Show m Green Berets Begin Begin- Local War ar Games' Games The ann annual al exercise in central Utah of the Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg North Carolina Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina is now in progress with the exercise to be completed April 15 In 1967 the Third Special Forces Group out of Fort Bragg held their exercises inthis inthis in inthis this area in March and April with a small group returning in August for further training This year it is the Sixth Special Forces Group that is training here For their exercise it has been assumed that the eastern half of Utah was overrun in 1959 by an enemy nation and that this area which includes the valley vaney from Thistle in Utah County south to Salina in Sevier County and east over the Manti- Manti LaSal mountains to Price in Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon County is occupied by the hostile nation Local residents including ranchers have grown tired of the police state under which they have been forced to live including the curfews and economic pressure and have turned to the west where their government fled when they were invaded by the hostile nation and have asked them for help helpin in getting rid of the forces All units in the exercise including in including including in- in the US U.S. Special Forces which will train the guerrillas the local residents as aswell aswell aswell well as the forces will willbe willbe be from the Sixth Special Forces Group Air support will be flown in by the First Air Commando Group of England Air Force Base La stationed at Wendover for this exercise Col Samuel V V. V Wilson who is stationed at Camp Williams is in command of the exercise and the Special Forces group that will train the Col G. G E. E Carr is in command of the Iru Iru- Iru- Iru bian or hostile or government force The may be distinguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- dis- dis by the helmets they wear while the guerrillas will wear civilian clothes and the advisors advisors advisors ad ad- visors the Green Beret uniform This week the main group have been parachuting into the area coming down both on the Manti-LaSal Manti mountains and in inthe inthe inthe the valley vaney depending on wind currents at the time The maneuvers will take place mostly in the hills and mountainous mountainous mountainous moun moun- terrain of the four-county four area Col Wilson who just returned last year from a year three-year tour of duty in Vietnam reported that he was available to talk to local groups concerning Green Beret activities and purpose The colonel explained that in time of war sear Special Forces groups parachute behind enemy lines to assist resistance groups in combating enemy forces Their problems are varied and include setting up governments obtaining supplies food health and medical problems as well as training guerrillas in warfare |