European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A amps Oiw old it from left Are rider Andy Buhringer Rodeo Boss Carl Gamel and rider detlef Jeschke of he european Rodeo Cowboy association. Meven my parents think i m crazy a Jeschke  the Rodeo in Berlin it s still Man is. Beast by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Berlin a it was two Days before Berlin Rodeo �?T92 was to premi amp re and Carl Gamel was introducing the Star performers. A a that a powder River. This one Here is Sunshine a said the rodeos Boss. A Ambrose is Here. That scape a crunch. They re both bucking horses. A the scarred up horse Here that a Brush King. Hell run Over you As soon As look at  the Rodeo opened to near capacity crowds last weekend. Attendance was put at More than 10,000 for the four performances put on by the european Rodeo Cowboy association. The Rodeo will continue with shows at 2 and 6 . Saturday sunday and monday at the . Army Volk fest Field on Ain Waldfried Hof in the Dahlem Section of Berlin. Turning to the far Side of the Corral where the bulls Chew at the sparse grass Gamel continued a Garfield the one lying Down he a the Best bucking Bull. He a the Only one that will really try to kill a Cowboy after he a been bucked  Andy Bohringer and Garfield have Carl Gamel an army Retiree proudly shows off his Large ornate Belt buckle. A amps Oak Ukso met. Buhringer wears a 4-Inch Pink scar beneath the right Side of his jaw As a reminder of that meeting in 1989 at a Rodeo in bad Kreuz Nach. Buhringer one of several German cowboys in the Erca went Over Garfield a head during one of the bulls powerful spins. A Horn ripped open the riders neck and broke his jaw. He nearly bled to death in the Arena. A the doctor said i was Damn Lucky a said Buhringer a truck Driver on Tamer Days. Rode oing is not for the weak of heart or body. Rick Burian a Soldier with the 15th inf regt in Schweinfurt runs five Miles a Day to keep in shape for bareback Riding. A if you Arentt in Good shape then rough stocking in a Rodeo is not where you belong a he said. Detlef Jeschke another German Cowboy said a even my parents think in a  Gamel an army brat and army Retiree who Calls Dallas ga., Home and wears a Belt buckle As Large As his hat once Rode Saddle broncs bareback broncs and bulls. But he held out a right atm Bent by injury and said a this arms finished. Now All i can do is  if rodeos Are rough on cowboys the Rodeo Stock has a Plush life to hear Gamel Tell it. They Are Well fed and Given Good medical care. The horses and bulls of the Erca All american imports spend their Leisure time grazing on Hillside pastures near Kaiserslautern. A they Only work 32 seconds a weekend a he said referring to the eight seconds a Cowboy is required to ride. A a it a a Lazy horses  Gamel said the Rodeo is a great Way for americans and germans to mingle. A the germans Are fascinated by the american Cowboy a he said. A germans who would never come on a base come to the Rodeo and meet  s history is All in the remembering by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Berlin a history is a relative thing. And pvt. 1st class David Winter can to relate to the 34-year presence of american tanks in Berlin an Era that ended symbolically at least with the inactivation of the 6th in 40th Armor regt last week. Winters mind rolled Back Only seven months the amount of time the Driver with co a has been with his current m1a1 tank Crew. A when i was going through the Parade i was thinking How in a losing my Crew a said Winter who will move this month to fort Carson Colo. A we worked Good together. That a one of the things in a going to miss the most about Berlin my  for the co a commander capt. John Agler the final Parade of tanks in Berlin before they All depart in August was a bit More moving. A was you Roll Down that Parade Field and you realize its the last time the tanks Are going to Roll Down f ourth of july Platz it gets to you a said Agler who will move soon to the combat Man Euver training Center at Hohenfels Germany. For years the Berlin brigade had a real world Mission that struck its soldiers in the face every Day a to defend Berlin from the communist army that surrounded it. That ended of course when the fall of the Beilin Wall in no Ember 1989. Winter Bookout sgt. Patrick Bookout had been in Berlin six months when that historic event occurred. He remembers the change in attitude. A the next Day it was kind of weird a said Bookout a Mechanic in co a. A the Walls gone. The russians Are leaving. Our Mission is Complete. A it was like going from the Berlin brigade to being in a unit in the West  for a couple of weeks Bookout said it was business As usual around the City As patrols still kept watch on the Wall. But that soon changed. A instead of preparing to defend the City we had to train to go anywhere in the world to fight just like units in the West a said Bookout who is transferring to fort Knox ky., this month. Winter and spec. Aaron Feyes also of co a both arrived after the Wall fell. And neither could believe the assignment. A the russians were drawing Down. There was no Wall a said Feyes who arrived in Spring 1991. A there Wasny to much to  before the Walls demise the Berlin brigade had a reputation for doing nothing but parading. A you know you heard All the stories that in Berlin they done to do anything a said Bookout who was stationed for three years in West Germany. A but it s nothing like what people in the West think it  the soldiers did spend time in the training areas of the former West Germany he said a so we were ready to  Feyes a tank Driver being sent to fort Carson was surprised when he arrived in Berlin. Quot they told me All ill really do in Berlin is Parade a he said. A forty five Days in the Field proved that wrong a said Winter who had no complaints about the change in Mission. A Mfd rather worry about my tank a he said a than whether my boots Are shined and my uniforms