European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes thursday september 18. 1980 forecasters help set forge scenario Cit j from fagi1 i Calls for detailed weather planning. In order to provide a find Lech has been briefing . Cion Julius w. Beckon or. Vii corps and exercise commander and his staff daily. For the past several months he has explained the weather picture in Cen trial Bavaria and told them what they might expect during the exercise. Knowing what he weather will be helps the general and his staff decide on the exercise indic cd said. Fur instance if we had heavy Rains forecast for a certain part of the exercise area we would t want to run tanks in that area any More than was necessary because of the Man Euver damage they would cause. Additionally he said if you were having heavy Rains you would want to be extremely careful about scheduling a bridging exercise Oer a major Stream or you might get it washed out or have some one injured. Two things we Vii corps Are concerned with during the exercise arc Sarcu and keeping Man Euver damage to a and Eccli said a working in the Field is very different from being on an air Force base. In an air Force unit of normally operate from a fixed base Here we operate with army tactical and communication equipment. Be Start out with just an Emp by tactical Van. So in order to make it into a weather forecasting station we have to do some major and Lech said these modifications in clude building consoles installing receiving and transmitting equipment and building map tables and boards. Weather forecasts Are time to i of the military exerciser now in Prog Revi. Army s. Sri. Frank k. Hallerson left Liq haller17lh held arly Augsburg operates a radar tracking de keeping an Eye on the weather la for certain Rampart "80 Neir kit in reach. Vii he device in can trick Walher balloons to Cheek upper wind speeds temperature and humidity. At Rishi a hand held device Holch Mea wind velocity is being checked by air Force s. Up. Wilson Monger it Del 6, 7th weather so Fuld and air Man Drian , Del 7, 7th we Attr so Crafin Stoehr
