European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday june 10, 1992 military Early outs must leave earlier army says by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington a army officials have confirmed that 2,700 soldiers a including 500 in Europe a who had been scheduled to leave the service Between october and december under Bonus separation programs must go no later than sept. 29. The army will use Money that was previously earmarked for other purposes to pay soldiers the promised bonuses said capt. Bill Buckner an army spokesman. I he army is not prepared to release a figure on How much Money is involved Buckner said last week. The end of september which Marks the end of the Federal budget year was the original target for separating soldiers under the two incentive plans. The voluntary separation incentive offers annual payments while the special separation Bonus offers a Lump sum payment. Pentagon officials told Congress earlier this year that the unexpected popularity of the Lump sum incentive across the military would require them to shift funds to meet their obligations. Last month while waiting for the Cash to materialize through fiscal sleight of hand personnel officials approved Vii and sub separation dates for october through december. They were allowed to use Money from the budget for fiscal 1993 for those separations. The army is expected to continue offering the Bonus separations through 1995. An announcement of the 1993 eligibility criteria is expected soon. Although their separations were originally switched from fiscal 1992 to fiscal 1993 and Back again the soldiers who must now leave by sept. 29 never received any specific separation dates Buckner said. The May 28 message that sped up the releases gave Field commanders the authority or the Burden of setting specific separation dates a As Early As july 1. It also cautioned the commanders not to expect immediate replacements for the soldiers Given the accelerated Early release. Soldiers in the Pacific and those in the army training and doctrine come Are exempted from the accelerated releases. The Pacific area was exempted because of limited transportation the message said. The Mission of training recruits exempted soldiers in the command from the latest separation order. The army training Ana doctrine come operates Basic and advanced training facilities across the country. The rest of the army a Field commanders received official advice such As Quot bet on the winners or a buy Low and sell High a meaning that they were to be Able to carry on with regular responsibilities despite the changes. Field commanders Are expected to maintain operational readiness the message stressed. And the message advises commanders to allow soldiers time to use leave they have accumulated before they depart the service. A other considerations in establishing release dates should include installation transition Center transition Point workload and individual Soldier requirements a the message counsels. A however a it adds a under no circumstances will soldiers be separated later than 29 september 1992.�?�idea pays off for Aviano sergeant air fore tech. Sgt. Mark Abor Nalphy stiff sgt. Calvin White shows the Antenna switch lie suggested be replaced Only Wrhen necessary rather than every 84 Days As technical orders mandated. The air Force will save $129,000 by adopting the suggestion. White of the 401st comm so at Aviano a Italy received $3,840 for his  exercise under Way in Baltic London a ships and air forces from four nations Are participating in an annual military exercise in the biotic sea. Naval and air forces from the United states Denmark the Netherlands and Germany Are involved in Baltic operations 92, nicknamed bal tops which began tuesday and runs through june 18. Land based aircraft from both the . Navy and . Air Force will he involved along with aircraft from nato s airborne Early warning and control system Force. . Naval forces Europe has conducted bal tops for More than 20 years to demonstrate the United states enduring interest in the defense of Northern Europe and to strengthen the ability of Allied forces to operate effectively together. Forces of inc four nations will conduct multilateral training in Ami air anti submarine anti mine and ant surface warfare. They also will conduct communication and seamanship exercises. Participating . Ships under commander destroyer so 32, commanded by capt. F. Koh Inson Harris include the Cruiser York town the destroyer of Hannon and fhe frigate Hawes the Yorktown a Home port is Norfolk a. For the of Bannon and Hawes Charleston ,Lipsi assumes command at Lan Stuhl medical Center Lan Stuhl Germany a amps a command of the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center changed hands on tuesday morning. Col. Or Thomas a. Ver Don or. Relinquished command to col. Or David w. Lipsi during the Brief ceremony officiated by maj. Gen. Michael j. Scotti jr., commander of the 7th medical come. Scotti and Verdon reviewed the troops Riding in the Back of a jeep while the 76th army band played the theme song to a a so. Verdon who commanded the Lan Stuhl Center for three years has been reassigned to Fitzsimons army medical Center in Denver As Deputy commander for clinical services. During his tenure the Center was awarded the army Superior unit award for its support of operations desert shield and storm. Lipsi who will be acting commander until the arrival of col. Or David h. Layland was the chief of surgery at the 45th Field Hospital in Vicenza Italy. He will also be land stunts Deputy commander for clinical services. Layland is scheduled to arrive at Lan Stuhl in mid july according to Marie Shaw a Center spokeswoman. Layland was the commander of the 2nd Field Hospital in Bremerhaven  assumes new Post Stuttgart Germany a the defense information systems Agency Europe retired its commander and welcomed a new commander in a joint change of command retirement ceremony at Patch Barracks on Friday. Col. Robert a. Reinman passed the reins of command to col. Joseph a. Guirreri. Guirreri comes from Kaduna a Okinawa where he served both As Deputy commander of the 18th support group and Deputy base commander. Reinman came to the Agency As commander in 1989. He is retiring after 30 years of Active duty military service. At the ceremony he received the defense Superior service medal first Oak Leaf Cluster in recognition of his retirement which begins july 1. During the ceremony the joint unit meritorious award was presented to members of the unit for their telecommunications work during operations desert shield and  gets 2nd Star Heidelberg Germany a Brig. Gen. Richard e. Davis Deputy chief of staff of operations for the . Army Europe was promoted to major general during a ceremony june 1 at Usa eur Headquarters in  pilots to vie in Excalibur Viii tourney Kapaun air station Germany the Seth Wing at Ramstein a will play Host to the . Air forces in Europe a Excalibur Viii weapons and tactics Competition Friday. In he Aerial Competition will he conducted Over the Nordhorn air weapons Range. Four aircraft from each of sewn usage bases will compete during lie one Day Competition. As a result the volume of aircraft arriving and departing Ramstein a will increase. There will also be noticeably More flying Friday As the aircraft leave Ramstein Lor then Home bases. Among the competitors this Cai will be in -1f> fighting Falcon fighter jets from Ramstein and Span Dahlem air bases in Germany i�?T-111 aardvark lighter both ers from Raf  and Raf upper Heyford England f-15 Eagle fighters from Pitburg a Germany and a Oesterberg a Netherlands and a-10 Thunderbolt ii tank killers from Raf Ben Waters England. The Aerial competitors will be scored during takeoffs from their Home bases inflight refuelling Low level Hying at the Range with simulated air and ground threats a first look first run attack at the Range during an assigned time Over target event and Landing at Ramstein. The first fighter meet in Safe was the 1955 annual Safe gunnery and weapons meet at wheelus a Libya. Excalibur competitions which began in 1987, Are conducted at various Safe bases semiannually. However no competitions were conducted during operations desert shield and storm