European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and Stripe crisis in the unit is taught to Cope with realities by Vince Crawley staff writer with the 82nd airborne div in saudi Arabia a death an unspoken word in Many desert shield units is not taboo in it col. Thomas Brunovs tank battalion. A i Don t want you to think i m a death and dying kind of Guy a said Bruno 43. A i just want my people to  his soldiers have handled body bags Given each another intravenous injections and practice Reading last rites. This will help them Cope with the realities of combat Bruno said. A the sights sounds and smells of a Battlefield Are what in be got to train these Guys to a said Bruno who commands the 3rd in 73rd army regt a Light tank outfit with the 82nd airborne div. His ideas arc nothing new. Some units in Germany use slaughterhouse waste to help soldiers overcome the squeamishness of Battlefield Medicine. Even Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the senior . Commander in saudi Arabia recently spoke about the Grimmer Side of combat. In a seeming about face from Nis earlier a stormin Normand interviews the Central come general said he hoped for a peaceful solution to the persian Gulf crisis. That Way the soldiers Allied against Iraq would not have to endure a the profanity of War. Bruno referred to his battalions training As a death and dying classes and said they Date Back to a Tell it like it is psychology popular in army circles in the late 1940s. Required Reading for his officers includes books with such titles As a this kind of War a study in unpreparedness a and a lieutenant a which Bruno said is about a making sure you re hard and firm and done to Compro Mise your  he a had his medics train the soldiers in what the army Calls a combat lifesaving techniques a or Battlefield first Aid. Bruno who a originally from Carmichael Calif., near Sacramento describes himself As a Tough Guy to work for and said he so like a Mother in Law living with his soldiers and nagging them. A a they la Tell you in a crazy but i make them better to  live in combat a he said. He thinks the Tough training has worked. A what do i think about the winds of War a he asked a if the president tells me to go the Guys Are ready and we done to have to pause. We re fully Mission capable and i know that scares the hell out of a lot of people a a but then so does death even though most other soldiers done to talk about it. News update University to Settle Washington a Richard Berendzen who resigned As president of american University after allegations that he had made obscene Telephone Calls will receive a $1 million settlement from the school for giving up his tenure As a professor University sources have said. The Washington Post said the settlement was authorized by the University a trustees but that it was not final. Anita Gottlieb a spokeswoman would not discuss the settlement saying a the University As a policy does not discuss financial arrangements Between the University and its employees. That a the same with the president or a  she said however that a was of january there will be no relationship Between the University and Richard  sources confirmed the $1 million sum was a in the  America Ranger and Roosevelt joining aircraft carriers in Gulf by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the aircraft carriers America Ranger and Theodore Roosevelt will go to the Middle East to join three other carriers assigned to operation desert shield defense department officials said Friday. The Theodore Roosevelt and America both Home ported at Norfolk va., and the Ranger based in san Diego Calif., will join the carriers Midway Saratoga and John f. Kennedy. The Midway is in the Northern arabian sea while the Saratoga is in the red sea and the Kennedy is patrolling the Eastern Mediterranean Navy officials said. Both the Theodore Roosevelt and the America left Norfolk last week for training exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. The Ranger had been scheduled for a Lon term deployment in the near future. The Navy has a total of 14 aircraft carriers. Along with the carriers the battleship Missouri will join the battleship Wisconsin which is in the Vicinity of the Gulf of Oman. The Home port of the Missouri is Long Beach Calif. Navy officials said the delay in identifying which carriers will go to the Middle East resulted from Chain of command procedures. A the president says a give me three carriers a but he does no to specify which ones  be a said one Navy official. A we go to the Atlantic and Pacific commands and they May go to their subordinate commands to a nominated the ships to fulfil the requirement a he said. A then word comes Back up the Chain and a decision is  the three carriers will sail with a appropriate  officials indicated the escorts could be fewer than in Normal Carrier Battle groups which usually total eight to 12 snips. The total number of escorts for the carriers and the Missouri is expected to be about 15 to 20 ships. There Are about 65 ships in the Middle East including five missile cruisers two destroyers two frigates and several nuclear submarines according to the Pentagon. There was no delay in naming the additional battleship tasked for persian Gulf duty because the Wisconsin and Missouri Are the Only two readily available. The Iowa was decommissioned oct. 27, almost a year and a half after one of its 16-Inch gun turrets exploded during a firing exercise killing 47 sailors. The new j Jersey is scheduled to be decommissioned in february. A we knew we were going to have to make budget cuts and these Are older ships that Are very expensive a said the Navy official. The battleships which can launch shells weighing More than 2,500 pounds up to 23 Miles have epitomized Navy firepower. But officials from the general accounting office testified that the Navy does not have enough properly trained operators for the ships 16-Inch guns and that their Mission can be handled better by other Navy  s wife Dies of unknown causes Wurzburg Germany a amps a a 27-year-old army wife died of unknown causes late thursday a Community spokeswoman said Friday. Kristal Mccord the wife of sgt. John Mccord became ill while the couple was watching a movie at a military theater in Kitzinger spokeswoman Babs Angel said. When her condition did no to improve by the shows end the Soldier drove his wife to the army Hospital in Wurzburg. Mccord died at about 10 25 ., shortly after her arrival at the Hospital Angel said. Authorities have not been Able to determine the cause of death. Mccord of Wellington kan., had been in Germany 2vi weeks. She is survived by her husband a 5-year-old son and a 3-year-old  the dates of the Pir Masens american vol Smarch listed in this weeks stripes Magazine were incorrect. The vol Smarch will be nov. 17 and 18, from 7 30 . To 1  Both Days. A recent Story incorrectly identified the wife of missing helicopter Pilot chief warrant officer 2 James Harbeson. Her name is Lucia Harbeson. It War fears Send wholesale prices soaring for third straight month Washington a wholesale prices in october soared for the third consecutive month the government said Friday As the fear of War in the persian Gulf kept Energy prices rising. The labor department said its producer Price Index for finished goods one Stop Short of retail jumped 1.1 percent last month after rising 1.6 percent in september and 1.3 percent in August. The three month Jolt brought producer Price inflation for the first 10 months of 1990 to a 7 percent annual rate. That a sharply higher than last years 4.9 percent rate and was the worst since inflation soared at double digit rates in the Early 1980s. If wholesale inflation were to continue at the october rate for 12 consecutive months the annual rate would be 13.7 percent. However most economists expect Energy inflation to moderate soon barring the outbreak of War in the Middle East or if saudi arabian Oil production facilities manage to survive a Short War relatively intact. In october As in August and september Energy prices led the Index higher rising 8 percent compared with a 0.9 percent increase for food a the worst since january a and no net change in the prices of All other items. Still it was better than the 13.8 percent Rise in Energy costs in september and the 9.5 percent increase a month before that. Irish presidency goes to woman Dublin Ireland apr Mary Robinson a lawyer who had battled Church and state in past campaigns for legalized divorce and contraception claimed Victo in Friday in the presidential race and her main opponent conceded defeat. The candidates released their statements As election officials continued their count and a few hours before the announcement of the result was expected. Robinson told bbl radio a it is the Irish people who have decided this time its going to be  Brian Lenihan who until last week was Deputy prime minister and defense minister said in an interview on Irish radio that he a had been Defeated by a Rainbow coalition of the  Robinson who is an Independent but was nominated by the labor and workers parties would be the first woman and the first leftist candidate elected to the office in the country a 68-year history. In the first round of counting Lenihan had 44.1 percent of the vote. For Robinson it was 38.9 percent and for Austin Currie 17 percent. Since no one got a majority in the first round the result turned on the second choices marked by curries supporters. Those a a Transfer votes were expected to go overwhelmingly to Robinson. The Winner will be inaugurated dec. 3. The incumbent Patrick Hillery has held the largely ceremonial Post for two terms