European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday August 30,1986  of sea wind exercise ends editor s note the following dispatch is base Don a Pool report Wadi Al natron a Egypt . An egyptian air and naval units ended five Days of joint military Maneu vers thursday and the . 6th Fleet commander said the exercise had not been directed against Libya. You must keep in mind that this exercise was planned for two years vice . Kendall Moran Ville told reporters at the final air demonstration involving egyptian and . Aircraft. It was not structured to go against any particular Force. But it could be applied against any Force any where he said. Moranville said the exercises had been terrific for the 6th Fleet and plans for future exercises would be discussed. There had been speculation the Maneu vers dubbed sea wind were linked to allegations by the Reagan administration that libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi is planning new terrorist attacks. . Warplanes bombed Libya on april is in reprisal for Qaddafi s alleged support of terrorism. Earlier this week the Pentagon cancelled a thurs Day port Call to Israel by the Carrier Forrestal and ordered it to remain on patrol in the Mediterranean. Libya had denounced the  Maneu vers and on tuesday issued a joint statement with Syria charging the exercise violates the territory of the Arab  the exercises ended with a 90-minute air show staged at Wadi Al natron a desert site to Miles Northwest of Cairo. The show consisted of bombing strafing and rocketing missions against an array of targets including a simulated Airfield. The egyptian air Force chief of staff it. Gen. A Barakat Laid in a speech both sides have gotten More experience and cooperation and t am sure they the exercises will continue in the time to  Moranville said the United states appreciated the exercise and we gained i suspect More than 9u Egypt did. We have some ideas which we will Dis cuss in the  the Maneu vers which started sunday included 7,500 americans and an equal number of egyptian troops. Other american ships involved in the exercise were the Wainwright and Belknap guided missile cruisers the frigate Thomas c. Hart the recovery a Salvage ship and the Oiler Pawcatuck. An egyptian military spokesman. Col. Hussein Mamish said is egyptian vessels participated. Rogers from Page 1 found responsible for it that we need of strike again Rogers said. Otherwise Why did we strike the first time if he continues to do it and we find his fingerprints then we have to go Back again and Tell him look we meant it this was just not a slap on the wrist we meant it we re serious. And if you continue to do this you can continue to findus taking action against you " Rogers also suggested that from a Mil itary standpoint be would not limit he Range of weapons used against Libya in any subsequent military strike. While the general cited a an example the use of a 52 bombers his statement would also encompass the use of cruise missiles fired offshore by either ships or planes. Qadhafi needs to understand that he s not immune from being struck by any of the resources that the United states possesses Rogers said. Rogers flatly denied the deployment this week off a 11 bombers to England had anything to do with developments in Libya or a possible military strike. But he also said he would t object at All if Qadhafi thought the bombers were being prepared for use against him. If he thinks it s related so much the better. If he makes the linkage of All of that that s what i m talking  Rogers also dismissed suggestions the United states did not need to use air Force bombers based in England for the april is bombing raids on Libya. He said the planes available on Navy carriers at the time could not have nit All five targets simultaneously without assistance. Rogers also disclosed however that had the Al 1 is not been available theraid would have gone Forward by reducing the number of targets to four and proceeding with just Navy planes. Number of military personnel below year ago Levels for 3rd straight month by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington for the third consecutive month the combined Active duty strength of the military services dropped below year ago Levels in july the defense department  of july 31, the army Navy air Force and Marine corps had a combined Active duty strength of 2,150,331 men and women an increase of 7,301 from june but 5,579 less than a year earlier. In May the four services ended the month with roughly 5,200 fewer troops compared with May 198s. In june Active duty personnel totalled 2,143,030 More than 8,200 below the june 198s  Pentagon has attributed most of the dip to the Gramm Rudman balanced budget Law which forced the serv ices to offer Early discharges to several thousand soldiers airmen sailors and marines to hold Down fiscal 1986 spend ing. Although key sections of that Law were struck Down by the supreme court con Gress voted to sustain the reductions that had been ordered for the current year. Those reductions forced the defense department to trim spending by $5.1 billion. The Pentagon reported earlier this week that if Gramm Rudman s provi Sions arc triggered again in fiscal 1987, which begins on oct. 1, it will have to discharge an estimated 310,000 Active duty personnel and 280,000 reservists in slashing $9.7 billion from its budget the july report said the army Navy and air Force increased in strength froma month earlier while the Marine corps strength dipped slightly. The year to year comparisons however show the army and Marine corps continue to lose strength compared to last year an those declines Are sufficiently Large that they have not been offset by gains reported by the Navy and air Force. As of july 31, the army h1 770.362men and women on Active duty or 13,674 fewer than on july Al 198s. The Marine corps reported 197095 people in uniform on july 31, a crop of 2,217from a year earlier. The Navy reported its strength at 574,857 on july 31, up 6,260. The air Force had 609,434 men and women As of july 31, an increase of 4,052. It is not unusual for strength Levels to Rise and fall during the course of any Given year because of an uneven flow of recruits. For example Active duty strength normally dips to some extent during the regular school year. For the last six years however even with those cyclical swings the total Mili tary strength reported each month had always exceeded that of the year earlier period until May. Wall from Page 1 Sites from Page 1 results. We Are not interested in an empty  the talks with a . Delegation headed by undersecretary of state Michael h. Armacost ranged Over the Warsin Angola Afghanistan and the persian Gulf tentative moves by the soviets to restore diplomatic relations with Israel and other International developments. There were no miracles no breakthroughs said a . Official who demanded anonymity. There is a Good understanding of one another s positions and we May have cleared away some in  but Adamisin without going into de tails said i Don t think we have achieved a lot of  the 12 05 . Escape. If i d been behind the wheel i would have kept driving full Speed ahead until i was As far away from the Wall As Possi ble he told the associated press. Police later said the Man was 32 years old the woman 26 and the baby 8 months old but they refused to release their names. Police said the Man and woman lived to Gether but were not married. The baby is the couples West Berlin police said late Friday. They said the Man usually drove the truck involved in the escape attempt they said that As a result he did t at tract attention when he drove near the several construction Sites near the Berlin Wall crossing. Throughout the Day Friday East Ger Man guards worked to clean up Glass and remove All signs of damage at the Busy checkpoint a main Wall crossing Between communist East Berlin and West Berlin. The Western allies Britain France and the United states formally pro tested the East germans shooting. . Diplomatic Mission spokesman Thomas Homan said the protest called such shootings inhuman practices and said they show contempt for the lives of  the three allies control the Western sector of Berlin while the soviets control the Eastern sector. In Bonn government spokesman Friedhelm Ost also condemned the shooting and said the East German guards had endangered the lives of inno cent bystanders. Friday s escape came just three Days after East German guards opened fire to Stop a Young Man from fleeing Over the Wall to West Berlin. Seventy four people have died trying to escape across the Benin Wall since construction was started on aug. 13, 1961. More than 4,900 people have succeeded although most occurred in the 1960s before the Wall s defences were perfected. In the Southern West German state of Bavaria meanwhile a Young couple slipped across the East German Border without being detected by guards Early Friday according to West German police. They said they escaped because of their dislike of the communist system. In addition to the Glass from the wind shield covering pan of the area an Iron Barrier also was Bent and its Concrete foun Dation partially pulled out of the ground. During the escape which lasted be tween five and 10 seconds the truck swerved to avoid Iron barriers East Ger Man guards hastily tried to lower but it managed to avoid hitting cars beading into East Berlin through the checkpoint Galaschewski the West Berlin police officer said the Driver of the truck continued speeding away from the Wall after crossing into the West and did not Stop until he was More than half a mile int West Berlin. The three were questioned by Allied and West Berlin authorities then taken to a refugee Center in the City according to the August 13th working group private organization that monitors Benin the refugees will be allowed to stay in the West under a Long established policy. Plane makes emergency Landing Nuernberg is a Small civilian air plane carrying a German Man and woman made an emergency Landing Friday at Feucht army Airfield after lightning knocked out its radio. Staff sgt. Edison younger Tower chief said a Piper Seneca ii was flying in the control zone of Nuernberg s civilian Airport about 1 . When lightning struck it. Airport officials contacted the Feucht Tower and asked for assistance. At the time air traffic was Light in the area around Feucht Southwest of Nuernberg. He had no communications younger said. It was a very serious situation Tower controllers spec. 4 George Clay and pfc. Don Nemuth of the 2nd Pla Toon 240th air traffic control co head quartered in Mannheim signalled the Pilot with a Light gun when it was Safe to land. The Pilot rocked his wings to acknowledge then made a Safe Landing. Civilian aircraft normally Are not Al Lowed to land at the Airfield Home for 2nd army Cav regt helicopters used to patrol the Czechoslovakia and East German Border with Bavaria. Younger said civilian and military authorities Are investigating the incident the plane will probably remain at Leucht until monday he said