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Show COMBAT STRENGTH THROUGH LOGISTICS T"7 17 Hill AF3 readies for Juno 23 event ol. 44 No. 22 O Hill AFB, Utah a June 1, 1990 '4 1-1' nwiVFRRITYOr- - I oflo n 1f library JUN u WASHINGTON (AFNS)-- If Congress cannot come to some agreement on reprogramming money into the personnel accounts for the services after its Memorial, Day recess, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney says that he will use his authority to move . 1 Un 1 1930 SERIALS OSnEB DEPT. the money. Some $800 million needs to be moved to cover shortages in the services' personnel accounts. The Air Force portion is $228 million. Reprogramming of an additional $648 million is also necessary to cover similar shortages in the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services f " account., "Since January, the department has been making a good faith effort to work out a solution acceptable to all parties. We want to protect military personnel from the effects of shortages in the manpower ; accounts. Last fall, Congress said it expected us to pursue this kind of reprogramming, and that's what I've been trying to do for the past five months," Secretary Cheney said. The secretary said the Defense Department has been working hard witlr the appropriate members of Congress, getting the approval of seven of the eight committee leaders for a formula that would do the job. has refused to "Only (Rep.) Les Aspin no acceptasaid. "If Cheney go along," Secretary ble agreement can be worked out by the first week (D.-Wis- O See .) Funds, : . . i, - t - , . U.S. Air Force Photo by Neil Word Securing the future Vanessa Cushing grows into her cap and gown, savings bonds purchased the time will her have matured enough to contribute to her college education. Vanessa is the parents by of Vinceht Maj. Cushing, Utah Test and Training Range commander, and his wife, daughter The 1990 savings bond drive begins today and continues through June. See story on Charlotte. Page 5. By Page 3, please. General Hopp charts future course by Marilu A. Trainor Chief, Internal Information Budget cuts, the changing world situation and changing national priorities aire forcing the Air Force Logistics Command and the Ogden Air Logistics Center to restructure. Center directorates will no longer be structured around common functions 66 po-litic- al like material management and maintenance, but around product and serv- I am most concerned about the impact the reorganization will have on our work force... I am committed to minimizing civilian personnel adverse actions. 99 ice lines. During his commander's call, held May 24, Maj. Gen. James W. Charles C. Gn. Commander, Air Fore Hopp, Ogden ALC commander, outlined the way the center and its work force will be restructured in the coming months. In his presentation, the general addressed the questions he said many "What" workers are asking-"Wh- y," me?" and "How will it impact He emphasized the future organizational structure for the air logistics centers was approved by Gen. Charles C. McDonald, AFLC commander, on May 22. Each of the other four logistics centers are developing operating plans similar to Ogden's. Many reasons caused these changes. "The world is changing! Less than one year ago, no one would say Eastern Europe or Central America would change like it has," General Hopp said. "One only need watch the nightly news to see the dramatic changes as freedom takes hold in many countries. These countries are started on their path to freedom. "However, there is an absolute need by all of us in the defense community to still do our job to keep the foundations of freedom alive. These tasks have not changed," he said. In light of the warming superpower relations, Americans and the Congress are becoming less concerned with military threats and more concerned with domestic issues, General Hopp said. "The major changes away from mili McDonald Logiitict Command tary priorities, combined with pressing domestic issues such as the national debt, environmental concerns and anti-dru- g program needs, are causing a shift in United States budget priorities," the general said. Over the past 30 years and into the future, the size of the military budget as a percentage of the gross national product has steadily declined. Current projections show that by 1995, the Department of Defense's share of the gross national product will be approximately four percent, its lowest level since 1939. "In this climate, President George Bush challenged Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to improve the overall effectiveness of management within the departmentMr. Cheney's plan calls for saving $39 billion in defense support costs in the next four years," the general said. "We must achieve these savings through reorganization, streamlining, and by becoming more efficient at our jobs." The plan, the Defense Management Report, is made up of several separate Defense Management Report Decisions, known as DMRDs. While most "of the report decisions are yet to be completed, it is expected many will be implemented and dramatically impact the way we do business, the general said. The report decisions call for such major changes as adopting industrial type funding for most operations, transferring item management responsibility for consumable items to the Defense Logistics Agency, and moving operational responsibility for our receipt, storage and issue functions from Distribution to DLA. Other report decisions call for setting up new centralized defense organizations for accounting and finance operations as well as automated data processing design and operations. See Hopp, Page 2, please. 3 54 from Hill selected for master sergeant i ..... Units call Range home i . 1 Center gets self-hel- p facelift n |