European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Battle rages against debris of War games Hyton Nauroth Haleff writer Barme. Germany when the circus comes motown somebody has to clean up after the elephants. Waiting for the inevitable elephant Alert during exercise certain strike and its aftermath Ore Soldier from co t2nd in 6th inf. Bui their elephants come in All shapes and says frown the Liny British soul car through the Midi a belgian scorpion tank All the Way to Ilic big bulls the German Leopard ii and the . My Abrams. With an array of special weapons and los the saturday september 26. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 Certai Shihe company from Crl Angen makes up a kind of Maneu Verdamae swat team ready to sweep clean the certain strike Man Euver area. Shovels rakes plastic Haw Broom i cameras and Telephone Money art1 at the ready. Now that the exercise is Over Battle continues 1o rage against the debris of certain strike. Four other companies from the 1st army Oil arc based in other areas along with a German engineering battalion and German Road Crews who fix what minor damage they can. The infantrymen work in a 72-hour Cycle 24 hours on duly 24 hours on standby and 24 hours off. Often this time blends into one Long period of roadwork. We re usually he first ones to set there team Leader spec. 4 William Bradley said. We take Pic lures fill out reports and do what we can Phi 2 Jeff straight said they Oner find exaggeration in the Man Euver area. Like Well got a report on Iso Gallons of fuel spilled. Turns out in s Only one they re finding relatively Good things to say about the troops who spent the past two weeks this Field near Sollas Germany was Danu a re by troops during exercise certain strike. The damage in t As bad As i thought Phi. Rich Ard Gantz said. " thought we would be out All observation jibes with what officials have 1iecn saying that with a few exceptions tank command ers Man Euver discipline has been very Good. When the soldiers arrive at a damage site German children often try to grab tools and help Thorn clean up. We get saluted a lot Loo ural by said. Several team members agreed they have seen very Little negative reaction to the Maneu vers despite the fact that they get sent to the worst areas and the usually gel there first. Whole crowds of people wave at us with a full hand Bradley said. Only one will wave with one said he can understand the frustrations of Hal one linger person. He imagines a world turned upside Down where troops from Germany might exer Cise in a reforms return of forces to the United states. Can l imagine a tank running across my Lawn Ingray s Lake hi.," he said. It took a lot of jumping to keep Gomes jumping by write Estorf Germany exercise cer Tain strike played like an All Star baseball game. With 78,000 mixed uniformed sol Diers divided unevenly Between Blue and Orange teams someone had to keep a semblance of order on the 80-by-l 75-mile playing Field. It look �00 umpires to do the Job. In a Tyndorf Cape. Scott Kidd surveyed the landscape chewed up after Antish challenger tanks from the regi ment of the Queen s Blue royals chewed up a . I Cav div my tank company. Kidd an Umpire from the 3rd in 63rd Armor 3rd inf div in Kitzinger chewed on a fat Cigar. With hands planted firmly on hips he looked the part of a Rock hard ump. Only the mask and Chest protector were missing. He had just made the Call the brits kicked a lot of this is Guesswork he said although the umpires have guidelines to help them figure out who s winning the War. We re not evaluators 2nd it. Rich Ard Faulkner said. We Don i determine Bow Well they fought Only who umpires followed the Battles in Al sons of four wheel drive vehicles. They did t direct action but they set limits. For example if a tank commander s bes tactical move Lay directly through a Farmer s Cornfield and he tried it the Umpire would Call foul throw an action stopping red smoke grenade and talk 10 the commander. There Are certain rules they have to follow Faulkner said. Each unit belonging to one of the five countries waging Battle had an Umpire from that country travelling with it. Since the exercise was controlled by inc Brit ish their umpires Umpire the umpires whenever they could not agree on a Bat the s outcome. Tank commanders like baseball play ers Don t always see Eye to Eye with their umpires. But there were surprisingly few Calls of kill the Umpire although there was one report of an Umpire being dragged with a smoke grenade. During a Battle the British though they had won near Boliau North of Han Nover a squad of . Umpires arrived at the scene each one bearing bad brought a laundry list of artillery strikes another brought news of an at tack helicopter strike and yet another told of an a to Thunderbolt strike. The British Umpire threw up hands and said what else do you yanks Plano throw Al us to hell with one Cool headed British Umpire said. The brits an yanks weren t meant to fight each other. Let s go have Lea and cancel it. On the South Edge of ebs Lorf a column of 1st Cav div tanks cranked across a Field with their barrels pointing dress right dress toward the enemy. While waiting for the British he soldiers critiqued the umpires Calls. The consensus was they were quite satisfied with humps fairness. Capt. Patrick Ryan of co a 1 St in 64th Armor in Kitzinger watched Over whal was developing As the last Battle of . Army capt. Patrick Ryan right acting As an Umpire discusses a probe British umpires a. Nicholas Apps left and sgt. Christopher could. Is Pitolo by Kongo of go kith certain strike. In six years of living in Germany this was fifth autumn forge third As an Umpire. Mis Days began Al 3 . And ended at 11 p.m., a Long game for a Veteran ump. I prefer to he a player he said but this certainly helps me understand the restrictions placed on the company com in the Twilight following the last Battle iwo teams of Umpire Sall with the distinctive White ape around their Caps were spotted playing volleyball behind a warehouse outside ebs Lorf. Oddly enough there was no referee Slaff Kin Cul limit bbl Iid toll i a
