European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 29, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9lawmaker outlines plan for guard More training time before deployment urged by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the leaner Post draw Down army will have to do More than pay lip service to the notion of using its National guard combat units Early in a crisis the chairman of the House armed services committee said wednesday. A we create the units equip them give them a role on paper then leave them at Home when the balloon goes up a rep. Les Aspin d-wis., said in a speech to the West Point society of the District of Columbia. Aspin offered a three Point plan including a slate of reforms outlined in his committees fiscal 1993 defense authorization Bill. He said the measure would create a More meaningful combat role for the army National guard. The army a experience in operation desert storm is a prime example of the services current policy of a Lead them on then leave them at Home a Aspin said. The 24th inf div Mech and the 1st Cav div were among the first units to deploy to the persian Gulf but neither divisions National guard a around out brigades were rated sufficiently ready to go with them. Other Active duty units were used in their place. The desert storm experience gave Rise to a dispute Between the Active army and the guard. Active army leaders say guard round out brigades need at least 90 Days of Post mobilization training. Guard officials say such units could be ready to fight in 60 Days or less. Aspinw a three Point plan would first adopt the Active army a More conservative assessments of How much training guard combat units would need before deployment. A inadequate training and preparation would Cost lives a he said. A if we re going to err let s do it on the Side of the second Point incorporates the National guard Reform package outlined in the House committee s defense authorization Bill. Major initiatives in that package would increase experience and leadership Levels in the guard intensify individual and Small unit training tighten physical and inadequate training and preparation would Post lives if we re going to err lets do it on the Side of rep. Les Aspin Dot wis. Medical standards and Correct what Aspin said Are deficiencies in the Way the army rates unit readiness for deployment purposes. Finally Aspinw a plan Calls on the army leadership to prepare for the a meaningful integration of our army guard combat Power into the Overall defense plans of the he said Congress has been trying to do just that in drawing up Force Structure blueprints through 1997. However some in the defense department arc Balking. A basically the Pentagon would not use army National guard forces until world War Iii had started in Europe. A Aspin said. A we at the House armed services committee have taken a very different approach a we would use the guard in regional contingencies for round out replacement and under the committee s approach the first four Active army divisions to deploy in a crisis would not have initial elements supplied by the guard. Instead the role of the guard with those four divisions would be replacement with four guard brigades ready to fill in for elements of the divisions that Are broken in Early fighting. The next wave of four Active army divisions to respond at around three months into a crisis would be assigned guard round out brigades that would have used those three months to gear up for deployment. Finally four heavy guard divisions and an armoured cavalry regiment would be held in Reserve As rotation units to be deployed about a year after mobilization of the initial Force. A Point one concedes the planning factors to the Active army Side a Aspin said. A Point three gives the guard the significant role it wants. Point two we Hope helps it happen. A even guard units Are going to be too expensive to leave on the shelf in this time of sharply declining defense budgets a Aspin said. A we believe that resolving the Issue of the role of the army guard is one of the things we re going to have to do to Cope with this new Post soviet fair entrants learn Pride of doing by Dave Melancon staff writer Heidelberg Germany a standing behind a High voltage replica of lightning Chris Judd said there was More to his project than just a slapping a Bunch of stuff together. A there is lot of learning behind it and a lot of enjoyment in getting it done a said the senior at Gen. . Arnold High school referring to the Tesla Coil an air Core transformer for High intensity alternating current which his group displayed. A there is also Joy in seeing it Judd was one of about 365 High school and Middle school students who jammed Heidelberg a Patrick Henry Village officers club for the eighth annual technology fair. The 614 entries from the 20 schools included moving machines electronic Holiday crafts . Blinking Christmas tree ornament Model cars lasers wooden Bridges photographs and drawings. Contest categories covered automotive technology electronics mechanical drawing and drafting and graphic arts. In addition to a makeshift planetarium displays videotapes and presentations students also demonstrated their skills in hands on contests in which they assembled a electronic Dice while timed by a judges Stopwatch. A this fair brings us out to the Public so they can see what we Are capable of doing a said Frank Pendzich an electronics teacher at Wiesbaden a Gen. . Arnold High school who also acted As coordinator for the event. A in some schools the shop classes Are where you Send the kids you have problems with. A lot of these kids at the event go on to universities and colleges to take on even no competing students Learned something at the fair by attending mandatory seminars trying competitors experiments and Reading about the projects. The fair started eight years ago when a group of Industrial arts teachers sought my. Bill Watkin Centero the Usa eur colleagues Check a Bridge entry for stress. Ways to motivate their students Pendzich said. A we know that Competition can be a great motivator for senior Steve Nottingham of Hahn High school discovered motivation through printing. His project included the design printing and sales of Letterhead stationery for his schools Booster club. Participants spectators judges and instructors All gained by attending the fair he said. Instructors and students exchanged ideas by comparing teaching and building techniques. Students also Learned teamwork. Students said they Learned about personal Pride and perseverance. One Wiesbaden High school student team spent More than 200 hours creating their moving machine Pendzich said. Eighth grader Chris Stoehr of Wiesbaden Middle school said he did no to do Well last year a so i came Back to prove that i could build a 8a8 0av�cm�y office of the Deputy chief of staff engineering notes the Start of a crack As he and two checking for potential stress and weak Points took most of his time in designing his miniature Span he said. It took Only about five hours to glue the wooden Structure together. The entries of Stoehr and other students were placed on a stand and slowly weighted Down. When the Bridge snapped the contest was Over. It took a Little More than two pounds of pressure pressure to break Stoehr a Model. He took second place. A next year ill design a better Bridge a he said. A you done to have to win. Just being Here is the students of Gen. . Arnold so Zero defect electronics team could have used the fair As a sales forum. One of the More popular displays was its a Maze of death a electronics game designed manufactured and sold by the team. The a a company Learned More than just about electronics said Robert Haines. A we designed it because its fun and people like buying them a he said. A we also like coming Here to share and to learn about other schools technology and see How ours compares to when the Zero defects a a stockholders Are not designing projects or studying the basics from a text they practice their skills for profit by running a repair shop for items such at radios and tvs. Judges included those from the military civilian or business communities. Entries were evaluated for Quality and workmanship. Judges also considered schematic drawings portfolios and ensured that entries could do the jobs they were designed to do. They lifted models tested wheels tried circuits and studied pages of technical information. Sometimes they quizzed the designer or builder. A they get pretty involved a Pendzich said. A a lot of the judges come away from this event truly impressed with what they
