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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, July 31, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. July 31, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 9 military round up Rhein main Mac terminal to reduce parking space Rhein main Al Germany military air lilt come passengers arc ask of not to Park i hair can on the Grassy Rea next to the Long term Mac terminal puking lot Starling sept. 1, base official ised. A labor Day carnival will be held sell 4-7 Al the tile. Several Hundred can arc Par Joed a the area now of can left there after sept. 1 May beloved. The area will open again sell � As an Over new Tot. 8 nato nations to hold exercise in Denmark shape. Fie Tanun about 7jdoo troops from eight nato of untried will participate n � fielder Brcue u Denmark from at. Is to sept 25. Nato Aid thursday.  in to cd exp Rem win fee Bel bum. Canada Germany Lute Lonc Raborg Britain the United Stales and h lie exercise both Laid and a components of the attend Mobile Faroe will  ability to quickly deploy conduct deterrent and combat operations Aad work a i danish forces. University of Maryland to offer aids course Rhein main a Germany a weekend Amu on aids will be offered by the uni Venity of Maryland through the Bate education Centerton aug. 8 and 9. The Murar will be conducted by Michael Smith and or. John hurdle both lec Luren at the . St Den win Tun one semester hour of crediting a Eulogy or biology. Mote Mon ration h Vail by urn the University of Maryland Civ Ian fiend representative Al ets130-7434 or 7913or 0694997434 or 7913. Bright Star Maneu vers scheduled in Egypt Cairo Egypt Upo egyptian and  forces will conduct a six Day joint exer Cise in August featuring a Landing on Egypt s med Terfanyan Mast and bombing runs m it Western desert. Col. Nap it Tohamy said the Maneu vers named Bright Star 87, had no relation to the situation in the fenian Gulf where . Naval Force Are escorting a flagged kuwaiti tankers he Laid the exercises beginning aug. 15, would be on he same scale As Bright Star 85, which inn did some 9,000 . Soldiers and a similar number of egyptian forces. The spokesman said . Forces would include an aircraft Carrier and a acs Early warning planes. He said the us. Military was participating inthe exercises at the invitation or the government of Egypt and would depart at the Condo too of inc Maneu vers. The Maneu vers win include mock land Battles it Typ i Western desert and then move North to the Mediterranean cowl where the United Stales Wib stage t Landing West of Alexandria the up Otsmaa said. Tie exercise win Climax on aug. 20 with Bambini Nini by egyptian and us. Warplanes at the Cairo wed military Airfield about 40 Miles Northwest of Cairo. Danish general to head Baltic area Allied forces shape Belgium a can. Paul Bonen of the Royal danish air Force will become com Mander of the Allied fora Baltic approaches saturday a shape spokesman said thursday. The Oiin 62, succeeds la Gui. Rye Andersen who it retiring. Compiled from news releases new Dod rules will ease problems of local purchases by William a Bartma Washington Bureau Washington headaches and count less expletives deleted May be vanishing soon under new department of defense regulations that make local Pur chasing procedures a lot easier. The new rules now taking Elfeel basically eliminate the need to Purchase items provided through the bureaucratic general services administration. They also give Urrico members More latitude in making Job re lated purchases. The latter change which increases the to matted Tori Purchase authority from 121 to had May not soundalike much dul we buy an extraordinary Mimi of of things a Day thai Cost less than j100," said Gerald Kauvar Oftle Dod i logistics office. Tae chaw can save a lot of Lime and aggravating paper work lie said. For example suppose you work in motor Pool and you need to buy a tire or a starter. Well Yon cannot do it because it to under s100." on be Overall purchasing Pkt re no longer Tuvia to go through Cha s limited Stock of supplies will mean a greater Choice of materials and products plus elimination of the need to run repetitive time con suming bids. Going through a a will become optional in Mili tary procurements. Dod Hopes to gain three Meneou from the new policy saving Money improving Aali Lyof materials and speeding up purchases. This will allow people to choose cram More sources and get maybe belter Quality Price or delivery Date. Kauvar said. Dod logistics officials say they have no Overall Otil saving Protection Fui maid. But added using out system. We be had some Toaia snouts when we be saved 50 to 70 Days of Purchase orders. The new pro grown is being phased in to Lowry. But  it la be of tiny open Liomel within  new rules Ere Ink rented As old Coeliac a requiring use of the Gas system expire. The new system said Kab test says we mat he Fuy in ctr arc to make goad punch Iii decision. All a Tobaies will still have u be backed no Iii paper work demons Raling the sped fic reasons the item Wen the Cha has Provo cd Tnp plier for Acca cies since Joly 1949. Panel told . Infantry missiles May be no match for soviet tanks by Malcolm w. Browne Washington not with representatives of american and european missile manufacturers watch ing uneasily from the sidelines experts Al a packed congressional hearing asserted wednesday that Ameri can infantry missiles might be virtually useless against the latest generation of soviet tanks. But an army spokesman said that the seriousness of the problem had been exaggerated. The meeting was convened by reps. Charles e. Ben Nett d-fla., and Tom Ridge r-pa., co chairmen of the informal 140-Mcmber congressional military re form caucus. Participating civilian and military experts were asked to address the question can we Stop soviet tank armies a Light of recent reports thai soviet tank in Central Europe now Cany reactive Armor that explodes when hit by a missile thereby deflecting the destructive Force of the missile s own explosion. Maj. Gen. Wilson Shofler strongly defended cur rent army infantry weapons. Not Only Are they effective he said but North Atlantic treaty on animation infantrymen in Europe could also count on the support of aircraft and artillery capable of so disrupting soviet Supply Linn and command centers that a Warsaw Pactar Mored thrust would soon run out of steam. Shoffner said however that an american version of the new explosive Armor was being installed on m-60 tanks stationed in Korea. Nato officials have no disclosed whether they plan to install the new Armor on tanks in Europe. The army also expects to begin shipping an improved version c its Best anti Lank missile the Tow 2a, to american forces in Europe this fall Shoftner said. Experts believe he Tow 2a will be More effective than existing missiles against reactive Armor. Asked a tether american infantry could defeat soviet Unks be replied yes. But you May not like the Cost or risk  a Dummy of the Tow 2a, made by Hughes aircraft co., and other advanced to tank missiles were on display in the hearing room. One a Riscile the powerful puny inn Milan 2, nude by cohort pm at French and West German con Junks. We set a on a Balcony of the Rabura hone office building and in Vraj congressional  tried a big it Al thew Swangton Monument the effectiveness of ill Wester Antuano in to was called into question by Ponc m. Spray n hiding civilian designer of air Force and Nti Lank weapons. Our infantry anti tank miss Lei simply do not work he id. Since l�42 until by to Candy. The army Hierarchy a cont entry refined to conduct firing tests against real tanks. The weapons we do have at present Are so slow and so vulnerable to enemy fire As to be useless. Our main infantry anti tank missile the Dagon can t be aimed Aad it s a Vondett mess e. Michael Lynch a retired brigadier general who fought in Korea and Vietnam and whose Wili Lan platoon was the last to fight a major armoured Bank in world War it agreed that american infantrymen would face desperate Odds in fighting soviet tanks. We re no closer to a solution Lotfie anti tank prob Lem than we were 45 years ago he Saki. A major mistake he contended has been a tendency to rely to much on technology and not nov i on tactics and strategy. Without adequate strategy awl with the anti tank weapons now at our disposal we Wonhi be compelled very Early in any european Bank with soviet tanks to Start using unconventional weapons in did ing nuclear weapons. Phillip a. Karber a consultant on National Security issues to the department of slate and define acknowledged thai the new Tow 2a missile May be More effective than earlier versions of the missile. Thetonia is armed with a tandem charge the first pan of which h meant to set off exp Corn tank Amor be fore Tow main charge explodes the new Tow 2a maybe 60 or to percent effect  Karbor said. Brt Tow 2as ire not yet m the hands of our troops and meanwhile the russians Are not standing still. 4 die when Navy helicopter crashes if. Up a Navy Beli Copler crashed in the mountains of the lot padres National Forest Dur ing a mining minion killing a four Crew members aboard. Navy officials said. To Crew members aboard the us in helicopter died immediately after the aircraft went Down in rugged Remote terrain shortly by fire 10 . Tuesday and two others died while being airlifted to a Hospital it. Cmdr. Don Lewis said. The names of the Crew were not immediately re leased. The cause of the crash was under  Lewis said. Lewis said Here was no indication prior to the mis Hap that the twin engine helicopter was in trouble Dur ing tic million Over the los padres National Forest. The Crew was based at the Point Mug Nas and was assigned to the Antarctic development so. Which nip parts National science foundation research Lea i Al the South pole from october to March each year Lew is said. The Crew two office nu3 to enl used men Wai on a 90-minute routine training Mission Al the time of Ibe crash Lewis said. A Small Brush fire was quickly doused after being ignited by the crash in the mountains Nonh of Cisar Canyon about five Miles Nonh of Ojai in Ventura county . Forcel service Spok Moman Susan Mockenhaupt said  
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