European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 22. 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 3 naval base s needy get helping hand he was Linic in a Murrau Nokia t k. Sunn dedicated Navy Volant acis air to Kimg extra hard this Christmas in see an unusually High number of in adv Navy families in Ami around his naval base in the world have a do. Pm . There seems in be a greater need this year than in tin1 said Imp lain . Barry dam Hall of Norfolk s naval Famiie services Center. But he and Kathy Morns of the nearby Little Creek family services Center two key coordinators of the Holiday giving pro Gram were at a loss to explain Why Iacre arc so Many More families in need this Holiday season. Volunteers in Norfolk with Many of its sailors now serving in the troubled persian Gulf say the number of needy people has increased from year to year basically because word of the Holiday assistance program lends to spread. But this year the increase was sub Stantial. The group served 620 meals at thanksgiving compared to 385 a year i a. And ii expects the same kind Ofrim Jor u . Is Ink personnel and suit i people in la civilian sector have oium Icson did to the need. Mums said u s going in be Light his year. Hut she s hip Eligil thai everyone in need will recede loud and there la be at least me Tov for each needs child. As the need has increased the Supply Orlovs dwindled. We Don t know if we can do Morris said. We Hope so. It depends on what comes in Between now and she guessed that the toy shortage May be caused partly by cutbacks in morale welfare and recreation funds. Because of this she said a lot of commands Aren l having children s Christmas panics or an Nul providing Morris said part of the extra need this ear can be attributed to More people knowing about the assistance program. But she and Brimhall guessed that the Economy might be part of the problem. Our pay raises Haven t been that said Morns a Sailor s wife. You re i Kikumi. At an awful lot of people in you lower ranks. Suun people who ire not making a lot of Money some of them a a just learning to bump l Money one of the Center s my is to educate is and then families to prepare people Lor Hiim . Be encourage the com mands to be sensitive to their headed. Everybody gets Down on their Luck sometimes. Even those who manage Money Well can have catastrophes a Bouse fire a car Accident medical military medical programs such As champs. He civilian health Anil medical program of the uniformed serv ices offer a lot. But Chami l s does t cover every thing. We have Young wives Here with three children and their imsland Over m the persian Culf. The Money does t Al ways come in on he said explain ing that sailors sometimes inadvertently wait Loo Long to file their allotment re St Lor Lieuw Imus Thev want Elk in s u uses of i in i \ i while Titiev in a Vav i lie h ii la assistance Pio Iam finds he a adv ii oath irom Othi i Lam Hes Anil concerned individuals. Hinshall said Punde Olton keeps those in need hum seeking help and tie Mies ice Ivyng assistance sometimes feel Auk Ward when the assistance suddenly a Peais hut he said the Holiday spirit soon soothes All complications. And this sear Brimhall. Who arrived in Norfolk in la several months ago. Found a Way of spreading the Joy a Little further while helping Oul on the toy shortage. At his request he said. The Navy hip made some wooden toys. It was really exciting for the men Over there they enjoyed doing n. And now we have a room full of cradles toy cars Halle i vials and from men helping Oul in the Brig a Volunteer. Delivering presents and food to the needy Gratcl ully acc pling help this is what it s All about to said Brimhall. " living. I think it really infuses the pilotless planes help Navy get the picture in Gulf by John . Aboard the Iowa not his fellow officers sometimes Call 1.1. I mar. Dana n. Griffin the Battle ship Iowa s Caci a naval acronym usually refer ring to the commander air group who Heads the fighter Jet squadrons on an aircraft Carrier. But the Only aircraft under Griffin s control arc eight Small unmanned drones that can be launched from the deck of this world War 11-Vimage Bank ship now sailing the arabian sea and retrieved in nets hoisted above the ship s heavily armoured deck. For the past year the Iowa has been experimenting with the remotely piloted vehicles or rvs which really Are Little More Ihan Model air planes designed to carry cameras aloft for a few hours Al a time. Early this month when the Iowa arrived on Lalion outside the Strait of Llor Muz to join a Battle group protecting convoys of tankers through the Iran Ira War zone it opened a new chapter in naval tactics by becoming the first Navy vessel to carry such robotic aircraft into an actual theater of operations. They re basically giving the ship Back the capability she had when she had spotter aircraft Griffin said. The Iowa s Battery of nine 16-Inch guns smaller guns and Long Range cruise missiles make it perhaps the most lethal Shore bombardment vessel in the world. The role of the rvs is to give eyes to the Behemoth by flying far from the Iowa and spoiling targets for the big guns and determining whether the targets have been hit and destroyed. With the rvs operating there is no need to Send manned aircraft into the Teeth of anti aircraft batteries for a look around. The robot aircraft carry cameras capable of working in Daylight or in darkness and arc equipped to transmit the pictures live to the ship where officers control the flight behind a foot of Armor. In 1983. When the Iowa s sister ship new Jersey was stationed off the coast of Lebanon aircraft carriers had to put planes aloft to Aid in the bombardments of druse militia units that were shelling marines in their compound at the Beirut Airport. An american airman it. Robert Goodman was shot Down and captured Over syrian controlled Leb anon White on a bombing Mission with a Pilot who was killed. The american aircraft were a templing to Homb syrian air defense missiles which had been shooting at american reconnaissance aircraft. Military leaders contemplating How the various american forces in the persian Culf Region might lie used have been concerned about the possibility of having a Pilot fall Mlo iranian hands. The drone aircraft will help alleviate the concern just As an earlier version of the so Stem did Lor the israeli armed forces during combat with the syrians m the Bekaan Val lev Israel used rvs to locate air de sense Sites and Allai k them before they could be used. It was Israel that suggested the american Navy adopt the system and Ever since the Navy has been testing and adapting the vehicle to nuke in suitable on ship. We Are doing All the development Turk on the drones May deliver pictures hut mail clerks aboard the aircraft Carrier midway., Ulso in the Gulf Areu. Also deliver something special Christmas gifts and packages to l a. Sailors. Rpm right said the Iowa s skipper Apt Larrv , who has a reputation As a naval strategist. We Fly nearly Ever Day. About five Davs a a Pool of journalists covering aspects of american operations in the Gulf Region on behalf of Gnu i iia news organisations spent j few hours on the Iowa interviewing senior commanders and via uhme a dam on Lauon of the ship s huge guns at work. Under rules governing the press poo reporters Are nol Given information about future operations and their reports Are screened he Nnoli Terv i iia a Slu vent disclosure of classified information die Iowa s oleic cars seemed read to use the i v system in Icv should move within Range of thai have been Active in Alia eking shipping in the but he i gtd to recent a Eek we Are working out what we do with it and what we can t do with said Lintvin. Whose Job on the ship Miloudi s writing the tactical Doit the Tor employing the naval weapon system if the system is vvoikuu1, the Captain will make us of it just As he would any other inf fun said in the past Vear. Several of the drones have been lost three engines d. One went Down m a Giorni i tuning the Iowa s passage Liliu Zefi the Mediterranean on is a to the Fabiani sea and others had to Ninual Pii a lems i he Ai most anal $4 in Piid . Anil the v considers the losses in an expel mental v i lure of this kind the Drutt was put of Aid cd though it is a Perteit. A cause it could he used Mure advanced systems will join the Ali i t ii this system Vuu Aie Tealla Wui Kimi i a Model i Rill said the ground Lun Liu stations Jill the Aie not St. it in Lishev Are is a Means it i Eltag the to the scene "
