European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Special report Gulf War May have widened Gap Between military and civilians editors notes David Wood National Security correspondent Tor Newhouse news service spent six months reporting and writing these stories. He interviewed More than 100 military men and women from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to privates in the persian Gulf from nuclear bomber pilots in North Dakota to recruits and Drill sergeants at Basic training in the a a Pine Woods of South a. Carolina. Spec James Edward Pattie was ready for action when he and fellow members of the 12th aviation brigade from Hanau Germany departed for saudi Arabia in september. A by David Wood Newhouse news service m a a filth a flourish of Drums and bugles. Oil f 2,000 cadets execute a precisely machined 10 turn on the clipped Parade ground of the v v Citadel. Clad in the Gray Wool tunics and brass breastplates of the 19th Century they Parade beneath gothic v watchtowers and past Long Black cannons last fired in a a a a the doomed defense of the confederacy. pass the Granite and Bronze memorials to. Those who fell at chateau Thierry Omaha Beach and the a a a a a Mekong Delta. Since Islo Undag in 1842,.the Citadel one of the nation s Premier military academies a shrine to american patriotism. \ a a a. A a a a a a a. A. Its cadets,.like monks of an austere sect undergo a four year regimen of stress and hardship. Ties to Home family and civilian world Are dissolved in their place grows an intense Pride in the cadets own toughness and a fierce Devotion to their fellow novitiate their passionate idealism and visions of glory Are honed on a Granite hard ethic of Honor and service a. A a a Many of those cadets Wilt soon be commissioned into the nations armed forces a a new generation of americans called to arms. A a a a a a a. _ today a military i s a p Roud a 11 to i u n t e e r professional Force the likes of which America has never seem a Quot a. Quot the military is an elite organization one of the very few left that stands for something a says David e Bass a a Citadel Cadet soon to be a second lieutenant in the u s. Army a a a. A. A Quot we believe in the democratic process and in god Quot. Says Bass 21 r a former Eagle scout from the Pine Hills of Central Louisiana. Quot we Are the peacekeepers of the world Quot. T Quot a a Quot / t americans professional warriors see themselves As ,ancient tradition of .the.citizemsoldier, the greek Ideal that of service to their country a l l y v an Ideal they believe that most civilians no longer share. A a a a a a a a a. A. A a. The persian Gulf War has dramatically rekindled. America s Pride in its armed forces. At the same time it a a a a a a a a a continued on Page ii wednesday june 19, 1991 the stars and stripes. A
