European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes saturday March 23,1991 in the Gulf army offers Gulf vets 2-week Hometown jobs Washington a amps soldiers returning from the Middle East can spend two weeks in their hometowns helping local recruiters and not be charged any leave time officials said. The Hometown Recruiter Aid program is being offered to All desert storm veterans by the army recruiting come headquartered at fort Sheridan 111. Soldiers who Are accepted for the program pay their own travel expenses but receive regular pay and benefits for the two weeks officials said. Applicants must not be older than 25 years and meet the army a height and weight standards have a diploma from the Hometown High school and agree to reside within 30 Miles of the nearest army recruiting station. Those accepted for the program will be required to spend a minimum of time helping recruiters talk to Young people about the army. The remaining time can be used to visit friends and  recruiting offices have More information about the program. Interested soldiers also May. Call staff sgt. Robert Mclean of the recruiting command at 708 926-7357 or 459-7357 on the defense switched network which has replaced Auto von. A a. V a v Turkey storing weapons Ankara Turkey apr Turkey has agreed in principle to store certain . Conventional weapons a foreign ministry spokesman has said. Murat Sungar told a weekly news conference that the United states offered to provide for a certain needs of the turkish armed forces in return for the storage of the . Military equipment in Turkey. V Sungar said a . Military delegation would visit Turkey in the coming Days to work out details of the  unit deactivating Naples Italy a amps natos naval on Call Force Mediterranean concluded the longest activation in its history when its ships docked thursday at Naples. The forces activation began sept. 10 when ships from eight countries gathered off Livorno Italy. The activation was originally scheduled to end oct. 31 but was extended twice because of the persian Gulf War. During those extensions the flotillas operations shifted from the Western Mediterranean to the Central and Eastern areas. Nato officials also expanded the groups operations from training to surveillance the forces first operational Mission. The flotilla was one of several nato units assigned surveillance missions during the War. . Ships and aircraft that normally perform those tasks were in the persian Gulf area units participating in the Force represented Greece Germany Italy Portugal Spain Turkey England and the United states. The forces formal deactivation ceremony will be held in Naples on  going Home Heidelberg Germany of Tho 12,000 army reservists assigned to . Army Europe during operations desert shield and desert storm 5,000 already have departed a usar eur spokeswoman said thursday. About 3400 of the total were medical staffers and 1,400 of them have left. The 7,000 remaining reservists will stay until they Are no longer needed the spokeswoman said. Many Are filling in for troops Stilt in the Gulf  to get medals Washington up the Senate approved legislation thursday that authorizes president Bush on behalf of Congress to award Gold medals to Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the a joint chiefs of staff and Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of Allied forces in the persian  legislation was passed by voice vote and sent to the House. The non military congressional Gold medals Are specially minted. Bronze duplicates Are produced for Sale to the Public. Statistics show War deaths did t Mirror race ratio by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a predictions by civil rights leaders that Blacks and other minority troops would die in greater proportions than their White counterparts during the persian Gulf War did not hold up Pentagon statistics show. ,. A a a. Blacks who comprise about 12 percent of the . Population make up 22 percent of the . Military Ana made up about 25 percent of the military personnel deployed in the Middle East. The army which would be expected to take the most casualties in a prolonged ground War is about 28 percent Black and about 30 percent of the soldiers in the persian Gulf theater were Black. Fatalities by race were expected to Mirror those persian Gulf percentages but Blacks accounted for Only 15 percent of the 182 military personnel who died in fighting and non combat accidents from the beginning of the crisis through March 8, the Pentagon said. V a obviously any predictions about the race ratio of casualties were based on a fairly Large casualty count a said Edwin Dorn an analyst at the Brookings institution a Washington think tank. Dorn who has extensively studied Blacks and the military said most predictions including his own were based on expectations that the United states could have expected 10,000 to 20,000 casualties including 2,000 to 5,000 deaths. A if that had happened then the Law of averages would have taken effect a he said. A was it turned out we were very fortunate that it did not.�?�. O controversy Over the Issue led some Blacks to temper their support for the War prior to the fighting according to several Public opinion polls although other polls showed that Black support gradually increased after the conflict began. On several occasions Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff defended the military As a rewarding and honorable profession arguing that no one the debate expanded arid critics asked whether society was forcing Blacks into military service because it is one of the few opportunities for advancement open to them. The Pentagon statistics show that Whites who made up 66 percent of . Forces in the persian Gulf theater accounted for 78 percent of the deaths during the period measured. Hispanics who comprised 5 percent of the forces suffered 4 percent of the deaths. Asian americans made up 2 percent of the persian Gulf Force but accounted for less than 1 percent of the deaths. Six women died during the period which equates to 3 percent of total . Deaths. Female service members made up 6 percent of the total . Contingent in the Region. A a a a a a \ a midday snooze oblivious to the noise and confusion that surround wednesday in the saudi arabian port of dam Mam him an american Soldier takes an outdoor midday Nap where he is awaiting his turn to go Home. Arab victims of War to receive d hah ran saudi Arabia a amps the american red Cross will commit one third of the Money it raises for postwar programs to the Arab victims of the persian Gulf War the Nead of the american red Cross said Friday. A the War May be Over but the need is still very real Quot said Elizabeth Dole whose comments came at the end of a three Day tour of the Region including visits to kuwaiti hospitals and a refugee Camp. Three weeks ago Dole said the american red Cross set a goal of raising $30 million for War related emergency Aid. One third of that Money will be turned Over to the International red Cross to be distributed throughout the Region. Portions of the american Money undoubtedly will be used to Aid iraqi families facing hardships caused by the War a Dole spokesman said. A some people in the states see that As helping the enemy a he said. A but an iraqi child who Steps on land mine in the desert is not the  immediately after leaving Kuwait Dole arranged i a medical personnel flown in to work at a Host Tal for the mentally and physically handicapped. To group should begin to arrive in Kuwait City within Days she said. _ a before the War the Hospital had a staff of 225 to a now there Are 17 nurses trying to care f 6u0 children and elderly  red Cross workers who have been in the Field i american troops since the War began will remain in the last troops leave said Dole a former . Secreta of transportation. _ she also said that american commanders exp r / try a is t0 remain in saudi Arabia Long after me of the forces return to the United states in time  fourth of july Holiday