European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 2, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 Dodds chief says classes off to Good Start director on european four of Meef with military school officials by Mary ii Ladky staff writer Wilh the new school year under Way. Beth Stephens director of the department of defense dependents schools has launched a Ihrck Wick tour of schools in Europe and meetings with regional and Mili tary officials. The Dodds schools in the european theater had one of the Best openings Ever Stephens said. We think the year is off to an excellent  Stephens will be in West Germany through sunday. She then will travel to Italy Spain and England where she will tour schools and meet with officials of the Dodds Mediterranean and Atlantic regions. Stephens who last visited Europe in May. Said she tries to visit schools abroad twice each year. Stephens said she had no new policies or procedures to announce to educators or military officials Here. Instead she wants to talk with and listen to personnel. I m trying to keep open communication and work with regional and local staff she said. Her Agenda included attending a european schools advisory Council meeting in Stuttgart monday. The Council is chaired by Brig. Gen. Wallace c. Arnold director of personnel and administration for the . European come Headquarters. The Council includes top personnel officials for the . Navy. Army and at a orc in Europe As Well As the three Dodds regional directors from Europe. She also was scheduled to meet Wilh air Force Gen. Richard a , Deputy commander of the . European come Gen. Glenn k. Otis Usa eur commander and Gen. Charles l. Donnelly or. Usage commander. On saturday she will attend a leadership training meeting for Parent teacher association and organi Alion members near Wiesbaden. Stephens also plans meetings Wilh the staffs in the three Dodds regional offices in Europe and chief school administrators. S&5 Poloi by Joseph Owen dressed in cumbersome protective outfits soldiers from two units in Germany cod 293rd engr in of Baum older and cob 94th engr in of Darmstadt play volleyball. Soldiers work up a sweat in Abc olympics a Soldier from the 94th engr in sets up a tent. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Karlsruhe Germany some people exercise in what they like to Call sweat suits. Those people should have attended the army s 18th engr brigade s first nuclear biological and chemical Abc olympics in Karlsruhe last week to understand what sweating really Means. Five battalions and a Headquarters company participated in the Daylong event most of which was held on the sports Field at Gerszwski Barracks. Participants wore fourth level Mission oriented protective posture Mopp-1v suits complicated outfits that make the wearers look As if they come from another planet and that Don i afford a lot of air conditioning under any circumstances. Events included volleyball vehicle driving Opp gear Exchange races protective mask Assembly m-16 Assembly putting up tents operating German fire fight ing equipment grenade throwing and relay rates. We were trying to think of a Way to make Abc training so people will notice it and so it will be fun said capt. William s. Eck explaining the olympic for mat. It also helps give it a focus. You re competing for  Eck the brigade s chemical officer said it was the first time the construction brigade had conducted an olympics and brigade officials Hope to make it an an Nual event. It also was the largest Abc olympics in Usa eur Eck said. Soldiers Wear Opp in suits to protect themselves from chemical or biological agents that might be used on the Battlefield. The training gets them accustomed to donning the gear quickly and working while wearing it. In the volleyball Competition teammates cheering each other on sounded As though they were Yelling into paper cups. The ungainly boots produced several foot faults during the games not to mention the number of Tim a players were knocked Down. It s hot. You lose a lot of  said sgt Jacob Haynes of cod 293rd engr in in Baum older As he peeled off his protective clothing after a 20-minute game. The temperature lounged in the 70s Prid in. But Haynes said thai in Opp in it takes Only to minutes to work up a sweat. Haynes and fellow company member sgt. Curies but Ler said they had put the Opp in suits on and taken them off five limes by late afternoon. Haynes said the Competition seemed intended to Sec if we can last in a suit like  to Butler it s All just to get us ready for  brigade commander col. Carl o. Magnell addressing the engineering brigade at the end of the Day characterized the exercises As a lesson in survival. If we can t survive we can t construct he said. It s As simple As that he said. Brigade officials collected the suits tents weapons and other equipment from All the brigade s locations said Sec. James Everett the Abc noncommissioned offi car at he co in Karlsruhe. The German army s 850th chemical co Owci Brucick in also participated in the event setting up a display of chemical decontamination equipment that included a lighter version of the Opp in suit. The end of the Day saw 94th engr in from Darm Stadt capturing top honors in the olympics by amassing the greatest number of combined Points. The other com Peting teams were in order of Point totals 79th engr in Karlsruhe 649th engr in Schict Ingen 249th engr in Karlsruhe 293rd engr in Baum older