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Show Vol. 40 No. 45 HZ AFB, Ogden ALC Pubtk Affotrs Office Personnel at Hill AFB gave enough. s"" ' - " ' 1 " coutribir&Hi mark. iiiiii ' '' ' ' " f , I, ' - ' ii! ' i year to surpass the Combined Federal Campaign goal, bat not enough so far to pass the 50 percent t-- By Chris Bcierschmidt "r ' ' ' ' " ; ; f l J I I I ! I 1 '; 0 ' ? I . J"',-'- i ' , . I - - , I ! " '' ' v v I ; J - - ; '; " innmiiiiiiiiiimiiiMniiuM . f j - i ! . - I Utah Friday, November 14, 1926 Still (SOminlgl mfi)Jn)y As of Wednesday, five days after the offirial Nov. 7 cutoff date, tallies showed total contributions at $414,028 with 47 percent of the base personnel having given during the four-wee-k campaign. The total surthe passes goal of $360,000 by about $50,000. Marlease Parkinson, CFC campaign manager at HSL hoped that final tallies would bring this year's amount near to the $439,000 raised during the 1935 campaign. Yet to come in are contribatkms from some areas in the Sin) However, Ms. Parkinson said that CFC has the lowest overhead of any campaign nationwide. "The money definitely goes to the organization designated. All the information is put on computers with; checks released to where the donors want it to go," she said. CFC and the Air Force Assistance; Fund are the only two fund drives which, by regulation, can be conducted during duty hours. The Northern: Utah CFC is the major authorized fund drive held at Hill each year. Directorate of Maintenance, the Air Base Group, commissary and other Although traditionally a healthi and! base. around nizatinns welfare charitable campaign,, CFC has urgn n grown over the years to mcmde other Despite the amount raised, Ms. was disappointed with the low charitable groups, such as scouting participation. The average gift here is public television and legal defense of the less fortunate. $33 annually which, like the percentOrganizations here receiving a hulk age donating, is below other local and of the funding fncfrTfr the United Way national figures. I appreciate the people that do and its related groups in addition ta help and do give," Ms. Parkinson said. scouting and Primary Children's ""And participation figures will Hospital. "The variety gives people a: improve once I finish compiling the choice the freedom to contribute to results." the agency they believe in, she said. CFC participation has fallen steadParseveral years. ily during the past People may still contribute to CFCL ticipation was down to 59 percent in The annual campaign is held to en1985. That was a 3 percent drop from courage donations during one drive the 62 percent participation in the rather than to dilute the drive over a 1984 campaign. period. Brig. Gen. Dale Contributing factors, she said, may Thompson, vice commander at Ogden be competing charitable campaigns or ALC, is this year's chairman for the the belief that the money isn't going Northern Utah CFC and HiH CFCL to the right places. Par-kmso- 12-mon- th John Barton, maierial management deputy director, chairman Brig. Gen. Dale Thompson, vice commander at (left), and Ogden ALC, review CFC campaign results from base personnel. CFC co-chair- CFC Defense bill changes benefits for military members awn3 ujedi-ca- l Changes in pay, travel, ramn i benefits are all part of the Defense Axst&caSzar tionBfll for military members passed bythcHrause &ft-ir- m and Senate last month. Pay and allowances Pay changes include a 3 percept increase for all members of the umiarined services, effective Jan. 1. 1987. Other changes to the pay and allowance category include: Family separation allowance: Klrnimstes FSA-tyII for those members who elect to serve tours overseas, and grandfathers those who are voluntarily serving ira acra Tinpamed tours in accompanied tour areas and were recerving FSA-tyII on Sept. 3a Household goods weight allcrwances: Ienies increase for 5 and above; E-- 4 and below received increase last year. ts Incapacitation pay for reserves: Provides based on loss of civilian, rather than military, h period. earnings; payments limited to Maximum of $100 a month Linquist pay: authorized with a program cap of $9 miTnririfarfis-ca- l 1937; conferees will review program in fiscal 1988 to determine if graduated pay scale is warranted to further increase foreign language profkaency. Pay credit for students: Ccmtaroaps current poB-c- y of granting pay credit for Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship students with prior enlisted service. Second dislocation allowance: Increases Enxm-be- r of circumstances under whada second DXA czaa aoriss-thebcxar- d pe nanac-compan- ied pe -- pay-men- six-mont- be paid. Includes circumstances where Dependents move under umTsual or trnjaageacy conditions where no PCS orders have been issued; (1) (?) Ttv wrrrry ui!ii.iMi!tmt$ T''rw Jj of the dzpesidssts atnrl the -- ? interests of the tiji United States (3) Dependents move after ciwjiihcr is reported dead, injured, 1 or shamst in a rmssinjf status for over 23 cays, cr (t) dents begin a move and PCS ciders are subsequently modified canceled or revoked. It would also allow a DLA when a member performs consecutive overseas tours one of winch is accompanied and one of which is imary!nTnparngt3- - Selecti ve reenlistment bonus: Lump-supayments for new bonuses restricted to 50 percent of total bonus amount; No cap on funding new payments. Special pay for psychologists: Disapproves special pay for psychologists. Variable housing allowance offset: Deletes house language which would have required SEC-DE- F report on impacts of recapture provisions enacted in fiscal 1986 authorization act; however, provides latitude for services to submit justification to repeal offset provision. m board-certifie- d Travel Dependent per diernr Authorizes payment of dependent per diem under certain circumstances. Dependent travel viapmises overseas: Authorizes travel expenses for dependents traveling to and from an overseas medical facility, as well as in locality, if required far continuing care. Lodging-plu-s per diem: Includes authority to s lodging-pluper diem for military implement travelers. Overseas assignment after basic training: Repeals prohibition on assigning active-dut- y overseas until they have completed 12 weeks of bask training or its equivalent; would not apply in tune of war or national emergency. Pet iiwnent change of station moves: Cuts $270 imirilnri from original $2JS billion request; specifies military departments ensure to the maximum possible within operational and other military iiaquiieaaentSi, that PCS moves of members with per-sonn- el ex-te- nt awhnnil nccur plyniwTitry or at fjww that avoid disruption of the school sched-niffn-iinlar- travel and transportian allowances to member who must escort a dependent when dependent is incapable of traveling alone because of age mental or physical incapacity or other extraordinary circumstances and cannot reasonably accomr pany the member when member first reports to new overseas duty station. round-tri- p y Travel allowances: Authorizes payment of Transportation Dependent transportation and medical carer Approves PCS move for dependents when member is separated under other than honorable conditions m tne unitea states; aiso auwonzes meaicai care for injuries resulting from spousechild abuse for up to one year after member's discharge. Transportation of privately owned rehiele: Authorizes overland transportation of PO Vs in conjunction with overseas move by eliminating requirement that major portion of POV shipment be by ship; eliminates requirement that surface transportation be between customary ports of embarka- tiondebarkation. Payment of excess storage costs: Allows government to pay and collect costs directly from member; or member may pay costs or arrange for disposition of the excess household non-tempor-ary goods. Medical Dependent dental insurance program: $ IS million authorized to fund proposed CHAM PUS program beginning August 1987; places $105 million cap on program. Health care enrollment: Directs BOD to establish a military health care n JTrapTrfc systerm m which beneficiaries would select, on a voluntary basis to the maximum extent possible, a specific military health care plan to be phased m over tnree-yea-r period beginning Oct. 1, 1987. Other health-car- e delivery system improvements: Permits secretary of defense to waive the co (Continued ma page 3 $ |