European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 24, 1998 the stars and stripes go goods shipment policy pays off carriers within . Heed liability Rise by Chuck Vinci i Vitt Hington Bureau Washington a year old policy thai increases the liability of Domestic carriers for loss or damage to military household goods moved Wuhan the United stain already no stars to be paying dividends military officials said. There is certainly a bigger incentive now for carriers to handle shipments More carefully said col. Joseph Marotta. Director of personal properly for the military traffic management corny in an interview Friday. This hits them where Icv feel it most in the pocket  " the system that went into effect in april 1987 increased Carrier liability Loas much As three or four times the old Levels Marotta said. The government encourages the car Rier to first try to Settle discrepancies directly Wilh customers he said. That s sort of inc claims avoidance process. Once a claim is made thai when we get  under the increased lab Italy program the service member submit a claim military Roundup through the local base claims office. The government pays the member and then goes to the earner to recoup the Carrier s Hare of the Money owed. Previously Carrier liability was based strictly on weight 60 cents per Pound of the damaged article or shipment Marolla said. If you had a television weighing 100 pounds he Carrier would have been liable for a maximum of into he said. Now carriers arc liable for the Lota depreciated value of damped articles or entire shipments if lies become lost. Maximum liability is based on the 1ol.il weight of the shipment multiplied by sl.25. Uploaceiline.ufsl2.soo. If a shipment of More than 10,000 pounds is lost the government makes tip the difference in the claim paid to the service member. So with the television instead of recouping Only s60 from he Carrier we could recoup the total depreciated value of dial Brand and Model of to set Marolla said. A tic officials Hope to have a Simi Lar program in use overseas by the end of 1990. But Marotia said there arc More hurdles to overcome before the system can work on the International level. We really have to Start from scratch  he said. For one thing we have service members electing not to Lake All their belongings so we have ship ments going into and coming out of Stor age. There Are some questions about the Issue of liability coverage while ship ments Are in storage. There arc also complications within the moving Industry regarding maritime insurance companies Many of which want to handle claims directly with serv ice members he said. Thai was also a big problem in getting the Domestic system changed Marotia said but a tic officials were Able to persuade Congress that the military should maintain a presence in the claims process la offer additional Protection to Irvi remembers. Whether we d still prevail with the same arguments when we Lalk about International shipments remains to be seen he said. Because personnel have up to iwo years to file claims for household goods damage definitive data on the new sys tem won t be available for some time but most of the preliminary numbers we be seen look Good Marotia said. Industry lobbyists on Capitol Hill have been fighting hard to reverse the change bul the Pentagon s position was bolstered by a Genera accounting of fice report released last month hat sup ported almost ill the a tics positions on the Issue. In fiscal 1985, the government paid 117,2 million out Ofa total of 121.h Mil lion in claims according to Gao figures cited by Marotta under inc new system the government s Bill would have been j 14.2 million. The Gao now is conducting another study thai will Lake an in depth look Al what effect inc new policy has had on the number of damaged and lost personal property shipments Marolla said. The a tic totalled z35.000 personal property shipments within inc United slates last year Marolla said. For world wide which includes shipments moving to and from overseas locations the figure was about 750,000. Ausa to hold 3rd annual Ball at Frankfurt Frankfurt the cd. Abrams chapter of the association of i lie United states army will hold its 3rd annual military Ball May 21 Al the Canadian Pacific Frankfurt hotel. Formal dress is required for the Ball which begins Al 6 30 . Retired army Gen. Jack n. Merrill former . Military representative Lonato and com mandant of the army Field arty school will speak on maintaining the nato Alliance. Tickets arc available through Ausa . Abrams such aplers or from inc 205lh military intelligence brigade for $15 per person Contact 1st la. Bobhy Booker or Cape. Bill Soderb Cra Al ets 331-5421/5337 or the 205lh military intelligence brigade for More information German receives award for saving Soldier Karlstedt. Wesl Germany a 20-year of German. Klaus Sandschulte has received a scroll of appreciation from Gen Glenn k. Olis Usa eur commander for rescuing a . Sol Dier from a burning car on feb. 12. Sandschulte was injured while trying 10 extinguish the flames with his jacket but he pulled the Soldier from inc burning vehicle before 11 exploded another Soldier trapped in the car was seriously injured. The Driver also a Soldier died. The two surviving soldiers Are assigned to the 2nd Arm div fwd. Cubans reported hit Panama bases san Francisco up night raids on . Military installations in Pannu Are being carried out by cuban commandos some of whom have been killed or wounded in fire fights the san Francisco examiner reported Friday. Quoting knowledgeable  agon sources the examiner s Washington Bureau wrote in Friday s edition that the irregular cuban forces Are highly trained specialists in Jungle  the newspaper said the cuban troops appeared to be trying either to provoke . Forces into Embarrass ing engagements with intruders who subsequently escape or to gather intelligence on the strengths and weakness of . Defences. Al least four raids have been reported in the past 11 Days. Reagan administration officials to Dale have declined to identify the intruders describing them Only As Small bands of men wearing Burcu carrying Small arms and using professional Type military tactics to evade . Search parties a senior military officer old the newspaper Hal . Personnel have killed two intruders and wounded Al least six others the casualties were liken Loa panamanian Hospital shortly Nufler the Firest fits and then taken secretly from inc Hospital by cuban diplomats inc paper said. Sources reportedly told the exam mar. Cuban political interests were doing their damnedest to be sure that the casualties did not show up in the Public Eye. The cubans did t want anyone to know what they were  in inc first intrusion april 12 one Marine was killed in Cross five from . Troops. Sis Pho Light Avni global Effort Spring tinning Geti Down to the Bule in Dun Judt Germany with the to Bini of Ibe Tinct la thai in the City s pedestrian in. With the lid of � Cherry picker Norkun nah the pulk Globe impeded Ata the Strtt before mum them Down to Conlogue