European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday april 20,1988 budget a called threat to army readiness by David Tarrant staff Witter Garmise h. West Germany the budget crunch now being fell by the army Wil harm Soldier readiness if inc situation does t improve in the next few years Lac army s lop military gaining officer said tuesday. Ultimately the squeeze Wilt harm your readiness position if in persists Long  said Gen. Maxwell a Thurman head of the army training and doctrine come. Radoc took about a 17 percent Cut in its budget for fiscal 1988, Tel Hrman said. But lit that level of funding he expects no decrease in readiness. What 1 have done is i be told the folks thai they had in continue the level of training he said in an interview with the Slars and stripes. Thurman spoke tuesday evening ,11 the annual con a cation of the association of inc United Stales army i Garmisch. To make up for the cuts Thurman said he hat scaled Back maintenance and repair of Radoc facilities to what i would Call catastrophic repair Only. If he wind blows the roof Ofta building i can fix he roof. You have to eat the Money  some of inc shortfall also will be made up through the army s taking in fewer recruits to meet lower mandated troop Levels of 7 72,000 for fiscal 989, Thurman said. So that begins o reduce lie Basic and advanced individual trainees so there has been some turndown with Hal Thurman said. Radoc aim has stopped printing materials and Sailor from Page 1 in the engine room burst into flames and As soon As i saw thai i tried to close my eyes and tried to hit the ground to keep the fire from burning me. You know like you learn when you re Little Stop drop and Roll he said. And tie other Guy that was standing there with me Dave Burbine he jumped on lop of me. 1 Don t know whether that was to put me out or he was trying to put himself out or whatever but we got each other  Smith had lived with the constant fear of something happening. Yeah you just put in behind you and live with  but with the ship in Harries and  by bum cd inc fear grew to a new dimension i was afraid of a lot of things you know if the ship went Down having to swim while being bum cd like i  the ship did t go Down and he did t have to swim. For his Smith is grateful. He is in Complete agreement with the actions taken by the . Government in retaliation for the mining of the waterway. . Sailors and marines destroyed two iranian Oil platforms monday in the Gulf in response. The . Readier led to further lighting monday Between . And iranian forces. Well 1 think it s Good on two counts Smith said one. In s something to pay them Back for what happened and another thing., they re gel Ling a Little bit too Rowdy and Brave and blowing up Alt these other things and nobody wants to do any thing so they re getting away with  Smith fully expects to go Back to his ship and eventually Back to the Gull yeah because my ship goes Back in 91," he said. And Well. I m under  also taken to Lan Ditull from the Roberts were Petty officer 3.c. David Burbine 23, of Ashaway . Chief Petty officer ale Perez j8, of Rons breath. R.i.-, and Petty officer 2.c. Larry Welch 36, of Ohio. Smith was listed in stable condition tuesday while the others were listed in serious but stable condition. All four Are to be transported to Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio Texas wednes Day. Jackson wins in Delaware new Castle Del. A presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson headed Imp thursday s new York Pri Mary with a new win in his column in Delaware s democratic caucuses where he handily beat rival Michael Dukakis based on the results Jackson picked up seven delegates Dukakis five and three Are uncommitted. Manuals. And some marginal training courses have been Cut along with some transition aviation courses he said. The 17 percent Down lakes us Back to the 1982 level of training he said. Were we Able to train the army in 19827 the answer is yes. Will we be Able to train the army in 1988? the answer is yes. Will it be to the extent that you like  the Cut come at a time when the army has pro claimed training As its theme for 1988. Now some people ask Why would Yon designate this year As the year of training when the Money is being turned Down All across the Board Thurman said. Well the answer is All the More reason for looking to reviewing your training regimen to ensure you re getting the Best value for Ine Dollar. You re not frivolous with your moneys when they re taking a  Thurman also said that the improvements in Simu lation will help train Soldier More and More. The army also May look at the level of participation in major exercises such As reformer in Europe and team spirit in Korea Thurman said. They Are very expensive to ship people and gear overseas we Are already Able to save enormous sums of Money by the fact that we have stocks already pre positioned in  such major exercises should not be Cut out altogether however Bee Auie Hal is the Way we would Tram to actually deploy in Europe and therefore you have to work at that and practice at  Thurman mid he also is working on reducing com of transporting hardware within the United state. To Send a tank for example from fort Hood Texas to the National training Center at fort Irwin calif., round trip costs $7,500. So obviously we need to get More pre position cd  out at the National training Center to avoid transportation  on other topics Thurman said As the army begins exercising in More Distant countries where there is less american presence than in Europe the need to train soldiers in Anli terror i tactics will increase. Radoc currently has two inti. Terrorist training courses at fort Bragg ., and fort Mcclellan Ala. The More ire exercise in Placer other than where our forces Are Forward deployed now the More we exercise in places like Honduras. You have to up Ante on considerations for  the army will continue to attract Quality Soldier even though studies show a declining Pool of available recruits for the near future. As the army s chief Recruiter in 1980, Thurman said there were 173.000 recruits for an army of 7sd.ooo soldiers the number of recruits will drop to 115,000 Lam year for an army of 781,000 soldiers or 53,000 fewer recruits be said. The reason is we have gone after High Quality peo ple. It you go after High Quality people they will stay and Complete their terms of service. The term of service for the average Soldier has climbed from 2.2 years in 1979-so to a surreal 3,7 years he said. Abbas Hamadi found guilty Dusseldorf West Germany a a court tuesday convicted Abbas Hamadi and sentenced him to 13 years in prison for helping abduct two West germans in Beirut in Hopes of forcing the Bonn government to free his brother Twa hijacking suspect Mohammed Kama i. The 29-year-old defendant looked dejected after hearing the sentence and slumped into his chair he made no comment. Presiding judge Klaus Arend said Abbas Hamadi was guilty of the charges of kidnapping coercion and Possession of explosives. Alfred Schmidt one of two West germans Kidnap Ped in the week after Mohammed Hamadi i arrest has been freed. Arend appealed for the release of the Sec Ond businessman Rudolf cords who has been held since Jan 17,1937. Free Rudolf Cordei and show the world your own humanity inc judge said. Arend said thai after Mohammed Hamadi s arrest at Frankfurt International Airport in january 1987, Abbas Hamadi talked by Telephone with people in the lebanese capital including another brother Abdul Hadi Hamadi. After the capture of Mohammed Hamadi these Man formed a Circle in Beirut who decided to do some thing to Block the possible extradition to the United slates of Mohammed Hamadi Arend said. In testimony at the trial West German police said they had monitored Telephone Calls made by Abbas Hamadi. Who Bas lived in West Germany for several years. Abdul Hadi Hamadi is Beirut Security chief of Hezbollah a Radical pro iranian shiite moslem group thai in believed to a an umbrella Orphil Jitian for the groups holding 22 foreign hostages in Lebanon. The 13-year prison sentence came us a Surprise be cause prosecutor had asked for a Gemeoce of Only ,11 i years. Throughout the trial that began Jan. I Abbas Ham Adi denied having anything to do with the Kidnap pings. Prosecutors said Hamadi participated in the abductions in am attempt to Force the West German govern ment to release Mohammed Hamadi who u being held on charge stemming from the 1985 hijacking of a Twa jetliner to Beirut. A . Navy diver was lulled and 39 americans were held hostage for 17 Days in the hijacking. Federal agents testified during the trial that Abbat Hamadi s fingerprints were found on a letter Schmidt wrote to his Mother while he was being held hostage. Federal prosecutor Karl Heinz Schnarr said in hit closing arguments that evidence did not link Abbu Hamadi directly to the gunmen who abducted the Ger mans but he Laid the defendant played a role after the kidnappings. Mohammed Hamadi was arrested at Frankfurt International Airport on Jan. 13, 1987, while carrying liquid explosives. Abbas Hamadi was arrested in Frankfurt on Jan 26,1987. Search from Page 1 under Navy Protection were discontinued until a major shipping Channel farther North was cleared the Pentagon monday said  raids on the iranian Oil platforms came in retaliation for a mine strike last thursday against the guided missile frigate Samuel b. Roberts which injured 10 crewmen. Iran sad several people were killed or injured in the raids on the two Oil platforms but gave no further details. In has denied planting the mines. No american casualties were reported in monday s fighting. However defense Secretary Frank Carluci said in Washington the Navy was searching for an attack helicopter with two crewmen that Baa not re turned to a Cruiser. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Cyprus said monday night that iranian warship in a heroic clash with the aggressor Ameri can helicopter in the persian Gulf shot Down one of them monday  Pentagon officials said the helicopter did not return to the guided missile Cruiser Wainwright monday alter a Rolinc reconnaissance  the Pentagon identified the helicopter Crew As capt. Stephen c. Leslie of new Bern ., and capt. Ken Neth w. Hill of Thomasville  They were assigned to the Marine corps air station in new River  _ in a report tuesday Irna maintained that iranian forces Sank a . Warship near an offshore platform in the Southern Gulf. Iranian speedboats spotted and scored direct Bill on an american naval logistical ship sailing in the Region sinking the vessel with All its Crew aboard the Agency said the missile attack monday represented the first re ported firing of the silkworm batteries along Iran t coast at ships in the Southern Gulf or the Strait of Hormuz the waterway s narrow Entrance. The attack was witnessed by associated Prev Corre Sponden Richard Pyle who was aboard the Jack Wil Liams with a Pentagon news Media Pool. Fighting began Early monday when the Navy blasted 10 iranian Oil platforms Ai a measured Monse to mining of the Samuel b. Roberts. Us. Forces then Sank an iranian gun boat defending the platforms. Later monday two iranian Navy frigate fired on . Jets which then bombed the imps set Ling them afire near the Strait of Hormuz. . Warships also Sank one and damaged two other patrol boats attacking Neutral shipping near the Mubarak Oil Field off the emirate of Sharjari in the Southern Gulf