European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition vol. 50, no 56 saturday june 8, 1991 j3 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 35c d 8693 Abill of House braves veto with cuts in Star wars Washington a the House Friday approved a $295 billion military spending package that slashes president Bush a request for strategic weapons while adding Money for military personnel and non nuclear arms. the threat of a presidential veto the House approved the appropriation that largely mirrors separate authorization legislation adopted two weeks ago. The vote Friday was 273-105. The authorization Bill sets spending ceilings. Actual Money is provided in the appropriations Bill. Debate in the Capitol came As weapons from the persian Gulf War went on display of the nearby mall in preparation for saturdays National Victory Parade. A i think the results of desert storm have been a perfect example of How you can be very careful and frugal with the Money we be spent and at the same time build systems that will actually reduce the amount of casualties Quot said rep. John Murtha a chairman of the House appropriations defense subcommittee. Among the similarities in the two Bills which meet the Overall budget Levels set by Congress and the administration Iasi year in their deficit reduction agreement Are a about $2.7 billion for the anti missile strategic defense initiative and $s5n million for theater missile defences. The and ministration had sought about $5.2 billion for the two programs. A no Money to buy four new b-2 stealth bombers in the fiscal year beginning oct. 1. Bush had sought $3.2 billion Lor procurement of the radar evading plane. The administration Hopes to buy 75nf the aircraft priced at nearly $860 million each. A a $990 million Lor the v-22 Osprey Asee Bill of Page 10new military zip codes to help lick sorting woes new zip codes by Janet Hoy Ells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a mail service won t move faster but it will get to the right place More often once new addresses and zip codes go into effect july 15 for . Military members assigned overseas a . Postal service official new address format and zip codes should eliminate mail sorting problems that have plagued mail delivery to Apo and Fpo locations said George Shipman director of military mail improvement for the postal service in Washington. About 40 percent of the zip codes used overseas will be affected by the change. See Chart in sundays paper military postal officials in Europe cautioned however that patrons convert to the new address system such As changing addresses for. Magazine subscriptions until after july 15. Also officials said that patrons have until july 15, 1992, before All mail must be addressed in the new format. In the meantime both their current address and the new address will be valid. As time nears for the new system to take effect More information and change of address cards will become available officials said. A we done to anticipate any problems with the new system a said it. Jack Pabb at Nav eur Headquarters in London. A the mail will get through. We just have to let people know there is an address change so they can get the word out to people that write to he said. Current zip codes for some overseas locations that Are thousands of Miles apart May be so similar that mail is dissent and deliver delayed for weeks officials said. For example the military he codes for Riyadh saudi Arabia and Uxbridge England Are respectively 09038 and 09083. The first three digits of the new zip codes will identify a geographical area such As 094 Lor the United kingdom and 098 for the Middle East and Africa. The new designations will help people Rhode accurately sort the mail until machines eventually takeover the Job Shipman said. In another change that will affect All military postal patrons overseas the last line of the address will be different a All mail destined for Europe the Middle East Africa and Canada will use a a aet in place of the state name such As new York which is used for most eur rope bound military mail. A a apr will be used for mail to the Pacific and a a aah for mail to the americas other than Canada. For example a letter to a in Germany would be addressed. Sgt. John Doe military unit. Car or unit xxxix if army. Or pc xxx if air Force or Nav Box number Apo a 09xxx army and air Force or. Fpo ae09xxx Navy the new system is the first step toward fully automating overseas military mail a . Take years to Complete he noted. Optical readers sort about 40 percent of the 160 Bil see zip codes on Page 10 Here Are the new numbers for various locations around the world Germany United kingdom Spain amp Italy All other european Sites Middle East and Africa ships mid Atlantic and Mediterranean Korea Japan. Philippines All other Pacific Sites a 090 092 094 096 097 098 095 962 963 964 965 All Post Ollices have zip Codo directories Tor Turturo address formats for All military personnel assigned overseas will change. For example letter to a Soldier in Frankfurt a a Germany would be addressed a a source military mail Ollia als is boo Iufer better Friend or foe id system sought a amps re Horvath Crary Sawyer by Rosemary Sawyer Shaft writer Heidelberg Germany the army Stop general in Europe has appealed to army Headquarters and Industry leaders to develop better systems to Tell Friend from foe on the Battlefield said the command s top enlisted Soldier. A in every War. You re going to have some fratricide Quot said . Army Europe command sgt. Maj. George l. Horvath. As a direct result of those cases of fratricide Usa eur commander Gen. Crosbie Saint has been pushing for the army and Industry to look into an identify Friend or foe Iff system for combat vehicles like those in aircraft Horvath said in an interview in his office at Heidelberg s Campbell Barracks. Saint who has visited soldiers who were recovering from wounds possibly resulting from Friendly fire has raised the Issue with army he stall and at a recent Armor conference at fort Knox Horvath said. With such a system vehicles would transmit that would be picked up when targeted by other Friendly vehicles. Army vehicles currently have visual recognition signals hut they Are ineffective when the dust and log of Battle , Llor Vall said. During a feb. 26 Battle in which Friend la tire possibly took the lives and limbs of soldiers Horvath said the. Baule Licud confusion was compounded by smoke dust a in and Darj Ness. The army be can an. Invest cation to determine if the incident was the result of Friendly lire one wounded Soldier has said his personnel Carrier was blasted by a round from an my Abrams tank and that soldiers inside were killed by an Abrams machine gun when they tried to signal they were americans. ,. A it s unfortunate that some of those things happened Quot Horvith said. However he said that even the soldiers wounded by misdirected fire have told him they understand the unfortunate fact of War. A they Don t hold any grudges against the Guys in the tanks or with the machine guns who acc Dently shot them Quot said Horvath. _ in an interview that touched on sever see Horvath on Page 10
