European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 21,1988 the stars and stripes pages w. German thinks . Team will wrestle up some Gold by Daryle. Green Kaiserslautern Bureau one of the 52 officials working the wrestling matches at the summer olympics predicts the american wrestlers Wilt mite a Good showing in the freestyle events. The americans May have six medal winners said Heinz Adam who will work matches in both the free Stylc and Greco unman categories. Freestyle wrestling allows Contact on any part of the bods a Iii Greco roman is restricted to Contact Between llu1 head and Waist. See other olympic news in today s sport Sec lion i believe the very interesting matches will be be tween the americans russians and bulgarians in the freestyle heavyweight classes 171 pounds to 286pounds1 said Adam who is an estimator for the . Army s directorate of engineering and housing in Baum older. West Germany. He expects the lower weight classes to be dominated by South Korea Japan Cuba Bulgaria and the soviet Union. And possibly one West German he added with a nationalistic chuckle. He does not look for big things from the american contingent in the Greco roman wrestling. Americans Don t have very Good Greco roman wrestlers he said. The russians and bulgarians arc expected to make a Pood showing in Greco roman along with the Hungar ians and swedish. And possibly a West German Adam said. Adam noted that the teams of officials Are made upon people from different countries to prevent any hint of Bias. So if a russian wrestled against an american it could be that a bulgarian would be the judge a Ger Man the referee and a Swiss the mat  in any event there will be a Winner. And the Winner will be selected based on what he does on the mat. The decision is not always an easy one sometimes if we have a final match that is Tough with just a Small difference Between the wrestlers and anybody could be the Winner sometimes your heart is with the loser Adam said. Win lose or draw Adam has reached the Pinnacle of his athletic career. Ironically it comes years after his competitive involvement in the sport sure 1 would have loved to have wrestled in the olympics he said. But i m finally going to get a Hance to be part of the games. This is the highest a sportsman could achieve. But it s not the first time he was asked by the inter National Amateur wrestling federation to referee the olympics. I was selected in so but we boycotted Moscow said Adam who served As a wrestling coordinator at the 1972 games in Munich. I was selected in 84 to Goto los Angeles but was in a car Accident and i could t  the 53-year-old Adam brings a wealth of wrestling experience to the olympic games. I started wrestling 40 years ago and continued until was 30," said the 202-Pound Adam who was twice German National wrestling Champion in the Feather weight and lightweight divisions in 1952 and 1953, respectively. He began  in 1965 and has officiated at 64 International tournaments 10 european championships and 11 world championships. He is among 84 referees worldwide in the exceptional category. You must be in the exceptional category to be Eligi ble to referee in european championships world championships and olympics Adam said. In the olympics Adam will serve As part of a three member team consisting of a referee Edge and mat chairman. The referee controls the action on the mat Heinz Adam the americans May have six medal  and awards Points. The judge observes and also awards Points. If the referee and judge disagree on Points the mat chairman makes the final decision. White the mat chairman technically is the ranking official it s the referee who makes sure everything is running smoothly. We Are then to make sure that they wrestle Accord ing to the rules Adam said. We arc also there to watch and stimulate the wrestlers to  doctor says he took Mirecki out of swim course Pensacola Fla. A a recruit who drowned during Rescue swimmer raining had been declared unfit for the course because of his intense fear of being dragged under water a Navy Doc Tor testified at a Sailor s court martial. After la. Cmdr. David Shively s Testi Mony the defense rested its Case  Day in the trial of Petty officer 2nd class Michael Combe 28, of Tempe Ariz. The defendant is charged with involuntary manslaughter Battery and conspiracy in the March 2 death of airman recruit Lee Mirecki  Pensacola Nas. The trial reopens thursday with Clos ing arguments. The military judge cmdr. Newell a Krogmann was to meet tuesday with Law yers to prepare instructions for the panel of five officers hearing the Case. One panel member asked for an additional Day s delay because wednesday is yom kippur a jewish Holiday said i. Cmdr. Dennis Hessler a Navy spokesman. Shi Volcy monday conceded that the system probably broke Down by allowing the 19-year-old recruit from Appl Clon wis., to return to the Navy Rescue swimmer school after Shively disqualified him from further training. He related a pretty intense fear Tome,".said Shively who saw Mirecki a month before his death. I diagnosed him As possibly having a  a psychologist disagreed with Shicley s diagnosis and found Mirecki fit for train ing but neither doctor consulted the other. Shively said Mirecki should have been sent Back to him before being readmitted. Shively said that while a noncommissioned officer such As Combe cannot be expected to detect a phobia he should have recognized Mirecki s panic. Witnesses have testified Mirecki panicked and climbed out of the Pool grab Bing an equipment rack As instructors converged on him. Mirecki was pulled free and thrown into the Pool where Combe dunked him and grabbed him in a head hold witnesses say. A pathologist has testified that Mirecki s phobia triggered heart failure then drowning. Two fellow instructors who testified under immunity backed up testimony by Combe who denied he helped pus Mirecki Back into the Pool and claimed the recruit completed a lifesaving a never in which he freed himself from a head hold just seconds before collapsing. Studies give poor Marks to military education by Richard Halloran Washington not the top echelons of the nation s military education system under scrutiny by three separate panels for 18 months have been Given troubling report cards. Military leaders have already initiated changes and say that More Are coming. A congressional panel led by rep. La Skelton d mo., is completing an inquiry that according to a preliminary report finds insufficient intellectual rigor and a failure to adequately educate officers insult service operations. A second assessment by Eugene a Rostow the Yale Law professor who served in several administrations and John e. Endicott a senior official at the National defense University Here concluded the department of defense the joint chiefs of staff an the military services arc not taking professional Mili tary education seriously enough finally a Board of retired generals and admirals led by Gen. Russelle Dougherty of the air Force has concluded a perception exists that our inter mediate and senior colleges Are gentlemen s courses " while not entirely agreeing that such schooling is lightweight the Board said this perception is not without  thus the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff adm. William j. Crowe jr., acknowledged to Skillon s panel on military education several weeks ago the More 1 have delved into the subject and t believe 1 speak for the chiefs As Well the More i have been forced to broaden and modify my thinking about the multiple demands we place upon  in testimony before the Skelton panel. Crowe pro posed that a National Center for strategic studies be established at the National defense University  would be attended not Only by top officers but also by civilian officials academicians Tabor leaders legislators journalists and members of the clergy. Students at the Center the Admiral said would focus not on fighting a War but on How to protect United Stales interests without leading the nation into War without paying tribute to the world s troublemakers and without the open ended erosion of National  meanwhile the army War College already has started its own five year program to strengthen its instruction i strategy by hiring new faculty members pruning the curriculum of required courses in favor of More Clicc lives adding courses in joint planning and operations and demanding a higher Standard of writing. Professional military education for Junior officer includes Basic and advanced training in the fundamentals of their military specialities such As Lead ing an infantry company or air Force Squadron. Intermediate schools train Middle Grade officers to command battalions or serve on senior  the lop level Are the five War colleges. The nation Al War College educates officers to serve on the staff of the joint chiefs or Multi service Field commands. The tools Are part of the National Sithat fort Mcnairn Washington  army War College in Carlisle pa., the Navy War College in Newport . And the air War col lege in Montgomery ala., educate lieutenant Colo Nels and Navy commanders for Large commands and senior staff positions in their respective services. Marine corps officers attend one of the three. The majority of officers who arc promoted to Brig Adier general in the army Marine corps and air Force and to rear Admiral in the Navy Are graduates of the 10-month colleges where they have studied theart of military operations and its place in the nation s Security policy. But among senior officers and civilians with experience in the military establishment there is a wide spread belief that Many officers Are too harried in a2 year career jammed with Short term assignments to develop the intellect required of imaginative to commanders or staff officers