European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes Friday september 14,1990crisis in the Gulf Ulf briefs deployment extended for unit in Sinai desert Washington a amps a a battalion of the 6th inf div Light on duty with the multinational Force and observers in Egypt a Sinai desert has had its Normal six month deployment extended for at least two months. The 1st in 17th inf went to the Sinai desert in March and was due to have returned by now to its Home base at fort Richardson Alaska said division spokesman maj. Frank theising. The army ordered the Extension because the 1st a no a replacement a a battalion from the 101st airborne div at fort Campbell by. A has already been deployed on Short notice to saudi Arabia in support of operation desert shield said maj. Peter Keating an army spokesman in the Pentagon. The new replacement unit for the 1st in will be the 2nd in 14th inf an element of the 10th Mountain div headquartered at fort drum n.y., Keating said. A a it a my understanding that More time was needed to bring the new replacement unit up to Speed get shots for All the troops and that sort of thing a theising said. The 1st is not on standby for possible deployment to saudi Arabia. A we expect to have the unit Back Here sometime in november a theising said. The army rotates a combat battalion every six months Ana a logistics support battalion once a year to the Sinai desert for duty with the multinational Force under a United nations peacekeeping  soldiers drop in on Greenham common Raf Greenham common England a amps a members of the 101st airborne div made an unexpected visit wednesday night to the same base where Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower told their predecessors on the eve of a Day a the eyes of the world Are upon you  about 400 soldiers from fort Campbell ky., were in route to the persian Gulf in support of operation desert shield. They made the unscheduled overnight Stop at Raf Greenham common when their Northwest airlines 747 was diverted to London a Gatwick Airport because of a minor technical problems a a spokesman for the airline said thursday. The soldiers began arriving by bus at Greenham common about 9 30 p.m., a few hours after the base had been told to prepare to House and feed them base spokesman capt. Mike rein said. The base is about 50 Miles Southwest of London. A few of the soldiers were making their second visit to the base in less than four months. The 101st airborne div took part in the june celebrations marking the 100th birthday of Eisenhower. The soldiers left for Gatwick to re Board the Northwest plane about 8 30 . Thursday rein  donated to refugees trashed called a unfit to eat Amman Jordan apr More than 650,000 cans of French corned beef a full of hair and a other dirty and smelly stuff were recalled from refugee Camps along the Border with Iraq officials said wednesday. The United nations Relief and works Agency had delivered the donated food to the refugee Camps. The Camps Are Home to at least 50,000 foreigners mostly asians who have been stranded Here since fleeing Iraq and Kuwait after the aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. Health minister Mohammad Doub Al Zaben said the cans of corned beef delivered monday had a to be immediately trashed because Laboratory tests proved they were unfit for  he refused to say who made the donation but reporters who saw the shipment read on the cans a not for Sale. Gift of the european economic  Al Zaben said the shipment was originally directed to the 1.2 million palestinian refugees who have been living in Jordan for years. But the . Agency suggested the food be diverted to the More recent refugees. Words of Wisdom on survival Given troops bound for desert by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Lan Stuhl West Germany a moist towelettes and sunglasses Are the accessories discerning troops need for fall in saudi Arabia. Take it from two soldiers who got unexpected trips from the desert to Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. First it. Eric Woods an intelligence officer with the 197th inf brigade element in saudi Arabia also advises service members who Are facing deployment to begin drinking heavily before they go. Water that is. A a you a be surprised if you Start drinking water now How much it will help once you get there a said Woods who was flown to the medical Center a week ago with a urethral obstruction. A i never thought water could be so  Woods said he Seldom drank More than two glasses of water a Day when his unit was Back in the United states although he supplemented that with soft drinks. During the nearly three weeks he was in saudi Arabia Woods said he and other service members were drinking water by the 2-liter bottle almost non Stop. Sgt. Cheryl Smithers a Petroleum Supply specialist from co a 724th inf div suggested that people looking at a trip to Southwest Asia pack Light. A the More you bring the More you re going to have to lug around a said Smithers who has an asthma condition that was severely aggravated by the saudi heat and Sand. On her list of things to leave behind Smithers suggested Green uniforms Boot polish bar soap and aerosol cans of shaving Cream and deodorant. Soldiers in saudi Arabia Are wearing desert camouflage not the Green uniforms. Boot polish and bar soap melt and aerosol cans explode from the heat she said. Woods and Smithers suggested that deploying service members bring along plastic containers filled with the moist towelettes that most people associate with babies and diapers. A these come in pretty Handy for just cleaning off a Woods said. A they Smithers Woods even Cool you Down a  Petroleum Jelly products Are also a must to protect the skin from drying out Smithers said. A a it a the Little things that Are  sunglasses protect the eyes from the Glare of reflected Sun off the White Sand Woods said. A the Sun is hurting everybody there a he added. Both soldiers Are anxious to return to work. Woods expects to return to his unit in saudi Arabia Early next week. But Smithers will have to head Home because of an asthma condition. Though she says returning to work in a replacement unit will slow Down her career progression she looks Forward to seeing her three children. Steven 6, Jonathon 3, and 8-week-old Jessica were staying with a baby Sitter while both Smithers and her Soldier husband were in saudi Arabia. The couple deployed to the desert within a Day of each other. Woods and Smithers Are two of about 60 desert shield service members who have been treated at Lan Stuhl since the saudi operation began in Early August said or. Eric b. Schoomaker an army lieutenant colonel who serves As the Deputy commander for clinical services at the Center. Desert shield service members have received treatment for broken Bones pulled Muscles and asthma Schoomaker said. Of crewmen spot extinguish plane fire by Vince Crawley staff writer an air base in saudi Arabia a two air Force ground crewmen put out an engine fire on a Marine corps plane and May have prevented it from burning up last week their commander said. Staff sgt. Mark Weber and airman 1st class Randy Hiler were waving the c-130 Hercules combat transport plane into its parking space when they noticed something wrong with the air planet a no. 2 engine. A they saw flames shooting out the Back of no. 2, and being As that a a propeller engine you re not supposed to see flames a said maj. Norm Cole commander of the 438th Field Maint so. His Home base is Mcguire fab n.j., and he a the senior maintenance officer at this base the busiest in operation desert shield. Weber and Hiler emptied one fire extinguisher onto the engine and borrowed extinguishers from neighbouring air planes to put out the Blaze. A was far As in a concerned they saved the air plane a said Cole who a requesting an award for the two men. The Marine c-130, a medium Range four engine transport air plane had come in for an a engine running offload a Cole said. A a that a where they put the ramp Down and offload passengers out the front and cargo out Back while the engines Are still  he said a preliminary investigation determined that the engine had picked up a some foreign object damage in the air on the Way  the Marine pilots were granted a waiver to take off on three engines in order to ferry the aircraft to another base for repairs Cole said. Hiler is a Crew chief whose Home base is Dover fab Del. Weber is assigned at Mcguire fab As a Jet engine Mechanic. Reservist a Grambo has no reservations Chicago apr some soldiers being sent to the persian Gulf have their children at Home to worry about. But air Force reservist Lorain Kuryla who is nicknamed a Grambo a also has her five grandchildren. When the United states began sending troops to the Gulf after iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait Kuryla a an air Force reservist for 19 years a did no to hesitate to answer a Call for volunteers. A this is what in be been trained for and in a glad for the Opportunity to serve my country a said Kuryla who has just turned 63. A in fact i feel better about going because i have no Small children at Home to care for a she adds. A i feel it will relieve pressure from Young mothers an fathers about being  a a it a kind of weird to think of my Mother with -16,�?� said her son Michael Kuryla 37. A i Ca honestly say that my Mother wears combat  leaving behind her family in West suburban Hil Side Kuryla a a master sergeant from the 928t tac Airlift group a left of Hare International Ai port on wednesday bound for the Middle East. Kuryla works in air Force personnel and will t one of three officers sent to the Region to hand records her son said. The grandchildren were the ones to come up wi1 the a Gram boy nickname