European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes sunday june 24,1990af chief Calls Exchange study a wast but critics cite merger s a Complex issues by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the air Force says there is no reason to study a possible merger of the three military Exchange organizations because the Navy and Marine corps systems can easily be integrated into the army and air Force Exchange service. With a vast global distribution network and extensive support Structure already in place cafes could readily absorb the Navy and Marine corps systems a with Only minor modifications a air Force Secretary Donald Rice told defense Secretary Dick Cheney in a june 4 memo obtained by the stars and stripes. A study of consolidation is a waste of resources Rice said. He urged Cheney to a refocus the Effort under Way from a study of whether to merge to a blueprint of How to merger the Navy and Marine corps systems with cafes. Rep. Marvin Leath a Texas chairman of the House armed services committees morale welfare and recreation pan asked the Pentagon in january to study Exchange service consolidation along the lines of the merger of the three service commissary systems that was approved recently by Cheney. Consolidation to increase efficiency and save Money has become a prime principle of Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood under the framework of the defense management review unveiled last july. Contrary to Rice a recommendation a thorough study of a possible Exchange merger will be carried out said air Force maj. Doug Hart a Pentagon spokesman. A study group chaired by army it. Gen. Donald Jones Deputy assistant defense Secretary for military manpower and personnel policy began reviewing Exchange service operations a few weeks ago and will report to Atwood later this summer Hart said. In an april 27 memo to the services Christopher Jehn the Pentagon a manpower chief said that a Many multifaceted Ana Complex issues need to be addressed by the study group. A it is a major undertaking that cannot be viewed lightly a he said. Rice based his argument on the premise that a consolidated military Exchange already exists. A a cafes serves both the army and air Force operates a consolidated mail order Catalon on behalf of All the uniformed services provides merchandise from its distribution centers to selected Marine corps and coast guard stores and provides total support to the Marine corps on Okinawa a Rice said. He even suggested that the familiar cafes name be retained with the acronym changed to the american armed forces Exchange service. The army and air Force Exchange service is by far the largest system with 265 main stores 16,000 facilities and 1989 sales of $6.8 billion making it the ninth largest . Retailer. The Navy has 139 main exchanges with 1989 sales of about $1.9 billion. The Marine corps has Exchange facilities on 18 bases with sales of $378 million last year. The army apparently supports the air forces View that cafes should serve As the basis for a consolidated Exchange system. A a cafes is a recognized Leader in technology and consolidated merchandise management and should be the foundation upon which consolidation is made a Robert Emmerichs army Deputy assistant Secretary for military personnel management said in a May 2 memo to Jehn. Not surprisingly the Navy is wary of having its exchanges swallowed up by cafes without a thorough review of How a merger would be accomplished. A we fully support the study and think it will do right by All parties involved a said it. Greg Smith a Navy spokesman in the Pentagon. Another Navy official who requested anonymity said there is concern that cafes might not have a Complete handle on the unique aspects of the Navy customer base with its sea Shore rotation system and half the Fleet at sea at any one time. The source said it is Likely that Exchange distribution and support functions can merge but a a there a a feeling that the air Force is jumping the gun and being a Little Pushy at this Point on behalf of  officials at cafes Headquarters in Dallas referred All questions to the Pentagon. , temperatures june 22  y.,r   Anchorage i Asheville a Atlanta i Atlantic  Austin  Billings a Birmingham of  Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo a burlingtonvt.,r Casper of ,c.,1 charlcston.w.charlotte n.c.,f Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati of cleveland.columbia,s.i Columbus Ohio i Concord,n,h.,Dallas it Worth i Dayton of Denver Des Moines of Detroit of Duluth Fel   Fairbanks a fargo.flagstad a grand rapids great Falls a Greensboro,n.c.,Hartford a Helena a Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson miss., f Jacksonville a Juneau Hilo 86 66 93 68 87 60 60 51 86 65 9 66 80 69 102 76 88 69 83 57 91 70 78 44 102 62 07 66 97 76 81 64 85 65 81 45 94 70 82 63 90 72 75 46 73 59 80 60 79 59 94 72 79 6 86 64 92 70 76 59 84 55 77 57 73 59 70 52 99 72 83 61 72 52 75 52 92 49 69 56 83 55 91 72 91 70 90 60 87 73 100 77 77 59 95 70 92 73 57 46 Kansas  Las  Little flock.los Angeles Louisville of Lubbock,1 Memphis i Miami Beach a  Milwaukee f mils St  Nashville of new orleans.new York city.,va.,North  Oklahoma  Omaha a Orlando a philadelphia.phoenix a Pittsburgh r portland.maine.portland,ore.,Providence a Raleigh rapid city.reno Richmond a  St Louis of Sal Lake City san Antonio of san diego.san francisco.san Juan,p.r.,Santa Fel is Ste Marie Seattle a Shreveport Sioux Falls,1 Spokane a Syracuse r Tampa so ptrsbg.topeka a Tucson Tulsa i Washington d.wichita.main a Cloudy a Rains Snow a missing Hilo 79 57 110 81 85 67 81 62 83 64 90 65 86 m 89 79 94 72 70 58 76 57 87 64 88 70 89 70 92 71 79 44 84 62 76 54 94 74 88 69 113 86 79 59 74 57 84 58 88 67 90 73 78 50 93 55 93 70 82 55 80 62 99 72 101 79 73 64 67 56 90 m 89 60 68 55 73 53 96 71 75 55 82 59 86 67 94 74 82 59 12 80 85 66 89 71 85 58 go who fatally shot another Soldier while on guard duty gets 9 months by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern West Germany a a Soldier who shot and killed an 18-year-old private while on guard duty has been sentenced to nine months in jail. Pfc. Steve w. Ganss 22, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of pvt. 2 Byron Harrison 18. The june 13 general court martial also ordered that he receive a bad con duct discharge and be reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Ganss Harrison and other members of 3rd in 44th air defense arty Kaiserslautern were on guard duty March 27 at a Hawk missile site at reitschmied West Germany while the permanent unit took  in a Field training exercise. The soldiers each carried an m-16 and a Magazine containing seven bullets. Although the soldiers were ordered to carry the magazines in their uniform pockets Ganss loaded his weapon according to court documents. Several of the soldiers questioned Ganss on Why he had loaded his weapon but he did not respond the documents showed. Ganss and his partner were relieving Harrison and his partner when Ganss again was asked about the loaded m-16. Ganss admitted in the documents to knowing his weapons selector switch was in the a a Semi position rather than on  but he pointed the weapon at Harrison and pulled the trigger to demonstrate that there was not a round in the chamber he acknowledged in court documents. Harrison was standing less than 2 feet from Ganss weapon and a Bullet Tore through his  destroying the right carotid artery. Emergency surgery at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center  repair the artery muscle and tissue damage resulting in massive blood loss. Harrison was pronounced dead at 8 58 . On March 28. Harrison who had been with the unit less than 60 Days had been in the army less than six months. Ganss from East Northport n.y., has been in the army two years. The stinger gunner will be confined at fort Riley Kan. 4 still missing after Navy copter crash european weather forecast or sunday mostly Cloudy occasionally partly Cloudy with isolated rain showers. High temperatures 58-61 North 61-65 South lows 52-56. Sunset sunday 9 40, Sunrise monday 5 16. Outlook for monday continued mostly Cloudy occasionally partly Cloudy with isolated rain showers. High temperatures 59-62 North 63-67 South lows 50-57. Temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm Adana p 66 93 Copenhagen p 55 64 Amsterdam 1 55 66 Frankfurt p 52 65 Athens f 73 86 London r 52 64 Aviano 66 75 Madrid 55 86 Berlin 54 64 Munich 52 59 Bremerhaven 55 61 Paris 54 64 Brussels r 55 61 Rome i 64 82 Norfolk a. Apr the Navy continued to search saturday for four people missing and presumed dead after their helicopter crashed off the Virginia coast. The -46 sea Knight helicopter went Down about 6 i Miles off Virginia Beach at 12 50 . Friday according to it. Cmdr. Carrie Harts Home a spokeswoman for the Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk. It. Russ Greer spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet naval air Force said the four missing Are it. Jane t. Paradeis 26, of Rice Minn. It. . Jason k. Skubi 24, of Sand Point Idaho Petty officer 1st class Norman  Geisel 29, of Saint Mary a my. And airman John w. Burkhardt jr., 21, of Boyleston mass. Two vessels the Navy Salvage ship opportune and an unnamed 65-foot ship were searching saturday for the four Greer said. He said that by midday saturday some wreckage had been found. The helicopter is from the Norfolk based helicopter combat so 8. The helicopter was in route from Norfolk naval base to the fast combat support ship Detroit when it went Down. A the helicopter was one of two attached to the get Detroit and had been ferrying men and equipment from the ship to the air station a he said. A the helicopter apparently went Down in sight of the  the 89-foot-Long, twin engine helicopter is used by the Navy to resupply ships at sea. It can carry loads of 6,000 pounds at speeds of up to 165 Mph. The Navy and Marine corps Fleet of 340 sea knights was grounded twice in May because of mechanical problems. The first of the sea knights entered the service in 1962 and went out of production in 1971. Problems were found in the helicopters rear transmission and Forward Rotor in May. Navy technicians replaced the suspect parts before the helicopters were placed Back in service according to Navy officials. There is no indication that the crash was related to those problems Greer said. #. The cause of the crash is being investigated. Go jailed for cashing lost travellers checks provided by Del 13.2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures High Low 72 Montreal 66 72 i 88 79 Cairo f Dublin Helsinki f Jerusalem Lisbon. I 50 Moscow 50 Oslo 61 Toronto. High Low 57 0 64 66 79 64 Vancouver f 68 a supplied by the associated press a Cloudy a partly Cloudy Marc a rain. 52 54 59 57 Worms West Germany a amps a a Soldier who cashed $2,000 Worth of unsigned travellers checks that a visiting student lost in Berlin has been sentenced to two years in jail. Staff sgt. Daniel g. Banfield 35, a counter signal intelligence specialist with the 527th military intelligence in pleaded guilty to forgery larceny and making a false statement. He also was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge ordered to forfeit $300 a month for two years and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. While Banfield was in Berlin in August 1989, he spotted a Check Book being swept up with some trash he admitted in court documents. Inside was $2,000 in american express travellers checks that had not been signed by the owner he said according to a spokeswoman for the 21st theater army area come. Banfield initially cashed $1,500 by signing the name Peter Johnson on Botn signature lines on the checks he said. He was tracked Down by criminal investigation come agents after he accidentally signed his real name on one of the checks he cashed at a second German Bank. Banfield. A 15-Vear Veteran will serve