European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday August 11, 1991agency to Monitor troop setbacks feared for Black troops official says by Gary Pomeroy Stoft writer Frankfurt Germany a the chairman of the . Commission on civil rights said he will do whatever it takes to ensure that service members in Europe Are not discriminated against during the Force reduction process. Arthur a. Fletcher arrived in Germany on wednes Day to attend the National association for the advancement of coloured Peoples european conference of branches in Frankfurt. During his 13-Day visit to Germany Fletcher will meet with troops in several locations including Darmstadt Mannheim Mainz and Stuttgart. Ltd there is some concern at Home and some Here that unless the downsizing is monitored and monitored closely that Black troops As a whole and Black troops in Europe in particular could be Hurt and suffer setbacks that they normally suffer if things were done on the up and up and without any shenanigans a Fletcher said Friday. A a there a a real fear that some of them Are going to get Hurt a said Fletcher who was appointed to his Post by president Bush in february 1990. A a we la. Take a took and see if there is a possibility of that. And if so nip it in the Bud before it the fears Fletcher mentioned Are real according to one Black officer who claims he faced discrimination recently. Fact Char a i feel there a a conspiracy right now to eliminate successful Black officers from achieving in the ranks and i think the problem is army wide a said capt. Tyrone Cornileus of the 7th air defense arty in Kaiserslautern. Cornileus was relieved of his company command last August in connection with allegations that he knowingly accepted $1,700 in overpayment on his housing contract. The charges were later labelled unfounded after Cornileus appealed to personnel officials with the department of army in Washington. He is currently seeking another command elsewhere in Germany. The seven year army Veteran said he thinks his Case Points to the hurdles that Many Black officers have to Clear when dealing with White superiors. Gen. Colin Powell a Rise to chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has shown that Black officers can achieve the highest Levels Cornileus said but Powell a Success May also be working against other Blacks. A a lot of people in the army despise what Colin Powell Navy capt. Larry Ernst of the Midway accepts a bouquet of Flowers from miss Yokosuka Yuriko Araki. Midway bids Japan goodbye Yokosuka Japan apr a Sayonara Japan a read the giant Banner stretched along the aircraft Carrier Midway a gangplank. Built at the height of world War ii hostilities the famed ship sailed out of port saturday and headed for retirement in the United Stales. Rows of sailors lined the ships deck and waved at spectators on Shore. A brass band played on the Dock and children and women waved Back at least one with tears rolling Down her Cheeks. The Only . Carrier based outside the United states the Midway a Home port was Yokosuka for 18 of its 46 years. Its destination is Hawaii. The ship will be replaced by the Independence which left san Diego on monday for Japan. To Crew members the Midway Sage subtracted nothing from its Aura As the most experienced of the Navy a 15 deployed aircraft carriers. Deep under the 64,000-ton ships four acre flight deck in the blistering heat of the boiler rooms plaques on machines still read �?o1944.�?� the ship is a victim of a shrinking . Defense budget. It will be mothballed probably in Seattle after six months of preparations in which portions of the vessel will be sealed to protect against corrosion. The Midway proved it can still fight earlier this year when it spent 3 a months in the persian Gulf. Its planes flew 3,339 sorties Over Iraq and Kuwait. It was the Only . Carrier with no losses of planes or personnel. The Midway has a jail a Chapel five doctors a dentist a daily newspaper three closed circuit to stations six stores an ambulance and a Post office. The ship was commissioned in september 1945 and was named after the 1942 world War u naval Battle that turned the tide against Japan a War efforts. The Midway joined . Ships off Vietnam in 1965, and its aircraft flew 11,000 combat missions and shot Down the first three soviet made Mig air planes of the War. The following year it was taken out of service for the most extensive remodelling Ever done to a . Naval vessel which included construction of a larger flight deck. A it then returned to Vietnam and helped evacuate thousands of americans and vietnamese when Saigon fell in 1975. It also patrolled the Formosa Strait in times of tension Between China and Taiwan in june the Midway returned to the Philippines to evacuate about 3,000 . Military personnel and their dependents during the eruption of mount Pinatubo. Has achieved and do everything in their Power to prevent it from happening again a he said. Young Black officers have to be twice As Good As their White colleagues to succeed and Blacks often receive harsher punishment than Whites for the same offences he said. Fletcher said he has several ways to help people who feel they have been victimized by discrimination a i have direct Access to the president and this president is very committed to the military a said the former enlisted Soldier who has held a variety of government posts from the department of labor to the United nations. A and in a in a position to file a report. And see to it that the president gets it and see to it that defense Secretary Dick Cheney gets it and see to it the department of labor gets the courts Are another option he said. The potential exists for tens of thousands of discrimination complaints from service members he said. A it could be a Good class action suit a he said. A there May be some real class action potential Over Here depending on the Way this is the chairman said he has had limited exposure to the military in his current but intends to apply what he learns in Europe to monitoring the Force reduction in the United states. Staff writer Randy Mcclain contributed to this report it Spigelmire taking reins a a at Vii corps tuesday Stuttgart a it. Gen. Michael f. Spigelmire is scheduled to assume command of Vii corps on tuesday at the corps Kelley Barracks Headquarters in Stuttgart. Spigelmire who will become the corps 36th commander has previously served at corps Headquarters. His other previous assignments in Southern Germany include service with the special forces in bad Tolz and the 24th inf div when it was in Augsburg he served most recently As commander of the army a special operations come at fort Bragg . Spigelmire replaces it. Gen. Frederick m. Franks jr., who stepped Down As Vii corps commander june 29 to become commanding general of the army a training and doctrine come at fort Monroe in Pir Masens logs 200,000 Accident free Miles Pir Masens Germany a amps a a Pir Masens Soldier logged his 200,000th Accident and incident free mile recently. 6 spec. Ricky a Boyd with the 76th trans co in Pir Masens drove the Miles through Germany Belgium and the Netherlands from april 22, 1985, until july 15, 1991, Boyd is a Long haul Driver making trips that Are four hours or longer one Way said Kathy ports a Pir Masens military Community spokeswoman. In May of this year Boyd had logged 175,000 Miles in his career. He spent his last two months driving another 25,000, ports said. Part of Boyds travels included moving multiple launch rocket system pods from Wolfen Germany to Ems Haven Netherlands earlier this year in support of operation desert storm. Boyd has been in the army for six years and is getting out this month ports said. He has accepted a offer from the , Hunt co., a . Trucking collides with Oiler Manila Philippines up a the guided missile Cruiser Chancellorsville collided with the . Navy Oiler Ponchatoula while on reconnaissance operations in the South China sea. No injuries were reported a Navy spokesman said Friday. It. Lee Saunders spokesman for the 7th Fleet at Subic Bay naval facilities said the two ships a sustained some damage but remained operational and on their Way to conducting routine operations in the South China sea a
