European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes advisers head Back to school i Council to gather opinions at Sites in Mediterranean by Jimi Jones education writer a Council that advises the director of the military a overseas school system will be in Italy Spain and Turkey next week to gather Public opinion on the schools and hold the Council s semiannual meeting. The advisory Council on dependents education will begin conducting one Day visits to schools at 10 locations in the de Arment of defense dependents schools Mediterranean District monday. Four member teams will visit schools in Northern and Southern Italy Spain and Turkey. Open meetings for parents students teachers and Community members Are scheduled at several locations Between oct. 24-27. Advisory Council members will then meet oct. 28-29 in the town of Sirrenia near Pisa Italy. The Council is made up of parents students teachers school administrators military members stateside educators and representatives of the secretaries of education and defense. Its influence on the defense department school system is a similar to that of school boards on stateside schools a said Joe Blackstead director of the Dodds Europe Region. A the Council has made Many valuable recon Mendat Ioris that have resulted in improvements in the Dodds  Lillian Gonzalez who became the director of the defense department education activity in Early september said in a news release that she looks Forward to the Council s advice As she begins a a a rightsizing the operations to effectively put children and the teaching and learning process  at the schools team members will look at a fall aspects of the system a the release said including programs supporting the National education goals student academic performance parental satisfaction and involvement educational technologies and personnel matters. This year the Council has said it is particularly interested in ensuring that Dodds offers a challenging educational program to All students and that racial and ethnic minorities can fully participate Blackstead said monday that he also anticipates that the Council will look into the honors program whose future was questioned last school year. The primary responsibility of the Conn cil established by Congress is to rcom mend to the director a general policies for operation of the school system with respect to curriculum selection adm Nistra Tjon and operation of the  it also provides information to the director from other Federal agencies. The Council alternates its semiannual meeting Between Washington and Europe and Washington and the Pacific it last visited Europe in october 1992. The Council this year will be chaired by the defense departments Albert v. Conte undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness and the education departments Janice Jackson Deputy assistant Secretary for elementary and secondary education. A a a. A a. A a. A a a. A amps have Casey Dodds director Lillian Gonzalez said she looks Forward to the councils advice. The advisory Council on dependents education will be conducting open forums next week at a number of schools in the Mediterranean District of the department of defense dependents schools. Parents students teachers and Community members Are invited to the meetings at the following locations and times tuesday tuesday tuesday a Nihau Naples elementary school Italy 4 ., monday. Murt purpose room. A Naples High school Italy 3 , multipurpose room. In Ciurlik schools Turkey 4  Multipurpose room. Rota schools Spain 4 ., multipurpose room. Tuesday a Cenza hi9h sch001-4  Uay it school gymnasium wednesday oct 26 Mir elementary High school Turkey 345 ., a a a a multipurpose room. We of Imdan Sevilla elementary school. Spain 3 ., a a a a a multipurpose room. So Onetla elementary High school Sicily 4 ., multipurpose room tentative. Verona elementary school Italy 3 30 ., multipurpose room. Udomo elementary High school Italy 3 45 ., school gymnasium. Wednesday wednesday thursday oct 27 a amps exercise maritime partner set for Black sea Washington a amps two Navy ships from the . 6th Fleet will take part in maritime partner 94, a a multinational  exercise in the Black sea sponsored by the United states. The guided missile frigate Doyle and the Fleet Oiler Platte Home ported in Mayport fla., and Norfolk va., respectively will participate in the exercise scheduled to Start thursday and run through next wednesday. Other countries taking part Are Bulgaria Greece Italy Romania Russia Turkey and Ukraine. Observers from the former soviet Republic of Georgia also might attend. It Pentagon officials said the exercise will promote a better understanding of naval capabilities among the participants a in the spirit of nato s partnership for peace  highlights of maritime partner 94 will include seaborne interdiction and helicopter Quot operations search and Rescue techniques surface to surface gunnery training damage control and seamanship skills. The exercise also will provide an Opportunity for the Doyle and the Platte to make port visits to Varna Bulgaria and Constanta Romania. Wednesday october 19,1994 a i. A a  trains and saves by Mark Kinkade staff writer Heidelberg Germany Atlantic resolve 94, the . Army Europe a newest Large scale Battle exercise is already paying dividends even though the War game does no to Start until today. Usa eur expects to save millions of dollars compared with cold War Era exercises by using computers instead of tens of thousands of troops to fight the Battle command officials said the army is spending $15 million on the exercise. In 1988, during the largest return of forces to Germany exercise the service spent nearly $60 million not including deployment and rail costs said a Usa eur spokeswoman. Much of the savings according to col. Tom Machamer chief of usage urn a exercise division is in using computers to simulate troops and equipment. A we have a savings on manpower Money even Man Euver damage a Machamer said. A we still get the benefits but the costs Are Way  during the exercise More than 14,000 troops will train at Gra Fenohr and Hohenfels Germany. Of those about 12,000 Are Europe based . Forces Usa eur said. More than 2,000 Reserve forces from the United states also will participate along with Small contingents from France Germany the Netherlands and the United kingdom Machamer said. Computers will simulate a much larger Force in action Machamer said. In the scenario about 100,000 troops deploy to defend a fictional nato country from a Border invasion by an aggressive neighbor. The. Scenario Calls for the .-led multinational Force to switch roles from peacekeeping to aggressive War fighting Machamer said. The . Roster for Atlantic resolve 94 will include elements of the 3rd inf div based in Wurzburg Germany and the 310th theater army area come an army Reserve unit from fort Belvoir a. Other . Participants include troops from the 87th army Reserve div based in Birmingham ala., who will play a a simulated opposing ground Force and personnel from the . Southern european task Force in Vicenza Italy who will play the hypothetical nato nation of a South  Pentagon officials said at Tantuc resolve 94 is the first multinational exercise of its kind to be linked by computer simulations. \ Cost savings using computers were immediately evident when Usa eur began partial computer War games in 1991, the usar eur spokeswoman said. That year the army spent about $30 million on reformer training costs. In 1992, the total dropped to $20 million when the army went on line with its first full computer assisted exercise. The Cost of exercises could continue to drop Machamer said As More units Start using computers to simulate Battle conditions. T0 Tel a report staff writer Chuck Vlinch in Washington