European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. May 22. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 Mspholcntydavi-d.il.0 two members of the isl so Ullh a red Cav regl swim mini pm Cross a Lake in front of a life Rinard boat. The unit was first in the swimming Competition and second Overall. Aft. Members of Al so. 11th army Cav Rcpt prepare for the combat swim. Riihl spec. Donald Manly crouches in Brush at the water s cube before making the crossing. Training key component in Boeselager win from Page i lines at it his chicle had been Pul out of commission. The rules mandated that three of the eight squad menders from 1st so Lith annd Cav rest provide lire support. The team s three strongest swimmers prepared to Cross the water establish a position and fire a round of prove their guns were working. When the novt wave arrived to take Over the position the stronger swimmers went Back to help the rest of the St i id Liach Stulir 11 push a 50-Pnund bundle of Pipit that Manly said gained about i l Antis after it got wet. Hut if inside gut wet. Points were s cd. Tula elapsed Lime fur the so 1305. The i Ulda. . Squadron which captured tic cat ego r of the in ivs7 and hoped for a repeal Perl inc in i ass. Took first place in tic Ai swim onion of the we Klong . Hut. When the la nation Cumpie Ilion ended Friday. It was another is unit that look Home first place the 1st so. 1st Cav. Isl army div from scam Aback Wesl Germany gets to try for two next year. But it won l be easy. In the 12-year history of the International Section of the Boeselager Competition Only a belgian team and a dutch team have repeated their wins. Going by the past history of the Competition next year s event will be tougher set. Hie Competition originated in l 70 within the German army. International competitors were added in 1976. The name stems from the world War ii exp is of German army col. Georg von is Laper. Who put his troops on horses tile russian Winter d irs r.-. equipment. Vii h Cerf by tactics with 20th-Century r ions equipment were a c air a name for himself. To pile a name in the Chevio r .,.i n requires months of pie Ufa to i. With Canadian Hussars in Ijar. Wet Caiman started whittling i,.v,n a 7-".in Volunteer Force in late now Biri. Jul sgt. Tom Falls shooting instructor. Most of the German teams began training last fall Saidat. Knut Zirn of Panzer recon in 3. . Without training one has no Chance at he said. The Ballarion trained with the pair of italian teams for two weeks and the norwegian team participated for one week Zirn said. Members of Norway s dragon regl team drawn from the country s no Aea Denn would have liked More training bul they were in school and i could not take them said maj. Clair a Diboll team Leader. Among the 11th amid c a kept Reti nue were a Pic in therapist and a sports is Clio ogre. Nine months of training f.ill.ed the eight learn members and selected from among 0 corp volunteers. The turkish prepared for use months at he fire spending a final month in Germany said maj. Cir soy Kamil Leader of a contingent from the rom isgut Armor school. Hut we had bad he said. That s what the 1st army div thought it had run across on the final Day. While the other teams ran the obstacle course under sunny skies the first three Days it was raining hard Friday. First . John Kem patrol Leader was dejected when he Learned the Effort was nearly one minute off that of their rival from Fulda. Bul he did t know that the i is Queens dragoons guards one of two teams representing the United kingdom would belter the Ullh army pm kit top time by 20 seconds despite the helped in the Complex calculations that put 1st army Oil on lop and handed it the Silver tray Signil ing the of Rall win. In addition to Kem. Of Liq co. I Mil of apr in. Other members of the winning learn were assistant patrol Leader Cpl ration Rogers of troop a. 1st so 1st Cav spec. Charles skipper. C o ii. 1st in 52nd inf. Spec Harold Waller Hury i. 2nd in. 5 Ullh air defense arty. Spec. Andy Lorner and spec. Gregory to Rand both of 1st so. 1st Cas. Spec ill Belt Murr of troop c. 1st in. 2nd army Cav kept and spec. Bret Kilchr humid troop i. 3rd in. 2nd army Cav regt. Additional members for the reconnaissance patrol course were Cpl. Scott Campbell of Liq utry 3rd in. With arts and spec. Richard Kolk of in so. 1st Cav
