European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 19, 1991the stars and stripes Page 9 military defense police to move to Wethersfield base London a amps a the ministry of defense police will move their Headquarters and training school to Wethersfield the former american operated Raf base officials say. A a the move will take place sometime during 1992, they added. Wethersfield is located about 30 Miles North of London. A a. A a a. It was formerly the Home of the 819th civil engr so which deactivated aug 31. 1990. ,. A the Airfield was used by . Units during world War ii and later was the Home of the 20th tac fighter Wing now located at Raf upper Heyford. At one Point 500 service members and 18 . Civilians were assigned there. Mccarthy to head Council Frankfurt Germany a Gen. James p. Mccarthy Deputy commander of the european come has been named president of the United service organizations Council of Germany. Mccarthy replaces Gen. Crosbie e. Saint the commander of the . Army in Europe and becomes the first air Force four Star general to head the Council in its 21-year history. The Uso also announced the Start of a fund raising Campaign with a goal of 1.5 million German Marks to fund German american programs for the next few years.-. A a a. -. A ,. A a unclaimed baggage Offenbach Germany a warehouse personnel arc trying to match up service members and civilians in Europe with their unclaimed baggage a v corps spokesman said. Baggage left unclaimed alter 300 Days is subject to disposal. No further storage is authorized. The following persons should Contact the Offenbach warehouse Ito Box 44, Frankfurt , Apo 09710, or Call ets 320-5008 or 7309. The Germany civilian numbers Are 069-1515008 or 0691517309. Baggage unclaimed dams Richard Alleman Ronald Anderson Terry Andrews Aaron Barnett Herman Berlin Laura Blair Alan Bost Danny Brown Roderick Browne Stanley Burpo Paul Carrico Michael Centa Bey an Deese c Ardelion Delatch Denton Roderick Diefenbach Israel Donaldson Sahara Evans Gregory Fernandez Maria Foley Adrience Fowler Sheila Galvin Pery Gause Denise Grear Stanley grocery. J. Griffith Lay baggage unclaimed Abela. Carmel Bankson John l. Blaunt. Clarence Braxston Edward Brewe George. Britton Dinah Burkholder. Bryan Butler. Kenneth a Carr Brian Ebel Walter Elliott George Gromaski Sharon Butler Kenneth Howard t. Hudson coition Inman d. Johnson Andrew after 60 Days Hester William Hix Gray hones Tracey Jackson Andrew King Andrew Lenzi Vietor Lesnick Thomas Lony d. Main William Marks Michael Martin Alanna Murrieta Ismael Nerrisa Alexander Powell Anthony Pritchard Caramel Uarino Thomas Redie Kenneth Saley Ferdinand Sawyer Alexander Schipler Kenneth Shaw Alden. Turn a Viator Erica Villareal Albert Vonstein Christophe Green Robert after 120 Days. Jones Bashaw Levely Brett Mathis Hubert. Mingo Corey a. Moses Kevin Newson Willie Olmo. Novoa Onan Jonathan Pidone Todd Pouzal Roseland Purington Alan Selfe Larry Smith Steve Stone Kelly Van Fosen Michael Whitfield e. Wilson Thomas or War. A. A a. A amps John Miller soldiers from the 1st army dives 1st in 6th inf float their gear in ponchos across a Pond during the annual cavalry cup Competition at the Vild Flucken training area. Cavalry cup Competition a splash for 7 0-Man team by John Millar Bureau Wil Flecken Germany a after a grueling 24-hour Day 2nd it. Bruce Antonia and his men were told to take a Cool dip in a Ponds 40-degree Waters. That a just what Antonia s group needed. In the hours leading up to the swim the 1 Lilian team of cavalry scouts from the 1st army dives 1st in 6th inf had taken an army it test and run through a 10-event. A 2 a mile obstacle course. They spent the night on a reconnaissance patrol walking through rough wooded terrain in the dark. T hey finished their patrol at 4 . An hour later they were placed in a combat situation calling a artillery rounds in on enemy vehicles. With Little More than two hours of sleep in 24 hours the squad then had to Cross a minefield Only to end up swimming across the cold Pond. A getting in the water was cold a Antonia said. Quot the obstacle course that was the fun part. This was the miserable part a he said about crossing the Pond. Still the team had a Little More misery to suffer because it was Only about Halfway through a week of trials and tribulations known As the cavalry cup the annual . Army Europe Competition held at the a amps. John Smiar soaking wet and splattered with mud sgt. Chris Collins of the 1st army dives 1st in 6th inf provides cover for fellow platoon members after he swam across a Pond that is part of an obstacle course in the annual cavalry cup Competition. area last week consists of six main events designed to test the physical and tactical know How of cavalry scouts stationed in the theater. When the trials were Over the 1st so 11th Arnul. Cav regt emerged As the Bestol the eight teams com Petig Tor the cup. A a a. The cold Pond swim obstacle course and it test were All part of the. Competitions physical skills event said Capi. J Chesney. The Competition project of Liccar Lor the i Ith army Cav Rogu which played Host to this years nighttime patrol through the wild. Fleck in training area was another event., each of the eight competing teams wore also tested in marksmanship Chesney said Quot troops wore tested individually on their ability to use weapons ranging from .45-caliber pistols to grenade launchers lie said. A each 10-Man team also was graded on How Well it worked together with the weapons in a lire and Man Euver course. Two events consisted of different types of cavalry re Connaissan emissions Chesney said. The. Lust Cavalryman a trial was the mystery event which was actually two separate events. One required soldiers to crawl through sandbag bunkers in a darkened building to a simulated observation Post from there they looked through binoculars at targets projected on a screen each Soldier had to View the screen and Call in artillery fire on the targets via Field radio. First it. Michael Purdy Allicer in charge and senior evaluator of the event said a computer simulation system linked to ii slide projectors allowed the soldiers to Call in artillery lire that was displayed As flashes on the screen. Seeing the simulated explosions allowed them to Adlist the artillery lire to hit the pro jetted targets. Soldiers were also m the dark while being tested at the other mystery event Chesney. Said. Soldiers waited in darkness to catch a glimpse of models of military pc hides. Each Model was placed in a Small scale landscape and was for Only 15 seconds. Sol pliers had to look Over the for the vehicles them As either Friend or foe and then Tel exactly what Type of vehicles . Chesney said this years Competition will give commanders a Good idea of their Loop so training. Quot this year we did no to have any Supei lie said. During past trained anywhere from six to eight months before competing Quot he said. This year however teams w Ere selected at random eight Days before the Competition. Purdy said the no Molice format was evident in the mystery event s artillery Section. Quot we be had some cos Here w to just Don t know what they re doing and some privates who Are just impressive a Purdy said. Here Are the final standings in the Overall Competition first place 1st so. 11th army Cav regt second place 3rd in. 12th inf 8th inf div. Third place 4th in. 8th inf. 8th inf div fourth place 2nd so 11th army Cav regt. V corps fifth place 1st in. 6th i if. 1st army div sixth place 3rd so. 4th Cav 3rd inf div seventh place. 2nd so. 64th Armor. 3rd inf div eighth place 4th in 69th Armor. 3rd inf dry a
