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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, February 11, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes february to Fop Carter proposal by higher military budget shaping up a an f St t an 4 Washington not the Rea Gan administration is shaping up a new Mil itary budget that Calls for an increase of billion Over president Carters proposed budget for this year and the fiscal year that begins according to Pentagon and defense Industry the Reagan budget will emphasize ship building for the tactical aircraft and a new bomber for the air and More civilian employees for the army despite the current hiring plus pay increases for the men and women in the armed the officials said the administration planned to ask for billion More for this year to cover pay raises and in bringing the proposed total budget to for fiscal year administration of vials Are working on a billion increase to bring the total of the proposed budget to the actual request for appropriations will probably be even the officials because defense department specialists have been recommending cuts in some programs to shift funds to other pro Grams Given a higher priority by Secretary of defense Caspar the final numbers on the new military budget arc not yet Pentagon officials but they Are since officials of the office of management and budget in the White House Are working alongside Pentagon officials to keep service proposals in line with administration they the new military budget is bound to cause commotion when it is presented to Congress late this that will be after president reagans speech scheduled for when Hes expected to announce severe cuts in Domestic welfare Only military spending will go Accord ing to current the officials said the Navy was scheduled to get a new nuclear powered aircraft Carrier at a Cost of More than one or two guided missile at billion were to be added to the two currently two attack at million would come atop the one planned two More at million were to be added to the one an amphibious Landing ship Dock for the Marine corps would be Given Advance As would ships to transport the new rapid deployment in the officials have planned to in crease procurement of f14 tomcat fight ers from 24 to with each costing the procurement of intruder attack planes would Rise from 4 to at Mil lion in the officials have listed a Rise in the Purchase of prowler elec tronic warfare planes from two to each priced at All Are made by the Grumman the Marine corps was listed for million to develop and buy the av8b jump jct Long an Issue Between the corps and former Secretary of defense Harold Brown who preferred the f18 Hornet As both an attack and defensive for the air Lew Allen the chief of told a congressional com Mittee last week that he expected Bil lion to be added to the budget Over the next three years to develop a new Long Range bomber to replace the officials said the air Force was also scheduled to have the procurement of f16 fighters increased from 96 to 120 or More at a Cost of million general Dynamo the is in line to get an order for another 36 f17s from South Korea follow ing reagans decision to permit the officials Industry officials said the air Force was expected to get double its currently planned million to convert full bombers to electronic warfare planes loaded with sen sors and other funds were reported to be added for procurement of f15 a10 attack planes for which the Carter budget made no and for developing the cd Long Range for the a relatively High priority was the addition of civilian employees this year and another next year on top of the currently authorized they would be mostly Blue Collar workers repair vehicles and equip ment in depots and undertake similar com Bat support army officers said that about one Divi Sion of soldiers each Day is occupied with maintenance tasks that could be performed by thus reducing combat Readi Reagan officials have also listed the procurement of a new antiaircraft gun for army divisions that was Cut out of the Bud get last year to free funds to pay for operations in the Indian a speedup in the funding of the new xm1 tank is also the army was also scheduled to get six More new attack helicopters made by Hughes for a total each costing a second maker of a new armoured fighting vehicle to compete with the fac was scheduled to Speed production of that Safe ceremony honors 4 outstanding first sergeant of year eau de Cologne heavy Rains and thaws of recent Days the Rhine River promenade in Cologne is have caused Many Rivers in Germany to already under and the water is Hood their for still of photo by Roy Adams Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ramstein Germany calling them the Best of the Best from the More than airmen in the com Charles Safe honoured the com mands four outstanding airmen and first sergeant of the year for 1980 at a Cere Mony Here monday the four airmen will now represent us afe in Competition to select the air forces top 12 airmen of the year later in there is no air Force level program to recognize outstanding first named As the commands airman of the year was senior airman Dorothy an intelligence specialist assigned to the 20th tac fighter Wing at Raf upper the three year air Force Veteran from Philadelphia serves As the primary briefer for the Wing commanders weekly intelligence she is also Active in the base Chapel pro two individuals were recognized As the outstanding noncommissioned officers of the first was Robert who is the faculty adviser and curriculum consultant for the Safe no Academy at Kapaun air in addition to becoming qualified to teach in All four curriculum areas at the Miller devotes much of his of duty time to Community the native is involved with the Kaiserslautern Community help a crisis intervention and is a coach for the local youth soccer sharing no of the year honors was Wayne a personal affairs specialist representing the 7275th air base group at san Vito Dei Norman in air his previous awards include strategic air come personnel specialist of the year for and the distinguished graduate award at the 15th air Force no the Minneapolis natives of duty activities include coaching youth working with a local marriage encounter group and teach ing religious education safes senior no of the year is Richard who is first sergeant for the 26th Security police so at we Bruecken the Philadelphia native has served in various up ranging from Kennel Mas Ter to Security for former president John a first sergeant since Tinneny holds a masters degree in counselling and is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta International Honor he a inducts marriage and family programs at Zweibruck in and is Active in school and Junior Roth singled out As first sergeant of the year was Larry from the 40th ammunition Supply at Camp in his 19 years of the former aircraft Mechanic from became qualified to work on 26 different military aircraft before deciding to try the first sergeant Field in he is also involved in youth sports at the predominantly army and is president of the Community club enlisted advisory the airmen of the year were selected by a Board comprised of senior enlisted advisors from throughout the including Rupert third Joseph sixteenth seventeenth and Hermie 7350th air base group in to All of those Gabriel you arc All i am confident in because you represent the Safe Mission up ours is a special kind of and you should All be in recognition of their All 15 nominees and winners were flown to Berlin tuesday for a three Day tour of the divided clinic to treat teen problems opens in Rota Spain a clinic to treat special health problems of teenage dependents has opened a spokesman for the naval station Here the clinic will focus on skin birth and counselling teenagers on drugs and minor emotional adjustment according to medical programs to help teenagers Are becoming widespread in military and civil Ian communities because teenagers feel they Are being treated like children at Pedi Tanc Mcclurkan there Are certain things that the teen Ager has to be Able to Tell he 1 need to have a reasonably confidential relationship with the teenager for me to do my and i feel this clinic will  
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