European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                - age a the stars and stripes wednesday. October 30, 1985 House panel approves Bill to designate chairman of pcs As top military adviser Washington a the House armed serv ices committee voted w-2 approval tuesday of n Bill expanding the Power of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff As a Way to Reform the Pentagon and end inter service rivalries. The Bill Falls Well Short of a series of changes pro posed two weeks ago by inc staff of the Senate armed services committee which said the five member joint chiefs should be eliminated. I believe we can take the chiefs and make reforms in the present Structure rather than throwing the baby out with the Bali  said rep. Bill Nichols d-ala., one of the measure s chief sponsors. Both proposals arc aimed at oct hauling the joint chiefs the Structure created by a 1947 Tow designed to a Poderni a the . Defense establishment in the Wake of world War ii. The chairman of the joint chiefs has Little statutory Power. But the other four members who arc the top officers of each service have iwo roles heading i hair individual services along with silting on the five Mem Ber Board which is supposed to resolve disputes. In recent years there have been numerous Calls for Reform amid complaints that the current system is tax unwieldy and is so torn by inner Scricc rivalries that it is ineffective and wastes Money through duplication of weapons the mouse Bill would designate the chairman As the principal military adviser to the president and would also give him total control of an expanded pcs Staif which is supposed to help him give better advice. It would also double his term in office from two of four years and would create a Deputy chairman. By contrast the Senate staff proposal would replace the joint chiefs with a five member advisory Board composed of senior military leaders who would be in heir final tour of duly. The four lop officers of each service would have no role on the Board. The Pentagon has criticised the Senate proposal and defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has in past months derided Calls for Reform by arguing that the present system works Fine and saying if it in t broke Don t fix  the Senate Bill is a leap into the  said rep. Larry Hopkins Ray. We have chosen f � take the Basic product and improve  rep. Ike Skillon d-mo., contended that change is needed because the history of the system since i a has been Replete Wilh problems and because of complaints by top military and civilian National Accuri officials that there is Little Cihir Dialion among the serv ices. This Bill would promote More joint planning skel ton said. You cannot fight jointly unless you think and plan  Skelton and other supporters of the Bill cited the october 1983 invasion of Grenada when army troops and marines on the Caribbean Island could t talk to each other because their radios had incompatible frequencies. That problem could be solved by better planning among the services Skillon said. Increased joint plan Ning of missions could turn up potential problems such As incompatible radios before they became a problem in the Field he said. But rep. Sam stratum. . Said the current system has worked Well and said no one single Man is intelligent  to do the Job by himself of providing military advice the White mouse. Stratum was one of inc two committee members Vot ing against the Bill. The other was rep. Ron Dellums a Calif. Who argued that it was giving too much Power to a military person and thus was diluting the Basic concept of civilian control of inc military. Dellums lost. 29-7, when he moved to strike a provi Sion of the Bill to require the chairman of the joint chiefs to attend All meetings of the National Security Council. Attendance is now optional but supporters of the measure said it would improve military advice and input to National Security . To input to National Security decisions. Vic Feo trained pilots will get fhe gods Eye View a a , nov. A the fallen Square foot screens. Craft delivering simulated bombs electronic to Sot up scenarios for incoming Trai naval As founded during world War it you have the gods Cyc View base warfare aircraft trying to Jam the site s pro Toft said for pilots flying relative la simple bombing commander cant. Richard j. Toft said Lection fighter jets in simulated dogfights t1., of r.f1. I. Pm a  Nev Fallo f relatively Mission in propeller driven aircraft has entered the video age to train pilots of supersonic jets. The station cast of Reno is ready to begin full operations of its new tactical air Crew training system. Up to 36 pilots will be Able to Fly their planes in mock Battles and then return to the ground to watch a com Puter animation of the whole operation on television monitors or enlarged on 36 Square foot screens you hav a i commande Apt monday. A missile shaped computerized pod attached to each aircraft sends data to a ground Center where information from All aircraft and surface weapons on the desert Range is integrated to form a Complete Pic Ture of the mock Battle according to torn Bain program manager for cubic corp of san Diego which designed the system. The video system can display attack air Craft warfare Section Jet and simulated surface to air missiles. The system can give a Pilot impossible views of the action such As a rear View Mirror look Back Over the ail of his plane. Adversary squadrons simulating enemy aircraft arc to be based at Fallon the main Jet fighter training base for the Navy and Marine corps. The base s naval strike warfare Center Sci wished last year has gathered experts in enemy tactics t set trainees of. The air Force has a similar program at Nel Lisafe near Las vegas. Toft says $29 million has been spent thus far to install the system at Fallon. The Navy has designated More than 5,000 Square Miles of airspace around the base As a deadly encounter when Howard k. Martin of Luke Wales. Ha., openly threatened his Din Rcd his Grade with a gun left Phu Lui i neighbor railed inc sheriffs office. Minutes later. Sheriff Jim Madden arrived and of a pouted Martin. During inc scuffle Martin Vias killed. Mrs. Martin was seriously injured. Crewman s death delays icebreaker s Homecoming fete _ Seattle _ a a Homecoming ceremony for the coast guard icebreaker Polar sea was postponed after a member of the Crew died in a storm just one Day Short of the Home port at the end of a five month journey around North America. A few family members who met the Rcd hulled ship in the rain on the Seattle waterfront sunday still carried signs of Welcome but the mood was somber As three other members of the Crew injured during the storm were Takeaway in ambulances. An awards ceremony that had been planned at the Toast guard pier was called off and will be held later said Petty officer Jeff Hyatt. Bradly Galik Marine science technician third class died saturday after being tossed about on the Bridge of the 399-foot ship said coast guard . Cmdr. Tom Pearson. Galik who was married two weeks before the ship embarked on its journey in june died an hour after the vessel rolled violently in an Early morning storm about 25 Miles Southwest of Brooks Peninsula. Vancouver Island British Columbia about 300 Miles Northwest of Seattle. Galik 21, of Seattle had been in the coast guar about a year Pearson said. Petty of ulcer Jonathan Schilk identified the three injured As Braman apprentice Dan Nelson who had broken ribs and a separated shoulder Ensign Kyj. Sommer who suffered leg and facial injuries and Seaman John Diamondidis who had an injured right hip. The ship which carries 164  left Seattle june i then passed through the Panama canal and trav to along the East coast Pearson said. The ship then delivered supplies to a base in Greenland and travelled to rough the Northwest passage and Down the alaskan coast on its Way to Seattle he said