European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The see amp Aad ripes vol. 50, no. 272 500 sunday january 12,1992 d 8693 Adna to identify War dead Washington apr biological samples will be taken from Alt military personnel to form a genetic reference that May ensure there Are no american Quot unknown soldiers in future wars. Specimens from blood and Oral swabs will be taken from All armed service members and stored in a repository under a plan announced Friday by the defense department. The specimens will be preserved to provide if needed the unique genetic identification of each person in uniform. Army maj. Victor Weedn chief of the armed forces Institute of pathology said in an interview that samples will be placed on identification cards that will be stored in vacuum sealed packages and then Frozen. Cells in the blood and Oral swab samples will contain the Dan pattern that is unique to each person. Dan or detox ribonucleic acid contains a persons genetic code and is pre sent in each body cell. By comparing the Dan from unidentified combat dead with Dan samples in the repository the military should be Able to positively identify the casualties Weedn said. The system also could be used to identify the dead in mass disasters such As air plane crashes. A identification of remains has Long been a priority for the . Military a Weedn said in a statement. A the establishment of this repository May very Well mean that we will no longer have an a unknown soldiers from future Battle casual Dan testing of the stored specimens will be conducted Only for specific cases and the genetic information will be treated with confidentiality Weedn said. He said however the specimens could be withdrawn under court order for use in criminal matters just As All medical samples in hospitals now May be subpoenaed. But when a person leaves the military the specimens will be destroyed he added. Weedn said Dan identification was used in operation desert storm but the system could have been even More useful if there had been a repository of file information on All military personnel. The military estimates that it will take about five years for specimens from All Active duty personnel to be placed into the repository. Two cards with specimens will be created for each scr ice member. Moreover each card will include a fingerprint a signature and a bar code to assure positive identification. One card will be kept with medical records and the other will be scaled and Frozen. Collection kits for the system will Cost about $3 each and Long term storage will Cost an additional $2 to $3. Getting a feel for the past courageous Little Sarah Fastabend holds out the hand of Friendship Friday to a hungry looking Tyl saurus or a knot Lizard. While the 8-year-old appears to be in danger of being gobbled up by the prehistoric creature she has nothing to fear. The Toothy animal is a life size robot of a sea monster featured in the Din Matlon sea creatures past and present exhibit in Atlanta. In its Day the creature grew to nearly 50 feet and weighed Between 5 and 6 tons. . Bugged computers report says Washington a . Intelligence agents reportedly inserted a computer virus into a network of iraqi computers tied to that country a air defense system several weeks before the Start of the persian Gulf War. . News and world report said this week that the virus was designed by the super secret National Security Agency at fort Meade md., and was intended to disable a mainframe computer. Citing two unidentified senior . Officials the Magazine said the virus appeared to have worked but it gave no details. It said the operation May have been irrelevant because of the allies overwhelming air superiority. The secret operation began when american intelligence agents identified a French made computer Printer that was to be smuggled from Amman Jordan to a military facility in Baghdad the Magazine said. The agents in Amman replaced a computer microchip in the Printer with another microchip that contained the virus in its electronic circuits. By attacking the iraqi computer through the Printer the virus was Able to avoid detection by Normal electronic Security measures the report said. A once the virus was in the system the see bugged on Page 2 for Many the Stork comes after the storm Santa Ana Calif. Up a doctors and military families report birth rates Are soaring in the Wake of the persian Gulf War a phenomenon some Are calling a operation desert Stork. A a the figures Are Way up a its All these Guys who came Home a said Michael Carr marketing director for Aetna health plans champs division in los Alami tos Calif. Aetna administers military insurance plans for the los Angeles area. Amy ready has living proof of the trend a his name is William Thomas and he was born on new years Day. A i knew a lot of wives would get pregnant when the Guys came Home but i did t think it would happen to me As soon As he got off the plane a she told the Orange county Register. Her husband capt. Tom ready an Fa-18 Hornet Pilot stationed at the Eltoro Marine corps air station flew Home from operation desert storm on March 26, after successfully repelling iraqis invasion of Kuwait troops began returning to the United states in March. Military authorities report that the byproducts of those tearful reunions Are just now being born. For the six months Between april 1 and sept. 30 of last year there were 1,835 requests for obstetric and gynaecological services from military families in los Angeles and Orange counties the Register reported saturday during the same period in 1990, there were 859, even though the number of military women and wives at the bases was about the same. The Pentagon also reported that pregnancies among military families have doubled at port Campbell ky., and fort Hood Texas. Los Angeles area obstetricians also report a surge in military related pregnancies. A the increase has been fairly significant. Some say see Stork on Page 2 a nil playoff preview a Page 18 a
