European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Uganda May be in store for cafes by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Stuttgart Germany the . European come is working on a plan to set up a Small army and air Force Exchange service store for operation support Hope service members probably at Entebbe Uganda. The store would be ready to go to the theater of operations within 26 Days after support Hopes joint task Force requests it said army it. Col. John Jordan of the commands manpower personnel and administration directorate. The a tactical Exchange store would provide Basic necessities and miscellaneous goods Jordan said. The command and the task Force Are working on a deployment Date. Once the store is established service members who Arentt working at the stores site would be Able to patronize it when they go there for rest. The exp change service might take smaller quantities of goods directly to Forward units engaged in the Effort to Aid rwandan refugees. _ .4/ while Exchange shopping apr have to wait the mail wont. A the mail service in fact started yesterday and the first two bags of mail went out of Rhein main a at that Point a Jordan said wednesday. A right now i can to say for certain but we would expect that mail would also a be flowing Back in the opposite  the troops also Are getting newspapers. But Jordan said the number of copies of the stars and stripes being flown to the deployment areas is about 400 daily or half what a newspaper official had reported tuesday. However the commands contract eventually May result in delivery of 800 per Day Jordan said. Morale welfare and recreation services officials Are working to provide commercial Telephone services at the deployment Sites and an american red Cross support team is ready to go to Entebbe to provide emergency notification services for deployed service members. The number of service members in Africa As part of support Hope has grown to Between 1,800 to 2,000, More than half of whom arc at Entebbe. The rest arc. Spread out at Goma Zaire Kigali Rwanda Harare Zimbabwe and Mombasa and Nairobi  the humanitarian operation itself the command reported that seven of nine scheduled flights were Able to land at Goma on tuesday and five landed at Kigali. The delivered goods included finnish and . Tanker trucks to transport water. Three More flights were scheduled for Goma on wednesday As Well As five for Kigali. The number of refugees who have re turned to Rwanda from the Goma area is estimated at 70,000 and 75,000, said Navy capt. Gordon Peterson a european come  give a lift to Effort to deliver Aid by Vince Crawley staff writer t Rhein main a. Germany a ninety truckers from Mannheim Germany Are marshalling the thousands of tons of army equipment and supplies being flown to the rwandan refugee crisis in Central Africa. A the Guys Are very glad to be out Here and be a part of this up and Down the Chain of command from the battalion commander to the mechanics a said capt. Leslie Sullivan who commands the 377th heavy truck transportation co. A you see the news and you see the planes getting offloaded in Rwanda a she said a and it s great to see that the loads Are actually getting somewhere important.�?�. Sullivan is in charge of something called a departure Airfield control group abbreviated As Dag and pronounced  Are units that specialize in this kind of cargo handling because the air Force is cautious about How its aircraft Are loaded but with the military cuts in Europe no such army unit exists Over Here anymore. So Sullivan was called in a week ago tuesday and told to go to Rhein main a and figure out what to do. Her truck company has been Busy in recent months hauling equipment from draw Down units and reshuffling the contents of military warehouses that Are  gears to become an emergency air freight unit the truck Drivers have been working in two 12-hour shifts with no Days off. They be loaded something like 950 passengers and 2,000 tons of cargo onto 23 c-5 galaxies 39 c-141 Star utters and seven c-130 Hercules. A it makes me feel like we re at least doing our part even though we re not there a said staff sgt. Preston summer 27, of South Haven Mich. A if its making somebody else comfortable that makes me  the army must share aircraft with air Force cargo and with humanitarian equipment donated by other countries. The scarce cargo space along with frequent rescheduling and aircraft breakdowns. Sometimes makes Sullivan a outfit seem More like a turkish Flea Brawny trucking experts from Mannheim Germany find the work in Rwanda Tough but rewarding. A amps Vinca Crawley Market than a freight shipping office. But the truck Drivers Are gradually getting a handle on things. A a everything a starting to come together starting to finally mesh like the Well oiled machine its supposed Tobe a said 2nd it. Troy Wilt 23, from York a. Shifting priorities caused some of the Early snags Sullivan said. _ _ a in the beginning medical was a priority. Then they froze it. So we be got a lot of medical units fitting Here a she said As she walked past a Row of Field ambulances in the marshalling Yard. She explained that people with a lot bigger paychecks than hers Are the ones who decide which cargo flies and when. Her higher Headquarters tells her what needs loaded and a and i just  the most recent priorities Are water and water distribution systems followed by engineering equipment and supplies to sustain the . Forces rations and bottled water. The equipment is prepared pre inspected inspected then lined up in the order that it Wilt be loaded on aircraft. Every vehicle gets three quarters of a tank of Gas. Any More would be dangerous for flight any less would Short change the limited fuel stocks in and around Rwanda. _ they also end up with a a lot of cargo without positive inbound clearance a she said a which is a movement control term for a we done to know Why its  the truck Drivers a try to remain flexible a she said. A a we re trying to do All the right things and make sure they get everything Down Range of a said staff sgt. Paul Garrett 39, from Louisville by. And he explained As truck Drivers they Arentt used to All the leg work on Concrete runways. A we had blisters on our feet for a while a Garrett said a but we re starting to toughen up. We jumped in with both feet a red Cross appeals for donations to help rwandans. By the stars and stripes Wurzburg Germany a the american red Cross is seeking donations to help rwandan refugees local Relief officials announced tuesday. _ _ Money donations also can help red Cross tems help the refugees said Judith Sorkoram Field manager for the american red Cross in Wurzburg. A blankets Are a necessity for displaced people and Are particularly vital for the weak and those infected with cholera a she said. The american red Cross working with the International red Cross is assisting in Relief efforts in Rwanda. A a for example a red Cross surgical team is a working around the clock to ease the appalling suffering a Sorkoram said. Also station managers have been sent to Africa to provide emergency communications and other support services to . Military personnel deployed during operation support Hope she added. Relief workers Are caring for More than 250,000 refugees in a Ibunia Camp in Zaire she said. Doctors Are distributing cholera medicines while other teams Are producing the. Only potable water Supply in the Camp Sorkoram said. T Sorkoram said Money donated to the american red Cross could Purchase the following _ a $310 buys 400 Square feet of plastic sheeting. Each family receives 65 Square feet of plastic to use for shelter. A $70 helps the red Cross treat 35 cholera patients with antibiotics. The medication costs $9 for 50 pills and each patient needs to take a dozen pills. A $24 can buy a family a cooking set consisting of plates pots and cups a $7 can feed a person for one month with 26.5 pounds of Cereal 9 pounds of Beans and 2 pounds of vegetable Oil a $5.50 buys a Blanket. A typical family needs four to five blankets t a $1.40 buys a liter of infusion solution that helps victims regain their strength. A person May consume three to 10 liners of solution per  a 8 cents buys a packet of re hydration salts. A person could consume six to 10 liners of re hydration solution a Day. Donations should be marked Rwanda Relief  to the american red Cross . Box 37243, Washington