European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday May 14,1937 Dodds construction backlog to continue seas Bidav Walczak stiff writer a Fosheim Germany the military s Over in Laue to face inadequate a least ii i my tuesday. Barbara Pope Deputy assistant Secretary for family support education and safety said the system faces a backlog in major construction projects. Combined with projects not yet approved by Congress the planned construction totals 1400 million. In her keynote speech to the 29lh Annua if the european Congress of Blaj a riders and students Pope said the dough Tot defense de Pendents schools in getting a Bud to appropriate Money for new major renovations. We re reauthorizing projects that were authorized two yearn ago we be got caught up with just trying to catch up with the a congressional proposal to freeze defense spending at fiscal 1987 Levels would be i Sasin us to up " Pope i Ned to be More s i matters _ Ope said the system would announce its director soon perhaps before the conference ends thursday. The nomination is in the hands of White House staff ers she said. Dodds has been without a permanent director since Beth Stephens resigned in the summer of six schools will begin Asbestos removal this sum Mer. The system will up cd Mako n in each of the next two Asbestos from Sci outlined a $3.5 million project for addition Al classroom computers. She said More Money would a added for future computer purchases. The first of an estimated 1,750 computers will be in classrooms by0 tember with the rest in use by january. Program to provide lunchroom and bus Morff Liwaj a Bluj i a by the beginning of the coming school year do Luciney for monitors this year but the project contract problems Al the local level. The system is looking to parents of schoolchildren to take the Monitor jobs because they have such a High stake in he program Pope said. Mcfarlane frontage 1 hide Reagan i approval of the Early overtures to Teh run f Radical islamic government became of the Legal questions about Israel s a transfers to into in a foot and september 1985. He also Laid he withheld information in testimony last december about his knowledge of saudi Arabia contribution to the Contra which eventually totalled j32 million in 1984 and 1985. To other developments and revelations tuesday sen. Daniel Inouye a Hawaii the Senate panel chairman said investigators had found the s10 million from it Sultan of Brunei for the contras the Money we deposited in the wrong Swiss account and with drawn by an unidentified businessman. Retired air Force Mai. Gen. Richard Accord the panel s first witness told the american television net work Abc that three iranians believed to be practical elements in the Tehran government were spirited into Washington for september 1986 meetings and even got a White House tour. Reagan said he did not know about Hij unusual visitors. Mcfarlane said it is a Good idea to Tell Congress about Covert operations not just to comply with the Law but also to get lawmakers charged with intelligence oversight to share the blame if something goes wrong. In a lighter moment Mcfarlane said that when iranian middleman Manucher c Loran far complained that Israel had delivered to Iran the wrong kind of weapons in november 1985 i told him to go Pound Sand that s Loo after the hearing sen. Howell Heflin a Ala. Said Mcfarlane was trying to Tell the truth. He does engage in language gymnastics. You have to press him to make sure you get the full Story. He s basically Trig to Tell he truth but you be got to push saudi Arabia donated $1 million a month to the rebels and later doubled thai amount. Reagan was immediately informed about the developments. The Sultan of Brunei agreed to donate the to million after a visit by Secretary of slate Georg Shultz. Guatemalan officials falsified commercial documents to conceal arms shipments to the said in a memo the actions were on outgrowth of meetings among North Mcfarlane and Guatemala officials the honduran military commander seized weapons delivered to the rebels and Honduras president released them after Reagan s Persona intervention. Watch Breed that a Rolen had been reported stolen from the Lakenheath base Exchange he Trumble should be decorated said capt Milch Eninger the in Picone s one Day try the the $1,869 Sto Len Romej Eminger said sent special in to a British warehouse to open Picone i household goods. The investigator discovered some $5,000 Worth of stereo gear Cam Era equipment and other stolen items Fher checks found that Picone had Nta and elected Almo air Force Tia Lidjia Wattle be Barge started the sequence events. Picone on his last night i England decided to seek an apology from an airman first class who allegedly made derogatory remarks about Picone s Girlfriend Ettinger said. Picone Wen 10 the Man s House an argument started and Picone punched him in the head. I. Col Steve under monday sentenced Piccone to a dishonourable Dis charge alter he spends three years and six Nathn in tilt raft. Or Ign Diana up surrender All and allow Picone pie r charges he faced in to court martial including the Latefi 1700 video recorder 1500 cassette deck end $420 turntable from the Exchange and More than 1600 Worth of camera equipment fro ii inc local audio an photo club. Pit one also pleaded guilty to the As Sauli and making false statements that let him collect some $4,800 in allowances Ettinger said Picone claimed he was married to a civilian while his wife fru an Active duty member. He also claimed a family separation allowance by falsely to Cal ithe accounting and finance office that Matt film he native Kansas. His wife is stall Picone . Air Force regional Hospital at Raf Laken heal. Army from Pago 1 competed since l97s4jjr the cup which pits nine nato allies against each Dojk the United states has Finis Bajio higher than Sec Ond place in the 10 years it has come died for the Ca Nadian army trophy or cat set Ramnad june in Germany with six nato competitors. Today s army leaders have no problems Wio results but military scholars and former army Soffio take another View. Many old timers say . Troops fared much belter in years past. A lot of retired Guys certainly have an opinion on this Laid mired army i. Gen. William p. Yarbo rough. Our views on discipline were different so we can always fall Back on that and say you did t do it the Way we used to do it so it did t out " every army chief of staff says they re the Best Damn army we be Ever had and they Point to such things As the number of High school diplomas an degrees and so Forth Yarborough said. But there to other ways to look Al it we had Guys who could s piece of equipment blindfolded. And then Wei whose choreography in the Field was just Maas but winning in t the key idea in ume a petitions says col Tom Smith chief of forces training univ. Rare the competitions Imp Ahr you bet Smith Laid. Are we interested in Jtj we want to do Well absolutely. But to the Puma states army it s not the super a the real value Joe cat a tank gunnery event is the intensity Folja King in preparation for the Competition said Ltd Pel Leon j. Laforte commander of 3rd in. 64lb Toft 3rdlnf div. His co a is part of nato s group team competing for the cat. It develops an expertise in gunnery skills. That can passed on to Young the gunnery Competition is just like going to a Rifle match where the shooter displays his skills Laport Esaid. When we started competing in cat in 1977, we finished last Smith said. Last year we had four of the top seven performance has t been nearly so consistent for the Boselager which compares a variety of cavalry recon Naissance skills including Small arms Competition land and water obstacle courses vehicle driving i helicopter reconnaissance the army placed ninth in its tint i ago. Second the next year and fat dropped to 1 Ullh place no 3. In the three it attained in order Wall Ith . Smith Laid Baas ror the wide disparity is that the the House fld venom muted services committees asked inc Avny in 1981 Tob mip Why it was doing so com Petite be army said it 3 participating in the Boese Amund cat Longi and had t been acclimated to tale jes proc dures and training. The service also came Unda the Media for not making a better showing in Urc despite such criticism Smith said troops Don t Prience morale problems if they Arent the winners of the events we be come Here to win no doubt said Ca Lcharles r. Abbott team Captain for 11th army Cav rest s entry representing the v corps in the Boeselager. It ii very important to us. They la feel bad if they Don t win but they be already won by making it to the Challenge cup. It s Good hard Lough Competition he said. Everyone walks away having Learned for the better. They feel pretty Good about it. You build great Confidence i your allies George Friedman a political science professor at Dickenson College in Carlisle pa., who designs computerized War games and translates the results of their use in the Field games believes the less than perfect results from these competitions offer the Alt a valuable lesson i bbl the Competition really Jig by tar Friedman said. It shows a in our Why do front so Many countries that rely Fla a cited states for Protection beat the in these competitions Oman believes it s because they re extremely to Tivald and much smaller. They re not set up forthe Broad Mission that we have and these contests Are taking place with the smaller armies in a familiar environment the results of army competitions like cat and Boeselager he said leave some . Military analysts wondering if the Broad training afforded to . Sol Diers is necessarily Wise foreign armies spend s lot of time training together As units which helps them in the competitions he said. Our troops Don t seem to spend enough Lim but the . Military remains committed to its pre sent system. I Don t know if ii s the Best Way said Smith. But i Don t know of any other Way if we re to keep our wide ugh believes his troops perform excellently Given Hart time together. A . Tank Crew competing inthe cd by have been together a year to 18 months Max he Soma the cat and Boe Elager some troops May have beet hate army Only six months. Foreign troops Haive often beet other much longer and have the Benefit of Belingon their they grew up there if we can compete that Well the competitions As we have we re doing All right Sau but for Smith no matter How the if Rejis come out Ibe Issue will remain the same. Let s compete let s give it a Good shot but let s not let it take away from preparing to go to
