European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It. Gen. David m. Maddox v corps commanders amps Gui Schuet Flarv corps retool for a new Era new strategies for training Community services and jobs by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Griesheim Germany a a proposal to severely Cut the number of foreign nationals on the . Payroll could destroy the army s ability to support its people at overseas bases the commander of v corps said. A i View that As a show stopper a it. Gen. David m. Maddox said of an amendment introduced by rep. John Bryant a Texas. The amendment to the defense authorization Bill would reduce the number of foreign National employees on the payroll by 75 percent Over three years. A i honestly being in Germany done to understand personally the intent or motivation a Maddox said thursday. A if it is a View that Well go Cut local nationals out and hire More americans it won t  however Bryant said during House debate that his proposal was not aimed at How Many foreign nationals work at . Bases but with who pays their salaries. If the German government will pay Quot that s line Quot Maddox said. Quot but if they wont As i said i think its a show stopper. There a a certain level and we re close to it at which you can to support  Maddox said local nationals who lose their jobs can displace family members who technically Are in local National slots. A so i la lose family members out of jobs. Secondly there Are some skills and tasks that they have and per the Way our soldiers and their family members will live work and train after the draw Down should be better than the Way they live work and train today a it. Gen. David m. Maddox _ v corps commander form that i can to get an american Here to  local nationals arc available with specialized skills such As operating printing presses or being butchers Maddox said. Quot How Many butchers Are going to come Over Here to Cut meat in the commissary i done to have any army butchers and i done to have Many family members that on the Side Cut halves of  at the end of june . Army Europe had 39,640 appropriated fund local National employees and 7,053 family members filling local National slots. The latter figure docs not include Berlin. A 1974 agreement Between the United states and Germany allows local nationals left jobless by a reduction in Force to replace family members in slots originally designated for local nationals. Barring a congressionally mandated Cut in the local National workforce however the Community command plan should yield better Quality of life for soldiers and their families Maddox said. The plan revamps the Way the army runs its communities by shifting administration of the army a 37 communities to 12 Hub communities called area support groups. Three communities a Berlin Bremerhaven and Munich will remain separate from the Hub network. Under the plan Many Community management functions that had been performed by v corps will now be performed by its Hub communities of Frankfurt Hanau bad Kreuz Nach and Wurzburg. A the Way our soldiers and their family members will live work and train after the draw Down should be better than the Way they live work and train today a Maddox said. A i honestly believe that the support that will be available afterwards that directly affects you and me will be better. And i argue that we Haven to done enough of this yet. We be got to get  one Way of getting smarter Maddox said would be to install More automatic Teller machines in communities where military Banks close still to be answered Are questions related to a bedroom communities that will evolve As units pull out of communities but personnel continue to live in the . Housing areas. A what services will we provide in bedroom communities without a unit nearby a Maddox  done to have any experience yet. And so there Are some of those issues we be got to wrestle ourselves  during the draw Down the Job of supporting soldiers in communities will be difficult. Maddox said. He said the greatest Challenge will be getting to the end of fiscal year �?T92, v corps currently has 106,000 soldiers an unusually High number because of the units it has inherited from Vii corps which is disbanding. By the end of fiscal 1995, v corps is expected to have the usual corps Structure of 70,000 soldiers. The number of soldiers who will depart v corps during the coming fiscal year is classified a corps spokesman said. A the linkage of what do you need during 1992 and when can you come Down on the support Side consistent with the troop reduction i la be very up front they re not synchronized a Maddox said. A so the concern we be got is if i m in a Community where there a a Large draw Down can i keep the Community Structure there Long enough to get the troops out and then come Down together. That a going to be  contributing to the difficulty is the fact that Many Good employees Are fearing layoffs and seeking new jobs. A a in be got people jumping ship who Aren t in trouble a Maddox said. A i need very Good people there to let that Community go away and when they re done with that i would like to get them hired in a very Good Job in the Community next  Maddox also faces the dilemma of not wanting a to hire someone today to fire them next week a he said. A we will have less Community people on the payroll in 1992 than we have on the payroll today a Maddox said. But he said its difficult to predict the extent of layoffs As much of it will depend on whether people Are willing to move to take new positions. Although the Community command plan has changed much about the corps relationship with communities it still gives Maddox a voice in making sure personnel in v corps get their fair share of resources allocated by Usa eur Headquarters in Heidelberg he said. A if you done to want me in the Day to Day business of communities that s of but 1 still care a lot about Community support because its supporting my soldiers and their family members a Maddox said. A and so when it gets Down to resource allocations a most times that a shortage allocations a 1 want to be party to who gets what. And Gen. Crosbie a Saint has agreed to  Page 14 a the stars and stripes monday september 23, 1991