European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 2, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 can. An units to focus on joint training by Wayne  staff writer to Skoye Russia with the Arri Val of about 75 . Troops wednesday in Russia the first joint russian-. Land based training exercise is approaching its historic albeit controversial beginning. Six cargo planes from Rhein main a Germany transported the first wave of american troops and equipment about 75 service members to to Skoye Airfield. The remainder of the More than 250 Ameri cans is expected to continue arriving through sunday said col. Richard m. Bridges a spokesman for the . Army Europe. The exercise is scheduled to begin sunday and continue through sept. 10. The exercise is planned around an imaginary City near the russian installation. It will also include Force reaction drills Convoy escorts and observation posts manned by russian and . Sol Diers. Dubbed peacekeeper 94, the exer Cise has been anything but peaceful for russian officials who have faced oppose Tion to the joint venture. Russian demonstrators riot police and Interior ministry troops were heading for the to Skoye training ground in the Oren Burg Region 700 Miles Southeast of mos cow the compound where the american troops Are staying will be closed to outsiders reports said. . Secretary of defense William Perry and russian defense minister Pavel Grachev will observe the exercises wednesday. The inter fax news Agency said about 300 people plan to picket the Maneu vers under the slogan Yankees go  it said 41 demonstrators from the labor Russia movement left Moscow for to Skoye on wednesday. The . Service members the majority of whom came from the 3rd inf div Ylst Bri 15th inf regt headquartered in sch Veinfurt Germany will train along Side a like number of russians from the 27th guards motorized Rifle div head quartered locally. As the Host nation for the exercise the russians will provide logistical support " a. Moscow Belarus,.r a i y Ukraine \., Russia a Girad Lakhs aps a two american generals and two russian generals will be in charge of the operation. The american exercise commander is it. Gen Richard of Keller chief of staff of the . European come. Maj. Gen. Leonard a Holder ., commander of the 3rd inf div will be the american exercise director. Contributing to this report the associated press airmen fire up rwandan Crew to fight blazes by Doyle Tillman staff writer Kigali Rwanda Kigali was a firefighter s night Mare when american forces arrived in july a fact they quickly Learned when they battled a warehouse fire in town.  " in a City ravaged by civil War there was no fire department no adequate water Supply and none of the tools normally available to fire Crews. Although the americans could t save the warehouse they stopped the Blaze from spreading to an adjoining business. Since then fire Protection whether fighting a Blaze  training rwandans to eventually take their places has kept air Force firefighters Busy. At the Kigali Airport compound master sgt. Bob Howard and his team have been teaching rwandan firefighters to step into role As Airfield firefighters. The airmen said it is a challenging Job but one they know will shorten their stay in Africa. Senior airman Steve Armstrong who has devoted much of his efforts to the training said the rwandan fire chief and nine firefighters train eight hours a Day six Days a week. Armstrong of Raf Lakenheath England said american firefighters rummaged through the remains of what was once the Airfield firehouse to Clear a train ing room and also scrounged the necessary classroom projectors for film they uncovered. We found 24 16 my films from about a 70s Vin _ a Dav Olulo senior airman Steve Armstrong right of Raf Lakenheath England helps teach firefighting techniques in Kigali. Of them he said. The firefighters Mission also has included hands on mechanical work. As firefighters cleaned up the area they discovered an Airport firetruck buried beneath sandbags. By Matching parts from that truck with an other inoperable rwandan firetruck they were Able to produce an operating piece of equipment. Tage he said. V the films were produced by the . Federal aviation administration the . Navy and the canadians. The american films had been dubbed in French while the Canadian films were recorded in French. The hardest part of showing the films is keeping awake Armstrong noted. I Don t understand a word by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau the military Exchange services which began taking Over stars and _ stripes bookstores in Europe this week say that with one exception no store will be closed longer than four Days for restock ing. Some May even open the Day after closing according to a spokeswoman for the army and air Force Exchange serv ice in Europe. The stores which will be known As Bookmarks under cafes and simply Navy Exchange bookstores under the Navy system will close at noon wednes Day of the weeks in which they Are being inventoried for takeover. Those inventories which began this week in the unite kingdom will continue through septem  on the amount of Mer Chandise on hand and the amount of time required to fix up the stores some May open on thursday of their inventory week cafes spokeswoman Carrie Higley Krowka said in a statement. Others May open As late As  bookmark at Raf Lakenheath of England will open tonight with new extended hours. It will operate now from 7 am. To 1 am. The store at Harrogate will open saturday and. Operate from 10 am. Tofipm. Other stores in the United kingdom " will begin operation As Bookmarks on sunday. A grand opening at All Book Mark stores in Europe will be held oct. I. John Duncan a Navy Exchange serv ice spokesman i Naples Italy said that the Naples bookstores those in Simonel la Sicily and in Moron and Rota Spain will close wednesday for inventory. All will reopen sept. 10, except for Simonella where the reopening is set for sept. 13. Higley Krowka said the general Man agers of each cafes store in Europe will use Loc i Media avid signs to inform customers of the closing and re opening Timessales of magazines and books will begin at 12 01 pm. Wednesday of the inventory week at exchanges shop Pettes and other cafes facilities where such sales Are planned. In All cafes said it will add 100 such locations in Europe where Reading mate rial will be available. Cafes plans to offer several services for its customers Higley Krowka said in the statement. A computerized ordering " system will allow customers to order books not found in the stores. The order will arrive at the customer s Home with in a couple weeks she stated. Also cafes will offer a 10 percent discount off the cover Price of All magazines hardbacks and paperbacks. A Dis count of up to 25 percent will be offered on hardback books on he Best seller list. Some paperback books and magazines will be available in main exchanges shop Pettes and some troop stores. In some communities the Bookmarks will be moved into existing cafes facilities. Many time sensitive books and magazines will be shipped by air to stores to ensure weekly publications Are in by the week dated on the cover and newly re leased books Are available quickly the spokeswoman said. Monthly magazines will be on Sale at the beginning of the month printed on the cover. Customer demographics and store size will allow general managers to work with cafes buyers to order Stock for specific stores