European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 15,1990 the stars and stripes Page 9gulf Force May Cost . Billions Washington apr sending . Military forces to saudi Arabia will Cost an estimated $300 million to $440 million a month defense analysts say. And like everybody else the Pentagon will Feci the bite of fuel Bills driven up by the crisis in the Middle East. Higher Oil Bills could add billions of dollars to Pentagon spending other analysts say a affecting not Only troops deployed in the persian Gulf but . Military operations everywhere figuring the Cost of deploying troops to saudi Arabia has been a Slippery exercise for analysts inside and outside the government. Many wite reluctant to give even a Ballpark figure because there arc so Many unknown factors. For one the number of troops being sent is still Uncertain a 50,000 or 250,000. And no one knows How Long they will stay. Besides some costs already Are being paid a salaries food supplies fuel and maintenance a and any increases caused by the deployment Are difficult to measure in Advance. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said simply have no idea How much it s costing a  president hush sidestepped the Issue after announcing he had sent americans into the persian Gulf to help defend saudi Arabia. A whatever it is we re going to have to pay it he said. Lawrence Korb a former assistant Secretary of defense who is now a defense analyst with the Brookings Institute estimated the Cost at $10 million a Day or $300 million a month. His estimate is based on the deployment of 50,000 people and three Carrier task forces i gives the costs above what the Pentagon would spend anyway in salaries a n d other cd poses of r peace 11 me operations. The Center for defense information a group of retired military officials that often has criticized . Military spending As excessive estimated that deploying 50,000 troops would Cost about $440 million a month above Normal military expenses. And if the United Stales sends As Many As 250,000 troops the additional monthly Cost could rocket to $ 1,69 billion according to the Center s study. Another analyst a House staffer who works on defense issues also estimated the Cost a in the hundreds of  that s just to maintain defensive positions. If shooting starts costs will spiral. Ammunition is expensive and damage to ships planes tanks and other equipment a not to mention people is incalculable. Maintenance costs Are Likely to skyrocket too. The saudi desert Sands present a hideous conditions Quot for equipment said a Senate budget analyst who spoke on condition of anonymity. But perhaps the biggest potential Cost is fuel. Consumers already arc paying More at the Gas pump. For the Pentagon every Penny per gallon increase adds $ 100 million in defense spending. Korb said. A l t prayer time pfc. Robert Hereford of Cocoa flan Hereford a member of the 101st air holds a Bible As he attends a sunday borne div air assault stationed at morning service at first Assembly of fort Campbell ky., is waiting to be god Church in Clarksville Tenn. Deployed to saudi Arabia. Gas Price americans seem intent on taking their vacations new York apr Many americans taking off on Long awaited vacations this month Are carrying along some unwanted baggage higher Gas prices lower Stock prices and the threat of War in the Middle East. A a there a a lot of uncertainty and the consumer can certainly sense it in everyday life Quot said Suzanne Cook executive director of the Washington based . Travel data Center Quot no ones sure if this is a recession Quot whether touring overseas or taking a Cross country drive Industry experts said monday that . Travellers were proceeding with caution. A a in a pulling in my oars for a Little while a said . Mcleland a retired travelling Salesman from Oklahoma City. A i had some trips planned but now in a just going to sit and wait a month or two. See How things come  tour operators said people with reservations in Middle East countries were concerned about How far iraqis Saddam Hussein will go in holding on to the ground he captured aug. 2 in Kuwait. And at Home tourists have their eyes on escalating Gas pump and air plane prices. Quot if Consumers feel squeezed in terms of their financial situation they have to make some decisions Quot Cook said. A travel has to compete with a lot of other ways to spend  at least in some . Regions travel has been losing. Officials warned that the final results weren t in but by the end of june tourism was off at Many popular destinations such As the grand Canyon califor Niass san Diego zoo Washington a monuments and the shores of Cape cod. Quot if people Are worried about their jobs or increasing costs they have to put that into their thinking when making travel plans a said Deborah first acting director of the Massachusetts office of travel and tourism they also have to think about safely that s Why ticket agents and tourism officials representing Greece Israel and Turkey have been receiving scores of Telephone Calls from anxious travellers. Quot people arc concerned at this Point Quot said Harvey Cohen Deputy director of the Israel government tour office in new York. A they want to be reassured but a done i know of any massive or Large scale  but americans Are Loath to forgo their annual vacations. It is perhaps Tor that reason that business has remained constant or improved in some cases despite the softening Economy and rising travel costs. A people Are accustomed to travelling and they like it Quot said Jerry Choskie spokesman for the american automobile association in Heathrow Fla Quot they re More Apt to postpone the Purchase of big ticket items like tvs or refrigerators than travel  people will Cut their trips Short stay closer to Home and skip luxury accommodations. But even doom and gloom thoughts of recession Arentt Likely to keep them from hitting the open Road this summer tourism officials said. A my very Strong perception is that what a happening is not enough to dramatically affect vacation plans Quot Choskie said. Quot people who take a trip in the summer basically have planned in Advance and. Wont  1 St Gulf casualty a the air Force was his life. A air Enrri a inv he a t he was killed three weeks before his 32nd bin by the los Angeles times air Force staff sgt. John Campisi of Covina calif., who was hit by a truck and killed sunday on a darkened aircraft runway in saudi Arabia to become the first american casualty since president Bush ordered troops to the desert Sheik Dom was married and a father of four two girls and two boys his grief stricken father Salvatore Campisi said sunday evening. Quot it will be very hard on those children Quot the elder Campisi said. Quot the main thing is that he was a wonderful father a said Campisi smother Margaret Campisi her voice choked with emotion. Quot he was involved in everything with those kids a scout Leader religious classes. He always made time for his  an aircraft maintenance technician who had been in the air Force since he was 18, Campisi had been assigned to off ult fab in Nebraska. Quot the air Force was his life Quot Campisi a father said. Quot he was in electronics but we never discussed what he  John Campisi grew up in West Covina located 15 Miles East of los Angeles and attended St. Christophers a roman Catholic elementary school. He graduated Campisi from Edge Wood High a Public school where his favorite sports were baseball and wrestling his lather said. He was killed three weeks before his 32nd birthday his father said. Campisi is also survived by a sister and three Brothers. One of the Brothers is a naval chief Petty officer and another recently enlisted in the Navy Campisi smother said. A one of them just got Back last week or he would have gone too a she said. Pentagon sources said that Campisi May have been wearing protective ear Wear impeding his ability to hear the oncoming vehicle. Quot he left last wednesday a his father said Quot he told his wife he was going on temporal duty. 3 hat was the last anyone heard from  Campisi said his son had planned to Punj �?T0 years in the service and then retire