European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday ,emnar2b, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 9 frenchmen get a taste of . Choppers ill  nor Njeru tin i Iii Grafen Ohk. West Germany no copt. Bertram Navy Renu says the French do not have wine in it Cir Field rations As a matter of fact he said French Field chaw is pretty Simitar to american , the Mil and plastic wrapped meals ready to eat. Yes in s French booking but had French cooking Favereau said. It s very diff Aih in pm ,1 Good Cook in such a Small Box and anyway Navor Cau added he and capt. Arnaud Martin weren t in town for the food. The two French army helicopter pilots up Cal two weeks at the training area Al  this month with an Ameri can air cavalry troop during Iron Thun Der a biannual exercise in which 1st army div soldiers train with live bullets. The French May Fly a different Brand of helicopter but a Ereau said the big Gest difference Between the French and . Flying programs is she non commissioned officers. American Pilot ire officers either commissioned or warrant. French pilots on the other hand Art Serge ans. The officers who All Transfer into aviation from a ground Branch Kad the flying regiment the same Way 1hat infantry offi cers Lead enlisted infantrymen in our troop we Nave four or five officers and All the pilots arc cos nay Crau said. There is not exactly the same relationship Between the  american capt. Paul Havery said in s a Good idea these Days 10 learn How the French dim have organized their ranks. To save Money while keeping experienced people american military leaders arc Chi Purine the option of put Ting sergeants in the cockpits of army helicopters. The artillery school at fort Sill okla., for example has begun using cos As non Pilot observers in a new Model of Kiowa scout helicopter a seat tradition ally reserved for an officer. Avery is a troop commander with the division s 1st so. 1st Cav is it go which invited the two frenchmen to -. S4s Var off capt. Bertrand Nav Cream left ant can. Arnaud Martin lung cd about the helicopters and Liin Faro of Black Hawk  graft Wohr tie american soldiers Call their unit the Black Hawk regiment because its history dates Back to those Indian wars in the last Century. Hence whatever spot of ground the regiment happens to be occupying is called Black  by the end of the second week Nave Reau and Martin were throwing around the Black Hawk term like veterans. A cry said the two frenchmen ale slept worked and killed Lime alongside the americans. They weren t licensed to Fly the Squadron s cobra attack helicopters but they logged flight time in the gunners seats and showed american tacticians How the French would plan their Battles. Language was a problem. English is he International language of flying Favereau said. But no a lot of americans speak French. I be Only met  one of the two was master sgt. Ber Nard Bullard from the division s 4th Bri Gade Headquarters. Bullard a French Man by birth said he joined the . Army for three years in order to gel his citizenship. Now 23 years Laler i guess t forgot 10 gel out Bullard said. His accent is As thick As Favereau s and Martins but until i he French pilots arrived Bullard had t spoken his Mother Tongue since 19b4. I speak More Ger Man now than French he said Favereau said asap and kids were a couple of the new american words he picked up during the training. He Learned others he said but those ought not be printed. 1 St soviet Survey by foreign firm to the s t g e o g r a p h y k n o w i e d g e Moscow a the soviet Union which for decades banned accurate maps As a Security risk and outlawed Public opinion surveys As anti communist will allow the Gallup poll to Survey its citizens knowl Edge of geography Vestia reported monday the poll of 1,500 to 1,000 people apparently is aimed at discovering whether soviet citizens Are As ignorant As americans of such Basic facts As the location of great Brit Ain. ".".-.  a recent int rational poll by Gallup end the washing ton  National geographic society found that three out of four americans could t find the persian Gulf on a map and most Wen even lost on Britain. Americans ranked sixth am Origine eight nations a std. Adult americans averaged 8.6 Correct answers out of 16, far behind the swedes at 11.6. The West germans scored with 11.2, the japanese 9.7, the French 9,3, and the  ans9.2. The  Only the italians at 7.6 and the mexicans at 7.4 now it appears that same test is coming to the soviet Union. I Vesliga said the planned poll is a joint project of Gallup and the National geographic society aimed at determining the level of geographic knowledge of various countries. I. Although the soviets have broken with tradition and started their own Public opinion polls in the past Jear. This apparently is the first Lime a foreign firm will be permitted to conduct a Survey on soviet soil. However the poll will be done in conjunction with the soviets Institute for Sociol Gica research. \  Many years sociology Wasa lost science in the soviet Union As marxist leninism claims All societies will inv . Personal Iliou Ghis were grounds for in ,Arki Public opinion polls were inconceivable. Maps Are still sketchy and deliberately Diu uned with Rivers shifted and whole sections of majorities excised. The soviet government admitted to that practice several months ago and promised that new accurate maps were forthcoming. Many soviet citizens have difficulty wading maps As a result of it St inaccuracies. Reliance on Public transportation also limits some Citi ens sense direction. Follow bus number 7," May be the Best advice a Motorist can expect. -. Americans however Don t fare much better according to Gallup. More than one third could not pick out the westernmost City on a simple map ils . Poll found the Gallup poll also will Survey soviet coast Mars to determine what products they buy and what items they would like to Purchase Izvestia said that Basic marketing question May sound a bit strange to soviet ears. With a chronic severe shortage of nearly All consumer items most soviet Consumers buy anything de rent they find regardless of such niceties Assi a and then Trade with friends the Gallup poll also will question soviet Consumers familiarity with american magic products Krestia said v _ soviets love. Western Brand names and snap up shirts stickers hats almost anything imprint cd with macs like Adidas Nike and Mercedes but the genuine Wester products Are hard to come by because the soviet Union cuts imports of consumer goods when its foreign income. Falls with the Price of siberian Oil and Gas. ,. Exact wording of the Gallup Survey questions Sli being worked out but it should be completed by mid Jan uary Izvestia said soviets launch must candidate election race Moscow a the soviet Union began its first National Multi candidate election Campaign monday with 100 communist party Mem Bers and Ordinary citizens entering the race.,monday s nominees including a retired army general  months o win the suddenly a guaranteed Voles of their comrades. A Law passed in november dropped decades of single candidate balloting for. Communist party nominees in favor of unlimited candidates for 2,250 scats in the new Congress of topic s deputies. Balloting is set for March 26. Voters used to have no Choice of candidates and nominees were chosen according to social status age and sex to guarantee filling quotas for factory workers and other demographic groups  said., in the time of Sovil dictator Jose Stalin. People who registered objections by vainly voting no risked a 25rvcar prison term. _-."-. Undt f president Mikhail s. Gorbachev s reorganization precinct caucuses  by company or Industry and certain Public organizations ranging from the communist i arty to he Academy of sciences May nominate an unlimited number of candidates ,. Congress will meet once a year and elect s nearly full time parliament from among its members