European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page Vicenza students project is big hit by Kent Harris stars and stripes an eight grader from Vicenza Middle school in Italy nearly cracked the top 10 with a documentary she submitted at the National history Day april who produced Leni Riefenstahl truthful artist or tragic propagandist finished Lith in the Junior individual documentary Competition on she was one of 34 Stu dents from department of de sense dependents school Seu rope to participate in the event but the Only one to make the fishes the first Dodd Seu rope student in the three years in which the system has participated to make the final she should be very said Mark acting social studies coordinator for the department of defense education who attended the event at the University of Maryland at College acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns was the key note speaker at the according to More than american students participate in the which has been held for More than 25 As individuals or in compete at local lev then in state competitions be fore advancing to the National i Crystal Abbot Courtesy of the air Force april an eight grader at Vicenza Middle High Bignell said there were about students at the finals com Peting in 14 categories seven each for Junior and senior Divi Dodd Europe students competed in most of april won the Dodd Europe Competition in her category in in she was one of according to the associations web site the win Ner in aprils category was Shruti Varatharajan of Sartartia Middle school in whose submission was from ashes to Moon dust Apollo 1 tragedy steers Man to the Moon and the top Junior and senior entrants from each state and other entities were selected by april was picked As Odeas top Junior entrant and bit burgs Jor Dan Aaron Roth and jus tin Heller were named top senior they entered a video Almedy in these Nior group documentary corporate sponsors 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equipment takes four measurements of each face and converts them into a biometric which is stored in the database along with the Retina fingerprints and the persons name and and he it will show you if there is a match for someone who is wanted in the Geisler the database has already proved its Worth in identifying he units downrange Are experiencing some pretty Good Success using in one they found a partial fingerprint on the remains of a Road Side they made a match in the database and went and arrested the individual whose fingerprint was on the he the a mrs operations group Tom said coalition forces Are using biometrics extensively in Iraq and we got it from the it helps you identify individuals who Are wanted or suspected of terrorist a the Fri has used it As a tool for detecting criminal but it has an application for us in the he Vandal said soldiers add people to the database when they pass through entry control when they Are detained or if they work on a coalition facile inputting the data and confirming it takes two to five minutes depending on the proficiency of the sol Dier using the he the number of iraqi and afghan individuals in the database is he Jarc is the Only combat training Center that has integrated biometrics into Mission rehearsal exercises that prepare units for deployment to Iraq or Vandal it first incorporated biometrics into training Dur ing a Mission rehearsal for the Ira bound 12th com Bat aviation brigade and Afghanistan bound 173rd airborne brigade in biometrics also were used during training for the Ira bound 2nd cavalry Stryker brigade this Vandal units deploying from the get biometric train ing in but combat training Cen ters also Are preparing to incorporate biometrics in their he Geisler said biometrics Are the cutting Edge of Mil itary i dont think a lot of nations Are using biometric scenarios in we do individual biometric training Here because it is so they Are training soldiers on the latest technology almost As soon As it comes out and it is available to the he a mrs biometric training was showcased to coalition partners from Canada and Australia at a conference in Hohenfels last the goal of the conference was for combat training centers from the various nations to compare Best practice for training troops in the War on Geisler said the conference was the first of its but there already Are plans for followup conferences in Brit Ain next year and Germany the following Van dal email Seth Robson at . 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