European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To rims offered to civilians by Ciuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington the military services it it a Are Able to offer voluntary Early retirement and separation incentives to defense department civilians As a Way to reduce the need for rims. With approval from the office of personnel management defense Secretary Les Aspin has authorized the services to Offet Early retirement and buyout incentives to As Many As 16,600 employees Over the next few years a Pentagon official said. There Are few specifics As yet on where the actual cuts will take place although the official said the defense intelligence Agency the Rainy Materiel come and the air Force Materiel come Are some of the military agencies most eager to use the buyouts. Among overseas agencies the de Sarment of defense dependents schools has been authorized to offer the packages to 100 employees while the . Army in Europe can offer them to Iso employees the official said. The retirement and buyout packages also Likely will be used at oases that Are scheduled to close the official said. Within two weeks Aspin must Forward a list of stateside bases targeted for possible shutdown to the defense base closure and realignment com Mission which will submit a third round a a of recommendations to Congress this year. Normal retirement for Federal civilians is at age 55 or 30 years of service. Under the Early retirement authority employees can retire at age 50 with at least 20 years of Federal service and at any age with at least 25 years of service. The official emphasized that the lifetime value of a pension is slightly lower t for those who choose to retire Early. The separation pay packages will be based on the formula for involuntary Severance pay. That is one week of pay for each year of service up to 10 years and two weeks of pay for each year of service above that. The services were notified of the civilian Early retirement and buyout authority a which will remain my effect through 1997 a in a feb. 24 memo from it. Gen. Robert m. Alexander the defense department s chief of military manpower and personnel policy. To a a ensure maximum Success of the initiative Alexander said Aspin has directed that Early retirement and separation pay must be offered at least 30 Days before any announcement of rims. The defense department now has just under 1 million civilian employees. President Clinton has called for lowering that total to about 900,000 by 1997.Michelin gives 3rd Star to Maverick chef Gagnaire Paris a the Michelin Guidebook the Bible of French gastronomy has added culinary nonconformist Pierre Gagnaire of St. A Tienne to its elite list of three Star chefs presaging a possible return to favor of Nouvelle cuisine. A i am Happy if not exactly stunned Quot said the 43-year-old chef confirming his new status in a Telephone interview sunday a Day before the awards were to be announced. He spoke from his Hometown of St. A tionne in Central France better known for its soccer team than for gastronomy. Gagnaire impressed judges with dishes  As mushroom Puree with Coconut on Blini pancakes and crayfish Stew with Rabbit kidneys joining the Galaxy of 19 three Star chefs. Michelin found no one deserving of three Star status last year. It last gave its highest Honor to Bernard Loiscau of the cute do or in Saulich in 1991. Mich line a fat red Guidebook put out by the famed tire manufacturer and Selling some 700,000 copies a year is considered the Bible of gastronome. Considered a culinary Maverick Gagnaire has Given impetus and meaning to the expression Nouvelle Cut sine. Quot once in then out Nouvelle cuisine with its combination of exotic tastes might return to favor thanks to Gagnaire and his daring approach. Quot i done to discuss novelties Quot Gagnaire said. His cooking is nevertheless a concoction of novel combinations  As compote of mushrooms with apricots with Almond milk and fresh almonds or front leg of Rabbit in Citronella with quartered onions and Frothy lobster Cream. Quot its inedible sounding but works As he does it Quot said the Gault Millay gastronomic Guidebook which awarded him its Cook of the year prize. Last year Gagnaire moved out of a Smalt restaurant in a photographer s studio in St. Ltd enc to a luxurious 1930 mansion Complete with towers balconies and a View Over the City. �?o1 was told by Michelin that i d have had three stars anyway Quot said Gagnaire. Quot but i believe that a Beautiful decor is essential to the Art of cooking. I wanted to create a dreamlike setting for people to savor  things were not always so dreamlike for Gagnaire. Quot i was practically forced to learn cooking by my family from the age of 14 on. It was slavery. 1 hated  Pierre Gagnaire of is. Tienne takes a break from work in his restaurant in this october photo. His grandmother managed a Small inn and his father a Farmer converted his Small farm near St. Tienne into a Bistro following world War ii. Quot finally i went for inspiration to nearby restaurants Tike Paul 3ocuse, outside Lyon and Jean Pignard s restaurant Chez Juliette in Lyon Quot said Gagnaire. "1 did at last find a passion in  during the 1970s, he worked at Lucas Carton in Paris at the hotel do Golf in Deauville and at various restaurants in the United states returning to France to run a restaurant with his parents in 1977, the Clos Fleuri in St. Etienne. In 1980, he opened his own restaurant in the Center of town with three helpers. By 1986, he had been awarded his second Michelin Star. Gagnaire has two sons 14 and 16, Quot not at All interested to becoming chefs and 1 will not Force  his wife Chantal an Anaesthesiologist helps in the restaurant. Quot its absolutely essential to have a supportive helpmate Quot said Gagnaire who now Heads a cooking staff of 30, Quot but it s also vital to keep experimenting in the Kitchen. In a going to continue stressing myself out on a daily  slated to get new cd 7s next year. A _ a by Nancy  a . Bureau Raf Mildenhall England a the first base in Europe to handle the air Force s new c-17 Airlift air planes will be Raf Mildenhall according to base officials. V the aircraft initially will be assigned to Charleston fab s.c., and will Fly into Mildenhall to test the aircraft a ability to Fly Long distances Over water said master sgt. Marvin Kusumoto a Mildenhall spokesman. The c-17s, which will be assigned to Charleston later this year will begin flying overseas missions sometime next year. Quot As it c-17 aircraft matures it use of the c-17 will spread out Over the rest of Europe Quot Kusumoto said. The c-17, which belongs to the air mobility come is undergoing testing and. Evaluation at Edwards fab in California. % the c-17 requires Only three Crew members Pilot co Pilot and Load master. It is reported to have Long distance capabilities equal to the c-5 Galaxy and to be Able to make Short Field landings comparable to the smaller c-13q Hercules. Mildenhall was chosen to handle the c-17s because it already has a number of regularly scheduled missions from the Charleston base Kusumoto said Mildenhall a general Mission is to provide air refuelling. The 627th Airlift support so which will handle the c-17s, already provides in route support for the c-5,c-141 Star after and Kc-10 extender. No additional personnel Are planned to handle the c-17s at the base but some new equipment has been ordered to support the aircraft Kusumoto said. The aircraft is expected to require less maintenance than the air mobility Comdr a c-141s and c-5s, ten Squadron members will be sent to the United states for training in c-17 maintenance. They will then train other Squadron members. All training is expected to be completed within six months