European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 27, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 army photo by Thomas Chalkley s. Sgt. Mike Bell studies Battlefield situation map displayed on Viedo screen of Minicomputer during nato exercise certain shield. Minicomputer used in certain shield Gloria does work of a dozen gis by Iwanna Walker Hanau Germany Gloria has a memory that would shame an elephant. She can calculate plot redraw maps track troop movements Mark equipment changes and produce updates on ammunition food and fuel supplies All in a few seconds. She is a or Minicomputer that May one Day help commanders Clear some of the fog of Battle from the modern Battlefield. About 12 soldiers armed with grease pencils would have to attack Large Situa Tion maps for up to two hours to produce the information Gloria provides in seconds according to a six member military civilian team working with the machine. The computer in a housing about the size of an upright Freezer is providing situation reports during nato exercise cer Young europeans seals enjoy pooling cultures by Lucia Guajardo staff writer shape Belgium is european forces swim league members get quite a cultural experience when competing Here with the shape seals the league s Only International team. Members of visiting team stay in Homes of the seals. That Means they could be guests of a German Canadian italian dutch British or american family the nationalities represented on the shape team. It s a different experience but the Lan Guage Barrier in t included. We Don t usually have trouble Matching up children from the other american teams with Chil Dren from our International team. The children from the other countries usually speak very Good English a team official said. The seals include children aged 10 to 18, whose parents Are Here with their coun try s military. The shape team competes against teams from Berlin Lahr Heidelberg Stuttgart and Mannheim. In 1977 the seals won the european forces league championship but had a bad year last year and placed third in the league said sgt. Maj. Martin Joet Fri Hoff of the Netherlands army and vice chair Man of the team s adult executive commit tee. Joet Fri Hoff budget and finance Divi Sion s chief clerk Here attributed the third place to renovation of the shape Pool which Cut training during half the season. Joet Fri off whose son Steven 11, is a Seal said 60 to 75 children Are expected to be on the team this season their eighth that runs from september through May. Army it. Col. John Bloom a special assistant to the Public information division pid Here and also a member of the Seal s adult committee is a Strong advocate of the team. It is Good physically for them and they get to travel and see a lot of Europe they would t ordinarily see he said. Gen. Von Manteuffel Dies Germany s hero of bulge Innsbruck Austria a retired German Gen. Hasso von Manteuffel who briefly turned the tide of world War ii when his tanks drove a 50-mile wedge into Allied lines during the 1944 Battle of the bulge has died while on vacation in the austrian Tyrol. He was 83. The doctor at the tourist resort of Reith said he died of a heart attack. The 5-foot-4 general commanded Adolf Hitler s fifth tank army in the ill fated ardennes push launched by the nazi dicta Tor on dec. 16, 1944. The fifth scored the greatest gains of the two main attacking armies in the drive reaching within four Miles of the Meuse River in Belgium be fore the offensive collapsed. Tain shield said maj. Lawrence fish head of the team. Small terminals about the size of an electric typewriter Are used to Type in formation into the computer. Then its memory Banks evaluate the information and Flash an updated map on a four foot Square screen in seconds. General dynamics corp. Developed Mil itary applications for the system five years ago. The military civilian team programs the computer and tests it at fort Hood Texas. Certain shield is the first of four tests of the system. The computer is not the most advanced but the concept of automatic instantaneous maps is a first for the army. When the computer is shipped Home next year army specialists will evaluate its Battlefield performance. Walker writes for the 2120th Public affairs Del of the Virginia army National guard deadline for she is dec. 11 by Jim Coles Iii is schools reporter Stuttgart Germany is Sci ence students in Dodd eur and British and Canadian schools who want to attend the 5th european Junior science and humanities symposium Johs March 1-3, 1979, should begin work on their projects now according to Kent Rossier Dod Doeur science coordinator. Registration deadline is dec. 11. The symposium will be held in Wirz Burg s Ochsen hotel and is one of the ses Sions held annually in Johs 44 regions. Sym Posia Are meetings at which schol arly papers on original research Are presented As opposed to science fairs where science projects Are shown. Other aspects of the symposium include hearing prominent researchers describe their work visits to research centers and labs and meeting with researchers in their facilities. National symposium about 100 students and their teachers from 20 schools Are invited to attend the symposium annually with 15 selected to present papers to the audience. The top five presenters will be invited to attend the National symposium at West Point in May. Research areas eligible for consideration Are social sciences mathematics technology and pure two copies of the research paper and its abstract should be submitted by Jan. 19. Johs will pay travel and lodging expenses of invited presenters Rossier said. Papers will be judged by army re search and standardization group London which will Send out special invitations to the authors of papers selected for presentation. The first four or five winners at the european symposium will be granted expense paid trips to the West Point symposium. The first place Winner in Europe will present the winning paper at the National. National Johs will also Publ ish an abstract of All research papers selected for presentation at the May event. Further information May be obtained from local High school science teachers or by writing Kent Rossier Dodd eur Johs director Box 5904, Apo 09633 or Zum Linden of 8, 6238 Hofheims Federal Republic of Germany gis involved in Saxon drive enjoying dutch rations treat by Dan Synovec Bremerhaven Bureau chief Wittorf Germany is Ameri can soldiers taking part in nato exercise Saxon drive in Northern Germany Are get Ting a real taste of interoperability and they say they Are enjoying it. The 2nd army div fwd two battalions from the 1st army div and the 1st brigade of the 4th inf div a reformer unit from fort Carson colo., Are attached to a Netherlands division for the exercise. And when it is time to Stop for Chow they Dine on dutch army rations. Jokes flow As hungry gis Wolf Down Yogurt luncheon meats and hot Tea. Their language sparkles with army stories while they listen for word to Saddle up and again become part of an enormous nato machine. . James e. Crook 38-year-old dining facility manager assigned to the 2nd army div said he adds seasoning to dutch rations mainly Salt and Pepper to give them a More american taste. Each Soldier is allotted two slices of luncheon meat per meal and each Soldier is allotted 14 slices of bread a Day said Crook from Monterey Calif. Sometimes we serve boiled eggs for breakfast with the cold cuts As Well As Yogurt Coffee and Tea. Lunch is usually the he said the evening meal includes pork chops pork steaks or a Stew. Peeling potatoes an Agless Job of sol Dier ups is eliminated when we use dutch rations. All of their potatoes come peeled and partially cooked Crook said. He adds Chicory to the dutch Coffee to give it More Wallop. We pick up our rations from the 501st Supply and transport in an american unit that receives the rations from the dutch. We get what we Are supposed to get and without any delays the 15-year Veter an said. This is the first time in my army career that i have prepared rations for my troops that Are issued from another army he noted. No one is starving to death and the men seem to enjoy the
