European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes thursday december 15,19bbaf personnel now have 7 Days to say they Don t want new stateside posts by Deedee Abington Doke Bureau air Porte personnel considering extending their slays in Europe instead of accepting stateside assignments will have to make up their minds More quickly under a change in the air Force s assign ment throwback program. People need to understand that i they dec 10 decline a stateside assign ment they have seven Calendar Days after they re notified of thai assignment in gel in their requests said senior master sol. De Johnson of Safe s assignments department. Previously the air Force did not enforce he seven Day window of Opportunity for requesting a throwback of stateside assignment in favor of remain ing overseas. The decision to begin enforcing the deadline is one of two changes to the assignment throwback program recently announced by the serv ice s personnel Center at Randolph fab Texas the other change expands the pro Gram to include tic option of an indefinite Date of return from overseas or Deros As a fourth alternative for extending overseas hours. Initiated in february 1981, the pro Gram was designed to Cut the number of permanent Changc-of-5 a in moves by offering incentives to Active uly Milt Lary personnel for voluntarily staying overseas longer. The program saved the air Force at least $25.6 million in fiscal 1987 and 122.7 million in fiscal 1988 in change of Dialion funds. Safe officials estimate that the bulk of the saving stemmed from throwbacks in the european come because it has twice the manpower allotted to the air Force in the Pacific come. Assignment throwback s popularity in i Universal however. The warm response overseas demonstrated by More than .5,000 throwbacks in 19s7 and 4,500 in 1988, occasionally has problems for air Force units in the United states stateside major commands Don t like it said it. Col. Don Lamon Lanc Safe director of assignments. They can the difficulties of filling empty . Slots on Short notice contributed to the decision to enforce the seven Day dead line. The program allows air Force Mem Ben four alternatives for throwing Back stateside assignments a 12-month Exten Sion of tour a consecutive overseas Lour within Europe an in pm acc consecutive overseas tour or the new indefinite Deros. Under the latest option Lamon Larisc said obviously people have to fulfil their original tour. Then they need a Uva the air Force 12 months notice be fore they want to in areas where dependents Are restricted the required 12 months notice is sliced to six months. Previously Many people elected a 12 month Extension and then requested a indefinite Deros. By adding the new option inc air Force Hopes to Cut Down on the workload generated by the two step approach Many look to staying Over seas. The program involves a very tedious and meticulous system and generates a lot of message traffic on any individual Lamon Lanc said. Approvals Are based on staffing requirements the Impact on the Gervick Mcm but coming to Lake the overseas position and the potential effect on the unit expecting to receive the person who want to cancel the St Aliide approval rate on throwback re quest n averaging better than 90 per cent but Lamon Lanc cautioned hut the program should not be viewed As a foot proof strategy for avoiding an undesired stateside assignment. Nor is a request Likely to be honoured if the air Force at Urr Utju Imti ii. I sending Kubuj m Bers Back to the United slates Early. In s almost perceived As a right rather than a request Lamontagno said of the throwback program out it s a request not a future tanks will be smaller tougher Jane s says . Bureau tomorrow s tanks and artillery arc Likely to be smaller More survivable and armed Wii i liquid or propelled rounds say the editors of the first edition of june s armoured fighting vehicle systems.". Ful Urc tanks arc Likely to have iwo or three Man Crews. With More advanced Armor and stealth technology to improve their Battlefield survivability a Chris fuss and Tony Cullen the Book s editors. The 480-Page Book by Jane s information group carries pictures specifications and detailed descriptions of weaponry such As armoured fighting vehicle components artillery and Armor and ammunition used by Many of the world s armies. Jane s is Best known forts authoritative annuals such As All the world s air Grafl and fighting i n the new Book s foreword Foss and Cullen outline what they see for the main Battle tanks of the future and or Cilich that the explosive reactive Armor of today will be countered in the future by More effective am munition. They write work is now going on in the areas of liquid proc Llano guns and electromagnetic Genera electric is working on a " 155mm self propelled liquid propellant artillery system while research on electromagnetic guns is also going on in the unite states for tactical applications and strategic defense initiative a Telephone interview from his Home wednesday pass said the liquid propelled rounds already have been tested in the United states the concept which would Likely be used with artillery rather Ihan tanks involves an ignitable liquid fed from a separate drum into a gun behind a projectile. The rounds would be fired by lighting the propel land possibly with a laser. Beam the chief advantage of the system according to Foss is that smaller cheaper ammunition fired by the liquid pro Pellant would be safer and easier to trans port. Units also would be Able to carry More ammunition to the Field he said. Electro magnetically propelled rounds arc being de Signet to provide the Force needed to counter today s Anil tent Armor. Foss said in order to penetrate the new Armor Yogi have to gel the High Foss said smaller rounds also will be used in such guns. They will use some Type of electrically produced Force to fire their ammunition and generators will be needed on the vehicles to provide the Energy to operate the weapon. Such a system using a different probably smaller Type May ire in use in about 10 years he projectile will have substantially More velocity coming from such a gun Foss said. The authors also predict that other new anti tank rounds will be developed to include tandem each casing will be a round to penetrate an outside Armor followed by another that will go through the tank s main editors also believe that tanks will be crewed by two or three people and might Cany larger Caliper ammunition than the 1q5mm and 120mm rounds Nowin use with most Western main Battle tanks. According to the foreword the next generation tank is Likely to be armed with a larger Caliper weapon perhaps 140mm or 145mm, which will mean the installation of an automatic loader to enable b High Rale of fire to be maintained while the vehicle it mov ing across country.". News update Orbison honoured los Angeles a More than 200 of Roy Orbison s friends including Kris Kristofferson and Graham Nash turned out for a Pri vate gathering to Honor the late Musi i Isis by limousine Many of them shunning reporters and slipping through a Back Entrance to the Wil. Pm theater. A Tison died of a heart Attaei dec. 6 in Hendersonville tcnn.,at the age of 52. The evening was highlighted by performances from Bonnie Raill . Souther and Brian setter play ing with his band the stray a reunion of the remaining members of Orbison s last band the travelling wilbury did no materialize. Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne two of the wilbury watched the evening s performances.7th medical come to pay Bills sent to Butzbach families in clinic plan correction a headline yesterday incorrectly Saidi heir Are 51 information Tours and travel offices at army posts in West Germany the create 61 itt offices in 51 communities Janet d Agostino Mac a writer medical Bills for German emergency care sent to 173 military family members in Butzbach will be paid by tin medical omd. The Bills were sent to family member who mistakenly thought the care they received in the Butzbach University clinic would be paid for. Through inc Neucom after hours medical Demon stration project said Dave Stewart spokesman for 7th medical come. A Zbach is part of the project that eventually will provide free after hours emergency medical care for family Mem Bers of Active duty service members in 38. Communities. The program does not include retirees or Dod civilians. ,.- however the agreement Between the University clinic and 7th medical come was not settled until dec. 2, Stewart said. Erroneous information that the project had started earlier May have been spread through the Community causing the confusion he said. Family members who paid Germa Bills should bring the receipt and a copy of the Bill to the Butzbach clinic or lot heir health benefits adviser Stewart said.1 family members Wilb outstanding Bill should a so bring them to the Butz Bach clinic or to the Halih benefits adviser. The total Tab for. The Bills was $8,000, or about $46 per person Stewar said. Under the demonstration project Bill swill not be sent to individuals. Instead a Bill for All emergency treatment Given Lof Amily members will be sent to a military health facility. As of dec. 2, family members who require emergency care when the Eutz Bach clinic is closed can receive free Careal the University clinic. The Butzbach clinic stopped providing 24-hour service oct. 1, -. It now doses at s . During the week and is open from 8 . To noon on weekends Ana holidays. The project was started last january to provide care in army and air Force communities where clinic hours ire being reduced because of staff shortages. So fir 15 communities hive defied agreements Wilh Host nation army locations in West Germany Are am Berg. Bad or Cugnach Baumholzer Crsp Lshwn Darmstadt Fulda Gir Misch garbled the Giessen military Community which includes Butzbach Heilbronn Karlsruhe met Schweiler Schwabish Hall and Wertheim. Zaragoza a Spain is the Only air Force Community so far to have reached agreement with a local Hospital. .".-, other locations thai will won implement the program Are Livorno Camp Darby Aviano a and Comito air Sta Tion Italy Ansbach a Schallenburg u Jesh fim Neu Ulm Sheinberg and sem Bach. West Germany and Bro cum and . Nell islands. in West Germany thai eventually will be part of the project Are bad sibling Bamberg bad Hert Fedj bad kissing in Budinger a Dunhausen Gap pinged Hanau Schwabish ground Schweinfurt and Wei Brocken a
