European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday november 16, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 special forces quiet professionals a Good Job Means nobody knows about if demolition teams parachutists Anh Flint Thiv Nitu 1 _. In Eastern saudi Arabia Apter rpm in arabic speaker Parachu its and but their jobs in saudi Arabia Are hardly glamorous desert survival and navigation practising close air support and fire control with saudis and other Arab a x ui6vi univ ainu Onwu Luj pc Al re Moo style musclemen whipping entire armies single hand edly. The . Special forces taking part in operation desert shield Are a lot More Low profile. A if we do our jobs right nobody knows about it. If you re not successful that a when you get the publicity a said col. Jesse Johnson commander of . Special operations in saudi Arabia. In Johnson a View a the most damaging thing done to the image of special operations was the rambo a a we re not Snake eaters. We re not spies. We re quiet professionals a he said. The special forces consist of the army Green berets Navy seals and underway Onu us incr / forces questioning kuwaiti refugees. Then there is surveillance. A s a of of watching and listen ing Johnson said. A you can never get too much in military jargon special forces Are known As a a spooks for their shadowy Clandestine ways. That makes Johnson the chief spook. A i done to like the word a he said. He also does t like to say How Many men he has what their units Are or what they do. That a the special forces Way. But if War is waged it would be Normal practice for special forces teams to go be and iraqi lines and spread confusion by mowing up command bunkers destroying fuel dumps and disrupting communications. British sources in the Middle East say Britain is understood to have sent to the Region a contingent of its military elite a the special air service regt. The Sas has wide experience fighting on the arabian Peninsula. It helped Sultan taboos of Oman put Down a Yemen backed rebellion Between 1965 and �?T75. And in an earlier insurrection in 1959, the Sas led forces that stormed a supposedly impregnable rebel stronghold in Oman. Among the British commandos was a Young Captain named Peter de la Billie re who won a military Cross for his actions. He is now it. Gen. Peter de la Billie re commander of the 15,000-member British Force in saudi Arabia. Forces in the . Army Navy and air Force were consolidated under a single . Special operations come in 1987. The marines done to participate. Special operations forces in saudi Arabia report directly to Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of operation desert shield and the . Central come. A a it a actually the fifth Branch of the service a Johnson said. A amps Randy Pruitt a a. ,. Wow. A Siuy Ruiu As one of Britain s so called desert rats Lance Cpl. Tony Burt of Largs Scotland Hunters into a Heap of Sand in the desolate terrain of saudi Arabia. He a with the 207th signal so. It s no Blarney British soldiers Are Wise to the ways of War by Randy Pruitt staff writer in saudi Arabia a without warning the Convoy of 4-ton trucks loaded with journalists ground to a halt. A British Battle tank blocked the Road like a Rock of Gibraltar with treads. A a Belfast was painted in Small neat letters on the Side of the Sand coloured challenger. Clearly it was designed for trouble. For a Long moment it sat Frozen. Finally a presses a a of out of patience and began Yelling and the tank rolled slowly onto the Roadside. A Tanker poked his head out the top Hatch and stared at the still angry escort. A a in a sorry a he clipped. A but in be been ordered to attack it was a Light moment for the troops of the British 7th army brigade which has 9,500 men fanned out across this desert kingdom. Known As the desert rats the brigade pushed German Field marshal Erwin Rommel out of North Africa in world War ii. Its troops started arriving from Germany about a month ago to train with . Marines in saudi Arabia. They brought with them a reputation for dealing with terrorism and quelling violence in Northern Ireland. Many have pulled duty in the British province which has been engaged in civil strife since the last Century. The Prospect of fighting on the vast desert Plains seems to intrigue and Challenge these Streetwise soldiers. A a it a different a said flight sgt. Dave Evans who spent two years in British Ulster. Evans and sgt. Simon Job ten another Northern Ireland Veteran provide medical evacuation support for the brigade. A navigation Here is More difficult because there re not so Many landmarks. That makes it somewhat Tricky a Evans said. The Bleak terrain is like Home to americans sgt. Don White and Cpl. David Goble of co of 2nd in 7th Marine regt. They arrived Here three months ago from the Marine corps air ground combat Center at Twenty nine Palms Calif. A you got the heat you got the Sand a White said comparing saudi Arabia to his California Post. A the Only thing we done to have out Here is the news Media had come to this desolate area for the visit of British defense Secretary Tom King. King was in the county to determine if additional reinforcements for the British operation readiness Are needed to bolster operation desert shield. King said he has discussed Britain a presence in the Gulf area with Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the commander of . Forces in saudi Arabia. During the visit King was asked whether the International forces deployed to the area really rate Given the size of the . Deployment. A a you re a very Brave Guy to sit Here in front of the 7th brigade and come out with a crack like that a King responded. A i shall make your exit pretty Quick. A be under no illusion. What you re sitting in the Middle of Here is a highly effective competent fighting it was later during the Bone jarring ride Back to civilization that the a a attack tank entered the picture. The journalists earlier remark quickly came to mind. So did the defense Secretary a answer. Gulf briefs Plant speeds production to Rush life savers to gis Holland Mich. Apr the life savers Plant rolled 450,000 miniature packs of Pep of mint candies onto a truck tuesday for shipment to . Troops in the Middle East. The company added an extra eight hour shift to ensure that the Candy reaches the troops in saudi Arabia before Christmas according to officials at the planters lifesavers co. The idea to Send the mints came in mid october from Carolyn Cobb an employee at the Plant. Soon after almost every employee was getting involved. A people All the Way Down the production line have taken a personal interest in getting the mints cased and shipped out of Here on time a said Connie Walters the plants imprint coordinator. Though the Plant usually prints its own labels an outside Printer was hired to Rush the order of Holiday wrappers which say a a season a says mail shows support for Mission Riyadh saudi Arabia a the american people Are behind the . Deployment to the persian Gulf and the commander of operation desert shield says he a got the mail to prove it. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the Central come commander has received a constant flow of correspondence from individuals and organizations who support the operation according to a command spokesman. Poems and letters have been coming in since Early in the operation. They include proclamations by the City of Williamstown w. Va., and the Maryland Delaware District of Columbia elks association As Well As a poem from a Missouri Man entitled a old a in the new world order we must ensure that the rights and liberties of our friends Are respected and that world peace is maintained a Schwartzkopf wrote in response to one of the letters. A thank you for being a great american Patriot. We need it now More than ever.�?�. Warship fires warning boards sudanese freighter Washington apr a a . Warship fired warning shots across the Bow of a sudanese freighter last week and sent men aboard when it refused to Stop but the vessel was empty and was allowed to proceed the Pentagon said tuesday. Spokesman Pete Williams said the cargo ship Omdurman was intercepted in the Northern red sea last week by the greek frigate Elli As part of enforcement of the embargo on shipments to Iraq
