European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday july 23, 1394 suggestions on Ness by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau the readiness task Force report contains few new conclusions about military readiness that were not already covered in its interim report issued in february. The eight member task Force of retired three and four Star officers was formed by former defense Secretary Les Aspin last year to assess various aspects of military readiness. The task Force is led by retired Gen. Edward c. Meyer army chief of staff from 1979 to 1983, and also includes retired Gen. Maxwell r. Thurman chief of the . Southern come during the 1989 invasion of Panama and retired Gen. Larry d. Welch former air Force chief of staff. Meyer is credited with coining the phrase Quot hollow forces in the Early 1980s after budget cuts for training maintenance and operations had left the army with units that were undermanned under equipped and unprepared. The report contains few new  example the final report repeated earlier assertions that the defense department must find a Way to measure the preparedness of Multi service Quot joint Force packages that will be the War  Page 1 deployments of six months at sea and one year in Home port. A family separation has always been a major if not the number one retention variable a the task Force report said Quot the Navy Learned Long ago the necessity for explicit per Stempo standards. Excessive family separation results in lower morale poor retention and reduced  the Marine corps recently finished a study of the Issue and is considering a similar policy. The army and air Force should do the same to get a better Han die on retention trends the report said. In another sensitive personnel Issue the report said All the services need to find a definitive Way to determine How much of a Gap exists Between military and private sector pay.  As measured by the department of labors economic Cost Index the Gap is about 12 percent. But the Rand corp. Think tank in California recently introduced an alternative Index measurement that showed hardly any Gap. Quot most Likely the truth lies somewhere in Between a the report said. Quot however this uncertainty needs speedy Resolution for it is Clear that sustained Caps on military pay could significantly damage our ability to properly recruit and retain Quality personnel m the  Norm in the new smaller military r the report said the defense department must come up with innovative ways to measure future readiness in the Post cold War Era of leaner stateside based forces. The defense department traditionally has focused on military units within each service. But the report pointed out that almost every operation envisioned in the new military strategy of fighting two regional contingencies nearly simultaneously will involve joint operations with units of several services working together. The report recommends that the serv . Chief . By Deutsche Presse Agenter. New York . Secretary-Gen-1 eral Boutros Boutros Ghali wants to limit the number of . Troops in any proposed . Peacekeeping Force for Haiti for fear the americans would be a trigger Happy cowboys a a . Official said Friday. The United states and Boutros Ghali also have clashed Over who should command the proposed 16,000-Man peacekeeping Force said the official who. Spoke to spa on condition of anonymity. Boutros Ghali has insisted in meetings with . Officials that the commander come from a country other than the United states while Washington wants a . General to Lead the Force the official said. The official added that Boutros Ghali wants . Participation in the proposed Force to be limited to just one third of the Mission while Washington has offered up to 80 percent. Boutros Ghalie a greatest worry is that . Forces in the . Mission who would Exchange their regular headgear for . Blue helmets after a possible invasion would be Quot trigger Happy and act like. Quot cowboys when dealing with haitian civilians the official said. A a we re trying to advise the americans that if some people arc shooting their guns off into the sky not to respond by shooting Back right away but to show restraint. 6hali does no to want them to be trigger Happy or to act like cowboys by shooting into crowds a he said. The United states on thursday presented details of a draft Resolution to the , Security Council that Calls for the Council to authorize a fall necessary Means to oust Haiti a military dictatorship and restore democracy. The . Plan Calls for two phases. In ices define specific criteria and. Come up with a system to judge whether forces Are truly ready for joint operations. Along with improving current joint readiness assessments the defense department must do better at predicting How today a budget decisions will affect tomorrows readiness Levels the report said. The services have Well defined reporting systems to evaluate the current readiness of combat and support units but systems for measuring future readiness Are far less adequate the report said. Congress and. The administration also must find a Way to fund contingency operations such As the Somalia Riti Sion without sapping the Money needed to maintain the readiness of other forces not involved in those operations the task Force said. That has become an increasing problem As the United states has entered into More peacekeeping and humanitarian operations since the breakup of the soviet Union and Warsaw pact. The task Force will continue to meet quarterly to review the status of its recommendations and address other readiness issues. Lance cps. Ralph Pruett of new Athens 111. Left and Chris Rotundo of Norwich n.y., clean their weapons aboard the amphibious assault ship Inchon off Haiti. The first the Council would authorize a regional Force almost entirely made up of . Troops to use a fall Means necessary a shorthand for Force a to remove the haitian dictatorship. The second phase would kick in some time after the invasion when the Council would Send the peacekeeping Force to maintain order and help restore the country a democratic institutions and economic infrastructure. The . Official told spa that the United states thinks it would take Only Days to change the operation from an invasion Force to peacekeeping while Boutros Ghali and his aides believe at least a month is needed. Haitians Are still sensitive about . Military Power after the United states invaded Haiti Early this Century and occupied the country for nearly 20 years he said. High level discussions Between . And . Officials on the matter Are to continue he said. Distributed by Scripps Howard news service trave from Page 1 Short travel plans for military people who Quot done to use vacation time to return to the United states. A we can provide service to the states obviously a Terrahe said a but we think our Strong suit will be filling Short travel programs for people who take less time to  under the new contract the travel Agency will operate 33 offices in Germany and two each in Italy Belgium and Holland Terrahe said. Sat travel currently operates 40 offices in Europe but will close its Pir Masens Germany office this month according to army officials. The Agency plans to hire More than 100 people to staff those offices. Carlson Wagon lit plans to interview Many of. Satos employees to fill the positions Terrahe said. Although Many changes Are planned in the offices including upgrading compute. Or equipment and reservation terminals Terrahe stopped Short of saying Carlson Wagon lit would beat sat travel prices. A a it a hard to compare across the Board because travel arrangements Are so individual a Terrahe said. A but we know that about 30 percent of sat travel potential customers left and went to competitors for better prices. We believe we can get that 30 percent Back. We re in business to have fun and make a  the company a chief advantages Over Sato according to Terrahe Are size and experience. The company became one of the world s largest travel agencies after Carlson and Wagon lit travel merged july 7, Terrahe said. Now the Agency has 4,000 offices in 125 countries and employs about 25,000 people he  year Carlson and Wagon lit combined to generate More than $11 billion in travel sales mostly in the United states and Europe. Between them the companies sold More than 20 million airline tickets 4 million railway passes 7 million hotel reservations and handled 6 million car rentals making them the Market leaders in Europe and the second largest travel Agency in the United states Terrahe said. Before joining Wagon lit Carlson travel provided travel arrangements to the . 1st army in the United states As Well As Wright Patterson fab in Ohio he said. The company also provides Sery ices for several american consulates in Europe. The company also has connections in the hotel Industry. The accor group a consortium of hotels in Europe is a major shareholder giving the travel Agency Access to More than 1,000 european hotels rated Between one and four stars at budget prices Terrahe said. A we believe we re quite capable of providing for the army in Europe a Terrahe said. A a we re already doing business with the army and we be been running the emergency travel desk at Frankfurt Airport Tor about a year we have the a knowledge to make this work Well Quot. Carlson Wagon lit plans to take Oyer the Sato buildings oct. 1 and be opera a we believe we re quite capable of providing for the army in Europe. We re already doing business with the army and we be been running the emergency travel desk at Frankfurt Airport for about a year. We have the knowledge to make this work Well a Achim Terrahe spokesman Carlson Wagon lit travel tonal by monday oct. 3, Terrahe said during its first weekend the company plans to put employees through an intensive training session to prepare them for operations. A ultimately we have to be mentally prepared to hit the ground moving Quot Terrahe said. A we done to want to cause any disruptions to the customer a the new contract is estimated to be Worth about $76,8 million in government and personal travel costs. The contract gives Carlson Wagon lit exclusive official travel booking rights ii it Usa eur in Exchange for guaranteed travel fee rebates to the government. Concession fees go to the commands morale welfare and recreation fund