European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes sunday. May. 1989 overhaul officer schools panel asks Dod Washington a the Penta gon needs to improve military schools for intermediate and senior officers by upgrading faculties and making course work tougher according to a report by a House armed Semi . What i would like to see us do is return these schools to their former pre Mier positions that we had before world War said rep. Ike Skelton. Do. The chairman of the panel that spent a ear studying the graduate schools of the four military services and the Penta gon. The panel on Samurda released a 205 Page report calling for a greater focus on formal military education and increased cooperation among the services. In military strategy terms there has not been a determination of the Center of Grav Ity in the curricula on which each level of schools should the report sail. H said the system is now marked by i diffusion of Ellerts and unnecessary redux Skaton called the study the first comprehensive review by Congress of the five intermediate command and staff colleges which traditionally Are for majors senior captains or lieutenant commanders and the five senior War colleges which Are for colonels and lieutenant colonels or Nav commanders or captains. About 3.000 . Officers attend the pro Grams each year. Although Skellon described the Overall system As he said there Are significant shortcomings. The report called for tougher course work As Well As More graded examinations papers and reports and Small discussion Minars instead of Large Lewtuich classes. The report criticised the two air Force schools for having the most classroom hours with passive such As Ludi orium lectures symposiums and films. At the senior la vol air War College. 2 percent of the Core curricula relied on passive compared with 10 per cent at the army s intermediate school at tort la Vanworth. Kan. More civilian teachers should be hired at some schools the report said. It urged More emphasis in the military on teaching As an important assignment most officers now Sec command and Headquarters Slaff duty As the Way to the top. In some instances it s the kiss of death to be named to teach in some of these schools Skelton said. The panel intends to introduce legis lation to give All of the military services the a ily to fix Independent pay Scales for civilian teachers something Only the Navy can do now. Not enough Navy officers attend the schools with Only k percent going to both the intermediate College of naval com Mand and Stafl Aud the senior level College of naval warfare the report said. It also said the Best officers generally go Only to the senior school. The Navy contends that the demand for officers has grown with the expansion of the Fleet leaving fewer available for professional schooling. Last fall the panel issued preliminary recommendations that included revising the National War College in Washington and making it the National Center for strategic studies focusing not Only on Mili tary strategy but political economic and diplomatic matters. Congress rising up against Craft s grounding funds sought for Osprey Washington a defense Secretary disk Cheney frices a major Halle with Congress Over the Cancella Tion of the v-2 Osprey Ai Israfl which is a favorite of the Marine corps and Capitol Hill. Of All the cuts Oines has pro posed the most dil Fifolt to get is the v 22." House armed services chairman Asp. A wis. Said Friday hours before the Pentagon announced that it would nol spend additional funds to continue the Pigrum for another five months. Stay tuned Asp said. Lawmakers responded with outrage to Cheney s initial announcement that he would eliminate the $25.9 billion program Afier an investment of nine ears and s billion in the Battlefield aircraft designed to take off like a Heli copter and Al like an air plane Cheney called the decision painful but and the program would have to go As he slashed $10 billion m fiscal i9 k spending under the budget Compromise reached by the White i Louse and engross. The Pentagon had planned to spend $25.9 billion on � ospreys. Including s i.1 billion in i to. Hopes of congressional supporters were raised thursday when Deputy defense Secretary Donald at Wood or. Indica cd that the Pentagon was considering a re Prieve for the aircraft As hell helicopter text Ron inc. And being helicopter co. Threatened to Hall work on the project. The v-22 Osprey which is encounter Inu us Delary turbulence in the porn purim cruises serenely through the air. Lale Friday however the Pentagon said the v-22 would remain on the fiscal 1990 budget cutting floor and warned the con tractors that they were expected to com plete the work required under their list in 1989 contract which expires sept. 30. The contractors meanwhile said they had suspended their threat of layoffs for the moment citing the Strong bipartisan con Gressional support for the v-22 that support for the a Spray is emerging from the powerful Marine corps lobby on Capitol Hill and the concerns of influential lawmakers the ranking Republican on the i Louse armed services committee said. The Marine lobby per be is As Tough As the aka National Rifle association said rep. Bill Dickinson of Alabama who noted thai after the considerable invest ment the marines Don t want to see a wasted Effort on their rep. Frank Mcclosky d-lnd., a Mem Ber of the House armed services commit tee said that year after year the marines have made the v-22 their highest priority. 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