European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 25, 1965 computers will fight Maneu vers Bethesda my. Special realistic army Field training May soon be possible without the costly commitment of troops and equipment. The army s strategy and tactics analysis group in Bethesda has designed a com Puter system that thinks in terms of brigade level infantry la cues. Commanders and staff officers will be presented with a hypothetical combat situation. After preparing conventional Battle plans and orders they will fee them into a computer by tape and punch cards. Prior to the in Cruse. The com Puter will be Given its military Point of it will be programmed with Basic data such As fuel and ammunition require ments weapons capabilities and rates of seconds the commanders will know if their orders were successful. The results May be just As conclusive As the out come of a Large scale Man Euver involving hundreds of men an machines. In a full scale employment of the computer system the ene my will be played by another tactical commander Manning a similar computer. An exercise will continue As the computer reveals the con stantly shifting Battle situation. Printed cards presented to the commanders will outline new developments which they mus meet. When a decisive Victory i achieved the electronic War fare will the computerized training proves workable. It will be the first time that the sophisticated systems Are put into training us below such agencies As the joint chiefs of staff and the army War College. Gen Harrell gets new Post Washington is it Wenben Harrell has been named commanding general of the army s combat developments come with Headquarters at , a. The stars and stripes 1 loge 65 planned May 3-8 \ log 7 = Washington s4s the army s largest annual logistical exercise loge a will be conducted. Pm let a. From Hay than 5,000 participant will engage in the week Long exercise mostly from Active army unit. Also taking part will be member of the army Rennie plus personnel assigned to the nary air Force and stale department. At Oppold to a Field Man Euver loge i a command Post exercise and map Man Euver 5conducted under simulated combat conditions = using a hypothetical War situation. Supply and support problem Are Given of = the commanders to their staff agencies who must then perform staff activities similar to 3 those required in a combat situation. Director of loge 85 will be it Gen wll a Ham f. Train 2nd army cd. 3 tates be Tevice scene desk i o tiny Tower console sgt s gimmick cuts costs Washington s4s a Box about the size of a Small filing Cabinet built by an air f o r c sergeant for film eventually May save the air Force millions of dollars. The device is a miniature transistorized control Tower con sole designed and constructed during off duty time by s sgt Joseph e. Pursley no i charge of the navigational maintenance Section of the 2018thcommunications so at Otis fab mass. The Tower console measures20 inches Square and 40 inches High but performs All the functions of a full scale Tower . Because of its Light weight a drugged construction the apparatus could be used for airborne operations and parachuted into Remote areas where fast operating control towers May be needed. Its transistorized Cir Cuits permit operation by Bat Tery Generator or line Power. Pursley has already Given the console a severe operational lest when it was used to take Over the entire base Tower function when regular Tower equipment underwent Complete maintenance. It logged More than4,000 separate air movements including is declared emergencies and landed All without Inci Dent according to Pursley if an when commercial manufacturer produces the console it could decompressed to the size of a Breadbox. Navy seeking funds to buy 61 Neil ships Washington is the Navy is asking Congress for Money to buy ii new ships an make 12 major ship conversions during fiscal year 1ih, Accord ing to adm David l. Mcdonald chief of naval operations. The new vessels desired in clude 10 destroyers of 4.000 tons. 4 nuclear powered submarines 8underway replenishment ships and 15 assault ships. Included in the conversion re quest is Money for major Revi Sion of the flight deck on the air Craft Carrier Midway. Mcdonald made his remark sat a naval Academy alumni luncheon Here. He said he had also requested �59 new aircraft of which m3are combat types. He also said that congressional committees have been told of the mounting Challenge which deface at sea in the form of soviet i we know Tor example that Russia s submarine Force num Bers 400, but what we Don t seem to realize is How much their merchant tonnage and their sur face Force tonnage has increased. We know too that concurrently if not in so great a capability. Red China s sea Power it also increasing and we Are inclined to think that China May Start emphasizing submarine activity in the same Way the rus sians army to get Neil look in uniforms Washington Nana the army is going to provide new. Better and More expensive overcoats and raincoats for its men by the Middle of "1168.they will be Green. So will army uniforms whether for summer or Winter Wear. According to testimony re leased by the House appropriations committee the new Over coat will Cost about my. Com pared with the current 123.the new Raincoat will Cost t4, compared with id uniform Chance says Gen James l. Richardson chief of staff for person Nel will provide the same co Lorall year around so the army will not have to changes of uniforms at certain dates be tween summer and Means he said that a Soldier can Wear the lighter uni form on a warm Winter Day and the heavier one on a Cool sum Mer Day without having to worry about present Raincoat. Richard son said was not very the new overcoat will be like the present officer overcoat he said except that it will be men now receive a Field coat with liner of a much harder Type the new overcoats will be is sued to soldiers As personal property the general explained. Initial production approved for fill Washington special approval has been granted for Ini tial production of 411 fill air Craft newest fighter to be used by the air Force and for production of the fill was approved by Secretary of the air Force Eugene m. said that results of the research and development pro Gram to Date give Confidence that the fill would provide Superior air plane for both Navy and air Force missions. Mobile control Tower developed for at instructor to Monitor the critical Landing and descent patterns of Pilot training. The rus willbe positioned 1h feet opposite the Point of touchdown. Russ Atac main bases will be positioned on a steel girder base but Mobile units will be mounted on truck Beds for use at auxiliary training Fields. Each unit will be quipped wit hot lines for direct communication Between the base control Tower other Russ base weather service and base operations and uhf ground air radios. In total. 55 units have been programmed for air training come. Seven will be used by Randolph fab one at each end of the two existing runways plus one each for the auxiliary Fields located at Seguin Hondo an Clear Springs. Prior to the development of the Standard rus individual bases developed and manufactured equipment to fit their own needs when in full operation through ironic on u Piru. at s Pilot training bases during Peak periods of flying greater air safety will be pro much base records More than 400 video through positive control often Masc Itoi Zuj n Slu jct air traffic. During 1�m,this amounted to More than 750. 000 flying hours and four and on half million aircraft movements. San Antonio. Tex. Special a standardized transportable control Tower designed by air training come at Randolph fab tex., for controlling an monitoring student Pilot flights has been developed for installation at Pilot training bases. Called runway supervisory units Rustle compact 1x13 foot units will be installed teach Pilot training base in the command. This will be the firs time that a unit of this Type has. Been standardized for air Force wide Gen John a. Pechuls at director of Materiel stated in the Light of special Accident hazards stemming from inexperience common student errors and congestion of air traffic in student Pilot training areas the rus will provide a More positive air control system in assuring Ulm units flu be placed at each end of All runway to Monitor student traffic which represents 80 per cent of All aircraft Raffi a Pilot training base. Flying hours and 1,500 aircraft movements per Day. From a safety standpoint thebus will allow the controller copter s stinger extending from the no of a uii1b Iroquois helicopter 1s the army s new Turret mounted 4t-mm grenade launcher. Designed As the is subsystem Thili potent weapon ran deliver suppressive fire on ground urges at 200 rounds per minute
