European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday october 27,1987 arrival of fall eases Gulf conditions he recalled air temperatures As High As 120 degree she said 95-Dcgrce Gulf water pumped into the ship aboard the Guadalcanal up the Onset or cooler weather in inc persian Gulf has brought Tomc Relief to . Naval forces operated very close to the red line in the intense summer heal of the Middle East Navy officials said. Of the ii warships stationed in the Gulf Only the Middle East Force command ship la Salic painted All while to defied the Sun and the guided missile de Stroyer Kidd were designed or modified with the re Gion s punishing conditions in mind. The Kidd Elass destroyers were originally in tended for Sale to Iran and were designed for Gulf duty. Other ships made modifications As they sailed to the Region. The amphibious transport ship Raleigh installed four air conditioners after leaving Norfolk. Va., and Asil sailed Home last week crewmen aboard its replace ment the mount Mcmon were painting he dec White. We were operating very close to the red line ral High Cape. John d. While said. Pcs. In Cooling systems barely kept engine bearing tempera Tures below the breaking Point. Resentfully dubbed the Ocean going Gas station bits Crew which had expected More drama in inc Gulf than acting As a Tanker and Supply ship the Raleigh went dead in the water three times in its nearly iwo months duly in the Region. On oct. 8, Only hours before a firc fight betwee iranian speedboats and . Helicopters the 25-year old Raleigh conked out alter offering assistance to a Tanker hit by a missile off the coast of saudi Arabia White said the forces Are Riding a critical line in keeping the engines Cool or just doing their Job one Navy official said. Fortunately they Nave stayed under the the Navy s heat stress program complicated shift scheduling in engineering spaces with crewmen need ing two hours off for every hour on duty. Now that temperatures and humidity have come Down we re almost Back to Normal watch conditions said Cape. Frank m. Dirren jr., commander of the amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal. We can also get in Here and do some heavy work in inc longer the mine sweeping helicopters based on the a Sailor jogs on the deck of the amphibious transport ship Raleigh which has since deported the persian Gulf. Guadalcanal operate so to 60 feel above the water kicking up a sail Spray which combined with engine Strain caused by lowing sweeping cables re quires the aircraft to undergo maintenance an aver age 20 hours a Day. Certainly the people and the equipment arc being pushed Dirren said. Have they been pushed to the limit no. We Haven t seen the limit of this ship and i Haven t seen he limit of my Crew and my Crew the heat was toughest on the tiny wooden hulled budget submitted to to secretaries of the army Navy and air Force Alon Vith senior military leaders in those departments by approval. Who Lucr the Layons Tould be spread evenly around the country or Robabe imposed selectively to maximize the political Feci or to Lessen the deterioration in military reassess could not be determined. The three slates with the iargcs7\imbcr of de sense department civilian employ Conre califor Nia with 135,000 Virginia with Ludm Doi Andt Cias with 63,600. Northern Virginia is triple a the Pentagon while Southern Virginia Hampton roads has Many bases. In new York according to inc latest Cou Pentagon the defense department emn civilians in new Jersey 27,600 and a Connelli but 4,900. J under the revised budget Balg Flig Law j23 Bil lion in Federal spending will be Cut in the 1988 fiscal year Whichman oct. I. This Auto Matic stash will take Congress and the while House agree Byj Jav. 20 on another Way to reduce the deficit by manat amount of that sum ii 1.5 billion Musl Maken from military spending. The military Union of the reduction includes 110.9 billion Fjon the Pentagon s budget and j600million of will come from the depart ment of Seq sky which makes nuclear warheads forthe pent Raj sri has exempted military personnel from the up Blic cuts As the Taw permits. But to reachitv0iidgcl"ciming goal without reductions in personnel the Pentagon must impose 10. Percent cuts Cross other accounts operations and maintenance research and development purchases of arms and equipment and construction. The most immediate Cut would be s6.j billion taken from operations and maintenance which includes civilian employment because Large sums from that account Are spent in the year appropriated. To reduce the Federal deficit ind Faie cuts in outlays must be made. Or by contrast a reduction of a Sillion would be taken from the . But Only$1.9 billion of that would pne in this fiscal year because procurement by Congress Are actually spent of feral years. The defense Qaji Trnini hoi parcelled out spend ing re Ducioa top Cralton and maintenance to each of tbsp emacs almost equally except to the hrs the smallest of the services. Then old Lake a jl.758 billion Cut the army billion and the air Force si.578 billion Irvinc operations which depend largely on the Stavy for support would be Cut $137,8 those limits each service has some Lati tude on what to Cut bul must make the cuts within Given account. Construction for instance May of be Cut More than 10.5 percent to make More funds available for military personnel excluded from the cuts of owls said service leaders were anxious to protect oper Avns that they say arc essential o deterrence and Loining that prepares the forces for Bailie . The Armmor instance would reduce the num Ber of Biaulio Muhat arc deployed to Europe Cen trial America or awl Korea for training. The num Ber of troops Siat Flotd abroad would be reduce slightly and Tours word be made longer. In the Navy ships a remain in port longer and will train less before they Wesant to the Mediterranean or the Western Pacific Cath Navy s situation i being aggravated. Navy of Fucks said because deployments in the persian Gulf Vic added at leasts240 million a year to operating Tom that must be covered out of current in the air Force a reduction irn flying hours coupled with fewer spare parts Wolf Fly jeopardize he safely of flight officials said. Like athletes pilots and Crew members must Fly frequently to retain skills in a demanding environment they said. Mine sweepers Hal also were pulled Oul of the Gulf last week wedged in the Tower Well deck of in Raleigh. Intended for shallow water and Harbor duly the boats had last served along River deltas in the Vietnam War and will be replaced soon by larger vessels. It s a very harsh environment said i. Mik Matson mine division commanding officer. Air conditioners were put in Cabin windows of the 57-foot boats bul we basically broiled mat son said. Wised report charges Reagan with coverup new to fun a a new congressional report on the ran. Environment was one of i Viand 2fpsidc-Down logic. The Central remaining question is in. Kent in the Iran Centra the record was left incomplete because of Jar Mercia director William j. Casey. If the president did not know he Shi known about the diversion of funds. Ift of the secret lira affair charges in a cover up Cagan supported an " according to a re it was provided with Utvic summary of the Mccrel classification. The newspaper thai a ors. Wanted to tone Down the word cover up of tar the Iran arms Sale in and again an official 13, replaces a draft i tidied and some version. Of a the report told its appear in the led Salutt Ile of the m said death of i have while the president was denying any illegality his subordinates were engaging in a
