European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday february 17,1994 Boorda used to Tough situations face so s presumed successor focuses on bosnian operations byte Weiner the new York times Washington Over the last few months adm. Mike Boorda May have been the Only officer in the Navy with More headaches than the Man he is expected to succeed As chief of naval opera  commander of nato forces in Southern Europe Boorda has been pre paring to do something the Alliance has never done commit acts of War to try to bring a semblance of peace. If bombing begins next week to blast serbian artillery from the mountains around Sarajevo Boorda will be in charge. And As the Admiral faces the task of dealing with the conflict in the former Yugoslavia he has been designing a new nato doctrine every Day said a subordinate. Called on to enforce a no Fly zone Over Bosnia and Herzegovina provide air sup port for . Operations and devise ways door a an officer who he graduated from officer candidate their careers and i think hell do a us came up through school in 1962 and received a Bachelor s per Job a degree in political science from the umber the Navy has had Many self inflicted sity of Rhode Island in 1971, but the Navy problems in recent years a badly bungled has been his True College teaching him the investigation of a fatal explosion on the Bat ropes from naval destroyers to nuclear to Reship Iowa in 1989 the harassment of be weapons to political nuances. Male officers at the 1991 Tail Hook Conven naval officers in Italy Norfolk va., and Tion which tuesday forced the Man the Pentagon said Boorda s thinking is Ere Boorda is expected to succeed adm. Frank Active Cut the nonsense and get to the  ii into Early retirement As chief of heart naval operations and a cheating scandal at other officers Call him the people s and. The . Naval Academy at Annapolis last. Miral in part because of the attention he month has paid to his subordinates lives and Ca Reers and in part because of his experience the enlisted  was the first of that Breed to be come a four Star Admiral and would be the first to com Mand the Navy in modern times Pentagon officials said tuesday. It was less the lure of the sea than the snares of an in in the next few Days the diminutive pipe smoking Admiral May face the great three Navy officers who know him Well said his marriage at the age of 19 to Bettie Moran and the birth of their first son. T. To j David who was severely disabled in 1958to impose a peace in the Region Boorda focused him on the responsibilities of  in the harsh spotlight cast on one r of the world s most vexing Post cold War problems. Turning a nato Post into a fighting command is an unusual task. But Boorda Happy Home that drove Jeremy Michael As the chief of Navy personnel from 1988 to est Challenge of his career. His contingency Boorda who was born in South Bend 1991. Plans for airstrikes against serbian artillery ind., in november 1938, to quit High in the last months of the Reagan admin Call for hundreds of heavy guns to be is school he about his age forge a birth is ration when Boorda took the personnel fenced by precision bombing. The goal of certificate and join the Navy in 1956. Post visions of a 600-ship Navy still danced quickly achieving difficult political Solu has had a highly unusual career. In military parlance he is a Mustang the Bourdas also have three other Chil Dren Edward 35 Anna 33, and Robert 32. The two younger sons and a daughter in Law Are naval officers. As he Rose through the ranks from sea Man his superiors began to see him As a Man with a first class mind. Post in a few admirals Heads. But in the three years he served in that Post the Navy began shrinking quickly. It had few forced retirements however be cause Boorda slowed Down recruitment As an alternative to forcing retirement papers into tens of thousands of unwilling hands. � he s a people oriented person said sen. John Mccain r-ariz., who is a for tons through overwhelming military forces a Tricky equation. Boorda said last year in an interview with the new York times that the goal was to create a reasonable situation in the for Mer Yugoslavia. By reasonable he said i mean atrocities Are not happening. Criminals Are treated As criminals. Gangs Don t run once unarmed p-3 plane fires missiles in test Nas Simonella Sicily is members of patrol so vp-26 have become the first to fire two Maver ick agm-65f air to surface missiles from a p-3 Orion reconnaissance plane Navy officials announced. The missile firings from the normally unarmed air Craft were part of a sea exercise Jan. 28 at a target Range just cast of the Island of Sardinia according to Nas Simonella. The p-3 aircraft Crews fired the Mavericks at a for Mer German world War ii coastal freighter., the first Maverick hit the target ship causing visible damage and starting a fire. The second missile fell 30 Yards Short of the target skimmed the sea surface and hit the Bridge area of the freighter without exploding. This showed that we have the capability to be Able to take care of Hostiles said cmdr. De Lohoski com Mander of vp-26.  the Maverick is the weapon we Are counting on in the Adriatic adm. Mike Boorda commander in chief of . Naval forces Europe said in a statement. Boorda and italian adm. Mario Angeli commander of Allied naval forces Southern Region were aboard one of the p-3 aircraft. Patrol so vp-26, based in Brunswick Maine de p-3 Orion Mer Navy Pilot. Many of the Navy s prob around and look like they Are armies and lems Are personnel related recruiting do gang like things in the name of National retention and people s uncertainty about ism and ethnic  Russia nato set joint Maneu vers maximum endurance maximum level Speed built in 1969 by Lockheed source Jane All the world aircraft aps a played to Simonella for almost six months. The unit flew daily missions Over the Adriatic sea As part of the . Enforcement of sanctions against Yugoslavia. A Community spokesman said most members of patrol so vp-26 have returned to the United states wit final departures planned for Friday. Other missions performed by the p-3 Orion include maritime patrol and surveillance anti submarine War fare and drug interdiction. Military coming around to Clinton London a president Clinton has not to tally won the Confidence of the american military former . Defense Secretary Les Aspin is quoted As saying by a British Magazine. But the president is getting there in achieving warmer relations with the military Aspin is quoted As saying in the new Issue of Jane s defence weekly the respected British Magazine said Aspin Dur ing an interview in Washington before he left office earlier this month reflected on a statement he made last year that the military was a winnable constituency for Clinton. Asked if the president had yet won the military s Confidence the Magazine quoted Aspin As replying bluntly  however he was quoted As saying i think Bill Clinton is doing better. I think the military is com ing  Aspin noted however that . Officers traditionally tilted toward the Republican party not the democratic coalition that elected Clinton Accord ing to the feb. 19 Issue of the Magazine. Clinton s relations with the military have been shaky from the Start because he did not serve in Vietnam. As president he became embroiled in the emotionally charged issues of Gays in the military women in combat and the closure of military bases. Aspin chairman of the House armed services committee before Clinton nominated him As de sense Secretary was forced to resign two months ago. William Perry who had held the no. 2 Job at the Pentagon replaced him this month. Oslo Norway a russian and nato naval forces will participate in historic Maneu vers off North Ern Norway next month to practice embargo enforce ment search and Rescue. One purpose of the March 21-25 Maneu vers is to prepare for possible joint . Operations at sea it. Col. John Espen Lien of nato said wednesday. Many a atop. Maneu vers in the past were practice sessions for fighting against the russians and their Warsaw pact allies. The Murmansk based russian frigate Rezavy will team up with nato vessels from the United states Britain the Netherlands and Norway during the five Day Drill in Waters that formerly were restricted to soviet or Warsaw pact vessels Lien said. Norwegian adm. Ove Steen Olsen will command the Maneu vers. The american destroyer Thorn British destroyer Liverpool dutch frigate Abraham crib Essen and norwegian coast guard vessels torpedo boats and fish ing boats Are scheduled to join the Maneu vers. Naval air forces from Britain the United states Germany and Norway will also participate Lien said. Credit Union to install atm at Wurzburg base Wurzburg Germany is Andrews Federal credit Union will place an automatic Teller machine at the Entrance to the Leighton Barracks Post Exchange feb. 24, officials announced. To Mark the event the credit Union will randomly substitute $50 Bills for $20 Bills from feb. 24 to 27. Through the Andrews atm members can Access their credit Union accounts or others connected with the Cirrus Mac plus american express the Exchange most discover and the armed forces Finan Cial networks. Some Banks to take Day off several branches of merchants National Bank in Europe will be closed monday in Observance of presidents Day officials announced. Branches in the United kingdom Iceland Greece and the Netherlands and at the . Embassy in Bonn Germany will be closed monday. All of merchants other branches will operate Mon Day under Normal banking hours