European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                For Many gis holidays mean overseas duty Jacksonville . A marines from Camp Lejeune and army soldiers from fort Bragg Are getting used to spending holidays overseas. Two years ago it was Panama last year it was the persian Gulf and now they re off to Cuba to help haitian refugees. Hundreds of spouses and children have been left behind during another thanksgiving Holiday. Maj. William Poggi of the 2nd Force service support group at Camp Lejeune left behind a wife a son and a Mother he Hadnot seen in a year. A you know How the Marine corps is but wives done to feel that Way when they leave a Mary Poggi his wife of 12 years said wednesday. A i thought i was realistic but i still cry when he  Poggis Mother who Hasni to seen her son since he left for saudi Arabia before last Christmas flew in from California five hours after he left for the . Navy base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. A she really needed to see him. She was Hurt because she was so worried when he was in saudi a Mary Poggi said. But support came from an unexpected source. A when my husband left this time my 10-year-old son Billy said a done to worry mom its not like he a going to  and that a True a she said. Matt Hardiman executive director of the Jacksonville United service organizations for Camp Lejeune takes Pride in easing the Shock of families who suddenly Are left to spend the Holiday alone. A a we re baking pies right now and i got turkeys being baked All Over town a Hardiman said As he prepared a thanksgiving feast for about 700 family members of service  As Well As for military personnel and retirees still at the base. Hardiman Hopes his 29 turkeys 35 pumpkin pies 15 cakes 31 Apple pies and acres of stuffing will ease the pain for people whose spouses have been taken away at thanksgiving and Christmas for efforts in Panama in 1989, the persian Gulf last year and now Cuba. Members of several units from fort Bragg left for Guantanamo tuesday. Marine Brig. Gen. George h. Walls or. From Camp Lejeune will command a joint task Force to plan emergency humanitarian assistance of the haitian refugees. The 850-member task Force will include about 400 marines from Camp Lejeune about 40 marines from Cherry Point and about 220 soldiers from fort Bragg base officials said. Friday november 29, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 a haitian woman hangs her laundry Over barbed wire at Camp Bulkeley on Guantanamo Bay to Cuba. A tent City has been set up at the Camp but . Officials fear the continuing flood of refugees from Haiti could fill Bulkeley within a week. Dusty Guantanamo Bay Camps welcomed by haitian refugees Guantanamo Bay Cuba a Edwine Saint Vil did no to hesitate for an instant when asked Why she Felt pleased at being held in a . Military Camp separated from her husband penned in by Rolls of razor Sharp concertina wire. A if i stayed in Haiti i would get killed a she said. She and More than 1,000 other haitian boat people picked up by . Coast guard cutters in recent weeks Are being kept in the Dusty windswept confines of Camp Bulkeley an abandoned training site at the . Navy base at Guantanamo Bay. Conditions in the tent Village Are harsh but dozens of boat people interviewed wednesday said they Felt safer and were thankful for regular meals and clean clothes. Even on the cutters bedraggled migrants said their cramped quarters under a broiling Sun were a Welcome improvement. A i am happier Here a said Michel Marie Rosette 26, who was among 285 haitians filling the flight deck of the Cutter Legare at dockside in the Navy base. Marine corps Brig. Gen. George h. Walls jr., who is running the Guantanamo Bay refugee operation said the haitians were being taken off cutters and two Navy ships As quickly As tents could be set up at the Camp. The Pentagon said on tuesday that it planned to make room for no More than 2,500 haitian migrants at the temporary tent Village. But on wednesday Walls told visiting reporters that he expected new orders to expand the operation. Quot every place that a Flat or can be made Flat Well put a tent on it a Walls said. Walls said he expected orders from Washington a very shortly to fill Guantanamo Bay naval station to its maximum which other officials said would be about 10,000 refugees. The migrants Are being interviewed privately by immigration and naturalization service officials to determine whether they will be allowed to enter the United states. . Authorities have said the migrants who fled Haiti after president Jean Bertrand Aristide went into exile in october can to qualify for political Asylum because they left their country mainly for economic reasons. But of the dozens of boat people interviewed Here by reporters none mentioned an economic motive for fleeing Haiti. Many said suspected Aristide supporters were being targeted for attacks Fry police forces. A they tried to kill me and my Cousin a said Louinord Dorce 35. A if 1 go Back to Haiti  kill  the men and women Are being held in separate sections of the Camp divided by Chest High Rolls of Silvery concertina wire. The women spoke of random terror in Haiti treacherous sea voyages and their Uncertain future. Saint Vil 24, dressed in a Pink shirt shorts and Shower shoes said she did t care How Long she had to stay in the . Camp or where she might be resettled. A anywhere but Haiti a she said. Foes see Long fight on nuke waste Washington apr a court order blocking the shipment of radioactive wastes to new Mexico is a major setback in the Bush administrations plans to aggressively Deal with atomic waste disposal. Energy Secretary James Watkins had said repeatedly that it was important to begin a five year test of the government underground atomic waste storage facility in new Mexico before the end of the year. But on tuesday . District judge John Garrett Penn ordered the department to put off the first shipment of wastes there because Congress has not approved the plan. The new Mexico facility is known As the waste isolation Pilot project or wipp. Energy department spokesmen said wednesday the department had not yet decided whether to Appeal the Case but new Mexico officials suggested the Legal fight could take several years regardless of any Doe action. Watkins is not prepared to wait that Long. Most Likely say congressional sources the administration will be forced to step up the Pace of negotiations with new Mexico a congressional delegation to try to work out a legislative solution. Doe spokesman Fred lash declined wednesday to speculate on the departments next move. State officials do not oppose the proposed test program but want greater assurances that the amount of wastes will be limited that the government provide adequate compensation to the state and that an outside Agency such As the environmental Protection Agency ensures safety. The state also has expressed concern that the waste Shi Mentsas Many As 8,500 barrels a might be sent to the underground site and then abandoned if the site does not prove to be viable for permanent storage. Only through legislation argued the new Mexico congressmen and senators can those assurances be made binding. Penn had cited the waste retrieval Issue As one special area of concern. Doe sources suggested wednesday a Way around the Legal logjam might be to provide additional assurances that any wastes taken to wipp will be retrieved should the site prove to be unsuitable. A Compromise wipp Bill already has cleared the Senate. But the House is not expected to act on its version of the Bill until the lawmakers return next  s radioactive leak was no threat Navy says san Diego apr a nuclear powered Navy Cruiser has leaked several Hundred Gallons of Low level radioactive water in five Navy ports since last year according to documents. Navy nuclear experts said the leakage is not a threat to people or the environment. The guided missile Cruiser Long Beach has a malfunctioning primary Relief valve a device that helps regulate the discharge of radioactive Cooling water overboard the documents say. Navy officials said the 3g-year-od ship probably would be retired before it is to undergo a scheduled reactor overhaul in 1994. But they claimed the decision was based on budget cutbacks rather than maintenance problems. Locations where the Long Beach allegedly leaked primary coolant include san Diego Pearl Harbor Hawaii Seattle Wash. Indian Island Wash. And Rodman Panama