European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 99 500 monday july 25,1994 r d 8693 Ain the heat of deployment by Effie Battien staff writer Rhein main a Germany a with less than a few hours sleep since hearing Friday about their deployment to Africa members of the 574th Supply and service co sweated through final preparations sunday in More than 90-degree temperatures on the Tarmac. Quot we deploy and we come Back. We deploy and we come Back a said maj. Eric Hanson the executive officer of what has been dubbed task Force 51. Of 51 comprises Germany based soldiers deploying to the Region. The task Force using Mannheim a 51st Maint in As its Core had planned to leave Rhein main on sunday to take water purification units to rwandan refugees massed on the Border with Zaire Hanson said. However the deployment was delayed and tentatively rescheduled for today Petty officer 2nd class Marcos Chapa a spokesman at Rhein Mains joint information Bureau said sunday evening. The destination Airport in Goma is Only Safe for Daylight operations according to a base spokeswoman. Hanson said that since the deployments to the persian Gulf and Somalia . Forces have become experts in Rushing see heat on Page 2. A amps Michael Abrams sgt. Gurrod Slawson a a. Ready to do  a amps Michael Abramss amps Michael Abrams sgt. Eisa Sokolowsky spec. Caesar Gondra we re glad to  a a. Main concern is people.�?�. Airdrop goes awry off target Litany personnel at Rhein main a Germany prepare Medicine saturday for shipment to Goma Zaire. A a i a 1 1 1 a my Mem 1 a a a a _ delay Relief trucks , Zaire apr a . Airdrop criticized beforehand As a publicity stunt missed the target by a half mile sunday scattering bundles Over terrified rwandan refugees who thought they were being  i can to believe it a British Aid worker John Wallis said As he slashed at wrappings with a Bowie knife and flour spilled into a Muddy Cornfield. A this is criminal. In a  three c-130s dropped about 10 tons of corned beef and other food half of the 20 tons they carried to the drop zone. It was 90 minutes. A. A a late immobilizing trucks sent to distribute the Aid. One bundle narrowly missed a . Helicopter and another almost hit a school. Others fell deep among banana Trees and workers said the expected to Salvage Only about half of it. Because of the drop . And Volunteer officials said transport was crippled much of the Day for 1.2 million desperate rwandans around Goma who Are dying at the rate of one a minute. Trucks with a total capacity of 40 tons a twice the Airdrop amount a drove the 30 Miles from Goma empty because Aid workers did not get enough Advance notice to Load them. An International Relief organization rushed in a water purification Plant for the Catale Camp already Rife with cholera but no trucks were available to carry it from the Goma Airport. Quot it was not the smoothest of starts for the american operation a said Ray Wil Kenison spokesman in Goma see Airdrop on Page 2 a see related stories photos on pages 2 and 3deep in Pentagon a legend charts next Era in warfare by Thomas e. Ricks the Wall Street journal reprinted by permission of the Wall Stree journal Europe 4 asian 1994 Dow Jones amp company inc All rights reserved worldwide. A Washington a a classified War game at the . Naval War College recently pitted a militarily resurgent China in the year 2020 against the United states. The United states was badly bloodied a despite the Best efforts of the 80 participating military officers intelligence analysts and defense department strategists. The key difference Between the hypothetical adversaries was that China had a 21st-Century military bought off the shelf while the United states fielded an updated version of its persian Gulf War Force. Satellite guided anti ship missiles showered the . Fleet which was naked to chinese surveillance sensors High in space. As fast As the United states could Blind the Small inexpensive satellites the chinese launched More. American aircraft carriers were forced to stay too far off China a coast to do much. The game which Navy officials wont discuss captured the main argument now roiling the Pentagon it Isnit about Bosnia or Haiti or  Korea but about whether the Way wars Are fought will change fundamentally in coming decades. The driving Force behind that debate is Andrew Marshall a virtual unknown outside the Pentagon but a legend within it. In a building preoccupied with Short continued on Page 16