European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november8, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 Over Here 3rd inf div leaders Are bundled up for class at the Schweinfurt training area. At left troops Man Euver a Bradley fighting vehicle and an Abrams tank through mud go to War classroom s big As All outdoors Rvin Unni id. By John Millar. Wurzburg Bureau Schweinfurt Germany a it was like any other Large classroom except for the mud biting wind and 60-ton tanks rolling around. Students sat on cold Metal bleachers wearing Large rubber Over boots and jackets with hoods pulled tight around their faces. They watched intently As their teachers drove my Abrams tanks Bradley fighting vehicles armoured personnel carriers and assorted trucks. Those teaching the class last week used the military hardware As Chalk and the Muddy Fields of a Schweinfurt training area As their blackboard. The teachers were instructing 3rd inf div leaders during a three Day course called a go to War training a which uses Battlefield demonstrations to Back up classroom instruction. A a a go to War is a Means which the division uses to define and rectify deficiencies found at a Mac a said maj. Spurgeon Moore the division Deputy operations officer. The a Mac or combat Man Euver training Center at Hohenfels is where army units in Europe test their Battle tactics and Maneu vers on a Large scale. The division commander maj. Gen. Wilson a. Shoffner said there Are Sev eral reasons Why units May have problems with Maneu vers considered Standard throughout the army. One is the turnover in the ranks. A we have a lot of turbulence in the army a Shoffner said. A was a Rule the army has about 15 percent per Quarter of fresh people coming and  promotions schools and administrative moves take another third he said. A so every six months one half to two thirds of your people Are Brand new in their  complicated tactics and Maneu vers devised to keep up with technology and weapons systems compound the problem a when you have an integrated combined arms Force on the ground there slots of moving parts a Shoffner said. The age old problem of trying to get All the parts to work As one Well oiled machine on the Battlefield also bothered Gen. George s. Patton the legendary world War ii commander of the . 3rd army. While talking to troops in 1941, Patton said a there is still a tendency in each separate unit to be a one handed puncher. By that i mean the Rifleman wants to shoot the Tanker to charge the artillerymen to fire. That is not the Way to win  Patton referred to soldiers As a musicians of Mars a the god of War. He said that if a bands musicians played individually a there would be a hell of a lot of noise but no music. To get Harmony in music each instrument must support the others. To get Harmony in Battle each weapon must support the  borrowing from Patton Shoffner said that go to War training a is a discussion for individual musicians of Mars and that it helped All of his soldiers to play from the same Sheet of music by demonstrating Battlefield tasks note by note. It. Col. Bill Hutcheson a tank unit 2nd in 64th Armor rolled through the mud demonstrating the proper Way to attack an enemy. The unit had rehearsed the offensive and defensive Maneu vers so that a a there a no room for interpretation its being demonstrated correctly a he said Hutcheson a tank unit was one instrument in what Patton May have called a Battlefield symphony with the first movement being a live demonstration of How units work together to refuel tanks and Bradley. In what is called a fast Gas or a refuel on the move a support soldiers from the battalion set up the equivalent of a Field filling station in the mud just in front of the students. Hutcheson a tanks and Bradley from the 2nd in 15th inf roared up to the station performed a precision fill up and in about five minutes were moving out again. The symphony a next movement started when the tankers once again accompanied by infantry soldiers in their Bradley made a charge from a wooded area. The Armor mane Vered together through the simulated Battlefield shooting at targets with the army a multiple integrated laser engagement system. Members of the audience could hear the vehicles communications and watch How they mane Vered As a team on the simulated Battlefield. The course was attended by a everybody who a a Leader in the division a Moore said. Students included platoon leaders platoon sergeants company commanders and the division commander. They discussed tactics in classrooms before watching actual on the ground demonstrations Moore said. Shoffner said the lessons from the Muddy Schweinfurt classroom can be applied outside Central Europe a a they a be useful in Southwest Asia North Africa or Korea. We re stationed Here in the Middle of Europe but we recognize that we re in an army that has a global  . Jet fighters to leave Philippines in 91 Manila Philippines up a the United states Wing currently based at Clark will be  wednesday it would withdraw All of its fight a Mac  m in immediately available for comment. Manila Philippines v announced wednesday it would withdraw All of its fighter aircraft from the Philippines next year when its Basing rights in the country expire. Special . Negotiator Richard Armitage made the announcement during a private meeting with philippine foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus on the eve of the second round of talks on the future of six . Facilities in the country a . Statement said. The 1947 lease on the sprawling Clark a and Subic Bay naval facilities expires on sept. 16,1991. Clark and Subic Are the oldest and largest . Facilities overseas and Are manned by some 14,500 troops. Armitage arrived earlier wednesday for the two Days of talks scheduled to begin thursday. He immediately went to the meeting with Mang Lapus. The statement said Armitage informed Mang Lapus the United states has decided not to station f-15 aircraft at Clark beginning in 1991 As originally planned to replace the aging f-4 fighters. It said the f-15s would instead be based at Elmendorf fab in Alaska. Mang Lapus also was informed the 3rd tac fighter a was previously announced in april 1990, the 90th tactical fighter squadrons f-4gs will be removed from the Philippines in May 1991. The wings second Squadron consisting of f-4e aircraft was to have been replaced by the f-15es. This unit will indeed be removed by september 1991 but not replaced. A the net effect of this decision is that at some Point in 1991, the . Will have no fighter aircraft permanently based in the Philippines and that More than 1,800 military personnel will have departed a the statement said. It said the United states was notifying allies in the Region of the decision which it stressed a in no Way diminishes our commitment or ability to meet our responsibilities in the  in addition to the two fighter squadrons the United states maintains the military Airlift come at Clark which employs huge transport planes. . Officials have expressed interest in retaining the Airlift command terminal at Clark but the decision to withdraw the attack jets was certain to come As a Surprise to the philippine panel whose members were not immediately available for comment. During talks in september Armitage indicated the Bush administration wanted a phase Down of the six facilities in 10 to 12 years and a limited military presence after that. The Philippines on the other hand served notice it would take Over Clark and four smaller facilities upon the expiration of the bases pact. However the Philippines said it would consider a phase Down of Subic a Navy repair and logistics Center. The United states provides the Philippines $481 million annually for the bases which filipino nationalists regard As an infringement of National sovereignty. The United states said it still was interested in a Are invigorating ties with the Philippines and expressed Hopes the decision to withdraw the aircraft from Clark would Lead to a successful conclusion of a new relationship with its former Colony. The american offer of partnership in the process of transforming military facilities by phasing Down the . Presence while phasing in joint use commercialization and new economic enterprises remains on the table a the statement said