European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes july 1985 daily Magazine William Crowe reagans Choice for pcs by Bill Keller new York times in when William Crowe was fresh from his first command As skipper of the diesel attack submarine the logical step for an upwardly Mobile Navy Man was nuclear submarine the Young commander enrolled in Princeton to earn a doctoral degree in the Choice that seemed unusual then now seems the political skills he has Learned in an extraordinarily Broad array of assignments Over a 42year Navy career will be in great demand in his next president Reagan has nominated Crowe As chairman of the joint chiefs of As he will be the arbiter among the air Force and marines in their discussions of military strategy and at a time when those budgets Are under intense pressure from a deficit weary and he will be reagans preeminent military adviser on issues ranging from the slumping image of the Pentagon at Home to the exasperating trial of arms con tool negotiations in he will succeed John pc secy who is retiring in eight months before the completion of his second two year the contrast Between the two officers could hardly be was a combat Soldier who won his officers commission on the Battlefield at and performed his Job As chairman without rhetorical flourishes or Public Crowe his name rhymes with now was schooled at Annapolis and Stanford As Well As at and is known As a Man who prides himself on serious intellectual he tinkers with his own and seems to relish interviews As much As Vessey has shunned James a former under Secretary of the said the Admiral sometimes exaggerates his Oklahoma drawl and a manner that says 1 dont really know How to play this game but id love in the Admiral is and fluent in French and Crowe is an Independent thinker with unusually Broa gauge political As Well As military exp said Robert under Secretary of de sense in the Carter this is one very smart Many had expected that the Job would go to the chief of naval James but Pentagon officials said defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was impressed and charmed when he first met Crowe in where the Admiral was stationed As com Mander in chief of North Atlantic treaty organization forces in Southern Europe from 1980 to William James Crowe was born in la and grew up in Oklahoma his father was a and the Admiral once told an inter viewer As a child watching his fathers predictable he yearned for travel and he got in a wide Range of International assign in the Vietnam he served As an adviser to South vietnamese As commander of a Middle East task Force in 1976 and 1977 he developed a fascination with persian Gulf As commander of natos Southern he played referee Between Turkey and and most As commander in chief of the United states Pacific with responsibility for Ameri can forces in the 100 million Square Miles Between the California coast and he has made himself conver Sant with the politics of North and South indo the Philippines and new lie is married to the former Shirley and they have three including a son who is a lieu tenant in the Marine perhaps most Crowe has an unusual amount of experience in joint where his Navy loyalties were subordinated to responsibility to All the As commander of natos Southern flank and in his current he has known the frustration of fighting in Washington for Money to buy ammunition and other items that the individual services sometimes give Short shrift in their preoccupation with planes and although the Navy has generally been the fiercest defender of its Independence from joint Crowe has signalled a if awareness of the Dan Gers of too much in a memorandum last for he noted that As joint commander in the Pacific he has watched the services use their Power to eliminate innovative joint tactics and and squeeze out shared logistical needs like fuel and Crowe stopped Short of prescribing a wholesale change in the system that Many analysts have with a political scientists he those in command today have grown up under this system and understand its strengths and How to work around its William Crowe right has been nominated by president Reagan to succeed John Vessey below with defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger As chairman of the joint chiefs of a photos