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MILITARY MATTERS
Newsletter #67
8/01/00
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: What's in an Oath? You may be surprised to learn that many military recruiters actively recruit individuals who have previously shown that they lack honor, integrity, and commitment.
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Previous Poll: How Should the U.S. Investigate War Crime Allegations Against U.S. Troops? 47 percent said (A) -
The U.S. Military should investigate (current practice); 4 percent said (B) - The Justice Department should investigate;
9 percent said (C) - Congress should investigate; 16 percent said (D) - The United Nations World Court should investigate;
and 24 percent said (E) - The U.S. should establish a special war crimes committee to investiage.
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This Issue's Poll: Which Presidential Candidate Would Make the Best Commander-in-Chief? (A) Bush; (B) Gore; (C)
Someone Else; or (D) A Large, Semi-Starved Iguana.
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Congressmen Get Private Philly Party: PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- They flew over the Philadelphia
skyline in a helicopter owned by an aerospace contractor. Their kids took a dive in a pool hastily built for free
by union workers. They jumped in the cockpit of a Commanche helicopter flight simulator, stood near a Scud missile
and peeked inside the Marine' s latest aircraft -- the troubled MV-22 Osprey. Life' s not so bad for members of
Congress at the Republican convention who are " roughing it" in some old Navy row houses near the convention
center. The " Congressional Village, " as it is being called, is temporary home to 75 GOP congressmen
this week in Philadelphia. It' s the product of a novel merger of political money, Pentagon goodwill and a congressional
need. " This is great, " said Rep. Rick Hill, R-Mont., as he whizzed by on a scooter. Hill was one of
the congressman who took up the opportunity to have a close, secure location near the convention center.
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Security Clearnance Logjam Delays Military Training: An extraordinary backlog in Defense Department security clearances,
already the focus of congressional hearings on the potential threat to United States security, has slowed training
and assignment pipelines for hundreds of service members in some of the military's most critical career fields.
Members training to become signal analysts, electronic intelligence operators, nuclear-power technicians and various
air crewmen specialties have faced gaps of several months in training because of delays in obtaining top secret
clearances. The Defense Security Service concedes it has a backlog of at least 500,000 security reviews, most involving
reinvestigations of persons with expiring clearances. But the initial clearance process, particularly for top secret,
also is clogged, the result of years of security review mismanagement, the General Accounting Office says.
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Homeless Veterans in California Get a Hand Up: James Rogers, a college graduate
and Navy veteran, fought through Vietnam, serving as an electronics technician. Today, he is homeless, jobless
and a recovering addict. At the end of the Ventura County Stand Down on Sunday, Rogers cried as he spoke of his
pledge to end his battle with cocaine, heroin and alcohol. "I've been given a second chance in life,"
said Rogers, 47. "I think of all the people that were left behind when I was fighting. They never got a second
chance. And I'm going to use this one to the best of my ability." Rogers was among the 150 men and women from
all branches of the military who gathered at Ventura College over the weekend for the eighth annual Stand Down,
a three-day event created to assist homeless veterans. They were bused onto campus from homeless shelters in Ventura,
Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, each hoping for a few lessons in combating homelessness
and drug addiction. Around the state each year there are about eight Stand Downs, a term referring to when a soldier
moves from the battlefield to a safety zone. Event officials estimate that nationwide there are about 275,000 veterans
on the streets.
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Officer Casualness May Have Caused D.C. Commander's Firing: The decision by Marine
Corps Commandant James L. Jones earlier this month to relieve the commanding officer of the Marine Barracks in
Washington has left many Marines at "8th and I" saddened and more than a little disillusioned. Gen. Jones
decided to remove Col. G. Kevin Brickhouse from command of the historic installation in Southeast Washington because
the commandant wants to "move the barracks in a new direction," a spokesman said. Brickhouse is described
by associates as a charismatic and compassionate commander who inspired fierce loyalty and admiration among those
who served under him. "Each of the Marines, including myself, would follow him into combat by the sheer force
of his character," said retired Marine Capt. Ward Jones, who served at the barracks under Brickhouse. Associates
of both men agree that a "personality conflict" is at the heart of the matter, and that the commandant,
as the highest ranking officer in the Marine Corps, was bound to win. Some are focusing on an incident following
the evening parade on July 7. Shortly before 1 a.m., Jones--accompanied by the soon-to-retire Chief of Naval Operations
Adm. Jay Johnson, and their spouses--appeared unexpectedly at the Center House, a club for officers at the barracks.
Given the lateness of the hour on a Friday night and the expectation that they had completed their formal duties,
some of the Marine officers had removed their coats and were wearing T-shirts and suspenders. Some believe that
Jones may have taken offense at the casual attire and held Brickhouse accountable. "A lot of the officers
believe that's what pushed it over the edge," said a barracks source.
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Healthcare Advocates Rent Billboard: VIRGINIA BEACH - Military retirees on Wednesday unveiled a billboard they
hope will build momentum in Congress for the full health-care benefits they say they were promised when they made
the service a career. Veterans groups raised $5,500 to rent the billboard on Military Highway south of Providence
Road for the next three months, during the heart of the election season. The billboard reads, ``Military Retirees
Fought for Freedom, Now Congress Denies Earned Healthcare. Show Your Support. Call Your Congressman.''
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Air Force Exceeds FY 2000 Recruiting Goal: The Air Force said today that it is winning its "war on recruiting" by reaching this year's goal with the recent signing of the 34,000th enlistment contract in Mt. Vernon, Ill. With 26,070 new airmen sent to basic training since the beginning of the fiscal year, the Air Force has enough contracts with new recruits to enter basic training by Sept. 30 to meet its annual goal. "This is a great accomplishment for not only our recruiters, but for the entire United States Air Force," said Secretary of the Air Force Whit Peters,. "We made recruiting a top priority this year and are pleased to see the initial fruits of our labor. However, we won't let up; we will continue to work hard to reach both our future recruiting and retention goals."
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Uncle Sam Returns to Thank Military: SPRINGFIELD, Va -- James Montgomery Flagg's most famous painting has been
called back to serve the military again in a campaign that asks America to thank its service members. Flagg's Uncle
Sam -- declaring "I Want You" -- becomes a spokesman for Defense Secretary William S. Cohen's Joint Outreach
Initiative this time around. The secretary's program aims to "connect" America with its military. The
Armed Services YMCA resurrected Uncle Sam to encourage people to thank military service members, said Frank Gallo,
ASYMCA executive director. ASYMCA, with graphics design assistance from Raytheon Corp., printed and distributed
200,000 posters. More than half went to National Guard and Reserve units. "We wanted to play a part in reminding
people about the remendous sacrifices our service members make," Gallo said. "We're a part of the largest
volunteer organization in America, the YMCA. It's appropriate that we pay tribute to the military -- an all-volunteer
organization in its own right."
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Whole New Ball Game in Asia: BANGKOK –– North Korea's emergence from diplomatic isolation is creating a new political
and security environment in East Asia, setting off a scramble for influence by Asian powers and the United States
that may diminish America's role, foreign policy analysts say. The changes could increase pressure on the United
States to scale back its troop presence in the region and drop plans for a national missile defense system, according
to the analysts. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright arrived belatedly today for a regional security forum
to find a virtual coming-out party for North Korea, as other countries lined up to establish new ties with Pyongyang's
Stalinist government.
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New Army P.T. Uniform Available Soon: It's time to suit up in your new duds when you go out on PT. Beginning Aug.
15, the improved physical fitness uniform will be issued to soldiers in basic training and made available for purchase
to other active-duty soldiers through military clothing sales stores. The new uniform will be available to National
Guard and Army Reserve soldiers Oct. 1. Reserve recruits will receive the uniform while attending Initial Entry
Training as part of their standard clothing issue. The ensemble becomes mandatory for soldiers Oct. 1, 2003. But
between now and then, soldiers are not supposed to "mix and match" items from the current ensemble with
the new one, according to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. The new ensemble consists of a
gray-and-black jacket, black pants, black shorts, a gray short-sleeved T-shirt, and a gray long-sleeved T-shirt.
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Military Commits Forces for Public Safety: More than 300 Army, National Guard and Air Force Reserve soldiers and
airmen have been mustered with aviation and ground equipment to help federal and local firefighters and law enforcement
officials in several western states to suppress fires and support public safety. The Air National Guard and Air
Force Reserve are providing eight C-130 aircrews and aircraft, equipped with the modular airborne firefighting
system. Units include the Air Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, Cheyenne, Wyo.; 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte, N.C.;
146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands, Calif. and the Air Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing, Colorado Springs, Colo. On
the ground, the Army has deployed five active duty soldiers to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho
to serve as a U.S. Defense Liaison Team. The National Guard serving on state active duty, is providing personnel
and assets in four states.
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Soldier Gets Life for Killing Kosovo Girl: WUERZBURG, Germany (AP) — A U.S. soldier who admitted killing an 11-year-old
ethnic Albanian girl while on peacekeeping duty in Kosovo was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility
of parole.
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Incinerator Workers Accuse Army of Cover-Up: PORTLAND, Ore. — A chemical weapons depot used by the Army that has
weathered bomb threats and false alarms now faces a lawsuit from workers who claim they were sickened by highly
toxic nerve and mustard agents. The 18 workers, who are building an incinerator at the Umatilla Chemical Depot,
claim the Army is hiding leaks that occurred on Sept. 15, 1999 -- the day they became sick. Their lawyer, James
E. McCandlish, said he plans to file an injunction Monday to halt construction of the incinerator in eastern Oregon
near Hermiston until certain safety protections are in place. In addition to the injunction, McCandlish plans to
seek compensation and damages for his clients, some of whom can no longer work, he said.
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Navy MP Admits to Striking Infant Daughter: A Navy military police officer who struck and critically injured his
4-month-old daughter because the child's crying interfered with his watching a televised Washington Redskins game
pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree assault Monday in Calvert County Circuit Court. Thomas J. Bennett,
28, of Lusby, entered his plea Monday at a motions hearing on the case in Prince Frederick. As part of a plea agreement,
additional charges that Bennett struck his other two daughters, ages 2 and 9, were dropped by the state's attorney's
office. He will be sentenced Oct. 27 and could receive up to 25 years in prison. Judge Warren Krug ordered Bennett's
bond revoked after Monday's hearing.
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Was Colonel's Five-Month Sentence a Slap on the Wrist?: Col. James Hiett came out a winner with a paltry five-month
prison sentence in connection with his wife's drug dealing activities, a leading criminal justice expert contends.
But Hiett ultimately may end up a big loser: *The Army is still investigating, meaning he eventually could be court-martialed.
*By law, soldiers like Hiett who are sent to prison can lose all pay and retirement benefits. *Another law allows
the Army to demote Hiett to the last rank in which he served honorably, thereby reducing his retirement pay. *As
a convicted felon, Hiett will have a tough time finding a meaningful job to support himself, his wife and their
two young sons. Still, compared to many civilians prosecuted for drug-related offenses, he "got a great deal.
Five months was a very light sentence for his participation in this type of crime," said Eric E. Sterling,
president of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation in Washington, D.C.
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Congress Passes Long-Term Care Insurance Program: Just before leaving for its August recess, Congress approved
legislation to provide long-term care insurance to federal employees, military personnel and retirees. The House
and Senate approved the measure Thursday night after making last-minute changes and sent the legislation to President
Clinton. Clinton is expected to sign the bill, which would provide an important new benefit to government workers,
retirees and their families. The legislation has been pushed for two years by a bipartisan coalition that included
all the members of the Washington-area delegation. Under the legislation, called the Long-Term Care Security Act,
the OPM will start negotiations with insurance companies to determine what options will be offered to employees
and retirees. Officials hope to get the program started in 2002. The OPM expects the program to offer long-term
care insurance at group rates 15 to 20 percent below market. The full premiums would be paid by participants. Research
by the American Council of Life Insurers, a trade group, shows that the cost of most long-term care services--nursing
home care, assisted-living care, adult day care and home care--will quadruple over the next three decades.
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Japanese Court Fines Airman for Hit & Run: TOKYO (Reuters) — A Japanese court on Wednesday fined a U.S. serviceman
for injuring a local man in a hit-and-run incident that sparked protests against the U.S. military presence on
the southern island of Okinawa earlier this month. A court spokesman in the Okinawan capital of Naha said Johnny
Miller, a 21-year-old staff sergeant at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base, was ordered to pay a fine of 400,000
yen ($3,600). Miller ignored a red light, drove his car through an intersection and hit a 27-year-old local man
walking on a pedestrian path on July 9, the spokesman said. About 20 minutes later, Miller returned to the scene
of the accident and falsely told a police officer that a U.S. marine was to blame, he said. The victim suffered
minor bruises on his legs.
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Air Force gets Most of "Wish List": The Air Force's share of next year's $287.8 billion defense appropriations
budget is enough to fund most of the service's wish list. The 2001 Defense Appropriations bill provides for nearly
$20 billion more than the current fiscal budget and nearly $4 billion more than the president asked for. It includes
$84.1 billion for the Air Force, earmarking $2.1 billion to upgrade existing aircraft and another $7.6 billion
to purchase new ones, including the F-22 Raptor. The F-22 program is assured full funding in the bill, as long
as the fighter meets congressionally mandated testing deadlines. The budget bill is a compromise worked out July
14 between House and Senate negotiators. It still must win approval in both chambers and gain the president's signature
before it becomes law. A date for the congressional votes had yet to be set.
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First Sergeant Faulted for Gay-Bashing Death: An abusive NCO, who drove down morale and witnessed anti-gay behavior
but did nothing to stop it, is the only leader at Fort Campbell, Ky., who should be punished in connection with
the beating death of Pfc. Barry Winchell. Officers at the post, from the commanding general on down, should not
be held responsible for the crime, Army investigators said. Those findings and others came from an Army Inspector
General's report released July 21. The IG examined circumstances at Campbell that may have contributed to Winchell's
murder. Overall, the report stated, the command climate at Fort Campbell was "a positive environment,"
and that "it was clear that the chain of command, from commanding general through company leaders, responded
appropriately to matters" in respect to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military.
The preponderance of the evidence "did not support allegations that anti-homosexual comments made by soldiers
at Fort Campbell were the norm," the report stated. But poor unit morale, an abusive senior sergeant and a
tolerance for underage drinking in the barracks were cited as factors in the tragedy.
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DOD to Establish Subsistence Plan: Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the Department of
Defense intends to establish a DoD subsistence plan. The subsistence plan, designed primarily for junior members
of the U.S. armed forces, would establish a benefit for military members who now qualify for food stamps under
eligibility criteria established by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or who would qualify if the cash value
of their off-base housing allowances were not counted.
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Pay Plans for FY2001: The stakes are high for service members as lawmakers begin negotiations over the 2001 defense
authorization bill. Although last year's pay and retirement increases will be hard to beat, the House and Senate
versions of the defense bill include many new proposals to improve pay, allowances and bonuses. Negotiators, drawn
from the House and Senate Armed Services committees, must reconcile about 750 differences between the two versions
before they can pass a final bill and send it to President Clinton for his signature. They hope to complete work
in early September so the bill can become law before the 2001 fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
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Bill Would Increase TriCare Access: Tricare customers will find it easier to get access to military health care
under provisions of the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2001 defense authorization bill. Some people may
even pay less. But there are substantial differences between the two bills -- especially regarding health care
for seniors -- that must be resolved before a final defense bill can be sent to President Clinton. The House and
Senate each approved measures to help eliminate inequities for active-duty members who do not have access to extensive
military health-care facilities.
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The Few, the Proud - For a very few, the Marines offer perhaps the best benefit of all -- a new life.
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MILITARY HUMOR: How to Tell You are No Longer in the Army
1. I call my boss Mike, his boss Larry, and his boss Bob.
2. Kiwi regains its meanings as a flightless bird native to New Zealand.
3. I'm now making full use of both arms for carrying items, and save loads of time not looking for my hat (once
I realized I don't wear one anymore).
4. One look at my new paycheck and I now know why they called it the L.E.S.(S). figure out what to wear to work.
5. I can again use the "passive" voice in my writing without the grammar police smacking my knuckles.
6. Forget to shave? Just tell 'em you're starting your beard that day! Haircut? Ha!
7. Can walk to the right side of Mike, Larry, and Bob without violating some medieval concept of courtesy.
8. Have finally worked "Airborne", "Hoo-Ah", Sh*!", and "Fu#@" out of my daily
vocabulary.
9. Business lunches, golfing, and baseball season tickets are considered an essential part of work.
10. The ability to run long distances quickly and do many push-ups or sit-ups is not confused for intelligence,
leadership potential, or degree of motivation.
11. Have determined brown T-shirts and OD Socks go with nothing in the real world.
12. Can fly to New Zealand to see small flightless birds without having to get permission and a bunch of signatures
on an DA Form 31.
13. Can't remember the last time the shoes I wore to work got any mud on them.
14. Office empty at 5:15 PM. Only people left behind are ex-military whose wives couldn't take the shock of seeing
their spouses before 7:00PM.
15. No guards at the entrance to my subdivision.
16. All the years of learning great cadences wasted on the civilian world.
17. Discovered jumping out of a perfectly good plane on a business trip is a federal offense.
18. If a cannon goes off at the office at 6:30 AM or 5:00 PM you call 911.
19. No harassment from people with nothing better to do than worry whether my coat is zipped or not.
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With those words of wisdom, I once again leave you.,
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