European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 3, 1988 the stars and stripes Page s Navy warns budget constraints expected to lower retention rate by William j. B Artman Washington Bureau Washington top Navy officials warned Congress ital continued Ligh budgets might make it harder to retain sailors As their sea time continues 10 increase. Continued failure to provide the Nec Essary manpower to effectively Man operate and support the Fleet will inevitably mull in Adverse Impact on the sea Shore rotation of our sailors a majority of whom now can expect to spend More than 55 percent of their Navy Careen Onset duty a percentage growing annually . Carlisle . Trust chief of naval operations told the House appropriations defense subcommittee. Adding to the increasing sea Lime Trost said is a Lack of Money for Perma nent change of station move which in creases tour lengths and consequent Lysca to Short relations. The consequences of an increasingly arduous sea Shore rotation pattern and Lack of pcs funds May Well have Ai they have in the past a delayed deleterious Impact on retention troll told the sub committee in it annual review of the Navy i budget. H. Lawrence Garret i acting Secre tary of he Navy testified thai family separation stemming from the High level of naval operation remains the number one reason Why Young officer and enlisted men and women choose to leave the Navy. Garrett said improvements have been made by modifying schedules to eliminate excessive period at sea and ensuring that no unit will be deployed Longe than six months and the Navy re Mains committed to easing family Sepa Galioni. A the Navy grow o meet its global commitments we roust respond with programs and incentives thai protect our sailors and Marine and their families he said. Trost listed his tap buds chary Priori lies As keeping on adequate number of officers and enlisted personnel fair pay and Bate its t judiciously applied Selec Tive re enlistment Bonus sufficient pcs funds aggressive recruiting programs and maintaining reasonable Quality of life programs. Treat urged die subcommittee to consider most carefully what must be done to Correct a critical backlog of building construction and  that he Laid is crucial for training sup porting readiness and maintaining Quat Ity of Tife programs. Garrett said officer cuts ordered by Congress for All of the services also have posted serious challenges to our Abil Tylo Man arid menage the sea services without Meriom hardships for our  while the Pentagon was ordered to cuties officer strength by i percent in each of the past two fiscal years defense toll dais placed More of the cuts on the army and air Force to allow then by and Marina some leeway. Garrett said the ratio of officers to enlisted personnel in the Navy and Marine corps is among the Best in Ibe world and they arc the Only services thai meet Congress requirement of one officer to every 6,3 enlisted members. But while the Navy s officer level is properly sized Garrett said addition Al cuts of 2 percent for the next two years Are not justified. He said officer Quality Ray suffer. Garrett said the Navy s Best officers due to increasing demands from the serv ice and joint duty assignments will have very limited Opportunity for Grad uate  we Are examining ways to Deal with this problem but no easy solutions Are insight he said. Dae to budget reductions. Navy Active and Reserve personnel Levels for fiscal 1989 arc being held to the current figures of 593,200 and 152,600, respectively. Marino corps Active strength for fiscal 1989 hat been reduced to 197,200, while Reserve lev Els have been capped at the fiscal 1983 level of 43,600. This represents a personnel redaction of 9,600 for the Navy and 7,900 forthe Marine corps. W. German police hold Neo nazis raid Stuttgart. Wesl Germany up West German police raided 86 Homes in 61 cities wednesday in a crackdown on Neo nazis a police spokesman said. The spokesman said a number of arrests Wen made in the action that was carried out in eight of the country s 11 states. He said details of the raids would be announced later. The action was directed again members of the National socialist action front which was banned in 1983 by the West German Interior ministry on the grounds it planned to revive the Brown shirted storm trooper units Adolf killer used to break up anti Nad rallies i Mimi Date assault and murder opponents and raid loot and bum Down jewish shops Homes and synagogues. The aids were carried out in the Stales of Badin Wintemberg Bavaria Rheinland Pfalz Nord Rhein was Falen nieders Acthen Bremen Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein under the supervision of the state criminal office of Baden  in Stuttgart. Since the ban the members of the National socialist action front have infiltrated other right Wing extremist organizations particularly he Independent German workers party authorities said. The raids were designed to gather evidence of the comin cd illegal activity of the action front and the extent of us infiltration of other groups. Marine corps Stafe Depar Menf focus on global Security problems by William j. B Artman Washington Bureau Washington the Marine corps is taking 4 hard look at itself including its guard duties at . Embassies around the world in the Wake of a spy scan dal last year and planned Force restructuring this year the corps commandant told Congress Vve have spent considerable time examining our Marine Security guard commitment to our embassies around the world Qun. Alfred m. Gray or. Told the House appropriations defense subcommittee tues Day. I have spoken personally with the Secretary of slate on this  the marines and the state department arc working on the Issue he said. While Gray was not commandant when seven Marine guards at the . Embassy in Moscow were accused Kut year of revealing secrets to female soviet spies tile general said he holds himself accountable for the performance of our marines in their sensitive  improvements in the guard assignment As outlined by Gray include restructuring the guard selection pro Cess with tougher evaluation techniques and providing marines with additional cultural and language train ing. The Marine corps and the slate department arc adopting joint inspection techniques thereby working More closely together than Ever before to identify and rectify problem Arco As Early As possible said Gray who took charge of the corps in j uly. The commandant said he meets with All a Baua Dors before they assume their duties to Ducut their concerns and when possible during trips abroad inspects the marines personally and reports Back to the Secretary of stale. Last month the marines announced that it would allow women to Lake some guard assignments. Women would be prevented from guard assignment in certain hardship peals or where cultural factors would make their position difficult. Gray who testified at the subcommittee s annual review of the Navy and Marine corps budgets Aba said the corps is undergoing a re evaluation to meet his goals for a Bock to basics training approach emphasizing bile Field orientation. A major Effort is being dedicated to studying our Force Structure Gray said. We want to Pirt More marines into infantry battalions Light Armor units and aviation squadrons. Those assets thai Are used mostly in general War such As some of our heavy Armor and certain Engineer and logistics functions May be considered for Transfer to the  Gray said  surveillance remotely piloted vehicles and sew to intelligence functions arc to be combined into a single unit. He said that to put More fight into combat unit while meeting fiscal restraints imposed by Congress and the White House Marine corps Headquarters staff is being reduced eliminating unnecessary Levels  initial focus is on . Off Post housing Bill would help gis avoid Security deposits by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington a congressman from California is seeking defense department support for a Bill that would sul Horine the services to help military members avoid costly Security deposits for off base housing in the states. The bile sponsored by rep. Leone Anulta a Calit follow up on a  tested at fort old f if and Al Luke fab aril. Under the test landlords who agreed to waive Security deposits for  received a guarantee from the military that they would be reimbursed if the tenant left the property damaged or owed Back rent. Although panel a l Bill does not mention locations his office said the main focus at this Point is on stateside housing i would t Rule out foreign countries said one of the congressman s staff members. But right now we re focusing on this  Security deposits in Europe Oflyn equal iwo months rent. However the army Navy and air Force will give  and Vance payments of their overseas housing allowance to help defray rent and Pei us directly related to Economy housing such is Advance rent Security deposits and Utility bids said Sec. Michael Donohue a usar eur r resource management spokesman. Scr inc numbers who request Advance Oha to Paya Security Deposit do not have to repay that amount unlit hey move Dono Hue said. A defense department official said state Side rental deposits often Are running from j1,000 to s2.500. Now that s a goodly sum of Money for a member to have to incur the official said. Under this program he wont have to As Long As he s a Good occupant and lives up id the lease and does t do any  if the military had to pay a landlord for a Scovic member the individual military installation would deduct the amount from the member s paycheck. Under the Law the amount paid to the landlord could not exceed the Normal Security de posit requirement. We re attempting to work with tote department of defense and think we re gelling a favourable reaction said one of Fanetta s legislative aides. As to the Bill s chances of becoming Law the aide noted that it has five co sponsors and then is no opposition Attis Point. It s just a Mailer of getting people to look  the defense department  that the rental program was very Sucre Nup Al Fon Ord however he said we d like to Reserve making comment on the Bill until our review of the legislation  the program also has been tested at of Fitl Nas calif., since novem Ber