European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 9,1994 a at a glance a i v ? it a of a a m is. $ amp amp a s sat or a . Medical soldiery Mark Rich Nordson of Britain gives a meningitis shot to a rwandan girl during an inoculation Campaign in Kibe to 120 Miles Southwest of Kigali. Meanwhile Hutu extremists Are distributing leaflets inside Rwanda threatening to kill supporters of the Tutsi installed government  official said. See Story on Page 10. North assailed a Vietnam Veteran accused Oliver North of lying about his military record and former us. Naval Academy classmates criticized the gop Senate candidate for attacks on his opponent s Marine service. A a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a. A. Page 6 failing behind a Senate panels investigation of sen Bob Packwood is a year behind schedule. A a a a. A a Pago 7 pulling out Ultra nationalist Vladimir a Mirinovsky said his party was suspending its attendance in the russian parliament. A Page 10 revolt recalled some 200 people gathered at the former nazi Auschwitz death Camp to pay tribute to the heroic jewish revolt 50 years ago. A a Page 11 Stock prospects the ratification vote for the Gatt treaty is expected to weigh heavily on the Stock Market. A Page 12 i Index i Abby Ann Landers. 20 classifieds. 24-29 commentary .23 faces no places. 20 Horoscope. 28 letters .22 Money matters. 12-13 Mutual funds. 13-17 sports .31-36 weather. 21 pay from Page 1 specific aspects of the existing compensation system vat the time. A a we re in a fundamentally changing environment a said army col. Dave Moore who will serve on the task Force. A emissions arc changing. The military a demographics Are changing with More and More women families and dual service couples.�?�, a a a Moore said the 8th a rec will look at compensation from a strategic viewpoint and try to identify what the future compensation system should look like. A once we have that vision then we will try to determine what the specific features of that system should look like and try to figure out How we get there from Here a he said. That Mission is in contrast to the 7th a rec which looked at ways to tweak the current system of pay and allowances with an Eye toward making Short term fixes. A a a. A a the 7th a rec focused on what we t have today whether its working and whether its viable for the near future a said air Force it. Col. Jon Vetterlein who served on the 7th a rec task Force and will be a member of the 8th a rec a a panel. A / a. A. A a a. A v. A. A a this time Well get rid of All the constraints of the current system and take a much More Long Range View a he said. Service members should not expect wholesale changes in their paychecks any time soon. The a rec process tends to be More a revolutionary than revolutionary a Vetterlein said. The defense department is Only now implementing the first significant changes to its compensation system recommended by the 7th a rec which disbanded More than two years ago. One of the principal conclusions of that panel was that the current system is unnecessarily complicated and should be reduced to just three components Basic pay a a locality pay that would take into account All housing and Cost of living allowances and specially pay for certain Fri quadrennial review of military compensation what the a rec is a of Fensty department task Force formed every four years since 1967 to review military compensation the task Force can recommend changes but has no Power to implement them. The Mission this task Force will take a much broader look at the Overall military compensation system than its predecessors did. It will consider whether fundamental reforms Are needed to keep the system viable Over the next _ several  is on it the director is Bob Emmerichs Deputy assistant Secretary of the army for military personnel management. About 35 compensation financial management and personnel experts from All services. Including the coast guard will be on the task Force. Most of the experts Are military. A few civilians also will serve. How Long it will run the 8th a rec is expected to begin its formal review sometime in january. The review is expected to last about a year to 18 months. Source defense department compensation office skills such As doctors and pilots. A simplifying the compensation system is still a goal but it takes Money a Lun Dahl said. A in this time of tight budgets we Haven to been Able to do some of the things wed like  for example the 7th a rec noted various anomalies in the military pay Chart that should be addressed with the intent of making pay raises for promotions More valuable than the raises awarded at various time in service milestones. A. \ a the 7th a rec estimated that it would take annual pay raises of at least 3 percent to make those kinds of changes without forcing some people to lose Money or making the whole proposition too expensive a Vetterlein said. At the time of the 7th a rec military budget projections called for annual pay raises of More than 4 percent which obviously never materialized during the Post co id War draw Down. Military officials face other obstacles in implementing what seem like relatively minor changes in pay and allowances. Such moves tend to have a Ripple effect that touches other aspects of the compensation system such As retired pay. A one thing the 7th a rec pointed out is that retired pay and Reserve Drill pay through their links to Basic pay represent tremendous inertia that has to be overcome to make even the simplest changes a. A a a a. A amps in the compensation system a Lundahl said. In addition Many allowances Are tax exempt making the tax implications of any changes formidable. A nonetheless some of the 7th qom cd a recommendations Are being realized now. The panel advocated moving toward a single living allowance that woul Combine the Basic allowance for quarters with the various stateside and overseas housing allowances and the Standard Cost of living allowance for a Given area. While that May be a Long Way off a big first step in that process is the creation of a stateside cola for service members in extremely High Cost areas which Congress recently approved. The creation of a stateside cola is a a significant achievement in the tight budget climate we re in a Vetterlein said. A and that a directly attributable to the work of the 7th  the defense department also is looking to draft a proposal for the fiscal �?T96 budget that would implement another 7th a rec recommendation a linking housing allowances to an external Index to make them More realistically reflect actual housing costs. Vetterlein said its too soon to Tell How much of an Impact the 7th a rec will ultimately have on military compensation. Kuwait from Page 1 cred to be a threatening and menacing circumstance a said maj Gen. Fat Hughes director of intelligence for the joint chiefs he added that the warning time for an invasion would be fairly Short because of the close proximity to the Border. Even As additional . Forces move into the Region Sheehan said american forces already were a in a position right now where if Saddam Hussein does something we can punish those forces. Ave clearly have the capacity to go downtown Baghdad that s one of the lessons i Hope Saddam Hussein Learned last time we did  White House chief of staff Leon pan Etta interviewed on can stressed the importance of a measured response at this Point saying Saddam could simply be trying to prod the United nations to lift economic sanctions or responding to some internal difficulty. A it is just important that it not be overestimated in terms of its possible Impact Quot he said. A a we re not sure at this Point what the implications Are. For that reason we just think its better to approach the situation  Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., voiced support for Clinton a action adding a the message the . And the world needs to Send is Clear if Saddam ads against Kuwait the world will  Secretary of state Warren Christopher departing saturday for the Middle East made plans to Stop in Kuwait on wednesday to provide a a very Strong expression of our resolve to stand with Kuwait in this Uncertain situation.�?�. Christopher said he had telephoned kuwaiti acting prime minister Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to reaffirm Strong . Support for Kuwait a and our readiness to respond firmly to any iraqi act of  gives up Washington apr the Senate overcame objections by an angry Iowa senator and approved the retirements and promotions of three senior air Force officers. In a rare saturday session As it struggled to adjourn until after election Day the Senate voted 59-30 to retire it. Gen. Buster c. Glosson at his current three Star rank. By voice votes it then approved the retirement of it. Gen. Edward p. Barryjr. With his current three stars and the promotion of col. Claude m. Boltonjr. To brigadier general. Military promotions and retirements Are usually . But this time opposition came from sen. Chuck Grassley a Iowa who complained about a Lions taken by the officers involved. Grass lev initially engaged in filibusters aimed at killing the promotions and retirements adding to the logjam that has delayed Congress efforts to leave town for the Campaign season. He relented and allowed votes to occur when support for the officers became Clear but said he hoped the delays had sent the Pentagon a message. A a done to Send us your problems a he said. Of a done to promote people that have bad records.�?�. Glosson was widely praised throughout the military for his role in managing the air Campaign during the 1991 persian Gulf War. But in december he was admonished by air Force Secretary Sheila Winnail after the defense department and air Force inspectors general concluded he had improperly tried to influence several generals who were serving on a promotion Board. Such actions Are prohibited since promotion boards Are supposed to base their decisions solely on candidates military records. Grassley has been battling against Bolton a promotion for More than a year. Bolton was manager of an air Force advanced cruise missile procurement program that Grassley said broke the Law by allowing the contractor to run up $112 million in excessive Bills. Barry was one of three generals singled out by Pentagon superiors for his management of the c-17 transport plane program. Former defense Secretary Les Aspin pulled Barry and two other overseers off the c-17 project saying he no longer had Confidence that they would perform to the highest Standard