European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 13, 1993 the stars and stripes Pago 3aspin to ask smaller cuts in defense by the los Angeles times Washington a Secretary of defense Les Aspin said thursday that he will propose substantially smaller defense spending cuts than the $10.8 billion he has ordered for the armed forces raising new questions about How much president Clinton camshaft to Domestic programs. Aspin said the actual reduction will be smaller because he plans to increase spending for other defense programs such As fast sea lift ships High technology research environmental cleanup and Aid for defense industries that have been Hurt by previous spending cuts. The result a will be a net Cut but it certainly is not going to be As big As the Gross Cut that you might get from this $10.8 billion of adding up the cuts that were Given to All of the services a Aspin said in a speech Here before the american defense preparedness association at the same time budget officials said Aspinw a figures May be challenged by the White House office of management and budget which authorities said would have preferred deeper cuts than the Pentagon. Is proposing. It has accepted As pins targets for now however. Although the figures still Are preliminary they indicate that Clinton could be hard pressed to realize As much in savings in the fiscal 1994 military budget As he had hoped either for Transfer to Domestic programs or for reducing the Federal budget deficit. Congressional leaders have contended that with the Federal budget deficit so Large any Money for social initiatives will. Have to come largely from defense cuts. Even the $10.8 billion that Aspin had or Decd from individual armed services was seen As too Small to satisfy such needs. What is More the administration is being plagued by fears that the Bush administration May seriously have underestimated the costs of existing military programs by As much As $50 billion Over five years. Aspin has launched an investigation into allegations that Bush officials exaggerated the Likely savings from carrying out management reforms while undo res Tima Ting the Cost of Long term weapons procurement. Aspin has asked that the inquiry be completed in  seeks ways to Aid educators in draw Down by Jimi Jones education writer Blankenberge Belgium r a shrinking overseas schools system and resulting Job losses have prompted top school officials to take Steps to provide employment options for administrators and teachers from the Atlantic Region where seven schools will close this year. Department of defense dependents schools in Europe Are downsizing along with . Military forces. Last year about 20 schools in Germany closed. But fewer than 10 were closed Over the past two years in the combined Atlantic and Mediterranean regions. Hundreds of locally hired teachers lost their jobs As a result. But so Nevarez far the school system has avoided a reduction in Force among stateside hires. In two major efforts the Atlantic Region has asked . Government related schools stateside to favor hiring Dodds teachers and has also planned a unique Job fair that includes recruiters from several states and from schools in several  i have asked superintendents to give Dodds applicants preference said Hector Nevarez director of Section 6 schools. A i think they will. They Are responding to a special  # his remarks came on his second visit to Belgium to address administrators in the Dodds Atlantic Region at their annual conference on stateside Job opportunities with Section 6 schools. Section 6 schools Are among those that were established at military bases throughout the United states when local school districts were segregated. The 67 schools Are in seven states a mostly Southern a and puerto Rico and serve More than 32,000 students at 18 military installations. Section 6 schools Are not a part of Dodds although they educate children of mostly military members. Rather they Are run by locally elected school boards. Although Nevarez has asked superintendents of Section 6 schools to give special attention to Dodds teachers Dodds plans conference for recruiters in Germany Wiesbaden Germany a amps a the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region officials have planned a Job information fair next week. Representatives from several school districts attending a Job fair in England this weekend Are expected at the Germany fair. The fair will run 2 to 6 . Wednesday and thursday at Bremerhaven elementary school. Recruitment teams or representatives from the following areas Are expected the Guam school system Section 6 schools Region in in Houston representing 56 schools Galveston Texas schools and Shreveport la schools. Representatives also will be available at the conference room of the Kaiserslautern civilian personnel office Pulaski Barracks building 2925, Annex a from 10 . To 4 . Feb. 20, and from noon to 5 . Feb. 21. Educators Are asked to bring copies of transcripts re sums or of 171, and their Dodds or state teaching certificate. Educators interested in employment with schools on Guam Are required to take an English competency test which will be Given at the above Sites. They cannot simply Transfer from Dodds to Section 6  they have to be hired like anyone else a Nevarez said. A what we can do is probably ensure that there is no break in Federal service but that must be worked out with that particular  Section 6 schools hired some Dodds teachers last year Nevarez said. But some superintendents had been left a at a loss Quot because a number of teachers suddenly decided to stay with Dodds when the draw Down did no to occur As rapidly As expected. Nevarez asked educators to a think it Over clearly to make sure you really want it so they done to lose out on another top  the is paid teachers salaries average a bit higher than at Dodds. But except for puerto Rico where a Cost of living allowance is received other benefits such As a housing allowance Are not included Nevarez said. From a list of tentative Job openings Kentucky a fort Campbell and fort Knox looked most promising followed by Camp la june . In addition to Section 6 schools the defense department also has contractual arrangements with local schools in Guam and five states a Delaware Kansas new York Massachusetts and Oregon. Educators at those schools Are not Federal employees. Teaching prospects in Guam look a very Good a Nevarez said. A they always need  however teachers accepting the two year Guam contracts receive no housing allowance a limited a 2,500-Pound a household goods shipment and a one Way ticket to the Pacific Island he said. Nevarez will attend the Job fair in England and two More in Germany before he returns to his Washington office. A recruitment team from Guam is expected at the Job fair slated feb. 13-15 at High Wycombe air station in the officers club and at London Central High school. The Job fair is primarily to a assist those teachers from the seven schools closing in the Atlantic Region a said Jim Singleton the regions personnel director. Singleton said the various agencies and schools represented should provide a a widespread opportunities for teachers. The fair also explores possibilities with other Federal agencies where teachers can continue their Federal service and opportunities in International schools for those who wish to stay overseas but who done to think they will a survive with Dodds a he said. A fall we can do is show that we Are concerned about them and do everything we  Between 40 and 50 school districts and organizations arc expected to be represented along with the upper Scyford transition office and the civilian personnel office. In addition to Section 6 and Guam schools some others attending the Iob fair will be the european Council of International schools the recruitment and placement office for the nato shape support group Dalton county schools a. American International schools of the Hague Leys in and Rotterdam Netherlands Gaston county schools . And Caddo Parish schools Shreveport  who died lacked training in water safety by Craig Martin stall writer a Gie Belstadt Germany Soldier who red in August a few Days after a fellow tidier pulled him into a swimming Pool Here he remained under water for Sev ral minutes could not swim and had not iad the army a required annual water safety training according to a v corps spokesman. Investigations probing the near drown no of pfc. William l. Lynch also showed hat the Gie Belstadt army Airfield swim Ning Pool was overcrowded when Lynch vent under said it. Col. Dick Bridges v corps spokesman. Most members of Lynch a unit had not received the required w Ater safety train no commonly called a drown promoting investigations showed. The unit subs a gently received it in August some time after the incident Bridges said. Lynch 24, a fuel handler with Btry a than 52nd air defense any regt died aug. 11 in University clinic in Wurzburg four Days after he nearly drowned during his battalions organization Day at the Airfield. The battalion is part of the 69th air defense arty brigade also based in Gie Belstadt near  died of complications from the near drowning Bridges said. According to Bridges Lynch was sitting at the Edge of the deep end of the Post swimming Pool when he was pulled into the Pool by a fellow Soldier during an act of horseplay. A the Soldier did not know that Lynch could not swim a Bridges said. Four trained and certified lifeguards All assigned to the 69th air defense arty brigade were on duty and at their proper stations when Lynch was in the Pool Bridges said. The pools capacity is 200, a but witnesses said there were More than that in the Pool when the near drowning occurred Bridges said. Separate investigations were con ducted by army criminal investigation come the 69th and the 98th area support group in Wurzburg. The results were forwarded to the senior tactical commander in Gie Belstadt col. Gregory a. Rountree who also is the commander of the 69th. A colonel Rountree evaluated the evidence and circumstances surrounding the incident. In All three investigations and determined that judicial action was unwarranted a Bridges told the stars and stripes on thursday. A commanders have taken appropriate action necessary a Bridges said. He  elaborate on what constituted appropriate action and said that release of information on nonjudicial punishment and administrative actions is prohibited by the privacy act. Bridges and 7th medical come officials in Heidelberg Germany would not release the autopsy results without the permission of next of Kin citing army policy. Lynch from Forest City ark., was pulled from the Airfield swimming Pool and resuscitated at poolside after soldiers noticed he had been under water for some time. Witnesses estimate Lynch had been submerged Between two and five minutes Bridges said before a lifeguard and another Soldier pulled him out. There were no ambulances stationed at the Pool or the site of the organizational Day picnic. Medical assistance from the Gie Belstadt clinic arrived 10 minutes after being summoned Bridges said. Lynch was taken from the Pool to the Gie Belstadt clinic in an administrative vehicle belonging to the clinic and then transferred to the 67th Eviae Hospital. According to Bridges Lynch was transferred to the German Hospital for specialized care for his deteriorating condition the Day he died but tie was pronounced dead about 5 . Bridges would not release the names of the soldiers who were investigated citing army regulations and the privacy act