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                      COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT

    TOPIC:   Morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR).

    OBSERVATION:   Two other big morale factors - mail and ice -
try to get them to the soldier daily - doesn't really matter
what the ration cycle is - soldiers will eat anything as long
as they get the first two and they perceive that the chain-of-
command is taking care of him.

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    TOPIC:   Marking pens for laundry.

    OBSERVATION:   The units forgot marking pens for laundry -
trying to improvise until they can be purchased.   Soldiers
should bring along clothes pins and clothes lines to do what
ever wash they want to do rather than sending it into the
laundry.   Each piece has to be marked for commercial laundry
pickup.    Sufficient laundry bags are important as well since
one will almost always be turned in.

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    TOPIC:   Aramco sponsor-a-soldier program is a big morale
booster.

    OBSERVATION:   Biggest helper of morale is the Aramco
sponsor-a-soldier program.   The local western families have
been picking up soldiers,  letting them wash cloths, having a
hot shower and meal, TV and phone calls home.   Average length
of stay is about five hours.   One downside is some instances of
alcohol ~se has been reported when the families offered some
"home brew" or other alcohol they had obtained.

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