European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Jerk of saturday. November 24, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 to Pun troops swamp Simonella Curre Quot a y of 150 percent capacity by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau thousands of troops stopping off at Nas Simonella Sicily on then Way to operation desert shield have strained base facilities. Between january and july Simonella accommodated an average of 6,000 transient personnel a month that number increased to 9,000 in August and skyrocketed to 17,500 in september. The number tapered to about 15,000 in october said it. David Koontz the bases Public affairs officer. A we try to get everyone in a room but we re currently at 150 percent of capacity a said Petty officer 2nd class Stephen Kiehl a mess management specialist assigned to Simonella s Bachelor housing department. A a we be been setting up cots in the gym for people to sleep on. We understand that its hard for the troops just Gettig off the plane Only to find out they re going to As Many As 640 service members a night have slept on cots set up m the bases two gyms. A the stress does no to bother me that much because i know that sometime during the night i can go Home while the gym is the Only Home a lot of these people have until they get to a ship a Kiehl said. Y feeding the transient horde has been another Challenge. The air stations Galley serves an average of Union gunboat from civil War believed found Camden Tenn. Apr divers believe they have found a civil War Era gunboat at the Bottom of the Tennessee River and they Hope eventually to raise it for a museum. A they found it right where we expected it to be. We pretty much feel that its the Undine a John Latham said of tuesdays discovery. He is an organizer of raise the gunboats inc., a non profit organization whose goal is to raise and display one or More of four paddle wheel gunboats scuttled by Union forces. I0j,he Undine was the largest of the four sunk in 1864 after Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest closed in on the Union military depot at Johnsonville. A More of one end is covered than the other he said. A a it a in about 40 feet of water and covered with Silt. A one of the divers found and we re real excited about this the Hub of what is believed to be the paddle wheel a said Latham owner of a Camden radio station. _ he said they also found an artillery Shell in the River near the boat. Its about 10 inches Long and 4 to 5 inches in diameter. Although the Undine was set on fire before it was deliberately sunk Latham said divers believe the damage was confined to the top deck. They pulled out some pegs and they were burned on the surface but Down in the Wood they weren to he said. 3 despite being underwater for 125 years the ship s wooden Frame is believed to be intact. Some Wood was brought off of it. It was White  Well preserved. You could Nail into it a Latham said. The ships location was marked with buoys so divers can return to it easily. A a no a we re going to begin looking for the others said Latham referring to the key West Tawiah and elfin the remaining gunboats. Shield. My re Means a month it did before deserted Nehf Tirc raft Cari in the troops has  of in 1 consumption 150 percent to an months. In 8 s a month for the p�?�1 three craft16 a a afire is divisions at is Gonella a air intermediate maintenance department has ns16? 3s said Petty officer 1st class Herbert Joty a work Center supervisor who works on ch-53 Nen copter engines. ?686 shield began it we went to 24-hour week a do fid a a a Quot a 12 off Schten a c officer 2nd class David Murphy an aviation structural Mechanic assigned to the departments Blade pair shop spent 45 Days in saudi Arabia inspecting and repairing helicopter Blades. A a iwed Wojdag at night because the heat was too much for me. The Job Wasny tas bad As i expected it a 6,? of re on the coast. I feel Sorfy for the troops m the desert he said. Doty Murphy and Many of the other Simonella based technicians sent to the persian Gulf went there to support helicopter combat support so 4. Detachments from the Squadron have been deploying from Simonella where the Squadron is based to the Middle East to transport cargo mail and people to ships with the squadrons ch-53e super stallion helicopters. A trying to support the ships was an around the clock Job said Petty officer 1st class Andrew Halsey an aviation structural Mechanic assigned to the Squadron. A we were working 12 to 14 hours a Day. We had to make special covers for the canopies and other parts of the aircraft to protect it from the Sand although the Sand is still causing extra maintenance a Halsey said. More Upkeep is something super stallion technicians Don t need. While most aircraft require 20 to 30 hours of maintenance per hour of flight the Complex ch-53e requires an average of 90 hours. A the maintenance Force worked really really hard and they deserve a lot of credit for that a said it. Emmet Gathright a Squadron Pilot. Detachments from another Simonella Squadron Fleet logistics so 24 have also deployed to saudi Arabia. Flying c-2a greyhounds the logistics Squadron flies supplies passengers and mail to aircraft carriers. A sometimes it was an All hands evolution out there to adm 8,000 pounds of stuff on a plane a said senior chief Petty officer Michael Reardon who was chief of a detachment from the Fleet logistics so in saudi Arabia. A the saudis were extremely Friendly. They were really great to work  woman s Gulf assignment proves to be real Eye opener by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau a few Days after her arrival to the Manly world of saudi Arabia Rita Vickroy was installing a part on an aircraft. As the Petty officer second class worked at the base saudi men dropped what they were doing and gathered to watch Vickroy work. A they were just amazed to see a female doing that a she said. A after i finished they said a Good  a Vickroy 31, is an aviation structural Mechanic assigned to Fleet logistics so 24 based at Nas Simonella Sicily. She spent three weeks in saudi Arabia last month with her commands detachment which is moving cargo and passengers to and from aircraft carriers participating in operation desert shield. American troops serving in the desert kingdom have All experienced some limitations on their personal freedoms because of the country a conservative islamic traditions. But american servicewomen have had to endure even More restrictions. Take elbows for instance. Women Are not allowed to show this part of their bodies because a a that a considered to be half naked a Vickroy said. A we had to be really careful about what we a showed them a she said. As part of this cover up Vickroy wore the Long Black cloak or Abaya whenever she left the base. Once she was off the base she was not allowed to drive. A i had to sit in the Back seat when i Rode to or from work because i Wasny to married to any of the men i was Riding with a she said. During trips to a nearby City which she made about twice a week Vickroy discovered that restaurants Are segregated by sex. Many saudi eateries have separate entrances for men and women and All have separate seating. A if the men wanted to they could come sit with me. That was All right. But if they did no to want to i would be stuck sitting alone a Vickroy said. N.,for a amps Joi Anne Lewis Rita Vickroy works on an aircraft at Nas Simonella. Vickroy a presence provided the saudis with a few cultural lessons As Well. A they  believe i was married and that my husband was Home taking care of our kids a said Vickroy a former resident of Ithaca n. Y. Her husband Petty officer 2nd class Ronald Vickroy is an aviation machinists mate assigned to Simonella s aircraft intermediate maintenance department. During her absence he took care of their 2-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son. Despite the cultural obstacles that she had to hurdle when going to town Vickroy said the trips were Worth the Effort. After All the shopping malls were very  3appeals court clears French author of plagiarism Aris 11jph a a n  onit la i i.1__i a. 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