European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a a the stars and stripes sunday february 10,1991war in the Gulf it in it Assw a ablaze with old glory Don Beene of Watauga Taxa replaces a Light bulb in the Star spangled display he in Adele his front Yard to Honor . Troops in the persian Gulf. Beene who used More than 200 Christmas lights to form the Flag has vowed to keep it lighted until the War ends and american service members return Home coach rewrites play Woolf for this team by the stairs and stripes saudi Arabia a the Flat open desert of Northern saudi Arabia inspires images of a dry Brown football Field in the mind of it. Col. John Brown of the 2nd army div fwd. Quot this ground out Here is like a football Field. What you do does no to relate to the terrain but to where the opposing Guys Are a he said. V so his Battle plan for the upcoming ground War is designed much like a football coach designs a game plan for a respected foe. The analogy is also Browne  it is exactly the same idea As coaching a he said. A there could t be a better analogy than to say we Are rehearsing football  but this Field of play required Brown to toss out the old playbook and write a new one. Unlike his Home Field in Germany there Are no obvious geographical features. There Are no Hills to take and hold. No River Beds to use for cover. A in Europe your objective is a piece of terrain so decisive that you would Force the incr Ray to lose key people defending it or Cut his supplies when seizing it a Brown said. Here the goal will be finding and destroying a specific iraqi unit he said. A a Brown said his game plan involves three of the classic offensive principals of War massing firepower identifying an attainable objective and simplicity. Quot  be a key  he said. Quot the More time we spend in the desert the More comfortable we Are in handling the battalion in Masse there will be rip sneaking and peeking that is to our advantage. A staff sgt. Jerry Bodle a you can use a battalion of tanks Here the Way you a use a platoon in  a battalion usually has 50 to 60 tanks while a platoon usually includes four or five. The attainable objective will be that specific unit targeted for destruction he said. A a we la do that As simply As possible a he a Iid. A we done to want it so complicated that it can to be executed by troops under fire under circumstances none of us have Ever been in . 4. Browne a soldiers Dot feel like they Are entirely giving up the a pm Field advantage despite being thousands of Miles from familiar turf. A we always wanted a terrain like this where we can use the a Lala a Maneule ability and bring All our firepower to Bear a said it. Michael Salute 24, of East Peoria 111. A _. Staff sgt Jerry Bodle 33, of Pueblo,xolo., said a it is like the worlds biggest parking lot. There will be no sneaking and peeking. That is to our  and sgt. Edwin Bonet 31, of Mayaguez puerto Rico said Quot it is Tanker territory. Right now our Confidence is pretty High a it v a the Bradley scouts and armoured personnel Carrier mortar teams also like the ground. A in Germany you never see the tanks Quot said sgt. Ricky Rosado 30, a Bradley Driver from Killeen Texas. A it is like you Are on your own. When we scout we done to know where the friendlies Are. If you need help maybe  come maybe they  sgt. Darrel Wright 27, of West Palm Beach fla., drives an armoured personnel Carrier that fires a 107mm mortar. He said a it is a Good feeling for the mortars to know these Guys tanks Are on the flanks. It gives you a lot of  this team spirit has the ring of players preparing for the Long awaited Kickoff. Brow said there is still some Quot practice to do but he a pleased with the Progress. A being Able to Man Euver on this Battlefield will re quire Drill and rehearsal Quot he said. A if is not yet inherent enough that the Guys can do it automatically. But the problems Are not nearly As aggravated As they were before. A that is Why practising like a football team works so Well Quot he said. A it is a system they can be comfortable with. Football practice is something they have All been through or  we want an undefeated season Quot information for  waa gathered by Pentagon Media Pool report a is. A. A a a Bush notes concern Over Jordan s pro Iraq shift Washington a president Bush said Friday that Jordan a King Hussein has complicated .-jordanian relations by moving Quot Way Over into Saddam Hussein a  although saying that the United states has a always had a historically Good relationship with Jordan a Bush said Hus seines speech on wednesday a complicates  a 4 a a there a quite some concern now Quot the president said during a photo session. A it appears to be a shift in the jordanian Post sit Ion. Quot they seem to have moved Over Way Over into Saddam Hussein scamp fond  in his speech wednesday the King said the allies arrayed against Iraq in the Puj Sian Gulf War a want to destroy Iraq to prepare the situation in the Region in a much More dangerous Way for our nation s future and  White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Friday  question of breaking relations with Jordan has not come up and that for now Only a withholding of Aid is under consideration. Fitzwater would not discuss whether Jordan is believed to have provided military support to Iraq and How that Prospect could complicate the Gulf War