European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 31, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9defense cuts torpedo state s industries Groton Conn. Apr the cold War has been won but the spoils of Victory May belong to someone other than the 21,000 workers at the electric boat Yard. They stand to lose their jobs As a result of $50 billion in defense cuts proposed tuesday by president Bush. He called for reducing the number of sea Wolf attack submarines being built by electric boat a division of general dynamics to the one already under construction. Quot i done to figure ill be Here by the end of the year a said Mike Dreimiller a computer systems analyst at the shipyard for 10 years. But Dreimiller 32 and single said As he ordered lunch from a Vendor outside the Yards main Gate wednesday that he so one of the Lucky  a president Bush treats the labor Force like a disposable razor a complained Union representative Tom Teixeira a 32-year shipyard Veteran. Across the nation the mood was somber As several big defense contractors faced the possibility of Large layoffs. A in Southern California Northrop corp. Learned that the president wants to Cut construction on the b-2 stealth bomber program from 75 to 20 planes to save $14.5 billion Over five years. The move would eliminate at least 1,500 jobs. A in Washington state Seattle based Boeing corp., a major subcontractor for the b-2, could lose As Many As 2,000 jobs this year. A in Colorado Bush a proposed scrapping of the w-88 missile warhead program would eliminate 4,100 jobs at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant Over three years. But Connecticut where a 1990 study determined that a third of the states 1.5 million workers depend on the defense Industry has been particularly hard hit. At electric boat officials had already said they anticipated laying off 10,000 of their 17,000 Groton employees by 1997 As work on several submarine programs winds Down. The company employs 4,000 More workers in Rhode Island. The move to slash the sea Wolf program to one submarine a the Navy had once wanted As Many As 36 at $2 billion apiece a threatens the company a survival said spokesman Neil Ruenzel. Electric boat which has been bidding submarines since 1924, is Connecticut a second largest private employer. It pays $14 million a year in state and local taxes and has a payroll of $421 million. Wednesdays action also follows by a week the announcement by United technologies corp., the state s largest private employer that it plans to eliminate 13,900 jobs including 6,400 in Connecticut. The Hartford based aerospace giant whose divisions include Pratt amp Whitney Jet engines and Sikorsky helicopters cited declining defense spending and the recession for its decision. Local historian Jeremy Buccher who has written extensively on the states dependence on defense spending said the rapidly shrinking military Industry leaves the state with the Challenge of finding jobs for people whose vocations have disappeared. A do we take this As a social responsibility or do we say these people and skills Are like old fashioned machines that we re just going to throw on the scrap Heap a he  press for truth in Friendly fire death Ron fielder holds a picture of his son Douglas Lance fielder who was killed during the persian Gulf War. By Vicki Brown the associated press Nashville Tenn. A nearly a year after army Cpl. Douglas Lance fielders death from a Friendly fire during the persian Gulf War his father has lost Faith. Ron fielder does no to know if the army will answer the questions that haunt him about Why his 22-year-old son died feb. 27, 1991. His son was killed when hit by machine gun fire from a cavalry Squadron even though another cavalry unit had ordered firing stopped. Fielder wants to know who is responsible and whether the army conspired to cover up the circumstances of his songs death at an iraqi desert Airfield. Fielder is convinced the Only Way to get All the facts is a court martial of it. Col. John Daly commander of the Squadron that fired on the Small group of combat engineers. Daly has been told by army investigators not to discuss the Case until an investigation is Complete said an army spokesman at fort Bliss Texas where Daly is a commander with the 3rd regt 3rd army Cav. Daly has declined All interview requests. Fielder also wants to know Why the commander of his songs unit a troop of the 7th engr brigade of the 1st army div left his son and two other soldiers in the desert with a broken Down vehicle and no radio. Fielder and his former wife Debbie Shelton pinned Hopes on House armed services investigative subcommittee hearings thursday into the 35 a Friendly fire deaths in the Gulf War. The panel originally was to a have begun work on the subject wednesday. A i feel violated and abandoned by a government that i trusted a said fielder a 21-year Veteran of the Nashville police Force. His 6-foot-5 son was awarded a Bronze Star for valor for organizing his units defences after his Superior sgt. James e. Napier was wounded. Shelton says she continues a barrage of letters to the army and elected officials because her son a hated a lie and he loved the army. If this had happened to one of his friends he would have spent the rest of his life seeking  the army first said her son a who was promoted to sergeant about 30 hours after his death a was killed in Battle with iraqis Republican guard. Two months later a fellow Soldier called the parents and told them their son was killed in an attack by Dalys Squadron. The Soldier said Napier was wounded in that attack. Official army notification came aug. 12. In october the Washington Post published letters by capt. . Fricson charging that Daly and col. Douglas h. Starr then commander of the 3rd regt were responsible for Douglas fielders death. Fricson a troop commander under Daly said he fired warning shots and led his unit against fielders group thinking they were iraqi. Fricson said he was puzzled by a Lack of return fire and ordered a cease fire. A a cease fire was already in effect when Ltd Daly arrived at the Airfield. I had Given the command several times and my second in command had relayed the order to the Squadron command Post on the radio frequency monitored by Ltd Daly a Fricson wrote. However he said Dalys unit opened fire. The Washington Post reported on oct. 20 that Daly told investigators in a sworn statement a they started to flee South. My gunner asked permission to fire to Cut them off. I granted  fielder said that in documents he obtained Daly contended he Wasny to informed the Airport was Clear and that Friendly forces were in the area. But the Post reported that Starr told investigators he had informed Daly before the assault that Friendly forces were in the area. Starr retired on dec. 31, said army spokeswoman maj. Barbara Goodno. She said tuesday she did not know where he was living. Goodno said two investigations Are being conducted. One focuses on the circumstances under which Douglas fielder died including the role of his commander and that of the attacking unit. The army inspector general is conducting another investigation into Why the soldiers parents were told he was killed by enemy forces and whether there was intent to mislead them she  from sex soviet military visit air base by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Span Dahlem a Germany a fifteen officers from the former soviet military participated wednesday in a Nock inspection Here As part of the conventional forces in Europe treaty. The delegations members arrived on Jase at Daybreak and were briefed on the Reaty a inspection rules and the layout of he base said capt. Michael j. Rein of he Span Dahlem Public affairs office. The civilian attired inspectors then split into teams to peruse the base Mak no sure their hosts did no to have More equipment than they claimed. The ranking officer a colonel was expected to file a report on the inspection Drill. A under the treaty you Tell them what you have and then they Check to see if you Are right a rein said. Span Dahlem is Home to the 52nd fighter Wing comprised of the 23rd, 81st and 480th fighter squadrons. Thirty six f-16s and 24 f-4gs Are stationed at the base located Northeast of Trier Germany. Aside from the fighter jets the inspectors were looking for armoured personnel carriers and tanks. The inspectors latest report noted that Span Dahlem was Home to the 5th in 44th air defense arty and the 1st in 1st air defense arty. However those units left nov. 15 and All that remains is three tanks. A they Are not Here to see How Many bodies we have a rein said. A they Are Here to count  officials from . Air forces Europe closed the base to the Media during the inspection which lasted More than seven hours. Billed As a the Accord to end the cold War a the treaty Aims to slash the level of tanks armoured combat vehicles artillery pieces and other non nuclear weapons from the Atlantic to the ural mountains. The pact was signed in november 1990, by the 16 nato nations and the six countries that comprised the former Warsaw pact. Nations that have ratified the conventional arms treaty so far include the United states Belgium the Netherlands Canada Czechoslovakia and Germany. In addition talks began late last year to reduce the number of soldiers stationed in Europe. Inspections similar to the Drill held at Span Dahlem wednesday will help reduce the threat of War simply because both sides Are monitoring each other rein said. Furthermore the checks help build Trust Between former adversaries. Said rein Quot obviously the cold War is