European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A wednesday february 20, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 Dod criticizes Solo Tours proposal. I by Chick Inch Washington Bureau Washington adopting 12-month unaccompanied Tours Tor All overseas assignments As some lawmakers have  cripple military retention and add As much As halt a billion dollars to the Welense budget. Pentagon officials contend a a i his is a lose lose proposition with obvious implications Tor morale retention and readiness warned a recent Pentagon report sent to the House and Senate appropriations committees. Some members of Congress View the yearlong Tours As a Way to Cut military Manning and Money and asked Tor a defense department study. However the Pentagon report argues that the Shorter unaccompanied assignments would actually raise costs. A j a a a a a a a a a a. For example it now costs about $3.6 billion a year to support the 4is,000 family members overseas. Keeping families in the United states and shortening Tours would produce new costs of almost $4.1 billion the report said. Among the new expenses a would be Inore than $700 million if increase reassignment costs since about half the Active duty Force would be going to or coming from overseas Tours each year according to the report. With so Many More personnel Hwy transit Active duty strength would need to be increased to main Tain acceptable unit Man Ning Levels resulting in a another $025 million in new manpower costs experts estimate. In addition the report estimates that costs for housing allowances find family separation allowances Quot would total about $1.1 billion if the services switched to the Shorter Tours. The Price tag would grow even larger because of increased retention costs and the need to convert family housing overseas to unaccompanied quarters and expand support services for families in the United states. A accompanied Tours Are the least exp pensive Way to meet our current commit ments  Christopher icon. The Pentagon s manpower chief said in a cover letter to the. Report. Aside Freih the Cost factors the report says that such a policy change would drive Many people out of the service since personnel could count on spending at least five Venus of a 20-year career overseas without their families. For some . The Situ a Tion w Oil id be far worse. Among those hardest Ini could be air Force a revs for some aircraft. Particularly t he f-111 fighter bomber since More than half those aircraft Are based  the12-month unaccompanied tour policy an air Force Al 11 Crew member theoretically could spend More than 11 years out. Of 20 overseas a without his family. I Quot in practice he would no the report said. A the would leave the an Force instead Quot the current desire he some lawmakers to shorten overseas Tours and keep family members at Home would reverse pm rent a ohcs. The trend through much of the i sos has been to reduce reassignments by stabilizing personnel overseas As often As possible with their families.  s the smartest Way to go a asked one  Many people do we need overseas How should we support them a How does the situation in the soviet Union and the War in the Middle fast Factor into our personnel policy making a i Don t think anyone is sure about the answers to those questions yet a lie said a but one thing we do know is that repeated surveys show family separation to be the single biggest Quot reason that people leave the might air. A a if you increase the amount of time service novembers Are separated from their families Vou Only make that situation  Cranston Calls leak of panel s plans malicious Washington a sen. Alan Cranston on monday Quot described As a a malicious leaks to reporters about Senate lillies committee plans to discipline him for his role  scandal surrounding financier Charles Keating. A these malicious leaks constitute a violation of ethical behaviour at least As serious As anything of which we senators have been accused a the California Democrat said in a letter to the committee. The committee has been investigating charges that Cranston and four other senators received Campaign contributions and favors from Keating while bringing improper pressure on regulators looking into activities of his floundering Lincoln savings and loan association t he Irvine Cali institution has since become one of the most spectacular casualties of the savings and loan debacle. Its Rescue will Cost taxpayers about $2 billion according to some estimates. According to several published reports the committee tentatively plans to recommend a Public rebuke of Cranston by the full Senate. These reports also said the panel is less inclined to punish the four other lawmakers under investigation. Cranston who has announced his retirement at the end of his current term in i9d2, told the committee lie reacted to a published report sunday of the committees intentions with a roaring  Quot the arrogance and contempt for the committee which the leaders show is evidenced by the tact that this latest leak comes Only Days alter Theng Ommittee chairman and vice chairman formally initiated a general accounting office investigation of leaks from the commit  Cranston said. Quot some time ago. The chairman and the vice  characterized the earlier leaks As largely  a Cranston said. Quot is that also True about the current leaks it so. I Call upon Vou to so stale publicly. If they Are True. I am even More concerned by what the leaks reveal about what is occurring within the committee a Cranston said that a every single leak has put one Sena torte  a Republican senator among us five in the most favourable Light he also suggested that the latest Rcpt its could be a a a rial balloon to see if the Public will be appeased sufficiently it Only one of us is thrown into the lion s Den Quot other subjects of the probe Are senators Don ild Rie Gle a Mich John Glenn d Ohio Dennis de Concemi. Danz and John Mccain. K an Ford issues recall of 3,900 capris for Hose repairs Dearborn Mali him i Oid motor co. Announced monday the recall of about 3,w0 ii Model capris with automatic transmissions Toi replacement of transmission of cooler hoses and clamps John p. King parts and service engineering office manager in the parts and service division said owners were being notified by  King said the cooler Hose could disconnect from the transmission allowing transmission fluid to discharge and come in Contact with the engine exhaust manifold or exhaust pipe Ford is aware of 11 apparently related owner reports with five alleged fires he said. No injures were report. Cd. Owners will be asked to return the vehicles to dealers for free installation of a revised Hose Clamp and protective sleeve. All of the affected vehicles Are located in the United  hit by chunks plane but no one Hurt water water nowhere a Rowboat sits High and dry while moored at Lake Pillsbury in Northwestern California. The Lake was drained last fall to accommodate expected Winter run off but a Lack of precipitation throughout the state has left water Levels far below Normal. Lake Pillsbury is located about 70 Miles North of Santa Rosa. Quot Charleston a a military transport plane inst part of an engine cover w Hile in flight dropping several 230-Pound Metal pieces on a housing subdivision shortly after Takeoff an air f orce spokesman said. No injuries or damage were reported sunday when the c-i4i transport lost several parts of an engine cover Over the West Ashley Jiei Huboi Hood. An i orce master sgt. Joe Walls said 1 he liar Sporl landed safely lie said. The Pilot declared an eni exigency shortly after Takeoff from Charleston at. Reporting that the Craft Hail possibly struck a Bird. Walls said. One engine lost both its inboard and outboard cow Lings lie said. Air Force Security officers and maintenance workers recovered the pieces