European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 4, 198b the stars and stripes Page 3 Pentagon turning to lighter forces emphasis now on great flexibility  fort Monroe a. N it the strategic realities arc now  said he briefing officer at the training and doctrine corny Here which does Long Range kinking for he army. After the War in Vietnam said the officer. It col Willis a Lowrey the army became progressively  building up armoured and mechanized division that could confront Soviel troops in Europe. Now. Because Amer ican forces Are More Likely to see com Bat in the persian Gulf Central Ameri Ca Korea the philippine of elsewhere in the third world he said the emerging strategic reality is that Light forces with great flexibility Are required to respond to these kinds of  More and More american military thinkers believe thai � nuclear War be tween the United Stales and the soviet Union is not Likely to happen. Deter rence is working they say leaders in each nation Tralie that neither nation would survive. Nor do they expect the United Stales and the soviet Union to fight a conventional War in Europe or at sea because it would soon escalate into a nuclear Exchange. This assessment was Central to the willingness of the joint chiefs of staff to support the treaty Banning ground based intermediate nuclear forces which was signed in Washington lust month by president Reagan and the soviet communist party general Secretary Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Further. The chiefs have told the president thai they would support a treaty to reduce Long Range nuclear weapons. Bui they set a condition for their support that the United Stales continue to modernize its nuclear deterrent with my and Trident missiles and the b i and the b-2 stealth bombers. Another reflection of the new thinking is a trend to conventional High explosive weapons. The air Force wants to refurbish �-52s, formerly headed for a junk Yard and Arm them with Short Range cruise missiles. Within two years the army expects to Field a Short Range bal Listic missile thai will carry convention Tomb lots to destroy tanks and Bunker Well behind enemy fines. Perhaps most illustrative of the change Are the army s Light divisions just coming on line. These Are the sol Diers sometimes seen in the army s Tele vision ads. Crossing a River on a rope Ridge climbing a Cliff and rappelling Down. With 10,800 men instead of the 17.000 in an armoured or mechanized division the Light divisions Are thick with riflemen modest in artillery and Anil tank weapons and thin in support units. Dut a Light division can be moved in 516 flights of a c-141 transport against 2.852 flights for a mechanized division with in armoured personnel carriers tanks and artillery. One Light division he 7th inf div. At Ford old calif., Hai been certified As combat ready. The 25th inf div in Hawaii is nearly ready awaiting a few More pieces of equipment. The 10th Mountain div at fort drum n.y., Andice 6th inf div in Alaska arc still form ing. In the current military budget reductions to help Cut the deficit. Army offi cers said Money for the 10th Mountain we us surd but the 6th infantry s forma lion might be slowed. In addition the army categorize the 82nd airborne div of paratroopers the 101 is airborne div of helicopter assault troops and the 9th inf div of motorized troops As Light divisions for an eventual total of seven. There Are 10 armoured or mechanized divisions. Army officers say thai Light forces could be dispatched anywhere in the world in a matter of hours with the idea that even a few Hundred american troops arriving Early in a crisis might deter further trouble. Sceptics say that their presence might Only inflame a situation and that the Light forces could be overwhelmed. But the army officers say that deployed in the right terrain these troops could be effective against a much larger Force. Light infantry country is in the mountains where they could Block Nar Row passes in heavily wooded regions where they could mount ambushes or in cities where they would fight House to House. Light infantry units Are especially trained to tight guerrillas with emphasis on night raids and attacks by helicopter. Stealth cover and concealment and deception will enable Light infantry forces to hide their movement achieve sur prise and close with and destroy the enemy said Lowrey. Nonetheless army officers acknowledge Hal a tight infantry Force could be jeopardized because Many nations in the third world Are extensively equipped with tanks and other a Mored weapons. Thus the army is developing a new lightweight anti Lank weapon Hal will have a Range of More than a mile. A Small assault weapon to attack bunkers and lightly armoured vehicles is under study. Light artillery is needed. Tan there is the Soldier himself from Lime immemorial every change seems to have saddled him with More equipment. An infantryman today usually carries a 70-Pound Load but that can go up to 100 pounds if for instance he has to lug an extra radio. The dismounted Soldier is encumbered by an excessive individual Load of clothing and equipment Lowrey said and the army is seeking to lighten this Load a Young sergeant in the 7th inf div when in was first formed expressed the foot Soldier s eternal Skepi scism the Light division Only Means that they be taken away our vehicles and now we have to Hump nil Hal fool  Gira Flage App Holp a baby Giraffe clicking close to Mother blend into the Bick group of her pm turned skin. The unnamed month old relic filed Giraffe a born Al Milne world Africa Usa Zainul Park . Most of Hart s former backers shunning revived Campaign Washington a most of Gary Han s one time lop supporters across the country Are keeping away from his renewed Campaign and even some who Haven t found another candidate Are saying i have something else to  press interviews with several former Hart Campaign leaders around the country found a few enthusiastically rejoining his Effort but Many More shunning in my involvement with the 88 Hart Campaign went Down with the Good ship Monkey bushmen said Seattle fund Raiser Tom a cafe  m Gary s Friend but not his supporter said Mark Green a new York Democrat who was a Hart speechwriter in 1984 and Active in his Campaign in Early 1987. Green said he knows of few former Hart backers returning to the fold Mosi having gone on to the other is democratic contenders. It s regarded As dishonourable to abandon someone you be endorsed even if your Fibril flame comes Hack into your life he  said be did t it Eccl All his supporters to re turn when he rejoined the race last month seven months after withdrawing in a sen scandal Over his relationship with Model Donna Rice and reports of relationships with other women. But he has opened a Headquarters in Denver and welcomed supporters who were willing to  who won t is Regan Burke Hart s former Campaign director in 11 midwestern Stales and Campaign scheduler in 1984. Now living in Indiana she predicted few democrats will take Hart seriously again. No i m not going to support him i have some thing else to do she said. It is sad it s his Swan song  of Hart s biggest democratic establishment supporters Texas i. Gov. Bill Hobby dismisses Hart s return As a non even. Signi tical Only in Lhatt shows a Lack of political  a former National coordinator for Hart Florida House speaker Jon Mills planned to endorse Tennessee sen. Albert Gore or. On  t Campaign picked up a handful of old support ers in the first weeks of its rebirth some departing other Campaign. In crucial new Hampshire coordinators Greg Labelle and Edgar Helms left Gore s Campaign to rejoin Hart and several other former Hart Workun have resumed from the sidelines. Dan Caligari left his Job As regional coordinator for rep. Richard Gephardt a week after saying he would stick with inc Missouri congressman in rejoin Hart.  former wife. Sue Caligari had been Wilh Hart Butis remaining As new Hampshire co chairman for Bruce Babbitt. Hart s unofficial South Dakota  Weissmann departed Babbitt s Campaign last week 10 rejoin  loyalist Paul Giorgio left his Job in the Massachusetts Secretary of stale a office to. Rejoin Hart hews Hart s do Facto press Secretary in his first Campaign swing through new England. I be never my Giorgio said. The reason i stuck Wilh him is that s what friends Urc  Minnesota supporters have returned from other campaigns. St. Paul lawyer John Sherman who is abandoning Massachusetts gov Michael Dukakis said he was disappointed with Hart s personal prob lems but even More stupid was his dropping out of the , in stale after slate those returning have proved to be the exception so far. Many former supporters speak bitterly of Hart. Ultimately it s rather selfish said Ken Canfield.  former Georgia co chairman who has since joined sen Paul Simon. It dredges up All those awful feelings people had last May and sickens them in inc process. I think it s Jusi another example of poor judgment on his part said Gary Koch of Winchester. Hi., who is now a Dukakis supporter. I be just lost Faith in him. I think he s done a disservice 10 the  and Becky Spenner of Hoyleton ii., had been publisher of a monthly newsletter to 2,000 Kan sup porters called a new patriotism and had invested  and 9,000 hours of their time to help Hart. They re clicking Wilh Dukakis  look him Al his word when he withdrew Joel Spenner said. As of right now 1 have a candidate i think is Beller than Gary  s former Deputy Campaign manager John Emerson now los Angeles Deputy City attorney said he u now an unofficial informal adviser to Gary but will remain officially non aligned. The three most prominent California politicians who had endorsed Hart in 1937 assemblyman Tokay Dan and Sute Sens. John Garamendi and Gary Han who is unrelated 10 the candidate Are remain ing Neutral too