European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes thursday april 21,1988 budget a called threat to army readiness by Dave Tarrant stad writer Garmisch. Of i Al Nany _ the budget crunch now being fell by the Arrn Hun Soldier readiness if the situation does t  next few Yean the army s top military training ultimately the Squi Etc will harm  position if in persists Long trough said . Thurman. Head of the army training and doctor come. Radoc took about a 17 percent Oil in its budget for fiscal 1986, Thurman said. Bui. At Hal level of funding he expects no decrease in readiness. What i have done is i be to d he folks Hal they had to continue the level of  he said in an interview with the stars and stripes. Thurman spoke tuesday evening Ai inc annual convention of the association of he United so alas Ai i Garmisch. To make up for the ruts Thurman said lie has scaled Back maintenance and repair of Tjerk dec facilities to what 1 would Call Caius Lrowe repair Only. If the wind blows the roof off a Bojuk Flag i can fix thereof you have total the  some of the shortfall Al Saul be made up through inc army s taking in  to meet lower Man dated troop levelsofjn.000 for fiscal 1989, Thurman said. Or so thai Bourns 10 reduce the Basic and advanced  so there has been some turndown with ital Thurman said. Radoc also has slopped printing materials and manuals. And some marginal training courses have been Cut along with some transition aviation courses he said. The 17 percent Down takes us Back to the 1982 level of training he said. Were we Able to train the army in 1982? the answer is yes. Will we be Alc t train the army in 1988? the answer is yes. Willil1 the extent that you like nor the cuts come at a Lime the Nib my has pro cd training As its theme Tot i Mil some people ask Elf would you designate this  year Jaffa Tinb. When inc Money is being  across the Board Thurman said. Well Pili wer is All the More reason for us i Cwm or training regimen to ensure sitting the Best Bif Cipr the Dollar. You re not Stous with your Moncef Vadien they re taking a.  of Thurman also said Hal the Imp a i crits m Simu lation will help train soldiers More army pc. The army also May look at the level of Purtic Timion in major exercises such As reformer in Europe and spirit in Korea Thurman  Are very expensive 1o ship people and gear overseas. We Are already Able to save enormous sums of Money by the fact Hal we have stocks already pc position cd in  such major exercises should not be Cut Oul allow elder however because that is he Way we would Tram to actually deploy in Europe and therefore you have to work at that and practice at  said he also is working on reducing costs of transporting hardware within the United states. To cod a Lank for  fort Hood Texas to inc Alioa met Tang Center at fort Irwin. Calif., round-lpgjlhsss7,500. So obviously we need log pm re Dos Iliond Stock out at the National my Center to avoid transportation  on other topics Thurman said As inc army begins exercising in More Distant countries where in arc is less american presence than in Europe the need to train soldiers in anti terrorist tactics will increase. Radoc currently has two Ami terrorist training courses at fort Bragg ., and fort Mcclellan Ala. The More we exercise in places of her Han where our forces arc 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 soldiers even though studies show a declining Pool of available recruits for the near future. As the army s chief Recruiter in 19bo, Thurman said there were 173,000 recruit for an army of 780,000 soldiers. The number of recruits will drop to 115,000 to Lycar for an army of 781.000 soldiers or 58,000 fewer recruits he said. The reason is we have gone after High Quality peo ple if Vou go after High Quality people they will stay and Complete their terms of  the term of service for the average Soldier has climbed from 2.2years in 1979-80 to n currant 3.7 years he said. Injured Sailor says he expects to see More Gulf duty by Daryle. Green Kalse Lautem Bureau lands thu West Germany on of the sailors injure84jy a mine lust week says he expects to return Toj is ship and Sec More duty in the  it s All Over. A Seaman apprentice Wayne Smith of Clearview pa., was one of 10 sailors Hurt when the guided missile frigate Samuel b. Roberts is Ruck a mine last thursday. Smith and three other injured sailors were Beina treated at und Stuhl army regional medical Center. He related what happened just before and after the mine blast. We were heading about 23 knots and the Captain Cut the engines Down to Ihrck knots said Smith. And he came Over the announcement system and told us he had seen three mines and they were going to try to get a look at them and for us to get to our general quarters statin and just keep on our  Smith had been aboard bit Oberts less than i month but his Imp had been there since  been an uneventful month univ thursday. "11 was jul Sand your watches get your Wor Flonc. Write letters Home and hit Youj Mck Smith said. Jiffies inc Captain announced that three mines had been spotted Smith wondered if there were More Hal had gone undetected. Prentice Wayne Smith from Clr Law plat is Arnt i was kind of thinking How it would be if icy could miss one fit was under Neath the water he said. I was won Dering whether All the equipment we have can pick them up. You know sonar and sniff. I did t think there really was it Chance thai we could hit a mine when it did hit. Smith saw his station in the engine room burst into flames. And As soon As i saw that i tried to loss my eyes and tried to hit the ground s photo by Slort mown Deal Center. Tote the of fros Buni Ini me. You but with the ship inflames and know Tike you learn when you re Little self seriously burned the fear grew Stop drop and Roll he said. And the new dimension. Other Guy Hal was  with me Dave Bur inc he jumped Obb come. I Don t know whether Hal was to. Me out or he was trying to put him sell 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 in Shi in flames an him. To a "1 was afraid of a lot of things you know if the ship went Down having to swim while being bum cd like 1  the Chip did l go Down and he did t have to swim. For this Smith is  j$4n-Coriiplele agreement with the Jinni taken by the its. Government i retaliation for the mining of the Waier Way. . Sailors and marines destroyed to iranian Oil platforms monday in the Gulf in response. The . Reaction led Lof Urther fighting monday Between . And iranian forces. Well i think it s Good on two counts Smith said. One it s some thing to  them Back for what happened and another thing. They re gel Ling a Little bit Loo Rowdy and Brave and blowing up All these other Thingan nobody wants to do anything so they re gelling away with  Smith fully i pectin logo Back to his ship and eventually Back to the Gulf. Yeah because my Shin goes Hack in "91," he said and Well i m under con  also taken to Landsi Uhl from the Rob erts were Petty officer 3.c. David Bur Bine 23, of Ashaway . Chief Felly officer ale Perez. 38, of ports breath . And Petty officer 2.c. Larry Welch,26, of Ohio. Smith Wai listed in stable condition tuesday while the others were listed in serious but stable condition. All four Are being sent to Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio Texas. Gulf from Page 1 onc5uchplatforrncameundcrnllack, of i i of a of c a Supply ship flying the american Flag and a u or a. I of scr Vicin Lac Oil Fields. Military Mission there and in inc rules governing inc use offered. It is possible Hal we will come Down exactly where we arc now said one senior official describing the reassessment. I would think that inhere were any change it would be toward expansion of the Ameri can role in the Region he said. Administration officials said a wide Vari Ety of new Steps were under consideration. One question is whether the United Stales should expand its Protection to Caver american owned Oil rigs lha operate in the persian Gulf. In inc past. Ran i"5 not at tacked those rigs but on monday at least  any change in the scope of the protective Mission in the Gulf might require changes in the number or types of Mili tary Craft operating in the  the same time the United so alas will examine whether there is any other reason to Send new forces to the Region for example by resuming mine sweep ing helicopters there to assist boats in the Hunt for new mines. In the Gulf tuesday the French Navy re ported finding and exploding three mine about 100 Miles East of Bahrain american warships and helicopters continued to search tuesday for a helicopter from therain Unghi that was reported missing. Its Crew members were identified As capt. Samv phen c Leslie of new Bern  capt. Kenneth w. Hill of Thomasville  From Page 1 Alors met behind closed doors in washing ton to select 43 delegates to the party s National convention. Dukakis won 13 pledges and Gore gained six As Well As his own. Jackson was shut out with the majority of senators remaining uncommitted. In Vermont Dukakis edged narrowly ahead of Jackson in Hie democratic caucuses tuesday night in a Seesaw Battle lha tightened dramatically As the void piled up. With 92 percent of 1,300 state Conven Tion delegates picked Dukakis had 553. Or 46 percent while Jackson had 535, or 45 percent Gore had Only 4 delegates and 109delegates, or 9 percent Weir uncommitted. Jackson had hoped for a new York upset. But the network polls said a Black support in excess of 90 percent was not enough to offset Dukakis strength among Catholic and jewish voters. Lbs said Dukakis was winning the while Vole 69 percent to 17 percent for Jackson. Dukakis was carrying 77 per cent of the jewish vote the network said. In Iowa we won the Bronze Duka Kis said Reading from a text at his Victory rally. In new Hampshire we won the Gold. Tonight we won the  Al i Side were i wife Kitty and his Oscar winning Cousin actress Olympia Duka Kis. He said he expects the remaining con tests Wilh Jackson to remain free of animosity. We have a message of Hope and optimism. Neither of us believes in cutting up the other Guy is a Way to win elections or the presidency he said