European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes thursday february 26.1987forces recruitment goals exceeded Pentagon says Washington a the armed services met or exceeded their recruitment goals for the first three months of fiscal 1987, in the process slightly improving their Success in attracting High school graduates the Pentagon said tuesday. Overall the army. Air Force Navy and Marine corps enlisted 8d.900 men and women during the Ihrcke months ending last december slightly above hair combined goal of 80,600. Of the total. 75,300 were new recruits and the remaining i,600 were individuals who had previously served m the military and decided to return. Of the new recruits 69,200, or 92 percent held High school diploma up slightly from inc 90 percent reported during the same period a year ago a Penta gon statement said. The defense department considers this an out standing performance in View of the increasingly difficult recruiting environment in said noting the serv ices face a Strong Economy and a shrinking population Pool of youths from which 10 draw. On inc re enlistment Side three of the four service suffered declines during the three month period Al though the Overall figure dropped by Only one percent age poin from 66 percent to 65 percent of those eligible re enlisting. In inc army j7 percent of those eligible to re enlist did so during the Quarter compared with 62 percent during the same period last year. Within the Navy 67 percent of those eligible re enlisted against 69 percent last year 47 percent of the Mariner who were eligible re enlisted Down from s3 percent last year. Only the air Force reported in increase in retention from 75 per cell to s3 percent of those eligible re enlisting. The Pentagon said in would continue to Monitor re enlistment results closely but in added some fluctuation had been expected during the first Quarter because of a program to offer Early discharges to people who did not plan to re enlist. Of the 80,900 people who joined inc military during he Quarter 69,300 were men and 11,600 women. The army had 35,200 enlistees inc Navy 22,500,the Marine corp 8,100 and the air Force 15,100. The army and Navy slightly exceeded their quarterly  the Marine corps and air Forte matched their objectives exactly of the 75,300 new recruits 56,500 were White 14,800 Black and 4,000 hispanic or other ethnic Ori Gin. Legal hitch blocking completion of new special operations Cornel by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington defense Secretary Caspar a Weinberger has informed Congress that the Pentagon swell on its Way toward creating & new command Structure for the nation s pedal operations forces but further congressional action is needed to Complete the system Weinberger in a report to Congress required by the defense department reorganization act of 1986, tuesday said the Pentagon had forwarded to president Reagan a recommendation that a new us. Special operations come be activated Al Macdill Raffl Fla. The Pentagon however a confronting a Legal glitch on the civilian Side of the reorganization Weinberger said. While Congress ordered creation of the new office of inc assistant Secretary for special operations and Low intensity conflict it did not Amend another Taw thai limits to 11 the number of assistant defense secretaries within inc Pentagon s Hierarchy. Therefore we request that Congress Amend title 10 to authorize a Tola of 12 Assisi and defense  Weinberger said until authorization for this position is obtained direction of the special operations come will be handled bythe office of Richard l. Armilye assistant Secretary for International Security altars Weinberger wrote. In the meantime Deputy defense Secretary William h. Taft in has begun interviewing candidates for the new position. The measure mandating a new Structure for special operations forces was passed by Congress last octo Ber Over Pentagon objections. Its goal is to ensure sufficient funding and policy support for the elite com Mando unit that arc expected to Deal with guerrilla warfare and terrorism. The Reagan administration maintains it has made great strides in improving the readiness of the Navy sea air land teams the army s rangers Green berets and Delta team and the air Force s first special operations Wing congressional critics counter however that those forces still lose out in the internal Pentagon Battles for manpower and Money and have problem working together. As a result the Taw mandated creation of a joint command with authority o direct All special opera Lions forces regardless of service As Well As the new assistant Secretary s Post to place a High ranking official in charge of policy making for the forces. Weinberger in the report to Congress disclosed the Pentagon had decided to disband the . Readiness coma to provide billets and facilities Tot the . Special operations  the readiness come is responsible for overseeing the training and readiness of most of the major army and air Force general purpose forces based in the United slates. Weinberger said responsibility would now be transferred to other commands. The new command should be established by the congressionally mandated deadline of april 16, Al though Reagan must still approve the move Weinberg or said. Stateside Bones unearthed in Tampa May be 1,000 years old Tampa Fla. A clusters of ancient Bones possibly ,000 years old. Have been unearthed Al a City owned water front site being excavated for a convention Center archaeologists reported tuesday. The remains pieces or inc la und can int Bone almost Loo bridle to touch have Bee discovered on the 18-acre site where a car Deal ers in recently was razed to make Way for a proposed 1126 million Cemer. San inc a Rusty Gold color from soil adds he Bones could be he remains of six to 12 indians archaeologist Ken Hardin said monday. He said he believes the remains predate he Seminole indians who arrived in Florida in he 1700s. After testing he Bones will be reburied prob ably close to their original resting ground har Din said. The discovery is not expected to hinder Progress on inc convention Center Sard project manager Howard current of the oily Public works department. Haemophilia a recuperating after heart transplant Pittsburgh a the first Haemophilia a believed Ever to undergo a heart transplant i recuperating after tic surgery. The patient was in critical but stable Condi Tion Tom Chakurda a spokesman for presbyterian University Hospital of Pittsburgh said monday. The 15-Ycar-Otd patient s identity is being withheld Al the family s request. Haemophilia is a hereditary condition in which one of the Normal blood clotting factors is absent causing prolonged bleeding. Navy recruitment offer scuttled by Prospect s age new Bedford mass. A the Navy thought Joey Pina would be a prime Prospect so it invited him to join up and Sec the  the Navy made a Quick about face when it found out Joey is 10 Yean old. The fifth grader said he in t ready to join up. My Mother was t Loo hot on he idea i  he said. The Navy says it sent Joey a personalized invitation to sign tip believing he was 19, we use inc census Lisl to gel names and Dales of birth. Either we made a Gross error or there was a misprint in inc census said Recruiter Howard Carroll. A Check with cily Hall showed thai Joey bom june 21, 1976, was listed with a june 21, 1967, birth Date. The Navy s recent recruiting Effort May not have been for nothing however because Joey said i think Reighl join the Navy  task Force Calls for end to bureaucrat bashing1 Washington a a task fora studying the government s senior management tuesday said bureaucrat Bash ing is driving competent people away from Federal service and should be offset by positive efforts to attract them. The task Force while acknowledging that not All top level officials perform competently recommended More pay incentives and fringe benefits to attract and Mclain those who Are of top Quality. We re not running Way from the fact that there May be some Lack of uniformity in terms of the Quality of inc personnel former Virginia gov. Charles Robb chairman of the 17-Mcm her private tank Force told a news Confer ence. What we re suggesting is the generalization of bashing bureaucrats in Genera is what we re trying to do away with he said. The task Force consisting of elected academic and business representatives prepared a report the government managers under the sponsorship of a research foundation. The twentieth Century fund. The study concluded the top strata of non appointed Federal management con sisting of some 7,000 officials known As the senior executive service arc mostly sophisticated and trustworthy professionals who provide institutional Mem Ory expert knowledge and political skills that Benefit the nation and their Polit ical  however the task Force said these professionals Are the subject of bashing by politicians and the Public who de mean them and blame them for whatever goes wrong. The senior executive service includes such officials As assistant administrator Sal the environmental Protection Agency the d i Rector of the office of nuclear Rej elation and the director of the Johnson space flight Center. The bureaucrat bashing has made i difficult to recruit highly qualified executives the report said. Those currently in government service look enviously to the private sector where their talents will be better rewarded it is a rare political appointee and a rare president for that matter who does not take up his or her office con Vinced that senior career officials Are a offi Cio. Recalcitrant adversaries saboteurs in waiting obstinately committed to existing programs and resistant to new policy initiatives it said. The career officials correspondingly Greet the new political appointees wit whom they must work Wilh scepticism and apprehension the report added. The task Force urged improvement in the managerial Caliper of the non Ca reer officials who assume their jobs by presidential appointment. In said Many assistant secretaries and Agency chiefs have often been deficient in manage ment background. But Robb said the thrust of the task farce report was to focus attention on the non appointed career bureaucrats and recognition of those who to well., the generalization that All bureaucrats Are somehow inefficient. Is extremely  among Lic task Force recommendations higher pay for senior executives and an Effort to keep Horn at parity with pay in private Industry. More policy formation participation by senior career officials. A positive atmosphere of Challenge and recognition to attract Young people to government jobs. Rigorous and precise ethical guide lines for senior managers to avoid an ambiguity