European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 11, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 s Long Battle finally Over by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Jeffery j. Brady nearly went to jail for the actions he took on a lonely Road in the Early morning darkness of March 6. A fellow Soldier nearly  Brady a special agent with the criminal investigation come was acquitted of any crime at a court martial in july. More recently he was returned to full duty status following a hearing at the commands Headquarters in Falls Church a. A i feel Good. Its been a Long Battle a said the sergeant first class and 12-year army Veteran stationed in Vilseck Germany. A i know i was right from the Start. It just took a Long  a Brady was on an All night stakeout following a rash of robberies when incidents occurred that put him on the threshold of the Jailhouse door. Spec. William e. Brueck a 3rd inf div Soldier had been drinking heavily. After Midnight Brueck was spotted driving 86 Mph on Rose Barracks in Vilseck. Military police gave Chase. Brady and his partner Cpl. Charles d. Chester were alerted via radio and set up a Roadblock on a German Road Between Rose Barracks and Amberg. When Brueck veered to avoid the Roadblock and headed toward them Brady and Chester both opened fire pumping 16 shots into the night. Eleven shots hit the car. One Bullet traced to Bradys gun hit a Back seat passenger neither Brady nor Chester had seen. Pfc. Matthew Pomeroy who also had been drinking but said he did not know Brueck had passed out in the Back seat of the car. A Bullet entered his Back. An investigation ended with Brady being charged with unlawful use of deadly Force. Regulation allows the use of deadly Force Only in self defense or the defense of others. Brady said thursday that the possibility of jail naturally worried him. Yet he was confident he was in the right. A a in be worked for the system and in be had Faith in the system for the past 12 years a he said. A i was sure file system would work for me too. A i took the Chance of losing big but i also took the Chance of winning big which is How it turned out a he said. A a a a a a. A a a a. A a a a a. A a a a a in the end the blame was put where it should have been and that was on  Brueck was convicted in september of four charges including driving while intoxicated and driving in a reckless manner. He was sentenced to 10 months confinement and a bad conduct discharge. The biggest loser in the Case was nearly Pomeroy. In an interview from his Hospital bed three Days after the shooting Pomeroy said doctors told him the Bullet missed by a centimetre of paralysing him. Recent efforts to reach Pomeroy were unsuccessful but Brady who has never spoken with the Man he shot said he. Has been told that Pomeroy is nearly fully re is amps Vince Crawley sgt 1st class Jeffery j. Brady acquitted in a shooting in a Dent that left a Soldier wounded has been returned to still duty status with the criminal investigation come. Covered. A i Felt very bad about that from the Start a Brady said of wounding Pomeroy. A my intentions were never to shoot anybody. But i had to react to Bruecks actions. A from what i could see the Only occupant in the car was Brueck. A the Pomeroy did no to deserve to get shot in the Back. I Felt bad about it then. I feel bad about it  the incident has soured him on his Chain of command which initially brought the charges against him and later gave him a letter of reprimand following his acquittal. The letter also was discarded after the hearing in Virginia. Brady is still fighting a poor evaluation that was placed in his record because of the incident. He is due to leave Germany in july but his Transfer will take place next month because of ill feelings. A they feel As i do that it would be hard for me to work under this Cid Chain of command a he said referring to the common designation for the criminal investigation come. A i done to think i was treated As fairly or As objectively As a no police officer would have been treated in a similar  the people who sought the charges he said Are not Field agents. Every Field agent he has spoken with he a amps Ron Jensen pfc. Matthew Pomeroy lying in a Hospital bed last March was shot while in the Back seat of a car during a High Speed police Chase near Rose Barracks in vol suck. Said has supported him. Capt. Tommy Thompson commander of the 262nd my det of the criminal investigation come in Niernberg reviewed Bradys evaluation. A this rating Chain is not available for comment. The Rater has since retired a Thompson said. Brady joined Law enforcement when a Recruiter in his Hometown of Joliet iii., told him it was the quickest Way to join the army. It has been a perfect match. Brady said he loves the work and wants to stay in the Field until he retires from the army. But he is unsure How the incident in March will affect his work until then. A i think in a going to have to wait and see a he said. A i done to think ill be afraid to use deadly Force in the  hopefully i wont face a situation like that again. If i do ill just have to make decision and hopefully the decision i make will be  a he remains certain however that his decision that night nine months ago was the right one. A was ambiguous As the regulation is it basically gives you some guidelines a he said. A then you the person on the Street have to determine what action to take in a matter of seconds. A after you react All the monday morning quarterbacks sit Back and say. A did you think of that did you think of this a a to me that vehicle coming at us like that was a threat. That gave me the right to use deadly  c-17 for Boeing 747, Pentagon urged Washington apr the Pentagon should abandon plans to buy More c-17 transport planes and instead buy cargo versions of the Boeing 747, says a report commissioned by the air Force. The study by the Rand cprp., a California based think tank says the govern ment would save billions and deliver More equipment to a Battle front faster with the 747s than with the Fleet of 120 c-17s that the air Force envisions. A copy of the study was obtained last week by the associated press. The air Force and Mcdonnell Douglas corp.,-the builder of the c-17, Dis pitted some of the study a assumptions and findings which were based on research conducted in 1992 and updated this year. A despite problems in its development. And performance he c-17 thus far has escaped outright cancellation. The Pentagon said Friday that it will squeeze $7.7 billion out of its. Top weapons programs by cancelling a troubled missile Effort cutting some Money from the air forces next generation fighter Jet a the f-22, and building Only two prototypes of the army a High tech Comanche helicopter. A amps file Wayne v. Hall Mcdonnell Douglas new c-17 transport such As this one at Ramstein a Germany has come under fire in a report commissioned by the air Force. The reductions Are far less severe than the estimated $20 billion that had been feared before president Clinton a decision last week to pump an extra $25 billion into the Pentagon budget Over the next six years. Beneath the dry technical language of the c-17 study looms a Battle involving three of the nations largest aerospace companies Mcdonnell Douglas which builds the c-17 in Southern California the Seattle based Boeing co., manufacturer of the 747 and Lockheed corp., which Hopes to revive production of the huge c-5 Galaxy transport plane in Marietta a. Top Pentagon officials plan to decide next fall whether to buy More than 40 c-17s or to find an alternative. The. Air Force needs a new plane to replace 244 c-141 transports planes that Date Back to the Early 1960s. Military planners say 120 of the larger c-17s would be needed to replace that Fleet. A we found that the air Force could conserve resources and still meet our assessment of future Inte theater Airlift needs by buying fewer c-17s than planned and buying a civil style transport with Long Range capability to carry bulk cargo and oversize equipment a the Rand report said. A. Buying 64 Boeing 747-400fs, a cargo version of the jumbo Jet would enable the air Force to increase the tonnage of equipment it could bring to a Battle zone and save the government $10 billion Over 25 years according to the study. And in a major blow to proponents of the c-17, the report contended that the planets ability to land at Remote unpaved airfields a a key Selling Point of the aircraft a is Little different than the much larger c-5. Y