The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1993 Page: 5 of 38
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Thursday April 29 1993
By Dawn McGlynn
13th COSCOM Public Affairs
Looking tired but glad to be home 101
desert-camouflaged soldiers climbed off the bus
into the waiting arms of family and friends
two weekends ago after spending several
months in the harsh conditions of Somalia.
THESE SOLDIERS came from two units
within the 13th Corps Support Command 70
from 62nd Supply and Service Company 553rd
S&S Battalion who arrived near midnight
April 9 and 31 from 49th Trans Bn who
arrived April 10.
The soldiers from the 62nd S&S issued
rations of water food and fuel to Joint Task
Force units.
The troops from 49th Trans Bn controlled
the movement of items coming in at the port
and by air as well as monitored all aircraft
and convoys in out and within the theater.
These units had entirely different missions
but the soldiers from both have at least one
thing in common they’re glad to be back
home.
“That was an experience I’ll remember for
the rest of my life” Spc. Bill Adams the 49th
Trans Bn commander’s driver said. “It’s
helped me to appreciate America more and
appreciate the things in life that are really
important like friendship and family.”
“The things we take for granted here you
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STINT IN AFRICA:
101 Fort Hood desert-camouflaged soldiers
return weary-eyed from duties in Somalia
can’t take for granted over there like showers
and food” Sgt. Jonathan Wright 588th Move-
ment Control Team said. “Here what you
don’t eat you can throw away. Over there
they’re begging for it.”
While in Somalia Wright’s team was re-
sponsible for the unloading of all vessels at the
port of Mogadishu including non-government
vehicles hauling grain. His team’s mission was
taken over by an Australian movement team.
SOME OF the soldiers returning expressed
concern about the mixed emotions of the So-
malians they had encountered.
“I got to know one Somalian who was an
accountant for his government before the wars
started” said Adams. “Now he was reduced to
manual labor. I can understand what that
must be like because I imagined if that had
been me.”
“Their culture I’ll remember that most of
all” Staff Sgt. Pamela Johnson said. She’s on
team monitored convoys in and out of Bale-
doggle. “One day they’ll be demonstrating
against us and the next day they’ll be begging
for food.”
Johnson recounted one frightening experi-
ence with the Somalians that she and Adams
shared.
“We were going to the seaport to load equip-
ment off a boat when we came to an area that
was blocked by demonstrators” she said. “A
relief convoy had backed up traffic so there
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“The demonstrators threw rocks at us and
stabbed at us” Johnson said. “The truck
Adams and I rode in was destroyed.
“One of them stabbed me in the arm and
there was broken glass everywhere” she
added. “We used cayenne pepper spray. That
was the only way we got out of there.”
ALTHOUGH THE people sometimes pro-
tested the soldiers’ presence Wright said he
could understand their hostility.
“It was a tough situation over there because
the Somalians were in a confused state” he
said. “We came in to help but we took over
some of their buildings and living areas. I can
understand how they might be uptight.”
The firing at night and the sub-standard
living conditions bothered many of the sol-
diers but the biggest difficulty some had with
the deployment was not knowing when they’d
return.
“The hardest part of this was not knowing
how long we’d be there” 1st Lt. Deborah
Jordan 49th Trans S-l and air section officer
said. “We didn’t know when we could leave
until a few weeks before we left.
Echoing sentiments of the majority of sol-
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Every hour in the United States more
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Animal care and control agencies do their
best to find loving responsible owners for as
many pets as possible but there are simply
not enough homes for all these animals.
OF THE 5000 unclaimed and abandoned
animals impounded at the Killeen City
Shelter in 1992 less than 1000 were adopt-
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Help stop the tragic loss of life and help
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Morales, Sgt. 1st Class Marco. The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1993, newspaper, April 29, 1993; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth309986/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.