European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 16. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 marines revitalizing Basic training emphasis is on Battlefield survival by civil  Bureau Washington in addition to looking for a few Good men the Marine corps is now looking for a lot of Good warriors claiming that not enough marines gel the kind of i Dikil training that will enable them i fight and survive on the modern by Uckfield. Gen. Alfred m. Gray jr., Marine corps commandant is dust ing off an old program called Basic War rior training the program which has been dormant since 1972. Will give All Marine recruits at lire service s Basic training do pals in Parris Island. . And san. Calif., " he skills required o function in a cymbal environment and to More effectively contribute to Rambai operations said a Marine corps official. The goal is o ensure thai every re Cruit male and female is equipped with Basic combat skills the official . Gray s9, nicknamed the Grunt Gen eral because of his Rise from the ranks ordered the changes in View of shifting threat situations that will place More marines in increased jeopardy in the event of a conflict the official raid. Until 1972, All marines received com Bat training before attending follow on specially schools. But since then Only marines selected to serve As infantry men were trained at what is now called the school of infantry at Camp Jcj Cunt n.c., and Camp Pond Luton Calif. Recruits in the first Basic training Cycle of 1988, set to begin a Parris is land Early next month will be the first to undergo the training the official said. In the revamped training Cycle classes pm personal finance and sexual Hygiene will take a Back Seal to such subject As viands in mining with a variety of weapons including the m-203 grenade launcher Light anti Armor weapons serv ice pistol and a Tso machine gun. Classes on machine guns and grenade expert predicts More fireworks from Supernova 1987 in decade Austin Tew a astronomers studying a giant mar explosion detected last Vear said thursday the celestial fire Worts will continue with a possible  and explosion and Light Echos bouncing around tie heavens Lor centuries. Kenneth arc Char. A professor of As Tro Ruimy us Llo Siim University said he expects that Supernova 1987, As the exploding Star is called will trigger an other Hurst of Light Ina Imit loj cars Starling this year telescopes will he Able in Deli i l Light that originated with he Star it Lusion Honfi d olt dust particles and then sped to Earth said Brad ski Cher. A a Goddard space flight enter astronomer. He Calls the phenomenon a Light  1 jul is on the Supernova were presented at a four Day meeting of the Amer ii an astronomical society  on thursday. Supernova a 87 is a Blue Star 170.000 Light year away that suddenly blew up. Itis the lint exploding Star close enough to be seen by the naked Eye since the jear16 hand the nearest and Brigham to occur since Modem instruments have been available for studies. Light from Supernova i9s7 was first selected last february and its Bright Ness has Only started to dim. It is Visi ble from the Southern hemisphere. Arc Char said the Light will continue to decline for Many months until it no longer is visible o the naked Eye but there will he a second burst of flight in 1197. The Light Hunt which Brecher Calls a  will occur when ejected material from the explosion collides with a massive Gas Shell that was entitled by the stir prior to the explosion Urscher Aid he searched history in found that Supernova sighted by ancient Alro Nemere were often reported10 reappear in later decades. Chinese astronomers fur example reported the sudden appearance of a Star in 1006. Modern astir Numars to i Csc this was a Supernova., u dimmed and then reappeared briefly in 1016. The same thing occurred in the Supernova studied by european Siar a ers Kijiyu cars later the Star was seen to reappear. Am of i Host brightening said Jiri her. May hate been oud by the Unm events he is predicting for Supernova 1987. Schaffer said the Echo of Light from the Supernova will become visible in Tele Scopes within a matter of Days. He said this reflected Light May Cre ate phantom nebulae or massive Wisp of Light thai May be visible to Tele Scopes for decades. The Light wisps said Sclia Fifer. Like the smile of the Cheshire cat in Alice in wonderland will remain visible Long after the Supernova has  he said the Echo Light will never be As Brig As the original Cpl using butt will be easily seen by Amateur Tele Scopes. Particles of Light called Pho tons that originated from the Star explosion actually will be visible for centuries he said As the Light bounces Between heavenly dust Clouds before it finally reaches he Earth. This created photo shows inc predicted Light Echo of Tuper Nunu 19b7. Launchers also will be held As will emphasized training in  land navigation and Field firing. The program will also include lessons on the threat what to expect in the Way of Warsaw pact forces and the threat in a Low intensity combat situation at Well As individual ladies and Security measures the official said. Cray plans to expand Basic Warrior training aver the next two years to in Clud improved training of infantrymen Addi Liona training at the school of in Fantry for non infantrymen and improved Small unit Leader training with a slant toward combat skills the official said. Soviet Jet flies within 15 feet of . Plane Washington a a Navy Long Range surveillance plane and a rus Sian Mig-2j Hugger jul fighter came within 15 feet of each other Over the sea of Japan Early this week. Pentagon officials said Friday. The officials who requested anonymity said the incident might prompt a .protest to the soviet to Nimori under the incidents at sea treaty on the grounds hat the fio git improperly endangered the american plane. The incident Iii erred in Daylight. Tile Navy plane was a Long Range p-3 Orion loaded with electronic Intelli gence gathering gear. The four prop plane was flying a routine patrol in inter National airspace when it was approached by the russian Jet one source said. The Flogger came in for a look and kept coming the official said. We Don t know what he was doing bul Seweren t playing around. The p-3 was just flying. They closed within i feel. There could have been a  after the incident the american plane continued its patrol and he russian Jet returned to the soviet Union the sources said. There were no injuries. Spokesmen for the Pentagon and Navy declined to discuss the matter. Ii is not unusual for . And russian aircraft to confront each other in  airspace. The encounters Are rarely hostile officials say. And it is unusual for the Planci in come As close As they did on monday. Eai