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operabons - wt'gt ~ng abo~t right up 1w,t in ~is nr~a. N~odlcis so     ~ *1C ~Oi~ 10 ~O bac~
and vi~i ii a~ai!~, to gct anyLiiin~ clsc that J~appens to bc 1cf~ thcrc,

     Wc're also attacking ~~ry Close lJ) 10 our po5ition~ with over 300 SOflies a day. Just to £ivc
you some rcsults this week.- on the 28th of J~U~'~ Mari~ne F/A-lS~s and Air Force A-lO~s engaged
:hrtc Convoys in south Kuwait, ~~ ?n~npie secondaries notctL lrro£ si~cs wtre also struck, w,ih
lust stco~ary CXplosiOnS noitd~ ~nvoy of hcavy cquiprncnt transports ~a~ry~~£ ~O ~mortd
personnel ~~crs and 8 ta~s was Mtacked, with 12 of L1~e pcrson~l carriers and all ti~ tanks
observ~~ bi~rning. ~`~ :o £k se1f.pr~pcuetl art~lIe~ i~~£ `fle cIt£tr~~ W 1J)c £aiJ)C ar~. On ~9
Janu&ry, the Marines s!shted 80 to 100 `tehicIts in tevet:i~ positions, ai)d they ~stroyed at `cast 34
annoted penonnel carne~.

     I'd be tentiSs Ir 1 didn't tnention t'aval operations. Tbe Navy's ~one a great job suppotlinA the
aiT campaign, and the Navy jias flown Over 3,300 Wriics £ww our ~ tarilus. ~y'vc Ai.~ Ji'Llflchcd
    `baa ~~() Zb-~h*wk ~~iJcs.

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       (Chart) ~`e ~ave l~O ships Out there that have estabUshcd sea conizols iJ0 tl~c waters ()f the
Arabian ()u1fafltl Ibe 1?t'i ScL We have air~ady sunk  disaW~ 46 Iraqi naval vehicles, ind the Navy
Ihas upiiucd 74 ~nerny 3)rIsontz~ or war in two crI~a~er:,e~ts J also thiiik It's signitteant to iiotc the
~ry Itmited area of ttPe~flons of~he Iraqi naval forct.. As a re~ult of our naval opuau'onr, they
teally sever venture much out beyond the straits here by Bubyan lslai)d up into Urn Qasr. Occ~~ion-
ally, tbey get out into Xuwaiti waters1 but when they do we CCII8inly go after tl~ern. 1 would tell
   t,van lodayt ~ritish ~ynx belicopters0 Saudi DoJphins1 and U.S. Army l)elicop.tcrs attacked six
~atit;l ttntts  ~tt ftsult ~as four sunk. IbIs n'orning   ~te ~lso atttacki~n~ s~r;~ patrol t'aft, and
at ~a:         -~ ~ed         or fo~

       would he rerniss if I didi;'; niention the readiness of our amphibious foicts ~Ve have vety
luge amphibious (orces over here, and they are continually traitung ai)d ready to do t))cjob w)~tn
called apon to do so. Of course the mantilije izilciception Operations are still conlinw'nS1 witfi inort
than 7~OOO ~tewepu to date.

     When you talk about Navy. you think about water1 arid azound lIcrc lately when you I?'ink
about water1 you Lalk about oil, so i'fl) goiJ)£ to talk a little bit about oil here for a rr~inut~.

      Yoti r~tnetnber the pwtw~s I showed you the last dine I was here. ~bi5 was the original oil
spill ~f~wc~~ any iniliwy aca~on against ~;e' :n~ni£o!ds. J told yo~ w~ weren1t sute ~I)1tt we
had deoc, bti: the next 4y, Liii S Was a ~u it ~.~ ~~`tt ~1'C&dy d12nIiiIsb~~ a~10 ~~ Protid `otel 1
you, yesterday this Is the result of that area  bluc wale;, no more oil slitk Du~ ~iiert, %nd the Uniled
States military
teflorism.    is very proud of any role we may l~ave played in doing away with this ecological act of

     I-ct rne nOw turi) to ground operations. U.S. azid coalition forces are defending Saudi Aribia
and wc'~ also repositioning. Until last rnght there Wert no n)ajor grnutid engagerneilts, althou~h tile
Marines In their assl~ned sector, were routinely receiving sporadic ~kct ~)d anillery fire. in their
effort to reduce that, 01) at least three Occasions last week, the United States l,iarjne Corps
conducted artillery raids on enemy front line ulilts. ~1ie night before last, tl~cy were particularly
effective and reported severe damage 01) tlic encrny, Md great loss of life.

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