European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday may20,1994 one time As guests of West by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Cellina Meduna Italy from the front about a mile away came the faint sound of Small arms fire. Clouds of dust sometimes Tose to betray the movement of mane vering tanks. Men in Odd but strangely familiar uniforms and Caps peered through binoculars trying to make sense out of the Battle being played out in the distance. If the men had observed a similar scene several years ago on the same Rocky terrain in Northern Italy they would have done it surreptitiously while risking arrest As spies. Y a a a a a. A instead the men All officers in the military of former Warsaw pact nations were watching nato War games As guests of the Alliance. The officers a a couple of russians a bulgarian a romanian a ukrainian and an albanian a were the first military observers from their nations to show an official presence at a nato exercise in Italy according to an italian army escort officer. What they were watching was part of a major live exercise called dynamic Impact 94. It began May 4 and was scheduled to run through thursday. The joint command operation focusing on crisis management a the use of military assets to defuse a potential crisis a includes naval and air operations throughout the Central and Western Mediterranean As Well As land and amphibious operations in Italy. A from a lofty watchtower the former foes were observing a Force on Force exercise pitting a quartet of m1a1 Abrams tanks against a far Superior Force of Spanish Armor and infantry at the Cellina Meduna training area about 10 Miles East of Aviano a Italy. The visitors from the East complained to their hosts that they weren table to observe the unfolding action o p e i l to g at by Ron Jensen Nairn Borg Bureau in Grafen Wuhr Germany has been charged with attempted murder in a shooting two months ago at a police Roadblock near Vilseck that wounded another Soldier in the Back. Sgt. 1st class. Jeffrey j. Brady of the Grafe Wohr regional office also has been charged with aggravated assault and wilful and unlawful discharge of a firearm according to a spokesman with the 7th army training come. The charges were filed May 9. An article 32 investigation has been convened and is ongoing said Gunter thann Hiuser. The charges Stem Quot from an incident in Early March in which a High Speed Chase involving military police ended with the shooting. No details regarding the incident were released. What is known is that late on the night of March 6 military police were in Pursuit of a car on roads near Vilseck when the car attempted to avoid a Roadblock created by maps and investigative agents shots were fired by an agent and an my. One Bullet struck spec. Matthew Pomeroy of the 26th support in who was in the Back seat of the car. Pomeroy who narrowly escaped paralysis Sard three Days after the shooting that the car in which he was Riding had passed the Roadblock before the shooting started. Since then the incident has been under investigation. Officials referred questions about the my who fired his weapon to 3rd inf div no division spokespersons could be reached for comment thursday afternoon. However an reported that the my was not charged. Army regulations governing the use of deadly Force allow it Only in self defense or for the Protection of the lives of others. Get to know nato a observer focuses on the Cellina Meduna nato exercise from an observation platform in Italy. A amps j. King Cruger closely. But they complained no More when it was explained to them that the exercise was a free play one that allowed the combatants to Man Euver at will through the Large exercise area a dry River bed. A we Haven to been Able to see much but the exercise methods Are very similar to the ones we use including the laser engagement system a a russian offi cer said. \ he was referring to the Miles multiple integrated laser engagement system the warring tanks were using. The system allows tanks to fire laser beams at one another. Tanks Are a a killed when struck by the beams. The strikes Are registered by sensors Strung on belts around the tanks turrets. When struck the sensors signal the kill by activating a revolving Light on the  a a it has been very interesting to observe a multinational exercise a said another russian officer. Four thousand italian soldiers plus 1,500 other nato troops including More than 600 americans have be Iii participating in the land exercise in Northern Italy the major american Force is an Armor element from the 30th separate inf brigade Mecha part of the North Carolina National guard. The 379 National guard troops and their equipment Are being supported by 232 soldiers from the 51st maintenance in deployed to Northern Italy from their base at Mannheim get  a a a a Quot. A a a an Advance party of 100 guard troops Drew the equipment their outfit is using from repositioned vehicles and stocks at Camp Darby on Italy a Northwestern coast and transported it across the country by Road and rail. The remainder of the guard Force flew into Avi Ano on May 7. Teachers donning Black to mourn staff program cuts by jim1 Jones education writer Many teachers at military overseas schools Are wearing Black today to mourn the loss of educational programs and staff cuts resulting from the draw Down. The symbolic protest was called by a teachers Union a the overseas education association a to make Par cats and Community officials aware of the Impact of budget cuts. A we want to get parents asking questions a said Mary Margaret Mcgowan Oear a Atlantic area director. Department of defense dependents schools will reduce its worldwide staff by about 1,100 educators this year with about 60 percent of those being Cut currently assigned to schools in Germany. The staffing cuts mean fewer children will have Access to instructors in subjects such As Art music compensatory classes and Reading improvement. Also affected Are school nurses Counselor and Media specialists. Since the draw Down began shrinking classrooms in 1991, school and defense department officials have said Dodds would maintain a a Quality school programs. But in March Dodds officials acknowledged that programs will be dropped and Pupil teacher ratios will Rise. The announcements have angered some parents. Several school advisory committees or sacs have started petition drives met with school principals and written letters to congressmen and the Dodds director. Union officials said Middle schools have been especially hard hit. They say declining enrolment and teacher cutbacks at several Middle schools mean the schools cannot operate As intended a focusing on individualized attention and exploratory subjects. A Germany has Cut Over 100 Middle school teachers a said George Andrade acting area director for Oear a Germany West Region. A a this is not an appropriate number when enrolment in some schools is going to stay the same or  a Germany has Cut Over 100 Middle school teachers. This is not an appropriate number when enrolment in some schools is going to stay the same or  a George Andrade acting area director for Oear a Germany West Region at Ramstein Junior High school 13 staff position Are being eliminated but enrolment is expected to Sta the same according to the Union. At Wetzel elementary school in Baum older to Pupil teacher ratio is expected to be 30-1 next Choc year. Dodds has said its worldwide average is 19,3-1. At Giessen Middle school which closes in june teachers wearing Black today will attend a reception after school featuring a cake with a very dark icing said Julie Spencer the Union spokeswoman at the school. Also some elementary school teachers Are get petted to Wear armbands to express their opinions. There Are 81 school nurses and 14 health technician or aides employed in schools in Germany according t Carol Benson chairwoman of the overseas school health nurses association and the nurse at Hai Nerber elementary school in Wiesbaden. She said unspecified cuts to nursing programs could result in schools with i medically qualified nurses or decreases in the nurse working hours. Staffing criteria require one registered nurse to 5c pupils a ratio similar to that for teachers who instr i music Art and physical education. A schools that fall below 500 pick up a health Tec rather than a full time nurse a Benson said