European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 14,1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 exercise in by Wayne v.  the last three plan loads of . Serv Iceni embers who took part in a Pioneer ing  training exercise re turned to Germany or. Monday a . European come spokesman said. The three g-141 Star lifter aircraft car ried air Force personnel and equipment belonging to ground Crews responsible for repairing controlling and otherwise working with planes in Forward operating locations said maj. Guy Shields of Neucom. The Tanker Airlift control element including members of the 623rd air mobility come flight at Ramstein a was responsible for the flow of 250 3rd inf div soldiers from Schweinfurt Germany in and out of Russia. In All More than 350 . Servicemen Bers deployed to to Skoye Russia in the Volga military District As part of the exercise dubbed peacekeeper 94, . Officials said. The participants included various army support personnel and linguists As he russians Are just like we Are and i thought they were  people pfc. Richmond Wood Well As roughly 40 air Force personnel. I enjoyed myself. It Felt like we built a new Friendship said 19-year-old pfc. Richmond Wood a saw gunner with go a 1st in 15th inf regt. The russians Are just like we Are and i thought the were   in the Short Span of the exercise Wood said he and fellow soldiers developed Strong Bond with their new friends. As we were leaving they were hugging us and shaking our hands he said. Both participating units the 3rd inf div and the Russia s 27th guards motorized Rifle div have previously been involved in real world peacekeeping operations. Soldiers from the 3rd inf div have been part of the . Force patrolling Macedonia s Border with Serbia while the russian unit has been deployed to keep the peace in the former soviet re Public of Moldova. The  soldiers return Marks the end of a monumental joint training exer Cise the two countries first land based manbevers conducted on russian soil i believe that this will be Only the first step in the military cooperation Between the armed forces of the russian federation and the United states said Gen. Maj. Anatoliy Mikhaylevich Sid Yakin commander of the 27th guards motorized Rifle div and one of the exercise two commanding generals. The exercise is the Best form of train ing staffs and personnel for Likely peace keeping activities he said last week in to Skoye. Some officials have suggested that a similar exercise May be Helln the states next year. I believe that there will be future exercises that our defense departments will plan said it. Gen. Richard f. Kel Ler Neucom chief of staff and . Com Mander of the peacekeeping exercise in to Skoye. Just the fact that we be been working together since april 1993 for this exercise Means that we be already invested a lot of time and professional Energy to make this exercise  some military officials believe such an exercise  held next summer at fort Stewart a. It could consist of nearly a battalion of russian soldiers and the same number of . Soldiers. The us. Participation in peacekeeper 94 is funded by a Pool of Federal Money used to expand military contacts said air Force it. Col. Ray b. Shepherd a Neucom spokesman. Jamaican soldiers stand in formation at naval station Roosevelt roads near Chiba puerto Rico on monday to begin peacekeeping training by . Army special forces soldiers from fort Bragg . Caribbean forces fall in for training Ceiba puerto Rico a Caribbean soldiers were to begin a crash course in peacekeeping tuesday part of a growing world commitment to an invasion Force Washington Hopes will persuade Haiti s generals to step Down. The 150 soldiers from Antigua and Barbuda Belize and Jamaica who landed monday night in . Naval station Roosevelt roads Are the first of a 17-nation,1,500-member Force. It s intended to give legitimacy to any .-led intervention. Fifty More soldiers were to arrive tuesday from Trinidad and Tobago forces from other Caribbean nations will be arriving for training by the end of the week . Army maj. Steve Panton said. If the training Mission works As intended the deploy ment of a multinational Force would allow some Ameri can forces to leave Haiti soon after an invasion ousts haitian coup leaders and restores the elected govern ment of Jean Bertrand  Caribbean soldiers were to get medical checks tuesday before heading to Southern puerto Rico for training. Col Travis Griffin of the . Army s special forces envisions three weeks of training before the newly unified contingent could be sent to control crowds and maintain order in Haiti. But the training Mission May be Cut Short As the Pentagon pushes up its timetable to Force out Haiti s coup leaders a senior american official said monday night on condition of anonymity As in the 1983 invasion of Grenada american forces would Lead any invasion and . Military personnel would perform immediate policing actions then the multinational Force would step m to maintain the peace. I already know that we already have a Force that is very capable said Griffin a Green Beret who has helped direct annual .-Caribbean army training exercises As the . Atlantic come s head of special operations. The additional training at Camp Santiago a puerto rican National guard base will simply Sharpen your skills he told the Caribbean soldiers just after their jetliner landed in Ceiba. The camouflage uniformed West indians stood at at Tention before him lined up five deep inside a lighted Mosquito filled aircraft hangar. The jamaicans carried assault weapons but the soldiers from Antigua and be Lize came unarmed. They will be issued weapons during the three week training course. The Green berets from the 3rd . Army special forces group based in fort Bragg ., train foreign soldiers regularly. Several of the trainers speak fluent haitian Creole Griffin said. Haiti from Page 1 ministration has boxed itself into the invasion Why is our credibility at stake it s because we have threatened because we continue to say we will invade that we Are almost compelled to do so Mccain said. What happens to our credibility if we find ourselves in quagmire White House chief of staff Leon Panetta predicted tuesday that despite widespread opposition to a . Invasion ultimately the american people. Will Al ways rally to their  Panetta said if the United states does invade the american people will unify behind the president. And that certainly happened in Panama it happened in Grenada it happened with regards to the persian Gulf. " Clinton has several options for activating military re serves for haitian duty but has not decided among them a senior official said. A Call up would be  Essary because restructuring of the armed forces has caused reservist functions in such areas As logistics and support to be integrated closely with the operations of Active duty units. In some cases the Active duty Soldier cannot do his Job without the reservist the official said. Pentagon sources said Clinton is considering asking reservists to Volunteer rather than formally calling them to duty. Pentagon officials ordered that two aircraft carriers be readied to join the More than 15 ships already in the Caribbean. The carriers would be assigned to haul Mili tary personnel including . Army special forces into Haiti should an invasion be ordered. The aircraft Carrier America currently in Norfolk va., will join the Carrier Dwight d. Eisenhower in the Effort. Special operations forces which usually enter a hos tile zone to capture vital targets in Advance of the main invasion Force will be on the America the officials said Republican leaders meanwhile said Congress should debate a Resolution authorizing the commitment of . Forces to an invasion. It is time or. President to put an end to gunboat liberalism said sen. Dan Coats r-ind., a member of the Senate armed services committee. There is no . National Security interest at stake in Haiti and there is no reason to risk even one Ameri can life Coats said. House Republican whip Newt Gingrich said an inva Sion of Haiti will cause revulsion among americans. He Clinton is so far out on a limb i Don t see How he can avoid it Gingrich of Georgia said at a lunch con with associated press reporters and editors. As Gingrich spoke Christopher sought to portray the policy As a continuation of what president Bush Hud begun three years ago when the haitian Neil diary Sei de Power from elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide. He recalled that then Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said the coup would not be allowed to stand