European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes May 1985 daily Magazine marines during desert exercise in the a photo learning the lessons of desert warfare by Charles Mohr new York times summer temperatures in the Mojave desert sometimes reach 130 degrees or More in the Shade and As is often the an infantryman is forced to lie it May be 30 to 45 degrees hotter for it is no hyperbole when a United states Marine corps handbook warns that deserts Are a harsh environment in which to similar deserts cover on fifth of the worlds surface and several of such As the one in the Ara Bian arc of major strategic Mak ing the acclimatization of fighting men to the heat extremely five years of intensive training and experience at the Marine air ground combat Center have yielded Many lessons in desert warfare and demolished some cherished military gone Are the Days when heartless sergeants enforced water discipline in an Effort to Harden troops with rationed we have gone in exactly the opposite said William commander of the combat Center and of the 7th Marine amphibious Jack the generals chief of now we have to Force them to drink and Force them to the Marine corps now calculates that in order to function effectively in desert operations each Man May require up to three Gallons of drinking water a to ration the corps will assuredly invite improvements in logistics seem to indicate that the 7th brigade would be Able to Supply the huge amount of drinking water it would need for at least 30 Days if it had to deploy to Southwest Asia and the persian Gulf As the Marine contingent of a rapid deployment water that the brigade could not obtain locally would be supplied from it might be easier to Supply the water than to get it into the stomachs of the repeated studies Here demonstrate that even in literally dizzying a Rifleman tends to drink Only two thirds of the water he needs to avoid heat some military innovations have been made to avoid such one is encouraging troops to drink As much As two quarts of water Early in the this takes but it provides what the Marine manual Calls two internal canteens to supplement the two plastic one quart canteens carried by each it has also been Learned that troops will usually refill canteens and take opportunities to drink Only if the water Supply is visible to them and if officers and non commissioned officers hound but the water must not Only be it must be men just wont drink water that is 110 said so the marines have portable water they do not make the water cold but they can lower the temperature to 95 degrees or less to make it easier to experience shows that a Man walking Miles an hour in 110degree heat will lose a quart and a half of sweat every hour and that this loss results in a 25 percent reduction in efficiency for work or according to the Marine the marines cite a study by Britain Royal army medical corps that found discipline and leadership were even More effective than acclimatization in reducing heat even men acclimated to the heat Are warned by the manual that when working at 110 degrees you Are Only half a desert warfare involves a number of sensible physical Effort is scheduled at a Pace slower than despite deadened men Are trained to eat and to Salt their food although Salt tablets Are no longer regularly military exercises on the 932squaremile combat Center have shown the Wisdom of desert who cover their bodies with the marines Are exhorted to keep their Heads and feet covered in the latest Marine desert uniforms Are in a desert tone of camouflage and Are nearly 100 percent they wrinkle and look less military but they Are cooler than artificial Toufe seen Oil tues of it today crossword by Eugene Sheffer across 1 Ranis garb 5 invigorates 9 decay 12 Pride Leader 13 bread spread 14 single ton 15 mine passage 16 beams 17 every thing 18 pulverize 19yoko 20 pastoral poem 21 flightless Bird 23 Decimal base 25 Buffalo team 28 snare 32 Dodge 33tara family 34 Bounds partner 36 break 37 farm 38 journey 39 Bridge 42 44 noted 48 49 French 50 justified 51 sly one 52 sponge like 53 Golf verve 54 actor Mescal solution time 27 Ana wan in Lall Lobil ibid isl 511 to yesterdays 8 Call for help 9 Highway 10 Mere 11 relate 20 after dark 22 greek sorceress 24 Gay bomber 25 Droop 26 actress Gardner 27 Fen 29 campaigned 30 skill 31 salary 35 fabric work 36 rings up 39 eatery 40 off in away 41 vivacious 43 mob 45 Portal 46 heraldry Wreath 47 onions Kin 49 scots so 511 Hubert Madame ha9 exquisite c he King in two incl Ffield f amt