European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 1, 19b6 Light infantrymen Back to basics soldiers by Cox news Send Dahlonega a the Battle begin with the rustling of underbrush along the Banks of Chester Creek. On one Side or the gurgling Stream a Small band of Saidian concealed in clumps of Mountain Laurel guard the Bridge Al winding Stair Gap. On the other another group of heavily camouflaged men prepares to attack. The attackers in training to become Light infantry men the army s newest Brand of Soldier have marched 3 Miles through Hick Woods to reach the Bridge. They drop their 60-Pound Rucksacks and creep to within Yards of Trie Bridge. Then a Rifle Shol pierces the air followed by a Caco phony of simulated gunfire mortar bursts and hissing smoke bombs. It takes 10 minutes to capture he Bridge too Long in the estimation of the training company commander. Capt. Chris Pittard. When they re All trained up he says this kind of attack will Lake about three  in the Hill and hollows of Northern Georgia army Leaden believe they have found the perfect place to train up Light infantrymen Back to Basic soldiers who eschew tanks and personnel carriers in favor of boots rifles and Rucksacks. The Basic trainees who were brought from fort Denning to Camp Merrill on army reservation near Dahlonega. Will become part of the 1 oth Mountain div Light one of five Light infantry divisions being formed the idea behind the divisions is simple. In the Post Vietnam Era he army assembled infantry divisions that rely heavily on tanks artillery and armoured trans port and require weeks to deploy. Light infantry divisions by contrast place More emphasis on the foot Soldier. The divisions Are smaller 10,000 men compared with 16,000 and More Mobile. Because they include Only Small vehicles and require fewer support units they can be deployed in a few Days according to the  chief of staff Gen. John a. Wickham has praised the Light infantry is hard Hilting units capable of bold Independent decisive action that will augment the army s 13 other  divisions include one composed of National guardsmen and one assigned to alaskan. The other three the 7lfi at fort Ord calif., the 25lh at Scofield Barracks Hawaii and the 10th Mountain at fart drum . Will be on Call for duty in third world crises or in the mountains and cities of Korea and Europe. The 7 h and 25lh divisions already exist and arc being scaled Down. The 10th is being reactivated. The Light infantry concept is by no Means universally popular. The relative Lack of me and firepower of the divisions has caused scepticism even within the army about what they can accomplish. What you be got is a unit that is tight because you be stripped All the important equipment from in said Thomas Mcnaugher a military analyst at the Brook Ings Institute in Washington . Mcnaugher said the notion that such forces would be useful in Europe is misguided. I Don t see Why the soviets would waste their time fighting a Light division in a Forest or City he said but Edward Lutwak an author on military subjects and a figure in the military Reform movement says the Light division emphasis signals the military s overdue realization that mobility and tactics Are As important As overwhelming firepower. Lutwak said the successful use of Light infantry re quires savvy company commanders and squad  entire initiative depends on the creation of a new cadre of infantry officers distinguished from their Fel lows by the fact they arc tacticians rather than organization men and Good old  last Vear a Light leaders course was established a fort Binning for prospective Light infantry officers and internist de men Are being trained now. Having volunteered for the Light infantry when they were recruited at soldiers acc co specialized Basic training thai includes a week at Camp Merrill. This is a Light infantry terrain said col. Gregory Wade commander of the training battalion thai then herded the first three companies through a we Etc of rugged nikes mock Battles and  culminated with an 18-mile Road March with 40 Pound packs. From the outset the prospective Light infantrymen Are treated differently from regular infantrymen. They Are the Only Basic trainees Given the army s new Devur helmet Aud they have the latest in lightweight sleeping  lot of what we do is just teach soldiers to survive in the held Wade said. You Don t run into Many american youths who already know How to walk Down the Side of a Mountain in Pilch blackness these Day. Light infantry trainees gel three limes As much time sleeping under the stars and twice the Road marching. Wade said the army is attempting to instil Keener judgment and More leadership abilities in Light infantry men by staging the entire week of special training Ai a nearly continuous Battle scenario. The Light infantryman is going to have to make More decisions than other infantrymen he said. He will be fighting a very personal Battle in most cases 3d to 40 meters from the enemy sometimes As close As he end of a  Dirr Budd by Llu How York tymm women in male jobs can boost pay Survey finds what jobs Orin Doton to Floden emf qty air Fouti Tortal aka kid Ickow Umno topped of Prato Tai production Salt and it per new York up men generally earn More than women even those in jobs traditionally considered women s work but same women Are beating the system and men s salaries by working in traditionally male jobs a new study says. The study published in the january Issue of working woman Magazine found that both men and women who Cross sex a barriers that have Long divided the workplace earn higher salaries than the traditional holders of those jobs. That discovery appears to have already been made by women now entering the workforce the study concluded two thirds of them Are taking up jobs traditionally dominated by men. The findings based on government statistics Magazine surveys and associations Are reported in the Magazine s seventh an Nual Mary Survey. According to the study those rare men who engage in women s work such a secretarial and nursing earn salaries 18 percent to 33 percent higher than women in the same positions. Convert Ely women who Are Law professors agricultural scientists or Petroleum engineers earn As much As 25 percent More than their male counterparts. Stilt the study reported a Large Gap persists Between what men and women earn on the Job. The average working woman earns 64 cents for every is earned by the average Man the study said but the Gap is slowly closing. Five Yean ago the figure was 60cents. The study noted that the Rand corp., research Institute has predicted women s salaries will reach 74 percent of the average for men by the year 2000. In the crossover categories the study said the country s 3 million female secretaries earn a median salary of 113,538 male secretaries All 59,000 of them earn an average of $20,12 a year or 33 percent More than women. On the other hand female Law teachers while outnumbered five to one by males earn an average $48,802 a year or 25 per cent More than the male average of$36,724, thai prompted the Magazine to offer women some advice. One Way to reverse a double Standard enter a male dominated  . Military Aid since 1950 has topped $120 billion Washington a the United slates has provided Mare than $120 billion Worth of military Aid to 113 countries since 1950, about half of i in Gran ii according to new . Government figures. The trend is away from Loam on Ordinary commercial terms and toward outright grand or leans at subsidised interest rates according to a report the general account ing office Trie investigative Arm of Congress gave sen. David l. Borer a member of the Senate committees on finance and intelligence. As this trend continues the United states is faced with arise in actual costs to provide assistance to various countries and at the lame time the need to reduce Federal expenditures and la torn the budget deficit lie report a aft tided. The report estimated that As of sell 30, 43 countries had outstanding debts of 160.7 billion in the United states for military Aid. The us government hag guaranteed $58.7 billion of that amount. Israel is the biggest Borrower with debt of $15.5 billion. Egypt is second with a debt of $14.3 billion Vid Turkey third with a debt of $6.3  largest Grants Worth More than 115 billion Well to South Vietnam. Until the mid-1970s, the us government usually paid the manufacturers and gave the arms to its allies. Then lending Money to the allies became the More common method with the Loans guaranteed by the United states. Interest rates were High Many countries were borrowing heavily for other purposes As Well and a Good Many got into trouble with their payments. According to an earlier report As of sept. 30 there were22 countries overdue on s595 million Worth of military debt m the United states $413 million of it owed a Egypt. Since the mid-ls70s, the . Government has made almost $1.7 billion in payments due to defaults on Guaran teed Loans the report says. The debtors have repaid about s920 million of that under a . Law passed in 1976, no new Aid except for humanitarian purposes _ can go to any country in default for More than a. Year. The us. Agency for inter National development said there Are now nine  to that lit Ethiopia Guyana Iran Laos Nicaragua Peru Syna Tanzania and Vietnam Ai a result there was a major change in policy for to year that ended sent. 30. The is. Government switched rom guaranteeing Bank Loans Mado at commercial rates to additional Grants and to Malins in own direct Low interest Loans at 5 percent to 6 percent a year. A i1 a received no bran s through the year to amended in 1984, and Egypt which had received Only $7.7 million Worth were moved to a Grant basis. For the year that began oct. 1 Israel is getting $3.75 billion in military and economic Aid. Which in is not expected to repay an Egypt Wilt be getting $2.35 billion Worth Liberia got $6 million in Grants and $6 million in Loans for the year lha ended sell 30. 1 983, subsequently Al military Aid to Liberia has been in the form of Grants. Somalia. Sudan and Zaire which has defaulted on Loans several times Are in similar positions the report providing detailed figures from 1950 ass set & 12p us 0T of s39 ss7 billion Grants of $57865 billion. It project that unused credits a Loans to $60.707 it does not estimate the new Grants for 1985 and 1956,