European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday a july 31, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3maddox thinks soviet threat is gone but v corps Leader sees need for exercises by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Wittlich Germany. A while his command staffs fought a simulated War in Central Germany last week it. Gen. David m. Maddox v corps commander said a i personally believe that the threat to Western Europe of a major invasion by the soviet Union is knocked  Maddox added a i wont Tell you How Long that will hold but today i do not believe that there is any reasonable expectation that the soviet Union will attack Western  the exercise caravan guard 91, is a massive computer simulation pitting the mythical bad Guys in Yel Rowland against the Good Guys in Bueland. Between them sit the fictitious countries of Neutral a and Centralia said Sam e. Middlebrooks chief of v corps simulation Center. The exercise with its Headquarters at the German army base at Mendig began july 21. It was scheduled to end tuesday. Despite the scenario that carefully avoids any mention of real nations the opposing forces of yellow land follow soviet doctrine in their Battles said sgt. John p. Kinter or. Of the 84th engr co 2nd army Cav regt from Bayreuth. Kinter Wasi operating a computer As a member of the yellow land team. When asked who the army a real life bad Guys Are Maddox said a i done to care. The other problem is i done to know. A if anyone had said two years ago that the bad Guy was Iraq we would have All been laughing about the idiot who said  the easing of . Tension Maddox said the exercise is needed for several reasons. A i feel very strongly that if we Are capable of performing our Mission and everyone knows that there May not be a bad Guy a he said. If anyone to act said two years ago that the laughing Abri to time training corps members and integrating newcomers Are the general Stop two reasons for the exercise. Maddox said the exercise is also a test for reformer �?T92. A rather than have an extremely Large number of units come Over As they have in the past we re looking at bringing the command posts. To fight the Battle with All the command posts on the ground and see if simulation will allow us to do that a he said. Maddox said that allowing the command staff to train through computer simulation frees up unit soldiers to train at the combat training areas at Gra Fenohr and Hohenfels As Well As a getting better training at Home  by using simulation for a Large portion of the corps training Maddox said the command staff gets More realistic training. A those who Are making decisions Are making the same decisions we would in a real situation a Maddox said. A what we re seeing is what would be there if the soldiers were out  Maddox acknowledged that using computer simulation is not perfect. A the Only place where maybe we re not getting the perfect picture is if a company gets lost a he said. A usually the Guy in the simulation will keep it straight better than in reality. There a some friction of War of reality that we might  although he  give Dollar amounts Maddox said computer simulation drastically cuts the expense of training exercises. Fewer people in the exercise Means lower transportation costs and Man Euver damage Bills Are nearly non existent. Man Euver damage for this years exercise was Only a that damage that was associated with the command Post itself a Maddox said a but none of the Man Euver damage As we know it. No driving across Fields no tearing up roads. A that a  for the German communities the change is a Trade off he said. A for the German Farmer who makes his living off the Countryside that has had Many Maneu vers in his Fields he a going to love it a Maddox said. A for the mayor of the medium sized town that had a Large Garrison there that provided a lot of Money he Isnit going to like it. A not Only Are the numbers drastically reduced the Impact on the neighbourhood is drastically reduced. You have to put up with my command Post but you done to have to put up with my tanks and my howitzers and my  Maddox said he thinks the . Forces Are a an element of National Power that is needed since a we Are probably at the highest level of instability in Europe that we have seen in  / a i think the United states army has a commitment to nato a he said. A a stable Europe is essential and i think that we the army play a very key role in trying to make it stable  of pharmacist admitted use agent testifies Tampa Fla. Up a an investigative agent testified that air Force pharmacist capt. Roger Mansfield confessed to using drugs and falsifying records while serving in the persian Gulf War. During a pretrial hearing monday special investigator Peter Ober said that when he confronted Mansfield in january about reports he was stealing pharmaceuticals and using them Mansfield confessed and gave him a written account. Ober said he called Mansfield to his Riyadh saudi Arabia office on Jan. 22, 1991, and told him information had come to his office that Mansfield and others were using the drug is Flurance an aesthetic marketed under the Trade name forage. Ober said he read m arts Rcd his rights but Mansfield said he did not want a Law scr. A i asked him if he used forage a Ober testified. A and he said  a Ober also testified that Mansfield told him he removed at least 12 bottles of the drug from the pharmacy where he worked. Mansfield 30, of st. Petersburg Fla., is accused of illegally distributing pharmaceuticals while stationed in Riyadh. He contends that he was made a Scapegoat for drugs missing from the Riyadh pharmacy and for widespread drug use by . Troops. Mansfield is charged with falsifying prescription logs in an attempt to cover up the Jumber of tablets of two prescription drugs he distributed before and during the War. The drugs were Tri Zolam a sleeping Pill marketed under the name Halcyon and Dextroamphetamine a diet Pill. He also is charged with the unlawful distribution of Tri Zolam Dextroamphetamine and the theft of those drugs and 12 bottles of is Flurance. The final charge conduct unbecoming an officer stems from Mansfield Sal accused air Force pharmacist capt. Roger Mansfield right walks with his wife Julie and civilian attorney George Tragos. Legend use of is Flurance in front of enlisted personnel. If convicted on All four counts he could face up to 40 years in prison. The defense wants military judge col. James Blommers to suppress Mansfield a statements to Ober from the court martial proceedings at Macdill fab. The defense is expected to argue that Mansfield was coerced into his confession. The judge will Rule whether to allow Mansfield a written and verbal confession to be used in the trial. Also monday Mansfield chose to be tried without a military jury. A major portion of mondays court martial postponed last month after the defense requested More time to review records was spent arguing whether to make Public portions of those records. Civilian defense attorney George Tragos argued the records should be made Public because he needed to refer to them on behalf of his client. But maj. Jay Lauer the chief prosecutor countered that the inspector general a reports were privileged and should not be open to the Public. A i of course want to keep this trial Public to the maximum extent that we can a said Blommers who later ruled that portions of the trial dealing with the inspector general a reports would remain closed. A i find there has been a proper claim of privilege in this Case Blommers ruled