European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 23, 1993 the stars and stripes b Pago 9kitty Hawk receives All the shops at sea by William c. Mann the  press aboard the Carrier Kitty Hawk with its enormous cupboards close to Bare the aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk went shopping thursday. Its supermarket was the Sacramento a fast combat support ship that delivered wares to the Carrier by ship to snip Hosepipe helicopter and hoist while the two ships sped through the persian Gulf at 18 Mph. In All 500,000 pounds of food equipment and spare a parts were transferred including a world of groceries watermelons and bananas from the Philippines dessert Topping from Defiance Ohio Brownie mix from Plaines Iii. Australian lettuce and peppers apples from Normandy France of ceased cheese from Henn Dorf Austria 9,000 dozen eggs from Seattle sliced White bread from Dubai 59,000 cans of soft drinks. And much More. The Supply operation provided about 10 Days Worth of stores for the 5,000 or More people aboard snip said it. Bruno Antoine a Supply officer from new Roaas la. For the hardware department thursdays operation procured four Jet engines a few Hundred thousand Gal it is of aviation and diesel fuel and Spain aircraft. Spare parts for 75 cmdr. Wil Goric 46, of san Diego head of Kitty Hawks Supply department said the carriers inventory totals around $256 million. Kitty Hawk Supply officers called it a the Mother of All a reps Quot or underway  Kitty Hawk leads a 10-ship task Force heading up the Allied Effort to enforce a flight exclusion zone against iraqi aircraft South of the 32nd parallel. Jets from the Kitty Hawk have been flying daily enforcement missions Over Southern Iraq including a bombing raid on air def Csc installations Jan. 13. The last underway replenishment was Early this month. The ship left san Diego on nov 3. Thursdays supplies were two Days late delayed partly by an airstrike monday in which Kitty Hawk planes played a minor role. The delay thinned supplies on shelves of the nine stores. Every mess Hall and wardroom ran out of lettuce and a few other staples.1 Soldier killed 1 injured in car crash near Giessen Frankfurt Germany a amps a Florida based Soldier was killed and another injured in a one car Accident near Giessen Germany Early tuesday. Sgt. Daniel Carter died after the Driver of the car be was Riding in lost control of the vehicle on an on ramp on autobahn 485, according to a v corps news release spec. Verne m. Cole also a passenger was in cd red in the Accident and admitted to Giessen University Hospital. He was reported in Good condition Friday and was transferred to the army Hospital in Frankfurt. Both soldiers arc assigned to the joint communications support element at Macdill fab Fla., and were on a two Day Layover in Germany on their Way to Kenya to participate in operation provide Relief according to the release. Carter and Cole were Riding in a Germany registered 1978 Volkswagen Golf driven by an american Soldier based in Germany the Driver was not injured in the Accident. Information concerning the Driver including his identity is being withheld pending the results of a police investigation said it. Col. Dick Bridges v corps spokesman. No other information on the victims or the Accident was available Bridges said. German officials and . Military authorities Are investigating the Accident. Helicopters from the Navy Supply ship Sacramento foreground bring food and other supplies to the aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk not shown and the Cruiser Cowpens background in the persian Gulf. A we average one in rep every two weeks a said Antoine 44, who has spent Naif his Tife in the Navy. A but no matter How Many times you see it it always draws a crowd. Its always like Christmas when these come  it was an impressive event. The 1,062-foot Kitty Hawk heading into the wind so interceptors could launch from the flight deck in an emergency approached the 793-fool Sacramento from the port Side. As two double Rotor uh-46 sea Knight helicopters from the Sacramento ferried pallets suspended by tethers the Carrier Slid even with its Supply ship at precisely 7 . Gunners males aboard the Kitty Hawk hangar flight fired lines from specially fitted rifles. Hard hatted sailors in life vests attached fuel hoses brought across by the lines. As the fuel flowed other goods attached to shuttles were wheeled Over suspension cables and carted away by a 150-Man Crew. All the while the huge ships steamed 200 feet apart generating huge Waves Between them. It looked dangerous but chief Petty officer Charles Russell of san Antonio who has been a Boatswain a mate for 22 years said it was a Safe procedure. Of ouster of lesbian May be last san Angelo Texas up a 22-year-old enlisted woman at Goodfellow and in san Angelo is apparently the last individual thrown out of the military under its 50-year-old ban on homosexuals. Airman Laura Little said that on tuesday the Day before president Clinton was sworn in she received discharge papers citing a homosexuality acts for her dismissal. Little raised in a military family said she was a very angry because of the Way they seeded it  she said base officials expedited her discharge so they could get her out of the air Force before the inauguration of Clinton who is expected to order the ban lifted within Wacek. Goodfellow Public affairs chief capt. Mike Mcgurk said he could not confirm the terms of Little a discharge. The military began investigating Little last july when she was linked to 1st it. Heidi de Jesus a lesbian who filed a Federal lawsuit to fight discharge proceedings against her. Little who decided to cooperate with the air Force investigation signed a statement about her private life in Exchange for an honorable discharge. She said she was notified Jan. 15 that her request for an Early release had been approved and that her discharge papers would not mention sexual orientation. The fort Worth Star Tel Gram on Friday quoted Little As saying a i was shocked when i got the papers. At the Bottom where it says remarks is typed a homosexuality acts a san Angelo is about 240 Miles Southwest of Dallas. Navy unit abandoning Homestead Homestead Fla. Up a top secret Navy unit that for years operated a Large electronic listening Post at Homestead Afu is shutting Down its duties moved to key West in Large part because of Hurricane Andrew. Word of the units demise comes while Dade county Community leaders Are scrambling to persuade the military to maintain some Type of presence at the base which was devastated by the Hurricane aug. 24. Lobbying efforts Are under Way to coax the huge . Southern come to Homestead when the  its Headquarters in the Panama canal zone later this dec Ade but people involved in the Campaign admit they face an Uphill Battle the Miami Herald reported Friday. Before the Hurricane destroyed Many of its facilities the listening Post group at Homestead included More than 400 civilian and military employees. But like most of the 33 groups attached to the base the Navy unit s members were scattered by the storm and reassigned. Navy spokeswoman it. Jacquie Yost said the intelligence work the unit once did is now being handled at Navy facilities in key West. A the 20-Man Crew still at the Post is just closing up shop a she said. A they re basically  behead pakistani russian peacekeeper killed by croatian mine Riyadh saudi Arabia apr a pakistani was beheaded Friday for smuggling heroin into saudi Arabia the Interior ministry announced. Saudi Arabia rules by islamic Law which prescribes beheading for criminals. With drug smuggling spreading after the Oil Boom years of the 1970s, the kingdoms Muslim theologians ruled that beheading would be valid for convicted smugglers. Moscow a a land mine killed a russian Soldier serving with . Peacekeeping forces in a serb dominated area of Croatia and seriously wounded another the defense ministry said Friday. A ministry spokesman it. Col. Vasily Lyubin said the anti personnel mine killed sgt. Alexander but Orin and injured sgt. G. Yefremov slightly in the leg. Lyubin provided no other details. A Brief report on Commonwealth television said it was the first fatality among russians in the . Force. It said three russian peacekeepers were injured several months ago in a mine explosion. Russia contributed a 900-Man infantry battalion to the . Force in june and agreed in july to Send 400 More soldiers. The move has been controversial and the soldiers death could further inflame russian nationalists opposed to russians participation in the peacekeeping Force. The nationalists regard serbs As a brother slavs who should be defended not censured