European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Readers action line aps amp a where a the mail aside from wanting to be he one person to torture Saddam Hussein the mail Issue has got me. A steaming. Aside from the necessary things such As. Ammo medical care water and food mail must be a top a a by. Y my v a the world can we justify troops being there 30 and 90 Days and not receiving any mail from Home a a some wives Are telling of letters taking two to four weeks to reach them and boxes being sent carrying Little things that their husbands need and finding out after three a weeks their husbands Arentt receiving them a either not at All or with items missing irom the Box. First it makes me wonder How ready our troops Are a when the postal system can t even function properly. Ammo food and water future and protect the body mail. From Loving spouses family and friends nurtures the soul and boost the morale. For the soldiers who have no one. To write letters from unknown people addressed to any Soldier is a godsend. _ but to the Soldier who has a spouse and children there s nothing like a letter from Home. Vanessa Jones Stuttgart Germany Cen com provided the following information. A with the Holiday season and major troop increase shitting theater postal units at the same time a delay in. Mail delivery surfaced during the Middle and late stages of the prewar deployment. Then when operation desert storm began in mid january operational requirement called for an obvious shift in transportation priorities to supplies and materials for the pending War Effort. This limited space for letters and packages. Despite this the Cen com postmaster s office said the mail been broken within the last weeks and postal workers have been Able to move More mail that had Boon caught in backlogs or delays. Average delivery times for mail have gone from a High of 18-20 Days the first four weeks of the War to its current level of.eight-10 Days depending on where the mail originates and How far out in the desert the service member is. Postal officials say even with the ground Campaign. Improving incoming mail delivery time has continued to -. Be a priority for military planners from platoon leaders to. The chairman of he joint chiefs of staff cacs even. Postal. Delays mail leaving the theater have their attention. L army Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs. ,. Perhaps Best explained this Challenge when he. Addressed a congressional panel earlier this month. Quot As a you know there in t one of those Nice Little Blue and red boxes everywhere out there a he said Quot it takes a Little \. While from the time the Young go writes it until the time we a can capture it and get it Back to the Poffs. And get it on its Way out of the country. Quot inbound mail has been the primary concern of troops in the Kielc however. And postal officials say the largest portion of their efforts Are focused on that aspect of. A delivery. A a -. Before mail can be delivered it goes through a series of collection and consolidation Points beginning at any of More than 42,000 Post offices in the United states. From there mail travels to one of five regional military postal gateways located in Chicago san Francisco new York Washington and Dallas. A. A a a _ once in the military postal system the mail is then sorted for specific Apo numbers and moved from the. Gateways to one of three embarkation Points a Mcguire fab n.j., tinker fab okla. And naval air station a Norfolk a. A where the mail is put on pallets for delivery via military aircraft to the main postal distribution centers. A in theater. Mail from Europe is collected in Frankfurt a Germany before being sent to the in theater distribution centers. Once it arrives in the Region mail continues on its Way to units via truck or military air. A but Why the delays a r. After arriving at one of three airports in saudi Arabia a mail must often be loaded onto trucks a second or eve third time so it can be moved to units in outlying areas further complicating delivery according to postal a officials is that its not unusual for a unit to change locations or merge with other units by the time the mail a reaches that level. A Way Cen com postal officials stress that it s important for families and friends of desert storm forces to know that the theater covers a Large geographical Region with Many. Postal Quot patrons Quot located in desolate areas. A Quot it s hot Tike delivery a says senior master sgt Bob Eicholz Cen com postal system. Transportation director. Quot delivery by truck to the farthest Field locations can take up to 31 hours. Mail often May. Have to be sorted openly out in the desert and delivered by the Side of the Road because there just Are no facilities . ,. A -. A. A y other causes for delay include Federal aviation a a administration screening requirements and shifting Airlift needs. Officials say with the War under Way fewer a s commercial aircraft Fly into saudi Arabia and a increasing amount of space on military transporters to be devoted to equipment and supplies needed to a the War Effort going keep i a to write us. Readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort,1 striving to answer some of the questions a a a about life overseas in a military environment or a questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you. Have a question and Don t know where to turn for the. Answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. All letters must be. A signed and preference will be Given to those. seeking information of general interest to our readers i. A. A a a questions from the Kitchen los Angeles times. Go can milk be Frozen we Are grandparents who frequently buy too much milk when grandchildren visit so we Are stuck with quarts of milk a couple of times a. Month two people can eat just much pudding a custard Etc. I9 we found differing opinions. The american Dairy association does not recommend Freezer storage for a / milk. In the pamphlet Home care of Dairy foods they a explain that when milk is Frozen and thawed Quot a Flaky protein Deposit shows up As Tine flecks on the Side of the Glass. This does not attic the nutritional value of the. A product but does change the appearance. Fat. My t a Page 16 the stars and stripes separation which occurs on freezing,.also makes it. Difficult to obtain a smooth mixture alter thawing Quot a y they go on to say Quot if milk has been Frozen thawing should be done slowly by placing the Cartons in the. A refrigerator overnight or by immersing in cold water for. Several hours. Attempting to thaw the product rapidly with warm water will tend to increase separation of fat and -. Other solids and make the remixing problems More difficult quot7 a a i a can you Tell me which is the Correct Oil to use in a a Quot seasoning Quot a new Skillet i used Corn Oil and put the pan in a hot oven Tor about 10 minutes the Oil stuck and made a Laye of hardened Oil that has been almost impossible to remove your help will be appreciated a a saturday March 2, 1991 _ a r. The problem was not the Oil but the oven. A temperature. Any Type of vegetable Oil May be used. The purpose of seasoning cast Iron cookware is to. Prevent rust and keep foods from sticking. A. A begin by washing the pan with mild soapy water and a stiff Brush then rinse and dry thoroughly rub a thin layer. Of Oil Over the , place the pan in the oven and bake at 325 f for i hour turn off the oven heat but weep the door closed and allow. She pan to Cool to room. Temperature inside the oven a. A a a a a a a cast Iron cookware will continue to turn Black with use and the pores of the Indri will be sealed after each use. I in pan should be washed rinsed and died. Never scour a the dishwasher Athin coating of Quot a a Oil to the cooing surface before storage. A j
