European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 323 50c monday March 8,1993 a d 8693 Pentagon targets 30 bases Asp in has until March 7 5 to mull Over Dod s hit list by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer Washington the army Navy and air Force have presented defense Secretary los Aspin with suggestions for closing about 30 major military installations to the United states senior Pentagon sources said saturday. Aspin faces a March 15 deadline for deciding whether to accept reject or modify the list. He then must Send it to the Independent base closure commission. That Independent panel will examine used closures and hear testimony about them before deciding to accept or change the list by a june 30 deadline. After examination by president Clinton the final list goes to Congress which must accept or reject it As a package. The same procedure was followed in 1988 when Congress approved 35 base closings or reductions in size recommended by the commission and in 1991 when Congress accepted 38 such  sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the military services Are still negotiating with Asp about the suggested closings. Therefore no final list will exist until Aspin reveals it. The Navy is expected to take the biggest hit since it had proposed a that More than a dozen major installations be closed and another half dozen be realigned a one source said. Realignment can mean reduction or shifting of military offices and assets to other military Sites. Some of the realignments would mean moving installations that Are in High Cost see bases on Page 2 bases on the Block the following bases May face closure or reduction according to senior Pentagon sources and the new York times. Michigan . Sawyer fab California Mcclellan fab Mare 1. Naval shipyard Oakland Navy Supply Center treasure Island naval station Nas Alameda Presidio of Monterey Long Beach naval shipyard Tusim Marine corps air station Eltoro Marine corps at station March fab Alabama fort Mcclellan Mississippi Nas Meridian new York griffiss fab Staten Island Home port Connecticut new London naval submarine base Rhode Island Newport naval station new Jersey Mcguire fab South Carolina Charleston naval shipyard Charleston naval station Charleston Navy Hospital Florida Homestead fab naval aviation depot Orlando Navy Hospital Orlando naval training Center source the new York times . Ais amps Wes Booher into a routine Rhein main a Germany a amps a despite reports that . Flight Crews air dropping food and Medicine to refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina Are now hitting their targets a spokeswoman for the operation based at Rhein main a Germany said there have been no changes in the operation. A a wave done nothing different,1 army 1st it. Leanne Smullen a spokeswoman for the operation said sunday afternoon. In fact Smullen said the operation was beginning to Settle into a a routine and no changes were anticipated As the second week of the Airdrop began. The idea that . Flights Are finally on target was dismissed by Smullen As being More a Case where bosnian refugees Are now Able to reach the supplies. Early sunday morning six flights of . C-130 cargo planes air dropped 34.2 tons of food and medicines to Srebrenick Smullen said. This follows a saturday drop see Airdrop on Page 2 Balkan conflict n . Consider 50,000 peace keeping troops thousands wounded in Eastern Bosnia a refugee alleges massacre by serbs Soo Page 0 aircraft at Rhein Maln a Germany wait to be loaded with Relief supplies for ret gees in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Of general s demotion a Salvage operation attorney says by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau shortly before maj. Gen. Donald l. Kaufman left saudi Arabia for a new assignment in Germany colleagues at the . Military training Mission staged a Farewell party. % among the gifts he received in the summer of 1991 were two russian designed ak-47s that were either captured or found months earlier during the persian Gulf War. One of the assault rifles was mounted on Wood the other had a plaque affixed to its Stock. The ak-47s were presented to him by a Marine Colo Nel and an army colonel As the Story is recounted by it. Col. Frank spinner Kaufman liked the War solicited the help of air Force maj. Ste Ven d. Whiteman his executive officer spinner said. T spinner the Man who would serve As Kaufman a Lead defense attorney in subsequent court martial proceedings Isnit exactly sure what prevented the shipment of the guns a possibly time the Law or both. But spinner is convinced the government s formal Case against the general disintegrated a year later for one simple reason. A there is disagreement Between Kaufman and Whiteman about what was being done and what their understanding was spinner said. A the fact remains the weapons were never  nevertheless the air Force announced last week that Kaufman who is a week shy of 55, was demoted to colonel and then retired. Spinner says Kaufman plans to Appeal his demotion to the Board for correction of military records and is prepared to fight it in Federal court. A it was a Salvage operation by the air Force to show they got something out of All of this a spinner said. Air Force officials in Washington would not comment on the particular merits of the Case. Neither would Whiteman who is remains in saudi Arabia. A i would rather not comment at All because i Don t know what i can and cannot say Quot Whiteman said. A i have nothing to say about general  Kaufman was accused last summer of abusing his authority while serving As continued on Page 8