European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 15, 1991 the stars and stripes Page .3 crisis in the Gulf reality slowly setting in for newly arrived airmen by Ron Jensen and Vince Crawley Middle East Bureau Eastern saudi Arabia a sgt. Kevin Frey 30, spent the past five months watching operation desert shield on the television news. Now the surgical technician from Fremont Ohio is part of the operation having arrived sunday morning at an air base in the kingdoms Eastern province. A it Hasni to really dawned on us that we re Here a he said monday evening 36 hours before the . Deadline for Iraq to pull out of Kuwait. A even when we were flying Here it did no to seem like we were if War starts Frey and his companions will be caring for the wounded at an air Force air transportable Hospital in Central saudi Arabia. To prepare the 10-member team has been studying films of Battle surgery and Reading up on the subject. A Aback in the states its clean surgery a he said while waiting for transportation to his Hospital. A Over Here in a going to see some Nasty things. Its not going to be pretty. In a wondering How in a going to be Able to handle members of the team he said know their skills will be challenged beyond what stateside Medicine has tested them. A this one sleeping right Here a he said pointing to a stretched out companion. A a he san orthopaedic surgeon. But he a looking at doing everything things head never imagine doing Back in the Frey played War As a kid. He and his playmates ran around shooting each other with toy guns or Sticks. A but then it was just play a he said. War was also once a game for airman 1st class Vincent Kaska of the 375th Security police so from Scott fab 111. The 22-year-old from College station Texas remembers chasing friends with by guns and Sticks. A i watched War movies and had toy soldiers a he said leaflet bomb undergoing tests at army Center Washington a amps a army officials Are testing an artillery Shell that can drop thousands of propaganda messages Over enemy territory. The xm951 155mm a leaflet bomb uses a mechanical time fuse to eject up to 10,000 printed messages Over a specific area before continuing its flight which can extend As far As 11 Miles said Pete Rowland a spokesman for the army a Pic tinny Arsenal near Dover . The idea of a a cargo carrying projectile is not new. Shells that can carry and drop other kinds of munitions such As grenades and Cluster bombs have been around for years. The army made limited use of a 105mm Shell to drop leaflets Over enemy territory in Vietnam Rowland said. Tests of the new projectile Aye being carried out under a requirement from the army a John f. Kennedy special warfare Center at fort Bragg no. They have been carried out for two years and it will probably be another two years before regular production would begin Rowland said. The messages contained in the bombs Likely would be a general Appeal to opposing forces about the futility of their efforts to continue fighting said Carol Jones a spokeswoman for the Center. . Warship Convoy crosses Suez canal to join Gulf forces Cairo Egypt up a a Convoy of . Warships led by the nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt crossed the Suez canal monday on its Way to the persian Gulf an Interior ministry official said. The official said the Roosevelt and six other american warships crossed the canal under strict Security to join the .-led multinational Force deployed in the Gulf one Day before the . Deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. The Roosevelt was carrying thousands of marines and 67 Jet fighters the official said. A i built a Lafof Model now he said there is nothing that reminds him of those childhood Days. This is real. And As the deadline for Iraq to leave Kuwait was approaching. Kaska considered the Prospect of a War where victims done to get up to play again. A a at first you re kind of scared a he said. A but you be got to Trust your equipment Trust the Guys you w Ork with and Hope things will sgt William Wilson 25, of the 375th Security police so arrived Only three Days before third Tidline. His knowledge of operation desert shield comes mainly from watching television and Reading newspapers. Now he a Here. A it kind of awakens you a Little bit a he said of Landing in the desert. The Galax va., native said he has spent four years in the air Force preparing for a War. A a it Sharoo realize sometimes that its not an exercise a lie said a it Hasni to set in that it is real staff sgt. Art Connors from the same unit said he feels a a Little anticipation about the Likely War with Iraq. No matter what they do he Saddam Hussein just does no to seem to get the idea that he needs to take his tanks and go Home a said Connors 29, who a from Boston. Sitting beside Connors on a cot in an air base hangar sgt. Michael Buck agreed. A the had All the opportunities to pull out a said Buck 22, from Philadelphia. A i believe he a kind of pushed everybody up against the although he can understand some of Saddam a Point of View Buck said the iraqi Leader has an attitude problem. A a he a getting real cocky and arrogant like the Tough kid on the Block who does no to want to Back Buck said that Saddam should have backed Down but added that he believes War probably has been inevitable All along. A it had to come to this a he said. A if not now amp a amps Wayne j 8 leg pm when it Rains if. A jacket provides a saudi arabian Man with some makeshift Protection during a downpour sunday in the desert kingdom. Seasonal Rains have pounded the nations Eastern province for the last few Days causing sporadic Roadside flooding. Gulf briefs a a vow. V. A fighter disappears at sea leaving Pilot presumed dead from staff and wire reports Gaeta Italy a a fighter from America apparently was lost at sea last weekend. Missing and presumed dead is Navy . David Warne 28, of Jacksonville fla., said . Jim 1 Allin. A spokesman for the 6th Fleet Public affairs office at Gaeta Italy. The f/a-18, from strike fighter so 86 based at Cecil Field fla., disappeared at 8 . Saturday while on a routine flight fallin said. At the time he said the i Lor net was flying alone about 100 Miles Southeast of the Carrier which was operating in the Central Mcditcrra-1 Nean. An extensive air and sea search for Warne was carried out by planes and ships from the Carrier Battle group plus aircraft from Nas. Simonella Sicily fallin said. An investigation is under Way. Warne is survived by his wife the Navy would not release her name citing Federal privacy provisions. Two Carrier Battle groups those of the America and Theodore Roosevelt Are in the Mediterranean headed for Battle stations in the persian Gulf Region said it. Greg Smith a spokesman in Washington for the Navy office of information a a. 0 a a 1 a Marine Dies after trainings apparently had heart attack Eastern saudi Arabi a a .35-year-old Marine died of an apparent heart attack after physical training the . Military command said sunday. Staff sgt. Lance Monsen of the 2nd Marine dives Headquarters battalion from Camp Lejeune n.c., collapsed and died Friday the command said. He was the 98th american to have died since operation desert shield began aug. 7. Monsen was a native of Pembine weapons in War predicted to Cost billions los Angeles a the modern weapons the United states is deploying in the persian Gulf could Cost As much As $50 billion to replace if the country suffered Only moderate losses in a War with Iraq a newspaper has reported. If the Pentagon decides a replace lost weaponry with newer generation systems under development the Cost would by even higher according to the la its Angeles times. A a a. A / a a ,. A a a. The newspaper said the Dollar amounts were based on government estimates. Military analysts told the newspaper that the first equipment to be used in Battle would be state of the Art tanks aircraft and missiles which Are More expensive than older weapons. Analysts said the Cost of such High tech equipment is growing so High that the country eventually wont be Able to afford replacement fahd gives $100,000 to Aid families of Gulf gis Savannah a. Saudi arabians King valid heeded a Savannah area Charity Scall for help donating $100,000 to help replace donations that usually come from area soldiers now stationed in the Middle East. The Check to the United Way of the coastal Empire a arrived.jan.�?T-8-with a letter saying the King hoped the Money would help families of service members stationed in saudi Arabia for operation desert demonstrations take place in Berlin Bonn Bonn a about 500 German anti War protesters surged toward the parliament building in Bonn on monday but were driven Back by police. Several scuffles broke out. No one was seriously injured. In Berlin about 500 German students staged an Antiwar demonstration in front of the . Army Headquarters after a weekend that Drew several Hundred thousand protesters to the streets throughout Europe
