European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday August 18,1990 the persian Gulf crisis top . Officer in Gulf cautions eager troops it. Gen. Charles a. Homer by the associated press a Vietnam Veteran who is the top ranking . Military officer in saudi Arabia and the persian Gulf area offered a few Sage words to younger troops eager for Battle with Iraq. Senior military officials who experienced Vietnam consider combat Man at his most ludicrous state and Hope to avoid War Here air Force it. Gen. Charles a. Horner said. Homer said today s troops Are so Well trained for combat that i can understand their  but if they Stop and think they realize War is a loser for everyone Horner told a visiting Pool of . Journalists in saudi Arabia. He is the top commander in the re Gion and the top Deputy to Gen. Nor Man h. Schwarzkopf head of the . Central come which controls . Forces in the Middle East. Horner said that he is working very closely with saudi military officials but that Many command functions re main to be worked out. At a lengthy news session thursday he repeatedly declined to answer questions about deployments and strategy often joking As he brushed aside report ers queries. Asked about accounts from air Force Crew chiefs who reported that iraqi planes had retreated when radar sys tems on . F-15 fighter jets locked onto them Horner rolled his eyes and smiled before saying i d like to answer your question but i choose not  firm Busy making chemical warfare suits  r ii Hovi T8f,k so jobs wuss Oklahoma City a while soldiers stand guard in the deserts of saudi Arabia some oklahoman Are Busy at sewing machines and cutting tables to prepare equipment that May be needed on the front lines. Sac and Fox industries has a $30 million contract with the department of defense to produce about 500,000 chemical warfare suits protective garments that would be needed if iraqi president Saddam Hus Sein uses his stockpiles of Poison Gas. The company owned by the Sac and Fox Indian tribe is planning to almost double its work Force and reopen a clothing factory in Temple. Some say that May help some Oklahoma towns Bounce Back from recent pullouts and cutbacks by major employers. Sac and Fox employs 550 people at plants in com Merce gushing and Idabel. The increase in the production including eventual operations at Temple could raise the employee total to More than 1,000, said Sac and Fox industries president James Brannum. He said thursday that the increase is dependent on the company s getting More of the Type of fabric it uses which he said is in big demand. For now 19 workers from Temple the southwestern Oklahoma town where Haggar clothing shut Down a factory in february Are commuting 220 Miles to Ida bal in the state s Southeastern Corner where they stay during the week at a hotel the company has leased said office manager Mary Chambers. It s not an easy thing to say til ride a bus to one Corner of the state and i la be there in 24 hours and be Back at the end of the week " Brannum said. They re patriotic Brannum said. They re not just doing it for the town or Oklahoma. They re wanting to do what is right for the country in a time of  people Are also eager for work. In addition to the Haggar shutdown in Temple Idabel has been hit by defense department cuts at the red River army depot in Northeast Texas it is possible that Sac and Fox won t be Able to hire All of the 270 workers Laid off when Haggar left Temple mayor Jack Kindred said any opportunities Are encouraging. Sac and Fox industries has already signed a lease on the former Haggar Plant Kindred said. The Community s Economy sagged when Haggar left Kindred  had about five Little towns that we Drew into Temple he said. You used to drive through downtown and both sides of the Street would be lined with cars said Glen Good manager of warehouse discount food. We be got a dress shop that s barely hanging on. Even our car Johnnie Murphy sews a Zipper into the lining of a protective suit at Sac and Fox industries in Idabel okla. License tag agent is hurting. If Sac and Fox can put nearly As Many people Back to work As were Here before that s  in Idabel the Impact May not be As noticeable. The Mccurtain county seat was projected to grow even before the Sac and Fox expansion said Bruce will Ingham a Sac and Fox industries director. There s been a gradual increase in employment Willingham said. One. Thing i have noticed is the Quality has been unbelievable. The situation in the Middle East has brought Home to the workers How Pivotal their jobs  visions of a a so Rise with tent Hospital saudi Arabia a the . Military is treating about 15 oases of minor heat stress a Day Asil rushes to finish a Lent Hospital reminiscent of the television series  already up and tunning at the air conditioned 50-hcd facility Are a Small Ward for outpatient care and an overnight Ward. A two bed operating room was expected to be ready by Day s end. So similar is the air transportable Hospital to the to series that the facility s commander maj. Rich Williams said doctors nurses and other personnel have begun joking about their resemblance to the show s cast. Williams told one reporter that he had become the group s col. Sherman Potter the character who commanded the unit on  others were starting to pick up Nick names As Well the major said. So tar most people coming to the Hospi Tal Tor treatment have been suffering from minor heat stress. The usual treatment is dehydration by drinking water. In More severe cases patients Are Given intravenous injections of nutrient Laden fluids. Williams said there have been no reported cases of heat stroke a More serious ail ment. He said the overnight Ward had not been needed but added i m sure in will Beby  in the outpatient Ward several patients were being treated for heat stress. One was receiving intravenous fluids. This is your fault colonel the Man jokingly said to his commanding Olicer. Col. John  28-year-old sergeant from Sara Sou fla., said he had Felt ill after several hours of swinging a sledgehammer while setting up tents in near look egret weather i did t take enough Breaks at All said. . Troops Are being told to drink at least six Gallons of water a Day. But even with that several said they can t adjust to the desert heat