European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday junes 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 military Roundup of major general named to nato s military panel Washington a president Reagan has nominated air Force maj. Gen. Robert d. A pc to become Deputy chairman of the North Atlantic treaty organization s military com Mittee Pentagon officials said. Assuming Senate confirms i Ion. Acc Tel also would be promoted to lieutenant general unmoving to the new Job. The military committee is composed of the top military officers from nato s member countries. Beckel 50, of Walla Wail Wash no is chief of staff of the strategic air come. At nato he would replace vice . Jona than t. Howe chosen by Reagan As military assistant to . William Crowe the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Howe 51, is a native of san Diego Calif. Navy Secretary picks Gray As new Marine chief Washington a the Secretary of the Navy has recommended it. Gen. Alfred m. Gray or. As the next commandant of the Marine corps but defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger has yet to Forward Gray s name to the White House for final approval. Pentagon officials said. Gray currently the commander of Fleet Marine Force Atlantic would receive his fourth strand replace Gen. . Kelley if he is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Kelley by Law must step Down As the corps con Nanaji later Iii month after serving four years in the Post. The 58-year-old Cray a native of Point pleas ant Beach n.j., has served in the corps for 37years, starting out As an enlisted Man. Trained As an artillery officer Cray served Sev eral Tours in both Korea and Vietnam. His service in Vietnam included work As a commanding officer during the evacuation operations that accompanied at fall of South Vietnam. Dod War on fraud fuels Rise in 1987 debarment Washington a the Pentagon s War against contracting fraud led to a record number of Debarr nems during the first half of fiscal 1987, with 230 individuals or companies losing their right to bid on defense contracts the de sense department said thursday. Another 204 individuals or companies Drew temporary contract suspensions during the six months ending March 31, the Pentagon s inspector general said in a report to Congress. The previous High for debarment during six month period was set during the toilet half of fiscal 1986, when 222 individuals or companies lost their right to bid on Pentagon contracts. The inspector general s report mandated by Congress also disclosed that the Pentagon and . Army corps of engineers auditors bad saved the government More than $2.3 billion during the period by challenging questionable awards or practices. Shape to get Nelson As operations Deputy chief shape Belgium Mai. Gen. Michael  win become the assistant chief of staff for operations supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe on june 24, Gen. Bernard  announced Friday. Nelson presently Safe chief of staff trams teen a Germany succeeds maj. Gen. Randall d. Peat who will become chief of staff at the strategic air come. Army s training Center to get new commander Heidelberg Brig. Gen. Raymond e. Haddock 56th Field any commander since 1934, has been selected for promotion and to become . Army training and doctrine omd chief of staff in Alexandria va., u5ar eur officials said  will be replaced by Brig. Gen. Roger k. Bean assistant Cinander 9th inf div in for Lewis Wash. Soviets expected to Speed buildup of Pacific forces Yokota a Japan a the soviet Union has concentrated recently on improving the Quality rather than the Quantity of its Pacific forces but is expected to Speed its buildup in the future . Military officials said. Within he past year. They have continued to make qualitative improvements said maj. Gen. Richard Gustafson. Deputy commander and chief of staff of the . Forces Japan. But As far As Quantity goes they be  Gustafson told reporters visiting Yokota a West of Tokyo that although soviet forces outnumber our combined american and Japan forces in the Northwest Pacific. I believe Overall there is a reasonable balance capability in conventional forces. When the soviets have improved their forces we be attempted Loim prove ours said Gustafson. He declined to comment on the nuclear bal Ance in the Region. The . Military expects the soviet buildup to increase in coming decades i. Col. Fred Collins later told reporter sat a separate briefing on the us. Forces in Japan and heir concern. Here in Asia soviet military Power has increased rapidly and relatively quietly Over the past two decades he said. Today the soviets Are increasingly capable of successfully executing Mil itary operations in the far East in general and the Northwest Pacific in  he said the soviets have taken major Steps since the 1960s to improve the capabilities of their air Force sin the Region and now base 2,200 mostly Modem Tacti Cal aircraft in the area. He said that since the soviets have increased the number of ground attack regiments from 15 to 21 since 1978, projections Are that significantly More new fighters such As the Mig-29 fulcrum and the Su-27flanker will be deployed to the far Eastern military District by the 1990s." Collins said the soviet Union has 162 ss-20 missiles in the far East and is expected to increase their num Ber by the end of the decade. He also said the soviets arc expected to deploy a Large number of Dew Long Range air sea and ground launched missiles in Ibe area in future. At sea Collins said the size and sophistication of Tuwa air fore be naval air facility . Military facilities the soviet Pacific Fleet has increased substantially since lie 970," it is now the largest of the soviets four fleets with683 surface combat and auxiliary ships including two aircraft carriers and More than 113 submarines he said without giving counterpart . Figures. The soviet also have 57 divisions stationed in Asia. Including three divisions in Mongolia he said without giving troop numbers. According to the japanese de sense Agency the soviets have about 470.000 out of their 1.94 million troops in the far East 01 roughly 10times the number of a decade ago at the end of but year the United Stales had More than 100,000 military personnel in Asia with More than 60,000 in Japan according to . Government statistics. Yokota one of two air Force Baso on the Mai japanese Island of Honshu is the primary . Mili tary Airport for Mainland Japan according to . Greet Leader insists . Request renegotiation of bases agreement Athens Greece a after meeting with a vis iting . Official on Friday Premier Andreas Papandreou again insisted the United slates should openly request negotiations fora new . Bases agreement. If they the United states wish they can make request it s up to them to pick the Lime. We re wait ing Papandreou told reporters after a 60-Mirtule meeting with Edward j. Der Tiraki undersecretary of state for Security assistance science and technology. Papandreou who came to Power in 1981 pledging to shut Down the four . Bases Here now say he is willing to negotiate a new agreement which would be submitted to a referendum for approval. The socialist Premier also says the new bases negotiations must be linked to what he Calls Greece s National issues meaning a Complex web of disputes with neighbouring Turkey Over the Aegean sea and the divided Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. The current five year bases agreement expires i december 1988. Derwinski on a get acquainted trip to Turkey Greece and Egypt said his meeting with Papandreou was practical and  " it was very constructive very helpful and in the spin of consistently Good and always improving . Greek relations he told Reponen outside the pre Mier s Home in the Athens suburb Aff Castri. The United states has operated tour bases in Greece two near Athens and two on the Island of Crete As Well As 20 Small communications facilities since 1953, Greece gets More than 1300 million a year in military credits As a form of rent for the installations. Dud grenade injures 2 in israeli bus Tel Aviv Israel a two soldiers were injured when an assailant threw a grenade thai did not explode into an israeli bus Friday the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the six Day War a first Ai official said. The jewish stale s Victory in the 1967 Arab israeli War resulted in the occupation of the Ecsi Bank Gaza strip East Jerusalem. Golan Heights and Sinai Penin Sula Israel annexed the Golan Heights and East Jeru Salem and Ibe Sinai eventually was returned to Egypt under terms of the 1979 israeli egyptian peace treaty. Emergency medical spokesman Moshe Dayan said the grenade attack occurred at about 9 20 . At the beit Dagan Junction four Miles Northeast of Downto Tel Aviv. Dayan said the grenade hit a male Soldier in the head wounding him. The grenade then rolled to the floor of the bus remaining Mere in live condition he said. A female Soldier was treated for Shock Dayan said