European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday March 20,1986 Bleak military picture foreseen if budget Cut by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington House armed services committee staff members painted a dismal picture tuesday of what will happen to president Reagan s proposed defense budget for fiscal 1987 if automatic Gramm Rudman cuts take effect. In fiscal 1986, much of the defense budget was protected from the Gramm Rudman a. But every aspect of the de sense department would have to absorb some cuts next fiscal year if the Overall deficit target is not met said Robert Schafor in a briefing to the full committee. According to congressional budget office estimates Schafer said $49 billion will have to be Cut from Reagan s fiscal 1987 defense budget of $320 billion to meet Gramm Rudman requirements. In terms of fiscal 1987 outlays Money that would actually be spent next fiscal year rather than portioned out in succeeding years for such things As ongoing weapons procurement the co estimates that Reagan s request of $297 billion would have to be Cut by $31 billion. If the Gramm Rudman trigger is pulled the Pentagon s military personnel accounts would have to be Cut by $10.8 billion a reduction of 14 percent from Reagan s budget. It s estimated that the Active Force would have to be reduced by 560,000 personnel he said. Money for operations and maintenance would be reduced by 18 percent or $15.8 billion. Schafer said that would mean a 20 percent reduction in the civilian personnel Force and the virtual elimination of Large scale training exercises. We would also see operating reductions of 40 percent in the army 30 percent in Navy ship steaming Days and 20 percent in aircraft flying hours for the air Force Schafer said. Quality of life programs also would be hit hard. Commissary hours would be reduced by 25 percent dependent medical care would be Cut by 70 percent and retired personnel medical care in military facilities would be Cut by 90 percent. Taken together the effect of an 18 percent reduction in operation and maintenance would mean substantial Degra Dation in the readiness and morale of the Force Schafer told the committee. Military construction would be Cut by 25 percent about $1.7 billion. He said there would be a delay of eight to 10 months in projects where funds were available for redesign. But he added those funds would be available for Only a Small percentage of the projects that would need to be redesigned. Funds for procurement of All weapons systems would be reduced by 9 percent a total of $8.9 billion Schafer said while research and development would be reduced by $10.4 billion or 25 percent. Russell Murray ii a special Counselor to the committee listed reductions the committee might make to avoid the automatic Gramm Rudman cuts. Murray suggested terminating nine weapons systems that have been subject to at least some degree of Contro Versy including the f-15 aircraft Patriot missile and Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. He said some of the pain of such cuts could be eased by substituting lower Cost items f-16s for f-15s, Hawk missiles for Patriot missiles and armoured personnel carriers for the Bradley. I m not Here to argue the merits of these substitutions he said. I suggest Only that the Pentagon would prefer the package of terminations followed by substitutions to the package of terminations followed by  Murray s policy oriented options had More far reaching implications. The first alternative would be based on the notion that we face More serious military risks in the next few years than we Are Likely to in the next decade and that we would want to take cuts in ways that affect our capability five or 10 years from now rather than next year he said. That would involve cutting the nine weapons systems and severely limiting Long term procurement and research and development Murray said. Murray s second alternative was just the opposite making cuts that would affect near term readiness rather than risking the Long term  this could be done by cutting aircraft flying and ship steaming hours and reducing Manning across the Board by 10 percent to 30 percent. The third alternative was to protect conventional forces and reduce nuclear weapons. It would include cancelling the my midget Man Trident ii and ground launched cruise missile programs. Murray also suggested cutting Back or abandoning some of our commitments to Aid in the defense of areas of importance to the free  he suggested reducing the . Presence in Europe by 10 percent to 30 percent by disbanding units already in Europe and stateside units that Are earmarked for deployment to Europe in wartime. News update immigration ruling Cincinnati a . Immi Gration agents can t Stop cars to look for illegal aliens just because the occupants look hispanic the 6th . Cir Cuit court of appeals has ruled in up holding a lower court decision. The appeals court struck Down the government s Appeal of a december 1984 injunction issued by . District judge Richard Enslen in grand rapids Mich. Enslen s ruling affects an Esti mated 50,000 migrant workers. The appeals court in an opinion dated March 3, said unreasonable searches and seizures particularly when premised on race and Alienage Are demeaning to such a degree As to be practically  transplant study Ann Arbor Mich. A a new Center will study the effects of Organ transplants on patients and their families and How appropriate transplant surgery is University of Michigan officials say. The Center for Public policy re search on Organ transplantation will Analyse the Cost effects and availability of transplants and will provide in formation to hospitals and state and regional governments or. George d. Zuidema University vice Provost for medical affairs said recently. The Center is the first of its kind in the nation said or. Jeremiah Turcotte who will be the Center s director. It was recently approved by the Michigan department of Public health. Turcotte is chairman of surgery at the University and is the head of the University of Michigan medical Cen Ter s Multi Organ transplant program. Army moving toward futuristic ways Tor getting keeping troops in shape corrects Oil in the March 12 Issue of the stars and stripes a unit was left out of a list of win ners of the 1985 army chief of staff awards for maintenance excellence. The 56th signal co 509th signal in from Collano Italy won the intermediate table of distribution and allowances category the stars and stripes regrets the error. By Brenda Hosier staff writer Frankfurt the army s daily dozen exercise program is becoming a thing of the past while the master fitness Trainer and state of the Art weight equip ment Are the future in Soldier physical fit Ness say physical activities specialists. The army wants lean mean fighting machines so we need to provide the facilities equipment and trained personnel to achieve that goal said Sec. Jake Battle noncommissioned officer in charge of the v corps sports office. Battle and a Small contingent of army physical activities specialists were at the v corps commanders conference monday to introduce new equipment and provide health and physical fitness information to army leaders. The commander is responsible for the Soldier s physical fitness so it s Only right that we Are Here today to let them know what equipment and programs Are available to them to assist in developing a Well rounded fitness program Battle said. The army s limited number of physical activities specialists Are trained in fitness appraisal and exercise program development Battle said. The specialist is assigned at Post or Community level and is qualified to perform individual physical fitness assessments inter pret the results and design an exercise pro Gram to meet various physical fitness goals of the individual or the unit. But the army also has another program to train soldiers to assess physical fitness. The master fitness Trainer is an additional duty position not a separate military occupation speciality. We Hope to have one master fitness Trainer per battalion and eventually one per company said capt. Andrew Dean director of the four week master fitness training course. The program teaches soldiers about Anat omy physiology kinesiology sports Medicine the operation of various weight equipment and How to develop a physical fitness program. The course usually is taught at fort Benjamin Harrison ind., but two sessions Are offered in Usa eur every summer. Dean told conference attendees the Mas Ter fitness Trainer is in the unit to assist the commander. He urged commanders to sup port the training program. Is photo by Ken George col. Jerry so Liger gets help with the Multi triceps machine from spec. 4 Tony Taylor left. The new army physical readiness test Scales will become effective oct. 1," Dean said. The new tables reflect greater expectations for the Soldier and you la also see Stan Dards set for soldiers Over 40 years of age something we the army did t have  Dean said a major problem soldiers have with the test is with push . Soldiers typically fall Short on the push upend of the test because units Aren t training to Standard he said. The major problem is the Lack of upper body strength. However we found better results in units where a master fitness Trainer was assigned because those units were Able to train to  a master fitness Trainer can assess a unit weakness and then work with the commander in developing a physical activity program for that unit to achieve Overall fitness. We took or. Kenneth Cooper s aerobics to heart Dean said but we did t allow forthe Soldier to work on upper body strength. There Are particular exercises in our new physical fitness Field manual that isolate mus Cle groups to help soldiers work on that. The army has gone whole hog on Purchas ing Nautilus machines and other weight Appa Ratus to help increase muscular endurance he said. We have training such As the master fitness course to train soldiers to assist com Manders in implementing this equipment into their unit physical training  col. Jerry Sollinger Deputy commander of the v corps Field artillery Section in Frank Furt said the new emphasis on physical fitness is better because it allows the commander to Divide the unit into ability groups. For some soldiers 20 push  May be to much for others in the platoon it May not be enough he said. This is a much More Intelli gent approach from the Long ago routine of everyone doing the same number of exercises together. This approach allows for each Soldier to work at his or her own  the army has trained some 3,000 sol Diers to be master fitness trainers. Usar eur has trained 350 soldiers during the past three summer sessions. Usa eur s master fitness training classes Are schedule for june 1-27 and june 29-july 29. Soldiers interested in attending should Contact their unit personnel Section or the v corps mor ale support division for More information