European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 27, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 military payday comes ear by Chuck Vinch Washingto Bureau Washington Pentagon officials Are giving service members a gift to Cele brate the end of the fiscal year pay checks that would normally be Issue saturday will go out Friday instead. Deputy defense Secretary John Deutch authorized the move As a Way to head off potential financial glitches  Pentagon officials said. Because the oct. 1 payday Falls on sat urday service members normally would receive their pay until oct. 3, the next working Day. A provision of the . Code allows the defense department to Issue paychecks on the preceding work Day when the Normal payday Falls on a saturday sunday or Holiday. Deutch also ordered that the payday scheduled for oct 1, 1995, which Falls Ona sunday be moved Back to sept. 29. The action will prevent military personnel from receiving their pay late said Susan Hansen of the Pentagon. But a secondary goal maybe to save the Pentagon some Money at least on paper because the fiscal year ends sept. 30, moving one payday which costs about $3.2 billion from one year to an other shaves Money off the Pentagon budget for the following fiscal year. Moving the upcoming payday to Friday will shift $3,2 billion in outlays from the Fis Cal 1995 defense budget to the fiscal 1994budget. Similarly moving next year s oct. 1. Payday to sept. 29 will shift its eventual Ostrom fiscal 1996 to fiscal 1995. What All that Means is that the Penta gon s financial obligation for one of the 24 military paydays in fiscal 1996 technically will be wiped off the books. Hansen said that the accounting Maneu vers might have played a role in the decision to shift the paydays but that the primary goal was to make sure the troops Don t get paid late Hansen said. The mid month paydays for this october in main Ramstein to Mark shift Ramstein a Germany is Cross country ceremonies will be con ducted Friday to symbolize the move of the 37th Airlift so from Rhein main a to Ramstein. -. Vav the events begin at 11 . At Rhein main hangar 484, known As the Wash rack with officials marking the end of the Squadron s 17-year history there. A three ship formation of c-130 aircraft will link the two ceremonies departing Rhein main and arriving at Ramstein a in time for a 3 30 . Ceremony at the base officers club. The move is part of the draw Down of Rhein main which will reduce the Gateway to Europe to a contingency base by next summer. The Squadron s move which began june 28 when the first two aircraft landed at Ramstein brings 16 c-130 cargo air Craft and More than 400 operations and maintenance people to the base. The guest speaker will be maj. Gen. Eugene d. Santarelli commander of the 17th air Force. Both Are open to the Public. Americans with Berlin experience can loin new network for alumni berlins a an alumni association has been created for americans who served in Berlin. The Berlin american alumni association will assist organizations that want to Contact anyone who was a service member. Or civilian employee of the . Army or state department. Also invited to join Are people who served in any other employment status in the City. The u so Berlin is accepting the applications. The registration information should include the applicant s rank while in Berlin and current rank unit while in Berlin and current unit the time in which service in Berwin took place and a Perma nent address the address of the Uso office is unit 26774, Box r3164y Apo a 09235 civil Ian Borggrafe Strasse 2a, d-10787, Berlin. 48th fighter Wing gets new chief Raf Lakenheath England is col. David f. Macghee or. Has taken command of Raf Lakenheath s 48th fighter Wing. Macghee 46, was installed As com Mander during a ceremony last week. He came to Lakenheath from the Pentagon where he was the executive officer to the air Force chief of staff. Macghee succeeds Brig Gen. Kurt Banderson 50, who had served As base commander since september 1992. An Derson s new assignment will be As head of . Air Force recruiting services at Randolph fab Texas. Danes hold Sway in infantry events Garmisch Germany is danish Reserve soldiers dominated the 16th International Minuter an Competition a marksmanship and infantry skills event put on sept 9-11 by the 7th . Army Reserve come based in Heidel Berg. Individual soldiers or teams from Bel Gium France Germany Latvia and Ukraine also placed first in the eight events which included Rifle and pistol marksmanship grenade throwing and the multiple integrated laser engagement system or Miles which uses lasers to confirm hits in combat training. This was the third year that former Warsaw pact members from Eastern Europe competed. And for october 1995 also fall on weekends but the defense department has announced no plans to shift those paydays. Service members have an option of getting paid either once or twice a month. While Many opt for the twice monthly checks Hansen speculated that the reason those two mid month paydays would not be shifted is because most service members get paid Only once a month. Yet in August 1993, both the first and15lh Days of the month also fell on week ends but the military paydays were not shifted then  could not cite the last time the defense department had shifted a military payday. Anti freezes Soylo Tillmon . Army spec. Richard Baughman of the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center near Kaiserslautern Germany struggles with an m16 while dressed in subzero protective garments. Baughman was taking part in cold weather safety training at the Hospital. Simonella family member killed in car crash Nas Simonella Sicily is an american military family member died monday morning following a two car a. Cadent Between Simonella s Nas 1 and Nas ii. Jackie Vinson 30, was making a left hand turn onto italian Highway 106 from italian Highway 192 at about 9 30 . When a. Car attempted to pass on the left and collided with his vehicle a Navy spokesman said. Simonella emergency Crews and italian authorities arrived within minutes and pulled Vinson from his vehicle. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation was administered and then Vinson was flown  Ian helicopter to the Simonella naval Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 10 49 . The Driver of the other car an italian Citi in was transported to a Hospital in the nearby town of Catania. His Passen Ger was uninjured. Vinson is survived by his wife Petty officer 2nd class Alma Vinson. He had worked As a Mechanic at the Auto Hobby shop at Nas ii. He had been at Simonel la about three years. Funeral arrangements Are pending. Heidelberg Hospital to close for 2 Days Heidelberg Germany is the . Army Hospital in Heidelberg will he closed oct. 6 and 7 because of mandatory training As Well As a training Holiday. All clinics and services will be closed except the emergency room