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SUBJECT:  "SANDSCRIPT" NEWSLETTER ISSUE 166, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1991

      			     SANDSCRIPT
SATURDAY, MARCH9, 1991				ISSUE 166, DESERT STORM

						COMMANDER'S COMMENTS

FOR YOUR INFORMATION
				          A LETTER TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF DESERT STORM
-THE ATH IS NOW CLOSED.           
ALL MEDICAL NEEDS AND                         SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DESERT SHIELD LAST
SICK CALL WILL BE HANDLED           AUGUST, YOU HAVE TRAVELED OVER GREAT DISTANCE,
IN THE TENT CITY CLINIC,                   THROUGH MILES OF DESERT, TO PLACES THAT WE NEVER
EFFECTIVE TODAY.  THE                      KNEW EXISTED, WITH NAMES WE CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE.
TENT CITY CLINIC PHONE                    SOON SOME OF YOU WILL BEGIN THE MOST IMPORTANT
NUMBER IS 3164.                                      TRIP OF ALL; YOU'LL BE GOING HOME.  THE REST OF 
-TOMORROW IS THE LAST                    YOU SOON WILL FOLLOW.
DAY TO TURN IN YOUR GAS                      I DID NOT WANT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO LEAVE
MASK AND MINI-C BAG TO                  BEFORE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU HOW
SUPPLY.  TURN IN TIMES ARE             IMMENSELY PROUD I AM OF EACH AND EVERY SOLDIER,
FROM 0800-1400 AT HANGER              SAILOR, AIRMAN, MARINE, COASTGUARDSMAN AND CI-
51.                                                              VILIAN IN THIS COMMAND, I ASKED YOU TO BE THE
                                                                   THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OF DESERT STORN.  YOU WERE
-PASS AND ID IS CLOSED.                   ALL OF THAT AND MORE.  THROUGH YOUR COURAGEOUS
                                                                   ACTS, YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, YOUR DETERMINATION
-THE "INSPIRATIONAL                         AND YOUR LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY, YOU HAVE
VOICES OF THE STORM,"                    WRITTEN HISTORY IN THE DESERT SANDS THAT CAN NEVER
WILL PERFORM A GOSPEL                 BR BLOWN AWAY BY THE WINDS OF TIME.  YOU TAKE BACK
SHOW TONIGHT AT 2000 AT              WITH YOU TO THE UNITED STATES NOT ONLY THE RESPECT
THE NCO CLUB BANDSTAND.           OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN, BUT THE RESPECT OF MILLIONS
                                                                  UPON MILLIONS OF CITIZENS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
-DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS                        YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE BEST QUALITIES OF
ABOUT GOING HOME TO YOUR       AMERICANS THROUGH YOUR RESPECT FOR OTHER RELIG-
FAMILY AFTER MONTHS OF             IONS, OTHER CULTURES, OTHER RACES, AND OTHER
SEPARATION?  JOIN THE                    NATIONALITIES.  WHILE YOU SERVED HERE, YOU
GOING HOME SEMINAR, TUES-        LEARNED RATHER THAN CRITICIZED AND BY LEARNING
DAY, 1900 AT THE CHAPEL.               YOU'LL TAKE BACK TO YOUR HOMES KNOWLEDGE LITTLE
                                                                  KNOWN ABOUT CULTURES THAT ARE THOUSANDS OF YEARS
-LOST:  GOLD TIMEX WATCH           OLD.  MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU LEFT AMONG THOSE
WITH BROWN LEATHER BAND.        THOUSANDS-YEAR-OLD CULTURES KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IT
LOST IN MENS CARAVAN LA.           MEANS TO DEAL WITH AMERICANS.
TRINE, NEAR DINING                                   YOUR COUNTRY IS PROUD OF YOU, THE WORLD IS
HALL #1.  IF FOUND, CON-                   PROUD OF  YOU, AND I AM PROUD OF YOU.  GOD BLESS
TACT PA EXT. 3109                               YOU AND GOD SPEED ON YOUR RETURN TO YOUR HOMES AND
                                                                  FAMILIES.  THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT HONOR AND
-FOUND:  MAN'S GOLD WED-            PRIVILEGE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME BY ACCEPTING ME AS
DING BANK IN A BASEBALL             YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF OPERATIONS DESERT
GLOVE AT MWR OPS.  IF                    SHIELD AND DESERT STORM.


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