European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes saturday March 14, 1992aafes to offer car insurance sales to begin in april spokeswoman says by Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau Birndorf Germany a the army and air Force Exchange service will begin Selling car insurance on military installations in Germany next month a spokeswoman for the organization said. However the German company with which cafes said it has a contract would not confirm a fest plans. A because of the Lack of information i am not Able at this time to confirm or deny this information a said Wolfgang Heilmann press spokesman for Alliano insurance in Munich. Ads from service plus insurance Agency a Mph in Kronberg Germany have been a Penang in the stars and stripes seeking a Auto insurance representatives for sales on military installations. The ads list 35 installations in Germany where representatives Are needed with a starting Date of March 23. Barbara Kirsch a spokeswoman for cafes Europe said wednesday that the program would Start in april at a few locations. Cafes refused for a month to provide interviews to the stars and stripes on the insurance venture. But Kirsch answered some questions about it late wednesday. The Price of insurance was still being negotiated with Alliano she said. Kirsch said the contract to sell insurance was awarded Jan. 10 to Alliano the Munich based company that is one of Europe a largest insurers. The contract for which cafes sought bids last fall is a partnership agreement with overseas military sales group a new York based company that manages most of a fest new car sales. No information on insurance prices was immediately available. Elke Washausen Richter press spokeswoman for the  the German insurance oversight office in Berlin said she was unaware of any contract Between Alliano and cafes. Washausen Richter said it would be necessary for a Linz to file a request for approval before offering insurance policies under the nato Tariff Structure. As of now no such request has been filed she said. But Kirsch said the cafes contract with Alliano a is still in  Eugene Leavy executive director of overseas military sales group said wednesday that two months ago his company signed a partnership agreement with Alliano to sell insurance for cafes. His office contacted Alliano on wednesday morning and the German company gave no indication that it was backing out of the Deal Leavy said. A i have no idea Why there should be any rumours that they want to Back out a Leavy said. Kirsch said the bid requirement stated that the successful bidder should be an insurance company that has concentrated on the military Market. She then said that Alliano has limited experience in that Market. She also said the overseas military sales group which will handle the on base business is not an insurance business and is primarily a new car sales business. Staff writers Luko Britt and Norm Zeigler contributed to this report panel on female combat jobs set up by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the White House has named six women to a 15-member Pentagon commission that will study the Issue of expanding combat jobs for women. The commission mix appears to be an Effort to mute criticism that the panel formed at the direction of Congress last year would be top heavy with older male combat veterans with no stake or interest in opening More combat jobs to women. In october nine women a and civil rights groups made that charge in a position paper circulated on Capitol Hill. The paper was signed by Shirley Sagawa senior counsel at the National women a Law Center in Washington. Air National guard it. Col. Doug Hart a Pentagon spokesman said the individuals chosen to serve on the commission were selected through a an informal  he said Pentagon officials tried to strike a balance Between opponents and advocates of expanded combat roles for women in drawing up the list of potential members. Sagawa said that of the names she recognized at least two Are known to oppose combat roles for women a Elaine Donnelly head of the Michigan based coalition for military readiness and Charles mos Kos a military sociologist and professor at Northwestern University in Evanston Iii. She noted that another female member Kate of Beirne a former official in the Pentagon s Force management and personnel directorate now works for the heritage foundation one of the More conservative Washington think tanks. A we Hope the commission will carry out but clearly there Are people on it who would not be expected to advocate changing current policy its work in a fair open minded Way a Sagawa said. A but clearly there Are people on it who would not be expected to advocate changing current  she said she did not see anyone on the list who is definitively on the record As favouring expanded combat roles for women although she noted that the roster includes Meredith Neizer who headed the defense advisory committee on women in the service s two years ago when that panel made an unsuccessful Effort to have the army conduct a four year test of women in ground combat units. The commissions designated chairman is retired air Force Gen. Robert Herres former vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Herres is now an executive with a Texas based insurance company. Among the other women named Are retired maj Gen. Mary Clarke currently chief of the advisory committee on women veterans at the department of veterans affairs and Sarah White of the science applications International corp. In Mclean a. Rounding out the commissions female contingent to its Only Active duty woman capt. Mary Finch assigned As a tactical Shirley Sagawa senior counsel National women a Law Center officer at the . Military Academy West Point . The commission has been controversial since its creation last fall As part of the fiscal 1992 defense authorization act a move that followed a months Iong debate sparked by the solid combat performance of women Servic members in the persian Gulf War. The commission was essentially a Trade off for supporters of an Effort to repeal the so called a combat exclusion Laws that have barred women from serving aboard combat aircraft in the Navy and air Force since world War ii. The commissions mandate is to study the entire Range of policy implications of women in combat jobs including ground combat units and submit a final report with recommendations to the White House by dec. 15. After the commission was created Pentagon officials insisted on waiting for its final report before deciding on any further changes on assignment policies for military women including the Issue of whether to assign them to combat aircraft. That angered the lawmakers who fought to repeal the combat exclusion Laws including rep. Beverly Byron d-md., who Heads the House armed services military personnel subcommittee. An aide to Byron said that while the fiscal 1992 defense authorization act did not specifically direct the Pentagon to begin preparations for assigning women to combat aircraft a clearly we Felt that the spirit of the Law was for the services to move in that  but at a news briefing thursday Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams reinforced statements by defense Secretary Dick Cheney that no changes to current assignment policies for women will be made until the commission completes its work. Rounding out the commission roster Are a Maxwell Thurman a retired army general who was chief of the . Southern come during operation just cause the invasion of Panama in 1989. A Samuel Cockerhan a retired brigadier general who works As a consultant for defense aviation and strategic mobility systems Alexandria a. A Brig Gen. Thomas Draude director of Public affairs for the Marine corps in Washington. A William Henderson until recently the chief of the . Army research Institute in Washington. A James Hogg president and chief executive officer of the National Security Industrial association in Washington. A Newton Minow counsel at the Law firm of Sidley and Austin in Chicago. A Ronald Ray a lawyer in Louisville by. German officers demoted for making troops eat Worms Berlin up a two German army officers who forced subordinates to eat earthworms were demoted according to a judgment published thursday. Describing the Case a spokesman for a Berlin court said that during Field exercises a first lieutenant had ordered soldiers to prepare and eat earthworms. The court said the officer insisted that the order be carried out even though one Soldier vomited and another a Iran around in circles choking on a worm. The commander of the company refused to intervene saying he too had once eaten an earthworm the spokesman said. The court said the incident was a violation of the a life in the Fields chapter of the code of conduct for the bund Estehr a the German armed forces. Such conduct a severely undermines troop morale a the court said. The officers were both demoted by one . Korean ship leaves Iraq after unloading its freight Washington apr a North to a second ship the Iran Salaam who Rean cargo ship suspected of carrying scud also is suspected of possibly carrying i c missiles that eluded a . Navy search Sile weaponry has entered the Southe has left the iranian Nurt trom in --4 it it i has left the iranian port of Bandar a a Abbas a Pentagon spokesman says. It appears that the cargo was unloaded and that the ship left wednesday spokesman Pete Williams said thursday. Williams said it still Isnit known for cer iranian port of Chah Bahar a Pentax source said. The second freighter was hailed by Navy destroyer earlier in the week but declared its cargo As drilling equip me and Wasny to intercepted. I i own for cer. A a lain whether the freighter the Dae Hung Marine corps Gen. Joseph p. H to was carrying medium Range missiles t0 House armed services come asked if the administration could detect ill the Abilio a it a of the ship to Eli nether an attempt was made to conceal Navy was caused m part by the diff a. 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