European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday August 5,1986 news update 79 join Fox to new York a the would be fourth television net work the Fon broadcasting co., moved closer to its goal of parity with Abc lbs and Abc by sign ing affiliation agreements with 79 stations it was announced Sun Day. The stations All Independent and thus not already aligned with Abc lbs or Abc represent practically every major to Market a Fox official said. The established networks each has More than 200 stations throughout the country. 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Few limits on military jobs for women leaders say b Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington despite one Admiral s remarks the real limits on How Many women the . Forces can use lie in Federal Law and women s interest in the increasingly technical jobs needed for modern warfare military personnel chiefs say. The Only constraint we have is whether the person is qualified and inter ested said air Force maj. Gen. William mall director of personnel plans. But mall also said the air Force May be run Ning out of jobs open to women. Army maj. Gen. William o Lucksy director of military personnel manage ment said 54 percent of the jobs in the army arc open to women. Only 10.3 per cent of today s soldiers Are women. That tells you right off the Bat in the aggregate we Are not reaching any Satu ration Point o leks said. Figures show that about 13 percent of the people the army recruits each year Are women. The topic made headlines when adm. James Watkins the retiring chief of naval operations said in an interview that the Navy May have recruited too Many women. Navy officials confirmed that Watkins made the remarks but said they came in the context of a discussion about the problem of sea Shore rotation. Watkins concern was that women might fill too Many Shore jobs needed for sailors who have been at sea for years. When he looked Down at what the problems Are it s because certain traditional Job areas were overfull and some other ratings were wanting said rear adm. . Kalleres director of military personnel policy. We be got a few More women in traditional jobs than we need to have Kallires said. I say a few More because 1 need the numbers in some of the non traditional the electronics people some of the Materiel support  Carolyn Becraft director of the project on women and the military for the women s equity action league said she feared Watkins remarks meant the Navy was about to try to restrict women s Rolein the Force. The Navy sounds As if it s ready Tore look at the role of women with no women present she said. Becraft said the Navy has Only one woman at a High level of personnel policy making and that she works with family matters. Becraft said that while the Navy has the Only constraint we have is whether the person is qualified and interested air Force maj. Gen. William mall opened up the military detachments on military sea lift come cargo ships to women combat support vessels such As oilers ammunition and stores ships also could be opened to women. Navy officials consider those too close to combat. Only about one in four of the 53,000 Navy women Are in non traditional jobs Navy figures show but the numbers Are growing at about 1.5 percent a year. Not Only does the Navy need the technical help technical jobs come with a greater likelihood of duty aboard one of the 10 percent of Navy ships where women May be assigned and sea duty would ease crowding in Shore billets. Mall said the fact that air Force sup port facilities usually Are far behind the front lines gives his service a lot of room to use women in support roles. Twelve percent of air Force members Are women and Congress has directed the air Force to recruit women at a 22 per cent rate by 1988. He noted that in the past 10 years the air Force has accepted women As Pilot Sand Crews of All but combat aircraft and even opened positions As members of Titan and minuteman missile Crews. I Don t know whether that trend can continue much More because we veal most got to the Point now where we re limited by combat exclusion he said. Kalleres said the Navy has been encouraging women in clerical and administrative jobs to take lateral transfers to technical jobs. There Are 19 ratings right now you can go into where your promotion Opportunity will jump from 61 to 62 percent to 93 percent if you can pass the test Kalleres said. Kalleres said Watkins remarks also probably were aimed at Capitol Hill where he was about to testify. He said the Navy wants Congress to understand that if it holds Down Navy strength opportunities for women who Are about 9 percent of the Force will be restricted too. We re going to support the Fleet Kalleres said. Support ashore is going to come Down at a greater rate because you have to have the bodies in the ships and planes. Pressure becomes even greater on the Shore activities which have women in them to become a smaller  technical jobs that the Navy needs to fill will not be Cut he said. Opportunities for men and women in those jobs will remain or increase even if strength u capped. Servicewomen cite career barriers As Fop concern defense pane says  Kate Planten Bureau Ramstein a Germany career barriers faced by servicewomen Lead the list of concerns of women in uniform the head of a committee that advises the Secretary of defense on women in the service said. Women tend to feel there Are artificial barriers to advancement said Jac Quelyn Davis who chairs the defense advisory committee on women in the service dacoits. Some of these barriers Are congressional such As com Bat restrictions. But there Are areas in which artificial barriers have been set up that inhibit career  Davis executive vice president of the Institute of foreign policy studies in Cambridge mass., is one of eight members of the dacoits executive committee making an eight Day swing through bases in Germany and eng land. As an example of career barriers she cited the Navy. I won t say which command but there Are certain billets assignments open to women in one command that Are closed to women in another command she said. That is just a matter of poli  Davis said saturday in an interview with the Stan and stripes that she sup ports lifting most of the restrictions on women in combat. In today s strategic environment Youcan t define combat she said. To say women can t go out on the Battlefield i somewhat artificial. I think we should come to grips with the fact that we revealing with  Section 6015 of title 10 of the .code, enacted in 1948, excludes women from combat ships and Section 8549prohibits air Force women from flying combat aircraft restrictions on army women s role in combat is a matter of army policy not Law. In time of War current tactics could bring the Battle to front and rear areas which could place any military Job in combat area Davis said most of the members of the commit tee feel that a broadened interpretation of what combat is is necessary she  Are area in which women can be used that they currently Are  Progress is being made she said. Inthe Navy certain categories of vessels Are being opened to women which Al lows them to get the sea duty necessary for advancement. The army is review ing How modern tactics of warfare should affect women she said. In the marines women Are receiving Bayonet training. Positions closed to women Are being reviewed to ensure that excluding females from Given jobs is justified she said. Given current combat restrictions the committee is recommending that women be better advised on their career option before entering the service and that counselling be available for women serv ice members on an ongoing basis once they choose a career Field. The 32-member committee was formed in 1951. Its members Are appointed for three year terms and meet twice each year to Forward recommendations concerning the utilization of women in the military to the Secretary of defense. While career questions often Are brought up by women officers Davis said enlisted women Are equally concerned with More Day to Day issues such As child care and absenteeism. Pileup kills 5, injures 4 Taipei Taiwan a four buses and seven other vehicles crashed into each other during torrential Rains killing five people and injuring 41, police said sunday. Police said a bus slowed Down triggering the pileup saturday 14 mites South of Taipei on Taiwan s main North South Highway