European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and Stripe sunday october 9,1994 l at a glance tit two win it �?~.4 a . Medical Soldier Mark Rich Ardson 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 in stalled government . Officials said. See Story on Page 10. North assailed a Vietnam Veteran accused Oliver North of lying about his military record and former . Naval Academy classmates criticized the gop Senate candidate for attacks on his opponent s Marine service., a Page 6 falling behind a Senate panel s investigation of sen. Bob Packwood is a year behind schedule. A a a a a a a a page7 pulling out Ultra nationalist Vladimir a Mirinovsky said his party was Quot 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 Page 11 Stock prospects the ratification vote for the Gatt treaty is expected to weigh heavily on the Stock Market. A Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers 20 classifieds. 24-29 commentary. .23 faces of places .20 Horoscope. 28 Ladics. .22 Money matters 12-13 Mutual funds. 13-17 sports 30-36 weather. 21 pay from Page 1 specific aspects of the existing compensation system at 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 Are changing. The military a demographics Are changing with More and More women families and dual service  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 a a a a the 7th a rec focused on what we have today whether its working and whether it s viable for the near future a said air Force it. Col. Jon act Torlein who served on the 7th a rec task Force and will be a member of the 8th a rec panel. A a v a a a a this time we a 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 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 quadrennial review of military compensation what the a rec is a defense department task Force formed every four years since 1967to review military compensation the task Force can recommend changes but has no Power to implement  the Mission this task Force will take a much broader look at the Overall it military compensation system than its predecessors did. It will consider whether fundamental reforms Are needed to keep the system viable Over the next several decades. A who 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. 0 How Long it will run the 6th 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 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. Quot 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 cold War draw Down. Military officials face other obstacles in implementing what seem like relatively minor changes in pay arid 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 in the compensation system a Lundahl said. In addition Many allowances Are tax exempt making the tax implications of any changes formidable. Nonetheless some of the 7th qom cd a recommendations Are being realized now. The panel advocated moving toward a a a a a a v. A a a a is amps. A a a single living allowance that would 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 Quot 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. V a a a a a he pointed out that the Pentagon is still working on recommendations from the 6th a rec which focused on the Reserve pay system a but the Early results Are positive a he said. A the 7th a rec provided a Structure that we can use to measure various proposals in a Way we did no to have before. That will be particularly valuable to the work of the 8th a rec from Page 1 newspaper warned saturday without elaborating that unless the sanctions Are lifted a the anger of the patient will erupt in order to compensate for the pains of this  president Clinton warned Saddam on saturday that it would be a a grave error for Iraq to repeat mistakes of the  Clinton dispatched the aircraft Carrier George Washington with 60 to 80 jets from the Adriatic sea to the red sea within striking distance of Iraq. A four ship amphibious group with 2,000 marines in the Southern Gulf began moving North saturday and was expected off Kuwait Early today. A . Supply ships were sailing from the Indian Ocean and Britain sent a frigate to bolster its naval Force in the Gulf. Clinton also told his military chiefs to update a target list for ship launched Tomahawk cruise missiles which wiped out key installations in Iraq during the 1991 persian Gulf War. On saturday defense Secretary William Perry said a the iraqi units that Are already in position Are too close for comforts a about 30 Miles from the kuwaiti Border. A we have to look at the facts on the ground a Perry said in port a Prince Haiti where he was visiting . Forces a we cannot afford to assume this is just a Bluff. That is Why we Are taking the actions we Are  gives up 3 air Force officers Washington a the Senate overcame objections by an angry. Iowa senator and approved the retirements and promotions of three senior air Force officers. A. 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 uncontroversial. But this time opposition came from sen. Chuck grass Ley a Iowa who complained about actions taken by the officers involved. Grassley 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 dear but said he hoped the delays had sent the Pentagon a message. A a done to Send us your problems a he said. A a done to promote people that have bad  Glosson was widely praised throughout the military for his role in managing the air Campaign during the 1991 persian Gull War. But in december he was admonished by air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall 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. A. 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