European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. September 27. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 military Roundup military Airlift come to expand pet shipments Rhein main a. Germany Sas the military Airlift come s Pel shipment test was such a Success thai the command is making Pel shipments a regular feature on certain Mac flights a spokesman said Friday. On oct. I pet shipment become part of the Normal service on Eomme Rotaj charter flights to selected locations said Cap. Michael Metz or. Passenger services officer at inc Rhein Mai Mac terminal. During the test which ends tuesday Passen Gers could ship pets Between Rhein main a and Charleston. S.c., and Between Charleston and Howard a Panama locations added to the lilt ocl i include Philadelphia to Saint John Newfoundland is Gonella Sicily Rhein main Naples and Aviano Italy ladies azores Rota Spain and Athens Greece. Others Are is. Louis to Rhein main and Norfolk to Simonella Rota and Athens. Metzler said prices will vary per pet from $40 on the Charleston to Howard a route to $130 be tween Norfolk and Naples. The transportation management Folke at any air Force base can pro vide details of a shipping and prices he said Gen. Oaks to assume new duties in Naples shape Belgium air Force maj. Gen. Rob Ert c. Oaks will assume duties monday As com Mander. Allied air forces Southern Europe in papics Italy in inc rank of lieutenant general. Oaks will succeed air Force it. Gen. J. , who will become the vice commander of the tac air come under fab a. The appoint ment was announced Friday by Gen. Bernard , supreme Allied commander Europe. Oaks previously has been assistant for general officer mailers office of the Deputy chief of staff for personnel in Washington assistant for Readi Ness Safe commander 86th tac fighter Wing Ramstein a Germany and director of personnel plans office of the Deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel. Pentagon. Reserve officers association will meet nov. 7-8 in Fulda flu a Germany the european depart ment of the Reserve officers association will hold its Fau Nutting nov. 7-8 at the hotel Lenz in Fulda. The program will include a Border tour Given by the 1 ill army Cav regt a meeting and discussions with the mayor and City staff of Huenfeld a regular business meeting and a City Lour of Fulda. Reservations must be made before ocl 10 with u. Cot Edward Browne at Fulda military 321 -3820 or civilian 04652-1470. Conlu but it is pm hid Tannin a Fem Navy to begin testing civilians for drug use by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the Navy will become the Sec Ond service to begin widespread drug testing of civilian employees in critical jobs a Navy spokesman said it will test about 51,100 civilians in 12 Job Fields. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs approved the Navy s list of Job skills to be included in the program sept. 9. But the spokesman could not say when testing will begin. Details Are still being finalized he said thursday. It could be a few weeks it could be a few  the army in be biliary became the first service to implement a drug testing policy for about 12,000 civil ians in four Job Fields aviation nuclear and Chemi Cal Law enforcement and drug testing. An air Force spokesman said his service will announce its civilian drug testing policy soon. In has not finished coordinating details with agencies involved he said. Navy officials wanted to lest twice As Many civil ians according to a Navy memorandum of nov. 8. But defense department officials expressed concern that the description of the jobs were too vague. Chase Untermeyer assistant Secretary of the Navy for manpower and Reserve affairs submitted a revised list thai Cut the number of civilians to be tested by More than half those to be tested will be in Fields such As firefight ing Law enforcement air and sea traffic con rot nuclear weapons drug programs health vehicle and to bile equipment operation classified information maintenance and repair management positions in those areas and anyone on ships or planes. Untermeyer said Only about 12,000 civilians would be tested in the first year because of Laboratory testing capacity the priority Given to military testing and desire to move with caution on this program a spokeswoman said the army May seek to expand its program under the provisions of president Reagan s recent order on drug testing of Federal civilians. The order called for testing of civilians in sensitive Ratti or than critical jobs which May allow other civilian skills to be included in the testing program. We re wailing for guidance from the office of personnel management she said. We re not suit yet whether Well expand the program even if pm tells us we  although inc army policy was approved in february the testing is Slid in the formative stages the spokeswoman said. She said although testing has begun at some locations it s too Early to provide figures on How Many civilians have tested positive the army policy requires direct observation of the person providing the urine Sample within the Bounds of Good taste she said. No one will stare right a you but someone will be in the room to ensure that the Sample does in fact come from the person being  she said people who refuse to be tested will be moved to non critical jobs if they Are qualified and if such jobs arc available. If they re nol qualified for any non critical jobs they la be dismissed from service she said. If they re qualified but no openings exist at thai location they lube Given the option to relocate to an installation that does have openings. If they re nol willing w relocate they la be  those who lest positive can be referred for counsel ing and treatment. The army can Lake administrative disciplinary action against them but the spokeswoman said it s unlikely they would be arrested and charged with use of drugs. The Navy policy on those who test positive will be the same according to the Navy spokesman. Man Euver Accident totals released Kropp. Germany is officials recorded 100 Man Euver related accidents in the five Day bold guard 86 exercise and expect damage claims to reach $5.4 million a spokesman said Friday. Thirteen people were seriously injured and 22 suffered minor injury Ira in whal German army la col. Robert mors said were Road related accidents resulting from troop movements and dirt encrusted roads. There were no fatalities he said. Man Euver damage claims Are expected to reach 11 million Marks about 15.4 million mors said. As of thursday damage claims had reached $3.8 million he said. Blue and Orange forces were concentrated North of the Elbe River along the North sea coast and Southern Denmark. A prime objective of the exercise was the defense of the Nord Osl Sce canal which crosses North Ern Germany from the North sea to the Baltic sea. The Maneu vers Are held every four years at a part of nato autumn forge exercises. Bold guard was linked 10 the Northern wedding exercise which began in August off the coast of Norway. About 65,000 nato troops began returning to their Home bases Friday . Ground troops participating in bold guard included the 4lh Marine assault brigade the divisional headquarter of the 9th inf div and a company fro the 2nd army div fwd based in Garls Ludl Ger Many. Deterrence role of radio Tower net questioned Washington a the question of whether a network of radio towers designed to survive nuclear War will help deter nuclear attack or merely provide new Laretts for one dominated an air Force Environ mental hearing thursday. The service s electronic systems division called the session to receive suggestions u to what element should be included in a draft environmental Impact study on the developing ground wave emergency network or g Wen. Col. Arthur Kishiyama chairman of he division s environmental Protection committee said at the out set of the hearing that one element nol ape for inclusion was the effect that a nuclear War would have on the land and population surrounding the towers. We believe thai a reasonable cause and effect relationship Between the presence of Gwen the cause and nuclear attack in a future War the effect cannot be established Kishiyama said. In fact we believe the opposite is True that Gwen will help deter a nuclear War by enhancing our capability for strategic comm  claims that the communications network inv los attack Are speculation the officer said and the National environmental policy act does not require analyses of speculative impacts.1 but Many of the 14 witnesses representing Environ mental Community and Anil nuclear groups contended otherwise. And they Laid the deterrence policy was just As speculative. Nancy Potter co director of the Gwen project in Amherst mass., complained that an earlier Environ mental assessment document by the air Force made no mention that the radio network would be used in nuclear conflict. The network is intended to relay to retyped orders to nuclear missile and bomber bases nationwide in Case of an enemy nuclear attack. It is designed to be immune to the communications blackout in the upper atmosphere known As the electromagnetic pulse that a nuclear explosion can cause because the network s radio signals hug the ground. Of suspends aerospace firm from new contracts by the los Angela tines Al Cajon Calif. Troubled aerospace parts maker Jet air inc. Up for Sale and facing a 31-Countssst for a Eresly defrauding the government Hast suspended by the air Force from receiving Lutol until the Lega proceedings against company its owner and general manager Are completed. Jet air has 30 Days from receipt of the notice to Appeal the suspension which Mccabe said the company would do. According 10 air Force spokesman Cape Miles Wiley the suspension will become effective oct. 19. The action Means thai Jet air which makes Jet plane parts can receive no new government contracts and cannot be Given an Extension on any existing con tract during the suspension period. The length of the suspension will be determined next month Wiley said. Jet air1 current military contracts will not be affected by the suspension Wiley said. Jet air employs about 240 people and generates annual revenues Ofa bout $12 million Vlasi month the company its owner George t. Sara a and general manager Joao Jaime Costa were indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges that they falsified documents in connection with a contract to refurbish engine air seals on air Force f-15 and f-l6jeis