European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The and stripes vol. 53, no. 1.28 500 s tuesday August 23,1994 d 8693 a Brace for cuts Dod says most new weapons systems endangered Minary Fod Bojoh Mintz Washington Post Washington the Pentagon s top leadership has ordered the military services to plan for the Possi ble cancellation or delay of nearly every Large new weapons system in the planning or development stages. In a memorandum thursday Deputy defense Secre tary John Deutch asked the army Navy and air Force to draw up specific alternatives for the major weapons. Programs planned by the services. The Cost savings would pay for improvements in other  Deutch s memo alarmed the military services and de sense contractors who said such cuts or delays could weaken the nation s defences. The memo obtained by the Washington Post was in tended by Deutch to be a huge Wake up Call to the military services that they will have to delay or eliminate hardware programs or face deep cuts in other areas a Pentagon official said sunday. Deutch is telling people to take notice because we have very Tough decisions coming the official said. Top Pentagon officials received the memo Friday and a number of military and Industry officials expressed distress when they Learned about it Over the week end. Several officials said that if the order were enacted As written it would be one of the largest mass cutbacks of military programs in memory. You re going to hear a lot of screaming by air Force officials Over the proposed delay of up to four years in producing the f-22 Jet fighter an air Force official said sunday. This u be a blow to the Navy. And it s scary Anavy official said. Deutch with the support of defense Secretary Wil Liam Perry is searching for budget cuts because the Pentagon lacks funds Tor carry out its missions. Last month the general accounting office said the de sense department has underestimated its costs and exaggerated its savings and will find it is $150 billion Short Over the next five years. The memo does t say How much Money Deutch wants to save so it cannot be determined How Many programs could be affected. Congress top priority which is almost a mantra at see cuts on Page 2 cubans still flee to . In droves Nas key West Fla. A de sense Secretary William Perry said monday that the military is prepared to House 10,000 cubans at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Inho if the .got Southeast Cuba in definitely a sign of the Clinton administration s determination to prevent an exodus of cuban refugees from reach ing . Shores. The get Tough policy has had Little effect on its intended audience however More than 1,000 refugees a Day Are being picked up. Those Are the highest numbers see cubans on Page 4 a photos cuban refugees on a makeshift raft of tree branches shake hands top with pleasure boaters sunday in the Straits of Florida. After surviving hunger Sharks and the scorching Sun for six Days the cubans thought they had reached America. They were wrong. When a . Coast guard vessel came to their Rescue left the guardsmen told the refugees that . Policy had changed and that they would be taken to the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The refugees were just 12 Miles off key West Fla. So close. Gis also Targ eted for Aid i in Africa by Cindy Killion and Vince Crawley staff writers increasing involvement in humanitarian operations such As those in Rwanda and the Early Days of Somalia has added a new dimension to the military s View of Post traumatic stress. While the treatment of the condition so far has t changed much from the Clas sic combat induced disorder military psychiatrists psychologists and chaplains Are aware that the causes can be much different. For the Mission in Rwanda dubbed operation support Hope the human suf Fering is so overwhelming that a sense of helplessness can easily Lead to feelings of frustration and anger said or. Ann nor Wood assistant professor of psychiatry at the uniformed services University of the health sciences. The University based in Bethesda md., trains military doctors and other health professionals. It s a lot like the survivor guilt that see Africa on Page 2