European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vow a it. A   -7 a it Quot. Quot a a. A. A a a a a o a. Y Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes a tuesday wednesday january 1/2,1991a Gulf briefs3 service members die in separate accidents Eastern saudi Arabia three . Service member died in separate a amp dents in saudi Arabia Over the weekend  Central come officials said monday. R. The command is withholding the names of the victims until their relatives have been notified. One of the victims a Sailor died in a two Vehida Accident that occurred about 9 45 . Sunday near Thuja a of coast port of Jeddah. Three other sailors eth Volm with the victim were treated for injuries at a local saudi Hospital and were released. Officials said they had no information about the other vehicles occupants. On saturday a Marine assigned to 3rd in 3rd Marine regl Clied from a gunshot wound he suffered about 11 . At a 1�?~or.ward Field position in Eastern saudi Arabia alien another marines m-16 Rifle accidentally Dischia Rofu. He was transported to a . Military medical facility  doctors care but was pronounced dead on his arrival there. A Soldier assigned to the xviii airborne corps 79lh quartermaster co died the same Day from injuries he suffered in an Industrial Accident. The Soldier was injured when his clothes apparently became caught in machinery while he was working on an electrical water pump the command officials said. The deaths raise to at least 85 the number of . Troops killed while participating in operation desert shield. All three incidents Are under investigation. Mideast troops receiving hate mail officials say Eastern a Lodi Arabia a amps what one postal official termed a a very very Small amount of hate mail is being directed at troops deployed to operation desert shield. Letters with racist religious and anti semitic Content comprise the majority of the communications said air Force maj. Mike Whitaker the 4401st air postal so postmaster. Recipients arc encouraged to turn the letters Over to postal  offering3 family help centers. Quot a a a a a a a a Quot Giessen Germany a the Giessen military Cost immunity opened three family assistance centers dec. 3 to help soldiers and family members who have problems or questions concerning deployment to saudi Arabia. The one Stop centers Are in Giessen Friedberg and Kirch Gons and eventually will be open 24 hours a Day. The specially organized collection of Community agencies include counselling Job information recreational activities housing Legal finance army Community service family support groups school information and education Sci vices. Volunteers can work at the centers. A a a a a the addresses and phone numbers for the centers Are Giessen family assistance Center buildingt2y in Giessen depot 343-7434, 7435 or 7436. Kirch Gons family assistance Center building 4639,346-8144 or 8145. T  assistance Center 324-3597, 3598,3468,3469or3595. Troops in Gulf can store pos in states longer Heidelberg Germany a soldiers deploying to the Middle East Are now permitted longer storage of privately owned vehicles at Ocean terminals in the United states officials said. Officials with the Usa eur trans management Branch advise  to request that rear detachment commanders a coordinate with the transportation office for storage beyond the previous 45-Day limit if their autos have already been shipped stateside. It return of the vehicles is necessary to support family members remaining in Usa Reznir the personnel service Center should cancel lire storage orders officials said. The family my Ihei May then coordinate with the transportation of fice to order re shipment of the vehicles to Usa eur. Men women children line up for citizen army7 by Joseph Owen q. Middle East Bureau Eastern saudi Arabia at age 12, Saud Al Khdair has Only two preoccupations soccer and learning to shoot at foreign troops who invade saudi Arabia. A i would like to be in the army because i would like to defend my country a the boy said in arabic using his father a professor at the 5,000-student King fahd University of Petroleum and minerals As an interpreter. Saud Isnit old enough to join the regular army yet so he underwent several weeks of training As a reservist in the country a so called a citizen  he and dozens of other boys All sons of University professors or employees were among 890 trainees who graduated dec. 26 in a ceremony at the University stadium. The training included use of weapons. At a military base elsewhere in saudi Arabia s Eastern province some 200 career air Force recruits graduated the same Day from a Security guard training program. Saudi military officials said they expected a total of 500.  to Complete the program there within a month. A we Are ready to fight we need Only a sign from our leaders to fight a the recruits chanted in arabic As they marched and jogged in Zigzag patterns on the base Parade grounds before the base commander Brig. Gen. Turki bin Nasser bin Abdul Aziz a saudi Prince. Active duty saudi troops numbered about 65,000 in Quot August. A military spokesman refused to say How big the current saudi Force is citing Security reasons. Like americans saudis Are not required to serve in the military. But saudi Arabia has been in the throes of military training Ever since King fahd issued an Appeal for volunteers in response to iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. A a. A a ,. A a a Tel Vison broadcasts and newspaper accounts of the. Destruction of Kuwait and massacre of Many of its citizens have convinced Many saudis that the same thing could happen to parts of their country. The Eastern province which is close to Kuwait and the site of most of the kingdoms Oil production appears particularly vulnerable. A a we be got 1 million people All Over the country who want to be trained. But to find a facility for 1 million people that a very difficult a said saudi information ministry spokesman Mohammed Ai Hader. The Prograis Are not exclusively for men. The King Dom also is recruiting women for reservist training As medical and social workers. 1 he women Are trained sop Aracely pm Nithe men in keeping Voith strictly observed islamic tradition. The trainees future after training is Uncertain. During a crisis career recruits must stay in the Quot military As a troops facing in Eastern saudi Arabia a first it was the searing heat relentless Monotony and a plague of flies scorpions and vipers. Now  troops in the saudi arabian desert face a new menace Bone chilling Leeth chattering old. A a it makes nighttime an endurance test and forces  Wear All the layers of  can Lay their hands on.  can really Feci the North wind Here. There a nothing to Block ii a said 2nd it. Bob Girillo 31,�?� of the 5ilv in 62nd regl 11th air defense brigade. A a at nights the guards look like a  mummies they re wrapped up  Light in All their cd oiling Quot said. Gitil Lovoff Long Island in new York. A a Quot Winter in the desert is relative of course.  Are nothing like the frigid blasts that have been wiping out Calif Ornus Orange crop and dumping Snow Quot in the northeastern United states. A. A a a its also a far  deep freeze chills of military history such As temperatures of minus-30 at the chosen Reservoir in the korean a War the Frost bitten Battle of the bulge in 1944 or Napoleon Bonaparte s disastrous Retreat from Moscow in 1812 in w hich a Gene ral Winter and russian partisans decimated his army. But Over the weekend it was 34 degrees in the Northern desert and much colder with the wind Dull j highs barely reach 70 degrees. That a a Slunec of about m degrees in the highs and lows that erected the first . Ground troops in August. A / a i did no to know it could get this Coli in the de it it a said sgt. Daniel Flores 27, of Fresno. Calif. Serim w Ith the army a 7m1i arty  amps Joseph Owen saudi troops and other spectate watch the dec. 26 graduation ceremony of the a a a citizens army at the King fahd University of Petroleum and minerals. Long is they Are needed. At other times their service becomes like a regular Job they can quit whenever they like. The reservists merely return to their Normal occupations after training ostensibly feeling More secure w Ith the acquisition of Basic military so tails. At the University ceremony say Jcj said he enjoyed practising shooting a weapon. He said  be Vytill ing to use one in an emergency and that he is not afraid of he Prospect of combat. Quot a /  University Public relations director Faris Al Tarbi w Hose i. To year Oid son Basil also  training said University officials made the decision to accept the boys As citizen volunteers. A. / y a a i he organization Felt that it. Would be of to accept those kids and teach them some discipline a Al Harbi is Aith a a Andi they seem to like it.�?�. Quot a Quot new menace Diakes soldiers Burrow deep into their Down ill cd sleeping bags to stay warm. Those who pull guard. Duty at night fed it the worst. _7 slpclila1iisl ii Clor Macias 25, of Elpaso. Texas looked like something out of a science fiction film As he patrolled his perimeter. A. A a a Quot he Ore.  his camouflage fatigues and covered himself with a night Parka and insulated liner. He wore a to shirt around his ears and had Arctic Niit p Nis trigger Finger from turning numb. Y i of can feel it Down to the by gone. If you done to Wear your Long Johns you la be freezing out Here a Macias . A a. A. I lie mess tent supplied him Vith hot chocolate Coffee and soup during his three hour watch. And february Are the Winter a a. 1sila aa1 a Bia. Its also the season for the s. Annja Vieli literally Means Northwest wind which  is sandstorms 100 Miles wide. ,. I avs la Santi us mule Allan Milb str pm paint Oil cars and sending a Hae 18.01 0 feet up to tie  a 1 Lon i in Lviv no Ulii Ern desert bribed a mild Sands suit 0 a v n a Tyr la Sand Wils so Shiek it nearly Quot vow la Pler traffic and made it impossible to we mole Ongadexcncampcu-10 Yards away a. 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