European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday april 7, t989 us Maiuu a i he a huh he Vii    i vhf Hil he he a  Usa eur Pao responds to article in is t read David Tarrant s feb. 27 Story on Gor Baporia with interest and would like inc Opportunity o comment on some of the remarks about reformer which he attributed to sources and  the soldiers of . Army Europe rely on the Slars and stripes for both nation Al and Europe oriented news and they Ore entitled to the fails. They Are after All the men and women ultimately responsible for fulfilling our commitment to nato. To read conflicting statements from Anonymous sources on the it a of re forger h Lervis no purpose. To begin Wither. Tarrant states and  the Pentagon announced in  the United slates was reducing the scale of nato s an Nual Keti irn of forces to Germany cd ice civics " no such announcement was made the feb. 3 . European come release Ali dirty stated that she in Hance men i of inc ref pager program was de signed to train smarter and ultimately improve combat  while inc concept will still enable us to deploy a significant number of sol Diers from inc United states the Over All number of soldiers in the Field will Lessen during subsequent Maneu vers. The fewer Man Euver forces will result from  smart philosophy of using inc proper i of simulations Field training eur discs ftps. Com Mand Post cur discs cps and com Mand Field exercises Coxs to accomplish training objectives established for each of the participating units. To Char acl Cri a this concept As reducing the scale of Tefor Ger is 1 feel a Misnomer. According to ,.tarrant, a Penta gon source and an army colonel told the stars and stripes that the main thing driving this was to pm aerie inc germans Rind that i Don t know we llil1 drink rom out and Tell the truth thai  for German relations us1-, Well ii Vii response to  these individuals Are woefully ill in Forim d and As such Maile inaccurate statements As to Boih  and purpose of the re forger enhancement 1 Root him announced by . European c omd. Re forger is an essential ingredient in our policy of deterrence and Demon is Rales Bot hour capability and resolve to meet our nato commitments. It is also a very Complex and costly exercise. Re forger is the . Strategic deploy ment enc risk sponsored by the join chiefs of statto demonstrate the United slates resolve and ability to reinforce nato and to Honor a 1967 tripartite United Stales United King Dom and Federal Republic of Ger Many. The re forger deployment Ful fills the requirement of the United states. United kingdom and Federal Republic of Germany tripartite agreement signed in 1967, authorizing the removal of certain . And . Forces from West Germany. At that Lime the United. States agreed to return nato committed ground and air units to Germany for training. Re forger planning is accomplished by the joint chiefs of staff in coordination with . European come. Field training exercises following the deploy ment of units based in the United states Are normally planned and executed by headquarter . Army Europe with Allied participation. Refer Ger so was the 20lh cae Rdse in the reformer series. Although generally considered to be Art annual deployment the interval Between exercises has varied from As Short As three months to As Long As 19 months. It has been and will continue to be a unique training Opportunity for the . Army Europe our participating nato allies Continental United states based Active and Reserve army units and commanders and staffs of All Levels. We arc continually looking for ways to improve our training techniques. To get he maximum value from funding available and to minimize the impart of our training on the local population and the environment. Our goal. As always is to train smarter not less. The refer bar  pro Gram to be validated during caravan guard and employed during reformer 90, is the result or applying our train smarter concept to the training exer Cise which is traditionally a pan of pc forger. At the conclusion of certain Challenge 88 last september Gen. Crosbie. Saint commander. Usar eur Lold american forces,.network Europe in a Post exercise interview that he was extremely pleased with the concept of using corps Headquarters As players rather than As controllers. This corps is. Corps scenario had provided these commanders and their staffs realistic training challenges in a Field environment. He indicated that he wished to continue exercising his higher level staffs and that he would seek the most off cacti it ways of doing thai. At Gen. Saint s direction he usar eur formed a special study group in the Early fall of 1988. The Mission was to evaluate different concepts which would meet his announced objective of training staffs and commanders Dur ing reformer. The study group recommended a combination of train ing techniques involving the integration of new computer technology command Post exercises Field training exercises and command Field exercises. This mix will Stilt enable us to deploy significant numbers of soldiers from the United Stales hut will Lessen the requirement for the Overall number of fighting vehicles in the Field during sub sequent Maneu vers. The fighting vehicles and Crews May be trained at another Lime by a variety of Means. We Call the integration of these techniques training  the command Field exercise Cox is an interesting concept and merits fur ther discussion. It focuses on the train ing of commanders and staffs at differ ent Levels rather than on an evaluation of the skills of the individual Soldier or Small units. For example if the division commander wishes to evaluate com Mand control and communications at the Levels of brigade through battalion he May employ the Cox technique thereby reducing the number of tactical vehicles required by his subordinate " under this concept a tank company commander May Only. Be required to Lake his command Post and Only the specific tanks assigned to his platoon commanders to the Field. This will per Mit ground truth for the higher head quarters while reducing costs. At some Point in the future we May even be Able to use a computer to fill the ground truth need but not Al present As Well As we would like c will continue our efforts while Coxs have been routinely used in the past this will Mark the first time the technique has been fully inc grated into the forger. Readiness Levels of the Small units will not be degraded As training is a full Lime Job. Small unil combat readiness will continue to be sustained through implementation of Long term individual and unit training plans and programs such As the combat Man Euver training Center at Hohrn Fels. Clearly a Welcome byproduct of this concept would be a reduction in Maneu ver damage. I wish to stress that Maneu ver damage prevention is and has Al ways been a matter of concern to the  make up Usa eur. In All our training exercises regardless of size we place Garcal importance on the Impact of our training on die Environ ment and on the Day to Day routine of our hosts the German people. That concern remains vital to our plans. However the changes we arc making in this enhanced reformer concept focus on studying How we can train smarter which in essence Means More training for the right people. We want to train smarter not less. We want to get the most for the training Dollar and we wish to minimize the disruption to our hosts. We want primarily however to maintain our commit ment to nato fora Force capable of participating in the defense of our Western political system we can Only do this by training. It is for these reasons that i take exception to your comments on reformer. If you have a question about training in Usa eur. Ask me. Not some Anonymous individual in Washington. Cot Samuel w. Flora or. Chief Public affairs he Usa eur and 7tli army editor s note a sum and stripes Page one article in feb. 2, Neucom aniline plan for combined reformer included extensive quotes from col. Finest and Yucom As to both the origin and purpose of the reformer changes. . 27 article concerned the Impact of Public opinion on nato. Refer scr was mentioned in four paragraphs which included views from both Neucom and sources with other Opin ions. E readers urged to Send protests of Oil spills do you like seafood. Daily the slurs stripes has been following what is said to be our nation s worst Oil spill in Valdez. Alaska. Abc s night inc just covered the disaster As Well. Grit  and read ibis compilation of the facts the Exxon Valdez Oil Tanker to Date has lost Over 11 Mill Ion Gallons into the Pristine Marine environment of Prince William sound. The Oil Slick spreads Over More than 100 Square Miles. A cleanup contingency plan was written but not followed by either Exxon or the Alyeska pipeline service Compa Nies As written. Because of the Oil industries slow response it is past an effective recovery Point now Kelso said. Alaska s governor said the spill threatens a major fishery and a Sensi Tive environment teeming with sea life and is requesting Federal Aid to assist in the cleanup. Birds Are dying and fishermen face a 575 million to $ 100 million loss in Salmon and herring. Since Prince William sound is a Pri Mary Breeding ground for herring it could be "14 years before scans herring Back said a local Fisherman. The mayor of Valdez said this will Cost hundreds of millions of dollars to. Valdez directly not to mention the lessened Quality of life some 3,000 spills occur annually around the country and seven of Epa s 10 enforcement regions have never imposed fines for Oil pollution. Four huge Oil spills have occurred in the world to Date ranging from 67 Mil lion Gallons along the Brittany coast to 177 million Gallons in inc Gilf of mexi co besides inc Cost of seafood going up and to a rowing dependence on specs Price fluctuations this is the water to quench the in isl of our children s Chil Dren. 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