European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 6, 1990 the stars and stripes military Roundup Page 9 by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the army is expanding its Cash Bonus program attempt to offset the sudden drop in first time enlistments. The new one time bonuses Range from $1,000 to $2,000 for those signing up for combat or combat sup port positions said it. Col Alex Angelle of the army a recruiting come at fort Sheridan 111. For those sighing up for Job classifications that already carried a Bonus the offer makes enlisting even More lucrative. Infantry soldiers who were getting a $4,000 Bonus will receive $6,000 until the special offer ends feb. 28, Angelle said. The special Bonus began in october and More than 600 men and women have taken advantage of it he army recruited 1,725 fewer people in october and 1,556 fewer in november than its monthly goals Angelle said. The recruiting drop attributed to operation desert shield has not yet affected the number of people entering Active service. More than 22,000 recruits began duty in october and november Angelle said and most had signed contracts before the mass deployments to saudi Arabia began. A Angelle said the army has a Pool of More than 33,300 recruits who will go on Active duty throughput 1991. A the army a goal for fiscal 1991 is 88,000, which is 1,500 fewer than for 1990, he said. The Navy has also experienced difficulty in reaching monthly recruiting goals although the service met the required number of new Active duty members. In october and november the Navy missed its recruiting goal by 1,686 new contracts. Quot we continue to meet our monthly requirements for new recruits on Active duty but we re experiencing a slowdown in enlistment contracts a a Navy recruiting command spokesman said. The Navy has no plans to offer a Cash Bonus he said. Officials from the air Force and Marine corps said their services Are meeting their recruiting goals. To Quality for the Cash Bonus army recruits must be High school graduates and score in the top half of those taking the Entrance exam. Volunteers must enlist for combat specialities in the infantry artillery or tank Fields. Money is also available to those volunteering to be helicopter mechanics chemical warfare specialists and Graves . Some experts warn that the army and Navy recruiting falloff indicates deteriorating Public support for an american presence in the persian Gulf. A a it a one thing to be Alt you can be and see the world. Its quite another to get your head shot off a Ken Goldstein a labor economist told the Chicago Tribune. A if this goes on it will be unavoidable to solve the problem except by going Back to the -. Pentagon officials have said they Are not considering reactivating the draft at this time. Marines fire Tow missile marines from the 2nd Light army inf in Send a tube speeding on its Way during practice at Camp Lejeune launched optically tracked wire guided Tow missile . The unit is preparing for duty in saudi Arabia _ space Center Houston a Nasa tried to get its troublesome $150 million Observatory working right wednesday As More and More stargazing time evaporated on columbian a scientific Mission already set Back by four years of delays ten percent of the Astro Observatory a 230 planned celestial targets May have to be scrapped because of the trouble with its automatic aiming systems National aeronautics and space administration scientist Ted que said Mission before it was coaxed Back into operation Early wednes the shuttle is working at Peak efficiency Gull said. After a Day of problems monday columbian a astronauts reported Early tuesday that the Observatory a instrument pointing system appeared to be working properly. The system which automatically Aims astros three Ultra Violet telescopes developed glitches later in the Day problems persisted however through the morning. Spa Clab Mission operations controls John David bar toe at one Point informed the astronauts that a this is by far the most stable pointing we be seen so a except that the target Isnit in the Telescope a replied astronaut astronomer Ron Parise. New software later was transmitted to Correct the sensitivity of one of the instrument pointing systems three Star trackers. Fine tuning of the system was expected to continue through the Day. The astronauts used the ultraviolet telescopes pointing system to spot a few targets tuesday but they sometimes had to the telescopes manually a less precise and More time consuming operation. Columbian a 10-Day Mission is the first shuttle flight in enlisted persons of Yea r to be honoured in Stuttgart Stuttgart Germany a the european come will Honor its enlisted persons of the year award winners at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart. The three winners Are air Force senior master sol Randall a Byars army sgt. 1st class Waldemar Estrella and Navy chief Petty officer George r. Cider. Byars is a Tampa Flat a native who joined the air Force in 1972. He is the 7520th Security police flight operations superintendent at High Wycombe air station United kingdom where he has served since 1987. Estrella of Oakland calif., has been a Soldier for 12 years. He serves As an Extension switch supervisor for the 8th signal in at bad Kreuz Nach Germany. Heider began the scr As an aviation anti submarine warfare specialist assigned to the maritime surveillance and recon Force 6th Fleet pet anti submarine warfare operations Center Rota Spain. The Columbus ga., native now is special assistant to the master chief Petty officer of the Navy at the Pentagon. The winners and their spouses receive a free four Day stay at Walt Disney world in Orlando fla., Courtesy of the amusement Park free round trip transportation to Orlando from Delta air lines free Luggage from an to guide and medallions and certificates of achievement from the command. Scotti to take command of 7th medical come Heidelberg Germany or. Maj. Gen Michaelj. Scotti or. Was scheduled to become the new commander of 7th medical come in Heidelberg on thursday. is replacing or maj. Gen Richard t. Travis who will become commander of the . Army medical research and development come at fort Detrick my. The medical command consists of army medical centers in Frankfurt and Lan Stuhl 11 Community hospitals and medical and dental clinics that care for soldiers and their families assigned to Usa eur. In scotties previous assignment he was director of professional services and chief of medical corps affairs at the office of the army surgeon Genera i in Washington. J property sales the defense re utilization and marketing office is conducting retail sales in Kaiserslautern each monday wednesday and Friday through Pec 21.the sales will be held from 8 30 to 10 . In area 100 near the 29th area support group Only identification card holders May attend these Cash Only property sales items will be sold a was is a and All sales Are final. Merchandise includes clothing household goods furniture and stereo equipment. Quantities will vary week to week 6fficialssaiq. Prices will be in dollars. Customers must remove purchases by noon on the Day of the Sale. Additional information is available from the Kaiserslautern demo at ets 483-8692 or the demo european Headquarters at ets 339-3535, j texans Strong tactics draw warning from Charles London apr Prince Charles who broke his right in june warned wednesday against shaking hands with americans especially texans Jfe told a patient at a West London clinic that his badly broken in a Polo Accident is Healing a but he said a done to shake hands with anyone from America a especially texans a a because they shake your hand too hard a said Mabel Newson 79 who met the heir to the British throne at St. Pun stand a Community leg ulcer v the Princess was broken in two places above the Elbow when he fell off his horse during a Polo match. The did not heal properly requiring the 42-year-old son of Queen Elizabeth ii to undergo surgery in september. A. A a ,. A correction an article yesterday incorrectly stated that the air Force had not delayed retirements or separations an action known As a Stop loss a for any of is personnel As a result of operation desert shield the air Force announced a limited Stop loss action in Early october affecting about 2,000 people involved in or directly supporting the deployment
