European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday july 19,1994 pay lag by Joseph Owen a a Heidelberg Bureau Stuttgart Germany a military pay raises that lag behind the inflation rate eventually May discourage senior service members but they wont affect the influx of recruits a . Defense official said monday. A for an 18-year-old High school graduate the military is still a very very Good. Deal economically. Where a Gap grows is at the Middle and higher grades a said Edwin Dorn undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness since March 16. Dorn a Houston native and former Fulbright scholar made the remarks during an interview at . European come Headquarters in Stuttgart. He plans to spend the next few Days in Europe talking to commanders Ana service Mcm bars about Mission readiness and Hving conditions. The defense department has. Asked Congress for More recruiting advertising Money this year in what the department still regards As a a a buyer a Market a Dorn said. A was we began to draw Down the Force Congress began to reduce our recruit advertising Money a he said. A so we were not Able to get on radio and on television and let Young people know that in spite of this draw Down we re still bringing in 200,000 Young men and women a year. So recruiting became very very  the department Hopes to Correct that misunderstanding he said and also intends especially to seek women As potential recruits.1 a during the past 15 months or so we be opened up Large numbers of positions for women but we need to let them know that Quot he said. Dorn t Stop says Dorn acknowledged that the Clinton administrations proposal for military pay raises does no to keep Pace with the projected inflation rate. The administration is concerned that a military income Gap May grow Over time he said but he. Cautioned against trying to compare civilian jobs with similar Iii tary ones. For example Dorn said a civilian Jet Mechanic works under different conditions from one in the military. A the Jet engine Mechanic in the air Force is Likely to be flown in a matter of hours deployed under conditions that Are very dangerous very demanding physically Quot Dorn said a the military Mechanic does not have a 9-to-5 gig. And that a Why its very difficult to compare the pay of the  also the military tends to be on the average much younger than the civilian. Work Force. Military people usually retire much earlier than civilians leaving the latter Many More years for potential pay increases. A on the other hand we also know that tight now retention is quite High a Dorn said. A a we re keeping very Good people. There is not a mad flight Back into the civilian  Dorn also addressed reports that some commanders May be abusing the Clinton administrations a a done task done to Tell policy on homosexuals in the forces by seeking out Gays in uniform even More aggressively than before. A a we be heard allegations a not widespread allegations but allegations from a Small number of people a that some commanders or some investigative Agen pics May have misunderstood the new rules Quot he said. A a we re trying to find out whether that a True. And if its True Well clarify the rules and Well Correct whatever errors May have occurred. But i think its a misstatement to suggest that there Are widespread  the allegations Are too few in number to suggest a concentration in a particular service Branch or geographical area he said. Meager from Page 1 year. For fiscal �?T95, the House and Senate have both voted to override Clinton a proposed 1.6 percent raise in favor of a full 2,6 percent increase. Talent warned that unless the administration changes its budget projections Congress will have to continue taking such action Over the next few years or risk letting military pay fall by As much As 12 percent in real terms compared with the beginning of the decade. A a Talent who formed an and hoc task Force last year h with three other House armed services committee colleagues to Monitor signs that military readiness is slipping said pay is just the most obvious problem. The pay situation is producing a Ripple effect that is also contributing to the decline in the number of recruits who have High school diplomas and score in the upper intelligence categories on the armed forces qualification tests. A we have begun a trend which is very substantially the same As what occurred in the Carter years Quot Talent said. A the trend is already having a negative Impact on the Quality of personnel. A the Impact is As certain As the turning of the Earth to continue and to deepen unless Congress does something to increase military pay so that it keeps Pace with  military personnel officials cite various other factors to explain the slight decline in recruit Quality. With the cold War Over potential recruits see the military As casting about for missions in some of the most unpleasant places on the planet. The 1991 persian Gulf War also Talent drove Home the fact that military service is about More than just training and education a its als about dying for your country. But there is no question that the pay situation causes anxiety among military officials. A when you Tell people that you want to Send them to places like Haiti Somalia and Bosnia and a of by the Way wite going to hold your pay raises below the inflation rate a you re not going to get a Jot of takers a one official said. Talent agreed that the administration is exacerbating the pay problem by increasing the deployments and operating. Tempos of  forces around the world. As an example he cited the 248th Marine expeditionary unit which had been engaged in a support role in Somalia and then Bosnia and Herzegovina during a recent six month deployment Talent said. A they came Home for five Days and they were put Back on Board ship and sent to Haiti because we do not have enough people to cover the contingencies we have abroad a he said. A what that says is that the administration and the Congress do not care about them do not care about their families do. Not care about their expectations a he said. A to do that to those people at the same time we re red u cing their pay is Crim in  Talent predicted that if the situation is left unchecked the same problems that led to the hollow forces of the 1970s will continue to fester. A we Are paying these men and women less and asking them to stay away from their Homes longer a he said. A the simple fact of the matter As we experienced in the 1970s, is they will not slay Iii. If we continue to ask them to do that. A to hollow out the military to make a. Mistake of that size once in a generation is a tragedy. To make it twice is  bosnian serbs to of plan Brussels Belgium apr european Union foreign ministers made a last minute Appeal monday to the bosnian serbs to accept he latest International peace plan saying it was the a Only viable basis for ending the War. The eur plea came As the bosnian serbian leaders told a crucial meeting of their breakaway parliament to throw out the plan. British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd warned that rejection of the plan could Lead to a flare up of the bosnian War after months of a half peace.�?�. A no one will win a new War a Hurd told a news conference on the margin of a meeting of the dozen eur foreign ministers. A it will simply mean More killing More  the plan drawn up by the United states Russia and the eur gives a Muslim croatian federation 51 percent of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the serbs 49 percent. It would mean the serbs would relinquish some land conquered in 27 months of War. Hurd hinted that Britain and other nations would pull their troops from the United nations peacekeeping Force in Bosnia if the plan were rejected. He said the United states Russia and the eur planned other a a disincentives if the plan were thrown out. He did not give details. But they Are Likely to consider lifting the . Ban on arms supplies to the bosnian government and tightening economic sanctions against the reservist a-1 of take Over deny flight tasks by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Aviano a Italy a a Force of a dozen a-10 Thunderbolt ii aircraft and nearly 200 airmen have assumed the a-10 aircraft missions for operation deny flight at Aviano. The Force which includes . Air Force Reserve and air National guard members arrived at the base in Northern Italy late last week and immediately took Over deny flight tasks from the departing 81st fighter so deployed to Aviano from Span Dahlem a Germany. A normally when you arrive at a new base you have a Day off. But we started flying our deny flight sorties on saturday and by sunday night had flown 20,�?� said it. Col. Ted thilly 47, monday. Thilly the 175th�?Ts vice commander is also an a-10 Pilot. The arrival of the reservists and their aircraft gives a much needed break for the 81st, the Only Europe an based a-10 Squadron. During two deployments to Aviano the 81st flew More than 2,000 combat sorties for deny flight natos Effort to enforce the . Flight ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. A a a a the 81st flew 1,065 combat sorties from july 12 to nov. 18, 1993, and posted another 974 sorties from Jan. 15 until its departure last Friday. The Squadron soon Heads to Nellis fab nev., to participate in exercise air Warrior �?T94. The arriving aircraft come from the air National guards 175th fighter group from Baltimore and the reserves 442nd fighter Wing at White Man fab colo., and 917th fighter Wing at Barksdale fab la. Personnel come from those units As Well As the 930th operations group from Grissom fab ind. Support personnel for the Relief Force arrived at Aviano on thursday. Aircraft landed Friday night following a two Day hop from Martin state Airport 11 Miles East of Baltimore. Pilots such As it. Col. Charlie Morgan 45, Are guardsmen taking several weeks off from their civilian flying jobs. Morgan pilots a 727 aircraft on the new York Washington shuttle route. A thursday morning we launched 16 a los just to make sure we would have 12 ready to Fly across the Atlantic a said Morgan the Squadron a a operations officer. A fall to flew As far As Nantucket then we sent four Back Home.�?�. Serbs. Ambassadors from the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization Are scheduled to meet in Brussels on wednesday to discuss plans for a new tasks in Bosnia if the peace plan is rejected. . Defense Secretary William Perry said sunday that the United states and other nato nations May have to play a greater military role in the Region whether the plan is accepted or not. Nato is expected to provide peacekeeping troops if the plan does come into Force. Perry said the United states would put a a significant number of its troops on the ground in Bosnia As part of such a Force. Nato currently provides air Power to cover . Troops police a ban on heavy arms around Sarajevo and other bosnian towns and enforce a no Fly zone Over Bosnia. Nato warships off the former Yugoslavia enforce a . Trade embargo. The bosnian parliament also was meeting Mondow to discuss the peace plan. Its Muslim led government recommended acceptance