European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The army in Europe will become More competitive which is Good for an organization.1 Gen. Crosbie e. Saints amps photos by Ken George on training in the future. I told the commanders. We Don t intend to Cut them any slack.1 by David Tarrant staff writer Heidelberg Germany a the draw Down of the . Army in Europe offers an unprecedented Opportunity to upgrade Quality of life for soldiers and their families improve training and build an a fall Start Force the top . Army commander in Europe says. A i feel comfortable that Usa eur is organized and has the mindset to be successful in the next couple of years As they have in the last 40,�?� Gen. Crosbie e. Saint said in an interview on thursday. Saint 54, who has been the army a commander in Europe for three years is shepherding Usa eur through the biggest transition in its history. By the mid-1990s a if All goes according to plan a the army in Europe will be a fundamentally different Force from the one that massed in Central Europe for the last 45 years and trained to fight an All out War with massive All Star Mobile army emerging to offset 50 percent Cut in Force numbers of red army soldiers from the East. The new Usa eur will be half its current size. Still a Forward deployed Force it will need to rely on Well trained highly sophisticated and Mobile soldiers ready to respond rapidly to threats in any direction a from upper Norway to Southern Turkey a and perhaps beyond Saint said. The plan also Calls for a More familiar atmosphere around the bases where the Quality of life improves because a during the draw Down a the army has been Able to keep its Best european facilities a those which army planners rated the highest in 15 criteria including housing proximity to training areas and relationship with the local populace. But Saint said he also has no illusions about the difficulties facing Usa eur during its transitional years. A a we re in the midst of a maelstrom. As Long As we keep our Eye on what a important and put the re sources where we can Well make it a he said. A during the draw Down what we re trying to do is not be so precipitous that we do great damage to the body of the army per be. So we re trying to be reasonable about it. So that the same time you change the face of Europe the face of the army is changing. We be got to be in  by the mid-1990s, army Force Levels in Europe will be slashed from two corps to one with about 92,000 troops and the entire . European come including Navy and air Force will be trimmed to 150,000 a about half the current total Saint said. This slimmed Down and highly Mobile Force will not be As focused on the soviet threat As in the past. A i think you have to change the Way you talk about the threat. We used to talk about the threat that was this to continued on Page 2 special 1ep0rtblight on Thesee inside for a special eight Page report Bush doubts need for Allied Force despite renewed kurd Iraq clashes Ankara Turkey apr president Bush said saturday he was concerned Over renewed fighting Between Iraq and the kurd but he doubted Allied rapid deployment troops would have to intervene. A i done to think. That we re going Back to what we were when the War ended and major massive attacks were launched by Iraq against the kurd a he said in a news conference with president Turgut Ozal. Bush arrived to a warm Welcome in the turkish capital. Before the news conference he met with Ozal a staunch and in Bush said that Turkey was crucial in the War to drive Iraq from Kuwait and he brought with him promises of new military Aid to express american gratitude. A when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait Turkey acted courageously to make sure aggression would not stand a Bush said As he began a two Day visit. A was the whole world knows the International coalition could not have achieved the liberation of Kuwait without turkeys Pivotal  during the persian Gulf War Ozal blocked Baghdad soil exports massed troops on the Border to pin Down iraqi forces and allowed . Bombers to use in Ciurlik a a turkish base shared by the United states to hit Iraq. Ozal anxious to Shore up his sagging popularity before elections next year has a wish list that includes More military Aid especially an order to build another 160 sophisticated f-16 Jet fighters under a joint arrangement with the United states. A a administration source said Bush Wou  had found enough Money for 80 of the warplanes. Moreover Bush planned to Promise that he would ask other Gulf allies a such As saudi Arabia and the United Arab emirates a to finance the other half of the order the source said insisting on anonymity. Turkey the third largest recipient of . Military Aid gets $500 million in annual assistance. Bush also was expected to see Bush on Page 2