The White Falcon - 10.09.1993, Page 1

Vol. 52 No. 35 September 10,1993 Serving the Iceland Defense Force Community
Icelandic Comer
Please repeat
Gerdu svo vel ad endur-
taka (Ger-the show vel
ath en-dur-ta-ka)
New cuisine
Two new eating estab-
lishments and a sports
bar to open this week,
see page 4.
in
quality
The “Quality” approach
brings positive results
for Air Force squadron,
see page 5.
Hospital
awarded
Top officials recognize
achievements of Naval
Hospital, Keflavik, see
Inside
Editorials.........2
News briefs........3
Lyte Bytes.........3
Features.........4-5
eedback............6
Classifieds........7
Sports.............8
POW/MIA recognition day
Don’t let them
be forgotten
National POW/MIA Recogni-
tion day provides the opportunity
to recognize the patriotic sacri-
fices made by military members
and their families. It’s an ideal
opportunity to honor those per-
sonnel unaccounted for from all
wars.
Prayers will be offered on be-
half of all POW/MIAs during
chapel sponsored services this
weekend. In addition, a banner
will be displayed at this evening’s
Chapel Ball at the Three Flags
Club to commemorate the event.
Military review defines new strategy
By J02 Carlos Bongioanni
In a time of continued down
sizing and force restructuring,
many in the military are wonder-
ing about the future role of the
aimed forces.
On Sept. 1, Secretary of De-
fense Les Asp in and Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff General
Colin Powell gave some insight
when they released the results of
the Bottom-Up Review (BUR).
The BUR took seven months
to complete and was a compre-
hensive study examining the
purpose and scope of the U. S.
military in a post Cold War era.
According to SECDEF Aspin,
the first step in the review was to
identify the dangers that face the
U. S. The BUR came up with
four major areas:
1. The spread of nuclear weap-
ons and other weapons of mass
destruction. The size, shape and method of
2. Regional aggression. operationofthearmedforceswill
3. Threats to democratic re- be based on the four areas of
form in the Soviet Union and threat identified. The chart be-
elsewhere. low shows what the force struc-
4. Economic dangers to our ture will look like for the U. S.
national security. military by 1999.
Army 10 divisions (active) 5 divisions (reserve)
Navy 11 aircraft carriers (active) 1 aircraft carrier (reserve/training) 45-55 attack submarines 340 ships
Air Force 13 fighter wings (active) 7 fighter wings (reserve) Up to 184 bombers
Marine Corps 3 Marine expeditionary forces 174,000 personnel (active end strength) 42,000 personnel (reserve end strength)
Strategic nuclear forces (by 2003) 18 ballistic missile submarines Up to 94 B-52 H bombers 20 B-2 bombers 500 minuteman HI ICBMs (single warhead)