European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday february 12,1991 War in the Gulf at a glance an Oil Sou cd saudi Beach. Not so smart bombs. Laser guided a a smart bombs Are probably hitting their targets Only about 60 percent of the time some specialists say. A a _ a Page 3 $120-a-Galon Gas. A gallon of gasoline in Oil Rich Kuwait now Sells for As much As $120, and sections of the capital City Lack water and electricity say refugees arriving in Jordan. V a �?page4 King Hussein cries foul Jordan a King Hussein said sunday that his Only role in the Gulf War is humanitarian and that he was Hurt when the United states misinterpreted his recent comments As pro iraqi. A Page 4 paratrooper lands on life capt David r. Smith is among 500,000 americans serving in the persian Gulf but his face May soon become the most famous he is on the March cover of life Magazine. A Page 5 leading the charge. The Success of a ground offensive May rely heavily on an army doctrine researched and written in part by a colonel now Repar ing to Lead the first cavalry attack against iraqi Armor a Page 6 saudi prices skyrocket saudi shopkeepers along the main Northern Highway have doubled and tripled prices As . Troops have poured into the Northern desert. A Page 7 perfect timing the iraqi invasion of Kuwait provided a timely stage for an author who spent seven years writing. A Book about the International politics of Petroleum. A Page 21 motto of Lightn we think Sefc editors note this is the first in a series about an armoured cavalry regiments 1st platoon. Military censors have deleted the regiments namely Rob j pc id i ski Middle East Bureau Northern saudi Arabia there Are 27 souls and six Bradley fighting vehicles in the 1st platoon of an armoured cavalry regiment s lightning a troop. A the men Hail fro or Appalachia and the deep South from Large West coast cities and Rural Northern counties. They Are for the most part the sons of Plain folks Coal miners Dairy Farmers lumbermen soldiers a a a a a a a. A they Range m rank from private to ser Geant first class and Are commanded by a first lieutenant. While the army United them each member of 1st platoon enlisted for Dif Ferent reasons. Pic. Derrick Loving 25, from Louisville. By. Signed the College Money. Stall sgt. David Guajardo 33,. Joined because his native Sacramento calif.-, offered him Little Stork. Quot the 24-year-old platoon Leader 1st it. Brett Avants of Little Rock Farkhad wanted to be a Soldier since he was a child. So Lve earned an appointment to. West Point and graduated from the acad Ern Minim. A . Roge r pm e 1 an 23.1 rom m u i d Row. _ okla., signed up to tight. Job specially is the common . Draws the platoon members together. All Are trained to be army scouts or a nine teen Dellas in military speak. The 1st platoon scouts Are divided into four or five Man Crews for each of the six High tech Bradley fighting vehicles that look like Small tanks with slender 25mm gun barrels projecting from their turrets., that Chain gun is deadly on Light Armor at ranges up to one mile and the Bradley a wire guided missiles can kill a tanks at twice that distance despite such modern weaponry the with the 1st platoon scouts of has changed Little since the Days of horse mounted -��cavalrymen.-. Ranging out ahead of Large forces scouts quietly work to spot the enemy and help comm a rulers find the Best avenues of attack. Scouts today also help guide air or artillery strikes. Though none is a combat Veteran the men of 1st platoon have trained hard to do their jobs Well. ,.many of the scouts have been together for two or three years. Before deploying to saudi Arabia the platoon patrolled the last German and czech Borders. During their most recent gunnery qualifications m Germany lightning troop soldiers a out shot gunners m o11iei regiment units. It was because of such Field skills that l in h t n i n it u it Ojo be tort we have Jurf Trig the Fust american troops to see action in any Quot ground Campaign to free Kuwait. Their Job will be to Cross into hostile territory before the main body of the regiment and find the enemy. A first platoon knows the danger involved with working out in front but the scouts said they re ready to do the Job get it Over with and get on with their lives. Quot a my first worry is. That All 26 of these people that i m in charge of get to come Back Home a said sgt. 1st class Danny Rader 37, the platoon sergeant. Rader from Windsor n.y., added a this is a real Good unit to be with especially if you have to go to combat. Everybody helps each other. We share the work. And we think before we a now the platoon resides in the Northern saudi desert awaiting the Call to move to a final staging area for weeks the men have lived in tents next to their Bradley or under tarps pitched vehicles tracks. While they wait the scouts keep a tight schedule. They practice foot patrols in the desert and Zero the sights for their Chain guns and missile launchers. They study arabic Phrai ses like a put your weapon Down a hands up and a a done to some like spec. Brian Allen. 20, of Louisville,ky., keep a journal. A every once in a while you lie. In your bunk and wonder about the. Things you. Have taken for granted a lie wrote recently. A Many people do not realize what it s like to live in a dust Mac std tips ii Sci in freezing. Water. Or Wash your clothes in a plastic bucket. A a it a funny How a simple taste for Cir or nation yearns in ones it Rob Jagodkin Sitf of the stars and stripes is a Pentagon Media Pool reporter with the troops in saudi Arabia major says he sees Eye to Eye with Kohl on Gulf Bonn Germany apr John major on his Fust official visit to Germany since becoming Britain s prime minister said Bonn and London Are United in. Their support for the persian Gulf War and . Resolutions demanding that Iraq withdraw from Kuwait. 7 Quot we both share a Complete commitment to meeting All of the Security Council resolutions a major said after two hours of talks with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. A it is now in the hands of Iraq and its president excl is Ely to restore peace As quickly As possible a Kohl told a Brief news conference after meeting w Ith major. Barrelling ahead Media Pool the Wisconsin s big guns look daunting but Seaman Jim Hollis of Atlanta does t seem fazed As he greases one of them Oer the weekend the battleship has been hammering iraqi positions in Kuwait from the persian Gulf. Kohl thanked the British prime minister for his coun try s military contribution to the Alliance and referred to Germany a constitutional ban on dispatching troops outside the nato Region. I a we Aie fully aware of what it Means when British soldiers Light for Freedom and International Law also on our behalf a Kohl said. A we owe a lot to great Britain. The talks also focused on bilateral relations and de it Elo ments in Europe major said he is pleased with the a a closer relationship that is developing Between Britain and Germany. The two leaders plan to meet again in March and maintain weekly Telephone Contact. Major said there is a no difference in our assessments and objectives regarding the War. And he thanked Kohl Lor Germany s a most generous contributions toward by stain s War costs. Germany has pledged 800 million Marks $550 million to London a War debt As Materiel assistance valued at 170 million Marks $117 million Kohl said they would discuss further Aid if it became necessary. A a. A Kohl and major also Ca Leckfor a peaceful Resolution it the Baltic crisis and stressed support for the Contin nation of soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev s Reform program
