European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I the Sims and stripes vol. 52, no. 272 500 saturday january 15,1.994 Gulf War Medicine assailed report Calls of supplies outdated insufficient. \. Washington a during the persian Gulf War medical teams for the air Force used supplies dating from the Eisenhower administration had radios that could t reach combat units and lacked training to treat combat casual ties a government report says. Many of the problems raised in the re port have Long since been addressed by the air Force which controlled medical evacuations. And the problems never reached the critical stage because american casual ties fell far Short of the anticipated level. The shortcomings were reported by the general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress. The Gao s report said the depart ment of defense did not disagree with the report s primary findings and Conlu  ,."-. Previous Gao studies have criticized army and Navy medical operations Dur ing the Gulf War in which iraqi forces were driven out of Kuwait. In All there were 148 americans killed in action during the Julf War .122 non combat deaths and 467 were wounded in action. The ground War unfolded in february 1991. The . Central come s surgeon staff predicted that it would need to evacuate As Many As 2,520 patients from the War zone per Day according to the Gao study. Medical and evacuation units request see War on Page 2 opening 18,000 lobs to Baychuc Vinch Washington Bureau Washington about 18,000 jobs in the Active duty Reserve National guard components will be opened to women immediately following the Pentagon s new definition for direct ground combat. Women Are still barred from serving in ground com Bat units. But the policy change announced by defense Secretary Les Aspin on thursday will no longer place combat support jobs off limits to women simply be cause they Are considered dangerous. That had been the Case under the old risk  i won t be satisfied until every Job in All the branches is open to women a percent in every serv ice said army maj Carol Barkalow who was one of the first women admitted to West Point. Barkalow who wrote a Book about her experiences see army on Page 2 2 in men held an attack Portland Ore. A two men including Tonya Harding s bodyguard were in jail and a third Man surrendered Friday on charges that they participated in the alleged plot to disable figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Harding scheduled to skate in next month s Winter olympics and her sex husband Jeff Gillooly were spotted Friday leaving their Rural Home. The couple had remained out of sight since tuesday amid questions about their roles if any in the alleged scheme. Neither Harding nor Gillooly answered questions. Shane Minaka slant 22, of Chandler ariz., surren dered to authorities in Phoenix according to Fri spokesman Bart Gori in Portland. Gori said slant was charged with conspiracy to Corn see attack on Page 2 president Clinton toasts russian president Boris n. Yeltsin on Friday alter the two signed nuclear arms pacts. Choose Hope russians urged Moscow a the United states and rus Sia took the world off nuclear Alert at a break through Summit Friday and president Clinton urged the russian people to choose the future As they stand at a crossroad of history. In a televised speech after signing two major weapons accords at the Kremlin with president Boris n. Yeltsin Clinton s message of Hope resonated in a country gripped with Winter and the upheaval of the crash conversion from communism to capitalism. This is a crossroad and a difficult one but the younger generation of russians will Jook Back on this time with either gratitude or regret Clinton declared. He spoke from the to station that old guard communists tried to storm i october. Two months later seizing on soaring prices lagging production and inadequate housing extremists showed Surpris ing strength in the election of a new parliament. I believe you will choose the future Clinton said in the live town Hall style session. I know the present is difficult but if you make the right Ducci see Russia on Page 2 inside today see Page 4 father son pilots say Farewell to the phantom see Page 3 video the Bat Leover rat n95 and the need for heroes wars see pages 16-17