 20 to 24 in april june 1985, when the Survey was conducted was see army on Page 24 a photo German Chancellor Helmut Kohl . Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger Center and German minister of defense Manfred Woerner right watch Field exercise at Grafe Woehr Germany army training area. A photo engaging couple Sarah Ferguson gives a wide eyed look while hold ing hands with Britain s Prince Andrew after the announcement of their engagement at Buckingham Palace in London. No wedding Date was set but Andrew said he hoped it would be in the summer at Westminster Abbey. Before Andrew began seeing Ferguson he had a series of widely publicized flings with models and starlets 3rd Carrier joins Maneu vers in Mediterranean Washington a a Pentagon spokesman said that a third . Aircraft Carrier entered the Mediterranean sea wednesday to participate in naval Maneu vers that May take part in Waters claimed by Libya. The exercises began Early wednesday. President Reagan denied the exercises Are intended to provoke libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy. Earlier this year Reagan invoked sanctions against khad Afy accusing him of backing terrorist attacks against americans. These Are routine exercises that the Fleet is ready to do. The schedule is going on As usual Reagan told reporters at a state dinner tuesday night for Canadian prime min ister Brian Mulroney. The officials said that the exercises May Cross into the Gulf of Sidra which is claimed by Libya. Much of the Gulf however lies beyond the 12-mile territorial limit recognized by the United states. The Carrier America steamed into the Mediterranean wednesday morning joining the carriers Saratoga and Coral sea for two Days of Maneu vers the Navy announced. The Pentagon spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity declined to give details of the Maneu vers or say whether any of the ships would Cross into disputed Waters but added if you could see it on a map it does t look like we will have All three carriers ganging up on Libya. The three carriers Are in the Mediterranean and that is not to be confused with three carriers steaming toward  the Carrier task forces like two ships that last week passed through soviet territorial Waters Are heavily equipped with electronic listening gear and As a matter of course Monitor the transmissions of other fleets including the russians a Pentagon official said. The soviets protested the entry into their Waters of the see Carrier on Page 24