European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition the  vol. 49, no. 343 monday March 25, 1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the  armed forces 35c d 8693 . Step closer to Gulf base ground troops not part of plan Riyadh saudi Arabia apr the United states is closer than Ever before to establishing a permanent military Headquarters on Arab soil Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said sunday the Headquarters would meet a longstanding . Aim to have a land base in the persian Gulf a a goal Arab governments have blocked for Many years. Schwarzkopf the . Commander of operation desert storm also said that As soon As a permanent cease fire is signed the remaining american troops in the Gulf will go Home. And he reaffirmed that the United states does not intend to have permanent ground forces in the Region. But he said on sunday a a there a a possibility we will be moving a Forward Headquarters element of Central command a not the entirety. Someplace Over Here on the Gulf. A a but a there san awful lot of negotiations that have to go on a he said. A the a locations have to be accepted and All the arrangements have to be made. We re certainly much closer to that now than we be Ever been  . Central come plans to Etui soon to its Headquarters in Tampa fla., where operations in the Middle East Are overseen. A . Spokesman capt. Michael Doubleday elaborating on Schwarzkopf remarks said the Gulf Headquarters would include staff members involved in planning and maintaining contacts with various military organizations in the Middle East. Lie said he did not know How Many people would work out of the office. A . Task Force has been in the mid see base on Page 10first 12th aviation troops return by Ron Mckinney staff writer. Wiesbaden a Germany a about 400 members of the 12-th aviation  an emotional Welcome by Flag waving friends and family sunday evening As unit personnel arrived Home from six months in the persian Gulf. About 250 people began screaming and waving flags when two firetrucks escorting three busloads of the soldiers announced their arrival with blaring sirens and honking horns. The returning service members Are the first of about 1,200 from the unit who Are scheduled to arrive Home this week. Sundays group landed at 4 50 . At Rhein main a and was bused to waiting crowds in Wiesbaden Mainz Hanau by Dingen and Frankfurt. In Wiesbaden Suzanne rounding momentarily let go of her baby Carriage to hug her husband maj. Brad rounding. Also on hand to Welcome dad were sons Anthony 8, arid Brad ii 10. In the Carriage was the rounding so 6-month-old daughter Jessica who was just 4 Days old when her father deployed to saudi Arabia. A 7 .7 a a a it a terrific. Its almost too hard to believe a the officer said about finally being  7 a relieved. Happy a Suzanne said when asked How she Felt. Quot actually she feels real Good a her husband said. A a it a like we re a family again a Brad ii added. Becky Franklin had been in Germany see troops on Page 10 a amps Oava Ovidio master sgt. Daniel Camboa gets a close look at his 4-month-old son Michael Anthony As his wife Ingrid looks on sunday night at Wiesbaden a Germany. Gamboa was deployed to saudi Arabia on sept. 18 and the baby was born nov. 21. The Gam boast other two children Daniel 16, and Stacey 13, were also on hand to Greet  debris reportedly interests soviets Washington a the soviet Union is eager to sift through the debris of .. Weapons and equipment that landed in Iraq a senior . Intelligence officer says. Tens of thousands of tons of bombs and missiles plus a handful of shattered Allied aircraft rained Down on Iraq during the six week conflict. A the soviets have great Hopes of getting Back into Iraq a the officer said. A they want those bits and pieces that fell All Over the country they re saying to the iraqis a a done to touch it save it for us a a the soviets want to learn As much As they can about the americans highly touted High tech weaponry a if the iraqis give them Access to its remnants said the officer. Soviet intelligence officers usually Are so eager to obtain such weapons debris that they a Are willing to pay for it a the . Official said. The soviets once Active sponsors of president Saddam Hussein and a major arms supplier backed the  alliances Effort to reverse the occupation of Kuwait. Even so the Kremlin tried to mediate a cease fire in the Days before the ground War in the persian Gulf but failed. Since the Allied Victory in the Gulf the soviets have moved to be part of the postwar settlement in the Region. While the White House has welcomed the move it has not offered Moscow a major role. Although warmer relations with Moscow helped bolster the coalition against Iraq the soviets sought advantages from the War As Well the officer said. Throughout the War the soviets a were gathering intelligence. Their efforts were to gather As much intelligence As they could a he said. However no soviet intelligence gathering flights see soviets on Page 10