European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes March number of military dependents hits million by Norman Black Washington a in just a the number of dependents of american servicemen has climbed by More than to raising Lon term questions for Pentagon budget the Large increase in dependents parents and other relatives was disclosed earlier this week in the defense departments annual compilation of selected manpower the statistical summary does not attempt to explain the reason for the sudden which it Calls a significant interviews with Pentagon How produce explanations ranging from salary improvements Over the past few years to a surge in patriotism that has made military careers More attract people Are staying in the said Pete a Pentagon weve noted major improvements in retention for the past several and the improvements that have been made in pay have had an Impact on the ability of servicemen to have 1 think it would be fair to say that for the next five the Cost of More dependents is going to have to be considered added one personnel improved retention is a big plus to the military in that More experience improves the productivity of our he but that brings with it demands for medical child welfare and recreation Active moving extra it All adds up to More but there the official said he could not easily estimate How much Money the defense department is currently spending on those but according to the presidents fiscal 1986 budget the Pentagon expects to spend billion in pay alone for military personnel next up billion Over the current As Well As billion on family according to the statistical the number of dependents of Active duty personnel Rose by be tween and 1984 from to during the same the number of Active duty personnel climbed by to roughly the statistics show not Only that More serv ice members were married at the end of the last fiscal but that More of them were supporting parents and other relatives As Well As More at the end of fiscal the defense department found of its Active duty personnel were mar by last that number had grown to or 54 percent of total military families included More than million Chil up from million the year and parents and others were dependent on a service Mem up from in september in that latter the grading of the population where parents become dependent is a significant the personnel official army reports More aircraft deaths by Chuck Vinch Munich Bureau chief Germany serious army aircraft accidents have increased by 20 percent and fatalities have risen by More than 40 percent in the first half of fiscal compared with the same period last according to army safety Center in this fiscal which began last of there have been 24 class a Acci dents and 24 fatalities through March an aviation Accident is considered class a if there is at least one fatality or damage is More than for the same period in fiscal there were 20 accidents and 17 there were 37 class a aircraft Acci dents in fiscal compared with 39 last fiscal fatalities jumped from 23 in 1983 to 37 last the damage total from last years class a accidents was the damage so far this Fis Cal year is in the last we have had three More class a so the total for this fiscal year is now said Terry commander of the More than Ever the leadership of the army sees that Safe training and operations Are vital to sus Taining a combat ready Henry Reagan from Page 1 some of those enforcing the Law and using the guns were also Reagan was asked if he was saying that the protesting Blacks were a threat to peace in South there has been increasing violence and there is an element in South Africa that does not want a peaceful that wants violence in the the president our recent Accident record concerning aviation resources is not a Good and the upward trend in Acci dents is Henry spoke Friday about army aviation safety to More than 400 people at tending the annual army aviation association conference in the conference ends Henry said the Accident figures Are particularly distressing because the number of flight hours has remained about the same during the past few he said 80 percent of the class a Acci dents could be attributed to human and almost half of those were the result of Crew members disregard for regulations and operating he said Many crashes Are caused by such factors As not coordinating missions with not obtaining weather briefings before and Low level flying in restricted or unauthorized is that Type of undisciplined aviator that we must get out of the Henry professionally dedicated aviators who prepare per form and successfully accomplish their missions should not be stigmatized by these ones we have to he said the army must purge aviators who develop behaviour patterns that Lead them to repeatedly take unnecessary risks and disregard policies and identifying these High risk aviators has become one of the principal concerns of the aviation Branch and the army Lead he actions Are under consideration to tighten the system for identify ing and eliminating High risk aviation Henry the problem up to now has been that Many instances involving minor infractions of rules that did not result in accidents have not gone into an aviators say a Guy has a couple of minor in fractions in a Usa eur he theres really no action and when he leaves Here for a stateside nothing follows the commander of the new unit Doest know anything about the pilots past the Pilot might do the same things at the new and just before the com Mander gets ready to do the Pilot gets assigned to a new his track record shows Hes but because All that information stays at his old unit when he moves he keeps on eventually smashing a helicopter and killing himself and possibly ways to track High risk aviators have been under consideration by the army aviation policy review Henry said one recommendation is to use a form that would contain information furnished by aviation units to the gaining unit commander when a Pilot the information would identify individuals who have had prior signs of High risk Henry that still in the talking he Henry said the army leadership is stressing More involvement by the entire Chain of command in the area of aviation when that has been the weve seen that Accident trends he the reverse is often also Henry said the Chain of command must be involved in every air that especially during tactical but commanders have to establish Safe operational guidelines for their air missions and require that the pilots Fly in strict accordance with those inheritance Case appealed Detroit a a woman who says she is an heir to the estate of automobile Pioneer John Dodge is appealing the Dis Missal of her in which she claims to be a siamese twin of Dodges Frances Mealbach of Dearborn has asked the state court of appeals to Over turn a probate judges decision in the mat Frankfurt High hosts Competition Frankfurt Germany re Gion High school students with an Eye toward the business world gathered Here for the an Nual future business leaders of America leadership conference and business skills com Host Frankfurt High school won the Over All outstanding state leadership conference award Over 12 other Kaiserslautern High school took second and Ramstein High school placed Frankfurt business students won 10 of 27 categories in the skills Debi Lom Bard and Tom Warren won business graphics Rick Impromptu speaking Earl Blu Telle Public speaking Steffen accounting ii Dan data processing concepts and business computer applications Rhonda clerk typist ii and Karen consumer the team of car men Glen Marc Cisne Glenn Berwyn and Paul Mickus won the parliamentary procedure Kaiserslautern winners were Allison entrepreneurship i Gary accounting i Joi office procedures and Heidi Ramstein winners were Kiyomi business Law Christina business math and Mandi word other winners included David Patch High Job interviews Shirley business English Christelle Hen clerk typist 1 Dawn Bamberg High stenographer i Hani Bonn High machine transcription Christina Stuttgart High spelling Tyrone Wiesbaden High office decision making and Jim Karlsruhe High business math Frankfurt Junior High schools con Nie West won the Junior High typing Frankfurt Carmen Medrano won the title of future business Leader and Patch High schools Michael Butler was future business the winners earned the right to represent the department of defense dependents schools at the Fla National conference scheduled for july in Fla is a National organization for Stu dents interested in business it has Active members in chartered chapters in the United american the canal puerto the Vir Gin islands and temperatures March 21 Angeles Beach Paul Orleans York City Louis Petersburg Lake City Diego Francisco Juan european weather forecast for saturday partly Cloudy skies with isolated ral showers in Western All other areas should be fair to partly Cloudy with Early morning winds will remain Gusty in All High temperatures will Range from the High 30s to Low Low temperatures will be from the upper 20s to mid Sunset saturday Sunrise sunday Outlook for sunday fair to partly Cloudy skies with isolated rain in Northern and Western Ger Many and winds will remain Gusty in Eastern temperatures will become slightly cooler in Northern Benelux with other areas remaining about the temperatures recorded Friday p p r r cd p Fig 4am 4pm 50 63 39 45 54 52 45 46 45 54 41 46 36 39 4am 4pm 55 cd 31 48 p 50 63 f 27 45 r 46 47 p 48 57 Fig 39 46 cd Clouds partly Cloudy brain provided by Del 7th weather Graben remains of 5 soldiers flown Home Hickam Hawaii up the remains of five men believed to be Ameri can soldiers who were killed during the Vietnam War were returned to soil where they were received with full military the remains were turned Over at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi on wednesday to a 15 member team headed by Joe har the commander of the joint casualty Resolution the recovery team visually identified the presence of Terry a member of the Pacific coma said during ceremonies at the caskets were loaded into an ambulance bus and taken to the army Central identification Laboratory in where investigators will attempt to identify the the identification process is expected to last about a
