European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 28, 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 3 pulled on a rid if 2nd . Cor Lis twister wails watches and wishes the ii ton would Horn platoon Leader Lusn Teisler plays he Pun of it Soi Lei tank commander. By Vince. no Roberr Bureau hohi.ni11 s be Germany Baltic 2nd ll1 Cory la pm i to , is "99percent Milteer. Boredom and .1 put cent Hevr terror the. Thraw is an old one hut the lieutenant made in sound new As he. Wailed in the quiet of Dawn. A soviet Flug. Waved from his tank Antenna. I re tending to be a russian Plano Oil Leader he d been1 sitting an a Ridge since 4 fat inc amen Cam 10 Altave. Ant for the sheer boredom to end. Mis Tan belongs to cob 2nd in 70th army regt. Headquartered in Urdangen about 10 Miles North of turn Harg. But this Day in belonged to the bad Guys in a monthlong .1st army div exercise in Hohenfels. Ali Jeriod Guys came from Lamb org an other couple of it Xci Miles up the autobahn phony a till Cri peppered the. Valley floor and smoke up the Hills the air Force flew by and Gol Liol at. Then less Cisler com Mander Molj him off the Ridge line and told him to guard a flank. An hour and a half ulcer. A few scattered Mia mrs Man were during u out on foot somewhere Down inside the Allej. Hut still in arc was no real sign of an american push Well All we can do is sit and wait los mister told his gunner sol Gary Davis it s up n them when they attack us Bui the americans were alack my eau piously hat morning. Part of he reason for . Bore Down seems 10 be Money his battalion s 2nd brigade playing the russians is using ils Man Euver Money a Little flu or Alwn predicted. So rather than Lom Nedo nor running incr budget exercise planners have been Puuing Lliam in the do Finske we it cheaper. The use Lido so Iet forces did a Little Lam mute pct Stroika. So to speak. Thai creates u of role swill i big no 0 Battle plans Don t Call Lor an Eal bound first so Nice americans Ilon l twin w alack. On to defend and Cape doughs i Opsall to from 1st army i s operations slnjt1, said training the Sci Amoy Al avs Call for the divisions be of the defense usually fhiiniinnrwrcd3-to l " lit so sex trick plan ii is juggled the no Nib i Ihl Lime for the uric Mccu d am Noin first smoke be cause no commander would alack Superior forces they pulled Rui Ian units out of inc skirmish Unhul the two sides were about even. The world was an easier place to in Dormand be fore glasnost and the Gramon Kudman budget cuts for 40 years american and european forces have been preparing Here to Ward Oft a russian of tense generations fools have teen taught what m do if icy Wake up one a morning and we a Fri in full of Lanks blasting Loward them from out of the sunny. It s basically going to be a whole lot Tif isl sgt. Waller Wallace also from col2nd in 70lh army reel snid. Summing up his lifelong understanding of Warsaw Pacl strategy. Tanks Lanks and More tanks. West Crit fenders. Refugees from Siar k " Cut even these usually come from the cast and arc drawn Wuh red Ink on she terrain maps. Some units like the 1st army Day .in,. Cie Riim Are Hamest enough to pretend i net Yvo Actu ally russians even Alec King of their Defors in red stars and Hammer and sickle the whole idea behind the of on. S , i and one who s car puked carols Krio n s Iarj l poker b Jour Sci. Var fight ing also involve1, strategy hidden cards Bluffs and gumption and people training for War like to hive an of Pont it to Challenge them Sevet a inns a meant Sio thinks and pcs hence . These bad go i come in two flavors professional baddies arid Ordinary folks who gel told logo be bad for awhile. The army s professionals arc in the United slates at the National training Center at fort Irwim in the desert near Barstow Calif. There whole units of american soldiers spend their hours of duty training moving and fighting like russians while the rest of the stateside combat units arc deployed in and due of. The desert try ing their Luck and skill against them. The Ordinary folks Are everyday Soldier who get picked. , half of 1st army div is the Blue Force , and the other half is red. The next Lime put they la probably switch. Officials warned in Siaion a permanent unit of professional ofor soldiers in Northeast Luvaria s Grafen Wihr training where Al most every combat Soldier in Western Europe spends pan of the year. The intent was to make european version of the California de Sert jut budget consciousness recently caused them to scale Back their plans the Quality of Thi bad Guys to improving but they la keep coming from the same units they re fighting against no permanent russians Wallace inc first sergeant said pc tending to be Kim Siah is worthwhile in any event Tor the average Tanker. In gives the soldiers a Chance 10 to the other Side of Coin she Way they re going w be a Chance to know How a possible enemy moves and fights because russians have a different fight in Stylc from americans some people devote i hair whole careers to studying the nuances of soviet versus american Mil itary tactics Etui spec Maria Cordova a co ii tank gunner has a fairly simple explanation american attacks Are a hit and run Type. We have such a Small Force that we to to hit. And Back off russians just come on and keep on coming at you " thai was How the american unit finally Natucki a cob through the Valley m Little raids Here and there 11 seemed disconcerting to its Mavis it and inc other soldiers Allol them trained to thwart a rolling Wall of tanks. He listened to most of the Battle Over the radio be Tau his tank had been pulled off inc Side of the Allee and told to defend the rear. American tanks and aircraft got chewed up the russians lost one vehicle. Suddenly a raiding part of infamy wedged through the lines Loward less Cisler. His gunner climbed up beside him so Man the Mach i Negu in the boredom pan . Battle was out now the rest that other i percent was about to begin
