European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books i Xii is him is i i  by Vince Cowley staff most nil Mountain a on in Load a shop and logistics from the Gulf War by it. Gen. William o. Pagonis Harvard business school press. On the front lines of Iraq before Trie launch of the 100 hour ground War staff sgt. Edmund Bitar summed up american logistics in the persian Gulf War. Their Iraq s soldiers Aren t getting food and we have the capability of getting five meals a Day if we wanted them said Bitar a Tanker with a Germany Bas a cavalry regiment. We get food we get water and we get mail eventually he went on. It s real rough but we re get Ting treated Good for frontline troops. As Well As can be expected. In fact better than can be  by comparison he said the Only thing the iraqis could expect was the . Armoured cavalry about to be unleashed against them. During the Gulf War the Job of feeding arming and delivering mail to half a million gis like Bitar. Fell to a three Star general named Gus Pagonis. This monumental undertaking 122 million meals 52 million Miles driven 64 million pounds of mail is the subject of Pagonis aptly titled Book. The Battle German Field marshal Erwin rom Mel once said is lost and won by the Quarter Mas  " Supply officers however Aren t noted for telling dashing War stories. And a Harvard published 229 Page Memoir about trucks and cargo containers has the potential to be the Mother of All textbooks. But Pagonis who these Days is in charge of army logistics in Europe and is stationed in Kaiserslautern Germany pulls it off. He comes across As a likable enough fellow with a Knack for getting his ideas across clearly simply and briefly. He treats a nifty like a personal crusade insisting that every worthwhile military message can be written on a 3 by-5 Index card. He also likes to hold meetings where everyone but Pagonis stays standing. This he says keeps them from getting Long winded. Desert storm commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf in his own Stout autobiography 500 pages and 2vi Pound introduces Pagonis As a Short Guy from Pennsylvania whose parents ran a restaurant he was also an Einstein at making things , in mountains the Small son of greek Rostran Tours briefly tells How he made the Gulf War Hap pen. The Book is slanted toward Harvard business. Types turning military after action reviews into uni Versal lessons. Pagonis begins with gee Whiz comparisons likening the desert Campaign to trying to move the entire population of Alaska Halfway around the  he tells about his life How he hawked news papers on Street Corners As a child and hauled Artil Lery barges up the Mekong River As a transportation Captain in  guts of the Book is a behind the dunes look at desert shield and desert storm. For those saudi Arabia veterans who spent time at King Khalid Mili tary City the general reveals who coined the Emer Aid City nickname tells the reason Why . Tanks were painted Tan and explains How Vii corps an xviii airborne corps had to Cross each other s paths As they cockeyed for position to kick off the ground  a solid month Day and night 18 Supply trucks a minute rolled North. At one Point Pagonis landed by helicopter on the West Side of a Supply Road and unable to Cross by foot was forced to Crank up the helicopter engines again and Fly across the Street. The Man who moved a billion pounds of equip ment in the first three months of desert shield also offers a useful color coding scheme designed to help military families keep their household goods organized during frequent moves. I meet with scepticism even disbelief when i Tell people that i d in t Issue a single order during the ground War Pagonis  were two reasons for this. The first the mountains \ lessons in leadership t and logistics from the Gulf War i general William  Wilt Jeffrey l Craik Afik to a hims a is Ishmil Pliss 100-hour ground Campaign was the culmination of six months of intense logistics planning using a method Pagonis Calls monday morning quarterbacking on saturday  the second reason was less calculated. The scud Barracks tragedy killed 28 quartermaster reservists and the general spent feb. 26,1991 the decisive Day of the ground War in his quarters at Dhahran writing letters to the parents and families of the de ceased. By Chance they All came from Small Pennsyl Vania towns near his own Home. Writing the condolence letters was he says one of the most difficult things i had to do in my entire tour of duty in the  toward the end of the Book Pagonis politely critiques the flaws in the military s transportation sys tem. He Points out that there arc two few sea lift ships and not nearly enough heavy trailer trucks Ca Pable of hauling tanks Long distances. Logisticians arc paid to look at reality he writes. He also says the army needs More units that specialize in handling equipment. I be noticed that every healthy Soldier in the world thinks that he s an Ace forklift operator Pagonis observes. Most of them Are mistaken.". But considering the enormity and Speed of the operation Pagonis finds few flaws with the desert Campaign boasting that during the entire conflict not a single Mission was cancelled postponed cur tailed or even delayed for Lack of logistical  and he saves his most lavish Praise for those who worked under him. But the men and women in the 22nd support omd As Well As their counterparts in the corps and stateside worked wonders he says. It was they who moved  moving mountains lessons in leadership and logistics from the quit Wir is available at to elected Star and stripes bookstores. 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