European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes monday May 7, 1990af general foresees broader jobs a amps Lynda Davidson it. Gen. Robert c. Oak news update aftershocks in Italy Potenza Italy apr aftershocks on sunday rolled through an area of Southern Italy rocked by an earthquake sending people into the streets in panic but causing no new damage or injuries officials reported. Two elderly people died of heart attacks and 30 people were injured when the quake struck the Region of Basilicata Southeast of Naples on saturday. The National geophysics Institute in Rome recorded five tremors Between Midnight and 8 . Sunday. Many people spent the night outside their Homes sleeping in cars or in trailers out of fear a new quake would  custody denied Lowell mass. Apr the family of a teen Ager convicted of beating his dog with a Board dropped a bid to retain custody of the animal after animal rights activists flooded a court with protest letters. Applause broke out in the Lowell District court Friday when lawyer f. Andrew Turley said the family of owner Kevin Deschene had decided to drop their claim to 19-month-old Champ a German Shepherd Collic mix. More than 21,000 signatures were brought to the court demanding that the family be denied custody because of photographs a neighbor took in november showing de Schyne beating Champ with a 4-foot wooden Plank. Deschene said he was disciplining Champ for tearing up garbage.4-state referral system set up for Vietnam vets new Yorks amps a an information and referral program for Vietnam veterans has been established in new York Kansas Kentucky and Pennsylvania by the american legion. The program seeks to identify agencies and programs that can provide services to the veterans and their families. The program also will inform service providers of the special needs of Vietnam veterans that resulted from exposure to the herbicide agent Orange and their War experiences. Vietnam veterans or their family members who have questions about services should Call i-800-882-1778 or 212-6206317 in new York City. They can also write to John f. Mooney state coordinator american legion Vietnam veterans family assistance program 252 seventh ave., new York by 10001. By Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a Job specialities will be consolidated and training needs will increase As the air forces size shrinks the commander of the services air training come says. A a it a ongoing. Its a Long term project a it. Gen. Robert c. Oaks said in an interview saturday. A a it a not something you get done in any one year. We will be doing some of that in �?T91.�?� he did not specify which areas might be consolidated. But he cited As an example the air forces rivet work Force program in which some aircraft maintenance specialities were consolidated so workers could perform a broader Range of tasks. A a they re not quite so specialized. And yet we have to maintain the same technical capabilities a Oaks said. The three Star general is spending 12 Days in Europe to look at various countries candidates to replace the aging t-37 Jet Trainer. The air Force has flown the Cessna aircraft since 1958 for Basic Pilot training. A i Learned to Fly in the t-37. My son just graduated in the t-37 a year ago. I done to want my grandson to Fly the t-37,�?� Oaks said. A a it a not a a Nice to  its not a luxury. It is a  the air Force and Navy plan a joint Purchase of replacements for the t-37. Oaks said he expects the government to sign a contract in 1994 to buy 500 t-37 replacements. Among the countries that have proposed aircraft candidates to succeed the t-37 Are Sweden West Germany and Yugoslavia. Oaks acknowledged that the services might not have considered buying a yugoslavian aircraft a few years ago. A of done to Wanus make it sound commonplace because it is unusual that we would consider looking at their aircraft a Oaks said. A but if it flies Well look at it. They have been flying this aircraft for some time. They re Happy with it and when they heard that we were going to buy a significant number of aircraft they said a hey we want you to look at us too a so they made a request and we re Happy t0  the to aircraft to train new Tanker and transport pilots will be added to the air forces inventory in 1992, Oaks said plans project that a contract would be signed in the late 1990s to buy replacements for t-38 aircraft used to train bomber and fighter pilots. Trans Atlantic computer Battle is army a most ambitious one by Gary Pomeroy staff writer v corps units in Fulda will Square off today against a Kansas unit in the army a most ambitious simulated Battle. Through the use of the joint exercise simulation system division and corps staffs Are fighting a we Klong computer Battle with an opposing Force at the combined arms Center at fort Leavenworth. The exercise War fighter is part of the Battle command training program. It is the first time that division and corps staffs have been linked in a simulated Battle a v corps official said. A this can be seen As a logical Extension of what went on during Centurion shield a said it. Col. Richard m. Bridges v corps Public affairs officer. The Jess portion of Centurion shield ran in conjunction with the 55,000 soldiers participating in a Field training exercise. War fighter will include 5,000 soldiers who will perform tasks ranging from Active participants to support personnel. The heart of the exercise is 98 Jess computer terminals set up at Sickels army Airfield in Fulda. Exercise play is being conducted from Mobile command posts in the Fulda and Wil Flecken areas. This includes vehicles belonging to v corps 3rd army div 8th inf div and the 11th army Cav regt. Jess allows the exercise to be free play with no script. Both sides have a plan but there is no Structure. Bridges said. However the realism is there thanks to three mainframe computers that provide the status of the Battle to the players. A if the g-4 logistics forgets to put Gas at a Forward area refuelling Point for the helicopters and the g-3 operations is thinking the helicopters Are going to go for a deep attack the computer is going to say  a one key difference Between Centurion shield Ana War fighter is that the enemy is a unit that is already Well versed in the opposing forces tactics. Generally in a scripted Battle one of the two forces has to learn opposing Force tactics. A having a corps develop an opposing Force for an exercise forces a unit to train differently than it would normally train a Bridges said. A Why not dedicate some assets to be a professional opposing Force its economical and efficient but you re also creating a group of folks that become intimately knowledgeable about opposing Force tactics. A so when they rotate out they can bring that wealth of knowledge Back to units a Bridges said. The  of computer simulation is to provide realistic training for higher level commanders Sam e. Middlebrooks v corps computer simulation chief said earlier this year. A full scripting was the Way nato practice for the next War until about three years ago when computer technology allowed us to get into the More sophisticated Levels of training for the higher Levels of command a Middlebrooks said during reformer. A at hour 15, whatever was on the script was going to happen. But now if they done to handle their deep strike air assets right if they done to handle their intelligence right then they Start losing the  Bridges said computer systems enable the stairs to have the same cohesiveness in the Field that is found in companies and battalions. Tape of Noriega a banker tells his fear of being killed Tampa Fla. Apr Manuel Noriega a self described personal banker worried two years ago that head be killed if he testified before the . Senate about the panamanian rulers financial dealings a tape recorded conversation shows. A if i say anything about Noriega and its reported by the press in a dead a Amjad Awan said in a secretly recorded tape played Friday in his Federal drug Money laundering trial. A the knows that i know  the banker uneasy at being subpoenaed to testify before the Senate in september 1988, said he could Trace the flow of the dictators Cash to accounts outside Panama. A a it a a question of Money and i know exactly where he has what a Awan unwittingly told an undercover agent. A and no matter How much he likes me How much of a Friend i am. When it comes to Money when his Back is towards the Wall you  the tape concluded the 15th week of government testimony that Awan four Ellow Bankers at the Luxembourg based Bank of credit and Commerce International and a colombian laundered Cash they knew to be drug proceeds. Awan had no reason to suspect the Friend he was chatting with at a Plush Miami restaurant was an agent. For More than a year Awan had helped Robert Musella move Large amounts of Cash from the United states to secret overseas accounts. Musella however was the identity assumed by drug enforcement administration agent Robert Mazur. He told Awan on tapes already played at the trial that the Money was coming from some of colombians largest cocaine dealers. Awan said he did no to care that it Wasny to up to him to judge the morality of where the Money came from. Awan and the other defendants maintain their innocence. The Bankers say they were victims of the Luxembourg Bank management a passion to expand and attract new capital. Two divisions of the Bank a one of the worlds largest private financial institutions pleaded guilty to Money Laun Dering charges when trial began in Jan uary. In a plea bargain the Luxembourg Bank forfeited $ 15 million in Frozen As sets and interest. On the tape Awan is heard question ing How the Bank a High powered Washington lawyer former Secretary of Stati Clark Clifford was handling the Senati subpoena. Awan expressed his fear that Cliffon was about to sell him out to protect that Luxembourg Bank and Cliffords Bank first american Bank from scandal. Awan said the Luxembourg Bank Board was so anxious to keep him fron talking and to avoid scandal that it even urged him to get out of the unite it states. The banker also predicted the Bank would Duck the subpoena by telling the subcommittee that no Noriega Bankin records existed in that country and tha Noriega  surrender the Bank records in Panama. Clifford later gave a similar response to sen. John Kerry the subcommittee chairman