European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes saturday Juno 7, 1986page 2 a army May retire hundreds of colonels by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau ton More than Joo army Many Lieuten ant colonels will be Cuit a mtg Jajor involuntary retirement to reduce _ balances an army personnel official s a Board will Convene june 28 10 select 30 percent of those officers in each Grade for retirement said m in James Chalkley at the directorate of military personnel management office of the Deputy chief of Suff for personnel. Chalkley said tuesday the army expects to Convene boards annual in for the next two or three years. He said the officer being considered already Are qualified for retire ment. If we were to do this nil of one we d need to retire a total of at 6s and about 210 o-5s to Ruh Juff he said because the /va0ifacitis out the pro Gram Over Sev Myears the number of re Tir Cheju Fly Cussary to Correct the imbalances May be Tes than that depending on other factors such As voluntary retire ment he said. The army has listed several criteria fur selecting those officers to be considered for Early retirement before this month s Board " it Lcy will. Be on Active duly. Colonels must have 9tor More years Lime in Grade and must ndrat0k Al promo Iori list. Lcuien have been considered but promotion to co once Tim Ai of May 1 and on a colonel promotion list receive letters from the Mil so incl Center notifying them that will be considered Chalkley said. Hose selected for retirement also will receive letters to thai effect once the Board adjourns and Secretary of the army John o. Marsh or. Approves the Ifcic cimons the move is necessary because of a bulge in the of i and o-6 grades. It might not seem like a bulge at first glance Chalkley said because the army has almost exactly As Many colonels As it is authorized to have while there is actually a shortfall of 6.2 percent in the lieutenant colonel Grade. The problem Herns from 11 there is a shortfall of a i he Grade of Majc he Saj Juu Moyts required 10 maintain the number of officers i under the defense officer person Nel management act of 1981 is less than the number of authorized slots. Many o-5s and o-6s As the is undesirable from a management stamp a cause creates 3 promotion logjam if he cd of major As Well As in incl oct " the goal is to smooth out the shortfalls i about 10 percent in each of the three Field grades he said. Since our end strength is fixed by Law the Only Way to do thai is id thin the o-5 and o-6 ranks by Means of the Early retire ment Board. We can then have More majors and equalize the cab is in Thote lbs who is considered bul Dot rec led for Early retirement by one of the annual boards will be exempt from fur ther consideration for five years Ai Ion Al he or she holds the same Grade a Helkky said. Being considered or recommended fee curly retirement has nothing to do with an officer s record or past performance a stressed. It s sir icily a quantitative action he said. We re considering everyone who meets the criteria we be Publ nihed fam the Mosi Junior 10 the most senior Chalkley would not say what criteria Ihei Board ill use to make its recommendation which officers under consideration for it will actually be retired. Jur twill be contained in i Fetter from mar but the approved by Marsh yet so i can t saw Fol he did. He expects March to approve the Boud i selections by 1 lie end of july. Proof of housing costs needed or allowance can be Cut by Clint Swift Washington Tureau Washington soldiers who receive the variable allowance but who have nut submitted proof of finance offices by june 13 can i pct a Cut into to i Lac month paychecks an army finance official said to the pay cuts will be reduction my i Ujj tired by the 1986 defense authorization Bill said la Puter systems analyst at the army finance and accous Center. Congress required Semcen Robers to document their housing costs rent mortgage insurance properly taxes because of the belief that some members were a More in allowances than they were paying. The Law requires the services Lod Luy he in Cess from the via allowance. " troops overseas can Rocc Kef Fra if they arc on an unaccompanied Jour Wei Amilius in the Stales Kiel Man said Wal Nad told troops to Hove the documentation to air Force spokesman cant. Milc of his service s members their finance offices by May 30. But Kidman said Only about half the troops receiving via have responded. Navy personnel spokesman it. Scott Wilson said the Navy gave its members Only about 35 Days to respond to the congressional requirement. Bul he said thai except for a few sailors moving from one assignment to " nearly All have responded. ""s3 percent i have filed the i Romance offices. Hen soldiers turn in the Doc Menla from March 1, tie offset program i _ As an example Kidman said n Soldier might receive n Basic allowance for quarters ofss3 maximum via of siu.r2, a total of 5267.82. But the Soldier s documents could show his actual housing costs arc Suo plus the average Utility Cost for the area of 191.20, for a total of s231.20. Subtracting he actual costs from the allowances leaves j36.g2. The Law requires that the service recoup half that amount jib.31 by sub Iramina it a belie via payment. The May us Flimning statement would Bow is each month that the program Tuu soldiers who have not turned in the paperwork will till see oils in i her housing allowance possibly Ubilla Vitial ones Kidman said. The computer will figure their rent As 12, us urine that no matter How Large the average Utility Cost ii the Tolkien via will Lake a Cut he did. The cuts will be retroactive to March i. Soldiers should take Steps immediately to provide the documentation to their local finance offices " twill prevent a potentially Large collection from their Kidman said soldiers pay a Mac vill be adjusted a they turn in the Bouming Casi any cuu made because of missing document would be repaid in following paycheck. I news update Tutu vows to defy ban Johannesburg South Africa up anglican. Bishop Desmond Tutu thursday vowed to defy f Insch Ketive and provocative government ban on Nwe Tings of a Felt the 10th anniversary on june 16 of \ 1\k uprising against White Rule. A Man Catholic Bishops also calling the inn provocative and insensitive warned in a Stalmen that it would no sin Blacks from commemorating the Whf riots. In a aka Zambia Nelson Mandela of outlawed Afri can Natkal Congress called for open Diance of the ban that was bounced wednesday by Tai and order min ister Louis Grange. The ban Minio effect cd Nesty Aid will last until june 30. Command of 2 coast guard stations transferred to Italy officials report arms exert plot Boston of ton men were indic for allegedly plotting munition. Mcrudin outlawed Irish re Publ the indictment said in and Cairn Hughes 25, ing arrangement with t of u a. Military arms a the arms dealer f who another defendant a Ufi Macro ally was an Underco Fri agent said correction j four irim Nalio Nils and four bos we dewy by a Federal grand jury arms and am Sudice to air missile to the nationals Noel Murphy. 27, to set up an arms a Rolter y locating a secret source i. Icy were introduced by us 37, of Boston Actu Lyantey William Weld and win reports Rome two Nave been transferred from the command of the u s3uard to italian control according to italian and american o italian defense ministry officials press the move was part or a technical a few weeks ago to put the Lampedusa and so Altai. Laran a navigation stations under the control Oft italian military. A . Embassy spokesman thursday Laid and stripes the decision which went into e and was Normal nato he said that under the North . The Host military May provide a cd mum Ponder whose authority the base u managed. Obj Jerp establishes a designated Chain of co Miland a bronc new italian commanders acting i Liau tons Ken the american station command ers and the the spokesman said. But Jef very Little practical effect on life and work at lj0rigaion stations he said. They will continue to be operated by . Coast guard personnel. No flags will be taken Down him the. Station on the islam la wok Luis was the target of a failed libyan Ign Wlack on april is the Day of Graidon Libya. By threatened thai Bate As Well u _. To facilities on the italian Peninsula so Long u Fis an american military presence the aphid. Sclifo Nonais in the toe of the italian Boot. Writy Council of Lampedusa where residents ban been few another libyan strike voted april 16 1 favor of a Canh Scafer in command from the american to the italians the we Novice reported. But the . Emba Bundesman said the move hid been contemplated for Ion six of Lime and be a no connection with the Libya re fats and the Lampe Dusa City Council action. The Loran facilities which act houses serve All ships including local Fistum Flaut a equipped with Loran signal receivers. Bogus $9.3 million seized in Arkansas an article i yesterday s newspaper Vepr recur did army in Europe did not remo two soup act brands of Frt Fth cheese from store shelves ail after he air Force Flo nned that in had put boobs Llyd Gracile cheese on Chical hold. Both services removed a cheese sit the san time but information about the Arn action was not jail Nolc until a Day after the air was re pwned. The stars and stripes regrets the ferrai Little Rock Ark a More than j9.j Mill in counterfeit Bills were discovered in Conway in what Federal officials called one of the Largett finds of bogus Money in . History. John t. Cook agent in charge of the secret service in Arkansas said the Cache was found May 23 As part of a continuing investigation that already has led to three arrests. Cook said it ranks in the top five for Domestic Sei zures and that the largest previous find in Arkansas was is million in 1981. A Clinton couple Jinmie Joe Mehan 54, and Bis wife Letha 42. Pleaded guilty last we in Federal court to counterfeiting Money and re cwt labels in the Csc. They j Are to be sentenced june 30 by Federal judge Witthun Overton. F the Mehau were charged with counterfeiting about 500,000 in 120 and 1100 Bills and Cauette Lapa it j Plant in Cleburne Aid the Mcshans were part of a larger Organ Iii lion and declined to answer questions that might tart tit investigation. Cook said about s620.000 in counterfeit Bill were seized july 19, 1985 at Dangerfield Texas. That led to the discovery of the counterfeit Plant in it Ebne county. A
