European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q death loll rises in Delta crash Page 2 d Eastern airlines cuts 4,000 More jobs Page 5 d Doods news in stripes pages 2,9 d College football results see sports the St and pipes authorized unofficial Pukuc Hiom add the tl.�. Pm d of acc Good morning vol. 47, no. 147 monday september 12, 1988 is own i i 6uTny d 8693 a 125,000 troops ready for certain Challenge by David Tarrant Stair writer Schwabish Hall West Germany some 125,000 troops were poised in Northern Bavaria Sun Day to kick olt scr disc certain Challenge the firs show of nato s conventional might since the june signing of the treaty on medium Range nuclear weapons. Billed As the largest european ground Man Euver Sis Granfe Lisa divird since the end of world War ii the exercise serves both As the Centrepiece of nato s yearly autumn forge operations and the Man Euver portion of the annual return of forces to Germany. But More than fulfilling Alliance training obligations such ener discs this Yea have taken on lit added significance of demonstrating nato s non nuclear deterrence in the Wake of the superpower intermediate Range nuclear forces Accord. The conventional aspects of the defense and deter rence arc very very important nato commander Gen. John r. Calvin told the stars and stripes in a recent interview. The soviet Union is As Strong a military Force As it was three or four years ago and in fact it s Galvin added the missiles Are gone but there s still a lot of combat Power among other firsts. Certain Challenge is to include the largest contingent of . Troops 103,000 Ever to participate. And planners say the Man Euver the first pitting two Forward deployed corps against each other will feature a free play scenario that should give commanders More latitude in conducting operations than Ever. There will be some constraints but within those constraints there will be a lot of free play said it. Col. Steve Dewcy a Vii corps reformer planner. One Side in t going to be Able to beat up on the other another army staff officer said. The winners arc the ones who get something from the although the exercise will produce no Victor a rivalry of sorts has been building Between the two corps. This is the super bowl of fiscal year 1988," said Vii corps Dewey. We re not out there piecemeal. We re out there with everything we a v corps planner added we be got a lot of sol Diers a lot of Metal on the ground for this one the soldiers participating in the exercise include 17,500 , troops deployed to Germany As part of the 20th annual a forger. Stateside units include the 1st Sib Ken George a i waiting for certain Challenge to begin reaches for the Apple of his Eye from an my 10 a2 How two inf div fort Riley Kan. The 3rd army Cav regt fort Bliss Texas and the i97lh inf brigade separate fort Benning a. European based forces involved in the exercise in clude elements of Usa eur s 1st and 3rd army Divi Sions and 3rd and 8th inf divisions. Germany s both and 12th Panzer divisions and the 4th Canadian Mech brigade detachments of the French and danish armies also Are set to participate. The exercise scenario pits v corps forces from the see troops on Bach Page there she is. Miss America or Elchin Carlson a son a 22-year-old from Anolta minn.,sets Hind from third runner up miss knowledge the applause of the Croud at Atlantic City n Jas she look her California Marlyse Sharleen Hlacar walk Down la runway saturday. Carl Dos. See Story on Page 28. Dukakis democrats plan counterattack on defense stances Boston a Michael Dukakis huddled with democratic congressional leaders sunday to discuss defense policy in Advance of a week of Campaign appearances designed to Shore up his image on National Security and foreign to icy issues. The democratic presidential nominee acknowledged after the meeting that he had some differences with leading de sense spokesmen of his party but prom ised a consensus oriented approach to setting Pentagon priorities. What you Sec Here is an example of the Way we re going to make National Security policy beginning in january 1989 with a president and a Congress that work together Dukakis said after his session with nearly a dozen members of Congress. Dukakis and the congressmen denounced president Reagan for his veto of a defense authorization Bill that won Road bipartisan support in Congress and was endorsed by several ranking administration officials. They called the veto a political move to give Republican nominee George Bush fodder for his at tempts to characterize Dukakis As naive on defense issues. The vice president s political team said let s play political football with the nation s said former presiden tial candidate sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee. "1 think it s Dukakis also criticized the president for his handling of the Pentagon procure ment scandal accusing the administration of searching for scapegoats instead of solutions to influence peddling and Exchange of confidential information at the Pentagon among those at Dukakis Side were sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia and rep. Les Aspin of Wisconsin chairmen of the Senate and House armed services committees respectively. Nunn Aspin and several others at the meeting agreed that Bush has been sue see Dukakis on Back Page
