European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. November 27,1987 the stars and stripes o Vuono making his Mark on the Arm chief of staff moves to counter critics of page3 Richard iia Loran Washington not the army s new chief of staff. Gen. Carl e. Ohno begun to put his imprint on the service and Suo Nikko rebut critics of the Mili tary. Since he took office in Junco la Jinpo s main instruction to officers sergeants and a Dicks around the country has been straightforward or business is War fighting. If you prepare for War tha Fri deterrent in that message also has been a response to have contended that the services have become Rea cratic they arc incapable of fighting Well. Willian s. Lind president of the military Reform Institute has accused the services of Breeding on another front Vuono has instructed the com mandant of the army War College maj. Gen. Howard d. Graves to turn it into a Center of strategic thought for the perhaps the most vociferous of those who have criticized military strategists has been Edward n. Lutt Wako Georgetown University who has asserted that few officers arc capable of strategic planning. Some critics arc within the army itself. In a sum in 1985, one third of the officers queried thought Many colleagues had been promoted before t competent at existing Grade Vuono has ordered staff officers in the by bind arms Center at fort Leavenworth Kan whether officers Are being properly cd opted spending enough time in command or staff of Lions and acquiring sufficient experience before both promoted. Many critics have maintain up Riat the armed forces Are Rife with interservice pm Intra Scricc has told infantry Phil cry and Armor officers that they must be a that they must cooperate with the Navy and Ajir orce. Our greatest of by Cnoc he has said is to Inte grate combat psf critics a font ended that the armed forces have been Thairu Bunly to fight the soviet Union in Europe. Vuono to a soldiers they must be ready to a mix of heavy Light and unconventional pc simply cannot indulge in preparing for a single against a single Type of enemy in a single Region of unlike some officers. Vuono has avoided personal attacks on critics. Rather he said in an interview his guidance to the army had been drawn from his own experience Over the 30 years since he graduated from the . Military Academy at West Point. Vuono a restless energetic and gregarious Man become the top Soldier at a time that returning Point for the army. The chief of staff from 1979 to 1983-ht Edward c. Meyer described the Force he inh Dpros a hollow army Vav ii funds Pru Viuca by us Gan and Congress he brought the Arm go prof its Post Vietnam Valley of gloom. The next chief of Staffin bin. John a. Wickham jr., the ranks with Well Quali fied tag men air women and saw army combat capability but the poll Day like the rest of the defense dcpartmjj0t a shr of Money has insisted that halt the budget cuts in tended to reduce the fed eral deficit come from military spending. My greatest concern is that we will lose Momen Tum Vuono said. He Hassid the army must make a disciplined and Clear presentation of require ments for programs that contribute most to our War fighting Topping that list is training. When it comes to training Vuono said i guess i m a in a squeeze he said he would rather postpone Vuono buying equipment than slice into training that prepares soldiers for Battle. Thus he told senior sergeants at the dedication of the sergeants major Academy at fort Bliss Texas i Promise you we Are going to protect non commissioned officer education. We re going to find whatever is necessary courses Immor who has served in Washington As the operations officer said he was Comfort a member of the joint chiefs of staff and As the by s senior uniformed spokesman to the Congress the press and the Public. But his True Clement is clearly with other soldiers. While visiting fort Bliss he worked the crowd at the sergeants major Academy with the Art and Fervour of award politician seeking re election particularly in greeting senior serf cants with whom he had serve. At fort Leavenworth Vuono met with 50 colonels and lieutenant colonels about to assume command of brigades and battalions the most demanding assign ments in the army. Instead of an expected 20-Minutc Pep talk he gave them a two hour discourse on War fighting doctrine training modernizing weapons and developing leaders. After telling the officers what he expected of them the general got their attention with what he called free advice. You have a responsibility to your wife and you children As you embark on this command tour. They need your time. You must take leave to be with them in another instance Vuono and the Secretary of the army John o. Marsh jr., led staff generals on a Rainy saturday tramp through the civil War Battlefield at Chancellorsville a. Afterwards Vuono conducted a seminar on what would help them prepare today s army for Battle. Since the the Iran Contra affair when rear adm. M. and Marine it. Col. Oliver l. military ethics into question Vuono has Bette Cine to infuse officers with a new sense of ethics. Rimli instructions to the army War College Vuono said Etc study Ai d application of ethics and military history Cornerstones of the profession of arms must be it Ltd throughout the several months ago Tajc it chiefs of staff were asked whether it is per Mil for a military officer to lie and if so under what Hiramu stances. The chiefs spokesman said then decline Triy As it would not be when the question was repeated to Ano. He said in peace and in War a military officer Tad is his Bond. There can be no equivocation of int Grili a hath or in Washington or in the shaking his hcs added you just can t american forces in Gulf find 1 1 mines in 5 Days aboard the inflict in the persian Gulf a after finding eleven mines during five Days of operations in the Northern persian Gulf Amer ican mine Hunting forces say they have the situation under control. Navy divers operating from a powered rubber Dinghy Dove into the Choppy Waters tuesday to attach explosive charges to the latest two mines then with Drew to a Safe distance while the blasts were triggered by Remote control. As the Waters erupted with a Dull thump and a plume of Spray 30 to 40 feet High Ocean mine sweeper inflict Crew members Paul Chasteen 35, of Frankfort ind., and Steven Richter 22, of Pueblo colo., used Black Spray paint to Stencil two More globes on the Side of the tiny wooden ship s Bridge. It s like putting notches on your bedpost said Richter a ship s electrician. Navy officials say they believe the mines found in these Waters since last thursday eight by the inflict and three by its sister ship the fearless Are the first located anywhere by . Mine sweepers using under water sound equipment. The mine sweepers among six brought to the Gulf to help Deal with the iranian mine threat did not have sonar when they were built during the korean War nearly 40 years ago the officials said. Although sonar equipment was used for mine Hunting during the Viet Nam War none was Ever found by that method. In addition to inflict and fearless the group includes the aggressive class mine sweepers esteem enhance illusive and Conquest. The esteem and enhance arc to begin operations shortly in the Northern Gulf while the other two arc in the Gulf but not yet operational. Each of the mine sweepers 720 tons and 172 feet Long carries a Crew of 70 to 80. In their two month Long journeys from the . East and West coasts they were towed part of the time by other ships to save Wear on their engines. As the mine Hunting continued tuesday in an area a photo chief Petty officer Mark Ooden examines a mine Anchor aboard the Dock Landing ship mount Vemon. Near Iran held Farsi Island the 19th Convoy of kuwaiti tankers sailing under the . Flag passed the site on its Way South from Kuwait. The Convoy movement came four months after the supertanker Bridgeton hit a mine in the same Waters off Farsi Island. The incident forced the Navy to reas sess an iranian threat that officers admitted had been gravely underestimated. One result of the reassessment was the dispatch of the six aged wooden mine sweepers that have recently arrived in the Gulf and arc now conducting their first operations since Vietnam according to . Officers. Inflict commander Francis d. Dimasi 37, of Wilkes Barre pa., said the last few Days represented Strong comeback for the Navy s mine sweeping forces which had been in eclipse for three years and fallen behind in technology while european and other navies forged ahead with new sophisticated gear. We be got it under control Dimasi said. "theu.s. Mine sweeping forces have it under control no question about american mine sweepers carry gear that is Lowed through the water to Cut the cables of moored Contact mines causing them to float to the surface where they can be this operation however the ships have been using the sonar to locate the mines suspended from their anchors and floating beneath the surface. Once found they Are destroyed by the inflict s crowded combat information Center below the Bridge Dimasi and an assistant known As the mine evaluation officer sit Side by Side watching a pair of sonar screens on which the mines and other underwater objects appear As the ship approaches a suspected mine like object it May gradually take on the shape of an actual mine and its Bottom Anchor. The divers Are guided by radio to the scene for a visual Check and if proven Tobe a mine they either blow it up with the charges or Mark it with a buoy for demolition discovery of 11 mines since last thursday has put the Navy ahead in an informal race with Britain s Royal Navy to Sec which can discover the most mines in the last report four of Britain s super advanced Hunt class mine Hunters operating in another known mine Field off the Qatar Peninsula about 100 Miles to the South had found about half a dozen mines in the past two weeks. We re beating the daylights out of them said do Masi. The mines found have been of the 1908 soviet Type a Black Iron Globe with three Contact spikes that trigger a blast when touched by a passing ship. Iran is believed to have planted All of the found in the Farsi Channel Are generally encrusted with sea life but it is not known How recently they were Laid officers say
