European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. October 1, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 marines crowd aboard ship for training  Burnu Kiel Germany space was tight below decks for the 115 marines of co l. Then hey were joined by 90 Marine reservists. For inc past is weeks capt. Brya i Mckinney and col 3rd Fin 8th Marine regt have been aboard inc amphibious assault ship Inchon or on Maneu vers. The Lime spent in he Field was the easy part. Aboard ship the company occupies a 40-by-50 foot area Cluni Rcd with gear and sleeping Racks slacked four deep. Outside the company area Mckinney and his troops have to vie for training space showers and food with up to 2,000 other marines and 650 sailors pretty much the whole training schedule we set up is an Assembly line Mckinney said. Flight operations or bad weather Are just two examples of things beyond Mckinney s control hat can cause the Assembly line to break Down. When the helicopters Are flying two of the three major areas aval Lable to the company for training Art Tost the flight and hangar decks. That leaves the Trio of exercise rooms for co l and the rest of the marines. You be got to More or less control tempers be cause there s no room said Cpl. Robert Shannon 2nd squad Leader 3rd pit co l. As Leader of an eight Man squad. Shannon pre sides Over the endless cleaning of weapons and quarters. He checks with platoon Leader 1st la. Scott Bamonte about class ind exercise room limes for his squad. Shannon would rather be on land for the simple reason that we can go out and do it instead of showing them pictures to compensate for the picture showing inc offi cers of co l plan ahead for slays aboard ship. Our Field training Lime is Sho i so we try to maximize that said la. Donald . Company executive officer. One of the ways we can do 65 photo by to a Potler sgt. David Hensen of co l inspects his living quarters aboard the amphibians assault ship Inchon. That is to do est essential subjects training Icsis aboard  the est tests Are similar to army skills qua Ifica lion testing. Since mid August co l has been off the ship three times twice for we Klong Field Maneu vers. We did a lot of walking Mckinney said. Then it was Bock aboard ship. Mckinney said he welcomed inc Opportunity to train away from the company s Home base Al Camp Lejeune  makes me feel like we re still part of the Navy he said. We Are sea  a ors on move find Friend in 1 Man Uso show byjoe Mai other Bremerhaven Bureau Kiel Germany Joachim Varga is hundreds of Miles away from the United service organisation Center in slut Gan where he is the executive director. While us. Navy ships Are berthed in the Baltic port of Kiel after a series opener discs off Northern Europe Varga mans a second floor room where he Isth executive director of a one Man show i s own. The action is constant. Sailors an marines who have been at sea for a Punili Haxe business to attend to while in port. Varga who retire from the Navy As a chief Petty officer after serving 24 years is there to help them do you know where there is a basketball gym Varga is ready with a answer Jusi As he was when the re