European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday december 12, 1992 at a glance Battle lines have been drawn in the Competition for the loyalty of Young comic Book fans. Sec stories on pages 14 and 15. Random alcohol tests a six million truck Drivers and almost a million airline Railroad and mass transit workers would be subject to random tests for alcohol under proposed Page 4 Bentsen selected president elect Clinton named Texas sen. Lloyd Bentsen to be his Treasury Secretary thursday the first major appointment of his incoming Page 5 generals honoured president Bush presented Gen. Colin l. Powell and retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf with congressional Gold medals thursday for their leadership in the persian Gulf Page 6 meeting delayed a key meeting Between russian president Boris n. Yeltsin and the speaker of Congress to resolve their growing political conflict was delayed Page 7 High Cost cities listed the japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka remain the most expensive for people who pay in dollars according to a Survey. A Page 17 f Index Abby Ann Landers .19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword.19 faces a no places 18 letters.12 Money matters.17 religion .10 sports.22-28 to listings .27 weather .11 some . Troops May stay in Somalia after most leave by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a some . Service members with specialized skills might have to stay in Somalia to support . Forces after the bulk of the troops has left defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Friday. Cheney said he Hopes that withdrawal of a planned 28,000 . Troops from the East african nation will begin in late january with most of those forces out in two to three months. However a that does no to mean that they would All be out a Cheney said after a meeting of nato defense ministers. A we Are prepared to leave behind a residue of specialists and some combat capability off the coast should that be warranted in order to support and sustain the . Cheney cited areas of logistics combat engineering water purification and civic feud from Page 1 and the aided run South. The statement asked clan gunmen to a report within 48 hours to their respective locations outside the it welcomed the foreign intervention to a join with us in the restoration of peace in it was their first meeting since they began battling nearly two years ago after president Mohamed Siad barrels ouster. The warfare plunged Somalia into chaos soldiers from Page 1 perceptions of the soldiers throughout however in a written response to a pews query army spokesmen in Heidelberg warned against taking responses to individual questions out of context. Junior enlisted soldiers plans to quit Are a Good example they said explaining that a historically the re enlistment rate for first term soldiers is Low whether the army is undergoing a draw Down or about half the respondents said troop withdrawals in Europe have occurred too fast. Most said the information about upcoming withdrawals arrives too slowly and they believe most newspaper radio and to reports Are More prompt and accurate than the Chain of command or official army bulletins. However those answers have inspired affairs As examples of services the United states might have to continue to provide . Peacekeepers. The United states also is prepared to base an amphibious group of up to 1,700 marines off the coast of Somalia indefinitely Cheney said. The ships equipped with helicopter gunships and other equipment could be used to defend peacekeepers if they were to encounter problems after most combat troops have withdrawn. A that would be a Way that we could support the Effort without actually having to maintain a Large number of . Combat forces on the ground a Cheney said. Addressing the question of increasing . Military involvement in the former Yugoslavia Cheney said again that he opposed deployment of ground forces. The United states supports the latest Steps taken by nato he said. Alliance officials have been exploring possible Mil that compounded by famine and disease has claimed More than 300,000 lives. The warlords met privately with special . Envoy Robert Oakley at the . Liaison office. Also at the meeting were . Special envoy Ismat Kitani and . Marine it. Gen. Robert b. Johnston commander of . Forces in Somalia. The meeting followed an attempt by Ali Mahdi a forces to seize aided a a radio station in Southern Mogadishu. Aided fighters were said to have driven off the attackers thursday night but fighting continued Well past Dawn near the line itary options that could be taken if requested by the United nations. Those include enforcing a no Fly ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina setting up Safe havens and deploying troops to prevent violence from spilling into neighbouring areas. Nato Secretary general Manfred Wornor said he had a no doubt that if asked by the United nations that this Alliance would do what is he strongly denied that the Alliance has so far Only paid lip service to the Balkan crisis noting the work of nato ships surveillance aircraft and command personnel. A of course there is a dilemma and everybody knows that a Worner said. A you have troops there you have a humanitarian action and if the United nations would consider limited military actions of course you would have to consider How to protect your troops and whether Relief efforts would be shut Down. That divides the capital into Ali Mahdi and aided a a fiefdoms. . Spokesman Ian Macleod said the United nations hoped to hold another meeting Jan. 4, in Ethiopia to set the stage for an Overall conference of somali clan leaders. . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali has High Hopes for the .-led Mission in Somalia. In Friday editions the new York times quoted Boutros Ghali As saying that . Troops should stay in Somalia until they disarm its warlords restore order and train a military police Force. No changes in the notification process. A the command policy for informing affected personnel about closure and draw Down announcements continues to be 180 Days or earlier from the effective Date a the army spokesmen said. In other Survey responses a a slightly higher percentage of women 47 percent complained of having experienced sexual harassment compared with women respondents in the 1991 Survey when 46 percent complained. The 1990 rate was 36 percent. The percentage of males who said they had experienced Sej Cual harassment went from 6 percent to 5 percent. A typical harassment incident involved a male no making inappropriate comments to a female Soldier while at work and the woman usually did not report the incident. A of Black soldiers who responded 38 percent a the same figure As last year a said they experience racial discrimination in the army. The rates Rose among Whites and All other ethnic groups. A most soldiers had Confidence in their training equipment weapons and preparedness for War but a third of the respondents Are dissatisfied with their jobs chiefly because they done to get to do what they were trained to do. A most Junior enlisted soldiers believed their noncommissioned officers Are technically proficient but that the cos and officers done to set Good examples or take care of their subordinates. A despite widespread implementation of new programs for single soldiers a two thirds of soldiers living in billets indicate dissatisfaction with some aspect of Barracks a most respondents said they Wear seat belts regularly. Most also criticized unit Driver training programs. A military postal offices travel offices commissaries Banks Post exchanges Barbers laundries and tailors Drew Good Marks from More than half the respondents but Only 27 percent were satisfied with cafes car repair from Page 1 corps Security Force cons Mascot. At the Appeal proceedings thursday Navy capt. William c. Vivian commander of the Naples naval support activity agreed with Chesty a representatives that the punishment was too dogged. Vivian gave the bulldog Back his rank according to Marine corps capt. Andrew Mac Lachlan Chesty s personal spokesman. Chesty had his corporals stripes re sewn on his Collar the Only place he could possibly Wear them. His camouflaged uniform has 110 sleeves a in fact his usual attire does no to include pants a and he can often be seen lying outside the Marine company a Barracks wearing nothing More than a fur coat. The Bone of Contention began when maj. Larry g. Christie the units commander was on emergency leave. Even though Christie a executive officer did not have promotion authority two staff noncommissioned officers in cahoots with the dog who would be sergeant submitted promotion paperwork. Christie returned to his unit in time to Stop the undeserved promotion and the company commander theorized Chesty retaliated with his shot of water. Christie then busted Chesty during office hours the Marine corps term for nonjudicial punishment finding the pug faced Pooch guilty of disrespect to a Superior officer and conspiracy to get promoted illegally. The incident involving his commanders car is far from Chesty a first offence said the company Slegal clerk Lance Cpl. Traci Mckinley. The Pooch was charged in 1989 with urinating on his commanders carpet disrespecting marines of a senior Grade and in 1991, he was counselled for malingering Mckinley said. But even though he a regained his corporals stripes his future in the marines May be a dogs life. Maclachlan a lawyer assigned to the Naples Navy Legal services office said a its unclear when Chesty will be promoted again. He lost All his time towards his Good conduct staff Wontor Maran Hamilton in Naples contributed to this report. A
