European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday wednesday december 25/26,1990crisis in the Gulf Mideast All mapped out for troops Louis a lie . Defense a operating at a St wartime Pace the Agency says it has shipped 35 million maps to the nearly -300,000 . Troops stationed in the persian  May seem like overkill. But the military needs maps of varying detail and intricacy with Many to he used once and discarded the Agency says Quot we certainly Hope it does no to come to War Blit if it were to become a hostile action we want our troops to have the Best products they can a a said Dave Black Llie Agency a director of Public affairs a when the joint chiefs of staff Lay out the requirements we meet them Quot cartographers at the Agency a two major production centers in St. Louis and Brookmont md., have been working 10-Fo 12-hour shifts seven Days a week since shortly after the United states began sending troops to the persian Gulf As part of operation desert shield. They worked around the clock through Lahore Day and thanksgiving and did no to expect any extra _ time at Home for Christmas a not with a Jan. 15 deadline for Iraq to get out of Kuwait or face possible military action. All of saudi Arabia Kuwait and Iraq have Hen committed to paper Black said. The Agency has had every country in the volatile Middle East mapped for Sci eral years relying heavily on detailed satellite photos. About 4,500 different maps have been used in the territory covered by operation desert shield breaking Down the Topography into relatively Small coverage areas for pilots tank commanders admirals and ground troops. Generally pilots need the big picture. But pilots of Low flying aircraft s including helicopters and jets launched from aircraft carriers need More specific information about Hills and other terrain than bomber pilots. Soldiers on the ground need to know where roads and Power lines arc the number of maps shipped to the Gulf include countless spares. Pilots might Mark out a Mission on a map then discard if. Ground troops do Al Doerr a Pressman with the . Defense mapping Agency checks maps destined for . Troops As they come off the presses. Likewise for another reason. A a you be got these things folded up and stuffed in your pocket so after a sweaty Day in the desert they literally come apart a said a. Clay Ancill Deputy director in charge of production at the Center in St. Louis where aeronautical maps Are made. Maps for land and sea Are produced at Brookmont near Washington . Nearly every Soldier in the desert has some sort of map. The first ones began arriving in saudi Arabia about a week after the first . Troops landed there. Thanks to improved technology map production has overstepped what was done during the korean and Vietnam wars. A during the korean War the presses ran 24 hours a Day seven Days a week for years a said Otto Stoessel graphic arts chief of the aerospace division. A we turned out a lot of work but compared to operation desert shield it was nothing. A a we be done 10 times More work in the last two months than we did during All of Korea a he said. The defense mapping Agency has been in existence since 1972. Before that each Branch of the service took care of its own requirements which often caused  about 8,000 people Are employed at the centers in St. Louis and Brookmont and even before the persian Gulf crisis they were Busy said Ancell. Maps constantly must be updated and before last August the Agency also was Busy making maps used in the nations Battle to Stop the flow of drugs from South America. A a we re always playing catch up a Ancell said. A a if you would gather up the joint chiefs of staff none of them would be Happy with the support that their command receives. They always want  s lemonade stand by the Baltimore Sun Washington a a Small wooden Box containing 20 $1 Bills arrived at the Pentagon recently with an 8-year-old boys Appeal to defense Secretary Dick Cheney a please use this Money to help buy water for the troops in the desert and the men on the boats at the Gulf a from Washington . A where the boy runs a lemonade stand a to California More than two dozen individual gifts of $5 to $1,000 have been sent to help the Pentagon pay for operation desert shield Pentagon records show. The Bush administration has generally not made much of an Appeal for Money. Although the Pentagon is nearly drowning in a sea of donated cookies athletic tear radios toilet paper and even l,j76 sets of juggling equipment Only $6,257.92 had been collected from 31 individual contributors As of nov. 20. The monetary gifts have been deposited into a special defense cooperation account wired to the Federal Reserve Bank in new York and then invested in Short term Treasury Bills at interest rates slightly below 7.51 percent records show. The boy from Washington mailed $20 that he earned from his lemonade sales Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said. Records kept by the Pentagon comptroller s office show that individual contributions include $15 from the american legion auxiliary unit no. 238 in mechanics Burg Ohio $25 from the american legion auxiliary unit no. 98 in Clarinda Iowa and two separate checks totalling $500 from american legion Post 820 in Imperial Beach Calif. Revfi i a a a -. A a / %4 it \ a to. 3 r s a hopscotch on the Sands amps Kon clue on like huge Grasshoppers springing across the desert saudi Arabia the choppers Are from Ibe 2nd so 6th Apache helicopters take off on a Mission in Eastern cd uth aviation brigade a Liesheim Germany. #