European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Civilians reserves army the stars and stripes department of defense manpower budget end strength in thousands 1.096 i Down 21,000. Down 19,000 i tuesday january 30,1990 7281 Down 42,000 Navy air Force 5851 Down 8,000 Down 41,000 marines no 1971 change source department of defense a 1991 a 1989 ass Susan Harris Bush from Page 1 two army divisions based in the United states the 2nd Arma div at fort Hood Texas and the 9th inf div at fort Lewis. Wash. Two battleships would be retired and two nuclear cruisers eight nuclear submarines and 14 b-52 bombers would be deactivated. A savings of $5.7 billion is expected through 1994 from the deactivation of 14 Marine artillery batteries elimination of a weather reconnaissance satellite and reductions in the minuteman ii program. The savings from these cuts would be $ 1.7 billion officials said. After killing some Pel congressional projects such As the v-22 Osprey and f-i4d aircraft and the Phoenix missile last year the Pentagon proposes that my tank production be terminated after the final purchases in 1991. Due to what it terms promising global developments. The Pentagon would Transfer $1.4 billion it had planned to spend this year on sea lift helicopter and artillery programs to help finance the final my tanks and the f-15e aircraft program. Programs proposed for termination in 1991 Are the Apache helicopter. Maverick missile. Air Force airborne self Protection Jammer combined effects munition. Sea Lance ask standoff weapon non line of sight missile advanced Short Range air to air missile a variation to the f-4g wild weasel air base survivability. Chaparral missile my 19 grenade launcher the of id aircraft mod program and the autonomous precision guided munition. A much publicized base closings proposal drawn up by Cheney would save Quot a lot less than $ 100 million in 1991, said Pentagon comptroller Sean of Keefe. Details were to be released later. A Cheney would save Quot a lot less than tails v o Keefe said he could not estimate the savings from planned troop reductions in Europe. Funding would be maintained or increased for a number of advanced technology programs in the proposed budget. The strategic defense initiative or stars wars would receive a $1 billion increase in funding. Bringing research costs for the space based missile defense system to $4.5 billion. The air forces peacekeeper missile also receives an additional $1 billion in funding Over the budget. The proposed pay hike less than expected inflation by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the proposed 1991 defense budget provides for military pay raises of 3.5 percent which is less than the expected rate of inflation which is projected at 4 percent for 1991. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney had said previously he wanted a 4.6 percent increase in an Effort to shrink the Gap Between military and civilian pay Scales. However. That resolve gave Way under pressure from office of management and budget director Richard Darman Pentagon officials said. A in terms of comparability current pay is running about 11 percent behind the private sector Quot a senior Pentagon official said. Another official said the 1991 raise will Widen an eight year Gap Between military and private sector pay department of defense budgeted items Quantity billions of dollars strategic forces a b-2a bombers 5 $5,536 a strategic defense initiative a 4.471 a Trident submarine 1 1.453 a Trident ii missile 52 1.746 a peacekeeper rail Garrison 12 2.836 naval forces d ssn-21 seawall attack 2 $3,669 submarines a ddg-51 Aegis destroyers 5 3.681 tactical air forces a f-15e lighter aircraft 36 $1,845 a f-16d fighter aircraft 150 2.973 a f/a-18 fighter aircraft 66 2.123 a remanufacture f-14d 12 1.118 fighter aircraft land forces a Bradley fighting vehicles 600 $.695 a Patriot missile 817 .909 source department of defense ass Susan har other forms of military compensation such As enlistment and re enlistment bonuses special pay for critical skills and available training opportunities will not change under the proposed budget plan. Military pay accounts for $79 billion of the proposed $306.9 billion 1991 defense budget. This figure is $500 million More than proposed last year. The impacts of a pay raise on the budget arc partially of tact by proposals to trim troop strength the senior official said. One army official expressed concern that the Low pay raise May harm the services ability to attract and retain Quality personnel. A we Are concerned about it but we think the 3.5 percent is a Good number for next year a he said. The army official said he saw no link Between troop cuts and the current eroding pay benefits. Department of defense budget proposals j i proposed cuts proposed increases in current spending 1 i i a 38,000 uniformed a $1.1 billion for j 1 troops Star wars i \ a 2 army divisions a $1 billion for \ a 2 battleships peacekeeper \ a 2 nuclear cruisers missiles a 8 nuclear submarines a $1.2 billion for a m1 tank drug interdiction cd Apache helicopter a Maverick missile 1 source department of defense controversial intercontinental ballistic missile is designed to be placed on Railroad cars during peacetime at military installations and scattered to classified locations during times of National emergency. Also receiving additional funding Are special operations forces something the Pentagon expects to become a Cornerstone of the . Defense posture in the near future. To enhance special forces modifications Are pro ass Susan Harris posed for the c-130 medium size transport aircraft and the Mh-47 and Mh-60 Multi Mission helicopters and the Hh-53 helicopter. Funds arc also requested for weapons ammunition and communications equipment., the budget proposal requests $1.2 billion for military involvement in the president s drug control program. Other advanced technology programs being pursued Are medium launch vehicles Short Range attack missiles a submarine combat system the army a Lex Light armed scout helicopter and the a-12, a highly advanced tactical bomber aircraft program. The defense department also will contribute $158 million to the development of the National aerospace plane. Funding for military construction remains tight. Spending will increase to $5.6 billion from the $5.3 billion in the 1990 defense budget. The amount set aside for family housing is $3.5 billion up $300 million. Training operations for All services would be maintained at current Levels. Real property maintenance funding is increased in order to control recent rapid growth in a backlog of needed maintenance and repair work. Contributing to this report Janot How Tift Terney in Washington news briefs Quayle in Panama Panama City. Panama apr vice president Dan Quayle said sunday that the Issue of the . Military invasion was a behind us and that it was time to focus on Panama s future. Quayle. Who travelled to Panama City with details of president Bush s $ i billion economic Aid package called the use of . Military Force to oust panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega Quot a Correct and courageous decision by  propose pullout by the Washington Post Vienna Austria a the soviet Union is willing to withdraw All of its troops from Eastern Europe within five years if All . And Allied foreign troops Are removed from Western Europe within the same period a senior soviet official said. The proposal by ambassador Oleg Grinevsky Moscow s chief negotiator on conventional Force reductions goes further than any previous soviet offer on troops and would essentially scrap a major feature of his country a defense policy for the past 45  transferred Miami apr deposed panamanian Leader Manuel Noriega was transferred sunday night from the Federal courthouse to a Federal prison South of Miami the prison s Warden said. Noriega who faces Federal drug charges has been held in an underground facility at the courthouse in downtown Miami since being brought to the United states on Jan. 4 following the . Invasion of his country. A general Noriega was admitted to this facility shortly after 7 p.m.,�?� said Warden Stephen Pontesso of the medium Security metropolitan correctional Center 25 Miles South of  suffers setback Saa Brocken West Germany apr social democrats scored a convincing Victory in Saarland state elections sunday the latest in a series of regional setbacks for Chancellor Helmut Kohl s governing Christian democrats. The social democrats the main National opposition party expanded their majority in the state parliament by polling 54.4 percent of the vote to 33.4 percent for Kohls conservative party. Politicians said the vote increases gov. Oskar la Fontaine s chances As a challenger to Kohl in december s Federal elections