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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, January 19, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Invisible computer is installed Story and photo by Roy Adams Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Kaiserslautern invisible weapons systems seem to be the trend in the As the recent revelation of the air forces stealth bomber Illus but that trait is also finding its Way into support systems As one of the latest items of equipment in the army Supply for lists invisibility among its Many attrib along with the ability to do its Job More than 100 times faster than the sys tem it has the 5th Maint co Here has accepted delivery of the first production Model of 51 technologically advanced computers to be received by Usa eur this called the decentralized automated service support or das3 for the computer will be used within the Supply organization for processing and keeping a running according to 2nd George the accountable officer for the company technical Supply the Honeywell computer system will keep track of the line items for the two major accounts his Section Speed is the greatest feature of he we can now do in about five hours what used to take More than a week with the old the computer is also More Mobile than the nor 500 system formerly in housed in a self contained the system is powered by its own Gen january 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 keeping track of army supplies is faster and easier for 2nd George Kaub with this new computer making it quite flexible in the the nor computer took up two which Kaub said made it a chore to move around in the but As he lauded All the things das3 does Kaub had nothing but Praise for the one thing this computer Doest what das3 lacks is a distinctive Sig nature of electromagnetic wave emis making it virtually impossible to locate using current surveillance the lieutenant he related an incident during the sys tems test period at when an air Force c5 equipped with sophisticated electronic surveillance  find the about the Only part of the system that is detectable is the air he but even that gives off no More heat than a Small while the new computer is More Mobile and More difficult for the enemy to Kaub said it is also a much easier system for the opera All of our specialists who have used the old system can go to work on this one he its ease of operation Means we can put new Supply people to work with Only a Lew weeks of ont Ejob training instead of relying on specially trained data proc Essing the system was accepted by usar eur Deputy commander chief Pat Crizer during a ribbon Cut Ting ceremony at the equipment support where the computer will be Wuerzburg paws have something to prance about by Chuck Vinch staff writer Germany move Kaiserslautern Raider ettes you have some in the form of the Wuerzburg american High school prancing the beginnings of the group we rent easy several of the girls Here decided to form their own dance team last year after seeing one from another school at a Wuerzburg sporting but getting organized was a problem it took two months just to find a Dora who teaches elementary school in heard about the paws search for a sponsor from her a student at Wuerzburg being As generous As he he volunteered me for the she said with a we  receive any Money from the athletic program because there want really any and also because we we rent recognized As a school she the which originally numbered 16 set about financing them we ordered precut which the girls sewed said but then we ran into problems trying to find other things that we such As uniform which Are hard to come by Over one of the other teachers was going to the states on personal and she agreed to get what the girls needed while she was the team originally performed at school football and basketball and occasionally a wrestling but this year they Are expanding their Accord ing to weve just received a let Ter inviting us to the Kitzinger Community Fasching and we Are considering a few other the team was also finally voted funds in december by the school Booster the who now have 23 work hard choreographing and perfecting their practising six hours a their repertoire includes routines with football and comedy and another one done to jazz putting a routine together takes a bit of we decide on a song which has a steady eight count and then we just go Home and work out different move ments to do to the said Susanne team senior at the next practice we put the move ments it takes about a Day or two to work out the Basic she sex and then about a week to polish dance teams Are nothing new in the according to now its finally coming to american schools she Heidelberg has an excellent and so does along with Sev eral i think its a Good not Only because it boosts school but because the worst problem for our teen agers is becoming involved and being Able to affiliate with a school group is Good for the the paws make it Clear that they Are not attempting to take anything away from the there very but we just wanted to let people know that there Are other dance said Amy one of the we May not be As flashy As kaisers but we think our routines Are and we just like to go out there and have enthusiasm runs High for the prancing paws of Wuerzburg High Rick Wasser  
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