European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes monday february 4,1991war in the Gulf i at a glance troops look Tor missile debris in Riyadh saudi Arabia on sunday. Refugees recount terror refugees reaching Jordan say Allied warplanes Are shooting at cars and killing people fleeing Iraq. A a a. A page3. Terrorists May be waiting despite More than 70 attacks on Western targets in the last two weeks terrorism experts do not believe Saddam Hussein a professional killers have struck yet. A paged old friends now foes kuwaiti maj. Ibrahim finds himself in a Topsy Turvy world. Iraqi soldiers who were once his friends Are now his prisoners and the americans whom he did t like Are now his allies. A a a Page 4 americanisms Bug brits although the Union Jack and the stars and stripes Are on the same Side the British Are fighting a country that sounds like Quot Eer awk Quot while americans Are bombing  a a a a a v a a. A pages chemical suits on Way the . Military responding to reports that some soldiers fear their chemical suits have lost their effectiveness said replacements would be delivered to troops in time. A Page 6 thinking of Home As the Start of the ground War draws nearer soldiers thoughts turn More and More to their families. A Page 6 gis repulse iraqis an iraqi patrol tried to ambush american soldiers Friday night several Miles inside saudi Arabia but turned Back after a 15-minute firefight with 82nd airborne div troops. A Page 10 empty flights to . Abound but space a list remains Long by Randy Pruitt Staft writer lately senior master sgt. Anthony Waltzing has been witnessing something of a Paradox at Rhein main a Germany. Waltzing superintendent of passenger operations at the military Airlift come terminal sees .-bound planes take off every Day with few or no passengers filling available seats. At the same time his backlog for space available seats increases. A people signed up for Gonus flights Are not showing up at the passenger terminal unless a flight is available to a particular destination in the states a said Waltzing who has seen some flights have 50 to 73 open spaces. On sunday 526 family member passengers remained on the space a travel list despite a recent surge in available Airlift to the United states Waltzing said. The passengers try to find air bases close to their final destinations to Cut Down on travel costs he said. Once in the states passengers must make their own travel arrangements by commercial aircraft train or Auto. Flights out of Rhein main go into Dover Del. Charleston . Philadelphia and St. Louis. �?o1 think a lot arc looking at St. Louis a Waltzing said. A the Midwest people try to get to St. Hours to Cut Down their costs. When we be got Only one or two flights and they re booked that hurts  Short one Way trips in the United states by commercial aircraft Are often expensive Waltzing said. A it depends on where they re going in the United states but it might be cheaper at times to buy a ticket out of Here Frankfurt commercial and go to their final destination than to use Mac a Waltzing said. A the passengers Are taking advantage of a new policy that allows family members of troops deployed to operation desert storm to receive a one time military flight Back to the states without their sponsors. The family members must pay for the flight Back to Europe. Quot v since desert storm began space a travel to the United states most often has been available within one Day from the Gateway to Europe terminal Rhein main officials said. They said people waiting for specific flights should be aware of certain space a limitations before seats Are released consideration is Given to cargo aircraft configuration the weight of cargo and fuel and the number of Crew members aboard the aircraft. Family members arc not allowed to travel on certain military flights even if it they Are open to military members. For example Federal Law prohibits family members from flying on an aircraft destined for a location where no customs or immigration offices exist. A people simply have to remember that the Mac passenger terminal does not operate like a travel Agency a a spokesman said. A a a a a a a a a. A. A. A contributing to this report Jami Jones in Darmstadt Germany cavalrymen still Lead the charge when they Saddle up for Battle by Rob Jagodzinski Middle East Bureau near the Iraq Border saudi Arabia heavy Armor has replaced horse mounted scouts. And carbine rifles have Given Way to massive tank guns. But one thing remains the same in today a cavalry. A your Mission Hasni to changed a said capt. Doug Moore 30, troop commander with 3rd so 2nd army Cav regt now deployed near the iraqi Border. A a a a a a. A. For 155 years 2nd Cav troopers have ranged out to meet the enemy at the battlefields Forward Edge in what Moore called a the spirit of the  a we still work to find the enemy and bloody him a said Moore of traverse City Mich. A we take the fight to him. We set the terms of the  formed in 1836, the 2nd Cav which now has its Headquarters in Nurnberg Germany is the oldest continually serving regi ment in the army. It is now preparing to Lead an Allied ground offensive against iraqi Arnier. Although its half a world away from the american Plains of its youth the regiment has preserved a number of the traditions. Today a cavalrymen maintain the Maxim of a horse Saddle Man a which Means taking care of your gear and weapons before yourself said spec. David Keb 21, a 3rd so tank gunner from South Bend ind. X a whenever we pull into an Assembly area we do maintenance on our tanks and clean our weapons. Then we worry about getting sleep and other personal things a Keb said. Sgt. Glenn Seiple a Bradley fighting vehicle crewman with 1st so noted that the units non commissioned officers still Wear spurs with their dress uniforms. To earn the spurs we have to qualify in areas of leadership and the first sergeant evaluates us a said Seiple 28, from Harrisburg a. A a. Another tradition that refuses to die is the cavalry a reference to its company sized unit As troops. In the 2nd Cav these troops Are named with an old West flavor Apache Eagle lightning outlaw Pale horse and Savage. The men realize the danger of their Job. A a they re pretty Well aware of what they re up against a said capt David Edwards 29, a troop commander with 1st so. A a in be told them All along it will be a stiff fight.�?�. A a a As a commander Edwards said he must do everything he can a to not let these Guys Down. Looking at All the Battle streamers on the regimental colors reminds you of the Mission you have to  and it reminds Edwards also of the tradition of the cavalry a the Mission the soldiers and the regiment come before  / _. A Jagodzinski it a Pentagon Pool reporter with the troops in saudi Arsis wire saudi Arabia up1 . Soldiers Are learning what any Good thief knows How to hot wire a car that a in Case they wind up in Iraq or Kuwait without the equipment they need explained col. Robert b. Flowers commander of the 20th engr brigade. A if we find something we can use a such As a bus a Bulldozer or a Buick a a we la use it a said Flowers 43. A the wartime rules of engagement allow us once we Cross into enemy territory to use any military hardware 05 equipment we  As for civilian equipment Flowers soldiers will take what they need but leave a receipt. A we have papers we fill put to leave with the owner so they could later claim compensation a he said. A a it a a receipt in effect in arabic and  it does no to matter whether the item is a a Sand or gravel pit or a heliport or an Airstrip or a Road. If wed like to use it we done to want to create any unnecessary ill will later on. Lord knows there la be enough of it a he  in a lot of cases if you jump into a locution you Muy not have the air Brunies cargo Airlift capacity to drop All your equipment in. But if you know there a equipment there on the ground you can jump in and make use of it if you can get it started Quot Flowers said. A we have some homemade hot wire kits that we go in  that of we find some equipment up there we can use the operators will be trained to hot wire  Thuc military Learned the value of hot wire artistry in Grenada when they found equipment but no ignition keys Flowers said. There the troops had to improvise ways to get machines moving. A a in View of what we re about to do we resurrected that a he said noting in particular that the 82nd airborne has trained hot wire artists in its own ranks. While they can use what they need minimize any insult to the populace Iraq or Kuwait the combat engineers under strict orders not to pick Jup  v . Stressed that there not be requisitioning of anything that a needed a lamps sofas trash if you i said it. Col Ron Stewart 43, Comman of the. 27th engr in one of three Bat ions under Flowers command. A Engineer equipment Sand grave you need it that s Fine. But. Gouvei of Iraq a none of that a Stewart said. Besides a a souvenirs can be Boc trapped and the stories Are legion of Diers picking up cameras binoculars similar trinkets and losing an Eye c hand when they explode. A a a that a our mind set going in a s Flowers no souvenirs and not even a i wire until after a Check for explosives. Thea a tory was compiled from Pool report