European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1978 system keeps Eye on Europe bound cargo the stars and stripes Page 9 Guesswork eliminated with Vic by Merle Jacobsen stall writer Germany move 3ver tac and the rest of Vic is on the unlike Sac and Vic belongs to the not the air unlike Bis brother acronyms in another Vic is not an abbreviated form of a major or minor Vic is visibility of i transit cargo and belongs to the 4th trans Gerald chief of the Vic task said Vic will make it easier to manage cargo bound for american forces from the Poh said which relies on a recently acquired will improve 4th trans ability to stage and Trace cargo and to Analyse the brigades performance and keep track of the commands a native of said Vic will enable the brigade to keep data on cargo from the time it leaves seaports rather than upon its arrival in european according to Vic began to take form about 18 months David operations officer for the brigades plans and operations said Vic will Benefit All of while were an army he we support the Bri which has air Force and Navy staff unison has about 750 custom he were much More than a trucking said the and were quite proud of that trucking the which traces its roots to the red Ball express army truck ing outfit of world War ii owns about James the Bri Gades assistant chief of staff for data sys Heads the Section which operates Vics the of the 4th trans Bri Gade has always been dependent on com Puter in the Thurman the brigade relied on computer support from v corps he in Frankfurt and the 21st support Cornels Wei Bracken Thurman said the computer most of which came from government sur will also Speed operations by 4th trans sea Van management information and passenger reservation we built a Brand new computer site Thurman he said the site was finished in May and that Vic is scheduled to go into operation in he will set the Standard for department of the army cargo Robert who will manage Vic As assistant chief of staff for the brigades i transit cargo were developing a Supply system that will be with the army until of said Vic will Only smallest state observes Vij Day up stale in the nation was the Only one to officially observe Vij Day when Japan stopped fighting and ended world War the rest of America went about its Japan capitulated and two later signed a formal surrender the battleship Missouri anchored in if Kyo Germany had surrendered on May 8 of that same i Hope they continue it the Tut i dont think they Many men fought for the Why should we for w it said Vernon a member of the veterans of foreign the Way Lings Are we wont be remember ing anything any More help identify cargo in the system and unplug which will save without Stober the Bri Gade is Only Able to Tell a command How Many containers arrive in with he 4th trans can Tell its custom ers what is in the in some Stober Vic will eliminate a link in the Supply for he tanks arriving in Bremerhaven now must be sent to a depot for further transport to their Vic will eliminate the depot he the port is acting like a its a he cargo going straight to its diversion of equipment will be a big asset to Vic especially in time of Stober with Stober equipment or supplies ordered by a com Mand can be diverted to a unit in greater need at James air 2nd army Cav loads a look out below rocket into a firing pod on the ah1s he at the cobra copter fires a at a the min guns can spew out thousands of rounds a army cobra copiers designed for ones of missions Story and photos by John Savard Nurnberg Bureau chief Germany Range 79 at the seventh army training Center Here is normally a tank so when half a dozen helicopters from air 2nd army Cav skim lightly Over the Earth As they move Down it is hard to realize they Are tank but the new ah1s cobra attack Heli copters Are designed to be just they have min guns which can spew out thou Sands of rounds a they have Tow antitank missiles which can kill a tank in one and there arc rockets which can kill tanks or Shock an enemy with instant rocket this platoon of cobra attack helicopters didst begin its Mission at the Edge of Range Miles the cobras and their companion oh58 scout helicopters have been prepared for this Mission by the support soldiers of air troop it is dangerous work cobra attack helicopters dont shut Down As am munition and fuel Are brought to them the soldiers Rush beneath the whirling Blades feeding the copter More fuel and expo fifteen minutes the entire Pla Toon is on its Way Back into the As they the men begin stacking More supplies that the next platoon will need weapons programs costs continue Rise Washington up costs of major weapons programs jumped by Mil lion in the three months which ended june with the Tomahawk cruise missile accounting for the Pentagon work is being seeded up on the Toma Hawk so that it can be added to the nations strategic Arsenal in the the biggest increase was a 52037 Mil lion jump in modernization of army cht7 cargo helicopters a program thai no has doubled from 6 million to 77 til Uon since 1975 new inflation estimates were Given As the reason for the latest in like Light the cobras Dodge and weave Down the using Trees and Small ridges As they work to keep a Low profile and avoid antiaircraft one pair of cobras fire a rocket from behind a they use Compass and charts to plot their with their aim corrected by ground they unleash an entire another cobra team spots some they quickly Rise from behind their cover and fire directly into the then they get Back Down fast before they can be it int Long before ammunition is Low and the platoon moves Back or supplies but the support troops have kept an other platoon of cobras is waiting on line to move into the work Doest mop at training lasts into the night with the cobras still Landing and the support soldiers still Dart ing beneath tie whirling Blades to fuel and Arm them with Mck cts then its Back to Range the tank Range where cobras learn to kill