European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 31, 1990 the stars and stripes Bonus hikes sought for doctors who sign Long Dod contracts Page 3 physician incentive pay by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington military physicians who sign up for multiyear service contracts would get a significant boost in one of their four Bonus pays under a proposal Pentagon officials have sent to Congress. The proposal would affect incentive special pay an annual Lump sum Bonus of up to $16,000 that goes to about 4,000 medical officers in 14 specialities who agree to extend their service commit ments for one year. The new plan would extend incentive special pay to As Many As 7,627 doctors in 24 specialities All specialities currently on the books and offer progressively higher annual amounts for con tracts of two three or four years. The top Bonus would total $36,000 a year. In a report to lawmakers military officials said they have had encouraging re sults from a multiyear Bonus test pro Gram the medical officer retention Bonus that has been in effect for the past two years. Congressional authority for paying that Bonus runs out sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. The bonuses Are one of the few ways the military can contend with outside influences that draw some of our Best and brightest away As soon As they Are free of service obligations the report said. Multiyear contracts also would raise the Overall experience level of the Mili tary health care Force and give planners a better Long Range picture of Manning lev Els the report said. The proposed plan would Cost an Esti mated $98 million for fiscal 1991, less than the $ 119 million budgeted for exist ing incentive bonuses and the retention test program. In the Long run the use of multiyear contracts will hold Down the amount of funding needed for medical special pays because the Pentagon will not have to Bear the High costs of training As Many new physicians As it would if Only one year bonuses were offered the report said. House and Senate armed service committee staffers have not had a Chance to study the report but Congress historically has supported any program that can increase retention in the Many chronically understaffed military medi Cal specialities. Currently an orthopaedic surgeon with physicians in each specially would get the following incentive special pay per year for signing renewal contracts under the Pentagon proposal. Year renewal _. _ medical specially one two three four 1. Surgery orthopaedic general peripheral vascular paediatric Colon rectal euro plastic and cardio thoracic 2. Opt apology urology Anaesthesiology Otorhinolaryngology radiology nuclear obstetrics gynaecology 3. Cardiology dermatology 4. Psychiatry gastroenterology emergency Medicine internal health paediatric specialities 5. Aerospace Medicine 6. Undersea Medicine 7. Pathology neurology internal Medicine family practice paediatrics physical Medicine preventive occupational health $16,000 $22.000 $29.000 $36,000 16,000 20,000 26,000 32,000 10.000 8,000 3,500 3,000 2,000 12,000 11,000 5,500 5,000 4,000 14,000 13,000 7,500 7,000 6,000 18,000 15,000 11,500 11,000 8,000 includes allergy and immunology clinical pharmacology endocrinology gerontology homa ology infectious disease oncology Noah urology pulmonary Rheuma ology and tropical includes adolescent Medicine cardiology endocrinology  gon Otlis Horam ology infectious disease neonatology Nephron orgy and neurology. Source defense department the rank of lieutenant colonel and 14 years service earns $40,824 a year. The same surgeon who is married has two children and lives in Washington also receives $8,143.20 Basic allowance for quarters $4,446.24 variable housing Al Lowance and $1,487.04 Basic allowance for subsistence. The surgeon also annually gets $6,000 is Susan Darns Board certified pay $15,000 additional special pay $12,000 variable special pay and $16,000 incentive special pay. Total annual pay equals $103,900.48. Under the Pentagon proposal the last incentive pay would increase to $36,000per year if the surgeon agreed to sign up for an additional four years. That s four year Bonus of $ 144,000. Nato should station naval Force in Mediterranean Admiral says by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau aboard the italian frigate euro nato should push ahead with plans for a standing naval Force in the Mediterranean according to the commander of the Alliance s Southern sea command. Italian . Antonino Geraci said a med based nato Force would Cost participating navies very Little since most expenses could be covered by funds already allocated for Normal training. If established it would be similar to groups operating in the North Atlantic and English Channel. Geraci the commander of Allied naval Force Southern Europe said the Force was first proposed in 1988 and was reaffirmed by nato ministers last no vember. Developments in Eastern Europe May have led to a Little stagnation in its evolution he said. Geraci made the comments during a monday news conference aboard the euro which has been serving As the flagship of nato s on Call Force Mediterranean. The Force was operating near the islands of Elba and Corsica. The latest exercise includes six ships each from a different Natona Tion and Marks the 40th activation of the on Cal Force in the past 20 years. Geraci said Allied participation in the current activation is encouraging. The presence of units from West Germany not Mediterranean nation and Spain and France which do not belong to nato s integrated Mili tary Structure Demon Strates the importance of the Mediterranean to All of nato Geraci said. The integration was such that it was difficult to distinguish the nationality of one ship from  the Force was activated april 17 in Trieste Italy. During a record 45 Days of operation the Force operated in the Western and Cen trial Mediterranean. It is to disband on Friday. Geraci israelis smash attack by palestinians Niz Anim Israel a palestinian guerrillas install speedboats launched a two pronged attack on israeli beaches crowded for the shavuot Holiday wednesday. Israeli soldiers killed four of the raiders and captured 12 others. No israelis were reported killed or injured but thou Sands were forced off beaches on the festival of weeks Holiday which Marks the giving of the ten command ments. Israel armed forces radio said the Mother ship came from Libya and the guerrillas had planned to kill civilian sin Tel Aviv. Police ordered thousands of other residents near the Beach to stay at Home. Soldiers and Rifle toting Farmers manned roadblocks from the Southern Edge of Tel Aviv Down the coast to Ash Elon. An  spokesman said the attackers were palestinian but did not identify the faction to which they belonged. It was Well planned but As far As we know totally unsuccessful said an  spokesman who could not be identified in keeping with  regulations. Army radio said a Mother ship in the Mediterranean sea launched several smaller speedboats with guerrillas. One squad landed about 10 . On an empty stretch of each at Niz Anim 18 Miles South of Tel Aviv. A second boat was captured As it headed for Central Israel shortly before 10 .,  officials said adding the  was to carry out murders in Tel  an israeli who was on the Beach near Niz Anim with his wife and children said All the attackers had been killed or captured in Little More than 30 minutes. We heard some firing 1 saw a boat coming in very fast from the sea onto the Beach. Minutes after that a couple of israeli patrol boats came into the area and started shooting in the direction where the boat had landed said the Man who declined to give his name. The firefight continued for about half an hour and the helicopters flew in and started shooting in the same  a reporter who reached the Beach several hours later Sawa 21-foot fibreglass boat with a Large outboard motor. It was surrounded by four  jeeps and 30 soldiers. Weather s better when forecast snaps with rap Pittsburgh a charts and graphs Are mighty Boring weathermen can leave you snoring but use some rap and Fate be Willi you la know real soon if it s hot or chillin. To add some spunk to weather reports a syndicated forecaster rapped to the music of tech no tronic on tuesday and his word was heard from Boston to Kansas City. Somebody put me up to it last week said Elliot Abrams of acc weather inc., which sup plies local forecasts to radio stations across the country. They said the Only thing they Haven t heard me do was a rap  listeners in Pennsylvania and Ohio heard the version tuesday. Stations in Boston Cincinnati and Kansas City mo., had rap reports monday. Elliot has a lot of poetic lines in his system and they re trying to get out said Mark Helms executive editor at Kew am an All news Sta Tion in Philadelphia. It s not something we would try every  the forecast for Pennsylvania was now dudes Are wondering what comes Here next so i la be Reading from this text the word is going to bring no sorrow cause rain that s herein gone tomorrow. It s raining. Thump thump thump it training. Take this message to the Street tomorrow will not bring any heat the Clouds will leave but it stays Cool so Wear a coat Don t be no  the translation rain on tuesday then Clear ing and cooler. He sounded Good with it. I was stomping my foot said John Cigna the morning Host on Kaka am in Pittsburgh. The music was from techno tronic s pump up the Jam album