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NOTICE TO HAWAII MARINE READERS We hope you will enjoy this special edi- during the holiday season when The Military Sun Press, published twice tion of the Military Sun Press, created HAWAII MARINE is not published. each year, is in no way connected to the especially for HAWAII MARINE readers U.S. Marines or the U.S. government. Hawaii Marine PressWEEK OF JANUARY 1-7, 1999 DoD proposes 4.40/0 pay hike for military, civilians . Raise takes effect Jan, 1, 2000; will be largest increase in a generation . _ 1' 1. By Jim Garamone eight years of service, you'll American Forces Press Service find that one of his subordi- 4-06 nates, who may be a . 1- ' . , WASHINGTON , An sergeant, an E-5 pay grade, , ' - , across-the-board pay raise, a who has 14 years of service, , targeted pay raise and a makes as much or more than return to a retirement plan he does," Shelton said. ., , that pays 50 percent of base Cohen said this would .......h. pay at 20 years are the three allow the Department of ., s, key elements of a compensa- Defense to do a better job in i, .. tion plan for service mem- highlighting performance c ' bers. and rewarding service mem- tP The compensation plan - bers for their skills, educa- allisfal '7.1 '' announced by Defense Secre- tion, experience and tary William S. Cohen and leadership abilities. Army Gen. Henry Shelton, The third part of the com- '4 4, 4 i ., chairman of the Chiefs package will ,. Joint pensation AA. %.`" of Staff, during a press con- change the current retire- ference at the Pentagon. Dec. ment system. Cohen said 21 - will be part of the pres- during his travels around the ident's fiscal 2000 budget. military., service members 4 . ,...- The across-the-board pay tell him the current "redux" raise is pegged at 4.4 percent retirement system, which ,.., Fail and will take effect Jan. 1, came into effect on Aug. 1, -4. ,,,,' ' 2000. Pay raises for the "out- 1986, is perceived as unfair. - --, years of the budget - The previous retirement sys- , 2005 are' tenta- 50 of .1, trainina through - tem provided percent , tively set for 3.9 percent. base pay if a service member A crew of the 25th Infantry Division "The increase is the largest retired with 20 years in the , , 9 in basic military pay in near- military. Under redux, ser- ,. , ,. 4. (above) takes part in a training exer- , ly a generation," Cohen said. vice members retiring after ' , cise at Schofield Barracks recently , "It compensates our service 20 years receive 40 percent of ,,, while preparing for next month's ,,. members adequately and their base pay. Many mid- deployment to the Joint Readiness , fairly." level service members who . .. Training Center at Fort Polk, La. Two tk ,..' Civilian workers will leave the service cite redux soldiers (left) load barbed wire onto receive the same increase. as one of the primary reasons ro, a platform for another exercise. The targeted pay raise is for not staying. "We are com- ;,. - L.-A,* ' aimed at mid-level NCOs and mitted to returning 20-year . ..,:. ),.4 ..,R, -11W.,...,4 mid-level officers. Raises call retirement to 50 percent of for an additional 0,5 percent base pay," Cohen said. to 5.5 percent taking effect A senior defense official July 1, 2000. If approved, 1 said this package has been million service members will endorsed by the White House get a targeted raise, Penta- and the Office of Manage- Desert Fox commander says U.S. gon officials said. These are ment and Budget. "The the most highly trained per- Defense budget I will submit sonnel and the most attrac- to Congress for next year will tive to private industry. include a pay raise of 4.4 per- in Iraqi attack A senior Defense official cent for 2000, a restructuring achieved objectives also called the targeted pay of pay to reward performance raise "pay table reform." He as well as length of service, By Linda D. Kozaryn reporters at the Pentagon, the meeting the intended objective, involved in strike and support said the officer pay table is and an increase in retire- American Forces Press Service Desert Fox commander which could range from tem- roles delivered over 600 pieces the "most out of whack" with ment benefits," President declared the mission effective- porarily disrupting a command of ordnance and 90 cruise mis- only 37 percent of raises over Clinton said in a written WASHINGTON If he's ly achieved U.S. objectives. and control function to corn - siles, he said. More than 40 a career coming from, promo- statement: smart, Saddam Hussein won't Although all the results pletely destroying a facility. ships performed. strike and tions and the rest through Cohen said the message want a repeat of Operation were not yet in, Zinni said, fur- The strikes hit airfields, support roles, with 10 launch- longevity. "The preponder- service members should get Desert Fox, Marine Corps ther analysis may prove the bunker complexes, mainte- ing more than 300 missiles. ance (of new targeted raises) from the compensation pack- Gen. Anthony C. Zinni said mission to be the most accu- nance facilities, Republican "Thousands of ground troops are based on merit, perfor- age is that the Defense Dec. 21. But, if the Iraqi dicta- rate U.S. air campaign ever Guard barracks and headquar- deployed to protect Kuwait mance, promotion versus just Department has heard their tor hasn't yet learned his les- conducted. Specialists are still ters, radio jamming centers and to respond to any counter simply being in the service concerns and will act on son, U.S. forces . will be doing battle damage assess- and ballistic missile facilities. action," the commander added. P for long periods of time," said them. "We believe this pack- standing by ready to act, the ments, he said, but prelimi- Despite Iraqi claims that the "Hundreds,of our special oper- the official. age will be fair and effective," general said. nary results indicated the United States struck empty ations forces also deployed to Shelton said the revision in Cohen said. -"We must com- Zinni, who heads U.S. Cen- strikes hit 85 percent of the buildings, Zinni said, Saddam carry out their assigned mis- pay tables would reward the pensate men and women in tral Command, planned and targets. Hussein clearly suffered a sions." "fast burners." "If you take uniform properly in relation led the four-day air campaign Of those, Zinni continued, defeat. American' and British ser- one of our great staff to their peers and in relation against,Iraqi military targets military officials considered 74 Throughout the operation, vice members performed "mag- sergeants (E-6) that has to the larger economy." Dec. 16 to 19. Addressing percent fully successful in CENTCOM planners made nificently," Zinni said. "I could every effort to avoid civilian not have asked for better." The casualties, the general said. fact that there were no casual- They did, however, specifically ties was particularly notewor- B target Republican Guard facil- thy, he added. "Even in ities. These elite troops, the peacetime, exercises of this Remains of three servicemen identified most ruthless of Hussein's scale can be dangerous. To do forces, normally lead Iraqi this without any casualties in WASHINGTON (AFPN) - Mohawk on a night-combat Accounting and from Vietnam Schimberg's name affixed. He attacks and enforce discipline the environment our forces The remains of three Ameri- surveillance mission over Phu interviewed two Vietnamese also turned over the bone among the regular army, Zinni faced, was truly remarkable." can servicemen previously Yen province, South Vietnam, informants in a local village fragments he claimed were said. Military planners are now unaccounted for from the war when radio contact was lost at near the suspected crash site. those from the crash. No Iraqi military casualty working out what aspects of in Southeast Asia have been midnight. He was forced to fly One of the villagers said he Anthropological analysis of statistics were available, Zinni the force will remain in the identified and are being "dead reckoning," as the navi- had recovered bone frag- the remains and other evi- said, but military officials were Gulf to enforce the U.S. con- returned to the United States gation system on the aircraft ments, two identification tags dence by the U.S. Army Cen- certain Republican Guard tainment strategy, Zinni said. for burial. was inoperable. Weather in and Williams' identification tral Identification Laboratory infrastructure - barracks, How long they'll stay remains Two are identified as Capt. the area was marginal, with card in 1979. He recalled that Hawaii established the identi- command and control facilities undetermined. Thaddeus E. Williams Jr. of dense cloud cover over the one of the identification tags fication of both Williams and - had been significantly The U.S. presence is "a force Mobile, Ala., and Spc. 4 James mountains, when their last contained a name beginning Schimberg. Mitochondrial destroyed or disrupted. for stability in the region," the P. Schimberg from Cedar radio contact was heard. with "S." The joint team flew DNA testing was used to help Overall, Operation Desert commander said. "I don't think Rapids, Iowa, both Army. The Their aircraft never returned an aerial survey of the sus- confirm the identifications. Fox involved more than 30,000 anyone has a crystal bail and name of the third, a Navy offi- to home base. Search pected crash location,, but With the identification of U.S. troops in the Gulf, and can predict when Saddam will cer lost in North Vietnam in attempts discovered no evi- found no evidence of the loss.