European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 crisis in the Mill by Vince Crawley staff writer with the . Marines saudi Arabia a their water tastes like chlorine and they done to have cots to sleep on but the infantrymen of the 1st in 7th Marine regt say they re getting used to desert life. On a recent Day sgt. Robert Ressler was sitting inside an amphibious assault vehicle named team track 8 cleaning his fingernails with a Buck knife. He looked comfortable As if he Felt at Home. A we want to make sure the army knows we train year round in the desert a the 29-year-old infantryman said. A a we re like the desert warriors. Mojave  Ressler a battalion is based at Twenty nine Palms Calif., on the Edge of the Mojave desert and just South of a California town called Bagdad. Team track 8 is a the ultimate track said Ressler who sports tattoos on both arms. He said his Hometown is a somewhere in Pennsylvania. Just like we re banners signed at . Bases sent to troops Raf Lakenheath England a amps a banners with greetings from More than 2,000 people at Raf Lakenheath and Raf Mildenhall Are on their Way to troops in the persian Gulf. Well wishers had the Opportunity to sign the two banners each measuring roughly 2 feet by 150 feet when they were on display in the lobby of the Lakenheath commissary Between oct. 2 and 6. Commissary officials estimate that More than 1,000 people signed the Lakenheath Banner. It will go to members of the 48th tac fighter Wing from Lakenheath which deployed an undisclosed number off ill fighter bombers and personnel to the Gulf Region., nearly 1,000 people signed a Banner destined for some of the troops from Mildenhall. Elements from the 513th Security police so the 513th aircraft generation so the 306th aircraft Maint so and the 313th tac Airlift group Are scattered throughout the Region. The banners Are being sent to the troops via Gulf bound aircraft or the military postal  soldiers go amok Moscow up a three soviet soldiers guarding a weapons depot in the Crimea stole sub machine guns and killed eight of their comrades in an unexplained rampage the official Tass news Agency has said. Tass said two of the soldiers were arrested after the shooting spree and the search was continuing for the third. It s no sweat for Mojave but Send Kool Aid flypaper cots somewhere in saudi  nor would Ressler offer much of an opinion on his move from the Mojave to the arabian desert. A we done to dictate foreign policy a he said. A we do what our president tells us to  for the time being sgt. Brian Renninger said the marines have no pressing needs. A when we first got Here there was no Way we could get anything a he said. A now we have an abundance of  by abundance he meant a no problems with water no problems with  the marines also Are getting daily mail and every two weeks a trip Back to a rear base Camp for a Day or two. A the Only thing a lot of people Are complaining about is that the mails not getting Home fast enough a said Renninger 26, who comes from san Fernando Calif. A flypaper a noted one infantryman. A we need lots of  a we appreciate All the pen pals who write us from the states a another said. One of them had answered a newspaper and and had picked up a pen pal from the United kingdom. Shed just answered him in that mornings mail. A is she the 16-year-old?�?� a Friend asked seeing the envelope with the British Stamps. A not the 16-year-old,�?� the Marine answered. A the 22-year-old. You wrote to the 16-year-old.�?� a ooh  most marines Are living inside something they Call an Amtrak Short for amphibious track. The Sweet bottled water provided by the saudis at the Start of desert shield has been replaced by bulk shipments containing chlorine. The stuff tastes a like you just jumped into a swimming Pool a said Lance Cpl. Arman la Belle 21, from los Angeles. Lance Cpl. John Little a 22-year-old welder said the super chlorinated water is Tough on stomachs. The chlorine a skills strange Green Slimy stuff a he said. A imagine what it la do to  the marines have been using fruit Flavoured powder from their combat rations to mask the Waters taste. When a Field Exchange showed up recently to sell snacks and tobacco Many looked disappointed when they found there was no Kool Aid on Board. One Marine called up to the men on the truck a they you got any cots a a no a came the reply. A a army a got cots a the Marine grumbled. A i want a  As an officer had warned earlier a if there a no complaining there a something  Little the welder Isnit complaining about the Lack of work he gets in peacetime. A if it War happens in a sure ill be kept  but he said he Isnit dwelling on the possibility of combat a if i worry about it ill stress. So i ainu to Gonna worry about it a til it  Labelle the infantryman from los Angeles said a the iraqis a they re no Competition. We re kind of pissed off. Well waste Mem. We re tired of being out  i kids a and thanks a soldiers from a mechanized infantry Pla from . Schoolchildren wishing them Stewart ga., Are arrayed around a Brad Toon of the 24th inf div display a Banner Well. Members of the unit from fort Ley fighting vehicle in the saudi desert. Army to deduct subsistence overpayment Wasum Ritat non. Washington a amps a enlisted soldiers who received the $5.91-a-Day Basic allowance for sub Wei be ? ein8 deployed to saudi Arabia will Nave the total deducted from their paychecks beginning m february. 6 army mistakenly included the subsistence soldiers August and september or nil Fis. Ope5ation desert shield soldiers Are provided meals and Are not eligible for the allow Ance officials said. Deductions will be prorated beginning in february when soldiers can expect to repay half a months Bas rate until the full amount is recovered officials said. The air Force stopped subsistence payments sept. 16 and wont begin collecting overpayment until airmen return from saudi Arabia officials said. Marines pay was immediately adjusted when they deployed officials said. Service members Are authorized to receive foreign duty pay a taxable $8 to $22.50 each month and married members Are paid a monthly family separation allowance of $60. Also All Active duty members in the Middle East receive $110 each month As imminent danger pay