European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Reagan signs Pentagon Reform Bill legislation described As Milestone Washington Sci president Reagan signed a landmark Reform of the . Military bureaucracy proposals that reflected their most grandiose wishes. The measure also gives broader and clearer lines of shipping Protection a provision the Navy could use to argue its units were Busy Wilh other tasks and could. The 01 10 argue us Urnis try us win.  wednesday thai will revamp the joint chiefs of staff authority of the 10 us commanders across the world not come under a unified commander. And attempt to curb service rivalries that have plagued recent military operations. The culmination of More than four years of work by the Senate and House armed services commit less the Bill was praised by Cagan As a Milestone and the most sweeping Rob Rani Alion of the Pentagon since 1947. Problems thai turned the 1979 iranian hostage res Cue attempt into a disaiiei1 and later plagued the 1983 invasion of Grenada provided much of the impetus for the changes which Center on the joint chiefs of staff the service Heads who help guide military policy it makes the chairman of the pcs the chief military adviser to the president with direct supervision of the pcs staff and creates a new Post of vice chair Man. Critics have argued the existing system yielded consensus positions thai represented the lowest common denominator among the service chiefs and budget who Are responsible for directing military operations in their areas should conflict break out. The Bill also creates a new joint specially area to develop a corps of officers Well versed in joint service operations such As those required by the Iran and Grenada operations. The joint specialists will be protected throughout their careers because their promotions whether or not they arc serving on the pcs staff at the Tine will be reviewed by the pcs chairman to ensure no service is denying promotions because of work on joint projects. The Bill also merges some of the civilian and Mili tary positions in the three military departments army. Navy and air Force. Al the moment each department has two staffs one military and one civilian often work ing on the same issues. And the Bill repeals the Navy s Independent operating authority which gives that service jurisdiction Over naval reconnaissance unti submarine warfare and the Reform move at first Mcl with resistance from the Pentagon. Military officials raised protests in closed meetings on Capitol Hill. But when the political reality of the situation became Clear the protests quieted. The last major overhaul of the Pentagon apparatus came in 1947, when the defense department was formed out of the War department. Until world War ii the services operated As virtual fiefdoms rarely recognizing the others existence an attempt by presi Dent Eisenhower to add Teeth to the concept of joint operations in the 1950s was rebuffed by Congress. Rep. Ike Skillon do. A driving Force behind inc legislation said the measure will encourage the four services to think jointly to plan jointly to train jointly and should inc time come to go into action to fight  we arc attempting to change a military mindset he added. First of bib bomber goes on War Alert by Richardc Gross Washington up the Aii Force put the first of 100 b-1b bombers on nuclear War Alert wednesday the newest weapon in America s a tunic arse Nal that was rescued from the scrap Heap five years ago. The Rockwell International corp. Delivered 15 a lds to Dyess fab Texas on schedule but Only one of 1 hem stood at round the clock readiness for War. Fuel leaks and a missing missile evading part kept the others in their hangars said Gen. Lawrence Kamze head of the air Force systems come but All of them arc flyable and 12 of them could go Ai any Lime he said. There arc 16 four Man bib aircrews at the base near Abilene which will eventually get 29 8-ibs. The bib clearly is the Best most capable manned Peni Laiing bomber in he world today Skan a told a news conference. Five years in the making the swing Wing plane is inc first intercom in Cental Range bomber to join the air Force since the last Boeing b-52 rolled off a Kansas production line june 22, 1962. It is the precursor of a new generation plane now in development the radar elusive stealth bomber whose debut is expected in the Early 1990s. None of the More than 150 b-52s has been retired to make Way for the bibs and the first ones will not be junked until fiscal 198s, the four Star general said. The bibs Cost s19.1 billion in fiscal year 1981 dollars which is below the j20.s billion set for the plane by defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger five years ago Skantze said. But after inflation is taken into account the too plane puck age Cost $27.1 billion i n today s Money. President Reagan revived the bib As part of his j180 billion modernization program for America s strategic nuclear Arsenal announced in october 1981. An air Force bib bomber lands at Offutt fab neb in this photograph taken last year. President Carter scrapped the by in 1977, arguing it was too costly. The last bib is to be delivered in april i9bs,  said. None of Thern is equipped to carry air launched cruise missiles which have been installed aboard the later models of the b-52, Skantze said. But he said the u ibs eventually will gel them. Minor fuel leaks what a Kanlic called seeps and weeps were discovered when the first nine planes were delivered to Dyess in Midsummer nearly half of them affected by running leaks. Those arc defined As a drip that appears after six minutes. Additional contractor technical teams were sent to Dyess to repair the leaks and that problem is largely behind us now a Kanlic said. In addition he said electronic coun term Basurc devices Are missing from three by is because of delayed deliveries from the contractor the ail division of Eaton corp. The division is in Deer Park . The devices which Are installed on most modern warplanes Are used to help an aircraft evade missiles. Ellsworth fab s.d., will be the next base to gel a by b Wing and will receive its first one in january  said. 7 americans arrested during missile protest Matt Lazoen Germany up seven american civilians were among the is people arrested wednesday for attempting to Block Access to the . Army s Pershing ii nuclear missile Stor age depot at Mut Langen a spokesman for the protestors said. Ned Humphrey 29, a . Student at tue Bingen University said All 15 people arrested in two groups for trying to Block army convoys were released by German police after their names were taken for later prosecution on charges of harassment Humphrey said the americans were part of a peace network participating with the West German peace movement in a blockade of the depot located about 40 Miles East of Stuttgart. The arrests brought to More than 400 the number of people arrested since the Campaign for civil disobedience unti disarmament started what it Calls its autumn blockage about three weeks ago. Police said it was not inc first Lime americans had been arrested for protests around inc tiny mul Langen base. Humphrey said a Lota of 4s Ameri cans participated in wednesday s demonstrations before the front Gate of the base. Humphrey said the goal of the current protest is the withdrawal of All Pershing ii and cruise missiles from West Ger Many followed by a reciprocal step in the East bloc. West Germany is the Only country in Europe in which the new nuclear lipped Pershing ii intermediate Range missiles have been deployed by the United Stales. It has 108 of them. He said the americans in the protest group sent a Telegram to president Rea Gan demanding a Stop to nuclear weapons testing