Show Special Force A Begin Exercises Night parachute operations into the LaSal Manti-LaSal National Forest Region on July 16 and 17 marked the beginning of the operational phase of exercise Orbit Wings Wings- 1 I for four Special Special Special cial Forces A Detachments of Company B Special Forces Group Airborne First Special Forces Fort Bragg North Carolina Caro Caro- lina Some of the Green Beret paratroopers under the command command command com com- mand of Lt Col Lancelot W. W Kruger a colorful veteran of three wars are conducting a day 40 y unconventional warfare exercise from a Special Forces o operational rational base located at Holloman Holloman Holloman Hol- Hol loman Air Force Base New M Mexico tco A forward control base commanded commanded com commanded com com- by Major Gideon B. B Hev Hevenor r has been established at t Camp Williams Utah to co control the exercise in inthe in the Manti-LaSal Manti ar area area In addition forward control bases have been established at Fort Huachuca Ari Arizona ona and nd at Sunspot New Mexico I to control similar operations in those areas A total of nearly I 1000 soldiers will be involved in the the three state exercises Inc Included uc eci in t the 1 number are some v volunteers from the Ord Ordnance nce Battalion Battalion Battalion Batta Batta- lion Tooele A Army my Depot ep t u Utah h. h These individuals h have ve willingly given up the the comforts of warm barracks and hot chow for the rigors of guex guerrilla ti training These guerrillas met the Green Berets on the Drop Zone and moved with them into the mountains to receive training in raids and ambushes small arms the conduct of airborne operations operations operations opera opera- escape and evasion and survival val to name a few Each of the operational A Adeta deta detachments is composed of me members b r J whose specialties include include include in in- in- in clude Operations and Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelli Intelli- gence Weapons Demolitions Medicine ar and cl Comm Communications |